Hikari: Contrary to popular belief i am indeed still alive ^_^ Sorry for not updating for so long but i was busy! Now that i have got on top of things i should be updating more reguarly ^__^.

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Sanzo got up slowly. "Damn, my nose feels like it's on fire." he walked over to the sink and splashed his face with cold water and hissed as the water made contact with his sensitive nose.//Damn onna.// Sanzo dressed quickly (or pulled up the robes that he always wears, whatever.) and made his way towards the living room. He pushed open the door and entered.

The atmosphere changed dramatically. It felt as if he had walked into a school playground. Kids were everywhere stuffing their mouths with horrible looking grey stuff. Most of the *food* ended up on the floor or on the table.

"Oi! That's mine!"

"No it's not it was mine first!"

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

"Was not!"

"Was too!" the two kids stared at each other for a few seconds then screamed simultaneously.

"ONEESAN!!"

"Coming!" Hikari came around from the corner carring a tray full of the oozing grey stuff. She was dressed in a chinese style dress and a wore a white apron to top it all off. //She looks.....cute.// Hikari expertly avoided a child's stuck out leg and a ball that a toddler was playing with. She put the tray down and wiped her brow.

//Hm. If she can't handle it then why doesn't she just quit?// Sanzo heard a familiar voice coming from the kitchen and went to check it out. Hakkai was up to his elbows in washing up. Gojyo was sat back smoking as usual and Goku was stuffing his face full of the grey goop.

//Ugh!// Sanzo came in and sat down silently at the table. He picked up the newspaper that was on the table and began reading it.

Meanwhile Hikari gave out the bowls of gruel and went over to the bickering children.

"Zhao, Jian what is it now?"

"Zhao thinks that I stole her ball!"

"Well did you?" Hikari asked firmly.

"No! This is my ball!" Behind them another child started to bawl. Hikari sighed.

"Well then why don't you two share the ball?"

"No way! This is my ball and i don't want to play with Zhao. She can't throw." the other girl pouted.

"Well she can only get better if you teach her right?"

"Yeah but i don't want to teach her!"

"You said you wanted to work here when you grow up right?" Hikari said gently. The girl looked up at her with sparkling green eyes.

"Yeah i wanna work here! I wanna help you oneesan (older sister)!"

"Well then when you grow up you can teach here."

"A teacher? WOW! I'll be just like Rei-oneesan!" the girl was obviosly pleased with the idea.

"Why don't you help Zhao and think of her as your first pupil?"

"Um...Ok" the green eyed girl turned to the scrawny girl next to her.

"First lesson is never to play ball inside the house!" Hikari smiled and walked into the kitchen.

"Morning guys!"

The guys mumbled their greetings. Gojyo stared at her generous chest.

"Miss Hikari. You look tired. Maybe you should rest for a while. I'll take over if you want." Hakkai turned aroung wiping his hands on a towel. Sanzo looked at Hikari over the top of his newspaper but said nothing.

"Nah i'm Ok. This sorta stuff happens all the time. Hakkai you sound just like youfu! -----A/N Is that right? Adoptive father?---- he says the same thing to me. Says that i'm throwing away my youth! But then.....there aren't any good looking men in this town. So what else can i do..... i'll probably end marrying some ugly goon with ten children from six different wives! Small town lives suck!" she ended the last statement with a dramatic sigh.

"Well if you're looking for a good looking man them i'm available!" Gojyo leaned forward on the table. Hikari raised an eyebrow and evaluated the redhead's looks.

"Listen to what she's saying ero kappa! she said *good looking*" Goku said eating his sixth bowl of gruel.

"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?!" Gojyo grabbed the bowl off Goku.

"NOOOOOOOOOO! GIVE IT BACK ERO KAPPA!"

"MAKE ME BAKA SARU!"

"OK THEN." Goku got out his staff.

"BRING IT ON!" Hikari rushed to stop them.

"Guys guys! No fighting! And didn't i tell you before! No smoking?" Hikari walked up to Gojyo and pulled the cigarette out of his mouth. "It's bad for your health!"

"What about Sanzo? How come he's allowed to smoke?" Gojyo pointed out.

"He's not." Hikari pulled Sanzo's cigarette out of his mouth.

"HEY! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"

"No smoking it's bad for your health!" Hikari calmly repeated, stubbing out his ciggarette.

"And just why do you care about my health?!"

"I care about everyone's health! I run a goddamn orphanage!" Hikari yelled.

"Hm. Not a very good one at that. Look at the state of this place! Can't you keep the brats under control?" The tell tale vein was beggining to make an appearence on his forehead.

"WHAT?! What's wrong with my orphanage you jerk!!" Hikari was being held back by Hakkai who was desperately pleading with Hikari not to get on the wrong side of Sanzo.

"Sure the kids are a little wild but what did you expect?! I picked them up from the street!"

"KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN!! I DON'T APPRECIATE YOU TALKING TO ME LIKE THAT!" Sanzo had gotten up from the chair and now slammed his hands down on the table.

"DO I LOOK LIKE A GIVE A DAMN?!" They were practically at each other's throats. Electricity crackled between them.

"How about we talk about something else?" Hakkai suggested meekly.

"I'd love to. I'm sick of talking to that bitch!" Hikari's eyed widened then narrowed in anger. She looked like she was going to strangle him.

"Kutabare! (fuck you!)" she said with vehemence and stomped out of the room.

"Woah. Is it just me or did you just get pussy-whipp-I'll shut up now." Gojyo said as he saw the "I'll kill you" look making it's appearing once again on the monks delicate features.

There was silence in the room for a few minutes.

"Well?" Sanzo asked.

"Well what?" Goku was *still* eating gruel.

"Am i going to get any breakfast today or not?"

"Oh! Sumimasen Sanzo!" Hakkai rushed over to the cooker to make breakfast for the corrupt monk.

//Stupid son-of-a-bitch monk! Thinks he owns the place....why i oughta......// Hikari raged on as she reached her room and slammed the door shut with enough force to make the whole house shake.

They ate in silence. When he was finished Sanzo got up, brushed himself off and told the other three that he was going for a walk.

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//Ah. Finally i can relax without anyone bothering me.// Sanzo sat down underneath a tree and leaned back, closing his eyes. A faint sound made it's way into Sanzo's ear. //It sounds like.....singing.// Sanzo sat and listened for a few seconds and then went to investigate the source of the noise. A few seconds later he saw a small clearing, filled with flowers. In the midst sat a girl in a flowing dress. She had a crimson flower in one hand and was singing quietly.

"You there! Are you from the orphanage? You should get back no-one's gonna find you all the way out here!"

The girl ignored him.

"HEY!" Sanzo walked over the the child //Stupid brat!// "Look. If you're not going to go back can you at least shut up? Like it's not bad enough living in a place that has as many kids as it has cockroaches!" The girl looked up at him slowly.

"You look just like the sun." the girl looked at him in awe.

"Yeah thanks kid-"

"Do you like my singing?"

"What?"

"Do you like my singing?"

"....." //Stupid kid.//

"Well *I* thought it was pretty melodic!" the girl gave a smirk and glowed brightly. Sanzo shielded his eyes from the bright light.

"Hello again, Genjo Sanzo. How's your little trip shaping up?"

//Oh no....it's the old hag again....// Sanzo opened his eyes and gave her a death glare.

"What do *you* want?"

"My my as polite as you always were. Well this time i just wanted to see how you were doing that's all. Can't a Goddess worry about her minions?" The Merciful Goddess winked.

//MINIONS?!// "You're hiding something." he said flatly. The Goddess looked surprised for a moment and then laughed.

"Hiding something? What would a Goddess want to hide anything for?"

"What is the real reason you came to see me?"

"Do you really want to know?" The Goddess's face looked serious.

"Yeah."

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Hikari walked back to the kitchen. She had changed the clothes she usually wore to look after the kids in and was now wearing a western style summerdress.

"Hikari-san!!! Tasukete!(help)" Goku and Gojyo were fighting again.

"Ero kappa! Get your hands off me!"

"You're the one pulling my hair!" Gojyo chucked a meatbun at Goku's head but it missed and headed straight for Hikari

"Eep! They sure do fight a lot don't they!" Hikari ducked and turned to smile at Hakkai.

"Yeah but they are good friends."

"Really? You can't tell!" Hikari laughed. "Erm. Hakkai....?"

"Yes, Miss Hikari?"

"If it's not too much trouble....."

"Yes?" Hakkai grinned.

"Erm.....well we're running out of food and i need to be in the prayer room in 5 minutes to read to the kids...so could you please get these items for me?" she handed him a long piece of paper.

"Sure." Hakkai smiled. (Gah! I'm getting tired of writing this so i'll just put a smiley face when Hakkai smiles: ^__^) A bowl flew past Hikari's face, missing it by bare inches.

"Eep! And take them with you please!"

Hakkai: ^__^ If you want. Gojyo, Goku! Would you two like to come shopping with me?

Goku: Yeah! Can we get something to eat on the way? I'm starving!

Gojyo: You just ate an hour ago bakasaru!

Goku: Oh yeah....

Hikari: ^__^;;

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LATER

"Ok kids! Today i'm going to read you a story in english. After i read it to you, you're all gonna have to tell me what happened you'd better listen! Zhao!" the little green eyed girl quietened.

"Once apon a time there was a princess. She lived in a big castle with her father, the King, her mother, the Queen and her older brother, the crown Prince. In this kingdom, they had a rule. Once you reached 15 you were believed to be eligible for the throne, and so when the Prince reached 15 he set out to prove that he was worthy to inherit the kingdom...." she had their attention now. //These kids can't get enough of fairy tales// she thought fondly.

"HIKARI-SAMA!!!" a overly large man burst through the door, gasping for breath.

"Ishida-san i would appreciate it if you could come into the prayer room a little quieter."

"But-but Hikari-sama. Demons! The demons are here! i heard from Takayami-chan, they have already reached the Torushina marketplace! They're killing human's and setting their houses on fire!" Hikari dropped the book she was holding.

"WHAT!? Why wasn't i told earlier?" she demanded.

"We were ordered not to by Akira-sama"

"My father?! Why the hell would he do that?!" the man looked down.

"I have no idea, Hikari-sama"

//Already at the marketplace.............HOLY SHIT! THAT'S WHERE I SENT HAKKAI AND THE OTHERS!// Hikari acted quickly.

"Ok. Ishida-san i want you to lock all doors of the orphanage. Make sure that all the kids are inside and then bolt the gate behind me." Hikari left the room momentarily. She came back in with a leather bag on her shoulder.

"But-Hikari-sama! Where are you going?" the man ran after Hikari shouting desperately.

"I'm......i going to hold the demons off as long as i can. Hopefully i'll be able to stop them before they manage to do any more damage." Hikari turned to leave. //Where's Genjo? I hope he found his way to safety....Demons....you won't set this town on fire again. You.....won't.// A silent tear escaped from the corner of her eye.

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"Well, i'm waiting." Sanzo got a cigarette out and lit it.

"........"

"........"

"........"

"........"

"Ok fine! I'll tell you. It's about the girl." the Goddess threw her hands up in the air. "There. Happy now?"

"No, what about her?"

"The demon's are attacking the town for one reason only." Sanzo raised an eyebrow.

"And what reason would that be?"

"Well........."

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Hikari: Soooooooooooooooooooooooo Sorry for not updating sooner! I was busy with coursework, but at least i've updated now, ne? By the way people please check out my mates website! It's new and only Ray and I have signed her guestbook! It's based on the bishies of anime. She put a Sanzo pic up for me! T_T Thankyou Aerdna! GO TO: http://www.matmice.com/home/animated14 And remember to review! ^__^