"We'll lend you some yukata's and you can take a bath before dinner." the woman smiled approaching the inn.
"Ready for your first hot springs,Berry? Berry?" Gojyo turned around with the bags he was caring and almost dropped them. The girl wasn't there. "Berry?! $hit!"
"What's wrong,Gojyo?" Hakkai asked turning around to his friend. "Where's Berry-san?"
"She was right behind me a moment ago! Berry?!?" the red-head called trying to spot her in the current of people on the street. Gojyo handed the bags to Goku.
"I'm going to look for her."
"Wait. I'll go with you."Hakkai said handing his bag to Sanzo not caring about the glare he received from the priest.
"The idiot just had to go and get her lousy ass lost."the blond man spat struggling with the bag to light a cigarette.
***
Berry darted in the direction the group must have gone calling her friends names.
'No,no,no! Please...please don't leave me... please don't leave me alone...'
After a few minutes she knew it was worthless. They must've made a turn somewhere. Berry stood at the side of the street,her eyes filled with tears. More than anything she was afraid of being abounded. She lit up a cigarette while her hands shook madly.
'Keep cool...keep cool...there's nothing to worry about... they'll notice in a moment and will look for you... don't be stupid... worrying about such a stupid thing... a twenty-year-old acting like a little child...' she kept repeating to herself as she made her way to the main square where they met Yumi-chan and her mother. She sat on the edge of a fountain in the middle of the square hugging the backpack on her knees.
'What if Sanzo says to just leave me behind? He probably says I'm an idiot... that I cause them trouble... but I wish they'd just find me and for him to say "Next time you pull a stunt like that and we're leaving without you." annoyed... I wish he'd do that now.'
By now tears were running freely down Sotona's cheeks as she covered her face with her hands hiding her swollen, beat red face and sobbing loudly.
'I could find a deserted alley and find them using mu powers... but Goku would immediately notice... he'd start asking questions I don't want them to know the answers for...they'd hate me... they'd loathe me...'
She hated the sick feeling in her stomach and the way her heart, which by now was racing like she'd run a marathon, ached. She hoped for it to simply shutter so that she wouldn't have to feel that pain. Then she heard a loud squeaky "kyuu" two meters above her head. As she was about to straighten up and look what it was a pair of strong arms embraced her pulling her to her feet knocking the backpack to the ground.
"Silly thing! You scared the $hit out of us. Don't go disappearing like that on us!" Gojyo looked down at her and tensed as she clung to him for dear life.
"Berry-san, what happened?" Hakkai inquired.
"Babe,what's wrong? Did someone hurt you?"
The girl shook her head against Gojyo's chest, her sobs turning into quiet whimpers.
"I-I'm all right..." she said slightly backing away whipping her face with her hands keeping her head down. Sotona picked up her backpack and Gojyo took her free hand in his holding it tightly.
***
"Berry!" Goku run up to Sotona and hugged her lifting her up a bit. She embraced Goku's neck hugging back as she looked up at Sanzo.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't do that again." Sanzo said simply. He lost the mood to scold her after seeing her blood-shot swollen face with still watery eyes.
"The dinner is in 5 minutes." cheered Goku pulling Sotona behind him.
"I'll just wash my face and be right down" she smiled at the boy going to the door that she guessed led to a bathroom.
Before turning on the water Berry heard the door being opened and shut. She looked at her reflection in the mirror above the sink as she splashed cold water on her face.
"I look so pathetic that even Sanzo didn't feel like yelling at me." she chuckled miserably to herself drying her face with a towel.
She went back to the room to put some lip gloss on her lips. Not that it would help much but still. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Gojyo leaning next to the bathroom door.
" You all right?"
"Yeah." she answered putting on her fake smile.
"Are you sure?" he kept on stepping in front of her, blocking her way. He looked down on her, his eyes very serious and almost angry.
"Gojyo..."
He put his around her rubbing her back and leaning down. He lightly brushed her lips with his and kept them only millimetres from hers. She licked his bottom lip warily her eyes never leaving his. The red-head crushed his lips at hers roughly thrusting his tongue into her mouth pushing her onto the wall. She tried to fight back while wrapping her arms around his neck. One of his hands aggressively rubbed her side pushing up her blouse as the other went to her thigh wrapping her leg around his waits. He traced the inside of her mouth as she started teasing the bottom of his tongue with the tip of hers, earning a deep moan from the man. The image of him f**king her right there and then crossed her mind and she turned her head to the side braking the kiss and gasping for air.
"Gojyo..."
"Why were you crying?" his voice was muffled as he nibbed her neck."You thought we would leave you behind?" he continued seeing her silent."You did, didn't you?" Gojyo straightened up looking at her seriously but she refused to meet his gaze. His hand left her thigh causing her leg to drop back on the floor and he took her chin forcing her to face him. With this she kept her eyes on his jacket.
"People... are afraid of... darkness... blood... I... I'm afraid... of being... abounded..." she glanced at his face and then lowered her gaze once more.
Gojyo slammed his hands on each side of her caging her and leaned down with one eyebrow raised.
"You know what? The priest is right. You really are stupid." he snorted looking around and then back at her. "Idiot. Even if you want to leave, I won't let you. Got that?"
He pulled her against his chest and leaned his chin on her head.
"Forget the fear it's just a crutch
That tries to hold you back
And turn your dreams to dust
All you need to do is just trust
God, I want to dream again
Take me where I've never been
I want to go there
This time I'm not scared
Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
No one can touch me
Nothing can stop me"
"Unbreakable" by Fireflight
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