It was a full blown blizzard outside now, it was snowing hard that you couldn't even see anything anymore. I sighed a bit and dug into the backpack looking for something to eat. Lynto was sitting on the opposite side of the cave, this cave had took us about half a hour to find and it was small but it provided shelter and a bit of warmth. I took out a blanket and handed it to Lynto before looking inside the bag again, come on there had to be at least something to eat... if that monkey stole food from my backpack I am seriously going to kill him... I sighed and didn't find anything.. I closed my eyes and tilted my head a bit, I held my left arm in my hand and sighed. It hadn't stopped hurting since we gotten back it was like it was on fire or something... I then felt something cold lightly press against my arm. I opened my eyes and saw Lynto sitting next to me, a peice of cloth wrapped around some snow in her hand and pressed against the large bruise on my arm. I smiled a bit... I had to admit... it was making my arm feel better. I closed my eyes slightly, we had been getting some bad luck lately... Demons attacking a lot more, the whole temple thing, and now this stuff up in the mountains but I got to spend more time with Lynto. I looked outside the cave, we would be stuck here for a while... the snow kept falling down. A small breeze blew into the cave and I looked at Lynto, she was looking at my arm and seeing the damage. A few strands of her brown hair blew in front of her face, she tucked a lock of hair behind her ear and looked up at me with a smile before turning her attention back to my arm. There was a question I had been meaning to ask... why did she come and join us in the first place? She could have said no, I was glad she came... the others were too. Kimiko and Ashurri had another person to talk to and I liked her... but why... She could have stayed at her home and with her friends, was it pure luck that she had came at that exact moment right before that yokai was going to kill me? Would it hurt to ask? She took the ice wrapped in cloth away from my arm and I glanced at it, the swelling had went down and it didn't hurt as much. She reached for the backpack and dragged it over to her before looking inside and finding some bandages... 'I didn't even know I had bandages in there' I thought silently as I took off my jacket, she then started to wrap my arm with the bandages up to my shoulder to just below my elbow. Another gust of wind blew in from outside I looked at Lynto as she shivered a bit, I picked up my jacket and slipped it over her shoulders. She smiled a bit and kept wrapping my arm, once she was finished she put the rest of the bandages in the bacpack and held her hands in her lap. Maybe I could ask her about this question?...
"There the swelling should go down for a while, does it feel better"? asked Lynto in a caring tone while her brown eyes looked up at me. I nodded and she went back to sit on the opposite side of the cave, gripping onto my brown jacket to keep it from falling off... I took out my lighter and started to flick the light on and off. I knew there was some coffee packets in the backpack so if there was a pot or something I could make some coffee for us to warm us up from the cold.
"Can I ask you something"? I looked at her while asking this, she looked up a bit some strands of her brown hair hanging in her face. She only nodded a bit. The lighter closed with a 'clank' and I stared at her silently.
"Why did you come with us, I mean... you had a home and friends.."? I asked, she looked at me silently and then tore her gaze from mine and looked at her hands folded in her lap. She didn't have to tell me if she didn't want to... maybe that question was too personal? I closed my eyes a bit and put my lighter away in my pocket.
"I wanted to come because... I wanted to stay with you, believe it or not when I saw you I-I just don't know... and there is also one other thing" She said softly her voice barely above a whisper. I nodded a bit and stared at her, she bit her bottom lip a bit and her head tilted down a bit her dark brown hair moving in front of her face so I couldn't see her eyes. Something was bothering her... I could tell... "I knew that there was a reason behind it... the yokai attacking, they wouldn't attack for no reason at all... and I wanted to help stop it... for innocent people... and for... m-my parents".
"Your parents"? I asked silenty watching her, she was shaking a bit. I quietly moved toward her and sat in front of her.
"Y-yes... they died and so did my friends... they were killed right in front of me..." A tear drop fell and hit the cave floor, she was shaking and from what I could see tears were falling from her eyes and streaming down her cheeks. I never liked it... seeing a woman cry... "I-I hid l-like a coward... if it was y-you.. you would probably save them... b-but... I now want to e-end what ever is happening t-to the yokai.." she said choking a bit on the last word.
I gently placed my hands on her cheeks and wiped away the tears streaming down her cheeks with my thumb, she looked at me tears in her brown eyes and she hiccuped a bit. A small smile appeared on my face... 'I've never been good with women crying... I guess its because my mom always cried when she looked at me... because in my face she saw traces of the man she loved and a woman she'd never meet... and now... to see Lyn cry.. it.. makes my heart ache..."Don't cry... its alright and I'm sorry for asking you something so personal that it would make you relive it..." I said..
She looked at me silently and then wiped her eyes a bit, a she was still shaking a bit. She hung her head down again. I placed my index finger under her chin and tilted her head back up so she could look me in the eyes. "Because... pretty girls shouldn't cry" I said with a small smile. A smile appeared on her face and the ache in my heart disappeared... I closed my eyes and smiled, she had sto-... My eyes opened slightly when I felt a pair of soft lips pres against mine, she pulled back with a small smile.. 'Heh, I'm not cold anymore...' We both gave each other a small smile and then we turned our attention to outside the cave, the snow was slowly starting to stop...
I was silently watching a tea kettle that was starting to heat up, we were melting some snow to make some tea. Hakkai was asleep and laying on his back, the blizzard was slowly starting to pass now. The cave was filled with heat and light so we had made it through. We were slightly worried about the others but they were strong and could defend for their selves for a bit. As soon as the snow stopped fully we would go out looking for them. Seeing that Gojyo and Lynto didn't even up in the same pile of snow as us that they had gotten back over the edge. Meaning we had to hike back up the mountain and then search from there. Sanzo, Goku and Ashurri probably got away and went to a cave waiting for us and for the blizzard to die out.. I had went out and called for them a few minutes after the blizzard started... there was no asnwer so they must have walked off somewhere and we must be pretty far down. I put on a oven mitt and picked up the tea kettle by its handle before pouring the brown warm liquid into two cups. I sat the tea kettle down and then set Hakkai's tea cup down next to me so when he woke up he could have some. I waved my hand over the tea and cooled it down then took a sip, it wasn't bad it was good. It was quiet when it snowed but it was so pretty... I liked the snow and the cold... I heard a tiny mumble come from inside the cave, I turned my head and looked at Hakkai as he slept. He looked calm and cute when he was asleep... I watched him a bit and sipped my tea. I looked at Hakkai and tried to hold in a laugh, his hair was sticking up a bit and he had his arm over his eyes. His shirt was lifted up a bit, I saw a thin mark on his stomach. 'What is that'? I wondered while setting my tea cup down. I silently crawled over and looked at him, he was still asleep his calm light breathing filling the cave along with the crackle of the fire. I watched him sleep for a bit, he mumbled about something and then rolled over and laid on his side. His shirt moved up a bit more and I could fully see what it was... a thin long scar on his stomach. 'A scar... I wonder how he got it'? I slowly reached a hand out and gently brushed my fingers over the scar, I looked at Hakkai... he was still asleep with his arm over his eyes.
"Hakkai-kun" I said softly, watching him... What had happend to him? Maybe he got it in a battle or something? I wonder how... I brushed my fingers over the scar again and closed my eyes. I then felt a hand gently grip around my wrist, my eyes opened in suprise and I glanced at Hakkai. His arm slowly moved out of the way of his eyes and his emerald eyes looked at me silently, a small smile on his face.
"U-um sorry I didn't mean t-" I stuttered while trying to hide the blush rising on my cheeks."Its alright.." he said softly while releasing my wrist and sitting up a bit.
I was embarrassed now, I looked at the floor and tucked a lock of hair behind my ear. That scar... "U-um... H-hakkai"? I asked. He looked at me and I looked up at him silently. Should I ask him?... No.. I probably shouldn't.. "Um.. nevermind" I said while closing my eyes. He was quiet... maybe I made a mistake... duh I just made a mistake.. I'm s-.
"Is it about the scar"? He asked with a quizzical look... I tried not to laugh, that look was cute... it was a lost look...I nodded silently and he looked at me, the smile slowly faded a bit..
"I was stabbed... I went to this place to save someone... and in the process I killed a lot of yokai... I was then stabbed and turned into a yokai myself" said Hakkai silently. I looked at him.. 'Turned into a yokai... you can be turned into a yokai? This is too personal... I won't ask him anymore questions... I will ask Ashurri or someone when we meet up again' I thought silently. I nodded a bit and picked up his tea cup and handed it to him, he smiled and took it before drinking it.
"After you drink some tea, can we look for the others"? I asked, he set the tea cup down and was about to respond when...
"Ya don't need to" said a happy voice. Hakkai and I turned our heads and looked out the cave exit, the blizzard had fully stopped and outside was a sparkly white winter wonderland. Ashurri, Goku, Sanzo, Gojyo, and Lynto stood in the entrance of the cave looking at us. Ashurri and Goku had two big grins on their faces. Gojyo stood next to Lynto, a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth and Lynto's arm wrapped around his. Sanzo leaned against the wall of the cave with his arms folded across his chest. I smiled, well it looks like we didn't have to go on a search for them after all...
Ash:Dang ya guys were far down the mountain...
Kim:Well we couldn't help it we fell...
Hakkai:Those rocks came out of no where...
Lyn:-Smiles and wraps Gojyo's jacket around self-This jacket is warm...
Goku:I'm hungry!
Sanzo:-Eyebrow twitches-Shut. Up.
Gojyo:Ashurri doesn't own Saiyuki or its characters, they belong to Kazuya Minekura.
Ash:Thanks again for reading the story! Tune in next time for 'Days of our Saiyuki lives', lol joke joke... Nah tune in next time when I discover a man eating peach cobbler... -Makes eww face-