(plays "Attack ! Imperial Capital Defense !")

"Can you please stop playing this crap music before I put a bullet through your 'drums and make sure you never play another piece of music in your life."

Sorry.

(plays "For Real")

"That's better."

~

SAIYUKI TAISEN

Handsome Guys in Steel Spirit Warriors !

~

It seemed to be another day for Sanzo's party.

Gojyo and Goku were at the back, sleeping, Hakkai was at the wheel, driving, and Sanzo was, in the front, meditating.

"Peace and quiet."

"Quite so! Without those two bickering about, or Goku lamenting on his usually empty stomach, we can enjoy a nice, quiet, relaxing ride, as we head out to the West."

"Yeah."

The wind blew, as the jeep sped through the dusty dunes. The breeze, being somewhat strong, blew out the flame in Sanzo's cigarette.

He proceeded to press the car's cigarette lighter, and protract the device, when, he realized, that the lighter had, mysteriously, been removed.

In its place was... a plug. A very suspicious plug.....

The wire from the plug extended all the way to the back, till it came to a large, black, metallic box.

It was a mobile television.

"GOKU !"

Crack ! A quick whip from Sanzo's fan knocked Goku's head.

"SANZO !"

"How many times have I told you not to watch TV in the car ! It saps battery power !"

He proceeded to pull the plug out of its socket.

"Hey !"

"Gojyo ?! You too !?"

"Well, what else is there to do ?"

" Well, you two could have been fighting instead..."

"Oh, that's very cute Hakkai."

"Any time at all !"

As Hakkai turned his head back, after making that small witty remark to Gojyo, his usually happy smile was soon replaced by a look of utter shock and horror.

"WHAT THE.....?!"

"What.... OH GOD !"

"SANZO ! WHAT IS IT ?!!"

The 'thing' was, black, and circular, twirling about in its own shapelessness and existence.

"IS IT A DEMON !?! LET ME AT 'IM !!"

"TRANS-DIMENSIONAL EDDY !!!"

~

"Whatever that demon wa s.... it's attack was keel !"

"What happen ed....?"

"We got lost in time and space !"

"Hakkai, since when did this series have to do with anything about this sort of thing ?"

In reaction to Gojyo's sarcastic remark, Hakkai gave a slight laugh.

"There's a first time for everything !"

"Whatever. Wherever we go, there's always trouble, be it demons or ass holes."

"Oh come on Sanzo ! It can't be that bad, can it ?"

Jut as he said that, a large being came into the picture.

It....... Sanzo couldn't describe it. It seemed to be dead, but alive, like one of those bloody zombies in all those tripe horror movies. There was an odour from it that was distinctively demonic, typical of the yaoki. AT the same time, it also seemed to be a result of dark alchemy: large machines covered the legs, abdomen, and face of the giant. The beast was armed with an axe, and was ready to slice it's victims into two.

The creature gave out a loud, unearthly cry, rather much in vain, as, in the following second, a small, inanimate object, rushed to supposed forehead of the device, and brought the hulk crashing to the, before collapsing into nothing more than bile and ooze.

"EWWW !!!! Scum all over my clothes !"

"Stupid monkey. You can always clean up that mess at the nearest cleaners."

The four left the corpse, and surveyed the world they were in.

"Hardly looks like ours. Rather old-fashioned.."

"Hey Sanzo, look at that !"

In the vincity was a large air balloon. It seem to be running on steam energy.

Nearby, there were buildings reminiscent of the early days of their world. Shop houses lined the derelict street they were in. It seemed destitute, empty, devoid of all life.

"Sanzo... I'm scared."

"If you're not cold, if you're not hungry, you're scared. Yeesh."

"He's got a point though. I sense an evil in this place."

"There's evil in every blinking place in existence. You normally can't escape it."

"I mean, this seems to be a sort of an evil that's..."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever...."

Just as Sanzo said this, large numbers of beasts, similar to the hulk that they have dealt with in every manner, started to appear out of nowhere, trudging slowly, and relentlessly.

"Unngghh..."

"Well, everyone, get ready for battle."

"Hai !"

However, before the lot could do anything.....

~

Hakkai couldn't describe this one entirely.

Like the abomination they confronted with earlier, it was, without a doubt, mechanic in nature. However, this time, the machine was not organic in nature at all, but a lot more mechanical. An aura of goodness seemed to emanate from the machine, like as though it possessed a soul. The machine seemed to be like a living creature, except that it didn't really have a life. Hakkai couldn't exactly describe the robot that was making its way for the abominations, as steam spewed out of it's portholes.

"Steam technology ? Reminds me of Arcanum..."

As that mechanic warrior made its way for the terrible beings, other mechanical knights like it entered the fray, in their shining armour, ready to fight the evil.

"Sanzo... what's that ?"

"I dunno kid. Whatever it is, at least we can slack..."

Sadly though, they weren't destined for a good rest.

For the abominations outnumbered the mechanical knights, and, hammered away at their hulls, ensuing their demise.

"Sanzo, we must do something !"

"This is gonna be simple..."

The monk clasped his hands, and uttered a mantra. The Evil Sutra resting on his shoulders started to elongate, expand, and circle him.

"Purify the demons !"

~

The Wakijis stopped short of their attack. Somehow, something affected them, and they could feel it.

Such a sensation did not last, as, a moment later, they became nothing more than liquid, and metal.

"Sanzo ! You did it again !"

"Yeah, but now I'm worried about those poor bastards in those machines..."

~


"Team hana ?! TEAM HANA !??"

"Th...this.. this is Sakura..."

"Phew ! What happened ?"

"Everyone's down..."

Sakura felt back into her seat, and fainted, again.

"Sakura ? SAKURA ?!! WAKE UP !!"

But there was no response.

"Is anyone out there ?!"

"This is Ohgami..."

"YES ?! STATUS ?"

"I'm fine... but.. the wakijis.. all defeated.. by one an.. not one of us..."

Ohgami fainted too.

"We lost him."

"DAMN IT !"

Yoneda hit his head, in defeat, when he heard a voice, over the reciever, that he swore he never heard before.

"Yo."

"Huh ?"

"Wassup. You seem to have a demon problem around here."