DISCLAIMER: I do not own Saiyuki, and I never will.
She couldn't get any sleep...she was so tired, yet sleep never came; She sat up and looked at Goku. "He can sleep through anything." Realizing she was staring at him for too long, she got up, and walked around the campsite. She then leaned on a great oak tree and sighed. "I need sleep." She yawned and almost dozed off, when she saw a light emerging from the distance. She paced towards it, her heart racing... she felt as if she knew what to expect.
She saw a woman in great white sitting on a boulder. "My child, soon, very soon, you will find your fate. When the time comes, all will be shown to you, and your true destiny will begin." She walked over to Lilian and kissed her forehead. As soon as she did this, Lilian's hip area began to glow. "Sleep well, my dear child, for in time, you will be wishing that you could sleep like this." In a few seconds, her eyes closed, and she slept, until Hakkai woke her up.
"It's time to go, you can go wash up before we set out." He smiled her and passed her bag to her, and walked back to the jeep. "What happened last night?" she asked herself. "All I can remember is that a woman told me to treasure the sleep that I just received...what the heck was that about?"
As she bathed, she noticed that she had a mark on the front of her hipbone. It looked like a weird 's' and it had little markings across and around it. Then she remembered when the fake Goku had assaulted her...
"Where is it, bitch! WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU HIDING IT!"
He had rubbed her stomach, as if trying to see through it...
She gasped as she rushed to put her clothes on. She had to tell them about this... whatever the demons were after is in her.
She ran towards the group, and went directly to Sanzo. "Sanzo! I know what they want! It's in me!" she cried frantically. "W-what? What's in you?" Not being able to explain, she tore off her skirt, revealing the strange tattoo that was on her hipbone. She pointed to it. "The demons came into my home and ransacked it. They were muttering something about a sign or something. When the fake Goku attacked me, he was searching for a marking on my stomach. Last night, I had a dream of a woman who told me to treasure sleep or something, and then this appeared." Out of breath, she pointed to the marking.
Sanzo looked at it, and then called Hakkai. "Can you tell what this is?" he asked him, and Hakkai shook his head. "It can't be..." he muttered, as he observed the strange marking on her. He straightened up. "That's the marking of----"
All they heard was trembling. Goku sniffed the air. "Demons" he grumbled. He took out his nyoh-bo and readied himself. Sanzo looked at Lilian. "Stay back." She nodded, and went back to Hakuru.
"We're just here for the girl, that's all," one of them growled. They ran toward Lilian, but Goujo and Goku repelled their attack. Sanzo was about to release his scroll, when one demon ran past them. In a matter of seconds the demon ran his entire arm through Lilian's stomach. She fell onto the ground. The demon yelled. "Where the fuck is it! It was supposed to fall out!" He ran back towards the others.
Goku yelled. Out of nowhere, his coronet broke in the process. "Holy shit," said Goujo, who walked over to Sanzo. They all exchanged glances, and before they knew it, demon Goku ran toward the demons and slashed them all at once with a single swipe of his hand. Just like that, the demons were all gone. However, demon Goku didn't. He ran toward Lilian and howled. Sensing that she was still alive, Goku laid her down and growled at Hakkai. Hakkai came over and began to heal Lilian. He went over to Sanzo, and fell into his arms. He had passed out, and had returned to normal. He placed Goku down on the ground.
(( A/N: The Merciful Goddess doesn't even come down anymore, she just sends the coronet down and places it on his head. ))
Lilian opened her eyes, and noticed that everyone was surrounding her. "Wha-What happened?" She sat up, and noticed that Goku was lying on the ground. She stood up and ran over to him, and knelt down beside him. "Goku?" She shook him softly, trying to wake him up. "Goku, please wake up, please?" she looked over to Sanzo. "What happened?"
"After you got hurt, he went uh, berserk. He killed all the demons, then passed out before you came to." Hakkai said. No one ever explained about demon power limiters, and especially of Goku's knack to go crazy when his breaks.
"Just explain later," she said, returning to Goku's side. She looked at his face, beginning to cry. Goku risked himself to kill the demons for her. A smile escaped her lips. Sanzo, Hakkai, and Goujo just stared, wondering why the heck she was smiling. They just looked at each other.
After what seemed an eternity, Goku's eyes began to flutter, and then open completely. "Lilian!" He yelled looking around. "I'm here Goku, I'm here," she said, tears of joy welling up in her eyes. He smiled at her. 'You're okay..." he said, wrapping his arms around her, giving her a big hug. A split second later, his lips were on hers. Sanzo, Hakkai, and Goujo quickly turned around. Well, it took Goujo a whack on the head to turn around.
"His lips are so soft," she thought as he kissed her. "Wait! He's kissing me! And they're here!" A mental image of Sanzo, Hakkai, and Goujo snickering came into mind. She giggled, and Goku broke the kiss. "What?" he asked, blushing. "Nothing," she said, as she helped him up.
"Can we turn around now?" asked Sanzo, in an annoyed voice. "Yeah," Goku said, face still red. They all turned around, and noticed the two of them, blushing redder than Goujo's hair. Hakkai cleared his throat. "We should get going," he said, and Hakuru transformed into the jeep. They all got in.
"By the way Lilian," Goujo said, "Where's the bottom half of ya?" He smirked sexily and pointed downwards. She then realized that she never put her skirt back on and she yipped. Blushing, she got her skirt from her bag and put it on, hitting Goku on the hip in the process. He was still flaming red, looking down. Lilian avoided his gaze and looked to her left, into the distance.