Written by: Kuroi Neko-kun
Edited by: Gyuumajo
Continuation from: Amethyst Eyes
KNK: Oh… thanks for the reviews! Even it isn't much! :'(
For The Sake Of My Sister Part 3: The Rescue And The Realization
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Soon enough, night had fallen and the group retreated to the inn where they attended to the two rooms available. Yaone covered a blanket over Lirin who was fast asleep. Suika came out of the shower.
"Yaone-san," she mumbled," your turn."
"Ah, arigatou…" She stripped down and got into the shower. While the warm spray of water touched her skin, she felt relieved. It had been awhile since she showered like this. Maybe it was because she had time for herself in the shower. So therefore, she thought a lot in there. 'Suika-san… Even though demons had attacked her town, murdering her caretaker, she still has no ill judgment of us. Just like Sanzo, I suppose.' She had been informed of the plan the men had agreed to carry out tonight. Even if she felt it was inadequate for the four of them to go, she still had to agree. She was ordered by Kougaiji-sama to protect Lirin-sama and so she shall. Yaone finished showering soon after and dressed up. If she could not go with her master, she could at least bid him goodbye.
"Kougaiji-sama, minna-san, take care of yourself," she smiled at them as they gathered outside the inn. Goku nodded and smiled back.
"When we get back, can you make me some fried rice?" He was pummeled by the half demon.
"Is food all you think about?!"
"Urusai na! I want something to eat when we get back!" Goku retorted.
"I see a lot of similarities between him and Lirin…" Dokugakuji drawled," but something to eat will be nice."
"Hai, hai… I'll make some fried rice for everyone," Yaone giggled. Hakkai just smiled at them.
"Make sure you guys do your part," Kougaiji muttered.
"Ah, we'll be leaving at midnight. We'll reach the next town by noon tomorrow. Daijoubu, I'll make sure the both of them are safe, Kougaiji-san," Hakkai reassured.
"Aa," he muttered, walking to the other three," ikuzo!"
"Nanda yo?" Sanzo drawled, facing the ugly grin that belonged to the Hell God in front of him.
"I'm bored… and I can't do anything till my demon lackeys find the other elements. So…" he waved a Shoji board in front of Sanzo," want a game of Shoji?"
"Go play with yourself," Sanzo huffed. Akuma pouted at Sanzo, creeping him out entirely.
"Please? I'll move your pieces for you…"
"What's the point? Shoji's a mind game. You can read my mind," Sanzo pointed out.
"I won't! Promise!" Sanzo gave it a thought and finally agreed. What could he do? He was bored too.
"Yea, I win again!" Akuma cheered. Sanzo's pop vein throbbed at his temple.
"You're cheating!" He accused.
"Am not!" Akuma retorted," I didn't even use my eye! You're just jealous that I won for the fifth time in a row!"
"Why should I be jealous of a wash up demon god who cheats?" Sanzo shouted.
"I'm not a wash up!! And I didn't cheat!!" Akuma shouted back, feeling annoyed.
"Hn. You don't even have any powers…" Sanzo pointed out, smirking. Akuma took a deep breath and relaxed for a while. He shook his head.
"I must be in Hell too much… I guess I haven't rose up to real challenge like you for a long time," he smirked.
"I'm not flattered," Sanzo muttered. Akuma's hand was on his cheek again. He leaned against Sanzo's body.
"Why can't there be a female you, Sanzo?" His face was so close to Sanzo's, he was afraid of what the Hell God was going to do next," I think I'm falling for you."
"I think you need to get out more, seriously," Sanzo muttered. Akuma was about to retort when the door slammed opened, breaking it from its hinges. The dust settled, revealing the four demons.
"Sorry about the door," Kougaijj muttered," but it wouldn't budge when we knocked."
"Oh! I think we might have interrupted a porn scene!" Gojyo smirked, pointed to Sanzo, who was chained up. The pop vein became bigger than it's usual size.
"I'll kill you," Sanzo muttered. Akuma shook his head the second time.
"I figured you'd attack about now, son of Gyumao," Akuma muttered," I'd also figured out that you'd leave your sister unattended."
"She's not."
"Oh yes… that girl… Yaone, isn't it?"
"How did you…?"
"He can read minds," Sanzo explained.
"I'm shocked, Sanzo. You betrayed me after what we've been through."
"Shut up. You're not only a wash up but a drama queen too!" Sanzo let out his frustrations he had kept throughout the day.
"Oo… I think someone has a new boyfriend!" Gojyo teased.
"Ack! He's very ugly…" Goku added, grinning.
"Does he have some good traits we don't know of, Sanzo?" Dokugakuji asked, grinning.
"Do you really want to die?" Sanzo glared at them.
"Too bad, Sanzo… We're here to bring you back. Someone else misses you," Kougaiji smirked," Goku, you deal with the drama queen!"
"Hai, hai!" Goku summoned his staff and attacked the Hell God.
Suika shot awake from a nightmare. She stared at her hand. 'Sanzo-sama… I saw Sanzo-sama, chained and hurt. That's not all… Goku-kun, Gojyo, Kougaiji-san and Dokugaku-san… They weren't moving. It was like they were dead…' She placed her hand on her face. 'Why did I dream that?'
"Suika-san, go back to bed…" She heard Hakkai's gentle voice. 'Chotto, he's not supposed to be in this…' She opened her eyes and saw Hakkai driving.
"Eh?" She realized she was in the passenger seat beside him. "Eh?" She looked behind her and saw Yaone smiling at her and Lirin fast asleep on her lap. She turned back to Hakkai. "EH?!"
"Don't be too shocked."
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"The next town…"
"What's wrong with the old one?" she drawled, her eyes narrowing.
"I choose to ignore the question," Hakkai stated, smiling ever so sweetly at her.
"Hakkai-san, please. I know that Kougaji and the rest are going for Sanzo-sama. All I want to know is why are we leaving the town!" Hakkai glanced at her before sighing.
"Alright, you are old enough to take things like this. That town is suspected to be influenced by the demons that took Sanzo and…"
"And…"
"Sanzo would have done the same thing… for you," he smiled, his eyes turning back to the road.
"Why? Why would he do that?"
"Gojyo told you before…"
"That I was special to him… I still don't get it. Ch, it's annoying," she looked away from Hakkai, her arms crossed. She was annoyed that he would not tell him straight up why. She knew he has the answer and was damn good at beating around the bush to avoid her questions.
"Suika-chan!" Lirin hugged her from the back. She got her smile back then as she started playing 'poke the other person' with Lirin. Soon, they got exhausted from laughing and playing. "Ne, ne," Lirin whispered in her ear," is Sanzo-sama special to you?" Suika felt the blood rush up to her head.
"Eh? What do you mean…?"
"Because I heard Hakkai-san say that and he told onii-chan that he'd do the same for me if those demons were after me…" Lirin explained.
"He did?" she whispered back. Lirin nodded. Suika started thinking of everything that had happened ever since she met the Sanzo-ikkou.
"You shouldn't smoke. It's not good for your health."
"We're gonna die sooner or later anyways."
"…Tou-san used to say that too."
'He looks like my tou-san, his words, his motions… were of tou-san.'
"They're the same one who destroyed the…"
"We can talk about this later… they're obviously after you. Hokou knew I'd protect you at all costs."
"But why…?"
'He said it himself he'd protect me at all costs…' She remembered the porridge incident. 'He looks cold but, to me, he's warm… like tou-san. It's like he's family…' That struck a chord as different memories of her father and Sanzo overlap each other. Everything made sense.
"STOP THE JEEP!!!" She shouted, making Hakkai slam the brakes hard. As soon as the inertia had set in, everyone turned to the red haired girl. Her amethyst eyes just kept its level with Hakkai's jade orbs.
"Everything makes sense now," she started," I know why he looks like tou-san and acts like tou-san. I know why Hokou-jisan set me out to find him and why he sacrificed himself when he could have just killed the demon. I am very special to him, aren't I?" She shook her head in comprehension and smiled at Hakkai," baka na, watashi no onii-chan." Hakkai smiled at her.
"So you finally figured it out. You are Sanzo's sister, after all." Suika nodded. "That's why we're…"
"Turning back," Suika continued for him.
"No, that's why we're going to the next town." Suika shook her head.
"We have to get to Sanzo! Only he can stop that Akuma guy!"
"How did you know about…?"
"It doesn't matter! All I know is that his scroll can destroy the Hell God!" Hakkai turned the jeep to the direction they were going away from.
"Minna-san, hold on!" Hakkai warned," Hakuryu, we need to get to the town in double time!" The jeep 'kyuued' and moved faster.
"Ara, ara… Looks like Kougaiji-sama won't be happy about this," Yaone smiled.
"Daijoubu, onii-chan can never get angry with you!" Lirin pointed out.
'Sanzo… iya, onii-chan… wait for me,' Suika thought, her eyes filled with determination.
"Did you say something?" Sanzo asked as Gojyo was slammed beside him. Gojyo got up and glared at the monk.
"I didn't!! Have you been concentrating on what's happening here?!"
"Tsk, tsk…" Akuma muttered, raising his hand at Gojyo," chatting at work? That's unacceptable!" Gojyo was lifted up and was slammed into the next wall. He was knocked out instantly. Akuma glanced around, sighing. "Looks like your rescue team was a failure, Sanzo…"
"Don't be too sure!" Akuma barely raised his hand, chaining Kougaiji beside Sanzo. Sanzo glanced at him.
"Start making yourself at home. It's going to be a long ride," Sanzo muttered," hope he doesn't play Shoji again. That bloody cheater…"
"I don't care. As long as Yaone and Lirin are safe…" Kougaiji never managed to finish his sentence as a beam of light hit Akuma's back. The Hell God turned to face another group of four; the group he had been waiting for.
"Kougaiji-sama, gomen ne. But Suika-san insisted…" Yaone started apologizing. If Kougaiji could, he would have slapped his face. He should have known…
"Baka! Now he'll have all his elements--!!" Akuma slapped Sanzo.
"Don't spoil my plan," he wagged his finger at him. Suika stepped up in front of Akuma, her purple eyes burning with fury as she glanced around at the sight that lay before her. 'The dream… it's coming true…'
"I really don't know how I know this but you plan to regain your power using us, somehow…" she muttered," and I'm not going to allow this!" Everyone sweatdropped.
"Stupid girl," Sanzo muttered, feeling embarrassed. The Hell God yawned.
"Too bad, little girl…" The manacles clamped itself onto Suika's hands and legs. She was pulled to the wall, on the other side of Sanzo. Sanzo turned to her. He was angry with her for coming here and tried to rescue him. But he was touched that she cared about him.
"You must be disappointed, huh?" she mumbled her eyes darkened," that I came despite what you warned me not to." Her tears streaked down her cheeks. All Sanzo wanted to do was hug her and call her stupid.
"I didn't say that," he whispered back, smiling genuinely at her," how can I be?"
"You're not angry with me?" she looked up. Sanzo nodded. "Good! Then," her eyes narrowed and a very familiar pop vein appeared at her head," why didn't you tell me?! You knew all along I was your sister!!!" 'So, she knows… then I won't feel awkward anymore…'
"I had to!! If you never knew then nobody would go hunting for you as they are for me!!!" Sanzo shouted back," You'd think after all this time, that knock some sense in your head!!"
"If I wasn't chained, I would beat you up for that!!!"
"I'd say the same for you!!" They were glaring so much electric sparks started to come out from their purple eyes. Akuma smirked as he turned to the other three. The manacles attacked them. Hakkai had used his ki shield to block them but he could not hold them any longer.
"Disperse!" He shouted as he dropped his shield. The other two jumped away form the manacles. They ran in separate directions, only to have multiplied their problems. The chains had wrapped around Yaone, trapping her.
"Mou! These chains are really annoying!" Lirin complained. She could not do anything wince they definitely would not feel pain. Hakkai noticed that they were mainly after Lirin. 'Which is strange… Could it be that he was after all of them?!' Hakkai ran to Lirin's direction, shielding the young demon.
"Daijoubu?" he asked. She nodded.
"Noble act, Hakkai," Akuma smirked. He snapped his fingers and the chains broke through his shield, trapping both Hakkai and Lirin. The demon girl was slammed to the wall while Hakkai was brought to the centre. He was shackled to the floor.
"Now, he has all of us…" Sanzo muttered.
"Right on, Sanzo. With all four elements and my key, I will be able to regain power and rule the Underworld once more!" Akuma laughed, much to Sanzo's annoyance. He glanced at Suika.
"Do you still have my scroll?" he asked. Suika nodded. "Where?"
"In my bag…"
"Good… that's all I need," Sanzo muttered, turning to Kougaiji," from the fight, you noticed he can read only one mind at a time?"
"Aa… I got what you're planning to do, Sanzo…" Kougaiji turned in front to Akuma," oi! You'd think you'd get away with this?!" Akuma shook his head.
"I already have," he smirked," with the key and your souls…"
"Urusai na, I had enough of your blabbering!" He shot out a light beam at Akuma, who read his mind and avoided him. It was an obvious trick.
"You'd think I couldn't see through that? I'm insulted…" He raised his arm.
"I think I should be the one insulted," Sanzo shot back. He started chanting.
"Masaka! You can't…" It was too late.
"Makai tenjou**!!!" The scroll came out from behind Suika and was bound around Akuma, trapping him perfectly. The scroll burnt his skin. The chains broke apart from them. Snzo grabbed his gun from Suika's belt. "I think I know what's going on now. It's perfectly clear why you want us. Your power was taken from you because you slipped up somehow… and you can't face the fact of being replaced! So you decided to regain your powers and take revenge. Is that right?" Akuma nodded, reluctantly. "Figures… this is payback for treating me like dirt, you fag!!" Sanzo shot at his forehead. Akuma smirked at him. Sanzo found that very disturbing. 'He has something in mind…'
"I think I'll leave with this," he revealed Hakkai's limiter in his hand," goodbye, Genjo Sanzo and good luck." He disappeared in a cloud of dust.
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**This is the spell that our famous Genjo Sanzo would shout. In the anime, the translation I got is 'purify the evil'. I still find that weird.
