Natasha groaned, the rain wasn't lifting her mood and Sanzo seemed to be the same way. She wanted to go back to her and Rayne's room; she was getting sick of everything.

"I hate the rain..." she grumbled.

"The rain only brings sorrow..." Sanzo muttered his mood darker then before because of the rain. Natasha glanced at Sanzo wondering what had happened to him in the past...She remembered that when she was found with no memory and just Cat it was raining. Natasha touched her lips slightly, the memory of their kiss from earlier clouding her mind.

"Sanzo..." Natasha started. She needed to ask why he had kissed her. Out of all the men in the group he was the one who seemed the least likely to do such a thing. Sanzo glanced at her with a cold stare and that made her stop. They continued walking in the rain in silence.

Natasha looked up at the sky. The rain falling down her face, made her remember even more of when she awoke with no memory…It had been only been about less than a year ago from this day…

Her eyes awoke to a strange new world or that was her only thought, for she could not recall anything else. A forest surrounded the mysterious girl, but soon her eyes betrayed her, closing towards darkness, and the last thing she saw before darkness, a strange but oddly calming light came near her. Her eyes closed as the light was looking down at her. It almost resembled a woman, but she couldn't tell as the darkness consumed her completely.

The mysterious woman had found herself in a room with no windows, only darkness called out to her, until a calming voice talked to her.

"Are you all right?"

"Who are you? And where am I?" she asked the voice.

"My name is Rayne; also known as The Lady Monk…What were you doing out there?" Rayne asked.

"I don't know…I can't remember anything…"

"Well, the things I do know about you are…Your name seems to be Natasha and you love cats.."

Natasha turned to Rayne in the darkness, "What?"

"I found someone belonging with you-sorry, but I had to see who you were...Here," Rayne said handing Natasha her cat.

Natasha held the cat in her arms. It felt so warm to her empty memories, "Cat…"

Natasha shook the memory away. She had left Cat in the room and she already seemed to miss him. Even though Sanzo said nothing he still made her happy by just walking with her.

"Rayne..." Hakkai spoke her name softly as he looked at the beautiful woman before him. He bent down to kiss her once again but a vision of Kanan flashed in his mind and he abruptly stood up.
"Hakkai? Are you all right?" Rayne asked concerned and a little disappointed he had not kissed her again.
"Uh, yes I'm fine. If you will excuse me..." Hakkai smiled nervously as he quickly left the room. Once he was back in his room he laid down heavily on the bed.
"Kanan...I still love you...but..."

A knock came at the door. Hakkai turned to it, thinking it was probably Rayne, but when he opened the door, it wasn't her, but Gojyo with a bottle of wine.

"No one was at the bar, and I guess you're better than nothing, Hakkai," Gojyo said smiling.

"Thank you Gojyo," Hakkai said as he let his friend in, 'perhaps this will give me something to think about...Rayne...' he thought.

Natasha had parted ways with Sanzo as she entered her room in the Inn. She thought Cat and Rayne could lift her mood; they always did no matter what, with Cat and his mysterious way of understanding her and Rayne's cheerful nature.

Natasha was a little surprised to find Rayne staring out the window and saying nothing.
"Rayne...are you all right?" Natasha asked Rayne. Rayne turned towards her, a too cheerful smile pasted on her face.
"Oh, Natasha. I'm fine. How was your walk?" Rayne asked her friend.
"It was all right...quiet..." Natasha answered, referring to Sanzo. Natasha sat down on her bed and Cat jumped into her lap. She couldn't help but laugh since he seemed to have a worried expression on his face.
"I'm all right Cat, no need to worry about me..."

"Oh look...A band of hungry demons..." Said Rayne starring out the window again.

"What?" Natasha asked joining her friend at the window, "Whoa..Yeah, they are hungry-guess we get to kick-"

The door to their room burst open, and a happy Goku entered.

"Did ya see? Demons are here!" he said.

"No rest at all, eh?" asked Rayne, "Vincent needs to leave us alone..."

Vincent gazed through his Dragon Eyes, they showed him everything going on in the world, and he wanted a good show.

"Master, why not send me?" asked the undead soldier.

"Because, you failed, and I'll get the her later, but right now, there is nothing to do," Vincent said.

Hakkai, Goku, Gojyo, Rayne, and Natasha were fighting the group of demons. They were quite easy to defeat but there were tons of them. Natasha kept wondering where Sanzo was and she hoped he was okay.
"Natasha! Watch out!" Rayne called as she saw a rather large demon heading towards her. Natasha was too busy fighting to block the attack. Before the attack could hit her a white blur distracted it. The demon knocked the object out of the way and this gave Natasha the chance to defeat it.
"Cat!" Natasha cried out as she saw her furry friend on the ground with a wound. She was too worried about her pet to see yet another attack coming towards her. But the sound of a banishing gun killed it. Natasha turned, expecting to see Rayne but was shocked to see Sanzo.
"Don't let your guard down!" Sanzo snapped as he started killing off the rest of the demons.

Natasha's fears for Cat quickly vanished as he stood up on his four legs, meowing menacingly. She picked up him up and once more joined the fight. It only took a few more well placed shots by Sanzo that ended the battle. Natasha sighed as Cat meowed.

"Damn, I hate Mondays," Said Sanzo whipping the rain from his eyes, "Don't bother me..." he said walking towards the Inn.

Natasha smiled as he left. She felt a gentle hand grab her shoulder.

"I'm glad your mood is better," Rayne said as the rain slowly started to lift, "And I hope we can do something than fighting, but I do believe we're cursed."

Natasha smiled as she petted Cat on the head.
"I don't believe we're going to get lucky anytime soon Rayne. Not with this Vincent guy around." Natasha said as she turned and headed back to the inn as well. Rayne watched Natasha leave. She felt her guilt weighing her down. She shouldn't have trusted Vincent...for now her friends were in danger. A gentle hand touched her shoulder and she turned to see Hakkai.
"Let's go back to the inn so we can get dried off. Sanzo should be in a better mood later since the rain has let up." Hakkai said, smiling and it brought Rayne to smile back

"All right," she said following him back to the Inn.

Vincent laughed, "Yes, just the way I want it!"

"My lord, but our men lost!" the undead said.

"So? Natasha, is getting stronger and Rayne..Well, I'll just leave it at that," he said smiling, "Nothing is lost..."

Natasha yawned as she sat down next to the fireplace in the Inn. She was all alone, or that is what she seemed to believe.

"That was a stupid thing to do...You are supposed to never let your guard down in a battle."
Natasha turned to see Sanzo standing there. She let out a large sigh.
"Well someone's in a better mood..." Natasha replied bitterly as she got up and was about to leave when Sanzo grabbed her by the arm.
"Why? Why are you making me feel this way?" Sanzo growled into her face angrily.
"What?" Natasha asked confused.
"I can't care about anyone..." Sanzo muttered and pulled her roughly into a kiss.

A whistle could be heard, "Geez Sanzo didn't know you had it in ya. And this answers my gay question..."

Sanzo broke his kiss with Natasha and turned around to see the two people in the whole world, he didn't want to see.

"Whoa! I didn't know!" said Goku grinning.

"Sanzo and Natasha, sitting in a tree-k-i..." Gojyo started to sing but a certain gun pointed at him.

"Want to finish that tone?" Sanzo asked angrily.

"Ah come on Sanzo!" said Goku.

Natasha couldn't help but smile at these antics. She was still a little surprised at Sanzo's confession. She blushed as she remembered the kiss...
"So, Natasha. How about you and me get some lip action going as well?" Gojyo asked as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Gojyo blanched as he heard Sanzo's gun click back and it fired at him barely missing.

"Gee Sanzo, I was only kidding!" said Gojyo.

"No you weren't! You told me..." started Goku.

"SHUT UP!" snapped Gojyo.

"But-ow! Stupid water sprite!" said Goku as Gojyo smacked him on the head, "I was only trying..."

"Will you both shut up!" said Sanzo firing his gun twice.

Natasha could only smile; this little adventure was turning out to be more than she thought it would be, "Well, beats having the memory lost," she said sighing as she watched them go at it.

A/N: Yay! Another chapter! Ooooh...it seems Sanzo and Natasha are getting a little closer. Will Hakkai and Rayne geteven closer? And what is Vincent up to?You will all find out in the later chapters which shall be put up as quickly as possible. The process will go much faster if we get more readers and reviewers! Thanks!