Title: Gojyo and Mary-Sue

Author: Zelgadis55

Character chat: Zelgadis55 and Diva Urd

Series: Saiyuki

Rating: PG13

Warning: OOCness of Gojyo, remember he is being held under the sway of a certain succubus by the name of Mary-Sue… Grr…

Disclaimer: Only she belongs to me… to my eternal torment!

Lirin: 'Succubus'? Is that food?

Zell: Uh... What on earth makes you ask that?

Lirin: (makes big puppy eyes) Can I have some?

Zell: (sighs) I don't think that is a good idea...

Lirin: (pouts) You just want it all for yourself. You're mean!

Zell: I'm just trying to help you. You don't wanna end up like the ero-kappa do you?

Lirin: (stares at Gojyo for a while) That food must be spoiled. He doesn't look good.

Zell: No... He doesn't. It's his own fault though for choosing that type of food over the Hakkai variety (snicker)

Lirin: (eyes Hakkai now) He's food? You can eat him?

Zell: (slaps at Lirin's wandering hand) He is only food for Gojyo. You better leave him alone.

Lirin: (stalks away looking miffed)

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Gojyo and Mary-Sue

Pt 10

Hakkai stared at the door that Gojyo may as well have slammed in his face, "Oh Gojyo… I didn't mean to hurt you, I was only trying to get you to look at the situation more clearly." The unhappy healer sighed heavily, "However, I see there is no use in talking to you about her. No matter what anyone, even myself, says, you are just going to twist it into an us against her situation."

"The only thing I am going to be able to do is to find some way to prove to you that she is a threat." Hakkai stated softly to the empty room. With those thoughts spoken, the healer finally exited, heading down to dinner and to his friend.

Hakkai was walking down the stairs only to come to an abrupt halt halfway down when he saw his friend and Sue embraced within a passionate kiss. Hakkai couldn't do anything but watch, as the pain of seeing the person he most cherished kissing her, tore into his heart.

After the kiss itself ended, the two continued to embrace one another and Hakkai realised he could no longer stand to watch this. He wanted to rush down to push them apart but somehow, he couldn't bring himself to move, a fact which distressed him further. Gojyo and Sue finally broke apart and walked over to the table to sit down. 'If she were any closer,' Hakkai thought, 'she would be seated in his lap.'

Enough was enough but the healer could still not bring himself to move towards them so instead, he turned and ran back up the stairs and locked himself within his room, breathing heavily as he tried desperately to regain control of his emotions.

'Just when did my feelings of friendship towards Gojyo change into more?' Hakkai asked himself silently. Deep down however, he knew it had been this way for a long time. It was just that before this, before Sue, those feelings had been tucked away, nice and safely, only surfacing to become vaguely noticeable whenever Gojyo found someone to go off with. His jealousy on those occasions hadn't been strong enough for Hakkai to realise what he had been feeling, especially considering he had never known jealousy before. Though now that he thought about it, it had been strong enough to place him into a bad mood, each and every time.

Hakkai suddenly looked up, startled as someone tried opening the door, uselessly turning the locked handle. Whoever it was gave up after a few moments and knocked loudly instead. Hakkai didn't really feel like answering it, he didn't care who it was since he just wanted to be alone for a while.

"Hakkai!" Goku called though the door worriedly. "I thought you were coming down."

"Kyuu!"

"Come on Hakkai, Hakuryu and I know you're there!"

The healer sighed as he stood and walked to the door in order to open it. Goku's bright golden eyes stared up at him expectantly.

"Why didn't you come down?" he asked. "The way Gojyo and Sue are carrying on is making me sick. I thought you were going to help?" Goku persisted, oblivious to Hakkai's current pain. The younger youkai knew that Hakkai was upset, just not how upset due to the plastered on smile covering the healer's face.

"Kyuu…" Hakuryu cried mournfully. He had been the only one to see Hakkai run off and had soon flown after him when it became obvious his master wasn't coming back. Goku had followed. "Kyuu?" The little dragon asked, licking Hakkai's cheek in order to cheer him up.

Hakkai smiled with his eyes closed, facing Goku. "I'm sorry Goku, I was coming down when I had to, come back up here for… something." Hakkai answered. "You go on back down, I'll be there in just a few minutes."

"Did you lose something?" Goku asked curiously.

The smile grew just a touch sadder, "You could say that."

"What was it? Do you need help finding it?" Goku prodded questioningly.

"Hmm? Thank you Goku but don't worry about it. Dinner has probably arrived by now. I will follow shortly." Hakkai insisted. There was no way he was going to speak of what was bothering him to anyone, not even Gojyo if his friend had been in a frame of mind to have asked.

"Alright." Goku nodded. "Just don't be long." He finally left, leaving Hakkai with only Hakuryu for company.

"I will go down shortly." Hakkai promised the worried little dragon, "I just want a few minutes to calm my thoughts."

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On his way back downstairs, Goku suddenly thought of something and grinned. When he reached the bottom of the stairs, he went in the opposite direction to where his friend's and Sue sat. Finally, he found the waitress and pulled her aside.

"Can I ask you something?" he asked cautiously.

"How can I help you okyaku-san?" she smiled, "Is the food not to your liking?"

"Dinner arrived?" Goku cried happily and turned to run to his table. "Yay! I'm starved!"

The waitress giggled, reminding Goku of her presence and of his mission. "Oops!" The teenager laughed, "I almost forgot! Do you guys have some kind of," Goku screwed up his face trying to remember the word, "laxative?"

The young woman blushed at Goku's blunt question, "Uhm, o… of course, the inn carries them for guests in need."

"Well, we need some!" Goku said happily.

"Ok, I'll get some for you."

"Not for me, for Sue." Goku explained and dropped his voice a little. "She's a bit embarrassed by her need so don't let anyone know what you're giving her."

The waitress nodded, "I understand completely. I'll be discreet about it."

"Don't do that! Just don't let anyone know or she'll kill us both." Goku said in alarm. At the waitress's slightly confused nod, the youth added "Thanks!" before turning and bolting back towards the table chanting, "Meshi! Meshi! Meshi!"

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Just as Goku arrived at the table, wilting slightly under Sanzo's glare, Hakkai and Hakuryu also turned up. Goku grinned at his partner in crime and began tearing into the food as though he hadn't eaten in a week. At any rate he sure felt as though he hadn't eaten in that long.

"Where were you?" Sanzo growled.

Goku tried to answer through his mouthful of food but all that came out of his mouth were indistinguishable sounds and a couple of flying bits of food.

'THWACK!' "Swallow before you speak!" Sanzo yelled while slipping his harisen back within his robes. "And don't stuff your mouth to overflowing!"

Goku's hands flew up to his head in pain and he struggled to swallow. "Itai…" he moaned.

"Sanzo, he came to find me." Hakkai answered calmly for the teen.

"Tch!" Was Sanzo's only reply.

Everyone was soon eating, for the most part peacefully but in Goku's case, noisily. Goku grinned when he saw that Sue was only eating from those dishes that had been placed near her. He had hoped she would do that. Pork cooked with prunes, chicken with apricots, cabbage and honeyed carrots among other things. When he had placed the order for dinner, Goku had specifically requested that those foods be placed near Sue, the only woman at the table. The waitress had thought it strange but had obviously followed through on his request, even though Goku had not been there when the food was finally ready.

Goku reached across Hakkai for some of the chicken and Sanzo snapped at him for embarrassing him once more with his lack of table manners and Goku eagerly used the moment of distraction to 'accidentally' drop the plate of chicken, letting it fall into the glass of drink which had been conveniently next to the dish. The glass was almost full and it spilt, all over Sue!

"Argh!" Sue screamed. "You…" she stopped mid scream though only with a great amount of effort. She still wasn't ready to show her true colours in front of Gojyo yet, just in case.

"I… I'm really sorry Sue!" Goku apologized hurriedly, struggling to hide the smile he could feel trying to creep its way onto his face. "It was an accident."

"Yes, yes… I'm sure it was only an accident." Sue responded with a tight smile of disbelief on her face. "You seem to have a lot of 'accidents'."

"Sorry." Goku muttered, happy but wishing that Sue had completely lost her temper. Maybe then, Gojyo would have seen her for what she truly was and snapped out from whatever influence she was holding him under. It was a slim hope but it was a hope nonetheless.

It was then that the waitress arrived with the laxative mixed within a drink. "Oh, it looks like I brought this drink over at the right time, doesn't it?"

Sue glared at the young woman who shrunk under the succubus's angry gaze. Then Sue remembered her place and relaxed a little. "Thank you. I appreciate it but first, I need to go get changed." The woman stood with a glare at Goku and stalked away, telling Gojyo to wait for her since she wouldn't be gone for very long.

"Okay… I obviously arrived at a bad moment. I'll clean up the spillage." The waitress breathed, immediately beginning to wipe up the spilled liquid.

"Thank you," Hakkai bowed his head a little in apology, "we are truly sorry for the inconvenience."

"Oh, don't worry about it, okyaku-san." She answered lightly. "Things like this happen often."

Sanzo hit Goku with his harisen again, "If the saru wasn't such a klutz and if he would mind his table manners, it wouldn't have happened." The monk snapped.

"But Sanzouuu," Goku whined, "I, uh, wanted the chicken!"

"Then next time, ask Hakkai to pass it to you!" Sanzo replied angrily, not missing the hesitation within his charge's voice.

The waitress cast Goku a sympathetic look as she finished wiping up the mess and left the table.

"Now, now," Hakkai gently interrupted, "Goku, Sanzo is right, about that. It is very rude to just reach across someone at the dinner table. Sanzo, you know that Goku has had a long day, please go a little easier on him." Hakkai hadn't missed that Goku's actions had been deliberate and he gave the teenager an understanding smile, which was gratefully returned.

Hakkai, Sanzo, Goku and Hakuryu continued with their meal. Gojyo sat there, staring toward the stairs and fidgeting while he anxiously watched for Sue to reappear. After a couple of minutes, Hakkai could stand no more and asked. "Gojyo, are you alright?"

Gojyo slowly turned his head to face Hakkai, though his gaze kept flicking back to the staircase. "You're asking if I'm alright? I didn't see you asking Sue if she was okay. That damn saru deliberately spills my girlfriend's drink all over her, upsetting her, not to mention earlier in the day pushing her into the river…"

"That was an accident!" Goku cried indignantly, interrupting the kappa.

"Really." Gojyo sneered.

"I never meant for her to fall into the middle of the river, only at the edge of the brid…" Goku suddenly clamped his hands over his mouth, realizing what he was admitting.

"I knew it!" Gojyo snapped in triumph. "And before that you were doing everything to annoy us and get in between us that you could." Whereas before, Gojyo had barely seemed lucid, the hanyou now appeared furious.

"What is your problem? What do you have against Sue? Or is it me that you have something against and you're just taking it out on her? Is it because there's suddenly someone new to add to our little group? Are you getting jealous because I'm getting some and you're not? Or, is it because that five hundred years imprisonment of yours, finally caused you to snap?"

Goku stared at the kappa, an incredible hurt filling his eyes.

"Gojyo!" Hakkai snapped, "That is enough!"

"Is it? Is it really?" Gojyo then turned to glare at Sanzo, "Sometimes, I don't know why you don't just return… that animal to where you found it. That prison is where it belongs since it doesn't know how to behave sociably. No-one knows what it did in the first place to deserve that length of imprisonment."

Sanzo suddenly pointed his banishing gun in the kappa's face, releasing the safety but Gojyo sneered at the weapon and continued "But I bet that saru is just pretending it doesn't remember!"

"If you don't shut up," Sanzo warned, "I will not…"

"D… don't!" Goku suddenly interrupted shakily, pushing Sanzo's gun hand away from the direction in which it was pointing. "I… was only trying to help you Gojyo. She's dangerous! She's some kind of youkai and she's been turning you against us but if you really feel that way, then I wont bother you again!" With that, Goku turned and ran out into the night.

To be continued.

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A/N:

Sorry… I blame getting stuck into reading Peter David novels for my lack of updates. He is by far my favourite author and to suddenly get my paws on a whole heaps of his books that I haven't yet read… well, sorry. I am currently on holidays for a week, so you can expect several updates to various things… that included that completely unexpected random pile of Haiku's I wrote this morning. What on earth was I thinking? (grins happily) Well, I had fun with them, I just hope my partner in crime lists hers somewhere too. :-P

The foods mentioned, when eaten a lot of, can have… unfortunate side effects…

Okyaku-san: guest, customer. The 'o 'in front of the kyaku is honorific, makes it polite, as someone in the hospitality industry would likely be by necessity.

Meshi: rice, food or meal, usually used by males.

Thanks to those who have reviewed:

Diva-Urd: Yup, she really is digging in her claws and the others need to do something soon, before its too late.

ZL: Yup, I updated… but it's been a while since the last one. Well, I am on holiday for a week so I hope to update all my fics in the very near future.

Tora Macaw: (nods) Will consider it. I wonder how anyone could get her to do that. (Eyes Tora suspiciously) Have you been watching too much South Park again?