"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. Still dreaming though.
Chapter 4-The Questioning
The group followed Goku to his room, where the young girl was perched on the window seat, staring down at the towns people bustling around. She turned around slowly, aware at the people that just entered. Her face showed apprehension and her eyes held distrust.
She wasn't sure what these people wanted to do with her, but she noticed that young boy again, the one that had treated her nicely and with warmth. It had been a long time since she had been treated with such care. Others would either sneer at her direction or wouldn't even pay her existence a second glance.
Her expression changed at that moment. She was still apprehensive at these new men, but her beating heart had calmed a bit once she saw the golden-eyed boy.
The members of the Sanzo party just looked at the girl curiously, watching her emotions filter across her face. Hakkai had a warm smile on his face, Gojyo had a slight grin, Goku held a smile that was bound to split his face, and Sanzo glared as if to set her head on fire.
Goku stared at the girl, enraptured at how her chocolaty locks seemed to glow ethereally. His breath hitched slightly, the only one to react this way. Sanzo shifted his glare off the girl and aimed it at Goku, aware at the small noise the boy had made.
The young girl started to become nervous once again. That blonde man, in the priest robes, was a scary sight indeed. His amethyst eyes glowed with something akin to hatred.
"He-hello," stuttered out the girl, breaking the silence that had descended in the room. Her confidence grew a little, seeing how well the other three people had responded to her. Their smiles became warmer, overshadowing the dampening cloud that was Sanzo's expression.
"Hello there," began Hakkai, cheerful as ever, "how did you sleep?"
The girl blushed softly, her pale cheeks acquiring a healthy, rosy glow. Goku's eyes attached themselves to that image. They widened as if looking at beauty personified. Sanzo's glare sharpened, becoming more intense than ever, but the girl didn't seem put out by the display anymore and readily answered.
"I slept wonderfully, thank you," she responded. She stood up from her seat and gave them all a deep bow of gratitude.
"Now those are some manners," stated Gojyo proudly, as if he had raised her and taught her how to act politely. Sanzo just let out a snort at the compliment, but his glare had decreased in its intensity, seeing that it didn't affect the girl as it had before. These fools he traveled with certainly ruined his reputation.
Sanzo's eye did twitch slightly though. It seemed that ever since they had found that brat he had been in a bad mood, and it had nothing to do with the rain this time. If only the now drizzling rain would end already, then they'd be out of this town. Even if it did stop raining for a while it might start up again soon. It would be infinitely better to wait it out until the clouds left the area. But Sanzo didn't want to wait that long. The longer they stayed in this town, the more attached his 'companions' would become with this little brat of a child. They would probably end up begging and pleading with him to help her out or something equally annoying, especially Goku. That little monkey already seemed completely enamored with the brown haired girl, and saying 'no' to Goku was sometimes harder than he made it seem. Also, he wasn't as cold hearted as he always appeared, but this child was not normal, and he be dammed if her were to get tricked into helping her.
"Well, why don't we all head on downstairs for a nice, hearty breakfast?" asked Hakkai, noticing Sanzo's mood. The other four complied as the made their way down the stairs. The creaking wood beneath their feet sounded like gunshot in the air. The silence was deafening as they made their way to a square table in the corner.
Goku rushed and landed in the chair closest to the young girl. When he snatched the chair from right under Gojyo's hands with lightening reflexes, Gojyo was left only to blink at his empty hands, void of a chair. He raised an eyebrow at Goku's direction, but the young demon was oblivious as he sat and stared that the girl who was busy staring at her hands intently.
Hakkai soon returned with steaming bowls of rice and miso soup, along with the innkeeper carrying the drinks. Goku looked slightly put out by the lack of meat and the small amount of food they were having at the moment, but didn't say anything. Especially considering the horrible mood Sanzo was in. He did feel a little bad that they were all having a good time while Sanzo was mad, but tried to not let it bother him. It wasn't his fault after all.
Goku, though, unable to look at the table so bare order them some spring rolls to go along with their meal. Since no one protested he knew that it was fine. Silence had descended them, but the young girl drew her wits about her and decided to break it. The silence was too oppressing and she couldn't stand it anymore.
"So, what are all your names?" she inquired.
But before anyone could answer, Sanzo had rudely cut in. Rudely and in a cold voice he asked "Why don't you tell us your name first?"
His three demon companions gave him a shocked look, which turned into a cold glare. Sanzo couldn't care less. Where did this brat get off demanding such information?
"Now Sanzo," Hakkai began to reprimand, but the young girl interrupted smoothly.
"It's alright. I guess that was rather rude of me to not introduce myself, yet expect you all to introduce yourselves, especially after everything you've all done for me," she said in a sweet, sincere, yet strong voice. She had gathered confidence from those around her and was ready to meet the monk, a Sanzo priest, she believed, head on. "My name is Kira Teitiel. Just call me Teitiel, please. Now may I please enquire to your names?" she cheekily asked.
Gojyo almost spat out the tea he had been sipping for breakfast when he heard that. That little brat totally got one off of Sanzo. Oh! That had been too funny. The look on the monk was splendid. Sanzo looked ready to strangle the child, too bad she hadn't done anything wrong. If anything Gojyo was amazed that the priest had been able to not pull his gun out on her yet, considering how he had been talking about her the night before.
Hakkai, polite as ever, was the first to answer. "My name is Cho Hakkai," he said and Teitiel nodded in his direction in acknowledgment and with a smile on her face too.
"I'm Sha Gojyo," said Gojyo with a sly wink at her direction.
Goku, noticing the beginning of Gojyo's flirtation techniques thrusted out his hand at Teitiel and in a slightly then normal volume said, "and I'm Son Goku!" Teitiel placed her slimmer, paler hand into Goku's tanned one and shook slightly. Goku felt a warm and safe feeling coming from Teitiel and his face flushed slightly.
Sanzo just continued on glaring and eating his soup, not acknowledging anything going around the table. He opted to just ignore the fact that this brat existed. There was no way he was going to give her his name. That gave people power over you, and since he didn't trust this refugee one bit there was no way she was getting his name.
TBC
A/N: Okay, this is where I'm ending it now. This is actually longer than when I first wrote it out, but my basic plot is there. So anyway, thanks for everyone for reading. To my reviewer: Cosmic Moon Goddess. Thanks a lot for your support. I hope to have another chapter up in a while though. I'm still working on my other fics and the ones over on my other account: HP-Love and Smut Stories. Some of the parings there are pretty over the top. Lemme know what you think about them please! Anyway, this is enough drivel, so till next chapter!