Disclaimer: I don't Saiyuki, but I'm working on that!

(Insert Jaws Theme)

(Insert Insane Cackling)

(Insert the Sound of Being Covered By Red Tape)

Me: Waaahhh!

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Sanzo, for the umpteenth time that day, wondered why he took that god damned monkey from that cave. Sure, the voices in his head stopped, but as they pulled away from the mountain, the monkey started getting restless. He kept looking back at the mountain, as if leaving something behind. And a new voice was starting up too.

Fuck.

By the time they were at the foot of the mountain, he had to hold the monkey back from running back up the mountain. Why was he stopping a mere nuisance from running back up the mountain and, hopefully, get himself killed? Because whoever it was up there hated him, and when that happened, guess who it was that would have to drag his ass down that mountain? With now TWO voices in his head?

He cursed again when the monkey's flailing limbs caught him in the jaw. He sent a glare into the saru's golden eyes, which made him stop. For a moment.

As his jaw was hit for a third time in as many minutes, he let the damned gaki go.

"What do you want from me!" Sanzo shouted "You want to go back up that god damned mountain? Go ahead!"

He turned and started stomping away from the mountain, an oncoming headache, and that damned gaki.

Said gaki glared at him and dashed into the forest canopy, making one hell of a racket, disturbing everything that got into his path.

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"Fuck." Sanzo said plainly. He had been searching for the saru for hours now. His feet were scratched because his slippers had long since been worn down to nothing, his robe was damaged as well, and muscles he didn't even know he had were hurting like hell. But none of that compared to having TWO voices in his head now, as well as a pounding migraine.

He started following a river upstream; hoping that a bath in the nearby waterfalls would clears his head. As he neared the falls he started seeing ofuda on the nearby rocks.

That was funny, he didn't see or hear any waterfalls when he took that gaki out of the cave. Intrigued, he followed the ofudas.

As he arrived at the waterfalls, he saw the gaki that he had been searching for playing in the water. He picked up his pace. He would pound that monkey into next week! As he neared the monkey, he realized something. The gaki wasn't playing, he was looking for something.

Che.

Like it mattered.

He walked silently, sneaking up behind the bane of his existence. He took out his fan, which had miraculously remained pristine during his hike

THWAP

He grinned as he kept slapping, hoping that this would teach the kid from wandering off the beaten path, but stopped as he noticed that the idiot wasn't even looking at him. He snorted as he put the fan back in his pocket and pulled out a cigarette, taking as deep a drag as humanly possible. He sighed and tried the civilized approach.

"YOU GOD DAMNED GAKI!"

Okay, that wasn't such a great start. He sighed again and took another drag. He exhaled.

"Would you mind telling me what you're doing in the fucking water, Shithead?"

Okay, that was a tiny bit better.

Too bad he didn't get a response.

A vein throbbed on his forehead

Still nothing.

His hand twitched.

He'd give this baka ten seconds to respond

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THWAP

This time, he couldn't be ignored.

"ITAI!"

"I WON'T ASK YOU AGAIN YOU PATHETIC—"

"LOOKING"

Sanzo turned his head to the object of his ire. Only to sweatdrop. He was being ignored again. He sighed and went to lean on the rock beside the waterfalls, rubbing the bridge of his nose in an effort to stop the migraine, which seemed to have disappeared when he found Mr. Mystery over there, from coming back.

Imagine his surprise when even the only voice in his head (aside from his own) STARTED FADING! He spared a glance at the Saru. HIS voice in his head had stopped some time ago, so that meant…

He experimentally took a few steps away from the falls, only to be greeted by a loudening of the voice. He marched straight into the waterfalls, ignoring his now wet attire, stopping dead in his tracks when he saw the sight that met him.

Another saru.

Great.

Suddenly, the migraine he felt coming a while ago seemed mild compared to the one he felt right now.

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okay, the Mr. Mystery crack is because of Goku's tendency to not talk. Sucked, I know, but I couldn't resist. I'm not known for my willpower, only my lack of skill in writing.

Catch you on the flipside! Later!

DDDD

July 5, 2005

10:28 pm

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