Series: Saiyuki
Author: Zelgadis55
Rating: R – Sorry but due to content in this chapter, I had to up the rating
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Saiyuki. Saiyuki belongs to Kazuya Minekura and the various license holders. Since I like to live in denial, I have to say that I own her but I don't wanna… So I only own euS. There! Doesn't look like I said it. I can be happy now (grin)
Warnings: Gojyo and Mary-Sueness. (Looks ashamed…)
Sue: (looks indignant) Why do you always have to bag me? Why can't you accept me?
Zell: Well, tell me just who in their right minds would want to admit ownership of a Mary-Sue, especially one like you?
Sue: But I'm a product of your warped imagination! It really hurts that you don't care.
Zell: Smegging hell! Do you have to remind me? Geez! And by the way, you're wrong. I do care. Just not… in a positive way! Why don't you just die already?
Sue: I can't believe this! My own creator… Well stuff you then. Gojyo is mine and I am taking him away from everyone else today. Just try to stop me! (stalks away angrily)
Zell: (glares after succubus angrily) Why the hell did I ever let that stupid kappa talk me into letting him have someone like her!
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Gojyo and Mary-Sue
Pt 14
Hakkai stood stock still as he stared at the sight ahead, a cold fear running through him. He wondered, not for the first time, just how everything had managed to go so wrong. The healer stared into the lifeless crimson eyes with a feeling of helplessness. It seemed that he was too late…
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Earlier that morning…
It was close to two thirty in the morning when Hakkai, Goku and Sanzo finally trudged into their rooms back at the inn without uttering a single word to each other.
As Hakkai prepared himself for bed, he knew he wasn't going to be able to sleep but he also knew Sanzo was right. If he wasn't able to sleep, he had to at least try to rest. That way, he would be able to devote more energy into finding Gojyo in the morning. Very briefly, the thought of whether or not Sanzo and Goku would be able to sleep flittered through his mind but it didn't take him long to dismiss such thoughts. After all, his mind was already churning with a whirlwind of thoughts and anxieties.
'Gojyo, where are you?'
'Are you still alive? No! I can't think this way!'
'What has she done to you?'
'Have you ever thought about me?'
'I so loved meeting you for the first time after I became Hakkai. The surprise on your face was priceless.' Hakkai smiled sadly with that thought.
'How could you side with her? Why did you leave?'
'It really didn't suit you, you know… That short hair you had when you thought I had died.'
'I know she's been messing with your emotions but to even allow those words to be spoken… did you, on any level, mean what you said about Goku?'
On and on, his worried, roiling mind would not allow Hakkai to rest. Eventually, the sun began to lighten the edges of the sky and finally, at about five thirty, the healer gave up his futile attempt at rest and decided to go for a walk instead. Silently, Hakkai dressed and slipped outside with Hakuryu on his shoulder, being careful so as not to wake anyone else in the inn.
Once outside, Hakkai briefly wondered where to go and realised that he hadn't asked the young woman where the town hall was so he decided to go in search of it. That way, he would know where to go when eight o'clock at last arrived. He was pretty sure his destination would be somewhere around the town centre so that's where the healer headed. The town hall turned out to be an easy building to find, a fact that Hakkai was very glad to discover.
To fill in the time between now and then, Hakkai began to wander around the town, keeping an eye out for any sign of Gojyo. Before he knew it, Hakkai found that he had left town and was on the path where he had found Goku the previous evening. The healer saw the large trees he had been told about and since he was already out here and there was still over an hour and a half before he needed to be back, he might as well take a brief look.
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Back at the inn, Sanzo stared down at his sleeping charge, the corners of his mouth twitching as he fought against a smile. He knew that Goku had taken quite a long time to get to sleep and when he finally had, the lonely nightmares had begun. In exasperation, the monk had entered the saru's room and just his presence was enough to calm Goku into a more settled, peaceful sleep. The monk realised that it was more than likely Gojyo's thoughtless words that were the catalyst for the bad dreams. Certainly Goku's memories of his cave prison had resurfaced the previous night. Once Sanzo knew that Goku's 'voice' would be disturbing his own sleep no more, he had returned to bed.
Now it was a little after half past six and time to wake up. For once, he didn't feel like yelling at or kicking Goku awake. Nope! He had a glass of water in his hand and was more than prepared to use it, hence the smile he was fighting. Sanzo tossed the contents of the container full in Goku's face and the saru awoke, spluttering and wet.
"Wha? What was that for Sanzo?" Goku demanded, half angry, half confused.
Naturally, Sanzo wasn't about to explain himself, so with a half glare directed at Goku, he replied, "Get up! If you want breakfast before we look for that damn idiot kappa, be ready and downstairs in five minutes!" The monk turned to walk out the room when he heard the boy's plaintive response.
"I'm not so sure I'm hungry…" Goku hung his head as he sat in his bed, fully awake.
The monk raised his eyebrows, "Don't lie to me. Get up, get ready and get down to breakfast! I won't have you so weak with hunger that you collapse five minutes into the search!" With that, Sanzo stalked out of Goku's room to go wake Hakkai.
It wasn't that he thought the healer would need a wake up call, far from it. In fact, he doubted that Hakkai even slept. It was more to let him know they would soon be ready to look for that pain-in-the-ass that the healer liked to call his best friend. Hell, Sanzo had no idea how Hakkai could even put up with that damn kappa!
The monk opened the door after finding it unlocked and he walked straight in, speaking the moment he turned the handle. "Hakkai! We're getting ready to leave. Once we've had breakfast, we can head to the town hall for that infor… Hmph!" Hakkai wasn't there, nor was he in the small bathroom, the door for that was wide open. "Idiot!"
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Down at breakfast, Goku found he was hungrier than he first thought and had begun to devour eggs, bacon, nikuman, rice and toast as though he hadn't eaten for several days. When Sano finally came down, he looked up with a smile. "I really was hungry!" Sanzo snorted, unsurprised and Goku continued, ""Hey, where's Hakkai?"
The monk grunted and sat down, pouring himself some tea and claiming a couple of the remaining slices of toast. "Already gone. The idiot!"
Goku stopped eating and stood. "Well, what are we waiting for then?"
"Sit down!" Sanzo snapped. He had known this was going to happen. That's why he chose to take his time before coming down to join Goku for breakfast. "We are waiting until I have eaten breakfast." He added firmly.
Goku reluctantly sat back down and started reluctantly picking at the remainder of the meal while Sanzo took his time.
Not too long later, they both finished breakfast and left the inn.
"Sanzo, do you know where the town hall is?" Goku asked.
Sanzo gave a curt nod. "I asked the receptionist before coming to breakfast." He replied.
"Oh. Good!" Goku said with relief. "Do you think Hakkai knows where it is?"
"If he doesn't, he'll ask. Don't ask stupid questions." Annoyance filled Sanzo's voice.
"Okay, sorry." Goku replied and thought. "How long will it take to get there?"
Sanzo grit his teeth. "How the hell would I know? I've never been there! We should get there early though."
Goku nodded, deciding that be better keep quiet for a few minutes. Sanzo was beginning to sound cranky. 'Lack of sleep.' Goku nodded to himself, missing the rolling of the monk's eyes. Despite Goku's conscious decision to keep quiet for a time, he found himself speaking again. "Do… do you think Gojyo is alright? And Hakkai?"
"I don't know!" Sanzo had been trying to hold his temper last night and this morning but it was beginning to be almost unbearably difficult. If the bakazaru kept up these inane questions much longer, he was going to snap. Luckily, not long later they arrived at the town hall and as Sanzo suspected, they were early so he and Goku settled down on some benches outside to wait.
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"Is your boyfriend alright? He looks as though he's come down with something nasty." The kindly middle-aged lady who ran the boarding house asked in concern.
"Yes, He'll be fine. Some fresh air will do wonders, won't it Gojyo darling?" Sue smiled reassuringly in the kappa's direction.
Gojyo seemed to brighten physically at the attention from his beloved but his eyes remained dim and a little unfocused. "Some fresh air would be great." He answered in a vague tone.
"Why don't we try yesterday all over again? Just the two of us this time." Sue breathed softly in Gojyo's ear. She then leaned back a little smiling seductively as she twirled her fingers through the shoulder strap of her black and green halter-top. I'll even let you 'study' this time. We're both more than ready."
Gojyo returned her smile with an empty one of his own, "Then you can be the risqué sensei and I'll be your naughty student." He leered slowly, almost as if in a dream.
Sue giggled, "Sounds like fun." Then she turned to their hostess, "Is there any chance of being able to get a small packed lunch? I think we are better off not eating until a little later, when Gojyo is feeling a bit better."
The woman nodded, "Of course. I'll just go prepare you something." As Sue thanked her, their hostess left for the kitchen, calling for her hung-over daughter to come and help her.
Once the two were alone, Sue spoke excitedly to Gojyo. "Finally! We'll be alone! No-one to butt in where they are not wanted, no-one to bother us, neither of us too tired! I've been waiting for this since the moment I laid my eyes on you." The succubus stroked her fingers slowly down the cheek of the bewitched kappa, actually eliciting a small tingle of excitement from the otherwise out-of-it Gojyo.
"Can hardly wait." The kappa replied, still not sounding as if he was quite all there. "When do we leave?"
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Hakkai had allowed the beauty of his surroundings to distract him for a few minutes but now, it was time to head back and he needed to hurry. Then again, Hakuryu was still perched on his shoulder, once they arrived back at the main path leading back towards the nearby town, they would be able to travel much more quickly.
Suddenly, the healer stopped dead in his tracks, his hand falling away from Hakuryu to hang uselessly by his side. He just stared ahead, unable to peel his eyes from the sight in front of him. 'This is a nightmare…' Hakkai thought hollowly. 'It cannot be happening.'
In front of him, on a blanket on the ground, was his very naked best friend, the man he had finally realized that he loved and the equally naked succubus, the woman who unintentionally forced him to realize his feelings towards Gojyo. Hakkai shuddered at the sight of Gojyo over the top of that woman. Currently, they were kissing passionately, hungrily even and the distraught healer felt sick to his stomach at the sight. He found, just like the previous night, that he couldn't look away.
A dark cloud was beginning to form from Gojyo, winding its way slowly towards the ecstatic succubus. Sue's emerald coloured eyes glittered with hunger and excitement as she opened them. "It's time Gojyo, take me so that I may sate my hunger at last." She commanded huskily.
"Yes." Hakkai heard Gojyo's dreamlike reply. He was sounding nothing like the person the healer knew. He didn't even sound as though he knew who he was anymore.
Hakkai saw Gojyo about to insert himself into Sue and he forced himself to act, crying out, "Gojyo! Get AWAY from her!"
The bewitched kappa didn't seem as if he even heard so Hakkai ran towards the couple with every intention of pulling Gojyo away from the succubus. He needn't have bothered running though because Sue suddenly glared at him and pushed Gojyo off her as she clambered her way to her feet.
Gojyo looked towards his lover with a slightly bewildered expression before following her lead and standing beside her, facing against Hakkai, a blank look now covering his face.
Hakkai looked towards Gojyo, his heart pounding though speaking much more calmly than before. "Gojyo, you must move away from her, please! Sue is a succubus and plans to steal your life from you." Unfortunately, despite his impassioned plea, his friend still made no move that even suggested that he'd heard and Hakkai found himself staring pleadingly into Gojyo's empty, almost lifeless eyes, wondering just how Sue had gotten her claws so deeply into the stubborn red head's mind.
Sue smiled at Hakkai and it was a nasty smile. "It's useless, you know. Gojyo is mine now to do with as I please. Between you and especially that damn brat, you have interfered enough." She turned her head a little in Gojyo's direction and in a silky but commanding tone, spoke again, "Gojyo, I've had enough of these interruptions. Kill him!"
"Anything for you." Gojyo answered. The only need he had left was the need to please Sue. He reached out his hands to summon shakujou and turned his empty gaze onto Hakkai. The healer stared back in disbelief as Gojyo addressed him in a dull voice. "Make this easy on yourself and just die."
Hakkai stood stock still as he stared at the sight ahead, a cold fear running through him. He wondered, not for the first time, just how everything had managed to go so wrong. The healer stared into the lifeless crimson eyes with a feeling of helplessness. It seemed that he was too late. The next thing Hakkai noticed was the crescent blade of shakujou whistling through the air in an arc, heading on a deadly course toward him.
To be continued
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Eep! Please don't kill me for this. It wrote itself! I swear! It had nothing to do with the fact that I was in a bitchy mood the week I wrote the draft for this chapter. Honest!
Thanks to Diva Urd for reassuring me about parts of this chapter before posting.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed:
SweetSnowCherryBlossomDarkness: Well, I'm glad that wasn't your comp you were having probs with then. Actually, you were the first to review and only about 3 or 4 hours after I posted. I'm sorry about your loss.
Onigiri Monster: I'm glad you have your computer fixed now. (nods) This is the beginning of the end for her but, it won't be quick, that much I will promise you (nods).As for Hoshi, no, I didn't realise he was in Soul Calibre 2. I have been downloading a whole slew of songs by him though and came across some for 'Harukanaru Toki no Naka de' as a result, I went and downloaded 3 eps and plan to get more. Very Fushigi Yuugi-like but it has Hoshi! (snickers) He plays such a pretty boy, very feminine.
Tora Macaw: (snicker) Unlikely, I know but yeah, he got thrown from that inn. Probably had other things on his mind along with realising that he did go too far. Yes, Sue must die and we'll get there soon (chuckles evilly) As I said in the last chapter, I just don't wish to rush things
ZL: I'm glad you enjoyed (smiles)
Diva Urd: Thanks. I'm glad you like my portrayal of Sanzo, it means a lot and thanks for the concrit. I never thought that the flashback, end flashback thing could be off putting and have already removed it from the next chapter. I will eventually get around to removing it from the last as well. I'm sorry that you didn't feel that one sentence fit though. I will see about that one. I'm not much of a humour writer which is why this isn't a humour fic. I just can't tend to hold humour fics together unless you can really get me in the mood. Still, I will keep your advice in mind for the future.
