Well...
I've got finals this week...
What else is there to say?
The good news is.........KAWARI HAS TEN CHAPPIES NOW!!!!!!
One of my 'fans' (I wish, lol) asked me to write chapter ten like this. So this chapter is all Ginny's (Thanks for helping me write this chapter!!!)...she's a master at Goku torture. (Poor little monkey)
Gojyo sat alone in the back seat of the jeep watching the trees pass by.
It was all too boring. Gojyo was so bored; he even picked a fight with Sanzo just for the hell of it. He stopped after Sanzo threatened to shoot him in the face.
Before they knew it, it started to down pour on their heads.
"Where the hell did this storm come from?" Gojyo asked.
"I don't know." Hakkai answered.
They entered a forest to get some-what of a shelter, until Hakaryu couldn't go any further.
Hakkai told the little dragon to transform back into its animal form. "Hakaryu can't drive through this forest...so it looks like we're going to have to go the rest of the way on foot."
-Meanwhile-
Goku lay in a clearing, drenched in both rain and blood.
He felt sick and had found that the dagger had been dipped in poison.
He knew he would either die from the blood loss or the poison.
Goku suddenly heard voices coming from the dark woods.
-Back to the remaining Sanzo-party...-
"What's that?" Gojyo pointed to a small figure in the clearing.
Hakkai recognized the small body. "GOKU!"
The three ran to the dying child's aid.
"Goku! Open your eyes! Say something!" Hakkai called.
Goku obeyed and opened his eyes slightly.
"Ha...kkai...?"
Sanzo turned the boy on his back and held him while Hakkai tended to the wound.
Gojyo stood with a hand over his mouth.
"It'll be alright Goku. We'll just heal these wounds and..."
Hakkai stopped when he saw that his healing powers had no affect on Goku's wound.
"What the..."
"What is it?" Sanzo asked.
"I...I can't heal him."
"What!?" Gojyo yelled.
"I don't know what's wrong...I can't do anything to help him." Hakkai panicked.
"The...dagger." Goku choked.
"Goku, don't talk. You'll just waste energy." Hakkai said.
"The...dagger was..."
"What dagger?" Sanzo asked.
"This one?" Gojyo held up the broken dagger.
Hakkai took it and examined it. "It was poisoned!" he exclaimed.
Goku started to shut his eyes again, but Sanzo wouldn't let him.
"You keep your eyes open, you hear me?"
Goku nodded weakly and did as he was told.
Sanzo lifted the boy in his arms. "We need to get to a town as quickly as possible." He told Hakkai.
Hakaryu flew from Hakkai's shoulder and onto the ground, ready to transform.
"Hakaryu...you know you can't go through this in your jeep form." Hakkai said.
"Mreew!" Hakaryu mewed, and looked at Goku.
Hakkai sighed and was impressed by the tiny dragon's devotion. "Alright."
Hakaryu transformed and the four loaded into to jeep.
Gojyo sat in back holding Goku. Sanzo turned back to Gojyo "Let me switch seats with you."
Gojyo nodded and carefully got up. Sanzo sat down and placed Goku in his lap.
"Sanzo, try and keep as much blood in him as possible." Hakkai said.
Sanzo nodded and put a hand over Goku's wound. He felt something sharp.
It was the dagger shards.
Goku started to nod off again so Sanzo shook him. "Stay awake." He ordered.
Goku, again, did as he was told.
"You're not dying on me just yet, got it?"
"Ok..." Goku said.
-Two hours later-
The pain was becoming almost un-bearable.
Every now and then Goku would whimper, which was all he could do considering he didn't have enough energy to scream. He couldn't keep his eyes open anymore, but he could hear Sanzo talking to him to keep him awake. He understood nothing the monk said, but he listened to him to keep semi-consciousness.
At the sound of his voice, Goku would reply to Sanzo by moving his hand or tail, just to show signs that he wasn't dead.
Goku felt himself being lifted up and carried somewhere.
He heard a woman gasp as they entered a building.
5 minutes later, he was gently laid on a bed and he felt a hand on his forehead.
"He has a strong fever..." Hakkai said.
Hakkai took his hand away and sat down on a chair next to the bed.
"Hakkai..." Sanzo said.
"Hm?"
"I think...there's still some shards from the dagger in his wound..."
Hakkai examined the wound in the light and saw three large shards gleaming.
"Hold his hand...and don't let go..." Hakkai ordered.
Gojyo responded first and grabbed hold of Goku's shaking hand.
Goku knew, even though he couldn't hear clearly, what Hakkai was about to do.
Hakkai summoned up all his courage and grabbed hold of a dagger shard.
Gojyo looked away and felt a small tug on his hand.
It seemed like forever before Hakkai pulled the first shard out.
Surprisingly, Goku had gathered enough energy to yelp in pain. Hakkai closed his eyes. 'Two more to go.' He thought. Hakkai saw the look of sheer agony on Goku's face.
"I know it hurts like hell Goku, just hold on!" Hakkai said.
Hakkai had to dig his hand into the wound to get the next shard and Goku almost lost it.
He screamed and nicked Hakkai in the face with his claws. Gojyo held the boy down with the help of Sanzo.
Hakkai had lost part of the shard when Goku scratched him. The shard went deeper.
'Oh god.' Hakkai thought. He looked at his hands, covered in blood.
Hakkai quickly dug his hand into the wound and grabbed the two shards and threw them across the room.
Goku cried out as tears streamed down his face.
Hakkai wiped his hands off on a small towel and then comforted Goku.
"It's okay Goku, its all over."
The boy started to calm himself and turned onto his side, sniffling and whimpering.
"Let's get you bandaged up." Hakkai said warmly.
Goku nodded and turned onto his back.
Sanzo and Gojyo helped him get his shirt off without hurting him too badly.
Hakkai, as gently as he could, applied the bandages. He added a pat on the head and brought the covers over Goku.
"You try to sleep, ok?" Hakkai whispered.
Goku nodded and drifted off to sleep.
"3 TIMES! YOU HAVE FAILED ME 3 TIMES!!!!! I call on you because you were said to be the best, you were said to 'always get your prey!'"
"I'm deeply sorry my lady...but you failed to inform me that the little bastard had ATTACK ROCKS!!!" Ryoushi hollered.
The woman sighed. "I guess I should have been a little clearer about what he can do..."
"Yes...cause the info I got from other demons didn't include rabid boulders..."
"Now that he's began Kawari...he'll find that he can do so much more..."
"Kawari?" Ryoushi asked, while still bandaging himself up.
She smiled. "All in good time Ryoushi.........now go get him."
Ryoushi scowled. "Yes my lady..." and left.
The first thing Goku saw when he opened his eyes was Hakkai.
"Good morning Goku. Feeling any better?"
Goku sighed tiredly and nodded.
"That's good." Hakkai smiled.
"Where're Gojyo and Sanzo?"
"They went out. Gojyo needed a drink and Sanzo is getting cigarettes."
Goku pouted "But I usually get him cigarettes."
"Well, Sanzo didn't want to wake you so he went and got them himself. Don't worry Goku, there'll be plenty more cigarette runs when you get better."
It was silent for a moment until Goku looked up and said, "How come you didn't leave too?"
"I would've felt guilty letting you wake up alone here...besides...I just want you to know how sorry I am."
Goku was a bit confused. "For what?"
"Don't you remember?"
Goku tried to think of what had happened to him. His mind was blank on the subject.
"Goku...you almost died."
"I remember seeing Ryoushi...and we fought...but after he pulled a knife on me...it's like time just...stopped...I feel like I was just there minutes ago..."
Hakkai decided not to tell Goku what he had to do in order to get the blade shards out.
"All that matters is that you're here and alive, so don't worry about it. Just try and get some more sleep. You still have a little bit of a fever to get rid of."
Goku nodded and went back to sleep. Hakkai patted the boy on the head and left the room. He closed the door behind him and saw Sanzo and Gojyo walking up the stairs.
"How is he?" were the first words spoken by Sanzo that whole morning.
"Goku's fine. He woke up a few minutes ago, but he still has fever. He's sleeping again right now."
"He in any pain? Cause I bought stuff from some lady in a pharmacy. She said it's a real powerful pain-reliever." Gojyo said.
"He didn't look like he was in any pain, but keep it around just in case."
The three went into the room next door to Goku's. Gojyo placed another bag he was carrying on the bed.
"Thought we all might need a drink, so I bought some sake." Said Gojyo.
They all poured a cup for themselves. Suddenly, they heard the door open.
There stood Goku, peaking around the door into the room.
"Well if it isn't chibi chimp himself." Gojyo smiled.
"What are you doing up Goku?" Hakkai asked.
Goku hesitated. "I smelt sake." He grinned a little.
"I don't think you should be drinking anything like this right now Goku." Hakkai said.
"Just one cup?" Goku begged.
"Oh come on Hakkai. Stop mommying him and give 'im some. I think 500 years is a good enough drinking age." Gojyo laughed.
Hakkai sighed. Before he could say 'yes', Sanzo got up and poured a cup, handing it to Goku.
Goku looked at the small cup of sake for a moment, then up at Sanzo, who slightly smiled. Goku returned the smile and drank the sake in one gulp.
Sanzo patted the boy lightly on the head. And went back to his seat. "Thank you!" he grinned, and went back to his room.
Gojyo eyed Sanzo "So...what's with the sudden change?"
Sanzo glared back "If I didn't give him some...he would have begged for it."
"What ever you say." Gojyo rolled his eyes.
Hakkai just laughed.
Well, Ginny might help with a few other chapters.........
But I am proud to say.........
I was the one who wrote the Ryoushi part.........And now that I think of it...that sounded really dumb.
R&R!
Lirin-Chan =.=
I've got finals this week...
What else is there to say?
The good news is.........KAWARI HAS TEN CHAPPIES NOW!!!!!!
One of my 'fans' (I wish, lol) asked me to write chapter ten like this. So this chapter is all Ginny's (Thanks for helping me write this chapter!!!)...she's a master at Goku torture. (Poor little monkey)
Gojyo sat alone in the back seat of the jeep watching the trees pass by.
It was all too boring. Gojyo was so bored; he even picked a fight with Sanzo just for the hell of it. He stopped after Sanzo threatened to shoot him in the face.
Before they knew it, it started to down pour on their heads.
"Where the hell did this storm come from?" Gojyo asked.
"I don't know." Hakkai answered.
They entered a forest to get some-what of a shelter, until Hakaryu couldn't go any further.
Hakkai told the little dragon to transform back into its animal form. "Hakaryu can't drive through this forest...so it looks like we're going to have to go the rest of the way on foot."
-Meanwhile-
Goku lay in a clearing, drenched in both rain and blood.
He felt sick and had found that the dagger had been dipped in poison.
He knew he would either die from the blood loss or the poison.
Goku suddenly heard voices coming from the dark woods.
-Back to the remaining Sanzo-party...-
"What's that?" Gojyo pointed to a small figure in the clearing.
Hakkai recognized the small body. "GOKU!"
The three ran to the dying child's aid.
"Goku! Open your eyes! Say something!" Hakkai called.
Goku obeyed and opened his eyes slightly.
"Ha...kkai...?"
Sanzo turned the boy on his back and held him while Hakkai tended to the wound.
Gojyo stood with a hand over his mouth.
"It'll be alright Goku. We'll just heal these wounds and..."
Hakkai stopped when he saw that his healing powers had no affect on Goku's wound.
"What the..."
"What is it?" Sanzo asked.
"I...I can't heal him."
"What!?" Gojyo yelled.
"I don't know what's wrong...I can't do anything to help him." Hakkai panicked.
"The...dagger." Goku choked.
"Goku, don't talk. You'll just waste energy." Hakkai said.
"The...dagger was..."
"What dagger?" Sanzo asked.
"This one?" Gojyo held up the broken dagger.
Hakkai took it and examined it. "It was poisoned!" he exclaimed.
Goku started to shut his eyes again, but Sanzo wouldn't let him.
"You keep your eyes open, you hear me?"
Goku nodded weakly and did as he was told.
Sanzo lifted the boy in his arms. "We need to get to a town as quickly as possible." He told Hakkai.
Hakaryu flew from Hakkai's shoulder and onto the ground, ready to transform.
"Hakaryu...you know you can't go through this in your jeep form." Hakkai said.
"Mreew!" Hakaryu mewed, and looked at Goku.
Hakkai sighed and was impressed by the tiny dragon's devotion. "Alright."
Hakaryu transformed and the four loaded into to jeep.
Gojyo sat in back holding Goku. Sanzo turned back to Gojyo "Let me switch seats with you."
Gojyo nodded and carefully got up. Sanzo sat down and placed Goku in his lap.
"Sanzo, try and keep as much blood in him as possible." Hakkai said.
Sanzo nodded and put a hand over Goku's wound. He felt something sharp.
It was the dagger shards.
Goku started to nod off again so Sanzo shook him. "Stay awake." He ordered.
Goku, again, did as he was told.
"You're not dying on me just yet, got it?"
"Ok..." Goku said.
-Two hours later-
The pain was becoming almost un-bearable.
Every now and then Goku would whimper, which was all he could do considering he didn't have enough energy to scream. He couldn't keep his eyes open anymore, but he could hear Sanzo talking to him to keep him awake. He understood nothing the monk said, but he listened to him to keep semi-consciousness.
At the sound of his voice, Goku would reply to Sanzo by moving his hand or tail, just to show signs that he wasn't dead.
Goku felt himself being lifted up and carried somewhere.
He heard a woman gasp as they entered a building.
5 minutes later, he was gently laid on a bed and he felt a hand on his forehead.
"He has a strong fever..." Hakkai said.
Hakkai took his hand away and sat down on a chair next to the bed.
"Hakkai..." Sanzo said.
"Hm?"
"I think...there's still some shards from the dagger in his wound..."
Hakkai examined the wound in the light and saw three large shards gleaming.
"Hold his hand...and don't let go..." Hakkai ordered.
Gojyo responded first and grabbed hold of Goku's shaking hand.
Goku knew, even though he couldn't hear clearly, what Hakkai was about to do.
Hakkai summoned up all his courage and grabbed hold of a dagger shard.
Gojyo looked away and felt a small tug on his hand.
It seemed like forever before Hakkai pulled the first shard out.
Surprisingly, Goku had gathered enough energy to yelp in pain. Hakkai closed his eyes. 'Two more to go.' He thought. Hakkai saw the look of sheer agony on Goku's face.
"I know it hurts like hell Goku, just hold on!" Hakkai said.
Hakkai had to dig his hand into the wound to get the next shard and Goku almost lost it.
He screamed and nicked Hakkai in the face with his claws. Gojyo held the boy down with the help of Sanzo.
Hakkai had lost part of the shard when Goku scratched him. The shard went deeper.
'Oh god.' Hakkai thought. He looked at his hands, covered in blood.
Hakkai quickly dug his hand into the wound and grabbed the two shards and threw them across the room.
Goku cried out as tears streamed down his face.
Hakkai wiped his hands off on a small towel and then comforted Goku.
"It's okay Goku, its all over."
The boy started to calm himself and turned onto his side, sniffling and whimpering.
"Let's get you bandaged up." Hakkai said warmly.
Goku nodded and turned onto his back.
Sanzo and Gojyo helped him get his shirt off without hurting him too badly.
Hakkai, as gently as he could, applied the bandages. He added a pat on the head and brought the covers over Goku.
"You try to sleep, ok?" Hakkai whispered.
Goku nodded and drifted off to sleep.
"3 TIMES! YOU HAVE FAILED ME 3 TIMES!!!!! I call on you because you were said to be the best, you were said to 'always get your prey!'"
"I'm deeply sorry my lady...but you failed to inform me that the little bastard had ATTACK ROCKS!!!" Ryoushi hollered.
The woman sighed. "I guess I should have been a little clearer about what he can do..."
"Yes...cause the info I got from other demons didn't include rabid boulders..."
"Now that he's began Kawari...he'll find that he can do so much more..."
"Kawari?" Ryoushi asked, while still bandaging himself up.
She smiled. "All in good time Ryoushi.........now go get him."
Ryoushi scowled. "Yes my lady..." and left.
The first thing Goku saw when he opened his eyes was Hakkai.
"Good morning Goku. Feeling any better?"
Goku sighed tiredly and nodded.
"That's good." Hakkai smiled.
"Where're Gojyo and Sanzo?"
"They went out. Gojyo needed a drink and Sanzo is getting cigarettes."
Goku pouted "But I usually get him cigarettes."
"Well, Sanzo didn't want to wake you so he went and got them himself. Don't worry Goku, there'll be plenty more cigarette runs when you get better."
It was silent for a moment until Goku looked up and said, "How come you didn't leave too?"
"I would've felt guilty letting you wake up alone here...besides...I just want you to know how sorry I am."
Goku was a bit confused. "For what?"
"Don't you remember?"
Goku tried to think of what had happened to him. His mind was blank on the subject.
"Goku...you almost died."
"I remember seeing Ryoushi...and we fought...but after he pulled a knife on me...it's like time just...stopped...I feel like I was just there minutes ago..."
Hakkai decided not to tell Goku what he had to do in order to get the blade shards out.
"All that matters is that you're here and alive, so don't worry about it. Just try and get some more sleep. You still have a little bit of a fever to get rid of."
Goku nodded and went back to sleep. Hakkai patted the boy on the head and left the room. He closed the door behind him and saw Sanzo and Gojyo walking up the stairs.
"How is he?" were the first words spoken by Sanzo that whole morning.
"Goku's fine. He woke up a few minutes ago, but he still has fever. He's sleeping again right now."
"He in any pain? Cause I bought stuff from some lady in a pharmacy. She said it's a real powerful pain-reliever." Gojyo said.
"He didn't look like he was in any pain, but keep it around just in case."
The three went into the room next door to Goku's. Gojyo placed another bag he was carrying on the bed.
"Thought we all might need a drink, so I bought some sake." Said Gojyo.
They all poured a cup for themselves. Suddenly, they heard the door open.
There stood Goku, peaking around the door into the room.
"Well if it isn't chibi chimp himself." Gojyo smiled.
"What are you doing up Goku?" Hakkai asked.
Goku hesitated. "I smelt sake." He grinned a little.
"I don't think you should be drinking anything like this right now Goku." Hakkai said.
"Just one cup?" Goku begged.
"Oh come on Hakkai. Stop mommying him and give 'im some. I think 500 years is a good enough drinking age." Gojyo laughed.
Hakkai sighed. Before he could say 'yes', Sanzo got up and poured a cup, handing it to Goku.
Goku looked at the small cup of sake for a moment, then up at Sanzo, who slightly smiled. Goku returned the smile and drank the sake in one gulp.
Sanzo patted the boy lightly on the head. And went back to his seat. "Thank you!" he grinned, and went back to his room.
Gojyo eyed Sanzo "So...what's with the sudden change?"
Sanzo glared back "If I didn't give him some...he would have begged for it."
"What ever you say." Gojyo rolled his eyes.
Hakkai just laughed.
Well, Ginny might help with a few other chapters.........
But I am proud to say.........
I was the one who wrote the Ryoushi part.........And now that I think of it...that sounded really dumb.
R&R!
Lirin-Chan =.=