Chapter 6: Attempted Kidnapping

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It had been two days since Kougaiji's visit and Sanzo and chibi co. were running dangerously low on diapers, baby food, milk, any other supply really. Luckily for them they had finally reached town that afternoon. It wasn't a big town but it was still civilization and it got the chibi's happy.

Sanzo took the out of their carseats and stood them on the ground. All three looked around as if to determine where to run to first. "Don't even think about it chibis'. come on, we're getting a room." Sanzo ordered, walking into a pretty nice inn and going up to the receptionist's desk.

He got a double room and began on the irritating task of getting all the bags into the room. He fondly remembered the days when he hadn't had to carry anything into the inns. He would just tell Goku or Gojyo to do it and shoot at them until they stopped complaining. And he used to think those days were bad.

After he was done he turned to the chibis. "Come on brats. We're going out to eat." He said, the boys followed him closely as they left the inn. They went to a relatively nice restaurant and that is where Sanzo discovered something about the chibis. They had a serious lack of the ability to sit in regular chairs.

"Sit still, saru." Sanzo growled as Goku wiggled out of his seat yet again so that he had to be placed back into it. Gojyo was also wiggling and Sanzo could tell that in the future he would have to replace him into the seat as well.

That's when he spotted a mother sitting with a child. The kid was in a special chair that buckled to prevent him from wiggling out of the it. Sanzo looked over to a wall that had the same kind of chairs lined up against it. He immediately flagged down a waitress. "Bring me three of those chairs please."

"Yes sir." the waitress smiled. She brought the requested chairs quickly, sitting them down with a overly cheery smile. The chibis, or at least Goku and Gojyo, were starring at them as if they were some kind of cruel torture devises. Sanzo grabbed Goku before the chibisaru knew what was happening and buckled him into the seat. The saru immediately began struggling. Then Sanzo's sights turned to Gojyo who had been trying to sneak away unnoticed. He got grabbed up quickly.

"No daddy! No!" the kappa shouted.

"To bad." Sanzo said calmly. "Now get in the seat you little baka." Gojyo tried to continue to resist but in the end Sanzo was the winner and he was strapped into the seat beside Goku.

Sanzo turned to look at Hakkai who was busy gnawing on a carrot. When the toddler noticed his daddy looking at him he lifted his arms in acceptance to being put in the seat. Sanzo couldn't help but smirk a bit. 'The only one who wants to be put in a seat is the only one who can sit still. Tch. Figures.' He picked Hakkai up and carefully buckled him in as well.

He was finally able to sit down and continue with his meal. Goku and Gojyo continued to struggle in their seats while Hakkai sat contently. They were almost finished when Sanzo felt numerous youkai auras heading towards them.

Sanzo jumped to his feat without hesitation and quickly unbuckled the chibis. He had two minutes at the most to hide them. The chibis were looking at their daddy confused as Sanzo rushed to hide them behind the bar. It wasn't the best hiding spot but it was the best he had at the moment. He looked at the chibis seriously, "Stay here. Don't make a sound."

The bar keep was just turning toward him to ask what he was doing behind the bar when two dozen youkai burst through the windows in the front of the restaurant. People were immediately in an uproar. They were running and screaming, trying anything to get away. In all the confusion the youkai were having a hard time locating the priest who was their goal.

Sanzo was just trying to stay out of sight for the time being. Hoping that he wouldn't attract to much attention, he looked around quickly and called, "Jeep!" The little dragon quickly flew to him, landing on his shoulder with a cheep. "Make sure no one hurts the kids." He ordered. The dragon gave a quick nod and Sanzo jumped up from behind the bar, pulling his gun. He shot three of the youkai in vital areas before any of them had even spotted him.

"There's the bastard!" one of them yelled, pointing to Sanzo. Most of the youkai charged at Sanzo to attack but there were five that broke away from them and began to look for something.

"Where are the kids?! They have to be around here somewhere!" one of the five yelled.

'Shit. They found out about the brats. Damn that fricking Ukoku.' Sanzo cursed in his head. His eyes quickly shot over to the bar. The chibis were peaking out from behind it and Sanzo cursed. They needed to stay hidden.

He continued to kill as many as possible without drawing attention to the poorly hidden children. He shot two more youkai and ran out of bullets. 'Fuck' He used his gun to stop a sword that was aimed at his face with a bit of difficulty. Once the sword was brought to a halt he aimed a hard punch to the youkai's throat. The youkai backed up struggling for breath. This gave Sanzo enough time to grab his dropped sword and kill him.

"Cheep! Cheep!" Jeep said loudly. Sanzo turned to see that Hakkai had slipped out from behind the bar and was currently laying in plain sight of every one in the restaurant.

"There's one of them!" one of the youkai yelled. Sanzo swung the dead youkai's sword and sliced across the back of this youkai's neck.

One of the youkai grabbed Hakkai up by the scruff of his shirt and held him up high above the floor. Hakkai's eyes were wide and fearful as he spotted Sanzo. He gave him a helpless panicked look but still didn't speak. "Make sure he doesn't get hurt." one of them yelled to the youkai holding Hakkai.

'What?' Sanzo wondered. 'Why wouldn't they want him hurt?'

Hakkai, scared out of his mind, began to tear up and soon gave out a wailing cry. From behind the bar two other cries sounded. 'Fuck.' Sanzo thought. Every time Hakkai cried so did the other two for some reason.

Still using the sword, Sanzo killed two more of the youkai. There were only about nine of the youkai left but Sanzo was badly injured. One of the youkai had caught him across the back with a sword. He could feel the hot, sticky blood soaking through his clothes.

"Hey! There's the other two!" one yelled. He grabbed the other two crying chibis by the back of their shirts. With an angry cheep Jeep flew at one of the youkai's faces, clawing and biting harshly. The youkai struggled to beat the furious dragon away from him. In doing so he gave Sanzo all the opening he needed to slice the fool in half.

'Eight to go.' Sanzo thought, turning to the others. "Put the brats down." he ordered in a commanding voice.

"Heh heh heh. You've got no chance Sanzo. We're going to kill you, take the kids, and take your sutra while we're at it." one laughed.

Sanzo pulled his gun, freshly loaded, and shot him right between the eyes. 'Seven.' he thought, glaring at the remaining youkai.

"Don't come any closer. We'll kill them." The one holding Hakkai threatened. Hakkai cried louder, Goku and Gojyo also giving fearful cries.

"Daddy!" Goku yelled tearfully, holding his arms out desperately.

"You wont hurt them. Its against your orders, right?" Sanzo asked as he aimed at the youkai. He turned faster that they would have guessed possible and killed four more of the youkai. There were only three left now. He turned to the last three again. "Give me the kids. If you hand them over I'll kill you quickly."

"N-no way. You're going to die!" the one who wasn't holding any of the chibis yelled. He charged forward in a very suicidal attempt to get a hit on the monk. With a quick slice of the sword Sanzo had him tripping over his own intestines. He fell to the floor with a dying gurgle.

"D-don't come near us. W-we'll k-kill the kids." the one holding Goku and Gojyo stammered.

"If you hurt them I'll send you to hell screaming." Sanzo glared, accidentally letting some protectiveness show for the kids. He took a measured step closer.

"Stop!" the one with Hakkai yelled. He held a silver dagger to the frightened chibis throat. His eyes said tat he wouldn't hesitate to disobey orders if it meant he would live. Sanzo stood still. "Drop the sword!" the desperate youkai ordered.

Sanzo dropped the sword without hesitation. Hakkai was silently crying now, to scared to make even a sobbing noise. Goku had his eyes scrunched up tight, not wanting to see the bad men that could hurt him and his friends. Gojyo was crying as well, letting tiny whimpers escape.

The youkai grinned at his own genius. Sanzo wouldn't kill him if he was holding the kid hostage. He motioned his comrade that was holding Goku and Gojyo out the door and followed quickly. 'Idiots.' Sanzo thought with a slight smirk. He had been loading his gun behind his back ever since he had dropped the blade. He pulled it as soon as their backs were turned and introduced one bullet each to the back of their skulls.

They dropped in a bloody heap, the three chibis letting out wailing cries. Sanzo walked over to them and gathered them all up. They clung to him, shaking and crying. Sanzo allowed it stoically. They were, after all, only children now. They were terrified and possibly traumatized. "Its alright chibis. Lets get to the room." Sanzo whispered, trying to put them even slightly at ease. The crying slowed a bit but they were all still clinging to him like a life line. The priest took them into the inn and then headed strait to the baths. The three had blood from their would-be kidnappers all over them. Sanzo wasted no time getting rid of their clothes and drawing a tub of warm water. He tried to do this quickly, he was still bleeding though it had slowed some.

"Daddy?" Goku asked as Sanzo scrubbed his hair.

"Hn?"

"W-why bad guys wants ta take Goku an' Gojyo an' Hakkai from daddy?" he asked, looking up at Sanzoish curious golden eyes.

"Because they're idiots. If they knew how much trouble you three were they'd never have even tried to take you." Sanzo explained, moving to scrub Gojyo's hair.

The chibi kappa was being uncharacteristically quiet. He hadn't even complained about taking a bath, which was very odd. Instead he was sitting quietly in the bath water, his head down. 'Might have went into shock.' Sanzo thought with a frown. "You alright, kappa?" he asked as he finished lathering Hakkai's hair and began to rinse.

"Mm-hm." He whispered. Sanzo was slightly surprised to feel himself getting annoyed by the sad attitude. Especially since this was supposed to be a man who he could barely stand. Why the hell was he feeling worried for Sha Gojyo? He really wasn't cut out for stuff like this. So he did the only thing that made any sense to him. He took out his fan-o-doom and introduced it to the kappa's head.

He didn't hit nearly as hard as he would if Gojyo were still an adult but it was still hard enough to make the kappa clutch his head and give a little surprised yell. He looked up at his daddy with a confused gaze.

"You need to calm down baka. None of what happened today was your fault or anything stupid like that. And everything turned out fine." Sanzo glared at him. Gojyo starred at him with wide eyes until his face split into a grin. "What are you smiling about, brat?"

"Nothsing." Gojyo smiled.

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It had taken a while to get the chibis asleep in their own bed, and Sanzo would bet his sutra that they'd be in his bed within the hour. How had this happened? He never wanted anything like this. hadn't he decided that he didn't want anyone to protect? How the hell was he supposed to keep them safe from all the people who wanted to hurt or kill them? He couldn't fight if he was constantly keeping an eye on them. But damn if there wasn't another choice. He would have to protect them because they couldn't protect themselves.

What was really bothering Sanzo was what the youkai had said earlier. They hadn't wanted to hurt the chibis. They had been ordered to capture them. But why? What could be the point of taking them away? They were more of a hindrance to him right where they were.

It obviously had something to do with Ukoku. That bastard was still playing with them. For some reason he wanted the chibis and no matter what it was he wanted them for it was sure to suck…hard.

Sanzo turned to look at the chibis when he heard a noise. Hakkai was crying in his sleep from a nightmare. Sanzo got up and went over to the bed. He was forcibly reminded of when he was still a kid, only about five or six, when he would have nightmares. Koumyou had always woke him up with a calm smile and soothing words.

Sanzo gently shook the boys shoulder and Hakkai woke with a start. "Its alright. It was just a bad dream." he whispered, not wanting to wake the other two. Hakkai held his arms up, wanting to be held. Sanzo sighed inwardly and picked him up. Hakkai patted his cheek and snuggled up to him.

It was Hakkai who had helped him bandage his wound earlier. Him passing the bandages back to Hakkai and Hakkai passing them around as they wrapped it around the priest's torso. The whole process just made Sanzo wish they were adults again that much harder.

Sanzo gave another sigh and carried the boy over to his own bed. He lay down, bringing the chibi with him. Hakkai snuggled up to his side contently. Sanzo wasn't quite asleep when Goku and Gojyo crawled onto the bad as well. The last thing Sanzo was aware of before he drifted off to sleep was Jeep curling up at the foot of the bed.

**End Chapter**

Me: Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Whew, I haven't updated this fic in like forever! My most sincere apologies.

Sanzo: Like anyone really cares that much.

Gojyo: Bakasaru! Stop scarfing the damn turkey!

Goku: No! Holysinner said I could have it!

Me: I said you could have a piece, Goku. Not the whole bird.

Hakkai: Yes Goku. It would be nice if you could share.

Goku: B-but…*Tries chibi eyes*

Sanzo: That wont work. *beating commences*

Goku: Ow! Quit it!

Fred: Hey Goku! There's pumpkin pie in the fridge! Lets go eat it!

Goku: Okay! *rushes to join muse*

Me: Goku! Fred! You stay away from that dessert! I'll kill you guys! *runs to defend food* Come help me Gojyo!

Gojyo: *grumbled but still runs to assist author*

Hakkai: Um…isn't anyone going to close the chapter?

Sanzo: *Shrugs from behind his newspaper*

*loud fighting noised come from in the kitchen*

Hakkai: Well…I guess I'll do it. Thank all of you for reading. It means a lot to Holysinner. It would be very kind of you to send a review but no flames. They're just rude…*smiles*