Second chapter is now out!

Just to let you all know I'm uploading the first three chapters in one day 'cuz I've actually been kind of debating if I should post it up or not.
And I lost the battle! ^_^

Lol But Yea here it is anyway!

Gojyo: Please support our very precious writer-chan in this story! ^_^ She's been working very hard and put a lot of though into this one so please play nice! ^_^ If you do I might reward you... Ehehe.

Sanzo: *Purposely misses a bullet aimed for his head and instead shoots the wall* Stupid Nymphomaniac...

Hakkai: Educational guidance please! *Smiles*

Me: *Sweatdrops* Anyway... on with the story! ^o^

Letting out another contented sigh I picked up the sake bottle in my hand and prepared for another round but soon found the bottle empty.

"Damn..." I cursed to myself softly but merely shrugged it off as I placed the bottle back down on the table.

Just for your information, I'm not drunk.

A little dizzy, yeah. But not so bad, I can still walk.

My eyes lifted back up towards the band of four men which I now watched as they simply stood to their feet and make their way to the counter just beside the stairs that led up to the inn rooms.

Also deciding it was best to call it a night I stood to my feet but suddenly found myself stumbling, I continued to hold my head in slight dizziness and managed to keep myself standing that was until my nerves eventually gave out and I found myself falling to the floor but before i could even touch the ground a pair of strong arms wound its way around me catching me in a instant.

Finally getting back to my senses I shook my head slightly.

"Are you alright, miss?"

Blinking up at the blurred vision of a figure I suddenly found my violet eyes staring right at a pair of crimson ones, that smirk on his face becoming all clear to me.

"Wah..?"

"Hey, you're pretty cute." My eyes finally snapped open, realization hitting me like a ton of bricks.

'Who is this guy!' And just to add more into my surprises I found myself staring right into a pair of coal black glasses, crimson red hair streamed out from underneath the hood of his coat.

'It's one of those guys!'

"Oi, kappa. Let her go." I heard a gruff voice call out from behind me, but it seemed this Kappa had ignored him for he kept (I think) his eyes on me.

"So, what's your name?" he asked still having a hold around my waist. "You from around here."

My eyes widened in slight shock, I know it is just another pervert but asking me such rude questions like that when I'm intoxicated!

"Let go of me..." I grumbled letting my hair fall over my eyes in some dark manner that indicated my agitation.

"What?" I heard him question, pretty dense too.

"I said, let go of me." I said even clearer yet a growl had accompanied it this time.

"Now why would I-!" Silently thanking my height my strength quickly came back to me as I literally cut him off with a powerful raise of the knee to his chin.

"I said let go of me!" And he did stumbling back with a slightly yet rapidly bruising chin and .

"What the-!" One of the others gasped.

"Oh my, Goj- I mean Jiro, are you alright?" I watched as one of the others which I have not yet seen race over to his aid.

"What happened?" Another cry was heard as the owner came rushing in.

"Everything's fine, mis-?" Now it was my turn to be cut off as I saw the owners expression of baffle, his eyes wide and his mouth slightly hung into a surpirse.

"Um."

"It's you!" he gasped pointing a very accusing finger at me.

I arched a brow at him, surely he was confusing- wait a minute.

"You're that hunter!" He yelled out bluntly making me give out a gasp of my own and swallow thickly. Oh crap.

"Hunter?"

I sighed and hung my head as a sign of defeat, it was too late now. They were probably gonna throw out a big feast for me or suddenly announce this spontaneous festival for my arrival. Yea, that's about right.

"The one that destroyed half of our neighboring town!" My head shot right up I was now looking at his scowling expression. "And I bet you're gonna do the same here right?"

"What!?" I now yelled with a scowl of my own. "Now just wait a min-!
"Well, we're not gonna let you do that!" He turned back to the also glaring men behind him who was now for some reason holding weapons.

'Where the hell did they get those!?' I swallowed thickly but soon put on my professional hunters face on, I wasn't gonna let some lousy town residence just talk to me like that. For all they know these dodgy looking men could be dangerous men.

"Hey! What the hell is going on!" The shorter one of the men suddenly rushed in-front of me his hood and glasses seemed to have fallen down in process.

"Goku, you idiot!" I heard one of them yell before the owner's voice drowned out any other of the noises.

"Accomplices!' Them!" He cried "That's far enough, miss hunter! Get them!"

And as soon as I heard those cries of the towns people I prepared to run but I found myself suddenly being carried off by the waist.

"Hey! Who the fu-!" I glanced up but instead of looking at a scowling face instead I was now looking up at a single kind looking eye and a graceful smile that suddenly made my heart skip a beat.

"I'm very sorry for this, miss. But I'm afraid we're going to have to take you with us." I noticed his hood and gasses were also discarded and that he had a nice shade of hazelnut brown hair. But there were some things that seemed to have caught my eye, those silver cuffs attached to his left ear and the single monocle sort of thing over his right eye.

"They're gaining on us, Sanzo!" I heard the younger looking one yelp.

"Shut up, saru! I know that!"

'A Sanzo?' I tried to contain my curiosity but failed to glance back, the flash f golden hair caught my sight which was then followed by a very handsome face.

A feminine one after all, he reminded me of someone.

"I cannot believe this," A sudden grumble interrupted my thoughts my eyes casted towards the source and it took nearly all of my power just to stop and pound that guys ass to the dirt.

His crimson hair was flowing with the wind and those dark glasses were now residing on his head, he didn't look to happy, even though he was a pervert no doubt was he still good looking.

I shook my head, this was no time to feel lucky for escaping this mess with such good-looking men let alone even admiring them.

I could hear the loud shouting from behind us, the streets were nearly empty but the crowd was quite large, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't that big.

"Jeep!" I suddenly heard the man who was carrying me call out.

A loud and high pitched 'kyu!' sound was heard and the next thing I knew I was dumped on the back of a green jeep, my eyes widening in a startle as the rumble of the loud motor drowned out the shouting of the mob who was still closing in behind us, taking in a startled breath I tried to straighten my posture on my seat and whirled around behind me just to watch the crowd get smaller and smaller every mile we passed by.

It wasn't long before we had passed through the border of the town and into the forest, lucky for us the forest was popular with many of the Youkai attacks and the towns people sure didn't like the idea of making themselves public to the Youkai. Yeah, sure lucky for us...

"Phew! That was close!" The red-headed one let out a tired breath and relaxed against his seat.

"That owner sure was crazy," The shorter one commented on the other side of me.

"It was you're fault, saru!" The blond man growled from the front ot the jeep.

"Sanzo, you can't blame Goku for trying to stand up for this girl." The man who had been carrying me stood up for the younger one who was pouting slightly but seemed to have shrugged it off like it was nothing.

'Who are these guys?'

"So I take it you're not brothers and your last name isn't Hayabusa?" My voice finally gave way. "Who are you people?"

"I think a better question would be, who are you, Missy?" The red-head replied turning to me with that perverted smirk on his face and leaning in slightly.

"Get away from her, kappa." The Sanzo monk ground out clearly not liking his lecherous acts towards me.

"Oh, so you're finally after the girl this time huh, Sanzo?" Gojyo joked with a sly grin.

"Can I shoot him?" Sanzo asked to anyone in particular raising a gun over his shoulder, an agitated vein popping on his forehead.

"Ahaha, I doubt one shot will cut it, Sanzo." The driver chuckled.

I raised a brow, was it just me or is this band of travelers a little closer than I suspected.

"I'm sorry, miss." The kinder sounding one glanced over at me with a smile. "I'm Hakkai, this is Sanzo, Gojyo and Goku."
"So what's your name, or should I call your gorgeous instead." Gojyo gave me that trademark pervert wink of his followed by a suave looking smirk.

I scowled and my hand instinctively flew out to smack his head upside, purposely adding in a little more strength than what was meant.

"Hey! You don't even know me!" He cried out in agitation, his forehead was a burning red, I guess this man wasn't used to being rejected immediately, or like that anyway.

"Exactly, so call me Ayumi." I said sliding the hood from my head to let my lilac hair fly back with the wind.

"Wow, you've got pretty hair, Ayumi!" The little on called Goku complimented with a bright smile as he admired a strand of my hair in his hands.

Having no other choice but to smile slightly I turned to look at the road ahead of us, it was already deep in nightfall probably about 9 o'clock already.

"Ayumi-san." Hakkai called from the drivers spot.

"Huh?"

"That man from before..." his voice trailed off. "He mentioned you are a hunter. Mind if I ask what kind?"

I blinked for a moment, taking a moment to think back at to what the owner had yelled out.

"Oh," I said recovering from my silent thinking moment. "Well to tell you the truth I'm just a hunter."

"What do you mean by that?" Sanzo asked his brilliantly violet eyes turning to glance at me, the way he stared at me. It kind of reminded me of how he used to look at me before we had even met, mentally shaking myself back to reality I forced myself to finally speak.

"I'm just a hunter, I do all kinds of it. Blacklist, gourmet..."

"Gourmet!" Goku cried out with glee, bright sparkles decorating his already bright eyes.

Nodding with smile I took a mental note that that boy was interested in food.

"Blacklist...?" Hakkai repeated softly mostly to himself. "Is that so?"

"Have you heard any news of a band of four men leaving a trail of Youkai bodies behind them?" Gojyo asked me, I turned to him with a slightly confused look.

"Band of four men...? Trail of Youkai...?" I looked up and placed a finger on my chin as if deep in thought. "Oh, yes. I have."

There was a long silence that greeted me, taking quick glances at them I noticed how somber and indifferent their expression suddenly became. Then it hit me...

'Im such an idiot...'

"Just to let you all know... I'm not exactly interested in capturing any world famous dangerous criminals at the moment. Even though it's all so very tempting, I guess I owe you guys something." My tone was gentle and I could just tell that Hakkai had another smile plastered on his face as he drove.

"So then what are you doing?" Goku asked me.

I leaned back against my chair and let that small frown take over my face once again.

"I was ordered to come here." I knew they always told me never to give out information like that to strangers but these guys saved me from a raging mob already ready to kill me, even though they probably figured i could handle myself they even took the trouble to take me with them. "My boss told me of the minus wave, it's been spreading around like wild fire where I come from."

"Say, where do you come from?" Gojyo asked me through a lit up cigarette.

"York Shin, Japan." I replied.

"Japan?" Hakkai repeated, I nodded.

"All the way from there?" Goyjo asked. "Hm. That probably means the minues wave is goin' around everywhere."

"Are there Youkai from there?" Sanzo asked me, I asked myself; Does he always sound this cold? But I decided to drop the subject and reply to his question, he didn't seem the type to like waiting.

"Not as much anymore," I shook my head.

"You mean they were all killed?" Goku exclaimed with slight malice in his voice.

I shook my head. "Not all of them. Some of them killed themselves, afraid of endangering thsoe around them."

The atmosphere dropped once again, all of them seemed to have gotten their somber expressions back on again. I glanced form one of them to the other, why did they looks so serious and sad at the same time?

It was a little scary for me, but I knew for sure it had something to with out curent topic.

"Why did they send you here, Ayumi-san?" Hakkai asked.

I blinked towards his figure and replied in a simple and soft tone, afraid of thinning the atmosphere even more I tried to play it all simple. They knew something, and i was now intended on learning what it is.

"I'm here to hunt down the cause of it all,"

There was a snort of laughter in reply.

"You're already too late, Missy." Gojyo said with a smirk.

"What do you mean?" So much for playing ti simple, instead I just had to play blunt.

"That job is already taken." He replied after taking a long drag from his cigarette.

I frowned. I didn't wanna believe him, my boss already told me that only their organization had full access to this type of information, no one else could have known about this. Unless of course they had access to those files.

"I don't believe you," I needed to know these people, my suspicious for them has gone way too far now.

"You better believe it, lady." The priest said now also lighting up his own stick of cancer.

'Isn't that forbidden with monks?' I thought but let that subject drop too as he went on with his reply.

"'Cuz we already know what's going on behind all of this."

No way...

Me: Yay! Another chapter done! There's another one coming up after this in about... ten minutes! ^_^

Goku: Waaah! This chapter doens't have any food! *cries*

Sanzo: *whacks him in the head with that damned paper fan of his* Quiet, Moneky!

Me: Yatta! my precious Kura-pon is coming up soon! ^_^ Whee!

Goku, Hakkai and Gojyo: o_O

Sanzo: Who the hell is Kura-pon?

Me: *scowls* Quiet Blondie! Don't you dare start!

Sanzo: Start what...? And did you just call me blondie!?

Me: You know what I'm talking about.

Goku: We don't...

Me: Shut up!

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