- Where's Goku? -

*Our favourite 4 are as usual on the way to their next stop during their journey to the West, and as usual, Gojyo and Goku are fighting about poker cards (again).

Goku (boiling with anger): Hey I saw you cheat! You didn't get 4 Aces! I KNOW IT!

Gojyo (smoking): May I know which pair of your monkey eyes see it? Face it, monkey, I have 4 Aces! And I won. Pay up, pay up.

Sanzo (takes out gun and bangs at the air): SHADDUP you two at the back! Did anybody tell you that you are noisy?!

Hakkai: Cool it, cool it! *Laughs* They are after all, still a bunch of kids. By the way, here we are. XXX town~

*They step out of their jeep, and the jeep transform back to Hakuryu, Hakkai's trusty pet. They walk along the streets to find an inn, of course not to forget, Goku very deeply attracted to the food stalls lined beside the street.

Goku: Sanzo Sanzo! Can I can I? (points to a big char siew bao)

Sanzo (firm): No.

Goku (grumbles):..

Sanzo: Be a good disciple and shut up. Go to the inn first, and we shall see later.

*A beggar comes after them and begs for money, food, drink etc etc.

Gojyo: Oi. Shoo. We have none of that for you. Shoo shoo! I said no way! Stop buggin' us!

*A tiff starts between Gojyo and beggar and Sanzo walks on, pretending not to know a disciple with no good principles like Gojyo. A shopkeeper comes along and shakes his head in despair, starting to scold Gojyo for insulting a helpless beggar. Before soon, the beggar started to fume, and a crowd has gathered.

Beggar: Who do you think you are! (push shopkeeper) This is something between this young man and me!

Shopkeeper (bewildered that the beggar is taking Gojyo's side instead of his own): Whaa.? *Gojyo brushes his shoulders and HMPRH smugly, but he did not notice the beggar - the beggar had transformed into a green demon, a typical one. Everyone screamed, even the shopkeeper. Helter skelter..

Gojyo (back faced to the beggar): Hey why's everyone running? Hey hey you, what's happening? (start to turn around) HMM? WHAT?!

*The beggar was about to pounce on Gojyo but suddenly disappear into dust. At this point of time, it could none other be. Sanzo. (Sanzo facing Gojyo, his gun aimed at the supposedly demon that was about to pounce on Gojyo).

Sanzo: You owe me that, Sha Gojyo.

Gojyo (smoothes his hair): Oh really. HMPH.

Sanzo: Let's go.

*Sanzo and his gang walks as if nothing happened, but suddenly Sanzo stopped in his tracks.

Sanzo: Something's not right. (he turns around). Where on earth is Goku?

*Sanzo, Hakkai and Gojyo looked around them, but there is no Goku in sight. Not in any shops, any food stalls, nor gambling dens. Something's really not right. But what...?