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"speaking"

'thoughts'

-8- I know how to hurt, I know how to heal, I know what to show And what to conceal -8-

She ran trough the woods. She ran blindly tripping over roots and ignoring the thorns that reached out to grab hold of her cloths. She was filthy, sweaty and bleeding. She heard distant voices but didn't bother to call out to them. She dared a glance behind her and saw shadows chasing after her gaining speed. She gasped and picked up her pace. Her vision began to blur as she stumbled wildly thinking only to get away. She flew out of the woods and was encased I light as she fell to the ground unconscious.

-8- I know when to talk And I know when to touch. No one ever died from wanting too much -8-

"We should set up camp soon" said Hakkai "it's not safe to drive around at night" Sanzo opened his eyes and realized it was almost completely dark.

"Can we get food in the next town?" Goku asked shyly from the back seat. Sanzo narrowed his eyes.

"I'm hungry!"

"You're not the only one kid" said Goyjo with his eyes closed

"We do need supplies Sanzo" said Hakkai with a smile. Goku perked up and looked at Sanzo wishfully.

"We'll see" Hakkai hit the brakes so violently Goyjo slammed his head on the passenger seat and Sanzo nearly fell out of the jeep altogether and Goku got thrown forward between the passenger and driver seats

"WHAT GIVES!?" Goyjo asked angrily rubbing his head to ease the pain. Hakkai jumped out of the jeep and the others followed suit. She wore a pale baby blue blouse that might have been pretty once when it wasn't torn and covered in splotches of blood. Her white skirt suffered the same fate and was currently just barley covering her upper thighs.

"She ok?" Goyjo leaned down to answer his own question. He brushed her hair gently away from her face and pressed two fingers to her throat.

"Just move her off the road" they stared at Sanzo in disbelief the woman had run out of the woods terrified and collapsed in front of them, clearly she was seeking help. At their blank stares he frowned. "You don't honestly want to help her do you? She has red hair she could easily be a Yokai"

"And if she's not Sanzo?!" Furiouse Goku launced himself forward ready to argue. Sanzo ignored him and watched the woman she appeared to be unconscious but who really knew.

"Fine do as you want but if she tries to kill us don't say I didn't warn you" he turned back to the jeep and got in slamming the door rather hard.

"Goku, there's a blanket in the back go get it so we can wrap her up and move her into the car. Goku did as told and they moved her gently into the car. They drove until they reached a clearing and set up camp. Sanzo got a fire started while Goyjo looked for meat to cook and Hakkai and Goku took care of the girl. They set her down against a tree and began to examine her wounds. She had minor scratches on her arms, legs, and face; while on her side was a deep wound one would normally associate with a blade. Her feet were bruised and bloody from running apparently without shoes. They applied ointment to the scratches and to her feet.

"Goku hold her steady as I take off her shirt" Goku nodded as Hakkai griped the edge of the tattered blouse. Hakkai gasped as the woman's hand shot out and held a thin blade to his throat. Sanzo drew his gun and aimed ready to fire.

"Sanzo wait!" Goku cried throwing himself in front of her. "She's still unconscious" sure enough it was true her face was undisturbed but her arm was out and ready to stab Hakkai. Slowly, he released the lining of her shirt and just as slowly her hand went back down to her side.

"Intriguing…" Breathed Hakkai.

"More like fucken weird" Said Goyjo

"Just leave her alone" said Sanzo moving away

"But-"

"Do you want to get stabbed?"

"No…."

"So then leave her alone"

-8- The world is not enough, But it is such a perfect place to start, my love. And if you're strong enough Together we can take the world apart, my love-8-

The fire died out on it's own and somehow they managed to bandage the wound on her side. She was laid out in the back or the car with the blanket. Hakkai slept under her on the ground while Sanzo took the passenger seat and Goyjo slept under a tree that Goku was sleeping in. a soft breeze blew thru the camp awakening her senses as it brought the scent of Yokai. Her eyes snapped open and she sat up immediately. The blanket slipped off her and had her frowning; she looked down at herself and found her arms and legs bandaged as well as the gash on her side. She looked around and caught sight of Sanzo.

'Did he save me?' she wondered she noticed he looked like an angel his face held soft angles and the pale blond hair only added to the godliness of it. Looking around she caught sight of Goyjo and looked from one to the other. 'I should go… this is no way to repay them' she threw her legs over the jeep and heard a low grunt. Looking down she was met with Hakkais serene smile.

"I see you've finally awoken." She gasped and raced off heading to the woods.

"WAIT!" a child dropped down from the trees in front of her making her skid to a stop. She turned and slammed into Goyjos chest.

"Slow down there darling" he caught her and pinned her arms to her sides with a smile.

"LECHER!" She screamed on impulse

"Is that how you say thanks?" She looked up at him and they both went still. His eyes were almost the same murderous red as her own.

"You're only half" he whispered

"Please, let me go…" she tore her gaze away from him and looked down. Slowly he released her arms and she found herself boxed in on all sides.

"You have a funny way of showing gratitude" said Sanzo lazily holding his gun up wearily.

"I am grateful," she breathed "but please if you don't let me go you'll be killed…"

"Who's after you?" Goyjo demanded

"Listen that's not your problem, thanks for the help but I have to leave now."

"Not until you tell us…." Goyjo trailed off the surrounding woods had gone silent making everything eerie.

"Too late…." She breathed. Sanzo eyed the woods suspiciously, they all threw their weapons. And turned their backs on hers guarding her from all sides.

"Mommy?" a little girl's voice echoed around them

"Where's big sister…" they heard it as if the child was at their side

"Nii-san? Mama?" The voice died so they only heard their own breathing.

"Why are you hiding?" they all turned to stare at a little girl dressed in a pretty white dress with red hair and bloody hands. "Nii-san I can't find mam-" a blade flew through the air and hit the child right between the eyes. The little girl screamed and disappeared. Sanzo turned to the girl who was no longer facing the child but eyeing the woods.

"I have to go" she repeated "that was only the messenger" she turned to face them all. "Thank you" she bowed. "I'll lead then away from here. Go now!" she turned to run but Goku shouted after her.

"Wait!" she turned back to him

"What's your name?" the look in his eyes broke her, she smiled at him.

"Namine" she didn't bother waiting for a response she just took off at an astounding speed.

"Namine huh?" Goyjo had a sly smile playing on his face. "I could work with that" Sanzo rolled his eyes.

"Get in the jeep we're moving"

-8- People like us Know how to survive. There's no point in living If you can't feel the life-8-

"Why do you think they were after her?" said Goku. No one spoke about Namine after she ran off they just got up and moved camp. It was well after down when they started moving again nearly noon.

"Who knows" said Sanzo from the passenger seat disinterested

"Man… she could be my future wife" said Goyjo In awww everyone even Hakkai (who was driving) turned to stare at him. He was looking up at the sky with a goofy grin and hearts dancing in his eyes. Goku punched him in the head to see if he was alright and got an angry yell in response.

"What'd you do that for you stupid monkey" Said Goyjo attempting to grab his neck

"You're the one sitting there looking sick"

"I'm not sick!" Sanzo shook his head and slammed their heads together

"Knock it off!" he screamed as Hakkai (still driving) kept staring.

"You're serious Goyjo"

"And why not?" he looked up at him rubbing the lumps on his head "she's beautiful, she can kick ass, and she's a half Yokai like me" Hakkai turned back to the road.

"How do you know she was half? It was dark" said Sanzo

"The moonlight shining brightly in her eyes gave way to the-" Goku burst out laughing at Goyjo obscene attempt at poetry.

"What are you laughing at twerp?!" Goyjo hit Goku on the head and him curling up in his seat "that'll teach you"

"Sanzo, there's a town coming up"

"FOOD!" Goku cheered

"It's almost sun down too" Goyjo put in

"Fine… we'll stay the night but we're out by dawn" Sanzo said irately. They pulled into an inn and jeep transformed back into a dragon and rested on Hakkais shoulder to sleep.

"I'll check us into an Inn"

-8- We know when to kiss And we know when to kill. If we can't have it all Then nobody will-8-

'I hope they're alright' she worried. It wouldn't be good for her karma to have caused the people who saved her, death. She sighed and drowned another shot. She was back in hell only this time she was alone… She sat at the bar her torn cloths had been replace by skin tight black jeans and a blood red long sleeved shirt, over that she wore a black vest which concealed two hand guns and a pair of double bladed daggers. She ran a hand threw her hair and sighed. She hated feeling guilty and unknowing.

"Where's the all you can eat buffet!?" her spine went rigid it couldn't be. She turned slightly in her seat and saw them sitting by the door, all four of them unharmed fighting over what to eat. She smiled and turned back to her drink. So they were safe. It put her mind to ease and raised her sprits. She signaled to the bar tender and told then their first round of drinks were on her. He nodded and moved away.

They were pigging out already when the drinks were set in front of them. They looked up surprised when the waiter said they were on the house. The sound of a bottle breaking had everyone in the place going silent and looking toward the bar. A woman screamed from the back to the restaurant as they looked up and saw Namine pointing a revolver at the bar tender who had broken the bottle she had been drinking and was now using it as a weapon against her.

"Put it down!" all the men around her stood and pulled out their own guns.

"You're not welcomed here Namine." One of them screamed

"Leave now… and we won't kill you" She laughed openly.

"Funny how that wasn't the tune you all were singing two years ago. Hypocrites, all of you." She put away her gun but no one else did she picked up her shot glass and drowned the whisky before throwing the glass at the bar tender intentionally missing. She smirked and made her way to the entrance. The faint click of a gun had her jumping to the side as a shot was fired and missed her by an inch.

"Hey!" Goyjo got up angrily

"Stay out of it outsider!" the bar tender yelled

"No demons are allowed in this village half or whole!"

"Enough!" Sanzo stood and removed his hood and sunglasses. There were gasps and murmurs around the restaurant as they realized who he was.

"Genjo Sanzo" a man breathed. Namines eyes widened was that who had saved her? Was she so naive not to realize… no not naive… distracted. The men dropped their guns and stared awe struck.

"We're deeply sorry," one of the men began "but this hef-"

"Watch your tongue" said Hakkai deathly low. They were all on foot now. The bar keep seemed embarrassed with himself as were the others. Silence hung thick in the air to the point that Namine nearly gagged on it.

"There's no need for this" Namine spoke breaking the awkward silence "I'm leaving anyway," she waved a hand carelessly over her shoulder as she turned away and walked to the door. Her ears twitched as insults were mumbled as she passed she was used to it from all of them. Once outside she took a deep breath and pulled out a pack of cigarettes, as she walked through the town she removed one and shoved the rest back into her pocket. She removed a lighter from her vest pocket and took a deep drag. The sun was setting on the edges of the town casting everything in gold; she turned her face to the wind and closed her eyes. She'd never say it out loud but she missed this place even more now than before, she longed for the way it used to be. Then in a flash it was happening again the screams, the smell of blood, it was all too real. She opened her eyes and the memory was gone. She ran her fingers threw her hair and began walking once again. As she passed people retreated into their homes or sent glares her way. She had left with the determination to go west now she was forced to turn around and come back to the beginning.

"How tedious" she said to herself. When the wind died down and her ears were ringing with silence she stabbed out her cigarette on a building and pulled out a gun.

"Show time"

-8- The world is not enough, But it is such a perfect place to start, my love. And if you're strong enough Together we can take the world apart, my love -8-

"On the house!" the bar tender said with a smile ushering Sanzo and the others back into their seats. "Please forgive the disturbance" the restaurant was restored to peace the moment Namine had stepped out the door.

"Something's not right here" said Goyjo looking around but shoveling food into his mouth. "Why he hostility?" he said around a mouthful of sweet potatoes.

"Leave it alone." Said Sanzo "it's none of our business"

"But Sanzo they were about to perform a public execution" Goku yelled. Sanzo sighed

"Do any of you ever think maybe for a second these people have a reason to shun her?" when there were no smart remarks he pressed on. "All you see is a pretty face, she has Yokai after her for god's sake" at the mention of Yokai the restaurant went silent again this time with all eyes on Sanzo before slowly resuming back to normal.

"That wasn't normal…" said Hakkai passively looking around now with curiosity.

"Plenty of towns have been attacked the last few days it's not unusual for people to be uneasy"

"YOKAI!!!" it came from outside a boy ran in dirty and bloody. "She's killing them!! She's killing them all!!" the woman screamed as chaos broke loose tables turned as people rushed to get outside. Once Sanzo and the others had made it outside they immediately set off in the direction people were running away from and screaming.

-8- I feel safe, I feel scared, I feel ready, And yet unprepared -8-

She hadn't anticipated there'd be so many as she waded through their blood but more kept coming. She had long sense run out of ammunition and was how fighting with her daggers. She shifted her body the left on instinct as a long chain with a blade at the end whooshed past her head taking out a good number of Yokai. She turned and saw Goyjo smirking at her as he fought with five of them. In that instant, as she forged on through the sea of Yokai, she saw then all fighting with her to take them all out. A howl from her left had her turning in the direct path of a Yokais claw she hissed in pain as it dug deep into her old wound.

"Give up!" one of them yelled.

"GIVE US THE SUTRA!!"

"NO!" she sliced her way through them and despite her best efforts she was over taken and brought to her knees.

"Where is it?" one of them hissed pulling her head back by her hair

"Up your ass" she snarled and threw the Yokai off her. She pulled out a small revolver from an ankle holder and began to shoot the ones closest to her. When she had no more bullets she growled low and dangerous as they began to circle her.

"Awww all out of tricks"

"Not quite" she ripped off the tip of her earring and jumped into the air she threw it with all her might down at the Yokai as they sprang after her. She arched her back and caught hold of the roof of a small Inn.

"Watch out!" she heard Sanzo call from below he was well aware of what she had just done. She pulled herself onto to roof and lay down flat with her hands over her head. Seconds later an explosion drowned out the screams of Yokai. She looked up and over the edge of the roof the surrounding buildings were charred and smeared with blood the remaining Yokai began to retreat into the woods she flicked her wrist and several thin blades fill into place on her palm. One by one the demons fell until they were all dead. She replaced the remaining blades back in their holders of her wrist band and jumped down from the roof.

"Now what- the fuck- was al that about?" Goyjo asked. She looked up and they surrounded her weapons drawn but hanging loosely at their sides. Her body wasn't worn out yet but she couldn't take on the four of them after all that. She sighed and began to look around at the ground.

"I'm sorry you got involved. Thank you for the held I'll be going now" she tried to muscle her way between Goku and Goyjo but they blocked her path immediately. She raised an eyebrow "Or not…" it was obvious they wanted answers but she wasn't about to open up any time soon. She turned giving the false impression if surrender before she sighed jumped over them, doing a flip in the air smiling down at them and to avoid having her legs grabbed and used to pull her back down. She landed a good 20 feet from then and picked up one of her daggers. She placed it back in its holder as she located the second one. Goku tapped her on the shoulder and held it out to her. She looked at him surprised before taking it and offering him a small smile of gratitude.

"You're going west aren't you?" she raised a questioning eyebrow.

"That's right… I got turned around" she lied.

'More like hurtled back'

"Come with us" she stared down at him without answering. "We're going west too, come with us" he smiled innocently as Sanzo walked up behind him and hit him in the head with a huge fan.

"Don't make offers like that without asking the rest of us!" Goku rubbed his head and glared at Sanzo. She smiled half heartedly amused before looking up at Sanzo and the rest of them. Goyjo appeared to be praying up to the heavens as Hakkai smiled serenely at her. She didn't know whether they actually wanted an answer or not, but by the looks of it they all did except Sanzo.

"If you'll have me" she said carefully. "I would like to travel with you all" she said it to the blood soaked earth and dared not to look up at them.

"Fine" Sanzo turned his back on her and pulled out cigarettes. "we leave at dawn if you're not ready by then we're leaving you" she watched him shocked that he had accepted before beaming.

"NAMINE!" the scream put them all on alert.

"Dawn got it." she raced off in the opposite direction of the scream. "I'll find you" she called over her shoulder as she disappeared.

"Why does she keep doing that" Goyjo whined

"Where is she!?" a hoard of angry villagers rounded the corner and stopped at the sight of all the gore. There were angry shouts and a lot of movement before they were approached.

"Thank you for saving our village" a man cried and then they all began to cheer. They looked at each other in confusion the reality of it was that Namine had taken care of most of them.

"Hey!" Goku screamed causing everyone to go silent. "We didn't do anything Namine did; she's the one who got rid of them all"

"Impossible!" a man separated himself from the crowd and stepped forward. "She leads Yokai to villages in order to slaughter them." There were cheers of approval from the crowd. They ignored the people and spoke to one another.

"I wonder what she did to have them hate her so much" Goku wondered

"Half Yokai are not accepted by full Yokai or humans" Goyjo said "so it's impossible for her to have lead and commanded a hoard that big"

"Tell that to them" said Sanzo nodding to the people as they began to dispose of the dead Yokai. "Let's go back to the inn" he said putting out his cigarette. "It's been a long day"

-8- The world is not enough But it is such a perfect place to start, my love. And if you're strong enough Together we can take the world apart, my love-8-

She watched from above as they tried to clear her name, they were all so narrow-minded. She thought watching the villagers. They'd believe anything if it blamed someone and gave a reason for the attacks. She pressed a hand to her wound as it continued to ooze blood. She had torn it open again with all the fighting at the rate she was going it would never heal properly. She moved delicately around the roof tops careful to make as little noise as possible. She retreated into the ruins of a decaying home and ripped off her vest and shirt. She removed the old bandages and pulled out fresh ones. She cleaned the wound as best she could and wrapped herself up again. She sighed at herself in the dark and listening to the steps of people as they raced around outside. Dawn would come eventually. She assured herself they wouldn't leave without her as she began to doze giving thanks for her luck.

-8- The world is not enough, The world is not enough. No Nowhere near enough, The world is not enough-8-

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