Sekowari: YAYZ! Goku comes in on this chappie! ) Though, not a lot yet. Enjoy! R/R!

Chapter 8 -- Mysterious Pen Pal

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After entering the forest, the Ichiban-ikkou soon got lost.

Ritsuki, “…Aw man…we barely got started on the journey, and we’re stuck in a situation already.” They all stopped walking.

Kohaku sighed loudly, “ARGH!” She looked up, “Something tells me we’ve been traveling in circles.”

Arizu, “Yeah, I think I’ve seen this tall tree before!” She pointed to a large oak at their right side.

“All the trees in here are tall, you blind fool!” grumbled Yasuko.

Pondering over this, Ritsuki said, “It’d be cool if we had those swords we see on T.V. You know, the ones travelers use to slice through bushes and whatnot. That way, we wouldn’t have to stay on the path, and could get out of here faster.”

Yasuko, “Exactly, like how Gojyo uses his Shakujou! Hehe!”

Hearing this, Kohaku said to herself, “……” Yasuko turned to her suspiciously.

Now Arizu said, “Nah. Goku’s Nyoi-Bo is the best! He hits a tree, and it falls to pieces! Whoohoo!”

“Come on, Hakkai’s chi can just blast through things. On second thought, Hakuryu is even better – it can fly.”

At that moment, all four girls became quite miserable. Talking about what others could do did not make themselves feel better at all.

Ritsuki, “Anyways, we should find a cave to shelter in for now.”

Yasuko smirked slightly. “Knowing you, Ritsuki, I dare say that finding a shelter is just an excuse, since we’re so hopeless right now.”

“Ahehehehe….”

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Later on though, they did find a cave successfully.

Kohaku looked in cautiously. “You think there are bears and stuff in there?”

“Dunno. Let’s find out!” Yasuko grinned mischievously and tried to push Kohaku inside.

“OI!”

Luckily, there were no bears to eat Kohaku up. It was a bit damp in the cave. But aside from that, the place was fine.

After settling down and getting as comfortable as possible in a damp-ish shelter, Kohaku decided to turn on her laptop. (Yes, it was with her when they were transported to Tougenkyou) Arizu sat across her and started to eat a bag of chips.

After a few moments, Kohaku said, “Hey, someone added me to their MSN contact list! The email is…mr. laughed, “That’s an interesting email! Speaking of nikkumans, I’m starting to get hungry…chips don’t fill me up at all…”

Kohaku ignored her. ‘Wonder who it could be…’ She shrugged and dismissed the issue.

Time flew by as she typed away. Amazingly, she was still able to communicate with others in the modern world! Later on, Kohaku said, “The person who added me just came online!”

“Oh?” Ritsuki and Yasuko turned away from looking out at the setting sun. They got up and crowded beside Kohaku and the laptop.

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: Hello, my name is Kohaku. Who’s this?

: Sugoi! Nice to meet you! My name’s Son Goku!

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Seeing this, everyone’s eyes widened. Arizu practically fainted with shock. Excitement filled the air.

Ritsuki spoke up, “Does this mean the Sanzo-ikkou is really here?”

Yasuko, “Ask Goku if the other three are with him!”

Kohaku objected by saying, “I can’t though. He’ll wonder why we know the Sanzo-ikkou. I mean, I’m only supposed to be a stranger to him.”

Yasuko, “True…then just ask other things.”

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: So how did you get my email?

: Oh, the internet of course!

: Oh, I see…Hmm, where do you live?

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Yasuko pointed out, “He travels West, you should know that!”

“I know! I’m just asking to make sure it’s really Goku.”

After recovering, Arizu said, “Honestly, there’s only one Goku in the Saiyuki world anyway.” She laughed.

A moment later, Goku did reply by saying that he was traveling West with friends. He also said that they would be nearing a village at about tomorrow noon.

Ritsuki, “He’s just blurting out this info to us. Isn’t he afraid that we might be youkai, or his enemies or something?”

Arizu replied, grinning, “He probably hasn’t realized what he’s saying!”

“Well, I think that’s all for today. Maybe next time, the other three guys will be online too!” She laughed.

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: Well, I have to go now. It was nice talking to you! See ya!

: Okie. Bye!

has signed off-

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Kohaku closed the laptop.

“That was the shortest conversation I’ve ever seen…” Yasuko said jokingly.

Arizu, “Mou, I wanna chat with Goku next time!”

“Sure. But I wonder how he managed to get a laptop. Speaking of which, I never knew they had laptops in the Saiyuki world!”

Yasuko chuckled. “Now you know they do! And I bet he gave Sanzo that puppy-dog look to get the laptop.”

Ritsuki grinned. “That’s enough fun for now. If we’re lucky, we might get to the village by tomorrow.”

Yasuko added, “Let’s just hope we won’t run into any youkai.”

“And we better not get lost again!”

With that, the Ichiban-ikkou settled down for the evening.

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Sekowari: There you go! has appeared! xD My comp keeps getting Spyware, so I'm quite slow on updating. GomenGomen...

Goku: My laptop doesn't have viruses! AHAHAHA!

Sekowari: -sweatdrop- Yesh, that makes me feel quite enlightened...Nehow, R/R!