Disclaimer: I do NOT own Saiyuki. Plain and simple.

SIX

Day Dreamer

White puffy clouds inched slowly through the blue sky as Yumi watched them from her spot on the prickly grass. Yawning, she tore her eyes from the sky and turned over on her side. Where's that stupid Archery teacher? I don't wanna wait here forever. He should've been here by now.

She sighed and sat up with another yawn.

"This-is-so-boring…" Yumi said dully, shrugged and stood up, "Oh well, might as well go do something else."

She began walking away from the Archery area, hoping she wouldn't run into Sanzo or Hakkai.

"Hey! Wait! Don't leave!" Someone yelled at Yumi from behind.

Yumi turned around and saw a cute young man, looking around the same age as Yumi, running towards her. He had short chestnut brown hair and happy golden eyes.

The young man caught up to Yumi, panting lightly, "Sorry…I'm…late."

She raised a black eyebrow at the man, "Hm? Late?"

"For Archery. You're th' princess, right?" He asked, making sure he didn't have the wrong person.

"Oh. Yeah, I am." Yumi put her hands on her hips, glaring at the Archery teacher, "Hey! I've been waiting here for you for, like, twenty minutes!"

"I know, I'm sorry. I got hungry an' Sanzo wasn't in the kitchen so I had to go to the dining room an' wait for some leftovers."

"Sanzo wasn't in the kitchen? Where'd he go?" Yumi asked, pictures of an unconscious Sanzo entering her mind. He couldn't have gotten far unconscious…could he? Oh crap! He's probably wandering around all dead-ish and might fall into a pit of snakes...or worse! Run into Hakkai! Ah!

The man saw the shocked/scared look on Yumi's face and raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong? Was Sanzo supposed ta be in th' kitchen?"

Yumi shook her head, snapping out of her downward spiral of worry, "No, no, I was just thinking of something else. Nevermind." She said nervously.

"'kay." The man stuck out his hand, "I'm Goku."

Yumi smiled and shook Goku's hand, "Hi, I'm Yumi."

Goku grinned, "Do ya know how ta shoot an arrow?"

She shook her head, "No clue."

Goku walked over to an area where bows, arrows and bulls-eyes were, Yumi following him. He picked up a bow and told Yumi how to hold it. Yumi nodded and picked up a bow, doing what Goku told her to do.

"Like this?" Yumi asked Goku.

"Yep." He said brightly with a nod.

As Yumi was firing off her first arrow, Goku's stomach growled, causing Yumi to jump, her arrow flying off into the trees.

"Oops…Yumi whispered. She turned around, facing Goku, "What was that?"

Goku blushed faintly, "Can I go get somethin' ta eat, Yumi?"

"Sure."

"Bye." Goku said, running towards the castle. He looked over his shoulder, waved and turned back around.

Yumi waved back at the running teacher and put the bow back properly, "I should go find that arrow…" She said to herself, walking out towards the trees.

"Where'd that stupid thing land?" She asked, frustrated, after searching for ten minutes.

She sighed and sat down, replaying the image of her arrow careening off into the trees in her mind, "Errrr….stupid arrow."

Yumi stood back up and began looking in some bushes.

"What're you looking for?"

Yumi spun around and saw Gojyo leaning against one of the targets, crimson hair shining bright-red in the sunlight.

"Oh…Hakkai's servant." Yumi said with a sigh of relief. Thank God it's not Sanzo or Hakkai.

"It's Gojyo." He said walking over to Yumi, "Lose an arrow?"

"Oh…" Yumi nodded, "Yeah, I forgot where it landed."

"Where's monkey-boy?" Gojyo asked, helping Yumi search through a rather large and thorn-covered bush.

"Who?"

"Goku."

"Oh. He left to go get some food." Yumi said, carefully parting some leaves.

"Stupid monkey. I just saw him eating half-an-hour ago." Gojyo said.

"Oh…." Yumi said quietly.

An awkward silence enveloped the two people as they searched through bushes and small trees in search of the pesky missing arrow. Yumi didn't know what to say to the servant of the man who she despised with all her being, and Gojyo didn't know what to say to the woman who despised his best friend with all her being.

"Uh…I'm gonna look over there." Yumi said, jogging over to another prickly bush. She sighed in her mind, uncomfortable with the silence. Not paying attention, Yumi ran her fingers over a thorn. She pulled her hand up quickly, "Ouch!"

Gojyo looked up, "What happened?" He asked.

Yumi kicked the bush, scowling at the finger-wounder, "Stupid bush."

"Cut yourself?" Gojyo asked, grinning at her anger towards the bush.

She nodded, looking at her finger.

Gojyo walked over to Yumi, reached into his pocket and pulled out a bright-green bandage with a panda head on it. He took off the paper and wrapped it around Yumi's finger.

Yumi felt her face heating up, pulled her finger away from Gojyo and walked over to another bush.

She felt her face cooling down and she looked up. Yumi smiled broadly when she saw the arrow hanging from a branch.

"I found it!" She said proudly.

Gojyo walked over to Yumi, "Finally." He said, "I'll get it." Gojyo reached up, grabbed the arrow and handed it to Yumi.

Yumi smiled and took the arrow from Gojyo, "Thanks…for helping me look for the arrow…" She added quickly, "and for the band-aid."

"No problem." He said.

Yumi blushed, "Well…I better go to my next…lesson." She began walking away.

"See ya at dinner." Gojyo said with a wave.

Yumi stopped walking, turned around, smiled and said cheerfully, "Yeah. See ya then." She turned back around and continued going to her next lesson.

All through Yumi's Gardening lesson, which was taught by a cranky, old lady, she was sighing dreamily and thinking about one person. Gojyo, to be exact.

Yumi sighed for about the eighteenth time and the cranky old lady glared at her, saying, "Get your head out of the clouds, young lady, and pay attention!"

Yumi glared at the old lady and said defensively, "I was paying attention!"

"Then how many times do you have to water an orchid a week?" The old lady asked.

Yumi smiled innocently and said, unsure, "Five?"

"Wrong! Now pay attention."

Yumi sighed and leaned against a large flower pot. As the old lady droned on about orchids and their "back story", Yumi drifted off into her day-dreams again.

Yumi was looking out over a balcony at a sparkling, light blue ocean. She was dressed in a strawberry-red dress that sparkled in the light of the setting sun. Her long black hair was tied up with a red bow encrusted with small diamonds and her red stilettos made her taller by three inches.

Yumi heard footsteps coming towards her and turned around. Gojyo stopped as she looked upon him. His hair was shining the same color as her dress and he was dressed in a black tuxedo with a pink rose in the breast-pocket.

"Hello, Gojyo." Yumi said politely, blushing at the sight of him, "You look…nice tonight."

"So do you, Yumi." He said, walking towards her and stopping beside her.

Yumi looked out into the sunset, "Nice view, huh?"

Gojyo, who was looking at Yumi, not the sunset, said smoothly, "Yeah, real nice."

Yumi turned around, catching him staring at her, "Gojyo...?"

Gojyo blushed faintly and put his hand on her hand. He looked her in the eyes, "Yumi…I have something to tell you…"

"What, Gojyo?" She said softly.

"I-I've been in…love with…you since I first laid eyes on you..." Gojyo whispered.

Yumi blushed deeply and turned her gaze to the stone floor of the balcony, "I-I've been in-in love with you t-too…"

Silence.

She looked up at Gojyo, waiting for an answer.

Gojyo looked deeply into her eyes and, to Yumi's surprise, kissed her passionately, Yumi kissing him back-

"Princess!" The old lady snapped, interrupting Yumi's day-dream, "Are you paying attention!"

She sighed and glared icily at the old woman, "Yes! God!"

This chapter dedicated to all you reviewers who waited SOOOOO long for me to update. Thanks y'all!

Authoress Notes: OMG! I updated! I'm so proud of myself! w00t! Personally, I like this chapter a whole lot. It makes me content. -nodnod- Anyways, sorry for taking so long to update, I just...well, to make a long story short, I got writer's block. There. my reason. BEHOLD! BWA HA HA!

-cough- Well, I'll get back on track here. Ahem. I hope you enjoy this chapter. And, I'll update in TWO WEEKS. I PROMISE! And if I don't, you don't need to review the next chapter. I have an idea already for the next chapter. HA HA!

P.S. Yes, you can fall in love with someone when they give you a band-aid for your finger-wound. o.0