A/N: Hello again. Looks like we have another chapter. I'm so glad I'm going back and editing these since I haven't really touched them since I've been working on Merging Paths. I've noticed that the asterisks don't show up anymore, so there was nothing signifying a shift in scene. I can imagine how confused some new readers must be with the abrupt change in scene. So, if there are any new readers to this fic, sorry about the mess, I'm trying to fix it as we speak

I do not own Saiyuki, but I do own the Daycarthro Chronicles.

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Chapter 6: Three Down, One More to Go!

"I can't believe we ran into the idiot here," Evan says as he shakes his head.

"Hey War—" Cassandra begins, but Evan yanks her away from the window.

"We should give him a proper greeting," Evan smirks.

"Evan?" Cassandra calls, but the child has already entered the restaurant.

"Do you know him?" Goku asks Cassandra. The guy seems to be around eighteen, with short blond hair, which seems darker at the roots. The blond has boyish looks and blue eyes like the sky on a warm summer day. He is fairly tall about six one, and with a medium build.

"He's…" Evan runs up to the blond man and flings himself onto him, who tumbles off the chair.

"What the hell!" the blond yells. He looks down at the boy whose arms are wrapped around his neck.

"Evan!" the guy says in shock. "Get the hell off me! You're supposed to do this to your brother, not me."

"But daddy, brother is waiting for us."

"Daddy!" the blond repeats.

"Mommy's still sick and we've been waiting for you to come home."

"I'm not your dad! Get off me!" Evan squeezes harder.

"Evan seems happy when he is with that young man." Hakkai smiles uneasily.

"That's one way of looking at it," Cassandra sighs. "That's Warner."

"But daddy, don't you love me?" Evan whines.

"No! Now let go!" Warner tries to pry the boy's arms off of him, with no success.

"Why don't you love me anymore?" Evan bursts in tears. The woman has had enough of this. She walks up to Warner and slaps him.

"Jerk," she mutters, as she stalks off.

"But, he's not my kid!" the blond calls. Evan's sniffles turn into laughter. "I'm going to kill you!" the blond yells.

"Warner, that's what you get for trying to pick up girls here." Evan lets go of Warner and jumps out of reach when the guy tries to hit him.

"I was waiting for you guys to find me." Warner begins to strangle Evan.

"That's good you still remembered us," Cassandra interrupts the two.

"Hey babe," Warner smiles. "Did you miss me?"

"No, I was starting to enjoy not being called babe," Cassandra replies.

"If you want, I'll come up with a better name, but I'm trying to keep it PG because of the kid being around."

"I'm older than you!" Evan yells.

"Past lives don't count," Warner says matter-of-factly. Warner notices Hakkai and Goku are watching them. "Hey Cassandra, those guys are looking at us strangely."

"That's because we know them, dumb-ass," Evan sneers.

"Oh…hey don't call me dumb-ass, hell spawn."

"Only Raven can call me that!" Evan kicks Warner, who smacks him back, the two once again begin to fight. The waitress comes out and places food on the table, while Goku's mouth waters.

"Come on Hakkai, Goku, let's just go back to the hotel," Cassandra finally says, giving up on trying to stop the two from fighting. Goku looks from Warner then to the food. He snatches the plate of food then follows Cassandra and Hakkai. A small crowd has formed outside the restaurant as Evan and Warner duke it out.

"I've never seen a grow man have trouble fighting a child," a woman comments from the crowd. A man runs in front of the crowd and takes a picture of Evan and Warner. The two stop realizing they have an audience. Warner has his hands around Evan's neck, while the child is digging his knee into Warner's gut.

"Cassandra?" Evan and Warner say when they don't see the blonde girl. "Now look what you've done!" Evan and Warner glare at each other. "Stop that!" The two then race after Cassandra, Hakkai and Goku.

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Back at the hotel in the commoner's room, Goku is munching on the food he stole from Warner. Gojyo, Hakkai and Sanzo are playing a hand of poker, while Cassandra is sitting on the couch, watching the door. Evan enters the room, quietly whispering something to Warner. The blond nods his head and walks up to Gojyo, whose back is facing him. Warner puts his arms around Gojyo's shoulders.

"Hey, beautiful, I've never seen a girl with red hair like yours," Warner whispers in Goyjo's ear. Everyone bursts into laughter.

"Sorry, but I like women," Gojyo replies, a blank look on his face.

"Jeez, Warner you must be really desperate if you are hitting on guys now," Evan laughs. Warner jumps back, his face turning pale.

"You bastard, you told me he was a girl!" Warner shouts. Sanzo's eye is twitching, ready to extract punishment on the Warner and Evan.

"Stop it now," Cassandra snaps. That's all I need is for Sanzo to blow their heads off. "Warner you better be on your best behavior or a certain something we would all rather forget, will end up being told to everyone," Cassandra smiles at him.

"Raven told you?" Warner asks, his face becoming even paler.

"No, but if you cause any of these people any grief I will tell Raven, who will then tell everyone you know."

"Sure Cassandra, my mouth is shut." Warner sits on the couch. "And red-head, sorry about that. That demon child told me you were a hot girl."

"We all know you like to hit on guys anyway, so why try to cover it up," Evan sneers.

"The day I start hitting on guys is the day I turn into a girl," Warner mumbles. Goku reaches over and pats Warner on the chest.

"Nope, he is still a guy," Goku announces. Warner flinches at the comment, trying to keep himself from smacking the golden-eyed boy upside the head. Sanzo is about to whip out his fan when Warner distracts him.

"So where is the Almighty Raven?" Warner asks.

"Who knows?" Evan says, as he snatches a strawberry from Goku's plate, when the young youkai isn't looking.

"Then who is going to make sure you don't get into trouble?" Warner asks, backing away from Evan.

"You have a good point there. Well…I guess…no one," Evan begins to laugh wickedly.

"I'm outta here," Warner gets up and goes for the door. Everyone looks up at him, wondering why he is spooked. "Do you think I'm stupid enough to hang around here with Demon Child on the loose! I rather take on the Demon Prince all on my own than stay here."

"Quit complaining," Cassandra speaks up. "We have to stick together if you haven't forgotten."

"Sanzo will make sure Evan doesn't act up," Goku pipes up. Warner eyes the monk who is glaring at the ape.

"Oh, yeah, I'm sure some pansy monk has what it takes to keep someone like Evan in check," Warner says sarcastically. Sanzo glares at Warner, pulling out his gun.

"What did you call me!" Sanzo asks, firing a shot at Warner.

"What the hell!" Warner gasps. "You fired at me!" Warner shrieks.

"Now, now Sanzo, I'm sure he didn't mean what he said," Hakkai says, trying to calm the angry priest.

"Yeah, I'm so sure this guy is like Raven. Pretty boy never shot a gun at us, like this screwed up monk," Warner yells at Evan.

"Screwed up monk!" Sanzo growls, trying to fire another round at Warner, but Hakkai and Goku hold him back.

"For once I'm not on the receiving end," Gojyo laughs.

"I can't figure out which group is worse, yours or mine," Cassandra sighs. "And Raven isn't here to stop those two. I guess I'll have to control them." She stands up and glares at Warner and Evan, who look back at her. "If you guys don't stop fighting right now I am going to have Daycarthro drop you off on an abandoned world where you two will be forced to be around each other without a moment's peace!"

"Ouch, I think we pissed off Cassandra," Warner whispers to Evan.

"Less than a day they will be gone," Sanzo reminds himself, a vein throbbing on his forehead.

"That's better," Cassandra finally says when no one talks for a while. "All we need now is for Daycarthro to find Raven then we can go back home." Evan lowers his eyes.

"Has anyone hard from Daycarthro since they have been here? He said he was going to find you guys," Evan asks.

"No, you are the first people I've seen," Warner whispers.

"Maybe he is having trouble finding Raven?" Hakkai adds.

"Has anyone even sensed pretty boy since we've been here?" Warner replies, referring to Raven.

"No, but you know him, he's good at keeping a low profile," Cassandra says.

"I'll look for him," Evan announces, vanishing from sight.

"Evan?" Cassandra calls, but the child is long gone.

"You don't think something happened, do you?" Warner asks Cassandra. Things do feel wrong to her. She hasn't been able to pick up on Raven's essence since they have been here. Yes, the Hybrid is good at keeping a low profile, but he would have tried to contact her by now.

"I'm sending scouts out," Cassandra replies, as she stands up and goes to leave.

"Cassandra, wait," Goku says as he follows her.

"Why do things like this always have to happen to us?" Warner asks. He looks up and sees Sanzo glaring at him. "Haha, I hope you didn't take that comment too seriously. Evan told me you were like Raven." Still the monk glares at him. "Hey, he won't actually try to kill me, will he?" Warner asks Hakkai.

"He does have exceptional aim," Hakkai smiles.

"Great," Warner sighs. And I thought Evan was bad, Warner thinks.

"Baka," Sanzo mutters. It seems the three will be around longer than he thought they would be.

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A/N: The plot thickens! Thanks for all the reviews. Till next time!