A/N: Heyou! Yes! I finally finished my Saiyuki fanfic! This will, hopefully, be a three part thing. If not then... very many sorrys! But, you people like stories with many chapters, right? RAWR! Anyway, hope you enjoy! (Chapter Editted)

Disclaimer: Saiyuki doesn't belong to me! Minekura Kazuya-san does because she rocks!… and I don't. :falls off a cliff:

One Special Promise
Part 1

No Matter What

After traveling for two days straight, the Sanzo team was getting quite restless. Goku had been complaining about how hungry he was while Gojyo kept complaining about how much Goku complained. Hakkai would always laugh at their little arguments while Sanzo would give the two annoying couple a smack in the head with his paper fan. However, they would only stop for a second before Goku would start complaining again and the whole cycle would begin once again.

Evening soon came as the jeep's head lights turned on. The vehicle entered a dark forest and disappeared inside the fog.

Sanzo growled and shot a bullet to the sky, silencing everyone on the jeep. "SHUT UP, DAMNIT! YOU GUYS NEVER SHUT THE HELL UP!"

"But I'm hungry!" Goku whined as Sanzo shot another bullet to the sky.

"Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP! Hakkai specifically said the next town is just a few miles ahead! Be a GOOD boy and SHUT UP."

"Che. But he said that like… two days ago." Gojyo sighed.

The monk growled and aimed his gun at the red head. "Did you say something?"

"Ah! Nothing! Nothing!"

Hakkai snickered. "Please, guys... you're starting to irritate me. We're almost there, I can feel it."

"You're losing it," Gojyo grunted.

"You think?"

Suddenly, the jeep started to slow down. Hakkai examined the front. "What's wrong, Hakuryu?"

Hakuryu whimpered as the jeep came to a halt. Everyone climbed out and watched as the jeep suddenly transformed into a small white dragon. Hakkai picked him up and cradled the dragon in his arms. Hakuryu whimpered again.

"Looks like Hakuryu's tired."

"I would be if I was runnin' for two days straight," Goku nodded as he placed his hands behind his head.

Sanzo examined his surroundings and narrowed his eyes. Rustling noises echoed throughout the forest. The rest of the gang noticed this also and drew out their weapons.

"I don't feel like fighting… now that I'm pissed off!" the monk growled. Goku and Gojyo smiled nervously at that. "Reveal yourself!"

Nothing happened. Sanzo grunted and shot random bullets throughout the forest.

"Goddamnit! COME OUT YOU COWARD!"

"Hey, now this is a good thing," Gojyo insisted as he leaned against his weapon. "Not one youkai attacked us."

"Hmm… that is quite odd…" Hakkai agreed, scratching his chin.

Goku rubbed his stomach and sighed. "Auggh… can we find something to eat? I'm starving…"

"Who knows how long it'll take us to r-"

Just before Hakkai could finish his sentence, a loud noise coming from within the forest sounded off. The team looked at each other then headed towards the noise. Finally reaching the source, they gazed upon a small town in the middle of the forest. A crowd of people was seen throwing random objects at a figure on the ground. The figure, appearing to be a young girl, slowly got up as one of the men in the crowd kicked her side, making her fall back on the ground. He snickered at that.

"That's what you get for coming back!"

A woman made her way to the front and pointed at the girl. "We told you you're forbidden to enter this village! You are not welcomed anymore!"

"B… but…" the girl moaned.

"Che. We know, 'But, I promised!' Well you know what? We don't give a damn!"

The crowd of people roared furiously at that and walked back inside the village, leaving the girl alone. She slowly stood up and walked away from the village, ignoring the excruciating pain that she had right now. After a couple of steps, she collapsed on the ground. Goku gasped and ran over to help, followed by the rest of the gang.

He lifted the girl and gently shook her. "Hey! You alright?"

"Tsk, tsk… look at those scars and bruises," Gojyo said, examining her face. Her face and dark brown hair were covered in blood and had deep wounds near her neck. "A cute girl like her shouldn't deserve such treatment,"

Hakkai kneeled down and touched her neck. "… she has been under a lot of distress. I'll treat her wounds."

He placed both of his hands above the girl's wounds as a bright green light appeared. In just a few seconds, the wounds were closed up and the bleeding had stopped. The girl's eyes fluttered open and gazed into Goku's eyes. He smiled and practically shoved his face right into hers.

"Aaah! You're alright!" he squealed, making the girl blink a lot.

"… who are you guys?" she said as she sat up.

"We saw you collapse as we found our way here," Hakkai answered with a concerned tone in his voice. "You definitely had some bad wounds. Luckily, I treated them."

"…thank you... but, you really didn't have to do that…"

Sanzo grunted. "We're just so damn nice for some reason."

Gojyo pushed Goku aside and leaned towards the girl, making her lean away from him. "Don't be so modest! Now then, a cute girl like you must have a cute name too…"

The girl blushed. "Ah, uhm… well, my name's Arisa… b-"

"Ahh! Arisa, eh? Well," he got up and made a 'manly man' pose. "I am what you call-"

The monkey pushed Gojyo over and pointed to himself. "Ne! I'm Goku," he pointed to Hakkai. "That's Hakkai," then pointed to Sanzo. "And that's Sanzo!"

"Ah, pleased to meet you!"

"And… that's Gojyo," Goku added, pointing down at the pissed off red head.

"Stupid monkey…"

"Excuse me, but if you don't mind me asking, why were the villagers treating you like that?" Hakkai wondered.

Arisa paused then bowed her head down.

"Uhm… well, a while ago, I was living here with my mom and dad, who were working at a restaurant. I always liked to help them chop vegetables and make bread. Everyone in the village loved how our food tasted and we had many customers. And our one goal was to come up with a special meal that involved many exotic mushrooms that had the power to heal people's illnesses... since there had been people under such terrible conditions. I was willing to help out anyway I can. We made a promise that we would do anything to make the meal."

Goku drooled. "Waa… foood with a little twist!… so, did you?"

"… I'm afraid not," the girl continued. "After I finished picking mushrooms in the forest, I returned… and the whole village was almost destroyed. And as I stood there in shock, I saw my mom and dad in the middle of the village… killing innocent people. I had no idea… until they turned and stared into my eyes. They… were youkai."

Sanzo and company widened their eyes at that.

"Then they ran out of the village and never returned."

"So… you are…" Gojyo started but the girl shook her head.

"I'm a human, but the villagers think I'm youkai though."

"Why?"

She shrugged. "I guess… the fact that youkai took care of me. They see me as one, and treat me like one."

Gojyo made a worried face and was about to respond to that, but Goku appeared between him and the girl. "Then, why are you going back?"

"… I… I want to keep that promise I made to…" she paused then smiled. "… my parents."

"I can tell you are really dedicated to them, despite the fact that they were youkai. And you still kept the promise." Hakkai smiled. "You are very determined..."

Arisa nodded in agreement. "Yes! But, the villagers obviously don't want me here."

Gojyo clenched his fists and swung them up in the air, whacking Goku in the back of the head by accident. (but, I bet he really wanted to do that. :evil cackle: ) "WELL THEN!"

Everyone perked their heads up and stared at him.

"I'll help you fulfill that promise! And I won't stop until I do!"

"B… but how? It's… impossible."

"Impossible? I never heard of such a thing! I've done the impossible before, making this one no different!"

"Oi," the, pissed off Sanzo growled. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"C'mon! We begin… right now!" the red head said, completely ignoring Sanzo, who was really pissed off at the moment.

"Rest up, Hakuryu. This will be a long night," Hakkai said to his little white dragon.

"Waaa! I hope we get food!" Goku whined.

A/N: Da duuuum! End of Part 1! Aww! I really like how this is going. I have like… a bajillion ideas for this story… since I had so much time to think about it. Hehehe, anyways! I hope you enjoyed this and look out for Part 2!