The night was the longest that the Sanzo party had ever been through. It had all started well, until the untimely death of the three year old little girl Son Jyen. When Sanzo had shot the demon, Goku caught sight of the girl and collapsed by her side. He didn't even try to hide the tears as they fell. He clutched her body close to him as sobs wracked his body. Sanzo on the other hand, was throttling the now dead demon that had killed the child. Tears of anger and sorrow leaked from his eyes as he started to punch the demons face. He didn't recognise the demon as the others did, he'd been away too long.
Gojyo stared at the bleeding demon in anger and hatred. It was one of the few demons that had survived from Homura. Gojyo looked at the small red chakra on the demon's forehead in discust.
Hakkai's gentle tears fell slowly as he stared numbly at the girl, still focusing his healing, trying his hardest to do the impossible.
Finally, someone spoke. "Why?" Goku whispered, still crying into the girl.
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"Why huh…. I was bored…" The goddess said in a bored tone. "I needed someone to play with… Maybe I went a little too far…." She was sat in her usual chair, watching the Sanzo party, as per usual, only this time, she had the company of a little blonde girl.
"Why is otoo-san and Sun-chan crying?" The girl asked. "And how come I'm here and there at the same time?"
The goddess sighed. She had forgotten how annoying children could be. "Because a demon got hungry and you went to sleep."
"Oh, ok!" The young child said brightly. "When will I wake up?"
The goddess sighed again. Only a few minutes had passed with her here, and already she was annoying the hell out of the goddess. "You can go right now if you want to."
"Yay! And when can I see you again Bu-chan?"
The goddess grimaced. "When you're a little older…" With that, she waved her hand, and the young child disappeared.
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Several days had passed since Jyen had died. Sanzo had spent all his time comforting Goku and receiving comfort from him also. Hakkai and Gojyo had offered to let the pair stay with them as to not get nasty reminders of what they had lost. When Hakkai had offered, Goku had shook his head.
"It's not like I'd ever forget her anyway, and I'd have to come home again eventually." So with that, he and Sanzo had stayed where they were. Gojyo and Hakkai had moved Jyen's body and built a coffin for her. They had also cleaned out her room of all the blood so that Sanzo and Goku wouldn't have to.
At Sanzo's request, they had burned the body of the demon in the back yard, making sure that he was truly and utterly dead.
And so, eventually, things had settled down a little. On the morning of Jyen's funeral, five days after her death, the Sanzo party were in for a huge surprise.
A/N: Dun dun duuuun. Not really but sorta cliffie there people. Sorry. Will have the next one up as soon as it's written, but it's the weekend now, so I won't get to post any more until I get back in class on Monday…. Three days away. Gomen. Enjoy what is here, and I'll put more up later. Tell me what you think so far!!!
