"Morning, humph! I hate morning!"
Sanzo rolled around, now facing a sleeping boy, about eighteen, on the opposite bed, snoring.
"Wake up you stupid chimp!" Sanzo threw his pillow at the boy.
"Huh? Breakfast already?"
Sanzo sighed. "Yes, get dressed Goku, we need to get going."
Sanzo threw a shirt to Goku; he took it and put it on.
"Sanzo…I, need to tell you something, but I don't want anyone else to know…"
"What?"
"Oh, um, never mind."
"Hurry up, we need to wake the others."
Goku ran to the next room, Sanzo wasn't surprised he wanted to see Kyo; he just went to the room down the hall.
"Kyo?"
Goku entered the dim room; he walked to the bed in the center.
"Kyo, wake up"
He approached the bed, a girl much like Goku, only a couple years younger, was curled up in a ball, and her hair lay flat against her back.
"Kyo? You ok?" he gently touched her shoulder.
Kyo's reflex suddenly awoken, she punches him in the stomach.
"Huff!" Goku fell back on the floor holding his stomach. "Ouch!"
Kyo awoke to Goku's swears, and noticed what she had done. "Goku? You ok, sorry, kinda a reflex"
She hopped out of bed and helped Goku off the ground and to her bed. "Sorry, I was having a nightmare."
"Hamiamo's dead, and I wont let Kougaiji get you."
"I know, but slowly my years with Hamiamo are returning, it frightens me, and then there is that," Kyo point to the wall opposite her bed.
On the wall, painted in blood, were the words…
I FREED YOU, BROUGHT YOU TO MY HOME AND THIS IS THE THANKS I GET? I WILL RETURN, AFTER ALL, YOU ARE MINE!
"Creepy! Did you tell Sanzo?"
"No, I'm afraid he will just say its just a youkai trying to scare me, everyone want to get to me after all," Kyo looks at her hands, "I have the power that not even I know about, and…and I'm afraid Goku!" A tear trickled down her check.
Goku just stared at the girl, he just recently remembered her from heaven, and his best friend who took the blame for the rampage they went on, she went through too much. "Kyo…" He couldn't hold it in, he gave her a kiss on the forehead "I'm here for you, I'll believe you."
"Goku? Kyo? Breakfast is getting cold. "Hakkai stood in the doorway. "Huh? Kyo? You're crying. What's wrong?"
Goku and Kyo told Hakkai everything.
"…I see, well, we both know Sanzo would never say that, and I also would be afraid, Kyo, if someone could seduce you, they could have power like no other, we are all here for you, no way is anyone going to kidnap you for there own twisted reasons, now come down for breakfast."
The group went to the kitchen, but as they left, a wind blew through the room, a shimmering form appeared.
"Hmmm, she has the Sanzo party to protect her, I'm pretty sure I need to get this the next step…"
---Kougaiji's castle---
"Lirin hasn't said much lately, after the Sanzo party broke in and took back Kyomi, she seems lonely most of the time."
"I know they are talking about me, but I can't tell them I was part of Kyo's escape, I really do miss having someone my age to talk to."
"Lady Lirin? You want to leave this castle and go shopping?"
"Huh? Oh, hi Yaone, no thanks, I'm not hungry."
"Now I know something is wrong. Say, Lirin, why don't we talk, I promise whatever you say won't leave this room."
"Yaone, I miss Kyo! I didn't want her to die, so I helped Sanzo find her! But if onii-chan found out, he would be mad, oh Yaone, what do I do?"
"You, helped her escape? Well, I guess I don't blame you, how about we go find her?"
"Really? Oh Yaone, you're the greatest!"
Meanwhile, in Kougaiji's room. "How could she escape? The Sanzo party could never of known Nii's birthday!"
"Hmm, your heart is weak, you will become a perfect host!"
"Wha?" A cold wind surrounded Kou.
---Back in the Town---
"Is that so? Well, I would keep your eyes out, we all will in fact" Sanzo ruffled her hair. "You're the only sane one in this group, but more importantly, the Merciful Goddess wants me to tutor you, to find out more about your past and your title as chosen one."
"Hey! Why aren't you this nice to me?"
"Cause she doesn't piss me off all the time, she is quiet, and doesn't whine for food 24/7!"
"Oh c'mon Sanzo, you do care for him, you just don't admit it! Now, can we have rice, miso soup, and omelets?"
"What's so special about this chosen one anyway?"
"Goku, the chosen one is born every 10000 years"
"But I'm immortal, so is there going to be one in the next 10000 years?"
"After the chosen one's heart is broken, the chosen one should die, but that's why you're so special Kyo, you are immortal, and there is also the fact that the chosen ones are supposed to be boys, but a prophecy claims that there will be a girl, who would be all powerful, and shall be the last chosen one. That must be you, but many people and demons believe that this prophecy was written as a warning."
"A warning? But I would never hurt anyone."
"Some believe that the world will be destroyed. I never really thought about this till recently, but I believe that is not true."
"Doesn't it also say the female chosen one should find a lover?"
"A WHAT?"
"Yes Goyjo, the female should find a lover, once they seal their love with…umm"
"That part of the prophecy is missing, but if they seal their love with whatever, the powers of the chosen ones will banish…"
"…Along with the birth of anymore chosen ones."
"But that doesn't explain why so many are after me."
"It isn't written, but some say that if you seduce the chosen one, just once, the power will be all theirs. Some also say that can also work by breaking the chosen ones heart."
"Understand now?"
"Yay! The food is here!" Goku shoves down the omelets.
"I want everything!" The Sanzo-ikkou turned to see a familiar carrot-top yelling at the waiter.
"But Miss, we don't have enough food to serve you and everyone else."
"Well then make more! I'm hungry and I came here to get food!"
Sanzo sighed, Lirin's ears perked up a bit, and she saw Sanzo and ran to him.
"Hiya droopy eyes!" she smiled. "Kyo! You're better!" Lirin ran to her friend and gave her a hug. "Lirin was so worried about you!"
"Has anyone found out about what you did?"
"No, I did tell Yaone though, she said I was acting strange."
Yaone walked to the Sanzo party and bowed "Ohio, how are you this morning?"
After the quick hellos, Sanzo, Hakkai, Goyjo, and Yaone sat down.
"So you're going to tell Kyo her destiny?"
"We kinda already summed it up in a couple sentences, but yes."
"I'm not much when it comes to history, but Kyo seems different…"
Yaone stared off toward the kids, Goku was chasing Kyo and Lirin was trying to catch a butterfly.
"Her past is what worries me, how was she born I mean, before she was brought to heaven."
Kyo's eyes were always dark, like black pearls. But what Yaone noticed was that they were growing lighter, now it was a moldy brown, almost yellowish.
Hakkai wondered "Yaone, this morning, and a couple other mornings, Kyo would wake up with a threatening message written with blood on the wall. Do you think…?"
"I'm pretty sure, if my theory is right, it will turn gold like Goku's and stay that way. Hamiamo knew somehow that she was linked to Goku."
"What's your theory? I can't believe I'm working with an enemy!"
"I used to live in the same town as Hamiamo. He was very smart, always fascinated with history when he was human. I don't know what happened, but he turned into a demon without killing one person in his life." She took out a pen and drew something on a napkin. "He went mad, killing everyone in sight, but finally realized he wasn't turning back. Then he remembered a story about two demons locked up in two mountains, one was found…" She looked at Goku. "The other was supposedly a myth." She looked at Kyo, now climbing a tree to get to the butterfly.
"Hamimao must have believed that, he claimed to be the one who found Kyo."
"He did, and when he found her, he intended to free her, hoping that she would join him on a world quest to find a cure. Then he had a premonition, a power, and a power that no one could control coming out of an eight year old girl. He saw her memories, just figures, but more then what Kyo could see (she saw nothing). The girl when she was older, with a boy by a waterfall, they kissed and Hamiamo realized that she must be of some importance."
"Say Yaone, how do you know all of this?"
"He came back to town with her following, yes, I met Kyo before, Hamiamo hadn't bother to take the chains off, poor thing, wearing a ragged shirt and tattered pants, caring all those chains. Hamiamo told me what he saw, that's when I told him about the prophecy. I remember him studying, and then hearing news about a boy living with a Sanzo, They left town and I haven't hear from him until last year." She looked at Lirin. "Lirin and I were shopping, when a man in a tattered cloak came to me, it was Hamiamo, he told me how he planned to find the boy from the prophecy, then he went away."
Goku and Lirin were fighting now; Kyo was trying to calm them down.
"But how does this involve Goku?"
"Hamiamo asked me who the other one in the mountain was. I knew that, but when I told him, he nodded as if something made sense. I think he wants to control the powers of both Kyomi and Goku…"
"What the hell?" Goku was staring in utter shock as a tree out of nowhere fell towards Kyo.
"Kyo! Move!"
Kyo just stood there as if she saw something, she looked kinda scared, and Hakkai ran to her and put up a chi barrier just in time.
"Kyo! You almost got killed! Huh?" Hakkai sensed a force, he looked around, and a wind blew, colder than normal. He winced. "Kyo, do you sense that too?"
She turned to him, her eyes were now a dark yellowish color, and they were in tears. "Arigato everyone for being helping me, but I don't want you to get hurt." She bolted.
"Kyo!" Before anyone could react, Goku ran after her.
"What the hell just happened? The tree falling…bloody messages…something is wrong here."
Goku ran till late at night, he started walking back to the inn.
"Hello?" Goku stopped he ran to an alleyway where he saw Kyo. "Kyo! I…" a figure was standing behind her.
"So you came after all? You never change you little brat!"
Kougaiji stepped out from the shadows.
"Kougaiji? I better stand my ground and wait for now…""It took a while to finally get you to listen, who would of known that forced premonitions could almost kill you?"
"So you did try and kill me!"
"I was actually aiming for that little friend of yours, what's his name?"
Kyo looked at the ground "Goku…"
"Ah yes, that's right! Son Goku, oh well, I wanted to break the tie between you two, but you figured it out."
Kou lifted her chin she looked into his cold eyes. "You helped them kill me, didn't you?"
"…Yes master."
"Master? But Hamiamo's dead."
"Like the body I decided to possess? Imagine, me prince of the youkai. Kougaiji couldn't do a thing to stop me!"
"But you died master, how?"
"I'm immortal, you can't kill my soul by destroying my body." Hamiamo lifted her off the ground by the arm. "You little brat!" he threw her against the wall. "Don't try to resist, it will just hurt you more."
Kyo rubbed her head. "What do you want with Goku?"
Hamiamo smiled "nothing you will ever find out!" he held a firm grip to one of her wrists and tied the other to a pipe behind them.
"What are you doing to her?"
Goku couldn't stand watching much longer, he stood with his Nyoibou ready in the middle of the alley.
"Goku!"
"So you were here for our little chat huh? Well, you can't stop what I'm going to do to you!" thin lights came out of his hand and bound Goku's arms, legs, and mouth, Goku lost balance and fell.
"There! That should hold you." He tied Kyo's other hand to the pipe, leaving both teens totally helpless. He stood over Kyo.
"I've waited long for this!" He said using his long nails to cut a slit on Kyo's chin. He licked the trickling blood. "Yum." Then with a slash, he cut her shirt down the middle.
"What the hell are you doing? Let me…!" Hamiamo gave her a kiss, stopping her question.
Goku looked her shaking, he couldn't move and inch.
Hamiamo took his lips away from a startled Kyo. He started to undo her pants when he felt her kick his back.
"Heh, you think you can stop me?"
"She seems a little tied up now, so we will do the honors!" Sanzo, Goyjo and Hakkai stood in the alleyway, staring at him.
"Guys!"
Hakkai somehow undid the light energy binding Goku, furious; Goku grabbed his Nyoibou and attacked Hamiamo. "Get out of Kuwaiti's body!"
"What's that noise?" a man from the town turned the corner.
"Fine, you win for now, but I'll get her in the end!" Kou suddenly fell and a shimmering light came out, zooming into the man's mouth. The man wobbled a bit, but finally smiled. "I'll go, but I'll take her with me." The man grabbed her arm and they both disappeared.
"Kyo!"
Goku ran to the missing pipe area, and looked helplessly at the gap. "I, I couldn't protect her…"
"Don't worry Goku, we will find her, promise!"
"Kyo…"
