Crimson Snow
Chapter 2
Everything went so fast after that. Goku and Gojyo had summoned weapons out of thin air! And they were so quick! They jumped on the first Youkai they saw and went crazy. Gojyo was slicing through them with his crescent blade at the end of his rod, and Goku…Goku was just hitting them over and over with his. He had no blade on the end of it, but he managed just fine. Hanataro didn't realize it, but she had been shaking. Hakkai put a hand on her shoulder and smiled.
"Don't worry. They can't get to you." Hanataro gave a weak smile back, and then turned to Sanzo. He was just sitting there; reading his newspaper like nothing was going on! Did this sort of thing always happen to them? Suddenly, a man had somehow slipped through Goku and Gojyo and jumped into there room.
"I'll kill you!" He shouted, heading right towards Sanzo. Without a glance, Sanzo quickly pointed a little handgun at the demon and shot. Hanataro had doubts that it would really do anything, but somehow, that teensy weensy thing just knocked the living daylights out of the demon, and he fell on the ground, dead. Even though Sanzo didn't look, he had got him right through the heart.
"Oh…I feel sorry for whoever has to clean up this room. There's glass everywhere." Hakkai said with a worried expression. How many Youkai have these men slain? Hanataro was so surprised…they were all so handsome; she wouldn't have guessed they were fighters. "Are you okay, dear?"
"Yeah..I just..Yeah." Hanataro simply said. Hakkai smiled. Goku and Gojyo jumped back into the room.
"Well that was one hell of a warm up. Why can't Kougaiji send some real competition?" Gojyo smiled at Hanataro. Something was telling her he was just trying to show off.
"Awe man, now I'm even more hungry. Why do we always, always have to get attacked?!" Goku whined.
"Still, its very unusual for them to attack us in town like this…" Someone knocking at the door interrupted Hakkai. "I'll get it."
When Hakkai opened the door, crowds of people were lined up at the end of it. "Oh..Can I help you?"
"You know it was awfully nice of those people to give us so much food!" Goku said, him practically drooling over the Benton boxes and some other food that the villagers had packed for them.
"Yeah, and it was for all of us, you dumb monkey. So stop looking at it like its all yours!" Gojyo ordered.
"It should be all mine, I practically did all the work! You didn't even move!"
"I can't help if I'm so bad ass that I don't have to move to kick butt!"
Hanataro smiled somewhat at there argument. Sanzo had decided to leave town, due to them getting a little too much attention for slaying the Youkai that had wreaked havoc on the poor village, and because he didn't give them a chance to repay him, they just gave him a lot of food for their journey. It was a nice gesture, even when all the woman were practically fighting over who would give them what, and in the end, all of them had gave him what they had to offer. And to Hanataros surprise, the little dragon that had once slept by her feet had turned into jeep. And they left. In the dragon jeep. Together.
What the hell was going on?
Hanataro was brought back to reality when Sanzo had smacked both Goku and Gojyo with a paper fan.
"Ouch, dammit, what was that for?" Goku whined.
"Keep talking, and I'll do it again!" Sanzo shouted, and then turned back around to face forward. Gojyo ignored him and then wrapped his arm around Hanataro.
"So…I figured I wouldn't get in as much trouble if I talk to you. So how old are you, sweet heart?" Hanataro blushed and turned away from him.
"I'm nineteen." She said shyly.
"You're a year older than me? No way!" Goku yelled.
"Yes way, that means, keep away from her, monkey. She's mine." Gojyo smiled and kissed Hanataro on the cheek.
"Stop teasing her Gojyo." Hakkai said, looking in the mirror.
"I can't help it. She's just so fun to tease. She's hella red right now!" (Sorry, sorry I had to do that to you, folks…I know that word is horrible,) Gojyo started laughing.
Hanataro felt like she was going to faint.
At nightfall, they had reached another town. It was pretty big; bigger than the village they left. Goku and Gojyo had gone through the Bento boxes at lunchtime, seeing who could eat the most. Hanataro was lucky she had her fill.
"This seems like a pretty deserted place." Hakkai said, driving through the streets slowly. He was right. This place was so empty…and the air was..thick. Hanataro couldn't explain it. It just felt like she was choking. Hakkai stopped at the nearest Inn. The five of them got out, and the jeep transformed back into a dragon. It landed on Hakkais shoulder and chirped. They went in, and no one was at the service desk.
"This is weird." Goku said. Hakkai looked around.
"Were do you suppose they all went?" He asked Sanzo.
"I don't know..But it looks like the all just up and left. Like something was coming. Oh well. We can still stay here for the night and leave in the morning."
Since the Inn was empty, they all had individual rooms for themselves. Before Hanataro went in hers, Gojyo had suggested that, if she got scared, she could sleep with him for the night. Hanataro simply laughed and went inside her room. The bed was made, and the room was neat.
This was just way too spooky.