Seiko: ...Hi there again! I've completed the first chap, and now I'm going
to write the second one! Uh, and it's my first attempt to write fighting
scenes too! Do correct me if I made any mistakes in this chap. Gomen, if
the previous chap bored you to death! But I promise, I'll make this story
better, okay?
Hakkai: Yeah, that's the spirit! By the way, Sanzo-tachi wa doko desu ka?
Seiko: ...He was still sulking with Gojyo and Goku, repeating 'baka yarou onna' whenever I went to his room before... Not to mention his harisen went flying every time I turned the doorknob...(^___^;;;)
Hakkai: {chuckles nervously} ...Anyway, do leave some comments! And Seiko doesn't own Saiyuki, it belongs rightfully to Minekura-san! So, please don't sue her...
Seiko: Uuuuuuuu.....I really want to own Saiyuki! {rolling all over the floor} Arhh!!!! I WANT IT!!!!!! .....OWW!!!! Itta..... Why did you do that, baka bouzu????
Sanzo: Urusai!!! Baka yarou onna narrator!!
Hakkai: Yare yare desu ne... (^___^;;;)
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MISCHIEVOUS SPIRIT
Chapter 2 - POSSESSION
"...a girl???"
Hakkai blinked his eyes several times, not believing what he had just seen. The same goes to the red headed hanyou, since they had never expected a girl to save them this time. They both were stunned and didn't move a muscle, and their eyes went on studying the female latter standing in front of them.
The girl realised that, and she spun around, making her silky grey hair swiftly swayed around, revealing her pretty face. She somehow looked puzzled at the way those two men who were both older than her by any chance, stared at her as if they hadn't saw any girls around her age before.
Feeling a bit annoyed and disgusted by the stare, her head was full with numerous wild popping veins, throbbing out like crazy.
"...What are you looking at?? I'm not going to fight him alone, am I?"
Both Hakkai and Gojyo were struck back to reality once the voice went through their ears. Hakkai was the one who stood up first and bowed to the young lady.
"Sumimasen, ojou-san. We didn't mean to..." Hakkai couldn't finish his talk, when all of a sudden, the girl jumped back, vanishing her sword somewhere and formed another white smoke layer around her and she was actually protecting the elders altogether with herself from a black 'ki' ball heading towards them three.
...And it was 'Goku's' 'ki' ball.
"...Stop apologizing just yet, onii-san. We're in trouble here." The girl suddenly voiced out and she was obviously talking to Hakkai.
"...Hai, Sumimasen." Hakkai bowed again.
The girl sweat dropped. 'I thought I've just said stop apologising, but then he's still doing that?'
It seemed like the 'Goku' became even wilder than before, when unexpectedly he turned back to Sanzo and swung his leg and it hit Sanzo hard on his face, making the blonde hurled away heading to another corner of the corridor. He knocked himself up against the wall, and sudden aches hit his entire body, leaving the monk hissed in pain.
"...Sanzo!!" Gojyo and Hakkai yelled almost at the same time, worried. They were about to step forward and help Sanzo, but were stopped by the girl in front.
"Are you going to kill yourself? Stay here and fight!" the girl somewhat scolded those two, and it surely made them shocked. Gojyo and Hakkai bowed again at the same time, making the grey-haired stumbled head over heels and sweat dropped more than ever.
"Anou na......yameru kudasai!" she straightened her back and appeared her sword once more, and aimed it to 'Goku'. She stared at the itan with such loathing look, that even those two other shounens couldn't afford to look at her straight in the eyes.
'...Should I use my sword to defeat this boy? He's one of these men's friend...'
But then, 'Goku' dashed in such high speed towards them three, ignoring Sanzo who was coughing repeatedly, while spitting his blood out. With a deafening scream, the itan jumped and he was about to pounce over the girl, when all of a sudden...
"...Stop it, Goku!!!!"
A straight light led a greenish 'ki' ball headed right for Goku, and the itan couldn't evade the sudden attack that he lost his balance and got hit by the 'ki'.
The 'Goku' smashed himself hard on the wooden floor, making his head felt dizzy but then, he forced himself to stand back on his feet. He pushed the floor quite hard, but he looked like he almost faint by any time now. His body shivered again and he hastily hugged himself, clasping his clothes tight as if a sudden pain struck him all over the body.
...He screamed again, so loud that the whole town could hear his voice clearly.
"...Goku!!!!" Gojyo screamed his heart out, but still no use. The itan kept on struggling with himself and then he halted. Even Sanzo widened his amethyst eyes when he saw the kid acted like that.
"What on earth is happening to him??" Hakkai stood in his fighting posture, joined by Gojyo along by his right side, apparently heading the question to the silver-haired girl.
"...Like what you've already knew, he's been possessed."
"...But if so, how come I'm not sensing any yuki form nearby?"
The girl stared at the emerald-eyed latter without moving her sword elsewhere.
".Ghosts aren't supposed to be youkais, mind you. Once they took over someone's body, the victim would surely be theirs... entirely, body and mind....."
Suddenly, her voice sounded sympathized, and she turned away from Hakkai's face.
"...Even sometimes, the souls were taken by the ghosts. Eternally theirs."
The last statement certainly made Hakkai and Gojyo stunned. They had never thought that saru would be possessed like this... He's still a child, an innocent, naïve child that shouldn't be tormented like what they saw in front of their eyes.
...They felt pity, somehow. After a nod, Hakkai paid his concentrations towards the itan again, who was halted abruptly from yelling like crazy. If the girl weren't around, he would have hugged Goku tight, telling him to calm down. He loved Goku like his own younger brother, since the last three years when they first met. But since the girl prevented him to do so, in case if the poltergeist went out of Goku and possessed him instead, Hakkai couldn't obey his own will.
'Goku' sat up on the floor and his face went directly towards Sanzo at the back. With a devilish grin on his face, the itan lifted his head abruptly making Sanzo shoved for his shoreiju. Well, the gun didn't scare 'Goku', though. Instead, the figure behind the moon light chuckled. He stood up and moved forward slowly, his head hung loosely to the right and it surely made Sanzo felt petrified.
Sanzo knew what would happen if he didn't do anything about the saru, that he forced himself to stand up on his feet and he aimed the shoreiju towards Goku who was approaching him nearer step after step.
Sanzo pulled the trigger twice, and two bullets passed the itan by inches, making him a bit shocked. But still, his grin didn't fade away and he called Sanzo's name with a trembling sound...
"...Genjo Sanzo..." the kid looked straight into the amethyst eyes of the monk and suddenly, Sanzo felt numb and...
...He couldn't move a muscle! He was paralysed for sure!
'...Kuso...!!' Sanzo cursed himself for being so stupid and stared back the gaki before. He had already knew those creatures other than humans and ordinary youkais could make someone paralysed if you stared back at that other's eyes for a while.
'Goku' was about to step forward and he had already formed a big black 'ki' ball in his palms, when then he felt something wrapped his leg firmly. He turned back, and he saw the red-haired man did it with his shakujou.
"Goku!! What the hell are you doing??"
The kid smirked again, then he abruptly turned backwards and blasted his 'ki' ball right towards the three latter instead of Sanzo. Thankfully, they had enough time to dodge the attack and what was left due to the 'ki' ball was a big hole right on the floor.
The girl turned to the elders, and she herself stood up with her blue sword in her palms, still aiming at the 'Goku'. She was still hesitating whether to use it on the itan or not.
"Daijoubu ka, minna-san?"
"...Daijoubu desu. What about you?" Hakkai patted his clothes while smiling at the girl.
The girl was actually felt rather guilty since the moment she met those men there, since she knew that if she hurt the possessed victim with her sword, it would be the same as hurting the innocent soul trapped in that body...
...She didn't want to hurt Goku's soul.
"...I'm fine. I guess we need to do something before he hurt the monk over there. Any plans?"
...Silent fell flat.
'Huhhh...they're hopeless!' the girl gave out a loud sigh, and she turned back to 'Goku' who was staring at Sanzo once again, and he didn't make any move yet, not even an attempt to make the monk injured. Sanzo was puzzled for sure, but yet he couldn't move himself, not even a muscle. If he were to be able to move around, then he would smack the itan's head out cold.
But then, the girl recalled something...
"...Did he just say... Genjo Sanzo??" she turned, facing the two shounens behind. She looked perplexed that made the elders wondered what was she confused about.
"Hai, that's the monk's name." Hakkai politely answered the girl's question.
"That's why!!!" the girl said that loud enough, that Sanzo turned his gaze towards the female latter.
"...Ehhh???" Hakkai and Gojyo reacted almost together.
".Maybe, the ghost inside that boy believes in the rumor, which is when they eat a Sanzo's flesh, then they'll live forever! Hurry up, or the boy will..." she stopped.
"...Goku... will eat Sanzo??" Gojyo almost fell on his knees hearing the girl's explanation. Yes, he did know about the rumor, but he had never expected ghosts would use innocent bodies, just to eat the flesh of Sanzos!! The same goes with Hakkai who became speechless suddenly.
"...OIII!!!!! Stop daydreaming, and do something about this damn baka saru!!!!" Sanzo's harsh voice suddenly struck those three back to the reality. The girl somehow sweat dropped and looked astonishingly to Sanzo, and her act made the other two sweat dropped along. They knew what was she thinking about the bouzu, well.
"...But I haven't heard that a monk can curse like that..."
"...Anou, for your information, that's our typical Sanzo." Hakkai lifted up his index finger, chuckling nervously. While Gojyo, stumbled head over heels hearing Hakkai's answer.
"...Suuuureeeee.... He's the typical Sanzo who knows how to curse, he smokes, drinks and all the bad things bad boys would do. Except for one thing." Gojyo smirked his hentai smile.
"...What?"
"...He haven't take any girls to sleep together!"
" OI !!!!!!! Kono yarou hentai erotic kappa!!! You'll die after this!!! Kono @#$%&$@!!!!"
Hakkai and the girl sweat dropped as they heard Sanzo cursed like that, and they looked at each other while chuckling nervously.
"...So, he's one of a kind, ne, onii-san? I guess I'm lucky to find a rare type of monk who's as stingy as this one..."
Sanzo sent a death-promising glare towards the girl, and she stopped talking, and looked elsewhere but Sanzo's burning eyeballs. If only there's a firehouse nearby, the girl would have called for help and asked the firemen to put off the monk's burning orbs.
'But what if his eyes became ashes afterwards? Hm...' now the girl had gone to far beyond her imaginations. Question marks popped out of her head simultaneously making Hakkai quite enjoying himself to chuckle anxiously as much as he wanted.
Then, not long after that, 'Goku' floated in the air and moved towards frozen Sanzo again, while lifting his hands up, and he did that as if he was going to strangle or maybe cut Sanzo into pieces! His face showed no expression, except a wide annoying smirk that disturbed Sanzo most.
Hakkai and Gojyo were aware of that, and they ran to Goku, unprotected.
"...Goku! Stop!!"
The itan spun around swiftly and glared at those men when unexpectedly, Hakkai and Gojyo were sent backwards after some kind of supernatural blows hit them, by just a glare. They knocked themselves on the wall hard, and Hakkai fell aimlessly on Gojyo, making the kappa murmured in pain. They felt like their ribs had broken already since the blow was extremely hard.
"...Onii-san!!!" the girl yelled fretfully seeing those men got hit like that. 'I'm not going to let that happen again.like what happened to Izumi.....NEVER!!!'
Hakkai's head was bleeding badly due to his encounter with a stone lantern on the wall while he was flown back and hit the wall hard. He was about to move from Gojyo when then, he fainted.
"Hakkai! Oi, Hakkai! Are you okay? Hakkai!!" Gojyo shook his friend's shoulder slowly, trying to wake him up. But obviously, it failed.
Not satisfied with that, 'Goku' abruptly loomed right in front of the elders and it surely made Gojyo and the girl shocked. Not to mention Sanzo who was trying hard to make his body normal again after being paralysed. Apparently, he felt number than before that he stopped forcing himself. Sudden pain attacked his muscles each time he tried to move them. He grunted of his weakness.
'Goku' was about to hurt the men once more when then, the girl stepped in front of him and punched Goku across his face with all her might, making the latter almost fell.
'Goku' lowered his head and smirked devilishly, while then, he lifted his hand and formed another black 'ki' ball, right heading towards the girl. She failed to evade the rapid attack and she was thrown backwards, near Hakkai and Gojyo.
She hit her head on the wall, but luckily she could manage the pain and she could still remained conscious. Usually, when someone knocked his head hard, the system in his body would be dented due to the brain's inabilities to function well, at the same time making that person faint, like what happened to Hakkai just then. But somehow, this girl was a strong believer in inner strength that she gathered all her courage to fight back the pain.
Gojyo put Hakkai gently lying on the floor and headed to the girl and helped her up.
"...Are you okay?" Gojyo asked the girl abruptly, making the girl stunned by those words. She had never been treated nicely like that. Usually, other people ignored her whenever she hurt herself or got injured. Except her late brother...
'...this man reminded me of him...'
Gojyo was puzzled by the girl's act who totally ignored his question and the way she looked at Gojyo was even weirder.
"...Oi, I said are you okay?"
"Oh? Umm... Sumimasen. Yeah, I'm alright." She then looked at the 'Goku' in front with such abhorrence feelings inside her pure heart. 'Goku' smirked again and left those three at the back, and he was heading towards frozen Sanzo, who was still aiming the shoreiju to Goku.
The girl was annoyed. She glared at the boy with sudden hatred and then she darted forward after she vanished her sword somewhere no one would ever knew.
Goku was still standing frailly facing the monk when suddenly, he felt something was approaching him from behind that he turned his head once more. A punch was about to hurt his face, when he abruptly held the fist on time, making the girl shocked that she used her other fist for good.
Unfortunately, the itan was faster that he punched the girl right in the stomach. The girl bent in pain, hissing quietly...
'...Chikusho...Fight back, Izuko! Fight the pain!!'
The girl lifted her face when another harsh blow hit her pretty face, and she was sent lying on the floor, making Gojyo damned worried. 'No way I'm going to let a girl got hurt.' he tried to stand up, but the pain inside became more worse that Gojyo fell again on his knees.
"...Ojou-san! Hold on !!" Gojyo could only give mental support to her.
'Goku' continued his plan, to hit Sanzo again, and make him unable to fight him back...Then eat him RAW. He drew closer to Sanzo and abruptly grabbed his injured neck making the blonde groaned helplessly. By any chance, the 'Goku' somehow lifted Sanzo up, about two inches above the floor. Sanzo let out a groan due to the pain when the itan lifted him like that.
"...Sanzooo!!!! Kuso....." Gojyo reached his shakujou and threw the crescent edged chain swiftly towards Goku and it worked. The chain went around Goku's waist and gripped the itan's stomach quite tight, making 'Goku' let the monk go. Gojyo hurriedly pulled his shakujou, making the itan lost his balance and tumbled down on the wooden floor. 'Goku's' body was frail, though.
Sanzo fell on the floor and held his neck while coughing again, trying to gasp more air into his lungs. 'Goku' hissed in pain and he clasped the chain firmly. Then, unexpectedly, he let out his 'ki' energy along the shakujou and Gojyo hurriedly let the shakujou off his hand, after he saw the shakujou being melted slowly.
"...No way... Goku...??" Gojyo was entirely shocked, while the itan looked up to Gojyo's face, and started to step nearer to him. He grinned again, speechless. And from the grin, Gojyo could tell that Goku was going to finish him up with one finishing blow.
The girl still didn't want to give up, that when the 'Goku' stepped over her to draw closer to Hakkai and Gojyo, she stretched her leg and kicked 'Goku's' feet, making the itan fell hard on the floor once more.
The girl took the only chance to stand up and pinned Goku under, making the itan couldn't move. She drew her head closer to Goku's and chanted something under her breath, which made Gojyo completely determined to move and went closer to those two. He slowly moved his legs and made the wall became his support.
"...Urggg!!!! Let me go, you human!! Yarou!! Let me gooo!!!!" the itan struggled hard to loose himself, and the girl slapped the itan hard across his face to make him shut his mouth. Although he struggled even harder to free himself, he was held tight, glued to the floor by the girl's grab. Gojyo hurriedly helped the girl by pushing Goku on the floor, not knowing what the girl wanted to do.
"...What are you going to do??"
...No answer.
The girl kept on chanting with her eyes closed tight, simultaneously her pendant shone a blue light brightly that filled the hallway, followed by Goku's deafening scream...
Sudden impact hit those guys right when the light started to shine all over the place, but still it wasn't too powerful. It was like a small hurricane happened to pass them, and it made the elders more than just shocked.
The men were stunned, covering their eyes since the light was too bright that it might make them all blind with its outstanding glow. They totally ignored the scream and the chanting sound. But then, they were again more than perplexed and astonished. Gojyo and mostly, Sanzo felt an energy source went through their bodies, and their pain abruptly faded away by the unknown resource.
Suddenly in the bright light, Hakkai jerked his eyes open and he found out some sort of energy made him conscious again.
'...This girl?? She's healing us with her energy!' Hakkai suddenly realised since he too, was a healer. He thought about it for a while, and then he recalled something.
'But I don't feel like she's a youkai... how come she has this 'ki' power anyway?' the question kept on popping in his mind, and he struggled hard to find the answer when then, the bright light gradually disappeared.
"Huh...It's done."
The girl went off Goku who was unconscious due to the ritual that happened just before. She tied her long silvery hair while watching Goku with deep sympathy. She understood how the elders felt about Goku been possessed, since she herself experienced it before...
Goku didn't move a bit, making Gojyo damned worried. He grabbed Goku in his arms, calling the itan's name continuously. He shook the motionless body gently, but still, Goku didn't open his eyes. Then, all of a sudden...
".Arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Iyaaa!!!!!!!!! Please. leave me alone!!!!! Arhhhhhhh!!!!"
Goku screamed. He screamed so loud just like before, making Hakkai and Sanzo gathered along around Goku. They all shared the same thoughts...
'...What actually happened to Goku???'
The girl was standing straight with her eyes widened in fear...
'...No...It's not going to happen again...Please don't happen again...'
She suddenly fell on her knees, still staring at Goku fretfully, and she realised she was shaking hard in fear and terrified... She hugged herself, and prayed...
'...Please don't let this boy die,... like what happened to them...Izumi, and onii-chan...'
Before she knew it, she was crying hard, making the ikkou turned to her.
'...Why?'
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Seiko: ...Finished chapter 2!! So how was it guys? I did make Gojyo acted more, satisfied??
Gojyo: Obviously!! Sankyu! (!!^__^!!)
Goku: ...So, who is this 'Izuko' anyway?
Seiko: ...Aha! And I'm not going to reveal her identity just yet! Cause that's the most interesting part of this story! (^^)
Goku: ...How old is she? The same as me?? (^____^)
Hakkai: ...Can she cook? Oh, and is she a healer like me?
Gojyo: ...Is she a sexy young onna? If so, I'm going to ask her out!
Seiko: ...Arhgggghhh!!! I said, I'm NOT going to tell you anything about her! Wait for the next chap, and you'll know her well later.
Sanzo: Oh yeah?? And I bet the readers are damned mad with your boring fic! Ch, it surely sucks for me. (- -)OoO°
Seiko: ...Haa?? Honto ni?? Uuuu..... (T--T)
Hakkai: maa, maa... Stop crying. I'll help you, okay? (^__^) {pats Seiko's head}
Seiko: Really?? Sankyu onii-chan! (^--^) Anyway, sorry if the story REALLY made all of you bored like crazy! So, if you don't want to be bored, review!! So that I can make this story even more interesting!
Hakkai: Here are the Japanese words that maybe the readers don't understand in the fic...
Hanyou - half demon, half human/ taboo child.
Itan - heretic
Gojyo: And I'm sure you readers know the other words, right? But if you don't, don't hesitate to ask this onna narrator here! Ja!
Seiko: WAITT!!!! Oh dear readers, please R & R, pleeeeaaassseeeee... ONEGAI!!!! Uuuuu.... (T---T)
Gojyo: ...Huh, there she goes again, crying all the time...
Hakkai: Maa, maa..... Sh... don't cry okay? {hugs Seiko}
Goku: ...Stop crying, Seiko-chan. I'll give you my nikumans if you stop,ne?
Seiko: ....{still crying}
Gojyo: ...Maybe, we'll go out if you stop crying, how's that? (!!^__--!!!)
Seiko: {stops crying and stares Gojyo}...
Gojyo: Wow, I never knew she likes me too!
Seiko: .....UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (T0T)
Hakkai: {chuckles nervously} .....I think she hates you, Gojyo. Yameru kudasai, Seiko-chan.
Sanzo: (-___-####) ...KKkkkkkkkkkkk.....Baka Onnnnaaa!!!!! URUSEIII!!!!!! {smacks Seiko's head}
Seiko: ITTAII!!!!!!!! Oi, it hurts, kono baka bouzu!!! Uuuu..
Sanzo: STOP IT!!!! IT MAKES MY EARS BURST, BAKA WRITER!!!! SHINEEE!!!! {strangles Seiko}
Seiko: {strangles back on the floor} ...BAKA NAMAGUZA BOUZU!!!!! ARGG!!! HANASE!!!
Sanzo: {still strangling Seiko} ...Urgg....HANASE, OMAE WO KOROSU!!!!
Hakkai: Yare yare desu ne...What should we do now, ne, Hakuryu? (o___^())
Hakuryu: .Kyuuuu!!! (translations: ...Leave them like that, they're lovers after all!)
Sanzo and Seiko: ...HAKURYUUU!!!!!!!!! {chases Hakuryu all around the neighbourhood}
Hakuryu: {flies away} KYUU!!!!! (translations: Help mee!!!!!!)
Hakkai: {sweat dropped} he...he...he... (o___^;;;;;;;)
Gojyo: Again, sorry dear readers if those two really make you all crazy...
Goku: HM! Btw, they're not 'lovers', though. So, for those who love Sanzo like mad, please don't attack Seiko-chan, she's still a high school student who needs to study for next year's BIG exam...
All: {bows} Onegai shimasu and Arigato for R & R!!!
Background: {Sanzo's shoreiju shots like crazy} {Neighbours cursing both Seiko and Sanzo} {Hakuryu cooed frightfully} {Seiko fell into lake and splash sound} {Seiko:.SANZOOO!!!!!}
Sanzo: {went home, panting} huh...huh...
Hakkai: ...Eh? What happened??
Also, to be continued! (^__^())
Hakkai: Yeah, that's the spirit! By the way, Sanzo-tachi wa doko desu ka?
Seiko: ...He was still sulking with Gojyo and Goku, repeating 'baka yarou onna' whenever I went to his room before... Not to mention his harisen went flying every time I turned the doorknob...(^___^;;;)
Hakkai: {chuckles nervously} ...Anyway, do leave some comments! And Seiko doesn't own Saiyuki, it belongs rightfully to Minekura-san! So, please don't sue her...
Seiko: Uuuuuuuu.....I really want to own Saiyuki! {rolling all over the floor} Arhh!!!! I WANT IT!!!!!! .....OWW!!!! Itta..... Why did you do that, baka bouzu????
Sanzo: Urusai!!! Baka yarou onna narrator!!
Hakkai: Yare yare desu ne... (^___^;;;)
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MISCHIEVOUS SPIRIT
Chapter 2 - POSSESSION
"...a girl???"
Hakkai blinked his eyes several times, not believing what he had just seen. The same goes to the red headed hanyou, since they had never expected a girl to save them this time. They both were stunned and didn't move a muscle, and their eyes went on studying the female latter standing in front of them.
The girl realised that, and she spun around, making her silky grey hair swiftly swayed around, revealing her pretty face. She somehow looked puzzled at the way those two men who were both older than her by any chance, stared at her as if they hadn't saw any girls around her age before.
Feeling a bit annoyed and disgusted by the stare, her head was full with numerous wild popping veins, throbbing out like crazy.
"...What are you looking at?? I'm not going to fight him alone, am I?"
Both Hakkai and Gojyo were struck back to reality once the voice went through their ears. Hakkai was the one who stood up first and bowed to the young lady.
"Sumimasen, ojou-san. We didn't mean to..." Hakkai couldn't finish his talk, when all of a sudden, the girl jumped back, vanishing her sword somewhere and formed another white smoke layer around her and she was actually protecting the elders altogether with herself from a black 'ki' ball heading towards them three.
...And it was 'Goku's' 'ki' ball.
"...Stop apologizing just yet, onii-san. We're in trouble here." The girl suddenly voiced out and she was obviously talking to Hakkai.
"...Hai, Sumimasen." Hakkai bowed again.
The girl sweat dropped. 'I thought I've just said stop apologising, but then he's still doing that?'
It seemed like the 'Goku' became even wilder than before, when unexpectedly he turned back to Sanzo and swung his leg and it hit Sanzo hard on his face, making the blonde hurled away heading to another corner of the corridor. He knocked himself up against the wall, and sudden aches hit his entire body, leaving the monk hissed in pain.
"...Sanzo!!" Gojyo and Hakkai yelled almost at the same time, worried. They were about to step forward and help Sanzo, but were stopped by the girl in front.
"Are you going to kill yourself? Stay here and fight!" the girl somewhat scolded those two, and it surely made them shocked. Gojyo and Hakkai bowed again at the same time, making the grey-haired stumbled head over heels and sweat dropped more than ever.
"Anou na......yameru kudasai!" she straightened her back and appeared her sword once more, and aimed it to 'Goku'. She stared at the itan with such loathing look, that even those two other shounens couldn't afford to look at her straight in the eyes.
'...Should I use my sword to defeat this boy? He's one of these men's friend...'
But then, 'Goku' dashed in such high speed towards them three, ignoring Sanzo who was coughing repeatedly, while spitting his blood out. With a deafening scream, the itan jumped and he was about to pounce over the girl, when all of a sudden...
"...Stop it, Goku!!!!"
A straight light led a greenish 'ki' ball headed right for Goku, and the itan couldn't evade the sudden attack that he lost his balance and got hit by the 'ki'.
The 'Goku' smashed himself hard on the wooden floor, making his head felt dizzy but then, he forced himself to stand back on his feet. He pushed the floor quite hard, but he looked like he almost faint by any time now. His body shivered again and he hastily hugged himself, clasping his clothes tight as if a sudden pain struck him all over the body.
...He screamed again, so loud that the whole town could hear his voice clearly.
"...Goku!!!!" Gojyo screamed his heart out, but still no use. The itan kept on struggling with himself and then he halted. Even Sanzo widened his amethyst eyes when he saw the kid acted like that.
"What on earth is happening to him??" Hakkai stood in his fighting posture, joined by Gojyo along by his right side, apparently heading the question to the silver-haired girl.
"...Like what you've already knew, he's been possessed."
"...But if so, how come I'm not sensing any yuki form nearby?"
The girl stared at the emerald-eyed latter without moving her sword elsewhere.
".Ghosts aren't supposed to be youkais, mind you. Once they took over someone's body, the victim would surely be theirs... entirely, body and mind....."
Suddenly, her voice sounded sympathized, and she turned away from Hakkai's face.
"...Even sometimes, the souls were taken by the ghosts. Eternally theirs."
The last statement certainly made Hakkai and Gojyo stunned. They had never thought that saru would be possessed like this... He's still a child, an innocent, naïve child that shouldn't be tormented like what they saw in front of their eyes.
...They felt pity, somehow. After a nod, Hakkai paid his concentrations towards the itan again, who was halted abruptly from yelling like crazy. If the girl weren't around, he would have hugged Goku tight, telling him to calm down. He loved Goku like his own younger brother, since the last three years when they first met. But since the girl prevented him to do so, in case if the poltergeist went out of Goku and possessed him instead, Hakkai couldn't obey his own will.
'Goku' sat up on the floor and his face went directly towards Sanzo at the back. With a devilish grin on his face, the itan lifted his head abruptly making Sanzo shoved for his shoreiju. Well, the gun didn't scare 'Goku', though. Instead, the figure behind the moon light chuckled. He stood up and moved forward slowly, his head hung loosely to the right and it surely made Sanzo felt petrified.
Sanzo knew what would happen if he didn't do anything about the saru, that he forced himself to stand up on his feet and he aimed the shoreiju towards Goku who was approaching him nearer step after step.
Sanzo pulled the trigger twice, and two bullets passed the itan by inches, making him a bit shocked. But still, his grin didn't fade away and he called Sanzo's name with a trembling sound...
"...Genjo Sanzo..." the kid looked straight into the amethyst eyes of the monk and suddenly, Sanzo felt numb and...
...He couldn't move a muscle! He was paralysed for sure!
'...Kuso...!!' Sanzo cursed himself for being so stupid and stared back the gaki before. He had already knew those creatures other than humans and ordinary youkais could make someone paralysed if you stared back at that other's eyes for a while.
'Goku' was about to step forward and he had already formed a big black 'ki' ball in his palms, when then he felt something wrapped his leg firmly. He turned back, and he saw the red-haired man did it with his shakujou.
"Goku!! What the hell are you doing??"
The kid smirked again, then he abruptly turned backwards and blasted his 'ki' ball right towards the three latter instead of Sanzo. Thankfully, they had enough time to dodge the attack and what was left due to the 'ki' ball was a big hole right on the floor.
The girl turned to the elders, and she herself stood up with her blue sword in her palms, still aiming at the 'Goku'. She was still hesitating whether to use it on the itan or not.
"Daijoubu ka, minna-san?"
"...Daijoubu desu. What about you?" Hakkai patted his clothes while smiling at the girl.
The girl was actually felt rather guilty since the moment she met those men there, since she knew that if she hurt the possessed victim with her sword, it would be the same as hurting the innocent soul trapped in that body...
...She didn't want to hurt Goku's soul.
"...I'm fine. I guess we need to do something before he hurt the monk over there. Any plans?"
...Silent fell flat.
'Huhhh...they're hopeless!' the girl gave out a loud sigh, and she turned back to 'Goku' who was staring at Sanzo once again, and he didn't make any move yet, not even an attempt to make the monk injured. Sanzo was puzzled for sure, but yet he couldn't move himself, not even a muscle. If he were to be able to move around, then he would smack the itan's head out cold.
But then, the girl recalled something...
"...Did he just say... Genjo Sanzo??" she turned, facing the two shounens behind. She looked perplexed that made the elders wondered what was she confused about.
"Hai, that's the monk's name." Hakkai politely answered the girl's question.
"That's why!!!" the girl said that loud enough, that Sanzo turned his gaze towards the female latter.
"...Ehhh???" Hakkai and Gojyo reacted almost together.
".Maybe, the ghost inside that boy believes in the rumor, which is when they eat a Sanzo's flesh, then they'll live forever! Hurry up, or the boy will..." she stopped.
"...Goku... will eat Sanzo??" Gojyo almost fell on his knees hearing the girl's explanation. Yes, he did know about the rumor, but he had never expected ghosts would use innocent bodies, just to eat the flesh of Sanzos!! The same goes with Hakkai who became speechless suddenly.
"...OIII!!!!! Stop daydreaming, and do something about this damn baka saru!!!!" Sanzo's harsh voice suddenly struck those three back to the reality. The girl somehow sweat dropped and looked astonishingly to Sanzo, and her act made the other two sweat dropped along. They knew what was she thinking about the bouzu, well.
"...But I haven't heard that a monk can curse like that..."
"...Anou, for your information, that's our typical Sanzo." Hakkai lifted up his index finger, chuckling nervously. While Gojyo, stumbled head over heels hearing Hakkai's answer.
"...Suuuureeeee.... He's the typical Sanzo who knows how to curse, he smokes, drinks and all the bad things bad boys would do. Except for one thing." Gojyo smirked his hentai smile.
"...What?"
"...He haven't take any girls to sleep together!"
" OI !!!!!!! Kono yarou hentai erotic kappa!!! You'll die after this!!! Kono @#$%&$@!!!!"
Hakkai and the girl sweat dropped as they heard Sanzo cursed like that, and they looked at each other while chuckling nervously.
"...So, he's one of a kind, ne, onii-san? I guess I'm lucky to find a rare type of monk who's as stingy as this one..."
Sanzo sent a death-promising glare towards the girl, and she stopped talking, and looked elsewhere but Sanzo's burning eyeballs. If only there's a firehouse nearby, the girl would have called for help and asked the firemen to put off the monk's burning orbs.
'But what if his eyes became ashes afterwards? Hm...' now the girl had gone to far beyond her imaginations. Question marks popped out of her head simultaneously making Hakkai quite enjoying himself to chuckle anxiously as much as he wanted.
Then, not long after that, 'Goku' floated in the air and moved towards frozen Sanzo again, while lifting his hands up, and he did that as if he was going to strangle or maybe cut Sanzo into pieces! His face showed no expression, except a wide annoying smirk that disturbed Sanzo most.
Hakkai and Gojyo were aware of that, and they ran to Goku, unprotected.
"...Goku! Stop!!"
The itan spun around swiftly and glared at those men when unexpectedly, Hakkai and Gojyo were sent backwards after some kind of supernatural blows hit them, by just a glare. They knocked themselves on the wall hard, and Hakkai fell aimlessly on Gojyo, making the kappa murmured in pain. They felt like their ribs had broken already since the blow was extremely hard.
"...Onii-san!!!" the girl yelled fretfully seeing those men got hit like that. 'I'm not going to let that happen again.like what happened to Izumi.....NEVER!!!'
Hakkai's head was bleeding badly due to his encounter with a stone lantern on the wall while he was flown back and hit the wall hard. He was about to move from Gojyo when then, he fainted.
"Hakkai! Oi, Hakkai! Are you okay? Hakkai!!" Gojyo shook his friend's shoulder slowly, trying to wake him up. But obviously, it failed.
Not satisfied with that, 'Goku' abruptly loomed right in front of the elders and it surely made Gojyo and the girl shocked. Not to mention Sanzo who was trying hard to make his body normal again after being paralysed. Apparently, he felt number than before that he stopped forcing himself. Sudden pain attacked his muscles each time he tried to move them. He grunted of his weakness.
'Goku' was about to hurt the men once more when then, the girl stepped in front of him and punched Goku across his face with all her might, making the latter almost fell.
'Goku' lowered his head and smirked devilishly, while then, he lifted his hand and formed another black 'ki' ball, right heading towards the girl. She failed to evade the rapid attack and she was thrown backwards, near Hakkai and Gojyo.
She hit her head on the wall, but luckily she could manage the pain and she could still remained conscious. Usually, when someone knocked his head hard, the system in his body would be dented due to the brain's inabilities to function well, at the same time making that person faint, like what happened to Hakkai just then. But somehow, this girl was a strong believer in inner strength that she gathered all her courage to fight back the pain.
Gojyo put Hakkai gently lying on the floor and headed to the girl and helped her up.
"...Are you okay?" Gojyo asked the girl abruptly, making the girl stunned by those words. She had never been treated nicely like that. Usually, other people ignored her whenever she hurt herself or got injured. Except her late brother...
'...this man reminded me of him...'
Gojyo was puzzled by the girl's act who totally ignored his question and the way she looked at Gojyo was even weirder.
"...Oi, I said are you okay?"
"Oh? Umm... Sumimasen. Yeah, I'm alright." She then looked at the 'Goku' in front with such abhorrence feelings inside her pure heart. 'Goku' smirked again and left those three at the back, and he was heading towards frozen Sanzo, who was still aiming the shoreiju to Goku.
The girl was annoyed. She glared at the boy with sudden hatred and then she darted forward after she vanished her sword somewhere no one would ever knew.
Goku was still standing frailly facing the monk when suddenly, he felt something was approaching him from behind that he turned his head once more. A punch was about to hurt his face, when he abruptly held the fist on time, making the girl shocked that she used her other fist for good.
Unfortunately, the itan was faster that he punched the girl right in the stomach. The girl bent in pain, hissing quietly...
'...Chikusho...Fight back, Izuko! Fight the pain!!'
The girl lifted her face when another harsh blow hit her pretty face, and she was sent lying on the floor, making Gojyo damned worried. 'No way I'm going to let a girl got hurt.' he tried to stand up, but the pain inside became more worse that Gojyo fell again on his knees.
"...Ojou-san! Hold on !!" Gojyo could only give mental support to her.
'Goku' continued his plan, to hit Sanzo again, and make him unable to fight him back...Then eat him RAW. He drew closer to Sanzo and abruptly grabbed his injured neck making the blonde groaned helplessly. By any chance, the 'Goku' somehow lifted Sanzo up, about two inches above the floor. Sanzo let out a groan due to the pain when the itan lifted him like that.
"...Sanzooo!!!! Kuso....." Gojyo reached his shakujou and threw the crescent edged chain swiftly towards Goku and it worked. The chain went around Goku's waist and gripped the itan's stomach quite tight, making 'Goku' let the monk go. Gojyo hurriedly pulled his shakujou, making the itan lost his balance and tumbled down on the wooden floor. 'Goku's' body was frail, though.
Sanzo fell on the floor and held his neck while coughing again, trying to gasp more air into his lungs. 'Goku' hissed in pain and he clasped the chain firmly. Then, unexpectedly, he let out his 'ki' energy along the shakujou and Gojyo hurriedly let the shakujou off his hand, after he saw the shakujou being melted slowly.
"...No way... Goku...??" Gojyo was entirely shocked, while the itan looked up to Gojyo's face, and started to step nearer to him. He grinned again, speechless. And from the grin, Gojyo could tell that Goku was going to finish him up with one finishing blow.
The girl still didn't want to give up, that when the 'Goku' stepped over her to draw closer to Hakkai and Gojyo, she stretched her leg and kicked 'Goku's' feet, making the itan fell hard on the floor once more.
The girl took the only chance to stand up and pinned Goku under, making the itan couldn't move. She drew her head closer to Goku's and chanted something under her breath, which made Gojyo completely determined to move and went closer to those two. He slowly moved his legs and made the wall became his support.
"...Urggg!!!! Let me go, you human!! Yarou!! Let me gooo!!!!" the itan struggled hard to loose himself, and the girl slapped the itan hard across his face to make him shut his mouth. Although he struggled even harder to free himself, he was held tight, glued to the floor by the girl's grab. Gojyo hurriedly helped the girl by pushing Goku on the floor, not knowing what the girl wanted to do.
"...What are you going to do??"
...No answer.
The girl kept on chanting with her eyes closed tight, simultaneously her pendant shone a blue light brightly that filled the hallway, followed by Goku's deafening scream...
Sudden impact hit those guys right when the light started to shine all over the place, but still it wasn't too powerful. It was like a small hurricane happened to pass them, and it made the elders more than just shocked.
The men were stunned, covering their eyes since the light was too bright that it might make them all blind with its outstanding glow. They totally ignored the scream and the chanting sound. But then, they were again more than perplexed and astonished. Gojyo and mostly, Sanzo felt an energy source went through their bodies, and their pain abruptly faded away by the unknown resource.
Suddenly in the bright light, Hakkai jerked his eyes open and he found out some sort of energy made him conscious again.
'...This girl?? She's healing us with her energy!' Hakkai suddenly realised since he too, was a healer. He thought about it for a while, and then he recalled something.
'But I don't feel like she's a youkai... how come she has this 'ki' power anyway?' the question kept on popping in his mind, and he struggled hard to find the answer when then, the bright light gradually disappeared.
"Huh...It's done."
The girl went off Goku who was unconscious due to the ritual that happened just before. She tied her long silvery hair while watching Goku with deep sympathy. She understood how the elders felt about Goku been possessed, since she herself experienced it before...
Goku didn't move a bit, making Gojyo damned worried. He grabbed Goku in his arms, calling the itan's name continuously. He shook the motionless body gently, but still, Goku didn't open his eyes. Then, all of a sudden...
".Arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Iyaaa!!!!!!!!! Please. leave me alone!!!!! Arhhhhhhh!!!!"
Goku screamed. He screamed so loud just like before, making Hakkai and Sanzo gathered along around Goku. They all shared the same thoughts...
'...What actually happened to Goku???'
The girl was standing straight with her eyes widened in fear...
'...No...It's not going to happen again...Please don't happen again...'
She suddenly fell on her knees, still staring at Goku fretfully, and she realised she was shaking hard in fear and terrified... She hugged herself, and prayed...
'...Please don't let this boy die,... like what happened to them...Izumi, and onii-chan...'
Before she knew it, she was crying hard, making the ikkou turned to her.
'...Why?'
To be continued... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seiko: ...Finished chapter 2!! So how was it guys? I did make Gojyo acted more, satisfied??
Gojyo: Obviously!! Sankyu! (!!^__^!!)
Goku: ...So, who is this 'Izuko' anyway?
Seiko: ...Aha! And I'm not going to reveal her identity just yet! Cause that's the most interesting part of this story! (^^)
Goku: ...How old is she? The same as me?? (^____^)
Hakkai: ...Can she cook? Oh, and is she a healer like me?
Gojyo: ...Is she a sexy young onna? If so, I'm going to ask her out!
Seiko: ...Arhgggghhh!!! I said, I'm NOT going to tell you anything about her! Wait for the next chap, and you'll know her well later.
Sanzo: Oh yeah?? And I bet the readers are damned mad with your boring fic! Ch, it surely sucks for me. (- -)OoO°
Seiko: ...Haa?? Honto ni?? Uuuu..... (T--T)
Hakkai: maa, maa... Stop crying. I'll help you, okay? (^__^) {pats Seiko's head}
Seiko: Really?? Sankyu onii-chan! (^--^) Anyway, sorry if the story REALLY made all of you bored like crazy! So, if you don't want to be bored, review!! So that I can make this story even more interesting!
Hakkai: Here are the Japanese words that maybe the readers don't understand in the fic...
Hanyou - half demon, half human/ taboo child.
Itan - heretic
Gojyo: And I'm sure you readers know the other words, right? But if you don't, don't hesitate to ask this onna narrator here! Ja!
Seiko: WAITT!!!! Oh dear readers, please R & R, pleeeeaaassseeeee... ONEGAI!!!! Uuuuu.... (T---T)
Gojyo: ...Huh, there she goes again, crying all the time...
Hakkai: Maa, maa..... Sh... don't cry okay? {hugs Seiko}
Goku: ...Stop crying, Seiko-chan. I'll give you my nikumans if you stop,ne?
Seiko: ....{still crying}
Gojyo: ...Maybe, we'll go out if you stop crying, how's that? (!!^__--!!!)
Seiko: {stops crying and stares Gojyo}...
Gojyo: Wow, I never knew she likes me too!
Seiko: .....UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (T0T)
Hakkai: {chuckles nervously} .....I think she hates you, Gojyo. Yameru kudasai, Seiko-chan.
Sanzo: (-___-####) ...KKkkkkkkkkkkk.....Baka Onnnnaaa!!!!! URUSEIII!!!!!! {smacks Seiko's head}
Seiko: ITTAII!!!!!!!! Oi, it hurts, kono baka bouzu!!! Uuuu..
Sanzo: STOP IT!!!! IT MAKES MY EARS BURST, BAKA WRITER!!!! SHINEEE!!!! {strangles Seiko}
Seiko: {strangles back on the floor} ...BAKA NAMAGUZA BOUZU!!!!! ARGG!!! HANASE!!!
Sanzo: {still strangling Seiko} ...Urgg....HANASE, OMAE WO KOROSU!!!!
Hakkai: Yare yare desu ne...What should we do now, ne, Hakuryu? (o___^())
Hakuryu: .Kyuuuu!!! (translations: ...Leave them like that, they're lovers after all!)
Sanzo and Seiko: ...HAKURYUUU!!!!!!!!! {chases Hakuryu all around the neighbourhood}
Hakuryu: {flies away} KYUU!!!!! (translations: Help mee!!!!!!)
Hakkai: {sweat dropped} he...he...he... (o___^;;;;;;;)
Gojyo: Again, sorry dear readers if those two really make you all crazy...
Goku: HM! Btw, they're not 'lovers', though. So, for those who love Sanzo like mad, please don't attack Seiko-chan, she's still a high school student who needs to study for next year's BIG exam...
All: {bows} Onegai shimasu and Arigato for R & R!!!
Background: {Sanzo's shoreiju shots like crazy} {Neighbours cursing both Seiko and Sanzo} {Hakuryu cooed frightfully} {Seiko fell into lake and splash sound} {Seiko:.SANZOOO!!!!!}
Sanzo: {went home, panting} huh...huh...
Hakkai: ...Eh? What happened??
Also, to be continued! (^__^())