So, how'm I doing? I'd like to think that it's good. Oh yeah, and if you've never seen Saiyuki,
I'd suggest putting some time into researching it because the next few chapters will have you
banging your heads into walls out of confusion. Sankyuu!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Gojyo napped.
Goku complained.
Hakkai made witty comments.
Makoto sang "99 Bottles of Beer on The Wall".
Sanzo twitched.
The next city was starting to seem really, truely, 100%, horribly, very far away.
"Who's really bored?" Makoto asked as they pulled into the new city.
Sanzo glared at her. Hakkai sighed and smiled, humoring her. Gojyo raised his hand. Goku
nodded vigorously.
"Well, we're here," the healer said gently, "Try not to cause too much trouble, ne?"
Makoto and Goku looked at each other, then at him.
"Who, us?" they chorused, a picture of innocence.
"Hai. Anata."
Both innocent looks deflated and Hakkai smiled. He tried his best to play father, Gojyo took up
the 'other brother' position, to the youngest members of their group. Often Makoto was the only
one who actually listened to him, and that was because of her amnesia. Hakkai's smile turned a
little worried as the five piled out of the jeep and it turned into Hakuryu. The small, white
dragon perched around his shoulders and Hakkai stroked his head, thinking of when they had first
met Makoto.
///He, Sanzo and the others had found Makoto in a pool of blood, which Goku had sniffed out.
Luckily for her, most of the blood was not hers, though she had been knocked unconscious. Hakkai
had healed her wounds and Sanzo had ordered them to watch over her until she woke up.
When she finally did wake, it was Hakkai who she had seen first.
"Doko ... " she'd croaked.
Hakkai had stared, her eyes almost matched his.
"You're safe," he had finally said, "What happened to you? Do you remember?"
"I ... I was attacked ... I don't know why or when."
"Do you have a name?"
" ... Makoto. Kino Makoto, I think."
"Saa, Mako-chan, do you remember anything else?"
There was a silence while the girl reflected on what she could remember of her life.
"Anou ... My parents were killed ... so I'm an orphan ... Oniichan ... kimi wa watashi no
oniichan ka?"
Hakkai had mentally reeled. Her comment had brought so many hurtful memories back from that
forbidden part of his mind. He knew she had not meant anything, but it still hurt to think of
his dead sister. Before he could answer that question, however, Sanzo had entered the room and
the interrogation began.///
"Oi! Hakkai!"
The brunette snapped out of his thoughts at Goku's shout. The boy was waving his hand in front
of his face, Makoto standing behind looking worried.
"Daijobu ka? You're not getting sick, too, are you?" she asked.
"Iie, daijobu. Gojyo's the only one quarantine."
Hakkai laughed as Gojyo muttered something not very nice about one eyed healers.
"Quarantine? Is that a food?" asked Goku, ignoring the red head.
Sanzo twitched from the boys comment.
"Do you think about *anything* but food?!" he shouted.
Goku shrunk back and the Kouryu inside Sanzo felt sorry for the boy. Genjou Sanzo, however,
would not let the person he used to be out of the box he was locked in therefore, Goku would
never know that he was sorry.
I let too much of Kouryu take control last night. I won't let it happen again. Sanzo
told himself.
He watched as Makoto and Goku began a game of tag, while Hakkai helped Gojyo around town as they
searched for an inn. The monk remained five steps behind them all, aloof and cold.
"Hayaku, Sanzo-chan!" Makoto grinend.
Sanzo blanched and looked around to make sure nobody had heard. The last thing he needed was a
bunch of religious fanatics who thought he was God. Unfortuneately for him, fate had decided to
bite him in the ass and he could hear the whispers of the townspeople.
"Sanzo?"
"The High Priest Genjou Sanzo?"
"Such a rude girl! Talking to someone of his stature like that."
"Indeed. Someone should set her in her proper place!"
"Why would the Sanzo be traveling with such riff raff?"
"I know, it doesn't make any sense."
Sanzo groaned.
Here we go ... again. he sighed mentally.
He caught Makoto's apologetic grin and waved it off. Tempted as he was, though, he did not give
Goku and Gojyo the international symbol of peace, love and happiness.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Finally the five were settled in an inn close to the other side of town from where they had
entered. The group was sitting around in Sanzo's and Hakkai's shared room, though Gojyo was
asleep in his chair, and the others were reluctant to wake him. Though each hid it, all were
worried about him in their own way. They knew that the freaky God Woman knew what was going on,
but they also knew that she would never tell them.
"So what are we going to do?" Hakkai sighed.
"We can't constantly hang over him," Makoto pointed out, "But we can't just leave him on
his own, either."
Goku and Hakkai nodded their agreement. Sanzo blinked and glanced at them over his newspaper.
"There's an unusual girl around here who does spiritual stuff. We could use her to see
what's wrong with him, in turn seeing if she's the youkai who's been causing problems around
here," he suggested, "All her predictions of the future come true, she can locate missing objects
and people. More often and not those located missing people turn up dead. Maybe we can kill two
bird with one stone."
"Can we eat them, too?" Goku asked.
Hakkai sighed and smiled at him.
"It's an expression. We're not really going to kill birds."
"Oh. But I'm hungry."
Makoto snitched the newspaper from Sanzo, who promptly hit her with his paper fan. She held onto
the paper, though, and read the article on the spiritual girl for herself. It gave all the
information on her that the gods had gathered, and her picture. The girl had long black hair and
neatly trimmed bangs. According to the article she was fifteen her name was ...
"REI-CHAN!" Makoto shouted.
~Owari, chapter 5~
Hehe ... if this chapter in any way confused you ... well, you're kinda stuck until you see the
Saiyuki series, at least up to episode 8. If, however, it is something unrealated to the Saiyuki
series that is confusing you, e-mail me: Chocofill@aol.com, and I'll see what I can do to make it
clearer.
I'd suggest putting some time into researching it because the next few chapters will have you
banging your heads into walls out of confusion. Sankyuu!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Gojyo napped.
Goku complained.
Hakkai made witty comments.
Makoto sang "99 Bottles of Beer on The Wall".
Sanzo twitched.
The next city was starting to seem really, truely, 100%, horribly, very far away.
"Who's really bored?" Makoto asked as they pulled into the new city.
Sanzo glared at her. Hakkai sighed and smiled, humoring her. Gojyo raised his hand. Goku
nodded vigorously.
"Well, we're here," the healer said gently, "Try not to cause too much trouble, ne?"
Makoto and Goku looked at each other, then at him.
"Who, us?" they chorused, a picture of innocence.
"Hai. Anata."
Both innocent looks deflated and Hakkai smiled. He tried his best to play father, Gojyo took up
the 'other brother' position, to the youngest members of their group. Often Makoto was the only
one who actually listened to him, and that was because of her amnesia. Hakkai's smile turned a
little worried as the five piled out of the jeep and it turned into Hakuryu. The small, white
dragon perched around his shoulders and Hakkai stroked his head, thinking of when they had first
met Makoto.
///He, Sanzo and the others had found Makoto in a pool of blood, which Goku had sniffed out.
Luckily for her, most of the blood was not hers, though she had been knocked unconscious. Hakkai
had healed her wounds and Sanzo had ordered them to watch over her until she woke up.
When she finally did wake, it was Hakkai who she had seen first.
"Doko ... " she'd croaked.
Hakkai had stared, her eyes almost matched his.
"You're safe," he had finally said, "What happened to you? Do you remember?"
"I ... I was attacked ... I don't know why or when."
"Do you have a name?"
" ... Makoto. Kino Makoto, I think."
"Saa, Mako-chan, do you remember anything else?"
There was a silence while the girl reflected on what she could remember of her life.
"Anou ... My parents were killed ... so I'm an orphan ... Oniichan ... kimi wa watashi no
oniichan ka?"
Hakkai had mentally reeled. Her comment had brought so many hurtful memories back from that
forbidden part of his mind. He knew she had not meant anything, but it still hurt to think of
his dead sister. Before he could answer that question, however, Sanzo had entered the room and
the interrogation began.///
"Oi! Hakkai!"
The brunette snapped out of his thoughts at Goku's shout. The boy was waving his hand in front
of his face, Makoto standing behind looking worried.
"Daijobu ka? You're not getting sick, too, are you?" she asked.
"Iie, daijobu. Gojyo's the only one quarantine."
Hakkai laughed as Gojyo muttered something not very nice about one eyed healers.
"Quarantine? Is that a food?" asked Goku, ignoring the red head.
Sanzo twitched from the boys comment.
"Do you think about *anything* but food?!" he shouted.
Goku shrunk back and the Kouryu inside Sanzo felt sorry for the boy. Genjou Sanzo, however,
would not let the person he used to be out of the box he was locked in therefore, Goku would
never know that he was sorry.
I let too much of Kouryu take control last night. I won't let it happen again. Sanzo
told himself.
He watched as Makoto and Goku began a game of tag, while Hakkai helped Gojyo around town as they
searched for an inn. The monk remained five steps behind them all, aloof and cold.
"Hayaku, Sanzo-chan!" Makoto grinend.
Sanzo blanched and looked around to make sure nobody had heard. The last thing he needed was a
bunch of religious fanatics who thought he was God. Unfortuneately for him, fate had decided to
bite him in the ass and he could hear the whispers of the townspeople.
"Sanzo?"
"The High Priest Genjou Sanzo?"
"Such a rude girl! Talking to someone of his stature like that."
"Indeed. Someone should set her in her proper place!"
"Why would the Sanzo be traveling with such riff raff?"
"I know, it doesn't make any sense."
Sanzo groaned.
Here we go ... again. he sighed mentally.
He caught Makoto's apologetic grin and waved it off. Tempted as he was, though, he did not give
Goku and Gojyo the international symbol of peace, love and happiness.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Finally the five were settled in an inn close to the other side of town from where they had
entered. The group was sitting around in Sanzo's and Hakkai's shared room, though Gojyo was
asleep in his chair, and the others were reluctant to wake him. Though each hid it, all were
worried about him in their own way. They knew that the freaky God Woman knew what was going on,
but they also knew that she would never tell them.
"So what are we going to do?" Hakkai sighed.
"We can't constantly hang over him," Makoto pointed out, "But we can't just leave him on
his own, either."
Goku and Hakkai nodded their agreement. Sanzo blinked and glanced at them over his newspaper.
"There's an unusual girl around here who does spiritual stuff. We could use her to see
what's wrong with him, in turn seeing if she's the youkai who's been causing problems around
here," he suggested, "All her predictions of the future come true, she can locate missing objects
and people. More often and not those located missing people turn up dead. Maybe we can kill two
bird with one stone."
"Can we eat them, too?" Goku asked.
Hakkai sighed and smiled at him.
"It's an expression. We're not really going to kill birds."
"Oh. But I'm hungry."
Makoto snitched the newspaper from Sanzo, who promptly hit her with his paper fan. She held onto
the paper, though, and read the article on the spiritual girl for herself. It gave all the
information on her that the gods had gathered, and her picture. The girl had long black hair and
neatly trimmed bangs. According to the article she was fifteen her name was ...
"REI-CHAN!" Makoto shouted.
~Owari, chapter 5~
Hehe ... if this chapter in any way confused you ... well, you're kinda stuck until you see the
Saiyuki series, at least up to episode 8. If, however, it is something unrealated to the Saiyuki
series that is confusing you, e-mail me: Chocofill@aol.com, and I'll see what I can do to make it
clearer.
