Chapter 3: Crush

The jeep finally rattled to a stop outside a small town. "Dang, am I tired!" Yuuki jumped off and started walking around to stretch her legs. Gojou, meanwhile had a stony openmouthed expression, indicating he was totally cramp. "That grrl sat on me the whole way, I can't move." He complained. "Aww I'm hungry, Sanzo let's go get something to eat," pleaded Goku. "I'm going." Sanzo snapped.

First a little more description. Gojou was the tallest of the group, followed by Hakkai, Sanzo, and Goku. Yuuki was slightly shorter than Sanzo even in her high-heeled boots, so one can make the assumption she's really short :P

"Help me!!" Gojou croaked, still not able to move. "Haha, come on, Roach," Yuuki pulled Gojou from the Jeep and dragged him by the back of his vest all the way into town. Gojou looked, disconcerted, and Hakkai was there smiling again.

They reached an inn and settled down to eat. Goku, after making the orders, " I hope it comes fast, I'm sooo hungry!" Sanzo hit Goku on the head with a tessen (huge paper kind of fan) "Stop that! You are irritating me!" Gojou with a groan said, " I still can't move!" He was indeed bruised (should I say A LOT) by the drag all the way into town. Yuuki looked at him, sympathetically, then got up and went to him. She started massaging him. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have sat on you. Please accept my forgiveness, " she said softly. (As I said, she is very good at pleading). Gojou suddenly blushed, " Well its okay, it wasn't that bad anyway." Goku, noticing his blush, said in glee, "Gojou, you're blushing! I bet you're thinking dirty again!" Gojou started in anger but then settled down again. "I'll let you off this time."

Meanwhile Sanzo, after seeing that spectacle, whipped out a newspaper with an angry rustle, and opened it, the whole newspaper covering his face. "Ehh?" they all turned to look at him in surprise, as he almost always never show any emotion. But then, the food came, Goku sat to enjoy his meal, Yuuki went back to her chair, passing by close to Sanzo, and they forgot about it. Except Hakkai, who was staring hard at Sanzo.

After eating, Yuuki excused herself, saying she wanted to go for a walk to see the town. A little while after she went, Gojou went out too.

Yuuki walked around, enjoying the sights of these townspeople trying to sell their wares, breathing in fresh smells from the restaurants. Suddenly... "Having fun?" asked Gojou as he walked side by side with her. "Gojou! You came too!" she exclaimed. "Aa, the air was too good to waste, " he answered. Yuuki smiled and walked on. She suddenly stopped and with glittering eyes turned to Gojou, " Look!" Gojou looked and saw gambling centre. "Lets goo!" Yuuki pulled him by the arm. "But I've got no money!" Gojou cried. "Don't worry, I've got this!" Yuuki brandished a gold card : The Three Buddha's Gold Card, owned by Sanzo. "Where the....!!!" "I took it from him when he wasn't looking!" Yuuki said gleefully.

"Full House!" A man slapped down his cards, and stared triumphantly at Yuuki. She looked, no mocked him rather, " So fast? You are good, but not good enough I'm afraid." She laid down her cards. "Straight Flush!" The crowd around the table gasped. "That`s the 15th game in a row she's won!" The man fainted. Yuuki grabbed the money eagerly, then thrust them all to Gojou. "Keep it for me!" And she went off to another table to play. Gojou was dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, Hakkai got up and said, " I'm going shopping, Sanzo. May I have your card please?" "I want to go too!" Goku jumped up and down in delight. "Don't let that stupid monkey go, he'll exhaust the card with all his food purchases," Sanzo said as he groped around for the card. "No I won't, you're so bad Sanzo!" Goku pouted. Hakkai looked in surprise at Sanzo, who was now frantically searching all around his robe. "What's wrong, Sanzo?" "I can't find that damn card." Sanzo cursed. "Maybe you dropped it?" Goku implied helpfully. "No.., ah that bitch! Just now, when she passed me, she must have took it out!" Sanzo burst with rage.

"Don't you think we had a rather fine time today, Roach?" Yuuki happily asked. "You did but I sure didn't!" Gojou complained, juggling huge bags of money. Yuuki turned and waved at the owners of the gambling centre, who were staring after her in disbelief, totally bankrupt. "Bye Bye!! Thanks!" she sang out. " You really shouldn't have done that. Now we're too famous, Sanzo won't like it." Gojou said. Yuuki skipped along, ignoring him. "Lets go buy lots of things before we get back, Roach!" And thanks to Yuuki, they did for Hakkai his shopping and bought lots of food. However...

Yuuki burst into the room they had rented for the night. "Genjo, look I won the whole gambling centre, and got lots of money and lots of food!" She cried. Goku turned "FOOD!" He scrambled and bumped into Gojou who was juggling all the stuff. "Get off, you greedy monkey!"

Hakkai looked apologetically, rubbing his hand behind his head, " I'm really sorry you had to go do all the shopping Yuuki-san." "It's all right with me!" she chirped. Then she looked. "Genjo, did you hear what I said!" For Sanzo was facing the window and did not even turn to look at her. "Genjoo!" She went over to him and shook him. Then Sanzo, got up resolutely, grabbed her by the back of her shirt walked across the room, picked Gojou out and threw them outside of the room and locked the door, without so much as a blink of an eye. Then he walked back to his place by the window again.

"Genjooooo!!!!!!! What did we dooooooO!!! Let me INNNN!!" Yuuki banged on the door. "Don`t you want your GOLD CARD?" she yelled holding out the card. The door suddenly opened, and she fell through. Sanzo picked the card, moved Yuuki away and slammed the door again.

"You're sooo MEANNNNNN!!!!!" Gojou stuck his hands to his ears as Yuuki`s yells could be heard ringing round town. Finally he grabbed her and said, " Enough. It's obvious Sanzo is mad at us. You wouldn't want him to fire his gun would you?" Yuuki stopped her yelling stared at him with tear-streaked eyes, and slowly shook no. "Lets go get another room.... oh I mean, two rooms," Gojou said. "No I want to be with you!" Yuuki cried. "Okay, okay."

"Genjo is mean. Genjo is mean." Yuuki sat cross-legged on the bed, sulking. Gojou was sitting on a chair, with his arms crossed. "Told you you shouldn't have taken the card." " I just borrowed it, and already gave it back. What's wrong with that?" Yuuki sulked. "Unfortunately, the corrupt monk won't accept these kind of excuses." Yuuki got off the bed and poured for herself some water. "Want some?" "No way." Gojou stood up.

Yuuki took heavy steps back towards the bed. Suddenly, she tripped over her bow which she had left lying on the floor. "Yikeeeeeessss!" She screamed, and closed her eyes expecting to hit the hard floor any moment. But she didn't. Instead she felt arms closing around her, shielding her.

"Are you all right? Man, girls are so careless." Gojou said, righting her up. Yuuki looked up at him. " If you didn't save me, I would've dropped to the floor, and hit my head, and-and it would have burst open, and lots of blood spurting out..." She was stopped by Gojou, who kissed her. "~Ehh?~" She thought helplessly. Gojou continued kissing her. "His lips.... are warm...." she thought.

"There better now? Don`t jump to conclusions," Gojou said as he tenderly wiped a strand of hair from her face. Then he suddenly carried her and placed her on the bed. "Go to sleep." He said. She lay down, staring at him. He covered the blanket over her.

"Thanks Roach...." she smiled and fell asleep. Gojou looked at her, blushing. "I can't be liking a girl now! I've sworn off love! Love is nothing to me!" He thought, looking down at her. "But she's so beautiful...." His hand moved but stopped abruptly. What kind of a guy are you, Gojou, wanting to take advantage ! No way! He stepped off the bed resolutely and lay on the mattress on the floor.

The next day...

"Ohhaaaaa!" Yuuki jumped right on Gojou, waking him up. "Youch, are you trying to kill me!?" He yelped. " Do you think Genjo would forgive us now??" she jumped around anxiously. "Lets go see them!" she continued. Gojou looked at her in surprise. "She's still so worried about Sanzo not forgiving us.. could it be...?" "No, but she accepted my kiss...!"

"Yuuki I want to ask you something." Gojou walked over to Yuuki who was about to go out at the door, closed the door firmly, and looked at her. "Do you remember what happened yesterday?" "What, happened? Ohh! You saved me of course from splitting my head! Thanks Roach, now lets go!" Yuuki reached for the door. Gojou held it shut. "After that?" "Hmmm.... I was growing hysterical so you put me to bed!" Yuuki said triumphantly. Gojou, grabbed her and kissed her suddenly.

"Whaa...." Yuuki `s protest died down. "I did this." Gojou looked at her tenderly, and kissed her again. Yuuki was horrified. Sure, he did but she thought that was just to calm her. Zeon did that too, so did Homura and the other gods when she got too hysterical. Her acute senses now came alive. Why didn't she see it earlier, she groaned inwardly. She pushed him slightly. "Gojou.... I think you got the wrong meaning..... I didn't mean it to be like that....." She moved away. "I'm sorry I didn't set this straight earlier, I thought the kiss yesterday was just a normal thing.... you see, " she smiled sheepishly. " I treat you, treat all of you as my brothers, the brothers I didn't have, you really are just Roach to me. I have no special feelings." Yuuki breathed a sigh of relief. "lets goo!" She opened the door and rushed out, leaving Gojou dumbstruck looking after her. "You- You didn't have to be so straightforward!!" He ran after her. "Oh well, I was right, love Don`t exist!" he smiled as he ran. " But she is still interesting....my little sister."

Sanzo was outside, looking as Hakkai was packing up. "Sanzo, aren't we going to call Gojou and Yuuki?" Goku asked looking at the inn. "It's not my problem they are late." "Ah, Don`t look now, but..." Hakkai smiled, holding one finger up.

"Sanzo!!! I'm sooo sorry about yesterday!! Please forgive meeeeeee!" Yuuki ran and wrapped her arms around Sanzo. Sanzo was completely taken aback. She's still so happy...... after what I did, Sanzo thought. Gojou walked out smiling lopsidedly. "Stupid monkey, missed me?" "Che, it was sooo nice without you for once, and I didn't need to share the food with anyone!" Goku smirked. "Whaaat?! You ate all the food we bought!!! Spit it out ! Now !" Gojou jumped in the Jeep and proceeded to pull Goku`s mouth... (well you can imagine it) trying to force him to take it all back out. "Ouch, you stupid water-monster, it's all digested. OUCH!" Goku cried, trying to defend himself.

Yuuki looked hopefully at Sanzo. Sanzo took one look and said, " Lets go." "Am I forgiven?" " Yeah, so now you owe me a favour." Sanzo replied. "Woohooo! Lets goooo!" Yuuki rushed to the jeep but suddenly stopped, and opened the door for Sanzo to get in. "For you, Master Genjo" she bowed. Sanzo sniffed, and climbed up. Just as he settled himself down, Yuuki jumped on his lap. "It's your turn now to provide seats!" Yuuki cheered while Sanzo cursed, trying to take out his gun which was somehow stuck somewhere in his robes. Behind, Gojou and Goku were still making a ruckus about the food yesterday. Hakkai laughed contentedly, and drove the Jeep off, toward the west.