Poison the Dragon
By: Liv
Disclaimer: Kazuya Minekura is the creator and owner of Gensomaden Saiyuki. I'm just another fan girl she hypnotized into liking it. ^^;; gwah! It's fun being a fan! ^^;;
*****
"That's mine! Kono ERO KAPPA!!!"
"Ba-ka!" Sha Gojyo winked and blurted at the boy. "If you want the bun so much, why don't you try and get it from me, Kono Bakasaru?"
"Teme!!!" Once more, Son Goku attempted to grab the pork bun Gojyo is holding away from him but truth be told, his height was nothing compared to the half-youkai's.
A bullet shot pass the pork bun creating a smoking hole on it.
"Heh?! Sanzo!!!"
"Kono namagusa BOUZU!!!"
*whack!!*
"ITAI!!!"
"Urusai! You've been fighting over that pork bun ever since we started this trip!" Genjo Sanzo's deep voice showed frustration. Along with that was the bulging of his artery by the temple.
"Ne, has anyone heard of 'sharing' and 'generosity'?" Cho Hakkai chimed.
Gojyo handed the bun to Goku. "Here, I lost my appetite."
"Eh??" Goku said exasperatedly looking disappointed at the shot bun. There was a screeching sound and everyone thrust forward in reply to inertia.
Gojyo had dropped the bun along with the sudden movement.
"Nani?" Sanzo turned to Hakkai and saw him looking forward. He turned towards the direction to see inhuman figures ready for battle. They were surrounded.
"Chii~, what are these? Desert hoodlums?" Gojyo straightened up as he noticed black cloths around the demons mouths and arms. They were all smirking at the travelers.
"Na! Whatever they are, they're pre-lunch exercises!" Goku stood up and hopped off Jiipu.
"They are, aren't they?" Hakkai got off next followed by the other two. He moved his neck left and right, popping his bones in his fingers.
"They should have come earlier, after we ate breakfast." Gojyo held his fingers and stretched upwards, tiptoeing a bit. "Demons have such bad timing."
"Speak for yourself, you dead cockroach." Sanzo wielded his gun and started shooting off demons.
By the time the demons have charged them, Hakkai was ready with his fighting stance. He bent low missing a sword slash from a demon and made a somersault kicking two demons along with the movement. While on air, he created a Chi Gong and threw it to his upcoming attackers. By the time he had landed, there were no survivors.
"Nyoibou~" Goku summoned and started thwacking it over to the heads, stomachs, and chests of the demons while dodging the attacks. He made a somersault missing another slash and landed heavily on the shoulders of the enemy behind him. He leapt away, holding high his nyoibou in a horizontal position. "Stretch out! Nyoibou~" As soon as it had elongated, he began twirling it around while maneuvering his body to show his excellence in battle while demons were thrown away.
Gojyo easily moved the chain of his weapon so the blade slashed and killed the far away demons. To him, it was like watering plants that are fixed in a row. He flashed a smirk as he heard an angry cry behind him and turned around just in time with a slash from the other end of his shakujou, killing the demon that attempted to attack. "Yareyare...these demons are so stupid." The chain returned. "They let themselves be known so easily because they stink."
As always, while the great travelers of Togenkyou were on land fighting, the little white dragon Hakuryu was on air, watching the battle scene. His head was like a ping pong ball watching everyone in the party fight. Upon turning to Hakkai, he saw an upcoming attacker.
By the looks of Hakkai handling three demons at the same time, there was no way the youkai could dodge the upcoming attack.
"Kyuu!!" Hakuryu called and zoomed down towards the demon. He opened his little mouth and sent out fire that burned the demon's nape.
Hakkai pushed the three demons off and turned with a smiling face to Hakuryu. "Hakuryu! Arigatou gozaimasu!"
Hakuryu blinked while looking at Hakkai, still suspended on the air. Suddenly, he felt his scales tear open as three sharp edges scratched his belly. "KYUUUUU!!!"
Hakkai gasped. "Hakuryu!!!"
Gojyo turned around to see his friend catching a fallen Hakuryu. "Kuso...!" He swung over his chain blade to the demon. It tore through the chest and returned to its owner after the demon had been destroyed.
"Sanzo! They're too much for us!!" Goku called as demons surrounded him and Sanzo, whose back was close to his.
Other than that, Sanzo was aware of what happened to Hakuryu. He kept his gun while standing calmly. "Goku,"
"Are?" Goku turned to Sanzo.
"Distract them." Sanzo clasped his hands in prayer.
"Hai!" Goku gave a battle-ready look to the demons in front of him. "Koi!" He sped towards them with inhuman speed and started throwing demons away with his nyoibou.
Sanzo felt the wind blow stronger, not interrupted from his chant. He felt the resonation of the sutra's energy and when he knew it was enough, he opened his eyes, summoned, "Makai..." and casted his hands to the demons. "TENJO!!!"
Goku backed off as he watched each demon disappear as the sutras touched them. When there was silence, he turned around and saw Sanzo jogging towards the direction of his other two companions. "Na, Sanzo! Doshite?? Sanzo!!" He called and started jogging behind the monk, still calling out his name.
"What happened?" Gojyo, kneeling beside Hakkai who was kneeling too, heard Sanzo ask and turned to the comer. "Hakuryu got wounded." He answered.
"Na! Then why isn't Hakkai doing anything? Can't he use his Kikou Arts?" Goku asked innocently.
"I can...demo...not in this situation." Hakkai turned to Sanzo. "Hakuryu is poisoned."
"Poisoned?!" Goku was shocked. He remembered how the scorpion lady in the underground fortress poisoned Sanzo. "How??"
"A demon slashed him right after Hakuryu defended me."
"At this rate, he's not gonna last long." Gojyo was looking at Hakuryu's weakening body. "Unlike some namagusa bouzu who was so baka to turn around off guard." He didn't need to look at Sanzo, he was sure Sanzo knows.
"At least I'm not like some gokiburi who couldn't do anything without my orders."
"Oi! I was trying to get that woman to spit out the cure, you gay monk!" By this time, Gojyo had turned to Sanzo. Just in time, he felt the pistol's nozzle enter his mouth.
"Say that again, cockroach ass." Sanzo recognized what seemed to be a 'teme!!!' come out of Gojyo's mouth.
"Demo, Sanzo, Gojyo's right." Hakkai looked at the monk, all eyes on him. "You have a longer body, Sanzo. So the poison didn't spread fast. Demo, Hakuryu..." He turned to the dragon again. He wanted him to kyu weakly but nothing came.
Gojyo felt the Smith & Wesson leave his mouth. He heard sniffing sounds and turned to the boy beside him. "Goku?"
Goku sniffed louder, looking for the smell. It led him to finding a wavy figure coming from afar. With the figure was something bigger. *Hontou ni...?!*
"Oi, saru! There's no food here--saru!!" Gojyo stood up as Goku ran over to whatever he saw.
"Matte! Matte!!" The traveler heard the young voice and pulled to a stop. He waited for a waving boy to approach him. "What is it, young one?" He sounded younger than the age his white hair and wrinkled face showed.
"Matte...!" Goku paused and panted while his palm was pushing his upper legs. "We need a ride! Hakuryu is poisoned and we need to get him to a town fast!!"
"Sounds urgent..." The old man said. "Where are your friends?"
Goku pointed to where he came from.
The old man squinted his eyes as he looked to where he was pointing. However, none was seen. But through the eyes of the boy, he felt no lie. "Okay, there's space at the back."
"Sankyu!" Goku jogged over to the wooden carriage the horse was pulling. It was full of sacks and boxes. He hopped on and felt the carriage move over to the others.
*****
Men and women carried baskets and boxes. Some took care of the animals. Little children ran around while those in the puberty age helped with the elder people. What looked like trading products were settled under numerous tents. Sanzo had his robe down as he leapt off the carriage. He looked around hearing more people touch land behind him.
Hakkai looked at the sleeping dragon on his arms. His eyes showed the worry in him. He felt a hand touch his shoulder and looked to see his friend. "Gojyo,"
"Hekiheki, Hakkai. It's not like you." Gojyo gave an assured smile that Hakuryu will make it.
Hakkai nodded, but Gojyo didn't seem to help much.
"Jia Guo!" The old man leapt off his carriage and approached a young woman with long black hair and soft green top and pants leading a group of pigs to their pens.
Jia Guo turned around. "Otoosan!" She jogged towards the old man and embraced him. "Okaeri!"
"Tadaima." The old man smiled at Jia Guo's bright green eyes. "I brought in some visitors, they need help. Attend to their needs while I record the goods I brought."
"Hai, Otoosan!" Jia Guo smiled as she watched her father off. She turned to the blond man and bowed. "Hajime mashite."
Sanzo nodded. "What is this town?"
"This town?" Jia Guo stood straight. "This is a trading town named Yao Lun." She looked behind Sanzo to see Hakkai petting the white dragon. "Your pet?"
"Something like that." Sanzo turned around to see Hakuryu.
"Sou ka." Jia Guo smiled at Sanzo. "We'll help you. Since this is a trading town, I'm sure we have the cure for it. We DO have a variety of people here."
Sanzo nodded. "Aa."
"Demo," Jia Guo's voice softened. "I should warn you of the thieves."
"Thieves?"
Jia Guo nodded. "Hai. The thieves are demons."
"Demons?" A spark of interest suddenly came to Sanzo.
"Hai, sou desu. You'll notice them easily because of the black cloths they wear around their mouths and arms."
"Black cloths..."
*Sou ka...that's why the demons attacked us. They thought we had goods along with us.*
"Some people say these demons have poison in their blood. So, their claws are dangerous."
"That might be true." Sanzo turned around to the three demons again. "Hakuryu was scratched and poisoned."
"Sou ka..." Jia Guo looked at the little thing.
"Jia Guo!" Her father's voice came. "Invite them in our house!"
"Ahh, hai!" Jia Guo called back and smiled welcomingly at Sanzo. "Let's get inside, it's pretty hot here. I'll serve you lunch."
*****
"Jia Guo? That's a nice name. One of the most unique names I've heard. What does it mean?" Gojyo started to smooth talk Jia Guo. His elbow was rested on the table full of food, chin on his palm.
Jia Guo laughed. "I don't know myself. What DOES 'Gojyo' mean?"
"ERO KAPPA!!!"
Jia Guo blinked. "Kappa?"
Gojyo had an annoyed forced smile on. "Sumimasen." Immediately, he turned to Goku and started twisting the latter's face. "Teme! Kono BAKASARU!!!"
"Itai itai..."
"Urusai!" Sanzo's harisen connected with Gojyo's head then Goku's within one straight hit to the right. "Shikuso!"
Jia Guo only watched the little show.
Gojyo rubbed his head. "Chii~ Hot-headed bouzu."
Sanzo readied for another hit with his harisen. "You want another, you dead cockroach?"
"Ooh! Whatcha gonna do? Hit me again?"
"Exactly!" And so Sanzo hit. "Chi, dumbass."
Gojyo was holding the bonked part. "Teme!!!"
"Maa maa, Sanzo, Gojyo." Hakkai smiled. However, it was noticeably forced.
Gojyo turned to Hakkai. If there was someone who would notice the message on the half-blind man's face, it was gonna be him. "Hakuryu's not gonna die, Hakkai."
Hakkai shakes head. "Daijoubu, demo, I can't help but worry."
"Worrying won't change anything." Was Sanzo's immediate reply.
"Like you won't worry if you lose your harisen, Bakabouzu." Gojyo faced Sanzo.
Sanzo gritted his teeth into an annoyed smile. His blood vessel was about to pop again. "Hekiheki, I can still kill gokiburis with THIS." He revealed his ready-to-shoot gun pointed on Gojyo.
Gojyo fell silent and slowly raised his hand in surrender.
Goku slammed down his bowl on the table and had on a wide satisfied grin. "OISHI!!!" He offered the black bowl to Jia Guo. "Can I have more??"
"Nanda to?!"
"Goku...?!" After how long Hakkai had been with the hungry youkai, he still is amazed. How fast Goku is if he is a full-transformed demon is also how fast he is on eating.
Maybe twice as fast, even.
"Baka! You emptied the whole table?!"
"Not my fault! We didn't have breakfast!" Goku defended himself.
"We DID have breakfast." Hakkai answered. "Demo, it was only earlier than usual."
"Daijoubu, there's more than enough for everyone." Jia Guo stood up and started to pick the empty plates from the table.
Sanzo arched his brows in suspicion. "More than enough? Naze desuka, Jia Guo?"
"Ha?" Gojyo lifted an eyebrow the same time Goku did. "You're asking nonsense questions again."
"Two people can't cook food that much for just a short period of time." Sanzo pointed out to Gojyo, looking at him.
"He has a point, Gojyo." Hakkai agreed.
Jia Guo sighed. "It's because thieves often raid us anytime they want. So, we always have to be ready to offer them a feast. Especially today that they are coming tonight."
"Sou ka..." Was all Sanzo said.
"Gomen nasai, demo," Hakkai looked at Jia Guo. "Will you have any idea as to how Hakuryu can be healed?"
Jia Guo nodded. "Hai, I'll go and check on him." She headed over to the kitchen to settle the plates she gathered.
"I'll join you." Hakkai stood up and followed Jia Guo.
*****
"It looks like the poison is spreading slowly. Moreover, Hakuryu is fighting it." Jia Guo was checking Hakuryu's wings when she said that.
Hakkai's hand moved to pet the dragon. He was warmer than usual. "Hakuryu..."
"There is a cure for him, Hakkai-san, demo," Jia Guo stood straight and faced Hakkai who looked at her. "The thieves have it."
"Where are the thieves, Jia Guo-san?"
Jia Guo blinked. "Y, you're willing to go there?"
Hakkai nodded.
Jia Guo debated whether she should tell or not. But Hakkai looked serious. "...In a cave, north west of here."
"Na,"
Hakkai and Jia Guo turned around to see Gojyo lean against the doorframe, a cigarette on his mouth. One hand was in a pocket while the other was holding a pack of cigarette.
"The namagusa bouzu's outside." With that, Gojyo stood straight and walked outside.
"H, he's listening?" Jia Guo was suddenly nervous.
"It looks like THEY are listening, ne?" Hakkai left the room.
Jia Guo had no choice but to follow.
*****
Sanzo turned to see Jia Guo leaving the room. "Oi,"
"H, hai?" Jia Guo turned to Sanzo. She gulped when she met his stare.
"I heard about the antidote."
Jia Guo bit her lower lip. "Hai...?"
"When did you say the thieves were coming again?"
"A, anou...tonight desu. D, doshite?"
Sanzo twitched a small smile.
Hakkai blinked. "Nandesuka, Sanzo?"
"We're going to feast with the thieves later night." Sanzo heard Goku's 'Waiii~' as he lit a cigarette. He faced Hakkai, keeping his lighter and pack. "By then, we'll be able to sneak in and come with them to their hideout."
"Demo, Sanzo, how?"
Gojyo approached Goku and ruffled his hair.
"Naaa~"
"The saru and I'll handle that." Gojyo winked.
- End of Part 1 -
Disclaimer: Kazuya Minekura is the creator and owner of Gensomaden Saiyuki. I'm just another fan girl she hypnotized into liking it. ^^;; gwah! It's fun being a fan! ^^;;
*****
"That's mine! Kono ERO KAPPA!!!"
"Ba-ka!" Sha Gojyo winked and blurted at the boy. "If you want the bun so much, why don't you try and get it from me, Kono Bakasaru?"
"Teme!!!" Once more, Son Goku attempted to grab the pork bun Gojyo is holding away from him but truth be told, his height was nothing compared to the half-youkai's.
A bullet shot pass the pork bun creating a smoking hole on it.
"Heh?! Sanzo!!!"
"Kono namagusa BOUZU!!!"
*whack!!*
"ITAI!!!"
"Urusai! You've been fighting over that pork bun ever since we started this trip!" Genjo Sanzo's deep voice showed frustration. Along with that was the bulging of his artery by the temple.
"Ne, has anyone heard of 'sharing' and 'generosity'?" Cho Hakkai chimed.
Gojyo handed the bun to Goku. "Here, I lost my appetite."
"Eh??" Goku said exasperatedly looking disappointed at the shot bun. There was a screeching sound and everyone thrust forward in reply to inertia.
Gojyo had dropped the bun along with the sudden movement.
"Nani?" Sanzo turned to Hakkai and saw him looking forward. He turned towards the direction to see inhuman figures ready for battle. They were surrounded.
"Chii~, what are these? Desert hoodlums?" Gojyo straightened up as he noticed black cloths around the demons mouths and arms. They were all smirking at the travelers.
"Na! Whatever they are, they're pre-lunch exercises!" Goku stood up and hopped off Jiipu.
"They are, aren't they?" Hakkai got off next followed by the other two. He moved his neck left and right, popping his bones in his fingers.
"They should have come earlier, after we ate breakfast." Gojyo held his fingers and stretched upwards, tiptoeing a bit. "Demons have such bad timing."
"Speak for yourself, you dead cockroach." Sanzo wielded his gun and started shooting off demons.
By the time the demons have charged them, Hakkai was ready with his fighting stance. He bent low missing a sword slash from a demon and made a somersault kicking two demons along with the movement. While on air, he created a Chi Gong and threw it to his upcoming attackers. By the time he had landed, there were no survivors.
"Nyoibou~" Goku summoned and started thwacking it over to the heads, stomachs, and chests of the demons while dodging the attacks. He made a somersault missing another slash and landed heavily on the shoulders of the enemy behind him. He leapt away, holding high his nyoibou in a horizontal position. "Stretch out! Nyoibou~" As soon as it had elongated, he began twirling it around while maneuvering his body to show his excellence in battle while demons were thrown away.
Gojyo easily moved the chain of his weapon so the blade slashed and killed the far away demons. To him, it was like watering plants that are fixed in a row. He flashed a smirk as he heard an angry cry behind him and turned around just in time with a slash from the other end of his shakujou, killing the demon that attempted to attack. "Yareyare...these demons are so stupid." The chain returned. "They let themselves be known so easily because they stink."
As always, while the great travelers of Togenkyou were on land fighting, the little white dragon Hakuryu was on air, watching the battle scene. His head was like a ping pong ball watching everyone in the party fight. Upon turning to Hakkai, he saw an upcoming attacker.
By the looks of Hakkai handling three demons at the same time, there was no way the youkai could dodge the upcoming attack.
"Kyuu!!" Hakuryu called and zoomed down towards the demon. He opened his little mouth and sent out fire that burned the demon's nape.
Hakkai pushed the three demons off and turned with a smiling face to Hakuryu. "Hakuryu! Arigatou gozaimasu!"
Hakuryu blinked while looking at Hakkai, still suspended on the air. Suddenly, he felt his scales tear open as three sharp edges scratched his belly. "KYUUUUU!!!"
Hakkai gasped. "Hakuryu!!!"
Gojyo turned around to see his friend catching a fallen Hakuryu. "Kuso...!" He swung over his chain blade to the demon. It tore through the chest and returned to its owner after the demon had been destroyed.
"Sanzo! They're too much for us!!" Goku called as demons surrounded him and Sanzo, whose back was close to his.
Other than that, Sanzo was aware of what happened to Hakuryu. He kept his gun while standing calmly. "Goku,"
"Are?" Goku turned to Sanzo.
"Distract them." Sanzo clasped his hands in prayer.
"Hai!" Goku gave a battle-ready look to the demons in front of him. "Koi!" He sped towards them with inhuman speed and started throwing demons away with his nyoibou.
Sanzo felt the wind blow stronger, not interrupted from his chant. He felt the resonation of the sutra's energy and when he knew it was enough, he opened his eyes, summoned, "Makai..." and casted his hands to the demons. "TENJO!!!"
Goku backed off as he watched each demon disappear as the sutras touched them. When there was silence, he turned around and saw Sanzo jogging towards the direction of his other two companions. "Na, Sanzo! Doshite?? Sanzo!!" He called and started jogging behind the monk, still calling out his name.
"What happened?" Gojyo, kneeling beside Hakkai who was kneeling too, heard Sanzo ask and turned to the comer. "Hakuryu got wounded." He answered.
"Na! Then why isn't Hakkai doing anything? Can't he use his Kikou Arts?" Goku asked innocently.
"I can...demo...not in this situation." Hakkai turned to Sanzo. "Hakuryu is poisoned."
"Poisoned?!" Goku was shocked. He remembered how the scorpion lady in the underground fortress poisoned Sanzo. "How??"
"A demon slashed him right after Hakuryu defended me."
"At this rate, he's not gonna last long." Gojyo was looking at Hakuryu's weakening body. "Unlike some namagusa bouzu who was so baka to turn around off guard." He didn't need to look at Sanzo, he was sure Sanzo knows.
"At least I'm not like some gokiburi who couldn't do anything without my orders."
"Oi! I was trying to get that woman to spit out the cure, you gay monk!" By this time, Gojyo had turned to Sanzo. Just in time, he felt the pistol's nozzle enter his mouth.
"Say that again, cockroach ass." Sanzo recognized what seemed to be a 'teme!!!' come out of Gojyo's mouth.
"Demo, Sanzo, Gojyo's right." Hakkai looked at the monk, all eyes on him. "You have a longer body, Sanzo. So the poison didn't spread fast. Demo, Hakuryu..." He turned to the dragon again. He wanted him to kyu weakly but nothing came.
Gojyo felt the Smith & Wesson leave his mouth. He heard sniffing sounds and turned to the boy beside him. "Goku?"
Goku sniffed louder, looking for the smell. It led him to finding a wavy figure coming from afar. With the figure was something bigger. *Hontou ni...?!*
"Oi, saru! There's no food here--saru!!" Gojyo stood up as Goku ran over to whatever he saw.
"Matte! Matte!!" The traveler heard the young voice and pulled to a stop. He waited for a waving boy to approach him. "What is it, young one?" He sounded younger than the age his white hair and wrinkled face showed.
"Matte...!" Goku paused and panted while his palm was pushing his upper legs. "We need a ride! Hakuryu is poisoned and we need to get him to a town fast!!"
"Sounds urgent..." The old man said. "Where are your friends?"
Goku pointed to where he came from.
The old man squinted his eyes as he looked to where he was pointing. However, none was seen. But through the eyes of the boy, he felt no lie. "Okay, there's space at the back."
"Sankyu!" Goku jogged over to the wooden carriage the horse was pulling. It was full of sacks and boxes. He hopped on and felt the carriage move over to the others.
*****
Men and women carried baskets and boxes. Some took care of the animals. Little children ran around while those in the puberty age helped with the elder people. What looked like trading products were settled under numerous tents. Sanzo had his robe down as he leapt off the carriage. He looked around hearing more people touch land behind him.
Hakkai looked at the sleeping dragon on his arms. His eyes showed the worry in him. He felt a hand touch his shoulder and looked to see his friend. "Gojyo,"
"Hekiheki, Hakkai. It's not like you." Gojyo gave an assured smile that Hakuryu will make it.
Hakkai nodded, but Gojyo didn't seem to help much.
"Jia Guo!" The old man leapt off his carriage and approached a young woman with long black hair and soft green top and pants leading a group of pigs to their pens.
Jia Guo turned around. "Otoosan!" She jogged towards the old man and embraced him. "Okaeri!"
"Tadaima." The old man smiled at Jia Guo's bright green eyes. "I brought in some visitors, they need help. Attend to their needs while I record the goods I brought."
"Hai, Otoosan!" Jia Guo smiled as she watched her father off. She turned to the blond man and bowed. "Hajime mashite."
Sanzo nodded. "What is this town?"
"This town?" Jia Guo stood straight. "This is a trading town named Yao Lun." She looked behind Sanzo to see Hakkai petting the white dragon. "Your pet?"
"Something like that." Sanzo turned around to see Hakuryu.
"Sou ka." Jia Guo smiled at Sanzo. "We'll help you. Since this is a trading town, I'm sure we have the cure for it. We DO have a variety of people here."
Sanzo nodded. "Aa."
"Demo," Jia Guo's voice softened. "I should warn you of the thieves."
"Thieves?"
Jia Guo nodded. "Hai. The thieves are demons."
"Demons?" A spark of interest suddenly came to Sanzo.
"Hai, sou desu. You'll notice them easily because of the black cloths they wear around their mouths and arms."
"Black cloths..."
*Sou ka...that's why the demons attacked us. They thought we had goods along with us.*
"Some people say these demons have poison in their blood. So, their claws are dangerous."
"That might be true." Sanzo turned around to the three demons again. "Hakuryu was scratched and poisoned."
"Sou ka..." Jia Guo looked at the little thing.
"Jia Guo!" Her father's voice came. "Invite them in our house!"
"Ahh, hai!" Jia Guo called back and smiled welcomingly at Sanzo. "Let's get inside, it's pretty hot here. I'll serve you lunch."
*****
"Jia Guo? That's a nice name. One of the most unique names I've heard. What does it mean?" Gojyo started to smooth talk Jia Guo. His elbow was rested on the table full of food, chin on his palm.
Jia Guo laughed. "I don't know myself. What DOES 'Gojyo' mean?"
"ERO KAPPA!!!"
Jia Guo blinked. "Kappa?"
Gojyo had an annoyed forced smile on. "Sumimasen." Immediately, he turned to Goku and started twisting the latter's face. "Teme! Kono BAKASARU!!!"
"Itai itai..."
"Urusai!" Sanzo's harisen connected with Gojyo's head then Goku's within one straight hit to the right. "Shikuso!"
Jia Guo only watched the little show.
Gojyo rubbed his head. "Chii~ Hot-headed bouzu."
Sanzo readied for another hit with his harisen. "You want another, you dead cockroach?"
"Ooh! Whatcha gonna do? Hit me again?"
"Exactly!" And so Sanzo hit. "Chi, dumbass."
Gojyo was holding the bonked part. "Teme!!!"
"Maa maa, Sanzo, Gojyo." Hakkai smiled. However, it was noticeably forced.
Gojyo turned to Hakkai. If there was someone who would notice the message on the half-blind man's face, it was gonna be him. "Hakuryu's not gonna die, Hakkai."
Hakkai shakes head. "Daijoubu, demo, I can't help but worry."
"Worrying won't change anything." Was Sanzo's immediate reply.
"Like you won't worry if you lose your harisen, Bakabouzu." Gojyo faced Sanzo.
Sanzo gritted his teeth into an annoyed smile. His blood vessel was about to pop again. "Hekiheki, I can still kill gokiburis with THIS." He revealed his ready-to-shoot gun pointed on Gojyo.
Gojyo fell silent and slowly raised his hand in surrender.
Goku slammed down his bowl on the table and had on a wide satisfied grin. "OISHI!!!" He offered the black bowl to Jia Guo. "Can I have more??"
"Nanda to?!"
"Goku...?!" After how long Hakkai had been with the hungry youkai, he still is amazed. How fast Goku is if he is a full-transformed demon is also how fast he is on eating.
Maybe twice as fast, even.
"Baka! You emptied the whole table?!"
"Not my fault! We didn't have breakfast!" Goku defended himself.
"We DID have breakfast." Hakkai answered. "Demo, it was only earlier than usual."
"Daijoubu, there's more than enough for everyone." Jia Guo stood up and started to pick the empty plates from the table.
Sanzo arched his brows in suspicion. "More than enough? Naze desuka, Jia Guo?"
"Ha?" Gojyo lifted an eyebrow the same time Goku did. "You're asking nonsense questions again."
"Two people can't cook food that much for just a short period of time." Sanzo pointed out to Gojyo, looking at him.
"He has a point, Gojyo." Hakkai agreed.
Jia Guo sighed. "It's because thieves often raid us anytime they want. So, we always have to be ready to offer them a feast. Especially today that they are coming tonight."
"Sou ka..." Was all Sanzo said.
"Gomen nasai, demo," Hakkai looked at Jia Guo. "Will you have any idea as to how Hakuryu can be healed?"
Jia Guo nodded. "Hai, I'll go and check on him." She headed over to the kitchen to settle the plates she gathered.
"I'll join you." Hakkai stood up and followed Jia Guo.
*****
"It looks like the poison is spreading slowly. Moreover, Hakuryu is fighting it." Jia Guo was checking Hakuryu's wings when she said that.
Hakkai's hand moved to pet the dragon. He was warmer than usual. "Hakuryu..."
"There is a cure for him, Hakkai-san, demo," Jia Guo stood straight and faced Hakkai who looked at her. "The thieves have it."
"Where are the thieves, Jia Guo-san?"
Jia Guo blinked. "Y, you're willing to go there?"
Hakkai nodded.
Jia Guo debated whether she should tell or not. But Hakkai looked serious. "...In a cave, north west of here."
"Na,"
Hakkai and Jia Guo turned around to see Gojyo lean against the doorframe, a cigarette on his mouth. One hand was in a pocket while the other was holding a pack of cigarette.
"The namagusa bouzu's outside." With that, Gojyo stood straight and walked outside.
"H, he's listening?" Jia Guo was suddenly nervous.
"It looks like THEY are listening, ne?" Hakkai left the room.
Jia Guo had no choice but to follow.
*****
Sanzo turned to see Jia Guo leaving the room. "Oi,"
"H, hai?" Jia Guo turned to Sanzo. She gulped when she met his stare.
"I heard about the antidote."
Jia Guo bit her lower lip. "Hai...?"
"When did you say the thieves were coming again?"
"A, anou...tonight desu. D, doshite?"
Sanzo twitched a small smile.
Hakkai blinked. "Nandesuka, Sanzo?"
"We're going to feast with the thieves later night." Sanzo heard Goku's 'Waiii~' as he lit a cigarette. He faced Hakkai, keeping his lighter and pack. "By then, we'll be able to sneak in and come with them to their hideout."
"Demo, Sanzo, how?"
Gojyo approached Goku and ruffled his hair.
"Naaa~"
"The saru and I'll handle that." Gojyo winked.
- End of Part 1 -