The word meant forbidden and mostly everyone knew the meaning of the word Taboo. For them it meant something that no one would want and no one would give a damn about. It was a different meaning for me, the meaning was me. Child of Taboo a forbidden child, my step mother didn't want me and tried to kill me because of my looks that resembled my father's. Up to that day I've been alone, as I grew older the word meaning grew more and more to me. Youkai had a aversion toward me and humans didn't understand nor care. They had given me many labels instead of just Child of Taboo. They had given me the name of Street Rat, Punk, The Dissolute loner (Whatever that means) and many others. Many frowned upon me and wanted to annihilate me from their lives but I eluded them all. This time there was no option of running, the belligerence had already been unleashed and could not be sealed back up again. She was mine to protect and with my life I would protect her from harm. Only a few remained and each of them held a derisive expression on their faces that was mixed with malice. The sound of a chain rattling in the air mingled with the sounds of screams of youkai in pain. Then interminable silence. A lethargic exhale came from me and then a mumble from Lyn while she stayed in her reposed slumber. The more noise that came from the youkai the more youkai that showed up. The last one had fallen to the ground with a large thud, the bray of noises had stopped and in the middle of the onslaught I stood with Lyn on my back. Vermilion red liquid stained the ground and the scattered limp bodies, deep large slashes adorned the large oaks and a few broken boughs laid on the dirt ground. Each attempt the youkai made to attack Lyn was thwarted by me. The silence was interrupted from tired sigh coming from me and then I looked over my shoulder at Lyn. Fast asleep with a calm expression gracing her beautiful features. My eyes closed slightly feeling lethargic and then a tight squeeze around my torso made them open up once more.

"Gojyo...".

I turned my head to look at her giving a small smile, "Yes Lyn"? she was awake, her chocolate brown orbs looking straight into mine. She gave me a soft smile.

"Thank you..." she hugged her arms around my torso tighter and then drifted right off to sleep again, her fever must have gone down. A smile adorned my lips at this and then a soft rumble of a engine filled my ears.

A bright light shined inbetween the tree's and casted shadows across the ground. Slowly I sauntered over while holding Lyn on to my back so she wouldn't slip and walked forward. Two jeeps came to a hault after coming toward me and then, a small laugh came from me after seeing Sanzo's agitated face.

"That's good timing" I mumbled under my breath before going toward them.

Ashurri and Amber sat in the back seat of Kenryuu waving their arms in the air to me and the sleeping Lyn before jumping out and then running over to help. So Kenryuu and Hakuryuu were back in their normal forms. After a few minutes of scolding from Sanzo and getting Lyn in the back seat of Kenryuu, we were off going toward the exit way of the forest. Goku started bombarding me with questions about the youkai, earning my foot going straight into his face and another argument starting which as always ended with a fire from Sanzo's gun.

"So Hakuryuu and Kenryuu turned back to normal"? I asked them, Hakkai looked back at me in the front view mirror and shook his head no, making my expression turn nonplussed.

"Sort of, we discovered that they can change back in to jeep form and into their original forms but can also go into this human form. Is very complex and we don't know why they are able to do this now".

Goku folded his arms behind his head and leaned back into the seat, "You know I think they are happier that way. They can talk to us now" he stated. "

"Hey Gojyo"! Ashurri looked at me, seeing Kenryuu was driving right along beside Hakuryuu. "Lyn's fever cooled down so she should be better by tomorrow, thats what Kim said"!

A smile came to my face, "That's good". 'I'm glad, that she's alright..'. Turns out that the others were lost in the forest as well and they had all been comfronted by youkai, a trap it looks like. We've been running into a lot of them lately, someone is behind it.. but who..

Goku groaned, earning a look from Sanzo and the others. He hadn't said a word since we finally got out of the forest and now... please do not tell me. My eyebrow twitched and then... "I'm hungry"..

Two jeeps sped off in the distance and heading toward the next village. My eyes stared silently at them, transfixed with a abhored look on my face. He stood next to me, clearly bemused and with a impassive expression on his face. The hate in my heart for them grew each and every time. Each trap set for all of them had failed, the calamity started by youkai was growing day by day and that didn't thwart them at all. Maybe this pathetic youkai found on the street would be useful. To frame each and everyone of those youkai in the Sanzo party. This character was baleful and wasn't a idiot like the last group of youkai sent after them. He has killed many humans without being caught or discovered. He was careful...

"You know what to do right"? he turned his head to look at me, his features hidden by a black cloak except his face was visible to me.. Never did this man reveal his face unless he took a interest in the people he ruthlessly murdered.

A dark chuckle escaped his lips, "Of course I know what to do, you've informed me Seijin-san... I've been meaning to kill that Genjyo Sanzo for a while now..." he stated sourly. Malicous and full of belligerence, that was good.

"Then tell me what you plan to do then" I whispered in a hiss. He shrugged his shoulders and the sound of his knuckles craking filled my ears for the moment. He rose up a simple hand.

"First I will attack the village, only at night and only taking a few lives during their stay. That should make them suspect its a youkai. Each kill will be grusome, causing the villagers to beg them for their stay." he paused before going on. "The rest you will soon find out and if I need help, I have no problem having some buddies of mine show up".

A smirk came to my face, he was smart and had devised this through and was ... "Very well, get to it then".

"Alright..." he leaped off the bough of the tree and bolted off, he stuck to the tree's hiding in the shadows casting across the ground and his speed lightning fast. The Sanzo party would have trouble with this and if he failed then he would die by my hand. Fushida was getting very agitated by waiting for news on their death.. I'm sure that this man would kill them all...

Ash:Okay so... who the hell was that? O.O

Lyn:-Still sleeping, mumbles- A creepy ass mother fucker thats going to attempt to kill us as usual.

Amber:Its part of the Sanzo sickness...

Kim:-Sighs- Great, thanks a lot Sanzo..

Everyone (Lyn waking up and looking at him with eyes half open):-Looks at Sanzo-

Sanzo:-Flips them all off- Fuck all of you... its not my fault..

Ashurri:-Rolls eyes- Sure its not... -Dodges a bullet- O.O

Lyn:-yawns- Thank you all for the wonderful reviews and for reading. The first part is in Gojyo's p.o.v and the second part you've probably figured out. Ashurri doesn't own Saiyuki it belongs to Kazuya Minekura. Kim, Amber, Ash, and I are in fact real. Thank you!