Cover You Up
Chapter 7
By: Rachel
Rated: PG-13
Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy
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Read Review. Also, for the comment about them brushing their teeth, yes…they did, I have it implied when they're getting changed. Basically getting ready as well. ::cough:: sorry for the mix-up there! ::bows::
Disclaimer: I do not own Cowboy Bebop.
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Sanzo walked down the hall in silence. His hand was held by Kasadey's as she stared straight ahead. His fingers burned, and he swallowed, and let out a hushed sigh. Kasadey sighed. "If you didn't want to hold hands, you could have said so." She turned to him and shook her head.
She let go and Sanzo raised his head to look towards her as she stepped ahead and opened the door. He wet his lips and exhaled. "I…" He frowned as he stood next to her.
She smiled and leaned towards him. "Yes?" She arched an eyebrow up at him.
He sighed. "Well," he sighed. "Can you not tell the others about this?" He walked past her as she held the door open for him.
She blinked. "Well, I not allowed too have relations with anyone I work with to begin with." She mumbled.
Sanzo looked back at her. "What about that guy?" Sanzo mumbled.
Kasadey sighed. "Kiga and I got caught. He was demoted, and so was I, but it would only last until we broke it off. So I took the chance to run from something I didn't want." She bit her lower lip. I felt bad, just cutting it off like I did, but that's in the past, I don't like to dwell on those things." She nodded her head and ran towards the bathroom. "I'm going to take a shower."
Sanzo nodded and grabbed a smaller towel out of the closet and rubbed his hair dry before glancing at her briefly. "You do that." He walked towards his room.
She looked into his violet eyes. "You know…" Her cheeks flushed. "It's a two person shower, it was made to save water, and all…so…" She stopped before she began to ramble.
Sanzo swallowed as she looked back up. His lips curved into a smile and his eyes were warm. Her heart raced. "Maybe later…" He sighed and walked into his room and shut the door behind him. She covered her mouth and cursed shaking her head.
"Stupid!" She hissed her voice low, and harsh. What was she doing? She walked into the bathroom and shut the door, she shivered as she turned on the shower water and began to undress.
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Sanzo rolled his head back and tapped the back of his head against the door. The smile faded and he groaned covering his face with the towel, he slid down the door and covered his lips with his hand. They were lips that she wanted to kiss. His eyebrows narrowed together and he let out a hushed breath. Lips that he wanted to kiss her with. He stood and reached for the doorknob. He wanted to kiss her, at least one more time before she got in the shower. He nodded dropped the towel and ran towards the bathroom in quick strides. "Kasadey!" he called as he opened the door.
She tensed and turned towards the open doorway. She covered the front of herself with a towel as she watched him take large gulps of air. "I…" Her hands shook before she let out a loud cry and jumped for the door, slamming it shut. "You!" she screamed. "You bastard, how dare you! You couldn't even knock first?!"
Sanzo stood, stiff as stone. His face red, he clenched his fists. "I'm sorry." He whispered, resting his right hand on the door, he knocked quietly. He looked up as the door opened slowly. Kasadey had wrapped the light green towel around her frame as she stood in the doorway in question.
"Yes?" she asked. Her face was bright red.
Sanzo's eyes held the warmth that he'd secretly been longing for. She allowed it to happen, allowing his heart to swell past its rupturing point. He couldn't hold back. He leaned forward and tangled his feelings in her hair and pressed his lips to hers. His eyes shut as her arms fell to her side. He stumbled inside and pressed her against the counter as she let him deepen the kiss. He let out a gasp as he pulled back and buried his face in the crook of her neck. "Swear to me something Kasadey." He whispered into her right ear. His arms held her closer than he'd ever held anyone.
She trembled in his embrace as she heard the tone of his voice. "Sanzo—"
He shook his head and pressed her against the counter even more. "Whatever you brought me here to do, I, Goku, Gojyo, and Hakkai will do the job alone. Not with Kiga, or his men, and especially not you." He stared at himself in the mirror she he held her, shuddering frame. "Please, swear to me. I can't…" He shut his eyes as she nodded her head.
"I swear to it." She smiled and pushed him back. She lifted his chin and stared into his eyes. "I swear to you Sanzo, I…" She shut her eyes. "I'll keep my distance when the time comes." He nodded and smiled and kissed her again before holding her close again. She sighed. "I know this isn't the best time to ask questions, and I don't like to talk about my past, but maybe it'll help you if you talk things out?"
Sanzo pushed her back. His face was pained as he looked into her eyes. He shook his head. "You can't ask me that." He muttered. His eyes narrowed. "Never talk about my past, it's an unwanted memory—"
"They were on their backs, laying side by side." Kasadey sat down and placed a second towel in her lap as she crossed her legs. "My father was holding my mother's left hand, they were covered in blood." She shut her eyes. "I walked into the room, even though Kiga begged me not to. I had to see them. I knew, because of my damned job, I knew right away they had never seen it coming. Whatever it was that killed them, was cowardly enough to get them from behind…" She covered her mouth. Sanzo stared down at her in shock. "The worst part was that I asked them to work that day so that Kiga and I could go to a water park." She screamed out, tears rolling off her cheeks.
He got onto his knees and turned her face towards his. "You didn't know." He mumbled. "It's okay, because, you didn't know. Think of it this way, if you hadn't gone with Kiga that day, we wouldn't have met…" He smiled as she leaned into him and punched him in the side. He rested his head on hers as she crawled into his lap slowly. "It was raining that night. The clouds hung thick in the sky, lightning flashed, flowed by loud cracks of thunder." He bowed his head. "I was found in a river as a little baby, so I never knew my parents, or my birth name." His fingers ran through his hair as she stared at the pale blue shower curtain. "I was raised at a shrine, the Sanzo persist at the time raised me like his own. Teaching me how to live, and how to be the next Sanzo persist." He sighed. "I was made fun of and ridiculed for looking so odd all through my childhood. To the point where they threw me in the river I was found in and threw rocks at me. Kouryu, the river rat…" he sighed. "That's what they used to call me." He rested his head against hers. "I woke up to his loud writhing cry of pain. I ran as fast as my feet could take me, but I was too late. I couldn't save him."
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Stumbling forward he fell to his knees and shook his master's shoulder lightly. "Master, please wake up…" He trailed off as he noticed the blood covering his hands. He shook him again. "Master, please! It's okay, they left…" He looked around and noticed they'd taken his scripture from him. Kouryu shut his eyes and slowly reached over and checked his master's pulse. He fell back and let his unshed tears fall. "You can't be dead, you can't be dead!" he shouted and gripped at his arm. "Master…father, you can't be dead." He cried silently as the other monks ran into the room. He turned slowly as they shined a light on him. "…I couldn't save him." He whispered.
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Kasadey pulled back to look at him. "How old were you?" She sniffled and rubbed her face with her hands after making sure her towel wouldn't fall off.
Sanzo frowned. "Eleven," he smiled as she leaned into him. "It's okay, it was in the past."
She nodded slowly as her lips brushed against his. He shivered and she smiled as his fingers tangled in her hair and pulled her lips against his. He sighed into her mouth as they deepened their kiss. Her arms wrapped around his neck while he started to teeter towards the area carpet on the floor. "Sure you don't want to get in?" Sanzo smiled against her lips as she rested into his arms and shut her eyes.
He swallowed. "Tempting…" He mumbled. "I think I'll wait and get in after you're done." He sighed, shutting his eyes. He tensed as the door opened; he turned and stared into a pair of red eyes.
Gojyo smirked as he saw the seen. Kasadey with her legs around Sanzo's waist, sitting in his lap with a towel on, and Sanzo in his bathing suit holding her close to him. "Well, you should have at least had the bathroom light on." He grinned as Sanzo flicked him off. "Be gentle with her…" He cooed and shut the door behind him.
Gojyo frowned and covered his mouth. His cheeks flushed, and his heart wrenched. He didn't want to like her, but he did. He couldn't help but be a little upset with Sanzo for this one. Hakkai walked by and paused as he saw Gojyo standing at the bathroom door in a daze. "Is there a line…?" he trailed off, arching an eyebrow up at him.
He shook his head. "No, but knock first, or you'll see Sanzo and Kasadey going at it—" The door opened and Sanzo checked Gojyo into a wall. Sanzo's face was red and he quickly walked into his room and shut the door.
Kasadey poked her head out. "Gojyo, tell the other's that I'm getting in the shower. The door doesn't lock…" She mumbled, her cheeks were red
Gojyo grinned. "Sure babe." He winked and she tensed. He shrugged his shoulders and walked into the living room.
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Goku sighed and fell onto the couch. "You want a soda?" Mia asked him.
Goku nodded. "That'd be great, thanks Mia-chan." He smiled warmly and she laughed and grabbed a Sprite and a Coke for Goku. She sat beside him as Gojyo walked out. Goku smiled and snuggled next to her, burying his face in the crook of her neck.
She smiled and leaned into him as she sipped from her soda. "Love birds, no going into the bathroom, our hostess is taking a shower." He sighed. Hakkai nodded his head.
"It's too bad your dad's van ran out of gas, I was having fun touring around." Hakkai sighed.
Mia sighed. "I think it was more the fact that he wasn't very comfortable with Goku and I sitting next to each other and being so close more so than it was him running out of gas…" Goku squirmed around in discomfort.
Gojyo snickered. "Don't get to close Goku…she's just so young." He laughed as Goku turned as red as a beat.
Mia turned her head to one side. "How old are you…?" She questioned.
Goku coughed. "Well," he mumbled. "You see, I look young and everything, but give or take a few hundred years, I am your age." He bowed his head.
She blinked. "I see…" He lowered his head, waiting for her to move away, but all she did was move closer and kiss him on the cheek. He looked up. "You're pretty cute for such an old guy." She grinned as Gojyo and Hakkai snickered.
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Sanzo touched his lips against and sighed shutting his eyes and rolling his head back. It was like the world was lifted off of his shoulders. His relief was Kasadey, she helped keep him at ease, yet she also drove him insane. Everything, each touch, each kiss, he wanted it all. "I…" He tensed as he heard her quickly job past him and into her room. Should he follow her, is that what she'd want? Is it what he wanted? Sanzo shut his eyes. He spent no time waiting for the okay and dove into the bathroom to take a quick shower himself. The water was hot and warm; he smiled weakly and spat out the water that filled his mouth. He rubbed his face as he washed the shampoo out of his blonde locks. He shuddered; he missed her being against him though. He slid down the shower wall and let the water pound onto the top of his head. He drew his knees to his chest and shook his head. "I couldn't…" He mumbled before climbing out and wrapping a towel around himself.
He staid in his room for hours on end, just sitting on his bed and staring blankly up at the ceiling… What did he have to do, what was it that Kasadey did to him? He shut his eyes and raised his right arm into the air and grasped as the world he longed to return to. The world he wanted to run to, run away to just so he could escape this wrenching feeling.
The door opened and light flowed through the doorway followed by long locks of crimson hair, and the most vibrant green eyes he'd ever seen. "You look bored." She stated simply, taking a seat on his bed. Sanzo rolled his eyes as he pulled on a black turtleneck sweater over his bare chest. He turned to Kasadey who nodded with satisfaction. "You look handsome in that."
Sanzo swallowed and eyed her as he sat on the bed beside her. "I'm assuming you want something."
She arched an eyebrow up at him. "Who says I want something, I came to tell you that your dinner is ready. I ordered pizza; I was surprised that they'd drive in the weather outside. There's already three feet outside." She leaned towards him, and he moved away. "It's going to get cold if you don't eat. I ordered seven pizzas under Goku's request; I'll split the last one with you." She tugged at the sleeve on his sweater. He grimaced and pulled away from her and shut his eyes.
"I'm going to go to sleep." He muttered, and rolled onto his side.
She smirked. "Sleeping in that…hmm, you're weirder than I thought Sanzo." She ran her fingers through his hair. "Here, Hakkai said you'd like this." She handed him a copy of the newspaper. He turned and eyed it. "I'll be out in the living room…hurry out, or I'll eat it all." He snorted and she grinned. "I heard that Sanzo…" She walked out and shut the door behind her.
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Gojyo was standing in the hallway. He stared at Kasadey and her red hair. She turned and jumped, not expecting him to be standing there. He smiled and ran his fingers through his hair. "Didn't mean to startle you," he sighed.
"Don't hate Sanzo for the way he acts, it only means you're on his mind." He sighed as she stopped and eyed him. "You're really sweet, did you know that?"
She nodded her head weakly. "You're a player, did you know that?"
His smile reached from ear to ear. "Now, how can you say that? You don't even know me." He leaned towards her and pinned her against the wall. He eyed her hair again. "How…?" He mumbled.
She narrowed her eyes in question. "How what?" she mumbled.
He gritted his teeth. "Your hair, it's the same color as mine, but you're not half demon." He whispered. He shuddered and hit his fist into the wall.
She arched her eyebrows up. "If this has been bothering you so much, why didn't you say something?" She shook her head and patted his left cheek.
He gritted his teeth. "Sorry," he mumbled before leaning into her and pressing his lips to hers. Kasadey tensed before she felt her heart shatter.
"Kasadey…" Sanzo stopped as he turned to see Kasadey leaning against a wall, Gojyo leaning over her, his lips against hers. Gojyo pulled back and turned, his face paled and he bowed his head. Sanzo swallowed and walked past them both in silence. His eyes dull, he lit up a cigarette and walked outside.
Kasadey pushed Gojyo back. "I'm sorry, Gojyo…I love him." She covered her mouth before tears laced her eyes. "Sanzo, stop!" she called out and ran towards the sliding door.
Gojyo sighed, shaking his head. "I always pick the wrong girl at the wrong time…" He muttered and walked back into his room.
A little added conflict there for ya… What will happen next chapter?! Will they finally find out their mission, will Sanzo forgive Kasadey for what he saw? Are they destined to be torn apart in the end?! ::head spins:: RR!!