Disclaimer :
O, Minekura Kazuya. Do not try to sue me.
I do not own anything to do with Gensomaden Saiyuki.
I am just an extremely mild-mannered fan
who watches this particularly interesting anime every 6 PM at AXN.
(hey, it rhymes!)
Pleasure, readers. Enjoy.
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chapter two.
Well, what did you expect? Is he going to drop that poor little fluffball in the desert to die? Alone!?
Maybe.
But after Goku's pleading, Gojyo's pleading, and Hakkai's ever-annoying kindly smile, of course he cannot refuse!!
And oohhh.. the shame it was for him. Sanzo hated cats. His relationship with cats have always been on the down side since the day that impudent idiotic mongrel cat mangled his little tweety birdie into bits. Oh, the horrible memory. Sanzo cried so much when little Tweety died. He was only five. But his hatred towards the feline beings had been fatale ever since. Feline Fatale! It was a white cat that ate poor Tweety, snowy-white, actually. A lot like this one.
But now he is letting his three supposedly minions take care of that wretched pathetic-looking ugly cat!! He is the superior monk! He is supposed to rule over them! Not rule alongside them!
"Well, what do you think Sanzo? It is three to one." smiled Hakkai as he patted the powdered poof.
"Tch," grunted Sanzo, and he looked away. The other three yelled with ecstatic joy, for they knew what he really meant is 'You want him so much? Then you will die with that blasted cat!' and of course, for Sanzo it simply meant 'yes'.
Sanzo threw himself into a sneezing fit along the way to Tobacco Town since – very unfortunately for Sanzo – the cat seemed to take a great liking for him and simply refused to sit on any other lap but his.
"Curse you damn cat. You can have any other lap to lie on, why does it have to be mine? My lap is supposed to repel cats! AH-CHOO! But now it's contaminated with that filthy powdered coat you call fur! AH-CHOO! It'll never be the same again!" he said angrily to the wide-eyed cat. But the cat, like all cats, does not understand a word he's saying and she, like all cats, simply purred and snuggled up to her master, ignoring all those swearings under all those sneezes.
At last – to Sanzo's utter relief – they arrived at Tobacco Town and stopped to rest at the Tobacco Inn. It was a very nice town indeed, and none of the people there seem to have heard about the Sanzo-ikkou, which is very good thing. They can eat, play, fool around like normal citizens without people gaping at them or even avoiding them wherever they go. And best of all – no sign of demons, which is an excellent thing. They can muck around town and blame it all on the demons.
"You seem to bring us luck, neko-san.. aww, ain't you the cutest thing?" cooed Goku, stroking the cat's sparkling white fur. "This town must be the most peaceful town we've ever been in. No demons! We don't get this kind of luck very often. And look – food!!"
A grand table was set in the midst of the town people. And yes, there was food. Food, Goku! FOOD!
"Sanzo!! Look at all the food!! The town must be celebrating something really big to give out so much free food like this!!"
Sanzo merely grunted.
"You are right, Goku." said Hakkai, "I just overheard the villagers saying that this town is celebrating its 100th year of independence since Woofy The Dog-Demon was vanquished by a passing Sanzo."
Everyone glanced meaningfully at Sanzo.
"It wasn't me."
"Of course not, Sanzo. We all love and understand you."
Goku, after gobbling up various delicacies with multiple servings, then picked up the fuzzy white cat and beamed at her, "Hey, neko-san! You are full of luck! You're lucky, fuzzy, radiant, warm… like the sun!" he glanced slightly at Sanzo, "What if we call her Sunny, Sanzo? Like the sun!"
Gojyo chuckled, "Isn't that typical of you, Goku? You're too naïve, you little monkey boy. But yeah, I think she does look like a Sunny. What do you think, Sanzo?"
"Tch," grunted Sanzo, "I wouldn't care if you call it The Imbecilic Powder Puff Cat. Why should I bloody care if you call it Sunny?"
The cat meowed and purred at Sanzo's feet, making Sanzo sneeze and snot miserably at Hakkai's feet.
"I'm going to kill that darn cat someday!" Sanzo promised himself as he got up and wiped his snotty nose for the umpteenth time that day.
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"Sunny won't come near me," whined Goku, "Ever since we had dinner she won't come near me! What's wrong with her!?"
Goku stretched out his hand to pat Sunny but the white cat simply hissed loudly and elegantly as if saying 'kindly back off, dear stupid monkey' and strutted away to greet Sanzo who just walked into the room.
"See!? Did you see that!? She doesn't recognize her daddy!" cried Goku, looking thunderstruck.
"How unusual! I didn't know monkeys had cats as offsprings – ha!" Gojyo ducked just in time as Goku's dinner plate flew past his head. "Missed me! Baka saru!"
"I'll get you this time, you ero kappa!!"
Readers, as faithful Saiyuki fans, you obviously know what will come next in this child fight between Gojyo and Goku. Go figure! My inner mind is too weak to continue the fight so let us move on to a quieter scene, just across the room, to Sanzo and the cat.
"Meeow" purred Sunny in her sweetest purr. But Sanzo didn't think it was sweet. He rather thought it was a revolting kind of purr. Every kind of purr is revolting to Sanzo! Every cat is revolting to Sanzo! Yucky yucky schmucky cat!
Sanzo looked down at Sunny and scowled.
"Yeah, you too you cat-moron. Now get awaaa-a-a-AH-CHOO!!! Get away from me, idiot cat! My sinuses couldn't stand you. I can't stand yoo-u-a-AH-CHOO!!!!! Now, scram! Shoo! Begone you unintelligent piece of vermin!"
Hakkai smiled and stroked the little kitty cat, "She likes you Sanzo, don't you see?"
"No," Sanzo snapped back, "and I prefer not to. I hate cats, don't you see?"
"No," said Hakkai, "and I prefer not to."
Sanzo's frown deepened, "Are you mimicking me!?"
Hakkai laughed his kindly laugh, "Sanzo, you have a great sense of humour did you know that? How about if we go out for a drink? Vodka, maybe?"
"No, I'm tired. All I want now is my bed and pillow. Now go and take that ugly thing with you." he pointed accusingly at Sunny as if she was some extremely wicked demon who commited various murders and has to be executed immediately.
Hakkai bent down to pick up Sunny, yet the white cat simply refused and bounced up to Sanzo's feet, resulting Sanzo to sniffle horribly.
Hakkai smiled, "I guess she won't come. She likes you, Sanzo."
"And so does the whole world, just leave me alone."
Hakkai nodded and left the room.
"Purrr…"
"Didn't I tell you to leav-a-a-AH-CHOO!! You insufferable hairball!"
Sanzo literally kicked the poor little kitty away and walked swiftly to his room, stifling sniffles as he walked, "DO NOT follow me you filthy low life form! I'll kill you! I swear I will-a-a-AH-CHOO!!! Just you wait and see.." he sniffed.
And the door slammed behind him, leaving little Sunny to stare at the wooden door. Isn't that sad? Poor little Sunny! But wait.. no. Incredibly, Sunny is not sad! Sunny stood there, she stared hard at the door as if trying to hypnotize it and – poof – the door swung open. It's magic! How did she ever do that? The clever pussy cat!
Sunny glanced around the room before heading into Sanzo's, just to make sure. But no, no one seemed to see her. They were far too busy with themselves at the moment. Sunny turned and crept inside.
The window was open, and she could see that the night was dark. Purrfect. No one will be able to see her. No one except…
"You lousy cat! AH-CHOO! How the hell did you get inside!?" yelled an angry Sanzo, "I thought I left you outside, you mongrel!" he hastily reached for the door and –
Click
"What the– ?" Sanzo turned the handle but realized that it was locked. This thing can't be locked. he thought, It has no keyholes.
Behind him, Sunny stood with her yellow eyes glinting in the dark. She licked her cat lips and looked ready to pounce…
to be continued..