Wow, this is the only fic in the history of all my fics, that has gotten more than one chapter out in a week/month. Normally I have to be tied to the computer chair to keep writing, but for this fic I've written THREE WHOLE CHAPTERS!! (In one week. I think It's one week anyway. I would have posted sooner, but this #$%$#^*#%& machine's cordless connection didn't @#$%^# work.
I guess I feel an obligation, since they're so few Saiyuki fics out there. (Now that is. later, when there are tens of thousands, you'll read this and wonder what the hell I was on.)
AAAAAAAnnnnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyy way, Much thanks to SW-San for reviewing my fics and for writing those lovely fluffy ones. (Which I admit I love, even though I couldn't write fluff to save my life.)
Oh, about the title, 'Broken Bonds' You'll understand it in about the 4/5th chapter ok?
Disclaimer: If I owned ANYONE from Saiyuki, I'd be off with them right now, and to hell with Fanfction.
But I don't, and you just HAD to point that out didn't you? (Sniff) Scum. (Goes and reads fluff fics to cheer herself up)
Enjoy! _!
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Broken Bonds: Part 3
By: Von of Chaos
usabunny@start.com.au
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Gojyo raised an eyebrow at the haggard looking Brunette. "Any sign?"
Hakkai sighed and sat down on the couch by the fire. "I got a definite
lead that he went back the way we came. I don't know where he thinks he's going, but wherever it is, it's as far from here as he can be.
"Shit."
"My thoughts exactly. Does Sanzo know?"
"Nuh, didn't tell him."
"Left me with the Honours huh?"
"Yep."
"Thanks."
"Anytime. Make that Everytime. I wouldn't want to be the one to break the bad news to our innocent little priest. He might innocently blow my head off."
Hakkai gave a tired smile, too worried about Goku to do anything more.
He stood up. "Well, I guess I'd better go brave the lion in his den. Wish me luck."
Gojyo nodded. "I'll put that on your tombstone."
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"He WHAT?!"
Hakkai sighed.
"THAT STUPID MORON!! IM GOING TO KILL HIM!!"
"You can't, he's not here." Hakkai pointed out. He tried again. "Sanzo, try to look at it from Goku's point of view. He's just a kid. He felt he was a danger to us all, he felt guilty, and most of all he felt you would despise him for his lack of control. Guilt and fear can make people do stupid things."
".....Dumbass ape..."
Sanzo was sitting in his bed, head hanging as he stared at his intertwined fingers. His turbulant eyes, so normally full of control, were hidden beneath his blond hair.
Hakkai waited patiently for the priest to collect his thoughts.
It took a little longer than he thought it would. Eventually though, the priest stood decided.
"We go West."
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Gojyo looked up as a knock sounded on the door. He frowned. 'Goku..?' He got up and went to open the door. Standing on the other side was an old, old, OLD lady. She smiled an inscrutable smile up at him.
"Hello laddie, aren't you a pretty one? Now, where's that gourgeous hunk of a man?"
One of Gojyo's eyebrows twitched.
"Wh-who?"
"Oh, you know. That lovely brown haired young man with the captivating emerald eyes and heavenly body. Ohhh I wouldn't mind _that_ young'un in my bed..."
Deciding that his heart had taken sufficent near-death experiences, Gojyo excused himself to go get the man in question.
Now, where did he put that camera...
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"What do you mean 'west'? We have to go get Goku!"
Sanzo glared at him.
"If that stupid Ape has run away then so be it. We don't have time to run all over the country looking for an upset child."
"Ah-hem."
Hakkai and Sanzo looked to the doorway. Gojyo was leaning against it with a smirk on his face.
"Hey Hakkai, there's, er, someone to see you."
"Really? Who?"
"I....didn't catch their name..."
"Oh, ok. I'll be back in a bit. See if you can beat, uh, talk some sense into Sanzo."
"My pleasure."
Hakkai went out of the room, closing the door behind him. Gojyo turned to the violently glaring man.
"Shhhhhh.." He grinned, before opening the door and slipping out of the room as well. Sanzo's face went from anger to confusion in an instant. Getting painfully to his feet, he followed Gojyo out of the room.
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"Hello?"
"Hey Babe."
"Gyah! Er, H-hello again." 'Gojyo you are dead.'
"Mmmmmmm you get more and more spunky everytime I see you..."
"Ummm...thanks..." 'dead.'
Hakkai moved so the table was in between him and the old lady.
"Can I help you with something ma'am?" He asked politely.
The lady smiled coyly at him, which didn't go off too well due to her advanced years and the fact that half her teeth were missing, yellowed or black.
"Sure babe, you can help me get rid of some tension...down there..."
".........er......." 'D-E-A-D.'
Gojyo sniggered quietly to himself, trying desperately to muffle the noise. He was peeking in the gap of the slightly open door, and could see Hakkai constantly moving to keep the table in between him and the hormone-driven old woman. The look on Hakkai's face was priceless.
He raised the camera and took two quick shots, one of Hakkai circling the table, one a close-up of his horrified/sickened/homicidal face.
A scuffle behind him brought his attention to Sanzo, who was staring at him with his 'I don't have a reason to be pissed off at you, but I'm gonna be pissed anyway, so there.' look.
Instead of answering with his usual insult, Gojyo gleefully motioned the blond priest to the door.
Still frowning slightly, Sanzo took a look.
And for an instant, one glorious instant, a smile attacked the corners of his mouth.
Then the instant was gone.
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Bleary eyes looked up at the figure that was blocking the warm sun.
Unable to focus properly, he settled for the knowledge that this new person was female, and therefore wasn't looking for him.
His feverish mind wondered why no females were looking for him, and another part answered because all his companions were male.
The first part started yelling that it wasn't fair.
This led to an arguing match between two halves of the boys mind, and Goku groaned as the mental noise and pain escalated.
Yaone stared down in mild shock at the figure. Insinctivley, she looked around for signs of the rest of the Sanzo party. Her infomation was that the had already moved through this area, but here was the youngest one, Goku, at her feet.
He was in a bad way.
Hesitating only an instant, she crouched down and turned the shuddering boy onto his back. Heat pratically radiated off him, and sweat coated his face. His eyes were glassy and unfocused and as she looked for what might have caused the illness, like a bite wound, he moaned in pain.
After a bit, she found her answer. Partially crushed under his body was a small red/orange berry. One of which she had come to collect. She looked at the berry bush. Sure enough almsot the entire thing had been emptied.
She looked back down at the boy and shook her head. "You stupid idiot. Those are poisoness in small measurments and you had to go eat the whole bush."
She stood and walked off a few steps.
'Why should I do anything?' She asked herself. 'He's with the enemy. It's be a lot easier for us if I just left him here to die. Better a sure death out here then having to fight him later.'
She glanced over at the child who had now not even the strength to re-curl himself against the cold wind.
'Because he's just a little kid. Like Lirin.'
The Sanzo party had rescued Lirin once. From the plant that sought to feed on her. So if she helped this boy know, she'd just be evening things right?
She sighed, then walked back over to the boy. She bent down and picked him up, cradling the shivering form in her arms. His illness seemed to shivel his size, and he weighed pratically nothing.
"You really are very inconsiderate." She scolded. "Eating all my berries, where am I supposed to get supplies now...?"
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Gojyo was huddled over, shaking with silent laughter, as tears of mirth rolled down his face.
Sanzo was sitting against the wall, not peering into the room, but not moving from hearing distance either.
"Come on baby, you know you want to..."
"Ma'am, I really don't think it'd be suitable....I mean..."
Hakkai was backed up against the wall, both hands raised before him, palms out.
The old womman Pressed her right hand against the wall next to Hakkai's head, and put the left on his butt.
Hakkai's eyes got impossibly wide, and a deep blush suffused his features. Idly, his mind entertained the image of flinging the woman through the next wall, but his morals squashed the idea firmly.
He couldn't go around beating up old ladies, No matter how scary they were....
"Ah-hem."
Two sets of eyes swung to the intruder, one annoyed, one frantic.
Gojyo moved across the room and gently pulled the old womans hands away. "What Hakkai means is that he's allready taken."
The old woman scowled. "With who? He hasn't been here very long." She asked suspiciously.
"With me." Gojyo threw an arm around Hakkai's waist and gave him a sickeningly sweet smile.
Hakkai's eyes promised a slow, painfull death.
Gojyo swallowed, but continued the charade.
"We've been together for several years now. And as..er...attractive as you are, He and I have something special going."
The woman frowned, clearly dissapointed.
"What about the blond haired man, I saw him with you the other day.."
Before Hakkai or Gojyo could answer, there was a sudden noise in the hallway. First shuffling/banging as if someone leapt to their feet, knocking against the wall in the process, then footsteps racing down the hall, a door being slammed and the distinctive sound of a deadbolt being locked in place.
"Nope, there's no-one here but us."
"But-"
"Nice meeting you, goodbye!"
Gojyo firmly pushed the old bag outside, before closing and locking the door. He had barely slid the bolt across, when he was grabbed from behind and hurled face-first at the floor. His left arm was twisted up behind him, and a hand pressed his face into the ground.
"Now you die Gojyo..." An enraged Hakkai hissed.
"Ummmm....... sorry?"
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! (And more insane laughter.)
Thank you SW for the brilliant Idea of the stalker old woman!!
Well, I had fun writing this chapter, so I hope you liked reading it! remember, the symbols of appreciation are REVIEWS!! So PLEASE get off your ass (Donkey) and REVIEW!
Sooooo... What's gonna happen with Goku and Yaone? Will she fix him up just enough to kill him? Or will she drop him off with his comrades at the next battle?
Or will Gyokumen discover Goku, and kill both him and Yaone?
Hmmmmm.... I know what's going to happen and you don't! Ha ha ha ha (cough, choke, gasp).
I've got an even more pressing question. WHERE THE HELL IS HAKURYU?! It's been three chapers now that I have completely missed even mentioning him!! Is there a reason, or did I just forget? FIND OUT in the NEXT chapter. (Or the one after that. I make no promises.)
Go read SW's Fluff Fics!!
Oi, SW, Go WRITE more bloody Fluff Fics. What am I, your mother? Nag nag nag..
-Von.
I guess I feel an obligation, since they're so few Saiyuki fics out there. (Now that is. later, when there are tens of thousands, you'll read this and wonder what the hell I was on.)
AAAAAAAnnnnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyy way, Much thanks to SW-San for reviewing my fics and for writing those lovely fluffy ones. (Which I admit I love, even though I couldn't write fluff to save my life.)
Oh, about the title, 'Broken Bonds' You'll understand it in about the 4/5th chapter ok?
Disclaimer: If I owned ANYONE from Saiyuki, I'd be off with them right now, and to hell with Fanfction.
But I don't, and you just HAD to point that out didn't you? (Sniff) Scum. (Goes and reads fluff fics to cheer herself up)
Enjoy! _!
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Broken Bonds: Part 3
By: Von of Chaos
usabunny@start.com.au
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Gojyo raised an eyebrow at the haggard looking Brunette. "Any sign?"
Hakkai sighed and sat down on the couch by the fire. "I got a definite
lead that he went back the way we came. I don't know where he thinks he's going, but wherever it is, it's as far from here as he can be.
"Shit."
"My thoughts exactly. Does Sanzo know?"
"Nuh, didn't tell him."
"Left me with the Honours huh?"
"Yep."
"Thanks."
"Anytime. Make that Everytime. I wouldn't want to be the one to break the bad news to our innocent little priest. He might innocently blow my head off."
Hakkai gave a tired smile, too worried about Goku to do anything more.
He stood up. "Well, I guess I'd better go brave the lion in his den. Wish me luck."
Gojyo nodded. "I'll put that on your tombstone."
-------------------------------
"He WHAT?!"
Hakkai sighed.
"THAT STUPID MORON!! IM GOING TO KILL HIM!!"
"You can't, he's not here." Hakkai pointed out. He tried again. "Sanzo, try to look at it from Goku's point of view. He's just a kid. He felt he was a danger to us all, he felt guilty, and most of all he felt you would despise him for his lack of control. Guilt and fear can make people do stupid things."
".....Dumbass ape..."
Sanzo was sitting in his bed, head hanging as he stared at his intertwined fingers. His turbulant eyes, so normally full of control, were hidden beneath his blond hair.
Hakkai waited patiently for the priest to collect his thoughts.
It took a little longer than he thought it would. Eventually though, the priest stood decided.
"We go West."
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Gojyo looked up as a knock sounded on the door. He frowned. 'Goku..?' He got up and went to open the door. Standing on the other side was an old, old, OLD lady. She smiled an inscrutable smile up at him.
"Hello laddie, aren't you a pretty one? Now, where's that gourgeous hunk of a man?"
One of Gojyo's eyebrows twitched.
"Wh-who?"
"Oh, you know. That lovely brown haired young man with the captivating emerald eyes and heavenly body. Ohhh I wouldn't mind _that_ young'un in my bed..."
Deciding that his heart had taken sufficent near-death experiences, Gojyo excused himself to go get the man in question.
Now, where did he put that camera...
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"What do you mean 'west'? We have to go get Goku!"
Sanzo glared at him.
"If that stupid Ape has run away then so be it. We don't have time to run all over the country looking for an upset child."
"Ah-hem."
Hakkai and Sanzo looked to the doorway. Gojyo was leaning against it with a smirk on his face.
"Hey Hakkai, there's, er, someone to see you."
"Really? Who?"
"I....didn't catch their name..."
"Oh, ok. I'll be back in a bit. See if you can beat, uh, talk some sense into Sanzo."
"My pleasure."
Hakkai went out of the room, closing the door behind him. Gojyo turned to the violently glaring man.
"Shhhhhh.." He grinned, before opening the door and slipping out of the room as well. Sanzo's face went from anger to confusion in an instant. Getting painfully to his feet, he followed Gojyo out of the room.
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"Hello?"
"Hey Babe."
"Gyah! Er, H-hello again." 'Gojyo you are dead.'
"Mmmmmmm you get more and more spunky everytime I see you..."
"Ummm...thanks..." 'dead.'
Hakkai moved so the table was in between him and the old lady.
"Can I help you with something ma'am?" He asked politely.
The lady smiled coyly at him, which didn't go off too well due to her advanced years and the fact that half her teeth were missing, yellowed or black.
"Sure babe, you can help me get rid of some tension...down there..."
".........er......." 'D-E-A-D.'
Gojyo sniggered quietly to himself, trying desperately to muffle the noise. He was peeking in the gap of the slightly open door, and could see Hakkai constantly moving to keep the table in between him and the hormone-driven old woman. The look on Hakkai's face was priceless.
He raised the camera and took two quick shots, one of Hakkai circling the table, one a close-up of his horrified/sickened/homicidal face.
A scuffle behind him brought his attention to Sanzo, who was staring at him with his 'I don't have a reason to be pissed off at you, but I'm gonna be pissed anyway, so there.' look.
Instead of answering with his usual insult, Gojyo gleefully motioned the blond priest to the door.
Still frowning slightly, Sanzo took a look.
And for an instant, one glorious instant, a smile attacked the corners of his mouth.
Then the instant was gone.
--------------------------
Bleary eyes looked up at the figure that was blocking the warm sun.
Unable to focus properly, he settled for the knowledge that this new person was female, and therefore wasn't looking for him.
His feverish mind wondered why no females were looking for him, and another part answered because all his companions were male.
The first part started yelling that it wasn't fair.
This led to an arguing match between two halves of the boys mind, and Goku groaned as the mental noise and pain escalated.
Yaone stared down in mild shock at the figure. Insinctivley, she looked around for signs of the rest of the Sanzo party. Her infomation was that the had already moved through this area, but here was the youngest one, Goku, at her feet.
He was in a bad way.
Hesitating only an instant, she crouched down and turned the shuddering boy onto his back. Heat pratically radiated off him, and sweat coated his face. His eyes were glassy and unfocused and as she looked for what might have caused the illness, like a bite wound, he moaned in pain.
After a bit, she found her answer. Partially crushed under his body was a small red/orange berry. One of which she had come to collect. She looked at the berry bush. Sure enough almsot the entire thing had been emptied.
She looked back down at the boy and shook her head. "You stupid idiot. Those are poisoness in small measurments and you had to go eat the whole bush."
She stood and walked off a few steps.
'Why should I do anything?' She asked herself. 'He's with the enemy. It's be a lot easier for us if I just left him here to die. Better a sure death out here then having to fight him later.'
She glanced over at the child who had now not even the strength to re-curl himself against the cold wind.
'Because he's just a little kid. Like Lirin.'
The Sanzo party had rescued Lirin once. From the plant that sought to feed on her. So if she helped this boy know, she'd just be evening things right?
She sighed, then walked back over to the boy. She bent down and picked him up, cradling the shivering form in her arms. His illness seemed to shivel his size, and he weighed pratically nothing.
"You really are very inconsiderate." She scolded. "Eating all my berries, where am I supposed to get supplies now...?"
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Gojyo was huddled over, shaking with silent laughter, as tears of mirth rolled down his face.
Sanzo was sitting against the wall, not peering into the room, but not moving from hearing distance either.
"Come on baby, you know you want to..."
"Ma'am, I really don't think it'd be suitable....I mean..."
Hakkai was backed up against the wall, both hands raised before him, palms out.
The old womman Pressed her right hand against the wall next to Hakkai's head, and put the left on his butt.
Hakkai's eyes got impossibly wide, and a deep blush suffused his features. Idly, his mind entertained the image of flinging the woman through the next wall, but his morals squashed the idea firmly.
He couldn't go around beating up old ladies, No matter how scary they were....
"Ah-hem."
Two sets of eyes swung to the intruder, one annoyed, one frantic.
Gojyo moved across the room and gently pulled the old womans hands away. "What Hakkai means is that he's allready taken."
The old woman scowled. "With who? He hasn't been here very long." She asked suspiciously.
"With me." Gojyo threw an arm around Hakkai's waist and gave him a sickeningly sweet smile.
Hakkai's eyes promised a slow, painfull death.
Gojyo swallowed, but continued the charade.
"We've been together for several years now. And as..er...attractive as you are, He and I have something special going."
The woman frowned, clearly dissapointed.
"What about the blond haired man, I saw him with you the other day.."
Before Hakkai or Gojyo could answer, there was a sudden noise in the hallway. First shuffling/banging as if someone leapt to their feet, knocking against the wall in the process, then footsteps racing down the hall, a door being slammed and the distinctive sound of a deadbolt being locked in place.
"Nope, there's no-one here but us."
"But-"
"Nice meeting you, goodbye!"
Gojyo firmly pushed the old bag outside, before closing and locking the door. He had barely slid the bolt across, when he was grabbed from behind and hurled face-first at the floor. His left arm was twisted up behind him, and a hand pressed his face into the ground.
"Now you die Gojyo..." An enraged Hakkai hissed.
"Ummmm....... sorry?"
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! (And more insane laughter.)
Thank you SW for the brilliant Idea of the stalker old woman!!
Well, I had fun writing this chapter, so I hope you liked reading it! remember, the symbols of appreciation are REVIEWS!! So PLEASE get off your ass (Donkey) and REVIEW!
Sooooo... What's gonna happen with Goku and Yaone? Will she fix him up just enough to kill him? Or will she drop him off with his comrades at the next battle?
Or will Gyokumen discover Goku, and kill both him and Yaone?
Hmmmmm.... I know what's going to happen and you don't! Ha ha ha ha (cough, choke, gasp).
I've got an even more pressing question. WHERE THE HELL IS HAKURYU?! It's been three chapers now that I have completely missed even mentioning him!! Is there a reason, or did I just forget? FIND OUT in the NEXT chapter. (Or the one after that. I make no promises.)
Go read SW's Fluff Fics!!
Oi, SW, Go WRITE more bloody Fluff Fics. What am I, your mother? Nag nag nag..
-Von.