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 two.
The rest of the drive into the town is rather unremarkable, that is after everyone got over the novelty of airconditioning... That, and the cd player when Nanjiro had asked Sanzo to hand over a Duel Jewel cd, Noah to be specific. It had taken a little explaining to assure the four newcomers that they did not have a group of people trapped somewhere inside the van and were being forced to sing and play the instruments that they were hearing through the speakers.
The town was typical of the human habitations of this region. Nothing about it particularly stood out at first glance. They piled out of the van, stretching to ease stiff limbs from sitting for so long.
As they check into the local inn, one of the waitresses drops her tray when they come into her sight. Before anyone can react, she has already taken flight and run from them without a single word... but very obviously somewhat disturbed by something.
Nagi frowned. "That was odd..." He looked at Schu with a smirk. "You scared her."
"What! I did not..." He went to cuff the brunette and slapped his hand against an invisible barrier about 2 inches from Nagi's head. The brunette smirked again.
Watari takes the key to the room from the inn keeper. "Schu, you have to admit... you can be scary." The blonde comments with a wink. "Come on... let's get our bags up to the room so we can get a little relaxed before we eat diner."
"One room?" Sanzo asked with a scowl.
The inn keeper, intimidated by the formidable priest hands over a key. "r... room 6."
The man looked at the key... then the innkeeper... then nodded and started up the stairway, not looking at anyone. Hakkai sighed. "You'll have to ignore his rudeness..."
When Sanzo and the rest of his traveling companions enter their room, they find out rather quickly how thin the walls in this establishment really are... as a few complaints from the room next to them are voiced about the rudementary accomodations.1
The blond scowls and dumps his bag on one of the beds. "I'm going to smoke... if you don't like it, leave." Hakkai sighed... but then again, the priest hadn't been allowed to indulge in the van. He did however open the window, hoping that most of the smoke would depart the room.
"I'm hungry." Golden eyes look up to both Gojyo and Hakkai," let's go downstairs and get something to eat..."
"Hai, Goku... we'll go get something to eat. Are you joining us, Sanzo?"
"Might as well..." The man pushed away from the bed and headed for the door.
It's only moments after Sanzo-ikkou have been seated that the other group of gentlemen have descended as well. The waitress that had apparently returned, if somewhat hesitantly, looks over at the newcomers and trembles slightly as she puts the plates down infront of Gojyo and Goku. Hakkai smiled at her, in what he hoped was a reasuring manner. The other group settled down at a nearby table, theirs being too small to accomodate them all. The other four were talking aimably, with the easy manner of long time friends.
The girl looks like she is ready to bolt. All throught out the time that the other group is seated, she continues to give them looks out of the corner of her eye, as if she were afraid that they would kill her from such a distance.
The brunette frowned slightly. "Miss... is there something wrong?"
Looking down at the brunette, the girl smiles nervously, "those people... "
"Yes? We travelled with them... they seem like good people, is there something we should know?"
"The youngest... the one with the blue hair... he died several years ago."
"Indeed?" Hakkai looked over at the young man with sharp eyes. He didn't look like a demon or ghost... in fact he looked remarkably lively. "You are sure of this? There couldn't be a mistake? Perhaps he isn't who you think he is."
"I wouldn't mistake my older brother... Nanjiro."
"I wonder what's up with that girl. She keeps talking with Cho-san and they are both looking over here." Nagi glanced over and back again.
Turning his head, Nanjiro takes a good look at the girl. Mismatched green eyes lock onto dark emerald. "Because she recognizes me... She's one of the people that we are here to take back."
"She is?" Nagi noted the odd look on his lover's face. "What is it, Nan? Something is wrong..."
Nanjiro is about to answer when his sister suddenly turns and runs. Jumping to his feet, and startling everyone at his table, he is about to take chase when Hakkai and Gojyo stand in his way, and earning a glare from Sanzo. "Get out of my way!"
"We will not permit you to harm her." The brunette said calmly, hands held appologetically in front of him.
Nagi stepped behind Nanjiro, looking over his shoulder. "What's going on?"
"Like I would hurt my own sister," Nanjiro says somewhat impatiently. From the table, Watari watches the interaction.
"Sister?" Hakkai questioned. "She believes you to be dead."
Mismatched green eyes slit dangerously. "My sister, Aiko, was murdered.2" There was a sharp intake of air behind him... then Nagi lay a supporting hand against his back. Hakkai dropped his eyes. Nanjiro takes the opportunity to dash out of the small inn... taking after his sister.
As Nagi returns to the table, Watari rubs the young man's shoulder. "You alright?"
"I don't know what to do, Watari... I don't want to intrude but..." Indecision flashed across his face.
Several hours later, Nanjiro returns to the inn... exhausted and alone.
Nagi was sitting alone at a small table in the now quiet eating area, nursing a cup of tea. Several bamboo steamers sat on the table. He looked up at Nan. "Hey..."
"I can't find her... and she's one of the few people that could always block me." Nan says as he all but collapses into a chair next to Nagi and curls up with his head in his lovers lap.
Fingers ran gently through the blue hair. "She'll turn up... if not, we can have Schu look for her in the morning. I saved some meatbuns if you're hungry... and there's tea..." He caressed Nanjiro's cheek.
"It's my fault she died. If it hadn't been because of me... then she wouldn't have run away from home... and she wouldn't have been..."
Nagi leaned over, hugging his lover as best he could with the awkward position. "How could it have been your fault... you didn't ask for any of that."
"Before, my dad was always... because my grades were never good enough, or if I came in second place, or if I didn't score high enough... Aiko was always the little angel. She never did anything wrong... but that changed after I left..." The youth says, wrapping his arms around Nagi's waist.
The brunette ran his hands up and down his lover's back. He knew what Nan wasn't saying... about the beatings, somethings were still too painful to talk about. "She sounds sweet..."
Close to tears, Nanjiro smiles, "she was the cutest little sister anyone could want..."
At the doorway, unbeknownst to the two shinigami, a figure watches them. On his shoulder a small white dragon is perched comfortably.
"It must have been nice to have a sister... when I was alone, curled up under a house or someplace... sometimes I would pretend I had a sister or brother... just someone to be with, so I wasn't alone, you know..." Nagi kept up with the soothing touches, leaning over to lightly kiss the blue hair.
"She's the one that found me that day..."
Hands stilled... then continued. "Oh, Nan... that's... I'm so sorry. I know you never would have wanted that."
"If I had realized that she was going to be the one to find me... I would have hung myself in the closet to ensure that the one who found me would have been my dad..."
"I know." He held Nan as close as he could. Nagi looked at the food he had saved and decided his lover wasn't going to be interested in it. "Do you want to stay in the van tonight? So we can be alone?"
Leaning up, Nanjiro places a delicate kiss on the tip of Nagi's nose. "You put up with so much because of me... thank you..."
Nagi blushed... even after all this time. "You're welcome... and I do NOT put up with you... I love you."
"What do you say we take the food back to the van... and see how many interesting ways it can be eaten there." Nan says with a mischevious smirk.
Nagi blushed again and readily agreed. "It will be nice to have some... alone time."
"How long have you been standing there?" Nanjiro suddenly asks Hakkai, who is still standing in the entryway.
The man's normally smiling demeanor was absent, his expression serious. "Long enough."
"Long enough for?"
"Please forgive my rudeness, but if you are dead, what are you?"
"I help people find their way to the land of the dead when they are lost, or when they refuse to allow nature to take its course." Nanjiro says while climbing into Nagi's lap and looks over the telekinetic's shoulder up at Hakkai. A small kiss is placed on his lover's cheek, "that is one of my jobs."
Nagi blushed deeper, realizing that they were watched while being affectionate. He still had problems with anything other than hand holding unless just around their 'family'. He was glad it was comforting to Nan though, and that was what mattered right then.
"Unfortunately, my sister is not like me... and has to return to the land of the dead. That is why she ran from me."
"How did she get here? Are you some kind of ghost? Or a special kind of youkai?"
Nanjiro gives an appreciative glance over at Hakkai, and then smiles. "It's still not known how she got here. Ghosts are souls that are lost... I'm not lost, thought some might have believed me to be a demon of sorts... but that is another story."
Nagi hugged Nan unobtrusively. "We carry our own demons. We help... as best we can. It's not our intention to harm anyone."
"Nagi... lets go to the van now..."
"Hai." Nagi waited for the blue-haired shinigami to stand, then joined him. Hakkai had vanished back upstairs. "Shall we bring the food then?"
"Hai... I'm still hungry... and I don't think that you want me to bite..."
Nagi shook his head and dragged Nan out the door... the steamers, teapot and cups floating after them. The back door to the van opened before they reached it, the food items sailing in ahead of them.
From the window Watari looks over at Schuldig, "seems that Nagi and Najiro are camping out in the van tonight..." he says with a knowling smile. "Give me a moment to print out some paperwork and I'll be more than happy to play with you..."
The redhead smirked and flopped back on one of the beds. He frowned as is knocked against the wall. Standing back up... he dragged it about a foot into the room and lay back down. "Much better."
A few instructions are typed into the computer... and the blonde takes a look at the printout that follows soon after. "Don't hit the bed against the wall to hard... I wouldn't want our neighbors to shoot through the wall at us."
"That's why I pulled it out. Just as well the kids are staying in the van... Nagi can't keep quiet if Nan's teasing him."
"One of the main reasons that I sound proofed the van."
Schuldich laughed. "Wanna know what they're up to?" He winked suggestively.
"Leave them be... Nanjiro is under enough stress, and Nagi will have an embolism if he figures out what you are up to." Putting the papers down the blonde walks over to the bed and slides in next to the red head.
"Spoilsport." He kisses the blond throughly. "I guess you'll just have to keep me distracted then..."
Moaning Watari kisses his lover back... "I guess I'll just have to do that..."
Schu smirked and then rolled the blond under him, grinding their hips together... "It's been too long." He whispered in Watari's ear, his face buried in the blond locks.
The blonde stiffles a giggle at the sensation. "We've just been a little busy lately..." he offers as a sort of apology. Nimble hands start to work their way under the hem on Schuldig's shirt.
The telepath started to nibble along his ear. "And it's a little difficult when travelling with what might as well be my younger brother."
Pushing to the back of his mind the fact that he saw a pair of names that he wishes hadn't been on that list, Watari pulls his lover forward enough to pull the shirt off of him. Fingertips trail down the suntanned abdominals, he can't help but smile before lapping at one of Schuldig's nipples. The redhead groaned. "It HAS been too long if that is getting such a good reaction." He emphasized the fact that his erection was tenting his pants by rubbing against the blond. "Remind me to thank the kids in the morning..."
Reaching down, Watari begins to massage the German's erection... knowing that it would torment his lover mercilesly. "It's getting a little hot in here... isn't it?"
/you know it is... and you know the walls are thin... you are evil/ He couldn't help but rub against the blonde's hand.
/Then I guess that it will be up to you to make sure that we are quiet about this.../ the blonde remarks as he kisses the red head.
Tongues duel, silencing them for now. /what about you... under me... driving into your sexy ass.../ He smirked mentally.
/great, i'm going to wake everyone around us.../
/Oh well... the innkeeper should invest in better walls.../3
Breaking the kiss for air, the blonde reaches up and laps at a taut nipple. Schu barely stifles his moan. /clothes... OFF/
Not a word is said, but a snicker is heard as Watari slips out from beneath Schuldig and quickly divests himself of his clothing. Crawling back on the bed, he crouches over the man still there... and plants a hand firmly on the other's crotch with a mischevious grin. "okay... clothes are now off..."
"Give me a hand with mine... please?" Schuldig is still wondering where Watari learned the trick on unbuttoning his pants with his teeth... but within moments both button and zipper are undone, neither one touched by the blonde's hands in the slightest. /evil... definitely evil... and I LOVE you for that.../
/and our neighbors will definately hate us in a little bit.../
/do you think I care/ He carefully kicked off his pants, sighing with relief. /Now, where were we/
/I believe that you were about to figure out the best way to fuck me senseless.../
/oh yes... how could I forget.../ He reached under the pillow and pulled out the lubricant he had hidden earlier. /I knew this would come in handy.../
Moving forward, Watari takes the small tube and leaves a lingering kiss on Schu's lips. The blonde doesn't say a word, but pulls the yellow headband down over green eyes... depriving his lover of sight before squirting a generous amount of lubricant out onto his fingers. "Thank you."
/you're welcome... um... shall I just lay here then/
/Please do./ No warning is given when the scientist starts to xxxx his partner's large xxxxxxxx with the xxxx.
/god/ His fingers dug into the sheet and Schuldich strained not to come up off the bed.
As soon as Schuldig's xxxxxx is fully xxxxxx, at least in Watari's opinion, and only after having teased the German enough, does the blonde xxxxxxx his xxx. /Ready/
/Are you/
Starting to xxxxxxxxx himself on the xxxxxxing xxxxxxxx, Watari has to gasp as his body feels like it's xxxxx xxxxxx in xxx. /damnit schu... you're huge.../
/you didn't fucking prep yourself did you/
/actually... i didn't./
/why... you know it tears you up... please stop and do that.../
Watari squeaks as Schuldig suddenly switches their positions, pinning him underneath. "Schu?"
/I want to slide into you... and make you scream.../ He slicked a couple fingers and gently xxxxxed them xxxxxx.
He can't help himself... he doesn't want to help himself... screw the fact that the walls are thin. The blonde lets a long moan be birthed in the back of his throat. Schu covered his mouth with his own, swallowing the next cry. Those xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx started to xxxxxxx and xxxxx in and out. Writhing from the incredible pleasure that his lover is sending through his body the blonde wraps his long legs around Schuldig. "Schu... aaah..."
/What do you want, love/ He xxxx a xxxxx xxxxxx in and xxxxx them xx and xxx.
Propping himself up on his elbows, Watari leans forward and starts kissing and suckling at just about any expanse of flesh that he can reach...
Tired of fooling around... the redhead xxxxxxxx his xxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx himself. /tell me you want it lover... you need to tell me.../
Hazel eyes gaze into emerald, the unabashed look of pure need evident in those depths. "I want it... come and take it."
He started to xxxx xxxxxx... very VERY slowly.
Watari gasps as the xxxx xxxxxx. He lets himself slide back into a completely horizontal position on the bed and reaches up to wrap his hands around the iron bars of the headboard. "Aaah... You're... still... huge... "
/Sorry.../ He paused, just inside.
"why apologize... just means there's more of you for me to," the blonde pauses a moment before smiling rather mischiviously, "love."
Schu smirked... and xxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxx... /so you like it then... want more/
"yes... and yess..."
/hmmm... should I make you beg/
Xxxxxxxxxx his xxxx, the xxxxxxxxxx man xxxxx for a bit xxxx xxxxxxxx to xxxxxxx his xxxx, "schu... don't be evil..."
/why not/ He did xxxxx in a xxxxxx xxxxxx however.
The bars on the headboard are released, and the blonde reaches up to pull his lover in close for a kiss as he tries not to squirm too much. /because i asked you not to be evil.../
/good enough for me.../ He xxxxxx xxx a xxx... xxxx xxxxxx in xxx the xxx...
A full throated moan is drawn from the scientist as Schuldig xxxxxx himself xxxxxxxxxx in that xxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxx as Watari. "OOOh, Schuldig!" he cries as his back arches up in pure pleasure and desire.
"i love you..." He xxxxxx xxxxx... making love with Watari was the most satisfying experience he'd ever had.
"I love you too... " Watari replies shortly before giving over completely to the incredible sensations running rampant through his body, and tumbles into orgasm.
Once they'd both finished, they settled into their usual post-coital cuddle. Schu lightly stroked the blonde's back. /wanna know what the kids are doing/
/let them have their privacy.../ Watari responds as he starts drifting off in Schu's arms... neither noticing that for a slight moment, hazel eyes had been blue.
Curled up in Nagi's arms the 'young' telepath dreams of the past... nightmares that haven't plagued him in decades rise up this night to torment his sleep. A life that he lived before coming back at him with startling clarity after having seen his younger sister. In the dreams he can remember the fear as he ran away from his father, and the terror when he didn't run anymore. All the beatings that he recieved are too clear in his mind...
The restlessness of his lover was enough to wake the telekinetic. He had never been a sound sleeper to start with, and feeling his partner stir was usually enough to wake him. "nan?" He asked quietly, it was possible that the blue-haired shinigami was awake.
A whimper from the still sleeping shinigami is the response that the brunette recieves. In the pale light Nagi can see the reflection off of the tears that have made their way down the blue haired boy's cheeks.
"nan..." He pulled his smaller lover closer, rubbing his back. Maybe he could sooth the telepath out of whatever dream he was having.
"gomen nasai tousan..."
He wiped the tears away. If Nan was dreaming of his father... it wasn't good. "Nanjiro... Nan-kun... you need to wake up..."
It takes the telekinetic a few more tries, but eventually Nanjiro wakes and tear filled eyes are turned towards those incredible blue eyes... now mismatched due to his position as a gatekeeper. "Nagi...?"
"I'm right here..." He brushed some blue hair from Nan's face.
"he said that he had to beat the evil out of me..."
"Oh Nan..." He hugged his lover tighter. "There's no evil in you."
Returning the embrace Nanjiro buries his head in Nagi's shoulder. "He saw my telepathy as an abomination... and tried to beat me normal..."
"I know what that's like... but we are normal... where it counts."
Sighing, the youth looks up at the window. "It's starting to get light out there..."
Nagi moaned and slid down in the 'bed' more so he could hide his face in his lover's hair. "it's too early to get up" he mumbled.
"You stay and sleep some more... I'm going out for my jog... it'll help clear my head..." Nan says as he leans down and captures Nagi's lips.
The brunette sighed into the kiss. "If you must leave..."
A hand strays down and starts to massage Nagi's member just before Nanjiro xxxxx him xxx and starts to xxxxxxxxx xxxxxx the xxxxxxxxx xxxxx. "You know I never miss my morning jog..."
The brunette moaned... xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx. "Nan!"
A few more xxxxxxx and the blue haired shinigami settles down xxxxxxx his lover's xxxx. Green eyes peer up at the telekinetic from xxxxxx that xxxxxxxxx xxxxx. "Yes Nagi?"
"Oooh.. that's... please!" He was nearly breathless.
Not a word is wasted as Nanjiro xxxxx the xxx of the xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx, xxxxxxx his xxxxxx into the xxxx, he xxxx up the xxxxxxxx of glistening xxxxxxxx that are present before xxxxxxxxx the xxxx with his xxxxx. Nagi cried out... back arching. His head fell back and eyes closed. It was heaven and hell all in one, cause Nan had a tendency to like to tease.
/i heard that.../ the 'teen' comments with his xxxx still xxxxxxx xxxxxx the xxxxxx in his xxxxx.
The brunette whimpered, xxxx xxxxxxx a bit more to xxxx the blue-haired shinigami enough room. "GODS... NAN!"
Moving quickly, Nanjiro does his best to give his lover a fast release, rather than opting for the hour long torment that he normally would adore to indulge in... not that he wouldn't love to tease the telekinetic at the time, but he really did need to get his morning jog in, and that was something that he hasn't been able to do that often while they've been camping. One just does not jog through unmarked woods... that's always a recipe for disaster.
Fortunately the van was very soundproof, since Nagi's scream would have brought the whole town running. Generally he tried to stifle it if they knew they could be heard, but knowing they were in the clear, he didn't bother. He went completely boneless, panting.
A pair of lycra shorts are located and a tank top are located from one of the bags still in the van. Within short order the teen is changed for his jog. Planting another kiss on his lover's lips, the gatekeeper draws back, "I'll see you later then... I love you!" he remarks while departing the vehicle.
"lov... you..." Nagi mumbles, cuddling into the bedding, he fell asleep quickly, in spite of missing his partner.
The sun is completely out when Nanjiro has finished his jog and is arriving back at the inn. A sad look is on his face when he arrives back... having used the time while circling the town to search for any knowledge concerning Aiko, and coming to the conclusion that she skipped town during the night. DAMN! Wiping the sweat from his brow the boy looks up at the open door and sees Hakkai. "Ohayo..."
"Ohayo... have a good run?"
"Yeah... except for the fact that I found out Aiko left last night."
"I'm sorry. We've encountered too many that were not what they appeared."
Nanjiro runs a hand through his hair, which promptly flops back in his face, "Yeah... and we've run into several who treat us like we aren't even remotely human."
"Ah... well... most of us cannot cast stones for that. Do you want breakfast? I believe the others are already eating." He cocked his head. "We haven't seen your friend yet though..."
"Nagi is still sleeping in the van, but breakfast sounds like a great idea," Nan says as he starts up towards the entrance, "and I'm sorry if Schu and Wat kept anyone up last night... the walls seemed like they were too thin."
"Ah well... yes..." Hakkai smiled politely.
"Anything like that ever happens again... beat against the wall and tell them to knock it off... they sometimes listen."
"I'll um... keep that in mind. Please excuse me... I need to make sure our bags are packed."
An odd look passes Nanjiro's face and then he laughs a little, "something tells me that they aren't..."
Hakkai looked at him quizzically, then headed up the stairway.
"You're cheating you know..." Schuldig comments as he comes into view.
The blue haired boy looks up at the german, "How am I cheating, ojiisan?"
"Hey... watch it with the 'ojisan' kid. Using your power... it's not fair to pick on the mundanes."
"i'm not picking on the mundanes... if I were picking on them, they would know it."
"Sure... where's the other kid?"
"Still recovering in the van..."
Schu smiled lewdly. "Good for you. Breakfast?"
"Order me something while I grab my bag from the van... Watari and I need to continue with the recoding of the central files... since the code is still being corrupted on a basic level." With that said, Nanjiro disappears out the door, and returns to the table within some five to ten minutes. A large breakfast was waiting for him... Watari and Schu lingering over another cup of coffee.
Sanzo, Goyjo and Hakkai finally go downstairs for breakfast after Goku has finished cleaning out the meatbun that he had unwisely packed the night before for safekeeping. At a fairly large table they can see the two individuals that had kept them up most of the night, plus one more, all around them are empty plates and two of them seem to be rather interested in a small silver object. Hakuryu does doesn't waste any time and flies down to them and nestles in Nanjiro's lap, an action which earns him a few well meant and affectionate strokes.
Hakkai smiled as they approached the table. "Hakuryuu seems to like you..."
"He's a sweet dragon... Fire type, am I right?"
"Yes... although his fire is admittingly small." Hakkai sits down while Sanzo irritably gets the waitresses attention to get some breakfast. "You know a lot about dragons?"
"I'm a bit more knowledgable about water dragons to tell the truth." Nanjiro comments as he butters a slice of toast and offers a few bits to the small dragon.
"Ah..." They dug into the meal as soon as it was delivered, making short work of the food.
The blue haired boy takes a look over at the screen where Watari was working, "so... why are we traveling west again, I thought that we were going to check out that town that was to the south?"
"Simple, in accordance with these calculations that have been made in consideration to the spectrum of energies that I've been able to crossreference with the topology of the area, it would seem that the individuals that we are trying to locate are also heading in a westernly fashion, more accurately, there is one point where they seem to be converging to. Therfore, we don't need to deviate from our route." The blonde replies with a smile as he taps a few keys. Not bothered by the odd look that he just recieved from the redhead just to his left.
"If you don't mind... could you repeat that in a language the rest of us understand?" Hakkai politely requested.
"Hei, of course... basically that we're going to stay on a westward course because that is the most efficient way to complete our objective."
"Ah..."
Sanzo abruptly stood. "We're leaving." He headed for the door.
"Yo, Sanzo... the animal is still in the kid's lap." Goyjo drawls, indicating Hakuryuu who has not made even the slightest attempt to move from Nanjiro's lap.
The priest stopped and glared at the small dragon. "We are leaving... I don't care how, but we are leaving."
Hakuryuu looks up at Sanzo, then to Hakkai and yawns, then puts its head back down on Najiro's lap. Sanzo started to twitch. Hakkai glanced at the dragon then the priest. He looked at their newer friends. "Anou..."
"There's more than enough room in our van," Nanjiro smiles as he pets the dragon, "and since we seem to be headed the same direction... why don't you join us?"
Sanzo shrugged. "Whatever. I'm going to go smoke... then we are leaving." He stomped out.
Goyjo follows with a shrug... remembering how they hadn't been allowed to smoke in the large van the previous day. "So, we're really going to be traveling with those guys now, eh?" he asks outloud, not really expecting a response from the irate priest.
The priest lit up and inhaled. "For now."
"Either the next inn has thicker walls... or we make sure that we aren't right next to those two."
"Or I'm going to shoot."
The halfbreed can't help but snicker, "At least now there's someone more girly looking than you traveling with us..."
Sanzo snorted. "at least four..."
A long drag is taken on the cigarette and slowly exhaled as Goyjo takes in the scenery. "At least three of them can fight, which is good. But blondie might end up being a liability... no matter how good looking he is."
"If he's a liability I'll shoot him."
Tenkyou whimpers as she pushes against the glass of what has been her prison for the past few days. Remaining in dragon form, she glares out through the glass watching for the man that's put her here, the man she's nicknamed "Mr.Creepy". A soft growl is heard from the back of the child dragon's throat as she moves within her enclosure. On the other side of the room she can see another person... one with long red hair and elongated ears. Giggling to herself she thinks that there is something about that guy that reminds her of Terezuma... which she isn't supposed to like since he always is mean to Tsuzuki. She merely watches the new person as he walk up to her cold glass cage and peers at her with what seems to be little interest. Snaking her tongue out, she laps at where his nose would have been... if it hadn't been for the glass in the way.
The redhead jerks back... then glances around. Seeing that no one was watching, he smiled slightly. Large gentle eyes regard the newcomer, and Kougaiji is almost certain that the dragon is smiling at him.
Lirin chose that moment to come running in to find her brother. "Niichan!"
From the shadows creeps the nefarious... Dr. Ni. "Ah... I'm so pleased that both of you are here... and yes, Kougaiji-san, that is a rather remarkable specimen of water dragon... she's quite young. At that perfect age for domestication, if I say so myself."
"Indeed... where did you find her?"
"She was actually quite difficult to locate... seeing that her species is rather rare, and tend to be extremely dangerous. But I believe that with the proper training this young thing can be put to good use. Isn't she lovely?" Placing his hand on the glass the doctor ignores the fact that the young dragon within hisses at him.
Lirin was tapping the glass... obviously wanting to play. She scowled at Ni. "She doesn't like you."
"That is why I wouldn't think of training her. She does, seem to like both you and your brother..." Ni says smirking around his cigarette.
Kougaiji glared at him. "that's not all that surprising..."
The doctor shrugs, "you are the first people that she hasn't hissed at... if we can't find someone that can deal with her high spirits, then well, there isn't much I can do to change her fate."
"I'll take responsibility for her." He couldn't stand to see an innocent creature handed over for the 'doctor's' experiments.
Yeah, I kind of view these as the OMAKES for this fic... LOL
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schu: they don't even have a frikkin ice bucket...
wat: schu... remember where we are... -;;;
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nan: how dare you accuse me of being dead when she's also dead... she didn't tell you that, did she? HAH!
nagi: nan... you're family is really messed up... you know that, right?
3
Gojyo: at least they're trying to be quiet...
Goku: maybe we should check on them... they're making so many weird noises...
Hakkai-blush-
Sanzo: chichink... -cocks gun-