A/N: Ah! The final installment of this story! I felt bad that I kept putting this story aside… but, I decided to work on it. :thumbs up: Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: Saiyuki blah blah doesn't belong to me.

One Special Promise
Chapter Finale

Last Encounter

Arisa stood in shock as she gazed upon the youkai that was her father. His face was covered in bloodstains and his eyes desired to see more humans suffer before him. Before she could move, Gojyo blocked her way and pulled in the tall youkai, lifting him high in the air. With one flick of his wrist, he sent the airborne youkai crashing down to the ground with a loud 'thud.' The rest of the youkai growled at that and went into a battle stance as they surrounded Gojyo and Arisa. The villagers stood in shock, not quite sure what to do at the moment. The tall youkai snickered as he slowly stood up, showing no signs of scars or wounds from Gojyo's assault.

"Well, well. Someone sure is touchy today."

"Yeah… I wonder why." The red head growled and twirled his weapon around, ready for any surprise attacks.

The youkai shifted his eyes towards the girl that was hiding behind the half youkai. The expression on his face changed from 'kill-mode' to 'shock-mode.' Arisa's eyes widened as she spotted the youkai staring back at her.

"…you," Arisa's youkai father said, making the girl nod slowly. But, before she could respond, the youkai growled and quickly swiped her away with his big fist, sending her flying into several wooden crates in the back. "WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE!"

Gojyo growled, "Are you stupid! She's your fricken daughter!"

"Correction, she was never my daughter to begin with."

Gojyo, Arisa and the rest of the villagers widened their eyes at that.

"We found her abandoned in front of the village. Our youkai genes would have immediately kicked in and we could have killed her in a blink of an eye, unfortunately, that never came to be. After she grew up, our bond had grown. How foolish we were."

Arisa slowly made her way up to Gojyo who still had his eyes fixed upon the tall youkai.

He continued, "But, luckily, our demon genes finally kicked in at the right time. We longed for human blood ever since we picked this… human up."

"But! The promise!" Arisa cried out, "You longed to create that medication meal!"

The tall youkai laughed at that. "Your hopes were high. And to think that would ever happen."

Several gunshots sounded off in the back, surprising both the youkai and the villagers. Everyone turned their attention to the monk who had his trusty gun in the air. Sanzo stared back at the youkai with an evil look in his eyes. Goku twirled his Nyoi-Bou around and pointed it at the tall youkai.

"You filthy…" Sanzo started, now aiming his gun inside the village.

"How can you do that! You grew a special bond with Arisa, and you just decide to throw all that away!"

"Have you no heart? She even kept the promise, despite you being youkai!" Hakkai added.

"…like you said. I have no heart," Arisa's father replied with a smirk on his face.

At that moment, all the smaller youkai lunged towards the Sanzo party for an assault. Goku jumped up and whacked random youkai in the head with his weapon. Hakkai stepped back and let out a powerful bright orb towards the youkai as they disappeared inside the light. Sanzo shot his opponents as a long chain appeared, slicing almost every demon with its extremely sharp blade. Gojyo snickered as the blade returned to his staff. The rest of the remaining youkai stepped back in horror and just when they were about to make their escape, the men of the village blocked their way, holding up sharp objects in the air. Kio stepped forward and lunged a pitchfork straight into one of the youkai's stomach.

"Where do you think you're going?"

The youkai stepped back as the villagers roared furiously, running in for their attack. The tall youkai watched as his comrades were quickly being killed. He smirked then turned towards Arisa, who had been resting against the side of a house. She watched in shock as the tall youkai kneeled next to her and gently scraped her cheek with his long nail. A small flow of blood began to drip down her face that made the youkai smack his lips several times.

"I wouldn't think we would meet up like this. I always wanted to return to this village… and find you so that I can finally achieve my real goal: To kill you. I thank the Sanzo party for leading me back here… right, daughter?"

Arisa narrowed her eyes. "…I was never your daughter."

She quickly pulled out a small bowl of her hot soup and splashed it into the youkai's eyes, causing him to roar loudly as his eyes slowly began to burn each passing second. With a blink of an eye, several chains appeared behind him as it quickly chopped up his body into pieces. Arisa watched, not in shock, but in relief, as the youkai slowly dissolved away before her.

All was silent after that.

"We thank you for healing everyone and… we are sorry for thinking that you were youkai," a villager said as he bowed down.

Arisa shook her hands around as the rest of the villagers bowed down. "It's not your fault. I would have thought the same if someone was in my shoes."

"We… re-welcome you into our village."

"Thank you," she bowed down at the villager then turned towards the Sanzo group who were ready to depart in their jeep. "And I thank you, too. From now on… I will think about what you guys said… and I will become stronger."

Gojyo nodded and leaned forward, "Keep that positive attitude of yours… and I-"

Goku whacked the red head in the head before he could finish his statement. "Yeah, uh huh, sure… you pervert."

"SHUT UP!"

"Oh yes!"

Arisa quickly ran back into the village and came back with several plastic bags and handed them to Goku who gave out a big smile.

"This is my thanks. Please, if you or anyone else you see is in need of medication, please feed them this."

Hakkai nodded. "Rest assured that we will," he smiled.

"Hopefully, the stupid monkey won't eat it all," Sanzo groaned.

"Please, take care on your journey," Arisa smiled as she bowed down.

The jeep's engines roared as it made its way out of the forest, leaving Arisa and the rest of the villagers to live together. Gojyo leaned forward, continuing his final waves to Arisa until her figure disappeared. He sighed and pouted.

"I guess… we weren't meant for each other…"

"You're never for anyone," Goku coughed.

"BE QUIET! AND… WHAT DO YOU KNOW!"

"I know that you can't get a girl for your life."

"I ALMOST DID! DID YOU SEE HOW ARISA COULDN'T GET HER EYES OFFA ME!"

"'cause your big head was in the way."

Gojyo grunted and tackled Goku to the bottom of the jeep as he rested the extremely hot pots of soup on his face. Goku squirmed around at that.

" SHUT UP ALREADY, DAMNIT!" Sanzo yelled, getting his paper fan ready for a few spankings.

Hakkai snickered at that. "Ahhh… annoying."

As nightfall came and everyone was retreating inside their homes, Arisa stopped in front of the old food stand that she used to work at when she was a child. She gently ran her hand on the rickety old wood and smiled, visualizing how things should have been. Herself… with her dad and mom…

Arisa widened her eyes and whispered to herself, "…what happened to… my 'Mother?'

A/N: End of Chapter Finale! Oooh… I left you guys with a little cliffhanger. Unfortunately, I'm not planning any sequels to this story anytime soon. :bows down: Sorry. Anyways! I hope you enjoyed the final chapter and please tell me how you thought of it!