Darkened Fears
A Saiyuki Fanfic written by Sanzo's Guardian Angel
"I'll have a beer please" asked Zonaki as she raised her hand.
"Me too" said Sanzo calmly
"Dido" said Gojyo
"Just tea please" Hakkai said with a smile, it made the waitress blush.
"And you?" asked the Waitress as she looked in Goku's direction, Goku looked straight up and said to her excited like he was eight rather then eighteen.
"I'll have a Gyoza, Haru Maki, Ramen, pot sticker plate, shrimp, spare ribs…"
Zonaki turned to Hakkai and whispered to him, making sure that Goku doesn't hear
"He's ordering a lot now isn't he?"
Hakkai just smiled and replied "Well, you know he's always like that Zonaki"
"Exactly he'll never change" Zonaki whispered back.
Goku finished his list of food and the waitress walked away, Zonaki looked over to Goku, with a frown on her face
"Ordered everything then?" she asked
Goku gave her a cheerful nod; Zonaki sighed in relief, 'Thank god' she thought.
"Oh no!" shouted Goku
"What is it?" asked Zonaki, Goku turned his head swiftly towards her and replied "I forgot to order some Spare ribs and Pork not to mention a drink…"
Zonaki dropped her head down with a sigh,
"Um Zonaki-Chan" said Goku, Sanzo, Gojyo and Hakkai stared wondering what was wrong.
Zonaki then lifted herself up leaning her hands on the table, "Wait here" said Zonaki, as she walked away.
"Excuse me?"
The waitress that served them came over, "Yes how can I help you?" Zonaki raised her hand and pointed to her table, "My friend forgot to order Spare ribs, Pork and a drink of Coke, if that wouldn't be a problem?" asked Zonaki, "Why yes, just wait here" said the waitress with a smile, but before she left, she whispered to Zonaki
"Um but could you tell me one thing?" she asked.
"Yeah?" replied Zonaki
"That man with red hair that's travelling with you, what's his name?" asked the waitress again.
"Gojyo? Why"
"It's just he looks very handsome"
Zonaki frowned and looked back, 'You're not the first one who would think that…'
"Thank you, I'll go and tell the chief what else you ordered" said the waitress as she walked off, Zonaki sighed and walked back to the table, dropping herself down on her chair, with a big sigh, eyes closed.
"What was that about?" asked Sanzo
"Just ordering Goku's stuff" replied Zonaki.
Goku's eyes began to shine, he then went over and gave Zonaki a big cuddle, "Thanks Zonaki, you're the best"
"Um Goku?"
"Yes?"
"Could you loosen you're grip? You're killing me"
Goku sweated and removed his hands from her neck, allowing her to breath again, as she took a deep breath, the drinks and food arrived to the table, Zonaki looked up shocked, 'That was fast she thought'
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Two hours later:-
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"So what are we going to do now?" asked Zonaki as she took a sip of her beer.
Sanzo smoked his cigarette in calm, as the smell of tobacco surrounded the place, he opened his mouth to reply:-
"Well I've been told that the quickest way to get to the next town. Is to go though a cave that has been rumoured that when people go in, they never come out a live, so we're going though there"
Zonaki's eyes widened, and spitted out the beer she was drinking, and accidentally dropped the cup.
"Aaagh" went Hakkai, as he shot right down and grabbed the cup before it landed on the ground, he took it back and settled it on the table.
"Say again" asked Zonaki as she was wiping the beer off her mouth
"We're going though a cave that no one has ever made it out a live to get to the next town…" replied Sanzo again.
"You're joking right?" Zonaki asked, with her eyes wide as she continued to blink
"Got a problem?" asked Sanzo
"No, but…" said Zonaki
"But what?"
Zonaki turned red, she didn't want to tell him, a fear she has, in her terrifying nightmares, a horrible image, a dark secret.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Zonaki's nightmare:-
Zonaki always get the nightmare, of walking down a dark, dark place, you couldn't see anything, let alone hear anything, just the sound of water dropping,
'Drip, drop, drip' it would go, piercing though her head, like a spear. Then she would stop, seeing an endless sea of blood, then she would hear a voice, it was dark, cold and came from a man, she would turn, seeing a man drenched in blood
And he would say to her with no feeling like he was un-natural
"No matter how far you go, I will punish you for what you did and I'll make sure that every last drip of blood in your body will flow though the rivers of this place, and no matter what you do, I'll make sure that you won't escape…"
Then the man vanished, Zonaki looked around in fear, wondering where he is, then she would feel a slash on her back as she collapsed, turning round to see who it was, then she saw her demon form with blood stains all over her, in a Tenkai uniform, with a sword also covered in blood.
Then Zonaki's demon form would say this to her in complete wonder and also sounded that she didn't have any emotion:-
"What's the point in running? When you can't escape? What's the point in walking, when you'll never reach your destination? What's the point in seeing, when we don't have an eye sight? What's the point in hearing, when we can't hear? What's the point of touching, when we can't feel? What's the sense of smelling, when we can't smell? And what's the point to live when you don't have a future?"
Zonaki would then stand up and her demon form would come to her, as Zonaki would slowly rose up, her demon form raised her sword about to strike and yelled:-
"ONIMASHA!"
"HUH!"
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"Zonaki?"
Zonaki snapped out of her deep thought, everyone stared, and she blushed in total embarrassment.
She took another sip of her beer, and then got up off her chair.
"I'll go to the Inn" she said, as she walked off out the door, Hakkai stared with a sad look, wondering what was wrong.
"She never even finished her beer?" said Gojyo.
"It's not like Zonaki to un-finish her beer…" said Goku as he looked at the glass she left behind.
"Hmmmm? Went Sanzo, as he smoked from his cigarette.
'Wonder what's on her mind?' thought Hakkai.
End. To be continued
