Disclaimer: I don't own Saiyuki blah, blah, blah…

A.N. Sooo… Who do you think Kanzeon Bosatsu want Gojyo to be paired with? (Grins) Be advised that I will refer Gojyo to she and her as of now.

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Gojyo ½

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Part One

"Gojyo?" Hakkai blinked a couple of times before he stared intently into her cute red eyes. He noticed that her hair was not bound; it was dangling down to her chest as he saw a string or a band beside the bed. He presumed that it was for her hair and it broke of while… ahem, you know what Gojyo does. Anyway, she had very exceptional features and looked as though she was still a teenager, about eighteen or nineteen. "Kirei," he muttered. He had to admit, Gojyo does have good taste.

 He saw he hung her head down, which he guessed was probably the result of a huge hangover. He tipped her chin up a little and stared at her eyes. If she was a little hazy a while ago, now she was staring back at him. The redhead blinked when he tilted her head towards him.

"Gojyo is that you?"

Silence.

The redhead just blinked in surprise or confusion, Hakkai really couldn't tell. Goku on the other hand had a huge sweat drop on his head.

"Ne…" Hakkai stared for a few more seconds before he faced Goku, who had a very baffled chibi face. "Hakkai, are you sure you don't need another monocle?" He asked scratching his head. "This is a girl, not Gojyo. Gojyo is a horny water demon."

Hakkai blinked. He had absolutely had no idea why he asked the pretty lady if she was his best friend. Now that he thought of it, how in heaven's name would Gojyo end up being a girl? "Ah, I'm sorry miss but I---" What could he say. He just said that this young lady was Gojyo, and Gojyo was… is a man.

He smiled and he finally realized her almost exposed form. The same clothes Gojyo wears… A very loose undershirt and baggy pants… The very same thing… His thoughts ended, there was no way that this was Gojyo… right? "I guess you want dress up properly now, miss. I'm sorry to have caused you any trouble." He turned to leave but felt *dainty* hands on his arm that halted him.

"How many times do I have to tell you: Don't smile when something's bothering you, Hakkai."

He whipped his head around and he met with attractive red eyes… Her eyes are like Gojyo's… He saw her put her other hand to her head and she groaned. "Excuse me, Miss but… what did you call me?"

The redhead grinned as she lifted her hand from her head to pull Hakkai close to her while the green-eyed man slowly gulped. The girl's smirk grew bigger as she put her lips near his ear.

Sanzo raised a brow and Goku blinked.

"You know, you haven't really answered my question yet…" She put her lips closer to his ears and whispered, "Did anyone tell you how cute you are up close, Hakkai?"

Hakkai pulled back a little bit that startled the young girl and caused her to lose balance. "GOJYO?"

Gojyo let out a sigh of relief, then a slight giggle when he saw Sanzo, Hakkai and Goku's expressions. "It's about time… I thought you already figured me out and then that baka saru had to say that 'Gojyo's not a girl'. Well, technically I'm not but right now I can't really defend that answer right now, can I? First I was sleeping and then when I woke up I suddenly became a girl. I seriously didn't do anything! So don't you look at me like that! I really didn't do anything stupid! I just slept! And then------"

"Gojyo, shut up. You're blabbing like a woman," said Sanzo.

"AREH! Gojyo turned to a woman?!" Goku almost fell to the floor. He went near Gojyo and stared. "Who are you and what do you want from us?!"

"Baka saru." Gojyo murmured in a girlish manner.

"IEE! You are Gojyo!" He said pointing accusingly to the young girl.

"Yare… What trouble have you gotten yourself into this time, I wonder…" Hakkai smiled a nervous smile. It's bad enough that he had a flirty, attractive best friend that was a guy and now it had to be a beautiful, attractive and flirty best friend that was a girl. What will the other people think? Three men and a woman… Just thinking about it makes him sweat-drop. He can't let Gojyo be by himself… err… herself either. That can't be good. "Yare yare…"

"What is it Hakkai?" Gojyo stared at him. He knew something was up. And he knew that it was about him! Err… her.

Hakkai diverted his eyes to the obvious low dangling sleeveless shirt that Gojyo was wearing. "First thing's first," he mumbled to himself. "Err… Gojyo, I think… we need to go shopping."

"Shopping, Hakkai?" Goku inquired still with a chibi face and dot eyes with a huge sweat-drop.

"Hn." [A.N. Sanzo's not that dense so he figured out what Hakkai was implying. ^_^']

"What?!" Gojyo almost squeaked. "I turned to a girl and you want to go shopping?!"

"Calm down, Gojyo." Hakkai nervously smiled at his friend. "I just want you to wear decent clothes before we find out what happened."

Gojyo looked down on himself. Indeed, she was a little underdressed. Any guy that would probably see her will gawk at her form and…  she didn't even want to mention that. But she, Gojyo, did wanted to see the town. She didn't get the chance before and she was a little curious. And besides, somehow on the mention of clothes, she suddenly wanted to see what kind of stuff they had for her to wear.

Gojyo mentally smacked herself. "I am not a girl," she mumbled to herself.  

"Areh… I think you are one right now, Gojyo…" Gojyo snapped a dirty look at the one who said such a stupid and obvious thing, physically anyway.

"Shut up, baka saru."

"What did you say?! You horny water demon onna!"

"Well, at least I'm not late when it comes to evolving!" She almost screamed. "As I can see, you're still not past the monkey stage."

"You might be a woman but you still have Gojyo's actions!"

"You say that like it's a bad thing."

"It is."

"Stupid mon-------------"

"Are you two finished bickering?" All turned and faced the blonde-haired monk who deliberately cut into their squabbling. He was already inside the room and was sitting on a chair beside Gojyo's bed. "Hn. I'm going out. I already ran out of cigarettes and I would like to buy now with or without you two bakas."

"Why you---------------" Gojyo started but Hakkai cut her off.

"So, sensing that we're all finished discussing, shall we go?" Hakkai asked while eyeing Gojyo.

"Whatever."

Gojyo stood up promptly… probably too fast that she lost her balance and braced herself to feel the hard surface of the floor. With her eyes closed, she squeaked as she felt the contact. The floor wasn't as hard as she thought it would be. Actually, it was vary warm and soft. She opened her eyes and saw a pair of arms that was wrapped around her lithe form. The scarlet-haired boy-turned-girl looked up.

"Clumsy do'aho," Sanzo muttered. She found herself cradled in the arms of the unsociable monk who was also with the floor with her. She blinked a few times to process the fact that Sanzo saved her from the horrible hard floor. And it took a few more moments for her to process what the blonde-haired monk said. She was about to retort something back at him but before she could Hakkai crouched beside them.

"Yare. You should be more careful next time, Gojyo." Hakkai extended a hand towards her and she took it, her soft hands covering the brunette. Pulling Gojyo made Hakkai realize that she was very light and agile... so feminine. Hakkai was such in deep thought that he didn't notice that she was standing up properly.

"Thanks, Hakkai." This snapped him back to reality. "You're very welcome, Gojyo." Before he could give one of his smiles to her, he noticed that she started wobbling again.

"Ne, she can't stand up???" Goku asked as he jumped on the bed and stood upright, easily over-towering Gojyo's trembling form.

"Baka saru." She muttered under her breath but she had to admit that the monkey was right. She can hardly stand up. There seemed to be something missing… below…

She blushed, the redness quickly spreading on her face. Sanzo was the first one to catch her sudden reaction. "What malicious thoughts are you thinking this time half-breed?"

Gojyo shot Sanzo a dirty look. "Look, I can't stand up straight. I feel like that I'm missing something, okay?"

"Missing?" Sanzo inquired.

"Yeah. Missing."

"Hn?"

"DOWN THERE."

"Hn."

"Thank Kami you comprehended." Gojyo sighed as she felt Hakkai's arms around her, giving her more stability. At least she felt herself being accustomed to the feeling of the omitted... you know what. She tried a few steps while Hakkai was helping, providing her the steadiness she needed. "I think I can walk now."

Hakkai was a little unsure but let go. Gojyo walked a few steps and then she did it faster. She whirled and stopped promptly. Taking a jump in the air, she landed gracefully. Then finally, she back-flipped and settled stylishly on the floor. "Good."

Gojyo turned to her companions and saw then gawking at her. "What?"

"That was quite a show, Gojyo." Hakkai smiled.

The ruby-haired half-breed giggled. "Complementing me on something I do everyday? You guys must really think I'm beautiful."

"Humph. Keep telling yourself that half-breed." Sanzo stood up and walked passed all three of them. "If you guys decide to shop, I'll be downstairs."  

They turned to each other and there was silence. "Ano…"

"I think I'll go down." Goku said with his usually smiling face breaking the serene mood. "I'll be waiting with Sanzo! I'll make sure he won't walk off or something." With that, he walked off, leaving only Hakkai and Gojyo in the stillness of the room. Hakkai looked intensely at Gojyo and Gojyo to him. Thoughts were rushing in and out of both of their heads. [A.N. Tsk tsk. Such hentai minds. They were only wondering about the situation, nothing more. ^^']

"Ah, excuse me." At last the silence was broken and both turned to the doorway. "I didn't realize that there are still people here." It was an elderly lady that was supposed to clean the room. She was a short and stout woman with gray hair, evidently giving them idea of her age.

"Ah, it is no problem madam. We were just leaving." Hakkai replied in his usual polite way.

"All right then." She moved in the room but stopped in front of Gojyo. "A little underdressed, aren't you dear?" Right then, Gojyo felt herself blush a little. "Ano, I kind of lost my clothes and umm…"

"She borrowed some of mine." Hakkai ended for her. Gojyo had a look of gratefulness on her while Hakkai continued.  "Unfortunately, madam, those things are the only clothes I have left."

"My dear! You can't leave this place looking like that. A lot of young men will get eyestrain gawking at you! Or you might even get kidnapped!" She grabbed Gojyo's hand.

"My thoughts exactly." Hakkai muttered. He doesn't know what those men will do to her. He doesn't even want to know.

"Come with me young lady, I have some clothes that will fit perfectly for you."

Gojyo grinned nervously. "Err, we were about to buy some clothes out in the market…"

"You can't go outside looking like that!" She said, "And certainly, they just can't pick out a dress for you to wear, it might be ill-fitting." She got a little closer to Gojyo before she whispered, "And besides, between us women, men really have no taste in clothes."

Hakkai heard it, he just didn't react. He gave Gojyo a look that said calm-yourself-Gojyo as he saw the elderly woman pull Gojyo out of the room. "Hakkai!" was the last thing she was able to say before she was out of the brunette's sight.

"Don't worry, dear. We'll get back with your boyfriend later. Right now you need clothes." Hakkai still heard their squabbling and he could help but smile.

"BOYFRIEND? Hey, don't get me wrong here lady. He's not my boyfriend." Hakkai sweat-dropped before he decided to go downstairs with Goku and Sanzo.

"Yare yare. I could just imagine what trouble we'll get ourselves into with an attractive Gojyo out there in the market."

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To be continued…

Author's Notes

Like I said before: Just reference to those who don't know. ^^'

Baka saru – stupid monkey.

Onna – woman

Do'aho – asshole (God, I can't believe I just typed that O_o)