Darkened Fear's Part Four
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A couple hours since they entered in the cave
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"Is just me or have we been here far too long?" asked Goku as he looked back at Sanzo, Hakkai and Zonaki.
"Yeah now that you mentioned it, the Inn keeper did say it would only take four hours to get though here, it's been seven hours" said Hakkai as he looked at Goku.
"Maybe it was a miscalculation?" said Zonaki
Gojyo looked around, waving the torch about to see where their going.
'What the hell?' thought Gojyo
Everything was getting dimmer and dimmer, Gojyo looked at the flame, it was getting smaller and smaller and then, flick, everything went, completely black.
Zonaki panicked, she started to run to her left, then she smacked into something, then she collapsed, there was something or someone on top of her.
"AAAAAAAAAGH! GET OFF ME!" she screamed
"ZONAKI-CHAN! WHERE ARE YOU ZONAK-CHAN!" shouted Goku
"OW! WHO THE HEEL BUMPED INTO ME!" yelled Sanzo
"WASN'T ME SANZO!" shouted Hakkai
"WHO'S TOUCHING ME?" yelled Gojyo
"I HAVE NO IDEA YOU STUPID KAPPA!" shouted Zonaki
"RIGHT THAT'S IT YOU BAKA DRAGON GIRL!"
"EEEEEEERGHA SOMEONES CHOKING ME!" Yelled Goku
"Hold on a minute" said Sanzo
Then light appeared again, Zonaki looked up, Hakkai was on her, Hakkai raised him self up, looked down, they both looked at each other, they blushed, Hakkai got himself up and helped Zonaki up.
'That was a strange moment?' thought Zonaki
'How embarrasing' thought Hakkai as he turned from her, closing his eyes, blushing like mad.
Gojyo looked over, and then looked back, he didn't strangle Zonaki he was strangling Goku.
"Ooops?"
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Twenty minutes later
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"Sanzo………"
Sanzo turned round he seen Zonaki was on the ground, trying to catch her breath
"Can we rest for a while?" asked Zonaki
"It would be nice if we take a break Sanzo, we have been walking for hours" suggested Hakkai.
"Fine" said Sanzo
"I'm so hungry…" said Goku as he sat down near Zonaki and leaned his head against her shoulder
"Don't talk about food, you're going to make me hungry" moaned Zonaki as she leaned her head against the rocky surface, gently closing her eyes
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Cosy little fire, and thirty minutes went by
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"Hey Hakkai what's wrong?" asked Gojyo as he stared over
Hakkai looked over at Gojyo, then just gave him a smile
"Nothing's wrong, I'm alright…"
"Hakkai" Gojyo interrupted
Hakkai looked at them, they stared for a minute, Zonaki, Goku and Sanzo weren't going to hear what they're talking about anyway, they were all asleep.
Hakkai sighed, ready to explain why he's feeling so depressed
"Alright, Its about Zonaki really"
"Zonaki" went Gojyo
"It's just lately she seemed to be troubled by something, ever since we got into this cave, she's been turning me away, or maybe I'm being to over protective over her…"
He imagined an image of Zonaki standing alone with her long green hair blowing though the wind, in her own world, Alone.
"Or may be I'm getting into her personality a little bit too deep and she thinks I'm an intruder…?"
"Well her unconscious self maybe…"
Hakkai and Gojyo jumped, turned round, Sanzo was awake, lighting his cigarette.
"What was that Sanzo?" asked Gojyo
"Hakkai think about it? You must've noticed too right? The sudden change in Zonaki, she drifts off more often now, thinking about those terrifying nightmares, which she wishes was never there, that's the source of her fear, her conscious wants us to help, but her unconscious self, wouldn't want us to…"
"Unconscious self?" asked Hakkai
"You mean her Youkai form don't yeah Priesty?" asked Gojyo
Sanzo didn't answer, he breathed out, letting the smell of tobacco fill the entire area.
Goku snuggled up to Zonaki, he wasn't actually asleep, tear drops started to fall down his face, and he didn't want to believe what Sanzo was saying.
But Goku knew it was true, he knew that it was; it wasn't impossible.
'Why?' he thought.
'Why would it happen to Zonaki?'
"Why…." he whispered
Sanzo looked over, noticing that Goku was crying.
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Off Again
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"Yawn, I'm so tired" said Zonaki as she walked along the path
"We already had our 'Rest Time'" sighed Sanzo
"All right all ready…" Zonaki stopped
Everyone was continuing ahead, Zonaki looked around, noticing a sound around her, not forgetting that she senses an evil aura circulating the area again
Then there was a sudden sound of wings flapping, Zonaki looked up.
"Zonaki?" Goku said as he looked at her wondering what's wrong
"Shhhh" went Zonaki, signing him to be quite.
The sound was getting louder and louder,
"What the…huh!"
A creature, looked like another youkai, came swooping down and knocked Zonaki off her feet, leaving her on the hard cold ground.
"ZONAKI!" shouted Hakkai.
Zonaki slowly got up, shacking her head, "Ouch" she moaned
Then se looked up seeing the youkai swooping down again, Zonaki jumped out of the way, she raised her right hand, a bright light came into view.
"Kastha!" she yelled
A marble like staff came into view, she threw her self hitting the youkai, making a counter attack, sending him crashing into the wall.
"Well…that wasn't so bad…"
"You wish" said a cruel voice
Zonaki turned round and was smacked making her whole body fly, she slamed into Hakkai, thunk, bang. And they were both on the ground.
"Aaaagh!" went out Hakkai
The end, To be continued