I'm sorry for the long wait. I hope you guys like this chapter. I know it's not as great as it could be. The owner of Saiyuki is Minekura Kazuya-sensei.
Chapter 35:
Once the two got back the others looked at them.
"Chie! Hakkai!" Goku yelled out. Hakkai looked at Goku with a half smile.
"Goku could you bring a dry towel?" Hakkai asked. Goku nodded his head and went to get a towel. Hakkai looked over towards Gojyo, Sanzo, and Yoku.
"Sanzo, Yoku could you make some hot tea Gojyo could you bring some food?" Hakkai said as they nodded their heads. Chie looked at Hakkai, she never seen Hakkai give out orders before. Hakkai looked at Chie; Chie quickly looked towards the side Hakkai gave a few blinks.
"Chie-san?" Hakkai said. Chie slightly tensed as she turned her gaze to Hakkai.
"...Hai..." Chie replied.
"Something wrong?" Hakkai asked. Chie hesitated in her reply. Her lips parted but before she could say anything a voice cut in.
"Hakkai here's the towel." Goku said as he handed the towel to Hakkai. Hakkai smiled and took the towel from Goku.
"Arigatou Goku why don't you help out Gojyo, try not to get in a fight with him." Hakkai said. Goku slightly made a face. He looked towards the side.
"Okay...But I can't promise about not fighting..." Goku replied. Hakkai just smiled and put his hand on his head.
"I know at least try your best not to." Hakkai said. Goku slowly nodded his head and went to where Gojyo was. Chie had a smile on her face for some strange reason, Hakkai turned to Chie, her look changed as Hakkai handed her the towel.
"Why don't you dry yourself and change. I'll handle things while you do." Hakkai said with a smile.
"Hai." Chie replied as she went to change and dry herself. Chie had found a place to change as she thought about what Hakkai and Goku had said to her. She couldn't get the thought out of her head. Goku and Gojyo tried really hard to not get into a fight with each other which was very hard fro them.
"...Once I find a way home I wonder if what I told my parents about being in two worlds and all the things I've said to them would still be in their memories or they'll be erased..." Chie thought to herself. All she could think of was about herself and the Sanzo Ikkou that she hadn't really thought about the outside world.
"I guess I won't find out until all this is done..." Chie thought as she looked down at the ground and gave a sigh. She finally got herself dried and into a new set of clothes, she made her way to where the others were. They were waiting Yoku looked up and saw Chie as he gave a smile. Chie gave a smile too Yoku. She walked over to the table.
"Chie!" Goku said Chie was going to say something when Gojyo hit him.
"You don't need to be that loud!" Gojyo said angrily. Chie gave a small sigh.
"Gojyo-san you don't have to be so hard on him, he's worried as much as everyone else..." Chie said. Gojyo looked at Chie, he looked at her fro a good minute or so he shrugged his shoulders.
"I guess you're right. If you didn't say it I wouldn't agree to it." Gojyo replied. Goku made a face and was ready to say something back. Chie saw this she knew that se needed to get a different subject out.
"Come on Gojyo-san don't say that. I bet you'd say that to another girl." Chie said both Goku and Gojyo looked at her.
"No I wouldn't..." Gojyo replied. Chie heard his voice trailed off a bit. Chie wondered if she got it right. Knowing Gojyo he would say something like that to some other girl but something told her she was wrong.
"Gomen Gojyo-san I shouldn't of said that." Chie said Goku and the others had a surprised look when they heard what Chie said. Gojyo looked at Chie wondering if he heard right and to see if Chie had meant what she said.
"Chie-chan..." Gojyo said to himself once he saw that she wasn't lying his look changed.
"It's alright Chie-chan." Gojyo replied with a half smile.
"Thanks Gojyo-san. Well that's that...Let's have dinner." Chie said. The others nodded their head. They up their hands together and started to eat. Chie took a sip of tea. Her gaze went to Sanzo.
"..." Chie could see in Sanzo's eyes that he wasn't in a good mood. Chie wished she could take the pain that's been left from a long time ago. Chie looked at her plate and closed her eyes a bit.
"If Koumyou-sama wasn't killed...Sanzo wouldn't be in so much pain...But then...He..." Chie's thought trailed off when she remembered Yoku's family and the people he knew in his home tow being killed. Hakkai slowly looked in Chie's direction he could see Chie in thought but something about the look he didn't like. Chie tried to put some of the food into her stomach. Once they finished eating and the dishes washed and dried. Goku, Gojyo and Yoku were asleep. Chie was writing a list down. Hakkai went over by Chie's side.
"Chie-san you should get some rest." Hakkai said. Chie looked at him. She wondered if she'd be able to sleep that night. Chie had to rely to him. She slowly nodded her head with a half smile.
"I will." Chie replied. Hakkai looked at her for a moment.
"Chie-san I've noticed something was bothering you. What's the thought that's bothering you?" Hakkai asked. Chie looked up at him. She tried to figure out what to say to him. She didn't want him to know all her thoughts; it would make things harder to explain.
"..." Chie said looking down at her hands. She had to reply to him but the more she thought about how to tell him the more she felt scared. Chie felt an arm wrap around her, she became bright red. Chie looked to her left and saw Hakkai. Chie's heart raced. She hoped that the others wouldn't see.
"Chie-san...It seems that what we do hurt you and stressing you out." Hakkai said. Chie continued to look at him. What he said stung her. It wasn't what they did it was more to herself. Chie shook her head.
"Hakkai-san...Don't say that please. It's not you or the others...It's me that's stressing me..." Chie replied. Her gaze fell to the ground. She knew she couldn't keep herself from saying everything.
"If...I...Wasn't from another world where you're frictional characters...Where I know things I wouldn't be so hard on myself..." Chie said as her body shook. Hakkai noticed this as he held her tight. Chie had changed them he knew that is she wasn't there he couldn't see the others the way they are now.
"Chie-san...If you were from here and didn't know anything I don't think you'd be able to change us all." Hakkai replied. Chie's eyes went wide a bit she then closed her eyes a bit. She wished that she heard wrong. This was the reason she was afraid to tell Hakkai and why she tried so hard to keep her distance from them. It was going to be hard on her to say good-bye when that time comes now it got a lot harder.
"...Seems like my worst fears came true..." Chie said under her breath Hakkai slowly pulled away and looked at her.
"Chie-san...What do you mean your worst fears came true?" Hakkai looked at her with a concerned look. Chie looked at him; she saw the look of concern in his eyes.
"...Can I be able to tell him?" Chie thought to herself, continuing to look at him.
"I...Tried so hard to...keep my distance but I've always end up making things worse...Like I said...To Goku I'm a tsumi bito...I knew it..." Chie replied.
"Chie-san...You're..." Hakkai was stopped by Chie. She shook her head.
"Please Hakkai-san you already told me I'm not but it's true you confirmed it...I tried not to believe it when I heard from Goku and now I..." Chie stopped her body had so many emotions bubbling up inside her.
"Chie-san you can't blame yourself it's not your fault. We wanted someone like you. Some one who's willing to accept us, for who we are, some one who understand our pain." Hakkai said as he put a hand under her chin lifting it up, their gaze locked.
"You wouldn't be able to do that if you weren't who you are. We let you into our lives as you let us into yours. You shouldn't be afraid." Hakkai said. The sound of the rain became a bit harsh; Chie wasn't sure what to say. Hakkai said was true she wouldn't be able to if she wasn't who she was and she did let them in her life knowing that the others would too.
"..." Chie still couldn't find the words to reply to Hakkai. Hakkai continued to look at her patiently. Chie felt weird, she never hand anyone patiently wait for her to answer. Chie wished that things would have been easy for her.
"Hakkai-san...You're right about everything...It's hard for me to accept it..." Chie said her gaze towards the side.
"It that because you're from a different world then us?" Hakkai asked. Chie never looked at Hakkai as she slowly nodded her head.
"Hai...Everything that I know changed from impossible to possible." Chie replied her gaze still off towards the side. Hakkai's look changed to a soft look.
"You'll never know what will be thrown at you and the road you take will change." Hakkai said. Chie slowly looked at Hakkai. She's been told something similar to what Hakkai said. Life will always surprise you when you least expect it. How many times had that happen to her.
"...I'm being retaught with what I learned from a long time ago." Chie said. Hakkai knew what she meant by this.
"We forget and we learn again just remember you're you and you shouldn't hate yourself." Hakkai said. Chie nodded her head; Hakkai smiled as he gave Chie a kiss on the forehead, Chie blushed bright red.
"It's getting late you should rest." Hakkai said. Chie quickly nodded her head. Hakkai smiled again and went to bed. Chie looked at Sanzo he was still looking outside she knew he heard everything and may say something about it. Until then she wasn't going to think about it. Chie got up and went to bed.
Morning
The rays of the sun gently fell on Chie and the others. Chie slightly shifted in her sleep. She slowly opened her eyes; she felt someone's arm around her. Chie turned her head a bit and saw Sanzo. Chie hadn't noticed that he snuck into her bed. Chie gently ran her hand in his hair.
"I can't believe how soft his hair is...I thought it would be ruff with being in the sun and in the harsh weather all the time." Chie thought to herself. She ran her hand once more before she quietly got out of bed.
"...I better get breakfast ready." Chie thought to herself. She quickly washed up and went to get the food. She stopped for a moment and looked outside.
"I'm glad the suns out today. I don't know what we do if it rained today." Chie thought to herself. Just then Chie heard something. She looked around and found where the voice was coming from.
"I never knew Goku talked in his sleep..." Chie thought to herself.
"Chie...Don't...Go..." Goku mumbled. Chie was surprised to here Goku call out her name other then the voice she's been hearing. Chie got down and stroke Goku's head.
"...Don't worry I'm not going anywhere." Chie whispered as she continued to stroke his head. Goku shifted a bit. Once Goku seemed calm Chie washed her hands and started making breakfast. Chie knew that Sanzo heard the conversation and would say something about it today when he gets the chance. She had to tell him the truth to what he was going to ask. The smell of food waft around the campsite. Yoku slowly stretched and opened his eyes.
"..." Yoku said looking to the side. He saw Chie making something. He slowly sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. Chie looked in the direction where the others were sleeping and noticed Yoku up. Chie smiled at him.
"Ohaiyou Yoku. Could you wake the others and once you're done wash up food about ready." Chie said. Yoku nodded his and got out of bed. He went to wake the others. When they got up and done cleaning themselves up they came at the table. Hot food ready for them to eat, they put their hands together and started eating.
"Gojyo that's mine!" Goku yelled.
"I didn't see your name on it." Gojyo replied.
"You can't put your name on food and you know it!" Goku yelled. Sanzo gotten angry and fan slapped the two.
"ITE!" The two yelled.
"Shut up already! I don't want you two fighting over food!" Sanzo said angrily at them. Yoku had sweat dropped when he saw this. Chie put a hand on his head.
"If you stay on Sanzo-samas good side you won't have any problems." Chie said low enough for Yoku to hear. She didn't want the others to hear because it was hard for her to stay on everyone's good side. Yoku looked at Chie and nodded his head. Chie smiled and nodded her head back. When they finished eating Yoku and Chie washed the dishes as the others started putting things into the jeep. Yoku looked at Chie while he dried the dishes. The look in her eyes troubled him. It was like his mother showed him when she was stressed out and to the point of fainting and being stuck in bed for a week. Chie continued to wash, Goku came behind them.
"Are you almost done?" Goku asked Chie looked at him.
"Almost." Chie replied. Goku nodded his head and waited. When Yoku and Chie were done Goku helped them in brining the dishes to the jeep. Once everything was in there right spot they stated their journey. Chie was at the wheel Hakkai, Yoku, Gojyo, and Goku in the back. Yoku had looked in Chie's direction the entire time. Hakkai looked in Yoku's direction.
"Yoku-kun is something wrong?" Hakkai asked. Yoku quickly shook his head Hakkai continued to look at him, he couldn't help but think it wasn't true but then he could be saying the truth. Hakkai gave a nod and smiled his usual smile.
"Alright do you want to play a card game?" Hakkai asked. Yoku looked at Chie and then to Hakkai. He slowly nodded his head.
"Okay." Hakkai replied with a smile. Hakkai then looked over to Gojyo and Goku.
"You'd be playing right?" Hakkai asked. The two looked at Hakkai.
"Yeah." Gojyo replied. Goku nodded his head in agreement.
"Yep!" Goku replied with a grin. The four started playing. Sanzo tried to ignore the argument Goku and Gojyo had during the game.
"I'm going to kill them one of these days..." Sanzo said angrily under his breath. Chie gave a small seat drop. But she let it go, knowing his personality is like that. Hours had passed the four in the back were asleep. Chie looked to her right for a moment. She could see Sanzo with his arms crossed in front of him and his eyes closed.
"It seems like..." Before Chie could finish her thought she heard a voice from her right.
"Chie..." Male voice said. Chie slightly looked to her right and saw Sanzo looking at her. She'd figure he was asleep but she was wrong.
"Hai?" Chie replied retuning her eyes to the road.
"Are the other's asleep?" Sanzo asked. Chie slowly nodded her head.
"Hai..." Chie replied.
"...I see...I wanted to talk to you without the others butting in..." Sanzo said.
"Sanzo-sama..." Chie's voice trailed off she really didn't want the others to hear but she also didn't think that she'd have time like this with Sanzo.
"Chie about last night..." Sanzo said as he continued to look at Chie to see what her reaction would be. Chie had tensed a bit at what Sanzo said.
"...I know I wasn't...Myself and with all the things that happened...I knew that I couldn't keep things the way they were or prevent myself from changing..." Chie replied as she slowly looked at Sanzo.
"Chie...You shouldn't of kept all that in for as long as you did." Sanzo said Chie's gazed moved from Sanzo to the road.
"...I know...I couldn't let them worry you and I...Didn't want to make the situation hard...But that part I failed..." Chie said as she looked at Sanzo. He looked at her; he wasn't sure what to say to her.
"I should of said something before it became like this but that's done." Chie said Sanzo nodded his head. He knew that she's learned that she could tell them everything.
"Just remember we're here for you and when you need us." Sanzo said.
"Hai and thank you." Chie replied. The two stayed quiet after their talk. They got their thoughts out to the other and that was important. The voice Chie's been hearing became louder and louder every minute they got closer to their destination.
"..." Chie said when she noticed the voice being loud. Chie slightly looked at Sanzo and noticed him asleep she was glad he didn't see the changed in her.
"Where ever the voice is coming from we're getting close to it..." Chie thought to herself. She could only hope that she was right about being close. As the day went on they had no trouble at all to Chie it wasn't a good sign. They found a place to set camp as they got their things out.
"Chie could you help me with getting the water?" Hakkai asked Chie tried to ignore the voice that was calling her name. Chie looked at Hakkai and nodded her head.
"Alright." Chie replied as the two went to the near by fresh water. Hakkai looked at Chie he wanted to know what Chie's real thought was about their journey. Chie's been holding back a lot of things from them. Chie was caught up with the voice that she didn't notice Hakkai was looking at her.
"Chie-san." Hakkai said. It took Chie a while to realize Hakkai was the one calling her. She quickly looked at him.
"Hai?" Chie said. Hakkai looked at her. He could some how tell Chie wasn't in the right state of mind. Hakkai smiled his usual smile.
"It was a nice day today." Hakkai said Chie didn't really think too much about why Hakkai had said that. Chie gave a smile and nodded her head.
"It sure was a good day today." Chie replied Hakkai nodded in agreement. The two filled the containers and headed back to the camp site. Chie tried hard to ignore the voice in her ears. Hakkai looked at Chie. He was worried about her. The two reached the site and started making dinner.
"I hope tomorrow's weather would be the same as today." Chie said while looking outside. Hakkai looked at her and then outside.
"I don't see any signs of rain. So it could be like today." Hakkai replied. Chie didn't reply quickly. It took her a while to realize he had replied. Chie quickly looked at him hoping he wouldn't ask anything.
"I hope so too." Chie replied, Hakkai wondered why Chie's been out of it. He wished that Chie would tell him what's going on. Chie looked outside once more and then back to Hakkai.
"We should hurry before Goku whines." Chie said. Hakkai nodded his head. The two quickly went back to finishing up dinner. When the two were done they brought the food to the table and set it up. The others came to the table and sat down.
"Chie, Hakkai the food looks great like always!" Goku said with a grin. Chie gave a smile Gojyo hit Goku over the head.
"Ibukuro atama baka saru is that the only thing you can say!" Gojyo said angrily.
"Don't call me that!" Goku yelled. Chie got in the middle. She had to do something before Sanzo does.
"Okay you two I believe that's enough." Chie said looking at the two.
"Unless you want Sanzo-sama to shoot you guys." Chie added the two quickly shook their head. Chie gave a small smile.
"Good now let's eat." Chie said. They put their hands together. Chie looked at her food for a moment. The voice was still calling her name she wished that she could figure out whose voice it was. Yoku looked towards Chie he then tugged on her shirt. Chie gave a few blinks and looked at Yoku.
"Yes Yoku?" Chie said. Yoku continued to look at Chie. He then finally asked her if she was okay since she wasn't eating. Chie gave a fake smile and nodded her head.
"Don't worry everything's fine." Chie replied. Yoku continued to look at her. Chie gave a slight seat drop. Yoku had a look that he didn't believe her.
"Yoku..." Chie said in a slight weak voice. Yoku could see that Chie was having a hard time in replying to him. Yoku then told Chie that she didn't have to say anything. They went back to eating. Chie tried very hard to ignore the voice, once they finished their dinner and the plates washed Sanzo, Chie, and Hakkai looked over the map and talked about their route for tomorrow. Chie tried very hard to focus at the task at hand.
"There's seems to be another route we can take to the village." Hakkai said.
"They look like they'll take the same amount of time to just go through." Chie said.
"It really wouldn't matter if we took one or the other." Sanzo said.
"True but we should use the most used path we don't want to run into unwanted trouble." Hakkai said. Before they could continue they heard yelling. They looked to where it was coming from.
"KONO ERO KAPPA!" Goku yelled.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY BAKA SARU!" Gojyo yelled. Yoku tired to make them stop but that wasn't happening.
"I'm going to kill them both!" Sanzo said angrily. He got up and went over to where Goku and Gojyo were. He brought out his huge paper fan and hit them over the head.
"Ite!" The two yelled out. Sanzo really wanted to use his gun to get the quiet but he didn't because he didn't want Yoku to get scared.
"For once can't you two be quiet!" Sanzo said angrily. Yoku looked at Sanzo and then the others.
"I have to make sure to stay on his good side or he'll do the same ting to me..." Yoku thought to himself. Goku, Gojyo, and Sanzo continued to argue for a while. Chie shook her head a bit. The argument lasted for a while. Hakkai was going to stop them but he didn't need to. Once everything calmed down they went to bed. Chie tried to sleep but she couldn't.
"..." Chie said while laying in bed with her eyes on the ceiling of the tent. She had tired to sleep again but it was no use. She got out of the bed quietly and walked over to the entrance of the tent and looked around.
"I have to figure something out so I can sleep." Chie thought to herself. Chie heard something but didn't really notice it. Chie then turned around to see Goku rubbing his eyes.
"Chie?" Goku said in a sleepy voice.
"Goku what's wrong?" Chie asked.
"Was thirsty you?" Goku replied.
"...I was getting something to drink too but I looked outside and saw how beautiful the night sky was. I forgot about being thirsty." Chie lied. Goku walked over to where she was and looked out. His eyes wide at the site, he hadn't really took the time to look at the sky like this.
"It's so beautiful." Goku said. Chie looked at him.
"It sure is." Chie replied as she looked back at the sky.
"It would be nice if it was this clear back home...The only way that's going to happen is if there's less lights." Chie thought to herself. She wanted to keep the image deep inside her. Chie looked over to Goku, she smiled a bit. She put her hand on his shoulder.
"Let's get our drinks and get some sleep." Chie said. Goku nodded his head. The two got their drinks and went back into bed. Chie tried to sleep but no use.
Morning
Chie felt the rays of the sun land gently on her, she slowly got up.
"..." Chie said as she looked outside, she didn't get any sleep that night and was very tired. She slowly got out of the bed; she washed up and started making breakfast. Yoku shifted in the bed the smell of food wafted around him. Slowly opening his eyes he looked around and saw Chie making food. He sat up slowly rubbing sleep from his eyes. Chie had stopped in what she was doing.
"..." Chie said putting her hand to her forehead. Yoku slowly got out of the bed and walked over to her. Chie felt something tugging at her clothes. She looked to her side and saw Yoku looking at her.
"Yoku..." Chie said, she knew what Yoku was thinking, Chie gave a fake smile.
"I'm find I thought I had a fever that's all, can you wake the others up?" Chie asked. Yoku slowly nodded his head. Chie watched Yoku wake the others up.
"...I have to be more careful..." Chie thought to herself.
To Be Continued
Preview of the next chapter
The others had finished washing up and were at the table. Chie had tried to fight back her yawns. She didn't want them to worry about her, but no matter how much she tried to hide it her face couldn't hold it back.
"Chie are you okay? You look very tired." Goku said. Chie looked over to Goku.
"You know saru's right you look tired." Gojyo said. Goku looked at Gojyo angrily.
"Don't call me saru!" Goku said angrily. Chie got in the middle.