Chapter 2: Bundle of Joy and Despair

The parting words of the cloaked woman turned around in their heads and it was Hakkai who finally voiced the small child's striking resemblance to Goku as well as the gold diadem on the infants head. Sanzo scoffed in disbelieve as well as annoyance. "What the fuck is going on! This little thing can't be Goku?" Gojyo yelled in disbelief picking up the small child. The boy opened his eyes to reviel very convincing gold eyes that seemed to have small flames flickering just over the serface despite the lack of flame to reflect on them. Gojyo squinted to get a better look at the glowing eyes when a sickening feeling came over him. It was a one of the most dreaded things to feel and should be feared by all when dealing with babies, The Hose. "Ack!" Gojyo screamed almost dropping the child before he shoved it in Sanzo's arms in panicked desperation. Sanzo was quick to hand Goku over to Hakkai in truth panicking as well even though he didn't show it. He had no clue what was going on or what to do and babies weren't really his thing anyway. They were annoying and loud and messy and overall very undesirable beings.

Gojyo stomped away grumbling and complaining the jeep and pulled off his shirt. He was not wearing it like that! It was only because of Hakkai that they got back to the jeep with the baby still in their possestion. It was only through death threats from Sanzo and Hakkai needing to drive that Gojyo excepted the infant into his arms once more. Goku proved that in his infant form he truly was more tolerable as he proceeded to fall asleep for the entire car ride that it took them to get to the next town. Wrapped in only a blanket and gurgling with joy the group was followed by coos and conversation on what a sweet child they had. When they reached the inn there were curious looks their way and the person asking "why would they travel with a child that young?" did not go unheard. They promptly ignored the chatter and waited at one of the tables to be served.

"Hello, welcome to Hima's Tavern. Specials today inclue the pot roast and fish freshly imported from the harbor. We also can get some warm milk for the little one on the house," she said smiling.

"Thank you," Hakkai said. "The pot roast sound lovely, and we'll have three orders of the fish. Also, two beers and some tea." The server nodded and walked away to put in the order.

"I'm not sure a single bottle is going to be enough," Gojyo said pointing at Goku with squinted eyes. He could have sworn he saw anger flash through the boy's eyes before a small hand reached out and tugged on his hair. There was a prompt laugh before a full squeal of joy and Sanzo gave an annoyed grunt from both it's pitch and volume. Glaring violet eyes met gold and a huge grin was apparent as Goku tugged Gojyo's hair once more while still looking at Sanzo. Understanding seemed to fill his eyes before he turned his gaze away. Goku knew full well what he was doing, but there was no reason to tell that to the stupid Kappa. Hakkai probably already knew and if he didn't, he could figure it out himself.

"After this I'll need to go shopping. We can't just carry him around like this, " Hakkai said frankly.

"Why not," Gojyo growled. "He's fine with just that." He motioned to the blanket and Hakkai shook his head. It wasn't long before the food came and Hakkai made a point to ask where the clothing stores were before she left the table as well as asking for a second bottle. The first one had been snatched and downed in mere seconds before being held out in a plea for more and a loud "MAA!" to get the woman's attention. Thinking this was cute the second bottle also came free of charge. Although by the sixth bottle the woman's eyes were popping out of her head in amazement. It seemed only out of pity that there wasn't another plea for more or perhaps it was Sanzo's glare, either way Hakkai set out with the credit card in hand not soon after paying their bill. The other two head up to their rooms while he was left to carry Goku to the clothing store he had previously inquired about.

Again he was followed by sounds of gushing females and even a distant voice complaining to their significant other that they wanted a child. He was stopped more then a few times so that Goku could be admired and the boy squirmed from the attention. Hakkai, already having figured out what Sanzo had, quickened his pace after pleading look from Goku for him to hurry up. After what seemed a little too long with Goku clinging to his shirt, he found the clothes store and sighed with a sweatdrop forming on his head as the woman behind the counter cooed.

" I'd like to purchase an outfit for a baby boy," he said in an attempt to distract her.

"Of course!" she said and started to show him all the cute clothes even going so far as to show him a bunny outfit which received a very loud "NAAAAA!" from Goku. The infant sported one of Snazo's glares on his face which only made him look like a sulking child instead of a very angry one.

"Um, just some traveling clothes please," he said. At this her face seemed to twist in disgust.

"With a child that age?" she said pointing to the still glaring infant. "You have to be joking."

"No, now if you would please," he said and she was about to lecture him when Goku screamed over her again. She looked at the child a little suspicious now but shook her head and decided to just go get the clothes asked of her. She picked up a baggy black shirt and walked over to him.

"This is all we carry that would suit that. It's not fasionable, but you'll probably need to replace it after not too long if your traveling so I wouldn't suggest anything more of this unless you want to save it for later, in which case I suggest you get this and this.' She said pulling out a pair of small pants and a shirt with a picture of a cloud and a stupidly happy sun on it that would probably cause nightmare for some children. Hakkai refused those and bought a few of the large black T-shirts as well as a small cloak that was still very large on Goku. He thanked her and payed before leaving. Luckily his trip back was much more tolerable then his initial trip there. The swarms of people had had enough excitement over the small child for one day and the sun was setting so as to call them back home to their own families and choirs.

His arrival back to the inn was met with a quiet that had not been heard in a long time and Hakkai put Goku on the floor where he decided to break that quiet by annoying Gojyo. Small hands tugged on the man's pants and crying followed when he was ignored.

"Shut up you little brat!" Gojyo said annoyed. The crying stopped for a few seconds then started again until Sanzo growled in frustration and aimed his gun at both of them.

"Shut. Up." Came the frustrated growl an Goku looked towards him before crawling up Gojyo and falling asleepmuch to the man's dismay.

"Get off or I'll-"

"If you wake him and make him start I'll shoot you," Sanzo said and Gojyo fell silent. Reluctently he went to bed and the others soon followed. When morning followed Sanzo was determined to set out like usual.

"I can't hold Goku while I drive," Hakkai said bringing this point once more to light. A vein throbbed on Sanzo's temple. Goku was handed over to Goyo who protested loudly.

"Why do I have to hold him?" Goku chose this moment to make his own opinion known by wailing as loud as he could. "Ack! What's wrong? Quiet! Quiet!" Gojyo panicked, but the crying only heightened in pitch. Gojyo in his panic to shut Goku up shoved Goku into Sanzo's arms. Miraculously Goku stopped. "Wow!" Gojyo exclaimed. Sanzo held Goku up and gave him a stern look. Goku giggled as Sanzo stared into Goku's eyes. "Huh?" Gojyo saidand Hakkai smiled. Goku continued to giggle with delight under Sanzo's death glare as if oblivious to what Sanzo was doing. "I think he's taunting you Sanzo. He knows that since he's a baby you won't hit him," Gojyo taunted knowing that it would get Sanzo angry. It was a stupid move. Wack Sanzo hit him on the head with his harison. "Ow!" This only increased Goku's laughter. "You think it's so funny?" Gojyo shouted starting to get angry.

"Now Gojyo we have to remember he's just a baby," Hakkai said trying to get Gojyo to calm down, but giggling in the knowledge that Goku was fully aware of what he was doing.

"I don't care he's insulting me."

"At least he stopped crying," Sanzo said but continued to glare at the giggling child. Gojyo gave him an irritated look before Goku grabbed Sanzo's robes and snuggled against him closing his eyes. A gun at his head was the only thing that kept Gojyo from comenting as Goku stayed with Sanzo for the whole ride.

Ok there's the redo although it hasn't been edited, but I'm more concerned with rewriting them first and if I edit things too I'll get frustrated so forgive me but that will have to wait for later. I've decided to only promise an update once a week since anything more is unrealistic for me. I get frustrated and then drop it for months which is just silly for me to do to myself. If anyone is interested I am making a second gen Justice League/Teen Titans/Batman Beyond series. Up until now only one friend has been interested so I haven't bothered uploading it but I'm working on entire website for it. Also I have a Harry Potter/Buffy crossover that I've started doing bits and pieces of that I may post on my deviantart until it's actually more than random pieces. I have other things too and if your interested in finding out about any of them I will eventually add a list of them to my profile. This requires a lot of typing and editing and since I am in school please keep that in mind. I will do requests depending on what they are, but again this happens in my spare time and you have to wait until I've finished previous projects to get them written frequently. Um if you bothered to read this all Thank you for your time and my deviantart due to scanner issues only has a small amount but please check it out. It's Darkandcrazyangel.