CH 4…. once again…. the adventures continues….

"Are you sure you have to leave?" Granny Shun asked Hakkai.

"Yes, unfortunately we have too, Gojyo and Hakaryu are better. But thank you very much for you hospitality, we'll be sure to stop by here on our way back." They all waved good-bye, Gojyo still holding an ice pack over his eye."Well that was nice, wasn't it?" Hakkai asked.

"Humph. It was a waste of time." Sanzo grunted.
"I had fun; I really liked Granny Shun Hakkai!" Goku said, starting to hop up and down in his seat.

"Ya it was fun, but I don't remember half of the trip now because of all the times I got hit in the head." Gojyo grumbled. They all sat back, relaxed and prepared for the long road ahead of them. After an hour or two on the road Hakkai spotted a store in the middle of a small town. He swerved and stopped right in front of the store.

"Sanzo, we should try shopping here for some stuff, I hear these places are great, and they have great prices!" Hakkai said excitedly. Sanzo looked up at the sign; in big white letters it said 'THRIFT STORE'. Gojyo sweat dropped, and Sanzo and Goku sat there, not knowing what the place was.

"Uhhhh, Hakkai are you sure you want to shop here, I mean, you know." Gojyo said uneasily.

"Yes, why wouldn't I want to shop here?" Hakkai said, slightly confused. Goku came up behind Sanzo and whispered in his ear, "Sanzo, what's a thrift store?"

"I don't know, don't ask me." Sanzo replied harshly.

"Geez, sorry, didn't mean to piss you off." Goku said snootily. Sanzo gave Goku a glare then got out of the car. "Well, are we going in, or not?" he yelled, marching towards the steps to the front door. Goku and Gojyo hopped out of the car and Hakkai got out gracefully, letting Hakaryu transform and rest on his shoulder. They four walked in together, taking a look around the place. It had shelves of different items, some broken. Racks of clothes were everywhere, some clothes just thrown on the floor. It was a fairly small place at first glace, but halls led to other rooms in the back, filled with many different items and clothes. Goku ran up to Hakkai and whispered to him, "Uhhhh, Hakkai these clothes smell like Grandma's." Hakkai looked at him shocked, but agreed with him.

The four split up, going their own ways, looking at different things. Sanzo was looking at different CD's stacked in a corner. He glanced at the album names, some that caught his eye were Metalica, Disney Hits, Phantom of the Opera, The Best of Saiyuki, and 50 cent. The first one he picked up was Phantom of the Opera, it had an interesting cover and was $9.99, but the music was too angelic for him. The next CD was 50 Cent, or as some people said, fitty cent. Sanzo thought the guy on the cover looked cool, and the CD was only 50 cents at that! He decided to buy the CD, so he held onto it. Next he picked up Disney Hits, as soon as he saw the pink and green cover; he dropped it like it burned his hands. He moved on to The Best of Saiyuki, for $.99. He saw the cover, he, Hakkai, Goku and Gojyo were on the front. He looked at the music and immediately loved it. Lastly he picked up Matalica; the cover was black with lightning and other things going on. He also put this in his 'buy pile'.

While Sanzo was looking at CD's, Hakkai was looking at clothes. He searched the racks, seeing sequined pants, puffy shirts and leopard print thongs. He really liked the sequined pants and leopard print thongs though each was $2. Hakkai thought, 'Boy, what a price, at a normal store I would have to pay at least $20 for them.' Hakkai picked them up and was determined to buy them.

Gojyo was in another part of the store, looking at different videotapes. The ones that he had picked out were Black Hawk Down, The Ya Ya Sisterhood, Sleepless in Seattle, Steal Magnolia's, and the complete first seasons of Desperate Housewives, The Swan and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Gojyo was especially excited about Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and The Ya Ya Sisterhood. Gojyo 'pranced' off to the counter to get his things.

Goku on the other hand was standing still in the middle of the store. He had his nose plugged due to the fact that he could not stand the 'Grandma smelling' clothes. After standing there for ten minutes, he couldn't take it anymore. He ran out of the store, gaping for breath. He looked around and saw something, a lump in the flowerbed. Goku walked over and started poking it with a stick. "Hello? Hello?" Goku continually poked it, until it started to shift a little.

Sanzo carried his CD's around with him, searching the many other places of the store. He looked around a noticed Goku was missing. He shuffled over to Hakkai and asked, "Oi, have you seen Goku?" Hakkai shook his head, signifying 'no'. Sanzo started to panic, when he saw Goku out the window looking down and talking to something. He gave his CD's to Hakkai and ran out the store.

"Goku! What the hell are you doing! You should tell me you're goin—"Sanzo was cut short by the sight. Goku was taking to two hoboes, sitting on a tarp in the flowerbed, and feeding them meat buns.

"Hey Sanzo, there you are! These guys are really nice, and they like food as much as I do! They don't have names so I decided to name them, the one with the red plaid jacket is Sukiyaki and the one with the brown beanie is Meat Bun!" Goku said excitedly. Sanzo stood there half disgusted that Goku would even get near them and half annoyed that yet two more people were being brought into his life.

"Goku! What Have I told you about talking to strangers, and read the signs!" Goku looked at the sign that said in bold red print 'DO NOT FEED THE HOBOES!'

"Sorry Sanzo, but they were really hungry, and they don't have homes." Goku said innocently. Sanzo sighed and said, "Fine, feed them if you want."

"Yay!" Goku said happily. Sanzo went back into the store to buy his things. Goku continued to talk to his newly found friends.

"So, how long have you guys known each other?" Goku asked.

"Well, we have been living together in the flowerbed for about two months now." Sukiyaki replied.

"Wow, that's a long time. Hey, I have an idea! Why don't you guys travel with us for a while? It could be fun, what do you say?" Sukiyaki and Meat Bun looked at each other and nodded their heads 'yes'. At that moment Sanzo and the others walked out of the store with bags in their hands.

"Hey guys!" Goku yelled, trying to get their attention. Hakkai noticed Goku and gave his bags to Gojyo to take to the Hakaryu, who was already in jeep form.

"Yes Goku?" Hakkai said, walking over to him.

"Hey can these guys travel with us?" Hakkai had a look of shock and confusion on his face.

"Ummm, Goku do you even know who these people are?" Hakkai asked.

"Ya, their names are Sukiyaki and Meat Bun."

"No Goku, I mean do you really know who they are?" Goku thought a minute and then came to the conclusion that he really didn't know who they were. Goku still felt bad that he could not help out the poor men.

"Sorry guys, I guess you can't with us after all." Goku said sorrowfully. Hakkai bowed to the guys and headed back to Hakaryu. Goku turned to follow Hakkai but then had an idea; he turned around and gave the guys some of his spare change and few more meat buns. Goku ran off waving good-bye yelling, "Good-bye and take care!" Goku jumped into Hakaryu and they were off once again, heading towards the setting sun.