Hikari: Ah finally the chapter of my Saiyuki fic! This is my first Saiyuki fic so please remember to review! This fic is based on the english version of Saiyuki and so some things may be a bit different from the japanese version. Though i watched the jap version on the DVDs i got and the only differences are that Hakkai swears occasionly and Goku swears quite a lot.
KEY: //=thought (HTML doesnt work so i can't put it in italics)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Saiyuki (obviously otherwise i wouldn't be writing this fic, i'd be making it in full color!)
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"Sanzo....I'm hungry! Can we stop at the next town?" (take a guess............that's right it's Goku.)
"You're always hungry, stupid monkey!" Gojyo chucked a beer can out of the jeep.
"Am not! Well.......not *all* the time......And i'm not a stupid monkey!!" Gojyo smiled.
"Yes you are."
"No i'm not!"
"Yes you are."
"No i'm not!"
"Listen you faggot if i say you're a stupid monkey then you are one got it?" Gojyo leered at him.
"That's it! Hakkai pull over i'm taking him out!"
"SHUT UP! I'M TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP!!" Sanzo still had his eyes closed as he said this.
"But Sanzoooooo!"
"QUIET!!!!!"
Silence in the jeep for the next 2 minutes. Then: "Sanzo. I'm hungry can we stop at the next town?"
A vein was beginnig to show on the monk's forehead. Hakkai tried to resolve the situation.
"Well actually we are running out of rations-"
"Wonder who's fault that is?" Gojyo said pointedly looking at Goku.
"Are you trying to pick a fight?"
"-and Hakkuryu needs a good rest. So i think that maybe we should stop at the next town."
"Yeah whatever. Maybe then i can get a good nights rest without these two idiots going at each others throat for once!" Sanzo swept the hair out of his eyes and observed his surroundings. //This place......It looks familiar somehow.....//
"Hakkai where are we?" Hakkai got out the faded map.
"Well......we are in Southern China, the next town is Torushina." (sorry sounds more Japanese than Chinese doesn't it?)
Sanzo's eyebrows disappeared into his hair (is that possible?!).
"T-Torushina?" Sanzo said shakily.
"Yeah." Hakkai still grinning looked over at Sanzo. "What's wrong Sanzo?"
//Torushina.......Hikari......the fire.......// A bead of sweat made it's way down his forehead. //My old town.......the memories....//
"Sanzo? Sanzo!" Goku looked into his eyes worriedly.
Sanzo snapped out of his daydream. "Huh? What?"
"What is it? You spaced out suddenly."
"It's.....It's nothing." Sanzo turned his face away from the others and stared at a spot on the dusty road floor.
"Oh.....OK." Goku settled back with an uncertain look on his face. Hakkai looked in the rearview mirror. //Poor kid.//
"Relax Goku it was probably nothing."
"Yeah.....You're right." Goku once again had his adorable smile on his face.
"He was probably just fantasizing about the women in Torushina. I hear they're hot!" Gojyo supplied. "Even Sanzo can't-"
"You want to die?" Sanzo had his gun pointed in Gojyo's face.
"Hey guys look! Torushina's in sight!" Goku pointed excitedly.
"Yep we'll be there in two minutes." Hakkai grinned.
"Yipee." Sanzo said flatly
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"WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! They're beautiful!" Goku was stood at a food stand. On the rack were 10 perfectly formed meat buns.
"Yeah they are aren't they?" Gojyo said leering at the women passing by. The town was quaint. The rumour about the women in Torushina being beautiful seemed true. Infact everything in Torushina was beautiful. There didn't seem to be any suffering anywhere. Happy couples laughed as they made their way down spotless streets. Children played with the water from a broken pipe. Flower shops were everywhere with flowers of every color under the sun.
"Sanzo can i have one?"
"No."
"WHY?!" Goku was crushed.
"Not listening." Sanzo said in a sing song voice.
"I want one!" Goku cried.
"Ah just give the kid a bun!" Hakkai said grinning.
"Just one bun!"
"Brats only whine because they know they can get what they want."
"Stupid priest!"
"Well Well Well look how quickly the droopy eyed priest has become the mother of the group-" Gojyo was cut off
by Sanzo sticking his gun up his nose.
"Hey guys! There's an inn right over there! Maybe we can get rooms for the night." Hakkai pointed behind Sanzo.
"Yeah fine!" Sanzo said in his usual monotone voice and moved in the general direction of the inn.
"Sanzooooooooo-o! Just one little bun!"
"Shut up! You can have the bun as soon as we find a place to sleep for the night."
Goku made a face but agreed. They walked up to the grand inn, which had a large archway for the entrance and seemed quite out of place in an old looking Chinese town. Upon entering they saw that this place was just as spotless as the rest of the town and covered with flowers. The reception desk was made of plain wood but it had an intricate carving in it. Sanzo narrowed his eyes.//A...Y. AY. Hm. Must be the owner of the place.//
"Wow. This place looks expensive." Gojyo commented.
"Yeah well it's not like we're paying for it." Sanzo walked to the reception desk.
----A/N Is the front desk at an inn called the reception? I suppose they do 'cause that's what they call them in hotels.----
"Do you have four rooms spare?" he said flatly. The woman eyed him up and frowned at him.
"What does this look like? An inn?"
"Well yeah." Goku said plainly.
"Well it's not, so get your asses out of here! This is an orphanage!"
"WHAT?! An *orphanage*?! You keep kids in here? It's looks like a bloody mansion!" the red head exclaimed.
"Well." the woman smiled. "This orphanage *does* belong to Miss Yamada. And her foster father is pretty much the richest person i know."
"Oh. Is she around?" Hakkai grinned.
"No. And if she was i centainly wouldnt let you meet her!" the woman practically spat in his face. "Now. Didn't i tell you guys to get lost?!" Goku looked at her with his puppy dog eyes.
"But i'm an orphan! Well.....kinda. I never had a mother....."
///There he goes again! Well lets see if he can persuade her into giving us some rooms. Meanwhile........i need to find a bathroom.// Sanzo slipped away quietly.
The woman stopped. "You are?"
" Yeah. I was born from a rock."
"You were WHAT?! Then you're.......a demon! ARGH!! Get out of here you scum! Out! OUT!!" The woman fumbled behind her. Her hands made contact with a broom and she brought it down on Goku's head.
"Hey! You can't do that!" Gojyo's cigarette slipped from his mouth.
"I must say, you're not the kind of woman i would expect to work in an orphanage. Normally the workers are very kind." Hakkai said knowledgeably, remembering his past. This woman was vile. She was very big, the kind that looked really maternal but her face was definately unattractive. If you didn't see her protruding bust before you saw her face you wouldn't be able to tell whether she was a man or a woman.
"Are you trying to say that i'm not?! How dare you demon scumbag! I'll-"
"MISATO!" the voice came from behind them. All three turned simultaneously. Five feet away from them stood a young woman with blond hair, so light it was almost white. She had blue eyes to match, a light turqoise color. She was evenly porportianed and wore a large brooch on one hip which set off her whole ensemble, a kimono syle robe.
"What do you think you're doing?" her voice was soft but angry.
"I-I-I was just-"
"You were insulting these men! One of these days Misato you're going to get fired! How dare you call them demon scum? Are you forgetting the demon children that we keep within this orphanage? Are you saying they are scum as well?" Anger flashed in her eyes.
"No Miss Yamada I-I'm sorry!" the woman fell to the floor and bowed. The girl had conflicting emotions on her face. Finally she closed her eyes and said, "Fine. You're forgiven. This is your last chance. If i hear anything ever again you'll be out of here. Understand?" Her face was stony.
"Yes ma'am." the woman scuttled off. The girl tuned to Hakkai. Gojyo and Goku and smiled.
"I'm sorry about that. Our usual workers aren't like her. Her only son was killed by the rampaging demons you see..... You were looking for rooms?"
"Uh yeah. But we were told this is an orphanage."
"Well i'm sure we can spare a few rooms for one night. I'll get someone to check for you." The girl walked over to where the desk was and rang a bell. Another, younger girl came running in, tripping over Goku as she came. She wore a western style frock whick was pink in color. There was a big bow on the back that only made the outfit look cuter.
"SORRY!!!!!!!" she gasped.
//Ahhhhh that's better. Now to see if that monkey has managed to get us a room.//
"Yuri?"
Sanzo stopped. //That voice.....//
"Yes ma'am?"
"Can you check if we have any rooms available?"
//That's.........// he broke into a run.
"Um yeah Ok. I can do that. Yeah." Yuri turned and ran off-only to bump into Goku again.
"SORRY!!!!!!!"
"It's....Ok." Goku said. He was still on the floor and his arm was bent at an unnatural angle. The girl laughed.
"Sorry about that. This is her first job and she's really nervous. By the way i'm Hikari Yamada" she bowed. Sanzo reached the reception just as she bowed. He was out of breath.
"Oh hey Sanzo. This chick says that she can give us some rooms for the night." Gojyo gave Sanzo a thumbs up and winked. The girl looked over to the new arrival.
"Oh is he also with-" the girl stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes went wide and her lower lip trembled.
"Kouryou?" she said quietly. //How.....? I thought he was....dead......//
"Hikari." Sanzo was also wide eyed.//She's.........// "You're....you're alive! But i thought......the fire....."
"Mr. Yamada saved me.......but i thought that you......"
"I thought that you had all gone so I went to train with Komyo Sanzo.
"Komyo Sanzo? I see. So you're a Sanzo now."
"Yeah."
Silence. Then:
"I'm hungry can we get something to eat and talk this over later?" Sanzo got out his paper fan and whacked Goku on the head.
"This isn't the time BAKASARU!!" Hikari giggled.
"Well at least he broke the tension. So what have you been up to all these years?" Sanzo opened his mouth to reply but was stopped by Hikari's finger on his lips.
"You can tell me over dinner. Your little friend here looks like he's about to die from starvation." she said looking amused.
"Yay! Let's go!" Goku sped up to become level with Hikari and Sanzo who were walking side by side up ahead.
"So what are we gonna have for dinner?" he asked excitedly. Hikari ruffled his hair, smiled and said.
"Anything you want. What's your name sweetheart?" Goku went slightly pink but answered with the same amount of excitement.
"Goku."
"Ok then Goku what do you want to have for dinner?"
"Well first i want some meatbuns that *Sanzo* here wouldnt buy me.....and i want some burgers-"
"Don't you mean a burger?"
"No. I mean some." Hikari sweatdropped. Gojyo elbowed Hikari and whispered.
"He eats a lot, you'll be outa food in ten seconds flat."
"Oh."
"-and some fries to go with the burger of course, some ramen noodles and don't forget the curry! Now. For the main course maybe some............"
Hikari sighed. It was gonna be a long toil in the kitchen.
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Hikari: Well whatdya think? Do you like it? Please review, my first Saiyuki fic so it's probably FULL of mistakes.
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KEY: //=thought (HTML doesnt work so i can't put it in italics)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Saiyuki (obviously otherwise i wouldn't be writing this fic, i'd be making it in full color!)
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"Sanzo....I'm hungry! Can we stop at the next town?" (take a guess............that's right it's Goku.)
"You're always hungry, stupid monkey!" Gojyo chucked a beer can out of the jeep.
"Am not! Well.......not *all* the time......And i'm not a stupid monkey!!" Gojyo smiled.
"Yes you are."
"No i'm not!"
"Yes you are."
"No i'm not!"
"Listen you faggot if i say you're a stupid monkey then you are one got it?" Gojyo leered at him.
"That's it! Hakkai pull over i'm taking him out!"
"SHUT UP! I'M TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP!!" Sanzo still had his eyes closed as he said this.
"But Sanzoooooo!"
"QUIET!!!!!"
Silence in the jeep for the next 2 minutes. Then: "Sanzo. I'm hungry can we stop at the next town?"
A vein was beginnig to show on the monk's forehead. Hakkai tried to resolve the situation.
"Well actually we are running out of rations-"
"Wonder who's fault that is?" Gojyo said pointedly looking at Goku.
"Are you trying to pick a fight?"
"-and Hakkuryu needs a good rest. So i think that maybe we should stop at the next town."
"Yeah whatever. Maybe then i can get a good nights rest without these two idiots going at each others throat for once!" Sanzo swept the hair out of his eyes and observed his surroundings. //This place......It looks familiar somehow.....//
"Hakkai where are we?" Hakkai got out the faded map.
"Well......we are in Southern China, the next town is Torushina." (sorry sounds more Japanese than Chinese doesn't it?)
Sanzo's eyebrows disappeared into his hair (is that possible?!).
"T-Torushina?" Sanzo said shakily.
"Yeah." Hakkai still grinning looked over at Sanzo. "What's wrong Sanzo?"
//Torushina.......Hikari......the fire.......// A bead of sweat made it's way down his forehead. //My old town.......the memories....//
"Sanzo? Sanzo!" Goku looked into his eyes worriedly.
Sanzo snapped out of his daydream. "Huh? What?"
"What is it? You spaced out suddenly."
"It's.....It's nothing." Sanzo turned his face away from the others and stared at a spot on the dusty road floor.
"Oh.....OK." Goku settled back with an uncertain look on his face. Hakkai looked in the rearview mirror. //Poor kid.//
"Relax Goku it was probably nothing."
"Yeah.....You're right." Goku once again had his adorable smile on his face.
"He was probably just fantasizing about the women in Torushina. I hear they're hot!" Gojyo supplied. "Even Sanzo can't-"
"You want to die?" Sanzo had his gun pointed in Gojyo's face.
"Hey guys look! Torushina's in sight!" Goku pointed excitedly.
"Yep we'll be there in two minutes." Hakkai grinned.
"Yipee." Sanzo said flatly
* * *
"WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! They're beautiful!" Goku was stood at a food stand. On the rack were 10 perfectly formed meat buns.
"Yeah they are aren't they?" Gojyo said leering at the women passing by. The town was quaint. The rumour about the women in Torushina being beautiful seemed true. Infact everything in Torushina was beautiful. There didn't seem to be any suffering anywhere. Happy couples laughed as they made their way down spotless streets. Children played with the water from a broken pipe. Flower shops were everywhere with flowers of every color under the sun.
"Sanzo can i have one?"
"No."
"WHY?!" Goku was crushed.
"Not listening." Sanzo said in a sing song voice.
"I want one!" Goku cried.
"Ah just give the kid a bun!" Hakkai said grinning.
"Just one bun!"
"Brats only whine because they know they can get what they want."
"Stupid priest!"
"Well Well Well look how quickly the droopy eyed priest has become the mother of the group-" Gojyo was cut off
by Sanzo sticking his gun up his nose.
"Hey guys! There's an inn right over there! Maybe we can get rooms for the night." Hakkai pointed behind Sanzo.
"Yeah fine!" Sanzo said in his usual monotone voice and moved in the general direction of the inn.
"Sanzooooooooo-o! Just one little bun!"
"Shut up! You can have the bun as soon as we find a place to sleep for the night."
Goku made a face but agreed. They walked up to the grand inn, which had a large archway for the entrance and seemed quite out of place in an old looking Chinese town. Upon entering they saw that this place was just as spotless as the rest of the town and covered with flowers. The reception desk was made of plain wood but it had an intricate carving in it. Sanzo narrowed his eyes.//A...Y. AY. Hm. Must be the owner of the place.//
"Wow. This place looks expensive." Gojyo commented.
"Yeah well it's not like we're paying for it." Sanzo walked to the reception desk.
----A/N Is the front desk at an inn called the reception? I suppose they do 'cause that's what they call them in hotels.----
"Do you have four rooms spare?" he said flatly. The woman eyed him up and frowned at him.
"What does this look like? An inn?"
"Well yeah." Goku said plainly.
"Well it's not, so get your asses out of here! This is an orphanage!"
"WHAT?! An *orphanage*?! You keep kids in here? It's looks like a bloody mansion!" the red head exclaimed.
"Well." the woman smiled. "This orphanage *does* belong to Miss Yamada. And her foster father is pretty much the richest person i know."
"Oh. Is she around?" Hakkai grinned.
"No. And if she was i centainly wouldnt let you meet her!" the woman practically spat in his face. "Now. Didn't i tell you guys to get lost?!" Goku looked at her with his puppy dog eyes.
"But i'm an orphan! Well.....kinda. I never had a mother....."
///There he goes again! Well lets see if he can persuade her into giving us some rooms. Meanwhile........i need to find a bathroom.// Sanzo slipped away quietly.
The woman stopped. "You are?"
" Yeah. I was born from a rock."
"You were WHAT?! Then you're.......a demon! ARGH!! Get out of here you scum! Out! OUT!!" The woman fumbled behind her. Her hands made contact with a broom and she brought it down on Goku's head.
"Hey! You can't do that!" Gojyo's cigarette slipped from his mouth.
"I must say, you're not the kind of woman i would expect to work in an orphanage. Normally the workers are very kind." Hakkai said knowledgeably, remembering his past. This woman was vile. She was very big, the kind that looked really maternal but her face was definately unattractive. If you didn't see her protruding bust before you saw her face you wouldn't be able to tell whether she was a man or a woman.
"Are you trying to say that i'm not?! How dare you demon scumbag! I'll-"
"MISATO!" the voice came from behind them. All three turned simultaneously. Five feet away from them stood a young woman with blond hair, so light it was almost white. She had blue eyes to match, a light turqoise color. She was evenly porportianed and wore a large brooch on one hip which set off her whole ensemble, a kimono syle robe.
"What do you think you're doing?" her voice was soft but angry.
"I-I-I was just-"
"You were insulting these men! One of these days Misato you're going to get fired! How dare you call them demon scum? Are you forgetting the demon children that we keep within this orphanage? Are you saying they are scum as well?" Anger flashed in her eyes.
"No Miss Yamada I-I'm sorry!" the woman fell to the floor and bowed. The girl had conflicting emotions on her face. Finally she closed her eyes and said, "Fine. You're forgiven. This is your last chance. If i hear anything ever again you'll be out of here. Understand?" Her face was stony.
"Yes ma'am." the woman scuttled off. The girl tuned to Hakkai. Gojyo and Goku and smiled.
"I'm sorry about that. Our usual workers aren't like her. Her only son was killed by the rampaging demons you see..... You were looking for rooms?"
"Uh yeah. But we were told this is an orphanage."
"Well i'm sure we can spare a few rooms for one night. I'll get someone to check for you." The girl walked over to where the desk was and rang a bell. Another, younger girl came running in, tripping over Goku as she came. She wore a western style frock whick was pink in color. There was a big bow on the back that only made the outfit look cuter.
"SORRY!!!!!!!" she gasped.
//Ahhhhh that's better. Now to see if that monkey has managed to get us a room.//
"Yuri?"
Sanzo stopped. //That voice.....//
"Yes ma'am?"
"Can you check if we have any rooms available?"
//That's.........// he broke into a run.
"Um yeah Ok. I can do that. Yeah." Yuri turned and ran off-only to bump into Goku again.
"SORRY!!!!!!!"
"It's....Ok." Goku said. He was still on the floor and his arm was bent at an unnatural angle. The girl laughed.
"Sorry about that. This is her first job and she's really nervous. By the way i'm Hikari Yamada" she bowed. Sanzo reached the reception just as she bowed. He was out of breath.
"Oh hey Sanzo. This chick says that she can give us some rooms for the night." Gojyo gave Sanzo a thumbs up and winked. The girl looked over to the new arrival.
"Oh is he also with-" the girl stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes went wide and her lower lip trembled.
"Kouryou?" she said quietly. //How.....? I thought he was....dead......//
"Hikari." Sanzo was also wide eyed.//She's.........// "You're....you're alive! But i thought......the fire....."
"Mr. Yamada saved me.......but i thought that you......"
"I thought that you had all gone so I went to train with Komyo Sanzo.
"Komyo Sanzo? I see. So you're a Sanzo now."
"Yeah."
Silence. Then:
"I'm hungry can we get something to eat and talk this over later?" Sanzo got out his paper fan and whacked Goku on the head.
"This isn't the time BAKASARU!!" Hikari giggled.
"Well at least he broke the tension. So what have you been up to all these years?" Sanzo opened his mouth to reply but was stopped by Hikari's finger on his lips.
"You can tell me over dinner. Your little friend here looks like he's about to die from starvation." she said looking amused.
"Yay! Let's go!" Goku sped up to become level with Hikari and Sanzo who were walking side by side up ahead.
"So what are we gonna have for dinner?" he asked excitedly. Hikari ruffled his hair, smiled and said.
"Anything you want. What's your name sweetheart?" Goku went slightly pink but answered with the same amount of excitement.
"Goku."
"Ok then Goku what do you want to have for dinner?"
"Well first i want some meatbuns that *Sanzo* here wouldnt buy me.....and i want some burgers-"
"Don't you mean a burger?"
"No. I mean some." Hikari sweatdropped. Gojyo elbowed Hikari and whispered.
"He eats a lot, you'll be outa food in ten seconds flat."
"Oh."
"-and some fries to go with the burger of course, some ramen noodles and don't forget the curry! Now. For the main course maybe some............"
Hikari sighed. It was gonna be a long toil in the kitchen.
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Hikari: Well whatdya think? Do you like it? Please review, my first Saiyuki fic so it's probably FULL of mistakes.
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