A/N: Hi, everyone, sorry for not posting...again. But the good thing is I'm done with school until September, so I should have plenty of time to work on this. I am really going to try to post every week like before, so thanks for being so patient. Now, for this chapter we will briefly be going over the term The Separation. As usual you can just scroll down until you see chapter 7.

The Separation

About two thousand years ago the four main gods of Gaerath and Naerite fought against one another, two of those gods being Daycarthro and Eslanla. During the fight, Daycarthro was killed, causing the dimensional gates to open, nearly destroying the worlds in the process. The Controller of Life intervened, sealing Daycarthro's power in an orb and ending the chaos. But during the incident hundreds of people from Gaerath and Naerite were scattered across the worlds—one of these being earth. The term Outsider has been used to describe these people who are Vaerires, Daerenhs, Waeroucks and among other races (there are twelve different races, six from each world). Many times the people were discriminated against and forced to hide their identities. Over time some people lost some of their distinguishing characteristics and even forgot about their true origins.

Not only were the Outsiders struggling against humans, but also against one another since the fight between their gods put them at odds. After the Separation, Waeruocks and Daerenhs became sworn enemies, the Waeruocks blaming Eslanla for what The Separation, while the Daerenhs blamed Daycarthro.

I'll probably go over this in a little bit more detail since this is the basis for the world Raven and the others are in. They have to keep a low profile, since most people don't know about them. The demons also seem to not bring attention to themselves, which is why they usually won't make an attack in a crowded area.

With Serafina and Orion's world, Outsiders are common knowledge and there is a lot of tension between the humans of their world and the Outsiders. I'll explain more about her and her world later on in this.

A/N: That's all for now. I do not own Saiyuki, but I own the Daycarthro Chronicles.

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Chapter 7: Hunger Pains

A soft moan escapes the blond man's lips as he rolls onto his back. Every muscle in his body aches and the hunger pains do little to ease his discomfort. Why isn't Raven around whenever I need him? He wonders as he pushes himself out of bed. I knew it was a bad idea to go straight to bed without eating. Quickly, he slips on his shoes, then combs his fingers through his blond hair.

"Stupid Evan. I'm going to get that bastard from chopping my hair off." He then smiles. "Demon Child will feel like a dumb ass when he sees my first place trophy. The nerve of him saying I was going to get my ass kicked." The light from the lamp seems to make the gold metal glow off the two foot tall trophy that is set on the dresser. He then frowns slightly. I just won first place in the state for my division and there is no one here to congratulate me. Aren't your "friends" supposed to take you out to dinner or something? He sighs. Screw this, I'm going back home today. He quickly throws all his clothes into his duffle bag, then carefully packs his rapier.

Outside, the cold morning air seems to pass through him, and not surprisingly, the city streets remain practically empty, except for a few cars lining them. It's too damn early to be outside. He glances at his watch, but his stomach suddenly growls. Uh, if I don't get any food soon, I'm not going to have a stomach. Now, I could have sworn I saw a restaurant around here that is open twenty-four hours. At the corner he takes a right, not really knowing where he is going.

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Okay, I am definitely lost, Warner declares when he finds himself in the middle of the city's park. By Daycarthro's grace, where the hell am I? He slaps his forehead. Now I'm beginning to sound like that damn Hybrid. Okay, maybe if I cut through these trees I'll get out of here.

Warner pauses for a second, getting a strange feeling from the area. I've been hanging around Raven too much, he shrugs it off then continues forward.

Suddenly something wraps around his ankle flinging him into the air. He looks down to see the ground an inch from his nose, and when he eyes drift up he finds a rope tied to his right ankle. Warner blinks, his mind taking a second to register he is hanging upside down.

"What the hell is going on?" he yells.

"Yes, my trap worked!" A girl's voice cheers, jumping out of her hiding place next to a bush. She looks up at Warner, then pokes his side. "You don't look very tasty."

"Why the hell would you set a trap in the middle of the freakin city?" Warner yells.

"I'm hungry!" she whines.

"I don't give a damn if you're hungry or not! You don't set booby traps for people to walk into!"

"I wasn't trying to catch a person!" she yells back.

"Then let me down!"

"Maybe I don't want to," she replies, turning her nose up in the air. "You're not very nice."

"I'd like to see you be nice when you are hanging upside down in the air!" He pauses for a second finally taking in the young girl standing in front of him—short carrot-colored haired, big green eyes, pointy ears and markings on her face. "You're not human right?" he asks.

"Nope, I'm a youkai!" she chirps.

"Youkai..." he repeats. His light blue eyes widen when he remembers where he has heard that word from. How did you end up in this world? He wonders.

"You must have something to eat in here." She proceeds to rummage through his duffle bag, throwing his clothes onto the dirt. "Oh, what's this?" she asks, pulling out his rapier.

"Hey! Put that down!" he yells. She unsheathes the sword, looking at it for a second before tossing it away, he manages to grab onto it before it hits the ground. "This is a specially made sword that only two people within the three worlds know how make!" She snatches it back.

"Maybe I can sell it for money so I can buy food." She is about to leave when Warner waves frantically for her to stop.

"You can't just leave me here!"

"Yes, I can." She grins at him, a little fang sticking out. "Bye, bye!" she skips off, leaving him dangling from the tree. He stares at her in disbelief, before it dawns on him.

"Hey, come back here with my sword and let me down!" But the little girl is now out of sight. How the hell am I supposed to get down from here? He happens to glance down and finds his cell-phone resting on the ground. Must call Raven...he stretches his fingers towards the phone. Almost got it...Warner's fingers graze across the surface. He catches his breath when he hears the wood of the branch crack. With a loud crash he ends up eating dirt. The Vaerire slowly sits up, rubbing his nose. Damn it, what did I do to deserve this treatment?

"Yes! Phone!" He begins dialing Raven's number, but stops when he thinks about what Evan is going to say if he finds out his sword was stolen by a little girl. He'll never let me down about it. Only one thing left to do...find that brat and get my sword back before Evan finds out. "That brat is so dead when I find her!" He takes off in the direction she went.

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Sanzo's violet eyes shoot open when he hears someone moving about in the hallway. He glares at the door, almost as if he expects the heat of his glare to burn through the door and hit the person who dared to disturb his sleep. The person still fails to quiet down.

"Stupid idiots, never know when to shut up!" Sanzo storms out of bed and flings the door open and finds the door across from his wide open. "Will you shut up!" Sanzo yells, stalking over to the room. Brown eyes glower at him.

"Oh, it's you," Serafina goes back to rummaging in her closet.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"What does it look like I'm doing? Do you think I decided to empty everything out of my closest for the hell of it?" Sanzo's right eye begins to twitch.

"Well, shut up. It sounds like you are tearing the house down."

"Hm, it's nice to hear your opinion, now go back to your room," she practically orders, waving him off. Sanzo's left eye also begins to twitch. When he doesn't move, Serafina stands up and places her hands on her hips. "For someone who is whining about me ruining his blissful sleep, you don't seem so eager to leave."

"And you seem eager to piss me off."

"Then maybe you should get some lessons on how to control your anger. I thought monks were supposed to be calm and collected." Serafina turns from him and pulls out another box from her closet. "Someone must have forgotten to tell you that." Sanzo can feel his hand reaching for his fan.

"Serafina?" Raven calls. He steps into the room, only to come face-to-face with a Sanzo who looks like he is going to have a spasm. Immediately the Hybrid can feel the tension in the room and his instincts are yelling at him to get out. Why am I the one who has to deal with these people? Raven wonders once again. "I'm glad you're back. I was beginning to worry about you."

"I had some trouble getting that spell I was telling you about. Turns out the Waeruock I tracked down had a problem with my guardian and refused to give me the spell. I came fairly close to wringing his neck because he was so damn arrogant. Then I was stupid..." she glares at Sanzo when he snorts at the comment, "...and I called my guardian and basically the two got into a pretty nasty fight. I nearly had my head taken off in the crossfire."

"That would have been a shame," Sanzo replies, taking a cigarette out and lighting it. Raven clears his throat, knowing Serafina can only take so much before her patience runs out. If the Hybrid didn't know any better, he would think the two are purposely trying to piss the other off.

"I'm sorry about all the trouble you went through. Thank you." Serafina looks away, not used to be being thanked.

"It's not like I had anything better to do," she counters, then resumes her search.

"Aren't you done yet?" Sanzo growls as he waits for her to stop trashing her room.

"Stopping would involve finding whatever I'm looking for, and obviously I haven't found it yet."

"Stupid woman," Sanzo mutters. Her eyes darken at the insult and without even thinking she hurls a book at him, which she had just taken out of one of the boxes. Sanzo can feel the wind brush against his cheek as the book misses his face by an inch. Raven looks at the two of them, waiting for them to start yelling insults at one another. The Hybrid might not know a lot about Serafina, but he does know one thing...she hates being called woman and adding "stupid" before that word will usually result in her temper flaring and someone getting hurt. Sanzo, on the other hand, does not like being threaten or insulted, two things that Serafina has done in the past five minutes.

"Oops, must have slip," she replies, not even bothering to look at him. Sanzo reaches for his fan about to give her good smack to the head.

"Damn, monk," Evan interrupts, stepping into room. "I was having a nice, peaceful sleep until you had to open your damn mouth." The boy glares up at the monk. With one swift motion, Sanzo smacks him upside the head. "Hey!" Evan snaps, rubbing his head. "You're the one who woke me up!" He snatches the fan from Sanzo and whacks him upside the head. For a second Sanzo fails to act until several veins begin to throb on the violet eyed, short tempered, gun-trotting monk. "Ahaha," Evan laughs nervously, placing the fan back into Sanzo's hand and slowly backing away. "It seemed like a good idea at the time." He rubs the back of his neck, slowly creeping to the safety of his brother.

"Shi ne!" Sanzo yells, pulling out his gun and firing at the boy.

"Ah!" Evan screams, barely dodging the bullets flying at him. He disappears from sight, probably now at a safe distance from the enraged Sanzo.

"Stupid demon," Sanzo mutters, turning on his heels and stalking out of the room in search of his prey.

"I swear, Evan will never learn," Raven rubs his temple.

"I don't like him," Serafina says abruptly, referring to Sanzo.

"I could tell," Raven admits. "Thanks for missing," he refers to the book that nearly dented Sanzo's head.

"What makes you so sure I missed on purpose," she counters, continuing to rummage through one of the boxes.

"I've seen the way you are with Orion, you could hit him if he was a mile away."

"I know Orion enough to beat the crap out of him."

"In other words, since you don't know Sanzo, you won't do anything to him," Raven replies.

"But if he pisses me off, which I can tell he is going to do, I won't hesitate to knock some sense into him." Raven runs his fingers through his hair.

As if it isn't bad enough having Evan provoking the monk. If those two clash, this house is going to become a war-zone.

"Here," she tosses him a box, which he catches with ease.

"What is this?" he asks, eyeing the three-by-five wooden box.

"You'll need it later." She shrugs her shoulders. Raven winces when he hears a gunshot, obviously from Sanzo. "I better check on Evan before Sanzo kills him." Serafina doesn't bother to reply as she begins the task of putting everything back.

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"There she is," Warner notes as he sees the brat skipping down the sidewalk, his sword swinging back and forth in her inexperienced hands. He lunges at her, but she happens to see a bakery and abruptly stops. Once again Warner ends with his face on the ground. "You little brat..." the Vaerire mutters as he pushes himself off the ground. "Give me back my sword."

"Nope," Lirin says simply as she steps on his back, making sure to put a good bounce in her step as she hops off his back.

I will not be outsmarted by some girl who acts like a kid, Warner thinks as he quickly scrambles to his feet and catches up with her. Lirin stares at the pastries displayed in the window, her mouth watering. The Vaerire quietly sneaks up to her then grabs the sword away from her.

"Now you'll pay for making a fool out of me," Warner declares as he points his sheathed sword at her neck.

"Oh yeah? Lirin-chan Kick!" Before Warner knows what is happening, he is about twenty feet away from where he originally was and the world seems to be spinning around him. "Now what did you say about making me pay?" Lirin asks, cracking her knuckles.

"That's not fair, I wasn't ready," Warner replies, slightly dazed. He shakes it off, and uneasily stands back onto his feet.

"Then get ready!" Lirin charges at him. He pivots away from her about to unsheath his sword, but he fails to draw it.

Damn, I can't use this when the person is unarmed, he props his sword against the building.

"Why did you do that?" Lirin asks, stopping as she peers at him.

"It'll be more satisfying if I beat you with my bare hands." He steps back, falling into his fighting stance. "Now let's get this over with." He lunges at her, but she quickly dodges him, in the meantime slamming her leg into his side. Warner staggers back, his breath coming out uneven. She's really strong. I'm going to have to use something else besides brute strength on her. The Vaerire moves to his right, keeping his eyes on the girl. "You know you aren't that strong, I've met children who are stronger than you," Well, technically Evan is a child... "Unless you've got more than a few little punches, you should probably go home to your mommy."

"Eh!" Lirin gawks. "That's it! Lirin-chan Punch!" He stands his ground, but ducks at the last second, grabbing her arm and throwing her off her feet. She regains control of her body, managing to twist herself around so she lands on her feet. "Nah!" she sticks her tongue out at him. "You're going to have to be faster than that."

Okay, now what am I supposed to do? Not only is she strong, but fast and agile.

The two fail to act, both waiting for the other to attack. Warner is about to engage in another round when a low growl cuts through the tension. Lirin laughs nervously as she rubs the back of her neck as her stomach growls once more. Warner almost falls flat on his face, that is until his stomach growls as well.

"Um, how about we take a break and get some food."

"All right!" Lirin grabs his arm and drags him down the street to where a restaurant has just opened.

"Go ahead, I need to get my bag." He slips out of her grip as she enters the restaurant.

A few minutes later he enters the place and the smell of food makes his stomach hurt with hunger. Immediately he sees the carrot-haired girl humming to herself as she impatiently waits at the table. The Vaerire places his stuff on the extra chair and plops down.

"The food smells so good here. Did you already decide what you wanted to get?"

"I already ordered," she replies, her big, green eyes fall on him, then her face scrunches up. "You're weird."

"What the hell are you talking about? For one thing—normal people do not set traps in the park. Two—they do not leave someone hanging from a tree! And three—they do not steal that person's sword!"

"I was hungry! I'd like to see what you would do if you were starving."

"I am starving! Last time I ate was yesterday morning."

"Well, whose fault is that?"

"I find it hard to eat whenever I'm in a tournament," Warner replies, taking a sip of his water. "Believe it not, I am a great fencer."

"The people here must be really weak," she replies. "I can't wait to find oniichan so we can go back home."

"Now that'll be a shame," the Vaerire replies sarcastically. "Hey waiter, can I get some service here!" Warner calls, waving to the waiter who is talking to another waitress. He quickly gives his order then Lirin and him are alone once again.

She seems so familiar for some reason. Lirin looks at him wearily, while he returns the look. "Our food better get here quick." Warner closes his eyes, leaning back in his chair. I can't wait to get the hell out of here and go back home, Warner concludes, but first I have to get away from her.

"Um, sir, your food is ready," the waiter announces. The Vaerire cracks one of his blue eyes open and he nearly falls out of his chair when he sees several plates of food on the table.

"What's with all the food?" Warner gapes.

"It's my food," Lirin declares before digging in. He can only watch in awe as she clears off half of the plates within in a minute. You know something she looks a lot like...

"Who did you say your oniichan is?" She must be Goku's little sister. I can't believe there's another one.

"Kougaiji," she replies. Warner's eyes widen as he looks at the girl.

"You're his sister?"

"Do you know him?" she asks with a mouth full of egg.

"Kind of," he replies, before turning to his food. Why does she have to be that guy's sister? Wait a minute, if she is really his sister that means she isn't even from this world! Warner suddenly bursts into nervous laughter. The gods really do enjoy messing with me. His blue eyes return to the food Lirin has just finished. But if she isn't from this world... "I hope you have enough money to pay for all that food."

"What money?" Lirin smiles. This time Warner actually falls out of his chair. She has to be kidding me...

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A/N: That's all for now. I'll try to get the next chapter up as fast as I can. There should be a fight scene next time, sorry that there wasn't a lot of action in this one. And hopefully Lirin was in character since I'm not really use to her character. Now some replies to the reviews...

Sumitra—Sorry for taking so long to update, but whenever I tried to work on this something came up. Hopefully the next chapter won't give me any trouble.

Precious One—I'm glad you liked that part with Goku and Gojyo.

Thowra—Sorry you can't picture Serafina with Sanzo, but maybe after you see more of her character they might seem like a plausible couple.

Ali—I think if someone really pisses Sanzo off he will hit them, but that doesn't mean Serafina will just stand back and let him do that. The next chapter they should probably be at each other's throats. That part was supposed to be in this chapter but it got bumped into the next one, so sorry that there wasn't enough tension in this one. Damn Raven and Evan, distracting Sanzo from his fight with Sera.

Chubby Sanzo—The part with having the other under an illusion spell I did in the previous story, so you probably won't be seeing that in this one, though I do think your take on Hakkai and Yaone would be pretty interesting.

MystiquePixie—Serafina and a guy with a guy whose name is a star constellation...cough, cough...I don't know what you're talking about. Thanks for helping me with this chapter. You're such a good sister.

Ruby—(Psycho-CJ face-faults). Are you trying to give me a heart attack?

Evan: Ruby, you've made me so proud. (wipes away tears of joy).

Jinxydragon—Sorry for making you wait for Warner to pop in. I wasn't planning to take so long to bring him into this. I'm writing this as I go so I'm really not sure what's going to happen in this next, I only know what the outcome is going to be. Next chapter should be setting everything off, so it should be easier for me to write this and know exactly what is going to happen. And I'm glad you like the part with Evan and Raven, there should probably be another sappy moment between them.

Rook—Hm, I like it would be pretty funny. And thanks for the complement about Hakkai and Yaone, I'm hoping I will be able to make a HxY believable. Next chapter we should be seeing more of them.

A/N: Thanks to Rook, Kurtain, jinxydragon, Sumitra, Ruby, Max, OABoo, MystiquePixie, chubby sanzo, Ali, Precious ONE and Thowra for reviewing. Till next time!