Have you ever asked, why can't Hakuryuu be like a limo or somethin'? For the love of merciful goddess! Shoot me, please! So if your wonderin' if Kimiko said no or yes... She said yes! It was a difficult choice for her and her family... it also gave us some problems as well... Her mother was saying no the entire time after we asked Kimiko if she wanted to join the 'Famous Sanzo party'. Her mother was very protective and she didn't like the idea of her going around with yokai coming after us every chance they had. Her brother was saying no as well, he said he didn't want his little sister hanging out with a group of guys and one girl. I changed her brothers mind by telling him I wouldn't let anything happen to her, Kimiko of course laughed because I was way younger than her. Well ahem! I was only three years younger to be exact! Kimiko said yes, she wanted to go and see things outside the village... she also wanted to stop the cause of the yokai going crazy so her village could be at peace. She was going to miss her home though, but she would be back as soon as the minus wave was over. Her mother was so protective that she started to cry and assume things before they even happend. She was saying on how her daughter would never come back because of yokai... I wondered why she was so afraid of yokai but... I didn't ask because it would be rude. Kimiko assured her mother that she would be alright but no her mother was still saying no... So they made a deal... Kimiko was allowed to go to with us as long as she wrote letters once a week and that she would come back home after the minus wave was done and over with. Kimiko had packed a few things and she said goodbye to some close friends and family... she had packed a bunch of clothes, her katana, some pictures of her family, a book, medical supplies, and some other things. Right before we left Kimiko told everyone on the team that helped protecting the village where she was going and that they would have to be strong. Besides the problems that were solved on Kimiko's side... we had some troubles of our own... well first off... little room in Hakuryuu while he was in jeep form... our luggage took up a lot of room... Two people sat up front and three sat in the back... Five people+one more person+plus five bags of luggage+plus one more bag of luggageImpossible... Aghgha! We finally solved the problem but yeah... We managed to set three bags down on the floor of the jeep and the other three in the back. Even if the luggage was all nice and settled... four people in the backseat. Yep... Four people crammed in the backseat was a interesting ride to the village... Yeah Goku and Gojyo kept kicking each other because they didn't have any room and a certain monk decided to fire off a few rounds at us, which Kimiko and I responded to with a loud shriek as it almost hit us. It had been two hours ago scince that had happend... We were now all sitting at a table in a resturant/bar in another town. I was silently eating some dumplings with Kimiko and talking to her, she was very funny.. Goku and Gojyo were having another fight... fighting over a spring roll, both of them with their chopsticks clamped down on it and pulling it back and fourth. Hakkai was sipping some tea and looking over the tea cup at the two and then glancing at Sanzo. Sanzo was sitting very silent, with his eye brow twitching slightly. Gojyo then stopped fighting with Goku and his chopsticks fell out of his hand. I blinked a bit and looked at him... then glanced at Goku who gulped down the spring roll happily. Was it me or was he in like a transe or somethin'? His eyes were focused on something... I turned my head and saw a girl talking to the barkeep, she was wearing a waitress uniform so I guess she worked here. Her side was facing us and I couldn't see her face on account that someone was in the way. She then waved goodbye and walked out the door. I looked at Gojyo from the corner of my eye, he watched as she left and then started to eat once again... 'Hmmm...' I smiled softly to myself and began to eat once again...
"So how long is the next village"? asked Goku while eating, a noodle hanging from the corner of his mouth.
Hakkai silently set his tea cup down before looking at us all, "About three days away".
"Three days"?! Kimiko and I blurted out.
There was no way that we were gonna be crammed in the back of the jeep with Goku and Gojyo for three whole days!! I groaned and hang my head down making my hair fall in front of my face, I could hear Kimiko sigh deeply. Then a low grunt came from the Sanzo priest who sat next to Hakkai, I lifted up my head and looked at him along with the others.
"We are staying here for three days to stock up on supplies.. so we won't have to leave for a while" said Sanzo.
THANK THE HEAVENS!! I was cheering in my head at the Sanzo's words... Then my thoughts came back to the girl Gojyo saw... 'It also gives Gojyo time to see that girl again and maybe talk to her, tee hee'!
After a few hours of eating we then made our way back to the inn we had went to before the resturant. Sanzo had gotten the guys a room and Kimiko and I had a room to ourselfs as well... the rooms had a bedroom with two bed, a bathroom, and a sitting room. I smiled and laid on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. Kimiko was sitting on the bed and putting her hair up in a high ponytail while brushing her teeth, ha multi-tasker.. She hummed a low tune and brushed her teeth and then with her other free hand she put her hair up in the ponytail. She then looked at me.
"What are ya so happy about"? she asked.
"Bah what a dumb question"! I picked up a pillow and flung it at her and she caught it. "Another girl is on the team and I'm not stuck with four guys"! She smiled back at me.
I nodded and stood up onto my bed, then with a large leap I jumped from my bed and onto Kimiko's bed. I landed on the bed like a frog and smiled before straightening my purple pajama top and dusting off my short violet pajama shorts. She laughed a bit and then stretched her amrs a bit and moving her fingers while she did so.. I couldn't blame her we were stuck in the back of a small jeep with two other people for two hours. I smiled and then let my head hang off the side of the bed. My face then scrunched up in disgust, I peeked under the bed and my face turned green. With a loud yell I fell of the bed and scrambled away from it, Kimiko gave me a puzzled and amused look before peeking under the bed herself. She coughed and then quickly bolted away from the bed, then pointing at the bed with a shaking arm.
"Wh-what is that"?! she said with panic in her voice.
"I think its a sandwhich but I think it moved"! I replied...
Ash:That sandwhich is creepy... and who was that girl Gojyo saw...
Kim:-Laughs- We know who it is Ash but we won't tell!
Gojyo:Ashurri doesn't own Saiyuki or its characters, Saiyuki belongs to Kazuya Minekura..