Warning: This fic is yaoi, which means lovely man on man action... if that makes you want to heave, then this is not the fic for you (mostly since that is what floats our boats). Send any flames, and they will be spellchecked then used to line my cat's litter pan. Sign the flame, and it accomplishes nothing since one person having a closed mind is not going to stop either party from working on this fic.
Trouble Travels West.
Chapter one.
Tires squeal as Watari slams on the brakes attempting to not flatten the small Jeep infront of them. Chaos ensues as everything and anything that isn't bolted down goes flying across the well equiped van at the sudden change in their velocity. Pulling himseff back from the steering wheel, the blonde rubs at the spot where he hit the inoffensive piece of machinery. "Is everyone still breathing?" he asks while looking back at the three shinigami thrown in various locations throughout the van's interior. Schu was swearing from the back where he'd been making a sandwich, the ingredients of which were now decorating his clothes and hair. Nagi groaned, having been slammed into the back seat. "I'll take that as an affirmative..." The blonde comments as he unlocks and opens the driver's side door. Stepping out of the vehicle he looks across the three men, one child and small white dragon that are sprawled across the ground infront of the van. "Are you gentlemen alright?" Watari inquires, sounding truly interested.
A brunette got up, carefully checking over the small dragon. "We are fine, so sorry to have caused this." A blond man in what appears to be priest's robes snorted and getting to his feet, pulled out a cigarette and lit it.
"Sanzo... that guy has eyes just like mine... " a young boy wearing a golden crown says as he gets up and tugs on the priest's sleeve. 'Sanzo' glares first at the boy, then at Watari. He didn't seem willing to comment however. The back door of the van opens, and the other shinigami climbed out. Schuldich was futily trying to brush the food off his clothes. The redhead is shortly followed out by a young man with bright blue hair.
Before anyone can react, some twelve to fifteen individuals with strange facial markings and elongated ears appear out of the surrounding forest... the leader snorts and glares at the blonde priest. "Sanzo party... we have you outnumbered... give up and we'll make your deaths relatively painless."
The brunette sighed. "Hakuryuu... find someplace safe to wait, thank you." The dragon flew over to the van and perched on the roof. Nagi had just climbed out and looked up at the white creature in suprise.
Nanjiro glances up at the small dragon happily perched on the top of the van, just on the other side of the clamshell that held a good number of their supplies... safely away from the group of ruffians. "Is there some kind of trouble?" the teen calmly asks while watching the youkai through the corner of one mismatched green eye.
Sanzo was calmly checking what appeared to be a hand gun. The brunette looked over and smiled slightly. "Just some youkai, no need to concern yourselves."[1]
As the leader of the group charges at the priest, the others follow form and attack whomever is closest... Within moments Schuldig is cursing the fact that Watari has never been trained to fight as one of the attacking individuals has his blonde by the neck. Schu managed to toss off his own opponent and started moving toward Watari... When the youkai attacking the blond suddenly went flying across the clearing. Nagi gave the German a quick grin and looked around for someone else who needed help. Eventually all of the miscreants have been dealt with, either been blown away by the priest or been disabled by someone or other. Nanjiro looks around and shakes his head, "Watari... next time something like that happens... just get back inside the van."
Schuldich was already checking the blond over. "Yeah... it's not like you have the training we have."
"Next time something like that happens... I'm shooting them." The blonde says with a smile as he leans forward and kisses his partner on the cheek. Nagi rolls his eyes, but is subtley trying to check Nan for injuries.
Watari pushes his glasses back up on the bridge of his nose as Nanjiro manages to get Hakuryuu to come down off of the top of the van. The small dragon happily purring in the boy's arms. "Before I braked, I thought that I saw a jeep..." the hazel eyed man says with a look at the four individuals near them.
The brunette smiled slightly again and walked over to conversational distance. "You did... Hakuryuu is very talented. I didn't introduce myself, I apologize. My name is Cho Hakkai."
"Hei, he does seem rather talented... and my name is Watari Yutaka... pleased to meet you," he says while in the background the sound of someone complaining about being hungry can be heard... "Anoo... since it's nearly lunch time, and I did nearly run the four of you over... why don't you and your friends accompany us for lunch? We were about to stop ourselves for a break."
"We wouldn't want to impose." Hakkai said, somewhat apologetically, but the blond priest muttered a 'says you' under his breath.
"You wouldn't be imposing at all..."
The sliding door on the van is opened completely as Nanjiro pulls out the makings of a lunch from the refrigerator that Watari had installed in there. "Nagi, can you put down the mat so we can start setting up for lunch outside..." Watari doesn't miss a beat when he tells Schuldig that he doesn't need any more comments about the Roman Empire.
"Certainly." Deciding on discretion for now, the telekinetic pulled out the mat and started to lay it out physically, rather than with his powers the way he normally would. After a moment, Schu steps over and give him a hand.
The young boy scratches his head and wonders outloud, "what's a Roman Empire and does it taste good?"
"No no, Goku... an Empire is like a really big kingdom... it's nothing that you can eat." The brunette chides gently, welcoming the white dragon back to his shoulder. The priest just stood off to one side, smoking another cigarette.
"AAAH!!! Then they would have a lot of food there!!! SANZO.... CAN WE GO THERE?"
The man moved swiftly, pulling out a paper fan and swatting the boy over the head. "Bakasaru."
In what barely seems even a moment, a low table has been set up on top of a reed mat. All across the table the food has been aranged in an aesthetic manner along with eight settings, nine if they take into consideration the place that was put for Hakuryuu. As the two parties sit, they or someone nearby introduces themselves to the others. They started eating... Gojyo rudely reminding Goku that not everything belonged to him. That of course started the two of them arguing. Sanzo started to look more and more irritated as Hakkai simply sat calmly and chatted with their new aquaintences. Nanjiro simply smiles and makes sure that the glasses and plates of both Goku and Gojyo are not empty... hopefully ensuring that those two will stop arguing. "So, looks like we at least have the same destination for this evening," the teen says with that same little smile. "Why don't you ride with us? That way Hakuryuu can have a rest." With that said he motions towards the small dragon currently sleeping, curled up in the pillow that had been set down for him.
Hakkai looked to Sanzo... but the priest didn't comment beyond a 'hnn'. The brunette smiled appreciatively. "That would be very kind of you. We have been travelling hard lately, it would be nice to let Hakuryuu rest."
"Watari... You've been at the wheel since this morning... I'm driving." Nanjiro informs the blonde in question.
"Oh come on... isn't it my turn?" Schu begged.[2]
"He lets you drive and we won't live till tomorrow morning." Nagi commented dryly.
Watari starts to collect the dishes from the table, "I still can't get the image of what you did to that last car out of my mind..."
The redhead snorted, starting to dismantle the furnature. "It wasn't my fault... I swear that tree just jumped out in front of me..."
It was nearly imposible for Kijin to keep his father calm... or at least as calm as he could be with Tenkou missing. The young shikigami ran through the gardens... following the sound of Sohryu's voice.
"Tousama? What is it?" He could only hope his calmness would somehow transfer to the agitated shikigami.
The dragon god stood tall and proud. "They are not moving fast enough to find her... Kanzeon is being unreasonable by not allowing me to enter her territory to search for my own daughter."
"Tousama... you know why she said no... it would throw off the balance of power too greatly..." He was worried too... it was his little sister out there. He wanted to be searching as well, but he understood why it was forbidden.
As the van makes its way down the dusty road Watary tells everyone to roll up the windows that the engine should be warmed up enough for air to work now...
"Air?" Hakkai questioned from the back seat. Sanzo had commendeered the front passenger, the brunette behind him, and Schuldich was sitting in back of Watari. The others were sitting on the floor in the back of the van.
"Hei, air-conditioning. The engine has to be sufficiently warmed up for it to work, so that it won't be blowing warm air at us." Reaching back, the blonde taps a small vent next to Hakkai. "That's one of the vents, but the controls to the back of the van are next to me."
From the front, Nanjiro can be heard commenting that if anyone is thinking about smoking... they should stop it right now. There are no ashtrays in the van since Watari had those specifically taken out. The blue haired boy informs the group.
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Okay, that was the first chapter... now for some fun, some of the more humerous side comments that were edited out will be included here.... snicker
[1]
nan: watches as all the youkai drop from a mental blast
wat: nan... it isn't nice to pick on the native wild life....
schu: if he hadn't... I would have...
[2]
schu: wait... you're going to let him drive.... but you won't even let me think about it?!
wat: you're still paying off Tatsumi's car that you totaled last month....
schu: not my fault... the gear was stuck....
nagi: suuuuure it was...
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AN, Kiki-chan78: Sorry that it took so long to get this posted... but, denial is more than just a river in Egypt. Seems that I am worse off than originally thought. My endocrinologist tried to send me straight to the emergency room when she saw how low my hemoglobin was. So the endocrinologist is calling around to hematologists that she knows so that one of them will have me admitted to the hospital immediately. Thankfully mom's hematologist had already agreed to take me as a patient if I needed a hematologist.
Long story short, I narrowly avoided being hospitalized on September 1rst. Though, it was interesting to see the endocrinologist's reaction to the fact that I was the one who was driving that day, and that Naniris (who was accompanying me, to make sure that I didn't try to slink out of the medical appointments) couldn't drive me, because she doesn't know how to drive the van I was using that day (it's my dad's, and kinda fun to drive... it's definitely nicer than my tercel)
For those wondering... My hemoglobin is at 7.1. These are the levels as I understood them... At level 7 the person is already weak, but now starts to be dizzy, and has to move carefully if not they can lose balance and hit the floor, getting in and out of chairs becomes a slight challenge because of this. Level 6, consciousness isn't all that much of an option anymore... Randomly falling unconscious isn't unusual. Level 5, Hahaha, coma. Level 4, vital organs start to shut down. Level 3, why are you bothering to take blood from a corpse?
Also, a better understanding of the later chapters of Yami no Matsuei would be helpful for this fic... any questions, either ask me, or yannie and we will definately answer. .