Chi: YAY! lol. I'm BAAAAACK! is hit with fan
Sa:(Sanzo): Shut up. No one cares, youre a baka, and you can die and no one would care.
Chi -teary-eyed- NO ONE LOVES ME! -bursts into tears-
Ha(Hakkai): There there. -comforts and glares at Sa- People love yo-
Chi: HAH! You finally admit you love me! YAAAY! -huggles hakkai, who looks uncomfortable- uh...i dunno where goku and gojyo are at this certain moment...but this is my next story! -confetti- isnt that great? this is going to be a wonderful yaoi between just hakkai and gojyo, and its quite thrilling for me to even think about. i thought of it right before i fell asleep, but i still dont know how its going to go. so...enjoy!
Hakkai smiled, yawning slightly from his position on the bed. They were currently residing in a nice hotel, which was
definitely a change for once, and he would be rooming with Sanzo, like always. Gojyo and Goku were arguing intently over
some trivial matter that only fueled Sanzo's anger, and he whipped out his fan, doling out punishment before returning to the
paper he had been reading. "So...did everyone add everything they needed to this list? I won't go out and buy anything if
you forgot something..." he tried making it sound like he was being completely stern, but everyone knew he was bluffing.
Gojyo even rolled his eyes to this, smoothing back his red hair with one hand as he deftly punched Goku on the top of
his head with the other.
"Yes, Mom. Can you be even more nagging?"
Hakkai's smile wilted slightly, then returned in full force. "Ok then. But I told you..."
An hour or so later, Hakkai returned loaded down with bags, and he managed to kick the door open lightly, dumping
all the items out onto the table. Goku proceeded to pick through the bag, happily calling out "CANDY!" as he grabbed a
handful of the said item. Sanzo reached over and took the sugary substances away, enjoying the sadness spread across the
small boy's face.
"C'mon, Sanzo! Just a liiiiittle bit! Please!"
"NO! You'll ruin your appetite. Eat food first."
"But that IS food!" he begged, brown eyes puppyish in appearance. "Saaanzo..."
"I said no! And no means no!"
Goku bowed his head and started grumbling as he plopped down on the floor, hugging a pillow to him. "No fair! I'm
hungry!" he stared at the bag with a dogged expression on his face, then at Sanzo. Unfortunately for Goku, the priest
ignored him completely. Gojyo looked up from the bed and stood sheepishly, coming over to Hakkai with his head hanging,
eyes lowered to the ground.
"Uh...Hakkai?"
Hakkai looked up at him, weary from having to fight off the crowd to make his purchases. "Yes, Gojyo-san?"
"Um...I...uh...couldya go out and buy some cigs? I...kinda forgot to put them on the list."
Hakkai just sat and gaped at the water kappa, speechless.
After he had "nagged" them all several times to make sure they had everything written down...after Gojyo TEASED
him about being too "Mom-ish"...
He forgot to put CIGARETTES on his list!
Hakkai's smile disappeared completely, and was replaced by a rarely seen frown. "Gojyo..."
Gojyo's face was crimson. "Look. I'm sorry. I won't do it again, ok? Could ya just go get it this once?"
Sanzo looked up from his newly started game of mahjong he had begun playing with Goku. "Baka forgets something,
baka should have to go get it, not Hakkai. He warned you, stupid!"
Gojyo glared at the priest. "Yeah well, I forgot!"
"Well, this will make you not forget again!"
"No...no. That's fine. I'll go get it."
Even though it was a bit of an inconvenience (major understatement there), Hakkai would do anything now for Gojyo.
For the past few months...they had become so...close. Hakkai had...different thoughts about Gojyo than what he had about
his other companions, and he didn't know what to think or feel anymore. Hakkai shook his head to clear these troubling
thoughts from his mind, and grinned. "I'll go, Gojyo."
"Thanks. Yer a real pal, man!" he clapped Hakkai's shoulder, and Hakkai's face fell.
That was it? He...had been expecting a little more gratitude...maybe he would have...naw. What was he thinking?
This was Gojyo, and Gojyo's never overly thankful...
So Hakkai made his way out of the hotel, leaving his jacket behind as he stepped out into the street. As if the heavens
noticed his presence outdoors, it began to pour heavily, and the poor demon sighed unhappily, hair plastered down on his
head. This was just wonderful. Not only was it kind of chilly because the sun had set, but it was also...well, it was also
raining, duh!
Hakkai stepped carefully down the muddy street, pulling his boots out of the thick mud with every step, dismayed.
Great. His day was just getting better and better, wasn't it?
He was out in the rain, on a muddy street, in the darkness (the sun had set quite sometime ago). People with any
common sense headed toward their homes, giving the gentle demon odd looks. What normal person would want to be out in
a storm like this?
Lightning lit up the sky, and Hakkai gave a bitter grin.
At least with every streak of light he was able to see for a moment before the town was plunged back into darkness.
Thunder rumbled angrily, and Hakkai sighed, frowning.
"Come on! Any store, PLEASE be open!"
With a nice twist of luck, he managed to locate a store, and just before it was closing he purchased Gojyo's favorite
brand of cigarettes, and ran down the muddy street, squinting in the darkness.
The rain poured down in droves, and he sighed. The best he could make out was the shapes of houses and
buildings, and he looked up when he was in the shadow of a particularly large building.
Was this the hotel?
He was about to take a step forward, when a voice in his ear surprised him.
"Little boys shouldn't be out after dark..." it murmured, deep in pitch.
Anger surged through Hakkai, and he whirled.
Even if there was someone close to him, he couldn't spot them in the heavy darkness that cloaked everything.
"I'm not a boy!" Hakkai's temper got the best of him, and he held his hand up, ready to manipulate chi if he was
forced to. Everything that happened to him today, starting from when Goku jumped on his face and chewed on his nose to
wake him up, and ending with this stranger calling him a boy (if anything, he was the most mature person from the Sanzo
group!)...it had all been enough to make anyone lose their cool. And Hakkai was only human.
Well...not really.
"Tsk tsk. Losing your temper, I see? What's the matter? Can't you see me?''
Hakkai spun around again, heart thumping. "What do you want with me?"
The man laughed, a chilling sound that sunk into Hakkai's bones. It...made him feel as though he'd never see the
light of day again...never smile?
What was going on!
"What do I want with you...Cho Gonou? Or is it Hakkai now?"
Hakkai went numb, and his heart almost skipped a beat. Whoever this was, he knew him personally. Or at least well
enough to instill fear in his heart.
"I-What do you want?" Hakkai repeated, taking a step back. He was going to run for it.
"Running, eh?" There was that icy chuckle again, freezing the blood in Hakkai's veins. "That's not really a wise move,
is it?"
Hakkai tried to jerk forward in the inky blackness when one strong arm wrapped tightly around his middle, nearly
immobilizing him with its grip. Hakkai's hands reached down, trying to pull it off unsuccesfully, and he struggled frantically,
heart beating wildly.
What the hell was going to happen!
WHY was this guy so strong!
"You're my prey now...Hakkai."
Hakkai's eyes went wide when the mysterious man's other hand clamped down tightly over Hakkai's mouth and nose,
cloth pushed to his face.
Fighting to breath, Hakkai felt himself grow dizzy...weak...
Chloroform(sp)...on the...cloth...
Hakkai felt himself falling forward, limp, into the waiting grasp of his kidnapper.
The rain drummed down on the windows of the hotel room, and Goku was snoring on the mahjong board, pieces
stuck to his face, and he nibbled on one, happily saying "chicken" in his sleep. Sanzo yawned, and took the mahjong piece
out of Goku's mouth before he choked on it, earning a grunt from the Monkey King. Gojyo had been sitting on the bed,
dozing off when he sat bolt upright, looking around.
"What the hell's your problem?" Sanzo took a swig of beer and crunched the empty can before throwing it on the
ground.
"Somethin's not...right."
Sanzo raised an eyebrow, curious. "And that something would be...?"
"Hakkai." Gojyo replied matter-of-factly as he bolted out of the hotel, and Sanzo sighed, standing up to follow the
water kappa.
Gojyo raced out into the rain, and cursed loudly.
He had sent Hakkai out in this darkness!
That sudden fear that had gripped his heart had intensified briefly...then disappeared completely.
Was this that stupid thing Hakkai had told him about?
That when someone you cared about wasin danger...you felt it?
Gojyo stepped on something in the mud, and he bent down, squinting in the darkness to make out what it was.
"Oh hell. HELL no!"
Gojyo's hand clamped tightly around what he had stepped on, and he knew exactly what it was. He didn't need light
to confirm it.
His cigarettes.
Hakkai wouldn't have just thrown them aside; he had went out in the pouring rain to get them.
Leaning close to the ground, he ran his fingers over the mud, letting out more curses.
In the non-existent light, with his face pushed close to the ground, he could see footprints. He made out Hakkai's
familiar boot shapes, but...they were joined by someone who were slightly larger...sandals? And then Hakkai's bootprints
dragged for a minute or two...
And both sets of prints disappeared.
"Son of a BITCH!" Gojyo punched the ground with his fist, crumpling his package of cigarettes in the other.
"What did you find, Gojyo?"
Sanzo and Goku were directly behind Gojyo; the priest holding a lantern.
"Look for yourself..." Gojyo pointed, head lowered.
"Dammit." Sanzo sighed, looking up at the darkened sky. "Kidnap, huh? This is just perfect. This isn't going to be
easy, you know that right?"
"Why not?" Goku smirked, holding out his fist. "This'll be a piece'a cake! All we gotta do is find these guys and beat
tha crap outta them, simple as that! Then we save Hakkai and go to tha nearest bar to celebrate! FOOD!"
"It's not going to be that simple, moron!" Sanzo's hand twitched; the urge to use his fan was almost overwhelming.
"Think about what you just said. We have to FIND whoever kidnapped Hakkai, and this is among all the enemies we
have. Then we have to kick their ass, right?"
Goku nodded happily. "Duh!"
"And we're supposed to kick their ass when this one...person overwhelmed Hakkai?"
Goku's face fell quickly. "So...we aren't going to find Hakkai?"
"Chances are...no. But we'll try." Sanzo said, sighing. "This really isn't going to be easy, you know."
Gojyo fists shook, and he glared up at Sanzo. "You're wrong. We're going to find Hakkai, we're going to kill whoever
took him, and then we're going to a bar to celebrate after we're done!"
"YAY FOOD!" Goku said, pumping his fist in victory.
Chi: Yay! A search-and-rescue mission! Dontcha just love that? two lovers...reunited.
Gy (Gojyo): GAH! I just shoulda stayed at the bar. Im gonna be gay again, arent I?
Chi nods-:Some people should read my intros. BAKA! -smacks Gy with Sa's(Sanzo) fan, then hands it back to Sa-
G:(Goku)Did someone say food?
Chi sighs-:Yes. Someone said food.
G: I WANT FOOD!
Chi: You can have food-
G:YAY!
Chi:-Some other time.
G: aw...
anyway lol. yeah. im feeling kinda...BAD for what coming. Im sorry, but I always have to hurt the bishie I love. If i ever owned a bishie, id probably have to hide them from myself because id end up torturing themO.O-Ha scoots aways from her- so...yeah. tune in next chappie, lol.