Author's Note: Hello! I'm back again!! (waves) Thank you for all the reviews!! :) Unfortunately, for those who read the chapter summary before January 1, 2005, I have changed this chapter a bit, (and I have updated the first chapter, too). Don't worry, we'll get to everything in the next chapter – I just changed this one a bit from the summary. ENJOY!!!
Disclaimers: These four hot guys do not belong to me . . .although sometimes I like to think otherwise. :)
Chapter Two: Sake and Two Fools
"Bastard!"
"Sanzo, did you get in another fight with Gojyo?" Goku innocently asked as he observed the priest storm in with a string of curses. Before anything else could be said, Goku was in a heap on the floor thanks to Sanzo's favorite fan bashing.
"I'll have you know that it is always that baka's fault!!" Sanzo growled as he strode out of the room.
"Oww, I'll I did was ask . . .sheesh," Goku muttered as he subconsciously rubbed his head. Hakkai rolled his eyes before walking over to Goku and healing the big throbbing lump that had formed itself on his head.
That would be the fifth time today . . .I really need to get Sanzo a stress ball. Or maybe I could convince Gojyo that he should stop pissing off Sanzo . . .speak of the devil.Hakkai muttered his last thoughts as he observed Gojyo walk inside the room.
"Did anyone miss me?" Gojyo asked as he cocked his head to the side, the ever-present cigarette glowed. Hakkai glared.
"Hey, woah, what's with the look," Gojyo asked before looking at Goku. "Oh, I see. Sanzo hit Goku again, didn't he? Oh well. Isn't it time for dinner anyway?"
At the last remark, Goku's face lit up. "Hakkai are we eating in our room?" Goku excitedly asked.
"Of course. I'll call room service," Hakkai stated as he walked over to the phone and started to dial.
After the food arrived, Sanzo came grudgingly out of his room, the lure of the food stronger than the repulsion of the kappa. The rest of the meal was eaten in an awkward silence, the only sound being Goku's constant one-sided conversations and the sound of food being eaten. Gojyo grinned as Hakkai stifled a groan that attempted to escape his throat.
Not again, Gojyo. Haven't you had your fun yet?
"So . . .I was thinking . . ." Gojyo started when he made sure he would get everyone's attention.
"Did it hurt?"
Gojyo ignored Sanzo's insult and continued, "As I said, I was thinking - since we're all very tired and wired up, how about we have some fun? I propose . . .a drinking contest."
"Gojyo, I don't think that's a good idea," Hakkai chimed in, attempting to stop the situation from getting worse.
Leave it to Hakkai to save me . . .Sanzo thought as he continued eating.
"Oh, yeah, you're right, Hakkai. I don't think our blonde bombshell can handle his liquor," Gojyo grinned.
And we've gone from bad to worse . . .Hakkai sighed internally.
I can't WHAT?! I CAN hold my liquor. Wait . . .what did he call me?!
"What did you call me, you moronic Kappa?!" Sanzo asked through gritted teeth.
"Woah, a little too much use of big words . . .pretty boy," Gojyo continued to grin.
"You want a drinking contest?! Fine. I'll make sure you take every word back. Hakkai, order us a full range of drinks," Sanzo growled.
"Why do I bother?" Hakkai sighed. He slowly got up and went over to the phone and started dialing, all the while ignoring the insults that Gojyo and Sanzo were hurling at each other.
"Oh, hello? Is this the bar? Yes, we'd like ten of each of your strongest drinks. Yes, please put it on our tab and bring them to room 216, thank you."
Scarlet eyes met violet eyes in a glaring standoff. Neither flinched. The wind outside howled and a wave of cold air blew. They noticed nothing. They felt nothing. They were completely concentrated.
"Ummm can I drink that sake?" Goku asked from behind Gojyo's shoulder.
"Hello! We're having a standoff here. I'm winning."
"No you're not. I am."
"You wish pretty boy."
Seeing that the two men were occupied and Hakkai was holding his head in his hands, Goku quickly snatched two bottles of sake before retrieving back to his couch.
Finally! Being underage has never been so sweet!Goku quickly drained the two bottles before feeling the effect take place.
"Hey, Gojyo?" Goku asked.
"What?!" Gojyo growled.
"-hic- You never told me that you -hic- have a twin," Goku stated as he closed one eye and then the other. He still saw two Gojyo's.
"I what?!" Gojyo and Sanzo both turned their eyes to look at Goku. Goku's face was flushed, his body twitched and his eyes kept moving in different directions.
"I think your monkey is drunk and I think he just broke the world record for 'fastest person to get drunk'," Gojyo commented.
"Very observant of you. But you broke eye contact. I win."
"No, we both broke eye contact so no one won. Are you trying to weasel your way out of a drinking contest?" Gojyo turned to look back at Sanzo. Sanzo's eyes narrowed.
"No. Let's start."
Gojyo and Sanzo then lined up all the liquor they had in two neat, identical columns. They both made eye contact.
"BEGIN!" they both shouted in unison as they started gulping down one bottle after the other and tossing them in whichever direction they preferred. Hakkai ignored the both of them and continued to read his newspaper; at times dodging the random bottles.
"H-Hakkaiiiii. We need more," Sanzo slurred as his vision started blurring. Hakkai sighed before getting up to call the bar.
Twenty bottles of alcohol (each) later . . .
"You're drunk," Gojyo stated.
"Am not."
"You look like your monkey."
"Do not."
"Do too, you're face is red and your eyes are drooping more than usual."
"Well . . .your eyes are red."
"They've always been red."
"Have not."
"Have too."
"Here the last bottle of sake!" Gojyo stated as he held it up high. Sanzo picked his up after his vision cleared enough to locate it. They both drank their bottles down. The two simply looked at each other after they drank their bottles. After a few moments, Sanzo fell over sideways.
"Heh, I win pretty boy!" Gojyo shouted for all to hear.
"Gojyo, be quiet. Our neighbours are sleeping," Hakkai said.
Ignoring Hakkai, Gojyo stood up. While attempting to make his way back to his bedroom, Gojyo fell over on top of Sanzo.
"Mmmph. Bed," with that said Gojyo drifted off to unconsciousness.
"I . . .am not fit to live," Hakkai stated as he held a knife to his stomach. Sanzo ran into the clearing just in time.
"Hakkai, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Sanzo shouted as Hakkai slowly turned to look at him.
"I am worthless. I will join Kannan soon," with that said, Hakkai plunged the knife into his stomach and finished his suicide.
"Hakkai . . ." Sanzo said. His eyes widened as he heard a huffing that sounded nearby. Sanzo painstakingly left Hakkai behind in order to find the source of the noice. He found Gojyo, surrounded by numerous liquor bottles, breathing heavily under a tree. His cigarette in one hand and a sake bottle in another.
"Gojyo?! What the fuck! You're going to die if you drink like that!!" Sanzo shouted as he tried to make his way toward Gojyo.
"I'm a . . .measly half-breed. This life was . . .over for me . . .before it began," Gojyo sadly stated as he took his last drink, the drink that made him overdose. Gojyo breathed his last.
"Gojyo . . .no . . . .why?" Sanzo asked. He then heard loud sounds coming from around the bush. Sanzo took one last look at Gojyo before running off in search of the noise. He found Goku surrounded by various types of food. Also, Goku was huge. I'm not talking about a few pounds either, I mean a few hundred pounds.
"GOKU!? You're going to overeat!!!" Sanzo yelled as he watched Goku shove food in his mouth at an alarming rate.
"I'm evil. I'm very evil. I'm . . ." Goku was never able to finish his last sentence because he had a heart attack from too much grief. His fat body couldn't take it and he died. Sanzo started at his last friend. He slowly began to walk away.
"I . . .can't believe this . . ." Sanzo said as he walked over to the edge of a cliff. "I'm not going to clean up this mess. Especially not alone." Sanzo said his final words as he pointed a gun to his head. One shot was fired and nothing was heard as Sanzo fell off the cliff.
FALLING . . .
Falling . . . .
Falling . . .straight into his pillow. Sanzo opened his eyes as a bead of cold sweat ran down his face. He was shortly tackled.
"What the fuck?!" Sanzo yelled as he looked down on the hugging figure.
Goku slowly opened his eyes and looked around. Sanzo, Gojyo, Hakkai and himself were tied to a . . .cave wall?
"What's going on?!" Goku asked. The other slowly stirred and awakened. They all looked around as well. Slowly, a hideous being emerged from the shadows.
"Hello, and welcome. Do you want to live? I'm going to test that," once the being spoke, Gojyo was released and he fell onto the floor.
"SHIT!!" Gojyo yelled as he rubbed his head.
"Come forward. You will be the one to save your friends."
"Huh? Me?" Gojyo pointed to himself.
"Yes, now come stand next to this pot."
"Alright," Gojyo said as he shrugged his shoulders and walked over.
"See this pot? You are to make a soup. If I like it, you and your friends may live. If not, then your friends can decide for themselves if they wish to eat it and live or die. There are all the ingredients in the world in the cabinets behind you. Choose wisely."
Gojyo blinked. "Oh, well ok, sure." Gojyo calmly walked over to the cabinets. His teammates watched in horror as Gojyo started adding things to the pot.
"Let's see, some whiskey, maybe some raw eggs, some rum, a little bit of beer . . .Hey, why is this thing not boiling or something?"
"You IDIOT, turn it ON!" Sanzo yelled at him.
"Oh, yeah," Gojyo said as he turned the switch up to high. The mixture started boiling.
"Gojyo, don't you think you might want to add some vegetable or some type of meat into that?" Hakkai timidly asked.
"Hmmm, yeah you're right." Gojyo grabbed a few rotten tomatoes, some garlic, a whole cucumber and an unwashed chicken and tossed them into the pot.
"You're not gonna wash any of that?!" Goku yelled. He loved eating exotic food, but this was ridiculous. Goku started to wonder if Hakkai was taken for granted. Little did he know that Sanzo was thinking the exact same thing.
"Well, I'd thought that this boiling soup would wash the chicken," Gojyo stated. "But I think the soup is missing somethings . . .let's see tobasco sauce, teriyaki sauce, rice and some . . .tobacco! There. My masterpiece is finished," Gojyo proudly announced.
"Good," the hideous being said. "Now, friends of Gojyo, who would like to try this tasty mixture?"
"I thought you said you would try it?!" Gojyo asked.
"Erm, I changed my mind. Anyway, what do you choose, friends of Gojyo?" At that moment a bowl filled with the soup went to Sanzo and force fed him. He instantly died. More bowls filled themselves with the soup and went closer . . .closer . . .and closer to Goku's face—
"NOOOOOO!!!!" Goku screamed as he awoke from his dream.
He looked around frantically. He soon spotted a twitching Sanzo who was lying face down. Goku wasted no time in running and tackling Sanzo.
"What the fuck?!" Sanzo yelled as he looked down on the hugging figure.
"Sanzo! I had an awful dream!! Gojyo tried to cook and then you ate it and you died!! And I almost ATE it!!!" Goku continued rambling as he clung to Sanzo.
"What is all the ruckus?" Hakkai asked he came in running. After recovering from his tackle, Sanzo looked around. Hakkai noticed a wave of relief wash over Sanzo's face when he saw Goku and himself.
"Something wrong, Sanzo?" Hakkai asked, a tinge of concern showing.
"Nothing," Sanzo muttered as he turned away. His gaze fell upon Gojyo. Memories of yesterday's drinkning game came to mind, as well as Gojyo's way of death in Sanzo's dream. Hakkai saw the same look of concern show up on Sanzo's face.
Sanzo gently poked Gojyo. No movement. Sanzo lightly touched Gojyo's shoulder. No movement. Sanzo shook Gojyo's shoulder, gently at first, then roughly. Still no movement. Sanzo gave up on the "nice" ways of waking up Gokyo and reached for his fan.
"Wake up, moron!" Sanzo shouted as he beat Gojyo over the head with his fan.
"Mmmph . . ." Gojyo moaned as he slowly opened his eyes. They turned to looke at Sanzo.
"I won, you know," Gojyo grinned. Sanzo scowled and got up. Or rather, he tried to get up, but his dizziness overtook him and he fell over.
"Looks like you have a nasty hangover, " Hakkai commented as he we walked over to the phone. "Hello? Is this the bar? We're going to need three hangover remedies, please."
Next Chapter Preview: Most of the boys are recovering from a hangover and it still looks like poor Hakkai's arms aren't healing very well. The four boys put their heads together and try to find the one who can replace Hakkai in driving jeep.
YAY!! My second chapter! Well, what did you think? I'd really like to know and I appreciate everyone who reads and reviews. :) I'm already working on the third chapter!! Thank you for your time.