Cat On My Head

curiouzkatt: well, I'm slow with the update, but thanks to those who reviewed, rest assured that I am continuing it, even if it's just on paper so far until chapter three. :p

Qualapec the She-Wolf: I had only read until book three of Warriors, and I couldn't help but muse on how it would be like if these characters would become cats for a while, living the life of Erin Hunter's beautiful work. Thanks, I hope you'll keep on reading. :)

Dragoona and MoroTheWolfGod: Thanks for the review, I hope you'll read more to enjoy more of this. :3

Chapter One

He sensed it, even if it was still far off. He didn't move from his sleeping position, knowing sooner or later that the demon would come for them. But when the demon arrived, something else happened.

"AACHOO!" Sanzo was up in an instant, attacked by another fit of sneezing. He forced himself to look around for the demon, spotting "it" instantly, peering at him curiously. The thing had paws for hands and feet, pointy ears, a cat nose, and whiskers. She also had a long tail that swished amusedly at the monk's predicament. Save for these things, she appeared human, with dark red hair. He glared at her, but his allergies got the better of him soon after.

"Of all the – AACHOO! – bloody – AACHOO! – demons!" Sanzo managed to state, getting dizzy with all the sneezing. Over the din of his sneezing he still heard Hakkai and Gojyo wake, and the demon speak.

"You make this all too easy for me…" she purred, unsheathing her claws, immediately heading for the monk. Something grazed her check and she jumped away in time as Gojyo's shaku-jo flew past her, the chain trailing after the crescent of the weapon. She smirked, thinking it was too easy. The red-haired must've read her mind for he tugged at the chain, and to the demon's aghast, the weapon was coming back straight for her!

"Don't be so confident." Gojyo said triumphantly, his weapon returning into an arch. But before he could wrap the demon with his chain, gunfire rang in the air, one almost taking a nick at Gojyo's ear and the other hitting the chain, letting the demon escape and get an advantage. Angered, Gojyo glared at the monk. "Watch it! You almost hit me!"

Sanzo only managed to scowl darkly at the half-breed before his fit of sneezing ensued. He hated to admit it, but with this fight, he was pathetically useless. He watched the two, Gojyo and Hakkai trying to outrun or even land a hit, but the demon was naturally gifted with speed. He suddenly thought of Goku and turned to the boy's bed, seeing the boy still fast asleep, even with the commotion. Another fit of sneezing hit him and nearly missed seeing Goku grab the demon's tail in his sleep and bite it with much hunger. The demon shrieked in pain and automatically retaliated on the sleeping boy with a good-aimed punch. Goku, still asleep, grabbed the fist and muttered something aloud.

"It's your fault, ero-kappa…"

The demon tried to pry herself free, and at the moment the she did, Sanzo sneezed in time to the sound of a single gunshot. Pain soon seared on her stomach area, barely missing her vital organs. She fell down, one of her hands toppling the pile of books nearby. She recognized the book and cackled. Gripping a random book, she used the last bit of her power. "My kind will still have revenge on you –" Sanzo let another bullet fly, this time hitting the demon's heart. There was no more time to yell, as she disintegrated into dark dust.

The three men visibly relaxed when the din of the battle had passed and they all sank down to their beds. Sanzo was quick to light his cigarette, obviously refusing to speak a word about his allergy. It was humiliating as it was. He heard Hakkai cross the room and work on healing Gojyo with his chi energy. He couldn't help but think how foolish the demon was to take them on like that alone, unless…

"I thought that demon looked familiar," Hakkai muttered, half to himself. "I'm pretty sure that she was that woman from the shop!"

Sanzo's eyes widened, staring at the scattered books on the floor and blinked when they seemed to be distorted. Maybe he was just tired from all the sneezing so he squinted his eyes a bit, but everything in the room was really moving. Rising in alarm, he had barely heard Hakkai yell and Gojyo crying out in confusion as the room fell away into nothingness.

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Hakuryu heard his master's yell and quickly flew out of the inn's garage, and into their room. He stopped at the sill and found the room empty. He gave out a tentative 'kyuu' before flying in, but he found nothing, save for books on the floor, one of them ominously glowing, with the scent of a demon clinging to it. "Kyuuu!" there was nothing else for him to do but wait for them to return. Shaking rain from his wings, he settled himself by the book, lying close enough that his nose touched the book whose light was ebbing away, wrapping the little dragon in the darkness of the rainy evening.