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"It's been raining all day." Meika sighed as she ran to catch up with Goku, a brown paper bag filled with groceries clutched tightly to her chest. Her clothes were soaked through and her red hair clung to her face. "I hope ZoZo is feeling better…"

Goku grinned as he slowed down for Meika to catch up to him. He grabbed her hand with his free one. "I bet he's been taking a really long nap and he's fine now."

Meika gave a half-hearted smile as her and Goku continued on to the inn. They had left Gojyo and Hakkai behind a ways back, both wanting to make sure Sanzo was okay. "I don't like how ZoZo gets when it rains. He's scary."

"Don't worry, MeiMei." Goku squeezed her hand as they came up to the inn. "Sanzo's just not feeling good right now. He'll be fine, you'll see."

The two quietly made their way up to the room. Goku frowned as he opened the door and found Sanzo sitting up in the bed, a lit cigarette dangling from his mouth. "Jeez, Sanzo, you didn't even take a nap?"

Meika cautiously approached the bed as Goku babbled on about how he had bought a mask and peaches to try and help Sanzo feel better. "ZoZo, you really shouldn't smoke if you don't feel good."

Sanzo glared down at her, taking a long drag of his cigarette. "I'm not sick, Stupid Brats."

Goku frowned and rushed over to the bed, yanking the cigarette from Sanzo's mouth. "Well, you don't look very well so you shouldn't be smoking. You might even have a fever and not know it." Goku placed his hand on Sanzo's forehead.

Meika's eyes widened and she let out a small gasp as Sanzo slapped Goku's hand harshly away. "ZoZo, please don't get angry with GoGo…"

"I told you I wasn't sick." He said coldly.

Goku shook off the shock of having his hand slapped away. "You haven't eaten or slept well ever since this rain started. If your not sick, then something must be wrong. What is it?"

"It doesn't concern you, either of you." He added when he saw Meika walking closer to the bed.

"Yes it does." Meika said softly, placing a timid hand on Sanzo's knee. "We both really love you, ZoZo. When you're upset it upsets us. Did we do something wrong to upset you?" She asked, staring up at him with her wide red eyes.

"Shut up." Sanzo hissed.

"Oi, Sanzo, that's no way to talk to MeiMei." Goku said.

Meika let out a cry of surprise as Sanzo angrily kicked the table beside the bed down. She stumbled away from him and clutched tightly to Goku's side. "ZoZo, please don't be angry." She sniffled out, tears welling up in her eyes. It always upset her when they got angry. For some reason, it always made her cry.

"Get out." Sanzo said forcefully.

Goku frowned, holding Meika closer to him. "What's wrong with you? We're just worried about you."

Sanzo stared blankly ahead, not even seeming to see the two standing before him. "I never asked either of you to be. I already told you once; Get. Out."

"GoGo!" Meika shouted as Goku rushed out of the room. She glared over at Sanzo, kicking him swiftly in the shin. "ZoZo, you're the worst! I hate you!" She shouted before rushing off after Goku. She rushed passed Hakkai and Gojyo, who both shouted after her in alarm. "GoGo, wait for me!"

Eventually, she caught up to Goku just outside the town. Goku paused in his running to allow Meika to catch up to him. He leaned down and picked her up, hugging her closely to him before resuming walking.

Meika wrapped her arms around his neck, lightly kissing his cheek. "Please don't be sad, GoGo…"

Goku sighed, finally pausing beside a waterfall. He put Meika down and simply held her hand. "MeiMei, I'm sorry. You're probably going to get sick now because you chased after me."

"It's okay." Meika smiled and hugged Goku tightly. "You always come and save me so I wanted to come save you this time."

Goku managed to crack a smile before sighing forlornly again. "What's up with him? To him, I'm just a…" His voice trailed off as he slowly turned around.

"GoGo?" Meika looked behind them and tensed, seeing the person smiling down at them from a high rock. "Homura!"

"Are you two alone?" Homura asked good naturedly, his arrogant smile never leaving his face.

Goku moved himself between Homura and Meika. "Go away. I'm in a really bad mood right now."

"Really?" Homura asked, leaping gracefully down from the boulder to stand before the two. "What about you, Yanmei? Are you in a bad mood too? You look like you've been crying. Has someone hurt you?"

Meika glared at Homura from behind Goku. "Just go away! Just leave us alone!"

"Just shut up!" Goku shouted, charging at Homura.

"GoGo!" Meika cried out as Homura easily shoved Goku into a muddy puddle. Using the rain and water all around her, Meika summoned a large water ball and threw it at Homura.

Homura sighed, knocking the water ball away. "You've grown weak, Yanmei. How disappointing."

"MeiMei!" Goku shouted as Homura roughly punched Meika in the stomach.

Meika gasped for air but couldn't fill her lungs. She looked up at Homura as her vision began to tunneling before finally fading away to nothingness.

"One…Two…Three! Ready or not, here I come!" Yanmei pushed herself away from the tree she had been shielding her eyes in. "Goku-chan, Nataku-chan, where are you?"

"Yanmei, what are you doing?"

Yanmei whipped around, a bright smile on her face. She rushed over to the god and hugged him. "Hi, Homura-chan! I'm playing hide-n-seek with Goku-chan and Nataku-chan! Wanna help me find them?"

Homura smiled softly down at the little girl. He knelt down and cupped her cheek in his hand. "Yanmei, do you even realize what your destiny is? What the Jade Emperor wants from you?"

Yanmei blinked and cocked her head to the side. "No. Am I in trouble? Daddy said I'd been a good girl lately. I've been trying really hard not to be bad."

"No, it's nothing like that." Homura's eyes saddened. "You shouldn't have to…"

"It's okay." Yanmei smiled and held Homura's hand between her two smaller ones. "Whatever the Jade Emperor wants me to do, it'll probably help everyone, right?" When Homura reluctantly nodded, Yanmei's smile brightened. "Then it's okay. As long as I can help everyone and make Daddy, Konzen-chan, Tenpou-chan, Goku-chan, Nataku-chan, and Homura-chan happy, then it's okay."

"MeiMei, are you okay?"

Meika blinked as she slowly woke up. She pushed herself off of the cold stone floor beneath her. She looked around, not recognizing her surroundings. Her eyes widened when she saw Goku was chained to the far wall. "GoGo!" She rushed over to him, pulling on the chains in vain. "Are you okay, GoGo?"

Goku smiled weakly down at her. "I think so…I'm just glad you're okay."

"Why wasn't I chained up?" Meika muttered to herself.

"There was no need to." Homura seemed to appear from the shadows, slowly walking towards the two. "I know you won't leave Goku and you aren't strong enough to break his chains. You won't leave without him. You've always been like that, Yanmei."

"Let MeiMei go!" Goku shouted, trying to look as threatening as possible while chained to a wall. "If you're going to kill me, then just do it. Just leave MeiMei alone!"

Meika snarled and moved in front of Goku in a defensive position. She wasn't going to let Homura anywhere near him. She blinked as Homura knelt in front of her and cupped her cheek in his hand. A sense of familiarity washed over as she looked into Homura's mismatched eyes.

Homura sighed and stood up after a moment. "You really haven't changed." With that, he turned and disappeared back into the shadows.

"Hey, GoGo…" Meika lightly touched her cheek where Homura's hand had just been. "why is that every time we see Homura, he looks sadder and sadder?"

"What are you talking about, MeiMei?" Goku barked, still perturbed about being captured. "Get out of here, now! Go find Sanzo and the others!"

"No!" Meika immediately latched onto Goku's waist. "I'm not leaving without you."

After continuing to argue with Meika for a moment longer, Goku gave up. "Then, you need to rest. I don't want you tired in case Homura tries anything."

Meika sighed and slid down to sit against the wall. She pulled her knees up to her chest. "I don't like sleeping." She muttered even as her eyelids drooped shut.

"Why?" Goku asked.

"Because," She yawned out. "my dreams make me sad."

"Goku-chan!" Yanmei cried out as she fell face first into the pavement. She sat up and tears immediately filled her eyes.

"MeiMei!" Goku skidded to a halt and spun around, rushing back to his friend. He knelt in front of the crying little girl and hugged her. "It's okay. Don't cry. Come on. We'll go to Konzen and he'll fix you."

Yanmei shook her head. "I don't wanna. He'll just call me a baby and yell at me for bothering him. Look, I'm not even bleeding." Yanmei wiped the tears from her eyes as she showed Goku her knee.

Goku sighed in relief when he saw there was indeed no blood, just an angry red mark. He swooped down and placed a quick kiss on Yanmei's knee. He grinned triumphantly as he straightened up. "There. All better."

Yanmei blinked and looked between Goku and her knee. "Why'd you do that?"

"Um…well…" Goku scratched his cheek nervously. "I saw a mom kiss her kid's booboo the other day. When she kissed it, the kid stopped crying and was really happy. I thought if I gave your booboo a kiss, it would make it better."

Yanmei stared blankly at Goku before giggling. "You're silly, Goku-chan. But," She continued as he began sputtering in embarrassment. "that's why I love you so much. The next time you get a booboo, tell me. I'll kiss your booboo away too."

"Okay!" Goku grinned and took Yanmei's hand, leading her on towards Tenpou's library.

"Wake up, Yanmei."

Meika woke up, only to find Goku was no longer chained to the wall. Homura was once again, kneeling in front of her, touching her cheek. "Are you making me see all those things?" Meika asked.

Homura straightened and gently nudged Meika towards Goku. "Come along now, you two."

Meika frowned as Goku sadly stood up. She grabbed his hand and allowed him to tug her along. "GoGo, what's wrong?" Her frown deepened as Goku said nothing. Eventually, they wound up by the waterfall where Homura had captured both Goku and Meika. Meika blinked as Goku picked her up and jumped up into a tree. "GoGo?"

"Yanmei, you want to know why you keep having those dreams, don't you?" When he got no answer, he continued. "If you and Son Goku join me, I'll tell you everything."

Before Meika could say anything, Gojyo and Hakkai appeared, fighting Zenon and Shien. Neither seemed to notice Goku and Meika in the tree. Meika cried out as Hakkai was shot in the back by Zenon and Shien's whip wrapped tightly around Gojyo's neck. Before she could attempt to pull herself away from Goku, a gunshot rang through the air, hitting Shien's whip and saving Gojyo. "ZoZo!"

Sanzo looked up in the tree and frowned when Goku cowered away from him. "You're just going to be an idle spectator? You're scum."

Meika bristled, furious with Sanzo. He was the reason Goku had run off in the first place. He had hurt Goku. She opened her mouth to yell at him when Goku leapt from the tree. "GoGo?"

"Wait!" Goku shouted. "You don't care about me at all! You never say anything! You're the one that's mean here! Why'd you take me out of there in the first place? If it's just going to be like this, I'd rather you have just left me in the mountain!"

Meika leapt down from the tree, standing a few feet behind Goku as Sanzo whipped around and approached Goku. She remembered Goku telling her about how he had been locked in a cave in a mountain for five hundred years and how it had been Sanzo that had saved him. "ZoZo, don't be mean to GoGo!" She shouted, rushing to stand protectively in front of Goku.

Sanzo brought his hand up and rested it on Goku's head. He glanced down at Meika, extending his other hand to her.

Meika stared at Sanzo's hand for a moment before reaching out and holding it. She smiled as his hand closed around her own. "ZoZo…"

Goku lowered his head, tears welling in his eyes. "I'm always causing you trouble…I hate that! What's wrong with me worrying about you every now and then?"

Meika glanced over her shoulder at Goku. She wanted to reassure him that he wasn't the only one that caused Sanzo trouble, that she caused him many a headache as well. Something told her she should just remain quiet, though, and simply hold onto Sanzo's hand.

Sanzo remained silent before glaring up at Homura. "What the hell did you say to him?"

Homura smirked. "Nothing."

Meika shrugged when Sanzo looked to her for answers. She had been asleep if and when Homura had spoken to Goku.

"The next time we meet, I will take Son Goku and Yanmei by force. Goodbye." With that, Homura, Zenon, and Shien disappeared.

Sanzo snarled in annoyance before turning his attention back to an upset Goku and a distraught Meika. "I'm in a bad mood because of the rain. Deal with your own problems on your own." He turned and began walking away with Meika still attached to his hand. "When I freed you, it wasn't because I wanted a servant."

Meika blinked as she looked up at Sanzo. "What about me?"

Sanzo looked down at her. "You…I have no clue how the hell I got stuck with you."

Meika puffed her cheeks out, but still clung to Sanzo's hand. "You're mean, ZoZo!"

Meika sat patiently in the back of Jeep with Goku, waiting for the others to appear. Even though Goku seemed much happier today, she could still see that he was upset. "GoGo…"

At that moment, Hakkai and the others came out and piled into Jeep. "Saru, go get some cigarettes, pickled kelp, and mandarin oranges." Sanzo said as he took his customary spot.

Goku frowned. "But, yesterday, you said I wasn't your servant." He squeaked as Sanzo fired warning rounds into the air. "I'm going!"

"Chibi, go make sure he doesn't get into trouble."

Meika didn't need to be told twice. She ran after Goku. "GoGo, wait for me!"

Goku slowed down to allow Meika to catch up to him. "I don't get Sanzo at all…" He blinked as Meika tugged on his hand. "What's wrong?"

Meika motioned for him to kneel down. When he did, she first kissed the diadem around his forehead and then the part of his shirt that covered his heart. She smiled up at him when he stared at her with confusion. "You still had a booboo in your mind and on your heart from yesterday. If someone kisses the booboo away, it makes it all better. Whenever you, or JoJo, or HaHa, or ZoZo get a booboo on your heart, I'll kiss it better, okay?"

Goku blinked before grinning and hugging Meika tightly. "I love you, MeiMei!"