"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. Never will be…but it can't hurt to dream
Chapter 3- The Meeting
Morning came and the soft pitter-patter of the continuing rain hitting the glass windows echoed through the quiet room.
Goku woke up from his spot on the floor, surrounded by blankets, to the smell of something that remotely resembled bacon. He glanced over to the bed, where they had placed the girl they happened to pick up, to find her already awake and studying him intently.
Goku felt a slight blush work its way up from his neck and creep onto his cheeks, staining them a faint pink. The mysterious girl just cocked her head in question, her eyes wary of the unknown person in this unknown location.
"Hi!" chirped Goku, hoping to put the poor girl at ease with his cheerfulness.
"Hey," whispered the girl softly, eyes now downcast in shyness, but altogether feeling much better.
"Have you been up long?" asked Goku, but without waiting for a response continued with "Wait here and I'll call Gojyo and Hakkai. We'll get you some food, stay here, I'll be right back!" rattled off Goku, hyper as if on a sugar high. He then practically ran out of the door to Hakkai and Gojyo's room.
The girl just smiled softly at the highly energetic boy, (seriously who had that much energy after just waking up?) and glanced around the room curiously. She got up and made her way over to the window overlooking the busy bustling of early consumers. Despite the rain people had to sell things and others had to buy them.
"Gojyo! Hakkai!" shouted Goku, running through the wooden hallway. Both men slammed their doors open, glaring sleepily, yet alert, especially being used to having to wake up during the middle of the night if an attack was occurring.
"Goku," began Hakkai, suppressing a yawn "what's wrong?"
Though before Goku could formulate a response, Sanzo's door flew open, hitting the door behind it. There stood the 'renegade' priest, equipped with a gun at hand and complete with messy blonde hair from being awakened abruptly.
"What the hell is all the damn noise for?" Sanzo said through clenched teeth and a twitching eyebrow. He pinned Goku with one of his deadliest glares, actually they all seemed pretty deadly, and Goku visibly gulped.
"Uhh-h," the boy stammered "the girl we picked up is awake already" he said sheepishly, knowing that they had been prepared for a fight simply because he had shouted hysterically,
"You made all that damn racket, making it seem like an emergency, and now you're just telling me it was nothing more than that snot-nosed brat waking up!" shouted Sanzo, his voice gradually increasing in volume.
Hakkai cut in, unwilling to cause a scene or awaken any more people with the sound of gunshots, especially since Sanzo's hand twitched to shoot Goku.
"Now now Sanzo, Goku was just worried and excited, you know how he gets, that's all. No harm done," amended Hakkai. Sanzo's anger slowly left him, but he was still annoyed and his hand twitched every so often for his gun.
"Well, that's good news then," stated Gojyo as he began to leave his room in search of the young girl, "I think we left her alone long enough. Let's get us some answers."
And with that, plus some mumbling complaints from Sanzo, the four travelers went into Goku's room to meet their new guest.
TBC
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter… Anyway, Chapter 4 should by up within the month, since I'm busy writing other stories, plus I began several new HP stories. I want to thank my reviewer: windflame! Thanks a lot! And of course to anyone else who read this, thanks. Until later then.