Series: Saiyuki
Author: Zelgadis55
Character chat: Zelgadis55 and Diva Urd
Rating: PG13
Pairings: Gojyo and Mary-Sue and some one-sided 85
Warnings: She is still here and has Gojyo by the… well, you get the picture (smiles innocently) Plus, due to the Mary-Sue's influence, Gojyo still isn't… quite himself.
Disclaimer: Hakkai, Gojyo, Goku, Sanzo and Hakuryu do not belong to me. They all belong to the wonderfully talented Kazuya Minekura. I only own Sue and the waitress from the previous chapter… (weeps)
Gojyo: Say, am I gonna get rid of this woman here soon? (taps foot angrily)
Zell: Hmm let me think....
Gojyo: What's there to think about?! Have one of the guys kill her and that's that!
Zell: But... I dunno, I feel like making you suffer a little first.
Gojyo: WHAT? Why, you little... (tries to grab Zell)
Hakkai: (holds Gojyo back) Now, now, you brought this on yourself, you know...?
Zell: (looks directly at Gojyo with a slight smile) You do realize that if you do anything to me, you will end up stuck in limbo, never resolving this mess and you will have to put up with the succubus forever!
Gojyo: (stops struggling against Hakkai's grip) I didn't think about that...
Zell: (grins evilly and says nothing)
A few moments pass
Zell: (walks away whistling innocently)
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Gojyo and Mary-Sue
Pt 11
Hakkai stared coldly at Gojyo, "I can not believe you stooped that low, Gojyo. He did no harm, certainly Goku's actions could have been a lot worse than what they were." Hakkai was angry, not only with Gojyo but also especially at himself for having encouraged the teenager.
"If anything happens to the saru as a result of this cockroach, I assure you, I will make sure the same happens to you before killing you." Sanzo added in a low, cold voice.
"What's going on? Where is Goku?" Sue's much calmer, melodic voice suddenly piped up in confusion as she arrived back. She picked up the new drink that the waitress had left her, downing it in one shot. She was now dressed in a very fetching black outfit with emerald green trim that matched her eyes. The bottom piece was a slightly flared skirt that reached to a little above her knees, high enough to be sexy but not so high as to look sleazy. Her top had sleeves that reached her elbows and had a low neckline, not quite so low as to enable the wrong person to see anything though and she had accessorized herself by adding a simple green pendant on a tasteful gold necklace chain that matched the emerald trim.
Everyone looked up at her and due to their different perceptions of her, they each saw something a little different. Gojyo saw nothing but love and concern filling her features. Hakkai saw a pretence of concern along with an underlying smirk of satisfaction which was obviously due to the fact that Goku was no longer there. He wondered how much of what had happened that Sue had actually been witness to. Sanzo too, saw the pretence but he also saw something that neither of the other two did. He saw the malice hidden within her eyes and general body language.
"Oh, it's a long story." Gojyo said dismissively. "Are you still hungry?" he asked, beginning to stand. It was obvious to all that he wanted to leave.
Sue smiled a smile that sent chills down the spines of any casual onlookers but it didn't affect the three sitting at her table. Gojyo was currently incapable of noticing any danger due to his almost oblivious state, oblivious to almost all unless it involved Sue or someone really grabbing his attention that is. Anyway, even if he hadn't been so unaware, like Sanzo and Hakkai, he certainly wasn't the type to get 'the shivers' from something as simple as a smile.
"Yes, I'm still hungry, Gojyo darling. Very hungry." Sue sat down slowly and began to eat. She noticed the wave of disappointment that crossed her victim's face and how quickly the expression was replaced by the serene look that guaranteed her his obedience. 'I think whatever that argument was about must have been for the best. It obviously had something to do with me and it seems to have made Gojyo feel the need to defend me.' She smiled slightly as she continued her train of thought. 'That ensures that he slips deeper into my control. Good! That will bring the time I can truly feed closer and I am sooo hungry.'
Less than a minute after Sue sat down and began to continue to eat her dinner, Sanzo stood up. "Where are you going, Sanzo?" Hakkai asked in concern.
"Outside. I need to smoke." Sanzo replied shortly as he strode to the door and exited the building.
The healer smothered a smile. Even if this restaurant had been non-smoking, it still wouldn't have stopped Sanzo from doing as he pleased. Indeed, the monk had been smoking earlier before Sue had even left to get changed. No, he was obviously going after Goku. It was just that Sanzo being Sanzo was not going to admit it. Hakkai was glad since it saved him from going after the youth and he really didn't want to leave Gojyo alone with Sue just now.
Hakkai turned his gaze from the door that Sanzo had just exited to face the couple still at the table. He noticed that Sue was beginning to look quite ill and pale. He smothered his smile and asked politely, "Are you feeling alright, Sue?"
Sue flushed and stood, wobbling a little as she did. "I'm fine, I … I'll be right back!" The succubus ran for the nearest toilets and Hakkai couldn't help but let a single chuckle of amusement pass his lips. A moment later, his expression turned serious.
"Gojyo," Hakkai asked, "how could you have been so cruel to Goku? He didn't deserve that."
"Drop it Hakkai!" Gojyo stated, "I don't want to talk about that saru!"
"We need to talk about this and about your general recent behaviour." Hakkai pressed.
"Just because you're jealous doesn't mean it gives you any right to speak to me like that in public!" Gojyo snapped. He didn't quite know why but he felt as though he was being pulled from all directions, yet, he knew he had to side with Sue. At least she wasn't trying to push him or provoke him in any way.
Hakkai reeled in shock. 'He knows! How does he know?" he opened his mouth to speak but Gojyo continued.
"Sue is my girlfriend, Hakkai. I love her and she loves me. I know she's beautiful, man is she beautiful but don't try to split us up just so you can have her for yourself. I don't want to lose our friendship."
Hakkai's mind whirled at the hanyou's words. "That's what this is about? You think I am trying to take her for myself?"
"Isn't it?"
"No! Neither I, nor anyone else, is interested in her. I… we are only worried about you. Can't you see that?" the healer asked desperately.
"You have a strange way of showing it Hakkai." Gojyo accused.
"And you have a strange way of preventing us from worrying! You owe Goku an apology!" Hakkai pressed.
"That saru is the one who should apologize! If I…" Gojyo stopped talking and smiled in relief at the sight of Sue returning. He didn't know why but he felt as though he couldn't live without her beside him any longer. He couldn't help but pine for her and he felt irritable whenever she wasn't there, even if it was only for a few minutes that she gone. She was almost like an illegal drug, creating a need of a type that had never existed before. To Gojyo, Sue was perfection itself. He looked at her and saw everything that he had ever desired and he couldn't quite understand why Hakkai and Goku seemed to hate her so much. At least with the monk, he just seemed to hate everybody or so he made out. If it wasn't jealousy, then what was it? Sue wasn't evil, she certainly wasn't after his life or anything, just… his love. She certainly had that, his love that is. Not to mention his adoration. On some level, a level that was quickly being swallowed to the point of Gojyo not even being able to notice it anymore, he was a little concerned. He knew that love was special and that it and its receiver should be cherished but on that tiny, rapidly diminishing level which barely even existed anymore, he realised that this love had gone too far. He was hurting his friends for this love…
Sue stepped behind him when she arrived back at the table and bent over him, kissing him gently, lovingly on the cheek. He felt, as always, intoxicated by her scent. He swallowed a little and smiled as she slid back into her seat beside him. "Are you feeling better now?" he asked with concern for her and only her filling his voice.
Sue gave a weak smile, "Yes but not completely. I was fine until just a few seconds ago. Then, I started feeling queasy again." She stared at the table, still a little hungry but the way her stomach and bowels were beginning to tense, she dared not eat anything more. Her stomach then gave her a sharp warning to bolt back to the toilet again but she held off, not wanting to show any more weakness in front of her enemy, Hakkai. Sue managed to hold off for a full five seconds more, then she had to run for it, unable to endure any more.
This time while Sue was gone, Gojyo refused to listen to or even acknowledge Hakkai, a fact that frustrated the healer like he never would have thought possible. Hakkai however wasn't ready to give up or leave Gojyo alone with Sue so he stayed.
When Sue returned, she was looking decidedly green. She barely even greeted Gojyo as she sank wearily back into her chair with a pained moan. "What's wrong with me?" she asked, more to herself than anyone in particular.
Hakkai however had the answer and was more than willing to share. "Would you like to know?" he asked with a pleasant smile.
Sue glared, emerald eyes meeting emerald eyes, hatred meeting amusement, "If you know then tell me!" she demanded.
Hakkai's amusement deepened as he explained, "Everything I have seen you eat tonight are things that are fairly well known for sending people running to the toilet if eaten in quantity. The prunes, the honey, the apricots and even the cabbage. It is little wonder that you have been rushing away so often. By the look of it, you will be running for it quite a bit more tonight."
Sue stared disbelievingly at the dishes near her, "But… I've only been eating what was close to me."
The healer nodded, "And therein lies your problem."
Gojyo looked as though he was struggling for a momentbut he found the strength to become angry once more, even in the direct presence of the one who was slowly but surely sapping his will. "Goku!" he exclaimed. "That damn saru did this deliberately! He knew it and arranged it. I'll kill him!" The kappa rose furiously from the table, making as if to chase down the errant teen but Sue snagged his sleeve, almost pathetically.
"No Gojyo, please don't leave me. Don't give him the satisfaction of knowing that his plan worked."
"And this guy wont let the saru know?" Gojyo thumbed dismissively toward Hakkai.
"Nothing was forced down Sue's throat," Hakkai reasoned calmly, "everything she ate was her own choice. How is it Goku's fault if she ate things that made her ill?"
Gojyo glared furiously at Hakkai who was so obviously against both him and Sue and more so, against their relationship. He stepped away from the table, "Is there any reason to stay here, Sue?" he asked.
"No, there isn't." The succubus replied.
"Great, because right now, I'd rather not hang around those who I thought were supposed to be my friends."
The extremely queasy looking woman also stood and together, she and Gojyo left, heading up the stairs to her room.
The look which filled Hakkai's eyes as he stared after the retreating woman, was one which most would not have recognised on the young man. In anger and frustration, not to mention some jealousy, the healer continued to sit at the table, wondering just how everything began to go so wrong.
To be continued.
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A/N: I should be posting the next chapter within a week as I have already typed it up. I still have to go over it again though. (grins) At least I didn't take so long with this chapter either. After a week off, updating almost everything, typing up three extra chapters of this fic and one other, I am actually ahead a bit and that's a good thing. I just hope I can keep on track again now. Though I am sure that Stef will kick me if I begin falling behind again with anything.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Wow! I haven't had so many reviews for any chapter of any fic before. I really appreciate it.
Tora Macaw: Thanks! (pulls face) I would worry if I didn't know you that well. After all, it's been over 4 years now since Holly introduced us.
Diva Urd: Unfortunately, sometimes Gojyo doesn't seem to know when to shut up. But geez, when I was writing that, I never planned for Gojyo to say any of that, heck I didn't even know that fight would happen until it did… Well anyway, I don't think Sue is too happy or comfortable anymore…
ZL: Yeah… I finally updated. At least this chapter and the next one are coming out sooner. Due to other distractions, I hadn't been writing much of this at all but I am deliberately leaving my Peter David books at home till I finish writing this fic (though the manga still comes to work with me). I am finally getting back into the flow of it and don't wish to lose it again.
Celeste1: Yeah, I definitely agree with that.
Me-Nuriko: (smiles happily) That's ok. I understand not having time to get around to everything you want to do or read. (stares despondently at e-mail in-box with all the author alerts and Webfiction fics waiting to be read) I'm glad you are liking it. Oh, Sue is not going to win this but that doesn't necessarily mean Gojyo will have an easy time afterwards. Well, I haven't written that part yet but I have plans for when I get there. I just hope I can get it right. (winces)
SweetSnowCherryBlossomDarkness: Is this a soon enough update for you? I'm sure Goku would appreciate a hug right now. And Hakkai too, especially if it came from a certain crimson haired hanyou (grin)
Onigiri Monster: Thanks! Yeah… He did go way too far but unfortunately for Gojyo, things are going to get worse before they get better again.
