Ash:Just to clarify, there won't be a little snip at end. I'm tired. Three chaps in one day! Woot! I'm so proud of myself, I pushed my fingers to the bone but made the quota! It will be in Vulture's p.o.v and then in Goku's. Thanks for reading and for the wonderful reviews! I do not own Saiyuki or its characters, they belong to Kazuya minekura. Kim, Lyn, Amb, and I are real. Thank you and enjoy!!
The home was dilapidated and had a thick stench of rotting flesh emanating from the front door and from inside. A large grin stayed plastered to my lips as the smell reached my nose, it was very savory to me unlike everyone else. Maybe Cadaver and Unknown was back from their little conversation with Seijin? Possible but if they didn't bring me any flesh to feast on for the time being they will get annoyed by me. I was famished and that wasn't good for them or me. Seijin expected me to keep my mouth shut from feasting on humans until it was good and dark, how is that ever going to happen, Hmm? Cada and Unknown the strangest characters I've ever met in my undead lifetime. My foot steps echoed against the rotting wooden steps while I made my way up toward the door. I rose my bare foot then roughly planted it into the door making it fly back and the smell of deceased bodies englufing me. 'Ahhh home never smelled so swe-et, the fresh air out here is so suffocating'. A wide grin graced my lips as the sound of Cada's cursing could be heard down the hall. Unknown said nothing as usual he was a taciturn one. Decapitated heads of villagers hung from the ceiling with barb wire holding them up by their hair. The bone of the neck could be seen in the bottom of the head and blood dripped down and on to the floor making specks of crimson. Some of the heads old and rotten with the flesh falling apart, showing some of the skull. Where the flesh fell apart it was mostly at the jaw and cheek causing it to show the rows of their teeth. Such a nice decor, my place really was cozy. Rats scurried down the halls and returned to their hiding place as I walked down the hall. No matter I would find and devour them later. On the walls blood was smeared all over the off-white chipping paint, hand prints clearly visible. It was dark besides faint dim lights coming from the candles. The house was isolated from the town, due to the stench no one lived near it making it easy for me to sneak to it without getting spotted. The door creaked open when my foot touched it and there sat Cadaver while Unknown was in his usual place.
Cadaver turned his head to inspect me with a rose eyebrow and then went back to his word. He held a plucked out eyeball with the sides of his index finger and middle finger, before popping the small orb into his mouth and chewing it. He and I had mutual thoughts about killing that no kill should be wasted but he was annoyed by me often, mostly because I left the remains of the meal on the couch. Its not my fault I was a messy eater and that he was very merticulous about a kill when he had time. Cadaver had thick ink black locks that stayed perfectly in place, the bangs hung down to cover a bit of his eyes. His skin was sickly pale and he was older then me by two years. He wore a silver cross on a barb wire necklace around his neck and a barb wire scar was around his arms but they were hidden by white bandages. He wore a thick black leather trench coat with grey fur around the collar and on the end of the sleeves, under that he wore a white shirt that was tied up at the neck with strings and black slacks for pants. He wore no shoes like me, shoes just slowed you down but Cadaver was the slowest killer in my opinon.
Slowly I advanced toward my old wooden chair in the corner of the room, near my collection of bones that hung on barb wire and was nailed to the wall. It was my sanctuary. Ripped off hands hung on the wall in my corner as well and mingled with the bones on barb wire with the gore still intact on the bone. I climbed up on to my seat and then sat with my arms hanging down and my back hunched, my toes were curled on to the edge of the chair so I wouldn't fall off. My attention was then turned to Unknown, quiet as ever. I had tooken a liking to him, like he was a little psychopathic killing machine of a brother.
Unknown was kept chained up at all times and hung from the ceiling, his ankles kept together by iron chains and he wore a white button up shirt, the sleeves bigger then his arms and they were kept tied together behind his back. When we had first met he stated he liked it like that, that the blood would rush to his head. He was a strange one indeed. He hardly talked and when he did it was morbid and about killing. He appeared the age of sixteen but in a few months he would turn age two hundred and thirty one. His skin was sickly pale like Cada's and covering his mouth he wore a iron mask with three verticle slits over his mouth so he could talk. When he ate or fought he would untie his sleeves and take off the mask but when he had nothing to do he was in that state. He had spoken before and his voice was chilling and frightening that you wouldn't want to hear it ever again, it made your ears bleed. He had long shoulder length snow white hair but due to him hanging upside down, his hair reached toward the ground. His eyes were a black like coal and expression aloof.
Cadaver, you could never read his expression and he could take down men twice his size. Cada had guts and his focus was off the charts. I've seen Cada shoot a man's brains out without blinking or flinching, he never blinked and never slept either. Cada wasn't interested in anything but was always deep in thought in free time. He cares only for himself and is masochist. He also didn't like it when people double crossed him, that's why he doesn't trust Seijin-san.
Unknown's personality was just like his name when he was around us, unknown. His eyes held chaos in a tight shift, all of these colors mixed with hate and malice formed into one and merging into the coal black color of his eyes. He hardly ate but clung to me when we went out to feast, sticking close by to me. Unkown was the most interesting man we ever met.
Together we were a band of killing misfits.
"Eating once again I see" Cadaver looked at me, his expression blank. He wasn't interested in me at the moment, nor was he interested in me at all any day.
It didn't come to me that the blood was still on my lips, "Noooo.. did no such thing" a grin appeared on my face. Cadaver had a blunt look and said.
"Then what's that around your mouth"?
"Cherry pie" I replied after some thought, while reaching down to scratch my ankle a bit. He didn't look like he bought it, oh well. It was very fun to annoy him even if he didn't show it.
"Cherry pie"?
"Yes I swear its cherry pie, I swear to you" I paused and then grinned before swaying side to side on my chair. "Fuck! See I swear to you"!
A sigh escaped his lips and he simply shrugged his shoulders before turning his head back to the television and leaning back into the couch. The television was just static, black and white moving specks and thats it. The living room was beautiful like the rest of my home. The couch Cadaver sat on was old and torn, the fabric moldy and a throw up green with red threads stitchng up the larger holes. Dried blood stained the wooden floor and walls. Dismembered arms and legs hung from the ceiling and shards of glass littered the floor. My eyes looked out the dust covered window with cracks in the window pane. Night was coming fast... the Sanzo party would no doubt be out watching the village. The three deceased bodies of the thugs had drawn the villagers attention and made them stand on edge. Phase one complete.
"We have a job tonight, so get ready Cada-san... oh and Unknown" Unknown turned his head to look at me, his black eyes staring into mine wide and curious. "You and me shall have some fun, would you like that"?
He nodded and under that mask I could tell, he was smiling.
The villagers had come to us with the news of the onslaught before Kim did and with half the village in the inn lobby we couldn't really say no. Tonight was ominous and strange to me. We had all been split up to go to seperate places in the village and met back at the entrance. Kim, Sanzo, and Hakkai had gone to the outskirts of the village. Gojyo, Lyn and Amber had gone to town square. While Ashurri, and I waited at the entrance with Kenryuu and Hakuryuu on our team. We hadn't found a thing not a single sign of a youkai or a disturbance. Sanzo was very ticked off due to this. Already it was midnight and no sign of any youkai. My stomach growled as the time passed by, we hadn't eaten anything yet and it was freezing outside. Everyone for their safety had been sent to their homes and Ashurri stood beside me with Kenryuu on my left and Hakuryuu on Ashurri's right. It was so boring. The wind blew roughly making the leaves on the tree's shake and interrupt the silence. The sound of chains footsteps then reached my ears causing them to perk up. Ashurri nudged me and we saw three figure walking toward us in the distance. We weren't able to see them yet but they approached us slowly. Sanzo's eyes narrowed at the figures as they got closer. All three of them didn't appear to be normal youkai. One had carrot top orange hair and a wide grin on his face, the other had a blank expression and black hair, the third one you couldn't tell what he looked like because of a mask and his clothing but he had white long hair.
"Sanzo.. who are they"? asked Amber quietly in a whisper.
Sanzo stood perfectly still, "Not normal youkai" he stated before taking out his gun and loading bullets. "People keep adding shit to the pile".
Gojyo held his Shakujou up on his shoulders, "Yep... we are just lucky like that"..
The three stopped and the one with orange hair reached toward the one with white hair and began to undo the tie on the back of the metal mask and untie the sleeves of the man's shirt. I held my nyoi boi tightly in my hands. The mask fell to the ground revealing his mouth with a small smile playing across it, long white canines protruding from his mouth. The one with carrot top orange hair stepped forward and then leaned forward a bit and his arms hung down toward the ground. The one with the black hair cracked his neck and simply balanced a eyeball on his index and middle finger.
"Sanzo party..." the man with orange hair spoke, the grin never leaving his face. Kim muttere that he was a freak under her breath earning a nod from Hakkai. Lyn stood next to Gojyo keeping a eye on the one with white hair. Ashurri and Amber just stood quietly waiting..
"Who the hell are you"? asked Sanzo.
The man with the black hair looked at Sanzo and then in a fluid motion he drew a silver gun out from the pocket of his trench coat and Sanzo rose his gun as well. Both of them pointing the weapons of at each other.
"We are... the gang of misfits, nice to meet you Genjyo Sanzo. I am Cadaver" he stated.
Sanzo stared at him with a deadly glare, "..."
The man with orange hair snickered, "I am vulture and you'll soon find out why" he gestured to the white haired one, "And this is Unknown... Cadaver can I make the first move"?
The man known as Cadaver put his gun away and nodded, "Well its nice to meet you all but if you don't mind" Vulture paused... and then in a flash ran at Kim, Hakkai, and Sanzo. "I'M FAMISHED"!!