Yo! I'm back! Thanks for all the lovely reviews! Ummm, updates may or may not come so soon, I have to try out for the Empire State Games (I'm not going to make it, but I'm still nervous….) Anyways, tell me what you think of this chapter!
"Intruding are we?" Hakkai opened his mouth to explain, but was pulled forward by the man abruptly, leaving him no room to speak.
"I can't decide what to do with you, that's up to the Master of the temple." Gojyo tried to shake the man's arm off, but only succeeded in getting it tighter.
"Seriously man! This is just a misunderstanding!" The man took no notice of his protests and continued dragging them, up two flights of stone steps and three hallways. He knocked on a door, and getting a muffled reply from within, opened it. The scene was anything but expected for Hakkai and Gojyo, Goku was sprawled out on a bed, playing idly with a pad of paper and a pen, and Sanzo was at a desk, writing without much interest.
"Master Sanzo, I caught these two intruders in the east hallway." Sanzo's face showed no emotion, but Goku was ecstatic,
"Hey Hakkai! I haven't seen you guys in ages!" Hakkai spoke pleasantly, though a huge priest was crushing his arm.
"Well, it's been almost an hour since gym." Sanzo gestured at the man and he let go of their arms, after which Gojyo furiously rubbed his to get the circulation back.
"You may go." The man left, leaving the unlikely group staring at each other. Gojyo broke the silence,
"You live in a fucking temple?" Sanzo didn't seem to find this amusing, and stood up angrily, revealing what he was wearing. Silk robes went down to his feet, which were clad in sandals. Some sort of scripture was hanging over his shoulders and there was a golden breastplate attached to the robe. Hakkai and Gojyo shared a glance, both looking a little dumbstruck.
"What are you wearing?" Gojyo seemed to be the most talkative of the pair. Sanzo glared at them and answered in a level tone,
"What every single Sanzo priest since the beginning of Buddhism has worn." He sat back down and shook out a newspaper, glancing at them over the top of it,
"What the hell are you two doing here anyways?" Hakkai cleared his throat nervously,
"Well, you can hardly blame us for coming. You both to come to school torn to shreds, and I'm supposed to heal you and say nothing? We wanted to find what was going on." Goku grinned and showed Hakkai what he was drawing, a massive buffet table lined with food.
"Well you came, so now go." Sanzo turned a page of the newspaper with a slight sound. Gojyo started angrily,
"You think you can just tell us when to leave priest?" They were interrupted by a timid knock on the door.
"Come in." A small boy entered, in a robe that went down to his knees and tied around his waist. He opened his mouth and stuttered nervously,
"Master Sanzo!" This came out in a high squeak and the boy blushed profusely before going on, "You have to sign these expense forms sir!" Sanzo gestured the boy forward impatiently, and signed the papers with a silver pen without even glancing at the content.
"Here." He gave the boy back the papers, and he took them with trembling fingers.
"Thank you sir!" He stopped slightly before the threshold of the door, "Is there anything that I can get you sir?" Sanzo rubbed his temple and answered,
"A case of beer, and food for the monkey and these two." He glanced at Hakkai and Gojyo, "Is there anything in particular that you two want?"
"Sake." Hakkai smiled pleasantly, and the boy nodded fervently,
"You got any girls around here?" The boy's eyes widened and he shook his head,
"Women are not allowed inside this temple!" Gojyo sighed,
"No wonder you're such an asshole Sanzo, you never get any release." A loud blast startled everyone in the room, well everyone except Sanzo, who had fired the small handheld pistol.
"You wanna repeat that?" Gojyo backed away,
"You could've killed me with that thing!"
"It would be a public service if you ask me." He stowed the gun somewhere in his robes and pointed to the door, the boy left, almost running out in fear.
"Ne, Ne Sanzo. Calm down." Sanzo rolled his eyes but stopped glaring at Gojyo quite so fiercely.
"So you two really do live together?" Hakkai gestured to Goku, who was busily drawing on his pad.
"Yeah." Sanzo glanced at Goku and then yelled. "You're freaking getting that pen on the sheets you brainless ape!" Goku stopped drawing and then commented,
"Well if you got me food I wouldn't do it." Sanzo slammed down is newspaper,
"I already ordered you food! Or are your ears an underdeveloped as your brain!" Goku grinned hugely, pleased that food was on it's way. Gojyo examined the room and then commented,
"You'd think they'd give you a bigger room, seeing as you're all high and mighty in their eyes." The room was barely bigger then a large closet and had one bed and a desk that was stacked with hundreds of papers and ink. One wall was entirely lined with windows and a small door led out into a balcony that overlooked the huge garden.
"I have another room, I like this one better." Sanzo was immersed in his paperwork again and muttered this to Gojyo absently.
"By the way Sanzo, where'd you get the pistol? Or are they given to all priests these days?" Sanzo shrugged and inked another paper. "I wonder if you can even shoot it properly?" Sanzo shot again, and a strand of Gojyo's hair drifted to the floor.
"Okay, okay!" Gojyo lifted his hands in surrender and Sanzo lowered the gun. The door opened and the boy came in, weighted under a tray of food and drinks. He set it on a small table and Goku pounced on the food, inhaling half of it in half a second.
"Hey, save some of that food for the rest of us!" Goku snatched a huge plate and ran from the room with it, causing Gojyo to run after him screaming obscenities. Hakkai took a sip of sake and smiled, asking Sanzo pleasantly,
"So, are you related to Goku?" Sanzo shook his head and looked up,
"No, thank god." He finished his papers and leaned back in his chair.
"Then why does he live here? He's not a priest, is he?"
"No. He has nothing to do with Buddhism. He lives with me because he has no one else." Hakkai took another sip and watched as Sanzo expertly opened his beer.
"No parents?" Sanzo shook his head.
"He's a heretic. That's why he has golden eyes." The silence in the room was profound. Finally Hakkai spoke,
"A heretic? I thought that was a myth?" He laughed uneasily, "Next thing you'll be telling me there are still demons running around." Sanzo finished the can and set it one his desk,
"Actually, that's another point…" Hakkai stared at him; he would never believe that Sanzo, who seemed so grounded in reality, was actually a raving lunatic. "But it doesn't concern you, so don't worry about it." Hakkai smiled and then the door almost splinted open,
"Give me it back!" Gojyo tried desperately to grab the only remaining piece of food Goku had on his plate, but it disappeared down the small brown haired boy's throat. Gojyo flopped down on the bed and then asked Sanzo,
"Hey man, can I smoke in here?"
"The balcony." Gojyo opened the door and let himself out, lighting up and walking aimlessly down the long walkway, the breeze playing with his crimson hair. He spotted the boy, who had served them sweeping up the leaves and walked over to him,
"Hey kid, why do you worship that guy back there anyways?" The boy stood up straight,
"Master Sanzo has possession of the Seitan and Matien scriptures, two of the five writing's that created this Earth. He has two of these scriptures, and there are only three more people in the Buddhist religion granted the title of 'Sanzo'." He glared at Gojyo, who shrugged.
"So what's so special about these scriptures anyways?" He vaguely remembered the things around Sanzo's shoulders.
"They created this Earth! They're the founding scriptures! Being able to serve master Sanzo is a great honor!" Gojyo backed away slowly from the kid since clearly he was insane.
"What do they do?" The kid calmed down a bit and answered levelly,
"They have the power to banish evil and call forth light." Gojyo blinked, Sanzo had the power to banish evil and he was attending a public high school? "I have never seen Master Sanzo use these scriptures, but I have heard from one who has. He says that it's a sight to be treasured forever." Gojyo shrugged again headed back to the room, done with his cigarette, leaving the kid to continue sweeping. Hakkai was on his second glass of sake and Goku was complaining to Sanzo about being starving.
"Didn't you just eat?" Gojyo asked him,
"That was barely an appetizer! And the monks here never make anything with meat in it."
"Let's go out to eat." Gojyo received a glare from Sanzo at this suggestion, but Hakkai agreed,
"That would be pleasant." Goku jumped at this,
"C'mon Sanzo!" He let up, scowling at all of them,
"Fine, but you guys are paying."
