Title: Sapphire Eyes and Amethyst Ones Author: Sapphire-Amethyst

S.A.: Hello, everybody! Here's my third story!

Gojyo: covering ears Have you eaten too much sugar that you're already shouting at our ears?!

S.A.: Hmm... I don't know! jumps around

Sanzo: eye twitching Then just get on with the story before I kill you!

S.A.: Hai, hai!

Hakkai: laughing nervously S.A. doesn't own GS. She wants to, but people will kill her!

S.A.: Uuuhhh... looks around Yyepp...

Chapter 1: The Story Going Around

It was just another day of the Sanzo-ikkou. They had just killed a group of youkais who, as usual, came for Sanzo's sutra. Now they were just continuing to head to the west. It was afternoon now.

"Ne, Sanzo," Goku started as he turned to Sanzo. But the monk was already facing him.

"You can't eat."

"Eh? How did you know?" Goku asked, shocked.

Gojyo sniggered, "Because that's what you always say. You're already patterned, kono bakasaru."

"Well, at least I'm not patterned to be a hentai kappa," Goku answered.

"Nandato?!" Gojyo's eye twitched. "I'm going to beat you up because you called ma a kappa, bakasaru!"

"Bring it on, ero kappa!" Goku readied himself.

"They're both patterned already," Sanzo said, a vein popping in his forehead, starting to raise his shoureijuu.

Hakkai laughed and said, "What a peaceful day."

Gojyo and Goku's bickering lasted for about ten seconds before Sanzo shot his shoureijuu and shouted, "URUSAI OR I'LL KILL YOU!"

"Oi, s-syotomatte, Sanzo!" Gojyo raised his hands defensively. But it was too late. Sanzo's harisen landed on both his and Goku's heads.

"Yamerou, Sanzo!" Goku cried as he and Gojyo covered their heads with their arms.

"Maa, maa, minna-san... We're near a town," Hakkai calmed his three companions.

Sanzo settled down on his seat, leaving Goku having tears in his eyes and Gojyo whispering inaudible and unpleasant words under his breath. Hakkai looked at each one of them and continued his driving.

After they found an inn, the Sanzo-ikkou went to find a restaurant. Sanzo, Hakkai and Gojyo were noticing that people were in deep discussion about something while Goku cried that he was hungry. The people had troubled expressions and were whispering to each other quietly as if someone very important died.

"This food's great! Rice more, please!" Goku shouted to the waitress.

"H-Hai!" the waitress answered, being snapped out of her thoughts and sweatdropping.

"You've been eating all night, bakasaru," Gojyo said, stopping from examining their surroundings and turning to Goku, smoking his cigarette.

"I can't help it. The food's great and I'm megahungry!" Goku replied as he was given another bowl of rice.

"Have you heard?" a man in the next table asked his companion.

"Yeah, I heard it," the second one answered.

"About the youkai family which lives north from here?" the first one asked again.

"Yup," the second answered. "I heard that the whole family was killed. The culprit or culprits are not known."

Hakkai and Sanzo looked at each other. A youkai family?

"Oh, miss?" Hakkai politely called a waitress. The waitress turned to them. "Hai?"

"We've heard some people talking about a youkai family being killed," Hakkai said. "Can you give us information about it?" Sanzo and Gojyo examined the waitress. Goku stopped eating and watched, listening. The waitress looked at them and sighed, "Okay."

"Well, to start, there's a youkai family that lives just north from here," the waitress said. "I heard that this family is strong and very old. They have the power of ice and they can turn into the animals that they like. They have been friends with this town for more than a hundred years."

"Although something's happening and youkais everywhere are going berserk, this family doesn't even bother to disturb us. Some of them would even go and buy things in this town. At first, we were frightened, but when they didn't attack us, we welcomed them, accepting them whenever they come here. We could go to their place and visit and talk to them sometimes, as they're a friendly family. They would even protect us from the ones who're going berserk and we're grateful about it."

"But then, the night before last, a few people who were still awake heard such a loud noise of screams and attacks from the youkai family's place. It seemed that they were having a fight. And then the next day, some men decided to check on the family to see if they were all right. They went back, saying that the whole family was dead. We still don't know who killed them. All we know is that the killer or killers might be strong, to kill a family like that," the waitress finished.

"So you're saying that nobody was left of this family?" Gojyo asked.

"Hai," the waitress answered.

"Excuse me, but could you tell us what is the family's name?" Hakkai asked.

"Ryuu," the waitress replied.

"Arigatou," Hakkai smiled. The waitress bowed and walked away. Hakkai turned to the others. His face became serious, as well as the others.

"Who would kill a whole youkai family?" Goku asked.

"Of course it's either trained humans or stronger youkais," Gojyo answered. "But why would they kill a whole family who is quiet and not disturbing others?"

"This needs a lot of explanation. We should investigate it," Hakkai said. The three turned to Sanzo who was smoking.

"Tonight," the monk answered.

S.A.: Two and a half pages! That should be good enough!

Gojyo: Oh I don't know... Some readers are very demanding.

S.A.: I know, I know... I'll try to make a longer one next time.

Sanzo: You better be. Or readers might send you flames.

S.A.: No, no! Please! Anything but that! falls on bended knee and pleads at readers

Readers: stare

Goku: Please R&R!

A/N: Sorry to those who were a bit insulted...