I'm so sorry! I need to make this clear!! Mavis is an original character and since there is no option on the characters list for others, I put Sanzo and Goku since they are going to be in a love triangle with her….sorry for the confusion. There might be some Yaoi in this story…but it might just be Gojyo/Hakkai and only later on…L I'm sorry…but thank you for the reviews! However, to make up for the confusion I have caused I will soon write for FF a Sanzo/Goku Yaoi that will be more than just a little one shot. Enjoy. The Yaoi will be up soon for I am working on it after this chapter…also I do not own Saiyuki (ßDisclaimer) Also, this chapter is shorter than the last because I want a cliffhanger :P you'll see when you read.
KitsuneLinxy
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Later The Same Night
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Sanzo focused on his game intently, thinking of the next move. He glared down at the cards in his hands, cigarette in his mouth and robes slipped comfortably down on his hips. The blonde kept in mind that the ultimate prize was at stake in this game, it was a matter of life or death and losing would result in a horrible fate for the priest. The prize was something all four men seated at the table desired: To sleep in luxury tonight.
The alternative to luxury was the hellish experience of having to sleep on the ground with the other loser, even though there were enough sleeping bags because usually, the consistent loser was Goku, who rolled over, drooled, talked, and all due to the discomfort he faced from being on the floor. At least from the bed, you were safe from this displeasure.
Goku threw up his cards, "Damnit!", he yelled, having been the first one to lose. Gojyo followed suit soon after, now it was a battle between an angry priest and a cheery Hakkai with a fucking white dragon perched on his green-clad shoulder for the first pick. Hakkai continued to smile, carefree as always, as he placed down a straight royal flush, beating whatever Sanzo had. The green-eyed man picked the better, more luxurious bed while Sanzo just lied down on the other one.
He turned around to see two gold orbs in the form of puppy eyes, looking at him, "What is it monkey, we've already eaten so don't say you're hungry damnit.", Sanzo glared. Goku shook his head and whimpered, "Can I have your-"
"No. You can't.", Sanzo cut him off, turning his back to him. That was final. Goku crawled away and was about to ask Hakkai until Sanzo's paper fan of doom hit him right across the back of his demon head, earning Sanzo a satisfying cry of pain. Light footsteps from the hallway and the door open, though it had been locked, to reveal Mavis with her slender arms crossed over her mature chest. She was wearing her night clothes apparently, midnight blue boxers and a lacy black top with a ribbon running under her chest and tied into a neat bow on her left side. Her blue eyes glared at him disapprovingly and then turned sympathetically to Goku.
"What?", Sanzo blurted out, uncharacteristically blunt in a way that wasn't rude, more reminiscent of a child being caught stealing cookies from the forbidden cookie jar. Mavis continued to glare at him silently, as was her way since she rarely spoke in anything more than looks and gestures. The priest crossed his arms and looked away stubbornly. More uncharacteristic actions.
Sanzo acted different with Mavis. Like earlier when he had seen her, he was very kind and open to her, though it didn't seem like much of a difference from his usual self…except to the three males that were his companions on this journey. Goku latched his arms around her legs when he got the opportunity during the brief moments when Sanzo had looked away and now buried his face into her toned calves, "Mei-chan! Sanzo is so mean to me!", he whined, using the nickname he had given her.
"Now now Goku, no need to cling to Mei-chan like that…", Hakkai warned, throwing hurried glances at Sanzo, who was steadily growing angry. Goku let go of her, standing up and leaning away a little as he turned to face the green-eyed man, so much taller than he was, "But Hakkai!", he started when a certain half-breed chimed in, "Yeah, stop molesting Mei-chan, baka saru. I bet she'd rather have a real man and sorry to point out the obvious, but that doesn't include monkey boys like you.", Gojyo laughed.
Both males also used the nickname, but Sanzo dropped the '-chan' and just called her by Mei, which came as no surprise to the others. Goku glared, "Well she likes me better!", he blurted out like a child arguing with a sibling. Sanzo was approximately six inches away from hitting Goku with his fan of doom but a hand intervened, jerking the fan out of his hand. The priest growled and looked up into the defiant blue eyes of Mavis. He suddenly felt embarrassed of himself but huffed and crossed his arms, "He's still sleeping on the floor.", he mumbled.
Mavis sent him the kind of look that said, 'I'm absolutely appalled!', which made Sanzo even more embarrassed. Shocks of jealousy ran through his body like an electric circuit when he looked at her to apologize only to be met with the scene of Goku burying his head in her chest and her petting his head and back like a mother calming her child, "Mei-chan!", he cried, hugging her tighter. Hakkai sighed, scared of what Sanzo would do, and Gojyo growled, "Hey that isn't fair you damn chimp!", he yelled. Goku replied intelligently with a tongue stuck out at the half-breed, who in turn growled at him.
Sanzo glared but looked away, 'It's okay…he'll never see her again when we leave tomorrow morn…', his thought ended there. Tomorrow they would continue their journey. It was true that Goku wouldn't see Mavis, but neither would Sanzo. The realization dawned on him so suddenly, the impact nearly broke his heart, even though he had learned throughout his life to harden it in emotionless armor but that armor had crumbled ever so slightly. Even though he would never admit it and had made it his own personal mission to keep convincing himself otherwise, the armor around his heart was being penetrated by the companions that irritated him, but still…he couldn't explain the pull that kept the four together. Although he had been ordered to bring them with him, that still didn't explain what kept the four misfits together like this.
Suddenly, the blonde became aware of eyes burning into him. Everyone in the room was looking at him since he had been still and looking down the entire time, "Sanzo…?", Goku's gentle voice called as he slowly released Mavis. Mavis herself was staring at him now, the mildly angry glare now becoming piercing blue orbs of concern and worry. Stubbornly, the priest lit another cigarette, "I'm going to smoke outside.", he mumbled, stepping past the girl who wore a bracelet like his in his desperate attempt to escape the concerned people around him.
Once outside, he went to the side of the building and sunk to the ground. It hurt. He hated this. Just end. End already, stop this stupid pain and just make me end. That's all he thought about as he angrily tangled his fingers through locks of blonde. Even though he looked tough and unaffected by life's events, inside they affected him, though usually it was only a little. Sometimes he found himself mildly worried about his rather reckless companions, especially the most reckless of them all, Goku.
Time after time, Goku would be an idiot and do something that could potentially end his life, though he was a strong youkai. Every time Sanzo caught himself worried, though it would never show outwardly, he scolded himself and thought, 'That damn monkey better not die, taking up my precious time like that.', completely convincing himself of it. The blonde remained outside, shivering slightly from the cold, and smoked as he said he would, unaware of the sky blue eyes and the golden ones that had beheld his miserable state of anger and quiet self-loathing.
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Goku walked inside, following Mavis, "Are you sure we shouldn't try to help him out?", the brunette asked, worried about the blonde man who had shown him the sun outside of his prison, the one he thought of as his savior. The black haired girl infront of him remained silent. He didn't really expect an answer. She pointed at the time, giving him a look that told him to try to understand what she was saying.
"Guess it's time to sleep…on the floor.", the thought depressed Goku further, having already been put into a depressed mood, and he sighed. Mavis touched his shoulder softly before turning for her room. A thought hit Goku which sent him running into her back before swiftly spinning her around. His gold eyes met with her startled blue ones and he grinned, "I have an idea! I'll stay in your room!", Mavis blinked and began to nod when she remembered suddenly: Luciano and Isaac were in her room and Isaac often slept in his puppy form.
How could she have forgotten? She had never forgotten much of anything before. Ever. Then again, she never had this much fun with this many people before. Maybe meeting up with Sanzo had her brain fogged. Hopefully it was temporary. Mavis sighed outwardly and sent her two companions a hurried and slightly frantic mental warning, 'You guys! Goku has', but she was stopped when the brunette sped past her, without an answer, towards her room. Mavis tried to stop him but a familiar voice reached her, "What are you two doing?", she turned to the speaker.
His blonde hair was as unruly as always with his droopy violet eyes. No signs of what had just occurred before showed and now he was casually holding another cigarette. Mavis smiled nervously before a gust of wind rushed by her, "Sanzo!", Goku yelled, speeding towards the blonde but was received with a hand in his face, "What's wrong with you!?", he asked.
Goku looked up, opening his mouth to say that he saw Sanzo just now but Mavis touched his arm and spoke instead, "Just a little worried because you left like that. We were just waiting for you to come back."
"Idiots.", was his mumbling reply, though he was relieved that they hadn't seen his little episode on the side of the building. Sanzo opened the door, Gojyo having gone out to drink with women most likely and Hakkai sitting up on the bed, "I'm going to bed.", he mumbled before putting out his cigarette and burying himself in the covers. Goku blinked, looking at him with a confused look before Isaac and a man he hadn't seen before burst out of Mavis and Isaac's room.
One more blink before Goku was tackled down by them. He got a good look at the mysterious man who had long black hair and green eyes, "What did you do to Mavis!?", Isaac demanded, flashing his intimidating teeth and glaring with savage eyes. Goku, however, wasn't intimidated and spat back, "What the hell are you talking about!?"
"Close the door damnit!", a flying object hit Isaac in the head. Hakkai walked over, bowed and apologized, "Sorry.", before closing the door so that Sanzo wouldn't throw anything else. Goku stood up and brushed himself off while Mavis just sighed, "You guys….he didn't do anything to me but thanks to your idiocy, it doesn't matter what I was going to say.", Mavis crossed her arms and walked away into her room, followed by the three.
She crawled into her bed and before Goku could ask, she interrupted, "Just drop the subject. Please.", Mavis yawned before feeling warmth behind her, the weight of the person depressing the mattress ever so slightly. She turned around, staring at Goku as he crawled into the bed, on top of the blanket instead of under with her, and curl up comfortably, resting his head on the pillow. Isaac growled but curled up more like a puppy under his blanket while Luciano sat down close to Mavis's bedside.
"I don't understand but I don't care about them.", he mumbled. Goku closed his eyes, reopening them suddenly when he felt a soft hand in his hair, "You'll catch a cold, baka.", she mumbled sleepily. Goku shrugged and crawled under the covers with her, curling up once more and cuddling up to her.
'He's into physical contact I suppose. Must be because he has been imprisoned for so long…', she thought. Goku himself had told her about his imprisonment and how it was Sanzo who took him away from that place. Mavis stroked his cheek as his mind wandered somewhere between sleep and being awake.
"Ne, Mei-chan…", Goku's eyelids felt heavier, "Why don't you come with us…on our…jour…ney….", he fell asleep quickly, his breathing steady. Amazingly, he didn't snore because he was comfortable with her but already he began to mumble things about food in his sleep. Typical of him. Mavis got comfortable as Luciano turned out the lights.
Luciano slept against the wall between the two beds but even with his supernatural angelic senses, he couldn't see the shadowy figure crawl through the window and close it silently. Mavis was slowly falling asleep, usually she would be waiting to receive a mission at this time but she mentally reminded herself that she had left the island. The shadow crept closer until it was standing over her bedside. Mavis turned around, thinking it was Luciano, but quickly saw that it wasn't.
Instead of screaming like the typical damsel in distress, she growled and began shouting a very colorful string of curses non-stop, loud enough to wake Goku from his slumber, while she struggled with the person, who's strong arms held her firmly. Isaac and Luciano were up and ready to fight. Hurried footsteps from the hall distracted the three boys as Sanzo, Hakkai, and the newly returned Gojyo burst into the room.
The shadow seemed to become two different people with the same silver eyes. By the time attention was returned to Mavis and the two figures, they were gone through the window, the curtains flowing in the wind. A note on the bed said, Cemetery. Sanzo Party Only. Dawn. Sanzo ran to the window after reading this and looked around the street, but saw nothing. Goku slammed his fist into the wall, careful not to break it, and the tension in the room grew.
"Are we going?", was Hakkai's soft question, though he already knew the answer when Sanzo shot him a deadly glare, "Hell yes."