Ash: Thank you all for readin' my story and giving me good comments. Dear Patriot16, thank you so very much for giving me good comments and such, lol and you guessed what was going to happen at the temple. There is already going to be a new character in the story, joining the Sanzo party soon. Sorry, but my friend asked me a long time ago and scince I put Kim and Lyn in the story I decided to wait a bit before introducin' a new character. Also San San says Hi Patriot16, -Looks at Sanzo as he beats the crap out of Gojyo and Goku with paper fan- Lol Sanzo... also thanks again for the comments and such. -Hears a crash- Oi! Oi! THAT BELONGS TO THE INN DON'T BREAK THE LAMP! -Runs off looking for Goku and Gojyo-.

Lyn and Kim:-Watches the chaos- Uh... yeah...

We all had made it back to the village and was now sitting in a resturant. Lynto and I were sitting next to each other watching Goku and Gojyo fight over spring rolls... they could order more but Gojyo had tooken them off Goku's plate and Goku had to fight about it. Kimiko and Hakkai blinked and watched, glancing at Sanzo occasionally. We all knew that Sanzo was going to get mad but... eh why should we get shot stopping him? I gave a tiny smile and began to eat my ramen and watch silently. I looked over at Kimiko, she was quiet scince we got over the mountains... My eyes shifted and I looked at Lynto, she couldn't stop smiling. We had gotten to the village a hour ago I think and Gojyo's arm was now all fixed, it turned out his bone was fractured and the bruises would go away soon. I took another bite of the miso ramen that sat in front of me and looked up when I heard Gojyo and Goku yell. My hand shot up and covered my mouth to keep me from laughing, the two had fallen out of their chairs and now were throwing insults at each other left and right. Kimiko, Lynto, and I flinched when we heard the loud 'Whack'! coming from Sanzo's fan as it connected to Goku and Gojyo's heads. The two hurried and got back into their seats before the monk sent another blow to their heads, I would have done the same thing... it sounded like it hurt and I knew that it did hurt... I watched as the waitress walked over with the dessert that Goku had ordered a few minutes ago, she set it down and I looked at it while finishing my ramen... ice cream, sherbert, cake... wait... what the fuck is that? Ew... what is that?! It was something lying in a small bowl I swear it looked like it was moving, it was alive! The orange crusty lumpy dessert sat there isolated, steam coming from it... it bubbled a bit with a pop. I looked at the waitress she looked like she was waiting for me to take a bite out of it, hell no... that thing looks like it will kill. I looked at Gojyo and Goku, Goku was eating some meatbuns while Gojyo was tilting his chair back and lighting a cigarette. Sanzo... he was reading the newspaper... Kimiko was drinking some tea and talking to Lynto... Hakkai was feeding some miso soup to Kenryuu and Hakuryuu... Why was I the only one freaked out by this... this... mutant dish? My face grimaced in disgust and I stared at it, leaning far away as possible from the mystery dessert. The others looked at me with a confused face, the waitress tilted her head and watched silently. A funny smelling stench emnated from the dish, it was burning my nose off... it smelled so bad... like decaying fish and rotten eggs. I looked around at the other people eating in the resturant. People laughing, talking, eating, the room was loud but no one took notice in this shame to desserts everywhere! 'It smells so bad... and its making me sick' What's worse she set the dessert down in front of me. Lynto and Kimiko looked at the dessert then me, their faces growing even more puzzled. The waitress then looked confused and disgruntled that no one was touching the food. Maybe the waitress had made this... poison... she had messy blonde hair pulled back in a sloppy bun and her tired brown eyes were hidden behind a pair of glasses, yeah maybe she wanted me to eat the poison... just to amuse her! No... the waitress was nice... the chef just made a monster dessert on accident. I pushed the dessert away from me and took a few deep breaths of fresh clean air that hadn't been tainted by the smell the dessert gave.

"Miss is everything alright"? the waitress asked while holding her notebook and pen in her hands. I looked at her but then quickly back at the dessert.

"U-uh... what kind of dessert is.. that"? I asked silently while lifting my shaking arm and pointing at the orange crusty dessert. She looked at the dessert and then back at me before putting her notebook in her apron pocket and the pen in her other hand.

"Why that's peach cobbler, they say its the best" she said with a kind hearted smile and a light laugh. 'The best my ass... that thing looks like its going to crawl out of that bowl and bite my arm off' I thought silently to myself while taking a gulp. Lynto and Kimiko along with the others looked at me, still confused of my behavior.

"Really... it looks like shit and throw up mushed together" I muttered, Lynto turned her head quickly and I could hear her snickering about what I just said. Goku sat his chin on the table and looked at the cobbler while Gojyo turned his head and stared at it. The sound of the chair's legs sliding across the floor was heard when Goku and Gojyo quickly pushed their seats away from the mutant dessert.

"Ash"! said Kimiko in shock, she turned to the waitress and then said sorry for the way I was acting. 'Come on Kim you know that thing is creepy lookin'! Lookit! Its so weird and crusty and it smells'! I screamed in my head.

"Sorry but look at it! Geez it looks like its moving! Its so freakin' smelly and crusty and orange... and... orange"! I muttered loudly while scooting farther away from the table, during all of this Sanzo was reading his newspaper. Kimiko covered her mouth, I knew she was holding back a laugh... this cobbler was so gross much grosser than the moldy sandwhich we had found under a bed in a inn. The waitress didn't say a word but she laughed a bit and took it back to the kitchen, I guess she found the cobbler nasty as well. The chef didn't come out to yell so I guess she didn't tell him... After we ate we had to ask where the inn was in the village... there was one problem... there wasn't a inn... Don't worry though we wouldn't have to go and camp out for the night, there was a spa place that had a inn in it. It was near the resturant as well... of course me and the others were excited! We could have some rest and we could relax, we needed it after the big mountain and temple incident...

"A spa"?! Kimiko, Lynto, and I shouted... yeah... we were very happy about this.

"Yes, it has a inn built in it... you all should like it.. I hear good things about it from travelers.." said the clerk at the resturant. "Has hotsprings, sauna's, movie theaters, massages, and nice inn rooms".

I smiled to myself and closed my eyes, "Movie theaters".

"Hot springs" said Kimiko, with the same amount of happiness.

"Massages" said Lynto with a dreamy sigh...

Peaceful quiet except for the hiss of the steam when you poured water over the hot rocks was filled in the sauna. I opened my eyes slightly, beads of sweat on my forehead. I smiled a bit and looked at Kimiko and Lynto, they seemed to be enjoying the relaxing sauna as well. I rocked back and fourth and sat in my seat, my arms folded across my chest to keep my towel up. We had gotten to the spa and it was so nice! Flowers were everywhere outside the spa building and there was plenty of rooms. We had checked into the spa and we got our rooms, nice comfy beds... this spa was heaven! They gave us all outfits to wear during our stay... the boys had gotten red shorts and shirts with black dragon designs on the back... and us, the girls had gotten light blue shorts and shirts with silver butterfly's on the back. The guys had went off to the hot springs while we went off to the sauna, after this I was going to the movie theater to see a scary movie... Lynto didn't like scary movies that much so she was going to the massage room after the sauna, Kim said she was going to the movies with me... There was a movie out with a swamp monster that was half human and crocidile eating teens who went camping. Kimiko poured more water onto the hot rocks and with a sharp hiss the room was filled with steam once again. Lynto and I looked at each other through the steam and then we looked at Kimiko, she was looking at her nails and being quiet. She had been so quiet... I wondered what was wrong with her, apparently Lynto noticed this as well...

"Kim.. is something wrong"? asked Lynto while looking at Kimiko. Kimiko lifted her head, she seemed to have been lost in thought and someone talking to her snapped her back into reality. She put up her hands and waved them a bit with a tiny crooked smile.

"No no everything..." She paused a bit, "Is fine". I looked at her silently, fine my butt something was bothering her... Lynto and I gave each other a glance and then looked at her with a 'not buying it' look. Her shoulders slumped a bit and she looked at her toes.

"I was wondering... Ashurri you've been with the group more than we have... the guys and their pasts... do you know there pasts.. I would like to know... I'm sure Lynto would too... so we could understand them better"? asked Kimiko while looking up at me a bit. 'Pasts... I d-... wait... I do know... how come I don't know why... why do I know their pasts? Did they tell me or something'?

I sighed and watched as steam rose from the hot black rocks and then said quietly, "I will tell you all about Hakkai's past first... and its sad..." They nodded and sat quietly waiting for me to tell them... Cho Hakkai was once human... he was turned into a yokai... because he bathed in the blood of a thousand yokai..

"Hakkai was formerly known as Cho Gonou... he was born a human and turned into a yokai... there is a legend that says if you bath in the blood of a thousand yokai, thats how Hakkai was turned into a yokai" I paused a bit, was it okay to tell them? Kimiko looked at me silently, listening her eyes gleaming with a bit of shock. I continued again, "Hakkai killed a thousand yokai trying to save someone very dear to him... a woman named Kanan... Kanan was kidnapped and raped by a yokai... when he got there Kanan killed herself in front of him"...

I heard Kimiko gasp but went on, "He has a scar on his stomach from when a yokai stabbed him and that very yokai was the thousand yokai he killed..." Lynto and Kimiko were silent after that, the only sound in the sauna was the steam hissing... I guess it was Gojyo's past now...

"I know a bit of Gojyo's past...but.." said Lynto quietly. I nodded a bit, I would only tell them about Gojyo and Hakkai's past seeing that I didn't know too much on Sanzo's past and Goku's past... I knew that Sanzo hated the rain... and for a good reason...

"Gojyo's hair and eyes represents his race... a child of taboo or a half yokai... because his mother was a human and his father was a yokai..." I paused a bit and closed my eyes silently. "The two scars on his cheek comes from his step mother, who tried to kill him..." Lynto was very silent.. "But... he wasn't killed, his step brother killed his own mother and saved Gojyo... Goyjo's step mother was abusive and that's why Gojyo is quick to defend and fight for lost and hurt children..." I said. I looked at Kimiko and Lynto they nodded slightly. Man... I didn't feel too good... I was all dizzy... come to think of it we had been in the sauna for...a while..

"Okay now can w-"... I then fell out of my seat and everything went dark, the sounds of Kimiko and Lynto yelling my name was heard as I blacked out...

Ash:Dang I faint a lot...

Lyn:That Peach Cobbler was scary...

Kim:I guess Ash was in the sauna too long.. -Laughs lightly-

Goku:-Reaches out to poke cobbler-

Ash:NO GOKU!! IT WILL EAT YOU!!

Goku:-Stops and looks at Sanzo- Ssssaaaannnnzzzoooo! -Falls to knee's- FEED ME!!

Sanzo:-Eyebrow twitches- Eat the cobbler.

Ash and Goku:It will kill... its poison.

Sanzo:Then Die...

Kim and Lyn:Ashurri doesn't own Saiyuki or its characters, it belongs to Kazuya Minekura. Lyn, Kim, Ash, and Kuroki are in fact real.