"The World You Love"
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Saiyuki or any of that...I only own Momeru Toki(Momoe-chan), Tani Yayoi, Kaida Genji and Nariko Masako.
Author's note: Ok, I'm gonna be safe and say this is kinda AU k?
Ch.1 Fun house mirror image
Another typical day for the Sanzo four, driving in the jeep, Gojyo and Goku in the back arguing over some nonsense, Hakkai driving, ignoring the noise in the back, Sanzo in the passenger seat...
WHACK
"Ow! Why do you always do that?" Goku whined, rubbing his head where Sanzo hit him with his paper fan.
"Yeah! Why hit me when the damn monkey brat always starts this shit?" Gojyo rubbed his own head.
"What? I do not! You always start it, you pink haired water pixie!" Goku shot back, their fights haven't wavered in the time they've known each other, but they've 'matured'...slightly.
Sanzo felt his right eye twitch as a whole new arguement started up in the back of the jeep, "You know they'll never stop, so why bother anymore?" Hakkai sighed but continued smiling. Sanzo opened his mouth to answer when the sudden sound of an explosion near by caught their attention, they swurved slightly but managed to stop the jeep gentley.
Smoke filled the sky and it seemed to be only a few miles away, just behind a small hill. All four men glanced at each other and silently agreed to check it out.
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As they came around the hill, they spotted four girls and a smoking pile of metal, "Damnit, Tani! Why weren't you keeping an eye on Momeru?" barked a girl about Goku's age with long blue hair and amber colored eyes.
"Me? What about you, Kaida? You could've been keeping an eye on her too, y'know!" a preistess with short blonde hair and pink eyes, who was busting out of her skimpy robes due to her large breasts, snapped back.
Meanwhile, a young woman with greyish hair and firey red eyes was crawling around in circles shouting "I'm so sorry! I apologize to you! I apologize to the whole world! I am a burden on everyone!".
"Oh my...Momoe-chan, it's not your fault..." came the soft voice from the fourth young woman who had long black hair and purple eyes.
Momoe-chan, who was most likely the one previously called Momeru, suddenly clung to her leg "I'm so sorry, Nariko! I shouldn't burden you anymore! I should be dead!".
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The Sanzo-ikkou all sweatdropped at the sight of the four girls while the ones named Kaida and Tani argued, the one called Momeru groveled and the one called Nariko just stood there looking helpless.
"Um, are you ladies alright?" Hakkai asked, catching their attention and stopping them from whatever they were doing, "We heard an explosion...".
Tani smiled brightly and bounced over to the four men, her large breasts nearly coming out of her too tight, too short preistess robes "Yes, we're fine! But, we could use some help!".
"I don't think they're mental doctors, Tani" muttered Kaida, earning her a glare from the preistess.
"Our vehicile has suffered some...difficulty" Nariko interrupted, looking at the smoking pile of metal.
Gojyo leaned closely to the other males and whispered "Ok, I've never turned down an offer from a group of beautiful ladies, but...this seems kinda odd".
"I agree" Goku whisper and nodded, looking wide eyed at the girls 'vehicile', Sanzo turned and went to get back in the jeep "Not our problem...".
"Would you ladies like a ride to the next town?" Hakkai offered, "What?" blurted the other three guys.
"Yes!" Tani jumped up and down, "Thank you so much, sirs" Nariko bowed respectfully.
"Are you two braindead!?" Kaida shreiked "What if they're perverts? Or murderers?".
"I couldn't possibly risk getting into their vehicile! What if...!" Momeru started but Tani placed a hand over her mouth and whispered in her ear "As long as you don't fall asleep, everything should be fine".
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After a few seconds of getting everyone to agree, Mainly Sanzo and Kaida, they all piled into the jeep and conintued onto the next town, which was not too far from where they were.
"So, what has you ladies traveling? You do know how dangerous it is, right?" Hakkai started up a conversation after they all introduced themselves.
Tani Yayoi was the blonde preistess with pink eyes and a figure to make most women jealous, not your typical preistess.
Nariko Masako was the polite, soft spoken one with long black hair and purple eyes, seems a little naive.
Kaida Genji was the harsh toned, blue haired girl with amber colored eyes who wore two large bangles on each wrist.
Momeru(Momoe-chan) Toki was the neurotic grey haired girl who looks on the verge of either a nervous breakdown or a narcoleptic, with her firey red eyes.
The four girls glanced at each other, Kaida crossed her arms and found the outside scenery interesting, Momeru frowned and looked at the floor of the jeep while Nariko seemed to try and remember something.
Tani leaned forward "Well, I'm on a mission from my temple...", Sanzo raised an eyebrow "You don't say...?" he asked dully.
Tani nodded "Yep...gotta fix what's been goin' on, all the demon's becoming psychotic and stuff...oh, and to avenge the deaths of my preist and peoples and stuff..." she rambled on.
"Also, there's rumor that there's a sixth sacred-", Kaida coughed loudly to interrupt Tani "I think you've said enough..." the blue haired girl said smoothly.
"Are you a demon?" Goku blurted, Kaida's head whipped in his direction, her eyes wide, Goku simply laughed.
"Hey! You're like us!" he pointed to her bangle-like power limiters on each wrist. Kaida raised an eyebrow then noted the crown on his head and shrugged "Whatever...".
"What about the rest of you? You don't look like preistess', and we've just discovered Kaida is a demon like Goku, Gojyo and myself..." Hakkai smiled on. The girls seemed slighly shocked to hear he was a demon but didn't make a sound.
"Not that it's any of your damn business, but I, unfortunately, share a similar desire with Tani which is why I'm with her" Kaida snapped.
Nariko smiled and nodded "Yes, I do believe we all share that desire. Well, except for Momoe-chan, but..." she quickly covered her mouth "Oh my, that's not for me to dicuss, I'm sorry Momoe-chan".
Momeru nodded lazily "Hai, hai...", it was now that everyone saw how exhausted the grey haired girl looked, she had bags and dark circles around her eyes and she seemed to look dazed most of the time.
"I think we all share that desire...to fix the demon problem as of late" Hakkai continued to chatter on, feeling more comfortable in their pressence than the other three men.
Goku eyed Momeru for a while and watched her head bob for a bit, right when it looked like she would pass out he placed a hand on her shoulder "I'm sure we're almost at the next town, a bed's much more comfy than a crowded jeep".
She stared blankly at his cheery expression then forced a small smile "Yes...I'm sure a bed is much more comfy...".
Kaida saw this from the corner of her eye then looked forward 'Good, almost to town...we need to lose these guys as soon as possible'.
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"There's only one Inn in this town?" they all asked the clerk behind the desk of the 'Only Inn in town Inn', convenient name, huh?
"Yes, I'm sorry?" said the confused clerk "We only have two rooms left as well, is that a problem?".
Sanzo's eye twitched rightfully, as did Kaida's as they both muttered "Damnit!".
"Excuse me," Momeru spoke up "Is there a place I could get some coffee at?", "To make or to drink?" the clerk asked, the guys raised eyebrows at this small conversation. The could've sworn the girl wanted to sleep, she nearly passed out several times on their way to town.
"Hmm, I suppose both would be good" Momeru smiled sleepily, "My Inn has some nice coffee in it's dining area, and there's a shop just down the street that sells some coffee, but I'd reckon they're closed at this hour...".
"Thank you, where is your dining area?" Momeru walked closer to the clerk, "Right this way..." he led her farther into the Inn towards a back room where a few tables were set up by a small bar.
"What the...?" Gojyo mumbled, Tani waited until the grey haired girl was out of ear shot to try her plan. She knew Momeru would just feel like it was all her fault...even though is was...'We must get both rooms...we can't keep these guys around us too long or else...'
"We could take one room and you ladies the other..." Hakkai offered, "Alright, sounds fair" Nariko smiled.
Kaida and Sanzo's eye twitched again while Tani felt like banging her head against the wall 'That wasn't the plan!'.
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As the clerk came back, Goku's stomache growled "Hey, do you serve food at this time? I'm hungry!", "Of course, right this way..." the clerk ushered him towards the room he brought Momeru to.
"I hope he doesn't think I'm paying for him..." Sanzo watched the monkey walk away, feeling like he was about to teach the younger male a valuable lesson.
"Well, I hope they serve booze at this time too then!" Gojyo followed behind.
"I'm with ya on that" groaned Tani, "Shall we all go?" Nariko asked, "I suppose so" Hakkai shrugged and let her go before him.
Sanzo watched the last of his group exit into the dining area, the only female left behind was Kaida, who looked just as annoyed as he felt at the moment.
Kaida then turned to Sanzo, a hint of a smirk on her face "I guess you will be paying, after all, huh?" she then entered the dining area, soon followed by a fuming, droopy eyed, blonde monk.
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"Isn't coffee a 'wake up' drink?" Goku asked while he waited for the food he ordered, Momeru looked at him hesitantly before answering "Yes...I suppose it is...".
"Then wont you have a hard time going to sleep tonight since you're drinking it now?", Momeru frowned "I don't get to sleep much...ever..." she trailed off.
They were quickly joined by Gojyo and Tani who called out for some liquor then engaged into a flirtatious conversation, which Goku rolled his eyes at.
Hakkai and Nariko were already engaged in a friendly chat when they entered the diner part of the Inn and sat down and ordered some food for themselves.
"Where are you from? Your mannerisms are very...refined, Miss Nariko", the blacked hair girl thought for a moment...then a moment longer..."Hmm...I don't remember...guess I forgot..." she blinked a few times, Hakkai blinked as well in bewilderment but then opted to ask another question.
Kaida seated herself next to Nariko, she refused to enjoy any form of conversation with Hakkai but whenever Nariko would nudge her she would reluctantly answer. She seemed to glance around at each girl every few minutes, a slightly annoyed yet worried expression on her face. The only time she seemed relaxed ws when she bounced a piece of her breadroll of of Tani's head growling "Don't you have any shame!? You're a preistess for Kami-sama sake!".
Sanzo sat away from everyone else, drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette in as much peace as he could in the small dining area. He silently agreed with the blue haired girl about her blonde companions behavior 'She could at least flirt with someone better than Gojyo'.
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During their meal, the owner/clerk asked them "What brings you to our town anyways? Not many people are willing to come here, what with all the attacks...".
"Attacks?" Nariko gasped "Sounds terrible", the owner nodded "Yes, this town has become a hotspot for demon attacks. Something about a sixth Sacred Sutra or something, somewhere in the town".
Sanzo raised an eyebrow "What...?", Tani jumped up and hugged the owner "Yes!? Where!? Where is the sixth Sacred Sutra!?".
Kaida groaned and smacked herself in the forehead "Brilliant, tell everyone about it...both of you are fools" she muttered, glaring at the owner and Tani.
"I-I'm sorry, but I don't know...I've never even heard of it until the demons started attacking" the owner held his hands up defensivly.
"Oh..." Tani blushed, either from embarrassment or from the booze, and sat back down.
"Have you heard something about this sixth Sacred Sutra? Because I never have, and I am a Sanzo preist" Sanzo stared directly at Tani, the blonde girl fidgeted nervously "Uh...umm...".
CRASH
The windows to the Inn were all broken as no less than fifteen demons entered where the owner and the two groups were at in the diner.
"Aha! It must be true if a preist and preistess find it necesary to visit this town!" one of the demons smirked triumpantly.
Sanzo's group and Tani's group gave them a dull look before going back to whatever it was they were doing before, the Inn's owner looked around in confusion.
"Hey!" one of the demons went to grab Sanzo but he simply pulled his gun out and aimed it in the demons face while he resumed drinking his beer.
Another demon went to grab Tani but a large mallet came of of nowhere and bashed it upside the head, Gojyo stared at Tani for a second before asking "Where were you hiding that!?".
"Enough of this nonsense! Kill them all!" shouted another demon as a full blown brawl was starting, the owner of the Inn cowarded underneath Sanzo's table.
"Look out!" Hakkai blasted one that was coming up from behind Nariko "Are you ok Miss Nariko?".
She smiled sweetly as she reached for her metal belt "Thank you!", pulling it off, it turned out to be a chainwhip and snapped it behind Hakkai, flinging a demon away from him.
Kaida pulled out a gun of her own and shot one while using her own chi to blast another that tried to sneak up behind her.
Gojyo continued drinking but had his own weapon out and flailed it a few times, it seemed that more demons were showing up though 'Must be because of Sanzo and Tani, here...'.
Momeru was still calmly drinking her coffee and Goku was still merrily eating when three of the demons grabbed the table and flung it away.
The table broke, the food landed on the ground and the cup in Momeru's hands was knocked out of her grasp, the two stared at the fallen coffee and food before glaring at the demons.
"Damnit!My food!" Goku shouted and got his nyoibou out and started attacking.
Momeru calmly sighed "My coffee..." before jumping back, arms disappearing into her kimono type sleeves as a variety of daggers and spiked chains flew out, hitting several demons.
After every last one fell dead or unconcious, they all looked around at each other "You have some explaining to do" Sanzo leaned on the table he was sitting at before to catch his breath.
Tani sighed and nodded, Kaida was none too pleased and headed up to the rooms before everyone else. Sanzo and Tani went up next, followed by Gojyo, Hakkai and Nariko. Goku stopped at the doorway and looked back to see Momeru looking around the dining area "You comin'?".
Momeru turned slightly "Yes, I'll be up in just a minute...", Goku shrugged and ran the rest of the way to the rooms.
"Excuse me..." Momeru peeked under the table at the owner, he jumped slightly then scrambled out from underneath "Y-yes?".
"Could I possibly trouble you for another cup of coffee?" the grey haired girl smiled nervously.
Ok, I will be honest and say I have not finished reading or watching the Saiyuki series, but I have gone to many websites and whatnot for more info. If I make any mistakes about names and stuff, please let me know. Oh, and please no flames, a simple "I didn't like it" or "I think it sucks" is ok and understandable, but please no over the top rants. Thank you for reading, please review!