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The Stoic Maou and the Wimpy Sanzo Priest?
Shin Makoku
Once directed to his room, Sanzo removed his robes, rolled up his sutra, and put his gun down on a nearby bedside table. He then flopped down on the bed to just stare at the ceiling.
Damn it, just what fucking situation have I gotten myself in? And isn't there anything to do around here? I really have to ask for a newspaper or something… He then went to the window to just stare outside. The credit card's with me. Those idiots must be working their butts fuckingly hard now. Hah, serves them right. That's what they get for depending on my credit card so much…
He then went out of the room to ask someone for a newspaper. He wanted to smoke on the way, but he found his box empty, so he decided to get smokes as well. I'm out of damn cigarettes. I have to make them get me some.
After a few minutes of searching, Sanzo finally found Günter walking down the hallway. "Oi, Günter!"
Günter then turned around, and to his surprise he saw Sanzo. "Sanzo-san, what is it?"
"I want a newspaper, and cigarettes. Get them."
"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about."
"What do you mean you don't know what I'm talking about? I want a newspaper and cigarettes now!"
"Well, such things don't exist in this world, Sanzo-san." Günter calmly explained.
Sanzo went to him and grabbed his collar. "Well, I suggest it's time to invent, don't you think? If I don't get it I'm going on a killing rampage until I get back to my own fucking world!"
"Did someone just say, 'invent'?" A familiar woman's voice asked from the far end of the hallway. Günter shuddered, knowing to whom the voice belonged to; it was Anissina, in other words: DOOM.
Günter then pried himself from Sanzo's hand and ran in the opposite direction. He barely got to the end of the hallway when Anissina appeared.
"Ah, you must be Sanzo-san, am I right?" She remarked.
"So what if I am?"
"I've heard a lot about you. Anyway, what did you say about inventing something?"
"Anissina, don't go bothering guests." Gwendal suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Gwendal! You're just in time! I'm dying to let you test something!"
"Yeah, well, I'm not available. Günter is in the library if you want to know."
"Oh, fine. Anyway, thanks for telling me where Günter is!" Anissina then ran to the library.
"Who is that woman?" Sanzo asked.
"She's Anissina von Khrennikov. She's an inventor."
"..."
Togenkyou
After a hard day's work, the ikkou and Yuuri met in the inn.
"How did everyone go?" Hakkai asked pleasantly. "I got a job as a teacher. Just like the old days."
"I got pretty lucky today. I earned us about 230,000 yen." Gojyo proudly said. "The women in this town are beautiful, so it was nothing for me."
(A/N: You know, those goddess of luck crap talks he always uses to seduce women into siding with him? Oh, and my dad said that one dollar is equal to a hundred fifteen yen…)
"I got a job as an inn watcher something." Goku said.
"I got a job as a waiter." Yuuri said.
"Well, I guess that will be enough to keep us going for a while. How much did everybody earn today?"
"2300 yen." Goku said while handing the money to Hakkai.
"I told you, 230,000 yen." Gojyo remarked proudly while handing the money to Hakkai as well.
"2875 yen." Yuuri handed in the money as well.
"Ah, I earned 7475 yen today, so if I add all of it, it will make…" Hakkai paused for a minute to do the calculation in his head. "242,650 yen. Not bad for the first day."
(A/N: I don't really know about the salary stuff in Japan –or Togenkyou, for that matter- so I just invented figures…)
"Okay, let me budget this and we'll go out for dinner." Hakkai closed while going to his room.
"Good timing! I'm getting so hungry…" Goku then went to his room.
"Damn it… All because that corrupt monk didn't at least leave his credit card with us that I can't get laid! Sheesh, why do girls have to cost a lot of money anyway…?" Gojyo annoyingly remarked while returning to his own room as well. Yuuri remained silent and retired to his room.
Gojyo sat on his bed and pondered for a moment. I wonder how that corrupt monk's doing. Where in fucking hell is he anyway? Hmmph, the nerve of that guy. He manages to make everybody worry about him! Anyway, I shouldn't be sitting here musing over that corrupt monk… I swear I'm going to smack that monk in the face for making us worry so much when he gets back. Or if he does get back. Gojyo shook his head. He will go back. The fucking monk's inhumanely strong, after all…
Once in his room, Hakkai got out a pen, a calculator, and a paper. Let's see… 2300 yen for the inn, 575 yen for cigarettes, knowing Goku it must be 11500 for food, 5750 for supplies when we get back on the road, and… That's about it. So we have… 222,525 yen left. Not bad. Hakkai then lay down on his bed to rest for a minute. I wonder how Sanzo's doing? I hope he's alright…. Goku's shouting brought him back to reality. Oh dear, I have to go feed the children now… Hakkai chuckled to himself and went down the stairs.
Shin Makoku
Sanzo just settled for reading the books he found at the library, but he still couldn't sit still. His nicotine cravings are getting higher by the minute, to the point that he can't take it anymore and went out on a tear outside the library. Gwendal and Günter tried to stop him, but they couldn't. A few minutes later, Wolfram happened to pass by. He got a bucket of water from the kitchen and splashed it on Sanzo, which brought him back to reality.
"What the hell did you do that for, you brat?" Sanzo asked hotly while pointing his gun at him.
"I splashed it on you to get you to calm down. You have to get used to life here."
"Why you… Fine. I'm fucking returning to my room, and if anybody disturbs me, they're dead."
"Like hell we're disturbing you. If I could I'd let you rot in prison."
Sanzo clicked the safety switch thingy off his gun threateningly. "What did you say…?"
"Wolfram! Go somewhere will you?!" Günter scolded.
"Humph!" Wolfram turned on his heels and marched down the hallway. Sanzo stomped in the opposite direction and went back to his quarters.
That night, one of the maids knocked on Sanzo's door. Receiving a grunt in reply, Doria assumed it was alright and opened the door, but to her surprise Sanzo pointed a metal thing at her.
"I don't remember saying you could open the door."
"I-I'm sorry, Sanzo-sama, but Gwendal-sama told me to bring you food."
"Tch. Just put it there and get out."
"Y-yes…" Doria hastily set the dinner on the table in the corner of the room and hurried outside.
Damn people… Why can't they just leave me be? Sanzo let out a long, disgusted, and angry sigh. I'd even settle for one of the kappa's shitty sticks now…Damn, I really need something to hit before I completely lose my mind!! Sanzo then snapped out of his thoughts and went to eat the food, which was surprisingly good.
Togenkyou
"Give the dumpling back, you cockroach!" Goku protested. "That was the last one!"
"So? First come, first serve!"
"But I was saving that for last! Spit it out!"
"And if I do, you'll eat it?"
"Eww, stop grossing me out!"
"Oh dear… I really do hope Sanzo could have at least left the harisen behind…" Hakkai remarked while rubbing his temple.
"Do they always fight like this, Hakkai-san?" Yuuri asked.
"Yes, and usually our leader, Sanzo, smacks them with the harisen or shoots the gun at them and yells for them to be quiet."
"Well, what do you do?"
"Usually when we're in the jeep, I do a sharp turn or something similar, but now… I don't know what to do to break them up."
"How about shouting at them?"
"Oh no, I'm not good at that." Finally deciding that Gojyo and Goku had gone too far, Hakkai spoke up calmly with a smile on his face, "Please stop fighting, Gojyo and Goku, or I will have to throw you out the restaurant and beat you to death. You wouldn't like that, ne?"
(A/N: A little exaggerated here…)
Goku and Gojyo immediately clung to each other. "Ahhh, Hakkai, I'm sorry!" They said in unison.
"Good. Now please behave yourselves and eat properly like modest gentlemen and I won't do it. Is that clear?"
Gojyo and Goku nodded vigorously and stuffed their mouths. Yuuri laughed.
"On the contrary, Hakkai-san, it seems to me like you know how to handle these situations properly."
"Oh, that? It's kind of normal, actually. If it got worse, well… Only one person can stop them."
"Oi, Kappa! Stop snatching things off my plate!"
"Your plate? That's everybody's share, you idiot!"
"Well, the waitress put it in front of me!"
"Oh dear, here we go again. I guess I have to use a different approach." Turning to the two, Hakkai stood up and cracked his knuckles. "You two have been very bad boys. I think it's time for proper punishment now, ne?" A still smiling Hakkai then dragged the struggling two out of the restaurant to who knows where. A few minutes later, Hakkai returned.
"Hakkai-san, what did you do to them?"
"Oh, I just tied them to a tree overnight. They'll learn." Hakkai replied, the everlasting smile never fading.
"Urhm… Don't you think that's a little too extreme, Hakkai-san…?"
"I'll put blankets over them so they won't get a cold, but I am not healing their stiff necks and backs in the morning. Seriously, it's hard disciplining such rowdy boys."
They both laughed.
Tenkai
Somewhere in the distant heavens, a certain goddess with a passion for anything fun sat by her usual spot: the water lily pond thing where she can view the happenings in both worlds.
"Look, Jiroushin." Kanzeon Bosaetsu pointed to the pond. "Isn't that Maou guy just cute when he's with the three of them? He looks sooo innocent…"
"Kanzeon Bosaetsu! Do you even realize what you're doing? You're interrupting the journey to the west to stop Gyumaoh's revival! On top of that, you sabotaged a world that doesn't even have anything to-"
"Relax, Jiroushin." Kanzeon Bosaetsu cut in. "The journey can wait. And besides, I didn't 'sabotage' anything in Shin Makoku. I merely wanted to have some fun. At last, with all the boring things put aside… Tell me how you cope with this, Konzen, especially since you're going to do again in Shin Makoku what you have been doing five hundred years ago…"
"Kanzeon Bosaetsu! You don't mean…"
"Oh, but I do… Konzen will go back to signing paperwork."
"Kanzeon Bosaetsu, this is too much! We can't delay the journey any further!"
"Whatever… What's a few months, anyway? I'll return them to their own worlds when I want to."
"Kanzeon Bosaetsu!"
"Whatever, Jiroushin. The ikkou is still going to journey west anyway. I'll bring him back when they're in Tenjiku. Besides, Konzen can use a little break once in a while…"
End of Chapter
A/N: Some break, I'd say. What kind of a break is it when you have to sign paperwork? Anyway, please read and review!
