Sakura02: Hey! It's not my fault our babies our emo :P

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Meika sighed at the sound of angry shouting coming from the room they were all staying in again. It looked as though Sanzo had once again woken up, and that he and Gojyo were once again fighting. She really didn't want to listen to their screaming, but she didn't want to stay out in the hallway either. Just as she was about to go back into the room, she heard the sound of approaching footsteps. "Where've you been, GoGo?" She tilted her head to the side when she realized he was carrying something rather large. "What's that?"

Goku grinned at the little girl. "Can you open the door for me, MeiMei?" He smiled reassuringly at her while the voices in the room continued rising in anger and volume. "It'll be okay. Trust me."

Meika flinched as soon as the door opened. Sanzo was trying to punch Gojyo while Hakkai tried to calm both the men down. The room fell completely silent as Goku calmly sat up a small, low table and threw a cloth on top of it. It took Meika a moment to recognize the tiles that had been sitting in the middle of the cloth. "Oh! Are we going to play Mahjong?"

"Yup." Goku said, motioning for Meika to come join him. He hugged the little girl close to him, being mindful of all the bandages and her injuries.

Hakkai was the first of the others to sit down beside Goku. He smiled at Goku and Meika before looking over at Gojyo with a deadpan expression. "You too, Gojyo."

Gojyo opened his mouth to protest, but stopped when he saw the serious look on Hakkai's face and Meika's pleading puppy eyes. He frowned in annoyance before plopping down on the other side of Goku and Meika.

"You too, ZoZo." Meika said, grinning up at the clearly irritated priest.

Sanzo snarled at all of them. "The hell I am! Move out of my way! You're all blocking the door!"

Hakkai smiled coolly. "My, it must have been torture for you to accompany us this far. Now then, sit down, Sanzo."

Sanzo was about to protest again, but he was roughly yanked down by Gojyo. Gojyo glared over at the equally annoyed priest. "If I'm getting stuck playing, I'm taking you with me."

Sanzo's shouts of protest fell on deaf ears. Goku was busy shuffling and passing out the tiles and Hakkai was explaining the rules to Meika. Meika snuggled up to Goku's side as they all began playing. She wasn't really sure how to play, so she simply watched Goku. "Hey, GoGo, why are we playing Mahjong? Are you planning something?"

Goku blinked, though his eyes never once left his tiles. "Huh? Nope, I'm not planning anything." His eyes suddenly lit up and he grinned. "I got 1,500 points!"

Meika flinched at the clearly annoyed look on Sanzo's face as the priest stood up. "ZoZo…"

Goku simply looked up at Sanzo coolly. "You really wanna leave a loser, Sanzo?" He didn't even smirk in satisfaction when Sanzo sat back down in a huff.

Meika remained totally silent, watching Goku beat all three grown men multiple times. She had never seen Goku win so much against the others in Mahjong. Usually it was Hakkai or Sanzo in the lead, and Goku was always in last place. Meika shifted beside Goku, trying to find a more comfortable position only to find her feet were asleep. She looked out the window and was shocked to see that the sun had almost completely set. "GoGo, you're doing awesome!"

Goku shrugged nonchalantly and glanced casually up at the other three men seated around the table. "It's not that, though I am really awesome. They're all just being weak. It's easy to beat guys like you that have already decided to lose. I don't plan to lose anymore."

Gojyo snarled at Goku and slammed down a tile irritably. "You got your ass kicked just as bad by Kami-sama as we did! Where do you get off talking to us like that? All your positive thinking means shit when it comes to that fact that he's stronger than us!"

"That doesn't mean we have to play to lose!" Goku argued. "I don't understand what's wrong with you guys! Everything that psycho said was complete crap! What's so wrong with wanting to live? If we give up and die, we're letting him think he's right! It's not like I think I'm cool or anything like that; we just do what we want the way we want! Even if people think I'm a stupid kid, I know I'm right and that freak is wrong! I'm never gonna lose to a guy like that! What about you, MeiMei? Do you want to lose to a freak like that?"

"No way!" Meika shouted, puffing her cheeks out. "I hate losing! Losing is for losers and idiots! I like the way we live and I like living!"

Hakkai chuckled, surprising Gojyo and annoying Sanzo. "My, we've created quite the little monster. I must agree with Goku, though; this is exactly what we need right now…" His eyes lit up as he suddenly won the current hand.

Gojyo looked over at Goku's stubborn face, Hakkai's smiling one, and Meika's petulant one. He grinned and reached over to ruffle Meika's hair. "Who said anything about being ready to die?"

Meika frowned thoughtfully. "I thought you did, JoJo!"

"Nope. Ha, I win!" Gojyo grinned triumphantly and threw down his winning tile. "I'm just getting started now!"

Meika smiled as the familiar sound of playful arguing surrounded her. She glanced worriedly over at Sanzo, hoping he wouldn't start yelling again. She blinked as Sanzo suddenly began laughing. "Um, I think ZoZo's gone crazy."

"Shut up, brat." Sanzo said, though there was no anger behind the words. "We're playing again, and I'm winning this time."

They all fell asleep that night around the Mahjong table. Meika snuggled happily against Goku, glad that her dysfunctional family was back to normal.


"I'm hungry again!" Goku whined, adjusting Meika on his back. After a few days of recovering, the group had made their way back to the mountain that Kami-sama resided on. Goku turned his head so he was nose to nose with Meika. "MeiMei, I'm so hungry."

Meika smiled and rubbed her nose against Goku's. Her bandages were all gone now, as were Sanzo's and the others. "We ate before we came here. Stop being such a piggy." She tensed and clung tighter to Goku when a very familiar and very disliked figure appeared before them.

Kami-sama giggled joyfully. "You all came back? You must all be really stupid. "It doesn't matter how hard you try. You can't beat…me…" Kami-sama's eyes widened in surprise when Sanzo casually shot him in the head.

"Good shot, ZoZo!" Meika cheered. She stuck her tongue out at the Kami-sama illusion when it disappeared.

Sanzo rolled his eyes and patted Meika roughly on the head. He glared up at the building where Kami-sama was waiting for them. "I'm taking back what's mine." He hissed.

Meika slid off of Goku's back once they'd kicked in the front door and walked in. She held Gojyo's hand tightly and looked around slowly. "Where's Kami-sama?"

"Welcome!" An oddly mechanical voice spoke. "Beyond this point is a non-smoking zone. Refrain from cigarettes, please. Also, no firearms are allowed."

"We're going through those doors that the creepy voice is coming out of, aren't we?" Meika sighed when Hakkai simply chuckled and nodded his head. She grinned widely up at Gojyo. "Let's go kick Kami-sama's butt!"

"Don't think I've forgotten about that foul language you used when we were first here." Sanzo grit out. "You're in serious trouble once we take care of this asshole."

Meika sighed as Sanzo pushed the door open. "Yes sir." She jumped back and hid behind Gojyo when a small, strange looking doll in a sailor suit appeared in the doorway. It had a bear head and a rabbit head and was the source of the mechanical voice.

"Hello!" the strange doll greeted brightly. You our lucky tour group number forty-eight to have the pleasure of entering Kami-sama's castle. There is no time limit for the main attraction, but please keep in mind that once the ride starts, it cannot be stopped." The doll looked up at Gojyo who was casually smoking. "Sir, please refrain from smoking."

Gojyo howled with laughter. "If I won't quit when my sweet little Meika asks me, I sure as hell ain't going to do it for you."

"You've already been informed about smoking and firearms, but children and pets are also not allowed." The doll informed.

"I don't care what that creepy doll says!" Meika huffed. "I'm going to help kick Kami-sama's butt!" She looked up when she heard a strange noise. Her eyes widened and she tugged quickly on Gojyo's pants. "JoJo…"

Hakkai barely had time to scoop Meika up before the first stone slab fell down from the ceiling and nearly crushed Meika. Hakkai yanked Goku to his feet. "This way!"

Meika clung to Hakkai as the group ran towards the stairs. "I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die! Please, please, don't let me die!" She breathed a sigh of relief once they reached the safety of the stairs. "Do you think Kami-sama is at the top?"

"Of course." Sanzo said casually, lighting another cigarette. "Smoke and idiots rise to the highest places in buildings."