"Hey, Hakkai. Glad to see you found the little parrot." Gojyo approached the front of the jeep and noticed the orange fluff in the backseat. "What the hell, Hakkai!? Did you know there is a strange, yet attractive, looking man in your car?"

"Yes, Gojyo. Hakuryuu, it seems, has found a friend he refused to leave."

Gojyo made sure to keep a wary eye on the seemingly unconscious man. "Uh-huh. Bet Sanzo will just love him."

For once, Hakkai dropped his politely fake smile. "Just get in the car, Gojyo. Where are Sanzo and Goku, anyway?"

"The monkey got hungry, so the monk said they were going back to the town," Gojyo answered as he did as he was told. "'Kai, you sure about this? I mean Sanzo isn't going to care about the reasons."

"I'm quite aware of that, Gojyo. Hakuryuu would not have left that man. Sanzo will simply have to be reasonable for once in his life."

Unknown to the two bickering men in the front of the jeep, their passenger was slowly waking. Great. I would wake up in the middle of an argument. An argument about me. Schuldig hated being unconsciousness. The waking up part was always slow for him. He tried speeding it up by scanning the area for his teammates. When he felt a very familiar cloud of insanity, Schuldig quickly sat up and yelled, "Stop!"

The jeep suddenly jerked to a stop throwing Schuldig to the floor in the back and the two men in the front to almost bang their faces on the dash. "Thank you. Wait here for me?"

"Kyu."

"Thanks, darling. Be right back." Schuldig ignored the two men in favor of ungracefully tumbling out of the jeep and running towards the forest nearby. He felt a spike in Farfarello's mind right before he barely dodged a knife flying toward his head. Good thing I've spent so many years living with him.

"Farf, get your ass out here," Schuldig called in the direction the knife had come from. "And don't throw your knives at me," he added as an afterthought.

According to Hakkai and Gojyo, he came out of nowhere. Schuldig figured they must be amateurs, since Farfarello wasn't even trying to be sneaky. "Why were you not with us when we landed?"

"Not my choice, sweetheart. Like I wanted to be by myself when I woke up in this place. Wait… we? Are Nagi and Bradley with you?"

"Of course. Crawford wakes up often, but falls back into his mind. The boy has not woken at all."

"What? That doesn't make sense. He should have woken up about the same time you did, since your talents aren't in your mind as much as me and Bradley."

"He took a bit of mental damage before the Shifter attacked."

Schuldig let his gaze drop to the ground. He couldn't bring himself to look at his teammate. He felt an unfamiliar emotion clawing at his insides. I was supposed to be looking for any telepaths in the vicinity. He would have only been hurt if I missed someone. "Take me to them."

Farfarello nodded briefly then turned and nearly vanished back into the trees. Schuldig glanced back at his new friend/ride before following the barely visible white-haired man toward the rest of his team.