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The green jeep drove along the dirt road, the sun was high and the air was dry, Gojyo sat forward sighing, "Man its hot" he said
"Hakkai how much longer?" Goku asked "I'm dying back here"
"Not long now Goku we should be there in about half an hour or so" He said with a smile
"That long but Sanzo I…" Goku started
"I don't want to hear it Goku, it's too hot" he snapped
"Gees what's up with you?" Goku asked
"Nothing just shut up" Sanzo said "I'm too hot to listen to you"
Hakkai just smiled, "Oh my everyone is so lively today" he said looking over at Namine "Namine are you alright you haven't said a word all day"
Namine looked up, her hair in her face. "What's the matter with you?" Gojyo said
Namine sighed, "Nothing I was trying to block out the whinging coming from the back seat, tell me again why I have to share" She said
Sanzo smiled, "Because Hakkai has to drive and you don't think I'm going to sit back there" He said
"Now now" Hakkai said
Namine sat up suddenly catching the arrow just before it hit Hakkai, "What was that?" Goku asked
"That was a close call thanks Namine" Hakkai said smiling
"Anytime Hakkai" she said
"Sanzo" a demon said "The Sanzo party"
"Well, well what do you know, this is the day your life ends Sanzo party" another one said in all there was about ten of them
"I wish they would come up with something else to say" Namine said
"Isn't this kind of small?" Gojyo asked
"Let's just finish this up" Sanzo said loaded his gun
"Yeah I'm hungry" Goku yelled taking down two
"I need a drink" Gojyo said using his Shaku jou to take down another two
Sanzo fired his gun twice hitting two more, "That might just be the first smart thing you've ever said" he said
"What was that Monk?" Gojyo yelled
"I could use a drink myself" Hakkai said using his chi to destroy two more
"Not me I need a bath sitting in the back seat with Gojyo and Goku I'm starting to smell like Monkey and Cockroach mixed in together" Namine said pulling her two blades out of the last two demons
"That does sound unpleasant" Hakkai said
"What was that you little!" Gojyo started
"Who are you calling a monkey?" Goku asked
"Take it easy you two" Hakkai said holding them back
"We could leave them behind" Sanzo said
"Now Sanzo as easy as that would be you know we can't" Hakkai said with a smile jumping back in to the jeep
"What you're not done playing already are you" A voice said "I've just started to have my fun"
The four young men looked up to see a demon holding a small dagger to Namine's neck, "Looks like we missed one" Sanzo said
"Now Sanzo handed over the Maten Sutra or the girly dies" he yelled
"Did he just call me girly?" Namine asked
Goku and Gojyo began to laugh, "Oh man is this idiot for really?" Gojyo asked
"Now Gojyo that wasn't very nice" Hakkai said "Even if it is true"
"Are you listening to me handed over the Sutra or I'll kill the girl" The demon yelled again
"This guy really doesn't get it" Sanzo said
"What the?" he asked
"Boy do I feel sorry for you man" Gojyo said taking out a smoke
Standing on the cliff above them was a man hidden in the shadows, he held something in his hand a dark smile moved across his face.
"Sanzo can I please kill this guy now" Namine said
Namine froze before she could get an answer off Sanzo; a door way flashed in her mind and then words floating in darkness. Namine began to scream, spinning around and breaking the demon neck.
"Namine!" Goku yelled "What the hell was that!?"
Namine held her neck trying to stop the blood from the cut caused by the demon's dagger, she was shaking and her head was fuzzy.
"Namine are you alright?" Hakkai asked
"Get away from me" She yelled falling back on to Gojyo
"Namine take it easy" he said "It's us"
Both Namine eyes went white and a bright glow began to move in and out of her body, the scripture began to shake.
"What!?" Sanzo said to him self
"Namine" Hakkai called grabbing her arms "Please calm down"
"I said back off" Namine screamed falling back in to Sanzo arms her eyes returned to normal she looked up at him as if she had just woken up from a bad dream, "Sanzo I…..Belze"
Namine was out cold, "Namine! Sanzo what happened" Goku yelled "Is she alright?"
"Hakkai" Sanzo looked up his eyes held a small look of worry
"She just seems to have fainted" he said healing her wound "I think the sooner we get in to town the better"
"I think your right" Sanzo said
"Wonder what that was about" Gojyo asked sitting in the back seat with Goku, Namine head resting on his lap
"Hey Sanzo who's Belze?" Goku asked
"No idea" Sanzo said looking back at Namine as she turned from her nightmare
"A nightmare?" Hakkai said stopping the jeep
"That's not good" Sanzo said standing up, "Goku move"
"Huh ok" Goku said
Sanzo switched seats with Goku he sat down placing Namine head on his lap and then placing his hand on Namine's head moving it back and forth, Sanzo began to say some of the Sutra over and over again until Namine was still.
"Well what do you know" Gojyo said as Namine stopped moving from her nightmare
"Growing up this was sometimes the only way Namine could sleep and break free of her nightmares" Sanzo said
"Why's that?" Goku asked
"Namine nightmares aren't dreams it's her remembering what she isn't meant to" he said "Hakkai drive faster"
"Yes sir" he said
Namine began to wake up slowly the party had stopped off at a small inn to find out about some rooms for the night, "Huh where am I?" she asked sitting up
"So your back with the living again huh" Gojyo said looking down at her
"Gojyo" she said
"Thank the gods you had us worried there for a moment" Hakkai said
Namine shook her head slowly, "What happened?" she said
"You don't remember" Sanzo said walking up with Goku behind him
"No I remember fighting the band of demons that attacked us" Namine said her head was still fuzzy
"Are you ok now?" Goku asked
Namine gave a sweet smile, "I will be once I get something to eat and some sleep" she said
"Alright let's eat" Goku yelled
Sanzo span around and looked out in to the sky, "Sanzo is something the matter?" Hakkai asked
"It's nothing" He said but Hakkai knew that Sanzo had felt something because he had felt it too.
Someone was watching the Sanzo party; in fact it was three people. Two young men one with short red hair and eyes the other with long black shoulder length hair and blue eyes. Both were tall and well-built the red haired one held a staff while the other held two white hand guns. The last person was a woman with long blonde hair and dark green eyes she was the same height and weight as Namine and she held two swords.
"Well aren't they cute, Oh tell me I can have one to play with Shiki" she said
The one with black hair smiled, "Only if your good Sephiria" Shiki said
"This is taking too long at this rate her powers will wake before we get a chance to do anything" the red headed one said
"Relaxes Toron, it's not like we don't know where they're going remember" Shiki said, "And now isn't the time"
"Beside that little brother you've waited over 500 years you can wait just a little longer" Sephiria said
Toron crossed his arms and held a dark look, "Fine don't let me have any fun" he said
"Now I never said that, Toron you and your sister go down there and have some fun with the Sanzo party" Shiki said
"Oh goody" Sephiria said
Namine held her hands around a cup of wine, Gojyo and Goku were fighting over the last piece of sweet and sour pork.
"Get your hands off Gojyo I saw it first" Goku yelled
"You've eaten more than anyone else here. And beside that I saw it first so back off monkey" he yelled back
"I swear" Sanzo said taking out another smoke
"Arr I need this drink" Hakkai said with a smile
"I don't know how you do it" Sanzo said
"Haha when their like this I try to go to my happy place" he said looking over at Namine placing a hand on her shoulder, "Namine is anything the matter?"
"Sorry guys I guess I'm still thinking about what happened before" Namine said watching Sanzo
"I thought you couldn't remember?" Gojyo said
"I lied listen I've been having these nightmares but there more than dreams, there almost like memory" she said "I see shadows, words, faces but it's all mixed together"
"Memory" Sanzo said
Before the others could speak a scream came from down stairs, "What was that?" Goku asked
The four men and women ran down the stairs to the horrors waiting for them, everyone from the owner to the other guest lay on the floor in a pool of blood.
"What on earth happened down here?" Hakkai asked
"Shit! There's no one left" Gojyo said checking a few bodies
"Sanzo who would do something like this?" Goku asked trying not to look at the bodies of the four small children in the corner
"What kind of monsters could have done this" Hakkai said
Sanzo looked at Namine; her hands held her blade tight and she had a wild look in her eyes. "Hakkai I think we found your monsters" he said
Toron and Sephiria stood on the other side of the room, Sephiria moved her finger along the blade of her sword wiping off the blood then placing it in her mouth. "I do love when they try and run" she said
"You did this" Goku said
"Bingo short stuff" Toron said
"Hey!" Goku yelled as Gojyo held him back
"Who are you?!" Namine asked
"Oh Sephiria I think we got her mad" Toron said laughing, "Easy forbidden princess"
"What!?" Namine said to self
Sanzo held his gun up, "I've had this" he said shooting it
The bullet headed for Sephiria who grabbed it before it hit her turning in to dust, "Oh your cute I think I'll ask Shiki if I can keep you" She said "But if that was meant to kill me you're going to have to try a lot harder than that cutie"
"It's not that easy to kill a god" Toron said
"What!?" Hakkai said in shock
"Hey wait didn't we fight a few gods before" Gojyo said
"That's right and we kicked their butts" Goku yelled
"Oh we know but see we know something they didn't" Toron said
"And what's that?" Namine asked
"How to make you whole" Sephiria said holding up a small mirror spinning it around in her hand
Namine froze she fell to the floor screaming as a wave of memories and a dark power moved over her.
"Stop it!" she screamed
"Namine!" Sanzo yelled "Basted"
Hakkai used his chi canon but both the hell gods stepped out of the way.
"Longer Nyoi-Bo" Goku called out trying to hit Toron, "Stop moving"
"Now why would I do that" he said blocking Goku attack hitting him in the side hard
"Goku!" Gojyo yelled standing face to face with Sephiria "You know I have rule about killing ladies but seeing as your no lady"
Sephiria looked up and smiled the chain wrapped around her sword; "To bad cutie you missed" she said pulling him forward leaving a deep gash in his left arm.
"Gojyo!" Hakkai yelled
Namine was still screaming, "That's it" Toron said
"Namine what's wrong?" Hakkai yelled
The mirror in Sephiria hand went black and something dark was starting to wake. Before the others could blink Namine had moved her two blades pushing on Sephiria, "She's so fast this isn't even her full power" Toron said to him self
Sanzo looked a little shocked, "I didn't even see her move" he said
Namine eyes were white again like before she moved back cutting the gods arm, "You little" she said
Namine smiled she pushed her swords in to the ground hard
"What is she doing?" Toron asked
Namine held her hands up she was speaking under her breath, "No Namine stop" Hakkai yelled
"She's using magic" Sanzo said as the scripture began to shake again, "What!?"
Goku ran at Namine but something pushed him back, "Sanzo I can't get her" he said as the lights in Namine's hands got brighter.
Sanzo was about to use the sutra when four gun shots filled the air followed by a long silent. The room fell still as Namine started to fall to the ground blood flowing out of the four heavy wounds.
"Namine!" Goku moved under her before she hit the ground "Namine! Namine"
Sanzo looked up at the man holding the two guns, he had felt this feeling before and he hated it.
"Sephiria Toron were leaving" Shiki said
"Yes Shiki" they said with a bow
"You basted get back here!" Gojyo yelled
"I would save your friend first" he said "Master Sanzo mark my words I will be back for the princess and the Sutra" the three gods disappearing
"Goku pushed down harder" Hakkai said "Gojyo help me!"
"What do you think I'm trying to do" Gojyo snapped as Hakkai tried healing her wounds
Sanzo pushed down on her side, "Hakkai do something before she loses more blood!" he yelled as Namine coughed up more blood
"I'm trying Sanzo" he said "Shit! She's losing too much blood"
"Namine! DONT YOU DARE CLOSE YOUR EYES!" Sanzo yelled
"Namine don't you die on us" Gojyo yelled