Senko-san: Gome ne! I have been quite busy lately, so I don't have much
time to write the next chapter...
Riyo-san: Ch! Everyone's busy lately...
Senko-san: *sigh* Yeah...I guess you're right...anyway!!! Finally I managed to complete this new chapter!!! I hope you guys'll enjoy yourselves! ^_^
Chapter 7
As they headed on, Rio decided to sit with the girls. She had had it with the two 'cat and mouse'. She sat beside Hikaze, and Keiko at the back seat.
Few more weeks passed. The boys were still the same; the same old routines... Sometimes, Hikaze would tease them. Keiko would always smile, tolerating with all of them. Rio just couldn't be bothered at times, but there are times when they irritated her and then she will yell at them to shut up.
"Ah! Mittei! Mittei! There's a town ahead!" Goku pointed ahead.
"Hai, hai..." Hakkai smiled as he drove on.
"Oi, can't you sit down??? It's as if you never been to a town before, you bakasaru!" Gojyo asked, irritated.
"Saru tei yunna!!! Kono goki puri kappa!!!" Goku yelled back.
"Nandato? Temei!!!" Gojyo yelled back.
"Baka! Baka ero kappa!!!" Goku teased.
"Nani??? Omae bakasaru!!!"
"URUSEI!!! DO YOU WANT TO DIE SO BADLY???" Sanzo pointed his 'Shoureiju' at them.
"Huh...same old, same old..." Hikaze muttered, driving on.
"They'll never change, will they?" Keiko sighed, smiling.
"Ch! Not in a million years..." Rio simply replied.
"Ha! Ha! Soo ne..." Keiko giggled.
"I can't believe that you could tolerate with these guys..." Hikaze said to Rio.
Rio looked back at her, and replied.
"Then what are you doing here?"
Hikaze thought about her question, and realized it was a stupid one.
"Ch! I guess you're right... that's a dumb question."
The village was a lively one. People were walking around, selling, buying, the children playing with each other...etc... Goku got very excited and started stopping from a stall to the other. Gojyo was keeping an eye out for pretty women around, and most of them caught his attention. Sanzo whacked them on the head with his 'harisen' and told him to behave. But it wasn't long till they started to wander off again...
"We should look for an inn first..." Hakkai suggested.
"Ah???? Then we can go and get something to eat???" Goku whined.
"Well, at least we will have a place for the night, Goku. What if it rained? If we don't get rooms or at least a place now, we'll have to camp under the rain. You won't like that, do you?" Hakkai explained patiently.
"No...Alright! Let's look for an inn now! The faster we get the rooms, the faster we eat!!! C'mon!!! Hayaku! Hayaku!!!" Goku ran ahead.
"Yare yare desu ne..." Hakkai sighed his usual phrase.
Just as they approached an inn, they noticed a commotion happening right in front of them.
"Eh? What's going on?" Goku stopped.
All of them stopped, with the same question in their heads.
"Annou, gome ne, can you tell us what's going on?" Hakkai asked a passer- by.
"Oh! They're having an auction right now." He explained.
"Auction? What type of auction?" Keiko asked.
"Slaves." The man simply replied and walked off.
All of them exchanged glances. All of them remained were quite for a few seconds.
"Slaves...this town is still doing it?" Keiko muttered softly.
"Yeah...I guess so..." Hikaze replied.
"How cruel..." Keiko's voice sank. I hate slavery...I always have, and will...
Hakkai patted her gently on the shoulder and smiled warmly at her.
"Eh??? Nani??? What are you guys talking about??? Teme!!!" Goku grumbled.
"Goku, do you know what a slave is?" Hakkai asked.
"Em? Slave??? Is that some kind of food???" Goku asked innocently.
Everyone sweat dropped as Hakkai continued on.
"No, Goku. A slave is a person who is owned by another person and is forced to work without payment..."
"Hmm? A person who is owned by another?"
"Hai..."
"I still don't understand! Why are they not paid???"
"YOU BAKASARU!!! YOU ASK TOO MUCH!!!" Gojyo whacked his head.
"ITTEIIII!!!!! YOU PERVERTED ERO KAPPA!!! CH! FINE! I'LL GO AND FIND OUT!!!" Goku ran off towards the auction before anyone could get him back.
The others ended up by chasing him as he disappeared into the crowd. He slowly squeezed his way through towards the clearing. Just as he was doing so, he tripped and fell flat on his face.
"Itteii..." He muttered and rubbed his sore face.
He realized that he was closing in towards the clearing and slowly crawled his way forward. Finally, he could see clearly what was going on in front of him. He could hear people shouting out prices, and saw a big fat man replying them with a girl beside him.
Is that...a slave??? Goku asked himself. Her arms and legs were chained. Her clothes were ragged and torn. Goku picked himself up to get a better view of her. She had pale skin and pale yellow hair, reaching up to her shoulders.
Suddenly, she slowly tilted her head, revealing her lime green eyes, and was looking straight at him! He froze as their eyes met, but soon he realized even though her eyes were looking at him, but they were empty. There was no sign of life in them. No spirit at all.
As he gazed at them longer, a hard tug tugged him back into the crowd. The person roughly let go of him at the other side, sending him crashing to the ground again.
"Teme!!! You are such a nuisance!!! I should have just dragged you out on the dirt!!!" Gojyo remarked.
Strangely, Goku stood up quietly.
"Goku? Daijobu desuka?" Keiko asked gently.
Rio watched him for a few them for a few seconds, and then glanced at crowd, still bidding to their heart and money's content.
Slowly, Goku approached Sanzo.
"Nani?" Sanzo asked.
"Sanzo...can you help her?" Goku looked straight at the monk's hard, cold face.
"Why should I?"
"Please Sanzo! You're the only one who can save her!"
"And why's that?"
"Because you hold the credit card..."
Silence.
"Yadda." Sanzo replied.
"AAAAH??? WHY NOT???"
"BECAUSE I SAID SO!!!"
They kept on quarelling until they heard the crowd grumbled and muttered. Just as the crowd was about to brake up, Gojyo pulled one of them and asked.
"Oi, what's up?"
"Eh? The auction's over! That girl was sold!" the guy walked off. "SOLD??? NO WAY!!! SHE CAN'T BE SOLD YET!!!" Goku whined.
"But still...to whom?" Hikaze looked at the people around them. Not one of them had a slave-girl with them...
"We have to look for her!!!" Goku told them.
"Eh??? Why are you so worried, Goku? Ooh...don't tell me! You like her?" Gojyo teased.
"NO!!! T-THAT'S NOT IT!!! WHY'D I WANNA BE A PERVERT LIKE YOU???" Goku blushed slightly.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, YOU BAKASARU???"
"Now, now, guys? This isn't the right time to argue..." Hakkai tried to stop them.
"Minna san..." a voice caught their attention.
Rio approached them, with someone behind her.
"I would like you to meet Yumei..." she introduced the person briefly as the person took a slow step forward.
Everyone paused and looked at her. Goku's eyes widened.
"That's her!!! That's the girl!!!" Goku pointed at Yumei.
"Rio...how did you manage to-..." Keiko began.
"Bought her. Any other questions?"
"Yeah! Like how did you get enough loot to buy her?" Gojyo asked, teasingly.
"Ever heard of 'saving', Gojyo?" She simply replied.
"Ch! I wouldn't spend my money like that if I were you." Sanzo muttered.
"It's my money, anyway...not yours..." she looked at him.
He stared back hard at her. Is she challenging me???
"Still...let's head for an inn first, okay, minna san?" Hakkai tried to calm them down.
"Yeah...let's go! I need a bath!" Hikaze pulled Keiko towards the inn. "Yay! Let's! Then I can get myself something to eat!!!" Goku ran after them.
The others trailed behind, taking their own time. Rio looked at Yumei.
"Ikuzou..."
"...Hai..." she obeyed.
Senko-san: Huh... that's it for now! What do you think??? Please review, ne?
Riyo-san: ...Oi...aren't you forgetting something?
Senko-san: Em? AAAAAAHHHH!!!! SHIMATA!!!!! THE GLOSSARY!!! Thanks, Riyo- san!!!
Riyo-san: Ch!
Chapter 7
Mittei – Look, Saru tei yunna! – Don't call me 'monkey'!, Kono goki puri kappa! – You perverted water monster!, Hayaku! – Hurry!
Riyo-san: Ch! Everyone's busy lately...
Senko-san: *sigh* Yeah...I guess you're right...anyway!!! Finally I managed to complete this new chapter!!! I hope you guys'll enjoy yourselves! ^_^
Chapter 7
As they headed on, Rio decided to sit with the girls. She had had it with the two 'cat and mouse'. She sat beside Hikaze, and Keiko at the back seat.
Few more weeks passed. The boys were still the same; the same old routines... Sometimes, Hikaze would tease them. Keiko would always smile, tolerating with all of them. Rio just couldn't be bothered at times, but there are times when they irritated her and then she will yell at them to shut up.
"Ah! Mittei! Mittei! There's a town ahead!" Goku pointed ahead.
"Hai, hai..." Hakkai smiled as he drove on.
"Oi, can't you sit down??? It's as if you never been to a town before, you bakasaru!" Gojyo asked, irritated.
"Saru tei yunna!!! Kono goki puri kappa!!!" Goku yelled back.
"Nandato? Temei!!!" Gojyo yelled back.
"Baka! Baka ero kappa!!!" Goku teased.
"Nani??? Omae bakasaru!!!"
"URUSEI!!! DO YOU WANT TO DIE SO BADLY???" Sanzo pointed his 'Shoureiju' at them.
"Huh...same old, same old..." Hikaze muttered, driving on.
"They'll never change, will they?" Keiko sighed, smiling.
"Ch! Not in a million years..." Rio simply replied.
"Ha! Ha! Soo ne..." Keiko giggled.
"I can't believe that you could tolerate with these guys..." Hikaze said to Rio.
Rio looked back at her, and replied.
"Then what are you doing here?"
Hikaze thought about her question, and realized it was a stupid one.
"Ch! I guess you're right... that's a dumb question."
The village was a lively one. People were walking around, selling, buying, the children playing with each other...etc... Goku got very excited and started stopping from a stall to the other. Gojyo was keeping an eye out for pretty women around, and most of them caught his attention. Sanzo whacked them on the head with his 'harisen' and told him to behave. But it wasn't long till they started to wander off again...
"We should look for an inn first..." Hakkai suggested.
"Ah???? Then we can go and get something to eat???" Goku whined.
"Well, at least we will have a place for the night, Goku. What if it rained? If we don't get rooms or at least a place now, we'll have to camp under the rain. You won't like that, do you?" Hakkai explained patiently.
"No...Alright! Let's look for an inn now! The faster we get the rooms, the faster we eat!!! C'mon!!! Hayaku! Hayaku!!!" Goku ran ahead.
"Yare yare desu ne..." Hakkai sighed his usual phrase.
Just as they approached an inn, they noticed a commotion happening right in front of them.
"Eh? What's going on?" Goku stopped.
All of them stopped, with the same question in their heads.
"Annou, gome ne, can you tell us what's going on?" Hakkai asked a passer- by.
"Oh! They're having an auction right now." He explained.
"Auction? What type of auction?" Keiko asked.
"Slaves." The man simply replied and walked off.
All of them exchanged glances. All of them remained were quite for a few seconds.
"Slaves...this town is still doing it?" Keiko muttered softly.
"Yeah...I guess so..." Hikaze replied.
"How cruel..." Keiko's voice sank. I hate slavery...I always have, and will...
Hakkai patted her gently on the shoulder and smiled warmly at her.
"Eh??? Nani??? What are you guys talking about??? Teme!!!" Goku grumbled.
"Goku, do you know what a slave is?" Hakkai asked.
"Em? Slave??? Is that some kind of food???" Goku asked innocently.
Everyone sweat dropped as Hakkai continued on.
"No, Goku. A slave is a person who is owned by another person and is forced to work without payment..."
"Hmm? A person who is owned by another?"
"Hai..."
"I still don't understand! Why are they not paid???"
"YOU BAKASARU!!! YOU ASK TOO MUCH!!!" Gojyo whacked his head.
"ITTEIIII!!!!! YOU PERVERTED ERO KAPPA!!! CH! FINE! I'LL GO AND FIND OUT!!!" Goku ran off towards the auction before anyone could get him back.
The others ended up by chasing him as he disappeared into the crowd. He slowly squeezed his way through towards the clearing. Just as he was doing so, he tripped and fell flat on his face.
"Itteii..." He muttered and rubbed his sore face.
He realized that he was closing in towards the clearing and slowly crawled his way forward. Finally, he could see clearly what was going on in front of him. He could hear people shouting out prices, and saw a big fat man replying them with a girl beside him.
Is that...a slave??? Goku asked himself. Her arms and legs were chained. Her clothes were ragged and torn. Goku picked himself up to get a better view of her. She had pale skin and pale yellow hair, reaching up to her shoulders.
Suddenly, she slowly tilted her head, revealing her lime green eyes, and was looking straight at him! He froze as their eyes met, but soon he realized even though her eyes were looking at him, but they were empty. There was no sign of life in them. No spirit at all.
As he gazed at them longer, a hard tug tugged him back into the crowd. The person roughly let go of him at the other side, sending him crashing to the ground again.
"Teme!!! You are such a nuisance!!! I should have just dragged you out on the dirt!!!" Gojyo remarked.
Strangely, Goku stood up quietly.
"Goku? Daijobu desuka?" Keiko asked gently.
Rio watched him for a few them for a few seconds, and then glanced at crowd, still bidding to their heart and money's content.
Slowly, Goku approached Sanzo.
"Nani?" Sanzo asked.
"Sanzo...can you help her?" Goku looked straight at the monk's hard, cold face.
"Why should I?"
"Please Sanzo! You're the only one who can save her!"
"And why's that?"
"Because you hold the credit card..."
Silence.
"Yadda." Sanzo replied.
"AAAAH??? WHY NOT???"
"BECAUSE I SAID SO!!!"
They kept on quarelling until they heard the crowd grumbled and muttered. Just as the crowd was about to brake up, Gojyo pulled one of them and asked.
"Oi, what's up?"
"Eh? The auction's over! That girl was sold!" the guy walked off. "SOLD??? NO WAY!!! SHE CAN'T BE SOLD YET!!!" Goku whined.
"But still...to whom?" Hikaze looked at the people around them. Not one of them had a slave-girl with them...
"We have to look for her!!!" Goku told them.
"Eh??? Why are you so worried, Goku? Ooh...don't tell me! You like her?" Gojyo teased.
"NO!!! T-THAT'S NOT IT!!! WHY'D I WANNA BE A PERVERT LIKE YOU???" Goku blushed slightly.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, YOU BAKASARU???"
"Now, now, guys? This isn't the right time to argue..." Hakkai tried to stop them.
"Minna san..." a voice caught their attention.
Rio approached them, with someone behind her.
"I would like you to meet Yumei..." she introduced the person briefly as the person took a slow step forward.
Everyone paused and looked at her. Goku's eyes widened.
"That's her!!! That's the girl!!!" Goku pointed at Yumei.
"Rio...how did you manage to-..." Keiko began.
"Bought her. Any other questions?"
"Yeah! Like how did you get enough loot to buy her?" Gojyo asked, teasingly.
"Ever heard of 'saving', Gojyo?" She simply replied.
"Ch! I wouldn't spend my money like that if I were you." Sanzo muttered.
"It's my money, anyway...not yours..." she looked at him.
He stared back hard at her. Is she challenging me???
"Still...let's head for an inn first, okay, minna san?" Hakkai tried to calm them down.
"Yeah...let's go! I need a bath!" Hikaze pulled Keiko towards the inn. "Yay! Let's! Then I can get myself something to eat!!!" Goku ran after them.
The others trailed behind, taking their own time. Rio looked at Yumei.
"Ikuzou..."
"...Hai..." she obeyed.
Senko-san: Huh... that's it for now! What do you think??? Please review, ne?
Riyo-san: ...Oi...aren't you forgetting something?
Senko-san: Em? AAAAAAHHHH!!!! SHIMATA!!!!! THE GLOSSARY!!! Thanks, Riyo- san!!!
Riyo-san: Ch!
Chapter 7
Mittei – Look, Saru tei yunna! – Don't call me 'monkey'!, Kono goki puri kappa! – You perverted water monster!, Hayaku! – Hurry!