~Doppelganger~

"All you need to do is find them…Let Kougaji do the rest."

"And-And then? You'll fix her right…? You'll-You'll make her better…right?"

"Just find them."

"Just find the Sanzo Party and you'll make her better…?"

"Thaaat's riiight."

"Understood…But you BETTER keep your promise."

A man stood on a hill, over-seeing a town. He wore a brown cloak with a hood that conceals his face. The wind blew strong enough for his cloak to float behind him—along with his hair—and his hoodie flew away from his head. His skin was a pinch on the tanned side, his ears were pointed and his nails were long and pointed. His long chocolate brown hair reached to his butt and golden eyes followed a forest green jeep carrying five people to the town he has been staring at.

"Hm." he scoffed.

His voice was between that of a man's and that of a child's.

'The monk is Genjo Sanzo,' the man replayed the instructions he was given in his head. 'The red-head is Sha Gojyo, the one-eyed man is Cho Hakkai and the small one...Well...you should know him better than I do.'

'I heard there were five' he remembered himself reply.

'Ah yes...Why don't you ask your sister about her?'

He balled his hands into fists, a bit of anger welling up inside him.

'All you need to do is find them. Let Kougaji do the rest.'

The man sighed.

"Why does Nii-sama get to have all the fun?"

"Hey, Yeone!"

Yeone walked down the dark halls of the castle, seemingly looking for someone.

"Ah, you're back already?" she turned to face him. "You finished your mission?"

"Do you happen to know where Nii-sama is?" he nodded, answering her question.

"He should be in his room...Why do you ask?"

"I was just wonderin'..." he put his hands behind his head and smiled. "Thanks, though! Oh! An' Lirin's hidin' from th' white bunny. See ya later!"

With that, he left, running in the opposite direction that Yeone did. As he ran, he almost knocked over a woman with dark colored hair, glasses and a white lab coat.

"Watch were you're going!" she grunted.

"Sorry!" the man said as he continued to run.

"Try not to be too hard on him."

A man with glasses, a white lab coat and holding a stuffed, white rabbit stood at the door frame nearest to the woman. All she did was scoff as an answer.

"Nii-sama!" the man knocked on a closed door.

"What do you want?" an irritated voice floated from within the door.

"I found 'em!"

Hearing that, the closed door flew open.

"Gather Dokugakuji and Yeone. I'll be outside...and don't idle around, Kugo."

"Yes, sir."

Dokugakuji was sweating from working out when Kugo suddenly appeared behind him.

"What is it, Nos?" he sensed him before he was able to talk.

"Nii-sama is waitin' outside."

"You found them?"

His question came out as a statement. Kugo simply nodded his head.

"I'll go tell Yeone."

"That's ok." Kugo replied. "I already told her. You just meet up with Nii-sama."

"Alright."

Kugo met up with Kougaji, Dokugaku and Yeone on the outskirts of the town that the Sanzo Party had entered earlier that day. Kougaji specifically waited just for him.

"Nii-sama..."

Kugo suddenly appeared behind the three demons after Kougaji sent Lirin—who found out where they were and followed them—to fetch him. Kugo bowed to the young demon prince; knelt on one leg, a hand on his chest and his head bowed. Kougaji walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder; giving him permission to stand. They stood face-to-face, like many times before. Just like all those times before, Kugo had always thought of himself of a small child compared to him. Not only is he younger than him, but his master was also taller.

"Good job, Kugo." Kougaji placed a hand on his head. "You've worked hard for us. Your sister will be better soon."

Kugo looked up at him with faithful eyes. He believed in the prince, he really did. Who he didn't believe in was the white rabbit.

"Please, Nii-sama...Don't let her die. She's all I got..." sad eyes met the dirt beneath them. "That bastard, Nii Jiyenii isn't goin' to save her. I beg you...I can't lose her..."

"I won't let her die." Kougaji bluntly replied.

Kugo nodded, having his complete trust in his master.

An enormous boulder fell from literally out of nowhere in front of an inn, where the Sanzo party was staying at. Kugo stood on the nearby roof top, watching Lirin, who stood on top of the boulder.

"Look out, Baldy, I'm comin' for ya!" he heard Lirin say.

"She's not supposed ta be here." Kugo sighed. "Nii-sama's not gonna like this at all."

Kugo suddenly got a whiff of something delicious. When he looked down toward the party, Lirin, and Goku were munching on meat buns. He eyed the food hungrily, as his stomach growled on cue. He shook his head, trying to get food out of his mind.

"I have ta wait for the signal! No time ta think about food..." his eyes unwillingly continued to eye the food. "But that looks so good..."

"Not you, too!"

He watched as Sanzo now shoved one at Gota.

"Wha-? How much does he have?"

"Lirin!"

"There they are!" Kugo smiled, then sighed.

He continued to watch as a fight broke out with everyone participating. Kugo groaned, his pout following.

"That looks like fun..."

He continued to watch for a long while after. His eyes wandered to Goku and his twin, following their every movement. His heart ached...How he longed to be in their position!

All of a sudden, he noticed Kougaji let go of his fighting stance. Kugo stared at his face intently, knowing that he was to give him a glance; the signal. And there it is!

"What was your name again?"

Kugo heard his master ask, before he stood up and ran toward the outskirts of the town, jumping on rooftops to get there. Once he looked upon the town, he stared at it, his mind thinking only of his sister. He closed his eyes and started chanting to himself. Once done, he slammed his hand into the ground beneath him with a grunt and jumped away a few feet. After that, the ground exploded, rising the dirt a dozen feet high. Then, he returned to the hill where he met up with Kougaji and company before entering the town.

'Nii-sama said to wait here.'

Within a few minutes, Kougaji returned, his friends following close behind. Kugo jogged up to him as soon as Kougaji came to view.

"Nii-sama!" he ran up to him. "Nii-sama."

Kougaji gave him a look that spelled, "What?"

"Why did you want me to give you a signal? Did you know you were gonna have some kind of trouble fightin'?"

"No." he replied.

Kugo merely gave him a confused look.

"Then why?"

"You saw her, didn't you?"

Ah...That hint gave it all

"Hai..." Kugo's eyes saddened and looked to the ground beneath them. "She looks as cheerful as she used to be...as healthy as she used to be"

Kougaji gave him a single nod.

"I don't make promises I can't keep." Kougaji said.

Then, he started walking away and just as always, Dokugakuji, Yeone, Lirin and now Kugo followed close behind.

'Don't worry, Tago,' Kugo thought as he balled his hands into fists. 'I promise we'll get you better.'

WOOT! Chapter 10! This wasn't even supposed to be number 10...But then I thought, 'Ah, why the hell not? Just a chance to introduce the new character anyway!'

Hope you liked it! :3 'Cuz I sure did!