SailorStar9: This is Chapter 6 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, will it kill you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and the pairings.

Chapter 6: Sad Bond


"We're not getting anywhere like this." Tokusa reminded, having met Sanzo and Gojyo midway through the forest, the two men filling her in on what had occurred.

"There's no point wandering aimlessly around the mountain." Gojyo agreed.

"That's an awfully good idea, coming from you." Sanzo snorted. "So what do you know about that brat?"

"I don't really know much." Gojyo admitted. "But he says his name is Kinkaku and his parents were dead and that he's got a younger twin brother by the name of Ginkaku."

"Come to think of it, that brat was calling that monster Ginkaku." Sanzo noted.

"Talk about twins not looking alike." Gojyo remarked.

"Your head sure is gaudy, considering it's only for show." Sanzo stated.

"Guys, can we not do this right now?" Tokusa sighed before another verbal war broke off.

"There's no knowing if it's due to something he was born with but he probably looks like a demon due to some form of abnormality." Sanzo surmised. "And that brat's unusual fixation on good and evil bothers me, too. It's as if someone put it in his mind."

"There's something more to this." Tokusa frowned.

"God, huh?" Gojyo puffed his cigarette. "It's something he said. That God was on his side."

"God, huh?" Sanzo echoed.

"Or rather someone who calls himself that, probably." Gojyo corrected. "More importantly, it's been bugging me for a while, but…"

"I don't need you to tell me." Sanzo cut him off. "How about you quit sneaking around and come on out?" he shouted.

"Only three of you Sanzo Party guys, huh?" the demon stalking them snorted. "This bodes well for us. We'll take care of the three of you together, nice and friendly-like. Genjyo Sanzo, Tokusa and Sha Gojyo."

"Gyumaoh's assassins, huh?" Tokusa guessed. "Or maybe bounty hunters?"

"They just had to come at this bad time, didn't they?" Gojyo remarked.

"Gojyo, it's settled." Sanzo concluded. "You're a jinx."

"I'll take that lying down." Gojyo waved. "Man, what a pain." He sighed, drawing out his weapon.

"Every last one of you is just…" Sanzo growled.

"So annoying!" the two men jumped into action.

"Just how many of them are there?" Tokusa complained, using her 'Razor Leaves' on the demon horde.

"So, you're the only one left, huh?" Sanzo pointed his banishing gun at the last survivor. "You took up 10 minutes of our time when we're so damn busy. It's gonna cost you."

"Talk about not being taken seriously." Gojyo agreed. "What did you say about a Sanzo Party with only three people?"

"I'll take you with me!" the demon charged at Sanzo, only to be put down by Tokusa's petal beam.

"Seriously," the flower demoness snorted. "If you two are done flexing your goddamn egos… damn…" she hissed, feeling her mate mark sting. "Something's happened to Hakkai."

"Why did you have to come?" Kinkaku asked, having entangled Sanzo with his gourd vines. "Tell me, mister. Why did you have to come? In the end, were you also a bad person?"

"Why you…" Gojyo growled.


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