Nothing is As it Seems

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Chapter 1

Son Goku sat at the kitchen table of an almost abandoned hotel. Genjou Sanzo on his left, Cho Hakkai on the right, and the perverted water sprite, Sha Gojyo across from him.

"I'm sorry....ever since the demons began to come around...we havn't got much money...I hope you don't mind that all we have right now is some curry..." Everyone looked up as a young waitress of around 14 walked in.

This waitress had slightly longer blonde hair then Goku and it was worked into a pony tail, in the front her bangs. She had an innocent face, that was pale and shy, almost baby-like. As for her eyes, they were a deep and mysterious emerald color and they held what seemed to be a slight knowledge, but it was hidden deeply in them.

As for her clothing, a sweatshirt that was pitch black in color and had in midnight blue writing, "Pixie Stix Queen". Her pants were jeans, and baggy at that. They started out snuggly on her hips, but as they went down, they got more flare to them, 'til they touched the ground and covered her feet.

"No, that is fine. Just make sure you have alot. Our monkey companion over there can eat twice his weight." Goku was about to say something as the girl nodded and replied, "I understand, Sanzo."

There was a pause as the Sanzo party stared at her. Sanzo stood and walked over to her. He grabbed the front of her sweatshirt and tugged her up so her face was inches from his. "How do you know who I am? And please, tell me if you're working for Kougaji, if you are it'll make getting rid of you easier."

The girl shivered and closed her eyes. "I don' work for Kougaji...I know who you are by reputaion only...news travels fast in this town...I know about your whole group. Sha Gojyo, Cho Hakkai, Son Goku, and you, Genjo Sanzo. Please put meh down..you're hurting meh!"

Sanzo snarled and dropped the girl and she fell to her butt.

"Owww...."

Sanzo stood there a second longer before taking his seat beside Goku again. The girl stood and brushed off her behind and glared at him, before looking at the rest with a smile.

"Who are you?"

The girl once again glared at Sanzo.

"My name is Shugo Hamazaki. I am pleased to finally meet you all....even him..." she said jerking her thumb in Sanzo's direction. The group excluding Sanzo laughed at her.

"Well, you seem to be a decent young lady. But, if you don't mind, we really must eat and leave so, would you mind getting us the food." Hakkai sighed. "What Gojyo means is we are rather in a hurry. If you can find it in your heart to feed us, thank you. If not, we'll be on our way so as not to cauze you trouble."

"No, it's alright...I'll be right back!" Shugo bowed quickly and then scurried out of the kitchen to the cooking room.

"She seems like a nice little girl."

"I don't like her."

"Gojyo, you just don't like her becasue you can't fuck her! I think she's pretty cute!"

Everyone sighed. Goku thought with two things, his mouth and his dick. (Goku:I RESENT THAT!!! Sanzo:*Smacks him with the infamous fan* We don't care.)

"What?! She is thou!!" "Forget it Goku, once we've eaten we're outta here. No playing around." "Awwww!!! But Sanzoooo....OWWWW!!!!!"

Sanzo, who really didn't want to listen to Goku bitch and complain, took out his fan, smacking the poor monkey king upside the head.

"Shut it."

"But..."

"One more word out of you and I'll kill you."

"Cha, like I havn't heard that before...OW!"

Again the poor boy was hit.

"I may someday do it, now shut up."

"Okay....here's your food...like I said...all we have is curry..so I hope you enjoy it...." Shugo said as she came back in carrying their food. She placed a plate down in front of each of them, and two extra in front of Goku.

Everyone took a bite of their food and their faces lit up...all except Sanzo's.

"This taste's disgusting. I would rather starve then eat this." The corrupt priest pushed the plate away from himself and glared at it. The group all looked at him, Goku with shook, Gojyo with his jaw dropped, and Hakkai was rubbing his forehead, and glancing at Shugo.

"Oh....I...I....I'm sorry my food doesn't appease you, you're royal pain in the ass!" With that the girl ran from the room, tears falling down her cheeks. Sanzo glared after her, while Hakkai sighed, and Gojyo began to laugh. Goku however took initiative.

"Sanzo!!! You're such an ass! We're lucky to be fed at all, and then you tell her, her cooking sucks!! What a jerk!"

The boy got up from the table and ran out to find the young waitress, while Sanzo looked shocked.

"Goku's never talked back to you like THAT, Sanzo...I think when they come back, you should apologize to the girl."

"Shut up, Hakkai." The green clothed man nodded and went back to eating. Gojyo stared between the two and then whispered into Hakkai's ear. The man nodded and Gojyo laughed and went back to eating. Sanzo sat there glaring at the food for a good ten minutes before he to finally began to eat.

'It's not that bad once you get used to it....' he thought taking a bite sourly.

"Shugo? Hey, Shugo! Where'd ya go?!"

Goku walked down the halls of the hotel and looked into various rooms, only to discover that Shugo wasn't in any of them. Sighing he continued down the maze of halls. He suddenly heard sobbing coming from one room and he opend the door to look.

Inside sat Shugo, clutching what appeared to be a plushie of some kind.

"Hey..." The girl looked up and gasped. "Oh...no....didn't you like it either, Goku?"

The monkey king smiled. "I liked it, it's just Sanzo who didn't...he's just being a prick, all you have to do is go back and kick him. He'll let you."

Goku walked over and sat beside her and smiled. The girl blushed.

"Nah...I'd rather not get whacked by that fan of his..."

The boy laughed.

"Yeah, you're right....not worth it."

"Hey, why'd you come after me?"

The boy blinked his geolden eyes, and then brushed a few strands of his almost golden hair out of them.

"Because, you ran away in tears. I hate it when girls cry."

The girl smiled at him.

"That's so sweet, Goku. I'm glad you came after me though...I hate being alone..."

Goku nodded as he stood and took her hand.

"C'mon, lets go back to the others."

The girl nodded as she held his hand.

They slowly headed down the corridors, the sound of Shugo's stuffed animal hitting the wall was the only noise.

Once they reached the kitchen they found all but Sanzo was gone.

"About time, stupid monkey. We were getting ready to leave. I tried to get them to leave you here, but they wouldn't."

"Awww, shut up, Sanzo! You owe Shugo an apology."

The monkey pushed her forward a bit.

Sanzo looked at, then stood walking over to her. Their eyes locked and he smirked. Grabbing the girls chin in his hand he leaned down and kissed her. Both the girl and Goku froze staring at him. After a few seconds he pulled away.

"Let's go, Goku." The girl stood her back to the two depating men. "Good-bye.." she whispered sadly.

A few seconds later she heard running and spun to find Goku standing at the door. "Goku?"

"We have to go...all of us...there're demons out there! And not the good kind!" She stared at the boy for a minute.

"No time!" Goku grabbed her and pulled her into his arms, carrying her arm under neck and legs.

She, confused wrapped her arms around Goku's neck.

They got outside, the jeep already started. "Let's go...GOKU!!! Why'd you bring her?"

"Because you asshole, I'm not gonna let her die because of us!"

Goku put Shugo into the jeep beside Gojyo then climbed in beside her.

"Go Hakkai!"

"Right! Here we go Hakuryuu!"

A whislting noise was made and they were off. Shugo sat confused as she watched her town. There were fires everywhere, and people were screaming. She glanced back at her once home and saw it was lit in flames, a particually good looking demon beside it. A sob escaped her suddenly.

"Hey, what's wrong?" She looked at Goku. "Hoto....I dropped Hoto....now I'll never get it back..."

Goku blinked and then asked, "Hoto? That stuffed thing?"

"That stuffed "thing" was a bunny, and it was the last thing I had from my mother. STOP!!! I have to get it!!"

Hakkai didn't stop, however he glanced sadly into the mirror as the girl broke down.

"Hoto...mommy....."

They sped out of the town, Shugo crying, Goku trying to comfort her, Gojyo wincing slightly but hugging her every now and then, Hakkai shooting small smiles in the mirror, and Sanzo wondering how all thie stuff didn't drive him crazy.

"Kougaji-sama...I found this...I think it belonged to the girl that the Sanzo party now has."

Kougaji took the little rabbit from Yaone and looked at it. He had even from the distance heard about this rabbit.

'It's Hoto....the last thing I have from my mother...' He felt bad...slightly. "We'll keep it...I would like to give it to that girl...I of all people demon or otherwise, know how it feels to lose your mother."

Yaone smiled at Kougaji and nodded. "We're not as cold blooded as we should be, ne Kougaji-sama?"

The red haired demon looked at the purple haired one.

"No, but I never wanted anything like this to happen no matter how cold I was...this is purely my step-mothers job."

The two glanced at the flames one last time before they left the area, and headed back to the demons hideout.

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