DISCLAIMER: I do not own Saiyuki, and I never will.

Hours and hours passed on. They had gone through all the games they could think of. They were so bored that they even invented a few of their own.

"How long do we have to go, Hakkai?" Lilian said yawning, snuggling close to Goku and laying her head on his shoulder. Sanzo looked at the map. "We have at least half a mile left. If we hurry, we could make it to the village before sunset. He looked over to his side, seeing the sun turning a reddish color. He felt something funny in his stomach, but he thought it was just hunger.

After another half mile, they reached the village. They quickly washed up and ate that night like animals. Then they passed out like animals. However, one of them couldn't sleep. They sat at the windowsill and looked out their window until sunrise.

They all woke up at around 1PM, and when they did, they noticed that Lilian was gone.

"Where could she have gone?" asked Goku, rubbing his eyes. "Maybe she got hungry or something. I'll go look for her." He went straight to the bathroom, and after a few minutes he came back out and left the room.

He walked around the first floor of the inn, and looked everywhere for her. He eventually found her sitting near the inn's steps, and he went at sat next to her. "What's wrong?" he asked, noting that she seemed at bit...moody. She looked over at him and half-smiled. "Well, it's a bit complicated, but I'm just a little depressed, that's all." She looked down and he saw that she looked like she was about to cry.

She leaned against his chest. "It's just that, well, my birthday's in two days, and I, well..." she began muttering into his chest, and he couldn't understand her. All he heard were something about a party or something. "What?"

"Well, this is the first birthday I'm going to spend, without a family." She wiped her eyes. He picked her chin up and helped her up. "You won't be alone," he said smiling. "I kept thinking about it so much, that I ended up not getting any sleep." They walked back inside, and met the others.

"Let's get something to eat and then we're off again," Sanzo said, lighting a cigarette. They walked outside again, and before they made it to the restaurant, they heard a scream. A giant demon that resembled a bumpy fish came stomping in, killing a few villagers in its wake.

He marched over to where they were, and he removed a scroll out of its belly. Before any of them could fight it, the scroll glowed brightly, and they were all incased in a giant see-through coffin. All of them but Lilian. She gaped as the demon whacked at her with its fishy claws and she fell backward.

"LILIAN!" Goku yelled. He kicked at the walls, but nothing happened. Sanzo then tried shooting at the walls, but it only made the bullet ricochet and hit the ground. "Remind me not to do that again," he said. They all tried yelling at Lilian, but she was busy running for her life. "I don't think she can see or hear us," Hakkai stated. He looked terrified, but Goku looked even worse. Goujo was afraid that Goku would go crazy again, but before they could speak, the demon began to scream at Lilian.

"It's over, little girl! Don't run from the one who killed your parents! They were oh so tasty, the lot of them; your mother was so sweet to the last bite. I wanted to eat you too, but I smelled your new friends approaching, and I fled. But know I've found you, and now I WILL EAT YOU!" He tried to swipe at her, but she kept running.

"Mmmmm...they were so yummy. I wish your family were bigger, so I could eat all of them! That little whore mother of yours, she was the best...mwhahahahahahah."

Lilian had had enough. She felt butterflies attacking her stomach, and before she realized it, she was holding Goku's nyoh-bo in her hand. She lifted it up in the air and swiped it toward the demon. In a matter of seconds, the demon was sliced in half.

It felt as though she was watching herself in slow motion, and being herself at the same time. Goku looked over at the rest of the group and they all had the same mixed expression: confusion, and fear. They felt dark energy, and it was being emitted from Lilian.

"What's going on?" Goku asked, quietly thinking how sexy she looked at the moment. There was a bright flash of light and the coffin disintegrated. A bright light then emitted from Lilian's mid-section.

"ENOUGH!" yelled a voice. They looked around, but didn't see who said it. "NOT YET! RETAIN YOURSELF!" Lightning struck, a bird flew, a lot of crap shone in the sky, and then everything was covered in smoke.

Lilian woke up in a comfy bed. "What...happened?" she asked, looking around the room. She barely remembered what happened, but seeing the faces on all of them, she knew that it wasn't good. "Did I do something wrong?" She looked around, noticing that her hands were bandaged. She didn't feel any pain there, so she began to remove them.

They all just stared at her, thinking of the best way to explain what had happened.

She looked at her hands, and noticed light scratches on her fingers. Confused, she looked up to all of them, searching for an answer. The only thing she remembered was the strong smell of blood.

"Did I hurt someone?" She looked at Sanzo's blank face, and she then reached out for him. Before she could grab a hold onto him, he stepped back. She then noticed even more bandages around her waist, and she peeked through them. She noticed a huge gash around her hipbone, and tried to remember what happened... but nothing came.

"Tell me what happened! Why are you guys so quiet?" She said, beginning to cry. "Tell me, please..." She covered her face with her hands.

"It's not that we don't want to, it's just that, we can't tell you. We're not allowed." She heard Goku say. He hugged her and whispered, "I'm here for you...". He then kissed her and sat by her bed. Goujo muttered something about her being too sexy and needing a drink, so he dragged Hakkai out of the room and to the nearest bar. Sanzo lit a cigarette and sat by the window. Looking out of the window, he said "Tomorrow." She understood that whatever she needed to know would be said to her tomorrow. Her 18th birthday. She whispered 'thanks' and laid her head down. She went straight to sleep.

After about an hour, Goku woke her up so that they could eat. "How are ya feeling?" he asked her, and she nodded. "Guess that means you're feeling better, eh?" added Hakkai, bringing the food in, as well as a very drunk Goujo.

They spent the day as usual, except for the awkward silences. Lilian felt terrible inside; what was she going to find out? She felt that whatever it is was going to be bad news.

They all slept comfortably that night. Even Lilian. She only slept half as much as them. Even though something bad was probably going to happen, she was just as excited because today was her birthday.

She woke up at around 6AM to see the sunrise. Even though it was the most prettiest thing she had ever seen, she couldn't help but feeling guilty and confused. "What did I do?" she asked herself, checking under the bandages to see the gash she had seen the day before. ...It was not there. She remembered the time Sanzo had given her the necklace, so she reached into her bag and took the necklace out of the envelope. She weighed it in her hands, and put it around her neck; it was oddly warm.

She opened the window a little bit, to let the breeze in. Relaxing, she walked over to where the others were sleeping and sat in between them, watching them sleep. She felt kind of weird watching them, yet she gained peace in doing so. Goujo hen muttered something in his sleep. "Yeah, take off them panties, heh. I'll kiss your---", then he snored.

She looked at Goujo and thought of all the times he had called her sexy. Giggling, she walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek. He's a good guy after all, right?

(A/N: Hope everyone who's acutally reading likes it so far. R&R if you want :P)