Hello everyone! This is my first Saiyuki fan fiction, I hope you all enjoy. But before you begin to read I have to say there is some stronge language! Please R&R
I do not own Saiyuki or any Saiyuki characters
The song "Before I Am Dead" is by the Kidneythieves is not by any way owned by me!
Again Enjoy!
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The infamous Sanzo four were riding in Jeep. They were not too far from the next town over, but they would have to drive through a thick, dense forest to get there. Hakkai brought Hakuryu to a stop. The forest looked dark and gloomy like the sun had missed this little patch of green by a mile. Hakkai turned towards the other three, his usual cheery smile planted on his face.
"I'm afraid we're going to have to walk. This forest is way too thick for Hakuryu."
"Aww, but I'm starving. That'll take all day to get through."
"Stupid monkey, can't you think of anything else, besides your stomach?"
"Don't call me stupid, perverted kappa!"
The two continued to argue, their voices heard slightly in the background.
"My, my. Arguing already." Hakkai said.
"I'm going to kill them both." Sanzo added.
Sanzo's teeth began to grind as the two continued their little spat. Sanzo grabbed his banishing gun. A small click was heard and the gun was aimed at the two. They stopped and looked to the gun, then hugged each other in fear.
"One more word and you'll be dead."
The two nodded and hopped out of Jeep. Hakkai and Sanzo did as well. Hakuryu landed on Hakkai's shoulder. The four stared at the deep forest. A couple sighs were heard and the four stared off, walking amongst trees.
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After a couple hours or so they were finally out of the dark forest. It had reached almost nightfall. A town was seen just on the other side of the forest. The town looked like any other one that they had gone through. Goku's stomach was heard in the silence. Even with Sanzo's threat earlier before they had gone into the forest Goku's stomach began to talk for him.
"Oi, Sanzo? Can we eat I'm starving?"
"And maybe some place to stay the night." Hakkai added.
Sanzo didn't answer. Instead he began to walk towards the town, the rest of them following behind. Inside of the town walls there were many buildings, but none of them seem to hold a hotel, or a place to stay the night. Goku sighed, his stomach giving another low growl.
"Must... find... food." Goku said in a zombish way.
A man walked up to the four. He was tall, balding, maybe in his early forties. He smiled and gave a friendly wave to the Sanzo party.
"Hello, you must be visitors."
"Yes. We're a bit lost. Do you know a good place to stay the night?" Hakkai asked in his normal friendly way.
"Oh, yes. There is a tavern over there that also has an inn. Since tonight is our festival there is free food and drinks. You four are certainly welcomed to join in the fun."
"Free food!" Goku asked in amazement.
"Yes. All you can eat." The man replied.
"Free drinks?" Gojyo asked almost in the same manor as Goku.
"Yes. Drink till you can't any more." The man gave another friendly smile, obviously pleased that he had striked some interest.
"Thank you." Hakkai said as the four headed towards the tavern.
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Inside of the tavern was quite full. There was a bar and a few tables. Many people were crowded around the bar, which held a buffet of food and also a bunch of beers. Goku and Gojyo didn't hesitate as they headed over towards the table. Grabbing a couple plates of food and a couple beers. Then they headed towards an empty table and began to drink and stuff their faces. Hakkai let out a small chuckle.
"Might as well join them, right Sanzo?"
Sanzo gave a shrug and headed towards the table with Hakkai at his side. Once they had grabbed what they wanted they sat down with Gojyo and Goku. As they were eating music began to play. A solid electric guitar and bass noise was heard companied by drums. Then an angelic voice was heard beginning to sing with the music.
"Moon hangs around, a blade over my head, reminds me what to do before I'm dead, night consumes light and all I dread, reminds me what to do before I'm dead."
The voice was coming from a woman. There was a stage to the back of the tavern. She held a microphone in her thin hand. She had long black hair, and deep blue eyes. She was wearing a black loose spaghetti strap tank top and a skirt with slits up the sides. The slits stopped just below her hips. She was wearing a pair of spiked-heeled boots. She continued to sing.
"The sun reclines, eats my mind, reminds me what to leave behind, light eats night and all I never said, reminds me what to do before I'm... to see you, to touch you, to see you, to touch you."
The group looked up to watch her, along with many of the others in the tavern. She wandered off of the stage, walking around the tables.
"Epochs fly, reminds me, what I hide, reminds me, the desert skies, cracks the spies, reminds me what I never tried, the ocean wide salted red, reminds me what to do before I'm... to see you, to touch you, to feel you, to tell you."
Her eyes spotted the Sanzo party. She watched them for a couple minutes before looking around at the others that were in the tavern on this festival night. Once through with sorting through the crowd she hopped back onto the stage to finish the song.
"The sun reclines, reminds me, the desert skies, reminds me, the ocean wide salted red reminds me what to do before I'm... see you, touch you, feel you, tell you."
The song came to an end and the tavern became alive with applaud. She took a small bow and disappeared behind a curtain in the stage. The man who they had met earlier walked over towards the four.
"I'm glad you four decided to join in the festival fun!"
Goku had stopped eating for a moment. "Who was that lady?"
"Oh... that's just Kagami. She's just part of the festival entertainment. Pay no attention to her." The man's face had turned a bit pale at the mention of her. "Excuse me, will you?" The man walked away.
"I wonder what his problem is..." Goku asked then returned to eating.
The four had finished their eating and drinking. They had bought four rooms and all took to a room that was to their liking. It was almost midnight when the four had eventually fell asleep. Even though they were all out, trouble was not over.
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The door slowly opened to Sanzo's room. He was on his back, his eyes closed, and his breathing was light and slow. He was obviously asleep. The door closed slowly so that no noise was heard. There was a noise of scuffling and searching through some things.
"Shit, where the hell is it?" A woman's voice whispered. It was the voice of Kagami.
She continued to search through things until she looked at the sleeping Sanzo priest. She let out a low and silent sigh. 'On him?' she thought. She walked quietly over towards Sanzo. She looked to his person, when she suddenly spotted the sutra. A small smirk played on her face as she carefully grabbed the sutra, but before she could pull it away and leave her wrist was grabbed by Sanzo. She looked down at him, he had not waken. It was merely a reflex. She let out another small sigh and grabbed the sutra with her other hand and quickly pulled her hand free from his grip. She slowly placed his hand on his chest and quietly left the room like she had came. She smiled to herself outside of his room. She folded it up gently and placed it behind one of the sheaths she carried on her thighs. In the sheaths were kidochies. Behind those to the back of her thigh were a few shurikens. She walked away, letting Sanzo awake the next morning to find his Sutra was missing.
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"Where the hell is it!"
There was yelling and screaming coming from Sanzo's room. He was obviously pissed and couldn't find his sutra. The other three came into his room. They were faced with the banishing gun to their faces. After realizing that they were his companions he lowered the gun.
"What's wrong, Sanzo?" Goku asked.
"Someone took the sutra."
"When?" Goku asked again.
"While I was sleeping, you stupid monkey!" Sanzo answered.
"Maybe you just misplaced it?" Suggested Hakkai.
"How can I misplace a valuable thing such as the sutra?" Sanzo snapped.
"Is everything all right in here? I was hearing screaming." This voice belonged to the innkeeper. She looked to the four in the room, obviously concerned about all the yelling coming from the room.
"No, something of mine was stolen."
"Oh dear. Are you sure you didn't misplace it?" Asked the innkeeper.
Sanzo's eye began to twitch. He turned to the woman.
"Well, I'm sure no one in this town would steal... oh." The innkeeper stopped herself. Her face turned pale as she turned around to leave. Gojyo stood in her way.
"So you think you know someone who would have stolen something?" Asked Gojyo.
"Well, I'm certain she would never steal something from a priest. Though we have had problems with her in the past..."
"Who's her?" Sanzo demanded to know.
"Well... I'm sure she has her reasons..."
"Who!" Sanzo asked again.
"Kagami."
"Kagami?" Goku asked.
"The woman who sang that song last night?" Asked Hakkai.
"Yes that would be Kagami. Such a troublesome girl. I am still wondering why we let her stay in this town. After all we only talk to her on festivals."
"Why shun her?" Asked Hakkai.
"Well, she's youkai, and with all the mess going on with youkai it's hard to tell if she's going to snap like the rest of them. Besides that, she was a very troubled when she was a child. Always being made fun of by other children because she was an orphaned youkai. One day she ended up killing almost half of our children." She shook her head. "She's really a sweet girl... but her habits are... well..." The woman stopped.
"Where would she be?" Asked Sanzo.
"I'm not sure. I don't even think she has a home... she's probably in the forest."
"Thank you." Hakkai said with a friendly tone as the four left the room.
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Kagami was sitting in a tree. She was holding a mirror in one of her hands and a piece of cloth in the other. She was cleaning the mirror. She saw her reflection and stopped for a moment. A sudden look of loathing came over her face and she turned the mirror around so she was looking to the back. A gunshot was heard and a bullet pierced the tree she was sitting in. She looked around and then down towards the Sanzo party.
"Give me back my sutra!" Sanzo yelled at her. "Or the next shot won't miss!"
"What makes you think I have anything of yours?" She asked looking down at him.
"The innkeeper ratted on you!" Goku said.
"Bullshit. She probably just told you how much of a nuisance I am. How the whole town looks at me like an abomination. And probably all the blood that has been split because of me."
"Yeah, she told us that too." Goku added.
She let out a small chuckle. "Well I don't have anything of yours. If I probably would of left this place a long time ago. Don't you think?"
"She has a point." Gojyo said.
Sanzo pointed the gun at her and fired. She moved the mirror in front of the bullet. The bullet was sucked into the mirror, leaving ripple effect like it would of a rock fell into water. She stood up on the tree branch.
"Such hostility." She mewed.
She began to chant something that was hard to make out. Suddenly the bullet came out of the mirror this time it was rocketing towards Sanzo. He dodged it and shot at her again. This time the bullet shot her in the shoulder. The bullet going in and out in one clean motion. She grabbed to her shoulder.
"Bastard... that hurt."
"Its going to hurt a lot more if you don't give me back my sutra."
"I told you for the thousandth time. I don't have it." She responded.
Sanso pointed the gun at her again. The mirror began to float by itself, the bullet being sucked into the mirror once again.
"As much as I hate to admit it, this little quarrel is over. Until next time."
She was sucked into the mirror and then the mirror disappeared. She was gone.
"I know she has my sutra. She a bad liar."
"How do you know?" Asked Gojyo.
"Her right eye twitches slightly when she lies."
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To be continued...
