Title: Born to Be My Baby
Author: ¤Sha¤GojyoxCho¤Hakkai¤
Date: Began March, 2003
Chapter: 5/?
Rating: R for later chapters; PG - 13 for now
Category: Romance, Angst, Language, Blood and the like
Main Pairing: Gojyo x Hakkai
Disclaimer: I definetly do not own Gensomaden Saiyuki... Wild Adapter, Beehive, BusGamer AAA, or any other wonderful Minekura Kazuya titles. I have great news that I have about half of the manga sitting on my shelf right now (next to Tenshi Kenryoku *smiles*) but her ideas are far from mine.
Warning: Shounen ai/yaoi - very much in this chapter.
Apology: I am sorry for delaying these chapters for so long. Hey, I am only 13 years old. Don't hurt me. I had the Gateway. *cries* I want to get into eighth grade! Please don't hit me! Good news, though, for people who care! I can read the manga in Japanese now! I just have to figure out what it all means.... *big sweatdrop*
Dedication: This is for Bon Jovi for being such a damned great band, but like they would care that I wrote this because of their song. I doubt they would. But I used Bon Jovi's "Born to Be My Baby" off of their CD "New Jersey" for the title and later theme. Everything is copyrighted these days ("These Days" = other Bon Jovi song; ha ha). Just thought I would say something.
Have fun and don't forget to review.
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Part Fifth (5/?)
²Day 1 Travel: Different²
They all decided to leave near two days after Gojyo and Hakkai's return to the other members of the Sanzo - ikkou (who would have surely killed each other if Hakkai were not there to settle the fights and sort things out). It was early morning and the sun was not even peeking over the horizon yet but Hakkai was up before any of the other men in the hotel and was getting packed, humming to himself softly so as not to wake Gojyo, who had insisted that he sleep in the same room with Hakkai now, to Sanzo and Goku's confusion. Gojyo claimed that he and Hakkai had come upon a disagreement and desired to sort out the matters. It "just so happened" that it took forever and Gojyo was sleeping in Hakkai's room for two days after their return. Separate beds, mind you, as expected. Unfortunately for the healer and half - breed, it only rose Sanzo's suspicions but when he heard that they had gotten into a "fight", he dropped the subject from his mind completely. Goku would tease Gojyo - it was obvious... and Goku would get hurt.
Hakkai suddenly paused in his packing of his extra clothes when he noticed that he was humming a very familiar tune: it was something that Gojyo had hummed to him when he was living with him those few years back. He remembered being Cho Gonou and lying helplessly in bed, sleeping or exhausted and Gojyo would probably be shuffling the card deck by the brunette's request or picking up the few things that had been left astray over the floor and he would hum the song. It was, indeed, something that Hakkai hadn't heard before, so, he found it new, but at the same time, so similar to something he would have expected.
Reaching for one last piece of extra clothing to pack into the small bundle - bag, the brunette's fingertips granced a cold metal frame - a picture frame. It was a picture he hid in one of his garments to prevent anyone finding it: a picture of her. He removed the picture, frame and all, from the inside of the shirt and looked unto it. Kanan stood in a flower garden, the sakura blossoms blowing through the wind and getting tangled over her beautiful form. Her smile was absolutely gorgeous as she held her hand up to her ear, keeping a flower in place behind her ear. Hakkai sighed and bit his bottom lip while looking at the picture of his extremely attractive sister. Finally, he put a finger to the picture, to Kanan's chin and murmured, "There's someone I want you to meet."
And with that, he pulled the small tab out from the back of the picture so that it would be able to stand upright on the bantam nightstand in between the two beds in the hotel room. The green - eyed man advanced slowly toward the scarlet - eyed half - breed sleeping soundly in the other bed across from his and, placing a gentle hand on Gojyo's bare shoulder, Hakkai shook him slightly, beckoning softly, "Gojyo? Please, wake up."
"Ha... Hakkai?" Gojyo rolled over sleepily and rubbed an eye with one of his slender fingers before inquiring, "What is it, hun?"
"Please, will you do something for me? Just for me?" Hakkai querried.
"Anything."
"Please get up first?"
"Sure," Gojyo agreed and stretched his arms in bed before throwing the covers off of his sleep - tired form and swinging his legs over the edge of the bed and, catching the seriousness painted onto Hakkai's face, he hurried and stood before him and allowed Hakkai to take his arm and pull him to in front of the nightstand, in front of the picture.
The brunette stared to the red - haired man, his eyes burning deep into his friend's before directing his attention to the photo of Kanan on the nightstand in front of the two of them. And he said, "Kanan, this is Gojyo." The red - haired man's eyes widened. Kanan? Hakkai's sister? He'd heard about her from Hakkai before but he surely had never seen her before. But once he heard that one sentence from the brunette at his side, his attention snapped to the photo and he layed eyes upon the most beautiful woman he had even seen. He felt his fingers curl around Hakkai's as the brunette took Gojyo's hand in his almost tightly as the words escaped his lips, "I love him." He paused then, and he turned to Gojyo and with teary eyes and a tender smile, he spoke, "Don't let anybody tell you that you can never love two people." The brunette ran his thumb along the back of Gojyo's hand before pulling the red - haired man down for a precious kiss, Hakkai's other hand to the back of Gojyo's neck.
They parted, staring into each other's eyes. Hakkai stated, bluntly, honestly, with no fear of the other's reply, "Damn it, I love you so much."
"And I love you, Hakkai," Gojyo pledged. "I always want to."
Hakkai smiled, despite the fact that he removed himself from Gojyo, and moved toward the lovely photo atop the extremely small bureau. He took it up in both hands and brought it to his lips, placing a soft kiss the fragile glass of the picture. He felt Gojyo come up behind him and turned his head to find Gojyo staring at the picture also. Their eyes met and in an instant, Gojyo knew it was alright to take the action he was about to take: He brought one finger to his lips and kissed the fingertip and then, he placed it to the picture also. The brunette smiled and wrapped the picture in the shirt it had previously taken home to and put it into the small bag on his bed.
"Gojyo, would you like to pack your things now; just to get the task out of the way?" Hakkai asked, looking over his shoulder. The red - haired man shrugged and gathered up his clothes, folded and all, and placed them gently into Hakkai's bag. To avoid travelling with a larger number of luggage bags, Gojyo and Hakkai had decided to pack their belongings together, to make the load lighter for anyone who was unfortunate enough to lose at Jan - Ken - Pon, which Goku was usually the won to emerge without victory, which meant he would whine... a lot [1].
"What now? You woke me up pretty early, Hakkai," Gojyo said, pulling a very loose shirt over his bare chest and back, never minding if it was so big that the collar was lopsided and hanging over one of his shoulders.
"Well, the great thing about waking up early is that, as long as we're quiet, we may be able to have breakfast downstairs together."
"Nah, too early for breakfast. I'm not really hungry yet." Gojyo smiled. "You can go if you want." But the offer was rejected when Hakkai stepped forward and took Gojyo's hand in his once again and murmured,
"No, Gojyo. As ridiculous as this may sound, I don't want you and I to be apart." And he tugged his hand from the half - breed's grip, feeling the pressure in his chest build up as tears threatened to run down his cheeks, and wrapped his arms around Gojyo's waist, his face in the crook of the other man's neck. "I don't want to be alone anymore."
"Hakkai...," Gojyo whispered, speechless as he put his arms over Hakkai's shoulders, locking his hands behind the brunette, letting them rest between his shoulder blades.
Hakuryu opened one shining ruby eye from its sleeping spot atop the cushion of a hotel chair and smiled when he saw what he did. He was pleased, indeed, in the fact that Hakkai and Gojyo realized their feelings for each other and now were more open toward each other with their relationship.
Deciding to give the two men their needed privacy, Hakuryu closed his open eye and yawned softly before dozing back to sleep.
The red - haired man was, indeed, shocked when he felt the non - too - familiar moisture that seeped through the loose sleeve of his shirt that came from Hakkai and, gently taking the brunette's chin in one of his hands, the scarlet - eyed man lifted the former teacher's gaze up to fall upon him. "Oh, God, baby...," Gojyo murmured, shaking his head the slightest bit. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I'm just...," Hakkai trailed off as he averted his teary eyes from the half - breed but then resumed eye contact when he continued, "I'm so glad you're here."
And with that, Gojyo pulled Hakkai closer to him still and leant over slightly, pushing his lips to the other man's. The brunette let his eyes to slowly drift shut as he opened his mouth, much to the surprise of the red - haired man, but the action was welcomed as Gojyo smiled and parted their lips reluctantly. Slowly, and with Hakkai still wrapped in his arms, Gojyo somehow or another got them both to sit down on the edge of his bed with no pretest from the other man and they resumed their sweet kissing there.
But when Gojyo softly began to push Hakkai backward and onto the oversized pillows, the brunette haulted with a soft, "Uh... Gojyo."
"It's alright, baby. I won't do anything you don't want me to. All I want to do is look at you," Gojyo hushed with a tender smile and took one of Hakkai's cheeks in his hand. He came closer still and said, "And kiss you."
Hakkai felt the familiar rush of heat flood to his cheeks as they turned pink but Gojyo ignored the change of colour and kissed the man beneath him once more.
The brunette's body slowly began to relax in Gojyo's arms as they continued kissing. Hakkai let himself sink into the huge down - feather pillows, almost creating walls around him from three sides. Gojyo parted their lips and he was the only thing that Hakkai could see then; the only thing that he wanted to see then.
The former teacher reached up with one almost trembling hand and put it to Gojyo's scarred cheek. The red - haired man stared into the verdant - green eyes that he never realized, until now, how much he loved and placed one arm around Hakkai, behind his shoulders and, with his other hand, he took the green - eyed man's hand over his cheek and brought a fingertip to his lips. Hakkai watched, almost mesmerized and Gojyo slowly kissed each of his fingertips. Gojyo's eyes were closed as he did so and after he had kissed each of the other man's fingertips, he went through all five of them again and sucked on them slightly before finally placing the hand back onto his cheek once more.
Gojyo smiled as he leant forward and layed a quick kiss on the tip of Hakkai's nose and Hakkai giggled slightly when he felt the scarlet - eyed man's eyelashes over his forehead. And he said, "Oh, Gojyo, you can be quite the romantic."
It was startling when the former general replied, "You're the only one I have done that to; kissed their fingertips and layed them down just to look at them."
Hakkai beamed, "I love you."
"I love you, too."
"We still have a little time before the sun comes up and Sanzo and Goku wake. What should we do now?"
"Let's just stay here," Gojyo decided and placed himself so that he was next to Hakkai, snug close due to the small size of the bed, and took Hakkai's hand in his, locking their fingers. He brought his head to Hakkai's neck and placed a small kiss over the pale skin and murmured, "I really do wish we could stay this way forever."
"Unfortunately enough for us, and for many of the other people on this planet," Hakkai began, "wishes don't always come true."
"Well, let's get going," Sanzo concluded once the four of them had finished a late breakfast and were all packed in Jiipu and ready to go.
"Yeah!" Goku bounced up and hopped into the jeep with an eager face on.
Gojyo came up and took his seat in the back, too. "Don't rattle that gray matter of your's too bad, bakasaru."
"Shut up, akagokiburi [1]! At least I have gray matter!" "Now, now, let's not start this this early in the day," Hakkai hushed. Gojyo smiled and shut up. Sanzo sighed, the vein on his head clearly visible. 'Sanzo will surely explode if it keeps going at this rate,' Hakkai thought with a light chuckle that did not receive any inquirey from the other three.
They had been driving for nearly an hour already, along the vast barren land [2] and Goku had only complained that he was hungry... four or five times. He had already eaten the few extra bags of food that had been in the napsack in the back of Jiipu but was still protesting.
"Shut up before you give me a migrain," Sanzo commanded and put both hands to his temples to ward off the headache that was sure to be on its way soon.
"But Sanzo~!" Goku whined. "Can't we stop to get something?"
"We've only been driving for an hour, ape, and how're we supposed to get there if you don't shut your trap and ignore your stomach for ONCE?"
"Shut up! I'm surprised you haven't said anything about women for a while, water demon! What is it, you lost your mojo?"
"I'm surprised you even know that word, stupid monkey!"
Hakkai laughed and directed the statement to Gojyo, "Ah, Gojyo lost his mojo." It was a joke of course, and there were very few people that could stay mad at Hakkai for long so all Gojyo did was laugh it off and swatted one over the gold - eyed teen's head.
"Or maybe," Goku started, "you found someone you really like." He elbowed Gojyo and pointed to Hakkai. This action recieved two good kicks to the head by the half - breed and a painful whine from the ape.
"Gojyo, pass me the map for a moment?" Hakkai asked as he slowly let Jiipu run to a stop. The red - haired half - breed dug around under the driver's seat and suddenly noticed that the opportunity for him to grab the brunette's ankle was open. Of course, the adorable blush that would creep onto his face would go noticed by the monk and monkey so he refused the sudden urge to seize the healer's leg and took the map out instead. He handed it to Hakkai with a smile. "Thank you."
"Sure." Gojyo leant back against the very back of Jiipu while Goku stiffled a laugh behind both of his hands. He couldn't resist:
"Gojyo and Hakkai! Sitting in a tree! K - I - S - S - I - N - G!"
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!" Gojyo then proceeded to beat the living shit - fire out of the ape while Hakkai blushed immensely and put a hand over his mouth in shock,
"Oh, my...."
Sanzo: "I knew it. I just knew it."
"B - but, Sanzo, you never really listen to Goku. Not to be rude or anything, but what makes you think he is telling the truth?" Hakkai said.
"Point." Sanzo concured then decided to take a much needed nap.
'This is going to be a bit harder than I thought,' Hakkai contemplated.
²Day 2 Travel: Sketch²
"Wow, you are very good!" Hakkai remarked as he leant over the shoulder of a young girl dressed in full bandana and a torn pear of shorts who had a sketchbook and pencil in hand. It was outside of the hotel they were currently staying in and Hakkai was, as usual, waking up before or with the sun now.
"Ah.... Thank you," she said, seeming confused. She returned her attention to her sketch in her lap and ran a few more fine lines with the 3H sketch pencil before Hakkai remarked,
"May I see your other sketches?"
"Sure." She handed him the book and he flipped to the front and examined the first hard sketch: amazingly enough, it was of Sanzo smoking and gazing out of his hotel window, his head propped on his hand which leant on the windowsill.
"Have you met him?" Hakkai asked. The girl shook her head before saying,
"But I know that you have. You always talk to him and stuff. Oh, and that red - haired guy, too."
"You mean Gojyo?"
"Yeah, I guess. If that's his name." She smiled. "You and him are really fun to draw."
"Me?"
"Um - hm. Flip the page."
Hakkai did as she told him to and found a sketch of Gojyo and him shopping on a street corner in the marketplace - something he remembered. But there was one thing about the picture that was in the sketchbook that he did not remember: In the sketch, Gojyo had his arm around Hakkai's waist and Hakkai was suggesting upon buying some item that he held in his hand. He recalled that Gojyo did not have his arm around Hakkai when they were shopping.
"Did you draw this when you saw us yesterday?"
"Yeah," the girl answered. Then she looked a little embarassed and spoke, "I kinda followed you around because you reminded me of these really pretty colours so I wanted to get a really good picture so that I might be able to paint you and him if I get enough money for the stuff."
"Ah, but there is one thing about this sketch," Hakkai said. "See, he never put his arm around me." He laughed.
"Oh, I know he didn't put his arm around you out there but you and him looked so happy together that I thought that you would be together. I think you would make the phrase 'picture - perfect couple' a reality; so I drew him hugging you like that."
"Oh...."
"Do you like him?"
Hakkai's shoulders shook as he laughed and he murmured, "You want the truth?"
"Yeah."
"I do."
The girl's eyes widened. "Wow! You mean I really was right?"
Hakkai was taken aback, "Is it really that obvious?"
"Well, maybe not to other people 'cause, y'know... they didn't follow you around to get a picture but it kinda was to me. But that's only because I kept watching you two and you know... when you are around that blond guy and that kid, you speak different. You talk like you're uhm... 'Gojyo'? Is that his name?"
"Yes."
"You talk to him like you have strong feelings about him."
"I suppose I do...."
"You remember that I said that you reminded me of colours?"
"Yes."
"Well, when you are around Gojyo, your colours are so happy and bright. Then when you get around that blond guy and the younger guy, your colours remind me of a cover - up, sort of."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah."
Hakkai flipped the page and found yet another sketch of him and Gojyo, this time, at a fruit rack and Hakkai was holding up a peach to Gojyo, who was pointing to it and saying something. In the sketch, one of Hakkai's arms were bent at the elbow and carrying a small fruit bag, meaning that his hand was free. But in the picture, Gojyo had Hakkai's hand in his and it looked as if his thumb was stroking the back of his hand.
"You really are very good."
"Thanks," she said and smiled. "Lemme guess, he wasn't really holding your hand?"
"Right. But it's your book."
He turned the page. On the next was a page of a very handsome man writing something down on a piece of business paper, and glasses mounted on the bridge of his nose.
"Who's this?"
"That's my dad."
"He's very handsome."
"Thanks."
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah. It's just that... he died a few years ago."
"He's a youkai, isn't he?" Hakkai asked, referring to the fact that the man had pointed ears.
"Yeah. He was in this palace one night doing work and then, someone told me that he heard screams and then that was it. Someone killed him just like that."
"What?"
"'He had a blade mark across his neck,' they said. Well, I'm sure it was just a mistake. He would never attack anyone. But still, I'm pretty upset about that."
"I.... I'm so sorry."
"You don't have to apologize."
"Yes I do. I'm sure that it was an accident."
"Uhm...," the girl pointed to Hakkai's ear and for the first time, the brunette caught sight of her eyes: they were red just like Gojyo's. "Hey, you're a youkai, too." She poked at one of the cuffs hooked onto Hakkai's ear.
"Yeah."
"Hey, you wanna see my best sketch?"
"Sure!"
"Okay. This is the one that I really hope to paint when I get enough money. Here," she motioned toward the sketchbook in the green - eyed man's hands, "in the very back I hid this picture of you and Gojyo. I figured that I was able to draw you guys well enough so I drew this sketch in the very back so no one could find it."
Hakkai flipped to the back of the book but paused before looking at it, due to the look on the girl's face. "What is your name?"
"My name? It's Shitagaki! People just call me Shi for short."
"'Shi.'"
"Yep."
Hakkai then looked to the picture in the back of the book: it was a sketch of him and Gojyo once again, sitting on the sidewalk of the marketplace at night, no people, and only the moonlight, according to the shadowing, and their arms around each other, lips locked, Gojyo pulling Hakkai to him so close, it was almost as if they really were one. Hakkai's hands were holding tightly to Gojyo's vest and slipping it slowly off of his shoulders and he was sitting atop Gojyo's lap.
"Is it too involved?" the girl asked.
"No, not at all," Hakkai said, smiling. "I love it." A thumping noise was heard from upstairs suddenly. Then something that sounded like a reluctant groaning noise. "Oh, my...."
"What?"
"I think Gojyo just woke up."
"Ahaha! Hey, I should probably go," the girl motioned down one of the dirt streets. "I live between the bakery and post office. You can find me there at night. See you later!" She got up and waved before turning to run off but stopped abruptly. "Hey! What's your name?"
"Mine? It's Hakkai. Cho Hakkai." The brunette beamed and waved as Shi ran off down the street, kicking up dust as she sprinted. "Shi, huh?"
"Hakkai?" Gojyo groaned from behind the brunette. "What're you doing down here?"
"What made you wake so early, Gojyo? The sun is not even up yet!"
"Can we go upstairs and do what he did yesterday morning?"
"You mean," Hakkai tilted his head slightly, "just kissing and... nibbling at my fingertips?" He laughed slightly.
"Yeah," Gojyo smiled groggily, seeing as he was almost to the point of sleep. "C'mon, babe. Let's just go up there and snuggle or something." [3]
"Sure, sure."
"Gojyo, do you think this is wrong?" Hakkai inquired to the other man as Gojyo continued to nuzzle Hakkai's neck affectionately. Gojyo had figured out that Hakkai was not ready to take their realtionship to certain levels; the red - haired man kept his will - power handy and simply kissed the brunette's neck without using his tongue in any way or sucking on the flawless skin.
Gojyo: "No.... Not at all."
*End Chapter #5*
Author Notes:
[1] Yes, we all remember in episode #3 when Goku had to carry the heavy bag and he was like, "998... 999... 1000! Alright! I'm done!" And then they all do Jan - Ken - Pon and Gojyo, Hakkai, and Sanzo put out rock... Goku puts out scissors. Gojyo: "Amazing. He hasn't figured it out yet." ; Hakkai: "It's very obvious. He always puts out scissors first." That may not have killed you as much as it did me because I thought it was hilarious.
[2] As I was writing the first few chapters and watching the episodes, I noticed that they were, for the most part, always travelling over a barren landscape. Luckily for me, we had to do an Atlas Project in Social Studies so that gave me a reason to flip through the book to China's vegetation. News to me: almost all of the western land of the country of China is barren/no vegetaion! Eastern China... yes, we all know about the overpopulation.
[3] For some reason, I just love using the word "snuggle" but not too much or it gets too happy for me. I think it's very cute and you know, Gojyo and Hakkai just sitting there, like cheek to cheek and all of that adorable shounen ai goodness.
Whew! Yay! Chapter #5 is done! Look forward to Chapter #6 coming up soon... hopefully. (I don't blame you if you are still angry about me delaying the updates. *sweatdrops bigtime*) Oh, and by the way, the word "shitfire" belongs to my mother. Ha ha.
Bye, then!
- ¤Sha¤GojyoxCho¤Hakkai¤
Author: ¤Sha¤GojyoxCho¤Hakkai¤
Date: Began March, 2003
Chapter: 5/?
Rating: R for later chapters; PG - 13 for now
Category: Romance, Angst, Language, Blood and the like
Main Pairing: Gojyo x Hakkai
Disclaimer: I definetly do not own Gensomaden Saiyuki... Wild Adapter, Beehive, BusGamer AAA, or any other wonderful Minekura Kazuya titles. I have great news that I have about half of the manga sitting on my shelf right now (next to Tenshi Kenryoku *smiles*) but her ideas are far from mine.
Warning: Shounen ai/yaoi - very much in this chapter.
Apology: I am sorry for delaying these chapters for so long. Hey, I am only 13 years old. Don't hurt me. I had the Gateway. *cries* I want to get into eighth grade! Please don't hit me! Good news, though, for people who care! I can read the manga in Japanese now! I just have to figure out what it all means.... *big sweatdrop*
Dedication: This is for Bon Jovi for being such a damned great band, but like they would care that I wrote this because of their song. I doubt they would. But I used Bon Jovi's "Born to Be My Baby" off of their CD "New Jersey" for the title and later theme. Everything is copyrighted these days ("These Days" = other Bon Jovi song; ha ha). Just thought I would say something.
Have fun and don't forget to review.
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Part Fifth (5/?)
²Day 1 Travel: Different²
They all decided to leave near two days after Gojyo and Hakkai's return to the other members of the Sanzo - ikkou (who would have surely killed each other if Hakkai were not there to settle the fights and sort things out). It was early morning and the sun was not even peeking over the horizon yet but Hakkai was up before any of the other men in the hotel and was getting packed, humming to himself softly so as not to wake Gojyo, who had insisted that he sleep in the same room with Hakkai now, to Sanzo and Goku's confusion. Gojyo claimed that he and Hakkai had come upon a disagreement and desired to sort out the matters. It "just so happened" that it took forever and Gojyo was sleeping in Hakkai's room for two days after their return. Separate beds, mind you, as expected. Unfortunately for the healer and half - breed, it only rose Sanzo's suspicions but when he heard that they had gotten into a "fight", he dropped the subject from his mind completely. Goku would tease Gojyo - it was obvious... and Goku would get hurt.
Hakkai suddenly paused in his packing of his extra clothes when he noticed that he was humming a very familiar tune: it was something that Gojyo had hummed to him when he was living with him those few years back. He remembered being Cho Gonou and lying helplessly in bed, sleeping or exhausted and Gojyo would probably be shuffling the card deck by the brunette's request or picking up the few things that had been left astray over the floor and he would hum the song. It was, indeed, something that Hakkai hadn't heard before, so, he found it new, but at the same time, so similar to something he would have expected.
Reaching for one last piece of extra clothing to pack into the small bundle - bag, the brunette's fingertips granced a cold metal frame - a picture frame. It was a picture he hid in one of his garments to prevent anyone finding it: a picture of her. He removed the picture, frame and all, from the inside of the shirt and looked unto it. Kanan stood in a flower garden, the sakura blossoms blowing through the wind and getting tangled over her beautiful form. Her smile was absolutely gorgeous as she held her hand up to her ear, keeping a flower in place behind her ear. Hakkai sighed and bit his bottom lip while looking at the picture of his extremely attractive sister. Finally, he put a finger to the picture, to Kanan's chin and murmured, "There's someone I want you to meet."
And with that, he pulled the small tab out from the back of the picture so that it would be able to stand upright on the bantam nightstand in between the two beds in the hotel room. The green - eyed man advanced slowly toward the scarlet - eyed half - breed sleeping soundly in the other bed across from his and, placing a gentle hand on Gojyo's bare shoulder, Hakkai shook him slightly, beckoning softly, "Gojyo? Please, wake up."
"Ha... Hakkai?" Gojyo rolled over sleepily and rubbed an eye with one of his slender fingers before inquiring, "What is it, hun?"
"Please, will you do something for me? Just for me?" Hakkai querried.
"Anything."
"Please get up first?"
"Sure," Gojyo agreed and stretched his arms in bed before throwing the covers off of his sleep - tired form and swinging his legs over the edge of the bed and, catching the seriousness painted onto Hakkai's face, he hurried and stood before him and allowed Hakkai to take his arm and pull him to in front of the nightstand, in front of the picture.
The brunette stared to the red - haired man, his eyes burning deep into his friend's before directing his attention to the photo of Kanan on the nightstand in front of the two of them. And he said, "Kanan, this is Gojyo." The red - haired man's eyes widened. Kanan? Hakkai's sister? He'd heard about her from Hakkai before but he surely had never seen her before. But once he heard that one sentence from the brunette at his side, his attention snapped to the photo and he layed eyes upon the most beautiful woman he had even seen. He felt his fingers curl around Hakkai's as the brunette took Gojyo's hand in his almost tightly as the words escaped his lips, "I love him." He paused then, and he turned to Gojyo and with teary eyes and a tender smile, he spoke, "Don't let anybody tell you that you can never love two people." The brunette ran his thumb along the back of Gojyo's hand before pulling the red - haired man down for a precious kiss, Hakkai's other hand to the back of Gojyo's neck.
They parted, staring into each other's eyes. Hakkai stated, bluntly, honestly, with no fear of the other's reply, "Damn it, I love you so much."
"And I love you, Hakkai," Gojyo pledged. "I always want to."
Hakkai smiled, despite the fact that he removed himself from Gojyo, and moved toward the lovely photo atop the extremely small bureau. He took it up in both hands and brought it to his lips, placing a soft kiss the fragile glass of the picture. He felt Gojyo come up behind him and turned his head to find Gojyo staring at the picture also. Their eyes met and in an instant, Gojyo knew it was alright to take the action he was about to take: He brought one finger to his lips and kissed the fingertip and then, he placed it to the picture also. The brunette smiled and wrapped the picture in the shirt it had previously taken home to and put it into the small bag on his bed.
"Gojyo, would you like to pack your things now; just to get the task out of the way?" Hakkai asked, looking over his shoulder. The red - haired man shrugged and gathered up his clothes, folded and all, and placed them gently into Hakkai's bag. To avoid travelling with a larger number of luggage bags, Gojyo and Hakkai had decided to pack their belongings together, to make the load lighter for anyone who was unfortunate enough to lose at Jan - Ken - Pon, which Goku was usually the won to emerge without victory, which meant he would whine... a lot [1].
"What now? You woke me up pretty early, Hakkai," Gojyo said, pulling a very loose shirt over his bare chest and back, never minding if it was so big that the collar was lopsided and hanging over one of his shoulders.
"Well, the great thing about waking up early is that, as long as we're quiet, we may be able to have breakfast downstairs together."
"Nah, too early for breakfast. I'm not really hungry yet." Gojyo smiled. "You can go if you want." But the offer was rejected when Hakkai stepped forward and took Gojyo's hand in his once again and murmured,
"No, Gojyo. As ridiculous as this may sound, I don't want you and I to be apart." And he tugged his hand from the half - breed's grip, feeling the pressure in his chest build up as tears threatened to run down his cheeks, and wrapped his arms around Gojyo's waist, his face in the crook of the other man's neck. "I don't want to be alone anymore."
"Hakkai...," Gojyo whispered, speechless as he put his arms over Hakkai's shoulders, locking his hands behind the brunette, letting them rest between his shoulder blades.
Hakuryu opened one shining ruby eye from its sleeping spot atop the cushion of a hotel chair and smiled when he saw what he did. He was pleased, indeed, in the fact that Hakkai and Gojyo realized their feelings for each other and now were more open toward each other with their relationship.
Deciding to give the two men their needed privacy, Hakuryu closed his open eye and yawned softly before dozing back to sleep.
The red - haired man was, indeed, shocked when he felt the non - too - familiar moisture that seeped through the loose sleeve of his shirt that came from Hakkai and, gently taking the brunette's chin in one of his hands, the scarlet - eyed man lifted the former teacher's gaze up to fall upon him. "Oh, God, baby...," Gojyo murmured, shaking his head the slightest bit. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I'm just...," Hakkai trailed off as he averted his teary eyes from the half - breed but then resumed eye contact when he continued, "I'm so glad you're here."
And with that, Gojyo pulled Hakkai closer to him still and leant over slightly, pushing his lips to the other man's. The brunette let his eyes to slowly drift shut as he opened his mouth, much to the surprise of the red - haired man, but the action was welcomed as Gojyo smiled and parted their lips reluctantly. Slowly, and with Hakkai still wrapped in his arms, Gojyo somehow or another got them both to sit down on the edge of his bed with no pretest from the other man and they resumed their sweet kissing there.
But when Gojyo softly began to push Hakkai backward and onto the oversized pillows, the brunette haulted with a soft, "Uh... Gojyo."
"It's alright, baby. I won't do anything you don't want me to. All I want to do is look at you," Gojyo hushed with a tender smile and took one of Hakkai's cheeks in his hand. He came closer still and said, "And kiss you."
Hakkai felt the familiar rush of heat flood to his cheeks as they turned pink but Gojyo ignored the change of colour and kissed the man beneath him once more.
The brunette's body slowly began to relax in Gojyo's arms as they continued kissing. Hakkai let himself sink into the huge down - feather pillows, almost creating walls around him from three sides. Gojyo parted their lips and he was the only thing that Hakkai could see then; the only thing that he wanted to see then.
The former teacher reached up with one almost trembling hand and put it to Gojyo's scarred cheek. The red - haired man stared into the verdant - green eyes that he never realized, until now, how much he loved and placed one arm around Hakkai, behind his shoulders and, with his other hand, he took the green - eyed man's hand over his cheek and brought a fingertip to his lips. Hakkai watched, almost mesmerized and Gojyo slowly kissed each of his fingertips. Gojyo's eyes were closed as he did so and after he had kissed each of the other man's fingertips, he went through all five of them again and sucked on them slightly before finally placing the hand back onto his cheek once more.
Gojyo smiled as he leant forward and layed a quick kiss on the tip of Hakkai's nose and Hakkai giggled slightly when he felt the scarlet - eyed man's eyelashes over his forehead. And he said, "Oh, Gojyo, you can be quite the romantic."
It was startling when the former general replied, "You're the only one I have done that to; kissed their fingertips and layed them down just to look at them."
Hakkai beamed, "I love you."
"I love you, too."
"We still have a little time before the sun comes up and Sanzo and Goku wake. What should we do now?"
"Let's just stay here," Gojyo decided and placed himself so that he was next to Hakkai, snug close due to the small size of the bed, and took Hakkai's hand in his, locking their fingers. He brought his head to Hakkai's neck and placed a small kiss over the pale skin and murmured, "I really do wish we could stay this way forever."
"Unfortunately enough for us, and for many of the other people on this planet," Hakkai began, "wishes don't always come true."
"Well, let's get going," Sanzo concluded once the four of them had finished a late breakfast and were all packed in Jiipu and ready to go.
"Yeah!" Goku bounced up and hopped into the jeep with an eager face on.
Gojyo came up and took his seat in the back, too. "Don't rattle that gray matter of your's too bad, bakasaru."
"Shut up, akagokiburi [1]! At least I have gray matter!" "Now, now, let's not start this this early in the day," Hakkai hushed. Gojyo smiled and shut up. Sanzo sighed, the vein on his head clearly visible. 'Sanzo will surely explode if it keeps going at this rate,' Hakkai thought with a light chuckle that did not receive any inquirey from the other three.
They had been driving for nearly an hour already, along the vast barren land [2] and Goku had only complained that he was hungry... four or five times. He had already eaten the few extra bags of food that had been in the napsack in the back of Jiipu but was still protesting.
"Shut up before you give me a migrain," Sanzo commanded and put both hands to his temples to ward off the headache that was sure to be on its way soon.
"But Sanzo~!" Goku whined. "Can't we stop to get something?"
"We've only been driving for an hour, ape, and how're we supposed to get there if you don't shut your trap and ignore your stomach for ONCE?"
"Shut up! I'm surprised you haven't said anything about women for a while, water demon! What is it, you lost your mojo?"
"I'm surprised you even know that word, stupid monkey!"
Hakkai laughed and directed the statement to Gojyo, "Ah, Gojyo lost his mojo." It was a joke of course, and there were very few people that could stay mad at Hakkai for long so all Gojyo did was laugh it off and swatted one over the gold - eyed teen's head.
"Or maybe," Goku started, "you found someone you really like." He elbowed Gojyo and pointed to Hakkai. This action recieved two good kicks to the head by the half - breed and a painful whine from the ape.
"Gojyo, pass me the map for a moment?" Hakkai asked as he slowly let Jiipu run to a stop. The red - haired half - breed dug around under the driver's seat and suddenly noticed that the opportunity for him to grab the brunette's ankle was open. Of course, the adorable blush that would creep onto his face would go noticed by the monk and monkey so he refused the sudden urge to seize the healer's leg and took the map out instead. He handed it to Hakkai with a smile. "Thank you."
"Sure." Gojyo leant back against the very back of Jiipu while Goku stiffled a laugh behind both of his hands. He couldn't resist:
"Gojyo and Hakkai! Sitting in a tree! K - I - S - S - I - N - G!"
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!" Gojyo then proceeded to beat the living shit - fire out of the ape while Hakkai blushed immensely and put a hand over his mouth in shock,
"Oh, my...."
Sanzo: "I knew it. I just knew it."
"B - but, Sanzo, you never really listen to Goku. Not to be rude or anything, but what makes you think he is telling the truth?" Hakkai said.
"Point." Sanzo concured then decided to take a much needed nap.
'This is going to be a bit harder than I thought,' Hakkai contemplated.
²Day 2 Travel: Sketch²
"Wow, you are very good!" Hakkai remarked as he leant over the shoulder of a young girl dressed in full bandana and a torn pear of shorts who had a sketchbook and pencil in hand. It was outside of the hotel they were currently staying in and Hakkai was, as usual, waking up before or with the sun now.
"Ah.... Thank you," she said, seeming confused. She returned her attention to her sketch in her lap and ran a few more fine lines with the 3H sketch pencil before Hakkai remarked,
"May I see your other sketches?"
"Sure." She handed him the book and he flipped to the front and examined the first hard sketch: amazingly enough, it was of Sanzo smoking and gazing out of his hotel window, his head propped on his hand which leant on the windowsill.
"Have you met him?" Hakkai asked. The girl shook her head before saying,
"But I know that you have. You always talk to him and stuff. Oh, and that red - haired guy, too."
"You mean Gojyo?"
"Yeah, I guess. If that's his name." She smiled. "You and him are really fun to draw."
"Me?"
"Um - hm. Flip the page."
Hakkai did as she told him to and found a sketch of Gojyo and him shopping on a street corner in the marketplace - something he remembered. But there was one thing about the picture that was in the sketchbook that he did not remember: In the sketch, Gojyo had his arm around Hakkai's waist and Hakkai was suggesting upon buying some item that he held in his hand. He recalled that Gojyo did not have his arm around Hakkai when they were shopping.
"Did you draw this when you saw us yesterday?"
"Yeah," the girl answered. Then she looked a little embarassed and spoke, "I kinda followed you around because you reminded me of these really pretty colours so I wanted to get a really good picture so that I might be able to paint you and him if I get enough money for the stuff."
"Ah, but there is one thing about this sketch," Hakkai said. "See, he never put his arm around me." He laughed.
"Oh, I know he didn't put his arm around you out there but you and him looked so happy together that I thought that you would be together. I think you would make the phrase 'picture - perfect couple' a reality; so I drew him hugging you like that."
"Oh...."
"Do you like him?"
Hakkai's shoulders shook as he laughed and he murmured, "You want the truth?"
"Yeah."
"I do."
The girl's eyes widened. "Wow! You mean I really was right?"
Hakkai was taken aback, "Is it really that obvious?"
"Well, maybe not to other people 'cause, y'know... they didn't follow you around to get a picture but it kinda was to me. But that's only because I kept watching you two and you know... when you are around that blond guy and that kid, you speak different. You talk like you're uhm... 'Gojyo'? Is that his name?"
"Yes."
"You talk to him like you have strong feelings about him."
"I suppose I do...."
"You remember that I said that you reminded me of colours?"
"Yes."
"Well, when you are around Gojyo, your colours are so happy and bright. Then when you get around that blond guy and the younger guy, your colours remind me of a cover - up, sort of."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah."
Hakkai flipped the page and found yet another sketch of him and Gojyo, this time, at a fruit rack and Hakkai was holding up a peach to Gojyo, who was pointing to it and saying something. In the sketch, one of Hakkai's arms were bent at the elbow and carrying a small fruit bag, meaning that his hand was free. But in the picture, Gojyo had Hakkai's hand in his and it looked as if his thumb was stroking the back of his hand.
"You really are very good."
"Thanks," she said and smiled. "Lemme guess, he wasn't really holding your hand?"
"Right. But it's your book."
He turned the page. On the next was a page of a very handsome man writing something down on a piece of business paper, and glasses mounted on the bridge of his nose.
"Who's this?"
"That's my dad."
"He's very handsome."
"Thanks."
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah. It's just that... he died a few years ago."
"He's a youkai, isn't he?" Hakkai asked, referring to the fact that the man had pointed ears.
"Yeah. He was in this palace one night doing work and then, someone told me that he heard screams and then that was it. Someone killed him just like that."
"What?"
"'He had a blade mark across his neck,' they said. Well, I'm sure it was just a mistake. He would never attack anyone. But still, I'm pretty upset about that."
"I.... I'm so sorry."
"You don't have to apologize."
"Yes I do. I'm sure that it was an accident."
"Uhm...," the girl pointed to Hakkai's ear and for the first time, the brunette caught sight of her eyes: they were red just like Gojyo's. "Hey, you're a youkai, too." She poked at one of the cuffs hooked onto Hakkai's ear.
"Yeah."
"Hey, you wanna see my best sketch?"
"Sure!"
"Okay. This is the one that I really hope to paint when I get enough money. Here," she motioned toward the sketchbook in the green - eyed man's hands, "in the very back I hid this picture of you and Gojyo. I figured that I was able to draw you guys well enough so I drew this sketch in the very back so no one could find it."
Hakkai flipped to the back of the book but paused before looking at it, due to the look on the girl's face. "What is your name?"
"My name? It's Shitagaki! People just call me Shi for short."
"'Shi.'"
"Yep."
Hakkai then looked to the picture in the back of the book: it was a sketch of him and Gojyo once again, sitting on the sidewalk of the marketplace at night, no people, and only the moonlight, according to the shadowing, and their arms around each other, lips locked, Gojyo pulling Hakkai to him so close, it was almost as if they really were one. Hakkai's hands were holding tightly to Gojyo's vest and slipping it slowly off of his shoulders and he was sitting atop Gojyo's lap.
"Is it too involved?" the girl asked.
"No, not at all," Hakkai said, smiling. "I love it." A thumping noise was heard from upstairs suddenly. Then something that sounded like a reluctant groaning noise. "Oh, my...."
"What?"
"I think Gojyo just woke up."
"Ahaha! Hey, I should probably go," the girl motioned down one of the dirt streets. "I live between the bakery and post office. You can find me there at night. See you later!" She got up and waved before turning to run off but stopped abruptly. "Hey! What's your name?"
"Mine? It's Hakkai. Cho Hakkai." The brunette beamed and waved as Shi ran off down the street, kicking up dust as she sprinted. "Shi, huh?"
"Hakkai?" Gojyo groaned from behind the brunette. "What're you doing down here?"
"What made you wake so early, Gojyo? The sun is not even up yet!"
"Can we go upstairs and do what he did yesterday morning?"
"You mean," Hakkai tilted his head slightly, "just kissing and... nibbling at my fingertips?" He laughed slightly.
"Yeah," Gojyo smiled groggily, seeing as he was almost to the point of sleep. "C'mon, babe. Let's just go up there and snuggle or something." [3]
"Sure, sure."
"Gojyo, do you think this is wrong?" Hakkai inquired to the other man as Gojyo continued to nuzzle Hakkai's neck affectionately. Gojyo had figured out that Hakkai was not ready to take their realtionship to certain levels; the red - haired man kept his will - power handy and simply kissed the brunette's neck without using his tongue in any way or sucking on the flawless skin.
Gojyo: "No.... Not at all."
*End Chapter #5*
Author Notes:
[1] Yes, we all remember in episode #3 when Goku had to carry the heavy bag and he was like, "998... 999... 1000! Alright! I'm done!" And then they all do Jan - Ken - Pon and Gojyo, Hakkai, and Sanzo put out rock... Goku puts out scissors. Gojyo: "Amazing. He hasn't figured it out yet." ; Hakkai: "It's very obvious. He always puts out scissors first." That may not have killed you as much as it did me because I thought it was hilarious.
[2] As I was writing the first few chapters and watching the episodes, I noticed that they were, for the most part, always travelling over a barren landscape. Luckily for me, we had to do an Atlas Project in Social Studies so that gave me a reason to flip through the book to China's vegetation. News to me: almost all of the western land of the country of China is barren/no vegetaion! Eastern China... yes, we all know about the overpopulation.
[3] For some reason, I just love using the word "snuggle" but not too much or it gets too happy for me. I think it's very cute and you know, Gojyo and Hakkai just sitting there, like cheek to cheek and all of that adorable shounen ai goodness.
Whew! Yay! Chapter #5 is done! Look forward to Chapter #6 coming up soon... hopefully. (I don't blame you if you are still angry about me delaying the updates. *sweatdrops bigtime*) Oh, and by the way, the word "shitfire" belongs to my mother. Ha ha.
Bye, then!
- ¤Sha¤GojyoxCho¤Hakkai¤