Chi: Welcome. another wonderful chappie!
G: FOOD!-is eating an ice cream cone chi finally broke down and bought for him-
Chi: uh...yeah. food. actually the story does start with goku finally eating. . so yah. poor hakkai. i still feel bad for all the stuff jiku's gonna do to him...
Disclaimer: XD thought id just put this in lol. Idont own saiyuki. if i did, id be married to my hakkai-san, sanzo would have a fan of lead and a bazooka (saevil grin) goku would be able to eat only my cooking (G:OH MY GOD! IS IT ALIVE!) and Gojyo...would be head of the gay club! (Gy: DAMMIT! I AM NOT GAY!) on with the story lol. oh. and now you see just WHY jiku wanted hakkai. lets just say its not pg. but nothings going to happen dont worry about that. whew. XD.
Gojyo paced nervously in the sand, going past Sanzo and Goku several times.
"God. Give it a rest and sit down. You're annoying me!" Sanzo was stretched out on the cold sand, sitting next to a
roaring fire. Goku sat right next to him, eating ravenously, barely taking time to chew or breathe.
"I CAN'T give it a rest! You said so yourself-it's all MY fault. MINE! If it hadn't been for me, Hakkai never would have
went out in the first place!"
Sanzo sighed, feeling a slight breeze as Gojyo stalked past him once more. "Look. I didn't mean it. There. Now sit your
ass down and go to sleep." Sanzo yawned, quite weary now that it was nighttime and they had been travelling all day, only
stopping once or twice because Goku had hugged the ground and refused to move.
"You might not have meant it, but it sure as hell was true!" Gojyo stubbornly refused to sit down.
"Listen to me!" Sanzo said, taking away some of Goku's food and telling him to eat slower before handing the food back
and returning his attention to Gojyo. "So what. You told him to go. Big deal. Do you think he really would have went out if he
didn't want to?"
Gojyo stopped pacing and stared down at the priest. "Yeah. It's Hakkai. You can push him around and get him to do
basically anything."
Sanzo sighed. He had a point there. "Okay, besides that fact. Any one of us could have "made" Hakkai go out, we could
have told him to get us stuff."
"Ya've lost me."(chi: and me XD) Gojyo said, confused.
Sanzo sighed, slapping his forehead. "It wouldn't matter. Don't you see? None of us FORCED Hakkai to do anything. He
did it because he wanted to. You forget to put your cigarettes on the list every goddamn time, and he knows it! But he doesn't
care. Hakkai's not stupid; he knew you'd forget. Again."
"So...why'd he go out then?"
Sanzo sighed heavily, face twitching in anger. "Have you listened to any of the goddamn words coming out of my mouth?
ANY of them? He did it because he wanted to! God, you're so STUPID! He did it because he thought when he got back you'd be
like 'Oh...thank you so very much!' or 'Oh...I can't believe you went out in this! Thank you SO much!' He's like a puppy starved for
attention!"
Gojyo looked away, face red in embarassment. "I should have went with him...shouldn't I have?"
"Wonderful. You solved the mystery. You're a genius. Now sit your ass down before I have to shoot your legs out from
underneath you."
Gojyo sat down on the other side of the fire, a mixed expression on his face. "Stupid monkey! That's MY food you're
eating!"
"OW! Dammit! You weren't eating it!"
"Yeah...well, I am now!"
Sanzo sighed, staring up at the stars. "Why am I stuck with morons?" he questioned the gods above, frowning as he shut
his eyes to sleep.
"Wakey wakey...Hakkai."
Hakkai decided to ignore Jiku. Maybe he would just go away.
"I said...wake up."
Hakkai winced in pain, and woke up abruptly when Jiku scratched a long, thin line down Hakkai's right cheek, and smirked,
licking the blood that came from the slight wound.
"Didn't think I'd let you sleep all day...did you? I brought food and water...can't have you dying, can I?"
Jiku held out a plate and a cup, malicious look in his cold blue eyes.
"No thanks!"
Hakkai hit the plate out of Jiku's hand, and smashed the cup onto the ground. "I'd rather die than live here."
Jiku's eyes flashed in rage, and he reached out lightning fast, wrapping a strong hand around Hakkai's throat, choking him.
Hakkai winced, but did nothing as the demon cut off his air.
Like he had said, Hakkai would rather die than live if he had to continue on in a place like this.
"No. Look...what you made me do...Hakkai." Jiku released him, and Hakkai fell weakly back against the wall,
contemplating. How long HAD it been since he had eaten? Or had something to drink? He felt wobbly, as though he'd collapse if
he tried to stand.
Jiku leaned forward, and Hakkai tried to avert his gaze from the other demon's frightening ice eyes. Their noses touched,
and the look in Jiku's eyes softened as he put a hand on Hakkai's head. "As long as you do as I say...you'll live."
Hakkai pulled back quickly. "I told you! I'm not listening! I don't want to live here! And I want you to die!"
Never before had such vicious thoughts crossed Hakkai's mind so easily, and he wondered what the Sanzo gang would
think if they saw him now?
"Don't say things...that could hurt people...Hakkai."
Hakkai laughed bitterly. "That could hurt people, huh? Hurt people? Is that a joke to you? I'll say what I want, especially
to someone like you. Don't DO things that could hurt people."
Jiku leaned closer, hand over his heart. "Well-played...Hakkai. Maybe you...aren't the dunce you appear to be." he
smiled ruefully. "After all, I didn't bring you here for your looks. I need stimulating conversation...as well."
Hakkai's eyes widened, and he felt himself grow cold all over. "Wait...are you saying...why DO you want me here?"
"And then you go and say something like that, and make yourself sound like a moronic monkey. Come come...Hakkai.
Isn't it nearly obvious my purpose for having you here? Would you like me to lay the clues all out on the table? Maybe...then
you'll comprehend...?"(chi:XD! i rhymed. kinda. lol. i feel special...anyway...)
Hakkai just glared at Jiku.
"So...you want me to lay out all the clues for you to piece together...Hakkai? Really, you seemed smarter from far
away...but maybe it's just the stress of being held captive that is doing this...to you." Jiku shrugged, smirking. "Here...you go. I
could kill you with the flick of my wrist. You and I both know I have you completely under my thumb. I don't care about your
little friends. Now I wonder why that is. I COULD have killed them as well...but I didn't."
Hakkai knew...he knew why this was all happening. But...God, he hoped he was wrong.
"Not good enough for you? Brain still overtaxed?" Jiku shook his head. "Fine. I'll continue. I've offered you
food...something to drink, even though you were a bad guest and turned it down. I...only have you chained with one hand, so you
could REALLY fight free if you were strong enough. And...as for those shocks you feel...they aren't strong enough to kill you.
So...I wonder why I am going to all this trouble..." Jiku cooed, running a long finger along Hakkai's cheek.
"I'm not the idiot you think I am." Hakkai said darkly, fiercely glaring at Jiku. "I figured it out long ago, I just let you run
your mouth to make you feel like you were intelligent."
Jiku clapped. "Of course you did. I don't doubt you for a moment. You are...Hakkai, after all. The most brilliant from
your group...though that's hardly something to brag about." Jiku laughed, and Hakkai scowled at him, struggling against his
manacles for a brief moment before falling back against the wall.
"I...just don't understand why you'd do all this to me...if you truly loved me."
Jiku seemed shocked that Hakkai was correct, then smirked to cover that fact up. "Well well. Maybe you weren't
overexaggerating your brain power after all. Why? Excellent question. Now. What would you do if I let you free? Do you
honestly expect me to believe you'd stay here, happy and content? I am not a fool." his eyes narrowed dangerously. "Oh no.
The moment I let you free, you'd find your way back to those morons...to that redhead. And all would be well again. But that
isn't going to happen!"
Hakkai blushed at the mention of Gojyo. Jiku was completely correct, and he knew it.
"But..." Jiku started, looking Hakkai directly in the eye, chilling him to the bone. "What would you do if you knew they had
given up on you? Didn't care that you were gone?"
Hakkai glared at Jiku. "They do care I'm gone, and I hope that when they get here they kick your ass and send you to
hell!"
"Language, language. Such filthy language. You probably picked that up from them." Jiku said, jealousy in his voice.
"But. That...doesn't matter. Because they don't care that you're gone. Don't believe me...Hakkai? Well...you'll see soon enough!"
Hakkai watched Jiku leave, and he felt his stomach sink.
Jiku seemed...completely confident that Sanzo and the others knew he was gone, but they didn't care.
What if...
What if he was right?
Chi: YAY! I think this chapter was longer. i hope it was lol. again, this was heavily toward hakkai..but who doesnt love him?-huggles hakkai-
ha: Um...yes. who doesnt love me?
Gy: hahahaha! Now im not the one with a gay guy chasin' me! (meaning Jiku)
ha sweatdrops, and chi sighs- Chi: Nooo...guess not. but YOU are a gay guy chasing after hakkai!
ha smiles, and gy scowls- Gy: Shut up!
Chi: lol. next chapter willl be coming, you can count on it! . so...see ya then!