Disclaimer: The characters from Saiyuki and Guilty Gear aren't mine!

To my friends!

Chapter 1

Guilty Gear Hostel Canteen

"Jam! Give me the biggest bun you have right now!" said Chipp as he rested his elbows at Jam's counter in the canteen.

"Coming!" called Jam and straightaway, she placed a huge bun in front of Chipp. "Here you go."

"Thanks," said Chipp and grabbed the bun. He sank his teeth into it like a tiger tearing its prey's flesh.

"What's wrong?" asked Jam, amused.

"Mmmm, humm, emm…" answered Chipp with his mouth full, making himself to look like a chipmunk.

"What?"

Amazingly, Chipp swallowed all of the food that he had stored in his cheeks and said, "It's Anji Mito! He whacked me with his fans and kicked me out when he found out that I spray-painted the words "The ojisan lives here" on his door… I did it just a joke! So petty… che!"

"He hates it when people calls him 'ojisan', you know that." said Jam, taking away Chipp's plate.

Chipp stuffed himself with a few more bites and said the next sentence that was able to make out, but with slight difficulty: "Hmm, but I didn't know that he is that sensitive about his age."

After swallowing another mouthful of food, he drank the free cup of water that Jam had prepared for hostel residents. "Thank you. I will always come here to eat when I'm mad. See you!"

"Bye Bye," said Jam cheerfully as the ninja walked off, his hands in his pocket.


Chipp left the hostel, muttering and cursing under his breath as he walked.

"Che, just a small joke and he just blew up like a volcano… he is already in his late 20's and still refuses to admit that he's getting old…"

Chipp bumped into Faust by accident, knocking the medical bag off his hands.

"Ahh, my medicine!"

"Gomen!" said Chipp, bending down to pick the things that spilled out from the bag.

"Don't touch them!" said Faust sharply.

Chipp stopped, his hand holding a test tube with green liquid. Faust then snatched it away.

"It's just medicine, why are you so uptight?" asked Chipp as Faust put the test-tube into his pocket.

"It's not just a medicine," said Faust, leaning so close to Chipp that Chipp had to move back. To be honest, the sight of a paper bag over Faust's head looked kind of creepy when he's too close.

"What is it then?"

"An age-reviving potion. A drop could turn a plant into a sapling."

"That magical?"

"That magical."

Chipp's mouth dropped slightly at the sentence. Faust turned and walked away before Chipp caught up with him. "Oi, oi, does it work on humans?"

"Never tried before."

"You worn a paper bag over your head all the time, why don't you try?" asked Chipp, leaning close to Faust. "Makes no difference to your appearance anyway."

Faust shook Chipp off from him. "Whether if I will test it on humans is none of your business."

He then took out his umbrella and flew away with it, leaving Chipp alone on the ground.

Chipp watched as Faust flew away. He then played with the test-tube that he had stolen from Faust's pocket in his hand.

"Then I will test it for you."


Room 20

Chipp looked at Anji's door. The spray-painted text had been covered up with a simple cardboard.

"Vain vain Anji, let's see how young you want to be…"

He placed a cup of tea on the floor and a note beside it before he knocked the door and ran off.

The door opened and Anji looked out. Seeing that there's no one in the corridor, Anji was about to close the door when he saw the tea on the floor.

"Nanda…" muttered Anji, picking up the cup and the note.

"Made too much tea, decided to give some of it to you. Baiken… ah, sis made it?" exclaimed Anji in delight after reading the note.

Quickly, he closed the door and sniffed the tea. "Hmm… smells like jasmine… Baiken is so good to me…"

He placed the tea on the table and sat down.

"What should I say to her later? Thank you for your tea?" he scratched his head. "I love your tea, please make some more in the future? Maa, she will give me a slap for that…"

Giggling like a love-sick teenager, Anji drank the tea bit by bit, then finally, he drank the whole cup of tea.

"Feels refreshing… must be the love that Baiken has put in it…" said Anji, laughing.

He got up. "Ja, maybe I should go and practice a bit of dancing…"

He then blinked. Why did the room look a bit hazy to him? But he was wearing his glasses… Anji shook his head and rubbed it as a headache developed suddenly in his head. His hand felt cold against his forehead and it was trembling. His knees gave way and Anji fell to the floor.

"What the…" he gasped, seeing that everything was turning black. "I…"

Too late, Anji closed his eyes and slipped into unconsciousness.


"So I said to Hakkai, you can't put the chemical there," said a girl with purple hair and eyes, Yaone, to Baiken as they walked up the stairs in the hostel.

"But he didn't listen to me and boom! His hair was now green! Some boys just won't listen…"

"Same as that idiot in Room 20." said Baiken, nodding.

"Ah, I'm back to my room, see you tomorrow!" said Yaone.

Baiken waved and walked back to her room, Room 21. She was about to open it when she caught sight of Anji's door. She hadn't heard of him since morning, when he yelled at Chipp to get out of his room.

"Strange that the idiot didn't say or do anything to me today…" mumbled Baiken and she walked to Anji's room.

"Oi, Anji." called Baiken as she knocked.

No response.

"Not around huh…" muttered Baiken and turned.

That's when she heard sounds from inside. Frowning, she banged on the door.

"Oi, Anji!"

Still no response.

"All right, I'm coming in!" said Baiken and opened the door.

The room was empty. All Baiken could see was a bundle of clothes on the floor.

"Has he gone for a shower…" said Baiken as she stepped in.

Straightaway, someone leaped on her from behind.

"Caught you!"

With a scream, Baiken fell onto the tatami mat in Anji's room. Feeling someone wrapping the arms around her legs, Baiken scowled.

"Anji, you bastard!" she turned her head.

"Let go of me, you… eh?"

Holding her was a little boy with tousled brown hair and a rather big white headband around his head. His brown eyes were framed by a pair of round glasses. His face brightened up at her face and he exclaimed:

"Mummy!"