AN: Wow, aren't you lucky. You get another chapter for this fic. sweatdrop I'm not so great at updating so please be patient with me. I will try to update more often once I get some break time from classes. My roommate keeps hassling me to write more, so hopefully this will please her for now.

CHAPTER 2: MAGICAL MISHAPS

Chari sat calmly, with her arms crossed, between Gojyo and Goku. Moen sat in the front seat of Jeep with Sanzo, and she was still keeping herself attached to Hakkai. Goku was sprawled out and snoring loudly. A small nerve pulsed under Chari's skin, but she kept her calm. Gojyo had his chin in his palm and stared at the passing landscapes.

"Turn left here!" Moen smiled happily.

"Don't listen to her if you want her off…" Chari immediately corrected.

"Shut up, Chari!"

Sanzo also had a pulsing nerve, but being less tolerant than Chari, he cocked the gun in his lap. "Chari, how much farther?" Chari pulled out a compass and stared at it for a moment and then she looked towards the sun. She sighed and put the compass back in her left chest plate. "About another mile before we need to turn."

Goku began to stretch out as he awoke from his sleeping trance. "I'm hungry… are we there yet?" he yawned. Chari finally removed his leg from her lap, forcing him to sit up. "Give it another ten minutes or so," she replied.

Moen snuggled closer to Hakkai, "I don't wanna leave the pretty one!" Gojyo glanced towards her and sighed heavily. He turned towards Chari, "Hey! Can't you do anything to shut her up?" Chari shrugged and leaned forward, pointing towards an overhanging cliff ahead. "You can turn left beyond that cliff, Hakkai. It'll take you on a back road that leads straight to our home."

Sanzo turned to Chari, "So why exactly were you out so far away from your house?" She looked back at him and narrowed her eyes. "Moen saw a butterfly…" Goku burst out laughing, gripping his stomach as he fell forward in Jeep. Sanzo turned around and whacked the monkey, "Don't laugh at someone who's as incompetent as you!"

Moen leaned over and bit Sanzo on the calf, "Be nice!" He gritted his teeth and looked towards Chari. Before he could say anything, she put a hand out to keep him quiet, "No, she doesn't have rabies." He turned back and sat down, muttering unhappily under his breath as he lit up a cigarette.

Hakkai turned Jeep slowly onto a dirt road, smiling every once in a while when he hit a large rock and Moen lost her grip. "I didn't realize it was going to be so bumpy," he said as he purposely drove over a big stone.

Before they reached the house, Hakkai slammed on the brakes. "What the hell are you doing?!" Gojyo screamed in Hakkai's ear. The near-sighted demon lifted his hand and pointed in front of Jeep. "There's a rather large feline in the middle of the road," he said calmly.

The gang looked out to see a cat five times the size of a normal housecat licking its paws. "Shoot it, Sanzo!" Goku exclaimed. Before Sanzo could re-cock his gun, Moen was jumping out of Jeep and wrapping her arms around the enormous cat. "Melon! There you are, you silly kitty!"

Chari stepped out of the car and turned to the Sanzo group, "My advice is run now and ask questions later…" Moen was at Hakkai's side again, hugging his arm tightly. "You can't go, we still have more fun ahead of us!" she smiled brightly. Chari sighed and trudged on towards a small hut ahead of the group. "Come on," she started, "That's our house up ahead. I'll make supper."

"Food!" Goku jumped off Jeep and took off ahead of Chari. She stopped in her tracks and blinked at the dust rising in front of her. "Onward, driver!" Moen called out with a deep British accent.

Inside the House

"I hope you don't mind vegetable stew… it's all we have," Chari said as she walked around the large table, pouring soup into their bowls. Just as she reached Sanzo to dump some broth into his bowl, Goku stuck out his bowl from across the table. "More please!" he said enthusiastically, showing her the empty bowl. After getting another helping, Goku smiled at Sanzo for a second and then back to his bowl. "What the hell?!" he shouted.

"What is it Goku?" Sanzo asked as he sipped his tea.

"My food's gone!" he sounded distressed. Frantically, he looked around until they all heard an indiscreet slurp near Hakkai. Everything went silent until he spoke up, "I believe I found your thief." He smiled gently as he nudged Moen into giving the empty bowl back.

"Why you…" Goku fumed and tackled her, "How dare you eat my food!" They rolled along the floor, gnawing and biting at each other. "All right," Gojyo said, "Time to break it up." He started to get up, but Chari immediately shoved him back into place. "No. This is good. She'll sleep tonight," she said softly.

The group was silent, watching the two fight like little boys. The sun set slowly beyond the horizon before they even realized it. Goku and Moen had fallen asleep toppled on top of each other.

"You know, Hakkai, I just realized…" Sanzo began.

"Hm, what's that?" he gave an air-headed smile.

"You're free."

"Oh! It seems you're – " Moen had woken up in that split-second and jumped back upon Hakkai, "Hm… Chari, it looks like I still need that non-stick stuff."

Chari looked at Moen, who had fallen asleep instantly, and then walked off to the kitchen. Gojyo followed her, wondering if he could help with anything. Within moments, a loud and harsh smack came from there, "Hands off, asshole!" She walked out, stepping over something on the ground. It was Gojyo.

"What did he do?" Sanzo said, looking up from the newspaper that he somehow found.

"Well," she went into a long speech on how he followed her, flirted with her, spun her, flirted some more, and tried to give her a kiss.

Sanzo raised a doubtful eyebrow, "He did all that in the span of 10 seconds?"

"Gojyo seems to be getting faster," Hakkai smiled. Chari glared at him and a sweatdrop ran down his forehead.

"He likes you, Chari… just like Hakkai likes me!" Moen said groggily as she climbed down from Hakkai, standing near him without holding him.

Chari didn't even hesitate, "Hakkai doesn't like you."

Moen gave a quiet gasp and then began to sob loudly, collapsing to the floor. Hakkai felt horrible; he squatted down and put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, I like you," he smiled kindly.

Moen immediately glomped him, clinging ferociously, "Yay! I heart you too!"

"You deserve that," Chari said to Hakkai.

"Did you find the non-stick?" Sanzo sighed.

"Yes, I did. I'll spray it now and she'll stay off for at least a month." Chari walked over and squirted them.

A bright pink puff of smoke surrounded the two huggers. "What the fuck is this stuff," Goku said loudly as he stood from his sleeping spot, squinting his eyes as it billowed out towards the rest of them.

When the smoke cleared, Moen was standing upright with a hand behind her head and one on her hip, "Well, this is interesting…" Hakkai was on the floor, his legs wrapping backwards and his hands placed firmly on the ground in front of him. He blinked with large eyes and then suddenly hugged himself. "I'm pretty!" he shouted as he fell forward in a nosedive.

(End Chapter 2

Hope that was interesting enough for you. I made sure to leave you hanging on the end there… BWA HA HA!

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