Gensomaden Saiyuki Fan Fiction ❯ Saiyuki Serial: Beautifully Broken Evolution ❯ 26 Midnight Visitor ( Chapter 26 )

Author's Notes: I don't own a damn thing here except the smutty thoughts and the fact that they happen in the BBE universe. Rights to the Saiyuki characters, as always, remains with their creator.

 

 

26Midnight Visitor

 

~Goku~

 

I was wide awake and bored to tears. I'd already gotten yelled at by some stupid monk for asking if I could have a snack. Like supper was supposed to hold me all the way to breakfast. I couldn't ask Sanzo for something to eat. The monks camped out in front of his door wouldn't let me in and I knew Sanzo had some meat buns in his… wherever it was he put shit. Sanzo always saved something for me. He said he did it so he didn't hafta listen to me whine about being hungry all the time but I knew better. He did it `cause he cared but didn't want anybody to know that he did. But, Sanzo was in his room with my meat bun snacks being guarded by those monks and I was in my room slowly starving to death.

 

This sucked.

 

At least the room was kinda nice. It was small but that was okay `cause there was a big window with a soft cushioned seat. The view was great and when I opened the window, I could smell fresh mountain air. It was quiet, too but in that nature kinda way that made you relax and enjoy yourself. Bugs made chirping and whirring noises and every now and again I'd hear a bird call. It looked like there was a million stars in the sky and I wished we were all sharing a room `cause if I bugged Hakkai enough, he told great stories. Even Gojyo shut the hell up and listened when Hakkai told a story. Sanzo pretended he wasn't listening but he was just like the rest of us and liked the stuff Hakkai made up. But, Hakkai was in his own room and he'd said he was tired and was going to bed early. Gojyo'd gone off somewhere to sulk or whatever when he found out he couldn't get into Sanzo's room. As funny as I thought that was, I kinda felt a little bad for Gojyo. He seriously loved Sanzo and I know he looked forward to those times when we got separate rooms in an inn so he could spend the night with Sanzo. I sighed. It was nice to have a warm and dry room and a real bed to sleep in all by myself but, I liked it when it was us camping out or all sleeping in the same room. We felt like a real family then. The room felt kinda lonely with just me in it.

 

This really sucked.

 

I sat on the window seat and stared out at the night sky. After a while, I pulled out the feather I'd found from when the magpie sat next to me during the night. I was trying to be careful but it was getting a little ratty around the edges. Couldn't be helped, I guess but it kinda made me sad. I'd seen a magpie a few times while we travelled but I didn't know if it was the same one that'd said my name. Unless it got close enough for me to see its eyes, I couldn't say for sure if it was my magpie or not. My magpie. I liked the sound of that. Kinda made me feel like I had somebody special, too, even if it was just a bird. Although, it didn't really feel like it was an ordinary bird. I kinda wanted to ask Hakkai what he thought about that but at the same time, I didn't want to say anything and keep the secret of the magpie to myself.

 

Sanzo and Gojyo were slowly getting closer and that was cool. I was happy for them. Sanzo needed somebody to love him like that and Gojyo needed to love somebody so that worked out good. Hakkai seemed to be happier but I still couldn't figure out who was making him feel that way. Or who Hakkai was sleeping with. He smelled like sex almost as often as Sanzo and Gojyo did. I didn't say anything about it to Hakkai `cause that was like a private thing and I wouldn't have liked it if Hakkai or Gojyo said something to me about smelling like sex after I jerked off. Who Hakkai was getting freaky with was a total mystery, unless Hakkai'd started to jerk off really regular, like almost every day regular. I mean, a guy has urges and stuff but Hakkai never used to smell like sex almost all the time. I guess it didn't really matter as long as he started to live again instead of just… being there but not really living.

 

I stared up at the night sky and wished the magpie would come back. I'd felt not so alone when it'd stayed with me that night. That probably wouldn't happen again though. We'd travelled pretty far since that night and I'm almost sure we drove faster than a bird could fly. I leaned my head against the wall behind me and knew I should try to go to sleep. I could sleep in the jeep during the day but, Gojyo always kicked me when I started to snore and even Sanzo hit me with his stupid fan. It's not like I did it on purpose or anything. I didn't snore that loud and besides, they weren't trying to sleep or anything so it shouldn't matter if I snored or not. I muttered to myself and stared at the stars in the sky, brushing the feather back and forth across my cheek.

 

Something sharp poked me in the ankle and I yelled in surprise, jerking my foot back and falling off the window seat to land on the hard, cold stone floor. I blinked and rubbed my eyes. I didn't remember falling asleep. I'd been trying to make out the shapes of the stars that Hakkai'd told me about one night we camped out and the next thing I knew, I was sitting on my ass on the stone floor and rubbing my ankle.

 

“Goku.”

 

I jerked my head up and stared at the bird in the window. No freaking way! I scrambled to my feet and climbed back up on the window seat. It never even occurred to me that the bird might fly away if I rushed at it like I did until I was actually kneeling on the seat. The magpie stayed where it was and just watched me. I was close enough now to see that its eyes were gold. It was the same magpie! I sat back on my ass and pulled my knees up to my chest. I didn't want to do something that might scare it away by accident. The magpie was back right when I was thinking of how I'd like to see it again. How cool was that?

 

“Hi. You've been following us, haven't you?”

 

I didn't really expect the bird to answer me. That woulda been dumb. My eyes got really wide when the bird actually nodded its head up and down. That had to be a coincidence. I didn't know lots of book stuff like Hakkai but I wasn't stupid. You didn't have a talk with a wild bird and have that wild bird answer you back. Then again, wild birds didn't usually have gold eyes or know the name of random people or follow people for miles and miles for no reason.

 

“Uh, did you just answer me?”

 

The magpie nodded its head up and down a couple of times and then seemed to wait for my next question. Oh man, this was too cool. I really, really wished I had some food to share with him. Kinda like a reward for coming to see me again. I frowned. Why did I think it was a him? It could be a girl bird. How the hell did you tell stuff like that about birds? It's not like there were boobs or a dick so you'd know by looking. Guess I could just ask. I hoped I didn't piss him, her, it off by not knowing.

 

“So, ummm, are you a boy bird or a girl bird?”

 

The magpie spread its wings a little and fluffed its feathers. It cawed softly and tilted it head. I chewed on my lip trying to figure out what that meant when I realized that it couldn't answer because I didn't ask the question right. I grinned. This was like playing twenty questions.

 

“Are you a boy bird?” the magpie bobbed his head up and down. Woohoo, my feelings were right. He was a guy bird.

 

“Do you have a name?” he bobbed his head up and down.

 

“Can you tell me? You can say my name so you should be able to say your own, right?”

 

The magpie looked at me and shrugged his wings. He tilted his head to the side and seemed to be thinking. I kept my mouth shut and waited. Maybe he was trying to figure out how to say his bird name in people talk. If birds had names they called each other. They made lots of noise when they were together like they were talking to each other. They had to have a way for one bird to talk to another bird in a group, didn't they? Hakkai said some birds were pretty smart so it made sense for them to call each other by names and stuff. The magpie looked around and tilted his head as if listening for something. He hopped off the window sill, jumped onto my knees and put his beak right next to my ear.

 

“Nataku,” the magpie said so softly I almost didn't hear him.

 

Weird name for a bird but I was glad he'd told me. It seemed kinda familiar but I couldn't remember where I mighta heard it before. I shrugged. I'd probably remember later when I wasn't even thinking of the magpie. At least now, I'd know what to call him. Using his name seemed more polite than saying `hey you' all the time. I did wonder why he seemed to almost be whispering it into my ear. He didn't seem to have a problem with saying my name out loud.

 

“Is your name supposed to be a secret or something?” I asked as I raised a hand to touch his chest. The feathers were as soft as I remembered. Softer even than the feather he'd left behind. He bobbed his head up and down again.

 

“Should I call you something else? How about if I call you… Nat? Would that be okay? It's sorta like your name but not.”

 

He bobbed his head up and down again. Okay, Nat it was gonna be. This was way beyond cool. I wondered if he knew how to play any games. I guess if he was smart enough to know his name and understand what I was saying to him, I could probably teach him any games he didn't know. I was about to ask him if he knew how to play cards when I thought of something.

 

“You're not a regular magpie, are you?”

 

Nat shook his head. Ha! I knew it. I wasn't imagining things.

 

“Are you like a person under a spell or something? Like in that story Hakkai told where the prince was turned into a frog because of a jealous woman after he said he didn't love her because she was mean and then had to be kissed by someone who really, really loved him even though he was a frog to get turned back into a real prince so he could live happily ever after with the person who he loved and who loved him back? This doesn't mean I hafta kiss you or anything, does it?”

 

Nat surprised me by cackling and flapping his wings. I think he was laughing at me. When I thought about what I'd just said and how dumb it sounded, I started laughing, too. I still wasn't gonna kiss him though. When I finally stopped laughing and Nat stopped making his bird sounds of laughter, I smiled at him. The laughing together felt good and kinda like something we'd done before even if I knew we hadn't. It was like that weird feeling of being connected that I had with Sanzo, Gojyo, Hakkai and even Hakuryuu. I didn't say shit though `cause that'd make me sound freaky strange or something. And anytime I did think about how I felt connected to my friends, my head would start pounding and I'd get this wicked-ass headache. I figured it was something I maybe wasn't supposed to think about. Like how come I got stuck on that mountain for all that time. My head and my heart hurt when I tried to remember why I was put there, too.

 

“So, ummm, you gonna stick around for a while or do you have to go do… I dunno… bird stuff?”

 

Nat bobbed his head up and down and jumped off my knees to grab at my shoe lace. He tugged it with his beak, not even letting go when I tried to pull it away from him. He was pretty strong for a bird and managed to pull my leg almost straight before letting go and starting to do the same thing with the other lace. He wasn't chewing on the laces or anything so I let him do what he wanted, curious to see what he was up too. When both my legs were almost stretched out he dropped the lace and hopped onto my leg, walking up to my lap and settling himself there like he meant to stay. I brought my hand up to pet him, smiling when he let me.

 

“You seem comfortable,” I said with a grin. I didn't expect him to be so heavy but it was okay. It felt kinda nice. I yawned wide enough to make my jaw pop. It was probably really late. “I guess this means I should go to sleep, right?”

 

Nat nodded his head and closed his eyes, fluffing his feathers a little. He seemed like he was going to stay with me for the rest of the night. I felt a warm bubble of happiness fill me. Earlier, I'd been feeling a little sad that my friends seemed like they had somebody making them happy and I didn't. Not that I wasn't happy when I was with them but that was a different kind of happy. Then Nat showed up, kinda like the very first time when I was feeling left out. He said he wasn't a regular bird and Hakkai said magpies were seen as messengers to the gods. Maybe Nat was sent by the gods to make me feel not so lonely. It could happen. We were on a mission for the Merciful Goddess after all. I smiled and closed my eyes, my fingers stroking over the feathers of Nat's back.

 

I woke up when sunlight stabbed me in the eye. Sometime during the night I'd slipped down to lay full out on the seat cushion. I hoped I didn't squish Nat when I did that. I cracked an eye open, somehow already knowing that he was gone. When I sat up a blanket slid down to my lap. I frowned, trying to remember if I'd gotten it sometime during the night. I didn't think I did but if I didn't get it, Nat must have. A grin stretched across my face. That musta been really hard for him to do, him being a bird and not having hands and all. I pushed the blanket off me and heard something clink to the floor. I picked the blanket up and spotted a coin on the floor that I'm pretty sure hadn't been there the night before.

 

The coin had a piece of red string through the hole in the center and the ends tied in a lose, messy knot. I scooped the coin up by the string and checked it out. The coin was old but the string looked new. I heard cawing just before Nat landed on the edge of the window. He saw me holding the coin on the string and did this funny little bird dance back and forth on the window sill making me laugh.

 

“Is this for me?” I asked with a smile.

 

Nat bobbed his head up and down, said my name once and took off. I scrambled up onto the window seat and called after him. He didn't come back so I shouted a thank you and hoped he heard me. He'd be back. Maybe not tonight or the next but I just knew he wasn't gone for good. The door to my room opened while I was half hanging out the window and Gojyo walked into my room.

 

“Sanzo says to get your ass downstairs for breakfast or you go hungry until lunch. His Pissiness wants to get out of here before they make him give a talk or bless some babies or something. What the hell are you doing hanging out the window like that? It's a long way down and last I heard, monkeys can't fly.”

 

“I was looking at something. I'll be there in a minute. I… uh… have to use the bathroom first,” I said clenching the coin in my fist before turning around to face Gojyo.

 

“Sure but if you take too long, I'm eating your share of breakfast,” Gojyo said with a teasing grin.

 

“As if,” I fired at Gojyo's back before he closed the door behind himself.

 

I picked at the knotted string, quickly undoing it and retying it tightly before slipping it over my head. I dropped the coin into my shirt so the guys wouldn't see it and looked around for Nat's feather. I was kinda upset when I couldn't find it until I realized that I had something better than a feather. Nat had given me a present that wouldn't get crushed or mangled or whatever. I grinned at the idea of a secret gift and took off for the dining room at a dead run. I wouldn't put it past that pervy kappa to try and eat all my breakfast.