Senko-san: Finally! I've watched Saiyuki Requiem and loved every single bit
of it! I immediately went to get my own copy after I watched it the first
time! True, Hikaze does seem a bit like Houlan...only Houlan is much more
feminine...not to mention damn pretty! It surprised me for awhile, but
I really enjoyed the story very much...
Riyo-san: (Muttering) ...Yeah, you were glued to the screen for like.... I don't know...half a day...? Maybe more...
Senko-san: I heard that! Temme! So what? So were you!
Riyo-san: Ch! --#
Senko-san: Forget it! Let's continue with the next chapter!
Chapter 9
"Ah...another interesting day..." sighed Hakkai, smiling.
"Interesting??? What do you mean?" asked Sanzo, annoyed.
Both of them were standing back to back, Hakkai stood in his fighting stance as Sanzo loaded his 'shoureiju'. The others were still in action, fighting the youkais around. Sanzo began firing again, while Hakkai released his 'ki' attacks.
"They just never learn, do they?" Rio muttered, shooting another youkai.
"I guess not..." Keiko chuckled, pulling the strings binding her fingers.
It caused a few youkais sliced to pieces before they turned to dust. Rio glanced at her as she did so, and sweat-dropped.
"Sometimes, you just scare me..." she commented.
"Hmm? Nani?" Keiko looked at her, smiling softly.
"From the way you look...it's hard to believe that you can be so dangerous..." Rio explained, shooting down another few youkais.
"Well, like the saying goes, 'you can't judge a book by its cover.'" Keiko chuckled again, killing another two youkais.
"I agree with you there..." Rio smiled slightly.
"Rio-san! Kiken!" Yumei shouted suddenly as she fired some darts towards Rio.
Rio dodged them and the darts hit the youkais behind her. She smirked at Yumei, as if telling her, "Thanks for saving my skin." Yumei smiled back in return. Goku was having a great time, but soon he complained that he was getting hungry.
"Urusei, bakasaru! How can you keep thinking of food at a time like this?!" Gojyo commented, attacking another youkai.
"Aaah! I can't help it, okay?!" Goku whacked another youkai hard.
"Ch! Omae...takke..." Gojyo muttered.
Suddenly, he saw Hikaze was having a bit of difficulties at her side. Without her realizing it, she was backing towards a cliff and fell!
"Hikaze!!!" Gojyo thrust his 'shakujo' towards her, the chains managed to wrap around her left arm and Gojyo managed to pull her up. Hakkai and Goku helped to back Gojyo and Hikaze up, killing the youkais who were trying to attack them.
Finally, the battle ended. After resting for a while, they continued on towards the next town, which was only a few hours ride away.
"Rio, could you take the wheel for me?" Hikaze requested.
"Hmm? Doshite?" she asked.
"I can't move my arm! That idiot pulled me up so hard..." Hikaze muttered, rubbing her arm. It was bruised all over.
"NANI??? ARE YOU SAYING THAT WAS MY FAULT??? I JUST SAVED YOUR SORRY BUTT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY???" Gojyo yelled.
"I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOUR HELP, BAKA!!!" she yelled back.
"CH! WHY DID I BOTHER SAVING YOU...?" Gojyo was loosing his cool.
"How should I know???" Hikaze glared at him.
It was quite often Gojyo and Hikaze fought as well, but not to this extend. Even Goku was speechless! Keiko tried to calm both of them down as they headed on, but to no avail. Finally, Sanzo threatened that he'll blow their heads off if they don't stop bickering...
They finally arrived at a village and managed to get four rooms. After dinner, they decided to play poker before going to bed. As usual, Hakkai won most of the time, followed by Hikaze.
"Ch! Lady's-luck just isn't with me today..." Gojyo said as he organized his cards.
"Just admit it! You're a sore loser!" Hikaze smirked.
"Oi...urusei!" Gojyo's eyebrow twitched, and he gave her an annoyed glare.
"I'm just stating facts, Gojyo." Hikaze glared back at him.
"DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO SHUT UP?!" he slammed the table.
"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG!" Hikaze stood up, throwing her cards on the table.
"DO YOU EVEN REALIZE THAT I'VE SAVED YOUR BUTT LOTSA TIMES NOW??? AND YOU DON'T EVEN APPRECIATE IT!!!" Gojyo threw his pieces of cards on the table as well.
"LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO! WHAT DOES ANY OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE GAME, ANYWAY???" Hikaze yelled back.
Everyone was looking at them now. The place was quite and the only voices that could be heard were theirs.
"NANDATO??? YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND, DO YOU??? I CAN'T JUST WATCH A WOMAN BEING IN TROUBLE!"
"ARE YOU SAYING I'M WEAK???"
"NO!"
"I THINK YOU ARE!"
"NO, I DON'T!"
"OKAY! SHUT UP!!! YOU TWO ARE ACTING LIKE A KIDS!!!" Rio stood up between them, trying to break them off.
"I WISH YOU'D UNDERSTAND THE ANNOYING TIMES I HAD TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF YOU!!!" Gojyo told her.
"NANI??? I WISH YOU WOULD LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX ONCE IN A WHILE TOO!!! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND!!!" Hikaze clenched her teeth.
"URUSEI!!! OMAE WO KOROSU ZOU!!!" Sanzo finally lost it!
He began to shoot randomly at them, sending them running for their lives towards their rooms. After that, the atmosphere was different. None of them wanted to play anymore. So, they decided to get some rest since they were leaving early the next day.
"Ch! Takke..." Hikaze muttered, changing her clothes.
"Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough, Hikaze?" Rio asked, untying her scarf.
"What? Are you blaming me for everything that happened???" Hikaze looked at her.
"I'm not blaming anyone. But both of you were acting childish before..."
"Ch!"
Meanwhile, Gojyo slammed the table with his fist, rattling and toppling the ashtray to the floor.
"Yare yare desu ne..." Hakkai sighed watching his friend.
"What? Are you saying it's my fault?" Gojyo looked at him.
"Iya, demo ne, you should try to understand her too..." Hakkai changed his clothes.
"Ch! That's easier said than done!" Gojyo lit another cigarette.
"But have you even tried?" Hakkai kept smiling at him.
'No...'Gojyo's mind whispered. His eyes crawled and looked at Hakkai. He was sitting on his bed now, smiling, still waiting for his answer.
"Whatever...I'm going to bed..." Gojyo puffed out a chain of smoke before he put off the cigar in the ashtray.
Hakkai chuckled, watching him. He felt annoyed, but said nothing. After that, Hakkai lay down and told him goodnight. He lay quietly in bed, thinking of Hakkai's question. 'Ch! Demo ne, it's not exactly my fault for not understanding her anyway...' he told himself before he drifted of to sleep.
The hours slowly crept by. Suddenly, a figure appeared beside Gojyo and Hikaze. This 'person' was wearing a black cape, and was hard to see his/her face. He/She held out his/her arm above Gojyo and Hikaze's head and his/her fingers began to glow.
"To get others to understand you, you should understand them first...after you succeed, then, they will understand you..."
After saying so, the figure vanished. The hours continued on. Just before dawn, Gojyo and Hikaze woke up. They blinked and sat up.
Hikaze saw Rio was still sound asleep. / Gojyo saw Hakkai still lying in bed.
They both headed for the bathroom. As they stood up, they felt a bit queer.
'Why do I feel my clothes shrank?' Hikaze wondered. / 'What's wrong with these clothes? It's as if they've became loose...not to mention longer...' Gojyo pulled up his pants.
They headed towards the bathroom, still feeling groggy. They washed their faces, and brushed their teeth. After doing so, they looked at their own reflection in the mirror. Something seemed...................different.................. They blinked and stared at the mirror hard. 'What the...?' Their eyes widened and looked down towards their clothes. With that, both of them freaked and screamed, waking everyone in the inn!!!
Rio got up immediately with a splitting headache and stormed into the bathroom. / Hakkai got up immediately and ran towards the bathroom.
"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM SCREAMING LIKE THAT—" Rio froze. / "Gojyo! Daijobu desu..........ka........?" Hakkai stopped at his tracks.
The pairs just stared hard at each other. Hikaze and Gojyo were on the floor, shock in their eyes. Hikaze grabbed Rio while Gojyo grabbed Hakkai.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO ME??????????????" they screamed again.
"H-HOW SHOULD I KNOW? YOU-" Rio was still stunned. / "NOW, NOW...C-CALM DOWN...ERR...GOJYO...?" Hakkai tried to snap back to reality as well.
Sanzo and Goku burst in Hakkai and Gojyo's room, and Yumei and Keiko entered Rio and Hikaze's room. Whatever expressions they had on immediately changed after they saw Gojyo and Hikaze.
"Hi...ka...ze... you're...you're a..." Keiko stammered. / "Gojyo??? You're...a...a...?" Goku began.
"...YOU'RE A GUY!!!" she exclaimed in disbelief. / "...YOU'RE A WOMAN!!!" Goku ended his sentence.
Chapter 9 Kiken! – Danger!
Senko-san: Well, not many Japanese words in this chapter...Demo, I'll try to add more in the next chapter! So, what do you think? I haven't much to spare at the moment, so, I have to stop here for the time being... I wanted to try something different so...this is the result of it! Oh, if you guys don't understand what the '/' or (slash) means, it means that it was happening at the same time only in different rooms...well, okay! Till next time, jya ne! 0
Riyo-san: (Muttering) ...Yeah, you were glued to the screen for like.... I don't know...half a day...? Maybe more...
Senko-san: I heard that! Temme! So what? So were you!
Riyo-san: Ch! --#
Senko-san: Forget it! Let's continue with the next chapter!
Chapter 9
"Ah...another interesting day..." sighed Hakkai, smiling.
"Interesting??? What do you mean?" asked Sanzo, annoyed.
Both of them were standing back to back, Hakkai stood in his fighting stance as Sanzo loaded his 'shoureiju'. The others were still in action, fighting the youkais around. Sanzo began firing again, while Hakkai released his 'ki' attacks.
"They just never learn, do they?" Rio muttered, shooting another youkai.
"I guess not..." Keiko chuckled, pulling the strings binding her fingers.
It caused a few youkais sliced to pieces before they turned to dust. Rio glanced at her as she did so, and sweat-dropped.
"Sometimes, you just scare me..." she commented.
"Hmm? Nani?" Keiko looked at her, smiling softly.
"From the way you look...it's hard to believe that you can be so dangerous..." Rio explained, shooting down another few youkais.
"Well, like the saying goes, 'you can't judge a book by its cover.'" Keiko chuckled again, killing another two youkais.
"I agree with you there..." Rio smiled slightly.
"Rio-san! Kiken!" Yumei shouted suddenly as she fired some darts towards Rio.
Rio dodged them and the darts hit the youkais behind her. She smirked at Yumei, as if telling her, "Thanks for saving my skin." Yumei smiled back in return. Goku was having a great time, but soon he complained that he was getting hungry.
"Urusei, bakasaru! How can you keep thinking of food at a time like this?!" Gojyo commented, attacking another youkai.
"Aaah! I can't help it, okay?!" Goku whacked another youkai hard.
"Ch! Omae...takke..." Gojyo muttered.
Suddenly, he saw Hikaze was having a bit of difficulties at her side. Without her realizing it, she was backing towards a cliff and fell!
"Hikaze!!!" Gojyo thrust his 'shakujo' towards her, the chains managed to wrap around her left arm and Gojyo managed to pull her up. Hakkai and Goku helped to back Gojyo and Hikaze up, killing the youkais who were trying to attack them.
Finally, the battle ended. After resting for a while, they continued on towards the next town, which was only a few hours ride away.
"Rio, could you take the wheel for me?" Hikaze requested.
"Hmm? Doshite?" she asked.
"I can't move my arm! That idiot pulled me up so hard..." Hikaze muttered, rubbing her arm. It was bruised all over.
"NANI??? ARE YOU SAYING THAT WAS MY FAULT??? I JUST SAVED YOUR SORRY BUTT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY???" Gojyo yelled.
"I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOUR HELP, BAKA!!!" she yelled back.
"CH! WHY DID I BOTHER SAVING YOU...?" Gojyo was loosing his cool.
"How should I know???" Hikaze glared at him.
It was quite often Gojyo and Hikaze fought as well, but not to this extend. Even Goku was speechless! Keiko tried to calm both of them down as they headed on, but to no avail. Finally, Sanzo threatened that he'll blow their heads off if they don't stop bickering...
They finally arrived at a village and managed to get four rooms. After dinner, they decided to play poker before going to bed. As usual, Hakkai won most of the time, followed by Hikaze.
"Ch! Lady's-luck just isn't with me today..." Gojyo said as he organized his cards.
"Just admit it! You're a sore loser!" Hikaze smirked.
"Oi...urusei!" Gojyo's eyebrow twitched, and he gave her an annoyed glare.
"I'm just stating facts, Gojyo." Hikaze glared back at him.
"DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO SHUT UP?!" he slammed the table.
"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG!" Hikaze stood up, throwing her cards on the table.
"DO YOU EVEN REALIZE THAT I'VE SAVED YOUR BUTT LOTSA TIMES NOW??? AND YOU DON'T EVEN APPRECIATE IT!!!" Gojyo threw his pieces of cards on the table as well.
"LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO! WHAT DOES ANY OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE GAME, ANYWAY???" Hikaze yelled back.
Everyone was looking at them now. The place was quite and the only voices that could be heard were theirs.
"NANDATO??? YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND, DO YOU??? I CAN'T JUST WATCH A WOMAN BEING IN TROUBLE!"
"ARE YOU SAYING I'M WEAK???"
"NO!"
"I THINK YOU ARE!"
"NO, I DON'T!"
"OKAY! SHUT UP!!! YOU TWO ARE ACTING LIKE A KIDS!!!" Rio stood up between them, trying to break them off.
"I WISH YOU'D UNDERSTAND THE ANNOYING TIMES I HAD TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF YOU!!!" Gojyo told her.
"NANI??? I WISH YOU WOULD LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX ONCE IN A WHILE TOO!!! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND!!!" Hikaze clenched her teeth.
"URUSEI!!! OMAE WO KOROSU ZOU!!!" Sanzo finally lost it!
He began to shoot randomly at them, sending them running for their lives towards their rooms. After that, the atmosphere was different. None of them wanted to play anymore. So, they decided to get some rest since they were leaving early the next day.
"Ch! Takke..." Hikaze muttered, changing her clothes.
"Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough, Hikaze?" Rio asked, untying her scarf.
"What? Are you blaming me for everything that happened???" Hikaze looked at her.
"I'm not blaming anyone. But both of you were acting childish before..."
"Ch!"
Meanwhile, Gojyo slammed the table with his fist, rattling and toppling the ashtray to the floor.
"Yare yare desu ne..." Hakkai sighed watching his friend.
"What? Are you saying it's my fault?" Gojyo looked at him.
"Iya, demo ne, you should try to understand her too..." Hakkai changed his clothes.
"Ch! That's easier said than done!" Gojyo lit another cigarette.
"But have you even tried?" Hakkai kept smiling at him.
'No...'Gojyo's mind whispered. His eyes crawled and looked at Hakkai. He was sitting on his bed now, smiling, still waiting for his answer.
"Whatever...I'm going to bed..." Gojyo puffed out a chain of smoke before he put off the cigar in the ashtray.
Hakkai chuckled, watching him. He felt annoyed, but said nothing. After that, Hakkai lay down and told him goodnight. He lay quietly in bed, thinking of Hakkai's question. 'Ch! Demo ne, it's not exactly my fault for not understanding her anyway...' he told himself before he drifted of to sleep.
The hours slowly crept by. Suddenly, a figure appeared beside Gojyo and Hikaze. This 'person' was wearing a black cape, and was hard to see his/her face. He/She held out his/her arm above Gojyo and Hikaze's head and his/her fingers began to glow.
"To get others to understand you, you should understand them first...after you succeed, then, they will understand you..."
After saying so, the figure vanished. The hours continued on. Just before dawn, Gojyo and Hikaze woke up. They blinked and sat up.
Hikaze saw Rio was still sound asleep. / Gojyo saw Hakkai still lying in bed.
They both headed for the bathroom. As they stood up, they felt a bit queer.
'Why do I feel my clothes shrank?' Hikaze wondered. / 'What's wrong with these clothes? It's as if they've became loose...not to mention longer...' Gojyo pulled up his pants.
They headed towards the bathroom, still feeling groggy. They washed their faces, and brushed their teeth. After doing so, they looked at their own reflection in the mirror. Something seemed...................different.................. They blinked and stared at the mirror hard. 'What the...?' Their eyes widened and looked down towards their clothes. With that, both of them freaked and screamed, waking everyone in the inn!!!
Rio got up immediately with a splitting headache and stormed into the bathroom. / Hakkai got up immediately and ran towards the bathroom.
"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM SCREAMING LIKE THAT—" Rio froze. / "Gojyo! Daijobu desu..........ka........?" Hakkai stopped at his tracks.
The pairs just stared hard at each other. Hikaze and Gojyo were on the floor, shock in their eyes. Hikaze grabbed Rio while Gojyo grabbed Hakkai.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO ME??????????????" they screamed again.
"H-HOW SHOULD I KNOW? YOU-" Rio was still stunned. / "NOW, NOW...C-CALM DOWN...ERR...GOJYO...?" Hakkai tried to snap back to reality as well.
Sanzo and Goku burst in Hakkai and Gojyo's room, and Yumei and Keiko entered Rio and Hikaze's room. Whatever expressions they had on immediately changed after they saw Gojyo and Hikaze.
"Hi...ka...ze... you're...you're a..." Keiko stammered. / "Gojyo??? You're...a...a...?" Goku began.
"...YOU'RE A GUY!!!" she exclaimed in disbelief. / "...YOU'RE A WOMAN!!!" Goku ended his sentence.
Chapter 9 Kiken! – Danger!
Senko-san: Well, not many Japanese words in this chapter...Demo, I'll try to add more in the next chapter! So, what do you think? I haven't much to spare at the moment, so, I have to stop here for the time being... I wanted to try something different so...this is the result of it! Oh, if you guys don't understand what the '/' or (slash) means, it means that it was happening at the same time only in different rooms...well, okay! Till next time, jya ne! 0