Chapter 3: Wrath Of The Lord
A/N: Yeah! People like it! I didn't think people would and I am happy. squee Stick with me, I still have like 8 more chapters to go and I want more reviews because reviews inspire me to write and if I am not inspired, I kill.
Gojyo woke up that morning, drowzy and hot. It was humid in the room, a thin layer of sweat upon his eyebrow. Damn it, it was one of those sticky days. Where just the mere thought of touching somebody would make you want to cringe. He wiped away the crimson strands that were sticking to his face and propped himself up on his elbows. Dispite how hot it was, this had to be some of the best sleep he had gotten in years, well, without a woman next to him. But he had something of a woman sleeping just parallel to him. Speaking of which, where was he? Still sleeping perhaps? Gojyo looked over at the bed next to his and blinked. He had to be seeing things.
" Where'd he go?" He asked himself. Gojyo paused.
i ' He couldn't have been kidnapped, there aren't any windows...maybe he ran away? Oh shit, Lord Homura is gonna have my head for this...' /i Gojyo thought to himself.
" Calm down." He breathed. " He could be anywhere." Gojyo quickly kicked off the covered and put on a pair of loose pants and a shirt he didn't even bother buttoning. His goal right now was to find Hakkai. He could be hurt or injured or something. He was blind. He couldn't tell who was a friend or foe.
" Ah, Gojyo!" Yaone cheered, watching Gojyo walk quickly down the hallway.
Gojyo froze, " Yes Princess?"
" Where's Hakkai?" She asked.
" Umm--er...in the bathroom." He whispered, pointing down the opposite hallway.
" Gojyo, the bathroom is in that direction." Yaone said puzzilingly, pointing to the right.
" I know Princess, I--uhh--was just testing you." Gojyo said, his eyes were scattershot.
" Funny how you can't make eye contact with me right now. Lemme guess..." Yaone said, putting her index finger to her cheek and staring at Gojyo harshly. " You lost 'im."
" Shut up Princess! I didn't lose him..." Gojyo huffed, " I just misplaced him."
" Heh, you're so funny Gojyo." She laughed. " I guess I forgot to tell you."
" Tell me what?"
" Hakkai wakes up early, almost around five in the morning to have tea in the garden and he reads for an hour or so, well, he can't now, so he's probably sitting with his flowers. It's only seven now, he should tell be out there." Yaone explained, looking at her wrist, which didn't have a watch to begin with.
" Lookin' at an invisible watch there?" Gojyo grinned.
" Shut up Gojyo-san." Yaone hissed. " By the way, it's awfully hot, you know."
" I know. And you still have to wear those fluffy dresses."
" I am probably gonna just change into an elegant skirt with a corset top...ah! Those are in the laundry, I had better tell Goku to fetch them for me. The darling. I believe you have met them."
" Yeah. Goku's the brown haired twerp and Sanzo is the blonde jerk."
" They're actually really sweet once you get to know them. They're all little rough with newcomers." Yaone smiled. " Speaking of newcomer, how are you doing here? Is Hakkai treating you alright?"
" Alright? Hakkai's great. I've never seen a guy so proper and polite before." Gojyo said. " I'm almost feel unworthy to help out such a guy."
" Hmm...so you like him?" Yaone grinned.
" Like him?" Gojyo gulped, getting flashbacks from last night's unplanned incident.
" You know, like him?"
" As a friend, Princess, keep you sick ideas to yourself." Gojyo hissed.
" Sick, but true." Yaone smiled as Gojyo started to walk off to find Hakkai.
" See ya at breakfast, Yaone-Chan." Gojyo waved, walking in the way he remembered to lead to the garden. He looked at the wall, touching all the same things Hakkai did on his way the first time he came to the garden so he knew where he was going. He eventually got outside, exactly where he ended up last time. Gojyo looked around for a table, where Hakkai would have tea and found it rather quickly.
" Hey Hakkai." Gojyo smiled, sitting down in a chair next to him.
" Ah, Gojyo. Good morning." Hakkai said, still looking at the unbloomed roses.
" Umm, about last night..."
" It's alright. It was just a spur of the moment thing. I just think of it as a very friendly kiss. I'd me more in shock if I didn't take a liking to you." Hakkai smiled, following the sound of Gojyo's voice.
" Good, glad you're not mad at me."
" No, I think that'd be a bit harsh. And Yaone wouldn't hear of it." Hakkai smiled, leaning back in his chair.
" Ha, you'd have to scream in that girl's ear for her to listen to you." Gojyo teased.
" You went to school with my sister, right?"
" Yeah, she didn't have many friends, I was three grades above her and the only person who could put up with her." Gojyo recalled. " She was such a brat. Wonder how I still put up with her."
" I remember a while back, Yaone would come home from school and talk to me about you. You were her best friend." Hakkai chuckled. " She used to tell me how badly she wanted us to meet so we could all play together, but my father wouldn't let anybody know about me. Then just a year ago, she wanted us to date." The two laughed, quite insteadly. " I didn't know who you were, and I know you didn't know who I was."
" Ha, that's too bad." Gojyo smiled. " I coulda met you earlier." Gojyo looked over at Hakkai's arm, it was stained crimson, with blood. " What happened?"
" Oh, I have no idea what I ran into, but I noticed I was bleeding." Hakkai chuckled at little at himself. " Could you wrap--" Hakkai stopped, hearing the sound of cloth ripping. Gojyo had ripped his shirt and was already rolling up Hakkai's sleeve. He wrapped it tightly to stop the bloodflow and tucked the loose edge underneath the rest of the bandage.
" There, that isn't too tight is it?" Gojyo asked.
" Not at all, thank you." Hakkai shook his head.
" Don't thank me, what would you rather me do? Sit here and watch you bleed to death?" Gojyo said in a harmlessly annoyed tone.
" That would be amusing, for you at least." Hakkai chuckled.
" Probably." Gojyo laughed a little.
" Prince Hakkai." Sanzo approached, the younger brown haired boy practically attached to his hip.
" What is it Sanzo?" Hakkai smiled, turning in his seat.
" Breakfast is ready. Lord Homura requests you at the table." Sanzo said.
" Alright." Hakkai said, standing up. " Is Goku with you?"
" I'm right here Hakkai." Goku smiled, taking Hakkai's hand.
" Are you going to be eating breakfast with us as well?"
" Unless Princess doesn't want me to." Goku said cheerfully and ending it with a laugh as he led Hakkai into the castle. Gojyo and Sanzo started to follow.
" So, you lived through a night?" Sanzo asked.
" And I can live to tell the tale. So what happened to your little theory of me dying in the next few hours?" Gojyo snapped.
" I change my bet to a month. You won't last that long." Sanzo said.
" And so tell me blondie, how do you know all this? You a psychic?" Gojyo said, lighting a cigarette. " 'Cause I don't believe in that shit."
" If I was, you think I'd be staying here?" Sanzo growled. " I know this from personal experence. You seem to be scared of Lord Homura, as well you should be. You don't know what he does. I stay on his good side, only because the Princess. If she wasn't here, you'd probably see my head on one of those poles in the dungeon. She is the only thing standing between Goku, Kougaiji, Dokugakuji, even Hakkai and I, and death."
" Lucky I'm on her good side."
" Problem is, you could be handcuffed to the Princess and he'd probably still behead you, or anybody for that matter. I've seen him do it. He's crazy."
Gojyo paused, " You really think you should be telling me this? I could rat you out, you know."
" I told you because I know you won't tell." Sanzo said, walking further ahead of Gojyo.
" Geez, is everybody out to kill me or what?" Gojyo said, putting out his cigarette on one of the stone walls.
" Ah, good morning everyone. Sit down and eat." Homura said as everybody sat down at the large table. The only people who were there were Hakkai, Gojyo, Sanzo, Goku, Yaone, Kougaiji, Dokugakuji, Zenon, Shien and Homura. In the room were a few guards, eyeing the lucky guards to got to eat with the king by special request from Yaone.
" Food!" Goku cheered, plopping in a chair between Yaone and Sanzo. Sanzo sighed and massaged his own temples. Yaone just smiled and piled food on Goku's plate.
" Umm, Gojyo--" Hakkai noted, touching the warmed china plate in front of him.
" Ah! Right, I'm sorry." Gojyo panicked, taking Hakkai's plate. " Umm, what do you want?"
" Hmm, some fruits. It doesn't matter what. And two slices of toast please. Light butter." Hakkai listed. Gojyo nodded and filled the plate with what he was told and placed it in front of Hakkai. He opened Hakkai's palm, his fingers lingered and second or two longer then anticipated and Gojyo put the fork in his hand and started filliing his own plate. Hakkai blushed a little. Homura perked an eyebrow. Yaone giggled.
" Hmm, this is good." Goku smiled.
" Everything is good to you, stupid monkey."
" Don't call me a monkey!" Goku whined.
" Stop shouting please, I have a terrible headache..." Homura groaned. Goku instantly shut up.
" Would you like me to get you something for that, Lord?" Shien asked, passing a glass over water over to Homura.
" No, that's fine Shien, I'll let it pass." Homura said, taking a sip of his water and gazing at Hakkai for a moment. Little clinking noises were coming from that direction.
Clink, plop.
Clink, plop.
Clink, plop.
Lord Homura was sure this headache was not going to pass. He growled at looked at Hakkai, who was failing miserably at guessing where his food was.
Clink, plop.
Clink, plop.
Clink, plop.
" Goddamn, Gojyo!" Homura yelled, slamming his fist into the table and standing up. " Why don't you feed him!? He's blind, he can't see where his food is! His happiness is put above yours! I should have you killed!" Homura yelled.
" Father, please, this is my fault. I didn't tell Gojyo I needed help--"
" Shut up! He should very well know you can't see where your food is!" Homura said, being sat into his chair by Shien, who was trying to sooth the irrate king.
" Gojyo--" Hakkai whispered. Gojyo lifted Hakkai's fork, a piece of melon stabbed into it and Gojyo gently opened Hakkai's mouth and fed him. It wasn't meant to look sexual, but it did turn on just about everybody watching, minus Goku, who was stuffing his face and Homura, who was trying to soothe his headache in another room, with Zenon and Shien following close behind. Gojyo repeated this act, feeding Hakkai until Hakkai couldn't take anymore of people staring. He knew how wrong this looked, just visualizing this and was surprised at the fact, he didn't want Gojyo to stop. But he didn't want his father knowing or seeing.
Hakkai closed his mouth on his last piece of melon and swallowed. " Thank you Gojyo." He smiled with a pink blush on his face. " I believe I have had enough to eat." Hakkai smiled.
" You sure?" Gojyo asked, oblivious to the sensual scene.
" Yes. Could you walk me to our room? I am a bit tired, a bit of mindstrain."
" Alright." Gojyo nodded, standing up behind his chair. A few moments later Homura returned.
" Where did Hakkai and Gojyo go?" Homura asked suspiciously.
" Hakkai was having another mindstrain so Gojyo took him to his room." Yaone explained, a pink blush still across her face.
" Ah." Homura nodded, a small grin on his face.
A/N: Whoo, I am LOVING my fanfiction! This is probably my best written one. Not the best idea I've had, but it's definately the most well written. I am alot more descriptive with my words. And I feel like I can compare to all my favorite fanfiction writers who are all 19-20 something, meanwhile I am a measly 15 year old who has nothing better to do with her time. But then again, I have been writing fics since I was about 10...about time I got better. Ahh, now I remember my newbie days. Anyway, continue reading.