Chapter 5
Sanzo paced up and down the room, stopping momentarily to pause and ask Goku something.
"Are you ill? You haven't told me you were hungry for, I don't know, 3 hours? It's a world record!" the blonde monk asked.
Goku considered the question and decided that Sanzo sounded caring, (surprise, surprise) and that he was not being sarcastic.
"Don't you find this place familiar? Why wouldn't that lady give us any answers? I think, we should find Hakkai and Gojyo."
"Right, let's go."
"Urm, Sanzo, do you even know where they are?"
"Forgot about that. Well, it looks like we have to wait for them to look for us."
They did not have to wait long. The door opened and the missing members of their group trooped in. Gojyo seemed very much at home, much to Sanzo's chagrin. He was also dressed strangely, wearing a uniform very like those in an army, which Sanzo had seem pass by his room.
Gojyo looked, way better than he normally did, that even Sanzo had to admit. Was it the uniform that seemed to be giving Gojyo even more of a strut in his steps? Goku seemed pleased to see them, probably missed his verbal sparring partner.
"Gojyo, why are you wearing something like that?" Goku asked, taking in the strange new gab that adorned Gojyo's lean frame.
"These people in the West Army made me general and Hakkai their marshal. They've got good taste. Seems to me that we were once their leaders, in our past lives or something." Gojyo answered back.
"Spare me. I bet you'll mess up the job. The people up here are even more idiots that I thought they were." Sanzo smirked back.
"I don't know about that, my dear friend. Don't you think, however, it's great that my rank is finally higher than yours?" This job had good perks, Gojyo decided. He was at last to be treated with the respect he deserved.
Before Sanzo could come up with a good biting reply, Kanzeon stepped through the doorway.
"Here you go. Now do your job." Kanzeon placed a huge stack of paperwork onto Sanzo's hands.
The stack of paper immediately transferred hands again as Sanzo dumped everything to Goku, who staggered back and widened his golden eyes at the sheer weight of the papers.
"My job? I already have a job! I'm a Sanzo!"
"Doesn't matter. You can't kill any youkai here since there's none, and I don't think any kami here are in desperate need of spiritual enlightenment. You might as well make yourself useful, and work for heaven like you used to."
There was a slight hissing noise as Sanzo let out the breath he did not know he was holding out through his teeth. He was interrupted before he could begin his tirade of protest.
"Just a moment. You say Sanzo used to work for heaven too? If so, is my rank still higher than Sanzo's? What exactly does Goku do then? He seems to be the only one that has nothing to do."
"Sad to say, you still lost. Sanzo has a higher rank than you even in heaven." Kanzeon put on a sad expression on her face but it was plain to everyone that there was no sympathy given.
"As for Goku, he was, kind of Sanzo's pet." At least there was a slightly sheepish look on her face. Goku had an expression of utter horror but it changed into a smile when he realized that he was free to do anything he liked as pets did no work. Gojyo exploded into peels of laughter and rolled on the floor in glee at the thought of Goku being led around in a chain by Sanzo.
"Nonsense. Fine. If you want me to do work for you, I'll do it." Sanzo put a stop to all the so-called nonsense and walked out of the room.
Kanzeon waved a merry finger at the rest and proceeded to hustle Goku out of the room.
With nothing else to do, Hakkai and Gojyo walked out and turned into another hallway.
Hakkai was too busy taking in the surroundings to watch where he was going and bumped into a solitary figure that walked the hallways.
"Gomen. I didn't see you."
The man answered back. "That's alright." He gave Hakkai and Gojyo a once-over and nodded.
As Hakkai and Gojyo walked away, Hakkai commented: "It's weird, but I've got the feeling we met that man before and even though we've just met for the first time, I've got this creepy feeling emitting from him. I wonder who he is?"
The man, hearing his words, smiled and turned his back on the two.
"Looks like my plans have got a little more complicated. Never mind. I'll deal with them when the time comes. Looks like I got four when I only wanted one." Li Touten muttered under his breath, but he could barely conceal his smile of glee at the thought that everything was falling into place.
~End~
Well, so sorry for taking so darn long with this chapter. I wrote this during Christmas, and I was a little heehee, drunk on wine, so pardon me if there's anything wrong with it.
Just a little correction to make. In chapter 4, I put that Kenren's rank was higher than tempo, so sorry. It's the other way round. Happy reading
Sanzo paced up and down the room, stopping momentarily to pause and ask Goku something.
"Are you ill? You haven't told me you were hungry for, I don't know, 3 hours? It's a world record!" the blonde monk asked.
Goku considered the question and decided that Sanzo sounded caring, (surprise, surprise) and that he was not being sarcastic.
"Don't you find this place familiar? Why wouldn't that lady give us any answers? I think, we should find Hakkai and Gojyo."
"Right, let's go."
"Urm, Sanzo, do you even know where they are?"
"Forgot about that. Well, it looks like we have to wait for them to look for us."
They did not have to wait long. The door opened and the missing members of their group trooped in. Gojyo seemed very much at home, much to Sanzo's chagrin. He was also dressed strangely, wearing a uniform very like those in an army, which Sanzo had seem pass by his room.
Gojyo looked, way better than he normally did, that even Sanzo had to admit. Was it the uniform that seemed to be giving Gojyo even more of a strut in his steps? Goku seemed pleased to see them, probably missed his verbal sparring partner.
"Gojyo, why are you wearing something like that?" Goku asked, taking in the strange new gab that adorned Gojyo's lean frame.
"These people in the West Army made me general and Hakkai their marshal. They've got good taste. Seems to me that we were once their leaders, in our past lives or something." Gojyo answered back.
"Spare me. I bet you'll mess up the job. The people up here are even more idiots that I thought they were." Sanzo smirked back.
"I don't know about that, my dear friend. Don't you think, however, it's great that my rank is finally higher than yours?" This job had good perks, Gojyo decided. He was at last to be treated with the respect he deserved.
Before Sanzo could come up with a good biting reply, Kanzeon stepped through the doorway.
"Here you go. Now do your job." Kanzeon placed a huge stack of paperwork onto Sanzo's hands.
The stack of paper immediately transferred hands again as Sanzo dumped everything to Goku, who staggered back and widened his golden eyes at the sheer weight of the papers.
"My job? I already have a job! I'm a Sanzo!"
"Doesn't matter. You can't kill any youkai here since there's none, and I don't think any kami here are in desperate need of spiritual enlightenment. You might as well make yourself useful, and work for heaven like you used to."
There was a slight hissing noise as Sanzo let out the breath he did not know he was holding out through his teeth. He was interrupted before he could begin his tirade of protest.
"Just a moment. You say Sanzo used to work for heaven too? If so, is my rank still higher than Sanzo's? What exactly does Goku do then? He seems to be the only one that has nothing to do."
"Sad to say, you still lost. Sanzo has a higher rank than you even in heaven." Kanzeon put on a sad expression on her face but it was plain to everyone that there was no sympathy given.
"As for Goku, he was, kind of Sanzo's pet." At least there was a slightly sheepish look on her face. Goku had an expression of utter horror but it changed into a smile when he realized that he was free to do anything he liked as pets did no work. Gojyo exploded into peels of laughter and rolled on the floor in glee at the thought of Goku being led around in a chain by Sanzo.
"Nonsense. Fine. If you want me to do work for you, I'll do it." Sanzo put a stop to all the so-called nonsense and walked out of the room.
Kanzeon waved a merry finger at the rest and proceeded to hustle Goku out of the room.
With nothing else to do, Hakkai and Gojyo walked out and turned into another hallway.
Hakkai was too busy taking in the surroundings to watch where he was going and bumped into a solitary figure that walked the hallways.
"Gomen. I didn't see you."
The man answered back. "That's alright." He gave Hakkai and Gojyo a once-over and nodded.
As Hakkai and Gojyo walked away, Hakkai commented: "It's weird, but I've got the feeling we met that man before and even though we've just met for the first time, I've got this creepy feeling emitting from him. I wonder who he is?"
The man, hearing his words, smiled and turned his back on the two.
"Looks like my plans have got a little more complicated. Never mind. I'll deal with them when the time comes. Looks like I got four when I only wanted one." Li Touten muttered under his breath, but he could barely conceal his smile of glee at the thought that everything was falling into place.
~End~
Well, so sorry for taking so darn long with this chapter. I wrote this during Christmas, and I was a little heehee, drunk on wine, so pardon me if there's anything wrong with it.
Just a little correction to make. In chapter 4, I put that Kenren's rank was higher than tempo, so sorry. It's the other way round. Happy reading