I groaned softly and rolled over onto my stomach and buried my head into the pillow... my torso was killing me.. damn bandages... We didn't take off our clothes and hats... if the monks came back in and saw us they would flip out. I sat up and looked up outside the window, the cool breeze blew the crack in the open window and I sighed before fixing my hat a bit. I heard Goku mumble about food in his sleep and laughed lightly before looking at my hands. 'Damn.. I have to go to the bathroom... but the place is huge and I don't feel like going on my own'. I glanced over at the guys... it would be too embarassing to ask them to come with me... I then glanced at Kimiko and Lynto.. Maybe they wouldn't mind coming with me... I mean... I really gotta go! I crawled over toward Lynto as she slept silently, snoring softly. 'Hmhnmm... I gotta go but...' I gently grabbed onto her arm and then started to shake her arm, trying to wake her. She mumbled in her sleep and rose her hand trying to swat me away... I huffed and let go of her arm and stared at her. Her brown fedora hat tilted so her face was hidden, one arm lying on her stomach while the other at her side. 'Okay... I need to put some effort on waking her' I roughly shook her arm and she startled awake, quickly sitting up and looked at me looking very annoyed. I stood up and started to hop on one foot then the other... She sighed and then laid back down and tried to go to sleep again but I tugged on her arm, she shot another look at me and I smiled a innocent smile.

"Come on Lynto, please I gotta go"! I said in a hush voice while hopping. She sighed and stood up from her bed that laid on the floor... yeah Sanzo got the standing bed... we got futons on the floor.. see San San he sucks donkey balls at the moment.. "Then go by yourself" she stated in a annoyed tone.

I pouted and continued to hop quickly as my bladder couldn't take much waiting anymore, "Come on pppplleeeaasseee, this place is too huge and I'll get lost"! I stated while hopping and pouting... She sighed and then pulled her shirt down a bit and then fixed her hat before walking to the door. I followed her and kept hopping. We sneaked out of the room and looked around in case a monk or priestess was walking around... the monks didn't like us and we didn't like them... crummy temple... crummy monks... I smiled in delight when I saw the bathroom, we checked and made sure no monks were inside before rushed inside and into a stall... I heard Lynto walk in and I finally went to the bathroom. After coming out I walked to the sink and began to wash my hands while Lynto fixed her hair a bit and looked into the mirror. 'Okay now after this its straight off to bed' I dried off my hands and skipped out of the bathroom but was stopped by Lynto, She said that skipping wasn't really man-like... pfft... We heard two giggles and we turned around with creeped out faces, who giggles? The two of us took two steps back from who we saw... two priestess's... one had dark brown hair and green eyes while the other had blonde hair and blue eyes. The covered their mouths with the sleeve of their robes and giggled again while they walked toward us. 'Oh hell no... come on...'

"I don't see what Master Kinchu was talking about... they may be bad but they are pretty cute" said the blonde.. 'Fuck. No. You. Ugly. Bitch.' We backed up again.. oh hell no please someone help us... anyone help us... please where is Sanzo when ya need him, he could give them a death glare and we would be out.

"Yeah they are cute... hey um do ya two wanna go and take a walk"? the other one asked.

Lynto and I looked at each other then at the girls, "Fffffuuuccckkkk no". We bolted off back to our rooms and left the two girls standing there and stunned. I opened the door and we both ran inside before shutting the door and pressing our ears against it. The only sounds in the room was the others snoring and us panting from running off. I could hear the girls go 'hmph' and then walk off angrily... Lynto and I looked at each other, our looks basically said 'I hate this'. I sighed and walked back to bed silently... thank god we were leaving in the morning...

I scanned the room and leaned against the door, Ashurri headed back to bed with a sigh. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes slightly, then they opened a bit more. Gojyo wasn't in his bed... he was asleep when Ashurri and I left for her quest to the bathroom.. then I took notice to the sign that was on the wall. The monks had placed it up there after the whole ordeal... it was a blue sign that was tapped up and it said 'No smoking, no drinking'. Could it be that he went outside or to a isolated place in the temple? I cracked the door a bit and peeked out.. no one... not one person in the halls... I know that if I was caught they would report back to Sanzo but it was a free country I could do anything I wanted to... I wandered out of the room and walked down the hall... it was very creepy, I don't do creepy. The only sound in the darkness was the faint sound of my socked feet hitting the floor and the crickets chirping from outside. I slipped out of the big temple doors that led outside and then sighed in relief, feeling the cool midnight air on my skin. I breathed in deep and smiled... it was nice out... stars shined in the night sky and the moon glowed with a few clouds in front of it. I heard a exhale come from around the corner of the temple... I silently walked around the corner and saw Gojyo basking in the moonlight. He was leaning against the wall, his head tilted back a bit. One hand in his pocket and he was holding a cigarette in the other, the smoke from the cigarette flowed from it and up toward the sky. 'He looks...hot... but I just met him... but then again I do like him... very much' I smiled softly and walked over to him, he looked at me and gave me a small smile... that smile made butterflies errupt inside of my stomach, how does he do that to me?

"Hey what cha doing out here"? I asked while leaning against the wall next to him.

"Just having a smoke and relaxing a bit, those monks are assholes and that place reeks of incense" he said, I laughed a bit and nodded. It did smell really really bad like incense in that place.

"Yeah... I'm sick of talking in a low voice and stuff... I like my own voice... but..." I tilted the hat a bit, it was hit hat and I liked it. "I do like this hat". He laughed lightly... it made my heart feel... warm...

"Yeah I like your voice... its nice, also you can keep that hat" I blushed a bit at his compliment on my voice and smiled... now I got to keep the awsome hat... He stuck the cigarette back into his mouth and took a drag before exhaling again, I looked at him... the glow of the moonlight made his crimson red hair shine a bit.. his hair and eyes were the things about him that made him stand out, it was a nice color and unique.. I also liked his personality... badass and rough at first glance but he was really nice.. Then my eyes drifted to the two thin scars on his cheek... 'I wonder how he got them... would it be okay if I asked him'? I thought nervously while biting my lower lip. I hardly knew anything about the group... only a few things...

"Um... can I ask you a question but promise not to get mad... I was just wondering"? I asked. He nodded a bit but stared out into the yard... 'I wonder if its really okay to ask'? I slid down to the ground and pulled my knees up to my chest, resting my head on them.. "Those two scars on your cheek... how did you get them"?

He looked at me and then sat down next to me, his cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth. He was silent for a few minutes, I looked at him... he was thinking about telling me or not I think... He reached up his hand and rubbed the two scars lightly with his thumb. "My mother gave me these" he stated... I knew it was a bad question to ask... I felt bad now... but... one more question couldn't hurt...

"I'm sorry" I looked at my knee's and my voice was a soft whisper, "Why"? He tensed up a bit for a second but then relaxed, staring at a flower in the yard.. I looked and followed his gaze... the flower was deep crimson red like his hair and eyes... it swayed in the wind a bit, a few petals breaking from it and floating away in the wind.

"She did this because... she wanted to kill me... because I was a reflection of my father... a child of taboo" he said.. 'Taboo? A child of taboo... taboo means.. forbidden... a forbidden child'?

"Child of Taboo"? I asked silently, looking at him. He slowly turned his head and looked at me. His face looked calm... his eyes had a hidden sadness to them...

"My hair and eyes... they reminded my mother of blood... crimson red hair and eyes.. a half yokai's traits" He stated... 'A-a...d-demon... he's a demon'! I stared at him... sadness... fright... anger.. in my eyes. He stared at me silently, I couldn't stop staring at the two scars on his cheek and then my eyes went to his eyes... crimson red..

"Why didn't you tell me"? I asked a tiny bit of anger and sadness in my voice mixed with fear.. I stood up and so did he... I was sad because of his past... angry that he didn't tell me... fear because of the yokai half of him... I turned my head away from him and closed my eyes. Two arms then wrapped around me.. they were warm despite the cold air and wind...

"I didn't tell you because I wanted you to stay with us... not to shun me away... also know one thing" he said... his voice was smooth like velvet.. it made shivers go down my spine.. "What is it"? I asked softly... I opened my eyes a bit.. his warm breath was on my neck as he hugged me.. I inhaled and my eyes closed, taking in his nice smelling cologne.

"Know this... I am only half yokai... I still have human blood running through my veins... and I'm the same... the same person you met at that bar and nothing will change that... I don't blame you if you hate me but just so you know.. I'm also half human... human and yokai blood flows in my veins and I like you very much and I don't want you to leave" he said, is voice barely above a whisper. My eyes were now a bit wide at what he had said...

I smiled and my arms then went and hugged him as well... 'Ha ha.. I'm dressed as a guy and hugging him.. but what he said... its so sweet'.. "I like you too... and I will stay... yokai or not... I like you for you" I said with a small smile..

Lyn:Aww so cute! -Happy dances-

Ash and Kim:Cccuuuttee!

Gojyo:Ashurri doesn't own Saiyuki or its characters, that belongs to Kazuya Minekura. Lyn, Kim, and Ash are real...

Lyn:-Hugs Gojyo-My Go Go.

Kim:-Hugs Hakkai- My Kai-kun.

Ash:-Hugs Goku-My ai-saru.

Kim and Lyn:-Looks at Ash-Did you just call him your love monkey?

Ash:-Buries face into Goku's shirt and nuzzles him-Yesh.. he ish my ai-saru and he shall be mine..

Kim and Lyn:Oooookkkkaaaayyyyy then...