UNDER THE WEATHER
Chapter Five: A Million Premonitions
By: A2
A/N: For those of you who don’t get the reference later in this chapter, Gojyo called Sanzo “Cherry-chan” in the manga during the Kami-sama arc.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Saiyuki. I own the OC’s, except for Kintora, who belongs to NeonPink2011. Author 1 and Colorfulbubble12 are my editors.
I wake up pressed between two sickeningly hot bodies, sore and aching but well-rested. I shove Kintora to the floor and hobble off the bed myself, slowly stretching out each muscle. Kintora stays snoring softly, but Kaori stirs and hops out of the bed. She prods Kintora absentmindedly with her foot until she wakes up. It’s still dark, and a look out the window confirms we still have time to take baths before waking Master Sanzo. I haul them both silently across the temple grounds and into the bathhouses while they’re still half asleep and too drowsy to make noise, flickering on a dim light once we’re inside. Kintora immediately throws off all her clothes and jumps in, kicking the water valve open on her way. Kaori blushes and glances at me.
“Ah…Aren’t you going to leave…?” She asks. I undo the sash of my short monk’s robe and throw it in the pile of clothes Kintora started.
“No,” I say, pulling off the habit. Kaori gapes and strips.
“You’re a girl! No wonder you seemed…nice…” She giggles shyly. Kintora throws a sponge at Kaori’s back as I slip into the tub.
“Get in dummy! You’re gonna freeze out there!” Kintora laughs. Kaori runs and jumps in.
“You’re just like that Goku guy, Kintora! You’re a total spazz!” Kaori tells her, feigning anger. Kintora smiles big.
“Ya think? He’s really cool, isn’t he? And even though the monks glare at him, he doesn’t let it get to him,” Kintora is nodding enthusiastically by the time she’s done with her speech, and Kaori shares a look with me.
“Sounds like you’ve got a crush,” Kaori teases. Kintora squeals.
“Not! Not! Not!” She shrieks, jabbing an accusing finger at Kaori.
"You’re stuck like glue..,” I say, sighing.
Kintora looks down into the water with a frown and huffs, "That's because the other monks don't like me..,” She perks up and points her finger accusingly at me.
"But you're always spending time with Sanzo! So you have to have a crush on him!" Kaori and my eyes get big while Kintora smiles sheepishly.
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Under the Weather
FanfictionAfter the imaginary final battle, the Sanzo party return home to their ordinary lives- or do they? Ni Jianyi's influence hasn't abided, and with strange things happening around the temple, the Sanzo party must take matters into their own hands once...
