Chapter Nine: Of Others
A/N: This will have to be VERY short (in my standards anyway). The plot is still unstable but still steady enough for me to put this piece down. The fighting Gyumao thing doesn't start yet! There still some others I want to pick up along the way.... Am I evil or what? ( Gotta warn you. This could get boring...
Disclaimer: Hakuruyu writes these word with his tail on a signboard. 'If anyone else besides Minekura Kazuya claims to own Saiyuki, they will have to be burned by me. Orders of Minekura Kazuya.' With that, he perched on the sign and stares at you.
By: Yamamoto Kou
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Since most of the last chapters are focused on the five bishounens, I would like to introduce a new character that will come later in the story.
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Hakuruyu, or known more as Goujun now, got tired of working with Jiroushin. And the paper cut incident was the last straw.
Jiroushin: YOUR FIRED!!!! *sucks his bleeding fingers*
Goujun: *flamed him with his dragon breath and left*
Goujun flew over to the forest where a woman was leaning against a Sakura tree. He perched on her shoulder and she stroked him. She was the only one that could stroke him much the same way as how Hakkai does it.
The woman was off course a goddess. She's God's daughter. God had her about twenty years ago. She had long, blonde hair but with a lighter sheen. Her eyes were more of an emerald green. She has a very nice figure. She wears a bodysuit, a red leather jacket and a pair of boots to match.
Her name is Yosuki.
That's the name her mother, Teia, gave her. Yosuki is a very, very hard-to- handle sort of girl. She's either very shy or very, very protective. She is also an incredibly stubborn girl. She hardly smiled. She likes to be left alone with her thoughts. No, she's not like Sanzo if that's what you guys are thinking. When I said 'hardly smiles' doesn't mean she will start to yell or complain about anything either. Her face is always neutral. She is very quiet. If someone or something bothers her, she either ignores it completely, use a few words, (No, not cussing but just as effective. Depends on what the situation is though.) or takes out her only weapon, a dagger.
She was just as skilled as any of the soldiers in the army and is a pro at handling weapons, but why she chose a dagger was anyone's guess. If someone persistent was to pester her, the dagger will be at their throats.
She also has one trait very much like Sanzo. She hates Kanzeon Bosatsu. She took most of what she says as crap. She never addressed her properly either. Yubaba as Yosuki knew her. The word yubaba means an old woman/hag/witch. Kanzeon Bosatsu is often very annoyed when she was called this. She often spent her time trying very hard to annoy her. Unfortunately, she has a virtue that her nephew didn't have much of as a god. Patience. It was the one thing that kept her from letting curses flowing from her mouth. She ignored her completely. Yubaba was very, very annoyed by this.
Yubaba (Kanzeon Bosatsu): K'so. *annoyed enough to eat her own slipper but unfortunately didn't eat it*
So there she was, under the tree, and stroking Goujun. And if any of you remember about some other blonde knowing about Haku and the evil impostor of Li Touten, then I'll tell you now. She's not the one. When I say far away, I mean VERY far away.
Now that I've introduced the new character, it's time to go back to the bishounens.
(Please note that she will only be one of the background characters. Temporarily.)
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Lirin was bloody and tired. She trudged along with a dull vision. She had no sense of where she was heading. She had escaped the dungeon that Gyumao, her stepfather, left her to suffer. He kept telling her day by day that when she was whipped that she was weak. Useless. Pathetic. She was angry with him. Not only for torturing her and claiming that she was as useless as a slug, but also because he hurt Dokukaji-san, Yoane-san, and oniichan! She knows he did!
They were somewhere else. Gyumao had made sure that they were all far away from each other. They are weaker individually and easier to provoke.
Lirin bent herself on finding them when she managed to escape. These few weeks, Gyumao seems to have other things on his mind. It gave her the chance. But she doesn't know where they are. Besides, she was in no condition to search for them in a place like this. She was wounded not only by Gyumao himself, but also along the way, his minions suddenly appeared and attacked. She barely made it. Some of her healed wounds have reopened. She was on the brink of death. But she trudged on.
Because of her blurred vision, she didn't notice that she was headed towards some figures in the distance.
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By now, the Sanzo-Ikkou has been together for a few days. Gojyo is already adapting to changes. Although there's one thing he could never get used to.
Gojyo: Itai! Sanzo, what on Earth was that for! This is eight time today! *rubs head*
Sanzo: Urusei. *is very happy that he has a target that can't move as fast*
Hakkai: Maa, maa. ^ ^
Nataku: *tries to look ahead and not imagine how much it hurts to be hit by that harisen* [At least he's not after me anymore.]
Haku: *takes a glimpse at Gojyo and Sanzo* [Lucky that there's Gojyo around. I wouldn't want to get hit by his harisen again. *remembers all the times he's been hit and eyes turn beady* But I'll show him! *eyes go back to normal* I'll show them! They think that Son Goku is a bakasaru that has no brain and thinks of food huh? I'll show them! The look on their faces when they find out will be priceless! ^ ^ All I have to do is get them all outta this place.]
Suddenly, Gyumao appeared.
Gojyo: Oi! Gyumao! Let's get it on already! I want payback! *gets shakujo out*
Everyone else: *gets weapons ready*
Gyumao: *sweat dropping mentally* [Why do they have to do that before I even SAY anything? For crying out loud!] Not so fast!
Everyone: *still in fighting stance* What do you mean 'Not so fast'!?
Gyumao: Your forgetting something.
Nataku: I don't think so.
Gyumao: You three should remember my son Kougaiji and the others.
Sanzo-Ikkou (including Haku): *remembers that there was no word of Kougaiji and the others ever since the battle*
Gyumao: I see you remember. Have any of you ever wonder what happened to them?
Haku: *slip of the tongue* You took them didn't you?
Gyumao: *blinks* Yes. They weren't loyal to me. Because of that, I've taken them to suffer at my hands. Gyumao will not tolerate with subordinates who are not loyal to him. They have been tortured physically instead of mentally though. But of course, if you want to finish me off now, do it. *crosses arms against chest*
Sanzo: *arm seemed to jerk as if tempted to take the chance* K'so. *lowers his gun instead*
Gojyo: *silent for a while before speaking* Looks like I'll have to skip this chance. *lowers shakujo* I still have a score to settle with 'that' guy and I'm not letting him get the easy way out.
Hakkai: Sou. We don't like to leave an unfinished fight go to waste. Sou deska?
Nataku: *looks at the others and shrugs while lowering his sword* I'll deal with you later. When the time comes for us to really battle, I'll get the pleasure to kill you a second time.
Haku: ...
Gyumao: I see you have made your choice. I'll make sure you regret it. *disappears*
Haku: *jumps away as something big breaks out of the ground*
Others: *gets thrown several feet into the air due to the impact but managed to recover*
Haku: *already shooting the thing*
Gyumao: *in his castle* Damn it! Missed him!
The thing is more like a worm than any of the last ones Gojyo saw during those few days. From now on, those things will be known as centipedes. This one is the real worm. Earthworm to be exact. It had the same look. The only difference would be that it's WAY bigger than the centipedes, its skin was oozing with sticky slime, and its skin was soft but tougher than crocodiles (or dragons) hide. But the difference is mostly exaggerated at the head. (No, I'm not exaggerating. I'm describing.) No eyes like a real earthworm but it looked like the head of one of those carnivorous plants. (No, it's head in not like a plant, but shaped like one.) Jagged rows of razor sharp teeth can be seen dripping in a thicker, slimier liquid than the slime that's oozing from its skin.
Gojyo: *yelled at Haku* OI! WARN US NEXT TIME OKAY? *uses his shakujo to wrap around it and then tugged at it*
To his surprise, his shakujo was melting. He managed to save it from completely melting but he's left with some blunt piece of metal.
Gojyo: What happened?
Hakkai: Must have something to do with the slime.
Nataku: *had to sheath his sword and use some fire balls*
The worm opened its mouth and......... swallowed the fireballs. After that, it gave out one huge, disgusting burp, which resulted into the making of a gigantic, slime dripping, and smoking bubble. Nataku managed to get away before the bubble managed to get him. It hit the ground instead and before long, he found himself sprawled in front of the world's largest crater.
Sanzo: *kept shooting it and had some effect as they were youkai-ascending bullets* (Please note that Sanzo doesn't have the sutra since Gyumao took it.)
Haku: *his shots also had some effect*
Hakkai: *his ki balls did some damage too*
Gojyo: *tried to figure out how to make use of what's left of his shakujo*
Nataku: *take out his sword and attacked it with it with his sword forming a fire dragon like what Homura does*
Worm: *saw its chance and starts sucking the flames of the fire dragon thingy then burps for an incredibly long period of time and the bubbles came like bullets from a machine gun*
Hakkai/Sanzo/Haku: *due to the sudden attack, their shots all ended up blowing the ground under it*
The force threw the worm a distance away. It landed and skidded to a halt. Dust and sand flew up to the air. But it was still alive and will only take a matter of seconds to recover.
That was when Haku noticed someone heading towards them. He couldn't make out who, but it was definitely not one of the attackers.
By then, the worm had recovered and got up. It swung its head around the air. It probably aims for us by smelling for us. But then it changed direction and headed for the figure.
Sanzo: What the?
Then everyone finally noticed the figure in the distance. It was closer now and everybody can see that it's wounded and dazed. They realised that they couldn't get there in time to save whoever that is.
Haku instantly reacted. He thrust his hand upon the ground and the ground under the figure instantly rose from flat ground to raging mountain. The worm banged into the mountain (Ouch!) and the figure collapsed due to exhaustion.
Everyone used this opportunity to head for the worm. They continued to attack it. It took a while for the attacks to take its toll. Soon the worm started to squirm and burn marks, though small, are becoming visible. Boils are starting to appear.
Then, the unexpected happen. The earthworm opened its moth and seemed like suffocating. It started to change from plushy pink, to a deep red. Then the whole thing started to change into a shade of dark purple. All this while it squirmed. The slime was coming out in waves and the drool thing from its mouth is flowing non-stop. It also appears that it's starting to foam at the mouth. The boils were shrivelling up. The burn marks seem to withdraw back into the skin. Suddenly, it stopped.
Then as fast as it stopped, it lunged at them. Its mouth was no more like that of a plant but now it had no head at all. All it had was a gaping hole of a mouth at one end of its body. The earthworm was no more an earthworm but an earthworm-leech. It lunged at them and moved madly towards Haku. In the blink of an eye, it brought itself down, mouth aimed. In was now sucking.
The earthworm-leech continued to suck. It was unruly. It sucked greedily without stopping. The others were too stunned to move. The earthworm-leech suddenly stopped. It turned to face them. It then started to topple. It fell with a mighty thump onto the ground. Then with the sound of something ripping apart, it split in half. Guts spewed and smoked with acid.
Haku can be seen standing behind it with his Nyoibo-sword. He was panting. The Nyoibo-sword had some jolts like there's lightning powering it up.
There was a moment of silence.
Hakkai: Daijobu deska Haku?
Haku: *got up from his stance* Henki, henki.
The figure groaned. Haku made the mountain descend slowly into the ground. It turned out to be Lirin.
Hakkai: Lirin! *quickly came over and started to heal her wounds immediately*
Gojyo: *turns to Nataku* Does this happen often?
Nataku: What?
Gojyo: When Gyumao comes, do more stinkin monsters come?
Nataku: *nods his head*
Gojyo: This guy has too much time to waste. *hands Haku his shakujo to be fixed*
Hakkai: We might as well stay here for now. It's almost night anyway.
Sanzo: Oi! Haku!
Haku: Nani ko re?
Sanzo: You didn't tell us that you could do that. *gestures to the place where the mountain was*
Haku: Guess I forgot to mention that.
Sanzo: *looks suspiciously at Haku before averting his attention to his gun*
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Haku was sleeping just as everyone else was. But something was coming closer. It crept from the shadows and slowly crept nearer and nearer. It neared Haku. It then disappeared.
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Haku found himself enveloped in darkness like the last time. He knows this is a dream. He knows that it was the work of 'it'. He knows that it came into his mind.
Haku: You! You were the one that clouded my senses so it took me a bit longer to attack that thing when it came for me! You're also the one that morphed that thing!
Impostor: *only a voice* Come now. Let bygones be bygones. I'm not going to make any attempts on you tonight. I came to you specially tonight out of curiosity. *sound of something flying by*
Haku: Curiosity? About what? *turning around to face the sound of the invisible flying 'thing' while raising an eye brow*
Impostor: You know your just power given a form. But let me ask you this. Who are you? What are you? If you're a human, a demon, a taboo, a kami, a demigod, or even a monster, I understand. But you, you are just so mind bobbling.
Haku: What's so mind bobbling to you? *mutters under breath* Oh so benevolently stupid git.
Impostor: *pretends not to hear that* Why do you exist before my eyes as something alive?
Haku: It's none of your business.
Impostor: But I must know my opponent before I come for the kill. Before, I thought you were a monster, but after that night, you seemed more like an alien being. It makes me wonder. Who are you? What are you? Why are you here? Why are you like this? Is this what you are made to be? What is your purpose?
Haku: *smirked* Then let me ask you the same questions. Who are you?
Impostor: I am myself.
Haku: I said WHO are you?
Impostor: I am evil. I am one of the many things born of things that are not right to begin with. I am made to bring destruction to the land. I am-
Haku: You are not answering my questions.
Impostor: Then why didn't you answer my questions at all?
Haku: Because, *points Nyoibo-sword at the approximate location of where the voice is coming from* I'm suppose to get rid of you.
Impostor: Do you really think you can destroy me you stupid-
Haku: *slashes through the darkness and rips it, creating a hole* I've had just about enough of you tonight.
Impostor: *disappearing along with darkness that's draining out into the hole* K'so!
Haku: Why didn't try I destroy you? It's because I know that this maybe your true form but unless you get your complete form, I'm stuck with a freaking, talking, piece of nothing.
Impostor: Ch. I thought no one else knew...*by now, completely disappears*
Haku: But... *slowly drifting back to unconsciousness* I can't answer your questions anyway. *everything going fuzzy* Because...*slipping* I don't know either... *slips back to sleep*
AFN: Don't ask too much about Yosuki. Please. I'm just trying to put something new in here. Wonder if you guys think this is boring... Please send five reviews for the continuation. Suspicions of Haku being Goku will come in the next chapter.
TAAFN: Know any good Anime sites?
A/N: This will have to be VERY short (in my standards anyway). The plot is still unstable but still steady enough for me to put this piece down. The fighting Gyumao thing doesn't start yet! There still some others I want to pick up along the way.... Am I evil or what? ( Gotta warn you. This could get boring...
Disclaimer: Hakuruyu writes these word with his tail on a signboard. 'If anyone else besides Minekura Kazuya claims to own Saiyuki, they will have to be burned by me. Orders of Minekura Kazuya.' With that, he perched on the sign and stares at you.
By: Yamamoto Kou
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Since most of the last chapters are focused on the five bishounens, I would like to introduce a new character that will come later in the story.
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Hakuruyu, or known more as Goujun now, got tired of working with Jiroushin. And the paper cut incident was the last straw.
Jiroushin: YOUR FIRED!!!! *sucks his bleeding fingers*
Goujun: *flamed him with his dragon breath and left*
Goujun flew over to the forest where a woman was leaning against a Sakura tree. He perched on her shoulder and she stroked him. She was the only one that could stroke him much the same way as how Hakkai does it.
The woman was off course a goddess. She's God's daughter. God had her about twenty years ago. She had long, blonde hair but with a lighter sheen. Her eyes were more of an emerald green. She has a very nice figure. She wears a bodysuit, a red leather jacket and a pair of boots to match.
Her name is Yosuki.
That's the name her mother, Teia, gave her. Yosuki is a very, very hard-to- handle sort of girl. She's either very shy or very, very protective. She is also an incredibly stubborn girl. She hardly smiled. She likes to be left alone with her thoughts. No, she's not like Sanzo if that's what you guys are thinking. When I said 'hardly smiles' doesn't mean she will start to yell or complain about anything either. Her face is always neutral. She is very quiet. If someone or something bothers her, she either ignores it completely, use a few words, (No, not cussing but just as effective. Depends on what the situation is though.) or takes out her only weapon, a dagger.
She was just as skilled as any of the soldiers in the army and is a pro at handling weapons, but why she chose a dagger was anyone's guess. If someone persistent was to pester her, the dagger will be at their throats.
She also has one trait very much like Sanzo. She hates Kanzeon Bosatsu. She took most of what she says as crap. She never addressed her properly either. Yubaba as Yosuki knew her. The word yubaba means an old woman/hag/witch. Kanzeon Bosatsu is often very annoyed when she was called this. She often spent her time trying very hard to annoy her. Unfortunately, she has a virtue that her nephew didn't have much of as a god. Patience. It was the one thing that kept her from letting curses flowing from her mouth. She ignored her completely. Yubaba was very, very annoyed by this.
Yubaba (Kanzeon Bosatsu): K'so. *annoyed enough to eat her own slipper but unfortunately didn't eat it*
So there she was, under the tree, and stroking Goujun. And if any of you remember about some other blonde knowing about Haku and the evil impostor of Li Touten, then I'll tell you now. She's not the one. When I say far away, I mean VERY far away.
Now that I've introduced the new character, it's time to go back to the bishounens.
(Please note that she will only be one of the background characters. Temporarily.)
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Lirin was bloody and tired. She trudged along with a dull vision. She had no sense of where she was heading. She had escaped the dungeon that Gyumao, her stepfather, left her to suffer. He kept telling her day by day that when she was whipped that she was weak. Useless. Pathetic. She was angry with him. Not only for torturing her and claiming that she was as useless as a slug, but also because he hurt Dokukaji-san, Yoane-san, and oniichan! She knows he did!
They were somewhere else. Gyumao had made sure that they were all far away from each other. They are weaker individually and easier to provoke.
Lirin bent herself on finding them when she managed to escape. These few weeks, Gyumao seems to have other things on his mind. It gave her the chance. But she doesn't know where they are. Besides, she was in no condition to search for them in a place like this. She was wounded not only by Gyumao himself, but also along the way, his minions suddenly appeared and attacked. She barely made it. Some of her healed wounds have reopened. She was on the brink of death. But she trudged on.
Because of her blurred vision, she didn't notice that she was headed towards some figures in the distance.
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By now, the Sanzo-Ikkou has been together for a few days. Gojyo is already adapting to changes. Although there's one thing he could never get used to.
Gojyo: Itai! Sanzo, what on Earth was that for! This is eight time today! *rubs head*
Sanzo: Urusei. *is very happy that he has a target that can't move as fast*
Hakkai: Maa, maa. ^ ^
Nataku: *tries to look ahead and not imagine how much it hurts to be hit by that harisen* [At least he's not after me anymore.]
Haku: *takes a glimpse at Gojyo and Sanzo* [Lucky that there's Gojyo around. I wouldn't want to get hit by his harisen again. *remembers all the times he's been hit and eyes turn beady* But I'll show him! *eyes go back to normal* I'll show them! They think that Son Goku is a bakasaru that has no brain and thinks of food huh? I'll show them! The look on their faces when they find out will be priceless! ^ ^ All I have to do is get them all outta this place.]
Suddenly, Gyumao appeared.
Gojyo: Oi! Gyumao! Let's get it on already! I want payback! *gets shakujo out*
Everyone else: *gets weapons ready*
Gyumao: *sweat dropping mentally* [Why do they have to do that before I even SAY anything? For crying out loud!] Not so fast!
Everyone: *still in fighting stance* What do you mean 'Not so fast'!?
Gyumao: Your forgetting something.
Nataku: I don't think so.
Gyumao: You three should remember my son Kougaiji and the others.
Sanzo-Ikkou (including Haku): *remembers that there was no word of Kougaiji and the others ever since the battle*
Gyumao: I see you remember. Have any of you ever wonder what happened to them?
Haku: *slip of the tongue* You took them didn't you?
Gyumao: *blinks* Yes. They weren't loyal to me. Because of that, I've taken them to suffer at my hands. Gyumao will not tolerate with subordinates who are not loyal to him. They have been tortured physically instead of mentally though. But of course, if you want to finish me off now, do it. *crosses arms against chest*
Sanzo: *arm seemed to jerk as if tempted to take the chance* K'so. *lowers his gun instead*
Gojyo: *silent for a while before speaking* Looks like I'll have to skip this chance. *lowers shakujo* I still have a score to settle with 'that' guy and I'm not letting him get the easy way out.
Hakkai: Sou. We don't like to leave an unfinished fight go to waste. Sou deska?
Nataku: *looks at the others and shrugs while lowering his sword* I'll deal with you later. When the time comes for us to really battle, I'll get the pleasure to kill you a second time.
Haku: ...
Gyumao: I see you have made your choice. I'll make sure you regret it. *disappears*
Haku: *jumps away as something big breaks out of the ground*
Others: *gets thrown several feet into the air due to the impact but managed to recover*
Haku: *already shooting the thing*
Gyumao: *in his castle* Damn it! Missed him!
The thing is more like a worm than any of the last ones Gojyo saw during those few days. From now on, those things will be known as centipedes. This one is the real worm. Earthworm to be exact. It had the same look. The only difference would be that it's WAY bigger than the centipedes, its skin was oozing with sticky slime, and its skin was soft but tougher than crocodiles (or dragons) hide. But the difference is mostly exaggerated at the head. (No, I'm not exaggerating. I'm describing.) No eyes like a real earthworm but it looked like the head of one of those carnivorous plants. (No, it's head in not like a plant, but shaped like one.) Jagged rows of razor sharp teeth can be seen dripping in a thicker, slimier liquid than the slime that's oozing from its skin.
Gojyo: *yelled at Haku* OI! WARN US NEXT TIME OKAY? *uses his shakujo to wrap around it and then tugged at it*
To his surprise, his shakujo was melting. He managed to save it from completely melting but he's left with some blunt piece of metal.
Gojyo: What happened?
Hakkai: Must have something to do with the slime.
Nataku: *had to sheath his sword and use some fire balls*
The worm opened its mouth and......... swallowed the fireballs. After that, it gave out one huge, disgusting burp, which resulted into the making of a gigantic, slime dripping, and smoking bubble. Nataku managed to get away before the bubble managed to get him. It hit the ground instead and before long, he found himself sprawled in front of the world's largest crater.
Sanzo: *kept shooting it and had some effect as they were youkai-ascending bullets* (Please note that Sanzo doesn't have the sutra since Gyumao took it.)
Haku: *his shots also had some effect*
Hakkai: *his ki balls did some damage too*
Gojyo: *tried to figure out how to make use of what's left of his shakujo*
Nataku: *take out his sword and attacked it with it with his sword forming a fire dragon like what Homura does*
Worm: *saw its chance and starts sucking the flames of the fire dragon thingy then burps for an incredibly long period of time and the bubbles came like bullets from a machine gun*
Hakkai/Sanzo/Haku: *due to the sudden attack, their shots all ended up blowing the ground under it*
The force threw the worm a distance away. It landed and skidded to a halt. Dust and sand flew up to the air. But it was still alive and will only take a matter of seconds to recover.
That was when Haku noticed someone heading towards them. He couldn't make out who, but it was definitely not one of the attackers.
By then, the worm had recovered and got up. It swung its head around the air. It probably aims for us by smelling for us. But then it changed direction and headed for the figure.
Sanzo: What the?
Then everyone finally noticed the figure in the distance. It was closer now and everybody can see that it's wounded and dazed. They realised that they couldn't get there in time to save whoever that is.
Haku instantly reacted. He thrust his hand upon the ground and the ground under the figure instantly rose from flat ground to raging mountain. The worm banged into the mountain (Ouch!) and the figure collapsed due to exhaustion.
Everyone used this opportunity to head for the worm. They continued to attack it. It took a while for the attacks to take its toll. Soon the worm started to squirm and burn marks, though small, are becoming visible. Boils are starting to appear.
Then, the unexpected happen. The earthworm opened its moth and seemed like suffocating. It started to change from plushy pink, to a deep red. Then the whole thing started to change into a shade of dark purple. All this while it squirmed. The slime was coming out in waves and the drool thing from its mouth is flowing non-stop. It also appears that it's starting to foam at the mouth. The boils were shrivelling up. The burn marks seem to withdraw back into the skin. Suddenly, it stopped.
Then as fast as it stopped, it lunged at them. Its mouth was no more like that of a plant but now it had no head at all. All it had was a gaping hole of a mouth at one end of its body. The earthworm was no more an earthworm but an earthworm-leech. It lunged at them and moved madly towards Haku. In the blink of an eye, it brought itself down, mouth aimed. In was now sucking.
The earthworm-leech continued to suck. It was unruly. It sucked greedily without stopping. The others were too stunned to move. The earthworm-leech suddenly stopped. It turned to face them. It then started to topple. It fell with a mighty thump onto the ground. Then with the sound of something ripping apart, it split in half. Guts spewed and smoked with acid.
Haku can be seen standing behind it with his Nyoibo-sword. He was panting. The Nyoibo-sword had some jolts like there's lightning powering it up.
There was a moment of silence.
Hakkai: Daijobu deska Haku?
Haku: *got up from his stance* Henki, henki.
The figure groaned. Haku made the mountain descend slowly into the ground. It turned out to be Lirin.
Hakkai: Lirin! *quickly came over and started to heal her wounds immediately*
Gojyo: *turns to Nataku* Does this happen often?
Nataku: What?
Gojyo: When Gyumao comes, do more stinkin monsters come?
Nataku: *nods his head*
Gojyo: This guy has too much time to waste. *hands Haku his shakujo to be fixed*
Hakkai: We might as well stay here for now. It's almost night anyway.
Sanzo: Oi! Haku!
Haku: Nani ko re?
Sanzo: You didn't tell us that you could do that. *gestures to the place where the mountain was*
Haku: Guess I forgot to mention that.
Sanzo: *looks suspiciously at Haku before averting his attention to his gun*
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Haku was sleeping just as everyone else was. But something was coming closer. It crept from the shadows and slowly crept nearer and nearer. It neared Haku. It then disappeared.
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Haku found himself enveloped in darkness like the last time. He knows this is a dream. He knows that it was the work of 'it'. He knows that it came into his mind.
Haku: You! You were the one that clouded my senses so it took me a bit longer to attack that thing when it came for me! You're also the one that morphed that thing!
Impostor: *only a voice* Come now. Let bygones be bygones. I'm not going to make any attempts on you tonight. I came to you specially tonight out of curiosity. *sound of something flying by*
Haku: Curiosity? About what? *turning around to face the sound of the invisible flying 'thing' while raising an eye brow*
Impostor: You know your just power given a form. But let me ask you this. Who are you? What are you? If you're a human, a demon, a taboo, a kami, a demigod, or even a monster, I understand. But you, you are just so mind bobbling.
Haku: What's so mind bobbling to you? *mutters under breath* Oh so benevolently stupid git.
Impostor: *pretends not to hear that* Why do you exist before my eyes as something alive?
Haku: It's none of your business.
Impostor: But I must know my opponent before I come for the kill. Before, I thought you were a monster, but after that night, you seemed more like an alien being. It makes me wonder. Who are you? What are you? Why are you here? Why are you like this? Is this what you are made to be? What is your purpose?
Haku: *smirked* Then let me ask you the same questions. Who are you?
Impostor: I am myself.
Haku: I said WHO are you?
Impostor: I am evil. I am one of the many things born of things that are not right to begin with. I am made to bring destruction to the land. I am-
Haku: You are not answering my questions.
Impostor: Then why didn't you answer my questions at all?
Haku: Because, *points Nyoibo-sword at the approximate location of where the voice is coming from* I'm suppose to get rid of you.
Impostor: Do you really think you can destroy me you stupid-
Haku: *slashes through the darkness and rips it, creating a hole* I've had just about enough of you tonight.
Impostor: *disappearing along with darkness that's draining out into the hole* K'so!
Haku: Why didn't try I destroy you? It's because I know that this maybe your true form but unless you get your complete form, I'm stuck with a freaking, talking, piece of nothing.
Impostor: Ch. I thought no one else knew...*by now, completely disappears*
Haku: But... *slowly drifting back to unconsciousness* I can't answer your questions anyway. *everything going fuzzy* Because...*slipping* I don't know either... *slips back to sleep*
AFN: Don't ask too much about Yosuki. Please. I'm just trying to put something new in here. Wonder if you guys think this is boring... Please send five reviews for the continuation. Suspicions of Haku being Goku will come in the next chapter.
TAAFN: Know any good Anime sites?