Chi (me): Well hello everyone. if youve never read my other two stories or if you have forgotten, at the beginning i "talk" with the characters from saiyuki.

G:(Goku): more like yell...-annoyed-

Chi-sweatdrops-Well uh yes. i guess you could say that.

Gy (Gojyo) of course he can. its true.

Chi:err...

Ha(Hakkai) now now lets not argue. where does it get us?

Sa(Sanzo) it solves a lot of problems.

Chi: Got that right!

ha sweatdrops- actually...i dont think so.

Chi: anyway uh this story is going to be probably quite short, and its kinda a story line i havent really touched upon...sanzoxgoku. yeah . i know cute lol. but i guess im more comfortable with gojyo and hakkai...ah well. here goes nothing!

Goku yawned, stretching. Birds chirped all around him, and he blinked in the sunlight, blinded for a moment before shading his eyes

with a hand. He sat up in the back of Jeep and looked about, confused.

Oh yeah.

They had been unable to find an inn before the sun had hidden itself from view, so they had camped out in the woods for the night.

There had been much arguing and scuffling, and Sanzo had become quite agitated for no reason at all. Really, he should expect Gojyo

and Goku would fight over the slightest thing: it was like a tradition!

Goku surveyed his surroundings and noticed everyone else was up and about but him. Sanzo was lounging against a log, reading an old

newspaper. Gojyo was sitting cross-legged in front of the fire, alternating between puffs of his cigarettes and swigs from his warm beer

and frowning. Hakkai was calmly reading a book, flipping the pages and looking up every once in a while to make sure the fish he was

cooking on the fire wasn't burning. Goku realized in anger that there were only three fish over the fire, and he had a pretty good guess on

who was going to go hungry.

Him.

Considering his appetite...that would definitely not work.

"HEY! What're ya doing!"

Sanzo gave him a brief glare before returning his attentions to his paper, Hakkai smiled briefly up at him and called out a good morning,

while Gojyo snorted, laughing at the smaller boy.

"What the hell does it look like we're doing, monkey? We're waiting for you to get up and move your sorry ass around, stupid!"

Goku leapt out of the Jeep with amzing agility, landing next to the redheaded kappa with a noise that sounded close to a growl. "I am

not a monkey!"

"You're starting already? Guys...it's a beautiful day...why not enjoy it?" Hakkai questioned, sighing slightly.

"How can I enjoy it when I have something as ugly as him nearby!" Goku roared, pointing at Gojyo, who sat straight up in anger.

"The ladies don't seem to think of me that way!" Gojyo said with a smirk. "And if I'm not mistaken...you haven't had any admirers at

all, Goku!"

Sanzo looked up, turning a page absentmindedly as he awaited Goku's reaction.

Goku blushed. Gojyo was correct, and what was worse was that the stupid kappa KNEW he was right.

And he would rub it in.

"I-I have too! Loads of girls! They all love me and give me gifts all the time!"

Hakkai sighed, shaking his head. "Oh dear..."

"Oh really?" Gojyo smirked, barely able to keep the laugh off his lips. "So...you have a lot of lady admirers, huh? And ya get all these

supposed gifts? So...Goku. Where are the gifts?"

Goku blushed, looking down. "T-They were all food. I ate them! Stupid!"

"Uh huh. Right. Sanzo...have you seen anyone come to Goku?"

"Leave me out of this." Sanzo pretended as though he had been reading all along and not watching the two squabble.

"Hakkai?"

Hakkai sweatdropped. "Oh. Would you look at that. I think we need more water." Hakkai stood, walking quickly off to the creek to

avoid more questioning that could trap the younger, obivously lying male.

"Well would you look at that. Seems no one really cares about you. Stupid monkey!"

"I'm NOT a monkey! Just...just shut up!"

Gojyo laughed, putting his cigarette out in the ground. "Then don't ever insult me, monkey. You shouldn't make fun of people when

you're worse off!"

Goku glared at him, and Sanzo looked up at the fish. "Looks like our meal is done."

The priest removed a stick from the fire that had a fish stuck on the end and sat back down, munching on it. Gojyo also took his own

and scowled at the Monkey King before taking a drink of his beer and sighing.

Maybe...he could eat Hakkai's fish before he got back!

Goku reached for the fish, and his hand was slapped away by Gojyo, who shook his head.

"Monkey doesn't fish, monkey doesn't eat."

"But-that's not fair! You guys didn't wake me up!"

"Nobody woke me up!" Sanzo said, annoyed.

"Exactly. That fish is for Hakkai because he actually does things around here...unlike some moochers."

"Hey! I do things! I kick ass when we fight demons!"

Gojyo rolled his eyes. "Yeah, whatever."

Goku reached once more for the fish, and his hand was shoved away once more, this time more forcefully by Gojyo, who looked like

he was in no mood for Goku's antics. "I said that was Hakkai's, monkey. Get your own."

Sanzo raised an eyebrow slightly; Gojyo's tone had become threatening.

"Yeah. Talk about YOU having female admirers. That's just a cover-up!" Goku smirked. "You really love Haaaakkaiii!" the younger

boy said in a sing-song voice, clasping his hands together.

"I'm gonna kill ya, ya stupid moron!"

"Yeah, you wish! You're just an idiot kappa!"

"Heh. And you're an ugly monkey!"

"I am NOT a monkey!"

"Oh. I see there's no denial of you being hideous!"

"THAT'S IT! YOU'RE GOING DOWN!"

Goku hurled himself at Gojyo, kicking and screaming in rage. Gojyo threw punches back and they were both soon rolling on the

ground, flinging sand and leaves about as each tried to land the most blows.

Sanzo felt his eyebrow twitching as he tried to hold back his waning temper.

"I'm not a monkey and I'm not ugly!''

"Of course not. When you look in mirrors they break just for the hell of it."

"At least I don't get off on men!"

"I DON'T get off on men, monkey! That's you! You and Sanzo...all night long. 'Oh. Oh Sanzo! That feels so niiiice.' "

Sanzo could hardly take it when the two argued normally, but when his...preferences were brought into the topic, he got pissed.

"SHUT THE HELL UP!"

Sanzo unleashed his fury on them both, whipping his fan out and smacking them several times, dividing his rage as equally as possible.

Hakkai stepped in and sighed, watching silently.

Of course.

All he had to do was leave for five minutes and everything went to hell.

Sanzo ceased his attack after a few seconds and drew back to his newspaper and fish, putting his reading glasses back on.

"Stupid monkey. See what you caused?"

"ME! You were the one who said Sanzo was gay with me! That's nasty! Sanzo's a baldy!"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!"

Everyone halted when Sanzo released his death glare on them all, even poor Hakkai who had only stumbled back by accident. "If I

hear one more word, especially about me while I'm in earshot, I WILL kill you. Do you understand?"

All three demons nodded, Hakkai smiling sheepishly.

"Good." Sanzo, appeased, turned back to his paper, finished with his fish.

"Stupid monkey..."

"Dumb kappa..."

They both looked at each other, glared, then looked away.

Hakkai sat down next to Gojyo, and watched as Goku once more reached for his fish.

"That's not YOURS!"

"I WANT IT!"

Sanzo sighed. "Please, kill me now!"

Hakkai watched the two of them fight for a moment before smiling, sweadtropping. "Uh...Goku can have my fish!"

Gojyo stopped, frowning. "But you haven't eaten anything yet!"

Hakkai shook his head. "No...I uh ate some berries on the way back." he lied, handing his fish to Goku.

"Oh boy! Hah! In your face, ugly!" Goku made a face at Gojyo, who grew annoyed quickly.

"Gah! Can't you see he was lying! He's the only one of us who gives a damn about you! Without him you probably would have starved

months ago!" Gojyo stood up, furious.

Hakkai held his hands up, sensing an argument was definitely coming. "Now now. We alll care about Goku in our own ways..."

"Do not! You're the only one who even remotely likes him!"

"THAT'S IT!"

Goku stood up suddenly, surprising everyone when he threw the fish to the dirt in anger. "I've had enough! If you think I'm so

worthless...I'll just leave! I'll show you how good I really am!"

All three watched as the younger boy bounded off into the forest, muttering to himself about idiots and ugly people.

"There. That's better. Fish?"

Gojyo held out the abused piece of fish to Hakkai, who sighed.

"Should...we just leave?"

A few hours had passed by now, and the sun was shining directly overhead, warming the two demons and the priest below.

Hakkai sighed, patting Hakuryu, who cheeped and flew onto his shoulder. "I knew all this arguing was bad. Now we've driven him

away."

"Driven him away? It was his fault in the first place! He's the one who wanted to just lie around and eat your fish!" Gojyo folded his

arms, putting out a cigarette into the dirt and leaning back against the log he had sat next to nearly the whole day. "He needs to work for

once, and maybe being lost in the woods will be good for him!"

Hakkai shook his head, looking up at the cloudy sky. "I don't think so. What if he's attacked by demons?"

"There ya go, sounding like the worried mom again. Damn, Hakkai, why don't you act your age instead of like a middle-aged

woman?"

Hakkai smiled weakly. "If I didn't worry, I'm pretty sure we'd all be dead by now."

Sanzo nodded from his place on the ground. "I'm going to have to agree."

Gojyo lifted his gaze to the darkened sky as a few drops of water plopped onto his face, and he sighed. "Great. Not only is it going to

rain, but we can't leave until the little moron decides to find his way back."

"I don't think so."

Hakkai and Gojyo turned to Sanzo, who stood up and stretched. "We aren't going to just sit here and wait. We'll go find the monkey

and drag him with us whether he wants to go or not!"

The priest turned into the direction Goku had run off in hours ago, and stomped off, leaving Gojyo and Hakkai to stare after him.

"That was...different." Hakkai mused aloud, frowning slightly.

"Heh. Fifty bucks says priesty is gay."

"I heard that!" Sanzo yelled from up ahead, and the two demons hurried to catch up to him.

Goku leapt over a fallen log and reached out, pointing his hands toward the sky.

Almost...

Almost...

The bird he had been following (more like stalking) the whole afternoon wheeled overhead, and circled once, wondering if it should

decide to dip low and land on Goku's outstretched hand. After a moment's hesitation, it flapped low and perched on his finger, and he

called out happily, grinning.

"Ha! Who needs those idiots when I have everything I need right here? You won't ever leave me, will you...Birdy?"

The sky blue bird looked up at the boy and trilled out a note, and flapped up just above Goku's head when he threw out his hand.

Goku smiled up at the bird. "Nope. You'll never leave me behind."

It was at that precise moment a hawk swooped out of nowhere and hit the tiny bird, feathers exploding and landing on the horrified

teen below.

Chi: XD! I'm sorry if you didn't think that bird part was funny, but i did. i thought it was hilarious, but there are problems with me so...yeah lol. Plus it sort of symbolized...something. Dunno why though.

Gy: i'll say...but that was funny.

G: was not. you people are mean.

Chi: of course we are. duh!

Ha: I dont think youre supposed to agree with him...

Chi: maybe not...but he's telling the truth!

Ha sweatdrops-

Chi: yeah. this chapter is short...and they probably all will be. sorry. i just dont have loads of time...and it might seem like the only thing ive ever encountered is saiyuki. shakes head not true. i just really feel comfortable writing about it, thats all. and once more, this spacing/paragraph will be choppy. my comp is odd. like me. please review, k? bled my fingers to the bone...yeah right XD