Hello ladies and gents I am back with yet another Saiyuki ficcie!
Sanzo: what the hell are you going to do this time?
Nothing too bad, well not to you anyway I have other people to mess with this time around heh heh heh.
Sanzo:...meh like I care who you mess with.
Anyway I do not own Inuyasha the amazing Rumiko Takahashi does. I do not own Saiyuki, the great and wonderful Kazuya Minekura does!
Sanzo: though God knows she wishes she DID own us
That I do.. but apparently you can't have everything ah well
Sanzo:...your lack of intelligence actuallty manages to worry me at time
Hey you care! yay!
Sanzo: I DO NOT GET AWAY FROM ME!
Well while I remind Sanzo that he can't run from me enjoy the story!
Sanzo: you are a demented individual I hope you know that.
Yes I know
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Sanzo clicked back the safety of his gun and narrowed his eyes at the demon in front of him, "what the hell do you want?"
The demon smirked slightly, his arms crossed in front of his chest, "My name is Katori and what I need is not something you have."
Gojyo frowned, "for once a damn demon doesn't want the scripture."
Katori chuckled, "oh I want a scripture just not the one this particular Sanzo priest has. Since he doesn't have it I know who does. Thank you for clarifying that for me Sanzo-sama, now I know where to go." Sanzo shot before the demon disappeared. He scowled and grit his teeth in annoyance.
"Ano… Sanzo," Goku began innocently, "what did he mean by that?"
Sanzo turned around, "we're going to Japan."
Hakkai blinked in surprise, "Japan? I would like to remind you that Japan is in the opposite direction of India where we are trying to get to."
Sanzo growled, "I am fully aware of that but if that idiot demon isn't after me then I know who he is after and… I need to warn her."
Gojyo raised an eyebrow, "wait you want to warn someone? A female to top it off, I gotta know the reason for this."
Sanzo shot past Gojyo's head and practically snarled his next words, "it's none of your goddamn business. Now get in the damn jeep. Ikuzo." Hakkai and Gojyo looked at each other and frowned. This wasn't like the monk to get so worked up over something. Goku slipped into the back seat behind Sanzo and looked lost, he had never seen Sanzo like that either. Hakkai got in the drivers seat and shot Sanzo a look before turning the jeep around and driving east. Sanzo stared forward and frowned slightly, Sasami… be all right.
in Japan
Sasami tucked her short hair behind her ear and frowned at the large temple in front of her, "I'm not sure this is a good idea Miroku."
Miroku put a hand on her shoulder, "well you said this temple wanted to see you in particular and we're here to lend support."
Inuyasha growled, "this better not take long, we still have to find the rest of the jewel shards you know."
Kagome rolled her eyes, "come on Inuyasha this won't take that long."
Sasami bit her bottom lip and took a deep breath, "I hope this temple knows what they're getting into." She stepped forward and walked to the front of the temple. Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippo stood behind her as she simply stood there. She couldn't manage to raise her hand to knock, all she could do was stand there and look at the door. She continued to chew on her lower lip and furrow her eyebrows together as the seconds ticked by.
Inuyasha finally snapped, "oh forget this!" He reached past her and knocked impatiently.
Kagome scowled, "Inuyasha! She needed to do this herself."
Sango smiled slightly, "yes but at the pace she was going we might have been here for hours." Sasami was about to defend herself when the door opened and a monk eyed them all suspiciously.
"Who are you people?" he said, his eyes narrowing at the sight of Shippo and Inuyasha.
Sasami let out a breath slowly, "I am Shinda Sasami, I was asked to come here by the Head Monk of this temple."
The monk's eyes widened before bowing low, "I apologize for making you wait please come in." Inuyasha scowled at the monk as he and the others followed Sasami in. Her walking was stiff as her head was held high and her shoulders were pushed back. She looked surprisingly uncomfortable in the settings.
Kagome leaned over to whisper to Miroku, "I thought she said she was raised in a temple with a bunch of monks."
Miroku frowned slightly, "that's what I thought as well… I wonder what is bothering her so much."
Inuyasha scowled, "look at who she hangs out with, she probably doesn't like uppity pain in the ass monks." Miroku just shrugged and continued to follow the older woman in front of him.
Sango sighed, "I think there's more to it than that, did anyone catch the reason for why they wanted her to visit this temple in the first place?"
"Because they knew my master and are trying to see if I am as much like him as they wish me to be," Sasami said in an almost hollow voice. All four of them flinched at the comment, they hadn't really expected her to be listening. She had never talked to them about her master. It actually was a subject she avoided at all cost though none of them were sure why.
"Shinda-sama it's a pleasure to have you in our temple," the Head Monk greeted her as they walked into his room.
Sasami flinched slightly, "please don't call me that, Sasami is fine."
He nodded and looked her over, "you hold yourself just as Master Koumyou Sanzo used to. You really are one of his pupils."
Miroku let out a small sound of surprise, "I was unaware her master was a Sanzo priest."
Sasami closed her eyes and tried to compose herself, "I am not my master."
The Head Monk nodded, "yes of course, you and your friends may stay here for the night if you wish. In the meantime I would really like to discuss something with you." Sasami frowned slightly but motioned for the others to go to their rooms. She followed the older monk and felt her stomach churn at the feel of being in a temple.
Inuyasha plopped down on the floor, "I don't get it. What's the big deal about her master being a… Sanzo or whatever."
Miroku sighed, "a Sanzo is the highest level of priest there is. They usually don't take females as their pupils. It's quite a big deal to be honest."
Kagome frowned, "it seems to really bug her though… she looks so uncomfortable being here. I wonder what happened to her master."
Sango sighed, "I don't think we're ever going to find out. She isn't exactly open about what happened to her in the past." They all silently agreed as they waited for Sasami to return from her talk with the monk. Inuyasha growled low in his throat and glared at the door. He didn't like the arrogant feel of these monks, or the fact that they put more importance in the older girl with them than the rest of them. They were all surprised when Sasami hurried inside and told them all to get their stuff together.
Sango barely managed to dodge the scurrying girl, "whoa what's wrong?"
Sasami bit her lip, "I can't be here, this is too much."
Kagome frowned slightly, "Sasami? What is it?"
She stopped and took a deep breath, "what these people want from me I can't give them. I can't get it for myself so how I could possibly give it to them."
Inuyasha was already halfway towards the door as he said his next statement, "don't argue lets just go. I don't like this place either." Sasami was about to comment but was cut off by an explosion coming from another part of the temple. They all froze for a split second before running in that direction.
"Come out come out wherever you are young little priestess!" a voice said almost too happily, "I need something from you and it took a lot of hard work to find you."
Sasami skidded to a stop next to Inuyasha, "I think… he wants me. Who IS this guy?"
Inuyasha growled, "I was kind of hoping you would be able to tell me."
"His name's Katori," a voice said next to Sasami, "the bastard sucks at tracking people down. We found you before he did."
Sasami's eyes widened before she turned, "Kou-Kouryuu?"
Sanzo shot her an irritated look, "you know damn well its Sanzo now."
She gave a small smile, "ah yes that's right I nearly forgot."
"Hey Sanzo can we kill this guy already?" Goku whined next to him, "I'm hungry."
Inuyasha's eye twitched, "who the hell…?
Sasami tugged on his ears gently, "I'll explain later, go wind scar the crap out of that guy like… now before he kills any of the monks."
Inuyasha grinned and pulled out his Tessaiga, "thought you'd never ask."
Katori frowned, "well this isn't what I had planned, there's no way I'm fighting some half-breed for the scripture I'll just come after you later." He disappeared before Inuyasha could even bring his sword up.
Inuyasha growled, "what the hell did that guy just say? I'll kill him!"
Sasami's eye twitched slightly, "I think it's a bit late to be getting all pissy besides I'm a bit more worried about the scripture statement. Sanzo, would you be so kind as to explain what the hell is going on?"
Sanzo snorted, "what's there to explain? The idiot demon wants the scripture you hold. I don't know why though it's not that powerful."
Sasami looked thoughtful for a second, "you know now I'm remembering why we parted ways…"
Kagome tugged on Sasami's arm, "um… who are these people?"
Sasami smiled a bit, "well this is Genjyo Sanzo and I… don't know who the others are. Though I feel I should explain that Sanzo is basically… how do I put this? He's Sesshomaru only the human version."
Miroku smiled faintly, "which means he basically doesn't care about anything but himself am I right?"
"Correct," Sasami said cheerfully.
Sanzo scowled, "oi!"
Hakkai laughed softly, "I think that's quite on the mark actually." Sanzo didn't argue anymore but he continued to look highly irritated. Hakkai turned to Sasami and smiled gently, "may I ask how you know our, for lack of a better word, leader?"
Sasami raised an eyebrow but didn't comment on that, "we had the same master growing up. We um… I suppose you could say we grew up together. I'm sorry but who are you?"
Hakkai sweatdropped, "oh I suppose that would be important to tell you wouldn't it? I'm Cho Hakkai, and this is Son Goku and Sha Gojyo."
Gojyo walked over and grinned slightly down at her, "hey it's a pleasure to meet such a lovely female. It's also refreshing to see you're not as uptight as Sanzo-sama over there."
Sasami could feel a slight blush creep over her cheeks, "well I suppose I just didn't let things affect me in the same way they did Sanzo."
Sango's eyes widened in surprise and leaned in to whisper to Kagome, "is Sasami blushing? This is the same girl who punches Miroku out when he continually asks women to have his child."
Kagome nodded, "yeah but then that was a nice comment, I'd blush at that too."
Miroku looked thoughtful, "this guy has style…"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "can we get moving? If we're not going to sleep here then we need to get set up somewhere before it gets too dark."
Kagome's eye twitched slightly, "Inuyasha… sit boy!" Inuyasha let out a yelp as he wanted crashing to the ground. She ignored the string of curses coming from him.
Sasami sighed and squatted down next to him, "did it ever occur to you to not try to piss her off all the time? Like be polite when you make those kinds of suggestions."
Inuyasha growled, "like hell."
She sighed and stood back up, "well anyway we really can't worry too much about this Katori guy. After all, we have enough things to worry about as it is."
Sanzo's eyes narrowed, "so you are going to ignore my warning?"
Sasami shook her head, "no trust me I will take full heed of what you are telling me but you have to understand we have our own problems to deal with as well."
Hakkai stayed quiet for a second before finally speaking up, "perhaps we could help you out a bit, at least until this thing with Katori is dealt with."
Sasami hesitated, "well I don't know… I wouldn't want to-"
"That would be so nice of you guys!" Kagome interrupted, "would you really help out?" Hakkai smiled gently and began to talk to her about how they would join their two groups together, leaving the rest of them to just stare and wonder what the hell had happened.
Inuyasha stood next to Sasami with his arms crossed, "I blame you for this."
Sasami's eye twitched, "as much as I'm sure it's easier for you to just blame me this is actually not my fault. Despite whatever you may think I am not psychic dog boy, I can't see the future."
Miroku sweatdropped, "now, now you two play nice."
Gojyo raised an eyebrow, "are those two always like that?"
Sango looked thoughtful for a second, "no… usually they're screaming at each other."
Goku blinked innocently, "I'm still really hungry, when are we going to eat?"
Sango smiled, "as soon as those two stop arguing… if they do stop."
"INUYASHA, SIT BOY!" Sasami shouted at the top of her lungs. There was a moment of silence as they all stopped and waited. Kagome even looked back wide eyed and wondered for a split second if Inuyasha would go crashing to the ground.
Inuyasha composed himself and growled, "what the hell was that about bitch?"
Sasami frowned and walked away, "darn and I honestly thought that would work."
Miroku tried hard to hold back the laughter that was threatening to erupt, "too bad that only works for Kagome, huh Sasami-sama?"
She shrugged and hooked her arm with Kagome's, pulling her forward, "meh I'll figure something out with that, don't worry."
Sango giggled and followed, "so where are we going this time? We did basically ditch the temple since they irritated you."
Sasami looked back and grinned, "we're camping out of course, we kind of don't have a choice."
Sanzo's eyes narrowed, "why the hell are we leaving the comfort of a temple to sleep in the woods?"
Sasami sweatdropped, "I may have said a couple of rude things to the head monk and now he hates my stinking guts."
Sanzo raised an eyebrow before smirking, "tch and here I thought you were more polite than me, I suppose that was my mistake."
Miroku chuckled, "she can be kind when it suits her."
Inuyasha grumbled, "she should have been kind to the fucking monks. I'm tired of sleeping out in the ground you know?"
Sasami shrugged, "I'm not going to demean myself just so you have a futon to sleep in, I'm not that low on self-esteem."
Miroku sighed, "come now Inuyasha, sleeping outside won't be that bad." Inuyasha only grumbled and followed the two girls in front of him.
Hakkai looked at Sanzo, "I take it we're going with them?" Sanzo hesitated for a second before nodding and following the half-demon. Hakkai only sighed and motioned for Goku and Gojyo to follow.
Gojyo stuck his hands and in his pockets and leaned forward, "so what do you think man? She seems pretty cool for someone who grew up with Sanzo."
Hakkai nodded, "she is a lot gentler, from what I see anyway." He looked thoughtfully at Sasami, who had released the other girl and was now walking freely. He turned to say something to Gojyo but was interrupted as Goku rushed between them to catch up with Sasami. He skidded to a stop next to the older girl and grinned.
"When are we going to eat?" Goku asked bouncing from one foot to the other.
Sasami raised an eyebrow and smirked, "as soon as we set up camp I guess." Goku cheered and hugged her around the middle, happy to hear he would be eating soon. She looked surprised by the action and flinched slightly but didn't say anything.
Inuyasha grabbed him by the back of the shirt and held him up, "what the hell is the matter with you? You seem more annoying than Shippo."
"Hey!" Shippo instantly protested, "I'm not annoying."
Sasami shot Inuyasha a look, "put him down this instant."
Goku wiggled, "Oi Sanzo! Tell him to put me down right now!" Sanzo's eye twitched and he slid the gun into his hand. He was cut short however by Sasami smacking Inuyasha.
"Would you put him down!" she scowled, "stop picking on people like that you jerk!"
Inuyasha grumbled and put Goku down, "you're the one who… never mind." He stopped talking at the look in her eye. While Sasami hadn't been exactly open about what had happened to her in the past, it was quite clear that it had pained her.
She pulled Kagome away from the main road, "come on lets set up over here." Inuyasha followed with a lot of grumbling and whining.
Sango sighed, "Inuyasha is asking for death… what is he thinking?"
Miroku looked back down the road, "I think he's thinking that we had a perfectly good place to sleep until Sasami got mad at the monks… or got the monks mad at her however you wish to interpret it."
"Sasami's never really liked monks," Sanzo interrupted, "she's always thought they were a bunch of arrogant bastards who thought they were better than everyone else. I have to admit I agree with her to a point."
Gojyo smirked and looked back at Sanzo, "so you admit it, monks are all shitty."
Sanzo glared at him, "shut up before I have to kill you." Gojyo dodged the gunshot and grumbled about oversensitive monks with issues.
Hakkai smiled weakly, "is there anyway I can help in setting up camp?"
Sasami shook her head slightly, "no it's all right but thanks for asking. We'll have things set up pretty quick actually."
Kagome hesitated for a second, "actually I wanted to ask if you wouldn't mind if I went home tomorrow. I really need to catch up on things."
Inuyasha jumped down next to Kagome, "what? There is no way you're going home now! We have stuff to do and deal with."
Sasami shoved him to the side, "that's fine, we'll wait till you come back to find Naraku and the rest of the jewel shards."
Kagome smiled, "thanks a bunch Sasami I knew I could count on you."
Inuyasha shot her an evil glare, "I am so going to get you for this."
Sasami ignored him, "come on guys to bed we have to get our butts back to Kaede's tomorrow."
Miroku chuckled, "well this will be interesting."
Sango sighed, "I have no doubt about it."
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So hope you enjoyed that
Sanzo: I believe that is called torture
What? Making people wait for the next chapter?
Sanzo: no making people have to read this
You are so mean :pouts:
Sanzo: When the hell did I say I was nice?
Well... actually you never did.
Sanzo: Exactly my point
Well poo then. Now to all you lovely people out there review if you want the next chapter... as soon as I type it up of course!
Sanzo:;in background: don't review!
...i am so going to hurt you for that one
Sanzo: I'd like to see you try
Oh I will :chases after Sanzo: PLEASE REVIEW!