Changing Faces

Chapter 2: Gintao Root

A scream tore through Goku's throat. His body fell to the floor and convulsed as if he were having a seizure.

"Goku! Are you all right?" Hakkai cleared the area of everything so the little demon wouldn't hurt himself. He couldn't understand what was happening. The first time the two soul's switched bodies this didn't happen. Gojyo opened the door, seeing one of his friends convulsing on the floor sent him into a kind of shock until Sanzo shoved him the rest of the way in.

"What's going on! What happened here Hakkai?"

"I don't know Sanzo. One minute I was saying goodbye to Tiyanna and the next Goku is screaming, almost howling, and then this!"

Slowly the seizure stopped and Hakkai picked Goku's limp form up and walked over towards the bed with him.

"Uh, has anyone else noticed that Goku has breasts?" Gojyo asked no one in particular.

Hakkai paused and looked down at his friends' chest. It did look a bit enlarged to him, come to think of it.

Goku's body started to change faster once Hakkai laid him on the bed. He seemed to shrink and his hair grew out and changed to silver. Hid face became more feminine and thinner. His ears slowly grew to points. He was no longer Goku.

"Oh great!" Sanzo muttered. "Now what? He's becoming more and more trouble every day."

"I don't think this is his fault Sanzo. Perhaps something went wrong with the spell." Hakkai theorized as Gojyo finally found his voice.

"That settles it. I'm in this room tonight."

"This is for being a pervert." Sanzo smacked him soundly with his fan.

Tiyanna opened her eyes to an unfamiliar ceiling and groaned.

"What the hell happened? Where am I?" She looked around the room and found three sets of eyes staring back at her. "Oh no, what happened?"

"I believe something went wrong with the spell." Hakkai answered. "Apparently your soul didn't return to your body as much as your body returned to you soul."

"So this is what you really look like huh?" Gojyo grinned.

"What are you?" Sanzo asked harshly. "You have ears like a demon."

"I'm an elf, not a demon. Two completely different things."

The elf groaned as she rolled into a sitting position on the side of the bed. She looked at Hakkai; he seemed to be the most level headed of the bunch. And he had such beautiful green eyes. And soft looking lips.

"Now what?" She said shaking the stray thoughts out of her head.

"I don't know Tiyanna; I don't know anything about reversing spells placed by wizards from another world. Do you have any idea what went wrong?"

"I remember Haukka, the wizard, chanting the spell. I was yelling at him not to play his magical tricks on me. I guess maybe I interrupted the spell in a way that really messed things up." Come to think about it, Sanzo was kind of sexy in his own right. 'What am I thinking?'

"Ugghhh. Great! How do we get Goku back then?" Sanzo growled.

"I guess we wait until morning and see if the spell reverses again." Hakkai noticed that Tiyanna looked a bit confused. "Is everything OK?" He asked her.

"I feel kind of funny I guess." She looked down at her hand and noticed she was holding something tightly. Her fingers opened, and there on her palm was a small brown root. She screamed and dropped the thing like it was a snake.

"What is it? What's wrong?" Hakkai picked up the root and examined it. "It just looks like a plant root."

"It's not just any plant root…it's a Gintao root." Tiya said flatly.

"So what's a Gintao root?" Sanzo asked.

"It's used for many medicinal purposes when mixed with other herbs and roots. When ground and diluted in water, it's a powerful aphrodisiac."

"Then what's the problem?" Hakkai coaxed.

"If you look closely, it looks as if someone has been gnawing on it. Damn, Goku will eat anything won't he?"

Hakkai looked at the root and nodded.

"So what does it do if you eat from the actual root?" He asked.

"Well it still has the attributes of an aphrodisiac, only stronger, much stronger. It can also kill. Most men say, "what a way to go!" but from what I understand, it can get quite painful if the need isn't sated."

For some reason everyone took this moment to look at Gojyo.

"Well you have to admit, it's the way I'd want to go."

"How do you know if it's enough to kill you? We have no idea how much of it he ate." Hakkai was trying to puzzle it all out. Sanzo had a vein throbbing on his forehead and Gojyo was just grinning ear to ear.

"So how much do you think it would take to fill the need?" The pervy water sprite smiled. "Do you need all of us, or will I do?"

Tiyanna bent her head down and clenched the bed sheets in her hand, Sanzo actually thought that she wanted to keep herself from hitting the stupid Kappa. That wasn't exactly what she had in mind though. Her face was burning up from blushing. Sanzo actually started feeling sorry for her, why he didn't know. He didn't go soft for anybody. In any case, he sat next to her on the bed and patted her shoulder.

"We'll find a cure, don't worry."

Tiyanna grabbed Sanzo by the shoulders and in his surprise, she was able to pin him to the mattress. She straddled the monk and kissed him in a very passionate way. She sat up on his hips and glared hungrily at the holy man.

"Don't touch me!" She growled at him. Quickly removing herself from him and the bed as Sanzo gasped for breath. As she walked towards the window, Goku's pants and boxers fell down to her ankles. Luckily, the shirt was long enough to cover anything.

"I am really starting to enjoy this!" Gojyo laughed. He had never seen anyone kiss Sanzo like that, come to think of it; he doesn't remember anyone kissing Sanzo. Well except for the Merciful Goddess, but he didn't count that since it was to save his life.

"What did you do that for?" Sanzo muttered, wiping his mouth with his sleeve.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. It seems physical contact with someone of the opposite sex has an adverse affect on me right now."

"Anybody of the opposite sex?"

"I don't know Gojyo. I've never overdosed on Gintao root before. And if you come any closer I'm going to hit you with Sanzo's fan."

"What! I just thought you could use some consoling is all. Jeesh, try to be a nice guy."

"We all know what you had in mind you over-sexed Kappa. Just sit down and shut up. Let the big boys handle this."

"Actually Sanzo, Gojyo might be more help if we let him have his way."

Both Sanzo and Tiyanna gaped at Hakkai and said in unison, "WHAT!"

"Well you said it yourself Tiyanna. If the need isn't sated, it can be quite painful. And Gojyo said earlier that you looked like you wanted to eat him."

"I was hungry."

"You kiss the tight-ass monk but you don't want me near you? What's wrong with me?"

"Nothing is wrong with you Gojyo…I just…"

"Just what?"

Tiyanna rounded on the group. Hungry, pained eyes taking in each of them.

"I'm very attracted to all of you. I just don't want to hurt you." She slumped down to the floor on her knees holding her head.

"Wait, all you need is sex right?"

"Yes Gojyo."

"How would that hurt us? And exactly WHY would you be attracted to Sanzo? OWWW!" Gojyo held the back of his head. He swore that fan was made out of something much harder than paper.

Hakkai knelt beside the elf and tried to be comforting without actually touching her. His dragon flew over and landed in her lap making soothing noises at her.

"I guess it's not all males at least, since Hakkuryuu is male. Perhaps it has to be a homosapian male."

"Gee, that's a relief, at least I won't get hot and bothered by a dragon. No offense friend dragon. It just wouldn't seem natural." Hakkuryuu cooed at her and nuzzled his head under her chin. Tears started to roll down her cheeks. You know how Gojyo gets when women cry. He walked over and plopped down next to her, embracing her in a tender hug.

"Come on now. Does the thought of me making love to you really upset you so much?"

Hakkuryuu screeched as Tiya pushed Gojyo to the ground. His shirt was quickly torn open as the horny elf began to trail kisses over his chest. She slid up his body to kiss his lips. Her eyes flew open, as she realized what she was doing. She pulled away from his lips slightly, her hair flowing down to hide both their faces.

"I…I'm the Princess…Guardian to the Heir to the Throne. I can't behave like this. I have a reputation to…uphold." She panted, a lone tear falling from her eye. Her eyes looked strained, Gojyo figured it was from trying to control the pain she had talked about.

"Well Princess, you have a reputation to uphold in your world, not here. So I wouldn't worry about it too much." The very aroused redhead reasoned. "Besides, I won't tell." He grinned.

She smiled and leaned in to resume kissing him. Gojyo wrapped his arms around her to keep her from pulling away. He didn't want to see her cry and was VERY willing to do his part to keep her from hurting.

"Perhaps we should leave Sanzo. This is probably what she needs the most right now."