Disclaimer: I don't own Saiyuki. And I'm still not making money from this. Man, could I use some money, though...
Again, Hakkai's POV for the most part, interspersed with a third person view.
Chapter 2
When I came to, the first thing I noticed was the ceiling above me, and warm bedding around me. To get a better look at my surroundings, I started to prop myself up on my elbows, wincing at the pain in my side.
"Yamete," a voice from my right said. Looking over, I saw Sanzo sitting at a table, watching me over his paper, robes at his waist and glasses on his face. When I didn't move back down, he got up and gripped my bare shoulder, gently pushing me back down. It was then that I noticed that I wasn't wearing a shirt.
"After you fell asleep, we made it into town. The doctor here bandaged you up, and is letting us stay in the spare room," Sanzo told me simply, leaving the room. I reached down under the blankets, and found a heavy cloth wrapped around my torso, covering not only my new injury, but my old scar as well.
A few minutes later, the door opened again, and a man whom I presumed was the doctor walked in. He smiled at me, then closed the door behind him.
"I see you're awake," he commented to me, setting clean bandages on the table Sanzo had been sitting at earlier. "You're also no where near as pale as you were last night. That's good, because it means that you were just exhausted, and not suffering from too much blood loss." He walked over to my side, and carefully unwrapped the bandage, replacing it with a new one. A knock at the door distracted him, and he opened the door to allow the arrival to enter.
"Sensei," I heard Goku's voice say. "You're wife told me to bring you this." I saw Goku hand a dark bundle to the doctor, which I realized was my shirt. Looking over and seeing that I was awake, he called out "Hakkai!" and started to bound over to me, until the doctor stopped him.
"Ohayo Goku," I told him.
"Iie, Hakkai. 'Konnichiwa,'" he corrected me, which made me laugh.
"Goku," the doctor started, placing his hands on Goku's shoulders. "Thank my wife, and then ask her to prepare a tray of food for your friend. He needs to eat." Goku cheerfully agreed, and then ran out of the room. "My wife mended your shirt for you. She should have your tunic fixed soon, as well." He helped me to put my shirt on, and then to sit up. "Don't let the boy get too worked up, you still need a lot of rest," he told me, then left the room.
When Goku returned, I saw that the doctor's wife must've already seen Goku's appetite, from the amount of food on the tray. There was no way that I'd ever be able to finish even half the food by myself. Goku set the tray on my lap, then helped himself to generous portions. As I (we) ate, Goku jabbered away happily, telling me all about the small town we were in, and the doctor and his wife. And about how good the doctor's wife's food was. Smiling at the boy, I had to agree, since the food was delicious. "But not as good as yours," Goku was quick to add.
We had to have been talking for over an hour, or at least Goku talking and me listening, until Goku caught me stifling a yawn. Realizing I was tired and needed my rest, Goku left the room, and I laid back down. Within minutes, I was asleep.
The doctor checked up on Hakkai after Goku had left the room. "He's doing better," he told Sanzo, "but he should take it easy for a while. I won't lie, I know who you are, and I can guess how your friend got that wound. And I know that you can't stay in one place for very long. It would probably be better for us the faster you left, anyway, or we could get attacked by youkai looking for you. But you need to keep him from fighting as much as possible, until he's back up to strength. The sutures shouldn't come out, but I don't want to risk it."
Sanzo looked at the doctor before replying. "Ch. It's not as if we're looking for battles, although it'll probably be easier to avoid youkai than to keep that baka out of battle. But I'll find a way. He is the most useful of the three, after all." Goku looked like he was going to protest, but Gojyo held him back. Sanzo thanked the doctor, and turned to the others as he walked away. "Gojyo. Go get our supplies. Make sure the first aid kit is fully stocked. We leave in the morning."
Japanese words and phrases
yamete- stop
sensei- doctor. Literally "teacher," but it's often used for doctors as well.
ohayo- "good morning".
konnichiwa- "good afternoon" and/or "good day".
baka- idiot or fool.
Yeah, I know it's been along time since I updated this. I got writers' block. I also have many other unfinished stories on So I figure I'll start a little competition between my stories. I'll update all of them as fast as I can (this one is the first), and then I'll wait a week after the last one is updated. Whichever story has the most reviews, I'll stick to continuing that one (until I reach writers' block, in which I'll take a break by going onto #2) until it's finished. So if you like this one, review it so it'll get continued/finished first.