Hello all!!! I'm back from the Anime Convention ... bought a lot a stuff, too! =^-^= ...
::does HAPPY DANCE::
Anyhow ... here's chapter 8. Hopefully this will be ended in chapter 9 or 10, so I don't run out
of ideas ... =^-^=;;
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"GOKU!" Hakkai shouted, yanking open the door and pulling the young boy inside.
The said boy looked stunned and shaken, a small line of blood trailed down his cheek. Sanzo saw
this immediately and narrowed his eyes. He pointed at the blood.
"Yours?" was all he asked.
Goku looked confused for a second. He wiped it away slowly, and stared at his hand. Suddenly he
came to life.
"Sanzo! ... They took him ... I - I couldn't stop them ... they took Gojyo ... "
Hakkai bit back the inclination to shake Goku out of frustration. The last thing they needed was
for Goku's brains to be perminantly scrambled, and that might well happen from shock. Apparently
the Earth youkai had seen something that Hakkai and Sanzo should be eternally grateful they
*hadn't*.
"Goku," Hakkai started soothingly, "What happened out there? Who was there?"
"Gojyo! They took him!" Goku babbled, "I couldn't see them and they had him and they were
dragging him away and he wasn't fighting back and ... "
Sanzo sighed. He neared the boy, and slapped him.
"Pull yourself together. We don't need two of us out of commission. Now, *who* *had*
*him*?"
Goku blinked. "I don't know! They were just a bunch of shadowy faces and voices. They used that
stuff that Yaone used ... he was unconscious."
The monk straightened and looked at Hakkai. The other seemed to radiate nothing but worry and
fear.
"They can't have gone far. Gojyo unconscious is a dead weight. ... Unless they can fly,
which would be difficult. They want to kill all of us, so we'll be given some sort of ransom note
or something," he reasoned.
Hakkai nodded dumbly, not responding with his usual fake smile. Goku just sat there looking
ashamed and quite possibly ready to kill someone ... or punch a hole in the wall. Finally they
both looked at Sanzo.
"So ... what are we going to do?" Goku asked timidly.
"We wait."
"MATTE?! MATTE?! ARE YOU INSANE? HAVE YOU FINALLY LOST IT?!" Hakkai shouted, finally
losing his temper infront of Goku, "MATTE JANAI!!! GOJYO COULD BE DEAD FOR ALL WE KNOW, AND I
WILL NOT WAIT TO FIND HIS BODY LYING MANGLED IN THE STREETS TOMORROW MORNING!!!"
"That's quite flattering Hakkai, but you really don't have to."
"NOT NOW GOJYO LET ME-- " the impact of that statement finally hit him, "GOJYO?!?!"
Hakkai whipped around and came face to face with a slightly bloody, but still in one piece, red
haired Gojyo, who was smirking that damnable smirk at him. The healer could hardly believe his
eyes, and blinked repeatedly as if to prove that fact.
"Demo ... Gojyo ... Goku ... "
Realising that he could possibly be in huge trouble with the older man, Goku began inching behind
Sanzo for protection. Hakkai turned to face the younger youkai with fire blazing in his eyes.
"Goku. Told. Us. You. Were. Captured. Possibly. Dead."
The monk stopped his stalking forward with a gun in his face.
"Touch the monkey and die."
Hakkai stopped and backed off. Sanzo grabbed Goku by the collar and dragged him out of the room.
Gojyo moved to let them pass, giving the monk somewhat of a grateful smile as they walked out.
The other responded with a slight nod of his head, and a tiny up turning of his lips. When they
were clear of the door, the half-breed closed it behind them. Hakkai hadn't moved from his place
since Sanzo had held the gun in his face, but now he moved to the window to stare out it.
"Goku wasn't wrong, Hakkai."
"Hmm?"
"They did have me. But the stuff they used was hardly strong enough to keep me down for a
few minutes."
Hakkai could hear him walk to and sit down on the bed that was Hakkai's. He heard a small sound
of pain from the other and immediately moved to make sure he was all right.
"Just a couple of scratches," Gojyo grinned, "They were pretty rough trying to move me."
The healer just nodded and opened the red head's shirt, doing a systematic check of his ribs to
make sure nothing was broken ... and maybe check out his body now and then. He found the gash on
Gojyo's side that had been paining him and quickly healed it.
"Anywhere else?"
"Yeah ... " Gojyo took Hakkai's hand and guided it to his heart, "Koko."
Hakkai just sort of stared at him, so the red head took a breath and began.
"I was thinking on the roof, before they tried to use me as bait ... about what you said.
I ... well, I ... oh fuck it, I'm no good at this."
And with that, Gojyo pulled Hakkai's face to his and captured the other's lips with his.
Hakkai's eyes widened at the kiss, and understanding filled them as he realised what Gojyo was
trying to say without words. So he closed his eyes and began kissing back. When they finally
broke apart, both stared at each other, conveying what couldn't be said with their eyes. Hakkai
smiled at Gojyo, a real smile, and nodded.
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As for what was happening with Sanzo and Goku at that time ... well ...
"BAKA-ZARU!!!"
"Oi! What was that for?!"
The monk just whapped the youkai over the head with his paper fan again. Goku took the blow with
a loud protest and tried to dodge the next one, with success one might add.
"BAKA-ZARU!" Sanzo shouted again, "Why the hell'd you try and make us believe that Gojyo
was dead, huh? Why'd you go tryin' to make me worry 'bout you, huh? You really wanna die?!"
"I DIDN'T -- matte! ... You were worried about me?" Goku asked with shiny eyes.
Too late Sanzo realised his slip-up. He tried to think of something to cover up for it, but
couldn't find anything to say. Instead he gave Goku another half-hearted whap over the head and
flopped down on the boys bed.
"Baka ... " he groaned, and Goku wasn't sure if he was talking to himself.
"Anou ... Sanzo ... "
"Nanda?"
"Boku ... boku ... etou ... "
"Nanda, Goku? Say it or shut up."
"Mm ... betsuni." You'd just hit me again.
Sanzo snorted and rolled over on the bed. Goku made as if to try and get comfortable on the
floor, and the monk turned to glance down at him.
"What *are* you doing?"
"Well," Goku blinked up at him, "You're in the bed, and I'm tired. So I'm gonna sleep on
the floor."
"Baka," Sanzo said once again, "Get up here."
"Nani?"
"D'you wanna sleep on the floor? S'fine with me."
Goku just grinned at Sanzo and literally jumped into the bed, snuggling up to the monk, who
surprised him and didn't lash out. He just turned over and went to sleep. Goku stared at his
back for a while, smiling slightly.
"Suki da, Sanzo," he whispered, and drifted off into the land of dreams.
~OWARI~
So, how was that? All couples are now happily together ...
Sanzo: What the hell are you talking about?
Me: Eep ... uh ... nothing ::sweet grin::
Sanzo: ::giving glare of death and brandishing paper fan:: Temeeeee ...
Me: ::hides behind Gojyo:: Anyway, there's your happy ending folks ...
Sanzo: ::attacks::
Me: ::running away:: SW-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLP
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
::does HAPPY DANCE::
Anyhow ... here's chapter 8. Hopefully this will be ended in chapter 9 or 10, so I don't run out
of ideas ... =^-^=;;
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"GOKU!" Hakkai shouted, yanking open the door and pulling the young boy inside.
The said boy looked stunned and shaken, a small line of blood trailed down his cheek. Sanzo saw
this immediately and narrowed his eyes. He pointed at the blood.
"Yours?" was all he asked.
Goku looked confused for a second. He wiped it away slowly, and stared at his hand. Suddenly he
came to life.
"Sanzo! ... They took him ... I - I couldn't stop them ... they took Gojyo ... "
Hakkai bit back the inclination to shake Goku out of frustration. The last thing they needed was
for Goku's brains to be perminantly scrambled, and that might well happen from shock. Apparently
the Earth youkai had seen something that Hakkai and Sanzo should be eternally grateful they
*hadn't*.
"Goku," Hakkai started soothingly, "What happened out there? Who was there?"
"Gojyo! They took him!" Goku babbled, "I couldn't see them and they had him and they were
dragging him away and he wasn't fighting back and ... "
Sanzo sighed. He neared the boy, and slapped him.
"Pull yourself together. We don't need two of us out of commission. Now, *who* *had*
*him*?"
Goku blinked. "I don't know! They were just a bunch of shadowy faces and voices. They used that
stuff that Yaone used ... he was unconscious."
The monk straightened and looked at Hakkai. The other seemed to radiate nothing but worry and
fear.
"They can't have gone far. Gojyo unconscious is a dead weight. ... Unless they can fly,
which would be difficult. They want to kill all of us, so we'll be given some sort of ransom note
or something," he reasoned.
Hakkai nodded dumbly, not responding with his usual fake smile. Goku just sat there looking
ashamed and quite possibly ready to kill someone ... or punch a hole in the wall. Finally they
both looked at Sanzo.
"So ... what are we going to do?" Goku asked timidly.
"We wait."
"MATTE?! MATTE?! ARE YOU INSANE? HAVE YOU FINALLY LOST IT?!" Hakkai shouted, finally
losing his temper infront of Goku, "MATTE JANAI!!! GOJYO COULD BE DEAD FOR ALL WE KNOW, AND I
WILL NOT WAIT TO FIND HIS BODY LYING MANGLED IN THE STREETS TOMORROW MORNING!!!"
"That's quite flattering Hakkai, but you really don't have to."
"NOT NOW GOJYO LET ME-- " the impact of that statement finally hit him, "GOJYO?!?!"
Hakkai whipped around and came face to face with a slightly bloody, but still in one piece, red
haired Gojyo, who was smirking that damnable smirk at him. The healer could hardly believe his
eyes, and blinked repeatedly as if to prove that fact.
"Demo ... Gojyo ... Goku ... "
Realising that he could possibly be in huge trouble with the older man, Goku began inching behind
Sanzo for protection. Hakkai turned to face the younger youkai with fire blazing in his eyes.
"Goku. Told. Us. You. Were. Captured. Possibly. Dead."
The monk stopped his stalking forward with a gun in his face.
"Touch the monkey and die."
Hakkai stopped and backed off. Sanzo grabbed Goku by the collar and dragged him out of the room.
Gojyo moved to let them pass, giving the monk somewhat of a grateful smile as they walked out.
The other responded with a slight nod of his head, and a tiny up turning of his lips. When they
were clear of the door, the half-breed closed it behind them. Hakkai hadn't moved from his place
since Sanzo had held the gun in his face, but now he moved to the window to stare out it.
"Goku wasn't wrong, Hakkai."
"Hmm?"
"They did have me. But the stuff they used was hardly strong enough to keep me down for a
few minutes."
Hakkai could hear him walk to and sit down on the bed that was Hakkai's. He heard a small sound
of pain from the other and immediately moved to make sure he was all right.
"Just a couple of scratches," Gojyo grinned, "They were pretty rough trying to move me."
The healer just nodded and opened the red head's shirt, doing a systematic check of his ribs to
make sure nothing was broken ... and maybe check out his body now and then. He found the gash on
Gojyo's side that had been paining him and quickly healed it.
"Anywhere else?"
"Yeah ... " Gojyo took Hakkai's hand and guided it to his heart, "Koko."
Hakkai just sort of stared at him, so the red head took a breath and began.
"I was thinking on the roof, before they tried to use me as bait ... about what you said.
I ... well, I ... oh fuck it, I'm no good at this."
And with that, Gojyo pulled Hakkai's face to his and captured the other's lips with his.
Hakkai's eyes widened at the kiss, and understanding filled them as he realised what Gojyo was
trying to say without words. So he closed his eyes and began kissing back. When they finally
broke apart, both stared at each other, conveying what couldn't be said with their eyes. Hakkai
smiled at Gojyo, a real smile, and nodded.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
As for what was happening with Sanzo and Goku at that time ... well ...
"BAKA-ZARU!!!"
"Oi! What was that for?!"
The monk just whapped the youkai over the head with his paper fan again. Goku took the blow with
a loud protest and tried to dodge the next one, with success one might add.
"BAKA-ZARU!" Sanzo shouted again, "Why the hell'd you try and make us believe that Gojyo
was dead, huh? Why'd you go tryin' to make me worry 'bout you, huh? You really wanna die?!"
"I DIDN'T -- matte! ... You were worried about me?" Goku asked with shiny eyes.
Too late Sanzo realised his slip-up. He tried to think of something to cover up for it, but
couldn't find anything to say. Instead he gave Goku another half-hearted whap over the head and
flopped down on the boys bed.
"Baka ... " he groaned, and Goku wasn't sure if he was talking to himself.
"Anou ... Sanzo ... "
"Nanda?"
"Boku ... boku ... etou ... "
"Nanda, Goku? Say it or shut up."
"Mm ... betsuni." You'd just hit me again.
Sanzo snorted and rolled over on the bed. Goku made as if to try and get comfortable on the
floor, and the monk turned to glance down at him.
"What *are* you doing?"
"Well," Goku blinked up at him, "You're in the bed, and I'm tired. So I'm gonna sleep on
the floor."
"Baka," Sanzo said once again, "Get up here."
"Nani?"
"D'you wanna sleep on the floor? S'fine with me."
Goku just grinned at Sanzo and literally jumped into the bed, snuggling up to the monk, who
surprised him and didn't lash out. He just turned over and went to sleep. Goku stared at his
back for a while, smiling slightly.
"Suki da, Sanzo," he whispered, and drifted off into the land of dreams.
~OWARI~
So, how was that? All couples are now happily together ...
Sanzo: What the hell are you talking about?
Me: Eep ... uh ... nothing ::sweet grin::
Sanzo: ::giving glare of death and brandishing paper fan:: Temeeeee ...
Me: ::hides behind Gojyo:: Anyway, there's your happy ending folks ...
Sanzo: ::attacks::
Me: ::running away:: SW-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLP
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!