Disclaimer
I do not own either Gundam Wing or Gensomaden Saiyuki. GW is ©Sotsu Sunrise and Bandai 1995,
Saiyuki is © Kazuya Minekura. But i guess the content of the fic otherwise would be all my own work.
Chapter Two
‘Sanzo!’
‘Nani?’
‘I can smell ice cream and I’m so hungry’
‘Shut up’
Goku leaned back once more still complaining bitterly to himself.
‘How can you smell ice cream here?’ Gojyo asked in wonderment, he looked out over the barren landscape.
‘In that forest over there’ the miserable boy replied with a pout
‘Yeah right baka saru’ Gojyo flopped back into the side of the jeep taking a long drag on his cigarette.
‘I can so smell it you ero kappa’ Goku began to stand up raising his fist. Gojyo was about to rise up when he noticed Sanzo grimace and reach for the paper fan. Hakkai noticed it too and stopped him
‘Maybe we could, just to shut him up’ he reasoned with Sanzo.
‘It reeks of youkai’ Sanzo stated blankly ‘Can’t you of all people sense it?’
‘I know’ Hakkai smiled ‘But I’d hate to be a youkai in the path of a hungry Goku’
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‘There…really…is…something…weird…here’ Duo commented hesitantly staring up at the trees and the thick foliage surrounding their small clearing. Above them was a sheer rock face reaching up to a ridge and around them forest. ‘Where are we?’
‘Hnnn. I have no idea and it’s clouding over’ Heero narrowed his eyes at the sun.
‘Oh man’ Duo moaned loudly ‘I’m in the middle of nowhere and it’s gonna rai…what was that’ his eyes suddenly opened wide staring all around himself at the bushes. The other three had heard it too, a strange rustling sound like a creature moving very fast through the undergrowth. Instinctively Heero and Trowa had their handguns drawn. Wufei held his katana in defence. Duo meanwhile had reached into his pocket producing a small rod. Pressing a button it grew into a long silver staff.
‘What_is_that?’ Wufei deadpanned.
‘Shinigami is here’ Duo grinned manically pressing another button. Green sparks spurted then flared up from the top of the staff forming a curving light scythe. Wufei saw the light and grabbed Duo screaming pitifully
‘WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING????’ he screeched ‘BRIGHT LIGHTS WILL ATTRACT WHATEVER IS OUT THERE!!! Uhhhh’ he held his head in despair managing to utter ‘on..na’.
A gasp from Trowa awakened him, he lifted his eyes to find their little group surrounded by strange creatures. They looked zombie like, hollow deadened eyes and ageing skin, the youkai with their teeth bared and growling edged close. One slashed at Duo ‘hey careful of my food’ he dodged successfully.
‘Yeah’ a shrill voice came from above ‘Get off the food! Nyoibou extend’ Son Goku’s shape flew down from above slicing through the youkai. The sound of a metal whip and a blinding light filled the clearing and in one moment all the demons were gone. Duo and the others looked up to see four new people, one of whom was eating HIS ice cream.
‘Hey get off that’ he yelled
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‘No! I’m hungry’ Goku protested lifting the ice cream out of the braided boys reach. Duo flailed wildly at Goku’s outstretched arms, both of them had their eyes firmly on the food perched precariously atop the cones.
‘Help me Wu-man’ Duo appealed to the short raven haired boy who stood cleaning his katana on his shirt.
‘Kisama Maxwell onna’ came the bored reply.
‘Goyjo…it’s food. Help me’ Goku cried, never once taking his eyes off the two cones.
‘Shut up baka saru’ Gojyo ignored the ape’s pleas and calmly lit himself another cigarette. Both squabbling boys couldn’t help themselves to retort to their lack of help,
‘Wu-onna’ came Duo’s retort
‘ero kappa’ came Goku’s reply
Side by side at one edge of the small clearing stood Sanzo and Heero. Both held their heads in despair at the little bugbears to their respective lives. ‘Make another noise and you die’ they both ordered their companions in perfect unison and equally as promptly, both were ignored.
Trowa meanwhile, had positioned himself quietly at the foot of one of the large trees that bordered their clearing. He chose to ignore the situation, as he was often predisposed to, and sitting down on the grass he leant back against the trunk to survey the situation. After a short while he felt a shadow cover him, through a mixture of boredom and obliviousness he hadn’t noticed Hakkai approach him and now he looked up through his long fringe to see the one-eyed youkai smiling down at him.
‘Who are you’ Hakkai asked gently, ‘It’s kind of comforting to see someone else in the same situation as me’
Trowa studied him cautiously, eventually he understood what Hakkai had meant, the similarities that were playing out before him. Trowa calmly returned his gaze to stare blankly ahead. ‘Hmm’ he replied after a long pause ‘It is very odd. Regarding those two’ he motioned lazily at Duo and Wufei who were busy yelling at each other very loudly ‘I try to ignore it’ Trowa finished dull-ly.
‘I do too, it’s hard. I feel for Sanzo, that blonde one over there.’ Hakkai indicated his introduction of the stressed-looking monk.
Trowa half-smiled ‘Yes I know. Heero tends to take all the flack, or at least it seems he is affected by it most. Maybe concern is a trait of greeneyed people’ he attempted a lame joke, although by the absolute monotone of Trowa’s voice pattern it was hard to discern whether he was being serious or not.
‘Humm?’ Hakkai glanced at Trowa ‘Yeah, maybe you’re right’ he agreed with one of his smiles standing upright again to survey the scene.
‘So that one is called Heero?’ He nodded in the direction of the mossy-brown haired boy in the tanktop who now stood slunk against another tree, his arms folded and a fierce expression across his features. Trowa merely nodded his reponse and pointed at the fracas ‘and that would be Duo, and Wufei. Duo can’t stop winding up Wufei’
‘And you’ Hakkai turned to Trowa
‘I have no name…’ Trowa began to recite but Wufei had overheard cutting short his over dramatic introduction.
‘You DO have a name Barton’ he yelled irately ‘so stop saying that to sound all mysterious and while you’re at it stop that pathetic game of yours’
Trowa calmly raised his eyes to look at Wufei, entirely expressionless. ‘Hmm’ he agreed quietly at length and then returned his gaze to the floor. Spying a small twig, he picked it up and began to stab aimlessly around at the mud in a bored fashion.
‘So you’re name is Barton?’ Hakkai interrupted good-naturedly. With a sigh he flopped down onto the ground besides Trowa, leaning back against the tree trunk.
Trowa did not once look at Hakkai, he stared straight ahead at his twig ‘No…it’s Trowa’ he responded coldly. Hakkai rolled his eyes at the tone of Trowa’s voice. He decided to admit defeat and folded his arms to watch the mini-battle that had now indeed broken out.
Wufei and Gojyo decided to finally involve themselves, but more to the aim of harassing their own friends. A flash of black suddenly broke free from the fray, Wufei pursuing hard on his heels slashing a katana wildly at the long braid. Hakkai watched this with much amusement and could not resist laughing quietly at the two, so incredibly odd they are, he mused to himself. Trowa meanwhile noticed this, and his own harsh attitude softened, this guy seemed normal. Maybe he was genuine in his intentions and Trowa could not doubt the hilarity of Duo and Wufei., A soft smile crept over his usually expressionless features.