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GiLa aNiM3: Who was the helper Disclaimer yesterday?

(-everyone points Sanzo-)

Sanzo: No one was in the room and I was forced to be the Disclaimer.

Goku: And Kazuya Minekura sensei came! *points*

GiLa aNiM3: Who? *sparkling eyes* Kazuya Minekura sensei???? Whaaaaa!! This is the best day in my whole life. I got the chance to see Kazuya Minekura sensei!

Resha: Who's he again? O.o

Hakkai: The one who create us! *points*

Resha: Oh really, why does he look like Gojyo? o.o

Hakkai: Oh that's because he is disguising to be Minekura sensei because he need to go home for while.

GiLa aNiM3: What!?

Gojyo: Hakkai, you shouldn't have said that... She's boiling

GiLa aNiM3: SHINEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Note: This is the same story as The Angel's Journey, we made a year ago. But changed a lot of plot.

First of all, I love to thank to:

Gensomaden Saiyuki: The Goddess's Journey

Authoress - Wenna Demon Sin & Resha Valentine

Episode 7: Scarlet Ribbon

"San~zo, I am hungry…" Goku complained after a few hours eating, "And my stomach is grumbling…" "Just as I expected…" Gojyo pouted with irritated eyes, "I wonder how Goku don't get fat eating so much food." Hakkai giggled from upfront, "I guess the snails in his body ate them."

"Eh?" Goku had a questioned look, "Are there snails in my body?" "Well, Goku, usually someone that eats so much would get fat but some people don't because that have some kind of snails somewhere in their stomach and those snails eats the food that are eaten," Sakura explained seriously.

"Like you," Sanzo pointed and she steamed up again. She stepped on the chair vehicle like a giant, "Why I…?" Hakkai put on the brakes and she was hit on the screen vehicle in chibi. "I am so sorry… I need to stop…" Hakkai said with sweat drops. "Ouch…" She complained with tears and tripped down the screen.

"Where are we, Hakkai?" Gojyo asked and a sweat drop formed on his head when he saw Goku on the ground half dead. "I don't know, but I sense we should be here…" Hakkai replied seriously looking at an old abandon temple, "I can sense something that will happen here…"

"Why? Did 'his' girlfriend told you?" Sakura had irritated eyes looking at Sanzo and Hakkai looked at Sanzo, who turned to her. She crashed down after being hit; "She is not my girlfriend!" Goku jumped up and transformed into serious, "I smell blood…" "Same here…" Gojyo agreed with a confident look.

Sakura flinched with vertical lines on her face. "I sense demonic energy," Hakkai added seriously and Sanzo harrumphed. She sulked in the corner with more vertical lines on her face. Their voices were … cruel. "Guys…" She had sweat drops but it vanished. She turned to the temple where she visualized a door appeared and it opened. She at first wanted to ask but she was distracted. She then asked questions that the boys turned to her baffled. "What?" "When?" "How?" "Why?" "Where?" "Sakura?" Goku asked but she rushed in the temple. "Sakura!?"

They ran in the temple and there were 5 doors. "Waitaminute!" Gojyo stopped rushing, "Where did she go?" "I think it's here," Hakkai pointed the second door. "I think she went in here," Goku pointed the fifth door. Sanzo was in front of the first door. "Okay, I'll go here," Gojyo pointed the third door, "Return back here when there is nothing." They dashed in.

Running in the door, they went back to the entrance. "Now, how did that happen?" Goku had dotted eyes looking at them scratching. "Where the hell did you go, Sakura?" Gojyo messed up his hair like crazy. "Let's go in here," Hakkai entered in the fifth door but it ended at back to the entrance again.

"I'm dying…" Goku cried in chibi. Sanzo thought and pointed, "I got an idea. Follow me!" He entered in the first and then to the second, to the third and to the fifth. They looked like snakes from above. In the end, they entered in the fourth door and a room appeared.

Sanzo tsked proud of his work and the guys applauded from behind, "You're good, cool, Sanzo." They stopped when they felt a strong demonic energy and saw Sakura in the air above a pit with full of spells that made her hair longer than before. She was in while bubble ball in the air at the center of the room. Her head was looking down and was wearing a white dress with a ribbon on her waist.

"Sakura?" "I have a strange feeling about this," Sanzo pointed seriously as he had a look at the pit with full of demonic energy spells. It was producing demonic powers. "Sakura is controlled by that energy," Hakkai pointed still smiling. A sweat drop formed behind the other boys' head. Hakkai just giggled.

Suddenly they heard someone laughing in air. "So, you've found the way in, huh?" That voice came out from Sakura's mouth and when they had a look at her, her eyes were dark red-green, "Very good, Sanzo's party!"

"Who are you?" Goku fisted that his Almighty Staff appeared in his palms. "What do I look like to you?" Her head was higher than before looking cruelly at them.

"A soul demon that possesses living body to get their second life, am I right?" Hakkai pointed up smiling casually. Sanzo and Gojyo sweat dropped from his sides. "Good guess, Cho Hakkai," The demon praised smiling cruelly looking down at him.

"Even then," Gojyo overruled, "Sakura can't be easily beaten!" Hakkai smiled, "I suggest you better go out from her body before she get mad. She's short-tempered, you know." Sanzo and Gojyo crashed down.

"Get out from her body!" They heard Goku's angry voice from behind and turned. He was gripping his weapon tight, "I said 'Get out from her body! NOW!"

"Hrm..." The demons raised up the eyebrow looking intensely at Goku, "I feel so much power from you." She floated up and when she saw Goku heading towards her to attack, she stopped him, "If you hurt me, you'll hurt her too." His eyes widened immensely and he landed down. "I am inside this Sakura's body and if I'm hurt, she's hurt too," She laughed in a high pitch. "That isn't a good news," Gojyo said and Sanzo tsked, "Oi, what should we do?"

Goku gripped on his weapon tighter and there were drips of blood streaming down from his palms, "Let go of her... Get out from her body... NOW!" Suddenly a strong aura coming out from Goku pushed her to the wall. "Goku, you baka-saru, stop it!" Gojyo retorted back and pulled his arms from behind.

"Let go of me!" He demanded trying to get lose, "I will kill this soul demon!" "Then, what should you do? Attack her, Sakura's body?" Gojyo corrected angrily from behind and he stopped. He landed down onto his knees and paled, "I don't want..." "Huh?" Gojyo had a questioning look from behind. "What's the matter, Goku?" Hakkai held on his shoulder.

"I don't want to lose another friend! Like we lost Erika!" Goku screamed and there were streaming tears on his cheeks coming down and out from his eyes. Hakkai snapped remembering Erika's death. He looked down and this showed that he was depressed.

"Erika... yes... she's dead... that's obvious, when she is WEAK!" She beamed up and started laughing. Hakkai stood up angrily, "Erika's not weak! She's strong and kind-hearted!" An eyebrow shot up, "Hrm... so you're the one she sacrificed for?" He clenched his teeth angrily fisting. The enemy was provoking him. She saw a scarlet ribbon and took it in such speed. Hakkai's eyes widened immensely, "The ribbon..."

"What a pretty ribbon..." She checked it, "It looked like blood." "Please, give that back!" Hakkai pleaded back, he knows that was the only thing Erika left him. She tsked and giggled. She raised up her arm and her fingernails were sharp, "I'll make you suffer first." She started tearing the ribbon with her long sharp fingernails as Hakkai's eyes widened immensely. "Erika..."

Suddenly there was a sound of thud and smoke from that ribbon that made everyone hit to the wall. "What the hell –" She cursed angrily and floated back. Everyone saw a shinning light in the middle of the room. "That woman sure look sexy, I wonder she's single..." Gojyo pointed and Sanzo whacked his head.

"Play time is over, Yuen," A familiar and sexy voice was heard from the shinning light and the light was going down slowly. "It's Erika..." Goku pointed and Sanzo and Gojyo looked confused, "It's really Erika!"

"Yes, Goku, you are definitely right," She looked down at him smiling, "Thank you for remembering me." She looked at Hakkai, "You too Hakkai." Her hair was white short with a beautiful gown. "Erika..." Hakkai whispered and smiled, "You keep your promise..."

Erika faced Sakura, who was not herself and pointed her, "You're not Sakura!" Everyone crashed down. "Of course she's not Sakura! We know that!" Sanzo had veins popping out from his temple with his fist shaking. They started battling but Erika stopped all of a sudden, "When will you stop hunting Sakura?"

Sakura (demon) panted, "Because she came from a tribe we hate and why do you have to help her? You are one of us, demon!"

"Oh, could Sakura be a demon exterminator?" Hakkai pointed up curiously and Gojyo shrugged. "I am a half demon and my half is Sakura's tribe!" Erika corrected, "But who I am, is what I am!" "You never change, do you?" The demon said, "Sakura isn't one of your family!" "She's my childhood and bestfriend!" She screamed and everyone stopped.

"Erika?" Sakura was sitting alone in the dark place shivering. She could hear Erika's voice, "Erika?"

"Sakura?" Sanzo questioned after hearing Sanzo's voice. "I didn't hear her, do you, Goku?" Gojyo looked at Goku but he shook his head left and right. "Sakura, I know you're still in there. Talk to me!" Erika make a communication inside Sakura, "It's me Erika!"

"Erika..." She looked weak and tried to stand up, "Erika... you're alive... but where are you?" She fell down as someone pushed her. "Go back to sleep!" An annoying creepy demanded. "Who are you?" Sakura yelled. She laughed, "Don't you know me, Goddess Sakura?" Sakura snapped, "Goddess?" "I am the last soul demon that your sister let go!" She added and Sakura moved backwards. "Sakura, don't listen to her!" She heard Erika' voice, "Fight with it!" "It's useless, Erika, Sakura won't come back ever again!" The enemy laughed, "Don't worry, Goddess Sakura. I won't kill you for the time being. I'll kill your friends first!" Sakura's eyes widened immensely, "Friends?" She saw her friends in her mind and it suddenly focused to Sanzo. She fisted, "No! NO!!! LEAVE THEM ALONE!"

Now everyone in the room heard her. "Darn this girl!" The demon cursed, "She's stronger than expected." She collected more demonic spells to herself to weaken Sakura inside her.

Erika, who was on the corner, got a great idea. She garbed Sanzo and threw him onto Sakura's body. She pulled his arms behind Sakura letting him hold her. Hakkai, Gojyo and Goku had crooked expression. "What? Let go of me!" The demon screamed and Sanzo seemed to ignored it, well actually he seems to like it, he knew that's the only way to help. The demon clenched her teeth pushing him away but it was useless. At the end, she got mad and got out from Sakura's body.

She floated through the air and it looked like a ghost. Sanzo jumped down and landed with Sakura in his arms. The demon panted, "This is just the beginning!" "Hak~kai~chan!" Erika waved and turned t Hakkai, "One fire ball please." Hakkai nodded and positioned his palms on his waist, "One fire ball coming right up!" He smiled happily and he threw the fire ball straight to the demon chest and she screamed. She vanished and turned to dust.

Sakura blinked her eyes and saw someone in front of her. Her sight become clearer and saw Sanzo. She blushed intensely with her eyes widened immensely, "San... zo?" "So sleeping beauty, you're up already?" Gojyo teased with irritated eyes and both Sanzo and Sakura had an intense hiding blush. They quickly whacked Gojyo's head with the paper fan at the same time.

"Er... Where's my horse?" Erika pointed looking left and right in chibi. "I need to eat it!" Goku replied smiling with red cheeks. "Yup, Goku was so hungry!" Gojyo added. Erika's eyebrow shot up, "Yes, then again, where's my horse?"

"Goku quickly finished eating it after you vanished that time," Hakkai smiled immensely and innocently that Erika's mouth quickly widened. "What?!" She screamed and her jaw widely dropped down. She turned to Goku with a death glare, "How dare you eat my favorite pet, you baka-saru?" Goku snapped and looked at her with veins popping out, "What did you say? How about you? A glowing white ghost!?" They quarreled for a while and there was a sweat drop formed behind Hakkai's head.

"You ate my horse!" Erika pointed angrily with her face larger than her body. "Yup, you ate her horse," Gojyo followed Erika's words from behind her. "Hentai!" Erika turned to him fisting.

"Hentai?" Goku's eyebrow shot up and took out a small scrape book. He started scribbling, "Ero Kappa! Hentai Ero Kappa! Baka Ero Kappa!" He pouted childishly. A few seconds later, Goku said it out loud pointing Gojyo, who boiled like crazy. He grabbed him up angrily, "Where did you got that?" Goku grinned evilly. Erika grabbed the scrape book and tried to read it, "What the hell is this? This is just scribbles."

"Goku doesn't know how to write," Hakkai pointed up after a giggle. "He doesn't even know how to read," Gojyo added retorting. Goku boiled. "By the way," Erika was cooler than before and looked left and right, "Where's Sanzo and Sakura? Do they have to take all day?" Hakkai shrugged, "I don't know and I don't mind if they did take all day." They all giggled together.

Sanzo and Sakura were still in temple to find her clothes that the demon left. "Yaa!! Found you at last!" She jumped to the corner and cuddled her clothes.

"They are just clothes..." Sanzo pouted angrily, "You have more clothes on the Jeep!" She turned to him, "Hey! This is Mononoke's special clothes before she got married!" She stood up and dusted off visible dust of the dress. He harrumphed and she had irritated eyes. She walked ahead; "You boys won't understand girls not even a million years."

Her eyes immensely and looked innocently as she tripped on a rock. She screamed and crashed down. Sanzo didn't laugh, he just looked at her, "What's wrong now?" He asked when she couldn't stand up. She held on her leg and looked up at him biting her lower lip, "Er... Sanzo, I bruised my ankle..." His expression looked the same and kneeled down in front of her. She had a questioning look, "Huh?"

"I'll give a Piggy back," Sanzo suggested and she felt she sulked. "I didn't know you'd know that, Sanzo," She shivered and jerked, "Are you Sanzo I know?" He tsked and grabbed her back lifting her up. She blushed intensely, "Sanzo?" It was a rare moment and Sakura was starting to like it. She rested down on his back smiling comfortably and blushing. She felt more secure, in addition, his back was warm as if she felt it a long time ago. Since she was tried, she accidentally gone to sleep. Sanzo seemed to like it too but his expression changed to annoyed when Sakura was drooling on his back.

The others outside saw them and blinked their eyes. They shook their heads and stopped blinking. Hakkai smiled, "What keep you two so long?" Sanzo tsked, "This girl is pain in the neck!" He carefully placed her on the vehicle seat that woke her up. She blinked and looked left and right, "Where am I?"

"Hime!" She heard Gojyo and turned to him, "Did you have fun on Sanzo's back?" He teased and they both had another hiding intense blush. A gunshot passed Gojyo and luckily dodged, "Okay, okay, I was just joking." Sakura sighed and raised up her arms that sweat drops formed behind her head, "I haven't changed by clothes yet..."

"You can change your clothes at the next town," Hakkai intentionally moved the vehicle smiling casually and she shrieked. "Or you can change it here!" Erika had evil eyes behind her, floating. Gojyo nodded drooling, "Yeah, that would be interesting!" Erika sweat dropped, "I shouldn't have said that." Sakura harrumphed and sunk in her seat annoyed, "You wish!"

"Hah..." Hakkai felt the warm breeze, "What a peaceful day." "You wish!" Sanzo and Sakura pouted childishly.

To be continued

Episode 8: Can't Let You Die

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