Episode V – Part II : Food

They were in the middle of the supermarket when Goku's stomach did the Rumble in D Major.

"Sannzooooooo!!!! I'm hungry!" Goku whined. When there was no response, he glanced around. No sight of any of his companions. Just rows and rows of glorious food... He shrugged. He wasn't exactly sure how this supermarket thing worked, but the rest had been picking items off the shelf, so why not?

The peach was halfway to his mouth when the paper fan connected with the back of his head. The peach flew out of his hand, before Sanzo reached out and caught it.

"Sanzo! But I'm hungry!"

"You have to pay for this before you can eat it," Hakkai explained.

"You've never been to a supermarket before?" Gojyo asked. He turned to Sanzo. "Where have you been keeping him? In a closet?"

"Never any need to visit supermarkets before this," Sanzo shrugged, and replaced the peach.

"Yeah. The peaches on the trees at the monastry are free, and the monks are always leaving food around in front of those statues..." Goku bubbled.

Gojyo stared at him for a long moment, then burst out laughing. "You ate the... what?"

"Nani? Is something wrong?" Goku asked.

Sanzo turned away with an unreadable expression on his face, but his shoulders shook.

"Man, you are priceless!" Gojyo howled, clutching his stomach.

"Nani? But I'm not for sale!"

Hakkai sweatdropped. "Let's go before Goku dies from hunger..."

***

The cashier was surprised when a red-haired guy sidled up to her and winked. "Hey, back in line, you!"

"Mmm. I have spare time in the evening just for a gorgeous babe like you," Gojyo hinted not-so-subtly.

She blushed.

"What do you say to that? Just you and I, none of these long lines and waiting crowds," Gojyo leaned forward to place an arm around her shoulders.

There was a crackle as a paper fan made an appearance somewhere behind him. "We're here to pick up groceries, not women!" Sanzo snapped.

Gojyo sweatdropped. "Uhhh, another time, babe."

Someone had the bad grace to laugh. "Looks like your lover's jealous, red-head."

"KOROSU!"

The same someone had to duck as a bullet zapped past. Sanzo cocked the hammer of his gun quite deliberately.

The cashier went wide-eyed. "Oh, that was so cool! Say, are you free this evening?" she was looking straight at Sanzo.

Everyone sweatdropped.

Gojyo was the first to start laughing. "Oh, Sanzo-sama, looks like you have a date!"

Even Goku picked up on this one. "Sanzo, I never knew you had it in you!"

"Look, just pay so that we can get the hell out of here," Sanzo muttered to Hakkai.

"Hai," Hakkai smiled sweetly. "So you won't be joining us for dinner?"

"SHUT UP!"

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