Calling

Chapter one

By: Sano

Disclaimer: These boys belong to Kazuya Minekura. I am not making any money out of this so please don't sue me, I'm only making this fic to provide non-profit entertainment for yaoi lovers out there who hunger for more yaoi fics.

Note: SanzoxHakkai yaoi. I wasn't so sure about this idea but I wrote it anyway. I hope you enjoy it!

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Sanzo roughly wiped the sweat off his forehead in annoyance; quickly holding up his gun and shooting the youkai that ran to him. Youkai [Demons] were definitely persistent these days, for the past week attacks were always happening. And getting relieved of some stress didn't do anything to lighten up Sanzo's foul mood.

"Ne, Hakkai. How far do we have to go before we arrive at a village? I'm hungry!" Goku complained, landing a blow on a youkai's head with his staff. His usual energy was gone, since they hadn't eaten since the night before.

Hakkai evaded a punch directed at him and aimed a kick at the enemy before replying. "I think we'll see a village soon in about two miles." Hakkai had lots of patience but being stuck in a forest for a week and not being able to sleep comfortably was stretching his patience to the limit, and it wouldn't be long till it made him lash out. And that has never happened before, and the green-eyed youkai didn't have any plans of that happening.

"We'll just have to hurry up then!" Gojyo exclaimed, swinging his shakouji and killing about five youkai. "Ch'. All this and not one woman around." He tossed his hair over his shoulder and took his packet of cigarettes and lit one.

Hakkai sighed tiredly, but before he could move, a shout rang in the air.

"Oi, Hakkai! Behind you!"

Before he knew it, Hakkai was sprawled out onto the grass on his back with a very pissed off Sanzo lying on top of him. His mouth automatically formed the name 'Sanzo' and much as he liked the position, the aforementioned monk stood up and brushed off the dirt from his clothes.

If I didn't have any control over myself I probably would've kissed him right then and there…but Goku doesn't need to see that, he still is young after all…Gojyo would probably be amused if I was all over Sanzo…

 "Watch your back, Hakkai. I'm not always there to protect your ass." Sanzo's gruff voice sent shivers down Hakkai's spine, and the youkai cracked a small apologetic smile to hide his nervousness.

"Hai. Gomen." [Yes. Sorry]

"Hn."

When the last youkai was killed, the four men decided to hang around for a while to sooth their muscles. They could only do so much fighting in a day, and it didn't count the chaos that would come when they were in the jeep, with all of Gojyo and Goku's quarreling and the thwaps of Sanzo's fan of discipline, silence was not something you would have with these four together.

Gojyo fanned himself with his hand as he leaned against the trunk of a tree. He yawned and turned to Hakkai. The brunette was lying on the grass not far from him and petting Hakuryu's head. Apparently, he was worn out.

He delved his hand into his pants pocket, expecting to find his cigarettes. But he came up empty. "Ch!" His eyes turned to Sanzo, the monk had pushed his robes down, the weather had been very cruel lately and the temperature was hot enough to fray his nerves. He was reading an old newspaper he picked up from the previous village, and he still had cigarettes.

"Oi, Sanzo! Give me a cigarette, will you?" Gojyo called out to the monk.

Sanzo looked up from his newspaper and turned to Gojyo. "No." His mouth formed the answer fully, as if mocking the half-youkai. And it succeeded.

If monks were all like this I would've shaved my head already…how did someone who doesn't have any interest in Buddhism become a monk? The highest-ranking monk even.

Gojyo stood up and glared at Sanzo, obviously annoyed. "Nani? [What?] Why you, corrupt monk!" A vain was bulging on his forehead.

Sanzo remained silent and furthermore annoyed Gojyo by lighting one of his own cigarettes. It was enough to make Gojyo want to strangle Sanzo's pretty and flawless neck. "Teme! [Bastard!]" He growled and retreated back to his seat.

"Don't worry Gojyo, I'll buy you cigarettes as soon as we arrive at the next village." Hakkai attempted to calm his friend, but by the looks of it, with Gojyo glaring at Sanzo like he wanted to kill him, it wasn't something that Hakkai wanted to happen, with his developing feelings for Sanzo and all.

Hakkai hadn't told anyone of his growing feelings for Sanzo. Even though Gojyo was his best friend, Hakkai didn't have the courage to broach the subject. He even managed to hide his blushes everytime that Gojyo commented about Sanzo's roommate preference. Always choosing Hakkai, he is the silent one of the group, and Sanzo favored solitude.

Hakkai always thought about what it would be like if he told Sanzo about what he felt, but whenever he saw Sanzo's scowl and remarks on emotion, which weren't pleasant. The monocle-wearing youkai lost the courage and would just smile and hide his disappointment.

Trust me to fall in love with someone who doesn't acknowledge anything remotely connected to emotion. Of course, Sanzo expresses anger and disgust…

Goku had suddenly stood up, and he was sniffing the air excitedly. "I smell food!" He exclaimed and tried to follow the source of it. He was actually running towards the smell.

"Stop, Goku!" Hakkai called after him, he stood up from his resting spot and ran after their youngest companion – in appearance and attitude anyway – with Gojyo following after him.

"Oi, baka saru! [Stupid monkey!] Come back here!" Gojyo shouted from behind Hakkai. But Goku disappeared into the forest and Hakkai couldn't trace his demonic energy. Both demons stopped and searched for any sign of Goku.

Sanzo arrived a moment later, and he wasn't happy to be informed that Goku was missing. "Hn. That idiot will get himself killed because of food someday." He stated before turning to Hakkai. "Can't you find him?"

"Sumimasen. [I'm sorry] I can't. He was running so fast that it was hard to follow his youki. [Demonic energy] " Hakkai explained. "Maybe I should look for him? You two stay here in case he comes back." He took a step forward but surprise immediately registered on his face when his foot was suddenly meeting an endless abyss and his whole body fell into it.

"Hakkai!" Both Gojyo and Sanzo shouted as they ran to where Hakkai fell in. Sanzo stood over the hole, he couldn't distinguish its depth, and it was so dark that you couldn't see anything inside. "Hakkai!" Sanzo shouted again and the sound echoed in the hole.

But the ground under Sanzo's feet crumbled and soon, Sanzo was falling into the hole. He was only dangling from Gojyo's hand, which he managed to grab before he fell in completely. "Oi, Sanzo. If you see Hakkai down there, tell him that he has to come back. Because I still don't know how to cook." Gojyo grumbled as he held onto Sanzo's hand.

"Baka. [Idiot] You only want him to come back because you want to learn how to cook? You are indeed an idiot." Sanzo bit out, the next second he was falling into the gulf, the wind whistling in his ears as he plunged deeper.

As luck would have it, he managed to fall into a mesh of vines that were conveniently placed to break his fall. He stayed there, silent and contemplating what he would do. But the vines suddenly rustled beneath him and wrapped around his arms and legs, one vine particularly wrapping around his neck, trapping him and cutting off his air supply.

I never knew that plants could be so much trouble!

Sanzo struggled stubbornly. Ch, he would not get killed by some stupid plant! His lungs were aching from lack of air, and his vision was beginning to blur.

"Sanzo!" A small ball of energy sailed through the air and dissipated the vines trapping the monk. Sanzo stepped away from the pile and breathed in some air into his aching lungs.

"I see that you fell into the hole too." Hakkai chuckled. Sanzo glared at him and he forced himself to hide his smile. "Gomen. [Sorry] But…did Goku come back?" He asked.

"Iie. When I see that idiot I'll kill him." Sanzo grumbled and looked around their surroundings. The hole was connected to a cave under the forest. The small beam of sunlight streaming from the hole above them is the only source of light. The sound of trickling water could be heard about a few meters from where they stood, that was something at least.

Hakkai looked up through the hole, trying to see if there was any way that they could climb it, but it was no use. They could climb it but it was too high, and there weren't any vines that they could hang on to.

He turned to Sanzo and smiled. "What should we do now?"

"Hn."

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I wonder what those two are doing? They're probably glad that they had some time alone for themselves. Hakkai definitely is. He thinks that I don't know anything, huh? Ch' my little boy is growing up so fast…

"Oi, Gojyo!"

Gojyo turned around at the sound of his name and saw Goku running to him. He immediately kicked the boy's shin. "You stupid monkey! Where have you been?" He demanded, now punching him.

"Yamero! [Stop!] I was just getting some food! Look!" Goku held up a bag of pork buns, his golden eyes sparkling happily. He smiled and took out one, biting into it happily. But he suddenly noticed the absence of their other companions and paused in his eating. "Where are Sanzo and Hakkai?" He asked.

Gojyo sighed. "Over there. They fell into the hole while they were looking for you." He pointed at the hole behind him over his shoulder.

"Nani? Sanzo and Hakkai fell into a hole?" Goku ran to the side of the hole and peered into the endless void. "Oi, Sanzo! Hakkai! Can you hear me?" He shouted into it. He immediately began to feel guilty. Hakkai and Sanzo fell into the hole by accident because they were looking for him. Because of his stomach!

Gojyo became aware of Goku's silence and draped an arm over his shoulders. "Oi, saru [Monkey]. Why don't we eat those pork buns you bought?" He invited. Of course behind all of those arguments between him and Goku, Gojyo cared for the boy, in a sort of brotherly way.

"Demo [But], what about Sanzo and Hakkai?" Goku looked up, and his eyes were bearing so much guilt and sadness in them that Gojyo just had to smack him.

"You stupid water demon! Why did you do that?"

"Heh. Baka." Gojyo muttered before swiping the bag of buns from him and running away. "C'mon, baka saru! Let's go find those two!" He called over his shoulder and proceeded to run away with the pork buns.

"Gojyo! Those are mine! Give them back!" Goku shouted after him.

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For the last hour, all that Sanzo and Hakkai did was walk through the cave, trying to find any way out. But they found nothing. Being stuck in a cave wasn't something that Hakkai favored, but having Sanzo all to himself makes up for it.

Sanzo noted Hakkai grin, it was bigger and it had something hidden beneath it. Sanzo suddenly felt nervous. He strained his ears and listened for any sound of water, when he heard it, he started walking towards it.

Maybe he hit his head when he fell down into a hole? Sanzo thought, coming upon a small pond. He dipped his hand into it, and nodding his approval, cupped his hands and took a deep drink of the refreshing water.

Through all of this Hakkai watched, his mouth slightly ajar at the sight of Sanzo's lips drinking the water almost greedily, his mouth puckered and receiving the cool water languidly.

If I didn't know any better, Sanzo may have already mastered the art of seduction…

Hakkai fought the urge to drool and walked over to the monk and drank a bit of water himself. He was a master at hiding emotions, all of the feelings rushing through his mind and heart hiding behind his easy-going smile.

Cho Gono was always emotionally open; he cried when he needed to, he loved when he loved someone. But Cho Hakkai was different, he didn't show his anger, his hurting; even his heartache is always concealed in a smile.

They were so different yet they were the same.

"We should get going." Sanzo commanded. Hakkai nodded and they started walking again. After a few minutes on foot, sounds of hissing reached their ears and both stopped in their tracks.

The snake slithered out of its hiding post. It was no ordinary snake. The length of it roughly reached 8 feet and it was almost salivating in vitality at the sight of food. Or rather ogling was a better term, its yellow eyes fixed on the pair predatorily.

"Ch'. First vines then snakes." Sanzo muttered angrily under his breath. Crawling things were one of the three things he hated the most, and obviously, snakes were one of them.

"We should split up." Hakkai suggested, and with a nod, they separated. Their moves a mere blur. One of them could defeat the monster so easily, but neither wanted to miss out on such activity.

The huge snake was visibly confused by the blurs moving around it, it even attempted to snap at a particularly golden blur, barely missing Sanzo's hair.

Sanzo growled and took out his gun. Best that the monster is dead. He was growing annoyed at the sight of it already. He aimed at its head, his hand tensing as he aimed.

But Hakkai beat him to it. The youkai had fired a small ball of energy, and it struck the creature square on the chest. The large creature gave out a loud moan that shook the walls of the cave before it fell down on the ground, dead.

Sanzo glared at Hakkai and the youkai smiled rather nervously. "Gomenasai, it would've been better if we killed it quickly." He quickly apologized, looking a bit guilty. He killed the monster swiftly because it was intently focused on Sanzo, and of course being the worrywart that he is, killed it quickly so as to avoid any accidents.

The ground under their feet shook, and a tremor ran through the expanse of the cave. "An earthquake?" Hakkai's face took on an alarmed look. He looked up and saw that a section of the cave's wall was collapsing, and it was going to fall on Sanzo.

"Watch out!" Hakkai shouted and knocked Sanzo out of the way. They fell down on the ground, Hakkai on top of Sanzo. Rocks where still falling, and Hakkai formed a barrier over their heads. When the rock avalanche stopped, Hakkai breathed a sigh of relief. "Yare, yare…"

"How long do you plan to stay like this?"

Hakkai blushed crimson when he finally took notice of the robe-covered chest that he'd been lying on, and what he looked like in the position he was in. As he untangled himself from Sanzo, he would bet his own life that for a fleeting moment, he saw Sanzo blush. But it was gone as quickly as it appeared.

Brushing the dirt off his clothes, the emerald-eyed youkai allowed himself a grin. As he walked away, unknown to him, Sanzo had a smile of his own.

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"Baka saru! Get off me!" Gojyo shouted. They had managed to climb to the foot of the hill, no thanks to Hakuryu who couldn't drive through the rough terrain. So Gojyo and Goku just had to settle for hiking down the hill.

But unfortunately for Gojyo, Goku wasn't very good at rough terrains and kept falling off. Which of course led to the redhead half-kappa screaming at him half the time they started walking for always falling on him.

"If only you weren't so slow I could've avoided slipping on the rocks, you cockroach head!" Goku shot back. He struggled madly against the bushes that both had managed to crash into. Either that or roll down the hill. Goku's stomach growled, as if on cue and the golden-eyed boy sighed. "Ne, Gojyo. I'm hungry!" He wailed.

"Shut up, idiot! We won't be walking down the hill if it weren't for your ever-hungry stomach! Because of you Sanzo and Hakkai fell down the-"

"I'm sorry." The sad look on Goku's face could melt even the coldest heart.

Gojyo stopped in his ranting and immediately felt bad for the boy. Heaving a sigh, he bopped Goku on the head. "Don't be sulky, Goku. I bet those two are okay." He reassured the boy. "Besides, you should worry about Hakkai. His head isn't as hard as Sanzo's."

Goku's face brightened and he smiled. "You're right."

Gojyo grinned and pushed the boy off him. "Let's go!"

^TBC^

Wow! My first Saiyuki multi-series! Yes! But now I have 4 unfinished fics! *Pouts* I have so many unfinished works! So, should I continue this or not?

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