Chapter 1: The Hungry Tiger
"Sanzo! Ne… Sanzo? Hara hetta… Sanzo… Sanzo? Ne… Sanzo?" Something at the back of my head told me that it should have been the time to stop, but… how can I possibly ignore my stomach? I'm just sooo…… hungry all the time. So, I tried again. "Sanzo?" But this time, I got a reaction from Sanzo.
"Urusai! Baka saru! Just leave me alone. I'm going to take a bath. Go bother someone else." I was still rubbing my head from being hit by his fan when he entered his room, leaving me alone in the corridor outside his room.
Sanzo is always so mean… always hitting people with that harisen of his. Maybe one day, I'll get Hakkai to buy me a fan… That way, if Sanzo hits me on the head, I'll be able to hit him back! But that's not a good idea… that will only make him even more upset… Then, he'll start shooting me with that gun of his… In that case, I'll have to get Hakkai to buy me a gun too… But I don't know how to use a gun… and I won't shoot Sanzo… On the other hand, I'll be able to hit that stupid kappa on the head with my fan… And I'll be able to shoot those cockroach feelers off his head! But if I do that, can I still call him ero cockroach kappa? Hmm… I must find Hakkai soon… He'll be able to answer all of my questions…
I walked along the corridor, in search of someone to buy me food. I sighed sadly because I know that no one will ever buy me food. Now how am I going to get food? I considered going to Hakkai, but he would be too busy buying the stuff we needed for travelling. Not that I agreed that what he was buying was necessary. I mean, who needs nails, hammers, first aid kits, bandages, plasters and all those things? They can't be eaten… Hakkai should only buy food. That way, he won't be wasting money. I don't understand why Sanzo always scolds me when I want to buy something necessary. Isn't food necessary? He should be scolding Hakkai instead. He's always buying inedible things… Who's heard of eating bandages when they're hungry? They are just so weird.
Now my stomach's really growling. Maybe I should go to the kitchen. Most of the time, I'll just stand there looking at the serving ladies with big open eyes, and in the end, they'll give me a few pork buns. They always say," Wah! Kawaii! What is such a kawaii boy doing alone? Oh look! He's starving… here's some buns, go ahead and eat them, you don't have to worry…"
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Oh no! That stupid kappa is in the kitchen. He's probably trying to seduce some poor serving girl into sharing a bed with him. Thank goodness I'm not in the same room as him. He's always snoring and all that… not to mention he always doodles on my leg when I sleep. But… when he's in the kitchen, he'll never let me take any food that they offer me… And he'll keep insulting me too… Stupid, stupid, ero kappa… Now I'll never be able to eat. I'll probably die some where in the middle of the town, all hungry and thin, disfigured because I'm too hungry… And it's entirely that stupid kappa's fault…
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I decided to sit in the shade of the big tree outside the inn, trying to forget about my hunger. If Hakkai were here, he'd say the many *cough, cough* fascinating things that this tree symbolised or something… If that kappa were here, he'd keep talking about the many girls that he'd want to chase one day… in his dreams maybe… If Sanzo were here… eeww…. I don't want to think about that…
The next thing I know, I've got to be dreaming, because I'm seeing cakes and ice-creams, and pork buns and pizzas and … so many things flying through the air towards me. I try so hard to grab, and grab, but they keep flying away… towards that stupid kappa! How can they like him? That stupid kappa reaches out towards the food and they turn into women! How can that kappa be so wasteful? Doesn't he know what food is for? I run towards him, and suddenly, when I grab one of the noodle strands, it turns red and starts hitting me, and hitting me… I wake up and I realise that I'm grabbing on Gojyo's hair and trying to eat it. Yuck. I spit out his hair but he still hits me and keeps complaining. He says that he has come out to see if I'm okay, and then I try to eat his hair. I don't believe him. I hit him some more, and when he looks down, I run away. I'm not stupid, I'm just hungry. Maybe Hakkai will buy me a bun when he is done. With that in mind, I go to look for him.
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End of chapter 1
Note: I based this on the fact that Goku seems to be rather childish, even in his thinking. So, I wrote this chap with that in mind, and I came up with this. It is really very simple, I didn't use any fancy literary devices, but I based the scene that Goku is going through on the prologue. I hope it isn't too bad. Unfortunately, I think my IQ has gone down by about 20+ points…
Extra note: I think for each of the POV's, I'm going to use the kind of language and sentence structure and everything based on the characters. For example, for Goku, I use very simple English and a lot of graphic images, because that is what I think Goku is like in his head. He isn't very smart, but he knows trouble when it's coming. It's just that his hunger blinds him from most things. That's why I think Goku is the "Hungry Tiger" - blind to everything that does not concern food.
Final note: So, what do you think of this second chap? Please R&R… I really love reviews you know…