Summary: Sanzo-ikkou and Kougaiji-tachi (and some extras) are studying in the same school, and in the same school year. Now they had to do a presentation in class... R/R

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Gensomaden Saiyuki... it belongs to its creator and publishing co. (Or whatever you call it...)

Author's Notes: I got the idea in TOK class... IB people would know what that is, just in case, it's a class that you need to take- it's basically about 'ways of knowing'... kinda like philosophy... anyway, it requires a LOT of patience and understanding... plus, you have to like presentations or public speaking to be good in this... -_-'' I'm not... I don't speak in this class at ALL... anyway, I wrote this for Sanzo onii-chan, Hakkai-san and Gojyo-san who just showed us the most 'unique' TOK presentation ever. ^- ^, I bow to you three. Hope you like. It might be a little lame, because I'm trying to beat a deadline here. -_-''



Theory of Knowledge- Saiyuki style



Grumbling students who takes the International Baccalaureate trudged to the Multi Purpose Room... to their all-time favorite... Theory of Knowledge...

At the back of the room, and along the row, 8 people glared at each other... some people who were sitting close to them, edged their seats away to avoid fatal injuries.

"Settle down, people." The teacher murmured.

"Sensei!" A boy with golden eyes raised his hand, "Can I be excused? I'm hungry."

"Erm. No, sit down."

"But-"

"SIT." Sanzo growled as he glared and opened his bag to reveal something gleaming inside.

"Uh. Thank you. anyway," the teacher sweatdropped. "As you all know, in two week, you have your term break and we need to assess you in this class."

Kougaiji scowled as he stared at the teacher. "Tsk- presentations."

"Yes, it would be in either a presentation, or an essay. Either both has its ups and downs. Anyway, both these two ways should be about what you have learned in this class for the past term."

"Essay? I'd stick to that." Kougaiji muttered, leaning back against his chair.

"Don't like presentations, ne, Kougaiji-sama?" Yaone murmured quietly as Kougaiji's mouth twitched a little,

"No. I hate presentations."

"Anyway, the essay should be about 350 to 500 words, and the presentation should be within the limit of 15 minutes. A group who wishes to have a presentation, maximum of 3 people per team. You could have the rest of the two periods to prepare, come talk to any of the teachers if you need help."

A few minutes later.

*Sanzo-ikkou

Sanzo scowled, and turned to the others, "What now?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Choose. Presentation? Or essay?" Hakkai said, he turned to Goku, "What are you doing, Goku?"

"Huh? Oh, I'll do the essay. I guess." Goku shrugged as he took out some paper and a pen.

"Essay?" Gojyo echoed, "You have brains to do THAT?!"

They sweatdropped as Goku shrugged and didn't bother to retort. Hakkai smiled, "He has brains after all. I guess."

*Kougaiji-tachi

Yaone stared at Kougaiji who was staring blankly at a piece of paper. Dokugakuji cleared his throat, "Erm. Kou?"

"Huh? What?"

"What now? I want to do a presentation."

"I'm doing an essay." Kougaiji said flatly. Yaone smiled nervously as Dokugakuji rolled his eyes.

"Okay then, Kou. I'm going to that group. See ya." He said, tapping the desk and carrying his stuff off.

"Yaone, you could go join a group too if you want." Kougaiji said dully, as he rested his head down in his arms.

"I'm best with writing. I'll do an essay." She said thoughtfully.

"No idea what to write about." Kougaiji muttered. Homura and Shien joined him for a chat. But Kougaiji seems to be inattentive.

Yaone smiled, "I'll be back Kougaiji-sama, I'll get you a few topics."

A few more minutes later.

"So reality creates language or does language create reality?" Nii asked the frustrated teacher. Yaone listened to this debate for a while, scribbling ideas. The she moved to where Goku was.

"Goku-san, what are you doing for your essay?"

"Something related to science," he muttered

Bewildered, Yaone went back to where Kougaiji was sitting. "This is all I could find. easy ones, at least." she smiled apologetically. Kougaiji looked at the paper in her hand and the list of topics.

"Thanks." He smiled. Yaone blushed lightly. Yaone sweatdropped as Kougaiji added, "Can you help me write it?"

*Meanwhile, at Sanzo-ikkou.

"A skit?" Sanzo scowled. "Tsk- How stupid."

"Oh yeah, any ideas, huh? Smart Man?" Gojyo snapped.

"What's your plan?" Hakkai asked, breaking up the argument.

They sweatdropped as Gojyo grinned evilly.



A few days later.

Yaone, who had decided to skip lunch to work at the library, saw Gojyo tapping his chin and scribbling something on a piece of paper every now and then. Gojyo looked up and saw Yaone staring at him curiously; he grinned and went back to scribbling on his paper.

~Sanzo-ikkou. later.

Gojyo held up a sheet of paper that was obviously a 'bit' over-used. Untidy scrawl all over the once blank page. Sanzo and Hakkai stared at him.

"What's that?" Sanzo snorted.

"Our script for the skit." Gojyo said, shoving them the paper. "Read and admire my hard work." He added proudly. Goku snorted and tapped the desk impatiently as Gojyo glared at him.

"Let's see. 'Stuck on a deserted island, three unlikely people-' you spelled unlikely wrong. 'They were of different races and could only speak different languages'- hmm." Hakkai read out thoughtfully.

"What crap is this?" Sanzo asked impatiently, as he read through it quickly, "I'm a scholar? Hakkai's an engineer. and you?"

"A good for nothing." Goku sniggered.

"Shut up, monkey." Gojyo hissed, glancing at the librarian who was glaring at them, "Whatever. And we take turns doing the narration. First me, then Hakkai, then Sanzo then me again. and oh yeah, I almost forgot." he took out another piece of paper from his pocket.

"What the-" Sanzo growled as Gojyo shoved it towards him.

"Lyrics! As a special treat, we're going to SING to the whole class and it might even boost out image and not to mention marks for this term!"

"SING??! I DO NOT SING!!" Sanzo growled,

"Okay, fine. You dance while we SING."

Sanzo threw him a dirty look.

A week later. TUESDAY

"Make way, make way! We're in a hurry!" Gojyo's voice rang out. People scrambled to and squeezed next to the banister as Gojyo came flying down the stairs, with Hakkai following as quickly as he can while apologizing to those who Gojyo had scared in getting out of the way. Sanzo was following from behind slowly. They ran to the guardhouse.

"OI! YOU HAVE TO SIGN OUT FIRST!!" the frustrated guard bellowed at them. "Grr. I'm really close to quitting this job!!" he muttered.

"Yaone! Thank you for signing us out!" Gojyo yelled to Yaone, who was signing herself out with Kougaiji next to her. They gaped as they saw the three running and almost knocking everybody out of the way.

"They seem to be very enthusiastic lately." Yaone said thoughtfully.

Kougaiji smirked, "I don't think Sanzo's very happy about it."

~Owari



NOTE: I was meant to squeeze the whole story into just one chapter, but. oh well. I'll be back with Chapter II - that's where the singing starts ^-^

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