Disclaimer: I don't own Saiyuki. (But I do have Kougaji tied up under my bed) Mwhahaha!
A/N; ok, peeps (you cute little marshmallow candies you!), this is my 1st Saiyuki fic, so be kinda gentle, will ya? Anywho, this is packed with enough fluffiness to put bunnies to shame. Mostly Sanzo/Goku sap (NON-yaoi of course) There will also be a little bit of ooc-ness. It's mostly just little things, but there may be a couple of times where it seems like I've taken a character's personality, thrown it in a blender, and hit yourself warned.
"I'm hungry! When are we gonna eat!?" whined Goku for the fifty billionth time that day.
The journey had been a particularly long one for the Sanzo party. It was nearly sunset and they were still several miles from town. They'd been driving since early morning, (aka 6:00am) and the easily bored Goku was becoming restless. He wasn't alone. Gojyo was currently working on his second pack of cigarettes and Sanzo seemed to have acquired a permanently pulsating vein at his temple. Even Hakkai was beginning to feel a bit agitated.
"Don't worry Goku, we'll reach town in a little over an hour." He said with a reassuring smile at the boy.
"An hour! Ahh man! I'm gonna starve! I'm..."
Sanzo exploded suddenly, "God, do you ever shut up!?" he snapped viciously. The other occupants of the jeep and the jeep itself (Hakaryu) were shocked. Never had they heard Sanzo this angry before.
"You're so useless! All you do is eat, sleep and complain! The only thing you can accomplish is slowing us down and the only thing your good for is bait for Homura! That damn goddess is the only reason you're still here. If it were up to me you'd be long gone. No one wants you...not here, not anywhere."
Hakkai could see the hurt look on Goku's face from the rear view mirror. Gojyo didn't want to look at the sadness in the monkey's eyes and turned away, taking a drag of his half-smoked cigarette. It was a mutual feeling between himself and Hakkai, that Sanzo had been a bit harsh on the little runt. True, he was often an annoyance, but Gojyo didn't want him gone. After all he was only a kid.
Goku sat in a daze. Did the others really not want him? 'They never said that. It was just Sanzo...' Goku thought.
But they didn't deny it either.
May be Sanzo was right? What was he good for but causing trouble? All the other's had some special ability. Hakkai could heal wounds, Gojyo was an awesome fighter (not to mention he could pull that trident from thin air!) and Sanzo banished gods and demons alike. He was only good for getting his friends hurt. Sanzo was right; all he did was slow their journey west.
The rest of the trip past in silence. All of them brooded over the words that had been said, even Sanzo himself. May be he had been too harsh with the kid. 'Oh well, by morning the monkey will have completely forgotten' Sanzo thought. But as the night grew darker so did the events it concealed.