Of Her Nature II

Part Eight: MornMorning After

The next morning, Gojyo woke up and his head hurt like hell before he even got his eyes open. *Hell of a way to wake up.* He slowly opened his eyes and saw a blonde under each arm. He smiled, “Hell of a way to wake up.”

He noticed he was sticky and smelled funny. He shook his head as he slid his arms from under the women. He leaned over and kissed each one on the cheek. They groggily opened their eyes. He slid out of the covers and stepped onto the floor looking for his clothes. As he got dressed, he smiled at them, “Well ladies, I’m gonna go get some breakfast. You coming?” They closed their eyes and passively waved their hands.

Hruggrugged and walked out of the room.

Hakkai woke up feeling his arms around Tasha. He kissed her cheek and hugged her. She slowly opened her eyes and smiled at him. She smiled, “Coffee?”

He smiled back, ”Yeah, that sounds great.”

They got dressed and walked down to the dining hall.

Hakkai saw Gojyo shuffling toward a table, “Dude, you’ve got one serious case of bed-head.”

Gojyo looked at him, “Me? Have you looked in a mirror?” Gojyo scratched his head and remembered why he was so sticky.

Hakkai reached a hand up to his hair and felt the spiky mess. Nearly every strand was sticking out straight, “Aww man, I don’t think a bath is going to fix this.” As he sat down he was trying to pat his hair down.

Tasha carried a coffee decanter and three cupsthe the table. Gojyo lit up.

Jorja was lying on her side looking at Sanzo, sometime during their sleep they had ended up face to face. She reached a hand up and brushed some of his hair off his face.

Without opening his eyes he snatched her wrist. Jorja’s eyes opened wide and he slowly opened his violet eyes. He smiled mysteriously, “Just kidding.” He released her wrist and hugged her. They kissed.

She looked at him and propped herself up on an elbow, “Did you stay with me the whole time I was out?”

Sanzo sat up in the bed and looked at the wall, “Yes.”

“Why?”

“I’m not sure. I needed to be alone, but I didn’t want to be alone.” He looked over at her, “And I was concerned about you.”

Sanzo got up from the bed and walked over to the night stand. He picked up the Maten Scripture and placed it in her open hand. “You can run off with this in here and I can’t stop you.” He looked at her and turned his back. “My eyes are closed, you can leave.”

She sat there dumbfounded. She wanted to drop the sutra, but didn’t want the sacred relic to hit the floor. She trembled. Tears welled up in her eyes and she dropped her head.

Sanzo turned around, her fingers hadn’t even curled around it.

She tilted her head up, “I don’t want it Sanzo. I don’t fucking want it.” She jerked her hand up at him.

He reached down and took the scripture from her hand, He stepped close to her and put his hand on her head. She pushed her head into his stomach. He felt her tears on his skin, “I had to make sure.”

She sniffled and looked up at him with wet golden eyes. She swallowed hard and said, “I can’t really blame you can I. It---its just that it hurts. I thought something changed last night.”

Sanzo bent down and placed one hand one her cheek, “Something did.” He leaned into her and kissed her.

She stood and felt a twinge of pain in her leg. Sanzo saw her flinch and he reached a hand down to her. She looked at him, and waved it away. “We have to be hard again. We’re leaders.” She stood up, limped across the room and pulled out some fresh clothes. Sanzo put his silks back on and noticed his robes were back in the room, fresh and clean. Jorja put her headdress on and stepped through the doorway, she limped no more.

Goku felt something hit his head. He waved his hand and groggily spoke, “Sanzo, stop, I’m sleepin.” He was hit again, “Sanzo please, I’m tired.”

“What the hell are you doing?!”

That was NOT Sanzo’s voice. Goku rolled over and slowly opened his eyes. Cassie was leaning over him with a small broom in her hand. The sun was warm on his skin. Kyla was standing off to the side --- she looked worried.

Goku jumped up and held his hands out in front of him, “We weren’t doing nothing! [whack] I swear! [whack] We were just sleeping!” Goku looked around for the door, but couldn’t find it.

Cassie grabbed him by his ear and looked at Kyla. “Is this true?! You know I know when you are lying!”

Kyla timidly replied, “Yes, honest, that is all.”

Cassie released his ear with a “Hmmmph!”. Goku followed Kyla and they dashed inside the building. As soon as the door was closed they broke into laughter.
“Wow, that was close!” Kyla said between laughter.

“Man, that broom hurt.” Goku looked at her green eyes, they sparkled when she laughed. He leaned into her and kissed her.

She blushed after the kiss, “C’mon, let’s get breakfast.”

“I’m all for that.” Goku smiled as the briskly walked down the hall way.

Sanzo and Jorja walked into the mess hall. Everyone turned and looked at them. Everyone smiled. “Jorja, you’re up!” Tasha squealed as she ran to her. Tasha hugged her.

“Yeah, I’m up. I wouldn’t have been able to do it with out all of you. Thank you.”

They sat down at the table. Hakkai stood up and brought two more coffee cups. “I’m glad to see you are up. That was one nasty break.”

Jorja looked up at his hair and bit her lips to stifle her laughter. She looked over at Tasha who blushed. “Thank you Hakkai.”

As Hakkai sat down he tried to flatten his hair --- again.

Sanzo sat down beside Gojyo and lit a cigarette, “You smell.” He grumbled.

Gojyo looked over at him, “I’m working on it, monk.”

Goku rounded the corner with Kyla, ”Jorja! You’re up!” He ran to hug her.

She looked down his back as they hugged, “You’re dirty.”

“Huh? Oh yeah, We---- ummm, I slept outside last night.” Jorja noticed the dirt on Kyla’s pantsuit.

“Cassie’s going to be pissed, Kyla.” Jorja teased her.


“Too late for that warning, High Priestess.” Kyla looked down at her feet.

Sanzo pulled his fan and began smacking Goku, “Stupid monkey, can’t I leave you alone for one damn night!?”

Goku put his hands up around his head, “Nothing happened, Sanzo! We just slept together!”

“Have you not learned?!“ Sanzo reared his arm back.

Kyla spoke up quickly, “Just slept, Master Sanzo. Just slept---sleep!”

Sanzo hit him one more time, lightly --for good measure and sat back down looking at Gojyo, ”You taught him this shit.” Sanzo drank some coffee.

Mikia came running into the mess hall. “Jorja! The sentries said you were awake!”

Jorja stood up and walked over to her. Mikia looked at her eyes. When they hugged, Mikia whispered, “Still in pain, huh?”

“Let it be our secret.”

“Yes.”

Mikia was relieved her lover was at least up and she no longer had the responsibility of leadership. As Mikia walked back to the table she winked at Sanzo. Sanzo pretended not to notice.

They finished breakfast and bathed.

Jorja, Mikia, Tasha, Scarlet and Kyla walked them to the mouth of the cave. In the sunlight they stood looking at each other. It was an uncomfortable silence.

Hakkai stepped up to Tasha and kissed her. The others turned their faces.

The women turned and started walking back into the cave. As the men turned, intent on heading west from this town --- a second time --- a caped figure dropped in from the trees.

“Sis.” The figure whispered.

She knew that soft intense voice, “Homura.” She flatly said as she turned.

Everyone stood staring at Homura who had so suddenly appeared in their midst.

Sanzo looked at Jorja, “Sis?”

Homura looked at Sanzo and looked at Jorja. “Oh, that is good. That is rich.” Homura slowly laughed.

“Where are your pets?” Gojyo asked as he prepared his weapon

“Ready to finished this?” Goku asked as he tightened his grip on his staff.

Homura never took his eyes off Jorja. “They are around. And no, I’m not here for you today.”

He looked over his shoulder at Sanzo, Gojyo, Goku and Hakkai, ”You may leave, we don’t have business today. I just had to see it with my own eyes.”

“We don’t take orders from you.” Sanzo replied through his teeth, his trigger finger was itching.

He looked Jorja up and down, “I’ve come to ask you again.”

“The answer is still no.”

“We could do so much together. We can rule the heavens.”

“I don’t want to. I’m happy with my life here.”

“Happy? Can you really say that?”

“What! You want me to lie down on a couch and tell you about ‘my’ mother?”

Homura knew that was a jab intended to hurt. He shook his head, “I see today is not a good day for negotiations.” With a flap of his cape he was gone.

“What! NOT PREPARED TO DIE?!” Jorja yelled at the empty air.

“More than you know, dear sister.” His icy voice hung in the air.

Sanzo and Jorja locked eyes. “You should go before this escalates. We will be seeing you again,” she said.

Scarlet held out her hand, “I almost forgot. Here this is for you.” Scarlet gave Gojyo a red crystal. “If you need us we will be there.”


[Fade to black and roll credits]
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Disclaimer: I do not claim rights to the Saiyuki characters. I did not create them. I did not have permission from anyone to write this fanfic. I’m not making money off this so please don’t sue me. I did however create Jorja and I did originate the family ties between her and Homura. For all I know Homura is an only child, so please forgive me if this diverts too far from the original story line. The characters started talking to me much earlier than I expected which is why I whipped this one out. I already have some scenes forming in my head for part three. I’ll get it out when I can. I hope I stuck to the spirit of Saiyuki and made the characters grow just a bit, while staying with their original intent. I didn’t expect this to be an erotic story, the sex just happened -- just like the plot spontaneously formed last time. I do hope you enjoyed reading it. I wrote this story between the 9th and 10th ADV film releases.

For those of you that wonder, I am female and Hakkai is my favorite character….which explains why I put him through so much.

Honey, you can have the computer back for now.

Saiyuki and Saiyuki stuff is owned by whomever owns it.

Finished :4/19/2004 11:16 pm. Writing Completion time: 5 days