A girl the age of nine sat silently in her bedroom... the bedroom was small and consisted of a bed, and some toys.. the bedspread was ratty looking and the toys were ripped and torn. The girl smiled and played with two badly worn toys, a stuffed bear and a stuffed cat. The snow continued to fall from the sky and then soon covered every inch of the cold ground. She lifted up her head in suprise when loud yelling was being heard from outside the room... She looked up from her toys when the door slammed open. A boy with brown hair and grey eyes stormed into the room seething and with pure hate and anger in his eyes. The boy looked like th egirl in some ways... he was older by two years and he was a few inches taller than her. His skin was a bit tanner and on his wrist he wore a dark blue bead bracelet. He quickly walked over to the girl and in one swift movement back handed her across the cheek. The force was so strong that she fell onto her side and the stuffed animals fell out of her grasp, a red hand print across her right cheek and her eyes wide with suprise. The boy had tears of sadness and anger streaming down his face. Shouting was still heard outside the room, the girl sat up and stared in shock at the boy her cheek stinging with pain from the sudden onslaught. The girl reached for her dolls again and went to ignore the boy but he then stepped onto her hand, the sound of bone breaking and a whimper of pain was the only sound made from the girl. He then snatched the two dolls up in the air and began to tear and rip their limbs apart, first the arms and legs then the head. White fluffy stuffing went flying through the air as he kept his foot down on the girls red hurt hand. Why was the boy doing this... he had given the girl those two dolls.. and now he was ripping the very gifts apart. He smiled a malicious small smile after breaking the toys she held dear, he then went back over to the girl and grabbed her my the front of her shirt before hitting and bashing her with his free fist. She took every hit silently only a few whimpers and tears coming from her eyes... why... why was her brother trying to kill her?... Why was the brother she loved and held dear in her heart so angry... He had never liked her but he was never like this... He then pushed the girls to the ground and his hands tightly wrapped around her neck, shaking her and choking her with brute force. She gasped for air and waved her hands trying to get away but each time she tried to stop him he would punch her in the face and then kept choking her without stopping...
"YOU KILLED HER! YOU KILLED HER! YOU WERE BORN AND SHE GOT SICK AND NOW BECAUSE OF YOU SHE'S DEAD"! he shouted while choking his sister.
"I-I didn't.. I w-" she choked more unable to finish her sentence as tears streamed from her grey eyes. He kept screaming it over and over again while choking her, anger in his face. A man walked into the room and then stood in the doorway shocked before running over to the two children... His skin was tan and he had messy spikey black hair and coal black eyes to match. He wore a sleeveless navy blue shirt and black pants. His ears pointed and sharp claws, fangs protruding from his mouth. A red slash marking on his nose... He grabbed onto the back of the boy's shirt and tried to pull him off.. he wouldn't budge he just kept yelling and choking the girl. He then brought his hand back and slapped the boy across the face, he went flying sideways off the girl and his grip on her throat was released. The girl was picked up by the man as she gasped for air and clung onto her father, shaking and crying. The boy was sitting against the wall on the other side of the room. A large purple bruise was on his cheek where his father had hit him. He stared wide eyed at his father shocked and then angry at the same time... Why would he defend her? She was the reason that their mother was dead. Her birth made their mother very sickly and she died a few minutes ago, he had seen her die... Why... why?... The girl clung onto her father's shirt and cried while he held her and glared at his son that sat against the wall, he turned and then walked out of the door with the girl leaving the boy alone in the room..
"Why... why father... why"? the boy asked softly...
The sound of shattering glass echoed throughout the entire temple, making the seven of us jolt up from out sleep in suprise. I placed a hand over my heart and sighed trying to calm down. What the heck was going on? That freakin' crash of glass scared the crap out of me... and what was that dream. Yells were heard from outside our room... yells for pleads of help and fear. Great... what a wonderful way to wake up. I mumbled a few insults under my breath and stood up, fixing the beanie hat on my head and moving some hair out of my face. Lynto and Kim stood up along with the others, grumbling in anger at being woken up... I looked out the window... Heck it wasn't even morning yet... Sanzo's eyebrow twitched and he slapped a hand to his forehead. He looked mad but... in the morning he had low blood pressure... but then again it wasn't morning... More yells of pain from the outside which was followed by thuds and more glass breaking. Sanzo was the first to the door, he opened it and I clamped a hand to my nose. The air smelled like the thick stench of blood... dead bodies of monks laid motionless on the ground, blood splattered on the walls, statues broken and smashed to bits, shards of glass littering the floor. About a mix of yokai and bandits stopped what they were doing... some yokai with limbs from monks hanging from their mouths and gore still attached to their claws.. Bandits with smashed pieces of brain and blood on their hands and weapons... I didn't know how many there were but it was a LOT of them. We stared at them silently, no one dared make a sound... Sanzo then shut the door in their faces and turned to us... I bet I had the expression, 'oh crap' written all over my face. 'There is like eighty of em' out there and waiting! We can't kill that many'! A ax then slammed through the door inches away from Sanzo's ear, splinters went flying through the air and then to the ground. Crap... we were going to die weren't we? I stood side by side with Lynto and Kimiko... all three of us wondering what the plan was.. Gojyo, Goku, and Sanzo slowly turned their heads and looked at Hakkai... Oh no.. I knew where these was leading to... Sanzo couldn't use the scripture on them there was too many... and the others had a limit of strength. Kim and Lyn looked at me with confused looks and then looked at Hakkai, unaware of what was going to happen. Hakkai silently nodded his face turning serious... 'Hakkai smash! Ha ha where the hell did that come from'?
"Hey Ash, have any idea what's going on"? asked Lyn and Kim at the same time. I didn't answer them only watched, they would find out soon enough. Sanzo opened the door and we all walked out, the stench of blood was making me sick.. the rusty smell... We stood behind Hakkai as he walked forward and toward the yokai and bandits.. They all had smug looks on their faces and I could hear a bit of laughter come from the back. The few remaining alive monks were tied and gagged, sitting in the corner of the room. I stood next to Goku while Sanzo and Gojyo stood next to each other with Lynto and Kimiko on the side of them. They had no clue what was going to happen.
"What is Hakkai doing"? asked Kimiko, turning her head to look at Sanzo. Sanzo stared silently with his arms folded across his chest, there was no doubt he was going to tell her. Sanzo lit a cigarette and stuck it in his mouth, taking a short drag before exhaling the smoke out. He pointed to the clips on Hakkai's ear silently, "You see those three silver clips on his ear"? asked Sanzo. Kimiko only nodded and looked at the clips.
"Yeah, what about them"? she asked. 'Here it goes... he's going to tell her for sure...' I watched silently... Hakkai reached up and took one clip off... then the other two came off... Lyn, Kim, and I watched in awe... I had seen him go yokai in the book but never up close before and the other two hadn't even seen anything like this before. Hakkai's dark brown hair grew out a bit more so it reached down his neck a bit and vine like markings appeared and spreaded across his skin. He closed his fists, his knuckles cracked a bit. His ears were now long and pointed... sharp claws that could tear skin... his canine teeth now fangs and protruding from his mouth... Lynto stared with a bit of fear... I thought she would have been afraid the most scince handling with yokai was new to her. A soft but shocked gasp escaped Kimiko's lips. Hakkai stared at the yokai and bandits silently... his right eye was still emerald green while his left eye... was a striking yellow.
"They are yokai limiters... Hakkai is a yokai" said Sanzo calmly. Kimiko took a tiny step back, shock mixed with fear in her eyes and on her face. The yokai and bandits laughed in haughty way and stared at Hakkai, "Pfft so this is what the Sanzo party sends... one demon against" the bandit who spoke spread his arms out wide and gestured to the giant group. The others laughed and I watched along with the others. In a blurry motion, Hakkai bolted of at the group and his claws shot out slicing them left and right. They tried to swing attacks and move out of the way but no use, Hakkai was way too fast and it looked like they were moving in slow motion. One bandit got a cut on Hakkai, cutting his cheek and then his arm. Hakkai turned his head and looked at the bandit, grabbing onto his arm and snapping it back and then grabbing onto his head in one fluid motion he broke his neck. Kimiko watched in fear and suprise... Sanzo slowly walked over to her and stood next to her. Her eyes darted back and fourth watching Hakkai, like she couldn't see anything else but him. Sanzo placed a hand on Kimiko's shoulder and she jumped, looking at him a bit.
"The minus wave is dangerous that is why he doesn't take the limiters off unless it is a emergancy... he doesn't take them off unless he absolutely has to". Sanzo smoked his cigarette and flicked off a piece of ash from it. "With the minus wave infecting everything... just realeasing his inner yokai power might make him susceptible to it... there is no guarantee that he will come back" said Sanzo. Kimiko's eyes and expression then suddenly changed... fear and worry... a lot of worry taking most of the fear away.. I turned my head and looked at Hakkai... it was amazing! I had only turned my head for a second and now there was only two yokai and a bandit left. Dead bodies layed on the ground... the monks in the corner yelling but their voices muffled and their eyes wide. Hakkai quickly cut down the yokai and bandit.. leaving one yokai left...
"P-please... have mercy"! said the yokai as he raised his arms and put them over his head and walking backwards, he tripped over a dead body and was propped up slightly from the ground. He was shaking with pure terror... Hakkai quickly slashed his throat... after that I expected him to come back toward us but... it didn't happen... a malicious smirk played across his lips and his dark brown hair hanged in front of his eyes, hiding his face. Hakkai raised his claws and kept slashing the dead yokai, switching hands. 'What.. what's going on'? A low dark chuckle was heard from him and hten something else happend...
I heard Kimiko say, "H-hakkai" in a soft voice. Hakkai froze with his right arm raised in the air, blood dripping from his claws and streaming down his arm and onto his shirt. He stood up and shook his head a bit... "Wha.. what am I doing"? he muttered... We all watched silently waiting to see if he was alright... He then put the silver yokai limiters back onto his ear and he slowly turned back to normal.. Every yokai feature disappearing from him... he turned around and faced us. Blood stained his white shirt and arms, tiny specks of blood on his face. Suddenly Kimiko dashed pass us and over to Hakkai, worry on her face. She then hugged him tightly and he was took aback by this action, but a small smile appeared on his face nonetheless.
"Thank god... your back... you didn't lose yourself" said Kimiko with worry.
Hakkai looked at her a bit suprised still but that smile was still there.. "Your not mad... I didn't tell you" said Hakkai.
"I'm a bit mad, why didn't you tell me"? asked Kimiko while still hugging him tightly, a few minutes Hakkai was silent.. I was afraid you wouldn't look at me the same way and I'm sorry... Human or Yokai I'm still the same person on the inside... you can look in my eyes and know I'm telling the truth can't you"? he asked. I smiled and stood next to Lyn who was leaning against Gojyo and watching the scene as well... It was sweet to me.. Goku had a bright smile on his face, knowing we wouldn't have to keep a secret from them anymore. Sanzo was calm and collected...
Kimiko nodded and gave a soft smile while releasing Hakkai, "Your still the same... the same emerald eyed man I met at my village and the same now" she said. I smiled but... a gust of wind blew through the open doors that led into the temple and wee... Kim and Lyn's hats fell right off.. HA! I got the smart hat... The monks eyes grew even wider at us. "Meh arh wemoah"! they yelled out their voices muffled because of the gag... 'I think they said they are women' I slapped a hand to my forehead and sighed, taking my hat off as well... Dammit... they ruined the moment... It was good that we didn't have to hide anymore... and I think they were going to stay with us... I still wondered what that dream was about... I guess unanswered questions still remain in this crazy road we are going on, huh?
Ash, Lyn, and Kim:-Sparkly eyes-Bad ass...
Kim:THAT WAS AWSOME!! -Punches fist in air and hugs Hakkai- Hakkai is so cool!
Lyn:Yeah... but we did get woke up when it wasn't even morning and they found out we were girls...
Ash:Hmm I wonder about my dream...
Sanzo:-Pulls out gun- Now... Where is that monkey I want to shoot something..
Goku:-Hides behind Ashurri-
Ash:-Eyes glow maroon and glares at Sanzo-Don't. Touch. The. Monkey.
Hakkai:Aha ha -Laughs nervously- Ashurri doesn't own Saiyuki or its characters, they belong to Kazuya Minekura. Ash, Lyn, and Kim are real. -Smiles- Hope you liked the chapter and keep reading, thank you very much for the nice comments...