Land of the Children

AN: Hi! My second fic! Dunno what I'll do after this, I'm outta ideas...hm. Hope that I can carry on this story for as long as possible. Anyway, this fic won't be as funny as my last one (but hopefully the plot will be as interesting ^_^). Funny thing that my ideas usually come when I'm in bed (more relaxed? Hm). Things in square brackets [] are interruptions by me.

Disclaimer: I don't own Saiyuki, just 'borrowing' the characters! =]

ON THE ROAD

"Harahet - " Goku's moan was cut short by the harisen coming into contact with the boy's head.

"URUSEI BAKASARU!" Sanzo yelled for the umpteenth time since they started travelling towards the next town. Gojyo laughed at Goku who was rubbing the huge bump on his head.

"Hey, that bump kinda looks like a nikuman! Want me to cut that bump off for you so that you can eat it?" Gojyo summoned his shakujo, ready to carry out his idea.

"NANI?! I don't want to eat my own HEAD ero kappa!" Goku cried, trying to keep Gojyo's weapon from coming too close to the bump on his head.

"Don't worry, I'm sure that you won't need that part of your head. Anyway it won't do any damage, since I doubt that you will even have a brain inside that head of yours baka!" Gojyo lunged forward again, trying to break through Goku's defences.

-_-# *BANG!*

A shot rang out, narrowly missing Gojyo and Goku who froze in awkward positions when Sanzo pulled the trigger.

"If you two won't shut up, I'll be happy to assist you, and believe me, it will be permanent," the blonde monk said calmly but dangerously.

^_^; "Maa, maa...please calm down, we're only a few miles away from the next town I think..." Hakkai smiled his usual smile, trying to steer and read the map at the same time. Sanzo grunted and resumed his normal 'disturb me, you die' position in his seat. The two passengers at the back ceased bickering (for the moment). Goku sighed, and decided to take his mind off his empty stomach by looking at the beautiful scenery. They were on a narrow road protruding out from a steep mountainside that overlooked a vast forest. Sanzo shut his eyes to get some rest, but unfortunately...

"OI ERO GOKIBURI! Why did you poke me?"

"Me? Poke a bakasaru like you?! Pur-leeeaase! If I did, your baka germs might crawl onto my beautiful body and infect me with your stupid-ness!" [actually Goku was poked by a branch sticking out from the side of the cliff]

"NANI?! I'm NOT baka! Besides, you're an ero kappa!"

"Who are you calling ero, BAKASARU?"

"Ero ero ero EROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Goku chanted defiantly. Gojyo turned to the green-eyed driver and said,

"Oi Hakkai! Please drive off this cliff; I don't want to hear a certain SARU'S baka voice anymore!"

"Hai!" Hakkai chirped obediently and swerved the jeep off the cliff.

"WHAAAAAT?! Oi Hakkai I was only jokinggggggggg...!" Gojyo screamed, his voice echoing in the gorge.

"WHEEEEEEEEEE this is FUN!" Goku cried as the jeep fell down, down the tall cliff. Surprisingly, Sanzo remained in his 'disturb me, you die' position (though not as composed as before), ready to whip out his harisen the second they landed on the ground.

"Itaiiiii!" Goku and Gojyo said at the same time, one rubbing his head and the other rubbing his back. Amazingly (or maybe not, this IS the Sanzo- ikkou we're talking about ^_^), no one broke any bones. Hakuryu had turned back into his dragon form a few moments before they crashed into the ground. Goku had landed on his head, Gojyo landed on his back, Sanzo landed *gracefully* on his feet [WOAH Sanzo's so cool!] and Hakkai had grabbed a thick branch on a tree before he reached the ground which prevented him from suffering the same fate as Goku and Gojyo. Gojyo glared at Sanzo enviously.

"Hey Sanzo, how on earth do you do that? Are you a cat in disguise or something [note: cats have the ability to land on their feet when dropped from a high height. Just in case you didn't know ^^]? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA a cat in a corrupt monk's clothing!" The Mighty Harisen stopped Gojyo from continuing his laughter. Sanzo grabbed Goku as well and proceeded to give both demons (erm well one half-demon and one demon) a thorough whacking on the head.

*whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack- whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack- whack-whack-whack-whack-whack-whack!*

"Yare yare desune..." Hakkai sighed, looking at his beaten-up companions holding their heads with 30 bumps on them [count the whacks ~_^]. Sanzo then shoved Goku away and proceeded to give Gojyo an extra 10 whacks with his harisen.

*whack-whack-whack-whack-[ok you get the point]*

When Sanzo was satisfied he stopped.

"OI! What was that for Sanzo-sama?!" Gojyo yelled, finding it difficult to keep his head balanced on his neck with all the bumps on his head. Sanzo grunted and said,

"'Ch. The first 30 whacks were for disturbing my peace in the jeep. The next 10 were for calling me a cat."

"Maa, maa...shouldn't we concentrate on finding our way out of here first Sanzo?" Hakkai said, trying to calm everyone down. Goku moaned and tugged Sanzo's sleeve, saying,

"Sanzo, harahetta...let's go eat!"

"If you're so hungry go look for a few insects to eat. Sarus love eating insects and there are plenty here in the forest." Goku pouted and decided not to say anything (for a while). So they walked aimlessly through the forest (since the forest was too thick for a jeep to go through) with Hakkai holding the map, even though it wasn't very useful now.

"HEY GOKU! Come over here!" Goyjo yelled, beckoning to the brown-haired boy. Goku's golden eyes lit up.

"What? What is it?" Goku yelled back excitedly. He rushed over to Gojyo's side, eager to see what Gojyo discovered. Gojyo was staring intently at the roots of a tree.

"Hey, show me!" the ever-impatient Goku said. Gojyo grinned evilly and grabbed a handful of bugs scuttling on the roots of the tree.

"LUNCHTIME!" Gojyo yelled, shoving the squirming insects towards Goku's mouth. Goku yelped and ran away, trying to dodge Gojyo.

"Yare yare desune..." Hakkai said his famous phrase as he watched Goku and Gojyo chase each other around the trees like children. A vein popped on Sanzo's head.

-_-# "SHI-NE!" Sanzo shouted, shooting at Gojyo and Goku.

"HELP MEEEEEEEEEE!" Goku cried, jumping agilely out of Gojyo's way. Suddenly, something caught Gojyo's eyes that made him stop chasing Goku and peer through the trees. He was about to say something when he felt the shoureiju pressed against the back of his head and heard a voice saying,

"Good. Now that you've stopped being so ridiculous, maybe you'd like to go somewhere, let's say, into the afterlife?" Sanzo said coldly, threatening the red-haired man.

"Erm, no thanks...anyway I think I see a town over there..." Gojyo pointed to where he was staring. The monk 'humphed' and lowered his gun for a moment, looking at the direction Gojyo was pointing in. He caught a glimpse of something like a group of buildings.

"Oi, Hakkai, bakasaru! We're going this way!" Sanzo yelled. Goku crept cautiously out of the trees, eyeing Gojyo before joining the others. Hakkai went over as well, with Hakuryu flying close behind him. After walking for a bit, the forest slowly thinned out, and as they emerged from the forest they saw a town settled comfortably in a cirque [a cirque is a bowl-shaped valley but with one side open, so basically there's a mountain encircling the town].

"YAY a town! Finally, I can EAT!" Goku cried happily and sped off towards the town, leaving dust swirling behind him. Gojyo grinned and said,

"Hey, wait for me bakasaru! You'll scare off all the pretty ladies with your stupidity!" Gojyo ran off as well, leaving Hakkai and Sanzo behind.

"Oh well. At least they're happy." Hakkai smiled at Sanzo who had his arms folded across his chest, eyeing the two retreating figures of Goku and Gojyo.

"'Ch."

AN: *phew* First chapter done! Feel free to review! Oh and please don't be put off, there is something very unusual about this town. Very unusual indeed...*cackles insanely whilst walking away*

Hakkai: ^_^;; Wow, she's a weird one.

Sanzo: 'Ch. If she writes ANYTHING bad about me, I'm gonna kill her...

Goku: (runs towards Sanzo crying) WAAAAAAAAAAA SANZO that ero kappa forced me to eat those insects *ptui ptui* I think I have food poisoning now...

Gojyo: Bakasaru! *laughs evilly* Blame Sanzo, it was his idea. Anyway, I'm off to chase Kari!

All: O_O;;

AN: (in the distance) *WHACK* Get your hands off me you ero kappa!

Sanzo: Hey...where's my fan?!

AN: *smiles evilly*