Hanami stared out at the two boys her eyes glinting as the light in her cage swung slightly.
"Did…y-you just call me…beautiful?" she stuttered.
The light shone on their faces and she gasped.
Two boys roughly her height stood in front of her, the one with the honey yellow eyes had black hair and strange antennae like strands sticking out of the front of his head, and he wore robes. The second one whose eyes were like melted pools of gold wore a black vest top and what seemed to be silk trousers, he had long brown hair and a strange golden headband on his head.
The one thing that interested her most about the duo was what was attached to their arms and legs.
"Chains" she thought to herself grabbing her arm and hearing the metal of her own metal ties clang against each other.
"Well of course we did DUH!" The Gold eyed boy laughed reaching into the cage and offering her his hand.
"I'mG...by the way!" he smiled, his voice replaced by a strange bell sound
What
"I'm Nataku, it's lovely to meet you Red-sama!" the honey eyed boy bowed.
Hanami blushed and shook the golden eyed boy's hand looking at Nataku and frowning.
"M-My name's Hanami by the way…" she said "NOT Red…"
Nataku blushed and laughed uncomfortably offering her his hand which she gladly shook smiling at him causing a blush to raise to his cheeks.
"So Hanami!" he said his black hair shining in the light.
Hanami looked up at him in question.
"Yes?"
"Wanna play with us?" he smiled his hands on the bars, the Golden eyed boy smiled and looked pleadingly at her.
"YEAH…That would ROCK!" he smiled.
Hanami blushed and nodded.
"I-I'd love to but…how would you get me out?" she asked.
Nataku realised this and sighed looking at his companion.
"She's right you know…" he said causing his face to fall.
"Well…then we'll stay and talk to you then!" He smiled leaning in closer to the bars.
She blushed and shook her head.
"Y-You really don't have to I know for a fact that it must bore you so to have to stay out all night," she said quietly.
"Nah, if we get bored we can just look at you all night!" the golden haired boy smiled causing her to blush.
"Th-Thank you," she whispered.
Hanami opened her eyes and blinked as she found herself tucked up into a bed, she was facing the wall of the room she was in before and sat up in shock, she winced rubbing her tummy and blinked at the sudden bare felling on her back.
What the…
She reached back and gasped when she failed to reach the soft feeling of hair and touched up to her face felling the ends of her hair cut short up to the nape of her neck, it was cut down in a diagonal line and she whimpered slightly at the absence of it tickling her back.
She touched her cheek and winced feeling a rough plaster. She looked at her arms and saw bruises and cuts causing her to sigh in defeat and fall flat on her back.
Knock Knock
"Hanami? Are you awake?" A voice called from the outside of the room, she recognised it to be Hakkai's and sighed.
"No," she said loud enough for him to her and she propped herself up slightly when she heard him chuckle and open the door.
"I hope you're feeling better, Um about your hair, it was …cut seeing as it had been hacked away by those…loonies" he said as nicely as possible but she noticed his eyes darken slightly as he aid his words causing her to shiver.
"Hmm, they're just jealous cuz they're bald and don't have pretty hair like me!" she smiled accepting a cup of water from Hakkai and sipping on it happily, he looked at her and opened his mouth to talk.
"Pretty eh? Well, I guess you could say that." Gojyo drawled from the doorway.
Hanami looked towards him and blushed slightly noticing that his white shirt was still stained in blood causing her to recall the past events.
Hanami stared up into two pairs of different shades of golden eyes and smiled.
"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.
She blushed and looked down to the quilt causing Gojyo to smirk.
Hakkai frowned, "Gojyo? You STILL haven't changed that shirt have you?" he nagged dipping a cloth in water and wringing it.
"Hanami please lay down for me you're not fit to sit up quite yet and I'd like to keep you from getting a fever," he smiled taking the empty glass of her and pushing her down on the bed before placing the cool cloth on her head. She sighed at the cool touch on her hot forehead and smiled.
"Tch, Goku's clothes are to short and there be no way in HELL am I wearing one of the monks of this temple's hand me down robes!" he said wrinkling his nose, "those damn things smell of incense!"
"And what about wearing Sanzo's clothes?" Hakkai asked placing a hand on the wet towel causing a little bit of water to squeeze out and run down her nose.
He muttered an apology and wiped it away with the edge of his sleeve.
"Pfft, you think that skinny torso monk's baby suits would fit my well built body?" he grinned causing Hakkai to shake his head.
"If he heard you he'd kill you y'know," Hakkai teased.
Hanami listened to the two's conversation and yawned slightly.
There was a brief silence before Hakkai said something about wanting to get more bandages fro Hanami's stitches on her cheek.
"Stitches?" she asked looking sideways at his standing form.
"Yes…that cut some how reopened when you were fighting with…" he trailed off and coughed uncomfortably before patting her on the head.
"Gojyo will look after you until I get back." he smiled leaving the room and whispering 'behave yourself' to the red haired man.
The door closed and Hanami coughed slightly feeling uncomfortable with the uneasy air between the two of them.
"So," Gojyo began walking towards the bed and sitting down, she smiled at the familiar smell of smoke and what appeared to be a sweet scent coming off him.
"You're the new addition to the Sanzo fan club eh?" He smiled.
She wrinkled her nose causing him to laugh. "Yeah, I see what you mean I ain't to keen on him either! But hey a smoke buddy's a smoke buddy!" he grinned.
She smiled weakly back at him wincing and grabbing her cheek as a strange stinging sensation went through her face.
"Ah!" she sat up shaking her eye tinting with pain and hissed slightly.
She stopped when she felt a comforting hand on her back and felt herself be pulled into a hug.
"There, are assholes like that everywhere kiddo you just…gotta live with it okay, be strong," Gojyo whispered reassuringly patting her back.
Hanami sighed at the warmth and felt drowsy in his arms, his smoky and sweet scent slightly drugging her.
She suddenly felt a strange sensation in her stomach and lurched foreword.
"Hey what's…oh!" he winced as she was sick in the basket next to her bed, the kick from earlier taking affect now.
He patted her back and struggled to come up with soothing words for her holding her hair back.
"Wouldn't want to get your new haircut dirty would you?" he smiled.
She wiped her mouth and groaned lying back on he bed and picking up a strand of her hair.
"The boys…ruined my hair, but it looks pretty now," she smiled.
"I should think so after all I cut it!" Gojyo smiled leaning back and rummaging in his pocket for something.
Hanami mumbled a thank you and watched as he pulled a silver object from his pocket taking a white stick out of his pack.
"No problem," he mumbled back the stick in his mouth.
She gasped when he flicked the lighter open causing lights to flicker on and off on the outside shell.
Gojyo caught her staring and lit his cigarette, taking a long drag before balancing it on the ashtray.
"You like it?" he asked holding it out to her. She took it shyly and tried to open it frowning after her third attempt and glaring at it.
"It doesn't like me…" she frowned causing Gojyo to shake his head.
"Oi, that's cuz you're doing it wrong, here," he said taking the lighter and showing her how to open it up properly.
Her eyes widened at delight in the lights, she gave a small squeal of glee when she worked it out for herself and smiled up at Gojyo who smiled back.
She yawned slightly and fell asleep the lighter still in her hand.
Gojo smiled and tucked her in petting her cheek slightly causing her to frown in her sleep.
He shook his head and turned his attention towards his abandoned cigarette his eyes opening in shock.
It had burnt all the way down to the nub.
He sighed in aggravation but stopped when he looked down at Hanami who was clutching the lighter tightly causing him to smile.
Well Hakkai hates me smoking around his patients anyway," he joked to himself and stretched out on the chair and fell asleep.
ALRIGHT ANOTHER CHAPTER! (Does the chapter dance.) I have like, 23 REVIEWS! And seeing as this is chapter 11 I think a small prize is to be involved! What is the prize? You'll find out at the end of the story (rubs hands together evilly) Right then reviews EEEEEEEEE!
Tenka-Chan: Yeah it's worming its way in and it wouldn't be a Saiyuki fanfic without that loveable Hermaphrodite in the mix would it? Lol!
Someone special: Glad to know you don't mind the blood! (sticks on a pair of fake Dracula teeth) BLAH!
Knight rose: Hmm dreams about my character eh? (gets jealous of the friendship you have) HANAMI I DON'T EVER WANT YOU SEEING THAT COOKIE BANDIT AGAIN!
Hanami: WHAT! WHY!
Me: BECAUSE SHE'S LEADING YOU DOWN AN EVIL PATH! An evil path of doughy goodness but an evil path! And…
Hanami: And?
Me: She has a poking stick…..
Next chapter up soon!