Disclaimer: I don't own anybody in Saiyuki! They all belong to the high and mighty Kazuya Minekura! She's a gal to idolize!
Author's note: Hey! I'm back! Thanks to all those who continue supporting my story and to all of you who reviewed! As promised, I updated and here's chapter 4! I'm sorry if it took quite a long time for me to update! I had writer's block… had to watch Saiyuki for inspiration! Well, enjoy chapter 4!
Chapter 4: Brotherly Instinct
The next day, they continued their journey westward. It was about noon when they stopped at a town to eat their lunch. "Ms! We're ready to order!" Goku said while waving his hands in the air to get the girl's attention so that they could start ordering. And obviously, Goku ordered everything in the menu. Everything. After which, they waited until their food came and then they started eating. In the middle of their lunch, Sanzo, Hakkai, Gojyo and Shiey sensed something. "A demonic aura…" Shiey whispered. "Yup… looks that way." Hakkai said. Gojyo looked over in Goku's direction, just to see that he was too busy eating to even sense it. "Seems like monkey boy doesn't sense anything at all. He's too busy stuffing his big mouth with food." Gojyo remarked. "What did you say?" Goku yelled and looked over at Gojyo. "At least I'm not wasting any!" Goku replied. Just then, as they were about to go back to eating, a loud boom was heard from the door of the restaurant. The people started panicking, running out through the back door and jumping out of windows. And after the explosion, a demon emerged from the smoke. "I know you're here, Sanzo party! Now come out and fight!" the demon screamed. "Look like we're done eating lunch, Goku. You ready to fight?" Gojyo asked. "Yeah. Just as long as after this we get to eat!" Goku said, summoning his nyoi-bou and running towards the demon. Gojyo joined him and pretty soon, so did Hakkai, Sanzo and Shiey.
BOOM! Another explosion was heard. The restaurant that was once standing there was now gone. "I won't forgive you for this!" Goku yelled as he did his best to kill the demon. But the demon just kept on disappearing. "Guys! A little help…" Goku said, looking to his companions who were just standing by the forest, watching. Gojyo was about to go and help Goku, but Shiey stopped him. "Please let me fight." Shiey said looking at them. "Fine." Gojyo said. "Just be careful." Hakkai added. "Hurry up and get it over with." Sanzo remarked. Shiey smiled at them and transformed into a celestial maiden. Then looked to where Goku and the demon were. "Thanks you guys." She said as she ran to the demon. Meanwhile, Goku kept on swinging his weapon in different directions but it just wouldn't hit the demon. "No way…" Goku said, narrowing his eyes. Just when the demon was about to slash Goku with his blade, Shiey appeared in front of him and closed her eyes. Then, a bright light suddenly appeared, causing the demon to shut his eyes and back away. This gave Goku the chance to attack. But Shiey stopped him. "Goku…" she said, "please let me do this on my own." Goku looked at Shiey. "But you might get hurt." He replied. "I won't. Don't worry." Shiey replied, ruffling his hair. Goku smiled and looked into her eyes. She was serious about her decision. "Okay." Goku said as he made way for Shiey. "Thanks, Goku." Shiey said as she approached the demon. Just when she was meters away from the demon, a ring of fire suddenly appeared around them. (The demon and her). Leaving the four boys outside the ring of fire. "Just what I've been waiting for." The demon sneered. Goku and Hakkai quickly approached the ring of fire; worried that Shiey might get hurt. "Shiey! Be careful!" Goku yelled. 'I was too careless.' Shiey thought. "Give me your powers! Master Kougaiji wants them." The demon said. Shiey smirked, "Look, I don't know who this master of yours is. But tell him he can keep dreaming! There's no way I would give him or you my powers!" "Then you die." The demon remarked, sending explosives in Shiey's direction. Luckily, she dodged them in time. "I'd like to see you try. Shiey said, sending a power ball to the demon. "Too slow." The demon smirked, "Dodge this!" a bomb was sent in Shiey's direction. Shiey jumped, but not in time to dodge the bomb. It hit her left leg, causing it to bleed and Shiey to scream in pain. "Shiey!" Hakkai said as he looked at her worriedly. "This isn't looking good." Gojyo remarked. "We have to help her! Sanzo!" Goku said, looking over to Sanzo. No reply came from Sanzo. "Sanzo?" Hakkai said looking over to him. "She wanted this. This was her choice. Leave her be." He said, as he turned away from his companions. He gritted his teeth in anger and he clenched his fist tightly. 'You better be right, Shiey. You had better be right about this.' He thought. He had been giving this some thought. Maybe she really was his sister. 'Whatever. That's in the past now.' He thought as he looked to Shiey.
Shiey was sitting on the ground, clutching her leg tightly. "You're gonna pay for that." Shiey said as she tried to stand up, but to no avail. She kept on falling back to the ground. "Well, I guess it worked." The demon said as he slowly approached Shiey. Shiey looked down at her lavender top. A sash was tied around the waist. She took it and wrapped it around her leg. And she stood up, taking extra care not to step too hard so that it wouldn't hurt as much. "Are you ready?" the demon asked. "Bring it." Shiey said as she stood in a fighting stance. The demon ran to her and slashed her arm with his blade. Shiey fell back on the ground, holding her arm that was now bleeding. "You better not touch her again, you sick punk!" Goku said. "Oh don't worry, I'll give her back to you. I'll even heal her wounds. She just has to give me something in return… her powers." The demon smiled. "No way in hell!" Shiey said as she stood up and sent a full blow to the demon's stomach. "Over my dead body." Shiey said as she started sending power balls in the demon's way. Some hit him. Some missed. "That's it. I'm losing my patience already. If that's the case…" the demon grinned and suddenly, the ring of fire disappeared. The demon ran straight for Sanzo. "No! Don't you dare touch him!" Shiey said as she ran towards Sanzo. "Die!" the demon said, as he got ready to stab Sanzo. Sanzo grabbed his gun and was about to shoot the demon when Shiey appeared in front of him. Just then, Sanzo heard a scream of pain from Shiey. The demon had stabbed her with his blade right in the stomach. Blood escaped from Shiey's stomach. Then, she fell to the ground and passed out. "You sick idiot!" Sanzo yelled as he shot the demon with his gun. Right in the head. "I'm guessing that was his weak spot." Gojyo said then he ran to Shiey. So did, Goku, Hakkai and Sanzo. "Hakkai, will she be okay?" Sanzo asked. "Yes, I think so. But I don't think that she'll be standing up or walking for a while. There are a few broken bones in her foot. All I can do is close her wounds, the rest, I don't think even a doctor can fix. It will just have to heal on it's own." Hakkai replied. "Screw that idiot!" Goku yelled, clenching his fists in anger.
"Damn. I should've stopped her." Sanzo thought, not knowing that he also said it out loud. Goku, Hakkai and Gojyo looked at him. Sanzo saw them staring, so he looked at them. "WHAT!" Sanzo yelled, pointing his gun at them. "Nothing." They all replied in unison.
"We better get to a town soon so we can rest there." Hakkai said, carrying Shiey to the jeep. He had already closed her wounds. When they get to the next town, he would have to wrap bandages around them.
They arrived in the next town and stayed in an inn. Sanzo was only able to rent 3 rooms, since the inn was full. Hakkai hurriedly brought Shiey to one of the rooms and wrapped bandages around her wounds. Then, he sat there for a while. Thinking. Thinking of how lame he was for not being able to protect her. Thinking of how stupid he was for letting her go on her own. He wouldn't admit it to himself but he was starting to have feelings for Shiey. Actually, he didn't want to admit it to himself because he thinks of it as betrayal to Kanan. "Hakkai…" a voice suddenly spoke. Hakkai was shaken out of his thoughts and looked over to Shiey. "How're the others?" she asked slowly. "They're okay, Shiey. Do you need anything?" he asked. "No…" Shiey replied. Hakkai smiled. "We'll talk later. Just rest for now." Hakkai said, holding her forehead. Shiey smiled and went back to sleep. Hakkai smiled and went out of the room to see how the others were doing.
"How's Shiey? Is she okay?" Goku asked worriedly. "She's fine, Goku. She's resting now." Hakkai said. "Will she be okay?" Gojyo asked. "Yeah. Just a night's rest and she'll probably be alright." Hakkai said. "How're her wounds?" Sanzo asked. "I've bandaged them already." He said as he sat down on a chair in the bar. (Which is also in the inn). She all got us worried, didn't she?" Hakkai said. No reply came from his companions. "It's almost dinner, Hakkai. Why don't you take some up to Shiey?" Sanzo said. "Uh… sure." Hakkai said, smiling at Sanzo's sudden change in mood.
Hakkai entered Shiey's room and saw that she was sitting up in bed. "How're you doing? Feeling okay?" Hakkai asked as he placed the tray of food on the table. "Yeah. I'm fine. Thanks a lot." Shiey replied, smiling at Hakkai. "No problem." Hakkai replied, sitting on the chair and handing the tray of food to Shiey. "Here. You're going to need to eat so you can get you're strength back." Hakkai said. "Shiey took the tray of food and started eating. "You know, you got us all worried." Hakkai said. Shiey looked at him confused. "Yes… even Sanzo. You might not believe it, but he was the most worried among all of us. He just doesn't know how to show it, Shiey. He cares a lot about you. And I'm willing to bet that he already recognizes you as his sister." Hakkai said. Shiey smiled at Hakkai and handed him the tray with an empty bowl. "Wow, that was fast." Hakkai said, setting the tray down on the table. "So, will you be needing anything else?" Hakkai asked. "No. You should go downstairs and eat your dinner, Hakkai." Shiey said. Hakkai smiled and replied, "Okay. I'll be back later." Hakkai said. "Okay." Shiey replied. Hakkai smiled and left the room.
Meanwhile, in the dining area, Hakkai arrived and sat between Goku and Sanzo and started eating. "How was Shiey?" Sanzo asked. "She's feeling better." Hakkai replied. "Did she eat?" Gojyo asked. "Yeah." Replied Hakkai. Then, he started eating, trying to avoid other questions that might come his way. After eating, Hakkai went back to Shiey's room. He saw Shiey sitting up in bed. He approached her bed and sat on the chair beside it. "I wanted to ask you a question." Hakkai said. "Yeah?" Shiey asked. "Why did you… I mean, earlier, how did you know the demon was going for Sanzo?" Hakkai asked. "I sensed it. His demonic aura gave his movements away. And besides," Shiey paused. "Yes?" Hakkai said. "I didn't want him to get hurt because of me again." She continued. "Oh, okay." Hakkai replied. "Well, I'm sleeping early tonight." Shiey said as she slowly lied down on the bed. "Good night." She said. "Good night." Hakkai responded as he left the room.
At 12:00 midnight, Sanzo couldn't sleep. He sat up on his bed and looked outside the window. It wasn't snowing, but it was getting pretty cold. He saw that Hakkai was asleep and so, Sanzo got out of the room and figured that he would go out on a walk. When he was passing through the hall, he heard a moan coming from Shiey's room. He went there and opened the door. The, he entered and sat on the chair beside Shiey's bed. Just then, Shiey opened her eyes a little and looked over at Sanzo. Sanzo was a little surprised, but nonetheless, he looked at her coldly, "Yeah?" "Do you believe I'm your sister?" she asked slowly. "That's in the past now." Was Sanzo's reply. Shiey smiled at him. Sanzo smiled, only a little though. You had to observe his face carefully to notice that it was even there. "I missed you, Kouryuu." Shiey remarked. "I finally found you." Shiey said. Sanzo looked at her without emotion. Just then, she placed her hand on Sanzo's hand. And Sanzo, being the don't-touch-me-or-you'll-die type, quickly slapped her hand away. "Hands off." He said, anger in his voice. "Maybe…" Shiey said. "Hm?" Sanzo asked. "Maybe… I c-can sh-show y-you" Shiey stuttered. Sanzo furrowed his brows, "By that, you mean what?" Sanzo asked. Shiey smiled and held Sanzo's hand in hers, and then she began chanting something. It roughly translates, 'Bring this person and me back to the memories of our past. Memories that we can't run away from. Memories that we cherish. Memories that we would like to forget but we can't. Bring us back to the memories we shared together…' Sanzo felt energy surging through his body. As he turned to Shiey, he saw that she was closing her eyes. She was still lying on her bed. Sanzo smirked, and then closed his eyes as well.
Flashback"Kouryuu! Hurry up!" a little girl with long blonde hair said. "Just a minute, Shiey!" replied a boy with the same hair color. "Mama! We'll just be in the park, 'kay?" Shiey said. A woman with blonde hair replied, "Okay. Have fun." "Come on, Shiey." The boy said, taking the little girl's hand as they ran to the park.
"Look what I found, Kouryuu!" the little girl said as she went near her brother. The little boy about five years old went to his sister and said, "Wow Shiey, what a pretty stone." "Stay here, 'kay? I'll go look for more." Shiey said as she ran off to look for more stones. Kouryuu smiled and sat on the grass. Meanwhile, Shiey was gathering more stones. Just when she was about to leave, 3 boys, about five years old, blocked her way. "Hey, freak! How'd you get that eye color? Maybe you were born to be a freak, freak!" one of them said. "Yeah! FREAK!" the other two added. Shiey started getting teary eyed and was about to cry when someone touched her shoulder. "It's gonna be okay." Kouryuu said. "Hey leave her alone." Kouryuu said. "Make me." The boy said. "I said leave her alone." Kouryuu said again, this time, he looked straight into the eyes of the other boy. Then, suddenly, as if out of fear, the boy ran away, followed by his friends. Shiey looked at her brother. "Are you okay?" Kouryuu asked. The little girl nodded. "Don't cry anymore. It's okay." Kouryuu said. "Thanks, Kouryuu." Shiey said as she took the hand of her brother and they walked home.
"Look at that, Kouryuu. It looks like a heart." Shiey said. "Yeah, you're right, Shiey." The little boy replied. The little girl smiled. "Kouryuu?" Shiey said. "Yes?" Kouryuu replied. "Will you ever leave me?" the girl asked. Kouryuu looked at her, confused. "You won't leave me, will you?" Shiey asked. Kouryuu took her hands, "Of course not. We'll be together forever." Kouryuu said.
Suddenly, the bright blue sky turned black and so did everything else…
"Kouryuu!" the little girl screamed as her brother hit his head on the rock and passed out. "Kouryuu, wake up!" Shiey said, shaking her brother awake. But it was no use. He was knocked out. "Come here, you little brat!" a man with brown hair yelled as he took Kouryuu and Shiey and threw them in the car. "I'm going to get rid of you once and for all. Then, I'll have your mother all to myself." The man said as he drove off to the hospital. He came back with a small bottle of medicine. Kouryuu woke up for a little while. "Kouryuu! You're awake!" Shiey screamed. The man hurriedly got in the car and forced the bottle's lid inside Kouryuu's mouth. Kouryuu tried to resist, but the man was holding onto his chin. When the bottle was empty, Kouryuu was knocked out again and they drove off to Kinzan temple. "You! Little girl! Wrap this bandage around your brother's head." The man ordered. The little girl took the bandage and wrapped it around Kouryuu's head.
A little while later, they arrived at the temple and the man dropped off Kouryuu to Koumyou Sanzo. Then the man drove off with Shiey to the forest, then he dropped her off there. Alone. Without anyone.
End of flashback
Sanzo opened his eyes. He was sweating and panting. He looked over at Shiey and saw that she had gone to sleep again. He couldn't believe it. He needed time to think this out. So, he got out of Shiey's room and went back to his room.
Author's note: So? What do ya think? Oh yeah, I need to ask you guys something. WHO WOULD BE THE MOST SUITABLE FOR SHIEY TO TALK TO? GOJYO OR HAKKAI? I KNOW YOU'LL ALL SAY HAKKAI, BUT AS AN OLDER BROTHER, GOJYO FITS BETTER, RIGHT? NO? PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME YOUR ANSWER BECAUSE I'M GOING TO NEED IT FOR MY FUTURE CHAPTERS. Oh yeah, it's about the hug. IF IT WERE GOJYO, then it would be like this… Shiey suddenly felt arms wrap around her. "Don't get any ideas," Gojyo said, "I'm just doing this so you won't pass out on me." IF IT'S HAKKAI… Shiey felt arms wrap around her. "Hakkai?" she asked. Hakkai suddenly pulled away. "I'm sorry. I got carried away." Hakkai said. "No.. it's okay. I kinda like it. " Shiey replied. Then they hug again. PLEASE TELL ME YOUR ANSWERS! IF I DON'T GET ANY, THEN I WON'T BE ABLE TO UPDATE FOR A LONG TIME. PLEASE REVIEW! I NEED YOUR ANSWERS! HONTONI ARIGATO GOZAIMASU!