I apologize for not updating for sooo long! I dropped my laptop one too many times and the track pad stopped working. Sorry! Anyway, I had to sneak into my older brothers room to write this, and only got a few minutes at a time. Good news, I got a new PC and once it's Internet savvy then I'll have so many updates that you wont be able to keep up! In my haste to update, I might have missed some typo's, so, sorry again! And I don't have a beta, soooo….. if you're willing to help, pa—lease!
"Sorry teacher." Hakkai apologized on his way out, while Sanzo said nothing to apologize for his abrupt absence. Once outside they spoke,
"Who do you think wants us?" Sanzo didn't look at Hakkai and his voice was low.
"I don't know. I suppose we'll just have to wait till we get there to see." Once they reached the office Gojyo and Goku were already there, having come from a classroom closer to the main office then the other two.
"God. I hope no one finds out I've been hanging out with this chimp." Gojyo remarked playfully to Goku, whose face took a moment to register that he had been insulted.
"Who're calling chimp you stupid kappa?" Gojyo and Goku's fight came to a sudden halt when a voice cut them off,
"Arguing as usual I see." The woman who stood before them had long black hair that flowed down to her back and wore a white gown that contrasted sharply with the dingy interior of the office. Sanzo found his voice first,
"What the hell are you doing here?" The woman laughed, silvery peals resounding around the small room.
"I'm the new principle my dear nephew." The rest of them looked at Sanzo a moment and then back at the women, noticing no traces of family resemblance. "For the rest of you, my name is Kanzeon."
"Nice to meet you." Hakkai smiled pleasantly as always and his words prompted Gojyo and Goku to speak,
"Hey." Gojyo waved a hand slightly, still looking a little bewildered.
"I didn't know Sanzo had an aunt!" Goku waved much more energetically then Gojyo and smiled brightly.
"What do you want?" Sanzo took a seat on one of the chairs, the others following his example.
"I just transferred here, and I got the files on the more troublesome students. On top of that list imagine my surprise to find my nephews name. You," Her eyes traveled to Goku, "don't have much of an academic record you know. Gojyo seems to have been suspended multiple times for.. gambling and underage smoking. Although Hakkai has an academic record that will get him into any college he chooses, his living place at the moment is unknown, since the place the state directed for him has reported him missing." All four shrugged at the same time,
"What are you going to do about it?" Sanzo taunted the lady, looking a little bored,
"That's an interesting question. I doubt suspension or detention would work, and in Hakkai's case it isn't deserved." Hakkai smiled politely,
"What have I done that puts me on this list?" Sanzo took out a cigarette and lit up, right there in the principles office.
"Let's see," Kanzeon flipped through a thick manila packet with Sanzo's name on it, "You have missed twelve state tests, and your 'special' status does not give you the authority to do that." Sanzo inhaled lazily and glanced at her,
"I had better things to do." Kanzeon smiled, something that made the rest of them a little uneasy,
"Very likely. As it is, I think assigning you to service for the school is a fitting result of you behavior."
"Service to the school?" Goku tried to process the words in his mind, but failed, "What's that mean?"
"In two days there's a school dance. All four of you will be there, handing out tickets and serving drinks. You will also be there before the dance, helping the staff set up. In addition, next week there will be four exchange students and I think you four will be excellent guides for these visitors." An uproar broke out in the tiny office,
"You old hag! You don't have the right to do this to me!" Sanzo's cigarette was abandoned in his fury,
"I don't want to go to a dance!" Goku clearly thought this was something that involved pain, since the others were making such a big deal about it.
"What the hell? Since when do you make students do community service for stuff?" Gojyo's chair had clattered to the ground with a loud noise since he had been leaning against the wall during the whole meeting.
"Maa, maa." Hakkai was the only one who didn't seem unduly upset, and tried in futility to calm his companions, "It's not that bad." Kanzeon turned back to her paperwork and dismissed them with a wave,
"Shoo now." They left, two of them still muttering muted curses.
"Sanzo…?" Goku looked up thoughtfully,
"What?" The blonde seemed to be in worse mood then ever, but his tone didn't deter Goku's inquisitiveness,
"What do you do at a dance?" The other three turned to stare at him in shock, Gojyo finally managing to get out through his laughter,
"You haven't been to a dance before?" Hakkai frowned at the red-head,
"Actually Gojyo, I haven't been to one either. I'm not much of a socialite." Gojyo stopped laughing abruptly and looked at them in disbelief,
"Goku hasn't gone, which means Sanzo hasn't gone to one, and if Hakkai hasn't…." He was cut off by Sanzo,
"What does Goku's not having gone to a dance have to do anything with me?" Gojyo tossed his long hair back and answered evenly,
"Well since the monkey follows you everywhere it's obvious that you haven't been to a dance. Besides, I didn't think they encouraged that kind of behavior in temples." Sanzo shot him a glare but didn't answer, proving his thesis correct. "So, none of you have any idea what proper behavior is like at a high school dance." Hakkai looked thoughtful,
"Well I would expect the dress codes still apply as well as the rules about prohibited substances."
"Wrong." Gojyo smiled smugly at them, seeing he had their utmost attention, even the irate blonde was listening, "Dress codes do not apply, or at least are severally lax. Anything short of nothing is allowed, especially for the girls. For you guys I'd say jeans and tight shirts will get everyone's attention. Leather is always good." The three around him shared a glance,
"I don't think I have any of that." Goku looked severely troubled and fingered the frayed sleeves of his shirt, it had plainly been washed so many times that the color was grayish.
"And it's always good to go to a dance a little buzzed." Gojyo continued his instructions as they walked back to class, "You dance better that way."
-That night, a conversation between Goku and Sanzo.-
"Hey, Sanzo?" Goku was hanging upside down off his bed and didn't bother to straighten while he talked.
"What?" Sanzo had finished the seemingly never-ending paper-work, there were no demon disturbances, Goku wasn't being as annoying as usual, and the combination made him more peaceful then normal.
"Gojyo said you needed a date for a dance." The vein in Sanzo's right temple suddenly appeared, his anger at the world returning in full capacity.
"So?" Goku fell off the bed with a loud clatter and then got himself up, shaking his head to dispense of the stars that were taking up his vision.
"So, where am I going to get a date for the dance?" His eyes brightened, "Will you get me one?" Sanzo looked at him briefly before understanding where Goku's thinking had diverted from the normal path.
"Baka. It's not the kind of date that you can eat." Goku's face fell fractionally,
"Then what do you need them for?" Sanzo answered after a moment, having figured out long before that if Goku wanted an answer, he would pester someone until he got it no matter the consequences.
"A date is a person you go to the dance with. A person that you really like." So Sanzo didn't have the best descriptive skills, he still thought that Goku would understand him.
"Oh." He fell silent for a moment. "That's easy then!" Despite himself Sanzo felt mildly curious,
"So who are you planning on taking?" Goku grinned brightly and flopped down on the bed,
"Who do you think?" He seemed to think the question was borderline absurd. "You!" Sanzo didn't get surprised very easily, but now was one of the rare moments when his mind reeled in absolute shock. For a moment anyway,
"You stupid monkey! Does nothing get through that thick head of yours? A date has to be a person of the opposite gender!" Goku blinked, a look of sublime innocence on his face,
"Opposite gender? A girl? I don't know any girls Sanzo, please, please, please come with me! Then you don't have to find a girl to go with either!" For the first time Sanzo wished he had some paperwork to bury himself in, anything was better then Goku's naiveté.
"Shut up you stupid monkey! You need to go with a girl! And another thing, don't listen to what Gojyo says, if you don't want, you don't need to get a date at all." Goku sighed audibly and stuffed his head into a pillow talking softly, and the pillow muffled his words a bit, but Sanzo could still hear with reasonable clearness,
"I still want you to be my date."
AN- I know that this chapter is sappy…and I'm sorry. I blame it on the music I was listening to at the time…although I can't quite remember what that is…. All your reviews are the reason I keep writing happily, so thank you all! I think it was pretty much tied on the shonen-ai debate and I've decided to make nothing graphic, and if you wish for a copy of the chapters without any shonen-ai, then I would be more then happy to email one to you. Thanks again!