"Haraheta..." Goku insisted for the thousandth time. "Sanzo...I'm
starving!"
"You can't starve, Goku." Sanzo replied lighting up another cigarette. "Now shut up."
"But I'm so HUNGRY! I could eat anything..."
"Chew on this." Gojyo handed Goku something and he devoured it in a flash.
"What is this? It's really good!"
"It was a big clump of dirt, you idiot."
"You fed me DIRT?"
"You said you could eat anything..."
"How about a bullet?" Sanzo exclaimed turning his gun on them.
"No thanks." Gojyo replied and the both of them settled down for the moment.
"What are you smiling about?" Sanzo asked Hakkai as he turned back around. Hakkai smiled too much. It was almost...eerie.
"Nothing." Hakkai said but the smile didn't fade from his face. "I was just wondering if you ever would shoot Goku for being annoying."
Sanzo's eye twitched. He'd wondered that himself as well just moments ago. "Just drive." As time went on Sanzo found himself thinking about Hakkai's statement. There was no way he could ever hurt Goku. Goku had such a strangely high opinion of him that Sanzo was almost afraid to disappoint him. The two of them were so close and yet so distant at the same time. Goku's constant complaints and stupid smile annoyed the hell out of Sanzo but he couldn't ever remember a world without such things. He didn't really want to.
He'd done some thinking about what would happen to the four of them if they all survived this mess. Gojyo and Hakkai wouldn't stick around for very long. They had their own lives to live. They might keep in touch for a few years before their friendships fade but he and Goku would be stuck together. Neither of them had anywhere else to go. Sanzo was stuck being a Sanzo, stuck with Goku like a bad headache...like a scar that wouldn't heal.
Why couldn't Goku be emotionless and detached like the others? He was too much of a child still. When Sanzo was his age...but really, how could Sanzo compare his childhood to Goku's? If he'd really even had one at all. Sanzo tried to remember having the urge to play and interact with others his own age but no instance came to mind. He was alone even then. No...his master had been there until that night when everything changed and he vowed never to hold anyone dear again. No matter what other vows he broke, that one had to remain in tact. He couldn't allow himself to truly befriend any of them. Not even Goku.
"SANZO!" Goku's voice pulled Sanzo from his thoughts.
"What?"
"I'm hungry!"
Sanzo turned quickly and fired a single shot in Goku's direction, missing on purpose. "Shut up and sit down, monkey or I'll give Gojyo all your food tonight!"
"You're cruel Sanzo!" Goku insisted. "That's really harsh."
"Keep talking, monkey." Gojyo added with a smile. "I'm pretty hungry myself."
Sanzo sighed to himself and sank back into his seat as their arguing began again. You stupid monkey. He thought. Why am I so afraid of caring about you?
"You can't starve, Goku." Sanzo replied lighting up another cigarette. "Now shut up."
"But I'm so HUNGRY! I could eat anything..."
"Chew on this." Gojyo handed Goku something and he devoured it in a flash.
"What is this? It's really good!"
"It was a big clump of dirt, you idiot."
"You fed me DIRT?"
"You said you could eat anything..."
"How about a bullet?" Sanzo exclaimed turning his gun on them.
"No thanks." Gojyo replied and the both of them settled down for the moment.
"What are you smiling about?" Sanzo asked Hakkai as he turned back around. Hakkai smiled too much. It was almost...eerie.
"Nothing." Hakkai said but the smile didn't fade from his face. "I was just wondering if you ever would shoot Goku for being annoying."
Sanzo's eye twitched. He'd wondered that himself as well just moments ago. "Just drive." As time went on Sanzo found himself thinking about Hakkai's statement. There was no way he could ever hurt Goku. Goku had such a strangely high opinion of him that Sanzo was almost afraid to disappoint him. The two of them were so close and yet so distant at the same time. Goku's constant complaints and stupid smile annoyed the hell out of Sanzo but he couldn't ever remember a world without such things. He didn't really want to.
He'd done some thinking about what would happen to the four of them if they all survived this mess. Gojyo and Hakkai wouldn't stick around for very long. They had their own lives to live. They might keep in touch for a few years before their friendships fade but he and Goku would be stuck together. Neither of them had anywhere else to go. Sanzo was stuck being a Sanzo, stuck with Goku like a bad headache...like a scar that wouldn't heal.
Why couldn't Goku be emotionless and detached like the others? He was too much of a child still. When Sanzo was his age...but really, how could Sanzo compare his childhood to Goku's? If he'd really even had one at all. Sanzo tried to remember having the urge to play and interact with others his own age but no instance came to mind. He was alone even then. No...his master had been there until that night when everything changed and he vowed never to hold anyone dear again. No matter what other vows he broke, that one had to remain in tact. He couldn't allow himself to truly befriend any of them. Not even Goku.
"SANZO!" Goku's voice pulled Sanzo from his thoughts.
"What?"
"I'm hungry!"
Sanzo turned quickly and fired a single shot in Goku's direction, missing on purpose. "Shut up and sit down, monkey or I'll give Gojyo all your food tonight!"
"You're cruel Sanzo!" Goku insisted. "That's really harsh."
"Keep talking, monkey." Gojyo added with a smile. "I'm pretty hungry myself."
Sanzo sighed to himself and sank back into his seat as their arguing began again. You stupid monkey. He thought. Why am I so afraid of caring about you?