Saiyuki: Check Mate (Saiyuki Fan-fiction)

Chapter 6

"Well..." Gojyo pulled back and started scratching his head. "Ain't that a pain in the ass..." The Kappa mumbled to himself. I felt bad for snapping at him like that. For some reason, I just randomly got mad at him... But was it him I was really mad at? Or was I mad at myself? "Here we are!" Cheered the golden eyed monkey. Everyone in the group looked determined except for me. I was really nervous at the fact of not knowing what could happen this time around. I hesitated to open the door. "Don't worry." Gojyo gave me a clever smirk. "We got your back." The smile on his face had a shadow of unease behind it... Like he was hiding something beneath his fake happiness. He rested his arm on my shoulder, enlightening me to feel that everything was going to be okay. I gave him an unsure look and proceeded to open the door. This time, the door was already unlocked so we had no problem getting inside.

As we all entered the Mansions' Dining hall, we were all greeted with a heavy darkness; we couldn't feel a single living soul except for our own. I grabbed Gojyo's hand and squeezed it tightly. Even though I knew the others were behind us, I still felt very alone. I needed to feel someone's warm smooth skin to re-assure me that I wasn't alone. "Stay close, everyone." Ordered Hakkai. His tone was very concerning. The whole time we walked here, Hakkai was very quiet with a look of concentration written all over his face. His train of thought was all over the place and it made me a little uneasy. "This room is very...'unsettling' at the least."Hakkai was right; It was a little too calm in the room compared to the lasten counter we had at this location. "Ain't there a light switch around here or something?" question Gojyo. I highly doubted that there would be any source of light available to our disposal. Whoever's leading this riot most likely wanted us to be in the dark. Sanzo brushed off the Kappa. "Why don't you use those antennas on the top of your head?" Goku giggled at the smart remark Sanzo had made, while Gojyo scowled at the monk. He began to quietly mumble some vulgar insults under his breath towards the priest. As I casually began walking forward, I felt my foot slip off of the tile and I began to lose my balance, forcing me to slip off of a cliff, it seemed. I let out aloud scream, hoping for someone to catch me. Gojyo yelled out my name and I heard the sound of chains rattling against each other. I felt the chains wrap around my arm very tightly. "What the... hell?" I heard Gojyo yell from above me. I could feel the chains vibrating as if he were shaking from how heavy I was, making it difficult to carry me. As I looked down, I began to smell a foul odor radiate around my nose. It was really warm down there as well, as if something were giving off heat. I snapped my fingers in hopes of identifying how long the fall would be, and based off of the echoes, it sounded like a really long fall. "Guys!" yelled the exhausted red head. "Get... Over here and help me lift her up!"The chains jerked and I slipped down even lower than before. "GOJYO!"I yelled with a bold sense of fear hinted in my voice. "DO NOT DROP ME!" Gojyo let out a painful moan and fell to his stomach, making me fall down even further. "Why the... hell is she so... damn heavy?!" I looked up at the others and saw all of them urgently trying to pull me up, but none of their tactics were working. "It's like... Something's... pulling her...down!" hollered the monkey in fatigue. "It's no use! Whatever it is won't be letting go anytime soon!" agreed Hakkai. After those words fled from Hakkai's mouth, I began to feel myself falling down at a very fast rate. I let out a very loud scream as I thought about what could be at the bottom of the pit. I began to hear another yelp from Gojyo, it seemed. We both hit the ground really hard like two dead corpses.

 I dislocated my shoulder and my neck was popped out of place due to the impact of the fall. "Gojyo..." I managed to whisper just loud enough so that he could hear me. I soon heard the sound of knuckles being cracked, andthe light sound of foot steps approaching me. "Seichi? You alright? Come on. Let's get you up." Gojyo began to pat my dislocated shoulder, forcing the pain to quickly bleed across my whole entire body, making it very unpleasant. "STOP ITTTTT! THAT'S MY SHOULDER!!!!" I yelled at him while swiftly grabbing his neck to choke him. I noticed that my head was un-naturally tilted far to the left and my right arm was twisted un-naturally as well. "Help... me! HELP ME! SOMEBODY!" I started to weep; the pain was too much to bare. I didn't understand how I was still alive. "Shh, shh!" Comforted Gojyo. "Calm down! Now just- tell me where it hurts." I grabbed his wrist and sat it on my right ear, indicating to him how off-centered my head was. I could tell that Gojyo was disgusted and that he didn't know how to fix it; My cry then became even more intense. "Gojyooooo!!! GOJYOOOOOO!!!"I yelled while tugging at his shirt. "Seichi? Gojyo? Are you two alive down there!?" yelled Hakkai. My heart rose with hope. "HELP! HAKKAI!!! GET DOWN HERE...!!! Please..." I was scared. I didn't know how long I would survive like this.