Ch.5

Well…shall we continue our story?

Sanzo and his followers were well on their way to India. After their last few adventures Sanzo had refused to stop anywhere. Along the way though, they notice Hakaryu had no CD player. What was Sanzo going to do about the CD's he had just bought at the thrift store? He was very interested in hearing what they sounded like.

"Hakkai, next store you see that would sell CD players, would you stop there?" Sanzo asked Hakkai, seemingly very desperate to hear what he had bought.

"But I thought that you didn't want to stop anywhere Mr. High and Mighty." Gojyo retorted back. Hakkai merely gave a nod, showing that Gojyo was right in his words. Sanzo was only able to muster a glare at Gojyo. These days he was feeling a bit ill, his energy was low and had none to fight with him. Hakkai saw this and decided to cut Sanzo a break and stop at a store if he saw one.

They drove for a few more hours when Goku spotted as store that was similar to Target. Goku yelled, "Look Hakkai, a store!" Hakkai glanced at it and figured that it was the best they would find today. He made a gutsy turn (almost flipping Hakaryu) and parked, by slamming on the breaks.

"What the hell Hakkai, are you trying to get us killed or something?" Gojyo yelled in the back, almost biting off his own tongue. Hakkai jumped out of the jeep, turned around a merely smiled at Gojyo. He then turned on the heel of his foot, and started marching into the store, yelling at them, "If we don't hurry we won't get to eat tonight, or find an inn to stay at." This, of course, had caught Gojyo and Goku's attention; they hopped out, following Hakkai into the store. Sanzo got out of the jeep, feeling slightly dizzy but he thought nothing of it. As soon as the four of them got into the store, Gojyo and Goku were off to who knows where. Knowing them, Hakkai figured that he should follow them, who knew what kind of trouble they could get into in a store like this. Sanzo took the hint and went off to find what he came for.

Gojyo and Goku had found the aisles with rugs and pillows and all of the housing supplies in them. The first thing they did was smell the rugs, why, I don't know. Goku managed to squeal out, "Ewww, nasty! Smell this rug Gojyo!" Gojyo came over took a deep intake of the stench then replied back, "Ya, totally nasty!" By the time Hakkai had caught up with them, rugs were all over the floors in the isle they were found in. Hakkai heard them and asked, "What in the world are you two doing?" Goku glanced up and said blissfully, "Why we're smelling rugs of course!" Hakkai just stared at them blankly until Gojyo picked one up and said, "Here, smell it, it's totally nasty!" Hakkai knew that there was no way of arguing with him, so he took a whiff and answered, "You're right! That's just wrong!" Seeing that they were starting to feel light headed, the two trouble makers moved on to another aisle.

Sanzo was now completely lost, and had no clue where he was. There was not a store clerk in sight, so he just continuously wandered around. He soon found himself in the women's lingerie department. Blushing furiously, he ran through, crashing into a rack and landing various items around him and on him. He quickly stood up and ran out, leaving a mess behind him and store clerks staring and wondering what he was doing. He then soon found himself in the toy department. He found the same toy gun Gojyo and Goku had replaced his with when they had broken his banishing gun. 'Humph' he thought to himself, 'so this is where they got it.' He picked it up and started playing with it once more. When he noticed a little kid starting at him, in a rush he said, "What the hell are you looking at, you little brat!"

Sanzo sent the kid running down the aisle, crying for his mother. He thought he should get out of there quickly, before the kid's mother came after him. So the priest shuffled down to another isle, finding the CD player he was after. He had his all picked out, but now he had to find a store clerk to get it for him. And from where Sanzo was, there was no one insight. So being the brutal person that he is, the thought the best way to get attention was to shoot off his gun. He pulled it out, and pointed it to the ceiling. BANG! BANG! BANG! Sanzo sent three shots into the light above him, sprinkling him with glass. An alarm sounded, and a few store clerks and the managers came running to the scene to see what the problem was. When they arrived in the aisle, they found a strange blonde man in monk's robes, holing a gun.

"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to put down your gun." the manager said to Sanzo. Sanzo looked at the manager, then to his gun, and then to the manager again. He then said,

"Humph, I need that item right there." And he pointed to the CD player on the top. The manager looked to the top and then back at Sanzo.

"Sir, I'm sorry, I can't do that for you until you put your gun down. Now I'm going to ask you one for time, please put down you gun." The manager said sternly. Sanzo was too stubborn to listen to manager and said,

"Why—"but was cut off, due to he was feeling dizzy again. He fell to the ground, holding a hand to his head.

Hakkai, Goku and Gojyo, had by this time heard the racket that was coming from the other side of the store and knew at once it had to be Sanzo. When they got to the aisle that Sanzo was in, Goku saw him on his knees on the ground, and rushed to him. Sanzo by this time, was completely oblivious to what was going on around him and too him. Goku threw Sanzo's arm over his shoulder and helped him get up. Goku pushed his was throw the managers and made his was to the front door. The managers followed Goku and said, "Boy, do you know this man? I'm afraid we will have to take him and wait for the police to arrive, you—"they were also cut short, because Goku had kicked one of them in the shin. He made his was out the front door, followed closely by Gojyo and Hakkai. Hakaryu pulled around the corner and stopped out front. Goku helped Sanzo get into the passenger side then climbed in himself. Without saying anything, Hakkai hopped in and buckled up and got ready to go. Gojyo also jumped in, and settled in. Hakkai threw Hakaryu into gear and took off as quickly as possible to avoid any trouble with the authorities. Hakkai looked ahead towards the next town and saw storm clouds not that far ahead.

"I guess we better find an Inn." Hakkai said quietly. Goku nodded, he was worried about Sanzo.

((well….there it is….the end of the fifth chapter …sorry this one is short and it took me so long to put up….well time to start the next chapter…until next time

miss gojyo…))