We had gotten back to the village but we were flabbergasted at what we saw, my eyes were wide at what I saw as I stood close next to Goku. It had took us only forty minutes to get back to the village and after twenty we heard screaming and the crackling of fire so we quickened our pace. 'Oh man, where are the others'? I thought silently to myself while examining the damage on the village. Screams were still in the air and villagers ran trying to escape their attackers, Goku summoned his nyoi-boi and held it tightly in his hand while standing next to me. I had left my sickle and chain back at the inn so I would have to use my fists and stay close to Goku as much as I could. The village was a absolute wreck, most of the buildings and houses set ablaze and falling to pieces right before us. Many dead bodies was scattered across the dirt on the ground, varying from youkai to human. The bodies laid there motionless... blood pouring from their fatal wounds and onto the ground seeping through the dirt. I looked at a small boy on the ground with a woman sitting next to him, she was holding him close as he cried from a wound in his arm and from fear. The mother was desperately trying to keep a hold on the small boy but I could see her face, tears flowing from her eyes. She was dying and she knew it, gore hung from a large gaping bloody hole in her stomach and blood seeped through her fingers and out of her mouth so it fell down her chin and neck. She was whispering to the boy in a cracking voice as she sobbed silently. The other villagers took no mind to her and her son they kept running from the youkai that pursued them with their claws and fangs ready to slice, tear, and kill them. The bodies laying on the ground and the blood that was splattered every where was lit up by the warm sun that was slowly starting to set. It amazed me how much blood the ground could hold, I stared at a thick crimson puddle with pieces of gore in it... maroon red and shining from the sun's glow, I guess the blood was there to feed the earth. A youkai yelled and charged at the woman and child on the ground, ready to finish her off and going to take away the last minutes she had with her sun. My feet moved on their own and I picked up a large wooden board that had fallen off a house. In a swift fluid motion I swung the board at the yokai and hit him in the face, he flew backwards and blood squirted from his nose while some teeth that the board had knocked out flew up and out of his mouth. At the corner of my eye I could see Goku run out and start to help the villagers, he swung his nyoi-boi at oncoming youkai and bashed them in the head and gut. As youkai started to fall from Goku's attacks I planned a onslaught of my own to keep the child and mother safe for now. A fusillade of gunshots filled the air and I knew the other's would be close by, the sound of yells of pain from youkai followed after the shots. A youkai with blood smeared across his mouth charged at me while I stood in front of the mother and child. I lightly patted the wooden board on the palm of my hand then with a deep breath I jabbed the youkai in the stomach and sent him falling to the ground. More youkai started to gather around and walk toward me, scince the other villagers had gotten far away from the large bunch. A uncontrollable crying was heard from the boy, I glanced behind me and saw the woman her arms still wrapped around the boy but... she was gone... her eyes hallow and lifeless. Her body limp except for her arms still around her son, used to be a breathing living person but now a unresponsive corpse. I backed up and then grabbed onto the boy's shirt, pulling him up to his feet as he shook and cried. He turned his head away from his mother and buried his face into my shirt, his arms wrapping around my waist and clinging to me trying to find comfort. I patted him lightly on the head and held the board in my hand, swinging it toward the youkai that kept walking forward.

"Get back"! I yelled at them, jabbing the board in their direction. Through the large crowd of youkai I could see Goku fighting off a group of his own, the other's I could see them far away from us near the inn and trying to save the villagers.

"Heh heh I wonder what her insides taste like, and that boy I wonder if his bones will snap like twigs"? one of the youkai licked his fangs clean of the blood he had on them and then smirking..

"I won't give you the chance to find out"! with a swing I bashed the board against the youkai and he fell to the ground, holding onto his head while blood poured out from his mouth. He growled and stood up, then leaping at me with his claws raised.

"Extended Nyoi-boi"! A red and gold staff smashed into the side of the youkai, I heard a snap which I knew was a rib and the youkai fell the ground. I watched as the staff shot back and I saw Goku, he gave a smile to me and I was about to smile back when a youkai punched him in the side of the head sending him into a wall.

"GOKU"! I felt something slice into my side and I winced in pain, the boy was still holding my waist. With a shaky hand I pressed the palm of my hand to my side and took it away when I winced again. Blood coated the palm of my hand and fingers, shimmering from the light. I winced and and stumbled back a bit while holding the board in one hand and wrapping around the shaking boy with the other. I could hear the gunshots getting closer. A youkai stood in front of me, licking its claws which was covered with my blood. He smirked at me.

"Oooh your blood is tasty" said the youkai while taking a step toward me, I winced and then fell to my knee's. The board fell out of my hand and I wrapped my arms around the boy trying to stop him from crying and comfort him. The youkai jumped at me and I closed my eyes. I then heard the rattling of some chains, yells of pain, and gunshots... I opened my eyes and saw Goku standing in front of me, he was holding his nyoi-boi up and blocking the youkai's claws. Blood slowly trickled down from under his daidem and a bruise was under his eye but other than that he was fine. Slowly I turned my head and saw a chain wrapped tightly around a yokai's neck with a cresent blade hung over his shoulder, another chain was shooting through the crowd of youkai with its crescent blade slicing their limbs off. 'Goku, Lynto, Gojyo...' Amber ducked a swipe from a youkai and stabbed her katana into its gut, Kimiko dodged a attack from two youkai and hit them in the neck making their bodies go limp and fall to the ground... 'Kimiko and Amber...' I turned my head and saw a beam of light shoot right pass me and disintegrated fourteen youkai, leaving nothing but a pile of ash. I heard a gunshot and then a bullet sped toward the youkai Goku was keeping from killing me. The bullet shot into the side of the youkai's skull and he fell toward the ground, blood squirting out from the wound and flying into the air. 'Hakkai and Sanzo...' I turned my head and saw them all there, helping me.

"Goku, help Ashurri stop the bleeding in her side" Said Hakkai and Kimiko in unison. Goku tore off a bit of his sleeve from his shirt and pressed it against my side, helping the bleeding.

With a large tug on Shakugetsujou's chain Lynto pulled the youkai to the ground and then slashed his head off with the crescent blade, she stood up straight and wiped away the sweat from her forehead. Before a youkai could get to Lyn, Gojyo's Shakujou sliced his torso off his body and he walked over to her.

"Heh, you two get in a lot of trouble" said Gojyo while holding Shakujou up on his shoulders.

"You could say that again" said Lynto with a smile.

I laughed a bit and nodded, Amber removed her katana out of the youkai's gut and ran over. "Hey you two okay, took us a while to get the villagers out of the way". Goku and I nodded.

"Damn monkey's..." Sanzo puffed his cigarette and reloaded his gun, "Always getting into a big mess"

Goku and I stared at Sanzo with a blank look before yelling, "Not a monkey ya bald monk"!...

Ash:Man I thought I was a goner..

Kim and Lyn:We got there just in time...

Amber:Youkai were blocking the way out of the inn..

Gojyo:Heh heh looks like the tiny chimp managed to kick some ass today. -Holds Goku's head in a headlock and messes up his hair-

Goku:Oi! Get off ya pervy watersprite! An' stoppit with the names ya cockroach!

Gojyo:What was that you brainless monkey?!

Goku:You heard me ya-

Sanzo:-Whacks Goku and Gojyo over the head with his paper fan-SHUT THE HELL UP NOW!!

Hakkai:-Laughs nervously-Now now Sanzo..

Sanzo:They derserve the punishment Hakkai..

Hakkai:Well.. Violence is never the answer..

Ash, Kim, Lyn, and Amb:-Wonders how they ever managed to get with such a crazy bunch- Wow..

Ash:Okay I do not own Saiyuki or its characters, Saiyuki belongs to the awsome Kazuya Minekura. Lyn, Kim, Amber, and I are real. Thanks for readin'! Next chap will be out soon!