Chapter 4: The cave guardian

Meanwhile, Thatz was stumbling around the cave tunnels not finding much at all. Just when he had decided to head back, he saw a glimmer coming from the next tunnel. He followed it and low and behold...(Putting on a very majestic voice) mountains and mountains of gold, and other gems everywhere. "Oh thank you god!" said Thatz with tears in his eyes. He was overjoyed, but little did he know, that from the shadows of the other tunnel pair of red eyes were watching him. (Oooooeeeeooo... oh all right so i suck at spooky music sound affects...)(Now where were we...? aw shit...I lost my place...wait...no I didn't! - ) (Back to the story...again)

Thatz was having a party scooping up jewels and coins up, and stuffing his pockets. Then he heard a sound and stopped what he was doing. " Who's there! Show your self!" yelled Thatz, his sword in hand ready for anything, or so he thought. Then out of the blue the demon attacked, knocking Thatz to the ground. "AAAAHHH!" Thatz yelled as he held onto the demons tail for dear life as the demon lifted its tail for another attack. Thatz was soon flung off the demons tail and was slammed into the wall on the other side of the cave. "Ugh..." he groaned in pain as he felt his ribs snap when he collided with the wall.

He coughed slightly then he looked around to see where the creature had gone to when...

(Hmmm… Maybe leave it off here... nah it's to short...I'll keep going)

" Where the hell is he!" Rath yelled banging his fist on the cave wall. " Yes, he has been gone for a long time..." Hakkai mumbled. He him self was starting to worry now, it had been about two hours since they had last saw him. " That's it I'm going to go and find him." "Then we're going with you!" said Gojyo, who apparently had gotten over his cold. " We're gonna go in there Sanzo?" stated Goku rather stupidly.

WHACK!

Goku let out a yelp of pain as his head was met with the loathsome fan. " What was that for you stupid priest?" Goku screamed rubbing his head. "You were being stupid, you deserved it." Sanzo said calmly though you could tell he was pissed.

Then they heard a yell coming from the tunnel on the far end of the cave. " Thatz!" Rune yelled as he ran towards the tunnel from which the yell had come from. "Let's go!" Rath yelled to the others and they all headed off to join Rune.

Soon they came to a split in the tunnel. "Which way cockroach?" asked Sanzo nonchalantly.

" Wha-why the hell are you asking me! I don't know which way!" Stuttered Gojyo as he backed away.

" So, put those antenna of yours to work, cockroach…"

" THEY ARE NOT ANTENNA!" yelled Gojyo with an anger mark popping out of his head slightly. "Sure they aren't…" Goku said slyly. " You shut up! You have no say in the matter MONKEY! " Shouted Gojyo. " I'm not a friggin' monkey!" Exclaimed Goku grabbing Gojyo's red hair and yanking it. "OWW! Let go ya stupid ape!" yelled Gojyo grabbing the 18 year olds wrist and twisting it, causing the poor kid to let out a pained yelp.

" THAT'S ENOUGH!" Yelled a very angry priest, who was now pointing his gun at both of them. As soon as the two heard the yell, Gojyo let go of Goku wrist causing the kid to fall onto the hard ground. Then they heard another yell. " It's coming from the left tunnel!" said Rune before starting off again. " Oi, Goku! Get up you damn ape!" said Sanzo who had also started to walk off in the direction the yell came from.

" Lets go." Said Hakkai as he helped goku to his feet again.

A few more minutes until finally they found the room. " Thatz? Where are you?" yelled Rune listening intently. They then heard the clatter of coins hitting the floor, and then Thatz came into view. He stumbled slightly before looking up at his friends. His sword was still in his hand and he and the sword were covered in blood." You… guys actually…came…" he said weakly before passing out completely. (A/N: okay now this is weird…it's all serious like…. That's no good…)Thatz! said Fire as he flew over to the collapsed dragon knight. The others fallowed behind Rune and Hakkai who had already started to rush over to the injured man.

They all chipped in to help get the knight back to camp as quickly as possible. Every time the rounded a sharp corner Thatz would yell in pain because of his FOUR broken ribs (owie…that's got to hurt…) Back at the camp Hakkai examined the huge wound on Thatz's shoulder. " do you remember anything that happened at all?" asked Hakkai with his voice filled with worry, as he continued to clean up the wound. " No. Nothing it's all fuzzy… OW!" He whimpered quiet loudly. " Aw, quit you whining, some people are trying to sleep here." Snapped Sanzo who clearly was extremely tired. " Yea, no offense or any thing but, we all need to get so sleep." Said Gojyo surprisingly. Everyone stared.

" What? Do I got dirt on my face or something?" asked Gojyo. "No… you just… Oh, never mind…" said Rath. "Whatever, 'night…" said Gojyo sounding rather annoyed. "Hold still thatz, and I'll heal the wound on your shoulder." Said Hakkai as he removed the bandages on Thatz's shoulder. " Ahhh!"

" What's wrong? Did I take the bandages off to fast?"

"No…It … Feels like it's burning up!" groaned Thatz.

That can't be good… said Earth. I completely agree Earth. Stated Water as he flew over to Hakkai and landed beside him, Jeep 'kyuu'ed in agreement, who actually sounded worried and sad at the same time. (A/N: Gasp! Jeep's worried! The horror! …Okay I'll stop now…)

"Sanzo, I'm –"

"You say you're hungry one more time, and I'll kill you!" snapped Sanzo. "But- "

Whack!

" I TOLD YOU TO BE QUIET! CAN YOU BE ANYMORE STUPID?" Raged Sanzo still holding the fan.

" Well if you keep hitting my head like that I'm not gonna get any smarter!" Yelled a mad monkey (A/N: sorry I couldn't help it (runs from Goku)) " Well, that should about do it…" said Hakkai as he helped Thatz back into a lying down position. "Thanks…" mumbled Thatz quietly, before falling into a light slumber.

"Well, at least he's sleeping now…" said Run, who was now putting more wood on the fire. " That's good…" mumbled Gojyo sleepily. " Just shut up and go to sleep." said Sanzo. " Hey since when are YOU my mother!" Retaliated Gojyo sarcastically. " SLEEP, OR DIE!" yelled Sanzo, stomping on Gojyo's head. " OW! All right! All right! Jeez…" said Gojyo as he settled him self down near the cave entrance. " Finally they've calmed down…" whispered Hakkai to his self but also to Rune at the same time. " yes I know. They certainly are a lively bunch though." Laughed Rune. " Ha ha ha, they certainly are a hand full at times." Hakkai laughed as he tucked in Jeep who had been sleeping soundly in his lap moments before. Hakkai? Can I have something to eat? I'm hungry… Goku ate most of my food at dinner… said light with his stomach growling. "Oh my…" Rune said sweat dropping a little. " well, it looks like you could use a little something to eat… come on." Said Hakkai as he stood up. He then held out his arm for the dragon to land on. Excitedly the little dragon flew up and landed on Hakkai's arm. Thanks Hakkai! Said Light happily. Hakkai nodded in recognition then spoke " I really don't understand how you manage to stay sane Rune, with four dragons, one demon killing maniac, and one treasure crazy always hungry trouble maker." " I really don't know how I manage it either Hakkai." Laughed Rune as he settled down for the night " well, good night Hakkai." " Good night."

Nika- well? Like it so far? There will be more soon but it might take a while…(sweat drop) I'm really slow at typing…

Michi- Why can' t I type?

Nika- because, it's MY story!(Pulls a Kagome medusa thing)

Michi- (shudders) she's scary… (sweat drop)

Nika- well anyways, please review! (She's back to normal now)