Chi: another chapter another...lollipop! -sucks on a lollipop- im on a candy raid right now lol Go me! Yay! -dances-
Ha: See...you continue to surprise me. things you say "yay" about are seldom good. ever.
Chi: thats because im insane. And i also want to take over the world. bwahahahahaha! -ha sweatdrops and grins sheepishly- aw but dun worry, hakkai. i wont hurt you.
Gy: i dunno know. i wouldnt trust her. look at her story. id be worried about my safety...
Chi-murderous-one more word, gojyo. just ONE more...
Gy-sweatdrops all over-im shuttin' up now.
Chi: Good! we can get on with the story!
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Sanzo and Goku continued to trek through the desert, Sanzo thoroughly pissed as Goku decided to sing old songs that he had no idea
what they meant. After about the twelfth song, Sanzo's fan came into play, and Goku was silent once more...well, as silent as Goku could
possibly be.
"Sanzo..."
"WHAT!" Sanzo was sure Goku was going to ask the same question he'd been asking for miles- "Are we there yet?"
"Sanzo...do you think we'll ever catch up to them? Do you think Hakkai's d-dead?"
Sanzo stopped, and looked down at Goku.
Poor kid. He looked so unhappy that Sanzo didn't have the heart to say he'd probably find their rotting corpses. "Hell no. This is Hakkai
we're talking about. He's probably already killed whoever kidnapped him, and he's just waiting for us to catch up to him and Gojyo!"
Goku's grin spread across his face, and he started to hum another song.
Sanzo sighed. Stupid, naive little kid. I suppose it was better to believe than to already have given up.
Who knows. Maybe...maybe they were both still alive, and maybe Hakkai was ok.
Sanzo sighed, shaking his head. He just hoped to God that Gojyo wasn't doing anything stupid that could get himself killed...or worse,
somehow get him and Goku killed!
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Gojyo tripped and went down, sliding and rolling all the way to the bottom of an enormous sand dune, and he just lie there for awhile
before pushing himself up.
Who was he kidding? He'd never find Hakkai...he was too dumb!
No!
Gojyo shook his head, flinging sand about as he stood, fists clenched at his sides.
Hakkai wouldn't give up on him...
So he sure as hell wouldn't give up on Hakkai.
"Hell. I must be delirious. It looks like there's a goddamn castle up...ahead..."
Gojyo rubbed at his eyes, which only forced sand into his face, making him yelp in pain and fury. Once the sand had left his eyes and he
could see again, he noticed the castle still loomed ahead, a slight distance away.
"I wonder. Ten-to-one says Hakkai's in that ugly-ass castle!"
Then Gojyo remembered he abandoned the others, and he smirked in determination. "Oh. That's right. I'm gonna break Hakkai out all on
my own."
And Gojyo raced across the sand, only losing his footing once or twice in his mad dash for the castle.
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Jiku sat in a chair in a secluded room far from the dungeon where Hakkai was currently being kept, and he sighed. "That stupid moron.
Does he really think...Hakkai will want to go with him after he read the note "he" left for him?" Jiku began to laugh evilly, turning to face a
stone wall, cold gaze calculating. He had known all along those bumbling idiots would send someone or something out with a message for
Hakkai, so it had only been a matter of intercepting the said item and...fixing the note to his liking.
And his plan had worked splendidly...at least so far. Hakkai was now at the end of his rope, confused and upset. Who could he trust?
Jiku would make sure it wouldn't be the kappa!
"Just try and "rescue" him, fool. It will never happen!"
Jiku stood, annoyed, and he headed off to greet his intruder.
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Hakkai sat up, wincing in pain.
How long had he dozed off?
Lately...all he wanted to do was sleep. Of course, he knew that was a bad idea. He hadn't eaten...hadn't drunk anything at all for such a
long time...he had lost track of the days.
Like it mattered if he died off in his sleep. Gojyo had made it apparent in his letter that nobody cared if he had died, and it seemed the
only creature on Earth (besides Jiku, of course) that cared about him was Hakuryu, who was currently snoozing in the crook of his arm.
But...there was something nagging deep in the back of Hakkai's mind, but he was too dizzy to really ponder on it.
Just...How DID Jiku know that they wouldn't care about him?
Did...he watch them?
Did...he just predict it?
Or...had he done something to make it seem that way?
Hakkai struggled weakly once more at his chains before flopping back down, disturbing Hakuryu, who cheeped and flew onto Hakkai's
shoulder, curious as to what his master was trying to do.
"Gojyo...please...come..."
Hakkai wanted to be able to know for sure that Gojyo really did want him to die...if so...
Hakkai clutched the sharp rock in his hand, the one he had used to slice his palm earlier.
Then he would release himself from this hell.
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"Hakkai! Hakkai! Haaaakkaaaai!"
Oi.
So running down unfamiliar corridors screaming your head off wasn't really the brightest thing you could do to make your presence stay
hidden.
But Gojyo did it anyway.
He had to know if Hakkai was really in this place, and if he was...
Gojyo would destroy anyone who tried to stop him from breaking Hakkai out.
"HAKKAI!"
Gojyo turned a corner, confused and disoriented. Every single passage looked exactly the same- stone stone stone. Everything was dimly
lit, and it made Gojyo scowl.
"Gah. Someone's trying a little too hard to be evil."
"So...you're my rival?"
Gojyo screeched to a halt when a demon appeared in front of him, none too happy.
"Who the hell do you think you are? And do you have Hakkai?"
The demon glared at him with such icy eyes...but Gojyo scowled back, not looking away. The demon ran a hand through his long blue
hair in boredom, and yawned. "Hmph. I don't know what he sees in you. I'll destroy you in seconds..."
Gojyo gripped his spear tightly in his hands, pissed. "I dunno who you are, buddy, but no one is going to beat me in seconds...and that
includes you."
The demon shrugged. "They all say that...I believe even...Hakkai thought that at one point, but he's given up all hope now...so that doesn't
matter."
Gojyo felt rage pump through him. "What did you do to Hakkai?"
"What did I do to him? Nothing he didn't feel himself."
"STOP TALKING IN GODDAMN RIDDLES!"
The demon laughed. "My my...Gojyo. You seem...upset."
"How do you know my name?"
"How do I know your name? That's a secret. But I'll tell you my name...Jiku. Remember it, for it will be the last words on your lips!"
"Go to hell, bastard!"
Gojyo raced forward, ready to stab at Jiku, when Jiku held up his hand.
"I would stop if I were you!"
Gojyo sneered. "And why would I want to do that?"
"Because I hold...Hakkai's life in my hand. Want a little...demo?"
Gojyo's eyes widened in horror when Jiku clicked down on the little button.
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Hakkai had been in the middle of speaking with Hakuryu when the intense pain struck him like a sledgehammer, and he shook in pain,
shutting his eyes tightly.
This time...it was worse...
So much worse.
As though Jiku didn't care if he died or not, as long as he could inflict pain on him.
But...Hakkai fought to grip consciousness when he heard a familiar voice call out his name.
"G-Gojyo-san..." he murmured out, smiling before collapsing to the floor.
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"BASTARD!"
Gojyo...somehow Gojyo could sense that this strange demon had done something horrible, something to hurt Hakkai.
And that pissed Gojyo off more than anything else could.
"Don't come closer! I'll kill him the next time!" Jiku laughed insanely, finger on the button.
"You can't do it if you don't have a goddamn control!"
And with that, Gojyo sliced through the toggle, taking off Jiku's hand in the process.
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"S-Sanzo!" Goku said, shivering as the sky darkened.
"What?" Sanzo said, annoyed.
"Somethin' bad is happenin' somewhere. I can feel it in my bones." Goku winced unhappily, and Sanzo nodded. He had felt it too, and it
didn't bode well to notice that the sky had changed color drastically within the last few minutes, and sheets of rain began to pound down
to the ground, accompanied by lightning and thunder.
"Hey! Lookit, Sanzo! A castle!"
"Don't be stupid! There isn't a castle in the middle of a freakin' desert!"
"No, I swear! Sanzo, there's a castle down the hill! Look!"
Sanzo blinked back the rain, and a twisted grin spread on his face when he spotted the castle through the rain.
"Well then, Goku. I think we found where Gojyo and Hakkai will be."
"Really? Ya think so?"
"I know so." Sanzo said, and Goku grabbed Sanzo's robe sleeve.
"Let's go then!"
"Wait! Let go!"
But Goku did no such thing as he dragged Sanzo down the hill, wildly calling out Hakkai's name hopefully, as though Hakkai would pop
out and sheepishly apologize to them for worrying the group over nothing.
Sanzo knew better. Either he and Goku would have to fight whoever was behind this...or Gojyo was already doing it. He was pretty sure
Gojyo could handle everything on his own; he was pretty upset at having Hakkai taken from them to begin with.
How much of a bloodbath would they come to?
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Chi: weeeeeee some more. lol. im glad this story is panning out as well as i hoped. it wont be too much longer, either the next chapter or the ninth one will end it, im sure. this is gonna be SO cute when gojyo and hakkai meet. yay!
Gy-muttering-all i have to do is kill her when she's sleeping. thats all.
Chi:What did you say!
Gy:-still muttering-nothin'
Oh. and for all you who have wanted Jiku to die from day one...he will get what he deserves. buwahahahahahahahahahaha! -coughs- i mean. yes. -ha sweatdrops- so...if ya wanna read about that...you know where to find it. oh and sorry this chappie was on the short side. -shrugs- i didnt want this one to turn out to be long and the other one uber short. that wouldnt be fun. ja mata ne!