Bitter Memories

Agatha lay prostrate on the forest ground. That is where Gojyo found her, along with the others. The blood had dried and caked onto her face. He could not find her pulse.

"I think she's dead," was proclaimed by the lips of our loveable lecher.

"She can't die," replied Miyka'el.

Lucipher nodded his head in agreement as he knelt down to inspect her heart shaped face. The lids were shut and tear stained cheeks pale. Her lips looked purple she was dead.

"Miyka'el I hate to break it to you but, she is."

"No," Miyka'el could not believe his own ears. "She can't die, what was the point of all of this if she dies?"

"Stupid woman, why would she jump off a cliff?" questioned Sanzo.

"Because she wants to retract the contract, that's why she jumped off the cliff." Yeshua examined her body and turned her onto her back. "Wake up."

Agatha's head was spinning.

"Wake up."

Her entire body was racked with pain. Her spiritual self was sent back into the empty shell. She did not want to get up, she wanted to go.

"Wake up."

No, I don't want to.

"You must wake up."

Leave me alone.

"Agathangelos wake up, now."

Her eyes opened of their own accord, light blinding her, damn him. Her mouth opened and a shrill scream escaped from it. He brought her back. As pain flooded her body from the rapid regeneration of her body's cells came into play, she could not stop screaming. Birds flew in fear from the safety of the tree branches. Rodents scurried into their earthen homes. Larger animals like deer broke into a mad dash for safety. The Sanzo-ikku along with the others jumped back, all save Yeshua and Gojyo. They remained stock still as her body reacted on it's own to Yeshua's demand. The pain climaxed and then ceased completely as her body became accustomed to being alive once more she stood and met the hand of Gojyo. He back slapped her to the ground thoroughly bruising her bum. She looked up into his eyes, he was disappointed.

"And here I thought you had more of spine than that."

"Go to hell."

"Not before you."

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why did you hit me," she asked as said injury was stinging her once unmarred face. Her hand reached up to the place where the contact was made. She rubbed it and at once Gojyo felt guilty for giving into his anger.

"You fucken jumped off a cliff are you fucken kidding me?"

"So you slap me!"

"What the hell did you want me to do? Fucken give you a medal: 'Best Suicide Jump Ever'!"

"No, but I didn't want you to slap me either."

"Well you know what I did, so take your own medicine and swallow it."

"What?"

"Forgive, reconcile. Remember the whole spiel you gave before deciding to plummet yourself off a cliff."

"You big headed, pompous asshole, you think that using that against me will get you back into my graces?"

"No, but it's you that should worry about getting back into my good graces, not the other way around."

Gojyo turned his back on her looked at the crowd, flipped the bird and left. Hakkai was not surprised, in fact he followed suit only without flipping the mystical bird. Sanzo decided at this moment to retreat from the distracted people and wormed his way around the forest to where they once were walking into Gojyo. Gojyo looked down at him and smirked.

"What?"

"You think that I won't tell you off, even after I slapped an angel."

"What makes you say that?"

"That smug-like look in your eyes."

"Well, well, well, aren't we observant. Congrats on not producing the right response. Since that's not what I think at all but then again you all were so good at guessing what someone else was feeling."

At this Hakkai emerged from the wood and saw the impending doom. Due to instinct he had to get involved.

"Guys don't."

"Shove off Hakkai."

"You know something Gojyo, you were always keen on demonstrating how tough you were that you never stopped to think that maybe there was something wrong."

Goku ran off into the direction Hakkai went. Where he then emerged into the clearing where the other three stood. Two words: damn it! He tried to slip back into the wood but was stopped by a long arm that belonged to Gojyo.

"Where do you think you're going to?"

"Away from this shit."

"Oh no you're not, you're in this already. Why don't you take a seat and listen to the ever pious monk tell me exactly what the hell is wrong with me. It's a group therapy session Goku and you have been invited you can't back out now."

"I don't want to Gojyo; I have better things to do anyways."

"Better? Like what? What is more important that hearing me be put into my place? I thought you of all people would enjoy that the most?"

"No, I wouldn't I just want to go home."

"You can't."

"Gojyo let him go."

"Nope aint doing it Hakkai, no way am I letting him go. He should be here for this. Sanzo's confession, it's going to be the blockbuster of the millennium."

"Fine, I'll stay."

"Good. So what was it that you were going to say?"

"You are so, annoying."

"No that wasn't it."

"I know that dimwit."

"Well then spill."

"You have always assumed what everyone else was feeling and for the most part your stupid guesses were right, but not always, did it ever occur to you that maybe my life isn't all that peachy."

"Yep, you're a monk after all."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"Well, no sex therefore life sucks."

"You are so shallow."

"And you think that you are the only one with problems."

"…"

"Like none of us went through hell and back. Like none of us have bleeding hearts. It's like you won't accept it, you see the evidence but ignore it and somehow it's my fault. Well it's not my fault and you can stop telling yourself that."

"I never thought it was your fault you god damn narcissist! I never blamed you!"

"Well you sure as hell acted like it."

"It's not my problem if you like being the center of attention."

"I don't like being the center of attention; in fact I would very much like it if I didn't exist."

"So why don't you kill yourself and get it over with?"

"Because it would make too many people happy, and that is the last thing I want."

"So you're still alive to scorn people."

"Pretty much yea, what about you, why are you still here?"

"Because I'm too much of a coward to kill myself, that's why."

"Humph, at least you admit that."

"At least I can admit to my faults."

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"

"What it means is that you instead of dealing with your issues, you womanize."

"And?"

"Well I think the latter of the two is worse for your health."

"You're just jealous that I can get any."

"No I am not jealous."

"Gentlemen, why are you arguing over such frivolous things?"

"I don't know Hakkai."

"Because Gojyo won't grow up."

"I don't need to grow up for your information."

"Ha could have fooled me."

"Really now, so what was it that you wanted to say to me?"

"I already said it."

"That was it?"

"Yup, that was it."

"Well now, aren't you the champion of brevity."

"And you are the champion of sarcasm."

"Number one baby, number one."

"Anything you wish to tell me oh wise one?"

"Yea, as a matter of fact I do and it has to do with Goku here."

"What would this be?"

"Gojyo don't, this really isn't necessary."

"No, no it is, you see we're finally letting each other what we think so, this is the perfect time to say it. Goku has always looked at you as a father figure. He always wanted to make you happy and yet you would always find a way to make him feel like shit. Whenever he tried to reach out to you, you would push him even further away. Like the great and mighty Genjo Sanzo can't possibly have any kind of attachment."

"Goku is that true?"

"Yea…"

"I'm sorry Goku."

"What?"

"You heard me."

Sanzo began to walk away; he was too upset with the world in general to keep standing there. All that time spent with those three idiots and yet he really knew little of them. He truly was sorry for everything he did, at least for the way he did it. He knew what Gojyo said was true, that every person that tried to get close to him he managed to find a way to push them away. He knew why he did it. He just could not stop. Sanzo was fighting himself and he was losing, always losing. He did not know what to do with himself. Should he just leave it all behind or should he just fess up and suffer the consequences? While the internal struggle took place Gojyo became irate with the back of the monk's head, so he decided to swat at it like a fly, maybe then he won't be so angry with it.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?"

"Your head was bothering me."

"So you hit me?"

"Yes, well the back of your head was annoying me… So hitting you made you turn around. Come to think about it, the front of your head is bothering me too."

"Don't you even think about it!"

"What you gonna shoot me?"

"Sure, I might."

"You wouldn't, you'd miss me too much."

"I probably would but at least I would get the satisfaction of killing you."

"Oh ho, I love you too, Sanzo-sama."

"Oh fuck you and your use of honorifics!"

"Don't avoid the truth."

"I'm not, I apologize. I apologize for my actions… although I doubt any of you would be forgiving."

"Don't assume things. Assumptions only get you into trouble and trust me I know about trouble."

"Are you saying-?"

"No, I'm not but still don't make an assumption that's what got you into this mess anyways."

"Do you mean it Sanzo?"

"Why wouldn't I Goku?"

"Well because you could just be saying this for your own personal agenda."

"Ha, like I have an agenda."

"You could… "

"Goku is right you could have a hidden agenda for all of this."

"Oh shut it Hakkai, the three of you are conspiracy theorists!"

"How are we conspiracy theorists? When you-"

"Oh just let it go. Can we move on?"

"Fine, have it your way… this was fun though."

"Only you Gojyo."

"Only me, what Hakkai?"

"Only you would find this to be entertaining."

"Yea… you weirdo."

"I'm a weirdo and you're a monkey."

"Not this again…"

"Seems like it…"

"We should leave before they start flirting even more."

"I agree."

"Who's flirting?"

"You and Goku… that's who."

"Did you call me a queer?"

"No, I said you were flirting."

"Oh for the love of, would you guys just grow up."

"You're in this too Hakkai. Join us, join the dark side."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm quoting a movie, never mind you ruined the joke."

Agathangelos was heartbroken. She couldn't believe that Gojyo would hit her. Granted what she did was ridiculous but at least they could reconcile because of it. She made a sacrifice knowing full well that she may not be able to come back from her decision to bring them back together. Her thanks for this was a slap to the face. Not only did he slap her, he slapped her hard. The inside of her cheek bled a little after he did it. She couldn't believe that he would lose his temper like that. Well she could but she never thought he would actually take an action like that. She was in complete shock. Lucipher shook her out of her stupor.

"We still have a job to do, you know."

"Right… yea. Let's go."

.To Be Continued

Kurai's Korner:

Word Count: 2,039

So, I wrote this chapter after being yelled at by Elena, even though she's in Florida she still manages to admonish me for my laziness and writer's block. It's not my fault that my muse decided to take a holiday!

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Kurai's Jests:

This Time in Question of the Fetus:

"So how did you get turned purple again," asked Sanzo.

"Umm, well I kind of made a promise to someone and didn't go through with it."

"Really and what was the promise?"

Hakkai leans over to whisper into Sanzo's ear. Sanzo's face goes red.

"What!"

"So you see why I wouldn't do it?"

"Yea… thanks…"

"Hey guys what's going on? Hakkai why are you purple?"

Hakkai leans over and whispers why to Gojyo. Gojyo's face immediately drops.

"HOLY SHIT! No wonder you're purple, I wouldn't do it either."

Goku wanders into the room, notices Sanzo's blush and Gojyo's dropped face. He also notices a very purple Hakkai.

"What's going on guys?"

"Well Hakkai made a promise to some god, and he broke it so now he's purple."

"What was the promise for?"

"To be human… again, well he didn't tell me what I would have to do until after I promised."

"What did you have to do?"

"I really don't want to say it again."

"But I wanna know!"

Hakkai leans over and tells Goku, who starts laughing.

"HE WANTED YOU TO KISS SANZO!"

Goku points and laughs at Hakkai and Sanzo.