The Sanzo an company are supposed to be talking in a another language... say... Japanese in here but since I don't know Japanese so you'll have to contend with the English version.
It was relatively a normal day on the road. They were going through a small trail in a dense forest. Occasionally the jeep would go into potholes or maybe over a few rocks or roots now and then, other then that, the was basically a smooth drive.
Hakkai was as usual, driving with a queer, fixated smile on his face. Sanzo had his head bent slightly, deep in thought. Gojyo was slumped lazily at his seat, gazing at the scenery, or he could have been dreaming about a hot chick with big boobs to match, one is never certain. Goku was snoring soundly at his corner.
All was peaceful. All was quiet. It was just one of the rare moments there was nothing to do or say.
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Then the silence was broken.
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A loud crash reverberated thorough the silent air, it was followed by several other rustling and smaller crashes. Goku snapped awake in an instant, ready for an attack. Gojyo bolted upright, looking wildly around him for the source of the noise. Hakkai screeched the jeep to a halt. Sanzo head was still bent, but he was alert.
They discerned the source of the sound.
Hakkai stepped hard on the accelerator, but was a second too late.
The source of the noise crashed through the branches and landed at the back seat of the jeep, sprawled across both Gojyo and Goku.
As soon as they got over the shock, which took about a second or two, Gojyo almost threw the thing out of the jeep when Goku stopped him.
"Wait!"
"What?!" Gojyo panicked.
"Its... Its... not a demon!" Goku stuttered out while staring wide eyed at it.
"Then what is it?" Sanzo finally inclined his head slightly backwards to take a glance at "it".
"Its...It's a girl!" Goku voice almost sounded horrified at the prospect.
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Hakkai stopped the car and turned around. Everyone by now was staring at her. She lay unconscious, still slumped in an awkward angle on both Gojyo and Goku's laps. She had numerous cuts and bruises all over her body. Her shoulder length black hair was covering most of her face so Hakkai gently brushed it away. His smile had dropped for a moment as he tried to give a reason for her appearance.
"Hakkai... she's bleeding." Goku tentatively pointed at the growing patch of crimson spreading over the plain white shirt she was wearing.
"Ah..." That was all Hakkai said before he hesitantly pried her shirt up slightly to access the wound and started to heal it.
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She was more or less healed as Hakkai got back to the car and started to drive to the nearest city they could. Most of her injuries weren't very serious, only the deep gash on her stomach was slightly worrying. They straightened her a bit into a more comfortable position on Goku and Gojyo's lap. They protested at this idea at first, but they had not much of a choice with an unconscious girl who could not support her body on her own. Hakkai had argued with Sanzo who just told them to leave her in the forest. They could not leave a young girl alone to face wild creatures and youkai could they? It was quite plain to see how stiff and unmoving they both were sitting there. It looked almost as if they would spring out of the car and run away as fast as they could if the opportunity arose.
The nearest town was about a three-day drive away. They were all quite uncomfortable at this prospect. Sanzo was always on his guard now, constantly glancing back. Hakkai sat more rigidly in his seat, flicking his eyes back at any slightest sound.
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It was late evening, when they had just set camp. They left her in the back seat as Gojyo, Goku and Hakkai went in search of firewood and such. That left Sanzo in charge of watching over the unconscious girl.
He wasn't paying her much heed. He looked upon her to be about slightly younger than Goku, maybe about one two years, he was of course, discounting the fact that Goku was trapped in a mountain for 500 years. He took out a cigarette and lighted it. He had finished his first stick and saw movement from the corner of his eyes.
"About damn time..." He muttered as he stepped slightly into the shadows to observe her.
She opened her eyes, closed them and opened them again. She looked slightly bewildered as she gazed, dazed above into the night sky. It seemed to take her awhile to realize she was lying down. She slowly pushed herself up and looked around her. She winced for a moment, clutching her stomach. She felt it for a moment before she lifted her shirt slightly up to reveal the bandages Hakkai had wrapped around the wound. Her face showed pure puzzlement as she looked at her wound and then the jeep she was in. She seemed to take quite a long time to realize she was really in a jeep. She closed her eyes a few time and rubbed them as if she didn't believe where she was.
Once she registered that it was all real, she sprung out of the jeep and immediately doubled over on the floor. Her face was contorted in pain as she clutched her stomach. It was only then did Sanzo decide to make his presence known.
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"Who are you?" Sanzo demanded in a low tone of voice, one that purely conveyed that he was not to be messed with.
Her face was combination of pain, confusion and shock as she whipped around and saw him.
She was silent. Her eyes were wide and she was tense. Her face still grimacing slightly from the pain in her stomach. It was almost certain to Sanzo that if she were not in pain, she would have bolted away from him as fast as she could. Sanzo wasn't one to take chances though.
"I said. Who. Are. You." Sanzo drew his words out, increasing his volume slightly.
Nothing except the rustling of the leaves against the breeze replied him.
He was about to repeat himself again when the trio burst through, firewood piled up high in their hands.
"Hey Sanzo, what have..." Goku trailed off as he saw the girl crouched on the floor, her eyes were unbelievably wide, darting between Sanzo and the group of them.
Hakkai face turned into a smile as he place his pile of logs down took a step towards. She immediately pushed herself backwards until her back was leaning on the jeep. She looked like a frightened cornered animal.
"Ah, We don't mean any harm. We would just like to know who you are maybe? And where you come from?"
Hakkai's question was again met with silence.
"Ch, tried that already." Sanzo spoke, as Hakkai didn't get an answer.
"You think she's deaf?" Goku ventured slowly.
.BANG.
Everyone, including the girl, jumped at the sudden loud noise, originating from Sanzo's gun.
"No. Not deaf."
"What did you do that for? Your scaring her even more!" Goku questioned harshly.
"She cringes at loud noises. Not deaf." Gojyo drawled as he placed his pile of wood down too.
"Then..." Hakkai said as he too placed his pile of wood down. "Why hasn't she spoken?"