Two if by Sea (17/?)

Holy moley. I can't believe it's been six weeks! Needless to say, I've not accomplished a lot in the intervening time, but I'm happy that I can trot out this latest bit for your reading pleasure. (I've been sitting on the first four paragraphs the entire time since my last post of this. Ugh. Motivation is scarce these days, it seems.)

For those of you who might be just running across this story, here's the down and dirty:

Summary: This story is a Saiyuki AU, in which Gojyo is a mostly-underwater-living mermaid-esque sea creature who ventures into the human world to dispatch an obligation to Hakkai.
Rating: Pervasive, hard pg-13 (if there is such a thing...)
Warnings: There are increasingly more hints of Gojyo/Hakkai/Gojyo-type goings-ons, but they haven't gotten physical. Yet. ^_^ Also, I've been doing absolute minimal editing. If something's completely out of whack, please let me know.

Previous parts found here, at the index.

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( Part Seventeen...come sail away with me? )

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Okay. Brains are zonked now. Hope you enjoyed!
~later