Heart's Requiem:
A Saiyuki AU Story.
Opening: Sakura
The heat was coming off of the sun like waves, and it wasn't like any air conditioning would make it any better. She raised her kendo blade, her eyes shut, focused. She was Mai Shima, daughter of Mai Saburo, the head of the Osaka police. She had an image to uphold, as kendo captain, class president, and top student in the third year… she was a defender of moral, and did not tolerate the infallibility of the foolish children who where being sucked into the resident gangs.
Her eyes opened and she stood, and looked at her Sensei. "Okoki Sensei! I'm going to clean now!"
"Mai-san, You need to go home before it gets dark. I will clean up." the man said with authority. He was kind, and had long black hair, that was held back in a small rat-tail. Shima smiled.
"Sensei, don't you have a wife or a child at home who will worry about you?"
The man laughed, "No, I'm far to complicated for such things."
Shima smiled, and bowed to the man, "Sayonara, Okoki Sensei." She turned and ran from the school dojo, looked up at the freshly blooming sakura trees. She smiled, watching the soft pink peddles fly in the air. She stopped and smiled, the sweet smell in lingering in an almost mist.
"Shima-chan, Do you wish to know how I meet your grandfather?"
Flash back
"Hai, Baba-chan." Shima said, looking at the old woman. She was wrinkly, and smelled of American perfume.
"I met him when I was in high school. He was a senior. It was when the cheery blossoms where in bloom, and I was dancing under the peddles. I just ran right into him. He was very rude to me at first –"
"Ji-chan? Mean? Was he always that way?" Shima didn't know much about her grandfather, only from what her Father told her of him. He died the very day she was born. July 24th.
"Oh, no. Handsome man, very popular with the girls. He had red hair and red eyes. And soon grew to love me…"
"I wish I knew him, Baba-chan…"
End flash back
Shima turned, drunk by the mist of the sakura trees, the tune in her head was a soft one, very dreamy, very much longing for love. She smiled, holding her book bag close. She still wore her Kendo uniform, the navy blue paints and the black top, her wrapped chest showing through the very top. Her long black hair was back in a tie, on her neck. She turned and bumped right into someone from behind, then fell backwards, to see blond and confused Purple eyes, then felt herself crash right into another person, knocking him over. She fell on her back, on top of the person. She blinked, looking at the blond man, as he held out his leather-gloved hand.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Don't you know it's late?" The blond grabbed Shima's hand once she placed her's in his and pulled her to her feet. She turned to see whom she knocked over and saw…
"Son Goku!" She pulled out her kendo blade and held it to his head, the senior rubbed his mop of brown and leered at the girl with his very handsome golden eyes, "What are YOU doing on school grounds after hours!"
"The same could be asked of you!" Goku said, getting to his feet. He leered down at the junior, "And you're supposed to call me Sempai!"
"Like hell I would ever call you that, you little ingrate!"
"Little! I HAVE TWO CENTIMETERS ON YOU!"
"Son Goku, I challenge you!" Shima said, holding the sword out in a challenging stance. Sanzo blinked, and lit a fag. So this was Mai Shima. Goku talked about her a lot, not good things, but he did.
"Fuck. You." Goku said, giving the girl the finger. This pissed Shima off, "Bakayaro!"
"Nadesta?" Goku said, then ducked as she charged him. He grabbed the hilt, just above her hands and pulled at it. He heard her gasp, felt her fall forward, but his hand shot out and he caught her in his arm. He glared down at her. His eyes widened lightly, as a sakura peddle drifted between them, and he saw her cheeks where pink. Their eyes connected, and she finally noticed what he was wearing. She had never seen him out of uniform. Goku had on a bright yellow shirt, with a black long-sleeved undershirt on under the huge yellow shirt. His shorts where cameo. But they looked in each other's eyes. "Goku-sempai…" Shima said softly, her cheeks red.
"Goku, You Baka." Sanzo said, taking a long drag of the cig, "You're supposed to be chivalrous. Not an ass." Goku glared at Sanzo as he tipped Shima back to her feet. Shima looked at the blond man. He was in a black leather jacket and shoes that matched his gloves. His shirt was also black, and his paints where dark denim, "Please pardon my brother. He can be very… oafish."
Goku glared at his brother, then crossed his arms. Where did he get off? "Nii-chan! Hakkai-sempai is probably waiting, and Gojyo is gonna pick on me if we are any later!"
Sanzo looked at his little brother, then smiled lightly at Shima, noticing her red cheeks and her eyes, green, shinning. "I have to take my leave. Please do not beat my baby brother up to much tomorrow."
"Nii-san!" Goku grabbed the blond's jacket and pulled. Shima watched as they vanished into the darkness, and then she let out a sigh. "Baba-chan. I met the man I am to marry, and His hair is blond."
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Shima walked down the hall, her head held high. Many of the underclassmen ran next to her, asking her questions, and telling her stories. She enjoyed being the girl that all the underclassmen came to talk to. She was telling three girls the story of her darling dog, Haru, when the vice president of the junior class, Mikiga Toshi, ran up to her.
"Shima-san! Maeko-san wasn't in her morning class!"
Shima's eyebrow titched, annoyed by this new development. Dainishi Maeko was… a difficult girl to understand. She was a gang member, and was her assignment. She sighed, looking at the three sophomore girls, "I'm sorry, but duty comes before Haru-inu-chan. I'll finish the story after kendo." She turned and walked toward the delinquent's NORMAL hideout, the big Gingko tree outside the school's fenced pool.
Once outside, she ran into another Junior who needed help with his physics, but Shima sadly had to turn him away. She had to do her job, which was getting Maeko out of the tree and into class. She walked to the old tree and looked up at the tree to see the 16 year old. Smoking. In the old tree. She sighed, as the second-class bell rang.
"This tree is an ancient tree, meant for us to look at and admire, not climb and smoke in!"
"Shove it up you ass," The dark gray haired girl snapped, her blue eyes on fire. Shima moaned, "Maeko-san, please don't make this hard…"
"I hate you, you prissy bitch! All you ever do is te…"
Shima crossed her arms and looked away, blocking the bitching out. It was the same thing every day… She saw the blond hair and the tall lean body. 'It's him…' she gasped, her cheeks turned red, and she watched as Goku's elder brother walked around the back of the school, looking very lost. She froze, when he looked over at her and smiled, waving. She lifted her hand to wave.
She felt someone knocking on her head, and she turned, "Nani-o! That HURT"
"You space out or somethin'?" the girl asked. She was taller than Shima be almost five centimeters. Her hair was long and a deep gray, her eyes where a soft blue. She had on the school uniform; it was the tradition sailor uniform, the sleeves and skirt both long. It was black, and the collar and tie was cream. She hard her hair in a high ponytail, tied with a red ribbon. She looked pissed, dropping her cigarette butt on the ground and stomping it with her penny loafers.
Shima sighed, glaring up at Maeko, "You can't keep skipping classes! It causes problems for everyone! And pick up that trash!"
"School fucking sucks." Maeko said, ignoring the demands of the ignorant prude, "and just cause you're my assigned stalker does not mean it causes problems for everyone." She crossed her arms and looked away, and then noticed Shima was looking back toward the school, "Hey! I was talking to you!"
"He's gone…"
"Nani?"
"The man I'm going to marry… He's gone."
"What are you smoking and where can I get some?"
"Nani?" Shima looked up at Maeko, then grabbed her ear, pulled toward the school, "Class! NOW!"
"ITTIA! THAT HURTS YOU CRAZY BITCH!"
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Goku watched the scene out the window. Everyone was talking about it. Many of the school's female seniors sighed as they watched Goku sit on the ledge, looking at the ground with dreamy eyes. He looked so hot, in his uniform. The top two brass buckles where undone, showing off his white collared shirt underneath. His head was cradled in his left hand, his right arm resting on his knee. On his right middle finger was a ring that ever girl dreamed he would one day give her, asking her to be 'his girl.' He never took the ring off. It was gold, and had an odd design, like a diadem that the old Buddhists used to wear. But around his finger… not his head.
Goku sighed. Sanzo was coming to get him soon, so where was he? He watched the annoying black hair junior as she made an utter fool of herself, dragging the unwilling that Maeko chick toward the school. She still haunted him from the night before. The way she looked at him… was almost like she had seen him for the first time. God, he hated her so much.
"Goku… is that Mai Shima? The girl who has saved your ass when that Maeko Broad was picking a fight with you?" Asked one of his classmates. Goku looked away from the scene. It disturbed him he found her cute; she was an annoying little prude.
"Feh, she's just an annoying junior." He said as he turned back to the window. He glanced back down at Shima and Maeko, and saw Shima looking right at him. His eyes twitched when she stuck out her tongue. "Scratch that, She's a bitch."
"Goku, You shouldn't say such things of the junior class president!" the boy, Jiro, cried out.
"Yeah, well. She's still fuc—"
"Son Goku. Your brother is here." The teacher said from the door. In the doorway was Sanzo in a black suit, his tie was purple, but of course, and his looked rather annoyed. As always.
"Yeah!" Goku jumped down from the windowsill and rush to the teacher, bowing respectfully, "It's family stuff today, Sensei! I'll be back Monday!"
He rushed out the open door, and saw down the hall…"You Baka! You brought them!" There, leaning against the wall was a brunet with kind green eyes, and at the window was a red head with his half-smoked, putout fag in his mouth. The red head smiled, walking to Goku, putting his hand on Goku's head. He had on a blue jump suit covered in grease and his long red hair was pulled back. His suit was halfway unzipped, showing off his black T underneath. Goku slammed the door shut at once to his classroom, and turned, leering at Sanzo, and the cockroach, the hand messing up his hair.
"Ah… Goku didn't want to see us, Hakkai." The red haired bug pouted, his cigarette dipping with his lips.
Hakkai, the brunet in a red button down and black slacks faked a pout as well, "Goku doesn't love his cousins?"
"Baka!" Goku yelled, his cheeks pink, "Please, Let's just go now!" Goku demanded, heading toward the stairs. His face was pink, and he knew Gojyo was just here to tease him. Hakkai was okay, but he was… creepy? Yeah…that was a good word.
Gojyo and Hakkai were right behind Goku, Sanzo lagging behind. "Me thinks the monkey is angry." The cockroach said, laughing.
"You are all going to make a scene, and I'm going to laughed at!" Goku said, rather pissed.
The red head blinked, catching Goku at the door to the second floor. "Us? Come now Goku." Gojyo's red eyebrow rose, "now, tell me where's that pretty girl Sanzo-kun told me about last night. He said she shook you up bad... I wanna meet her."
"She's in class, shit-for-brains!" Goku shoved open the door. It hit someone hard. Goku cried out and looked forward into the face of a furious Shima.
"Gotten mutterfucking hölle! Dieser fucking verletzt!" Came the pissy female voice from behind a pair of finely manicured hands that had Goku turning pale. "Damnit, Son-sempai, You got me cursing in German! Dammit!"
Goku reached forward and walked Shima to the nearest place to sit, a bench right by the stairwell door, " Oh my god, Shima-san! I'm so sorry! Let me see where I hit you." He kneeled in front of her, looking her over. It would have been a cute scene, if not for the pain.
The three men leaned out the door and watched the ordeal. Gojyo smiled a sly almost kitsune-like smile, Hakkai blinked at the explicit worry of Goku's face. And Sanzo just dug out his Marlboro's… He needed to smoke.
"I'm fine, really…" Shima dropped her hands and let the senior look her face over, "You just stunned me, that's all…" she smiled warmly, trying to ignore her throbbing head.
Goku took her hand and stood, "are you sure?" when she nodded, he looked around, "where's that Maeko bitch? Why do you hang out with her?" he looked down at her, confused. By this time, the rest of the family had found it's way into the hall.
"Like it's any of your concern, but I have been assigned as her School advisor by the principal, Son-sempai." Shima stood, pulling away her hand.
She blinked, seeing the three sets of eyes on her, and he cheeks blushed and she shoved Goku aside, "Oh… It's you!" she stood in front of Sanzo and smiled, 'I'm Mai Shima. I never caught your name last night."
"Mai? You're the daughter of Mai Saburo, are you not?" Hakkai asked, smiling, diverting her attention away from Sanzo. Sanzo blinked at the reaction, then moaned lightly. 'Great' he thought, 'I have yet another fan girl…'
Shima blinked and smiled, "Yep. My daddy's the Osaka police chief!"
The red head, the brunet and the blond all looked at each other, then grabbed Goku and pulled him away.
"Gojyo, what do you think?" Hakkai asked of the red head once they where a good distance away, forming a circle, Goku stuck in the middle.
"Bad news. Her pop's a copper. The top dog too." Gojyo retorted.
"But, she is a very cute girl, which would be good for Goku… Did you see the worry in his eyes when he realized he hit her with the door?" Hakkai retorted. Goku blinked.
"W-wait a minuet!" he yelled out, "What the HELL are you three talking about?"
"I say she's a winner. Give her some time, and we can win her over…" Sanzo said, lighting a cigarette.
"You can't smoke in here, Baka!"
"Shove it, Goku." Sanzo hissed, looking back at Shima, who had an expression of utter confusion. He smiled, which made her smiled. His head then whipped around to his brothers, and it was right against his, "that girl is the first girl we approve of for you. You better not let us down, mister!"
"Nani?" Goku's eyes widened. Then he cried out in shock as the men he considered FAMILY grabbed him and pushed him toward Shima. Shima blinked when Goku caught himself right in front of her, his hand behind his head, "Uh… erm… Shima-san…. My crazy family was wondering… well… Ya see…I'm going to a wedding, my aunt is getting married, and I need a date- I mean, I would like to take you… My brother's date might have a dress, or… uh… we could get you one… and I was wondering if would you like to come with me?"
Shima blinked, then the sting of a slap came across Goku's face, "FUCK. YOU!" She snapped out, turning on her heal and storming off.
"YOU ARE SUCH A BITCH!"
She looked back, and Goku gasped lightly when he saw the tears in Shima's eyes.
"Smooth, Goku. Common. We're gonna be late." Gojyo said, almost laughing.
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--End Opening: Sakura—
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Note From Mei-chan: One of the most famous trees outside of Japan is the Sakura, the cheery tree. The tree population is 39,532 in Tokyo alone (making the third in the population). They flower in a variety of reds to pinks to white. The tree is famous in spring, as a festival is held in every prefecture for the blooming of these trees. They represent love in Japan, and are a major attraction in the spring.
That's my tidbit of Info! Each Chapter will be named for a Japanese tree. I love trees, so it only makes since! Thank you for reading my story. I just started cause I was bored. LOL. And I adore Goku, but I was tagged with Sanzo in the SI we have. Hey, no complaints. I just felt horrible about Goku-chan! So, I came up with Mai Shima. I'm drawing her right now, actually, and researching Japanese trees, for the next Chapter… I think I'm going to go with Gingko. I climbed in one when I was in Japan, like three years ago. It was fun, and it had a tree house in it. I feel bad now that I know what those trees actually are. ;
Oh! Yes! I use Japanese terms, if you cannot tell! I will not translate, cause Most that I use are common since! I'm a bitch. Get over it! RAAAAW::Giggle:
Anyway, I wanted to elaborate on a character, so this chapter, its SON GOKU!
Age: 19.
Blood Type: O.
Class: 4-B (senior)
Ride: a 2005 Harley-Davison Dyna Glide Sport in Iron Black.
Info: He was abandoned as a baby on the doorstep of the Genjo Family. His new brother was only 4, and he was brought into the family with open arms. Now, at 19, he is the most popular kid in school, because his elder brother is the leader of the most popular gang in Osaka; The Sano-ikkou (sorry, for lack of originality). He's is the youngest member, and is its poster child of sorts. He's soft spoken and can be quiet, but he has a wilder, softer side that he fights to keep hidden. He knows he was adopted, and wonders about his lost family all the time.
Shima adds a glimmer of hope to his pain. And her love heals his wounds.
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