Gojyo's voice

I wanted to save Isa from her destiny as Kenzo, but the one who wants to be saved is me.

(Opening music, how not XD)

"Heya… wake up babe…" I said caressing Isa's back as she seemed to fall asleep against my chest and then, on any time during night, she managed to turn around. "Isa… Time to wake up…"

We were certainly tired last night again after a sex drought of two days to recover and then yesterday night taking over where we left.

Finally after I began kissing her neck and shoulder softly trying to annoy her to wake up she turned to lay up at her back and softly blinked for some seconds after what he began looking around till she saw my face and smiled.

"Good morning, sleeping beauty." I said smiling after kissing her first thing in the morning. "Had sweet dreams with your favourite lover?"

"Yes, a tall boy with short black hair and blue eyes." She said kidding what I didn't caught and made me jealous.

"Who is him?" I asked laying over her ready to do her up again. "Where does he live?"

"Up here." She said smiling and poking my forehead. "I was just kidding."

"Well, few! You made me a bit worried." I said kissing her breast.

"Recognise it, you were jealous." She said smiling as she rubbed my neck softly. "When you thought he was a human guy."

"We are not that close so as me to be jealous of other men doing you." I said trying to provoke her.

She then seemed to go angry; she bit my lip when I was to kiss her and pushed me away to stand up and taking her robes to get wear.

"Hey, what's wrong now?" I asked her sitting at her bed.

"You should know." She said putting on her underwear and looking for a pair of trousers. "You always know everything, don't you?"

Then I was really confused, I didn't know why of her reaction. Oh, I knew why.

"Why are you so angry when I said the truth?" I asked her while she put on a malish tank top that was like a mini-dress on her but marked all her curves and I stood up to stand at her back. "We are still not boyfriend-girlfriend are we?"

"So I must assume I'm just a pastime for you, am I not?" She said. "You don't mind sharing me, do you? You are just a silly lover that would do any moving thing with cunt!"

That was not what I thought she was angry about. Anyway, I held her by the wrists and made her lay down at the bed again holding her wrists against the mattress as I sat over her.

"Of course I don't want to share you." I said serious and frowning. "I would go mad if any other man would get you as close as I am now. I would like you to stay here with me forever and to be your only man." I added before kissing her wild. "I would love you to stay here with me and no other men than me to lay a hand on you, but you just love your work. You seem to first love gods and then me!"

Suddenly I saw her eyes full of tears. I was not conscious but my fingers had began to carve her wrist skin on red marks from the strength I was putting on keeping her there to hear all I had to tell her.

Suddenly all the fury I had felt when she told me I didn't cared about her and that I was just another fucker, went away as I saw some tears begin to go down her face.

"I'm sorry…" I whispered at her ear after kissing her cheek and hugging her softly. "I didn't mean to… I was mad when you accused me of not caring or love you…"

"I can't refuse to take missions…" She whispered. "I wish I could stay here for all the time I want…"

That made my heart melt and I lay by her side still hugging her against me and kissing her still short hair still at my bed.

"Gojyo! What do you want for…" Hakkai said opening the door and then falling silence. "Sorry, I saw nothing…"

It took him just a couple of seconds to open my door again and get in.

"What did you made on her now?!" He asked me jumping to sit next to her.

"I said something bad on her and… I didn't mean to hurt her." I said still holding her against my chest.

Hakkai then laid down too. Lucky I was wearing my underwear too. He held her by the back and rubbed her head.

"What did you told her to make her like this?" He asked me then.

"I told her she was in love with gods and then me." I recognised. "That she just loved her work."

"It's ok Isa." He said trying to comfort her. "You know Gojyo is just a piece of crap, his big mouth is known far and wide… He didn't mean to say such things. None of us mind if you come and leave when you are requested. And you know you can come and go when you want." He said smiling. "Now you are not longer as you used. You have now a place you want to go back after each mission, you've got us that love you, that will never let you down…"

She then turned around and buried her face at his chest robes calming up a bit. I could still not understand what went on with those two, why did he always managed to calm her up when I couldn't… why she seemed to trust him more than me.

"It's ok, it's ok." Hakkai said nearly laughing when she whispered something he seemed to hear when she said. "We already know you have no other choice and what he is."

"I think we should speak about it together, not to put him between." I said but Hakkai raised a hand to tell me to stop and shut up.

She then seemed to whisper something else and he the smiled.

Hakkai's voice

"Why has to be so hard for him to understand me?" Isa whispered for second time. "Why does it have to be so painful to take care of an alive youkai?"

I could do no other than to smile. I knew the answer to the second question. It was hard to for her cause she really was beginning to love him without noticing it. And when she would do it she would not be found of telling it. It was not likely of her to tell anyone on such a weakness on her opinion as love.

"A couple relationships are always hard." I told her still rubbing her head and messing her hair. "Both sides have to put a lot of effort on it to work. As you have never had that kind of problem you never found out, as he is not used to just one love partner he is not used to treat you as you deserve. And I'm afraid I can give you advises on that cause you two are not the usual couple so not usual little tricks for a relationship to work would do on your case."

Then all of us fell silent, Gojyo was now looking away as she still crouched.

"And about the work, don't worry." I added so as to end the whole matter. "I'm sure we will find a solution matching all the sides."

"I really hope there is…" She muttered.

I could feel how she was more relaxed now, in fact, so relaxed that she ended by falling asleep again.

"Gojyo." I then called him. "You should try to put yourself on her place. She is now divided between work and duties, and you and her feelings. She can't give up any of both sides so she is facing a dilemma."

"I'm really sorry of having made her cry." He said. "I'm really ashamed on what I told her. I hope she can forgive me."

"Of course she will do." I said. "That's what love mean. If you have sex together then it must be love hiding somewhere in both of you."

"I still don't think it is love what I feel towards her." He told me as I sat up and held her at my lap. "It's certainly friendship but… I think it's something stronger that just that."

That made me smile. Those two were certainly in love. That was why she had taken so bad his words and accusations, that was why both went red when speaking about the topic… and that certainly why they went so nervous and unsure when speaking about the other one or love towards the other one.

I then handed her to him and left for cooking breakfast leaving him with her lying by his side.

"Oh my…" I muttered nearly laughing when I got in the kitchen. "Those two have still a long path ahead to discover together."

Gojyo's voice

It took me a long while for Isa to wake up again and when she did she sat at the bed trying to look back normal and strong.

"Excuse me, I think I feel asleep." She said with a hard voice.

I then held her wrist and made her lay again. She lay down softly and then I got closer to her.

"I wanted to tell you to forgive me for…" I said. "I'm sorry for what I told you before. I was angry."

"I wish I could understand me." She said. "But… maybe it's a tough thing to do. Anyway, if you wanted to spend more time with me… then maybe Sanzo and I could manage to be allowed to take people with us."

"So… that's all you have to say?" I said. "That you will try?"

"Excuse me, but I don't like to promise things I can't take along." She said. "I can't promise you to take along with me in my travels because I don't know if I'll be allowed to it."

"Ok, then let's do our best for being allowed." I said trying to make her relax a bit. "Another thing… I was wondering, maybe we could go to a day trip around."

"Ah, I've heard today there was a feast on the village just following the path to the south, so maybe we could go there. The three of us."

"Oh, sure." I said. "Just let's tell Hakkai."

Isa's voice

"Hey, look what I have found." Hakkai said coming to me carrying a bag full of items. "Fresh and cheap."

"Wow!" I said smiling. "Where do you think I could get some?"

"Oh, I could guide you." He said. "I think you will also like some seeds to make your own orchard."

"Yes!" I said. "But… well, I don't think if I'm going to be able to water it all the days and…"

"Well, I could take care of it." He answered.

Gojyo's voice

"Hey, have you seen Isa?" I asked Hakkai when I saw them. "I thought you two were shopping something together."

"Yes, but she left for shopping something else." He told me. "But we appointed to meet at the pub we parked our jeep before."

Anyway, when we were about going to the meeting pub, something happened.

"Gojyo!!" A youkai said. "The one that tried to stole my female!!"

Anyway, when they wanted me, they also faced Hakkai and soon the street was open to allow us fight along all of it.

Damn, I must admit that those chaps were good. Better than what I expected; maybe the fact that I was unarmed was a bit of it too.

We end with some of the chaps before being caught against the ground by two against each one.

"Your last words?" The youkai holding my neck down and about cutting it said.

"So much trouble because you flirted with your woman?" I asked. "What a silly problem, men! If she came to me that must mean you didn't gave her what she expected."

Then he was about sinking the blade at me but it missed by inches and he fell over me.

"Oops, that was not what I thought." I recognised as another one fell down.

One after another some youkais fell down but not the ones holding us.

"Ok, now release my friends and nobody will go hurt." A female voice said when the noise stopped. "Or do you prefer telling me what has gone on here?"

"The red haired one stole my female!!" The guy said.

Then all went silent for some seconds.

"So… You are… trying to kill these guys… for him having done your female that kept on being with you. Isn't it?" She said to again fall silent.

"Right." The chaps said.

"And all this mess among humans for such a silly thing??!!!" She said angry and about laughing. "Ridiculous!" She said now laughing to then go serious holding her dage tight. "You can blame my friends on what is just your MISTAKE. If she has gone to such man as him that means YOU DIDN'T GAVE HER WHAT SHE WANTED, YOU MOROON!!!" She ended shouting. "AND NOW YOU ARE GOING TO RELEASE THEM UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO KICK YOUR BUTTS SO HARD THAT YOU WILL NEED A PILLOW TO SIT FOR REALLY LONG, please?" She added going from furious shouting to polite tone in seconds.

"GET HER, NOW!!" The one seeming to be the boss said.

"ISA!!!" Both Hakkai and I shouted really frightened.

Anyway, it didn't take too much for it all to end. She seemed to have killed all of them when the head, the one that said I had stolen his wife, hurt her.

She coughed blood and flew away to fall over her back flat. That made the youkai laugh as he held me up by the neck.

"Now I think I can let you live." He said pressing my neck till I also coughed blood and nearly fainted.

When I woke up I was at a bed and Hakkai was by my side.

"Hey, don't stand up." He told me smiling. "From us two you got the worse part."

"And what?" I asked. "I'm still alive. Pity I couldn't help… ISA!! Where is she?!"

"I'm afraid…" He began saying sadly.

He didn't say anything else. He looked to the side bed and I saw there was another two beds with mine making a "U" On the centre one was her, laying with a cloth over her face and not moving the slightest.

"No…" I muttered frightened. "No, no, no." I repeated as I got next to her.

Then she sat at the bed and removed the cloth.

"Children!!" She shouted. "I've told you million times it's not fun to put a cloth over my head when I'm sleeping!! Oh, hi Gojyo." She said smiling at me. "Feeling better? You took a bit to wake up, mate."

I was now red and hug her so hard that I suddenly realised on it and I was afraid I could hurt her.

"Hey, hey." She said. "Take it easy, I'm alive but I'm going to drown if you keep on pressing so much."

"Sorry." I said. "I… I thought you were death. I saw you being…"

"Coughing blood?" She asked smiling. "Well, that was the only part real on it all."

"But they threw you away, you flew and then you coughed blood and… laid flat…" I said.

"Well, I have learnt that some times the best choice is to let the enemy believe what they want to believe." She said smiling. "I've had so many fights that I have learnt to fall on a good and artistic way appearing to be falling really. And as you have checked I'm an artist on faking being dead." She added winking at me.

"You really frightened me!" I said angry. "And you think it's funny?! I was so terrified when I thought I had lost you!!"

Then Hakkai and her smiled and I wore a frozen face as I realised on what I had just said.

"Well, take the fright as a personal fee for what you did." She said standing up. "Now thanks to you I have some extra bruises staining my precious skin." She added poking some bruises at her abdomen softly and looking a bit worried about them while she laid against the doormat. "My personal paid for facing those chaps for you being a Latin lover and doing all the woman you could. I hope from now you chose your preys with better eye." She added going serious as if she was telling me off. "I'd rather not to have to repeat that beat up show."

"Yet you would repeat it if I was in need again, wouldn't you?" I added laying my forearm by her head and nearing my face to hers making her pink.

"Sure, we are friends." She said going pinker and looking to a side.

"I think that after this you two should begin considering being more than friends." Hakkai said smiling and standing up. "Ok, I'm going down to get some dinner for you two Gojyo."