Gensomaden Saiyuki Fan Fiction ❯ Ghost of a Rose ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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The Works Of SchwarzKitten

Saiyuki
Ghost of a Rose
Rated: R

Disclaimer: Don't own Saiyuki, I don’t own anything. Wait a second. *looks around room*. Oh wait, I have a hamster. So don’t sue me, unless you’re desperate for a hamster that smells despite how many times I try and wash her or clean the cage.

Chapter 4

Morning came and the four awoke to the smell of breakfast and an overly cheerful voice. “Good morning! Wake up sleepy heads, I brought up breakfast.”

“Mmm, great. I’m starved!” Goku said happily as he pulled himself off the floor while Sanzo grumbled unhappily at having fallen asleep in the chair.

“You ok Gojyo.” Hakkai asked as he got up and made his way to the table.

“Great.” Gojyo said as he sat down at the table. “Best sleep I’ve had in a long time.”

“Great. Now would somebody explain what the hell happened last night.” Sanzo said while glaring at Howaito. “And why the hell did I wake up in a chair.”

“Sorry that’s my fault.” Howaito said staring down at the table. “I kinda forced you all to fall asleep. It was late you all needed your sleep, and I thought it best to discuss things in the morning.”

“Well it’s morning now so start talking.” Sanzo snapped as he started to eat before Goku could finish off the food. “For starters. What the hell are you? You’re not a demon and you’re definitely not human.”

“Hmm, how do I put this. I am an embodiment of life and light.” Howaito said looking at the ceiling while biting his lower lip. “That’s really the best explanation I can give for what I am.”

“I’m from a parallel part of this world, kind of like how heaven is part of this world but yet a different world all together. My world consists mostly my magical creatures, like dragons for instance.” Howaito then got a sad far off look in his eyes. “It’s really beautiful there, completely wilderness. No cities no technology. It’s quiet there and peaceful.”

“If it’s so great there why are you here?” Goku asked around a mouthful of food.

“Well a long time ago someone with a lot of power trapped me in this world in hopes of using my powers to take over this world. I was able to escape and hide but unfortunately I am unable to return to my world.” Howaito pulled his feet up and hugged his legs. “For years now I’ve been trying to get back but they’re guarding the gateway and they keep moving it so I’m forced to try and find where it’s at and get there before it moves again, or to try and find some other way to get back. Those creatures were sent by them to capture me for even though their original leader is long dead they still seek to use my power.”
“So why did that creature attack me last night.”

“They attacked you because they saw you help me out several times. When they saw that Horyuu was with you they assumed that you were my ally and attacked you before you could get the chance to do them any harm.”

“Damn.” Gojyo said, leaning back in his chair and lighting up a cigaret. “So what was with the poison. I’ve never heard of a poison that warps your sight like that, and where each color came with a different effect.”

“I’m not sure if it has a name. I’ve been calling it rainbow venom because it goes through every color of the rainbow. First is violet which numbs the entire body. Then Blue which makes you feel as if your body is made of ice. Green makes you feel like you’re being turned into a human pincushion, starting at your feet and slowly making it’s way up your body the process usually takes over an hour to finish. Yellow is like the calm before the storm, it fills you with a feeling of warmth like basking in the sun on a warm summer day. Yellow can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few days, it is also the last stage that I can heal.”

That’s why you asked Gojyo what color he was on.” Hakkai said “You wanted to make sure you still had time to heal him.”

“Yea, that’s right. The final two stages are the worst. Orange boils the blood causing excruciating pain, and about ten seconds after you hit red your body bursts into flame, thus killing you.”

“Well that sounds like an excruciating way to die so thanks a lot for healing me.”

“You’re welcome, though now there’s a problem. They will attack you again even if I leave with Horyuu all because I came and saved you. Had I left you for dead they would have ignored your friends and continued going after me alone.”

“Great so if one of us gets poisoned then we’ll be screwed because we can’t expect you to be able to run to our rescue at a moments notice.” said Sanzo.

“I wouldn’t come anyway. Next time I leave it’ll be for good.” Howaito sighed and leaned back in his chair. “There is something I can do though. I have the ability to create a sort of pill that will immunize you to the poison. The only problem is that I takes awhile for me to create it, but since we’re currently heading in the same direction then I could travel with you till I get where I’m heading and hope that I’ve finished all the pills by then.”

“Of course if you’re going to travel with us then the chances that they will attack us will be certain.” Hakkai said. “We’re already being attacked constantly by demons so having to deal with both would be dangerous. It’s a difficult choice, either way the risks are rather high.”

“Well the choice is yours. Truthfully I don’t really care, either way you’ll die long before me. I’ve seen enough mortals die to know better than to get attached.” Howaito stood up from the table. “I’m going to go look around town for awhile so why don’t you take this time and decide weather you want me along or not.”

After Howaito left the four silently sat thinking over their options.
“I think we should just take our chances on our own.” Sanzo said. “As long as we’re careful we’ll only have to wait till they give up on us, and with Howaito on his own they’ll probably give up fast.”

“They’ll probably attack first night we have to camp out.” Gojyo said pushing his chair back.

“With the distances between here and the next town we may end up camping tonight.” Hakkai said as he moved to sit on the bed. “Even if we don’t camp out they’ll probably still attack us under the cover of night. With Howaito with us we’ll at least have the security of second healer for any close calls.”

“I agree.” Gojyo said as he sat next to Hakkai. “Besides if he really didn’t care what happened to us then he wouldn’t have made the suggestion. Probably wouldn’t have even come back in the first place.”

They all looked to Goku who was still shoveling down the last of the food. “I say let him come. Besides I don’t want to risk dying from that poison.”

“Fine then. Hakkai find Howaito and make sure we got plenty of supplies, we’ll leave as soon as you get back.” Sanzo said, opening up a newspaper and starting to read it.

TBC....

Nanaka: Please Review and tell me what you think. Reviews make me happy and when I’m happy I write.

This chapter was a bit shorter than I would have liked but at the same time it covered a lot of ground.

Oh and the 11 plots turned into 13.... I just about bashed my head in out of frustration... I’m sticking to my decided plot and I refuse to change no matter what plots I may think of next, though I almost switched to a plot that had a ‘lets just go around killing people’ feel to it.