This is the next chapter. I hope this will be better than the first one.
Chapter 2: Deserted Village
Goku leaned over the front seat and started whining about how hot and hungry he was. The Sanzo-Ikko was driving along the wide dessert at that time. There wasn't any sign of people around where they were. The only things they saw along the path they were using were sand, rocks and mountains. It was really a boring sight.
"Sanzo... It's so hot. And I'm so hungry." Goku said, trying his best to cover his face away from the sun using his cloak.
Sanzo simply stayed silent. It was too hot and he wasn't in the mood to yell at Goku. Hakkai wasn't smiling like he used to anymore. His vision blurred because of the heat sometimes. Gojyo didn't even bother to light up a cigarette. He just used some of his magazines to fan himself. They stayed like that until Hakkai spoke.
"It seems that we are already very close to the village. It will take us for about..." He placed his finger under his chin and looked up for a while. "Thirty minutes to get there."
Hakkai had his usual smile again. The temperature went down a bit when the sky darkened. Goku didn't even bother to cover his face anymore. But he still continued to whine about how hungry he was. When they got to the village, there wasn't any sign of people around. It seemed that the village was abandoned. The houses were empty, the windows were broken and some didn't even have doors. The street had a few broken pieces of wood around. There barrels lying on the ground. The village was a total mess. Hakkai stopped and got out of the jeep. The other four got out of the jeep as well. Hakuryu changed back into a dragon and rested on Hakkai's shoulder. The Sanzo-Ikko continued to walk around the village until Goku stopped.
"Wait. Can't you smell it?" He said while looking from left to right.
"Smell what? I don't smell anything." Gojyo said while lighting up a cigarette.
"I smell blood."
"From where? Can you tell us where?" Hakkai asked with a serious expression.
"Follow me."
Goku ran to where the smell came from. He turned right, and into an alley. He stopped running in front of a small house. He tried peeking into one of the windows but couldn't see anything because of the dust that was covering it. Gojyo went closer and wiped the dust away, using his arm. When it was clean enough for them to be able to see inside, Goku's eyes grew wide at what he saw; a man was lying on the floor. His body was covered in blood. His body was covered in many wounds. After seeing this, the four of them quickly ran in the house and was quickly at the man's side. When Goku went near him, he was a little relieved to see the rising and falling of the man's chest. The man weakly opened his eyes.
"P-please leave... Y-you... W-will die if... If y-you don't leave... S- soon."
"Who did this to you? Please tell us." Hakkai asked with his eyes full of concern and worry.
"I-I'm sorry, b-but... I c-can't... T-tell you." With that, the man died. He died from serious injuries and because he lost too much blood. They slowly lifted the dead man and brought him to a place to bury him. When they buried him, they went in a small house, which seemed to be the village's shop. They walked around the shop. Goku found two loaves of bread on one of the shelves. Gojyo found a few bottles of wine behind the counter. Sanzo found a box of cigarettes on the floor. And Hakkai finds a small book, which seemed to be a diary on the floor. He picked it up and flipped through the pages and stopped to read a few parts of the page, which said:
April 12
Today is my first day in this village. I even got to put up my own shop here and business here is great. The people here are very friendly. I'm staying here with my wife and my two daughters.
Hakkai flipped through the pages again and stopped.
May17
Today is a very wonderful day because today is the day I was born. We celebrated until the sun rose. I was very happy that I was able to celebrate with my family.
"It seems that this will be the last page."
October 15
My wife and my daughters were taken away from me this morning. The people said that they needed to sacrifice them. It was said that there is a great youkai that lives in the outskirts of town. I tried to stop them but they never even listened to me. I'm going to save them no matter what.
"That's it. It was written two week ago."
Hakkai closed the book gently. He walked to a small wooden table and left it there. Goku walked to him and lightly tapped his shoulder.
"Ne Hakkai, what were you reading?"
"It seems that the man that once owned this shop went to a journey to find his family. The people from this town needed to sacrifice his family to a youkai that lives in the outskirts of town, so the people took his family away from him... We should go now. We did get all the things we needed."
Goku simply nodded and followed Hakkai out of the shop. Sanzo and Gojyo were already waiting for them outside. Hakuryu turned into a green jeep and they all got on Hakuryu. They were silent until Sanzo spoke.
"What were you reading?"
"I just read the diary of the owner of the shop. He left on a journey to find his family. The only place that I'd think he would go to is in the outskirts of town, where the youkai who the people of this town sacrificed his family to."
"Let's go beet him up!" Goku said with big smile on his face.
"Whatever you want."
The Sanzo-Ikko headed to the outskirts of town, to the youkai that the people of the village sacrifice people to.
To be continued...
I hope you liked this chapter better than the first. Anyway, please review. And suggestions are still welcome! ^_^
Chapter 2: Deserted Village
Goku leaned over the front seat and started whining about how hot and hungry he was. The Sanzo-Ikko was driving along the wide dessert at that time. There wasn't any sign of people around where they were. The only things they saw along the path they were using were sand, rocks and mountains. It was really a boring sight.
"Sanzo... It's so hot. And I'm so hungry." Goku said, trying his best to cover his face away from the sun using his cloak.
Sanzo simply stayed silent. It was too hot and he wasn't in the mood to yell at Goku. Hakkai wasn't smiling like he used to anymore. His vision blurred because of the heat sometimes. Gojyo didn't even bother to light up a cigarette. He just used some of his magazines to fan himself. They stayed like that until Hakkai spoke.
"It seems that we are already very close to the village. It will take us for about..." He placed his finger under his chin and looked up for a while. "Thirty minutes to get there."
Hakkai had his usual smile again. The temperature went down a bit when the sky darkened. Goku didn't even bother to cover his face anymore. But he still continued to whine about how hungry he was. When they got to the village, there wasn't any sign of people around. It seemed that the village was abandoned. The houses were empty, the windows were broken and some didn't even have doors. The street had a few broken pieces of wood around. There barrels lying on the ground. The village was a total mess. Hakkai stopped and got out of the jeep. The other four got out of the jeep as well. Hakuryu changed back into a dragon and rested on Hakkai's shoulder. The Sanzo-Ikko continued to walk around the village until Goku stopped.
"Wait. Can't you smell it?" He said while looking from left to right.
"Smell what? I don't smell anything." Gojyo said while lighting up a cigarette.
"I smell blood."
"From where? Can you tell us where?" Hakkai asked with a serious expression.
"Follow me."
Goku ran to where the smell came from. He turned right, and into an alley. He stopped running in front of a small house. He tried peeking into one of the windows but couldn't see anything because of the dust that was covering it. Gojyo went closer and wiped the dust away, using his arm. When it was clean enough for them to be able to see inside, Goku's eyes grew wide at what he saw; a man was lying on the floor. His body was covered in blood. His body was covered in many wounds. After seeing this, the four of them quickly ran in the house and was quickly at the man's side. When Goku went near him, he was a little relieved to see the rising and falling of the man's chest. The man weakly opened his eyes.
"P-please leave... Y-you... W-will die if... If y-you don't leave... S- soon."
"Who did this to you? Please tell us." Hakkai asked with his eyes full of concern and worry.
"I-I'm sorry, b-but... I c-can't... T-tell you." With that, the man died. He died from serious injuries and because he lost too much blood. They slowly lifted the dead man and brought him to a place to bury him. When they buried him, they went in a small house, which seemed to be the village's shop. They walked around the shop. Goku found two loaves of bread on one of the shelves. Gojyo found a few bottles of wine behind the counter. Sanzo found a box of cigarettes on the floor. And Hakkai finds a small book, which seemed to be a diary on the floor. He picked it up and flipped through the pages and stopped to read a few parts of the page, which said:
April 12
Today is my first day in this village. I even got to put up my own shop here and business here is great. The people here are very friendly. I'm staying here with my wife and my two daughters.
Hakkai flipped through the pages again and stopped.
May17
Today is a very wonderful day because today is the day I was born. We celebrated until the sun rose. I was very happy that I was able to celebrate with my family.
"It seems that this will be the last page."
October 15
My wife and my daughters were taken away from me this morning. The people said that they needed to sacrifice them. It was said that there is a great youkai that lives in the outskirts of town. I tried to stop them but they never even listened to me. I'm going to save them no matter what.
"That's it. It was written two week ago."
Hakkai closed the book gently. He walked to a small wooden table and left it there. Goku walked to him and lightly tapped his shoulder.
"Ne Hakkai, what were you reading?"
"It seems that the man that once owned this shop went to a journey to find his family. The people from this town needed to sacrifice his family to a youkai that lives in the outskirts of town, so the people took his family away from him... We should go now. We did get all the things we needed."
Goku simply nodded and followed Hakkai out of the shop. Sanzo and Gojyo were already waiting for them outside. Hakuryu turned into a green jeep and they all got on Hakuryu. They were silent until Sanzo spoke.
"What were you reading?"
"I just read the diary of the owner of the shop. He left on a journey to find his family. The only place that I'd think he would go to is in the outskirts of town, where the youkai who the people of this town sacrificed his family to."
"Let's go beet him up!" Goku said with big smile on his face.
"Whatever you want."
The Sanzo-Ikko headed to the outskirts of town, to the youkai that the people of the village sacrifice people to.
To be continued...
I hope you liked this chapter better than the first. Anyway, please review. And suggestions are still welcome! ^_^