The demons watching had had enough and charged after Ayane and Goku, them being the closest people there. Ayane got up, still crying, and seemed to create some sort of wire and threw it through the demons, killing them instantly. Goku seemed to just stare for a while from the reaction of seeing her cry. Gojyo, Hakkai and Sanzo had their hands full with some of the demons surrounding them.

Suddenly Ayane was knocked over and she lost her concentration on her wire. A youkai was about to strike her and she quickly closed her eyes, waiting for the sudden pain of her death but nothing happened. Ayane looked up and saw Goku, protecting her with his Nyoibou.

"Heh. I can't let you have all the fun, Ayane." Goku said with a smile of excitement on his face. Ayane stared at Goku with her deep blue eyes and suddenly nodded with a confused smile on her face. She got up and helped defeat some of the demons. Sanzo pointed his gun to the last one, the announcer, and as the youkai started to run away, Sanzo shot him.

Suddenly Sanzo pointed his gun at Ayane. Everyone but Ayane seemed somewhat surprised, especially Goku. Ayane had been sitting down on the end of the stage and slowly got up. She walked over to Sanzo, as she felt the eyes of Goku, Hakkai and Gojyo on her. She stopped maybe a foot away from Sanzo's gun.

"Sanzo! What're you doing?!" Goku yelled as tears started to gather in his eyes. Sanzo maintained his serious look without even looking at Goku, he replied.

"If she betrayed the youkai, and we are sharing a room with her, she could attempt to kill us at any minute. Even though she admitted she couldn't." Before Sanzo could pull the trigger, Ayane butted in. A smile upon her face and she wiped away her tears.

"High Priest Sanzo, may I ask of a request before you shoot me?" Ayane asked and then was a long pause but Sanzo nodded. As soon as he nodded, she began to cry again with a smile still on her face. Ayane ran quickly onto the stage and kissed Goku. After a few seconds she let go and glared at Sanzo.

"Why didn't you shoot me? I'm bsupposed/b to be dead!" Ayane yelled as she angrily walked over to Sanzo. Sanzo put his gun away.

"I'm tired. I'm going back to the inn." He said very coolly as he started to walk away. Ayane was blushing bright red by now and chased after Sanzo.

"Hey! Hey! SANZO!!!!!" She finally got so mad she tackled him and was on top of him. Ayane smiled childishly. "Sanzo." She slapped him and grabbed him by the collar. "Why didn't you kill me when you had the chance to?!"

Sanzo pulled out his paper fan and hit Ayane. "I ran out of bullets to waste on you! And this is what you get for hitting me!" He continued to hit Ayane.

"But- ow - Can't you- ow - reload or -OW!- something?! OWWWWW!!!" After Sanzo's final hit he started to smoke a cigarette. "No." Ayane sighed deeply as everyone else was still shocked from the kiss, especially Goku, who put his fingers to his lips while staring at Ayane.

After a while of arguing with Sanzo, Ayane finally gave up. She turned around to see Gojyo trying to not laugh but did anyway, the normal smiling Hakkai and a very shocked Goku. "Um.Sorry?" Ayane said as she continued blushing when she saw the shocked Goku. Goku kind of came out of it and walked off the stage, acting like his normal self again. Even when he passed by Ayane he tried not to blush but pink was on his face and he acted like he always was. Ayane put on a fake smile and when she looked at Goku he seemed annoyed.

"What? What did I do bnow/b ?" Ayane asked as she put her arms behind her. Suddenly Goku tackled her and Ayane started to giggle. Goku started to tickle her and said, "You are really smiling."

Ayane laughed until she started to cry and then the villagers started to come back. "Uh-oh. Come on we'd better go back to the inn.huh?" Soon after she said that Goku's stomach roared making Ayane laugh again.

"And we can order some food for your stomach. Race ya!" Ayane said as she pushed Goku off her and ran to the inn. Goku quickly got up and chased after her.

"No fair! You got a head start!" Goku yelled as he quickly caught up to her. Gojyo and Hakkai slowly followed. Gojyo sighed.

"One whole night of excitement.but it isn't in my bed. Huh?" Gojyo stopped as the girls from earlier spotted Gojyo.

"Gojyo! We've been so bored without you! Will you come back to the inn with us?" One of the girls ask as she pressed her chest against Gojyo's arm with a pleading look. Gojyo smiled.

"Of course ladies." He replied and then the girls giggled and followed Gojyo back to the inn with Hakkai. Hakkai laughed in a way. "Love isn't it wonderful?"

When they got inside the inn, they saw Ayane and Goku fighting over the last piece of chicken. "It's mine, Goku!" "No way! I called it first!" Then Ayane grabbed it and ran up the stairs to the room with it.

She tripped over the rug in the room and Goku tackled her. The fought over the piece until Goku ate it, making Ayane furious. She started to tickle him and then a maid came in.

"Is there anything I can do for you-Uh." The maid stared at Goku and Ayane, Goku being on top of her. "Um.I'm so sorry. Please forgive me!" They heard footsteps run down the hall and they heard the maid's voice again with another maid.

"I can't believe I saw that!" "Saw what?" "I went into a room and asked if they needed anything and a young girl and a young man were." "No!" "Yes! And I was so ashamed!" "You should be! Come on we must continue with our schedule."

Goku and Ayane stared at each other. "Do you think they were thinking." Ayane asked as she felt her cheeks turn a slight red. "I hope not." Goku said as he got off of Ayane.

"Let's go back downstairs and finish eating." Goku said as he helped Ayane up. "'kay!"

When they got downstairs they saw all there the three men plus some of the female friends ate their food.

"What happened to our food?!" Goku asked, scurrying through the empty plates. "Um.Goku.I think they ate it." Ayane say as she poked a bone with a fork.

"No way!" Goku said as he fastened his pace in looking for scraps. He found none. "I'm starving." he said as a rumble was heard in his stomach.

Ayane laughed and they decided to party that night. Gojyo kept disappearing and reappearing in-between for some.personal interests. Hakkai and Sanzo drank wine and Ayane and Goku were allowed to pig out on food.

Everyone fell asleep sometime in the middle of the night. Goku and Ayane had fell asleep on the table, Hakkai and Sanzo had enough strength to walk to their room and Gojyo was somewhere else with one or two ladies. When morning came, Goku first woke up from the sound of a door opening.

He opened his eyes and saw Ayane wasn't beside him. Goku looked around and saw her at the front door. "Ayane." "Shhh.Come outside and talk." She whispered to him with her finger to her lips. Goku slowly got up and quietly snuck to the door. Outside, he saw Ayane had her things all together and in a large backpack on her back.

"Ayane are you.." He was cut off by the touch of her lips against his. Goku felt his face turn a bright red when she parted lips. "Yeah, I'm leaving.but, Goku?" Goku blinked while blushing. "Yeah?" "After this is all over will you meet me at um.." Ayane tried to think of a place but Goku got an idea before her.

"We can meet at Sanzo's shrine." Goku said with a smile. Ayane smiled and pulled some paper out of her bag and a pen. "Write the address down. I don't think I know where it is." Goku scribbled it down and added some details of what it looked like. "Thanks Goku. And remember you owe me for those bTWO/b kisses, so you have to meet me there. Promise?" She held up her pinky. Goku stared and nodded. "Promise." He said as he hooked his finger onto hers. Ayane smiled and started to run off. "Bye Goku!" Goku waved to her until she continued running. Then he went back inside. When he got in, Goku leaned against the door and thought.

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