Quietly, the shadowy figure slowly opened one of the room doors. It was Yokari. She crept over to the bed. However, she entered the wrong room; Sanzo's. The room she had been seeking was Gojyo's. As she turned from the bed to leave and search for Gojyo's room, her arm was snagged. She gasped and shifted toward the bed.

"Sanzo...," she whispered.

Unconsciously, he pulled her in towards the bed. Taken by surprise, she gasped lightly and widened her eyes. The sudden tug on her arm caused her to pivot her body to face the bed... and Sanzo. She lost her balance, bent her upper half forward, landed her right hand dangerously close to Sanzo's head, and her lips nearly kissing his cheek. Her heart pounded inside of her chest. Unfortunately for her, she happened to be a yokai with an extremely high sexual drive and was sensitive to sexual touch.

This could have been anything from a soft stroke of the cheek with one hand to a tight embrace with her pressed against someone else's body. Even looking into a man's eyes deeply could arouse her sexual needs. She was in trouble. Being that close to the opposite sex; let alone that close to Sanzo who was known for not exactly being the purest of priests was a hazard to Yokari's restraint. Her face felt so hot.

As her heart pounded fast; louder, her chest heaved rapidly as she tried to ease her arm out of Sanzo's grasp without waking him up. His mouth opened slightly as he slept. Why does he look so cute? Yokari wondered as she could smell the alcohol on his breath with each exhale he released from his opened mouth. She closed her eyes tightly. No. He's not only a human, but a monk; a Sanzo Hoshi high priest. It's wrong and immoral to have such impure thoughts here.

"Hey...," Sanzo spoke as his eyes cracked open slightly. His face was still a little red from getting drunk earlier. "Did you come to have a good time?"

"What? I-," Yokari started.

"Don't be so shy," he let go of her arm, placed his hand around the back of her neck, and pulled her in; locking lips with hers in a kiss of impure taboo.

Shit! I can't resist him. Yokari closed her eyes and let the drunken dream kiss continue. Her body wouldn't allow her to break free from it.

Sanzo, still clearly out of it from the alcohol in his system, opened his eyes. In a daze, he helped the sexually aroused Yokari onto his bed to straddle his fine body and continue his make out session. A huge wave of sexual chills filled Yokari's entire body. It was too much and she couldn't help but to become far more involved in the situation. It wasn't long before the pair had stripped completely naked. Sanzo bent Yokari over with her ass high in the air.

Carefully, Sanzo mounted the intensely horny yokai. Yokari let out an initial moan with the priest's insertion of his throbbing penis. It felt... so good.

Why am I letting this happen? It was supposed to be Gojyo-Sama's room; not Sanzo's. She thought as Sanzo began thrusting inside of her.

"You're so wet. Do I arouse you that much?" Sanzo said.

"Aah! Aaah! It feels so good," she couldn't help but saying. "Harder!"

"If you say so. Aaah!" Sanzo said as he upped his thrusting and pounded her even harder.

Yokari buried her beat red face into the pillow Sanzo had been lying his head on. Her hands gripped the sheet tightly as her moans occurred more frequently and grew in volume. Faster... harder...

Her heart pounded in her chest even harder than when her lips were so close to touching his cheek. Sanzo had a firm grip on her hips as his hit against her ass cheeks violently. Both were moaning intensely and breathing heavily. They were enjoying it way too much now. It was so intense, they took no notice to the fact Gojyo had been woken up by the noise in the room next door and he was standing in Sanzo's doorway in utter shock and partial disgust.

"Yokari!?" He said, too stunned to even move.

Sanzo immediately made one last thrust as he released everything he had inside of Yokari. With his release, Yokari threw her head back with a loud moan and she, too, released. After both finished, Sanzo pulled out and shamefully glanced over at Gojyo but almost instantly passed back out. He barely kept it together long enough to shimmy his way off his bed to gather up his clothing. Yokari's body felt too limp and weak to move at all.

"Gojyo... I- I'm so sorry. I was trying to find your room," she said in a quiet, weak voice.

"Obviously you chose the wrong room. What are you doing here Yokari?" He asked her, un-amused by the disturbing pornographic scene he had just had the displeasure of seeing.

After reluctantly helping Yokari sit up and dress herself, the guys all sat at the table in Gojyo's room with Yokari sitting across from Gojyo. Goku and Hakkai stared oddly at the half conscious Sanzo who seemed to be unaware of exactly what he had done. Gojyo seemingly looked as if he were judging both Sanzo and Yokari. Even though the young and very attractive yokai was one of Kougaiji's subordinates who had been sent to assassinate the group, Gojyo really had developed some level of feelings for her romantically.

This whole journey... I had wanted; hoped to find the right woman to be with me. He sighed and closed his eyes in deep thought. I thought she was the one. Sweet, beautiful, amazing in bed for sure. Then it was realized she was there to kill me. But, using her as bait nearly killed me to do; even though it was my idea.

"It's okay if you can't forgive me Gojyo-Sama," Yokari said softly; breaking the awkward silence.

"I would ask if you were sent here to try and assassinate us again but clearly that wasn't the case," he said, clearly irritated by the whole thing.

Yokari covered her face with her hands and started to cry, "Oh Gojyo-Sama!" She said through tears. "Kougaiji kicked me out. He had his way with me sexually; consented of course as a way to punish me for laying with taboo as he calls your kind. Then, three months in, I realized I'm pregnant. But because he doesn't know if the baby is his or yours, he kicked me out."

"He- he really did that? After all of the trouble he went through to get you back, the bastard actually did that!?" Gojyo said, enraged.

Teeth clenched tightly and rage in his eyes, Gojyo stood up quickly and punched the table. His whole body shook slightly. Hakkai sat in silence. He was surprised by Gojyo's unusual reaction towards someone who had previously tried to kill him. Does- he actually love Yokari? Hakkai wondered.

Gojyo took a deep breath and let out a sigh. A fairly decent cloud of smoke from his cigarette he took a puff from exhaled with his breath, "It's not going to be safe for you to be wandering alone; especially with being in such a vulnerable state. I'll discuss it with Sanzo in the morning but, I personally feel it would be safer if you traveled with us for a while."

"Gojyo, do you forget that we're not exactly safe to be around considering everywhere we go, someone attacks us?" Hakkai pointed out.

"Yes, but if she's with us, then she's not alone. Her being alone and pregnant means that if she happened to be attacked by yokai with her inhibitor on, giving her the appearance of a human, she and that baby are in far more danger. There are four people who can protect her during an attack. That makes us safer than being alone," he pointed out and took another puff from his cigarette.

"Hm, very well then. I'd like to ask one favor of you though," said Hakkai.

"Mm?" Gojyo looked at him, confused. "What is it?"

Hakkai pointed to the cigarette pressed against Gojyo's lips, "Do try to cut back on the chain smoking for a while. It's bad for a pregnant woman's health and the health of the unborn child."

"Uh-," Gojyo stared at him wide eyed before accepting defeat for the obvious truth. "I make no promises, but I can try." He snuffed the toxic tobacco stick out in the ashtray beside him.

Yokari stared intently at Gojyo, "Hey, Gojyo..."

He looked over at her, "Yeah?"

"I really am sorry... about what you walked in on and also for deceiving you before. I truly do like you; a lot in fact," she said shyly. "It hurt so badly to take advantage like I did. Also...," she blushed horribly, "you really live up to all of that seductive talk when it comes to the bedroom. "

"Oh my...," Hakkai couldn't help but to have a strange perverted expression.

Gojyo couldn't help but to turn flush red in the face, "Uh- well... I-." He cleared his throat, unsure how to respond. "I- try my best after all."

Hakkai suggested Yokari stayed in Gojyo's room since they obviously had a real thing for each other and he didn't quite trust Sanzo to keep himself to- well, himself after what had happened. Gojyo agreed and sat on the floor, his back against the wall right next to his bed. He insisted Yokari slept on the bed. The next morning, Hakkai was the first to approach a very hungover Sanzo to find out if he remembered what had happened the previous night. Sanzo stared at Hakkai confused and shook his head.

"Why? What happened last night?" Sanzo asked.

He doesn't remember the unspeakable act he played out with Yokari last night. Hm... Hakkai thought. "Oh, it's nothing serious. Yokari came back. She wasn't all that quiet about it either. The good news is, she wasn't sent here to kill any of us this time," he said.

"Is there bad news?" Asked Sanzo.

Hakkai nodded, "She's pregnant and because Kougaiji doesn't know if the baby is his or Gojyo's... he kicked her out with nowhere else to go."

Sanzo's expression changed from 'I really hate my life hangover' to 'I know exactly what this means', "You're going to suggest or ask if she can travel with us, aren't you?"

"Well...," Hakkai laughed lightly. "She would be a lot safer with us than on her own trying to keep herself and her baby out of danger."

Sanzo was about to respond when the two idiot twins, Gojyo and Goku dropped into the room wrestling each other on the floor in the doorway. Not in the mood, Sanzo whacked them both with his paper fan and scolded them for making his hangover ten times worse with their loud and obnoxious mouths. Yokari peeked her head around and Hakkai noticed her first. He casually walked over to her and leaned close to her ear.

"It's okay. He doesn't remember anything from last night," he reassured.

"Yokari... Hakkai was just telling me how Kougaiji tossed you aside like it was nothing and the mystery baking inside of you. I don't see any reason to turn you away as long as you're not trying to kill us," Sanzo told her.

She bowed respectfully while standing in the doorway, "I promise you, you and the others are safe. With having been abandoned by Kougaiji, I have no purpose behind wanting any of you dead."

"I should hope not," Sanzo said. "Let's get our things together and keep moving along. We have a long journey still."

It was settled. The now gang of five gathered their belongings and checked out of the inn to continue heading west. Yokari was stuck in the back with two immature children in adult bodies; Goku and Gojyo. They were fighting as usual over Gojyo cheating at playing cards. Yokari's eye twitched. Her patience with those two was extremely low.

She leapt from her seat and drop kicked both from behind, shoving them into the backs of the front seats, "Will you two shut up!? Sanzo, can't I just sit between you and Hakkai? I don't take up that much space."

"If we have to put up with them the way they are, so do you. Besides, your boobs are enough of a space taker," Sanzo said blatantly.

Yokari grumbled, "What was that?"

Sanzo closed his eyes and smirked, "Heh, you heard me."

"My boobs are not that big!" Yokari yelled as she switched herself back to her side of the seat, grabbed Gojyo's head, and rammed it smack in between the two front seats.

"Gah! Ow...," Gojyo said, blood dripping out of his nose. "Hey! What'd you do that for!?" He shouted as he lifted his head up.

"You don't expect me to abuse Sanzo, do you!?" She shouted back.

Sanzo stared at Hakkai, incredibly un-amused, "This is why I don't travel with women."

Hakkai laughed lightly, "No, this is why you don't travel with pregnant yokai women."

It was a few hours of traveling before the group drove alongside a beautiful clear water river. Once again, Goku and Gojyo started fighting. This time, it was over food. Goku had eaten the last of the snack Gojyo had been looking forward to having later on. They were going at it so much, they tipped Jeep over.

All five flew out and landed straight into the river with a huge splash. Goku yelled at Gojyo for tipping Jeep over. Gojyo blamed it on Goku. Sanzo yelled at both of them and dunked their heads under the water. Hakkai couldn't help but to laugh. There was someone else laughing as well.

They all stopped what they were doing and saw a young woman standing at the bank. She was holding a basket full of laundry. Yokari cracked her knuckles, waded over to Goku and Gojyo, and cracked their heads together.

"I'm sorry, did we interrupt you doing laundry?" Yokari asked the woman.

"Yes, we must apologize for muddying up the water like this," Hakkai added.

"No, that's okay. I have to thank you. I haven't laughed like this in so long," the young woman snickered happily. "Why don't the five of you come to my village with me. At the very least, I have towels and dry clothing you can wear while yours can get cleaned and dried."

Yokari carefully made her way out of the river, "That's very kind of you."

Gojyo suddenly realized something, "Ah! Yokari! Are you okay from that fall?" He quickly rushed out of the water to her side. "You didn't get hurt, did you?" He checked her over.

"I'm fine Gojyo-Sama. If something happened, I would have felt it," Yokari assured him.

As Gojyo worried about Yokari, the young woman finally noticed that the one Gojyo was fawning over was pregnant. She guided them all to her house in the nearby village. They changed into the clothes she offered them. Of course, she gave Yokari a set of her own clothing. The guys looked handsome in the temporary clothing.

Shunrei, the young woman, was in the kitchen getting tea and some light food prepared to make up for laughing at the group. There was a knock at the door. She went to answer it and it was an older woman. The woman had a wicker basket hanging from one arm. The group gathered in the kitchen.

"Shunrei! It's me. May I come in?" The voice asked.

Shunrei opened the door and the woman stepped inside, "It's good to see you!" She turned to the group. "This is my neighbor, Auntie Pan."

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Yokari. These are my travel companions; Goku, Sanzo, Hakkai, and Gojyo," Yokari said, introducing all of them.

Auntie Pan smiled, "It's very nice to meet you all. And don't you all look nice?"

Shunrei smiled, "They had a little mishap and fell into the river. Their clothes are out to dry so I let them borrow some fresh ones."

Auntie Pan knew right away whose clothing she let the boys wear. It warmed her heart to see them getting used and Shunrei smiling. As the seven sat around the table, Gojyo kept a close eye on Yokari. It seemed as though his paternal instincts had kicked in after they all took an unexpected swim earlier. Shunrei watched the pair as she served the tea to each and something to eat.

"Um- can... can I ask something, Gojyo-Sama?" She started cautiously.

Gojyo blinked a bit confused, "Sure..."

Shunrei took a seat at the table, "Are- are you and Yokari-San together? Like, romantically."

Gojyo's eyes widened, "Uh... I-."

"I wouldn't say we have much of a romantic relationship," Yokari said for him.

Hakkai chimed in smiling, "It's a bit of a complicated story really."

"Oh. Okay," Shunrei said.

After they all drank their tea and filled up on the food Shunrei made, Sanzo, Goku, and Hakkai rested in their room that had been made up for them. Auntie Pan explained how the clothing Shunrei let the boys wear were Shunrei's lover's clothes. He was a Yokai. They had planned on living a happy life together. However, the calamity hit and he was changed so he left the village in order to protect the woman he loved so much.

The yokai's name was Jien. Shunrei said she hoped that one day, maybe they could have kids. But she knew what that meant too; a child of taboo. Love between a human and yokai was forbidden taboo. Everyone in the village though, had given the pair their blessing to be together before the calamity turned the yokai against the humans.

Jien? Could it- be him? Gojyo wondered.

"I don't know why the yokai turned on humans, but... I feel like it's a punishment because a human and a yokai dared to love each other," Shunrei said.

"Human – yokai. Does it even matter? Saying shit like that is like giving up. Even worse; giving up on him," Gojyo said.

Shunrei got defensive, "No! Don't say that! He's the one I loved the most and still love. I would never give up on him or that love. I do so much for him and he's not even around anymore. I wash his clothes he can't wear. I clean his room he'll never sleep in. That's all I can do now."

Gojyo took the cigarette out of his mouth, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you..."

"Way to go casanova," Yokari snickered from the table.

"Oh shut it. And quit snickering over there," he said and put out the butt in the ashtray.

Casually, he removed a new cigarette from his pack, pressed it against his lips, and lit it.

"You know Shunrei, I'm a yokai too ," he stared at her romantically.

"Wha-? You- you are?" Shunrei asked surprised.

Yokari couldn't help but be a bit steamed and jealous over him flirting with another woman. She stared at him and growled under her breath. In one of the prepared rooms, Goku insisted on Hakkai telling him why Gojyo seemed to know the name Jien and why he looked so unnerved about it. Hakkai, feeling defeated, told him Jien was the name of Gojyo's older brother; the one born of two Yokai parents.

"Yeah. If I wanted to lie to you, I would sure as hell pick a much better one to use," he said. "I know I look human, but there's definitely yokai blood that flows through my veins."

Gojyo backed Shunrei against a wall. His one arm to the side of her head. He leaned in close as the red of his cigarette leaked smoke from the tip. He smiled. Yokari was fuming as she sat there and watched him come on to a taken woman.

"Do I scare you?" Gojyo asked.

"N- no. Not at all," Shunrei said. "Your crimson eyes are so beautiful."

"See? We're not so different after all, are we?" Gojyo smiled sexually.

At this point, Yokari felt so much jealousy that she grabbed the tea cup off the table and hurled it in Gojyo's direction. It smacked him square in the back of his head, jerking him forward slightly. The tea cup shattered as it landed on the hard floor. He spun around, mildly irritated.

"What the hell was that for!?" He yelled at Yokari.

"Tch. Damn playboy," she huffed, stood up, and walked off angered.

Gojyo stood there in the kitchen stunned, "Eh? Y- Yokari?"

"Are- you sure you two aren't in a relationship? She seemed really mad with your flirting," Shunrei asked.

"Heh. I must have struck a nerve," Gojyo let out a laugh. "I wasn't being serious with the flirting. I'd never make a move on someone else's girl. It was just Yokari's response when you asked if we were together romantically that got me. Ha ha! Just wanted to mess with her. But, I should go talk to her. She's all emotional I guess from being pregnant."

Shunrei wasn't sure how to respond, "Oh. I take it the baby is yours then?"

Gojyo looked at her, "That's the problem. We're not quite sure yet. We won't know until the baby is born."

Shunrei was flabbergasted by how casually he said that. Not sure whose baby it is? Does that mean she slept with someone else too?

Gojyo stuck his hands in his pockets and slumbered off to find the very huffed out Yokari. After almost twenty minutes of looking around the house, he finally found her in the room that was for the two of them. She was sitting up on the bed against the headboard and pillows staring out of the window. Gojyo leaned against the frame of the doorway. Yokari saw his reflection on the glass of the window and ignored his presence.

"Hey," he said. "You gonna just ignore me now?"

Yokari shifted her head so she was looking in his direction. Her eyes were cold. It was clear that Gojyo's earlier interaction and words with Shunrei had gotten deep under her skin.

Gojyo took a puff from his cigarette, "Look, I didn't mean anything by what I said to Shunrei. She obviously really loves this Jien guy. I'm not sleazy enough to go tak-"

She glared at him fiercely before he could finish his sentence, "You pretty much took someone else's girl, Gojyo. I was someone else's, remember?"

His face turned to disgust, "Don't even start with that! You're the one who straight out lied in order to drop my guard and then became too weak to resist me. You willingly cheated on Kougaiji with me, remember? I was thinking I'd go looking for you to apologize for earlier and reassure you it wasn't anything serious but if you're going to start this shit, then fine. Go ahead and be mopey and jealous."

Yokari was speechless. He had a point. In order to get Gojyo to drop his guard to assassinate him, she had to get close to him and get him in a compromising position. She stared at him, unable to respond. Hakkai and Sanzo showed up at their room after hearing the commotion.

"What's with all the yelling? You having a lover's quarrel or something?" Sanzo asked plainly.

"It doesn't matter. I'm outta here," Gojyo bumped his shoulder into Sanzo's as he turned and left.

"What was that all about?" Hakkai asked.

Yokari slouched down on the bed and rolled toward the window, "It's not important..."

Sanzo and Hakkai stared at each other, "They're made for each other."

As day turned to night, Yokari made Gojyo sleep on the floor. Shunrei had just finished bringing in the clean laundry when she overheard two people nearby talking. They said something about yokai attacking humans in the woods just outside of the village. One of them looked a lot like Jien. She gasped lightly and took the laundry basket inside.

"Jien...," she said softly. It couldn't be him.

The hours dragged on. Gojyo tossed and turned on the floor. The others slept just fine. Soon, the sun started to rise, creating an orange glow in the sky as the day woke up from its slumber. Auntie Pan frantically went into the shared room of Goku, Sanzo, and Hakkai and woke them up. Once they were awake, she carefully woke up Gojyo.

"I can't find Shunrei anywhere!" She said.

"Where would she have gone?" Goku asked.

"She overheard some people talking about yokai in the forest attacking the humans in the village. They said one of them looked like Jien. That's what someone told me," Auntie Pan explained.

"Tch. Then we have to go find her. She probably got her hopes up and ran off to the forest to find out for herself," Gojyo said.

Goku nodded in agreement, "Yeah. We can't let her put herself in such danger. Uh- hey, are we gonna wake Yokari and tell her what's going on?"

Gojyo just glanced at Goku, "No. Leave her here. She'd be useless in her condition anyway." He walked off without another word.

Sanzo watched as he walked away, "Harsh."

"I do understand his reasoning though. If the baby is his, it would kill him if anything happened to it," Hakkai said.

The four hurry off to the forest in search of Shunrei. They split into pairs; Sanzo and Goku went one way and Hakkai and Gojyo went a different way. They wandered around the forest for what seemed like hours.

"Hey, Gojyo?" Hakkai said randomly as they stood a moment in one spot.

"Yeah? What's up?" Gojyo asked.

"I need to apologize. I told Goku and Sanzo about your brother," he said.

Gojyo turned to face him, "It's fine. Don't worry about it."

Hakkai stared at Gojyo, "Goku was sulking. He hates secrets."

"Heh. Damn meddling monkey. He should just butt out of other people's problems," he said.

"You keep that up and you're going to make someone mad," said Hakkai.

Gojyo took a puff of his cigarette, "Yeah. He's so immature."

Hakkai was quiet a moment, "I was referring to me. I'm also immature."

Suddenly, there came a high pitched scream. It was Shunrei. She had run into the yokai the villagers were talking about.

"Shunrei!" All four yelled in unison.

Gojyo and Hakkai quickly ran in the direction of the scream, "SHUNREI!" They yelled.

Sanzo and Goku also ran toward where the scream came from, "SHUNREI!" Goku shouted.

Finally, they found her. She was scared stiff on the ground against a tree. Towering over her were three yokai. Their mouths salivated at the thought of eating this pretty human. Goku leapt from one side of the bushes, leg stretched out and ready to clock a yokai in the face. Gojyo leapt from the other side, leg stretched out and also ready to clock a yokai in the face.

Simultaneously, both landed their intended blow on the same yokai; opposite each other's foot. The attacks countered the other's causing all three people to fall flat on their asses.

Goku jumped up, "Hey Gojyo! What the hell was that all about!?"

Gojyo jumped up, "Why don't you watch where you leap you stupid monkey!?"

"ME!? Why don't you watch where you leap pervy kappa!?"

"I guess that's called a 'cross-counter'," Hakkai joked.

Sanzo was not amused, "You idiots! What are you doing!?"

The yokai stared in confusion, "Who are you people!? You just appear out of nowhere!"

Judging by the fact they don't seem to know us, that means they weren't sent by Kougaiji. Thought Hakkai.

"That's not your lover, is he?" Sanzo asked.

"No. That's not him. He does have a similar build though," Shunrei said. "Do you know a man named Jien? He has silver hair, like him." She asked them and pointed to the one yokai.

Gojyo looked surprised. Silver hair?

"Never heard of him. Around here, I'm the only one with silver hair," the guy answered.

Jien... "I see," she said, disappointed. She passed out and fell to the ground.

"Shunrei!" Sanzo quickly caught her in his arms.

Sanzo gently placed her in Jeep who was nearby. The yokai gave a look of disapproval and sheer annoyance.

"Hey!" One shouted. "We hunted that woman! She's ours. You can't just take what belongs to us!"

"If you want, we can just chop you four up and eat you instead," another one said.

Goku had his mouth agape, "Wha-!?"

"Nah, that's okay," Gojyo said casually. "I'm in no mood to kill anyone right now. Be good little boys and sulk on home, would ya?"

"Let's get going. Auntie is probably worried sick," Hakkai said as they all turned and walked away.

"What the-? Are you making fun of us, punks!?" The silver haired one yelled in anger.

"Wait! The guy with the red hair-," the short haired one started. "I heard about children of taboo; you know, a yokai and human being together having red hair and crimson eyes."

The silver haired yokai smirked, "Oh! So you're saying the guy's a freak!" He laughed. "Does the carpet match the drapes then?"

Before Gojyo could react, Sanzo had his gun inside one's mouth, Goku had another by the throat, and Hakkai had his hand cupped around the third guy's jaw. There was a short silence. The three yokai stood in angst, unable to move.

"They say the tongue is an unruly evil," Hakkai simply said. "That's if you wish to finish that though... in the afterlife."

Scared stiff, the yokai's voice cracked, "I- I'm sorry. I didn't mean it."

Gojyo's eyes shown, "If you have to apologize, you should have kept your damn mouth shut."

All four started to walk away from the yokai. Gojyo thought about the guilt he had felt about his brother and his past. He decided he wouldn't thank or apologize to his brother if they crossed paths. Instead, he would let him know he was proud of him. The silver haired yokai took out a short dagger.

"You're dead meat!" The silver haired one shouted.

"Heh. Are you that eager to try and find out what color my pubes are!?" Gojyo smirked and got his Shakujou ready.

He wiped them out with great ease. The group went back to Jeep. Goku couldn't help but to giggle.

"They're black, just like everyone else's. I know cause I saw them in the bath!" Goku chuckled.

Gojyo pressed a hand on Goku's head, "Don't tell 'em that!"

With the situation taken care of, they returned to the house. Yokari had woken up not too long after they had left. Auntie Pan explained what was going on and why they left her behind. She couldn't be mad or even blame them. The whole purpose of her traveling with Sanzo and his group was so she could be kept safe as opposed to being out on her own without anyone at all.

Shunrei was placed on her bed to rest. The gang decided to leave her be and head out to continue their long journey. After they left, Shunrei woke up. Auntie Pan told her they had already left and she was asked to deliver a message. The message was the reason for their journey, was to stop whatever was causing the calamity across Togenkyo. So don't you don't have to wait long. Jien will come back to you soon.