"COME ONE COME ALL! SEE THE RESULT OF THE UNHOLY UNION OF THE TWO MORTALS ON EARTH, ONE YOUKAI AND ONE HUMAN SING FOR ITS SUPPER!"
A small girl looked out of her cage at the faces lit by multicoloured lights cowering away slightly at their laughter.
I've been here before…
Hanami stared up at the girl in the cage her eyes widening slightly, it was her…save for a few years off but it was…
"That's me"
"OH MY GOODNESS!" Look how red her eyes are!" Hanami looked at the woman who had said this gasping when she walked through her.
"That didn't just happ..."
"Hmm yes they would make a LOVELY set of earrings if I could glaze them!" A merchant smiled reaching into the cage and pullingthe red haired girlup close to the bars.
Hanami growled and tried to pull him away from the bars gasping when she fell through the crowd and hit her head off the bars, she gazed up at her younger self.
"This..can't be possible!" she gasped as she stared into the younger image of herself.
SHe saw angry and fearfilled eyes stare out, the eyes laced with water and thin streaks running down her cheeks.
"I...I'm crying"
"OH DARLING LOOK AT HER HAIR!" a woman smiled petting at the long strands that fell through the bars.
"SUCH WONDEROUS HAIR WHAT A PITY IT'S WASTED ON SUCH A LOWLY CREATURE!" Someone sneered.
Hanami continued to stare...
But I never cry,"
The crowd burst out laughing and she cowered away from their hands holding her knees up to her chest.
Hanami reached out towards her trying to squeeze her body through.
"WHy can't I reach her!" she cried into herself. She looked up at the small child her heart breaking, wishing she could give her a comforting touch.
Don't be scared…
"S-Stop laughing…please just…"the small girlwatched all their faces twist in humour the embarrassment reaching her face and her fury.
"LISTEN TO ME! YOU'RE SAFE! I'M HERE!" Hanami called out shaking the bars.
"STOP LAUGHING JUST STOP IT!" she screamed at all of them her fists shaking in anger, the bars began to rattle and she glared at them all.
They failed to notice and her owner opened the cage and pulled her to him.
"NO LET HER GO YOU ASSHOLE!" she yelled.
"IM ASKING A 10000 RUPEES FOR A LOCK OF HER HAIR! ANY BUYERS?" he yelled his eyes glowing at the amount of hands advancing and pleas of buyers.
He smirked and looked down at her baring a toothy grin
Hanami tried to touch him but fell through growling she jumped onto him again.
"I SAID LET HER GO ASSHOLE!"
The girlseyes opened in horror when he pulled out a large pair of silver scissors and began to cut at her long hair.
"BASTARD! LEAVE MY HAIR ALONE!" Hanami yelled,she watched his arm jerk across the girl's cheek.
"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 down at the girl in shock…
"Did…I do that?"
"YOU LITTLE BITCH! YOU MATTED THE HAIRWITH YOUR UNHOLY BLOOD!" her keeper screamed reaching down to hit her.
"NO STOP!" Hanami yelled jumping in front of the girl unseen by the keeper.
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" A voice exploded from the crowd causing all to go silent.
Hanami looked out towards the crowd and saw a tall blonde haired man and a small brown haired boy standing in the centre.
"Those two…are here," she whispered looking at herself and the scared expression.
She looked out and locked eyes with golden pools.
"I know those eyes…"
The boy looked straight through her, eyes sad and capturing her in a sea of gold, he leapt up from the crowd and glared at her keeper sending him running into the crowd past the golden haired manhe knelt down to her and offered her a chain ridden hand his voice filling her ears with safety.
"Don't worry," he smiled reaching out to her, she gasped when she felt his hand go through her towards her past self, her form quivering as his hand went through,
"I've come to save you, Hanami" he whispered grabbing hands with the girl behind her.
Hanami craned her neck back and saw tears on the girls face.
"Thank you…"
Hanami's eyes widened at what was said next.
"Goku"
"Hanami?"
Hanami opened her eyes and looked up into golden eyes, she blinked fearfully beforeshe realised the image wasGoku's golden eyes, smiling she went to raise her arm to hug him.
"AH!" she winced as the pain in her arm multiplied causing her mouth to open in pain, she watched Goku's eyebrows knot in anger before he got off the bed she was in and close the window that was open.
"Why the hell were you jumping out of windows?" Goku growled, drawing the curtain and glaring down at her bed ridden form.
Hanami felt pathetic under the gaze, she still couldn't figure out how Goku could've been the boy in her dream.
"Goku…" she started.
"If I come home you meet me at the stairs like a NORMAL PERSON! For gods sake you nearly gave Lirin a heart attack!" he yelled angrily tidying the room up.
Hanami bit her tongue and glared.
"WELL EXCUSE ME! I SAVED YOU FROM GETTING YOU FACE BITTEN OFF!" she screamed getting out of bed and glaring at him.
He stared at her in anger, she had a bandaged arm and three stitches along the cheek wound that kept opening, not that she gave it any time to heal, the skin along her eyebrow had broken and was patched and she had a black eye.
How could I let this happen to her?
"LOOK AT YOURSELF! YOU'RE A WRECK!" he yelled angry at himself.
He lifted her hair up and looked at the scar twisting his mouth into a scowl and thumping her head.
"OWOWOWOWO!" she yelled reaching up to rub her head
"ARE YOU SO CRIMANALLY STUPID YOU DON'T KNOW BASIC HOUSE RULES!" he yelled
Where..have I heard this before...he thought
Hanami puffed up comically causing his lip to twitch upward a bit but he managed to maintain a stern gaze.
"THANKS FOR CARING NOW! YOU DISAPPEARED YESTERDAY! I SPENT THE WHOLE DAY GETTING BEAT UP!" she screamed at him.
"WELL THAT ISN'T MY FAULT! GOD YOU'RE SO STUPID!" he screamed throwing a magazine at her head.
WHACK
"OWOWOWOWOW WHAT WAS THAT FOR YA CRAZY MONKEY!" she yelled rubbing her head with her good hand.
"SHUT-UP COULD YOU GET ANY MORE STUPID!"
"WELL I'M NOT GONNA GET SMARTER WITH YOU WHACKING MY HEAD ALL THE TIME!" she yelled.
Goku gritted his teeth and suddenly replayed the situation in his head.
WHACK
"OWOWOWOWOW WHAT WAS THAT FOR YA CRAZY MONK!" a younger Goku yelled rubbing his head with her good hand.
"SHUT-UP COULD YOU GET ANY MORE STUPID!" Sanzo yelled holding up his fan.
"WELL I'M NOT GONNA GET SMARTER WITH YOU WHACKING MY HEAD ALL THE TIME!" he yelled.
"OWOWOWOWO!" he yelled reaching up to rub her head
"ARE YOU SO CRIMANALLY STUPID YOU DON'T KNOW BASIC HOUSE RULES!"Sanzo yelled, his hand was pointing down at the muck trailed across the room.
He stared at her pouting form and began to snicker.
"What?" she yelled as he burst out laughing.
I…I…sound just like that stupid monk,
He placed a hand on her head and smiled.
"I'm the idiot, are you ok I haven't seen you in a while," he smiled at her.
She nodded and grabbed his face with her hands; he gulped in shock and watched her as she began looking at his face.
"Well, for someone who was trying to eat your face she didn't do a good job," she said sighing out in relief.
"Eat my…" Goku stopped and blushed taking her hands down from his face and shaking his head.
"N-No Hanami Lirin wasn't…"
"Lirin?"
"Yes that was the girl I was with…me and her were um…kissing," he said slowly his blush deepening.
Hanami looked up at him and raised an eyebrow.
"But Gojyo said…"
Goku put a finger on her lips.
"Do me a favour okay Hanami?" he said causing her to nod her head.
"Don't EVER listen to Gojyo!" he sighed flopping onto the bed and lying down on his side.
Hanami sat crossed legged and looked down at him, his eyelids closed and his breathing even.
"Goku," she whispered in his ear. He opened his eyes lazily and yawned closing them again. Hanami sighed and curled up next to his belly feeling the comfort a father and daughter would share,
"What is it now…don't tell me you're going to annoy me in my dreams as well!" he joked, Hanami froze and went rigid.
Goku felt this and opened his eyes.
"Is something wrong?" he asked, he sighed when Hanami got up and sat crossed legged on the floor.
"Hey, hey I was only kidding Hanami!" he comforted grabbing her good arm, his frown turned to worry when he saw her stare blankly to the floor.
"Hanami? Are you alri…" he stopped when Hanami looked up at him and smiled, her eyes had a thin sheet of water over them.
"I'm fine!" she smiled jumping in next to him and curling into his stomach, Goku sighed and patted her head falling asleep with his arm over her head on the pillow.
"Baka..." he murmered before nodding and drifting off.
Hanami opened one eye and eaned on her elbow staring down at her sun's face. She sighed lying back down when she felt her elbow twitch.
She stared up at his face and knotted her eyebrows in confusion.
Kissing…
She blushed and got up touching her lips and wondering, she had heard 'Lirin' giggle when they were 'kissing'…it must be good then…
She looked down at Goku and shook her head.
"Goku is...happy when he's with Lirin..." she said slowly to herself, her heart was beating warmly at the thoguht of Goku being Happy, she decided that she liked Lirin.
She quietly slipped out of the room patting her arm gingerly when she hit it on the door frame; she hissed and slowly closed the door.
"Ayah…" she cried quietly.
The cool indoor breeze of the temple hit her and she sighed walking barefoot against the marble floor.
She smiled at the sound of her padded feet against the cool surface and looked behind her at the little smudged footprints she made. A feeling of sorrow in her stomach slowly made her realise something.
"I wonder," she thought.
"If Goku is dreaming about Lirin instead of me…" she sighed leaning against the large open window's frame smiling down at the brightly lit town beneath the temple.
The multi coloured lights were gone now…but it still looked so pretty like it stood out for miles.
"What are you doing up Miss Hanami?" Hakkai asked from behind her.
Hanami spun around and banged her arm against the wall.
"EEE!" she cried small teardrops forming at the ends of her eyes as she rubbed the damaged appendage.
Hakkai frowned and sat down on the windows ledge patting the spot next to him in a gesture for her to sit down.
"Come here Hanami I might have to rewrap it," he sighed.
Hanami nodded and sat down keeping her head down and holding up her arm.
Hakkai unwrapped it and slowly began to place a new cloth over it; he looked up from his work and sat back slightly at the look on Hanami's face.
She was staring off into the town, the moon hitting off of her face causing the red glow of her hair visible, he blinked in confusion at the tear strained cheeks, yet her mouth was pressed into a thin line.
Hakkai sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder causing her to jump.
"Does it hurt?" he asked.
Hanami stared at him and shook her head.
"No it just twinges a little bit, its okay!" she smiled causing Hakkai to shake his head.
"That's not what I meant, when you saw Goku with Lirin…did it hurt?" he asked again.
Hanami blushed and shook her head, turning away from him.
"No…I just…felt scared," she said.
"Scared?"
"Yeah….that Lirin would bite his face off!" she explained looking back at him causing Hakkai to laugh and continue rewrapping her arm.
"Is that all? I bet Gojyo told you that!" he smiled, Hanami pouted and looked away.
"And…"
Hakkai looked up his eyes questioning before they opened wide at the water in her eyes.
Oh dear.
Hanami was crying…she might have been unaware to the fact but she was.
Hakkai pulled her into a hug avoiding her damaged arm and patted her back.
"Tell me, what's bothering you," he whispered.
Hanami felt her heart race at the feeling, her stomach churned like she was going to be sick but...it was a nice feeling.
"I dream of things…strange things to me their horrible and…I hate them," she said muttering the last part with such coldness that Hakkai felt his heart beat slower, he felt her struggle against him and let her go hand still placed on her shoulder.
"But last night…Goku was in it," she said causing Hakkai to look at her in confusion.
"Goku?" Hakkai said absentmindedly looking away with a smile.
"Yeah...but Hakkai...Goku isn't bad...at least I don't think he is he saved me after all," she sighed looking out the window.
Hakkai smiled and leaned against the frame of the window looking out into the horizon.
"Sometimes Hanami...we doubt what's right and wrong, we begin to indulge in things...over depend on them," Hakkai said slowly sprawling an arm over his propped up knee, Hanami stared at him.
"We become to attatched to needy, that is when a good thing," he smiled looking out at her.
"Becomes bad,"
Hanami felt her heart beat, her cheeks grew hot, she bent her head hand on her heart in puzzlement.
This feeling...I had it when Sanzo was chanting...
She looked up at Hakkai who was regarding her worriedly.
"MIss Hanami?"
The moon reflected on his face highlighting his lips and Hanami's eyes furrowed slightly.
"Say Hakkai?" she asked sweetly moving in slightly so their foreheads knocked together.
Hakkai smiled up at her and crossed his eyes making her laugh , he smiled and pushed her fringe up staring into thered eyes like Gojyo's.
"Yes? Miss Hanami?"
Hanami sat back a bit and yawned her eyes tinkling with curiosity.
"Have you ever been kissed?" she asked.
EEEEE done! Once again I'd like to reinforce the fact that there is NO romance in this fic NONE! More reviews YAAAAAAY! I had to go to the hospital today because I fainted in class! (Hit my head of the table so hopefully that's a good enough excuse for this crappy chapter)
Hanami: Stop putting yourself down!
Me: But…it's crap….
(Hanami whacks authoress with fan)
Hanami: BAKA!
BANG BANG BANG!
Give me back my fan foolish twit!
Hanami: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (runs away with Sanzo chasing after her)
Me: OI! ENOUGH! (Grabs the two and separates them)
Me: Now on three.
Hanami: One
Me: Two
Sanzo...Tch
(Authoress glares at blonde monk)
Sanzo….three
All together: (bow) so sorry for any future delays, thank you for reviewing.
REVIEWS
Tenka Chan and Homura Kun: Aww I love you guys (tickles) and the one minute silence won't do our beloved monkey any good something wicked this way comes…or should I say blows? (Thinks for a minute)….that did not come out the way I wanted it to…
Knight Rose: Aww its okay you can take your frustration out on Sanzo!(Make him cry! Lol) Sanzo: Masochist… Me: You say something?
Someone Special: Aww thanks! And I hate script form to, but I use it to jot down ideas!
Raven Black: (hugs) Thank you! I'll try to update that story soon!
SHinigami's wrath: (hope I spelt that right) thankyou for reviewing chapter 11 I'm sorry I didn't mention you! (bows in apology)