Well, I can't believe I'm actually writing this, it so not me! But I just had to get it out of my head, and pray that my characters don't get all OOC even though Ava is an OC. Wish me luck! And thank you Amy01, dog-eared hanyou, contradiction and missantroop for reviewing! It makes it seem more worth while.
The guy muttered something to her again and placed the plate carefully on the ground before standing up and giving her a smile before walking back to the campfire to join the rest of his cohort in the meal.
Ava looked at the rest of them, they were quite contentedly eating their meal, well, one of them was gobbling it up with such vengeance that he could have been eating the last meal of his life.
'Well, if they wanted to kill me, they could have while I was sleeping...' Ava thought to herself.
She cautiously picked up her plate and gingerly picked at the food.
"There better not be any poison in this..." Ava muttered. She sighed and proceeded to eat the food.
"She's eating the food..." Gojyo spoke softly to Hakkai, still looking at his food.
"Good..." Hakkai replied without skipping a beat.
They both resumed eating as if the short dialogue hadn't happened at all.
Ava watched as everybody settled down for the night's slumber. She felt very tired, but refused to close her eyes. She still didn't feel very safe with these people. Heck, she didn't feel safe with anybody. It was in her nature to be suspicious.
It wasn't before long everything had stilled and only the hooting of the owls was heard. She spent the night watching the flickering embers of the fire to entertain herself. She switched to watching the night sky when the fire had spluttered and died out. She the twinkling lights of the stars and that soon dulled and into darkness.
"She's asleep." Gojyo whispered to Hakkai who had bedded beside him.
"That's good..." Hakkai whispered back. He turned to the jeep and whispered to it, it gave a rumble and turned back into a dragon.
"She hasn't attempted to kill us so far." Gojyo muttered while looking at Ava.
"She doesn't ...seem to have that intention... The way she reacts... it seems more like she fears being killed by us." Hakkai voiced out what he thought as Hakuryuu curled up beside him.
"It could be an act... she could have been sent to spy on us..." Gojyo argued back.
"That's true..." Hakkai agreed as he pondered over the idea.
"We should be more cautious now Kai," Gojyo stared into Hakkai's eyes to emphasize his point.
"Anyway, I think you better get some rest, you'll have to drive tomorrow. I'll keep watch for tonight." Gojyo said, lightening the mood.
"Alright. Goodnight Gojyo..." Hakkai replied as he settled down for a much needed rest.
"Night Kai'." Gojyo said as he switched his gaze to a certain other female...
Dawn came and Hakkai got up and started making breakfast with Hakuryuu fluttering around him. He made Gojyo sleep and promised to wake him up when breakfast was ready before Goku could get to it. Sanzo woke up soon after. He sat sullenly at a corner drinking a cup of coffee that Hakkai had prepared for him. Sanzo was not a morning person.
Goku woke up to the smell of the food being cooked and Gojyo woke up soon after by the noise Goku was making in anticipation of the food. This lead to a grumpy, tired Gojyo creating a fight with Goku for being too noisy.
If anybody didn't hear a fight between Gojyo and Goku must be deaf. Ava wasn't one of them. She was jolted out of her unwilling, but peaceful sleep by the loud quarrel. She lightly berated herself for falling asleep but it was a brief thought as her senses were overwhelmed by the smell of food.
She didn't eat much of the food offered to her the night before. She had a consistent urge for throwing up the food from the pain her injury caused. Though she did feel sore and nauseous, it didn't seem to affect her appetite.
Another thing that she was developing, besides her hunger, was a headache. The quarrels between the two people were increasing in volume. But before she thought she couldn't stand it anymore, she saw the monk brandish an oversized paper fan, where it came from she was relatively clueless, and whack the head of the two with a loud thwack.
She almost laughed at the sight of the looming monk over the other two people crouching down clutching their heads. The word is almost. She was still very suspicious of her surroundings. Instead, she let slip a slight upward tugging at the left corner of her lip.
Hakkai absorbed all this, and calmly detached himself from his cooking for a moment to dissipate the tension between Sanzo, Gojyo and Goku. Goku then decided to bug Hakkai about how 'harahette' he was. To which Gojyo grumbled under his breath what a hopeless hungry cause Goku was while Sanzo settled for a customary 'Ch' before retiring to his seat.
The cooking was finally done and Hakkai scooped out servings for everyone. He delivered one to the girl, who accepted it with less coaxing this time around. Hakkai had observed she didn't eat much the night before, he as sure she would be hungry. Still, she had waited till they had all started eating the food before she put a spoon into her mouth.
There were leftovers when everybody had finished the first helping of food. These usually went to Goku but Hakkai thought it to be polite to ask the girl if she wanted anymore. Goku had remained lipped about this suggestion, he knew it was manners, but it also meant less food for himself.
So Hakkai took the pot in one hand and ladle in the other and approached the girl. Slowly, with various gestures, he said the words slowly, though he knew she wouldn't understand a bit.
"Would you like some more?"
Ava watched cautiously as the man with glasses, approached her. He made some gestures with a pot and ladle in hand. He spoke some gibberish too. She couldn't phantom what he said but she guessed that he had asked her if she wanted more food.
Ava looked at him for a moment after he stopped moving and talking and shook her head sideways and pulled her plate away.
He seemed to understand her and backed away. He returned to the group who were all watching the scene. He was received back with a whoop of joy from the boy with mussed up brown and oversize shoulder pads who delved directly into the pot once it was set in front of him.
She watched as the red head and blond monk took out their pack of cigarettes and start to smoke. Ava wrinkled her nose at this. She was not fond of smoke. She turned her attention away to a white dragon which was starting to flutter its way to her.
She had never seen a dragon before. She never thought the mythical creature to be real. It landed in front of her and sniffed her, regarding her with a tilted head. It was small, she always thought it to be big and intimidating, but this one seemed to be...cute.
It took a step towards her and continued to silently regard her.
Ava slowly extended her hand in attempt to stroke it. Seeing that I remained unmoving, she gingerly touched it on the head and patted it. It responded by nudging her hand in attempt to encourage her to continue. It felt soft and furry to touch, she always thought dragons should be scaly and smooth. But she wasn't complaining though, she had a penchant for animals, and she didn't mind counting this dragon in as one of them. Unknowingly, she let out a true, genuine smile.
Hakkai, Gojyo, Sanzo and Goku watched all of this.
"Looks likes she likes Hakuryuu." Goku stated blankly.
"Ah, looks like Hakuryuu's feelings are mutual..." Hakkai said with a customary smile.
"Stupid dragon." Both Sanzo and Gojyo said this at the same time.
Goku and Hakkai looked at them before bursting out into laughter.
Well, another chapter done. I realized this is going to take far more chapters than I expected, if I write a story that is up to my expectations that is. I hope you'll like it.
