Down
the cliff side part 5
By
SW
Hakkai pressed on, growing anxious as they
got closer. The tracks were fresh, they must have spent the night in the
clearing. They couldn't have gotten that far right, pushing his way through the
foliage, the disgruntled half-breed trailing behind him. He lifted his head
when the distinct sound of branches snapping could be heard ahead of them.
Hakkai broke into a run, Gojyo hot on his heels.
Both coming face to face with their missing
comrades. "Goku Sanzo!" He cried happily, leaping forward he rushed
the smaller boy into bruising hug. "I was so worried!" He wailed,
squeezing Goku till he was ready to die from lack of air. Hakkai was very open
when he was worried, the half-breed how ever displayed his worry in a moreā¦
violent manner.
Gojyo
jerked Goku out of the brunette's vise like grip and promptly began beating
upon the boy. Failing to hear the pained cry that was torn from the boy's
throat. And failing to see Goku's eyes begin to water. "BAKA MONKEY! Where
the hell have you two been!?" Yelling insults as he struck the monkey. He
stopped and blinked in confusion, his hand had something warm and wet
splattered across it. Turning his palm over it dawned on him, blood.
The boy began to sink towards the ground. "Goku!!!!!"
Came the instant cry, catching him before he could hit the ground. Smiling
exhaustedly his eyes slide closed, barely managing to speak. "Take care of
Sanzo will yah?" With that the boy went limp, slipping into blissful unconsciousness.
The half-breed looked panicked as he held the kid up.
In the blink of an eye Sanzo had his gun
leveled between the pair of red eyes. "What the hell did you do?!" He
snarled between clenched teeth. Gojyo swallowed nervously as he held up the
blood-covered palm. "He's hurt." Hakkai was already at the demons
side checking him for wounds. Pulling up the kid's shirt he winced. "What
happened to him??????"
The boy was carried back to the clearing, and
had been stripped down to his waist. Hakkai was almost afraid to touch Goku's
back, it was a bloody mess. Deep scrapes and gashes covered it, and the un
scraped skin was an ugly shade of purple. Apparently the closed wounds had
reopened and were oozing blood. Gojyo sat nearby looking horribly guilty, and
couldn't bring himself to look at the boy. Sanzo was glaring daggers at the
already unhappy half-breed, and the fact the priest kept fingering his gun
certainly didn't ease the tension any. Hakkai held glowing palms over the
demons back, the skin healing at a speeded rate under his skilled hands.
Stopping he examined Goku, the marred skin was healed but the kid's back was
still one huge bruise. Sighing he sat
down, watching his friends shoot each other nasty looks. The young demons chest
rose in fell in a steady rhythm, Hakkai rose to his feet. Deciding he should go
start dinner, he went off to go scrounge up some food. He was sure Goku would be fine with Sanzo
and Gojyo around; Jeep had stayed behind to rest. The poor dragon was exhausted
after the past few hectic days.
Golden eyes forced themselves open, peering
blurrily at his surroundings. Rolling his head to the side, he saw Gojyo and
Sanzo arguing angrily. *Soooo thirsty. * Clambering to his feet, his back still
painfully sore. He took some unsteady steps, cursing irritably. He could smell
water, he began blindly heading in the direction of the source. Which was
located in the next clearing. Light headed he kept going till he arrived at the
edge of the water. Knelling down he scooped up some water drinking it like he
had been lost in the desert for a week. He just wished the ground would stop
moving, he felt like he was falling. He was still standing wasn't he? Maybe he
was falling, he wasn't sure any more. Wave after wave of dizziness hit him
hard. Goku slumped forward, bringing his hands up to brace himself. Vertigo struck him disorientating him
further. His arms gave way, sending him
face-first into the icy water.
The first
site that greeted him upon his return was Sanzo and Gojyo trying to kill each other.
The second a rather frantic jeep, who was cooing and flying about the campsite.
Hakkai gave his pet a confused look, setting down the food he had been
carrying. "Jeep? What's wrong?" The dragon tugged at its master's
sleeve motioning him toward Goku's empty blanket. "Where's Goku?!" He
yelled turning to his friends. Both men stopped their murder attempts to give
him a dismayed looks. "What do you mean?!" Two sets of violet and red
eyes widened in shock at the absence of the formerly sleeping boy. Spinning
upon each other they began yelling once more. "THIS IS ALL YOUR
FAULT!" "My fault?! You're his keeper!" "You're the one who
hurt him in the first place!" "Why weren't you watching him?!"
"Why weren't you?!" "If you had taken better care of him!!"
Hakkai stood to the side an anger blooming in his green eyes. "BOTH OF YOU
SHUT UP!" He finally exploded, causing them to freeze. "Go look for
him! Gojyo that means you AND Sanzo! This instant!" Nodding shamefully
they began looking for signs of the missing monkey.
"Here! I found his tracks!" Gojyo yelled over to his forced
partner. The priest followed his led, as they pushed aside more shrubs. The trail of foot prints lead into another
clearing, in the center of the space was what looked like a pond. Laying face
down at the edge of the water was Goku. Both men started running, racing to
reach the boy. Sanzo was oblivious to his complaining ankle, concentrating
solely upon the boys still form. "GOKU?! GOKU!!!!" Hurriedly they
turned the boy over, Gojyo pressed his ear upon the drowned monkeys chest. His
heart skipped a beat. "He's not breathing!" "FUCK!"
**** "Look he's trying to tell us something! Jeep what is it boy? What?! Goku fell down the well??" Just had to add that! ^o^ Another cliffhanger. URK! I just wrote my own death! Images of a pissed Von-san loaming over the cowering writer, with her Killblaster 500. Eh private joke, point being she's going to kill me! ^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; *********
