Student of the Teacher
Summary: The Sanzo group has been traveling for only a short while, but suddenly they come upon a figure from Hakkai's past—a young girl of about twenty, who apparently knows more about Cho Gonou then most. Who is she? Why is she here? And….why is Hakkai acting so strangely all of a sudden? Time is shortly after Yaone.
Pairings: whatever. you tell me what you want; i'll try to use them. it all depends, though, on if its gunna work with the story….
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Notes: This chapter's going to get a little bit different from the book, but it'll end up pretty much the same.
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((authoress talking))
"character talking"
'character thinking'
flashback scene
"chanting"
writing
singing
"telepathy"
Metamorphose
"….zo!" Goku shouted loudly. "Sanzo, wake up!" He gently tried to pick up Sanzo in his arms, sobbing. "Sanzo! Sanzo…."
"Easy," Hakkai comanded. "Don't move him, Goku."
"Haha! Serves you right, little priest," Shuei laughed after an apparent inner struggle. "Aid the cause of those disgusting youkai, and even HUMANITY won't save you from me. Hya ha ha!"
"Shut up," Yaiba growled as she hit Shuei in the head. "Damn priests always think they know everything. Especially ones that actually had hair."
"Wha—?" Shuei's eyes widened as he stared at Yaiba. "It's you," he gasped out, the old Shuei suddenly back in his eyes. "It's you!"
"Yes, I'm me," Yaiba said with a warm smile as Goku started screaching behind her. Shuei smiled softly, and Yaiba leaned in to whisper, "I think it'd be best if you ran, Shuei-kun."
And with that, she walked back towards the inn, not even glancing back as the old Shuei was surpressed once more.
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'….what's going on….?' Goku thought to himself as he saw a man who looked exactly like Sanzo. He was dimly aware of Gojyo and Hakkai yelling at him and the blood on his hands that was slowly being washed off by the rain. The Sanzo-like man turned, and then a woman like Yaiba walked up behind the scowling man, smiling gently. 'Who're you two? Who….'
And then he lost himself to the darkness.
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"This is bad," Gojyo said as he watched Goku finish his transformation.
"No, really?" Yaiba asked sarcastically as she appeared next to Gojyo.
"Gojyo, Yaiba, stay back," Hakkai warned as Goku stood up, smirking.
"OH, SHIT," Gojyo swore as he stared at Goku.
"He's reverted to his natural form without the seal on his youkai powers!" Hakkai said worridly, biting his lip.
"'The heretical child born of the rock where Earth's aura gathers,'" Yaiba quoted solmly. "'The great Sage equal to Heaven. Son Goku, the Monkey King.'"
Although Hakkai glanced at her, Shuei cut in before he could respond. "Haha! So the brat shows his true colors, does he?" Shuei asked, laughing deeply as Yaiba stared at Goku. "Now the entire WORLD can witness your dirty blood!"
Goku swayed slightly, but the next moment he was squashing Shuei's head into the ground.
'I didn't even see him move,' Gojyo thought, gritting his teeth. Goku glared at Shuei as he pulled up his upper body. Shuei grabbed Goku's arm, but the monkey just grabbed it with a smirk. Shuei kneed Goku in the stomach, but Goku did a summersalt and skidded to a stop on his feet, suddenly back to being serious. He charged Shuei again.
"Crazy animal!" Shuei shouted, pulling out his charms and throwing them at Goku. The charms disinagrated once they felt Goku's aura, and Shuei was (apparently) shocked.
"IT'S IMPOSIBLE!" he cried. "NO AURA ALONE CAN BURN MY CHARMS!.!" Goku just smirked as he punched Shuei across the face, causing the man to land on his side with a sickening thud. Goku smiled in a creepy way as he stood above Shuei, almost laughing ('With glee?' Yaiba silently asked herself). And then Goku sat down and started punching Shuei across the face.
'Sanzo used to tell stories,' Gojyo thought, impressed despite himself, 'but I never thought the kid could be THIS powerful!'
"Gojyo," Yaiba snapped as she and Hakkai leaned over Sanzo, "stop thinking about how impressed you are and get over here!"
"Oh," Gojyo said, hunching his shoulders slightly as he looked down at them. "R-right." He silently wondered how she knew what he was thinking.
"He's still breathing!" Hakkai said with releif. Yaiba nodded, not as releived as Hakkai ('Then again,' Gojyo thought to himself with some confusion, 'she didn't seem all that concerned in the first place. Almost like….').
"His body's losing heat in this rain," Yaiba said, looking carefully at the wound as if it was going to become infected before her very eyes.
"We need to try to stop the bleeding," Hakkai added softly.
"What're you gunna do?" Gojyo asked, standing above the three like a guardian.
"I'll close the wound by channeling my chi. The hit missed any vital organs, so—"
"I'll do it, Hakkai-kun," Yaiba said suddenly, looking over at her ex-teacher. Hakkai glanced over at her, a little surprised, but her sunglasses slipped down a little and instead he looked shocked. Quickly, though, his face softened and he nodded at her.
Yaiba smiled gently and as Hakkai stood up and took a step back, she scooted over so that she had a better position. She opened her side pack and pulled out a scroll, biting her finger as she did so (1). She winced when blood was drawn, then she opened the scroll just enough so that only one line was showing.
'Healing?' Gojyo wondered when he saw the single word. Before he could ask, however, Yaiba wrote her name under the word in her blood and closed the scroll, holding it in both hands just above Sanzo's wound. In a bright black light, the wound slowly closed as the blood dripping from Sanzo's mouth retreated back into his body. The rest of the blood, however, stayed where it was, soaking into the ground.
"We'll take care of Sanzo," Hakkai said, glancing at Gojyo. "Gojyo, please stop Goku."
"R-Right! But….how the hell do I do THAT?.!" he asked angerily.
"Without Sanzo, I have no idea," Hakkai said irritably.
"Let me focas," Yaiba growled as her hands shook slightly. The light wavered for a second, then re-solified. Hakkai continued on quietly.
"I do know that Goku has lost his sanity. His unchecked power will continue to grow out of control. He'll destroy everything in his path untile we can find a way to help him."
"Now go!" Yaiba comanded, glancing at Gojyo out of the corner of her eye as Goku bit into Shuei's shoulder. Shuei screamed in pain and Gojyo and Hakkai watched as the beads around Shuei's neck began to shine, causing Goku to cover his ears and scream loudly. Yaiba pulled away her scroll from Sanzo (who was fully healed) and stuck it back in her side pack, sighing in releif as Shuei started chanting.
"Shou!"
And Shuei disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"He ran away?.!" Gojyo asked, gritting his teeth. Yaiba stood up and shook her head as Hakkai glanced at her again.
"Far from it, trash," Shuei said in their heads. Yaiba put a hand over her ear, but then pulled it away when she realized it wasn't Raido. "This isn't the end. I WILL come back. And when I do….your rotten youkai souls will feed my curse!"
Yaiba picked up Sanzo and propped him against the wall gently, dodging the hand that instinctivly swatted at her.
"Oy, Goku," Gojyo said as he walked up to the youkai boy. Yaiba groaned and rolled her eyes, knowing what was coming. "You okay? You don't look so—"
Gojyo dodged a fist aimed strait at his face just in time. "Gojyo, no!" Hakkai yelled. "Goku can't recognize you now!"
"Shit! He's completely insane!"
Goku attempted to punch Gojyo, but the latter moved out of the way just in time.
"How cool," Yaiba couldn't help but say as Gojyo shouted 'Eat this!' and Goku bit down on his arm. Hakkai gave her a look, but then he realized what had happened.
"Gojyo!" he shouted, obviously scared.
"Wake up, dammit!" Gojyo shouted as Yaiba mouthed the words. "YOU STUPID MONKEY!.!"
"Hold him still," a woman's voice said telepathically. Yaiba smirked despite herself as she pictured 'devine intervention' flashing around Goku as light surrounded his head, forming his limiter. Immidiately, Goku flashed back to normal and fell into Gojyo's arms.
"Goku!" Gojyo shouted, at first ticked. Then he twitched, causing Yaiba to snort. "….little punker's asleep!"
"Um, what just happened?" Hakkai asked, sweat-dropping as Gojyo carried Goku over. Yaiba smirked as she turned around.
"My, my," a woman said. "Very sloppy, boys." Hakkai and Gojyo turned around and were surprised to see a half-naked woman ((not really….)) standing there (2). "….yo," the person said with a wink, her guard standing behind her.
"Yo!" Yaiba cheered, raising a hand in welcome.
"….who are YOU?" Hakkai asked, confused.
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(1): This was inspired by the Summoning Jutsue from Naruto. Just inspired—its used ONLY for healing, and nothing else. But that might be different later. You'll find out….
(2): She's a hemephrodite. Half man, half woman, all trying to be sexy. I find it odd….but that's just me.
