by clueless_psycho

PART 2 : DEFENDING SANZOISM : EVEN IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

It was a bit before midnight. The calmness and quietness of the Shangri-La Temple was suddenly disturbed by a loud knock on the front door. Shu Han ran along the corridor, to the front gate, opened it and almost jumped to find a young man so beautiful with hair the colour of wheat and eyes the colour of emerald. The boy looked at Shu Han in deadly serious stare.

"C … can I help you ?!" asked Shu Han, trembling.

"Bai Ling san. I am looking for Bai Ling san," answered the pretty boy. "Is she here ?!"

"Yes, she is … "

"I need to see her ... quickly …," the pretty boy put one step inside the room.

"Wait ... wait … matte kudasai, sir. Can I have your name first, please ?! I have to report this to Sanzo Houshi sama, as he doesn't allow anybody, I mean, any man, to see Bai Ling san without his permission."

"Kurosaki Hisoka. And hurry, I have no time nor patience."

"Please wait here," Shu Han turned his heels and ran inside.

He ran to Sanzo's bedroom but stopped in front of the study room as he saw lights from the study room. He knocked on the door.

"Who is that ?!" Sanzo replied in an annoying voice. He'd been sharing his bedroom with his three companions for almost two weeks now and he couldn't stand the snorings anymore, that's why he'd rather slept in his study room. He wondered why they didn't leave soon like they always did, and he kept on thinking of ways to kick their butts off this temple. At least until the girls finished their study.

"It's Shu Han, Sanzo Houshi sama," said Shu Han. "There is a young man at the front door, he wants to see Bai Ling san."

"Just go and wake … wait, I'll wake her up."

Sanzo opened the door and walked out, to the girls' bedroom, followed by Shu Han. He knocked the door as hard as he could.

"Who's that ?!" Ming Na answered.

"It's Sanzo !" replied Sanzo. "Someone wants to see Bai Ling at the front door."

Ming Na jumped from her bed. Bai Ling was not there. She was not in her bed. Ming Na's heart beat so fast, it felt like leaping out of her chest.

"Bai Ling was in the bathroom !" Ming Na replied. "I'll fetch her and tell her."

Geez, these girls really don't understand, Sanzo swore under his breath. "I'll fetch her."

I'm dead, sighed Ming Na. She waited until Sanzo and Shu Han steps disappeared in a distant, then she jumped from the window, and ran to the river bank.

It was full moon and the river water reflected the moonlight rather too beautifully. Gojyo turned his head when he felt Bai Ling's pressence. He smiled.

"Gojyo san," Bai Ling whispered. "Why do you want to see me ?!"

Facing Bai Ling, Gojyo said,"Because I want you to admit that you have stolen something from me."

Bai Ling's eyes widened. So beautiful, sighed Gojyo. I wish I could just kiss her and take her to bed …

"What ?! What did I steal from you ?! I … I am sorry … gomen nasai, Gojyo san …"

Gojyo took Bai Ling's hand and put it on his left chest.

"Don't be," he said. "You stole my heart."

Bai Ling blushed. Out of breath, out of words.

"Yeah, you stole my heart. Since the first time I saw you, I couldn't stop thinking about you with every breath I take. You smell so good, it follows me everywhere I go as if I'm in heaven."

(Author's note : Bai Ling was wearing Kenzo's Flower perfume).

"You're like sunshine to me and I never wish for the night to fall. If I can think about you twenty four hours and one thousand four hundred and forty minutes a day, I'll be the happiest man in the whole wide world," said Gojyo, now holding both Bai Ling's hands, brought them to his lips and started kissing her fingers one by one.

(Autho's note : Gojyo memorized each words and each figures to use on every girl !)

SMACK !!!

"Ow ! Sanzo ! What the hell are you doing, sneaking up like a thief ???!!!!" screamed Gojyo, rubbing his head, feeling so painfully hurt after being smacked by Sanzo's paper fan.

"You perverted kappa !!! It's my property ! Didn't I tell you to behave while you are in my temple !!!" replied Sanzo on top of his voice.

"But it's not even inside the temple's border !!!"

"Yeah, but you're seducing my student ! And you, Bai Ling ! Pull yourself together. Didn't I tell you to stay away from this imbecile readhead ?!!! I won't be responsible if you regret it one day !"

"Go … gomen nasai, Sanzo Houshi sama," Bai Ling bowed, almost cried.

"Oh, Bai Ling … sorry, I ran as fast as I could, but looks like Sanzo found you first !" said Ming Na from behind Sanzo.

(Author's note : oops ! she's still wearing that Victoria's Secret sexy, satin silk nighty and forgot to put her coat on).

Sanzo : Hmmpphh, these girls are really big trouble. Next time, I'll lock their bedroom from outside.

Gojyo : If I can have her too, I'll have her wearing that nighty twenty four hours one thousand four hundred and forty minutes a day.

Shu Han : Buddha blesses me. I should've followed Dalai Lama instead of Genjo Sanzo.

Sanzo took off his robe and threw it to Ming Na, yelling : "Wear it !"

Ming Na and Bai Ling : We should take Sanzo's picture in that sexy undergarment and send it to Calvin Klein. He'll make Calvin Klein's men underwear sales tripled.

"Bai Ling san ?!" said a voice from behind Ming Na.

Everybody turned their head and saw a pretty boy with hair the colour of wheat and eyes the colour of emerald.

"Hisoka san !" Ming Na screamed. "Why are you here ?!

"Su … sumimasen … Sanzo Houshi sama, this is Kurosaki Hisoka san, the young man who is looking for Bai Ling san," Shu Han explained.

"I'm looking for Bai Ling san. Hakushaku told me I can find her here," Hisoka replied to Ming Na. "It's about Tsuzuki Asato."

Ming Na felt her heart stopped beating suddenly.

"Tsuzuki, what about him ?!"

"He was in a terrible confrontation with Muraki again and he summoned Touda. Only at the time, there was a chaos in Gensoukai and Touda went berserk. Now he burned everything on his way. Tsuzuki cannot summon Souryuu to help him because Souryuu is in a bad mood too, trying to straighten things up in Gensoukai. If Touda is not stopped soon, the whole city would be on fire," Hisoka explained fastly. He was exhausted and had no patience yet and was pissed off for having to wait at the front door for a long time. If he didn't decide to use his power to feel people's emotion and find them, he'd get nowhere. "Hakushaku told me that there is a shinigami that can control water and she is here in this temple. Maybe she can help."

Both girls looked at each other. Ming Na suddenly took Bai Ling's hand and pulled her.

"Let's go !" she said.

"What … what are you girls are doing ?!" yelled Gojyo, cannot believe his carefully planned romantic night went down the drain.

"As shinigamis, we have to help each other. We'll come back here as soon as everything's settled !" said Ming Na. "Right, Bai Ling ?!"

"Ha … hai …," whispered Bai Ling, although she'd rather be there with Gojyo than helping Tsuzuki Asato, Ming Na's heartrob.

"Heh, don't you think you can get away from me so easily," said Gojyo. "I'll follow you."

Besides, I can't let you go with that pretty boy. He could look pretty, naive and innocent, but he is a man and you girls are as fragile a champagne flute, you need a real man to protect you, Gojyo added under his breath.

"Hmmppphh … just be careful, girls, Gojyo is always dead serious when he decides to follow someone," said Sanzo.

"Sanzo Houshi sama," called Shu Han.

"What ?!"

Shu Han didn't reply. He only pushed forward a neatly folded grey monk outfit to Sanzo.

Back in his study room, Hakkai was waiting.

"What a mess down there," he said, smiling. "Aren't we going to follow Gojyo ?!"

"Why would we ?! If he dies, that's for the better of this world."

"Nani ?! Where did Gojyo go ?!" Goku suddenly showed up, rubbing his sleepy eyes.

Sanzo told him what happened in the shortest words as possible. Goku's eyes widened, he was fully awaken now.

"Nani ?! Let's go after her. We should make sure that nothing bad happens to Ming Na nee-chan."

"Sounds like Goku who wouldn't miss nice meals," Hakkai said softly.

"Yeah, I guess we should. After all, Ming Na took my robe with her," said Sanzo.

Meanwhile, Tsuzuki Asato managed to bring Touda out of the city to stop him from causing further damages. He has run out of ideas to stop Touda. His fudas didn't work. He was badly injured.

"My goodness, Touda. Pull yourself together !" he kept on screaming. He was afraid that if Touda didn't stop and Souryuu suddenly showed up, Souryuu would put Touda in prison again, with heavy chains, like last time. Damn Souryuu.

"Tsuzuki !!!"

Tsuzuki looked up and saw Hisoka with Ming Na and Bai Ling.

"Hi guys ! It's about time," he said.

"Tsuzuki, daijoubu desu ka ?!" screamed Ming Na.

"Hai, hai …," Tsuzuki managed to put a smile on his face. "Looks like you're busy and serious learning Sanzoism, you even wear that outfit everywhere. But I hope you can make me some cakes after this is over."

"Certainly, Tsuzuki," said Ming Na, smiling broadly. "Quick, Bai Ling. Help him."

"OK, OK !" Bai Ling put her hands together, closed her eyes and chanting strange words. Soon, there was rain. So heavy, it knocked Hisoka and Ming Na to the ground.

"Bai Ling, not so heavy !" yelled Ming Na.

Gojyo already hide under a big rock.

Geez, I should never make her angry. It's scarier than Kougaiji's shikigamis, he thought.

Touda screamed in rage. The rain didn't wipe the fire, instead, it got bigger and darker and it started to burn the clouds.

Bai Ling chanted further. And she suddenly opened her arms and raised it. A big wave of ocean water came from nowhere, splashing the ground, flooding the area.

"Shit ! Somebody help me !!! I can't swim !!!" shouted Gojyo.

Hisoka caught him before he got carried away by flowing water.

"Looks like Bai Ling causes more damages than Touda," said Ming Na.

"Yeah. I can see that she's still very new and cannot handle too much water properly," added Tsuzuki. "By the way, Ming Na chan, while we're waiting for Bai Ling to defeat Touda, can I have some extra sweet cream caramel and strawberry short cake ?! I'm too stressed out at the moment and sweet cakes would help a big deal."

Ming Na smiled. Suddenly, on her palms was a tray with all sorts of sweet pastries.

"Itadakimasu !" she said.

"Oh, Ming Na chan, I love you very much !" Tsuzuki screamed in joy.

I love you too, sighed Ming Na.

I'll kill you, swore Gojyo.

Sanzo, Hakkai and Goku were also watching from the sky. They were sitting on a cloud, courtesy of Kanzeon Bosatsu. Hakuryuu was flying above them.

"That's why she needs to learn Sanzoism," said Sanzo. (Author's note : Sanzo was not wearing the grey monk outfit anymore. He wore an oversized black button down shirt and jeans trousers over his black undergarment. He still wore his thong slippers on this feet, though).

"Maybe we should help her," said Hakkai.

"Why would we ?! I only need my robe back from Ming Na," replied Sanzo.

"That Touda, he is a shikigami, right ?!" said Goku. "Maybe Kougaiji can help Bai Ling san. Kougaiji can summon shikigami too."

"The monkey suddenly becomes pretty smart," snapped Sanzo.

"That's what you get when you have a good cook," Hakkai smiled.

"Neeh, Sanzo, shall we call Kougaiji ?!" asked Goku.

"He is the last person in this world I want to see and I still don't want to see him even if only the two of us left in this world … but yes, maybe we can ask for his help," replied Sanzo.

"Hakuryuu !!"

As if understood what Hakkai wanted, Hakuryuu flew away.

Houtou castle, in the West.

"Isn't that Hakkai's flying dragon ?!" asked Kougaiji, looking out of the window.

"Hai, Kougaiji sama," said Yaone from behind his back.

"Why did he come here ?!"

"Looks like he wants to tell us something. I think he wants us to follow him."

"Why ?! Where ?! Doesn't he know that whenever we meet Sanzo's party, there will only be a big fight ?!"

"Uummm, I don't know. Maybe Hakkai or Sanzo need help. They helped us several times in the past too."

"Hmmmppphh," Kougaiji snapped. He always lost on Yaone's words. "Let's go."

"Shall I tell Dokugakuji and Lirin ?!"

"No, it's only a small thing."

Kougaiji and Yaone went to fetch one of the fire dragons and fly away following Hakuryuu. They reached the battlefield of Touda and Bai Ling in no time.

"Masaka ! That's Touda !" Kougaiji shouted, with mixed feelings between fear, admiration and joy. "I've been trying to make him work under me for five hundred years. Whom does he work for now ?! That guy must be very stupid for not being able to handle his power."

(Tsuzuki : hei, that's me !)

"Kou !" Goku shouted. "Please help Bai Ling nee-chan ! She cannot handle Touda !"

"Peh, makes me wonder why don't you help her, oh Sanzo Houshi sama ?!" Kougaiji shouted back. "Losing power of your Good and Evil Sutra ?!"

"Shut up ! My sutra can only be used against youkai, not shikigami," replied Sanzo. I sure will use it on you one day, he added. "Now better help Bai Ling before she and Touda make more damages."

"Yaone, stand back !" ordered Kougaiji.

"Yaone san, please sit here," Hakkai called, pointing a vacant space on the cloud.

"Arigato gozaimasu, Hakkai san. Long time no see. I hope minna san are in good health," said Yaone.

Shut the fuck up, I'm having problems with exchange of polite words between enemies, swore Sanzo.

"Who's that guy ?!" asked Tsuzuki, munching the crumbs of strawberry short cake.

"Kougaiji, son of one great youkai king," answered Gojyo, blowing his smoke. "He can summon more shikigamis than you can count with your fingers and toes."

"Maybe he should work as shinigami too," said Tsuzuki.

"He can't. He is immortal," answered Gojyo.

Kougaiji approached the soaked Bai Ling.

"Bai Ling san, right ?!"

"Hai."

"Stand back. I'll handle this."

"Sumimasen."

Gojyo waved to Bai Ling and Bai Ling went to where he was sitting with Hisoka, Tsuzuki and Ming Na.

"Gomen nasai, Tsuzuki san," she said

"It's OK. After all, I'll get to see this guy in action," Tsuzuki said.

"I thought you will turn into mermaid when you get wet," whispered Gojyo in Bai Ling's ear, seductively.

"Oh, unfortunately I can't turn into mermaid anymore," Bai Ling whispered back.

"But I like your legs more. They're the prettiest I've ever seen," whispered Gojyo.

Hisoka felt like throwing up. From a distance, Sanzo felt like throwing Goku's Nyoibou to Gojyo's head.

Kougaiji started chanting strange spells. Suddenly a ball of light appeared between his palms. The light got bigger and bigger.

Suddenly Tsuzuki shouted at him : "Kougaiji !"

"Shut up ! You're breaking my concentration !"

"Don't kill Touda, OK ?!"

"You expect too much ! You can't handle him, you're not worth being his master. I'll make him mine."

Tsuzuki's eyes widened. He looked at Gojyo.

"Gojyo san, is Kougaiji a gay ?!" he asked.

The ball of light on Kougaiji's hands had gotten very big now and Kougaiji threw it to Touda's. Touda tried to ran but the ball caught him and trapped him inside. Touda struggeled and screamed to the sky, his voice so loud, everybody felt their ear exploded. Then the ball of light exploded, sending Touda to the sky and a blue dragon appeared from nowhere, catching Touda with it's huge teeth.

"Touda, you baka. You'll be imprisoned for another three hundred years !" shouted Souryuu, the blue dragon.

Touda struggled but Souryuu pulled him up, up, up and they disappeared between the clouds.

"That's Souryuu, isn't that ?!" Kougaiji sighed. "Who is his master ?!"

"Me !" said Tsuzuki.

That fool was also his master ?! Kougaiji shook his head in disbelief.

"Anyway, all's well and end's well," said Tsuzuki. "Arigato, Kougaiji san."

"Not at all. But, what happened, actually ?!" asked Kougaiji.

Tsuzuki cheerfully told Kougaiji about his fight with Muraki that ended up with Touda becoming berserk.

That's interesting, thought Kougaiji.

"OK, I have to go now. Be careful with your shikigamis next time," said Kougaiji. Then he turned to Gojyo. "Dokugakuji is not with me today, so I skip all the fun with you."

"Don't bother, I have other thing in mind already and that doesn't involve yourself," said Gojyo.

Kougaiji went to Sanzo, to fecth Yaone.

"Kou, arigato gaozaimasu !" shouted Goku.

"We're even now. Yaone, let's go."

"Hai, Kougaiji sama. Sumimasen, Hakkai san. I have to go now," Yaone stood up and bowed.

"Of course," said Hakkai. "Please take care of yourself, Yaone san."

"You too, minna san," said Yaone. "I hope we can meet again in the future."

My ass, swore Sanzo, blowing his smoke.

"Yaone, I think they give up their journey because they're getting nowhere to the West," snapped Kougaiji. "So we shall never see them again in the future."

"Tough luck. I only take a break because it seems that your experiment is going nowhere and my butt hurt from sitting too much in that battered jeep of Hakkai," said Sanzo.

Hakkai smiled groggily.

"Don't be so pessimistic," Kougaiji replied, but he is right. The experiment is going nowhere and Gyokumen becomes more and more pissed off.

"Ma, ma, you shouldn't leave Houtou castle unguarded too long, Kougaiji," Hakkai cut in the middle because he saw Sanzo almost pulled his gun out. "Sayonara and send my regards to Lirin and Dokugakuji."

Kougaiji got onto the fire dragon's back, followed by Yaone and they disappeared in the blue sky.

"I have to go, Tsuzuki san," said Ming Na. But I don't want to.

"Please come back to Meifu as soon as possible, it's different without you there," said Tsuzuki (thinking about sweet pastries that Ming Na always made for him).

"I'm afraid I'll be away for a very long time," replied Ming Na.

"Don't worry, I'll find you when I have free time and we'll have tea together," said Tsuzuki. And lots of sweet pastries.

I'm really going to puke, thought Hisoka.

I'm really going to kill him, thought Gojyo.

"Let's go," Gojyo pulled Ming Na's arm. "We'll miss morning class."

Ming Na waved to Tsuzuki and followed Gojyo and Bai Ling to join Sanzo and his other two friends. Sanzo sighed in relief to see his robe undamaged, only soaked to Ming Na's skin.

"Nee-chan ! Yukata !" shouted Goku. "Now, let's have a very good meal, since we've fought our lives off."

"Who's fighting, baka saru ?!" Gojyo knocked Goku's head. "It was Bai Ling who fought, not you."

"But it stressed me out watching Bai ling nee-chan fighting, it makes me hungry," said Goku.

"Let's go !" snapped Sanzo.

And the cloud took them away, back to the temple.

"Ano, Sanzo … was it really painful sitting on Jippu during the journey ?!" asked Hakkai softly.

"Yeah," said Sanzo.

"If Kanzeon Bosatsu sama asks us to continue the journey, would you ask her to give us a BMW ?!"

University of Kyoto, laboratory of genetical research, several nights later.

"Muraki sensei?!"

Muraki turned his head, to find a young man with long hair the colour of flame standing at the door way.

"Yes, who wants to know ?!"

"My name is Kougaiji and I'd like you to help me."

In the House of Candles, Watson received a package from Hakushaku's favourite men's boutique. He informed Hakushaku and Hakushaku happily opened up the box. He retrieved a new cloth he had just ordered several days later and put it on.

"Hakushaku sama, what's with that outfit ?!" Watson screamed in horror. "Are you going to learn Buddhism ?!"

Baka Watson, thought Hakushaku. My Tsuzuki cannot take his eyes off Ming Na, seeing her in Sanzo Houshi's outfit. I'll entertain him with this outfit as well.

(Author's note : actually Tsuzuki Asato only thought about sweet cakes he loved oh so much whenever he saw Ming Na. Baka Hakushaku).