Blood Enemy
Chap.2
A group of ten or so youkai had several teenagers held tightly in their grasp, each holding one teen tightly enough to strangle a statue. It surprised Sanzo none of the children were unconscious yet.
But what they found odd about the youkai was that they all seemed to be wearing a uniform. A red vest with one silk red sleeve, a ruby heart with a black skull embroidered on the sleeve, and a pair of crimson silk pants. And each of the youkai had one red stripe on each of their cheeks.
"Hey, let those kids go!" Goku shouted at the youkai.
"Not a chance, kid! By order of our mistress, the Crimson Witch, we are to capture these children!" One youkai hollered back.
"Hm? Oh, wonderful. Party crashers, just what we need." Came a rather uninterested voice.
Near the head of the group of youkai was a young man, perhaps Goku's age. He wore a green sleeveless Chinese shirt and a pair of tan jeans. It struck them dumb how much like a younger Hakkai the young man looked.
"If you don't mind, we're simply doing our job." He told the Sanzo ikkou.
"But you're kidnapping innocent children!" Goku shot back.
"So? You're killing innocent youkai. Is this any different?" The young man asked.
"Those are two completely different things." Hakkai interrupted. The young man blinked, and simply stared at them a moment.
"What's going on!" Xiena cried as she ran out to join the men.
"This bastard is kidnapping children in the name of some 'Crimson Witch'." Sanzo pointed to the young man.
"I have a name, you know." The young man interrupted. "…Wateru." (A/N: Wah-t-err-u. like watt in science, followed by err, as in done wrong, followed by…oo!)
"Very well, then, Wateru." Sanzo nodded. Wateru diverted his eyes to Xiena. She waved her hand, gesturing to him. Wateru nodded.
"Well, it seems we've gotten our lot of children for now. We'll leave." The youkai disappeared in flashes of red light. Wateru bowed, and disappeared in a flash of green light.
"Those good-for-nothing Crimson Witch servants!" A villager shouted.
"Why can't she just leave us be?" cried another.
"That witch just can't let alone, can she?" muttered yet another.
"They're gone…" Gojyo muttered.
"That boy-Wateru- he seemed to be…interesting. If we were able to catch him, then we might be able to find out more about this Crimson Witch." Sanzo told them.
"Oh, Sanzo-sama. I can go scout out and try to find out more." Xiena offered.
"Thanks, Xiena." Gojyo patted her on the back.
"No problem." Xiena replied, running off into the forest.
Later, in the forest…….
"Wateru! You deliberately disobeyed my orders!" Xiena's voice shrieked, as she stomped down the stone hallway, and entered the library. Wateru, hearing her voice, looked up, and set down the book he had been reading.
"Whatever do you mean, Xiena?" He asked her.
"You know very damn well what I mean. I told you specifically never to gather subjects when I'm in town!"
"You also told us specifically that subjects must be gathered at that exact time each and every day, through rain or shine." Wateru calmly objected.
"What? Listen to me, you little ingrate! You have to do what I say, remember? Or are you admitting that you would not prefer to repay the debt of your life to the one woman who breathed life back into your rotting corpse?"
"I'm not saying that."
"You imply it!"
"If the world lived on what people imply, then there would be no such thing as honesty."
"And I suppose you believe you're being perfectly honest with me right now."
"I am."
"No, you aren't." Xiena sighed, and walked up to Wateru. "Look, because you appeared and proudly announced that you were on orders from the Crimson Witch, that idiotic Sanzo ikkou will be headed up here any time now! They'll march straight through those doors and…."Xiena stopped herself. "…into mortal danger." She finished.
"Yes, but more importantly, Xiena; they'll march straight through those doors and into your clutches."
"The idea has marriage."
"So, tell me, Xiena. What were you saying about the Sanzo ikkou?"
"Let them come."