Unfortunately, it's not Vixen. She's getting on my nerves. It's Spring…for a change. Well, I got impatient. Chapter three: Remember. Read on…
"Gojyo-onichan!" Shinda said, folding her arms impatiently. "How can you not remember me?!"
"I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAVE A BROTHER!" the brown-haired girl, Namida, said.
"And I didn't know you had a sister!" Goku added.
"I don't!" Gojyo snapped.
Shinda leapt up and turned her back on him. "Your so mean, onichan!" she pouted.
"For the last time, I'm not your brother!" Gojyo snapped, brushing off his pants.
Shinda whirled around. "Not biologically, no! But you used to let me call you 'onichan' when we were little! You said that after your brother left you were lonely and then you said 'Chocho-chan, from now on, you have to call me onichan!' So there!"
"Chocho-chan…? Chochiku?!" Gojyo asked.
"Took you a while," Shinda said, looking away stubbornly.
Next thing she knew, she felt strong arms being wrapped around her waist, and a firm body pressed against hers. "Gomen, Chocho-chan," he whispered, hugging her tightly.
"Gojyo-kun…" Shinda said softly, putting her hand on his cheek.
"Did I miss something?!" Goku asked angrily, pulling Gojyo away from Shinda…err…Chocho-chan.
Namida pulled her away and slapped her. "Snap out of it!" she said, slapping her again. "We're supposed to kill them, not seduce them!"
"WHO WAS SEDUCING WHO?!" Shinda asked.
"Just kill him! I wanna go home!"
"Iie!" she said stubbornly.
"Gojyo! They're here to kill us! Not kiss us!" Goku snapped.
"KISS! I'm not kissing her! What do you think I am, perverted?!" he snapped.
"YES!"
"YOU STUPID MONKEY!"
"DON'T CALL ME A MONKEY!"
"MONKEY! MONKEY!"
"I'M NOT A MONKEY!"
"FINE! GORILLA!"
"I SAID I'M NOT A MONKEY!"
"GORILLAS ARE APES YOU DUMB ASS MONKEY!"
"THERE'S NO DIFFRENCE! AND DON'T CALL ME A MONKEY!"
"Hey, um, monkey?" Namida asked.
"I'M NOT A MONKEY!" Goku snapped. "MY NAME'S GOKU! GOKU, GOKU, GOKU, GOKU!"
"Fine! 'Goku' then!"
"What!"
"…can I play with your stick?"
"NO!"
"MEAN!" she cried…literally.
Goku looked at her and rubbed his eyes. "Stop crying!" he said. "You're gonna make me start!"
"You're so mean!" she wined between buckets of tears.
"FINE! TAKE IT!" Goku said, throwing it over to her.
She watched as the highly decorative bow-staff rolled to her feet, squatted down, pocked it, and stood back up. Mindlessly, she kicked it back to him. "Thank you!" she said, walking over to the restaurant door. "Come on!" she said. "I won't kill you guys if you buy me a spring roll!"
Sanzo sighed. "That's all we need," he mumbled, "another Goku," and walked in after her.
"Haiyaku, Goku-kun!" Namida called.
"Hai!" Goku answered, running after them.
"Hara heta! Hara heta! Tabemono! Tabemono!" they chanted.
"Kawai!" Hakkai smiled, walking out of the sun.
"'Kawai' my butt," Sanzo muttered, disappearing through the door.
"Gojyo-kun!"
A little girl with long crimson hair held up a bouquet of beautiful red flowers. She tugged at a white shirt, standing on her tip-toes. "Gojyo-kun!" she repeated.
The boy looked down. "Chocho-chan…"
She smiled. "I picked these for you!"
He bent down and tucked a strand of his own crimson hair behind his ear. "Thank you," he said, taking the flowers from her.
She threw her arms around him. "It's gonna be okay, Gojyo-kun!" she said, burying her face in his chest. "I'm sure he'll come back!"
The boy laughed. "Even if he doesn't, I still have Chocho-chan, ne? You're not ever gonna leave me, right?"
The little girl shook her head. "Never!"
"Good…then from now on, Chocho-chan will call me 'onichan' not 'Gojyo-kun', okay?"
"Hai!"
Gojyo slowly opened his eyes, taken from his dream by the rays of the morning sun. Everyone else was still fast asleep.
He got to his feet drowsily and yawned, tying back his long hair.
He opened the door to the balcony they shared with the room next door and walked out into the cool morning air.
He stretched widely and leaned forward on the railing.
Behind him, a glass door slid open. "Gojyo-kun?"
"'From now on, Chocho-chan will call me 'onichan' not 'Gojyo-kun'.'" he said. "That's what I told you back then, wasn't it?" he asked, not looking away from the rising sun.
"Uh huh."
"Why should that change?" he asked her.
"What do you mean, Gojyo-kun?"
"Why should you call me 'Gojyo-kun' now that were older? Have I stopped being your 'onichan'?"
Shinda stared at him, startled by the question. "I-iie," she answered.
"Then why are you calling me 'Gojyo-kun'? I haven't stopped calling you 'Chocho-chan', have I?" he asked.
"Iie," she answered, leaning on the railing next to him, "onichan."
Gojyo blew out a puff of smoke from his cigarette.
"Onichan?" she asked.
"Nani?"
"Just because we're older now…does that mean I don't have to nag you any more?"
"No," Gojyo replied, taking a puff from his half-finished smoke.
"Good! Then get that out of your mouth!" she said, snatching it away from him. "Do you know what this stuff does to you?! It gives you black lungs! On top of that, your teeth get all yucky!"
Gojyo watched as she crushed the cigarette under her heel.
"From now on, no smoking!"
Gojyo laughed. "Yes ma'am."
"And don't call me 'ma'am'!" she spat. "It makes me sound old!"
"Yes Chocho-chan."
"Much better!"
Inside, Goku and Namida watched Shinda spit out orders.
"Gee, I sure am glad I'm not Gojyo," Goku said quietly.
"I get this all the time," Namida said dully. "'Namida! Turn off the lights!' 'Namida! Don't eat in the room!' 'Namida! Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah!'"
Goku laughed.
"You think that's funny?" Namida asked. "Wait till she starts getting on your case, monkey-kun."
Goku's laughter immediately ceased. "I'm not a monkey," he pouted.
And that's chapter three! Hopefully, Vixen will be the one doing chapter four, but don't hold your breath. This is Spring, signing out.