Well here is chapter 2 sorry it took so long to get up
Sanzo: I'm sure these people were quite grateful.
It wouldn't kill you to be nice you know.
Sanzo: That would require me to care what you thought.
I'm going to ignore your nasty attitude and say thanks to the ONE person who reviewed.
Sanzo: the lack of reviews should tell you something.
You know what you be quiet, I am not going to let you be negative about this story.
Sanzo: hmm I don't need to be negative when nobody likes this story enough to review
...I truly hate you
Sanzo: the feeling is mutual.
You're just damn lucky you're sexy. Now here's the next chapter hope you enjoy.
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Sanzo grumbled as he walked behind Sasami. He was going to kill Inuyasha for making them all get up so early. It wasn't like they were in a hurry for anything, well he wasn't at the very least. He watched the tired look on everyone's face and wondered briefly how often the idiot did this.
Inuyasha shouted from ahead of them, "would you guys hurry up already."
Kagome rolled her eyes, "I can't believe he's hurrying us. He's going to try to make me stay anyway."
Sasami shrugged, "I figure he just doesn't like staying in one place for very long, he's impatient and you know that."
Gojyo jogged up to Sasami, "so exactly where are we going here? And why did um dog boy there choose to wake us up earlier than even Sanzo would have?"
Sasami slid her fingers through her hair, pushing it back, "we're going back to Inuyasha's village. Kagome needs to go back home to see her family and to handle some things she's been putting off."
Gojyo raised an eyebrow, "I don't understand if SHE has to get home then why are we going to HIS village?"
Miroku smiled slightly, "you shall see, its actually quite interesting." Gojyo shot him a confused look but the monk didn't explain any further. The walk passed quickly despite arguments and shots being thrown back and forth between Sasami and Inuyasha. Kagome sighed and lead the way slightly past the village into the forest behind it.
Inuyasha scowled as his ears twitched on top of his head, "I still don't see why you have to go home."
Miroku sighed, "you never do see why she has to return home."
Hakkai looked around and let the smallest of frowns pass over his lips, "I'm slightly confused as to where exactly we're going. There doesn't appear to be any other village nearby yet we're definitely not going into this one."
Sango smiled, "that's because Kagome doesn't come from this village… you'll see." The vague comments only fueled the confusion that the Sanzo ikkou felt. They followed the others and were surprised when they stopped at an old looking well.
"I haven't agreed to let you go you know," Inuyasha grumbled irritably as Kagome sat at the edge of the well.
Kagome rolled her eyes, "as if I need your permission."
Sasami leaned calmly against a tree, "don't worry Kagome we'll make sure he stays his ass over here and doesn't go get you."
Kagome smiled, "thanks Sasami I really could use some time to catch up on school work and things."
Inuyasha glared, "what's the big deal about school? Why are you so worried about it?"
Hakkai blinked in confusion, "is he… serious?"
Miroku sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose, "sadly enough… yes he is quite serious." Kagome's eye twitched slightly as she finally jumped through the well. There was a moment of silence from them before Goku let out a yelp.
"She's going to hurt herself by jumping down like that!" he said in a panic, "we should help her out."
Sasami couldn't help the amused chuckle she let out, "go check the well kid, you'll see she's not down there anymore." Goku gave her a confused look before going to the well himself and looking over the edge. His eyes widened considerably at the empty well.
"Interesting," Hakkai said softly, "so the well is a type of portal between this world and wherever Kagome-san is from."
Sasami gave a quick nod, "that's right, the only problem is the only ones who can get through are Kagome and Inuyasha there."
Sanzo eyed her for a second, "do you not have the capacity in you to stay out of trouble?"
Sasami shrugged, "didn't Sanzo-sama always say I was a magnet for trouble? You can't deny who you are and I don't intend to."
Inuyasha growled, "that's it I'm going over to make sure she comes back."
"No you're not," Sasami said calmly.
Inuyasha shot her a glare, "you know we need her over here to look for the jewel shards. This is way more important then her school thing. She needs to stay here to help."
Sasami's eyes narrowed, "you are such a selfish bastard. She is the only one of us who has the tiniest inkling towards a normal life and you want to ruin that for her. Just because you ruined things for yourself doesn't mean you have to ruin things for her."
"Perhaps this isn't the best conversation to be having," Miroku tried in vain to stop the argument before it began. He had the distinct feeling that this argument wasn't going to go anywhere good, not with the implications she was making.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Inuyasha growled, "this is her duty. She's the one who broke the jewel so she has to fix it."
Her frown deepened, "you have got to be kidding me. You are a half-demon, Sango has her problems that I won't go into, Miroku has the goddamn curse Naraku put on him, and my issues far surpass yours. Sanzo over there has some of the same issues I do and the fact that those three are traveling with him is enough proof to me that they have serious problems themselves. Kagome is the only one who has any chance to live a normal and happy life and you want to be an asshole and ruin that for her!"
Inuyasha stared at her in shock for a second before growling and shouting right back at her, "who the hell says I'm ruining anything for her. It's her own fault anyway for breaking the jewel. If she hadn't broken the jewel in the first place we wouldn't be having this problem."
Sango sighed, "perhaps we should leave these two at it. Would you four like to get some rest and something to eat?"
"Yeah food!" Goku yelled cheerfully.
Gojyo frowned slightly at the arguing pair, "so… he's a half-demon too?"
Miroku nodded, "yes which is probably why he's so angry towards everything all the time. Though I'm not sure why he's so anger filled towards Sasami. She was the one who stopped me from trying to kill him the first time we met, nearly gave me a concussion in the process."
Sanzo looked at the other monk out of the corner of his eye, "I know she came to Japan when she was a child… where did she stay?"
Miroku paused and chuckled, "actually she stayed in my temple. From the very start she didn't like my master. I believe she called him a farce and a pathetic excuse for a monk, among other things."
Sanzo smiled slightly, "I believe that, it sounds quite like her."
Goku blinked back innocently, "hey Sanzo… do you love Sasami-chan?"
Sanzo stumbled before smacking Goku hard on the head with the harisen, "don't ask stupid questions or else I'll kill you."
Goku rubbed his injured head, "ow… but Sanzo it was only a question." Sanzo glared at him as they made their way back into the village to rest. Goku continued to pout and whine behind Sanzo as the older man pointedly ignored him. Miroku just watched in slight shock at the interaction between the two.
Hakkai chuckled and put a hand on his shoulder, "Sanzo is not exactly a nice person. He has a lot of bad things in his past and therefore takes a lot of it out on those around him."
Gojyo put his hands behind his head, "yeah and the poor monkey takes the brunt of the anger. I'm still surprised the monk knows a girl so well."
Hakkai shook his head before turning to the monk, "so you must know quite a lot about Sasami. She seems like quite a spirited person."
Miroku hesitated, "actually I don't really know that much about her to be honest. She refuses to talk about anything that happened to her before she showed up at our temple. I know that something very bad happened to her but I'm not quite sure what it was."
"Well yeah she just said she was really screwed up," Gojyo pointed out as he slid his hands into his pockets.
Miroku shook his head, "no that's not why I know. The first few months that she stayed at our temple she had nightmares every night. It was… quite unsettling to hear her screaming in the middle of the night but I repeat, she wouldn't say what happened."
Hakkai took that information in before responding, "perhaps what happened to Sanzo also happened to her and then some. She seems to be a little less hostile, however."
Gojyo grinned as he looked in the direction they had come from, "and she's pretty cute too, despite being a priestess and all."
Hakkai sighed, "as I was saying, she seems to have dealt with her issues better than Sanzo has."
Miroku nodded slightly, "yes… that is probably the case." Gojyo was about to make another comment but was interrupted by Sasami catching up with them with a furious look on her face. Miroku raised an eyebrow, "I take it Inuyasha did not take your speech well."
Sasami scowled as she brushed the hair out of her eyes, "the idiot refuses to listen to me I honestly don't know why I even try anymore its ridiculous."
Miroku chuckled, "now Sasami it could be worse, I'm not sure how but it could be."
Sasami looked back at him, "you really sure do know how to make a girl feel better don't you? You are so lucky I'm too pissed at Inuyasha to take it out on you."
Gojyo flicked his lighter open and lit a cigarette, "let me guess you get mad at the guy all the time, it wouldn't have anything to do with him being a half demon does it?"
Sasami let out a snort, "he's an idiot. It has nothing to do with him being a half demon unless I'm false in my belief that being a half demon does not automatically mean half a brain."
Gojyo raised an eyebrow, "well I guess I should be glad you won't hold any grudges against me for being a half demon."
Miroku blinked in surprise, "you don't look like any half demon I've seen."
Sasami looked back at him through her bangs and eyed him carefully, "red eyes and red hair… you're that kind of half demon."
Miroku frowned, "could you explain this to me? I'm a little lost on what's going on."
Hakkai chuckled, "where we're from half demons don't look like your friend Inuyasha they look like Gojyo here."
Miroku let out a small sound of understanding, "I think I see…" He watched the now identified half demon as his long red hair fell into his eyes. He continued to smoke nonchalantly and walked next to Sasami with one hand shoved in his pocket.
"WAAAAH HAREHATTE!" Goku's voice broke through the silence as they arrived at the village.
Sasami's eyes widened slightly, "what the hell is going on in there?"
Gojyo couldn't help but chuckle, "the monkey is hungry and wants to eat."
Sango came out of the hut with a surprised look, "that monk… he makes you look like a harmless bunny Sasami!"
Sasami raised an eyebrow, "I didn't remember Sanzo being that bad… but then my memory of him may be fuzzy."
"You idiot monkey!" Sanzo screamed before two gun shots were heard.
Hakkai gave a small smile, "well it appears as if Sanzo is fine with this situation at the very least." Sasami tried not to laugh at the shocked look on Miroku and Sango's faces. She pushed gently past them and went into the hut. She grabbed the gun from Sanzo as he leveled it at Goku who was sputtering and whining about food. She gave him a slight glare before tucking the gun into the back of her pants.
"While I'm sure there is probably a reason for your constant shooting like a madman you are going to scare Lady Kaede and the rest of the villagers," she began in a calm cool voice, "and while that may not seem like a big deal for you, Inuyasha has enough problems in this village without you adding to them by being a violent asshole."
Sanzo scowled and reached out for his gun, "do I look like I care? Give me back my gun this instant."
Her gaze was even and cool, "no I will not, not until you promise to stop shooting at the poor kid and stop scaring all the villagers."
Gojyo raised an eyebrow, "hey you mind coming with us so you can keep the monk here in line? You seem to be able to do it quite well."
Hakkai let out a nervous chuckle, "now honestly I don't think all that's necessary."
Sanzo growled, "would you just give me back my gun?"
Sasami tucked her hair behind her ear before shooting him a small glare, "not until we leave the village, or at the very least until you need it. I won't have you scaring these poor villagers even more than they probably are."
Sango hesitantly stood between the glaring pair, "did you leave Inuyasha at the well? You know he's only going to follow Kagome if you leave him there."
Sasami shook her head slightly, "no I made it quite clear that he shouldn't follow Kagome this time."
Goku scratched the top of his head before looking at Sasami with curiosity, "where is that Inuyasha guy anyway?"
Sango froze for a second as the question so innocently asked sunk in, "where IS Inuyasha if you're so sure he's not going to go after Kagome."
Miroku's eyes widened slightly, "you didn't."
Hakkai frowned slightly, "didn't…what?"
Sasami tapped her chin slightly with her pointer finger, "well I can't really be blamed for what Inuyasha is basically asking for, it's his own fault if he gets himself in these situations you know." Before Miroku or Sango could protest any more towards her way of handling things, Inuyasha came storming in holding up kunai in his hands.
"I shouldn't give these back you know," he practically snarled before handing the weapons to the slightly smirking priestess in front of him.
Gojyo raised an eyebrow, "did you pin him to a tree with kunai?" He couldn't help but notice the holes in the half demon's outfit.
"What else do you think the bitch did?" Inuyasha practically screamed.
Sasami's eyes narrowed slightly, her fingers tightening around one of the kunai, "what did you just call me? I was under the impression we had things clear about the names you were not allowed to call me."
Inuyasha scowled, "fine whatever. You deserve to be called that every now and then. What the hell was the point in pinning me to the tree anyway?"
Miroku couldn't help but laugh, "I think the point is quite clear Inuyasha, if you don't want to admit to knowing the reason that's up to you."
Sanzo raised an eyebrow, "and this is what you came to? You went the opposite direction I did for this?"
Sasami sighed and crossed her arms, "it wasn't like I was looking for this. When I showed up at Miroku's temple I had… look can I explain to you what happened later. I'm not comfortable explaining in front of all these people."
Sanzo looked at her seriously for a second before giving a slight nod, "I understand."
Inuyasha scowled, "so what are we supposed to do? Twiddle our thumbs and wait for Kagome to get back."
Sasami sighed and blew the hair out of her eyes, "we are not waiting for Kagome to get back. As it appears I have things to take care of which means… going back to Mushin and getting the scripture I left with him."
Sanzo nearly fell over, "wait you left it where?"
Miroku chuckled nervously at the angry look on the older monk's face, "yes well she decided it was best not to bring it along with us on this… trip."
Hakkai looked thoughtful for a second, "I was under the impression you disliked Miroku's master."
Sasami nodded, "that's correct. However, it was perfect. No one would assume I would leave such an important document with such a fool. No one has guessed that I've left it with him yet but to be on the safe side we are still going to retrieve it from him."
Sanzo scowled and grabbed her by the arm, "Sasami you know how important that scripture is, how important it was to him. He didn't just hand it over to you so you could leave it at some temple with a monk you don't fully trust. How could you so easily toss something so important to the side?"
Sasami didn't flinch and looked at him evenly, "you honestly think that it was easy for me to just give it up? To leave it there? I didn't want to, but I realized it was more likely to be taken from me if I had it with me. I was not going to lose the last thing I have to remind me of him. This was the only way I knew to keep the scripture safe and it kills me more than you know."
Miroku cleared his throat, "perhaps we should leave you two to have this argument on your own?'
Sanzo let go of her arm, "no its fine, this argument is over." Sasami didn't say a word as she followed Sango to get supplies. Hakkai on the other hand followed Sanzo with a small frown on his face. He had noticed the flash of emotions that had passed between the two at the harsh words.
"Sanzo," Hakkai began slowly, "what is so wrong with her wanting to make sure the scripture stays safe? If she believes this was the only way then that may be best."
"It was not the only way," Sanzo practically growled. His fists were clenched tight at his sides and he refused to turn to the other man. His shoulders were held high and the muscles were drawn tight as his anger rolled off him in waves. His next words were spoken through gritted teeth, "she should have kept the scripture at her side no matter what it took to keep it there."
Hakkai watched him quietly for another second before responding, "do you really think that would have been best?" He didn't want to anger the monk more so he chose to keep his distance as he asked the question.
Sanzo looked back at him for a second before relaxing slightly, "you may possibly be right… it doesn't change that I am uncomfortable with how she handled things."
Gojyo walked over to the two, "as much as I would like to have Hakkai tell you off for being an idiot those three over there are making plans to leave."
Hakkai looked slightly confused for a second, "there are four of them…"
Gojyo chuckled, "yeah I know but the Inuyasha guy seems like he refuses to go. I think that Sasami chick is gonna drag him out by the ear if he doesn't agree to go with them of his own free will."
Hakkai smiled slightly, "I must say she is quite spirited isn't she?"
Goku shoved past Gojyo with a happy grin, "hey Sasami said she'd make sure we'd have something to eat before we left. So come on guys hurry up I'm getting hungry!"
Gojyo shoved the talkative monkey's head down, "yeah we know you're hungry. You're always hungry monkey boy."
Goku shoved him away, "get off! So are we going to go with them huh Sanzo?"
Sanzo looked at the younger boy in front of him carefully for a second before sighing and running his fingers through his hair, "of course we're going with them."
Goku let out a happy whoop, "I like them, though Sasami seems kind of harsh…"
"She used to be much nicer," Sanzo mumbled slightly before shaking his head and turning back to the other three, "we have to stick around with them for a while, at least until I'm satisfied with the safety of the scripture she's supposed to protect."
Hakkai nodded, "that sounds fine Sanzo, since it was your decision to come here in the first place."
Gojyo stretched before putting Goku in a headlock, "come on kid let's get something to eat." Goku tried to wiggle free as he whined about stupid kappa.
Hakkai looked at Sanzo, "and you're sure about this?"
Sanzo nodded before following Goku and Gojyo, "yes I am absolutely sure about this."
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So that was the next chappie I hope you guys enjoyed.
Sanzo: I wonder how many people didn't bother to read this?
Could you at least try to be a little positive here?
Sanzo: being positive is highly overrated.
Only with you is it overrated.
Sanzo: have you ever seen me be positive in the very least?
You make a good point... all right well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and please review.
Sanzo: didn't you say you were a review whore?
Shut up.. even if I am you don't need to tell people that!
Sanzo: just give her some reviews so she stops pouting like the pathetic little thing she is.
Please review or else Sanzo will shoot you.
Sanzo: I didn't say all that...
You will shoot because I said so
Sanzo: that's what you think.
I'm going to choose to ignore that sentence, so please review!
