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… There's something about Hakkai…
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Chapter 5: Where Are You Going?
Gojyo ran around town in search of Goku. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to find him in the town.
"Where the heck is that damn monkey…" Gojyo growled. A familiar voice answered him.
"Maybe he went to the sorcerer's lair…" Yoriko appeared.
Gojyo looked at Yoriko, "Aren't you supposed to be sleeping right now?"
"I can't sleep. My sister is missing."
"Well then, why don't we search together, we might need each other in case the sorcerer shows up…"
"I cannot defy him." Yoriko said paralyzed, "He holds our fate in his hands."
Meanwhile, as Yoriko and Gojyo were at the gates of the village, the cloaked stranger stood in front of the hotel holding his head as if he suffered a major headache.
"Itai… I can still feel that bullet passing through my head… I swear I'll take my revenge on Sanzo… But I can't kill him… I need him for my plans… I can't use him dead. Ha ha ha ha ha…"
His laughter echoed through the town as he teleported away.
"Was that Hakkai?" Gojyo heard the echoing laughter.
"Hurry, let's go to the lair…" Yoriko rushed Gojyo.
While Gojyo headed towards the lair, Goku and Lirin finally reached the gates of the lair.
"So we're here…" Goku said in awe.
"Yeah… I'm scared." Lirin clung to Goku's arm. Goku blushed as he saw Lirin clinging to his arm scared of the gates.
"Daijoubu, Lirin-chan, we're both strong, aren't we?" Goku grinned at his female counterpart.
"Gomenasai… I kinda lost my energy…" Lirin gave a slight smile, "Anyway, at least you're here! Oira-tachi wa tsuyoi yo!"
Confident now, Goku opened the gates. The lair had no light shining in it but as soon as Goku set foot into the building, lights suddenly shone, blinding the both of them.
"This way!" Lirin ran ahead, pointing out the way for Goku. Lirin continued to lead while Goku followed until they reached a door labeled, "Dungeon", "You go in first…" she told Goku.
So Goku went inside to investigate.
"Welcome to the dungeon, young fools… You'll have to face me to survive." A young girl's voice echoed through the dungeon, "And may I thank Lirin for bringing our young target here… Nonetheless… I might as well kill both of you!" She jumped down from where she was hiding.
"Hikki… Mistress of illusion…" Lirin's eyes widened.
"Lirin… you betrayed me…" Goku looked dejected.
"And so she did! Die fools…" Hikki smiled as the dungeon started to blur.
Sanzo reached the lair of the sorcerer, "Nothing to do but to go in…"
So he entered the lair and headed north towards the ballroom.
"So, here is the high monk Sanzo…" A gruff voice laughed, "I'll be the one to face you…"
"Kuso!" Sanzo's eyes widened as he dodged the initial attack from a burly man with a huge sword.
"My name is Ren, the sword master. You'll have to face me before you face my master."
Finally, Gojyo was the last to go in. Yoriko guided him towards the east side of the lair towards the gardens.
"Yoriko, why are you guiding me?" Gojyo asked her.
"It's because…" She opened the doors to the garden to where the beautiful enchantress, Yoru, was waiting, "I was ordered to."
"Nice to meet you, Sha Gojyo… I will be your opponent tonight…" Yoru smiled devilishly.