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Chapter 10

They went up to their room after breakfast.

Gojyo slammed shut the door. "Sanzo..." Gojyo said angrily. "You nearly blew up the secret!"

"Ah? Did I say something wrong?" Sanzo said, sitting down on his bed and lit a cigarette.

Gojyo growled, "Don't play dumb with me!" He stopped. "I thought you don't have a lighter." he said pointing at Sanzo's lighted cigarette.

"I took the flint from you lighter, that's all." Sanzo said and threw Gojyo's flint-less lighter at Gojyo's hands.

Gojyo held up his lighter and looked at it. Veins popped all over his head.

The door opened and in came Goku, in his real form.

"Goku." Hakkai said.

"Hakkai, don't you want to reveal your true identity?" Goku said, facing down.

"Goku?" Hakkai asked.

"She's waiting. She's waiting to see you."

"Stay out of this, baka saru. This is grown-ups stuff." Gojyo said.

Goku looked at Gojyo. "Although I don't have a mother, but I know how it feels like of not having a chance to see someone you love, even if they were standing right infront of you."

Gojyo stopped.

"I too wished I could see my own mother if I have one. But, I don't have the chance to do so..." Goku said, facing down again. "Argh! I don't even know what am I talking about! Call me baka saru for all I care! I'm just telling you my opinion."

At that moment, Goku's words made Hakkai felt touched. He went to Goku and put his hands on Goku's shoulders. "Thank you, Goku."

Goku looked up at Hakkai, tears filled his eyes. He was trying his best not to let them rolled down his cheeks. He quickly wipe his tears away.

Hakkai smiled.

Sanzo watched. "Hakkai."

"Hai?"

"Nobody can help you in this situation. Only you yourself can pull it through. If you want to reveal your true identity or not, I'm not going to do anything, it's your own decision." he said.

Gojyo glared at Goku, then Sanzo, and back to Goku. "Oi, oi..."

Sanzo puffed on his cigarette. "Don't forget, she will be leaving tomorrow, or maybe even today if the rain stops."

Hakkai smiled. "Arigatou, mina."

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Hakkai went down. But try as he did, he can't find Mrs Nadeshiko anywhere.

"Ah, Kanai-san." Hakkai said when Kanai walked out of the kitchen.

"Hai?"

"Have you seen my... have you seen Mrs Nadeshiko anywhere?"

"-N-no. Why?"

Hakkai laughed awkwardly. "It's nothing, really."

Hakkai wanted to go out but Kanai pulled him back gently by the sleeve.

"Is something the matter?" Hakkai said.

Kanai released Hakkai's sleeve, "I... I want to know what's all that... happened just now. I don't understand."

"I'm sorry, Kanai. Not now." Hakkai said with a smile and went out.

Kanai watched as Hakkai slowly disappears out of sight. She gave a low sigh. She looked up at the clock, then she remembered something. "Oops, I forgot to serve them dessert."

With a tray of cakes in her hands, she went up to their room to serve them. She wanted to knock on the door but something she heard made her stopped.

"Why are you so stubborn!" Gojyo yelled inside the room.

"Tch! Taku! It's none of our business!" Sanzo snapped.

"If that 'stranger woman' finds out, we will be human sushi!"

"Oh?" Sanzo said sarcastically. "And to think a woman would have the strength to slice us!"

"That's why I said she might be a youkai!" Gojyo screamed. "Ya know the long claws and everything."

"Look who's talking. You're also a youkai!"

"I'm not!"

"Enough! Fighting won't dig us out of this problem!" Goku yelled.

"Stay out of this, baka saru!" Sanzo yelled, his veins popped bigger than ever.

"Yeah, stay out of this!" Gojyo agreed, also with a popped vein on his forehead.

This time, three of them joined the quarrel.

Kanai sweatdropped but she continued listening.

"Okay, now what are we gonna do?!" Gojyo said.

"How should I know?! You started all these!" Sanzo snapped.

"Who's talking to you?!"

"Oh, if you're not talking to me then who are you talking to? Baka-baka-shi!"

"I'm... I'm...!"

"Stupid!" Sanzo continued.

"Please! Stop it already!" Goku shouted with all his might.

Sanzo and Gojyo turned their backs at each other, breathing hard. Both of them ran out of words to say.

"Gojyo, why don't you allow Hakkai to meet his mother in his real form?" Goku asked.

Mother? Kanai thought.

"Oh, if it's safe I wouldn't be arguing with that stupid idiotic bald priest!" Gojyo said sarcastically, pointing his finger roughly at Sanzo.

"I hear nothing. And who are you calling bald?!" Sanzo said.

"Hear nothing? Then how do you know what I just said?!"

"Calm down!" Goku yelled.

"You calm down!" Gojyo said, pointing at Sanzo again.

"No, you clam down!" Sanzo said.

"No! Both of you calm down!"

"You calm down too!" Sanzo and Gojyo said to Goku.

All of them stopped, breathing hard and staring at each other angrily.

Goku took a deep breath, "Why don't we let Hakkai meet his mother. Just once won't hurt."

"Hm! I don't think that idiot would agree." Sanzo said.

"Of course not!"

"Oh, you admit you're an idiot after all."

"I wasn't talking to you!"

"So was I!"

Goku clutched his both fists. "Fine! I'll handle this myself." he said and stomped to the room door.

The door knocked Kanai and caused her to drop the tray and step back. Goku looked at her in shock and puzzlement.

"G-Gomenasai! I don't meant to eavesdrop you."

Sanzo and Gojyo too looked at her.

"I... I heard everything." she looked down. "I didn't know that Mrs Nadeshiko was Hakkai's mother, is she?"

"Now look at what you've done!" Gojyo yelled into Sanzo's ear. "She knows it all now!"

Sanzo cleaned his ear with his little finger. He turn to Gojyo, "You started it."

"Su-Sumimasen! I didn't mean to cause trouble to you all."

"Never mind this git." Sanzo said.

Gojyo and Sanzo continued their yelling match while Goku quickly shut the door behind him and gently push Kanai down the stairs.

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Hakkai came back, his smile disappears into a sad look.

Where could Mrs Nadeshiko disappeard to? She couldn't possibly continue her journey in a rain like this. Hakkai thought.

"Hakkai-san." Kanai said.

"Oh, hi." Hakkai replied and smiled.

"I already know everything."

"Huh?"

"About... your mother. Mrs Nadeshiko. I'm... so sorry to hear what had happened."

Hakkai laughed. "Daijobu. You don't have to feel sorry."

Kanai looked at Hakkai, all soaking wet from head to toe.

"Is it still raining outside?" Kanai asked.

Hakkai looked out at the window and turned back to Kanai. "I guess it is. It's best if you don't go out now. You don't want to catch a cold, do you?"

Kanai smiled forcefully. "You must be cold. Let me prepare you a hot bath and get you some dry clothes."

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The hot bath was ready. The steam warmed Hakkai's cold face. But in order to save water, Gojyo and Hakkai have to bathe together. Of course, Sanzo would most prefer to bathe alone.

Kanai washed their clothes and replace them with clean ones.

"Ah! Just what I need on such a cold day." Gojyo said, soaking himself into the tub. He uses a wet towel and wiped his face.

"Um... Gojyo." Hakkai said.

"What?"

"Oh- nothing."

"Spit it."

"Nothing, really."

Gojyo sighed. "I hate it when you act so passive." He lowered himself behind, held his breath and dipped his head into the water.

Hakkai, too, took a towel and wiped his face. The trickling sound of the rain reminds him about his mother, Mrs Nadeshiko, who was still out there somewhere. Hakkai hoped she was safe.

Hakkai heard Kanai's voice faintly, "Oh, welcome back, Mrs Nadeshiko."

"Oh, my. It's raining again."

"It kept on raining nowadays. The sky is getting dark, maybe you should stay here for another night."

"Arigatou gozaimasu. I hope I'm not disturbing you."

"It's nothing. Nobody can make it through their journey in a rainstorm like this. I bet you must be freezing. The rain seems heavier and the wind is blowing very strongly. I'll get you a blanket to keep yourself warm first while waiting for the bathroom to be vacant."

Hakkai could hear Kanai's voice and her footsteps sound fading.

Gojyo popped his head out of the water and took a deep breath. "That was refreshing."

Hakkai and Gojyo heard footsteps sound approaching the bathroom. Gojyo froze in fright, enough to turn the whole water cold.

Hakkai and Gojyo could see Mrs Nadeshiko's sillhouette behind the glass door of the bathroom, aproaching nearer and nearer.

"Kana-san. Are you in there?" Mrs Nadeshiko said. She opened the glass door, "Let me help you to scrub your back."

Gojyo gasped.

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