JJ-Jefferu: I would like to thank the only person who read this and reviewed Phoenixlivesagain this is update is for you. Plus I want to let you and anyone else who might read this know, all of the characters seem a bit out of character (not all the time but majority of the time). So I hope you will still read it despite my little flaw of nailing their personalities.
Kougaiji: JJ does not own Saiyuki, it belongs to its creator. She however, owns Akira and the plotline along with any other character that does not belong to the original show.
Akira: She has only watched Saiyuki and up to episode 19 in Reload so she is pretty much making up stuff as she goes along.
Goku: Please enjoy.
Chapter 2: You'll always be My Big Brother.
Sanzo and I ventured into the village and looked through all the shops. I was finding it hard to find something that I liked. So far I was thinking about just jacking Gojyo's pants, but he might need them so I threw that thought away. I sigh.
"This is hopeless. So far no store has anything that is my size." I say dishearten. Sanzo puts his hand on my shoulder.
"Don't give up hope, we'll find you something," Sanzo says. I look at him weird.
"Can I ask you something?" Sanzo nods so I continue. "Why are you so much nicer to me than you are to everyone else? I can't be that special I mean sure we grew up together and were like siblings, but that was over 12 years ago." I say as we stop at the last shop that sold clothes. Lucky for me I spotted a pair of pants that I like, they were black cargos. There was almost a white long sleeved shirt and a blue tank top that looked promising. As I made my way over to them Sanzo replied.
"It's exactly those reasons Key, I thought I lost you. You are my sister, whether we share the same blood or not." Sanzo says surprising me. I smile at him.
"You will always be my big brother, Kouryuu." I say kindly to him and hand the shop keeper the money Sanzo had given me to pay for my clothes. "Is there a place I may change?" I ask the shop keeper. The elderly shop keeper smiles and points towards a door.
"Just through that door there is a set of stairs. Go up them and there is a bathroom right as you get off the stairs."
"Thank you," I turn to Sanzo. "I'll be just a minute then we can make our way back to the others." It takes me a couple of minutes to get dressed. I was smiling as I walked back down the stairs. Sanzo had another bag in his hand as I made my way towards him.
"You are a Sanzo priest," the shop keeper was asking Sanzo. He nods. "And that young girl is your sister?"
"Yes she is."
"You best keep her safe. She is every important." I stop next to Sanzo and look at the shop keeper.
"Let's go," Sanzo says and begins walking away. I follow him.
"Everything alright," I ask him worried about what I missed.
"Everything is just fine. We should get back before the monkey does something stupid,"
After about ten minutes of walking we heard crashes and explosions coming from where the inn was. Sanzo and I exchange a look before sprinting off towards the sound.
"Here," Sanzo shouts throwing me a pair of sai's, he remembered. "Go help the monkey," he points in Goku's direction, I nod and take off over to where Goku was. There was a demon coming up behind him and he wasn't aware. I growl and kick the demon in the back causing him to face plant into the ground.
"What happened?" I ask Goku as I help him fight demons.
"We woke up. Noticed you and Sanzo were gone and came out to look for you and suddenly we were attacked by demons," Goku explains. I shake my head. It didn't take long for us to get rid of the demons, but I was defiantly exhausted. It had been too long since I moved this much. I was out of practice. A hand on my shoulder causes me to jump. Gojyo stood there smiling.
"A bit jumpy aren't ya Kira?" Gojyo asks smirking. I hit him upside the head.
"Just for that I'm keeping your clothes." I say walking over to Sanzo and Hakkai.
"Aw come on Kira, they are the only spare I have." Gojyo says running after me. I shrug.
"Should have thought about that sooner Gojyo," I stop next to Hakkai.
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After about two months of traveling with them I felt pretty comfortable with everyone. I found Goku simply adorable, though he had his moments of annoying me to no end. Gojyo hit on me, daily. Sanzo has threatened him just as much; he was still a bit protective, maybe even over-protective. Hakkai was the first I bonded with and was the one I went to when I didn't want to bother Sanzo. We were about a half-day's drive from the next village. Surprisingly sitting in the back with Gojyo and Goku wasn't as bad as I thought; I got free pillows out of it. I slept a lot when we were on the road, but then again I wasn't used to traveling such long distances. Everyone seemed to understand that though they still enjoyed picking on me. Gojyo had nicknamed me kitten, because I apparently reminded him of a new born kitten who only likes to sleep.
"Kitten," Gojyo nudges my ribs, I glare up at him. "Time to get up, we can't have you getting hurt because some demons decided to take advantage of a sleeping girl," Gojyo says jumping out of the back of Hakuryuu. I roll my eyes as I sit up and follow him out.
"STOP CALLING ME THAT GOJYO!" I yell at him. "I'm not a kitten," I look around and sigh. "Why do you guys have to be so popular, I was just about to take my nap." I whine. Hakkai laughs at this and Sanzo glares at me. I smile innocently at him.
"Stop complaining. The faster we get rid of these demons the faster we get back on the road. So help us get rid of them and shut up," Sanzo says testy. Sheesh who forgot to buy his cigarettes in the last town? Oh right that would have been me. I roll my eyes and pull my sai's, taking my position. The demons charge at us.
"Sheesh Sanzo what's got you all cranky?" Gojyo asks killing two demons and starting on his third.
"Wouldn't have anything to do with the lack of cigarettes would it?" Hakkai asks killing some of his own.
"Guys please just shut up. Sanzo is already upset with me, stop making it worse." I say killing about three demons.
"Let's finish this so we can go eat," Goku says. I sweat drop, boy was always thinking with his stomach.
"That's all you ever think about you stupid monkey," Gojyo shouts kicking a demon, sending it my direction. I had to jump to avoid being hit.
"Watch it Water Sprite," I shout killing the demon before it got back to its feet.
"All of you be quiet and just kill the demons." Sanzo shouts at us. I roll my eyes. The fight went on for about five more minutes before we had managed to kill them all. I wiped the sweat from my brow. Still out of practice, I needed to work on that.
JJ-Jefferu: I hope you enjoyed the update. The next chapter will be out next weekend.
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