By yumeneko
Disclaimer: As usual... Saiyuki is Kazuya Minekura-sensei's... I'm just torturing some characters here.
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Note: Look who has come back from the grave…
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Chapter 1: Chameleon Heart
We were sent fifty years into the past to retrieve something for our master
The priests at the temple stepped aside as three dark strangers appeared.
Hai! We'd do anything for our master!
When some of the priests tried to go against them, they were killed brutally.
So we are here… In this pagan temple fifty years ago… These priests here are far too weak to handle my magic…
A tall dark lady smiled as she claimed the prize she was sent for.
Great job!! Master will be so happy!
A shorter girl laughed as she threw a bomb into the temple.
Now, let's go back to the future… We've finished our mission here.
A burly man smirked as the temple blew up to bits.
We've claimed the Chameleon Heart.
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In the present, Lirin went on ahead of the rest of her group.
"Lirin-sama! Matte kudasai!" Yaone puffed as she tried to keep up with the Tenjiku princess.
"Can't catch me!" Lirin smirked as she kept on running towards the nearby town.
As she entered the town, she looked around. It was practically deserted.
"What happened here?"
"Lirin-sama!" Yaone caught up with the younger youkai.
"Yaone… Do you see something in the distance?" Lirin squinted to take a closer look at what seems to be a cloaked figure.
Yaone tried looking, but all she could see was the color of the cloak the figure wore, "It's black…"
"Yaone… I'm afraid… I feel a strong aura around him… It's like Shien's… but stronger…" Lirin held on to her companion's arm.
"Stay close, Lirin… He's dangerous…" Yaone prepared her explosives.
Perfect… They're the perfect lure…"Did you hear something?" Lirin took a fighting stance beside Yaone.
Yaone backed up a bit, "Lirin-sama… I don't know… But I'm becoming so sleepy…" Suddenly, the female youkai collapsed.
"Yaone!" Lirin shook Yaone, "Wake up!!"
"Oh… Little girl… There's no one to take care of you now…" Lirin stared into the face of her attacker.
"Dokugakuji… you traitor…" Lirin gasped before he casted his spell on her, "You trai… tor…"
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"Ne, Sanzo… Haraheta!!" Goku complained.
"Urusai, bakazarou!" Sanzo whipped Goku with his harisen.
"Maa, maa… Don't worry, Goku… We're near a town…" Hakkai smiled as he saw the town nearing.
"Great! As long as there's a lot of girls and booze there, I'm happy…" Gojyo smiled.
"Ero-kappa!!" Goku teased the half-demon.
"Ah! We're here now!" Hakkai cheerfully said as they stopped right in front of the town.
"Isn't it quite deserted?" Sanzo questioned Hakkai.
"Ah… I guess it is…" Hakkai sweatdropped, "Maybe there's a problem in this town… Let's just go look around…"
And so they stepped out of the jeep. Hakuryuu perched on his owner's arm in his dragon form.
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"Master! They're here…" A burly man reported to a black-cloaked man in a throne.
"Stay here for the meantime, Ren… We'll just lure them here."
"How about Hikki and Yoru?"
"Leave those girls to their own devices. Yoru's the best mage for miles and Hikki's one of the best in illusions."
"Are you underestimating me, master?"
"Of course not, Ren… It's just that I don't think you should steal the show off with your power."
"Kuro-sama…"
"Just remember that I want Sanzo alive…"
"Hai, Kuro-sama…"