Hikari: Would like to thank all reviewers. And i did mention before that this was based on the *english* version of Saiyuki and the characters different than the jap version. For example Hakkai is nice as always but he swears a lot and in one episode he even said the following to Goku:
Goku: I'm still hungry you guys! And i've got gas like you wouldn't believe! All these vegetables! Ugh!
Hakkai: They're monks so they're vegetarian and if you think about farting i'll kill you.
Hikari: That's right he said "I'll kill you"!!!!!!!!!!!! That's why Hakkai seemed OOC. But if you guys like it the other way then i'll do my best to keep Hakkai like he is in the original version ^__^ ............... Oh and UltraM2000 yeah i know that he was dumped in a river when he was a baby. I was gonna explain everything in the next chapter. "Ah give just give the kid a bun" is a QUOTE! I didnt make it up. This fic is set in episode 8 and most of what the characters say before they meet Hikari is taken straight from the show. Yeah you're right about the nations though...... Kurayami: What dya mean unromantic? He's sexy Sanzo!! He's sooooooooooooooooooo hot! Heh heh read on! And just to be sure, we didn't have any maths homework for after the holidays....right? o_O
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Chapter 2: Past Revealed
"So. What's the story between you two?" Gojyo leaned backwards in his chair smoking.
Hikari looked up at Sanzo and then the floor. Gojyo raised an eyebrow at Sanzo and got a death glare in return.
"Well, we met when Kouryuu was training with Komyo Sanzo. He was found in a river when he was just a baby, hence the name and he was training to become a monk. His master, Komyo Sanzo stayed here for a few weeks. Kouryuu would sneak out of the temple at nightimes to come to shimofuri rock-" Hikari pointed eastwards "-and look at the moon. I used to live not far from here but my father worked for the owner of this place, Akira Yamada and i used to come here often with him." Hikari stopped and leaned back, looking at the everpresent blue moon in the sky. "One day father was working late so i decided to go for a walk. I reached shimofuri rock and saw a young boy sat at it. I went to investigate and he told me that he had come from Komyo Sanzo's temple. We kept on talking through the night and we realised that we had a lot in common. Kouryuu was in training to become a priest. I was in training to become a priestess. Kouryuu hated the sermons, as did I. Kouryuu thought of becoming a Sanzo not as pledging his life to any Buddha or God. He felt that Komyo Sanzo was his only master. And I?" Hikari sighed. "I hated the thought of preaching ideas that some man had written a few hundred years ago to save his ass from punishment. We started meeting more and more often. When Komyo Sanzo heard that Kouryuu liked the town he decided to move his training here." Hikari giggled. "I must say that wasn't good for his concentration. Especially since i usually escaped from the clutches of my tutor and ran to Komyo Sanzo's place to make funny faces at him through the window!" Hikari laughed in remembrance.
"Oh. So you guys went out?" Goku asked his mouth still full.
THWACK!
"Bakasaru! Listen to the rest of the story before opening your big mouth!" Sanzo was blushing, a rare sight. Hikari giggled at Sanzo's reaction but continued.
"Well anyway we were very good friends." Hikari's smile disappeared. "One day there was a massive fire in the village. It spread rapidly, consuming everything in sight. I was sleeping at the time but was waken by my father screaming at me to get up, he was saying something about a fire...."
*FLASHBACK*
"Wake up Hikari! Wake up there's a fire! Hikari!" the bearded man shook Hikari violently.
"Wha-at? What is it papa? Are you ill again?" the girl in the nightgown got up groggily. (she's about.....11,12 here)
"No Hikari. Listen. There's a fire in the village. You have to get out of the house at get to the village clearing understand?" the man looked at the little girl in the eyes. "Can you find your way to the clearing?"
The girl nodded, her blond curls bouncing.
"Good. Get to the clearing and take Senshiiro with you." the man handed the girl a sleeping child (about 4).
"But papa! What about you? Aren't you coming with us?" the girl's eyes began to fill with tears.
"No Hikari! You must be strong! Don't let me down Hikari! Go! Go to the clearing with the other women and children. I'll be back as soon as we manage to gain control of the fire!" the man started to cough from the smoke which by now was billowing around them.
"Papa." the girl cried tearfully. "I don't want you to go. You'll leave us like momma did." The man turned his back to the crying child.
"Didn't you hear what i said?! I said go to the village clearing!"
"But pa-"
"GO!" the girl whimpered but obeyed the order and ran from the house without looking back.
//Papa......//
The girl reached a clearing and stopped. Women and children were dotted around huddled together for comfort. She put the sleeping boy down and looked over to the village.
//It's.....It's like a nightmare.....// the girl fell to her knees, her eyes wide. The boy stirred and nudged his older sister.
"I'm hungry. What time is it?" the girl didn't answer she stared wide eyed at the sea that was consuming her village. Flames leapt out of building to lick the sides of another. Beams fell and screams could be heard. Faraway she could hear a woman screaming for her child.
"Hanae! Hanae! Where are you?!"
//My own town....//
"Oh God my husband!"
//...reminds me of.....//
"FATHER!!"
//...hell.//
"Hikari? Hikari? What's wrong?" the little boy nudged the girl.
"Nothing. There's nothing wrong Senshiiro. We're just dreaming. It's all a horrible nightmare that we'll laugh about when we wake up." the girls face was hidden by her hair.
"Hikari? What are you talking about? Hikari!" The boy shook the girl hard. She looked up slowly. She had a smile on her face.
"What are you worried about Shiiro? It's just a dream. Just a nightmare that we'll-" Hikari stopped. Behind Senshiiro a man came running out from a building. He was on fire. Flames covered the man, Making him look as if he was made entirely of fire. His skin was beginning to blacken. Hikari's eyes widened futher.
//Papa?// There was no doubt about it. The man was wearing the same clothes her dad had been wearing:blue t-shirt over white pants. Something glowed on his chest. //Momma's locket.......// The locket glowed brighter and then melted away onto the man's chest causing him to scream even more. The man ran back into the building in his blindess. A beam came loose and fell towards him. It made contact with his head with a sickening thud. Crimson liquid splattered over the burning building, causing the fire to sizzle.
"PAPA!!!"
*END FLASHBACK*
Hikari wiped a tear off her cheek and spoke with as much strength as she could. "Papa died in the fire. Shiiro and I..." her voice broke "...we saw him die. Senshiiro was too young to understand what was going onand he ran towards papa..." Hikari stared at a spot on the floor. "Another beam came loose and...."
*FLASHBACK*
"Papa? Papa!" the little boy ran towards the fallen man as fast as his little legs could carry him.
"Shiiro no! Get back!" the girl ran towards the boy.
"But papa's fallen. Aren't you gonna help him up?" the boy said in wonder.
"Shiiro! Get back now!" the girl screamed angrily. The boy pouted.
"You're mean!" he stuck his tongue out at her and ran into the building. A beam above his head shook.
"SHIIRO! GET BACK! THE BEAM! THE BEAM!" the boy stopped right below the beam. He crossed his arms and pouted again.
"I'm not coming back until you say you're sorry for shouting at me." the girl looked at him in desperation.
"Shiiro i'm-" the beam fell, trapping the boys legs.
"SHIIRO!!!!!" the girl ran forward and grabbed his hand and tugged. The girl was aware of another cracking sound coming from below them. The boy's eyes widened momentarily as he disappeared through the floor.
"SHIIRO!!!!"
*END FLASHBACK*
"And so....Senshiiro died too." Hikari looked up tearfully into Sanzo's eyes. "Damn. Papa told me to be strong, and here i am bawling like a five year old." she forced a laugh and wiped her tears. "Then i felt someone grab me from behind. He hauled me out of the building. I found out later that it Akira-sama (Lord Akira), the man my father worked for. A month later he adopted me. And when i grew old enough i opened up this orphanage." Hikari finished.
"Wow. What a story. So much drama." Hikari looked up at the redhead sharply. Then she relaxed and smiled.
"Yeah." she looked up at the moon again briefly. //That faraway look on her face......what is it?// Hakkai wondered.
"And where the hell were you?! Do you have any idea how worried I was?! I thought that you had died!" Hikari was fuming over Sanzo.
"Ah. Well I.......I heard that the Watanabe family had died. So....I assumed that you had died too. Then Komyo Sanzo moved town once again and we settled down somewhere else."
"Ok then *Sanzo-sama*. I guess i can forgive you after so many years...... So what have you been up to all these years?" Hikari leaned forward on the table. Sanzo smiled bitterly.
"Well, I trained with Komyo Sanzo, then he got killed by demons and i became the next Sanzo. Then i was told by the Sanbutsushin to pick up these three and ice rogue demons. Right now i'm on a journey west to India to stop the resurrection of the super demon Gyumaoh." Hikari blinked.
"Oh okay. Cool. Good luck with that." a pause then, "So did they give you a name or are you just Sanzo now?"
"Genjo. Genjo Sanzo." he shifted his weight in his chair.
"Genjo. Sounds cute nice name! So can i call you just Genjo? 'Cause it seems weird being formal now, i mean i've know you since i was four years old. Even though it has been 10 or 11 years since we last talked." Hakkai, Gojyo and Goku looked at Sanzo expectantly. //Yeah right like that's gonna happen. The big head probabaly wants you to call him Sanzo-sama.//Gojyo thought nonchalantly.
"Sure." Sanzo got up suddenly. "Well i'm gonna-"
"-Go to Shimofuri Rock?" Hikari finished.
"Uh....yeah."
"Well can you wait a few minutes? I'll come with you." Hikari said rising. Sanzo smiled to himself.//After all these years you're still as persistent as always.....//
"Sure." Sanzo sat down as Hikari ran into a nearby bedroom to change.
There was silence for a few minutes. Then Gojyo spoke up. "Dude, you are so in there."
"Yeah i agree.......now, where's dessert?"
Hakkai simply smiled.
"What? What are you talking about? We're just friends. That's all." The telltale vein was showing in his forehead but Sanzo was blushing slightly.
The three demons looked at each other. "Sure you are Sanzo."
"URUSAI!!" Sanzo screamed as he got out his punishing paper fan.
"Genjo?" Hikari came up behind him, having changed into a comfortable top and pants. "What are you doing?"
"I'm...A....Nothing. Come on let's go." Sanzo walked up to the entrance briskly.
"Ok. See ya guys! Ask Yuri for your rooms ok? She'll show them to you." Hikari was already out of the door. "And no smoking! It's bad for your health!" she yelled over her shoulder.
"Dammit. I'd like to see stop Sanzo from smoking!" he said furiously stubbing out his cigarette.
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"Sanzo! Wait up!" Sanzo stopped and turned back to see Hikari running after him quite out of breath. She ran straight up to him and collapsed on his chest breathing heavily.
"God!.....You.....walk.....so....fast!" she gasped.
"No, i walk at a normal pace, you're just slow." Sanzo smiled snidely.
"........" Hikari's breathing evened out and they both started walking side by side until they reached Shimofuri Rock. Sanzo sat down in the middle of the rock and sighed.
"This is where i used to sit before." Hikari smiled at his back and walked over and sat down next to him.
"Yeah, and i used to sit here nagging you to teach me how to play Mahjong all the time."
*FLASHBACK*
"Kouryuu! Teach me how to play Mahjong! You promised!" the girl tugged at the boys sleeve. The two were sat on a rock which jutted out from the cliff. The rock was shaped vaguely like a wing and overlooked the whole town, which, at the moment was pitch black. A blue moon hung in the sky.
"Yeah but how can i teach you it? You're too young. And besides, you don't have a Mahjong set."
"I'm only a year younger than you Kouryuu! And why don't you just say that you don't want to teach me Mahjong. You hate me don't you!" The girl turned around so that her back was facing the violet eyed boy.
"No! I don't hate you stupid!"
"And you think i'm stupid too! Hmph!" the girl crossed her arms and refused to look at the boy beside her.
"Hikari....don't be like that. Hikari?"
"Hmph!"
The boy looked around, saw a crimson flower growing on the side of the cliff and plucked it. "Here." he handed her the flower.
"Wow! It's beautiful! Thanks Kouryuu!" the girl hugged the boy warmly.
*END FLASHBACK*
"You *still* haven't taught me it! You'd better keep your promise."
"Well i can't promise that." he said flatly.
"You can't promise to keep a promise?" Hikari said with a raised brow.
"Nope." Hikari grinned and rested her head against Sanzo's shoulder. Sanzo stiffened.
"It's so beautiful tonight isn't it?" Hikari sighed. She noticed his stiffening (don't take this the wrong way all you perverts out there!!! Yes i mean you Sakura!!! ^__^ Kidding. Please don't kill me!)"What's wrong?" she smiled evilly. "Afraid to have a girl on your shoulder?" Hikari leaned up so that her mouth was level to his ear. She leaned close and whispered in his ear seductively. "Genjo......".
Sanzo practically leapt off the rock. "What...What do you think you're doing?!" Hikari laughed.
"God Genjo you're so easy to freak out!" she beamed up at him. Sanzo looked ready to kill. Then he smiled secretively.
"Oh yeah? Let's see how easy you are to freak out." Sanzo advanced on her slowly. Hikari stopped laughing.
"Genjo. Don't be too hasty now.....Genjo you're kidding right?" Hikari backed away slowly. Sanzo smiled sadistically and shook his head.
"Uh oh." Hikari got up and ran off the rock. "ARGH!!! HELP!!! I'M BEING CHASED BY A PERVERTED SADISTIC PRIEST!!"
"You're gonna regret that Hikari!" he shouted after her. Hikari laughed and continued running.
"I'll tell you what. I'll make you a deal. If i get home first you have to leave me alone!" Hikari ducked quickly, narrowly missing a branch.
"You're not in a position to be making deals!" He ducked to avoid a branch.
//Damn!// Hikari broke her way through a net of vines and looked around her. To her left she could see her house. //Where's Genjo? He couldn't be that far behind.....He's probabally waiting to jump me!// she thought in fright. //Well we'll just see....//
Hikari walked slowly to the clearing which was now her garden. //Slowly, Slowly......NOW!// Hikari threw herself sideways and heard a soft oof! She turned to see Sanzo rubbing his nose.
"Bitch." he looked at her with his eyes narrowed. Hikari laughed.
"Awww. Poor Genjo Sanzo. Does your nose hurt sweetie?" she said speaking like you'd speak to a two year old. Sanzo narrowed his eyes further and gave her a death glare.
"Genjo stop with the face you're scaring me!" Hikari mocked. Sanzo sarted to get up, Hikari backed away and broke into a run when he was fully upright.
//I'm gonna make it!// Hikari giggled with glee as she stepped into the house. She walked quickly into the room that Hakkai, Gojyo and Goku were sat in when she left.
"Hi guys!!" Hikari came in grinning from ear to ear. "How've ya bin?" Hikari collapsed on the sofa where Hakkai was sat.
"Miss Hikari! You're all scratched! What happened?!" Hakkai immediately began healing her with his ki/chi (whichever you prefer).
"I was being chased by a scary monster."
"Nesupa?(really?)" Goku said his gold eyes widening.
"Yeah. Here he comes now." Hikari said pointing behind him. Goku turned quickly, his Nyoibo (staff) coming out in flash of light. Sanzo stood at the doorway panting and still holding his nose.
"SANZO? Yeah you're right that is scary." Goku laughed with Hikari.
"URUSAI BAKASARU!!" Sanzo already had his paper fan out.
"Ittai." Hikari giggled even more.
"And YOU! I'll get you for this! Baka onna!" Sanzo rubbed his nose.
"Sure you will." Hikari grinned. "Are you sure your nose is Ok? You haven't broken it or anything have you *Genjo*" she said deliberately reminding him of what happened at Shimofuri Rock. Sanzo blushed profusely and stomped off.
"YOUR ROOM IS FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT!" she shouted after him gleefully. //As easy to piss off as ever.//
"Nee, Hikari what was Sanzo so angry about?" Goku asked innocently.
"Ahhh.......you'll understand when you're older."
"Wha?" Goku looked confused.
"Now do you guys know where your rooms are?"
"Yes we do, Yuri showed us. Thankyou so much for letting us stay Miss Hikari." Hakkai smiled (as always).
"You're welcome and please just call me Hikari. You're making me feel old!"
"Ok." Hakkai laughed.
"Well i'd better get going too. If you need anything my bedroom's next door to Genjo's." she said as she yawned and walked out of the room.
"Right next door to Sanzo huh? Well isn't that fortunate?" Gojyo smiled and winked at Hakkai.
"What are you guys talking about? I wanna know!" Goku whined.
"Just go to sleep you stupid monkey, you'll never understand!"
"But i wanna know!!!!!!!"
"URUSAI!!! I'M TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP!"
"Yes sir." Gojyo and Goku dived into their beds.
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Hikari: And so ends another chapter. Remember to review! And please tell me if you think the characters are a bit OOC. (I'm trying my best to keep them in character! ^__^; So be gentle.). And also what do you think of a GokuxYuri pairing? Should i add it in or leave it out? Ja ne!
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Goku: I'm still hungry you guys! And i've got gas like you wouldn't believe! All these vegetables! Ugh!
Hakkai: They're monks so they're vegetarian and if you think about farting i'll kill you.
Hikari: That's right he said "I'll kill you"!!!!!!!!!!!! That's why Hakkai seemed OOC. But if you guys like it the other way then i'll do my best to keep Hakkai like he is in the original version ^__^ ............... Oh and UltraM2000 yeah i know that he was dumped in a river when he was a baby. I was gonna explain everything in the next chapter. "Ah give just give the kid a bun" is a QUOTE! I didnt make it up. This fic is set in episode 8 and most of what the characters say before they meet Hikari is taken straight from the show. Yeah you're right about the nations though...... Kurayami: What dya mean unromantic? He's sexy Sanzo!! He's sooooooooooooooooooo hot! Heh heh read on! And just to be sure, we didn't have any maths homework for after the holidays....right? o_O
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Chapter 2: Past Revealed
"So. What's the story between you two?" Gojyo leaned backwards in his chair smoking.
Hikari looked up at Sanzo and then the floor. Gojyo raised an eyebrow at Sanzo and got a death glare in return.
"Well, we met when Kouryuu was training with Komyo Sanzo. He was found in a river when he was just a baby, hence the name and he was training to become a monk. His master, Komyo Sanzo stayed here for a few weeks. Kouryuu would sneak out of the temple at nightimes to come to shimofuri rock-" Hikari pointed eastwards "-and look at the moon. I used to live not far from here but my father worked for the owner of this place, Akira Yamada and i used to come here often with him." Hikari stopped and leaned back, looking at the everpresent blue moon in the sky. "One day father was working late so i decided to go for a walk. I reached shimofuri rock and saw a young boy sat at it. I went to investigate and he told me that he had come from Komyo Sanzo's temple. We kept on talking through the night and we realised that we had a lot in common. Kouryuu was in training to become a priest. I was in training to become a priestess. Kouryuu hated the sermons, as did I. Kouryuu thought of becoming a Sanzo not as pledging his life to any Buddha or God. He felt that Komyo Sanzo was his only master. And I?" Hikari sighed. "I hated the thought of preaching ideas that some man had written a few hundred years ago to save his ass from punishment. We started meeting more and more often. When Komyo Sanzo heard that Kouryuu liked the town he decided to move his training here." Hikari giggled. "I must say that wasn't good for his concentration. Especially since i usually escaped from the clutches of my tutor and ran to Komyo Sanzo's place to make funny faces at him through the window!" Hikari laughed in remembrance.
"Oh. So you guys went out?" Goku asked his mouth still full.
THWACK!
"Bakasaru! Listen to the rest of the story before opening your big mouth!" Sanzo was blushing, a rare sight. Hikari giggled at Sanzo's reaction but continued.
"Well anyway we were very good friends." Hikari's smile disappeared. "One day there was a massive fire in the village. It spread rapidly, consuming everything in sight. I was sleeping at the time but was waken by my father screaming at me to get up, he was saying something about a fire...."
*FLASHBACK*
"Wake up Hikari! Wake up there's a fire! Hikari!" the bearded man shook Hikari violently.
"Wha-at? What is it papa? Are you ill again?" the girl in the nightgown got up groggily. (she's about.....11,12 here)
"No Hikari. Listen. There's a fire in the village. You have to get out of the house at get to the village clearing understand?" the man looked at the little girl in the eyes. "Can you find your way to the clearing?"
The girl nodded, her blond curls bouncing.
"Good. Get to the clearing and take Senshiiro with you." the man handed the girl a sleeping child (about 4).
"But papa! What about you? Aren't you coming with us?" the girl's eyes began to fill with tears.
"No Hikari! You must be strong! Don't let me down Hikari! Go! Go to the clearing with the other women and children. I'll be back as soon as we manage to gain control of the fire!" the man started to cough from the smoke which by now was billowing around them.
"Papa." the girl cried tearfully. "I don't want you to go. You'll leave us like momma did." The man turned his back to the crying child.
"Didn't you hear what i said?! I said go to the village clearing!"
"But pa-"
"GO!" the girl whimpered but obeyed the order and ran from the house without looking back.
//Papa......//
The girl reached a clearing and stopped. Women and children were dotted around huddled together for comfort. She put the sleeping boy down and looked over to the village.
//It's.....It's like a nightmare.....// the girl fell to her knees, her eyes wide. The boy stirred and nudged his older sister.
"I'm hungry. What time is it?" the girl didn't answer she stared wide eyed at the sea that was consuming her village. Flames leapt out of building to lick the sides of another. Beams fell and screams could be heard. Faraway she could hear a woman screaming for her child.
"Hanae! Hanae! Where are you?!"
//My own town....//
"Oh God my husband!"
//...reminds me of.....//
"FATHER!!"
//...hell.//
"Hikari? Hikari? What's wrong?" the little boy nudged the girl.
"Nothing. There's nothing wrong Senshiiro. We're just dreaming. It's all a horrible nightmare that we'll laugh about when we wake up." the girls face was hidden by her hair.
"Hikari? What are you talking about? Hikari!" The boy shook the girl hard. She looked up slowly. She had a smile on her face.
"What are you worried about Shiiro? It's just a dream. Just a nightmare that we'll-" Hikari stopped. Behind Senshiiro a man came running out from a building. He was on fire. Flames covered the man, Making him look as if he was made entirely of fire. His skin was beginning to blacken. Hikari's eyes widened futher.
//Papa?// There was no doubt about it. The man was wearing the same clothes her dad had been wearing:blue t-shirt over white pants. Something glowed on his chest. //Momma's locket.......// The locket glowed brighter and then melted away onto the man's chest causing him to scream even more. The man ran back into the building in his blindess. A beam came loose and fell towards him. It made contact with his head with a sickening thud. Crimson liquid splattered over the burning building, causing the fire to sizzle.
"PAPA!!!"
*END FLASHBACK*
Hikari wiped a tear off her cheek and spoke with as much strength as she could. "Papa died in the fire. Shiiro and I..." her voice broke "...we saw him die. Senshiiro was too young to understand what was going onand he ran towards papa..." Hikari stared at a spot on the floor. "Another beam came loose and...."
*FLASHBACK*
"Papa? Papa!" the little boy ran towards the fallen man as fast as his little legs could carry him.
"Shiiro no! Get back!" the girl ran towards the boy.
"But papa's fallen. Aren't you gonna help him up?" the boy said in wonder.
"Shiiro! Get back now!" the girl screamed angrily. The boy pouted.
"You're mean!" he stuck his tongue out at her and ran into the building. A beam above his head shook.
"SHIIRO! GET BACK! THE BEAM! THE BEAM!" the boy stopped right below the beam. He crossed his arms and pouted again.
"I'm not coming back until you say you're sorry for shouting at me." the girl looked at him in desperation.
"Shiiro i'm-" the beam fell, trapping the boys legs.
"SHIIRO!!!!!" the girl ran forward and grabbed his hand and tugged. The girl was aware of another cracking sound coming from below them. The boy's eyes widened momentarily as he disappeared through the floor.
"SHIIRO!!!!"
*END FLASHBACK*
"And so....Senshiiro died too." Hikari looked up tearfully into Sanzo's eyes. "Damn. Papa told me to be strong, and here i am bawling like a five year old." she forced a laugh and wiped her tears. "Then i felt someone grab me from behind. He hauled me out of the building. I found out later that it Akira-sama (Lord Akira), the man my father worked for. A month later he adopted me. And when i grew old enough i opened up this orphanage." Hikari finished.
"Wow. What a story. So much drama." Hikari looked up at the redhead sharply. Then she relaxed and smiled.
"Yeah." she looked up at the moon again briefly. //That faraway look on her face......what is it?// Hakkai wondered.
"And where the hell were you?! Do you have any idea how worried I was?! I thought that you had died!" Hikari was fuming over Sanzo.
"Ah. Well I.......I heard that the Watanabe family had died. So....I assumed that you had died too. Then Komyo Sanzo moved town once again and we settled down somewhere else."
"Ok then *Sanzo-sama*. I guess i can forgive you after so many years...... So what have you been up to all these years?" Hikari leaned forward on the table. Sanzo smiled bitterly.
"Well, I trained with Komyo Sanzo, then he got killed by demons and i became the next Sanzo. Then i was told by the Sanbutsushin to pick up these three and ice rogue demons. Right now i'm on a journey west to India to stop the resurrection of the super demon Gyumaoh." Hikari blinked.
"Oh okay. Cool. Good luck with that." a pause then, "So did they give you a name or are you just Sanzo now?"
"Genjo. Genjo Sanzo." he shifted his weight in his chair.
"Genjo. Sounds cute nice name! So can i call you just Genjo? 'Cause it seems weird being formal now, i mean i've know you since i was four years old. Even though it has been 10 or 11 years since we last talked." Hakkai, Gojyo and Goku looked at Sanzo expectantly. //Yeah right like that's gonna happen. The big head probabaly wants you to call him Sanzo-sama.//Gojyo thought nonchalantly.
"Sure." Sanzo got up suddenly. "Well i'm gonna-"
"-Go to Shimofuri Rock?" Hikari finished.
"Uh....yeah."
"Well can you wait a few minutes? I'll come with you." Hikari said rising. Sanzo smiled to himself.//After all these years you're still as persistent as always.....//
"Sure." Sanzo sat down as Hikari ran into a nearby bedroom to change.
There was silence for a few minutes. Then Gojyo spoke up. "Dude, you are so in there."
"Yeah i agree.......now, where's dessert?"
Hakkai simply smiled.
"What? What are you talking about? We're just friends. That's all." The telltale vein was showing in his forehead but Sanzo was blushing slightly.
The three demons looked at each other. "Sure you are Sanzo."
"URUSAI!!" Sanzo screamed as he got out his punishing paper fan.
"Genjo?" Hikari came up behind him, having changed into a comfortable top and pants. "What are you doing?"
"I'm...A....Nothing. Come on let's go." Sanzo walked up to the entrance briskly.
"Ok. See ya guys! Ask Yuri for your rooms ok? She'll show them to you." Hikari was already out of the door. "And no smoking! It's bad for your health!" she yelled over her shoulder.
"Dammit. I'd like to see stop Sanzo from smoking!" he said furiously stubbing out his cigarette.
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"Sanzo! Wait up!" Sanzo stopped and turned back to see Hikari running after him quite out of breath. She ran straight up to him and collapsed on his chest breathing heavily.
"God!.....You.....walk.....so....fast!" she gasped.
"No, i walk at a normal pace, you're just slow." Sanzo smiled snidely.
"........" Hikari's breathing evened out and they both started walking side by side until they reached Shimofuri Rock. Sanzo sat down in the middle of the rock and sighed.
"This is where i used to sit before." Hikari smiled at his back and walked over and sat down next to him.
"Yeah, and i used to sit here nagging you to teach me how to play Mahjong all the time."
*FLASHBACK*
"Kouryuu! Teach me how to play Mahjong! You promised!" the girl tugged at the boys sleeve. The two were sat on a rock which jutted out from the cliff. The rock was shaped vaguely like a wing and overlooked the whole town, which, at the moment was pitch black. A blue moon hung in the sky.
"Yeah but how can i teach you it? You're too young. And besides, you don't have a Mahjong set."
"I'm only a year younger than you Kouryuu! And why don't you just say that you don't want to teach me Mahjong. You hate me don't you!" The girl turned around so that her back was facing the violet eyed boy.
"No! I don't hate you stupid!"
"And you think i'm stupid too! Hmph!" the girl crossed her arms and refused to look at the boy beside her.
"Hikari....don't be like that. Hikari?"
"Hmph!"
The boy looked around, saw a crimson flower growing on the side of the cliff and plucked it. "Here." he handed her the flower.
"Wow! It's beautiful! Thanks Kouryuu!" the girl hugged the boy warmly.
*END FLASHBACK*
"You *still* haven't taught me it! You'd better keep your promise."
"Well i can't promise that." he said flatly.
"You can't promise to keep a promise?" Hikari said with a raised brow.
"Nope." Hikari grinned and rested her head against Sanzo's shoulder. Sanzo stiffened.
"It's so beautiful tonight isn't it?" Hikari sighed. She noticed his stiffening (don't take this the wrong way all you perverts out there!!! Yes i mean you Sakura!!! ^__^ Kidding. Please don't kill me!)"What's wrong?" she smiled evilly. "Afraid to have a girl on your shoulder?" Hikari leaned up so that her mouth was level to his ear. She leaned close and whispered in his ear seductively. "Genjo......".
Sanzo practically leapt off the rock. "What...What do you think you're doing?!" Hikari laughed.
"God Genjo you're so easy to freak out!" she beamed up at him. Sanzo looked ready to kill. Then he smiled secretively.
"Oh yeah? Let's see how easy you are to freak out." Sanzo advanced on her slowly. Hikari stopped laughing.
"Genjo. Don't be too hasty now.....Genjo you're kidding right?" Hikari backed away slowly. Sanzo smiled sadistically and shook his head.
"Uh oh." Hikari got up and ran off the rock. "ARGH!!! HELP!!! I'M BEING CHASED BY A PERVERTED SADISTIC PRIEST!!"
"You're gonna regret that Hikari!" he shouted after her. Hikari laughed and continued running.
"I'll tell you what. I'll make you a deal. If i get home first you have to leave me alone!" Hikari ducked quickly, narrowly missing a branch.
"You're not in a position to be making deals!" He ducked to avoid a branch.
//Damn!// Hikari broke her way through a net of vines and looked around her. To her left she could see her house. //Where's Genjo? He couldn't be that far behind.....He's probabally waiting to jump me!// she thought in fright. //Well we'll just see....//
Hikari walked slowly to the clearing which was now her garden. //Slowly, Slowly......NOW!// Hikari threw herself sideways and heard a soft oof! She turned to see Sanzo rubbing his nose.
"Bitch." he looked at her with his eyes narrowed. Hikari laughed.
"Awww. Poor Genjo Sanzo. Does your nose hurt sweetie?" she said speaking like you'd speak to a two year old. Sanzo narrowed his eyes further and gave her a death glare.
"Genjo stop with the face you're scaring me!" Hikari mocked. Sanzo sarted to get up, Hikari backed away and broke into a run when he was fully upright.
//I'm gonna make it!// Hikari giggled with glee as she stepped into the house. She walked quickly into the room that Hakkai, Gojyo and Goku were sat in when she left.
"Hi guys!!" Hikari came in grinning from ear to ear. "How've ya bin?" Hikari collapsed on the sofa where Hakkai was sat.
"Miss Hikari! You're all scratched! What happened?!" Hakkai immediately began healing her with his ki/chi (whichever you prefer).
"I was being chased by a scary monster."
"Nesupa?(really?)" Goku said his gold eyes widening.
"Yeah. Here he comes now." Hikari said pointing behind him. Goku turned quickly, his Nyoibo (staff) coming out in flash of light. Sanzo stood at the doorway panting and still holding his nose.
"SANZO? Yeah you're right that is scary." Goku laughed with Hikari.
"URUSAI BAKASARU!!" Sanzo already had his paper fan out.
"Ittai." Hikari giggled even more.
"And YOU! I'll get you for this! Baka onna!" Sanzo rubbed his nose.
"Sure you will." Hikari grinned. "Are you sure your nose is Ok? You haven't broken it or anything have you *Genjo*" she said deliberately reminding him of what happened at Shimofuri Rock. Sanzo blushed profusely and stomped off.
"YOUR ROOM IS FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT!" she shouted after him gleefully. //As easy to piss off as ever.//
"Nee, Hikari what was Sanzo so angry about?" Goku asked innocently.
"Ahhh.......you'll understand when you're older."
"Wha?" Goku looked confused.
"Now do you guys know where your rooms are?"
"Yes we do, Yuri showed us. Thankyou so much for letting us stay Miss Hikari." Hakkai smiled (as always).
"You're welcome and please just call me Hikari. You're making me feel old!"
"Ok." Hakkai laughed.
"Well i'd better get going too. If you need anything my bedroom's next door to Genjo's." she said as she yawned and walked out of the room.
"Right next door to Sanzo huh? Well isn't that fortunate?" Gojyo smiled and winked at Hakkai.
"What are you guys talking about? I wanna know!" Goku whined.
"Just go to sleep you stupid monkey, you'll never understand!"
"But i wanna know!!!!!!!"
"URUSAI!!! I'M TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP!"
"Yes sir." Gojyo and Goku dived into their beds.
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Hikari: And so ends another chapter. Remember to review! And please tell me if you think the characters are a bit OOC. (I'm trying my best to keep them in character! ^__^; So be gentle.). And also what do you think of a GokuxYuri pairing? Should i add it in or leave it out? Ja ne!
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