Happy New Year! Here's the third chapter! All reviews are welcome! I would really appreciate them! I do not own Saiyuki. Enjoy!
The girl ran, ran in the freezing rain, ran from the people she didn't know, she just ran. Her once red hair was damp and plastered to her neck and face. Her breath came out in little white puffs, her face was the visage of one desperately trying to hide pain but she failed. Her face cringed, she gripped her stomach and she fell forward in the muck. Her breathing became labored as she became more and more soaked by the second. She slowly blinked her eyes open and saw one of the demon aura limiters on her wrist. Quickly sitting up, she tossed it aside, doing the same to the other before doubling over in pain again as she returned to her normal form.
"The necklace….I have to find it…..the necklace…" She mumbled to herself before standing up and staggering forward.
"Miss! Miss stop! Please!"
Her head snapped sharply as she saw the four young men who saved her sprinting towards her. She took a few awkward steps forward before breaking into a run again, but as she gazed forward, she saw it, the blue bead necklace in the mud. She smiled and ran to it, only to be stopped by a sudden over-whelming feeling of dread.
"Sanzo! There are yokai near!"
"Fucking dammit! Hakkai, get that psycho demon girl and let's get the fuck out of here!" Sanzo replied, loading his banishing gun.
The woman bent down to pick up the necklace before a claw tightened around her throat, stopping the men in their tracks.
"Hahaha….I never thought the Sanzo Party would harbor a demon girl. It's her looks, isn't it?" The male demon chuckled darkly as he pulled the girl close to him, holding her by the throat with one clawed hand and the other clutching the necklace near her wound. "She's been wounded I see…hmph, I thought the monk would have killed her by now."
"Trust me, I want to."
The demon roared with laughter before being silenced by the girl. "Give me the necklace and I'll let you leave with your life."
The demon in muddy, tattered rags glared down at the young girl, "If you knew what was best for you, you'd know I'M the one who makes the threats around here!"
The girl rolled her eyes before bringing her elbow sharply into the demon's stomach. At the same time she gripped the demon's hand at her throat, bending it backward, snapping the wrist before twisting it around his arm, spinning under the hand while knocking the male demon's feet out from under him, leaving him face down in the mud, and his arm at an awkward angle behind him and the girl's necklace at his side.
She bent down and picked up the necklace while tugging on the male's arm. "I warned you, you bastard."
The demon screeched in pain, "Who are you?! Ahh!"
She dropped her knee hard down on his spine, snapping it in two, and as the male demon died, she replied, "My name is Kimiko, daughter of Hyakugan Maoh, and the only survivor of the clan massacre."
The Sanzo Party stood in shock at the swiftness of her kill; Goku, Gojyo, and Sanzo were only broken from their stupor by an angered cry from Hakkai.
"NO!" Hakkai screamed as he ran towards Kimiko with a ball of chi growing in his hand.
Kimiko stood up quickly, placing the necklace around her neck before side-stepping Hakkai's angered attack and knocking him to the ground.
"What's your problem? You save my life and now you want me dead? Great, now I have to watch out for you AND the bald priest over there." Kimiko ignored Sanzo's shouts and the fact Gojyo was restraining him again.
Hakkai rose from the mud, his eyes dark with rage as he glared at the yokai girl. "Tell me! How did you survive?! How did you survive the slaughter of that night, Kimiko isn't it?!"
Kimiko narrowed her eyes at Hakkai and looked him over before gasping softly. "You….you bastard!" She launched her self at Hakkai, knocking him to the ground again, throwing a punch that he easily dodged.
"Gees! Has everyone lost their minds?!" Goku cried as he ran to break up the fight, being quickly followed by Gojyo and a still pissed Sanzo.
Hakkai kicked Kimiko in the stomach, sending her flying back into a tree. After colliding with the tree, she landed on her feet and stood up once again.
"You son of a bitch!" The angered yokai girl was about to charge the yokai convert before being restrained by Goku while Hakkai, who was about to charge as well, was restrained by Gojyo and Sanzo.
"Let go of me! I have to kill him! I have to kill that man!!" Kimiko screamed.
"Sanzo….Gojyo….let me go. She's of the clan that killed Kanan….let…me…go!"
"I have an idea. How about you both shut the fuck up and explain what the hell is going on!" Sanzo shouted in the night, silencing them both and calming them down.
Hakkai sighed, "You're right Sanzo, I'm sorry for loosing my temper." He looked at the girl, "Explain how you survived, please."
Kimiko nodded, "Before I begin, let me just say that my father had an interesting taste in women. After my brother, Chin Yisou, and I were born, my father began having multiple demon mistresses and human women as well. Kanan, the one you spoke of, I remember the night that she was brought to the castle. I was walking on an upper level terrace with Chin, discussing the astronomical alignment of the stars when her saddened screams reached my ears, I stopped and looked down into the entrance hall, only to see her crying and shouting to the guards, begging them to let her go to return to a man named, 'Cho Gonou.' But one of the guards silenced her with a hard smack across the face before continuing to walk her towards my father's chamber. I gripped the terrace hand rail and was about to jump down to set the girl free when Chin stopped me. He told me that the girl played an important role in the future of one man and that I couldn't interfere with fate. I glared at my brother and told him that I wasn't going to stay here and listen to this all night so I left the castle. I didn't return until late that same night and when I did, I saw a severely wounded man leaving the castle….you….Gonou…"
She paused, glaring at Hakkai before continuing, "I re-entered the castle only to find that everyone was dead, well, so I thought until I discovered that Chin was, in fact, alive, but I assume he's dead now since I haven't found him. I digress though. I stumbled through the halls, found my dead mother and father before running out of the castle and turning around, burning it to the ground with my brethren still inside. I cried as the flames burned before standing back up, swearing to get vengeance on the person who did this as it began to rain. And now I am face to face, once again on a rainy night, with the man responsible for the death of so many souls."
"So your brother is Chin Yisou, fucked up man he is," Gojyo stated, "glad Hakkai took care of him awhile back or we'd all be dead. Isn't that right Sanzo?"
Kimiko's eyes widened, "Killing him once wasn't good enough for you?!"
"He had not let go of the past events and was trying to kill us, I had no choice."
"Well, he's not the only one 'who hasn't let go!' "
Hakkai's eyes narrowed at her, "You had the chance to save her and you didn't!"
"I couldn't interfere with fate! What's set is set and if you mess with Fate's plan, bad things happen!"
"You still could have saved her!"
"My entire clan didn't have to die to appease your blood rage! Don't make me out to be the bad person here! I hated my father for what he did to my mother! I had nothing to do with your precious Kanan! Nn!" Her head dropped as she winced in pain from her open wound.
Gojyo whispered, "Hakkai, she makes a good point."
Hakkai's gaze didn't soften as he broke from Sanzo and Gojyo's grasp and briskly began walking back to the village.
"Don't worry Kimiko; I know how to bandage wounds. I'll make sure you're okay," Goku stated as he watched Hakkai walk away.
Kimiko nodded, "Thank you….I'm not making friends here…am I?"
Sanzo spoke, "Kimiko, all I have to say is, you better not fuck up, because I will not hesitate to kill a yokai. And Hakkai, Gonou, won't hesitate to kill you either because of who you are. You mess up once and you're dead." Sanzo walked away as well.
Kimiko sighed and looked down on the ground as she clutched her wound.
"Ah, don't worry about Sanzo and Hakkai. I'm Gojyo, the little monkey is Goku."
"Shut the hell up you water sprite!"
Gojyo continued, ignoring Goku, "They'll warm up to you eventually."
"If I'm sticking around, then I hope they do," Kimiko replied, touching her necklace, 'Chuusin, you'd know what to do….'
Gojyo, Goku, and Kimiko started heading back to the elderly woman's house, the night's revelations resting on all their shoulders.
-dramatic music- Shocking surprises! (Jk) Hope you enjoyed it! Reviews would be appreciated! Thanks! Keep reading!
