Summary: In the middle of a desert, Sanzo's party meets Izumi, the Guardian
of Yume-sato. Goy/Oc.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gensomaden Saiyuki. I wish but I don't. I only claim the plot line and the characters that do not appear in the Anime or manga of this. Origato.
May contain: offensive language, violence, and senseless murder.
Does contain: songs in poor Japanese, odd characters and sequences.
Rated: R for excessive violence and bad language.
A.N: Hey! This is going to be Oc/Goy. I love Goyjo....he's so cool. Even if he is an S-class pervert. He's still hot beyond compare. Sanzo sucks, Goyjo is better. Neh? Follows old Japanese rule of last name first. I have a really bad sense of grammar. But I was nice and translated it for you. On with the story!
Yume
Chapter 1:
In case the case of Yume Izumi
"Sanzo! I'm hungry!" Goku wailed from the back of the Jeep. "Shut up baka saru!"
Rain rain fall down, Keep the grass green. When we dance upon the streams, Make our steps ring. Far and wide, Mountain to valley, Carry our steps past the sun, To our waking dreams.
Goyjo sat up and looked around. "What was that?"
Goku turned around. "I said I'm hungry. Are you feeling ok Goyjo?" the little monkey had noticed Goyjo's constant searching for something outside of the Jeep. "Sanzo! Goyjo is acting weird!"
Yume yume hi izumi, Kappa yûgi, Noroi wana, Kyofu youkai, Harusame gensô. (Dream dream fire fountain, Water demons play, Magic trap, Fear demons, Spring rain illusion.)
Goyjo leaned forward. "Either I'm hallucinating, or we just missed the town."
Hakkai hit the Jeep's brakes. "Maybe...." He pulled out the map. "Passed this....and this....Goyjo.....you're right. We passed the town. How could we pass the town?"
Goyjo looked back to the horizon. "We missed it in some magic trap."
Sanzo barely moved his head. "Say that again?"
"We passed the town in some magic trap."
"Then how do you know it?" Sanzo lit a cigarette.
"I....honestly don't know. I heard something."
Hakkai smiled. "It is said that this town is populated by a strange order of women. Maybe this is why. They usually provide some type of guidance though to some member of the party."
Goyjo scratched his head. "Yume yume hi izumi, kappa yûgi, noroi wana, kyofu youkai, harusame gensô. That's as much as I can tell you."
Sanzo turned around. "That's a song Goyjo. That is not going to help us do anything."
Yume yume hi izumi, Kappa yûgi, Noroi wana, Kyofu youkai, Harusame gensô.
"What was that? Goyjo! Are you singing again?" Sanzo held up his gun.
"I don't sound like a girl."
"So that's a girl guiding us?" Hakkai whispered.
"Most likely." Goyjo looked up at the sun.
Baka kappa, Baka youkai, Baka Sanzo. Himitsu sato, Shinyô shoshinsha. (Stupid water demon, Stupid demons, Stupid Sanzo. Secret village, Trust me beginner.)
"Goyjo....find her." Sanzo pointed out at the desert.
"Why me?"
"Because she spoke to you first." Hakkai pointed out.
A soft step behind the Jeep snapped the four to attack stance. A beautiful pale white young woman with long red hair, wearing an elaborate white dress, looked at them curiously. "Trust me kappa?"
Goyjo stared mutely. Inside he was rejoicing. A woman! A beautiful woman!
Sanzo cleared his throat. "Answer her kappa."
Goyjo gave Sanzo an evil look. "That really depends on who or what you are."
The woman laughed, sounding as graceful and lively as a stream flowing through an isolated piece of forest. "I am one of the Guardians of this place. I guide travelers such as yourselves to safe places to stay. You must trust me if you want water, food, shade, or even a more accurate map." She looked pointedly at Hakkai's old map.
Goku popped up his opinion. "Where there is good food, I go!"
The woman laughed again, still tinkling. She wiped her eye, and held up a diamond. "Anyone want this? I have too many as is."
Goku, Goyjo and Hakkai stared at the diamond.
"You look at it Hakkai. You're the one who knows things like that."
"Goyjo...." Damn him! Hakkai gracefully and elegantly bowed. "May I examine it?"
The woman gave a curtsy that spoke volumes about her flexibility and grace. "Certainly."
Hakkai peered closely at the diamond. "There is no doubt about this. This is the most flawless diamond I have ever seen. How did you get this?"
"Guardians cry precious gems based on their moods. Diamond means I am happy. Emerald, tranquil. Sapphire, in love. Aquamarine, happy in love. Ruby or garnet, angry. Opal, confused. Pearl, playful. Jet, serious. Citrine, sad. Lapis Lazuli, on duty. So on and so forth. It's our greatest blessing and our greatest curse."
Goyjo scooped the diamond and whistled. "Nice. What color is fear?"
The woman looked at him. "Kappa....We have a rule to not tell colors to people. I have told you the colors of a mood ring, which is all I will do. Ask me no more unless you want to become the first male Guardian." She paused. "We would have to castrate you though if you really want to join us."
Goyjo looked crestfallen. "I can guess why."
She smiled. "Perverts can't be perverted if they're eunuchs."
Sanzo snickered. "Lead us to this town."
The woman looked at Sanzo, and he noticed her pale blue eyes were almost white from disuse. "That could be arranged. For a fee."
Sanzo snorted. "You're all the same. You force travelers to pay for safety."
The woman shrugged. "I will need a bribe for Michsa. She is not one to let Guardians be."
Hakkai looked knowingly at the woman. "This Mischa is the head of your organization isn't she?"
The woman looked sad. "My mother is not the kindest woman you could ever meet. By the way, Guardians do not sing."
Goyjo looked at the woman. "You mean that beautiful of a voice is wasted on someone who is not allowed to sing?"
Sanzo perked his eyebrow, familiar with Goyjo's attempts to get a woman into his bed.
The woman bowed her head. "We don't sing, we dance. It is an unspoken law that if the head has a poor voice, the others respect this and do not shame her."
Goku sat up from the back of the Jeep. "So you just come out into the desert to sing?"
The woman smiled at him. "Yup. That's about it."
Sanzo reached into his sleeve. "Do you take credit?"
The woman gave Sanzo one of her smiles. "Credit just makes Mischa back down in respect."
Sanzo absently looked at the sky. "So you all live in the dark? In some cave while you're town lives in beautiful white buildings?"
The woman hissed and disappeared like smoke into the back of the Jeep. "We are what we are. Now do you want our aid or not?"
Goku looked startled at her sudden change of mood and plucked at the corner of her eye. "A cat's eye with a red tip. Pretty."
The woman looked at him, and he saw her eyes. Paling in his stare, she turned away.
"The curse.....makes you blind."
She nodded. "That and the cage. The old Guardians discovered this and let young Guardians go into the world. My mother only lets us go if we are going to the Ox King. Our eyes let us see through illusions and other nifty things. Since I told you something about my eyes, tell me why yours are yellow."
Goku's eyes widened. "I.....I.....don't know why."
She smiled. "But I do. I pity you for what they did to you Son Goku. Just....promise me if you decide to kill us all.....Give me her eyes and then kill me."
Sanzo looked at the two. "Stop talking about each other's eyes and get us into this town of yours!"
She nodded, her eyes closed. "Get in."
They hurriedly complied.
"Don't move or make a sound. Just drive where I tell you to."
Hakkai nodded. "Alright."
"Here we go." She opened her eyes, and they shone bright blue, as if she had taken a cloud from hiding her eyes and washed them clean. "Straight."
Hakkai hit the gas as hard as he could, and the Jeep sprung into action.
"Left."
He turned at the last minute, narrowly avoiding scraping a rock formation.
"Straight until I tell you to stop."
The Goyjo and Goku looked at each other out of the corner of their eyes. They were about to drive straight into a cliff face.
The woman closed her eyes. "If you feel faint or frightened, you can move. Make it fast. Drive!"
Goyjo and Goku grabbed tight to each other and screamed at the top of their lungs.
The woman started laughing again, tinkling more than ever. "You can stop screaming now, we're here. Welcome to Yume-sato. The dream village."
Goyjo whistled. "Interesting digs. You have a flair for finding white stones and whitewash."
Goku looked around. "I don't see anything."
Sanzo opened an eye. "Neither do I."
Hakkai spoke softly, in disbelief. "But it's right there. Right in front of your faces. Just look harder."
Sanzo pulled out his gun. "Unless you want to turn to powder, make this place stop being invisible!"
The woman paled. "Mischa! Let it go!"
A loud screeching sound was heard form the wall they had come from. "You have betrayed us! I cast you out! Akakami Kozo. I brand you a traitor to Yume-sato! I cast you out!"
The woman blanched, and a cascade of red fell from her eyes. "Mischa...."
"Speak to me not the word of mother! Kill her! Bring me her eyes!"
The woman turned her face to the sky and gave off a massive screeching call. "I am Yume Izumi! As the last of the Yuki line, I command you all shut up and let me think!"
Sanzo and company backed up a few steps. Goku pulled out his pole, as did Goyjo. Sanzo held his gun at the ready, while Hakkai just stood there as cool as nothing was happening.
"Izumi-sama....." Goku tensely began.
"Izumi-san is good enough. I'm not that old."
"Oh. Who are you yelling at?"
"Clan-elders. They talk in our heads sometimes."
Goyjo snorted. "All these people are riled up about something."
Izumi shrugged. "You are Sanzo's party. They all serve the Ox King. Simple enough neh?"
Goku cocked his head. "Who's the Ox King?"
Izumi gave him a look. "The Ox King is the one the War Prince sealed away in a castle."
Sanzo looked at Izumi. "I just want to see what I'm shooting."
She bowed her head. "Plug your ears." As they complied, she drew in breath and began to screech a melody, and the buildings began to materialize.
When she crumpled to the ground, Goyjo was the first to act. He leaped forward ad dove to land at her side. Goyjo scooped her up in one swift motion and raced back to Sanzo and the rest.
One day I will go, Past the mountains of snow, Over and under the vale. One day I will go, Farther than before. For one day I will be, At Heaven's door.
Goku raced over to the Jeep. "Let's get out of here!"
Goyjo held onto Izumi's frail body. He was aware that at any moment she could wake up and slap him, so he enjoyed the feeling of a woman's warm body on his lap.
Hakkai cheerfully hit the gas on the Jeep, and off they went.
Sanzo leaned back and smacked Goyjo over the head with the infamous paper fan. "That was for that stupid dive. Minus 15 points."
Hakkai smiled. "Lack of duty to comrades: minus 30 points."
Goku grinned. "Perverted action on the escape: minus 50 points. Perverted action on an unconscious woman: minus 60 points."
Goyjo opened his eyes. "What is wrong with you Goku? She's in shock and needs support!"
Izumi's voice could be heard muffled by Goyjo's body. "Support is good, just as long as I can breathe."
Goyjo leaned back. "Gomen nasai."
"Lack of conviction in apology: minus 30 points. Lack of respect when holding a woman that close: minus 80 points. Hakkai if you will." Izumi straightened her hair as she waited for Hakkai's total.
"Goyjo, you have lost a total of 265 points."
Izumi smiled evilly. "Too bad. I was going to let you see my ass for thanks, but not now."
Goyjo's yell pierced through the calm mood of the desert. "WHAT!!! I JUST LOST A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?"
Izumi filed her nails, her legs folded seductively. "My ass. Do you have a hearing problem kappa?"
Goyjo looked at Sanzo and the rest. "Look what you just made me miss!"
Goku popped up. "But she made you lose at least 120 points."
Izumi started laughing again. Liquid gold started running down her face. "Oh.....I haven't laughed this much since I played that trick! Oh gods!"
Goku practically put an empty jug under Izumi's face. "Liquid gold is useful neh?"
Sanzo turned around. "Liquid gold?"
"Color pact. Liquid gold when you are extremely happy. Hey.....kappa....you have purple hair?"
Goyjo grimaced. "What about it?"
"I like it. It suits you."
Goyjo blushed.
Goku laughed. "Goyjo's blushing! Goyjo's blushing!"
"Shut up baka saru!"
Izumi started laughing again, the gold increasing with her mirth. "Oh gods! You've never been complimented on your hair before have you?"
Goyjo managed to stammer out an answer. "N...nnn...oooo....."
"Oh gods! This is too much! I think I'm choking on gold!" She spat out some of the gold into the jug. "I need another jug Goku."
The little boy reached for another jug and noticed it was full of some strange liquid. "Huh. That's funny; I thought we had drunk all of our water already. Oh well." He reached to drink the contents, when Izumi slapped him across the face.
"Hey! It's not nice to beat the baka saru for drinking."
"Goyjo, shut up. Give me that." She held her open palm across the top of the jug, and muttered odd words so fast no one could understand her. She hissed and threw the contents of the jug over the side of the Jeep, and flecks of it splashed down her right arm. She screamed and began trying to rub it off. "Goyjo gimme your bandana!"
Hakkai stopped the Jeep. "What? What happened?"
Izumi rubbed at her arm and hissed when red welts appeared where the liquid had been. "Acid! Baka saru was about to drink acid!" Her tears turned to blood, and it dripped down to pool around her face.
Goyjo stopped blushing and pulled off his bandana, and started wiping off Izumi's arm. He gingerly wrapped her arm with clean bandages when he was done, and grinned at her stunned expression. "The perv knows first aid after all."
Sanzo looked uninterestingly out at the horizon. "Hakkai, find somewhere to stop."
Hakkai nodded. "There is a town a few miles from here."
Izumi looked up from her arm. "Just get us there. I really don't feel like sleeping without doors near this pervert."
Goku laughed. "C-class pervert! I'm hungry!"
Sanzo looked angrily at the back. "Shut up! This is not a field trip!"
Izumi snorted as her red hair flew back from her face. "A really long field trip maybe."
Hakkai smiled. "You have no idea what you are getting yourself into."
Goku had been standing in the back of the Jeep looking for somewhere dry and warm when he yelled out, "Hey! Let's stay over there!"
Sanzo looked at Izumi. "Do you mind sleeping in a ruin?"
She shook her head. "Just as long as we get there before it starts raining."
Goku looked up. "Rain?"
Izumi looked up at the cloud free sky. "It'll be raining soon. I don't like getting wet."
Hakkai hit the gas harder. "Hold on tight!"
Izumi held her arms out in the wind and started laughing. "There are advantages in riding in Jeeps!"
Goyjo keenly noticed the wind blew back her white dress, and he noticed the bulge of armor where normal women would wear underwear.
"Crap! It's raining!"
Izumi looked up at the sky. "I hate to say it, but I told you so."
Hakkai, Sanzo, Goku, and Goyjo looked at each other. "How exactly did you know it was going to rain?"
She sighed. "I can't control the weather if that's what you are getting at. See that rock over there? The really big tall one? Guardians have a system that stretches back to the mountains. If there is a fire on the rock, no rain. No fire, rain."
Goyjo looked closer at Izumi. "Do you have frequent wars or something?"
She sighed. "We have a problem with wild youkai. Over the past few years, they've become bolder and bolder in their attacks on caravans, towns, villages, and the like. This used to be a forested region with lots of water and many colonies and such. The youkai killed the trees, drained the water, destroyed colonies, and ate the human victims. Thus, Guardians are the only form of law around. We kill the youkai, bring water, rebuild colonies, and plant trees in some towns. For some odd reason, we only have female Guardians, most of us are from extended backgrounds, and all of the youkai are male."
Sanzo looked at her. "What does that have to do with anything?"
Izumi shook her head sadly. "Most of us are affected by the same thing that makes the males crazy, but we are taken somewhere and they turn us into this." She ran her hand up and down her body, emphasizing her point. "We are no better then they are, but we still have some semblance of humanity. I am the first one of us to travel closer to the source of it, and still be like this. My eyes were the first thing to come back if you noticed."
Hakkai drove the Jeep up to the heavily bolted doors. "Hallo up there! Anyone home?"
A voice boomed down. "We do not service your kind!"
Izumi pulled of her white dress, revealing her gold and silver armor. "In the name of the Guardians of Yume-sato, open this gate or pay the price!" She pulled out some odd looking sword that grew as she pulled it out. "Open these gates or be branded a traitor!"
The gates slowly creaked open. "We will not allow a youkai male into our gates!"
Izumi sliced with her sword at the gate, and it sliced through the thick metal like a hot knife through butter. "They are under the protection of inhibitors! They can't harm you!"
The gatekeeper appeared at the base of the gate. "Fix it witch! I remember you! Yume Izumi of the Yuki line! That's the third time you've sliced my gate into three pieces! Fix it like you did last time!"
Izumi shook her head. "I should have known. Mei-lin Aruna. The stingiest gate guard known to us. I will personally kill you if I see you again."
The guard shuddered. "As you will Guardian. As you will. The Iron Citadel is still open at this hour. The Guardian barracks should be as well."
Izumi pulled her dress back on, untying the front so it appeared as a cape. She held her odd sword at the ready, just in case. "Clients first."
Hakkai hit the gas again, driving past Izumi and the odd gatekeeper into the town.
Goyjo managed to notice something about Izumi's mood that disturbed him. "Turn around Hakkai!"
Hakkai looked at him. "What I do not see I do not have to stop."
Sanzo nodded. "It's her business not ours."
Goku looked back over his shoulder in time to see the gatekeeper's body being thrown against the open gate. "Izumi!"
She looked up, her blue eyes meeting his golden ones.
"Please don't.....don't do it......"
She turned her back on Goku, and neatly cut off the gatekeeper's head. She kicked the body out of the town and closed the gate, locking it and welding the gate back together with her odd sword.
Goku's mouth hung open as he climbed out of the Jeep and retched in the shadows.
Izumi walked past him. "There's a place where you can stay the night here. Follow me."
Goyjo looked at her. "How can you just kill someone innocent and just keep on walking? What are you, some kind of monster?"
Sanzo groaned. "Bad subject hentai kappa."
Izumi sighed. "That's exactly what I am. A monster. I kill to survive. Besides, I can always say I wasn't myself if anyone asks, which they won't now will they?"
Hakkai caught Izumi's attention. "Take it from me, don't let them know."
She nodded her head. "The youkai should take care of the body for me. The only reason I don't kill them all is because of that. Now can we please get out of this wretched rain?"
Sanzo nodded to the party and they followed Izumi closely to the inn.
Suddenly she stopped in front of a large building, and motioned them to enter.
Goku sniffed the air inside the spacious place and happily danced around in a circle. "Real food real food real food!"
Izumi sighed and wrung out her long red hair onto the floor. "Oji-chan! Get your lazy butt out here and get me some rooms!"
A.N: This looks like a good spot to stop. Heehee. I'm so mean I actually use cliffhangers in spots that piss people off. Mwooooahahahahahaha! hey this was 12 pages of my life.....awesome. Same rules as my other ones, next chapter when 2 people review without flaming me. Laters!
Angelic Kitten
Disclaimer: I do not own Gensomaden Saiyuki. I wish but I don't. I only claim the plot line and the characters that do not appear in the Anime or manga of this. Origato.
May contain: offensive language, violence, and senseless murder.
Does contain: songs in poor Japanese, odd characters and sequences.
Rated: R for excessive violence and bad language.
A.N: Hey! This is going to be Oc/Goy. I love Goyjo....he's so cool. Even if he is an S-class pervert. He's still hot beyond compare. Sanzo sucks, Goyjo is better. Neh? Follows old Japanese rule of last name first. I have a really bad sense of grammar. But I was nice and translated it for you. On with the story!
Yume
Chapter 1:
In case the case of Yume Izumi
"Sanzo! I'm hungry!" Goku wailed from the back of the Jeep. "Shut up baka saru!"
Rain rain fall down, Keep the grass green. When we dance upon the streams, Make our steps ring. Far and wide, Mountain to valley, Carry our steps past the sun, To our waking dreams.
Goyjo sat up and looked around. "What was that?"
Goku turned around. "I said I'm hungry. Are you feeling ok Goyjo?" the little monkey had noticed Goyjo's constant searching for something outside of the Jeep. "Sanzo! Goyjo is acting weird!"
Yume yume hi izumi, Kappa yûgi, Noroi wana, Kyofu youkai, Harusame gensô. (Dream dream fire fountain, Water demons play, Magic trap, Fear demons, Spring rain illusion.)
Goyjo leaned forward. "Either I'm hallucinating, or we just missed the town."
Hakkai hit the Jeep's brakes. "Maybe...." He pulled out the map. "Passed this....and this....Goyjo.....you're right. We passed the town. How could we pass the town?"
Goyjo looked back to the horizon. "We missed it in some magic trap."
Sanzo barely moved his head. "Say that again?"
"We passed the town in some magic trap."
"Then how do you know it?" Sanzo lit a cigarette.
"I....honestly don't know. I heard something."
Hakkai smiled. "It is said that this town is populated by a strange order of women. Maybe this is why. They usually provide some type of guidance though to some member of the party."
Goyjo scratched his head. "Yume yume hi izumi, kappa yûgi, noroi wana, kyofu youkai, harusame gensô. That's as much as I can tell you."
Sanzo turned around. "That's a song Goyjo. That is not going to help us do anything."
Yume yume hi izumi, Kappa yûgi, Noroi wana, Kyofu youkai, Harusame gensô.
"What was that? Goyjo! Are you singing again?" Sanzo held up his gun.
"I don't sound like a girl."
"So that's a girl guiding us?" Hakkai whispered.
"Most likely." Goyjo looked up at the sun.
Baka kappa, Baka youkai, Baka Sanzo. Himitsu sato, Shinyô shoshinsha. (Stupid water demon, Stupid demons, Stupid Sanzo. Secret village, Trust me beginner.)
"Goyjo....find her." Sanzo pointed out at the desert.
"Why me?"
"Because she spoke to you first." Hakkai pointed out.
A soft step behind the Jeep snapped the four to attack stance. A beautiful pale white young woman with long red hair, wearing an elaborate white dress, looked at them curiously. "Trust me kappa?"
Goyjo stared mutely. Inside he was rejoicing. A woman! A beautiful woman!
Sanzo cleared his throat. "Answer her kappa."
Goyjo gave Sanzo an evil look. "That really depends on who or what you are."
The woman laughed, sounding as graceful and lively as a stream flowing through an isolated piece of forest. "I am one of the Guardians of this place. I guide travelers such as yourselves to safe places to stay. You must trust me if you want water, food, shade, or even a more accurate map." She looked pointedly at Hakkai's old map.
Goku popped up his opinion. "Where there is good food, I go!"
The woman laughed again, still tinkling. She wiped her eye, and held up a diamond. "Anyone want this? I have too many as is."
Goku, Goyjo and Hakkai stared at the diamond.
"You look at it Hakkai. You're the one who knows things like that."
"Goyjo...." Damn him! Hakkai gracefully and elegantly bowed. "May I examine it?"
The woman gave a curtsy that spoke volumes about her flexibility and grace. "Certainly."
Hakkai peered closely at the diamond. "There is no doubt about this. This is the most flawless diamond I have ever seen. How did you get this?"
"Guardians cry precious gems based on their moods. Diamond means I am happy. Emerald, tranquil. Sapphire, in love. Aquamarine, happy in love. Ruby or garnet, angry. Opal, confused. Pearl, playful. Jet, serious. Citrine, sad. Lapis Lazuli, on duty. So on and so forth. It's our greatest blessing and our greatest curse."
Goyjo scooped the diamond and whistled. "Nice. What color is fear?"
The woman looked at him. "Kappa....We have a rule to not tell colors to people. I have told you the colors of a mood ring, which is all I will do. Ask me no more unless you want to become the first male Guardian." She paused. "We would have to castrate you though if you really want to join us."
Goyjo looked crestfallen. "I can guess why."
She smiled. "Perverts can't be perverted if they're eunuchs."
Sanzo snickered. "Lead us to this town."
The woman looked at Sanzo, and he noticed her pale blue eyes were almost white from disuse. "That could be arranged. For a fee."
Sanzo snorted. "You're all the same. You force travelers to pay for safety."
The woman shrugged. "I will need a bribe for Michsa. She is not one to let Guardians be."
Hakkai looked knowingly at the woman. "This Mischa is the head of your organization isn't she?"
The woman looked sad. "My mother is not the kindest woman you could ever meet. By the way, Guardians do not sing."
Goyjo looked at the woman. "You mean that beautiful of a voice is wasted on someone who is not allowed to sing?"
Sanzo perked his eyebrow, familiar with Goyjo's attempts to get a woman into his bed.
The woman bowed her head. "We don't sing, we dance. It is an unspoken law that if the head has a poor voice, the others respect this and do not shame her."
Goku sat up from the back of the Jeep. "So you just come out into the desert to sing?"
The woman smiled at him. "Yup. That's about it."
Sanzo reached into his sleeve. "Do you take credit?"
The woman gave Sanzo one of her smiles. "Credit just makes Mischa back down in respect."
Sanzo absently looked at the sky. "So you all live in the dark? In some cave while you're town lives in beautiful white buildings?"
The woman hissed and disappeared like smoke into the back of the Jeep. "We are what we are. Now do you want our aid or not?"
Goku looked startled at her sudden change of mood and plucked at the corner of her eye. "A cat's eye with a red tip. Pretty."
The woman looked at him, and he saw her eyes. Paling in his stare, she turned away.
"The curse.....makes you blind."
She nodded. "That and the cage. The old Guardians discovered this and let young Guardians go into the world. My mother only lets us go if we are going to the Ox King. Our eyes let us see through illusions and other nifty things. Since I told you something about my eyes, tell me why yours are yellow."
Goku's eyes widened. "I.....I.....don't know why."
She smiled. "But I do. I pity you for what they did to you Son Goku. Just....promise me if you decide to kill us all.....Give me her eyes and then kill me."
Sanzo looked at the two. "Stop talking about each other's eyes and get us into this town of yours!"
She nodded, her eyes closed. "Get in."
They hurriedly complied.
"Don't move or make a sound. Just drive where I tell you to."
Hakkai nodded. "Alright."
"Here we go." She opened her eyes, and they shone bright blue, as if she had taken a cloud from hiding her eyes and washed them clean. "Straight."
Hakkai hit the gas as hard as he could, and the Jeep sprung into action.
"Left."
He turned at the last minute, narrowly avoiding scraping a rock formation.
"Straight until I tell you to stop."
The Goyjo and Goku looked at each other out of the corner of their eyes. They were about to drive straight into a cliff face.
The woman closed her eyes. "If you feel faint or frightened, you can move. Make it fast. Drive!"
Goyjo and Goku grabbed tight to each other and screamed at the top of their lungs.
The woman started laughing again, tinkling more than ever. "You can stop screaming now, we're here. Welcome to Yume-sato. The dream village."
Goyjo whistled. "Interesting digs. You have a flair for finding white stones and whitewash."
Goku looked around. "I don't see anything."
Sanzo opened an eye. "Neither do I."
Hakkai spoke softly, in disbelief. "But it's right there. Right in front of your faces. Just look harder."
Sanzo pulled out his gun. "Unless you want to turn to powder, make this place stop being invisible!"
The woman paled. "Mischa! Let it go!"
A loud screeching sound was heard form the wall they had come from. "You have betrayed us! I cast you out! Akakami Kozo. I brand you a traitor to Yume-sato! I cast you out!"
The woman blanched, and a cascade of red fell from her eyes. "Mischa...."
"Speak to me not the word of mother! Kill her! Bring me her eyes!"
The woman turned her face to the sky and gave off a massive screeching call. "I am Yume Izumi! As the last of the Yuki line, I command you all shut up and let me think!"
Sanzo and company backed up a few steps. Goku pulled out his pole, as did Goyjo. Sanzo held his gun at the ready, while Hakkai just stood there as cool as nothing was happening.
"Izumi-sama....." Goku tensely began.
"Izumi-san is good enough. I'm not that old."
"Oh. Who are you yelling at?"
"Clan-elders. They talk in our heads sometimes."
Goyjo snorted. "All these people are riled up about something."
Izumi shrugged. "You are Sanzo's party. They all serve the Ox King. Simple enough neh?"
Goku cocked his head. "Who's the Ox King?"
Izumi gave him a look. "The Ox King is the one the War Prince sealed away in a castle."
Sanzo looked at Izumi. "I just want to see what I'm shooting."
She bowed her head. "Plug your ears." As they complied, she drew in breath and began to screech a melody, and the buildings began to materialize.
When she crumpled to the ground, Goyjo was the first to act. He leaped forward ad dove to land at her side. Goyjo scooped her up in one swift motion and raced back to Sanzo and the rest.
One day I will go, Past the mountains of snow, Over and under the vale. One day I will go, Farther than before. For one day I will be, At Heaven's door.
Goku raced over to the Jeep. "Let's get out of here!"
Goyjo held onto Izumi's frail body. He was aware that at any moment she could wake up and slap him, so he enjoyed the feeling of a woman's warm body on his lap.
Hakkai cheerfully hit the gas on the Jeep, and off they went.
Sanzo leaned back and smacked Goyjo over the head with the infamous paper fan. "That was for that stupid dive. Minus 15 points."
Hakkai smiled. "Lack of duty to comrades: minus 30 points."
Goku grinned. "Perverted action on the escape: minus 50 points. Perverted action on an unconscious woman: minus 60 points."
Goyjo opened his eyes. "What is wrong with you Goku? She's in shock and needs support!"
Izumi's voice could be heard muffled by Goyjo's body. "Support is good, just as long as I can breathe."
Goyjo leaned back. "Gomen nasai."
"Lack of conviction in apology: minus 30 points. Lack of respect when holding a woman that close: minus 80 points. Hakkai if you will." Izumi straightened her hair as she waited for Hakkai's total.
"Goyjo, you have lost a total of 265 points."
Izumi smiled evilly. "Too bad. I was going to let you see my ass for thanks, but not now."
Goyjo's yell pierced through the calm mood of the desert. "WHAT!!! I JUST LOST A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?"
Izumi filed her nails, her legs folded seductively. "My ass. Do you have a hearing problem kappa?"
Goyjo looked at Sanzo and the rest. "Look what you just made me miss!"
Goku popped up. "But she made you lose at least 120 points."
Izumi started laughing again. Liquid gold started running down her face. "Oh.....I haven't laughed this much since I played that trick! Oh gods!"
Goku practically put an empty jug under Izumi's face. "Liquid gold is useful neh?"
Sanzo turned around. "Liquid gold?"
"Color pact. Liquid gold when you are extremely happy. Hey.....kappa....you have purple hair?"
Goyjo grimaced. "What about it?"
"I like it. It suits you."
Goyjo blushed.
Goku laughed. "Goyjo's blushing! Goyjo's blushing!"
"Shut up baka saru!"
Izumi started laughing again, the gold increasing with her mirth. "Oh gods! You've never been complimented on your hair before have you?"
Goyjo managed to stammer out an answer. "N...nnn...oooo....."
"Oh gods! This is too much! I think I'm choking on gold!" She spat out some of the gold into the jug. "I need another jug Goku."
The little boy reached for another jug and noticed it was full of some strange liquid. "Huh. That's funny; I thought we had drunk all of our water already. Oh well." He reached to drink the contents, when Izumi slapped him across the face.
"Hey! It's not nice to beat the baka saru for drinking."
"Goyjo, shut up. Give me that." She held her open palm across the top of the jug, and muttered odd words so fast no one could understand her. She hissed and threw the contents of the jug over the side of the Jeep, and flecks of it splashed down her right arm. She screamed and began trying to rub it off. "Goyjo gimme your bandana!"
Hakkai stopped the Jeep. "What? What happened?"
Izumi rubbed at her arm and hissed when red welts appeared where the liquid had been. "Acid! Baka saru was about to drink acid!" Her tears turned to blood, and it dripped down to pool around her face.
Goyjo stopped blushing and pulled off his bandana, and started wiping off Izumi's arm. He gingerly wrapped her arm with clean bandages when he was done, and grinned at her stunned expression. "The perv knows first aid after all."
Sanzo looked uninterestingly out at the horizon. "Hakkai, find somewhere to stop."
Hakkai nodded. "There is a town a few miles from here."
Izumi looked up from her arm. "Just get us there. I really don't feel like sleeping without doors near this pervert."
Goku laughed. "C-class pervert! I'm hungry!"
Sanzo looked angrily at the back. "Shut up! This is not a field trip!"
Izumi snorted as her red hair flew back from her face. "A really long field trip maybe."
Hakkai smiled. "You have no idea what you are getting yourself into."
Goku had been standing in the back of the Jeep looking for somewhere dry and warm when he yelled out, "Hey! Let's stay over there!"
Sanzo looked at Izumi. "Do you mind sleeping in a ruin?"
She shook her head. "Just as long as we get there before it starts raining."
Goku looked up. "Rain?"
Izumi looked up at the cloud free sky. "It'll be raining soon. I don't like getting wet."
Hakkai hit the gas harder. "Hold on tight!"
Izumi held her arms out in the wind and started laughing. "There are advantages in riding in Jeeps!"
Goyjo keenly noticed the wind blew back her white dress, and he noticed the bulge of armor where normal women would wear underwear.
"Crap! It's raining!"
Izumi looked up at the sky. "I hate to say it, but I told you so."
Hakkai, Sanzo, Goku, and Goyjo looked at each other. "How exactly did you know it was going to rain?"
She sighed. "I can't control the weather if that's what you are getting at. See that rock over there? The really big tall one? Guardians have a system that stretches back to the mountains. If there is a fire on the rock, no rain. No fire, rain."
Goyjo looked closer at Izumi. "Do you have frequent wars or something?"
She sighed. "We have a problem with wild youkai. Over the past few years, they've become bolder and bolder in their attacks on caravans, towns, villages, and the like. This used to be a forested region with lots of water and many colonies and such. The youkai killed the trees, drained the water, destroyed colonies, and ate the human victims. Thus, Guardians are the only form of law around. We kill the youkai, bring water, rebuild colonies, and plant trees in some towns. For some odd reason, we only have female Guardians, most of us are from extended backgrounds, and all of the youkai are male."
Sanzo looked at her. "What does that have to do with anything?"
Izumi shook her head sadly. "Most of us are affected by the same thing that makes the males crazy, but we are taken somewhere and they turn us into this." She ran her hand up and down her body, emphasizing her point. "We are no better then they are, but we still have some semblance of humanity. I am the first one of us to travel closer to the source of it, and still be like this. My eyes were the first thing to come back if you noticed."
Hakkai drove the Jeep up to the heavily bolted doors. "Hallo up there! Anyone home?"
A voice boomed down. "We do not service your kind!"
Izumi pulled of her white dress, revealing her gold and silver armor. "In the name of the Guardians of Yume-sato, open this gate or pay the price!" She pulled out some odd looking sword that grew as she pulled it out. "Open these gates or be branded a traitor!"
The gates slowly creaked open. "We will not allow a youkai male into our gates!"
Izumi sliced with her sword at the gate, and it sliced through the thick metal like a hot knife through butter. "They are under the protection of inhibitors! They can't harm you!"
The gatekeeper appeared at the base of the gate. "Fix it witch! I remember you! Yume Izumi of the Yuki line! That's the third time you've sliced my gate into three pieces! Fix it like you did last time!"
Izumi shook her head. "I should have known. Mei-lin Aruna. The stingiest gate guard known to us. I will personally kill you if I see you again."
The guard shuddered. "As you will Guardian. As you will. The Iron Citadel is still open at this hour. The Guardian barracks should be as well."
Izumi pulled her dress back on, untying the front so it appeared as a cape. She held her odd sword at the ready, just in case. "Clients first."
Hakkai hit the gas again, driving past Izumi and the odd gatekeeper into the town.
Goyjo managed to notice something about Izumi's mood that disturbed him. "Turn around Hakkai!"
Hakkai looked at him. "What I do not see I do not have to stop."
Sanzo nodded. "It's her business not ours."
Goku looked back over his shoulder in time to see the gatekeeper's body being thrown against the open gate. "Izumi!"
She looked up, her blue eyes meeting his golden ones.
"Please don't.....don't do it......"
She turned her back on Goku, and neatly cut off the gatekeeper's head. She kicked the body out of the town and closed the gate, locking it and welding the gate back together with her odd sword.
Goku's mouth hung open as he climbed out of the Jeep and retched in the shadows.
Izumi walked past him. "There's a place where you can stay the night here. Follow me."
Goyjo looked at her. "How can you just kill someone innocent and just keep on walking? What are you, some kind of monster?"
Sanzo groaned. "Bad subject hentai kappa."
Izumi sighed. "That's exactly what I am. A monster. I kill to survive. Besides, I can always say I wasn't myself if anyone asks, which they won't now will they?"
Hakkai caught Izumi's attention. "Take it from me, don't let them know."
She nodded her head. "The youkai should take care of the body for me. The only reason I don't kill them all is because of that. Now can we please get out of this wretched rain?"
Sanzo nodded to the party and they followed Izumi closely to the inn.
Suddenly she stopped in front of a large building, and motioned them to enter.
Goku sniffed the air inside the spacious place and happily danced around in a circle. "Real food real food real food!"
Izumi sighed and wrung out her long red hair onto the floor. "Oji-chan! Get your lazy butt out here and get me some rooms!"
A.N: This looks like a good spot to stop. Heehee. I'm so mean I actually use cliffhangers in spots that piss people off. Mwooooahahahahahaha! hey this was 12 pages of my life.....awesome. Same rules as my other ones, next chapter when 2 people review without flaming me. Laters!
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