A Life of Adventure …Not!
By: Michiru Lee
Disclaimer:
Michiru: I do not own Saiyuki but I would like a moment of silence for Dragon.
Goku: I'm hungry…
Sanzo: -whack-
Michiru: … Gojyo: I miss Dragon…Michiru: We all do. Now on with the story.
Illuminati- I understand how you feel. I'm not going to overshadow the Sanzo gang the whole time. You'll see what I mean when it's time!
Werecat Rei- No I agree, it wasn't her time to die. I miss her as well, but it needed to be done for the future of this story. I'm glad that you like it so far! .Chapter 9: The Calm Before the Storm
Darkness surrounds the truth as it swirls between the worlds. The entity that lives there looks at a figure in it's hand and nods as the figure speaks. "This world is next since the Silverfayt-in-Waiting is there. I will go prepare the way for you to come though the dark world. Do not fail me Shelia," the figure says. The darkness starts to swirl again making the image fade.
Michiru woke up in the back of the jeep spread out across Gojyo, Goku, and Nina. Her legs were on Goku, who was eating food from out of thin air; her stomach was on Nina, who was looking into the desert; and her head and chest was on Gojyo, who was on cloud nine and trying to slip his fingers into dangerous territory.
-Whack-
Michiru hit Gojyo over the head before fixing herself upright between Goku and Nina. Snowfire Fox was sitting between Sanzo and Hakkai talking happily to Hakkai and Sanzo just had his piss off look on his face. Yawning and stretching her arms above her head, Michiru recalled the dream she had. Can the figure be him? If it is, then the Sanzo Party has a lot more work to do as they go West. Damn it all…
-Bang-
A bullet streaked past her cheek as Sanzo fired his gun at Goku and Gojyo who was trying to choke him. "Will you two shut the Hell up already? I have a headache!" Sanzo exclaimed while firing another bullet at them. Gojyo let go of Goku and sat back down in his seat. Michiru realized that she didn't hear the commotion around her since she was deep in thought. She noticed the look Nina gave her and turn her head away.
"So Snowfire Fox, why don't you tell me a little about yourself?" Hakkai asked.
"Well… I love Strawberry Pocky and I was Michiru's first friend in Highschool. I have an annoying little brother who I hate. And… And… I'm clueless right now," Snowfire Fox said. She pulled out a box of Strawberry Pocky and started to eat the contents of the box.
"Interesting…" Hakkai chuckled. Goku stared at Snowfire Fox with interest.
"I'm hungry…" Goku said.
"Shut up! We are all hungry right about now!" Gojyo yelled. Just then the sound of stomachs grumbling could be heard from the whole group. Michiru sighed when she realized that they would need to eat something soon. She closed her eyes for a bit and soon fell back to sleep.
Nina sighed as she felt Michiru's head on her shoulder fast asleep. It has been a long trip for all of them since the incident with Dragon and all. Being a priestess, Nina could sense that darkness was brewing somewhere. Coldness gripped her as a chill went down her neck. This is only the calm before the storm, she thought.
"I'm still hungry!" Goku cried. Snowfire Fox sighed and threw a box of chocolate pocky at him.
"Eat that monkey," Snowfire Fox said.
"Yay!" Goku cried and he bit off the top of the box and started consuming the pocky in 10 seconds. Snowfire Fox twitched as he finished the last bit of pocky.
"You are so lucky that wasn't my strawberry pocky!" she said sternly. She climbed over the seat and started choking Goku. "You never eat pocky like that!"
Meanwhile the two where fighting, Gojyo was lost in his own thoughts. Only when he was hit on the back on the head by Goku's foot he got in the tussle as well. Nina could only sigh as Michiru was also kicked in the head and started yelling.
"You stupid Bakas! You guys are going to get it!" Michiru yelled as she started punching Gojyo upside the head. Hakkai sighed and kept on smiling. It was good to see everyone having fun again.
"All four of you shut the Hell up!" Sanzo yelled as he fired his gun at them.
Finally after two minutes and 30 bullets later the group was settled down. This time Nina took her chance to slide into the front seat to get away from her insane friends. She looked at Hakkai and then looked quickly away blushing a bit.
"Are you okay Miss Nina?" Hakkai asked in a gentle tone.
"I… I… I'm fine," Nina stammered. She lowered her glaze to the bottom of Hakaryu trying not to look at Hakkai. Hakkai concentrated on the road ahead of him and didn't glance at Nina. He felt afraid that he might get hurt again like before. He didn't want that to happen.
Sanzo was just sitting these taking in the peace that was around him. No monkey complaining about food, no stupid kappa complaining about the monkey, no crazy, psycho bitches wielding shotguns or fireballs causing havoc to the monkey and kappa. Complete peace. He glanced into the back seat to see the troublesome foursome sleeping. Goku was leaning on Snowfire Fox and was mentioning food in his sleep, Snowfire Fox was leaning on Gojyo with a box of strawberry pocky in one hand, Gojyo leaning on Snowfire Fox with a bump on his head so Sanzo knew why he was sleeping, and Michiru was lying on top of all of them stretched out. He slowly closed his own eyes and fell asleep soon after.
Note: Yes I know. This chapter is a little bit shorter. I was on spring break and been busy with college applications as well. Next time the Sanzo Party get to meet the maker of the Silverfayt and they find out that they will have to delay traveling West for some time. See you next chapter!
