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Summary: Sanzo finds a couple of cute fuzzy animals along the side of the road. What's a monk to do? Hide them in his robes and take them with him of course! But how will he keep them hidden when he finds out that they're much more than they seem.
Sanzo's Favorite
Deep in the forest, where the air is thick with the damp smell of new rain and earth, a quartet of men journeyed to the west. Well, one man, two demons, a monkey, and a dragon that is. The man was no other than the great Genjyo Sanzo, a blonde with droopy purple eyes and a mean-ass attitude. This worldly monk was known to smoke, gamble, drink, and carry a gun for banishing demons and threatening his companions.
Driving the jeep was the demon known as Cho Hakkai. Well, he was a man who became a demon after killing a thousand others. The brunette's striking green eyes carried an occasionally sharp gaze that made his companions wonder about his normally pleasant and polite disposition. His jeep was actually a white dragon by the name of Hakuryu that he kept as a pet.
In the back seat a half demon called Sha Gojyo wrestled with a smaller boy (or monkey depending upon who you spoke to) named Son Goku. Gojyo's flaming red hair and eyes marked him as the child of a taboo pairing for man and demon were never to mix blood. The only thing hotter than his blood and lust for lung cancer would be his talent with his weapon the shakujou staff. While Goku shouted insults up at him the glare formed by his golden eyes was blocked by his brown hair.
Only when Goku summoned his Nyoi-Bo and used it to upper-cut Gojyo did Sanzo turn around his seat and strike both of them with his trusty paper fan while dishing out the normal "I'll kill you" line he was famous for. Goku replied with a normal whine of "Gojyo started it" and "I'm hungry".
The two went back to fighting in the back seats, both kicking the sides of the automobile until Hakuryu had enough and transformed, leaving all four men to hit the ground with a loud thud.
"So we have to walk now?" Goku whined. "I'm so hungry, I can't take a step! Make him change back Hakkai!"
"Your roughhousing is what caused him to transform, Goku; we'll have to walk until he's ready to let you ride in him again." Hakkai smiled softly as his dragon curled around his shoulders.
"Sure, let him ride!" Goku snapped. Sanzo wasted no time in hitting him again with his paper fan.
"That's enough!" Sanzo growled, as he did rain started to pour down from the trees and he clenched his jaw shut tightly.
"Aw shit!" Gojyo cursed, looking around for some form of shelter. A light rain wouldn't have been bad, the trees would have blocked it but an all out down pour had begun, leaving the men to become quickly soaked.
"Maybe there's a cave nearby," said the ever optimistic Hakkai and he motioned for the group to follow him, heading off in a random direction. Though reluctant the trio followed after him, their moods dampened by the rain.
Hakkai's intuition proved correct as they stumbled upon a small cave big enough for them to fit into. They spread out as far as they could from one another; Hakkai busied himself with making a fire that he lit with Sanzo's lighter.
"At least there's plenty of dry wood in here." Hakkai motioned to the littered floor. He gathered some of the longer sticks and lodged them between to places in the wall to make a clothes rack of sort to hang his clothes on to dry. They disrobed, letting Hakkai situate their clothes while they warmed themselves by the fire. Sanzo held out his sutra to be sure it wasn't too wet and let the fire dry the bit of rain water that had fallen onto it.
"I'm so hungry I could eat anything," Goku groaned. Hakuryu flew up to the roof of the cave, hiding among the rocks while Goku's stomach growled. Hakkai searched in his bag but found nothing edible, while Gojyo cursed his luck that his playing cards were ruined.
Sanzo folded his sutra after he was sure that it had dried and moved a little further back from the fire, he placed himself against a smooth part in the cave wall and let himself doze. If they were attacked he had his gun in his lap, ready to fire.
Hakkai seemed to take from Sanzo's example and placed himself near the entrance of the cave, as a first alert should anyone show up unexpectedly. Goku paced around the cave, holding his stomach while Gojyo tried to salvage his cards until he settled down next to Sanzo, sleeping with his head against the taller man's shoulder. Gojyo stayed up a while to tend to the fire, keeping it nice and full so the cave would stay warm for them until he too had to let himself sleep.
Saiyuki- Sanzo's Favorite –Saiyuki
It was early morning when Goku woke; he turned his face into the bundle of clothes under his head and sighed into them. He pushed himself up, rubbing on of his eyes while glancing around, Hakkai and Gojyo were still sleeping, their clothes untouched on the make shift clothes rack. He found that the pile of clothes on the ground was his own and he quietly pulled them on, wondering where Sanzo had gone off to. Both he and his clothes were gone, as well as his own Cape.
He stretched as he stood, ignoring the growl coming from his stomach as he made his way out of the cave. Goku headed for Sanzo, using his keen sense to find him. The walk took him back to the dirt road the group had been driving along the day before. It was on the opposite side of the road that he spotted Sanzo kneeling in the dirt.
Intrigued, Goku moved around until he could see what Sanzo was doing. What he saw shocked him. Two small, half-starved kittens were rubbing themselves against Sanzo's robes. He was actually petting them in turn as they came in contact with his hand. Sanzo picked the two kittens up and placed them into a bag. No, he put them into a Goku's cape that he had bundled up to make a bag.
Goku stared as Sanzo cradled the bundle in his arms and began heading back to the cave. He turned and shot off, intending to make it back before the monk. When he returned he saw that Gojyo and Hakkai were up, and pulling on their clothes. He leapt up onto one of the branches of a tree and settled in as best he could before Sanzo returned, carelessly holding the make-shift bag in one hand.
"Sanzo, you seen Goku?" Gojyo asked as he saw Sanzo approaching. The monk glared at him.
"No, did you lose him again?" Sanzo looked tense, he moved the hand he held the bundle in a little behind him to try to hide it. Goku took a deep breath, bracing himself for whatever it was Sanzo would do and jumped down from the tree right before him.
"Did you bring back fo- OW!" Goku cried out as a paper fan hit him.
"No, I didn't bring you anything to eat!" Sanzo snapped, raising the fan to hit him again.
"So the monkey was in a tree," Gojyo laughed. Hakkai's eyes settled on the bag Sanzo carried and he raised an eyebrow at it. Gojyo caught sight of Hakkai's face and followed his gaze to the bag. "What's that?" Gojyo pointed to the bag.
"Non of your business. Let's go." Sanzo turned away, forgetting about hitting the monkey with his fan.
"It's not food then? Come on Sanzo what is it?" Goku asked, more so to put any suspensions Sanzo's might have to rest that to see if he'd actually tell the truth about the kittens.
"My gun and my wallet, now move!" Sanzo snapped at them. Hakuryu flew from his hiding place in the roof of the cave and lead their way back to the road.
The group was eerily silent in the jeep, Hakkai glanced at the bag from time to time but was convinced that it was better to leave Sanzo alone and not question him about it. Gojyo leaned around the front seat and frowned slightly, wondering what was in it. He blinked when he saw something inside the bag move but before he could announce it to the rest of the car Sanzo whacked him in the side of the face with his paper fan.
Goku roared with laughter as Gojyo held the side of his face at began to cuss at Sanzo, outraged that the monk had struck him. The movement in the bag was soon forgotten as he punched Goku and the two began wrestling about in the back seat once more, screaming insults such as "Pervy Kappa!" and "Stupid Monkey" at one another.
