Disclaimer :
O, Minekura Kazuya. Do not try to sue me.
I do not own anything to do with Gensomaden Saiyuki.
For I am just a mild-mannered fan
Who watches this particularly interesting anime every 6 PM at AXN.
Salutations, people. Beware! Author's Notes to come at the end of this extremely delightful-to-write chapter. Now please, enjoy!
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chapter three.
Goku, Gojyo and Hakkai trodded down the road quietly, their ghostly sillouhettes dancing silently on the bare ground. The lonely street was lit only by candle-light and passers-by was becoming a rare sight. Usually, this would be the time when demons magically appear and try to attack continuously until they get blown up or run away, but no. No demons this time. It was pretty unnerving. All they can hear now is the sound of silence.
"How pleasant." Hakkai said softly.
"How boring." groaned Gojyo miserably.
"I'm hungry!" said You-Know-Who.
Gojyo cast the golden-eyed boy beside him a grey, boring look before yawning, "I'm too tired to call you an imbecilic spastic monkey.."
Goku's stomach grumbled, "And I'm too hungry to call you a kinky horny water monster.."
"Why you Imbecilic Spastic Monkey!"
"Why you Kinky Horny Water Monster!"
Ahh.. how peaceful.
Hakkai glanced at his watch. It was way past midnight and they had just been royally kicked out of the Tobacco Bar. It was entirely Gojyo and Goku's fault, though. It was Gojyo who tried to smuggle illegal beers into his pants. It was Goku who dumped the dumplings into Gojyo's pants, making him scream with terrible glee. It was they who blasted the pool table into pieces. It was entirely their fault the bar owner is now a permanent resident of the Tobacco Mental Hospital, where he spends time mumbling about 'those damned visitors' and runs away screaming everytime someone tries to talk to him.
Hakkai sighed and stepped in between his two fighting companions, "You have to feel sorry for the poor man, don't you?" he asked softly, ending the endless Ero Kappa vs Baka Saru fight temporarily. "We've been out for hours, surely Sanzo fallen asleep" he said calmly.
Goku suddenly looked guiltily at his feet, "Oh, Sanzo. Right. We didn't bring him anything. We didn't even spare those dumplings for – gasp – Sunny!" he stopped abruptly, turned around and exchanged horrified looks with a passing stray cat. Then he turned back to Hakkai, a panic-stricken expression on his face. "Sunny! I forgot about her. We've gone out for hours! She must be missing me!"
"She won't even go near you, stupid monkey!"
"That's because I ate gyozas for dinner, you cockroach head!" Goku protested, "She hates the scent of garlic, I can tell by the way she twitches her nose. But she still loves her old daddy, I'm sure!"
Hakkai stopped to chuckle, "Garlic? That's odd. I've never heard of a cat who is afraid of garlic."
Gojyo smirked, "That cat sounds like a vampire."
"Sunny is no vampire!"
"Yeah, but a real kwazy kitten. Garlic! Man, I thought only friggin' Count Dracula had that kind of phobia!"
"Several demons too," added Hakkai cheerfully.
Goku laughed mildly. It was true in an uncanny way. What a weird cat they had, a cat, afraid of garlic. Only once in a lifetime. Little did they know, that just paces away from there, a demon woman smiled viciously. Bloody monk robes and strands of blonde hair sprawled lifelessly in front of her.
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(Hours Before..)
Behind him, Sunny stood with her yellow eyes glinting in the dark. She licked her cat lips and looked ready to pounce…
"Damn this damn damn door!" muttered Sanzo under his breath. He was still struggling with the door which still wouldn't budge. He had no idea how a door so old, and so rusty could be so hard to open. It was extremely frustrating! Not to mention the tragic fact that he is stuck in a room with a feline being which dearly makes him sick to the bone.
He wheeled around angrily to give Sunny a good ol' kick in the ass, just for old time laughs, but then stopped dead in his tracks. He couldn't believe what he saw.
"Hello, Genjo Sanzo." said Sunny. But Sunny the cat was no more. In her place, stood a beautiful young woman, dressed in white to the tip of her hair. She had a pair of pointy ears and big yellow eyes that glowed in the dark. Sunny's eyes.
"Cat demon.." Sanzo breathed, his voice shook slightly in anger. He knew there was something fishy about that damn cat!
The cat demon smiled. A feline smile. Sanzo couldn't help but stare. You don't get to meet cat demons everyday, and animal demons are extremely rare in Togenkyo. And it is said to be extremely powerful. Sunny purred softly, the tip of her tongue licking her moisty lips. She is savoring the moment, the moment she will at last devour a Sanzo. Savouring the last moments of her mortal life. In moments, she will receive more than the nine lives she already has.
Sanzo quickly shoved his hand into his robes and pulled out his gun. He pointed it at her carefully, "You do know what this handgun can do to you, demon?"
The demon giggled. She brushed a strand of white hair from her face and walked confidently towards him. She hasn't even answered his question. If years of demon-exorcism had taught Sanzo something, it's not to under-estimate any kind of demon. Even the female kind.
The cat demon is now just a few feet away from Sanzo. She purred again and smiled in a very evil way, "Afraid, Genjo Sanzo?" she purred as she walked, "Please don't. You will die quickly and painfully. But, for a good reason of course. My master will come for – "
"AH-CHOO!!" Sanzo sneezed. He sniffed. He looked aghast by his own actions. Humilliated to the very pit of his stomach. This would have been very funny if the situation hadn't been so serious!
Sunny stopped. They both blinked twice. Both of them seem to be thinking of the same thing. The demon took one step forward with glee as Sanzo took one step backwards with astonishment. Silence. Then she took another step forward as Sanzo took yet another step backwards. More silence. She stepped forward, one last time. Sanzo leaned his back to the door. Stuck. There was no place to go. No choice left but to –
"AH-CHOO!!" he sneezed again. He quickly wiped his reddened nose. An odd, horrible, mortifying tune suddenly came across his mind : Genjo, the red-nosed Sanzoo.. had a very shiny nooose..
The cat-demon shrieked joyfully as though she had found a new toy to play with. She began dancing her way to Sanzo : three steps forward, three steps backswards! One step to the right, two steps to the left! Then she started to jiggle the macarena to the tune of invisible music. Arrribaaa! Another step forward and Sanzo sneezed horribly once again. Cha-cha-cha! Sunny the cat demon began singing very happily, purring her way to a sneezing Sanzo.
Obviously, forgetting the fact that he is still holding the gun.
BANG! and AH-CHOO!
Sunny didn't know what came first but didn't really care. She froze. She felt her heart stop beating. A bullet just passed her head by a millimetre. Maybe less. She knew Sanzo missed her only because he sneezed. If he didn't sneeze, though... she shuddered.
"No-one makes fun of me.." Sanzo growled severely as he stepped forward. His gun already aimed at her heart. "And I mean, no-one."
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to be continued..
Before Feline Fatale, I once mentioned that The Monk and the Feline will eventually turn out as a Sanzo/OC story, where this OC will be no other than Sunny. BUT, after reading oh-so-many 83 fics, I came to a final conclusion that Sanzo is best paired with Hakkai. ^^ There will be hints of course, but I promise this will not turn out as a yaoi fic. Other pairing hints also shall come by.. (Hakkai/Hakuryuu? Eww!)