Ugh, I just spent a week trapped in an RV with one of the most idiotic people I've ever met.

XxBloodyRiverxX: I don't know why I had her stop calling them by their nicknames. I might have to have her start doing it again since that would be pretty amusing.

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Goku ran frantically through the town. How could he have lost her? He was supposed to keep an eye on Meika while the others gathered information and supplies. Why oh why had that meat bun smelled so delicious? "Meika-chan, where'd you go???"

"Um, excuse me," A woman timidly approached the hysterical Goku. "are you looking for someone?"

Goku turned teary eyes to the woman. "Have you seen a little girl? She's really short and she's got cute red hair that's up in cute little buns with cute little green ribbons and…and she's got these really big cute red eyes that she uses to make the cutest puppy dog eyes."

The woman was taken aback for a moment before she giggled. "Ah, I think I know who you are talking about." She turned on her heel and motioned for Goku to follow her. "I found her wandering around crying. She was holding a teddy bear."

"Yeah, that's Meika-chan." Goku said, relieved. Sanzo wouldn't kill him. At least, not for this. "Where is she?"

"I took her back to my house. She's been crying in a corner the whole time and won't talk to me." The woman sighed sadly. "I hope I didn't scare her."

Goku laughed. "You probably didn't do anything. Meika-chan is scared of women 'cause she's not used to them."

The woman smiled. "I'm Yanmei."

"I'm Goku." Goku finally noticed the woman's appearance. She was pretty. She was probably only a couple of years older than him. She had long black hair tied back with blue bow that matched her blue eyes.

"Ah, here we are." Yanmei opened the door to a small house. "Little girl, I think I found someone you might want to see."

"GoGo!" Meika shouted as she tackled Goku to the ground. There were still tears in her eyes but she was trying to hide them. "I was so scared!"

Goku smiled as he hugged her. "It's okay, Meika-chan! I'm so sorry I lost you! I swear it won't happen again!" He grinned up at Yanmei. "Thank you so much for taking care of her."

Yanmei smiled as she looked at Meika. "You're so lucky to have such a nice brother."

Meika blinked up at Yanmei. She shifted nervously under the woman's unwavering smile and buried her face in Goku's neck. "Can we go back to the hotel, GoGo?"

Goku sighed. "You need to thank Yanmei first."

Meika shifted her eyes so she could barely see Yanmei in her peripheral. What strange creatures women were to her. Yanmei's smile reminded Meika so much of Hakkai's. But Yanmei looked nothing like Hakkai. She looked…softer. Plus, she had strange bumps on her chest. "What's wrong with your chest? Are you sick?"

Yanmei blinked before giggling. She smiled at Goku. "My goodness, she really has been raised by all boys." Yanmei knelt down so she was eye level with Meika. "When you grow up, Meika, you're going to be a very pretty girl and your family is going to have a hard time keeping boys away."

Meika squeaked and buried her face in Goku's shoulder. "Can we go now?"

"All right." Goku smiled sheepishly at Yanmei. "Since she won't say it, I will. Thanks for taking care of her. I know she can be a handful." He bowed and left the house. He frowned at Meika. "You should have said thank you."

Meika lifted her face up, a bright smile on her face. "Guess what, GoGo. I found out something neat today. Ms. Yanmei was really nice to me. She wasn't like the mean people that lived by the temple. Do you think I'll be pretty like Ms. Yanmei said?"

Goku laughed. "Definitely. Don't worry though, I'll protect you from all those creepy guys."

"Ah," Hakkai smiled as he noticed Goku wandering around with Meika in his arms. "did you two stay out of trouble?"

Meika wiggled out of Goku's arms and ran over to Hakkai. "Hey, HaHa, I went on an adventure!"

"Did you now?" Sanzo said as he walked up. He lit a cigarette and glared at a nervous looking Goku. "What kind of adventure?"

"Well, GoGo got distracted by meat buns so I got lost and then this lady found me and I was really scared of her at first but she was actually really nice! And she said I was gonna be pretty when I got bigger and that you guys would have a hard time fighting off boys!"

Hakkai laughed as he picked Meika up. "That does sound fun." He sighed. "Sanzo, please don't shoot Goku in public. We don't want to cause a scene."

Sanzo huffed as he stowed his gun away. "Fine. Once we get to the hotel though…"

Goku felt like crying as they made their way back to the hotel.

Sorry it's so short guys. I'm tired and I have to get up for work in the morning. Bleh. Review and let me know your thoughts!