Disclaimer: Same ol', same ol'… EXCEPT… one thing… Lila is the property of one of my friends and Youkai is property of Youkai…

This chapter starts getting PG-13: Swearing…. Mmmm-yep.


"What took you so long?" whined Goku, "I'm starving!"

The young man grappled for the Cheese-Itz box as Hakkai started to unpack the groceries from their brown captures.

"Get out of the way, monkey," Sanzo grabbed the new packet of cigarettes, still wrapped in plastic. He hastily unraveled the pack and popped one slender cylinder in between his lips.

"What took you so long," grumbled the blonde haired priest as he flicked life to a neon green lighter.

The other man smiled through his glasses, "I ran into a friend."

"Well don't do it again," the man took a deep inhale, "I was dieing here with monkey boy whining in my ear, and I had no more cigarettes since Gojyo stole my last pack this morning."

"By the way, where is Gojyo?" Hakkai inquired thoughtfully.

Sanzo's eye twitched, "Where do you think? If that idiot's not here, he's probably at the pool hall swindling some other idiot out of their money in cards."


"I'm back!" A blonde with a long braid put her jacket on one of the wooden hooks on the wall.

"Lunch is ready." A jovial shout rang out from the kitchen.

"Mmmm… Smells really good. What are we having?"

"You'll see, Youkai. How was your day?" Alex smiled at her friend and one of three roommates. "Did you get the strawberries I asked for?"

"Right here, and got them right after a very nice day!"

"Is that so? Thank you." The raven haired girl put the rouge berries in the freezer to chill. "Do tell."

"Sure, but where are Lila and Kiara?"

"Lila has a ceremony to perform at the local shrine in an hour so she's fasting till then. Kiara is… well…"

"She's doing the Kiara thing, right?" Youkai sighed. "That was fairly obvious, I should've guessed."

"Yup, you should have. So what adventures unfolded before you today?"

"I decided that before I get the strawberries you asked for, I'd go to the arcade. But alas, it was closed for repairs (the air conditioning started to leak). And so, I decided to go into the pool hall since me dear friend Akabane has a part-time job as a bartender there."

"Mmm-hm…" Alex nodded her head as she slurped down the lightly fried noodles with sesame sauce.

"There, I found out that Akabane had a serious assignment to do for collage, and took the day off."

"Isn't he studying to be a mortician?"

"Yup! Well anyhoo, I'm about to leave when I saw a crowd around one of the tables along the wall. Some guy was getting his butt beat by a pretty skilled player (and cheater) in cards. Damn, this guy was like a bonafide pimp! He had like, ten girls surrounding him!" The blonde held out her arms to display the large quantity as she chomped on the marinaded chicken pieces.

"You challenged him, didn't you," grinned Alex.

"You bet!" munchmunchmunch…

Alex watched her friend revel in the consumption of her nurturance for a moment.

"So… The moral of the story is… You found five bucks, right?"

"Better," the girl swallowed, "Won $570."

"Nice."

"Definitely."


"THIS DAY SUCKS!"

"Hello Gojyo."

"What's got your panties in a bunch?"

"SHUT UP!" the magenta haired man snatched a cigarette from the newly opened pack.

"What happened to the last pack you took from me?" growled Sanzo.

"I ate it," spat back Gojyo.

Goku wistled, "No wonder you had a bad day, those taste nasty."

The three older boys just stared at the youngest member.

"Now we know what you do in your spare time."

"But you just-…"

"It's called a joke, Goku."

"Yeah, you stupid filter eating monkey!"

"SHUT UP YOU FAGGOT NYMPH!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"

"YOU HEARD ME, HENTAI KAPPA!"

"Now, now children, settle down…"

"So what happened," Sanzo snatched back his cigarettes. "Not that I care or anything."

"I… don't feel like talking about it."

"You set us up, only to let us down. Come now," Hakkai laughed.

"Or is it something your ashamed of," Sanzo glanced at the man beside him, "If that's the case, you got me interested…"

"Well… It's nothing like tha-…"

"OooOoo… Did you get beat down?" Goku was getting curious as well.

"NO! I…" he lowered his voice, "Got beaten badly in a card game."

"So? Hakkai beats you all the time." Goku looked up at the elder boy in earnest confusion.

"IT WASN'T THE SAME!"

"How so?"

" IT WAS BY A GIR-…" he stopped moments too late.

"Oooh…"

"Ha, you love it when you lay a girl, but can't stand it when the girl lays it on you." Chuckled Sanzo.

"SHUT UP!"


Yey! Male prissy fights! Whoo-hoo! Told you I'd get betta'… Drop me a line, pleeeeaaase! I would appreciate it!

Lub-lub,

Anste