Hanami stared up in fear at the Monks as they laughed, they were around Goku's height and they smelt like burning herbs. She looked at the one on the left who held a long wooden reed; she gulped the feeling of the first monk's kick causing her stomach to stir.
She cried out in pain when the reed was brought down on her head.
"Pfft! Woman thieves! Why bother coming to steal this temple? All you're proving is that woman can only be two things in life, thieves and WHORES!" he yelled beating her with the stick. Hanami stared blankly at the floor as they beat her, a sense of familiarity washed over her with each strike.
"NEXT TIME YOU MESS UP A PREFORMANCE I'LL BLOODY KILL YOU!" her owner screamed walking out of the cage and barring the door, Hanami winced at the familiar clanging as the bolts screeched against the metal into place. He glared out at her, "You know, you wouldn't get hit if you just tried to perform harder instead of just sitting there like a possessed LOON!" he yelled walking away.
She lay on the floor, the bruises on her arms screaming at her in pain, she filled with self hate and curled up in a ball refusing to cry, she growled at the feeling of self hate and slapped herself,
"No…it's not my fault, it's not my fault!" she whispered to herself reassuring herself.
"They can take away my freedom, but in the end…I have my name, I have my body, and I have my sanity, and no-one can take that away from me!" she said a little louder as if trying to persuade the dark air around her. She froze when a dark figure pressed itself up against the cage a pair of golden eyes staring out at her.
"NATAKU! LOOKIT! SHE'S STILL HERE!" Hanami looked out at the boy probably a year or two older than her and gasped…
That…face…is that?
"AH! My friend if we don't leave that fat man will throw us in too!" Another figure said grabbing onto the golden eyed boys arm. She held a brief gaze with a pair of yellow eyes, nowhere near as golden as the first figure, she heard him gasp as he walked over to the cage.
"Your eyes! Their…their…" Hanami winced at the phrase awaiting the usual abuse covering her face with her arms and turning her back.
"It's the same colour as her hair!" the other boy exclaimed, Hanami bit her lip covering her ears slightly,
"How," she closed her eyes trying to avoid any further abuse tonight.
She felt a tug at her hair and stared into two sets of golden eyes, one pair like the shine of honey the other like melted gold.
"Beautiful"
"Hey beautiful! What's up? Don't tell me we hit you too hard!" One of the monk's yelled poking her with the stick.
She let out a gasp and felt the food in her stomach turn and rose up quickly to be sick before she felt the monk clasp a hand over her mouth.
"Nuh-uh you've already defiled our temple enough today!" he smirked, she glared at him her hate coming from every inch of her body, the monk froze as her blood red eyes narrowed.
"H-Hey guys!" he laughed shakily, the two monks looked over.
"What is it Toro?" the smaller one asked.
"This girl…Is a half-blooded freak!" he laughed throwing her down to the floor in front of them.
Hanami's eyes widened and she blushed furiously at the word freak, it hit her like a kick in the gut and she began paling slightly.
"Check her out Doku!"
The one known as Doku tilted her head up and smiled in glee.
"OH my! Such eyes!" he smiled throwing her into the arms of the tallest monk there.
He caught her with strong arms and smiled.
"Don't you think so Gonwa?" Toro laughed.
Gonwa stared into her fearful eyes and ran a hand down her hair.
"Hmm, yes…pity we can't take them from her…after all she did try to steal from OUR temple!" he said turning her around and glaring at her.
Hanami's eyes widened,
"OH MY GOODNESS!" Look how red her eyes are!"
"Hmm yes they would make a LOVELY set of earrings if I could glaze them!"
She twisted hitting Gonwa on the face with her hand cutting his cheek with her claw by accident causing him to call out in pain; she twisted and went to run before she was pulled back a sharp tug on her hair.
"BITCH! YOU DARE HURT GONWA?" Toru yelled pulling her up to him and slapping her cheek, she bit down on his hand growling her fox like eyes narrowing and teeth growing sharper.
Toru yelled and grabbed on her hair pulling her up to stare at him!
"WE SHOULD CUT THE LITTLE BLASPHEMY'S THROAT"
She gulped and froze when she heard a snip sound behind her.
"Hee hee, Oh Gonwa!" Doku giggled.
She shakily tilted her head back and gasped at the sight of the long silver shears.
"I think we can cut something else!" Doku smirked walking foreword and rubbing a hand down her hair.
Hanami jumped and tried to shake free from Gonwa's grasp.
"Hmm yes, her hair will do!" Gonwa smiled, "After all she can always steal herself a wig!" he laughed grabbing her arms behind her head and putting her back against his chest.
"IM ASKING A 10000 RUPEES FOR A LOCK OF HER HAIR! ANY BUYERS?"
"NO STOP IT STOP IT LEAVE MY HAIR ALONE YOU BALD SHINY HEADED DEMONS!" she yelled squirming in the monks grasp, she kicked back and hit Gonwa in the balls causing her to fall foreword when he released her straight into Doku.
SHFFT,
"NO PLEASE STOP!" she screamed trying to claw at his arms, she nudged him and he accidentally skimmed her cheek with his scissors.
"AYAH!" she screamed falling back and grabbing her face with her hands, she stared down in shock as they began to turn a bloody red.
Hanami stared blankly at the floor reaching up to her hair as she saw pieces of it fall to the floor, she grew furious when she felt the jagged cut he had done but froze when she saw the white marble floor turn red.
My hair...and…
She reached up to her cheek and felt the re-opened cut, blood flowing like a stream down her chin; she turned to look at the three monks who were standing up shaking.
Doku got up and began yelling at her.
"Y-YOU LITTLE BITCH!"
"YOU LITTLE BITCH! YOU MATTED THE HAIRWITH YOUR UNHOLY BLOOD!" her keeper screamed reaching down to hit her.
If I'm a bitch…then why do you want to keep me so much?
"That was all your fault, y-you wouldn't have gotten cut if you would've just sat there!"
"You wouldn't get hit if you just tried to perform harder instead of just sitting there like a possessed LOON!"
Why can't you just make your minds up…?
"YEAH! YOU SHOULD BE THANKING US THAT WE TAKE INTEREST IN SUCH A LOWLY CREATURE SUCH AS YOURSELF!" Gonwa yelled.
"SUCH WONDEROUS HAIR WHAT A PITY IT'S WASTED ON SUCH A LOWLY CREATURE!"
Hanami glared at them.
"A lowly creature didn't ask for the interest of assholes like you," shespat her left eye becoming blurry from the wound under it.
Toru growled and ran towards her to deliver a blow; Hanami braced her self, opening her right eye to see the three boys running away in the opposite direction.
"Goddamn punks," A voice growled, from above her.
She looked up and fell backwards the blood still trickling down her face, her mouth was slightly open and she opened and closed it a few times before the figure above her reached down to pick her up. She felt her body be lifted by a pair of thin yet muscle covered arms and opened her right eye.
Red pools of blood greeted her and she sighed slightly looking at her hand.
She saw the blood and smiled painfully at the eyes.
"It's the same colour as her hair!"
"Red eyes," she said mimicking the golden eyed boys in her flashback before falling unconscious in Gojyo's arms.
"H-HEY! Kiddo you ok?" he said shaking her slightly,
Hanami stared up into two pairs of different shades of golden eyes and smiled.
"How,"
"Beautiful," she whispered, grabbing Gojyo's cheek with her hand and falling asleep on his chest, her cheek covering his white shirt with blood, she had smeared his tan cheek with her blood covering his scars slightly, her hand leaving a smudged trail down his chin.
Gojyo smiled down at her and petted her hair,
"Nice to know you think so kid, gotta say…" he whispered before turning around and walking back towards Goku's room.
"You don't look so bad yourself," he held her tighter as his footsteps echoed through the hall.
AH! This chapter was…very action packed! Sorry about the blood but it seems to mean a lot in this story! (Sweat-drops) I was supposed to practice guitar today! AAAAAAAH! Ah who cares writing is more important! Anyways they've all had their moments with her now! Now the fun can begin! (Evil laughter) Lol!
Tenka-Chan: Hey! I know aint Goku the sweetest little thing EVER! (Puts on a granny voice) Lol, I needed her to get a better taste in her mouth with Sanzo though because well she IS taking after her mentor! (Nods and points at Goku)
Someone Special: AHH! Yes a cliff hanger it keeps people interested in my story!
Knight rose: The cookies get better each time! (Tackles you with love) And I invented a poking stick….I'll try it out on you sometime!