Ah, I'm so in a good mood today. Your reviews really cheered me up. Thank you! I wasn't really sure if this was really Goku and Lirin fic, since I mixed and matched all of them together. I even put them through a whole lot of mess. I wonder if I can come out with more bizarre pairings. ^o^ Hahah… Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 5

There was a shine in Lirin's dark red eyes as she strolled down the stairs side by side with David. After spending days with him, Lirin found out what type of guy he was. It seemed that he too, was a youkai, a demon like her. Only that she didn't notice his sharp pointed ears at first because he had cleverly kept it hidden under his long floppy fringe. She had also found out that he was kind of shy and most of the time when they talk, she was always the first person to start. He is the type of person who she can trust to keep secrets. Unfortunately, she only wanted to be friends with him and nothing more. But then, she just didn't have the heart to tell him that after all the ruckus she made at the cafeteria days ago. It would be mean.

Goku watched both of them with anger as they passed him. Somehow, he just felt angry with himself for not having the guts to apologize for whatever he did that day that made her hate him that much, or so. He watched her passed him slowly and disappeared into the lab.

Back at the meeting room, everyone seemed to pay extra attention at the tall man in front of them. Sanzo sat uncomfortably on the chair next to Hakkai and opposite Gojyo at the large oval shaped table. He eyed everyone inside the room. He was getting bored. If it weren't for the paychecks, he would have bust out and shoot dead everyone that had gotten on his nerves, especially the new principal in front of the room.

"Examinations will be graded according to their performance in the obstacle course three weeks ago."

Boring, Sanzo yawned. Isn't there anything this guy can talk about besides academic and more academics, he wondered as he lighted a cigarette.

"Any questions?" The principal asked, looking at all of them.

"Yeah, when do you want to die?" Sanzo replied back sarcastically. He deliberately pointed his revolver at the man in front of him.

The man snorted. "Thank you everyone, you may leave." He said and looked at Sanzo. "You, stay."

Gojyo and Hakkai gave him a meaningful look just before they closed the door. The monk grinned and slumped back deeply into one of the sofas in the room. The man handed him a glass of ice water and ignored his stare. "Did you think you could exterminate me with that gun of yours?" He asked.

"Nope, I don't think so," Sanzo answered back. "But, I do think it's enough to keep you silence for a while," he continued, picturing a bloody man on the carpet.

"Seriously?" He raised an eyebrow.

"No Zeon, I'm the freaking liar."

Zeon laughed. He walked passed Sanzo and dug through a small drawer near his desk. After a while, he pulled out a gray file and took out a piece of letter from it and handed it to Sanzo.

"What's this?"

"After you guys sort of destroyed, or stopped the revival of the demon king, or whatever you called him, the mist which has also caused other demons to lose control had also seized. Which means, there can be no other way to awaken the dark part of these demons, unless by some other paranormal activities." Zeon explained briefly. "The last place you people battled these possessed demons under whoever that is behind it was at the end of this city, which is the East Gate, right?"

Sanzo kept silence. True, that was the last place. But, who cares. Hakkai took care of all the dead bodies already. He even saw for himself, the green-eyed guy buried the dead. For crying out loud, he even prayed for them. "So?"

"This mail came in yesterday. I thought you could, at least find a way."

Frowning, Sanzo opened the letter. He sat cross-legged on the sofa as the words swam in front of his eyes as he read.

Just outside the room, Gojyo stooped forward, placing his ears on the door, trying to hear their conversations. Stop whispering, his brain screamed. He knew it was silly for him to eavesdrop, but somehow, he must find out what are they discussing about. He was busy listening when suddenly Goku came up from behind and greeted him loudly.

Luckily he managed to pull him away from the door just as Sanzo stormed out angrily.

"Gojyo-san, what's wrong with Sanzo?" Goku asked, puzzled.

Still keeping a look out for unwelcome visitors, he only managed a small 'shh'. They watched the two of them argued, throwing cursing words at each other. Goku carefully looked at Sanzo. For the first time ever, he saw the quite man flew into rage and actually shouting out loud. It's not that he never loses his temper, but if he does, it was usually because of him or Gojyo. What is upsetting him, Goku wondered.

After a while, both of them each went separate ways, one to the lunchroom and the other to the staff room. Gojyo pulled out a long sigh of relief. He then turned his attention to Goku, who was still crouching on the floor.

"Hei, saru. Get up!" He said, shoving the boy to the side. "How long are you going to lay on the floor, anyway?"

Goku growled. He got up and dusted his pants. "How many times must I tell you. I'm not a saru!" He glared at Gojyo.

"Ah," Resting his arm on Goku's shoulder. "I forgot."

"Liar…"

"So, what's up?" Gojyo asked, as he looked around for any place he can dispose his cigarette butts.

Goku draped himself out of one of the school's third floor window. He wasn't sure if it was a good idea to ask Gojyo's help on girls, Lirin, specifically. But then, there was no other choice, since, well, Gojyo has always been the ace when it comes to attracting attentions from girls.

"It's Lirin, right?" Gojyo cut through his thoughts.

Goku nodded slowly. He had no time to lose. The only thing that matter is that, Lirin must be his. Picturing Lirin with David made him boil up. It doesn't bother him how, as long it works. "Can you help me?"

Gojyo laughed out loud. "Of course! What do you think a friend is for?" Then, he pulled Goku out of the institution through the back door. "We can discuss a lot out there."

"What do you call this?"

"Beats me," David laughed. David has been tagging along with Lirin for the whole week. No matter how hard he tried to leave her side, he just couldn't. There's something about her that draws his attention. It wasn't about her looks. It was something else. Maybe it's her attitude. Her attitude reminds him to his sister, who had passed away years ago, on one of those dark gloomy misty nights. He forced the thought from his mind. "Revolver, M-16, riffle, AK-47, M4-A1, that's my limit."

"Oh, look at this one!" Lirin swooped over to another glass case filled with assortments of antique gun collections. She turned to him with a shy smile. "One day, I'm going to have my home filled with guns like this… and I will have them all named."

He looked at her silently for a moment, and when he spoke, his voice was gentle. "You know what, I think you will."

Lirin smiled. He is the sweetest person in the whole world, she thought. But then, Goku would be better, if only he was brave enough to do something, apologize maybe. If he did, she would gladly accept his apologies immediately. Don't make me wait, Goku, she prayed.

Goku was captivated by the sweeping beauty of the native garden behind the school, and a series of stone terraces led from the closely clipped lawn to a bush reserve below. Beyond that stretched the silken blueness of the ocean. "If only Lirin is here. Then we could admire the beauty together." Goku said to Gojyo.

"Too bad she belongs to someone else already," Gojyo joked. He brushed his fingers gently over a red-veined leaf.

"That's a bad joke," He snapped back.

"Oii, come on. We don't have all day. Let's see what kind of flowers do they have back there," Gojyo said, pointing towards the maze garden behind the tall bushes. Soon, both of them were seen busying plucking fresh flowers, from daisies, roses to bougainvillea and orchids.

"Are you sure nobody cares about these?" Goku asked showing a bouquet.

Gojyo shrugged. "Don't know, don't care." He grinned. "Don't worry. Nobody will know if you don't brag. Remember rule number one, sacrifice yourself for your loved ones."

"Really?" He raised an eyebrow. "What next?"

Gojyo sighed. " Then, send it to her. Don't forget a short lovely message."

"Naruhodo, I understand," With that, he carefully tore a piece of paper from his notebook and began scribbling something on it. Then, he showed it to Gojyo. "How's this?"

Gojyo grinned. "Pretty impressive. You know, you could be a good writer someday."

"Then?"

"Ugh" He slapped his forehead. "Put the letter in an envelope…"

"This one?" Goku cut through.

"Right. Then send it to her together with the flowers." Gojyo explained patiently. "Well?"

Goku stared at the gift silently. "But, I don't dare."

Gojyo immediately did an imitation of a person being shot and fell down flat on the ground. "Get someone to send it for you then," He said. Luckily, just as his words stopped, Yaone came out from the institution with one of her students. Gojyo got up and pulled both of them to Goku.

"What's going on?" Yaone asked puzzled.

Gojyo leaned closer and rested his arm on her shoulder. "Say, can I borrow her for a moment?"

"Sure," She answered and looked at the small girl near her. "Melynlas, these guys want to talk to you for a while." The girl nodded, understandingly. Goku's hands trembled as he handed her the envelope and letter. Melynlas took the gift and smiled, "Who is that lucky person you want me to give this to?"

"Would you mind delivering this to Lirin?"

"Right!"

The three of them watched her entering the school from behind. Yaone shook her head in disbelief. "The things guys do to get a woman," She chuckled and walked away to the herbarium.

"One last thing," Gojyo said suddenly. "Did you signed your name on the letter?"

Goku shook his head. "What is that? Is it edible?"

Gojyo slammed his head somewhere on the wall. " You are one hard kid…"

"Sorry…"

"Don't be, she could have thought it was from a secret admirer," Gojyo whispered. "Just get me an aspirin. I think I ruptured a blood vessel."

End of chapter ^o^; How was it? Ah, is it Zeon or Zenon and is it Shien or shinen? I don't want to get their names spelled wrongly or else they curse me. Heheh…