Hachi No Iro : Muteki No Hana

Fanfiction by: Mythical-Colors

Disclaimer: Gensoumaden Saiyuki (or any variant following it) and Weiss Kreuz (and any variant following it) do not belong to me. They belong to Kazuya Minekura and Takehito Koyasu/Project Weiss respectively. I'm not making money out of this.

Author's Notes: I'm aware that I should be working on the actual storyline (to be honest I'm working on recovering what I had in mind for it because weeks of work made me forget). However, this idea just settled down and it wouldn't leave me alone. I'm just writing it for kicks, to be honest. This is a parody. I have nothing against Mary Sues or Mary Suethors (or whatever floats their boat). Like I said, this is nothing to be taken seriously. If you hate Mary Sues, good for you. If you love them, good for you. If you hate this story for making fun of them, I don't care.

I would also like to apologize to Son Goku and Hidaka Ken for the torture I am about to put them through. It's just so much fun watching Ken get annoyed.

I would like to dedicate this to author Sevendials. I followed her old LJ a few years back. I'm not really sure she remembers me, but if she ever stumbles onto this I want her to know that she still inspires me a whole lot.

Prologue

Was it Green or Blue?

Goku had no idea how they got there. All he remembered was waking up in what was probably the most comfortable bed he'd ever lay down on and hearing the sweet, magic words he loved hearing as soon as he awoke:

"Breakfast is ready!"

He hadn't even noticed that Hakkai wasn't the one who said it (as it usually is). Goku just sat upright as soon as the smell of beef flavored congee sprinkled with garlic and spring onion wafted into the air and passed through his nostrils. The heretic boy's mouth watered and his eyes could've been as wide as saucers, a smile spread through his lips and the words came out of him.

"Alright! Food!" he leapt up from bed and scrambled for the doorway. The smell was getting stronger and the sound of vegetables being diced and vegetables being stir fried was getting louder. Was there a special occasion today? Maybe that's why there was a lot of food! Goku laughed and pushed the door to the dining room open, making his way to the table and pulling his seat up. A bowl of beef congee was there to greet him.

"Itadakimasu!" he almost hollered. Picking up his spoon – he then froze, as if waking up for the very first time. His gold eyes blinked and the spoon stopped midway into the bowl of rice porridge. The chocolate-brown haired heretic boy turned his head to look left and right. There he was, at the picture of a perfect and rather cozy home. The wooden walls were polished and curtains flew up and down gracefully with the gentle breeze that entered through the open window. The counters were filled with grocery bags displaying bread, spices and vegetables. Not far behind him, the sound of running water and food being put to a boil were heard. It was soon followed by humming.

The sweetest, most beautiful voice he'd ever heard.

Just where were they? The details were blurry but he could remember a youkai attack like any other. They'd defeated all of them – as always and expected. Goku tried as hard as he could to remember what happened after that because he honestly didn't remember a damned thing. That in itself should've been alarming. He just remembered Aya suddenly yelling at them for something. Then Sanzo telling him to run. For a second, his heart skipped a beat. His hunger was of second importance. Sanzo was in danger. Something happened to Sanzo! –

The humming became louder. Sweeter, comforting – almost as if a gentle touch had rubbed him on the back.

It was so sweet, he felt dizzy.

Like he was sick.

Sanzo was –

"Are you sick or somethin' stupid monkey? I'm gonna eat that if you are."

Gojyo's voice seemed to shatter the last piece of composure Goku had within him. He leapt up his chair and threw an angry look at Gojyo, which surprised the hanyou right back. "How could you talk like that?!" the young boy said, sounding panicked. "Sanzo's in danger!"

Where are we?

"Who said I was in danger?"

Relief, embarrassment and confusion all washed over Goku at the same time like an unexpected wave that was too strong to escape from. He watched as Sanzo walked in, straightening his robes and looking at Goku wearing the generically annoyed expression he always had.

"Sanzo! You're okay!"

The blond priest scoffed and made his way to one of the chairs. "Stupid ape." He merely muttered, loud enough for everyone in the room to hear. Sanzo pulled up a chair and sat down, beginning to eat his breakfast without another word.

Gojyo raised an eyebrow as he sat beside Goku, looking at the heretic boy. "I don't know what the shit you're talking about. But it's probably just some dumb dream. You gotta stop snacking in the middle of the night."

Goku blinked once more and sat down. The cozy kitchen and the sound of cooking behind him were starting to become an eyesore and white noise respectively.

"Where are we?" he asked, looking over to Sanzo.

For a moment, the priest returned his gaze. Goku noticed a vacant look in his eyes that was uncharacteristically Sanzo. Blinking again, he saw it was gone. Now Sanzo just looked out the window and ignored him, continuing to eat his food.

"You ask too much questions." Gojyo said from beside him. "You must be feeling like shit. You forgot how hungry you were."

The rumbling of his stomach brought Goku back to reality, breaking through any uncertainty and suspicion that was troubling him. He brought the bowl back into his hand and began wolfing down the food in it. The food did not feel any colder, still as fresh and warm as it was moments ago. Goku swallowed and immediately felt the need to be very vocal of his appreciation.

"This stuff is delicious!" he said. "Who cooked it?!"

"It's… not much. But thank you for saying so, Master Goku."

In the midst of shoving spoonfuls of congee down his throat, Goku turned his head to look at the direction of the voice. She was the one humming. It was unmistakable to Goku who was fairly good at remembering sounds, sights, smells and of course, taste.

She wasn't anyone he'd ever seen before – there was certainly something almost unearthly about her. Even though she was dressed in what Omi and Ken once referred to as a kimono, it surprisingly was able to show off the graceful and slender figure she had. It was off-shoulder indigo colored one, embroidered with pink and yellow flowers. The pale rose obi was tied around her perfectly curved waist.

However, her clothing could only hope to match her enhanced beauty. Goku blinked in wonder upon seeing her almond shaped cerulean blue eyes and golden blonde hair that fell in delicate loose waves up to her lower back. He noticed that her ears were pointed upwards – too short to be a demon's. What was she?

The curiosity over her ears made the young woman blush and shift rather uncomfortably. She moved one hand over her ear.

"I-I'm sorry!" she said, bowing (and gracing Gojyo a good view of her generous bust). "I'm sorry if my appearance offends! –"

"Goku, you idiot!" Gojyo's booted foot fell upon the top of the young boy's head. "Don'tcha know staring makes a lady uncomfortable?!"

"OW! I didn't mean to stare! Ow! Get your foot off me, perverted roach head!"

"Who ya callin' a perverted roach?! You apologize to Leticia right now!"

The maiden called Leticia stepped forward, her hands clasped in prayer and over her chest as if apprehensive to step in. "Please, Master Gojyo! It's okay! I'm sure Master Goku didn't mean it!"

What a strange name.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!"

The harisen which should've been so expected came upon their heads, breaking Gojyo and Goku almost immediately. Goku rubbed his head, groaning in pain while Gojyo's groan was more of annoyance.

"Damn it, you shitty monk!" Gojyo began. "I was just defending the lady!"

"I was just wondering why her ears are so pointy!" Goku followed.

Leticia smiled with such gentleness and sadness at the same time that the three of them couldn't help but look at her. "I'm an elf, Master Goku." She said, almost in a whisper. "Unlike demons, I cannot hide my ears. So, forgive me."

"There's nothing wrong with that!" Goku said, smiling at her to disperse all her fears of being rejected. "I've just never seen anyone like you before, that's all." He reached out a hand. "Nice to meet you!"

Leticia looked perplexed, but she then smiled and took his hand. "Thank you, Master Goku."

This time, it was Gojyo's turn to be confused. "Oi, are you serious, Goku? You don't remember meeting Leticia yesterday?"

What did happen yesterday?

The door opened and immediately, Goku heard the familiar calming and rationalizing voice of Cho Hakkai. "We can't blame him, Gojyo. The details from yesterday are all very hazy indeed." He had a bag of more groceries in his arms. "I'm just relieved he looks better. Miss Leticia and her sisters truly did us a favor."

"Stay away from them, Goku!" Aya had yelled through the confusion. "Don't touch them!"

"Goku! RUN!" Sanzo's voice had followed shortly after.

"That's right! –" Goku spoke as if he finally remembered something. "Where are Aya and the others? –"

"Around." Gojyo answered. He spoke as if he merely swatted away an annoying fly buzzing around endlessly. "You worry too much about those guys. They'll be fine. "

"Yes." Hakkai said setting the groceries down. "I met up with Aya-san a few moments ago. It seems like they're doing fine."

"Where are they?" Goku asked.

To his surprise, as if he hadn't heard, Hakkai suddenly spoke of something else. "Did I miss anything while I was away?"

Leticia was the one who spoke this time, walking up to Hakkai. Gojyo looked very interested at seeing the gentle sway of her hips. "You got here just in time, Master Hakkai." Her voice was sweeter than it was when she was singing, Goku thought. "I was just finished cooking your favorite food. Hu La Tang soup!"

Goku froze and blinked, this time – amazingly, keeping his thoughts to himself. That's funny. I remember Hakkai saying that his favorite dish was green beans with mushrooms. Hakkai once confessed that he wasn't all too fond of spicy food (even though it did go best with wine).

Upon looking at the two, Goku noticed a faint blush and a sheepish smile on Hakkai's face. What? He'd seen that look before on some of the girls Gojyo talks to, but he'd never seen it on Hakkai. Ever. A lot of pretty girls talked to Hakkai – but he would always just be very polite and go on his way. Usually it was the girls he talked to that looked positively smitten.

Did Hakkai like Leticia? What happened to that Kanan girl he sometimes heard about from Gojyo? Didn't Hakkai like her more?

"Thank you, Miss Leticia. However did you guess that it was my favorite?" Hakkai's answered confused Goku even more.

Leticia smiled and blushed herself, her cheeks matching the color of her pale pink obi. "I just guessed, Master Hakkai. I hope it's to your liking."

"Get a room, you two." Gojyo teased from the sidelines. At once, both Leticia and Hakkai looked away from each other and turned about their own business. Hakkai looking interested at the groceries and Leticia chopping tofu with much vigor.

"Did I miss anything while I was gone?" Hakkai had asked, as soon as he composed himself. He started putting aside groceries (that was another thing Goku found weird. Shouldn't he have just left them as they were? In bags? They were leaving today).

"Ha. Goku did the stupid thing here and stared at Leticia too long. Almost made the girl cry, dumbass ape."

"Hey, I told you, I didn't mean to! I –"

The crash of random supplies both startled the hanyou and the heretic before they could start another argument. Leticia looked frozen in concern as Hakkai just stood there, watching Goku. The heretic boy himself looked at Hakkai and blinked. On the green-eyed demon's face was an expression he could never forget. It was dark, calm and yet deathly cold at the same time. The kind of look Hakkai reserved for youkai. Youkai who had crossed the line and greatly offended him by being damned distasteful.

Hakkai began to approach Goku

What did I do wrong?

"Goku." Hakkai's tone reminded him of the old days when he would break something and Hakkai would patiently but sternly explain to him why whatever he did was wrong. He suddenly felt like three years ago when he had gotten ink all over Sanzo's important documents while he was chasing the puppy he picked up outside the temple. He was just playing. Honest. He didn't mean to. How was he supposed to know the puppy would find his way in Sanzo's office?

"Miss Leticia here is very sensitive about her heritage. She's been through a lot." Hakkai's cold – and not as gentle as he remembered voice brought him back to the present. "It's bad to make her feel even worse about it. Don't you know staring can make someone uncomfortable?"

Hakkai had told him the same thing three years ago – although he didn't feel like he was about to blast him with one of those energy attacks of his the first time it was brought up. He didn't even feel Hakkai grab him by the wrist. Goku only winced and let out a cry as soon as Hakkai gripped it like he'd never before.

"Did you apologize to Miss Leticia?" there was the same vacant look in his eyes, Goku noticed. Speaking of Gojyo and Sanzo – why weren't they saying anything? Gojyo maybe a jerk to him most of the time, but he always said something whenever he felt someone was going too far. Sanzo was the same – even if he made it look like he didn't care, he would've said something that would lead Hakkai to back off.

Why wasn't anyone doing anything?

He looked over to Leticia – his wincing was put on hold. Was she smiling? That seemed very unbecoming of someone with her character. Goku blinked again and this time saw that Leticia's smug and silently happy expression was now replaced with worry.

"Master Hakkai, please stop!"

And just like a dog who'd been caught by his owner chewing on the potted plants after he'd been told not to, Hakkai looked up at Leticia, dropping Goku's hand.

"He didn't mean to. Master Goku has been nothing but kind to me." Her cerulean blue orbs were pleading. "Please don't hurt him? He didn't mean to."

Goku had been called a dumb animal many times before, but it was when he heard those words from Leticia that he truly felt like a dumb animal. Unable to think, make decisions for himself, defend himself.

Suddenly and miraculously, he wasn't so hungry anymore.

Goku looked over to see Sanzo, now uninterested in what just happened – he was reading the paper as if nothing had transpired.

"You'd better be thankful Leticia's a nice girl, stupid ape." Gojyo chimed from beside him. "Otherwise, Hakkai would've wiped the floor with you by now."

And no one else thought that was weird?

Goku immediately got up and ran to the door. "I'm gonna find Ken and the others! I'll make sure they're getting ready to leave!"

A chill passed through his spine as soon as no one reacted or replied to his statement "getting ready to leave". Instead, Goku could only see the vacant look on their faces as they sat in the kitchen with Leticia, about to enjoy a breakfast as perfect as she was.

Author's Notes:

1. That Hakkai's favorite dish thing? Totally head canon. I don't know what Hakkai's favorite food is.

2. Hu La Tong soup is spicy soup with tofu, carrots and potatoes.