Disclaimer: I still don't own Saiyuki. Maybe by the next chapter :P

Chapter Two:

My eyes flitted open. I knew I wasn't awake, that this was a dream, but everything felt so real. I felt the soft grass I was sitting on, the tree I was leaning on, the sunlight warming my skin. I could feel the breeze gently blow my hair in front of my face, obscuring my vision in a wash of red. I looked out at the scenery, admiring the peaceful swaying of the trees across the grass field in front of me. This was the kind of dream I liked. Not the horrendous nightmares I usually have.

I started to close my eyes when I heard my name called out. It was faint, far away, but getting louder. Even from that distance, I knew who it was.

"Hakkai?" I asked in disbelief. I don't usually dream about guys, not even about him. I started to focus in on an object that looked like it was running toward me, though I couldn't shake the feeling that it was only materializing in front of me, not running. It was Hakkai, with another person, I couldn't see who it was, their body was surrounded by shadow, but I could tell that it was female.

"Hey, Hakkai," I said again when the picture was fully there. Hakkai stood there, and something about him made my skin crawl. He wasn't smiling, but that wasn't it. There was something more...

"Who's that Hakkai?" I asked looking at the shadow woman.

"That is my sister," he replied, in a cold tone. Suddenly it made sense why my dream put her in a shadow, I don't know what she looked like. My subconscious could've made more of an effort though, a woman's figure shrouded in black was... unimaginative. I reached out to shake her hand, but Hakkai swiped it away.

"Don't touch her," He said with acid in his voice. I looked at him in shock. "You're too dirty to touch anything that's even modestly better than you."

"Hakkai...what the hell...?" I stammered out. Why was he saying these things?

"I've finally come to my senses, I never should have tried to be your friend, you're not worthy, not worthy of the amity I could have given you. You're just a filthy little half-breed."

I stood there in horror at the malice in the words he was saying. This was unlike him, what had affected this change? I looked over at the shadowy figure and thought, her, it's her. Then a notion presented itself to me. He was going to leave. He was going to leave me for her. A voice in the back of my head said, 'yeah, well, why wouldn't he? He loves her, and you're...well, I can't say just a friend, he shattered that concept a while ago.'

I shrunk to my knees and started to whisper my thoughts aloud.

Then I looked up, straight into the fiery green eyes. "Why are you being so mean? It was a dirty shot to bring in my lineage."

"Oh, but its true," he said, squatting down to look straight into my eyes. "And because you weren't loved as a child, you sought that from me, but I'm sick and tired of it. I'm not here to be your fucking surrogate mother. I don't have to supplement the love you missed out on."

I started to bring my hand up to slap him, but he got to me first. I heard him stand up, my face looking to my right. I could feel the area that he slapped start to sting, and I could hear some noise. I slowly turned my head to see what was making it. The shadow woman was speaking, but I didn't understand what she was saying. All I could see was swirling where her mouth should be and something that sounded like a muffled voice. Very muffled. Hakkai turned around to look at me again, a disgusted look on his face. I could already feel the tears pouring out of my eyes, and wasn't in any rush to hide them.

"You're pathetic you piece of shit," he spat. "Don't try to follow us, I never want to see your face again. If I do, I will kill you." He walked away, his arm around the shadow.

I exhaled, only then noticing I was holding my breath. I sat there on the ground where he left me, the grass no longer feeling as soft as it had, the wind not lightly brushing my hair around, rather whipping it in my face. The sun hid behind dark rain clouds and the pleasant trees across the field looked more like monsters, twisting and reaching. Everything went from a bright atmosphere to a macabre one, everything denoting death and decay. It started to rain.

I awoke with a scream. Tears were already pouring out of my eyes and sweat dripped down my back. I was sitting up before I knew it, my hair sticking to my face. I could hear someone call my name, but unlike in the dream, there was a tone of worry in it.

A/N: I didn't really know if I should end this chapter there... but I decided to do it anyway. It's a short chapter and full of evil Hakkai, but it was just a dream... Hakkai is redeemed in the next chapter. Promise. Please review.