Chi -claps-: My fanfics are always so very short. sighs

Gy: Thats because youre a no-talent lameass making up retarded stories.

Chi: Thats it!

-Chi starts smacking Gy, and out of nowhere G appears and joins in-

Gy: Dammit! STOP!

Sa: SHUT UP!

-Sa turns around and smacks all of them with the fan-

Chi -large bump on head- Here's the story...-teary eyed-

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Goku dragged his feet along the ground, mumbling and chanting different types of food to himself as a way to keep himself going on even

in the face of difficulty.

Night had passed and morning had come, dispelling the rain and lightening his mood somewhat. He had been forced to sleep outside on

the cold wet ground, but he did find some left over meat bun someone had discarded and fallen on it ravenously ten minutes ago.

Maybe civilization was nearby!

Food!

But as of yet nothing had come up to tempt the youth, so he continued on, talking to himself for lack of a better companion.

"Hmph. I bet they all miss me right now! And they're probably sayin' it was all that asshole kappa's fault. Or maybe they're eatin'..."

Goku's eyes grew wide when his mind drifted back to the ever-present topic of food, and he dropped to the ground, hugging a rock as if

it were a teddy bear.

"I'm so hungry! I'm gonna eat my arm if I don't find somethin' to eeeeaaat!"

Goku looked up, nose dirty, when he noticed movement.

It was a fat beetle.

"Nyaaaah! FOOOOOD!"

Goku dove forward, smacking the ground and by some odd twist of luck he managed to cup his hands around the bug.

"Haahahahaha! I'm gonna eat you and you're gonna taste like chicken or a nikuman!"

The beetle decided it did not want to be on the menu, and gave Goku a sharp, stinging bite on the hand.

"YAAAAAH! Dammit!"

Goku opened his hand, and the beetle promptly flew away, leaving Goku to collapse the rest of the way to the ground.

"I'm gonna die. I'm gonna diiiiiiiiieee of hunger!" he cried out mournfully, sneezing from inhaling too much dirt.

"Idiot monkey. I knew you'd be writhing on the ground like a beast!"

That voice...

The gruff, always pissed tone!

"Ah! Sanzo! I knew you would come for me! Ha, stupid kappa was wrong. People do care about me. Right, Sanzo?"

The excited expression died away from the monkey's face, and his eyes dimmed slightly when he realized he was in the clearing alone,

and he had been alone the

whole time.

"Oh. I was imaginin' things. I must be losin' my mind from not eatin' for so long!" Goku moaned out, golden eyes desperately searching

for a morsel of food within crawling range.

What was Sanzo doing anyway?

Probably just going on about how Goku had been an idiot monkey and how it would be better for them all if they would just leave him

behind...

"Grrr! I'll show Sanzo! I'll find some food!"

A worm began to crawl across his path, and he made a face.

"Blegh. I'm not THAT desperate!"

Goku, as caught up in the pursuit of nourishment as he was, didn't notice the thick shadows beginning to surround him.

That damn fool.

That stupid monkey!

Sanzo tugged at his dirty robe that had once more managed to become deeply entwined in a thorn bush. Cursing loudly, Sanzo lost all

patience and pulled out his gun, wildly firing at it as though that would help him pull free. After a few minutes more of struggling, he tore

loose and uttered horrible oaths, stomping through the soggy mud that threatened to suck first his sandles, then him into the dirty results

of a night of heavy rain.

That monkey would definitely pay for this.

Sanzo would make sure he'd never run away again.

This was too much trouble to chase after a stupid runt anyway.

So...why was he doing it?

Sanzo stopped, looking up at the tree he was currently standing under.

That was a damn good question.

Maybe he was doing it just to show Goku he couldn't do what he wanted freely if it was going to screw his plans up. He wanted to get

this damned mission over so he could just relax and not do any stupid errands.

Was it to prove Gojyo wrong?

"DAMMIT!"

Sanzo's fist slammed into the trunk of the tree, and a few branches quivered gently from the impact.

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"Gojyo..."

Hakkai and Gojyo were in front of a roaring fire, Hakuryu contently sleeping on Hakkai's lap.

"What is it now, Hakkai? I swear, if you ask me one more time if I want to go with Sanzo...I'll have to hit you."

Hakkai smiled gently, stroking Hakuryu's slender neck and earning a sleepy "kyuu!" from the tiny dragon. "Have I been that annoying?"

"And then some."

"I'm sorry."

"Nah." Gojyo leaned back against a tree, inhaling deeply from his cigarette before exhaling a thick cloud of smoke. "It's not that bad. At

least I'm not trailing after that psycho priest."

"Ahaha...I suppose it's good I got sick, then?"

Gojyo's crimson eyes locked onto Hakkai, who smiled hesitantly. "Don't be an idiot."

Hakkai nodded, smile fading away, and he shivered slightly, burning up and freezing at the same time.

"That stupid monk...all he cares about is his own damn pride."

Hakkai was surprised when Gojyo put his arm around him, and he grinned when the half demon pulled him over slightly.

"You have to stay warm, Hakkai. It's cold out here."

Hakuryu yawned in Hakkai's lap, and drifted back to sleep, comfortable with the two demons.

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Chi: XD! i just can't help myself, can I?

Fangirl1 of sanzoxgoku: YOU LIED! YOU SAID IT WOULD BE SANZO AND GOKU!

Chi -sweatdrop-:- I uh...

Fangirl2: Meanie!

Fangirl3:lets attack her!

Fangirl1: then get goku and sanzo!

Chi: Aiyeee! -hides behind Hakkai, wide eyed- Creepy!

Gy, -also wide eyed- Gy: no kidding...

Chi: XD yeah. lol sorry if ya dont like hakkaixgojyo thats too damn bad! nyah! pulls eyelid down and sticks tongue out gokuxsanzo will come in, trust me. and what is the shadows? why, you'll just have to read, ne? and sorry this one was short...bows