Memories of a Life Gone By pt. 11 "Extra Baggage"
The jeep bounced and jumped down the beaten path as she leaned over the side groaning quietly. Gojyo cast her a worried look. Hakkai continued driving. Sanzo sat quiet in his seat smoking. Goku stared at his surroundings sleepily. Groggily, she pulled her head up from over the side.
"Hakkai," she moaned sickly. "Can we pull over? I'm not feeling so well…"
Hakkai smiled.
"Gomen ne, Miyuki," he replied smiling concernedly. "But we're behind as it is."
She groaned as Hakkai continued speeding through the forest. She let out another groan. Gojyo's worried hand rested itself on her back. Her shoulder throbbed.
"Hakkai.. If you don't want Hakuryu covered in vomit, you'll pull over right now!" she threatened growling.
Hakuryu let out a frightened chirp. Hakkai slammed on the brakes. The jeep's contents flew forward. Miyuki leapt over the side burying her head into the bushes. Gojyo followed after her.
"Ow!" Goku cried rubbing his head wincing. "What did you do that for!"
Hakkai didn't reply as he turned his head watching worriedly. Sanzo snorted. Curious, Goku turned and watched as a quiet hacking came from the bushes with every forward lurch of Miyuki's head. Gojyo's arm wrapped around her shoulders as his free hand ran circles on her back.
"Oh my.." Hakkai began worriedly. "I think Miyuki-san is sick.."
She snorted as she pulled her head from the bushes wiping her lips.
"I'm fine," she replied as her voice turned quiet. "It's probably just sickness from your bad driving, Hakkai..."
"Care you repeat that?" Hakkai smiled tightening his hands on the wheel noticeably.
"Oh nothing," she twitched coughing lightly. "Besides, I was fine a few days ago."
"A few days ago?... But weren't you and Gojyo--" Goku began.
"Don't even finish it, you stupid monkey," Sanzo interrupted.
Hakkai furrowed his brow worriedly as he watched Miyuki shakily stand. Slowly, she climbed into the jeep. Gojyo quickly followed after her and pulled her head in his lap. His fingers ran through her hair as Hakkai began speeding away. Worried thoughts lingered in Hakkai's head.
Eagerly, they climbed and clamored out of the jeep walking the stiffness from their legs.
"I'm so hungry!" Goku cried as he stretched his stiff limbs.
"Ah, me too!" she agreed happily as she turned walking through the small tavern's door with the others.
The dim tavern's gray cigarette haze and stinging scent of alcohol wafted to her nose. Her nose twitched. She coughed her senses swimming in her suddenly poignant surroundings. Her head spun. A hand suddenly grabbed hers. She turned. Gojyo arched an eyebrow at her.
"Oi!" he began with a small smile slowly pulling her over. "We aren't eating unless there's a pretty little lady eating with us."
She smiled as she walked over pulling up a chair. Goku drooled over the menu. Gojyo and Sanzo quickly lost themselves in the light gray haze blowing out small white streaming clouds as they went. In a simple light pink dress, the waitress walked up to them pulling her pad and pen out from an apron pocket.
"What can I get ya?" she smiled preparing to write.
The lengthy menu list rambled and rolled off Goku's tongue as the waitress tried to keep up. She turned to her sighing a deep sigh of relief.
"So what can I get you, dearie?" she smiled frazzled.
Miyuki looked down on her menu in a light thought. She smiled.
"I'll have some toast with red bean paste, lychee wrapped in an egg roll wrapper and fried please," she smiled.
The waitress turned a dark shade of green as she scribbled on her pad. Hakkai's worried and furrowed brow furrowed making more stress wrinkles appear.
"Man!" she cried. "What are you? Pregnant?"
Miyuki shot her a strange look as she arched her eyebrow. The waitress smiled.
"Don't worry, dear," she laughed lightly. "I'll make sure you get that order and that our cooks will make you something for that bun in your oven."
Miyuki continued staring as the waitress walked off. She turned to the table watching as Gojyo, Goku, and Sanzo bickered over their cigarettes, beer, and soda. Hakkai cast her a discreet and worried glance. With a growling sigh, Sanzo leaned back on his chair taking a long drag from his cigarette. Why am I surrounded by idiots? He thought to himself. Hakkai leaned over.
"Sanzo..." he began cautiously. "Don't you think what Miyuki-san ordered was a little odd?"
"Ch," Gojyo interjected as he lit his cigarette. "I say give the lady what she wants."
"Hn," Sanzo added. "Do what you want. Just don't involve me."
Hakkai sighed.
. . .Hakkai's thoughts. . .
Oh my... I hope this doesn't mean what I think this means... Otherwise Sanzo will kill Gojyo and the poor woman. Though, it would be nice to try some healthier cooking techniques before they die. Yare, yare.. It might have been nice to hear the pitter patter of little feet on this trip.
A small sweat drop ran down his face as he smiled a nervous smile.
Piles of plates and food placed themselves on the table. Eagerly, Goku drooled his stomach rumbling loudly with constant hunger. Miyuki watched as the waitress set a strange egg roll-esque dish before her. She smiled. Eagerly, they shoved the food into their mouths.
Goku looked over curiously at the strange concoction of substances sitting on Miyuki's plate. He cocked his to the side.
"Oi!" he called out drooling lightly. "Let me try some of that, Miyuki-chan!"
Miyuki smiled nodding as she held her plate out to him. Hungrily, as he shoved his own food into his mouth, he plopped the large egg roll into his mouth and swallowed it whole. Her eyes went wide.
"Mm!" Goku grinned rubbing his stomach. "Oishii!"
"OI!" Gojyo suddenly cried as he landed a fist hard on the top of Goku's head. "Eat your own food will you stupid monkey!"
"But I was hungry!" he yelled pouting.
"That's why we got you all this food monkey!" he screamed as he mashed Goku's head into the hard wooden table.
A shot rang out making Gojyo and Goku duck under the table. Miyuki hid her head in her hands.
"WILL YOU TWO EVER SHUT UP!" Sanzo screamed as he put away his smoking gun.
Cautiously, they pulled themselves from under the table. The others in the restaurant stared frightened in their direction. Smiling nervously, the waitress walked over.
"Now, now," she began. "Don't you think that all this smoke, alcohol,and loud noise is gonna be bad for the baby?"
They turned to her giving a confused stare. She smiled and walked off. Hakkai's brow continued to furrow as he continued worrying.
"Sanzo..." Hakkai began as he unpacked their things. "Did today's events seem a little.. Strange to you? With Miyuki-san being sick and our waitress..."
Sanzo snorted as he took a long drag from his cigarette. The small black rimmed glasses rested quietly on his nose as he continued to read.
"Ch," he snorted again as he tapped his cigarette into the ashtray not looking up. "When aren't they strange?"
Hakkai sighed as he sat down across from him. The cigarette between Sanzo's lips bobbed as he mouthed the words on the paper silently.
"But," he began his cigarette still bobbing. "I'll keep an eye on things. If it proves right, the kappa and that fox of his will die."
Hakkai sweat dropped as he smiled nodding. Then, a loud tromping crashed in a nearby room.
"Oi! Miyuki-chan!" Gojyo's voice cried worriedly as he rushed to the bathroom at her side.
Hakkai and Sanzo rushed over as they tossed their things aside.
A loud sloshing bounced off the small bathroom walls as her half digested meals pumped themselves out of her. Quickly, it fell into the bleach smelling water. Gojyo ran his hand down her back comfortingly as his free hand held her hair.
Goku sat in the room turning a light shade of a sickly green. Hakkai and Sanzo watched from the bathroom door. The monocled man shot the priest a worried and knowing look. Sanzo nodded.
"Gojyo," Hakkai smiled speaking in a kind and firm tone. "Could we please talk?"
"Oi," he retorted as he continued rubbing her back. "If you haven't noticed Hakkai, the little lady is sick."
Hakkai's smile grew dangerously friendly.
"Please Gojyo," he added kindly.
Gojyo twitched as he stood and walked out. He turned to the monk as he walked.
"Oi," he began casually with a lightly sarcastic tone. "Keep an eye on her will you? 'Sanzo-sama.'"
"Ch," Sanzo snorted as he turned away arrogantly.
The door shut slowly behind them as Hakkai and Gojyo stepped into the hallway.
"Anou... Gojyo..." Hakkai began as he twitched smiling. "Have you been making sure that there are no 'little burdens' like I asked?"
Gojyo snorted as he pulled out a pack of cigarettes. He smirked.
"What do you take me for, Hakkai?" he bantered grinning as he placed his cigarette in his teeth. "A virgin like the monkey? Or a novice like that stinking monk?... Takes half the fun out of it by the way."
Hakkai continued twitching.
"I'll excuse that pun," he smiled sweat dropping lightly.
Hakkai's look suddenly turned worried and stern. Sighing, he turned staring down the polar ends of the dark inn hallway. Gojyo flicked his lighter struggling with the stubbornly unlit flame.
"Whether you've been doing what I said or not," he began quietly. "She's still showing all the symptoms. Gojyo, I think Miyuki-san might be pregnant with your baby."
Gojyo's flicking and fiddling of his lighter suddenly stopped. He turned to Hakkai with a questioning look on his face. Grimly, Hakkai nodded. Gojyo smiled a twitching smile.
"N-no way..." he stuttered nervously.
Hakkai smiled at his discomfort.
"Well," Hakkai smiled again as he snatched the cigarette packet and lighter away. "Until we know for sure, no smoking. The bad air will be bad for the baby. The same will go for Sanzo."
Hakkai turned and slowly opened the door walking inside. Slowly, Gojyo followed behind him. Quickly, he rushed to her side as she sat limply and tiredly on the floor her head resting on the toilet seat. He cast a glare in Sanzo's direction.
"Oi! You stinking monk!" he cried. "I said take care of her!"
"Ch," he replied still leaning in the doorway. "You got yourself into this, now get yourself out."
Sanzo turned walking for the door. Hakkai followed. The rusted gears in Gojyo's mind slowly turned with the heavy thoughts.
She lay in bed sleeping shivering lightly as she pulled the covers up around her damp shoulders. The steam leaked from the bathroom as Gojyo quickly walked in. he pulled his long hair back letting the leftover strands hide his face. He ran the faucet. The water's hollow draining sound assaulted his ears as he watched the clear liquid spill into the sink and sweep itself down the dark drain. He cupped his hands and placed them under the cool stream. He splashed his face and looked into the slowly defogging mirror. Crimson stared at his hand covered face through his fingers. The thoughts ran through his mind. He sighed as he pulled his hands away and dried his face and stripped off his clothing. Slowly, he shut the door behind him and stepped into the shower.
With a towel draped over his shoulders, he walked from the bathroom the steam leaking out behind him. He turned watching her sleeping form. The thoughts in his head continued rushing about. He rubbed his throbbing temples as he dug through his things and pulled out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. A small smirk spread across his face.
"I won't let you win that easily, Hakkai," he chuckled to himself as he lit his cigarette and sat on the bed.
In the dimness and silence of the room, he sat turning to lay by her side. An arm wrapped itself around her. Her light breathing resounded in his ears as Hakkai's words rang through his head. Miyuki-san might be pregnant with your baby, Gojyo thought as he listened to the words loop over and repeat.
A small white trail of smoke wafted over her nose. She let out a light cough. Gojyo sighed and quickly stomped out the barely burned cigarette. Slowly, he stood and quickly tossed the full packet and lighter into the trash.
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Purring lightly, she nuzzled into a glowing crystal ball relishing in the feelings that flowed through her. Quietly, her door opened.
"Oi!" his voice cried as he pounced in her bed grinning and smoking. "Why are you making those sounds when I'm not the one who's in bed with you?"
She blushed giggling nervously.
"It's nothing," she giggled as she pulled the glowing ball closer to her.
He smirked.
"Oh yea?" he grinned as he snatched the ball away and stared confused. "Oi. . . What is this?"
She smiled as she pulled the glowing orb away.
"It's mine, and it's something very important to me," she purred nuzzling into the ball. "If it got into the wrong hands... Well... Let's just say this is something Li Touten shouldn't have."
His arm draped around her as he nuzzled into her neck. The arm tightened.
"Then I'll make sure that dick less bastard never gets you and this little jewel of yours," he murmured quietly and sleepily.
She smiled turning to him finding his deep breathing blowing softly on her shoulder. She chuckled. Slowly, she stood kneeling and pulling a small chest from under her bed. She placed the ball inside and place herself beside him on the bed wrapping her arms around him. He grinned as he slept.
Quietly, the door creaked open casting a long narrow shaft of light on the darkened room's floor. A figure crept inside softly rustling his flowing robes. Gold eyes turned to the bed watching them sleep. Quickly, he started searching carefully pulling the drawer doors open. He glared letting out a quiet growl of frustration. I know it's here somewhere! He thought determinedly. I have to get it for father! He turned shutting the drawer doors as he looked around the room. His eyes rested on the bed noticing a dim glow underneath. He crept over and peered under. A smile grew on his face at his hands wrapped around a small chest with a soft golden light seeping through it's cracks. Nataku smiled. Ah.. He thought. Father's trump card! I've found it!
(Author's Note: Sorry for the late update. I had a lot of college work to do / Don't you hate that? Hope you liked it despite the fact it's so short.)