Goku walked over to where Isis sat and held out the plate of grilled fish to her "Here." She blinked at it for a moment then took it from him and settled it in her lap. "Um. You might wanna comb your hair too." He added also offering the wooden comb he'd brought. She stared at the comb then glanced up at him then back at the comb again looking lost. "Ah yea..." He sighed. "I'll do it."
Picking up a piece of her hair and pulled the comb through it. "Don't worry about Sanzo. He'll get use to you."
"Why is he disliking this girl?" The voice that spoke was soft and musical. Goku screamed and scrambled backwards, dropping the comb in shock. She blinked at him, the lowered her head in the ashamed manner she had.
"You talked! You can talk?"
She smiled hesitantly. "I learn. When you and the others talk."
"Goku!" Hakkai called as he and Gojyo rushed over. "We heard you scream. What happened?"
"Yea monkey boy. What's the deal?" Gojyo added, tucking hands into his pockets, speaking around the cigarette in his mouth.
"She talked! Cut that out." He added when Isis started to cough again.
Gojyo muttered and stomped out the cigarette as Hakkai kneeled to look at Isis. "You can speak?" She looked up at him and lifted a hand holding her fingers about an inch apart.
"She just learned. I don't think she likes speaking though." Goku said, leaning over Hakkai's shoulder.
"Let her talk for herself Goku." Hakkai chided gently. Isis blinked and shook her head, falling mute again.
"I guess she only talks to Goku." Gojyo said. "Man. Everyone's having luck with the ladies but me. The universe sucks."
Hakkai smiled. "I for one am glad the universe is unfair. It would be a lot more demoralizing to know that we actually deserved all the bad things that have been happening to us." He looked at Isis again. "Maybe it's better if we don't tell Sanzo she can talk just yet. Not until she's more comfortable with us. He might try to make her tell him how to remove the sutra. Goku, you watch her."
Goku nodded. "No problem!" He smiled at Isis "We'll take care of you." She smiled back at him a bit then turned her eyes longingly in the direction Sanzo had disappeared in. "You really like Sanzo huh?"
She beamed and nodded happily, winding her arms around her knees and tipped a finger into the lake. "Sanzo is this girl's master. This girl likes Sanzo very much."
"You don't have to have a master though you know. You can just be your own person." She blinked at him with her blank expression that usually meant she didn't understand something. He sighed. "Never mind."
She smiled swirling her finger in the lake causing ripples to spread out across the water. "So where were you before you were put to sleep?" She touched the ground gently with a finger then pointed towards the sky. "You were in the earth...and in space." She nodded.
"Far...far." She said quietly. "Long, long time." And fell silent again.
"Wow. It must have been hard being stuck asleep all that time. You must have missed a lot." She pointed upwards again and he looked in the indicated direction. "The sky? You missed the sky?"
She nodded. "Sky is hope." She said slowly. "Goes on and on. Never break. Never stop. Never measured. See sky and...hope to go on. Go far as sky."
"Hope." Goku said thoughtfully and she nodded again.
"Will Goku tell this girl how to make Sanzo happy?" She questioned hopefully.
Goku rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "That's kind hard. He doesn't really do happy a lot. Maybe you should just quit trying."
She smiled but shook her head. "This girl is the sky. She will go on."
Goku sighed. "I guess if you gotta...."
He was cut of as the sound of 4 gun shots pierced the placent silence of the area follower by sharp laughter blended with a growl. Hakkai and Gojyo jumped up from where they were seated around the fire and Gojyo cursed.
"Sanzo!" Hakkai said he glanced back at Goku. "Come on Goku!" And he and Gojyo dashed of into the expanse of trees.Goku scrambled to his feet and glanced back at Isis. "Stay here." But she was already gone, the rustling of the bushes the only hint to the direction she had taken. "Ah! Wait for me!" And he went after them as well.
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