Title: Walls
Non Challenge
Date Written: 1/26/06
Rating: K+
Characters: Sanzo, Goku, Hakkai, Gojyo
Word Count: 100
Spoilers: Minor ones for character pasts
Warnings: None
Notes: Something I've had on my mind for a while.
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They all had their defenses.

Hakkai had his fake smile and three silver clasps on one ear that he used to suppress the raging monster he could become.

Gojyo had his woman chasing, his drinking, and his cigarettes to hide the boy afraid of rejection he still was.

Goku had his eating to try to fill the emptiness that lingered from being alone for ages upon ages.

Sanzo had his newspaper, hiding his chakra and himself from everyone else, alone in his own newsprint world.

For some reason, the flimsiest piece of paper was the hardest wall to tear down.
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