Saiyuki: Check Mate (Saiyuki Fan-fiction)

Chapter 1

It's just an Average late night with a Full Moon glaring down at the five of us. I felt a little uneasy at the fact of me traveling with the Sanzo party. ME... Of all people. I glared up at the darkened sky as the birds formed a 'V' shape and flew as a pack to the right. It was pretty warm, even though the sun had gone down. I sat up and glared at the four handsome boys. Sanzo, the angelic blond, was resting his eyes with a cloud of smoke disintegrating from his cigar. Hakkai had a smile on his face while he was driving Hakuryu. Goku and Gojyo were both leaned back in a relaxing position, pondering over how easy it was for Sanzo to enlist me into his party. I couldn't help but debate with myself as to why I asked Sanzo in the first place. It feels like I'm a burden to the boys; I could really search for my sister on my own. A loud rumble was heard from Goku's stomach. "...Hey...You guys... I'm hungry again...!" Sighed Goku while he slightly leaned back,clutching his stomach. Gojyo popped a cigar in his mouth and reached in his pocket for his lighter. "Don't say it... It's not like it's gonna make you less hungry." He moaned while puffing out a heavy cloud of smoke. "Now, now Goku!" Hakkai said, re-assuring Goku, "The next village is about two hours from here." Goku slightly leaned to his side and let out a mild groan. "Oh my!" Alerted Hakkai as he urgently slammed on the breaks. We all leaned forward from the impact. "The hell'd you do that for, Hakkai?!" Exclaimed an agitated Gojyo. He whaled his fist in the air in an irritated manner. "It appears that we have company." Hakkai shifted his glare toward the mob of angry demons revealing themselves from the bushes. "Hand over that scripture, Sanzo party!" Yelled the leader of the demon pack. "They're becoming a little more persistent now, aren't they?" A wry grin brushed onto Hakkai's face. "Yeah... More than usual." Sanzo quickly equipped his Banishing Gun and aimed it at one of the demons. "It's becoming such a pain in the ass!" A faint moan arose from the mob of demons. "Rrg! Attack!" Ordered the leader of the demons. He quickly started dashing towards my direction. I had no clue of why he aimed for me; I wasn't the one that had pissed him off. The demon threw a quick punch in the path towards my face, but I evaded his punch and grabbed his arm. "Tatsumaru's first rule: Never charge directly at your opponent." I recited. "Always use the trick technique or the--"At this point in my recital, I saw the demon try to throw another punch at me.Before I could think to move, I heard one of Sanzo's bullets pierce its skin and go straight threw his fragile skull. I quickly dropped its arm and looked straight at Sanzo. "Hey! I would've killed him myself!" I yelled at him while trying to hold back a blush. "Ack!" I yelled while being punched in the face by another demon. "Tch." Replied Sanzo with the least amount of emotion possible. He aimed his Banishing Gun at the demon and quickly shot him, as well as the rest that were filing behind me. "Maybe you should try actually hitting them rather than lecturing them." Sanzo began, as he cleared his empty bullet shells. "If you're going to be apart of this group, you're gonna have to keep your guard up. We shouldn't have to baby you." Sanzo finished as he quickly flicked his ammo cache back into his gun.I shifted my glance over to Hakkai while he jogged over to my direction. "Seichi!" He exclaimed as he scanned the bruise on my right cheek. "Are you alright?" I struggled to find a response because I wasn't okay. My pride just got shredded to pieces and my cheek really did hurt. "... Yeah, I'm-- Hakkai! Behind yo--" Before I could finish warning him, I heard a loud yelp and Gojyo was standing directly behind the demon. The demon collapsed to the ground and soon vanished. "Don't worry, Seichi." Smirked Gojyo as he retracted his weapon. "The Almighty Sha Gojyo's here to protect you." At this point, there was only three demons left. "Retreat, retreat!" Ordered one of them.They didn't hesitate, and hustled to the Old Mansion behind all the trees and bushes that were far in the distance. "Is that the Village you were talking about, Hakkai?" Goku asked the man with hope in his eyes. Gojyo sighed and knocked Goku on the head. "Are you really that dumb, stupid monkey? A Mansion isn't a Village." As I watched the demons run into the Mansion's Lot, they all vanished into thin air. "Hey! Did you guys see that?" I yelled while pointing directly at the Mansion. "They're just... Disappearing!" Hakkai squinted his eyes as if trying to decipher what was going on. "Hmm... That's odd." Sanzo sighed and placed his hands in his pocket. "Must be some type of barrier." Goku began to dash towards the mansion without thinking twice. "Let's go check it out! I bet they have food!" Hakkai let out a slight giggle. "What shall we do, Sanzo?" The priest held his forehead in irritation. "Damn, another side mission." "Wait!" I yelled. "It's a trap!" Gojyo approached me and hooked his arm around my waist. "Come on, Seichi. Don't let fear control you! I hope there's lots of pretty ladies." He lightly nudged me to walk with him. "Come on, slow pokes!" Yelled Goku impatiently. "Hakkai?" I asked. "Do you feel that? I think this is a demon stronghold... All the demons in there will be five times as strong." I managed to say while collapsing to the ground. "Seichi?" Hakkai grabbed my arm and helped me back up. "I'm fine." I lied. I knew what we were walking into. "The barrier just weakened me for a second." The effect of the barrier can make simple minded people feel the need to go in there. It tricks their mind into thinking their biggest lust is inside. "If you can't take the heat..." Sanzo said as he placed a cigar in his mouth. "Feel free to leave." He let out a cloud of smoke and brushed me off. Is he trying to get rid of me? Does he hate me or something? The others seem to get along fine with him, but why can't I? I sighed and leaned against Gojyo's chest. We approached the Mansion's doors and Gojyo attempted to force the doors open. "Dammit! The door's locked!" Gojyo yelled while yanking at the lock. A loud gunshot sounded and the locks from the door fell into Gojyo's hands. He threw the locks onto the ground, infuriated, cracking them straight down the center."Watch it, you damn monk! That almost hit me!" Sanzo began picking at his nails, completely disregarding Gojyo. "Good thing almost doesn't count. Even if I did hit you, would it make a difference?" Steam flew from the Kappa's ears. "Stupid monk!!" "Calm down, Gojyo. At least he didn't hit you. And he did just help us, didn't he?" Soothed Hakkai while slowly opening the door.