Authors Note: Yay! It's the next chapter, finally I'm sure you're thinking, and time to introduce the second character I chose. So this chapter is dedicated to Silver Tigress. Thanks for letting me borrow Kitina.
"We're getting out of here!" Sanzo growled tucking away the gun then turned from him.
Goku looked up "What? Why?"
"They know where we are. And now they know what she is." He gestured towards Isis irritably. "We need to get as far from here as possible."
"Sanzo's right." Hakkai put in. "If they know that Isis is a sutra then they'll want to get their hands on her for sure."
"At least I won't be alone then." Gojyo smirked, eyeing Isis where she stood watching Sanzo curiously.
"Let's get to the car and move." Sanzo said ignoring Gojyo's comment and started away from the grove.
Goku looked up at Hakkai "Why does he have to be so grumpy. She did save us."
"I think that's what he's upset about Goku. You know how he is."
"Yea. I guess." He took Isis by the arm and she swung her sorrowful gave from Sanzo's back to him. "Come on."
She nodded then followed after as he went after Sanzo, moving through the trees towards the jeep on the edge of the Oasis. Goku sighed silently. Would Sanzo ever stop hating Isis? Somehow...Goku doubted it.
"Keep her back there!" Sanzo snarled over his shoulder.
"I'm trying!" Goku countered pushing Isis' hands back down by her sides. She had taken to trying to stroke Sanzo's hair and cheeks again which was even more of a bad idea then before because he seemed in an even worse mood.
Isis let out a cry suddenly and seconds later the sand before them exploded. Hakkai yelled and swerved sharply flipping the jeep over on it's side. Dust rose to coat the air then settled again as they climbed out from beneath the truck.
"Damn it." Gojyo coughed. "What the hell was that?"
"My apologies." A voice said patiently.
They turned. A woman stood simply feet from the over turned jeep. Silver hair bound back by a clip of what seemed to by crystal. Violet eyes glimmered with dull indulgence as she watched then, seemingly waiting. Thin limbs clad in pants and a crimson tunic. She tilted her head a bit, the movement produce a soft jungle from the silver bell that hung from the black collar around her neck, the sound piercing the silence.
"Are you ready now?" She inquired after a moment.
Sanzo's eyes narrowed. "Let me guess. You're another assassin."
She nodded and smiled a bit. "Kitina. Or Kit if you want."
"Let's not get friendly."
She shrugged. "As you wish." She clasped her hands behind her back casually. "I was instructed to kill you and take both your scripture and the woman who is not a woman." She said her gaze sliding towards Isis.
Goku glared. "Just try it."
"However." She went on as if he hadn't spoken. "I can offer you mercy. If you simply hand these items over then I'd be happy to let you all go."
Sanzo crossed his arms. "I'm afraid we're not inclined to accept your generous offer."
She nodded. "I had hoped... oh well." And then she moved. No she didn't move, she disappeared, was suddenly gone there was a sigh and Hakkai gasped and moved just in time to avoid a downward slash of the girl's Tanto. He threw a ki attack at her and she flipped backwards, disappearing again as she did and appeared again standing on the over turned truck.
"Are you sure you won't rethink your decision?" She questioned.
"Forget it." Sanzo growled firing of a long round of shots at her. She teleported between each bullet, and twirled spinning the tanto out towards him. He jumped backwards then to the side dodging her attacks.
"Sanzo!" Gojyo called whipping his shakujo towards the girl, she disappeared and the weapon cleaved nothing but air. "Damn! How are we suppose to hit her if she keeps disappearing."
"You can't." a voice murmured almost sympathetically from no where. "My mercy offering still stands."
Sanzo said nothing, scanning the area around him slowly. She'd appear again. She had to. The purpose was to figure out how. "Hakkai." Hakkai tuned to look at him. "When I fire I want you to send a ki attack straight at me."
Hakkai's eyes widened. "At you!? But Sanzo-"
"Just do it!" He snapped.
Hakkai frowned at him then nodded and braced himself. There was a sigh. "I suppose you're not going to accept. Well then. I'll take the sutra now." She appeared then before Sanzo, whipping her tanto in his direction her growled jumped backwards and fired she disappeared again and appeared behind him the same time Hakkai released his attack.
"What!" She turned sharply but the light had already engulfed her and then...she was gone.
"These guys are really getting annoying." Sanzo said lowering the gun.
"But that was almost too easy." Goku said stepping forward.
"I think...that she was just a scout." Hakkai mused.
"A scout?"
Hakkai nodded. "To find out if we'd use Amunisis again."
"Great." Sanzo said with seething annoyance. "We don't need her for anything. She's more trouble then she's even worth and we're getting rid of her first chance we get. After we separate that sutra from her they can have her." And then he turned away.
