"Your Voice, Your Heart" by: Setsuna X
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Summary: Stuck in a town for days Goku finds himself enraptured by a young girl. When the time to leave comes will he leave with Sanzo, who always treats him badly, or stay with the girl who promised to love him forever?
Disclaimer: Not mine..well, the characters aren't…the plot is though, okay?
Chapter 2- The Keeping
The mysterious girl continued to sleep throughout the rest of the day and the Sanzo party resumed their conversation regarding the 'extra baggage' they had acquired. All three demons decided not to push their gun-wielding leader, especially considering the mood he was currently in. Not only did they help someone, but also the rain brought out that 'angry-angst' attitude out of Sanzo. The demons knew that they had already asked a lot by saving that girl and becoming involved, there was no need to push the issue.
Goku, unable to take the uneasy silence anymore blurted out "So, what are we going to do with her?!" Gojyo smacked his forehead in sheer exasperation at the monkey's bluntness while Hakkai simply shook his head in shame at Goku's lack of tact.
At that moment Sanzo ripped his view from the window and placed a threatening glare at Goku's direction. Sure, Sanzo was usually glaring at something or other, but this glare promised pain and a quick death from his banishing gun if one more stupid comment was made from Goku. Goku audibly gulped, hoping he wouldn't have to sport a headache (or a hole in his head) this night.
"We have no obligations to keep and care for her. As soon as she wakes up, she leaves," said Sanzo and meaning every word of it.
"Wha-at! You can't possibly mean that Sanzo!" exclaimed Goku at the unfairness of it all.
"Yeah Sanzo, you heard what the innkeeper said, they ran her outta town. She has nowhere else," amended Gojyo.
"I agree with them Sanzo. We can't possibly leave her alone like this," continued on Hakkai with the explanation on why they should care for the child. It was a wonder that he could come up with a lot of points in such a short amount of time. Had he guessed that Sanzo would have said 'no' from the beginning?
Sanzo remained silent throughout their explanations, contemplating the best way to get rid of the brat. There was something odd and wrong about her. Surely they felt it. The twitch in her aura…
"No," Sanzo began "there's something not right about her. She could be out to kill us for all we know---"
"She's just a kid!" interrupted Goku.
"So is Lirin and that Ginkaku-kid and they were pretty capable of attacking us." The other three members of their group continued on staring at Sanzo hoping he'd take back his words. After what seemed like an eternity they knew that Sanzo had meant what he said and was therefore never going to take back what he said. Stubborn bastard.
"I don't feel anything wrong with her aura," said Hakkai at last.
"Yeah, me neither," said Gojyo and Goku at the same time.
"You're probably just making that all up Sanzo. You just don't want any company on these rainy days and are too cheap to pay for anything either," said Goku proudly, muttering afterwards about how it wasn't Sanzo's money to begin with. Sanzo's glare just hardened, making his normally violet eyes turn into hard, ice-cold amethysts.
"Fine, do whatever the hell you want, you bakazaru, but she won't use the three aspects money. And don't come crying to me when things get bad and you can't handle them. Now the three of you, GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ROOM!!!" Sanzo shouted each word louder than the last. Both Gojyo and Goku were visibly frightened, especially after the blond monk took out his gun and fired a few practice rounds near them, some too close for comfort. Hakkai merely gave Sanzo a disapproving glance that Sanzo pointedly ignored. All three demons scrambled out of the room, Goku and Gojyo at an unbelievably fast pace.
Sanzo took out another Marlboro cigarette, turned back to face the quivering window being pelted by hard rain and began to contemplate the situation they managed to find themselves in this time, his thoughts coming in and disappearing just as quickly as the raindrops outside.
Why couldn't they sense the inconsistency of her Aura?
She was cleverly hidden, that was for sure. It was like she had been practicing this her whole life or something. The only thing left to do was to see how this all played out in the end, but he wasn't going to save their asses once they figured out they were wrong.
With that thought in mind Sanzo put out his cigarette and went to bed, hoping on a decent nights rest, although the drumming of the rain on the window would probably keep him up.
TBC
A/N: Short chapter, I know. Sadly I think every chapter after this is going to be around the same length, but as long as something is posted then I think this is okay. I still got a lot of other stuff to type out and at least finals at school are over and done with, so I don't have to worry too much about time management. Anyway, thanks everyone for reading and to my reviewer: i love athrun. Stay tuned for further chapters.