Hakkai took the opportunity to kick Gojyo off of him as his attention was averted. Gojyo stumbled back and summoned his shakujou as Hakkai slowly pushed himself up, holding his head and wobbling slightly as he righted himself.
The poisoned rain had caused a sort of attention deficit disorder as Gojyo forgot about the threat above and saw only Hakkai as a target. Just as he was about to lung at Hakkai, Goku's small body appeared in the space between them.
"Well, well, looks like someone else wants to join our little fight club."
"So it seems," Hakkai growled softly as he brushed his saturated hair from his eyes.
Gojyo looked over to Goku. "Heh, well go ahead little guy. I want you to try and hit me as hard as you can."
Goku's eyes slid in Gojyo's direction as his grin grew, and in an instant, the monkey brought his body to less than a foot in front of the kappa.
"--the fuck?" But before Gojyo could raise his weapon to defend himself, Goku had sunk his claws into deep into his shoulder. Gojyo's eyes widened in surprise as he suddenly felt the warmth of blood trail down his battered chest. Behind them, Hakkai decided to take the opportune moment he was looking for and hurled a chi ball at Goku's head.
Sensing the energy emitted from the ball of light, Goku removed himself from its path instantly, leaving Gojyo as its target. A laugh echoed in Gojyo's ears as he stared the explosive ball of light in the face.
"Shit!" Gojyo painfully raised his arms over his face and took the brunt of the impact. The force of the explosion pushed him back a good thirty feet; the distance he traveled was lengthened by the lack of traction of his shoes on the wet moss. When he finally stopped, Gojyo let his severely burned arms fall to his sides as the weight of his wounds finally began to take a toll on his strength. "Little coward." Gojyo mumbled as he applied pressure to his impaled shoulder and looked around the clearing for any sign of Goku. He glanced over to Hakkai and saw that he was grinning again and pointing upwards. Automatically, Gojyo looked up just as Goku's fists slammed down into his face.
The redhead's body fell to the ground with a sick *thud* as blood immediately began to trickle from his nose and the side of his mouth. Gojyo slowly opened his eyes as his head rolled to the side, his whole body was tingling and his limbs felt unnaturally heavy. He lay like a pathetic animal that was just beaten down by its master as the only noises he could pass through his lips were soft, painful groans.
Hakkai grinned as he saw the blood run from the face of the water sprite and the crimson of the blood blending perfectly with the hair. He dropped into a crouch as he watched Goku grab Gojyo's head with one hand like a basketball and lift him until they were face to face.
Gojyo cringed as the feeling in his head began to come back. He agonizingly forced his eyes to look up into the face of the monster and groaned knowing that his life was in its hands. *This little punk was just too much...Ugh, I can't move.*
Goku watched a bead of blood form at the other corner of Gojyo's mouth and snickered. With a quick flick of his wrist, Goku tossed Gojyo a bit above his head and brought his fist back as he wound up.
The battered half-breed's gut wrenched as he awaited the final blow. But the feeling was nowhere near as bad as the sensation of a sledgehammer being slammed into his chest, no doubt splintering a rib or two. Goku's punch easily sent him across the clearing to a sturdy skeleton of a pine tree. At the moment of impact, Gojyo felt as though his left shoulder was on fire. He screamed gutturally as the pain traveled through the rest of his body. As soon as he could clear his mind enough from the pain, he wondered why his feet weren't touching the ground. His query was answered as his vision began to bleed red at the edges and he raised a shaky hand to the splintered tree branch protruding from his shoulder. His mind directly began ticking away at how to get down, but he couldn't form a plan before he passed out from shock.
Hakkai stood as Goku turned his attention to the next youkai to destroy on his mental list. "Well, looks like the real demons get to play, now that the kiddies have gone to bed. But don't think that since you're a kid yourself that I'll go easy on you. I'll tear you apart as easily as anyone."
Goku turned his body to Hakkai as he licked his lips and purred. His deep gold eyes darted over Hakkai's body almost salivating at the precious blood seeping from it.
"Let's get this over with." Hakkai uttered as he tore away his ragged shirt and tossed it to the side. "I still have a Sanzo to deal with."
In that second, both monsters quitted the scene only to appear fifty feet in the air in a death lock. Their body's disappeared again no sooner than they had appeared.
Goku's became more than a blur as he slammed Hakkai into a large boulder. Hakkai immediately grabbed Goku's face; his nails digging into the soft flesh as he slammed the smaller form a couple feet into the ground with a fierce cry. Moss and rock chips flew up from around Goku's body as the monkey brought his knees to his chest and kicked Hakkai in the gut with both feet. Hakkai skidded back and as soon as his feet firmly gripped the ground, his claws were back at Goku's throat and slowly sinking into flesh.
Goku was surprised at the speed and strength of his opponent. He'd never faced such a worth adversary and the thought of what could happen to him excited him all the more. Goku freed his arm from under one of Hakkai's knees and slashed his attacker across the cheek, laughing as the deep crimson liquid leaked from the imperfections in the otherwise porcelain-perfect face.
Hakkai snapped his head to the side before Goku's claws raked across his good eye, and while he looked away, he blindly slashed at Goku's neck. He missed his desired objective but managed to leave deep gouges in the youth's shoulder. He growled at the miss but this time he'd keep his eye on the target. Hakkai raised his hand to strike as his claws almost seemed to lengthen when a small chi ball formed in his palm. "Time to die," Hakkai hissed as he brought his hand down to Goku's chest. The chi ball's energy become so concentrated between his palm and Goku's body that the brilliantly blinding explosion caused him to fly back a good twenty yards.
Hakkai landed on his back and slid a few feet, stopping as his body just barely came to rest against a tree behind him. He let his eyes adjust as he tried to blink away the white spots that danced across his vision. Hakkai stared into the dust cloud and watched it slowly vanish. He grinned when he didn't see any sign of the monkey anywhere, having no doubt in his mind that he disintegrated the little guy. "Hm, perhaps I should've gone easier on him. Oh well. Now... where's that priest?" Hakkai looked back at the crater he created as he walked forward and suddenly bumped into a solid, breathing figure. "Wha-"
Before Hakkai's word completely left his lips, he found himself plastered against a solid boulder across the clearing from where he was standing. The surprise of the attack hit him before the rise of blood in his throat. *Gack!* Hakkai coughed out an uncomfortably large amount of blood as his stomach lurched again when he heard the denser blood hit the ground over the rain. He was certain he now had a few broken ribs and was almost positive one of them was nearly impaling an organ. *Heh...My body's trying to kill itself. How ironic.* Hakkai took a ragged breath as his knees buckled and his body began to fall forward.
He didn't hit the ground before Goku grasped Hakkai's shoulder and softly pushed him back against the rock. The monster's eyes followed the vine designs on his prey's face over the tattered cheeks, down the bruised jaw line, to the almost untouched flesh of his neck. Goku grinned menacingly as he brought a claw to Hakkai's throat and hovered it dangerously close to the vulnerable artery. He allowed his claw to lightly caress the skin as he clenched his teeth in anticipation for the blood that was so close to come pouring from Hakkai's body as a deafening gunshot echoed through the forest. Goku drew back his hands and let a nearly unconscious Hakkai slide to the ground against the rock as he first stared at the smoking bullet hole in the rock, then turned slowly to face a seriously pissed Genjo Sanzo. The priest cocked the gun and leveled it to Goku's bare forehead. "Playtime's over, Goku."
The poisoned rain had caused a sort of attention deficit disorder as Gojyo forgot about the threat above and saw only Hakkai as a target. Just as he was about to lung at Hakkai, Goku's small body appeared in the space between them.
"Well, well, looks like someone else wants to join our little fight club."
"So it seems," Hakkai growled softly as he brushed his saturated hair from his eyes.
Gojyo looked over to Goku. "Heh, well go ahead little guy. I want you to try and hit me as hard as you can."
Goku's eyes slid in Gojyo's direction as his grin grew, and in an instant, the monkey brought his body to less than a foot in front of the kappa.
"--the fuck?" But before Gojyo could raise his weapon to defend himself, Goku had sunk his claws into deep into his shoulder. Gojyo's eyes widened in surprise as he suddenly felt the warmth of blood trail down his battered chest. Behind them, Hakkai decided to take the opportune moment he was looking for and hurled a chi ball at Goku's head.
Sensing the energy emitted from the ball of light, Goku removed himself from its path instantly, leaving Gojyo as its target. A laugh echoed in Gojyo's ears as he stared the explosive ball of light in the face.
"Shit!" Gojyo painfully raised his arms over his face and took the brunt of the impact. The force of the explosion pushed him back a good thirty feet; the distance he traveled was lengthened by the lack of traction of his shoes on the wet moss. When he finally stopped, Gojyo let his severely burned arms fall to his sides as the weight of his wounds finally began to take a toll on his strength. "Little coward." Gojyo mumbled as he applied pressure to his impaled shoulder and looked around the clearing for any sign of Goku. He glanced over to Hakkai and saw that he was grinning again and pointing upwards. Automatically, Gojyo looked up just as Goku's fists slammed down into his face.
The redhead's body fell to the ground with a sick *thud* as blood immediately began to trickle from his nose and the side of his mouth. Gojyo slowly opened his eyes as his head rolled to the side, his whole body was tingling and his limbs felt unnaturally heavy. He lay like a pathetic animal that was just beaten down by its master as the only noises he could pass through his lips were soft, painful groans.
Hakkai grinned as he saw the blood run from the face of the water sprite and the crimson of the blood blending perfectly with the hair. He dropped into a crouch as he watched Goku grab Gojyo's head with one hand like a basketball and lift him until they were face to face.
Gojyo cringed as the feeling in his head began to come back. He agonizingly forced his eyes to look up into the face of the monster and groaned knowing that his life was in its hands. *This little punk was just too much...Ugh, I can't move.*
Goku watched a bead of blood form at the other corner of Gojyo's mouth and snickered. With a quick flick of his wrist, Goku tossed Gojyo a bit above his head and brought his fist back as he wound up.
The battered half-breed's gut wrenched as he awaited the final blow. But the feeling was nowhere near as bad as the sensation of a sledgehammer being slammed into his chest, no doubt splintering a rib or two. Goku's punch easily sent him across the clearing to a sturdy skeleton of a pine tree. At the moment of impact, Gojyo felt as though his left shoulder was on fire. He screamed gutturally as the pain traveled through the rest of his body. As soon as he could clear his mind enough from the pain, he wondered why his feet weren't touching the ground. His query was answered as his vision began to bleed red at the edges and he raised a shaky hand to the splintered tree branch protruding from his shoulder. His mind directly began ticking away at how to get down, but he couldn't form a plan before he passed out from shock.
Hakkai stood as Goku turned his attention to the next youkai to destroy on his mental list. "Well, looks like the real demons get to play, now that the kiddies have gone to bed. But don't think that since you're a kid yourself that I'll go easy on you. I'll tear you apart as easily as anyone."
Goku turned his body to Hakkai as he licked his lips and purred. His deep gold eyes darted over Hakkai's body almost salivating at the precious blood seeping from it.
"Let's get this over with." Hakkai uttered as he tore away his ragged shirt and tossed it to the side. "I still have a Sanzo to deal with."
In that second, both monsters quitted the scene only to appear fifty feet in the air in a death lock. Their body's disappeared again no sooner than they had appeared.
Goku's became more than a blur as he slammed Hakkai into a large boulder. Hakkai immediately grabbed Goku's face; his nails digging into the soft flesh as he slammed the smaller form a couple feet into the ground with a fierce cry. Moss and rock chips flew up from around Goku's body as the monkey brought his knees to his chest and kicked Hakkai in the gut with both feet. Hakkai skidded back and as soon as his feet firmly gripped the ground, his claws were back at Goku's throat and slowly sinking into flesh.
Goku was surprised at the speed and strength of his opponent. He'd never faced such a worth adversary and the thought of what could happen to him excited him all the more. Goku freed his arm from under one of Hakkai's knees and slashed his attacker across the cheek, laughing as the deep crimson liquid leaked from the imperfections in the otherwise porcelain-perfect face.
Hakkai snapped his head to the side before Goku's claws raked across his good eye, and while he looked away, he blindly slashed at Goku's neck. He missed his desired objective but managed to leave deep gouges in the youth's shoulder. He growled at the miss but this time he'd keep his eye on the target. Hakkai raised his hand to strike as his claws almost seemed to lengthen when a small chi ball formed in his palm. "Time to die," Hakkai hissed as he brought his hand down to Goku's chest. The chi ball's energy become so concentrated between his palm and Goku's body that the brilliantly blinding explosion caused him to fly back a good twenty yards.
Hakkai landed on his back and slid a few feet, stopping as his body just barely came to rest against a tree behind him. He let his eyes adjust as he tried to blink away the white spots that danced across his vision. Hakkai stared into the dust cloud and watched it slowly vanish. He grinned when he didn't see any sign of the monkey anywhere, having no doubt in his mind that he disintegrated the little guy. "Hm, perhaps I should've gone easier on him. Oh well. Now... where's that priest?" Hakkai looked back at the crater he created as he walked forward and suddenly bumped into a solid, breathing figure. "Wha-"
Before Hakkai's word completely left his lips, he found himself plastered against a solid boulder across the clearing from where he was standing. The surprise of the attack hit him before the rise of blood in his throat. *Gack!* Hakkai coughed out an uncomfortably large amount of blood as his stomach lurched again when he heard the denser blood hit the ground over the rain. He was certain he now had a few broken ribs and was almost positive one of them was nearly impaling an organ. *Heh...My body's trying to kill itself. How ironic.* Hakkai took a ragged breath as his knees buckled and his body began to fall forward.
He didn't hit the ground before Goku grasped Hakkai's shoulder and softly pushed him back against the rock. The monster's eyes followed the vine designs on his prey's face over the tattered cheeks, down the bruised jaw line, to the almost untouched flesh of his neck. Goku grinned menacingly as he brought a claw to Hakkai's throat and hovered it dangerously close to the vulnerable artery. He allowed his claw to lightly caress the skin as he clenched his teeth in anticipation for the blood that was so close to come pouring from Hakkai's body as a deafening gunshot echoed through the forest. Goku drew back his hands and let a nearly unconscious Hakkai slide to the ground against the rock as he first stared at the smoking bullet hole in the rock, then turned slowly to face a seriously pissed Genjo Sanzo. The priest cocked the gun and leveled it to Goku's bare forehead. "Playtime's over, Goku."