Forest Adventure
Chapter One

"Mou. . .it's so hot! And I'm really hungry," Goku complained as he trudged along the wooded path behind his three friends, carrying two very heavy packs. "How much further do we have to walk?"

"If you don't shut up you won't have to worry about walking indefinitely," Sanzo yelled annoyingly over his shoulder at the boy.

Goku swallowed hard and decided to keep quiet for a while. Hakkai smiled and patted his pet dragon on the head. Gojyo couldn't help but to laugh a little bit. He looked behind him and saw that little Goku was falling behind. "Come on Monkey-boy, you don't want to be left behind, now do you?" he mocked. "Who knows, maybe we'll come across a banana tree or something?"

Goku barred his teeth and glared at Gojyo, "Shut up you stupid Kappa! You try and carry these backpacks, and see how you keep up. I don't see why we can't use Hakuryu." he spat as he looked annoyingly at the white dragon.

The dragon looked back at him and chirped.

"Hakuryu is too big to use through this thick forest, Goku." Hakkai responded.

Goku growled and threw down one of the packs, "What good are you then?!" he yelled at Hakuryu, who just chirped back at him. He scowled at the dragon, "Let's make real use of him." Goku began. "I say he becomes our lunch!"

Hakuryu's eyes went wide and crawled into Hakkai's hands.

Gojyo and Hakkai started to protest when Sanzo appeared behind Goku and smacked him upside the head with his fan. "Shut your mouth, and move your legs." he said simply, but was obviously annoyed. He took his place walking in front of the others.

Goku rubbed his head for a moment, then picked up the packs and started once again down the path. After a few minutes, Goku felt eyes on them. He peered into the dark, tangled mess of the trees around them as he walked.

Uneasy about the sudden silence, Hakkai looked behind him and saw that Goku was unnerved by something. "Goku, is something wrong?"

Goku snapped to attention at Hakkai's voice. He shook his head, "I just had this feeling that we were being watched, but it's nothing."

"Maybe not, monkey," came Gojyo's voice into their conversation. He had stopped a little behind Sanzo and was staring at a large group of demons. "You just had to say something, didn't you?" he teased Goku.

Goku was taken aback for a moment, "O. . Oi! How is this my fault?!"

"I have to agree with Goku, Gojyo," Hakkai chimed in. "It isn't his fault that we have become so popular in the last few months."

Gojyo sighed, "Yes. I can't blame them. I mean, how could anyone resist this?" he flung his hair behind his shoulder and smiled.

Hakkai laughed and Goku dropped the backpacks, "Whatever. Let's just finish them quick so we can find a town and get something to eat. I'm starving."

"I swear that's all you think about." Gojyo shook his head and materialized his Jakujou.

"Shut your mouths and finish this all ready!" Sanzo said irritated as he loaded his banishing gun.

"Oh, ok Mr. Worldly Priest. Whatever you say, your highness." Gojyo mocked him. Seconds later he was dodging Sanzo's bullets.

"Get them now while they are fighting amongst themselves!" one demon shouted as the whole group of demons charged at them. Sanzo, Gojyo, Goku and Hakkai turned to face the large mass of demons coming at them.

Goku smiled and materialized his Nyoibou, "Come on, I'll take you all out."

Hakkai motioned for Hakuryu to fly to a safer altitude and chuckled a little, "Now, now Goku. Pace yourself. We want to have some fun, as well."

Goku smiled and the group spread out to fight more freely. Sanzo pointed his gun and fired off round after round into the demon group, never missing his target once. Hakkai used his chi and martial arts as he defeated one demon after another, smiling and chatting with the others as he went along.

Goku bounced off a tree and soared toward a demon on the ground, destroying it. He landed near the edge of the forest, "Damn it! There's so many of them this time." He destroyed two other demons. While he spoke, he felt a slight prick on his left ankle. Before he could inspect what had happened, five demons dropped from the air and began slashing at him. He spun his Nyoibou around and it broke apart into three separate segments, "Sansetsukon!" he shouted as his weapon spun striking each of the demons and killing them instantly. He was once again caught up in the excitement of the battle and forgot about the strange event with his ankle, and went off to fight the rest of the remaining demons.

Gojyo let the crescent shaped blade of his Jakujou fly around him on its chain, taking out a dozen demons in the process before swinging back to rejoin the staff. "What's the matter? You getting tired you stupid monkey?" he mocked Goku as he spun his Jakujou above his head to fend off three demons that jumped at him. As three of their companions fell, a group of about six demons surrounded Gojyo forcing him back towards the edge of the forest. "Sorry guys, but you're just not my type." He said in a half laugh, as the demons rushed him. He stood his ground and let his weapon fly again, slicing through the oncoming demons with ease. The blade came back and rested once more on top of the staff. Gojyo moved his hair from his face, "Sometimes its hell being this beautiful." He said smiling. As he surveyed the battle and took a quick count of how many demons were remaining, he felt a slight prick on his right ankle. Gojyo jumped a bit and looked down at the ground. "What the hell. . ." he questioned as he saw that there was nothing there.

Hakkai jumped over to his friend and destroyed another demon with a blast of his chi. "You all right, Gojyo?" he asked.

"It just felt like something bit me, or something." Gojyo said as he surveyed the dark forest.

"Hey! I got that feeling too, a few minutes ago." Goku chimed in from a few feet away as his staff ripped through another demon.

"Are you going to be all right?" Hakkai asked his friend.

Gojyo nodded, "Yea. It was probably a branch or something. Come on." And with that he was back in the fight.

Hakkai stared after Gojyo and Goku for a moment, wandering what could have caused both of them to feel the same thing. He decided to figure it out later and destroyed a demon that was sneaking up behind Sanzo.

Sanzo turned around quickly and saw Hakkai smiling and waving at him. Sanzo stared at him for a second; then spun around, shooting down a line of demons.

So. . .what do you think?

PS. I own nothing. This is purely fanmade! Thank you.