Title: Gojyo and Mary-Sue

Author: Zelgadis55

Fandom: Saiyuki

Pairings: Gojyo x Mary-Sue, one-sided 85

Rating: PG13

Disclaimer: Nobody from Saiyuki belongs to me, they all belong to Kazuya Minekura and those companies who own the licenses to reproduce her work. Sue, aka Mary-Sue belongs to me, well at least this version does. Sigh…

SFX- GROWL, RUMBLE, GRUMBLE…

Zell: What was that?

Goku: (holding stomach) Haraheta…

Zell, Yeah, I know. And?

Goku: Can I finally eat in this chapter? Please?

Zell: Would love to let you but it would be rude to start without everyone else. So far only you and Sanzo are in the dining room.

Goku: (looks pleadingly at me with his expressive gold eyes) Do I really have to wait? Sue's just gonna put me off my food again…

Zell: (sighs) Well, it does take time for the cooks to cook ya know. You only ordered last chapter.

Goku: Yeah… but…

Zell: Ask Sanzo then, not me. He'll only tell you the same thing… or to shut up, just depends on if he is actually in a good mood for once or not.

Warnings: Mary-Sue, Mary-Sue, Mary-Sue…

Thanks to Death's Silent Mistress for giving me some advice before actually posting this, I feel a little better about it now.


Gojyo and Mary-Sue

Pt 8

Hakkai watched the blonde walk down the stairs, hoping that he would take it easy on Goku. 'He's had enough for one day without you acting as you normally do. Please realize for yourself, Sanzo.' He thought before going to find Gojyo.

"Who is it?" Sue called pleasantly when Hakkai knocked at her room door.

"Its me, Hakkai!" he called back. A moment later, Sue opened the door and smiled sweetly at him. Hakkai felt as though he was struck. Their appearances, while obviously not the same, were similar enough to cause Hakkai to experience a sense of déjà vu.

"Can I help you, Hakkai-san?" she asked.

Hakkai gave her a friendly smile. "Yes, I wanted to apologize for the way I acted this morning. I don't really know what came over me." He tried his best to hide his surprise, 'Is that a hint of a smirk?' he wondered.

"Anyway, I wanted to bring Gojyo down to dinner. The food has already been ordered and you are also more than welcome." He explained.

The expression on Sue's face fell, though she hurriedly attempted to cover up her lapse. "Will Goku be there?" she asked a little quietly.

"Yes, Goku will be there, as will Sanzo." Hakkai replied with a smile.

Sue frowned a little, unable to completely disguise her distaste, "In that case, I think it probably is better if we stay here. I nearly drowned because of that," she paused so slightly, Hakkai almost missed hearing it, "boy."

"So I heard. However Sue, it was an accident and Goku did then save you." He said seriously, trying to convince her to come down.

"Goku… did?" she asked incredulously. "I… I thought it was Gojyo who saved me." Sue glanced back to the bed behind her with a slight frown. 'Why didn't Gojyo save me? I thought my control of him should at least be about ninety percent. He should have obeyed me! How could he not have?'

"Yes, it was Goku. Gojyo cannot swim, though Goku did tell me that Gojyo tried to rescue you."

"He… Gojyo can't swim? But isn't he a kappa? Doesn't swimming come with the territory?" Sue asked, thoroughly confused now.

The healer chuckled with amusement over her questions. "Swimming is still a skill that needs to be learnt, no matter who, or what, a person is. I have offered to teach him in the past but he turned me down at the time."

"Oh…" Sue glanced back to the resting kappa. 'At least he did try to obey me but… I could have lost all that hard work. I would almost think it was lucky that brat was there except I wouldn't have fallen in the water in the first place without him there.'

"Anyway," Hakkai said warmly, at least he was trying to sound warm but even to his own ears it sounded fake, "please come down to dinner, Goku didn't mean to cause you to nearly drown. He doesn't have an ounce of malice within him."

"Alright." Sue sighed a little reluctantly. Inwardly, she cursed, 'Damn, it looks like he's the type of guy who can become quite insistent and if I push too hard, he may become suspicious.'

Sue looked up to catch Hakkai's gaze, "Gojyo is sleeping right now and I don't really want to wake him. I think its best if we leave him here and I can bring him back something a little later." Sue tried to exit the room, certain that Hakkai would follow."

"You may be right." Hakkai agreed pleasantly, "You go on ahead and I will meet you there. There was one other reason I came. I am a healer and after today's close call, I wanted to make sure my friend is alright. After speaking with you, I can see that you appear to be fine but I would still like to check on my friend."

Sue felt a sure of annoyance, extreme annoyance. 'That cunning bastard!' she swore to herself, 'he's maneuvered me into a position where I can't deny him without breaking my act! I need to keep it up, for Gojyo's sake as I wont gain complete control over him until sometime in the morning. Every time someone decides to come between us, it makes the length of time longer until he belongs to me, body and soul. Damn that brat Goku! He must have told this bastard everything!'

She struggled to smile pleasantly at the man standing in front of her, "Well, take care of Gojyo and please don't be too long. I don't know Sanzo and I'm not entirely comfortable around your little friend."

Hakkai nodded, pleased that she was going to leave him alone with Gojyo, "I shouldn't be very long." Hakkai promised. She acted as though she accepted that answer because she turned and left. Hakkai smiled a slight self-indulgent little smile to himself. He had managed to catch the look in her eyes just before she left and she didn't seem too thrilled with his 'interference'. In fact, he was sure that he could hear her swearing to herself as she walked away.

Once Sue was out of sight, Hakkai stepped fully inside the room and pulled the door shut behind him. He turned and walked over to where Gojyo lay sleeping and stopped in his tracks at the sight of his dearest friend. 'He… looks so pale.' Hakkai thought in shock 'Gojyo looks even worse now than he did when he and Sue returned from the river.'

'I don't think I have ever seen Gojyo looking this way before, not even when he's been sick.' Hakkai thought as he continued to stare. 'If this keeps up, what will happen to him? If… he was only capable of noticing me, seeing how I feel about him, then this would never have happened.'

Hakkai laughed hollowly, "How could Gojyo notice my feelings toward him when I never even realized myself?"

The healer sighed and shook his head to clear it of his unwanted thoughts as he remembered that he was supposed to be checking to make sure his friend was unscathed after his impromptu swimming lesson.

"Gojyo," Hakkai called softly, needing him to wake but not wishing to disturb his friend. He reached out his hand and touched the unusually pale hanyou's cheek. "Gojyo, please wake up."

After a moment, he heard Gojyo's sleepy voice mumble, "Hmm? What's wrong H'kai?"

At Gojyo's voice, Hakkai breathed a sigh of relief. "I heard there was an accident this afternoon and that you and Sue almost drowned. I spoke with her a few minutes ago and could see that she was fine but I wanted to check on you also."

Gojyo sat up suddenly, his eyes snapping open fully, "You heard?" he almost hissed.

"Yes, I did." Hakkai tried hard not to sound disapproving.

"Who from?"

"Goku." Hakkai replied simply.

Gojyo's face seemed to say 'I knew it', "I told that saru not to say anything!" Gojyo snapped, the fury over Goku's tattle-telling almost overwhelming him.

"I know. I dragged it out of him so I don't want to hear of any repercussions from this." Hakkai replied firmly. "He is worried about you Gojyo and so am I." The healer added softly.

"Ha! Other than panicking like I did, what's there to worry about?" Gojyo scoffed, recoiling slightly as he caught the hurt expression passing though Hakkai's eyes.

"It isn't like you to panic at anytime and by all accounts, you have been acting odd all day." Came the softly spoken reply.

"Where is Sue?" Gojyo asked, changing the subject as he looked around with desperation reminiscent of an addict awaiting his next fix. He then looked the healer in the eyes, waiting for an answer.

Hakkai stepped back half a step, pained as he watched his friend. "She… she is downstairs with Sanzo and Goku for dinner. I came to get the two of you."

Gojyo's eyes widened, "She's near Goku?" the hanyou asked, panic creeping into his voice. "He could do anything to her. Goku hates her! Earlier today, he was making up all kinds of lies. If he does do anything, Hakkai…"

"You'll what, Gojyo?" Hakkai asked coolly, "Could you really harm him?"

Gojyo's gaze fell downwards.

"Goku did risk himself to save her, you do realize that, don't you?" the healer continued.

"Yes, I do realize but he was the one who pushed her in the water in the first place." Gojyo replied quickly while still avoiding Hakkai's eyes.

"It was an accident. You picked a verbal fight with Goku and of course he reacted. It's just unfortunate that woman was in the way." Hakkai snapped back, frustrated with his friend's behaviour.

"And what is 'that woman' supposed to mean, Hakkai? Its unlike you to refer to someone like that." Gojyo answered, upset over the healer's lack of support. "I finally find someone I could be happy with and both you, my best friend and that damn saru act as though she's a walking plague. Now excuse me, I'm going down to dinner." Gojyo said coldly as he got up and stormed out of the room, leaving Hakkai standing there, staring after him.

"With the effect she appears to be having on you Gojyo, she may as well be a walking plague." Hakkai said softly to the empty room.

To be continued


A/N: Well, between having been sick, being way too tired and my stupid computer, I finally got this chapter typed up. Uhg… I wish my comp would stop it with the little glitches… Anyway, this is my first time writing any angst and I can't say I am entirely happy with it so I would really appreciate any constructive comments to help me improve there. It's a little better than the draft was but only a little.

Thanks to everyone who has reviewed.

Wasabii: Thanks… I think. I think the ice made my cough worse… for a while at least, I am better now, still got the damn cough though…

Diva-Urd: Thanks. A dash of humour. I would love to include it but I am not the best at humour, at least at intentional humour (smiles) I shall try and see what I can do when it comes to the end though. (Grins) Well, I still haven't decided how she dies but (winks) at least you know something about it.

Stepher-chan39: I do plan on having Sue disposed of at some point but even if I did make it a full pairing, I am sorry but I wouldn't be writing yaoi details. I am not comfortable with that. Anything that would happen would be behind closed doors so to speak. Pity about FFNet deleting your fics, that would suck. I haven't fished writing my draft so I can't say how long it will be, sorry but since the chapters aren't as long as those in my other fic, I can see it going for more chapters than Distorted Mirror will.

Nightfall Rising: (blinks and hangs head in shame) While I still have been putting out chapters fairly regularly, I haven't been posting as often as I should have been. Too much with work and other small problems, like me getting sick and or lethargic… I'm glad you like the authors notes as well, the first few came naturally but sometimes, I am now regretting having started them. But I wont give up on them since they are a part of this (in some perverse way). Battledore of Common Sense? Sounds interesting. What is it so I can ask Goku if he wants it (grins). I'm glad you think Goku and Hakkai are right, I was a touch worried over Goku but yeah, Hakkai is going to start playing more of a role now. Along with Sanzo appearing a little more often. :-)

Tora Macaw: (Blinks) Me? Evil? Why Tora, I didn't know you cared (smiles) You can bring in your rocket launchers if you want, but as long as you don't kill off characters in my story. I have plans, vague as they are…