Stolen Sultras

Chapter 1

Setting: Present time

Dedicated to my friend, Patch.

Sanzo dug through the laundry for the tenth time today, much to everyone else's surprise. After having arrived in Shinjuku, Japan by plane, Sanzo searched through the laundry basket in the apartment which he lived in, shared with Gojyo, Goku and Hakkai, his gold card being confiscated because the party was on leave for a month or two. At least he had a few thousand yen to split up with the other three crazy ones.

Well, back to Sanzo digging up the laundry. Gojyo walked by and tossed a wet towel, reeking of cologne, into the wicker basket. "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR, YOU STUPID KAPPA!" Sanzo promptly stood up and strangled Gojyo. Goku walked in and smiled. "Sanzo, you've been in front of the laundry basket for hours. Why?"

Sanzo looked down at the little hungry one. A gigantic sweatdrop formed on his head. Sanzo groaned.

"I-I think I lost the scriptures."

Gojyo and Goku looked at Sanzo, then at each other, then laughter erupted. Not just giggles, Rolling-on-the-floor type laughing. Hakkai came in from the kitchen with a near-empty bowl of ramen, smiling as usual.

"What are you smiling at?"

"Ohaiyo, Sanzo. Umm...My face is naturally like this... Why are those two laughing?"

"Ahem, let me put this straight. I, Genjo Sanzo, have misplaced and/or lost the scriptures given to my by Kannon-sama."

Hakkai's smile became wider than usual.

"What's so funny, Hakkai?"

Hakkai was starting to turn pink. Then he burst out laughing with the other two.

Goku held the sides of his stomach, "I don't care if you hit us or anything anymore..."

Gojyo leaned on Sanzo's shoulder. "Imagine, the great Sanzo losing the scriptures?"

Hakkai just laughed on the table.

BANG!

A shot went outside a window and a dead bird fell on the road outside.

"Shut up! This is no laughing matter. Kannon-sama will KILL me if she found out! We need to get back the scriptures fast!" Sanzo's eye twitched, then he sat down, massaging his temples while the rest just stared at the back of his chair.

"Let's go to the cafe downtown. I need coffee."

Goku smiled. "Alright! I get to eat something! Do they have buns there?"

Hakkai consulted his Lonely Planet guidebook for the seventh time that morning. "Apparently the best cafe around here which also sells alcohol is called 'The Honky Tonk'."

Sanzo stood up. "Whatever. Go put on regular clothes. These make us look conspicous."

Meanwhile in Tenkai...

Kanzeon lazily sat on her throne, laughing at Sanzoikkou. Jiroushin, nagging as usual interrupted. "Don't you think that this is a serious matter?" Kanzeon then said "I know this place is famous for the retrieval services. Besides, they'll find it. I'm sure. But if this ever happens again, I better get ready." Jiroushin knew that Kanzeon was always right. It's gonna be a long week, Jiroushin thought. Another side trip? Of course. This was their vacation break, after all. What exactly did Kanzeon mean by 'Get ready in case this happens again?'

Back to Business...

Sanzoikkou walked out of their apartment, looking pretty normal. (Goku was wearing a beanie to hide his power limiter.) They turned right and walked into the famous, or rather infamous, Honky Tonk cafe. The red-haired shopkeeper immediately looked up from his newspaper upon hearing the bell chimes ring again. There were about 5 other customers, there was a hyperactive blond guy who was apparently fighting over the last piece of cake with a black-haired man. On the other table was a woman in a...very revealing dress with long blonde hair. The two other customers were talking softly to each other, one was blind. Weird crowd, Sanzo thought. He could already see the woman with the barbie-doll figure hitting Gojyo with the handbag she had on the table. Apparently, the cockroach was able to sit down with her. Sanzo shifted his eyes to Hakkai and Goku, who were carrying a large-sized cheesecake and two cups of coffee to the table where Sanzo was sitting down.

"I hope you can find your sultras, Sanzo." Hakkai said with his smile. On the cheesecake was written in purple icing "If something's stolen, We'll steal it back! -Getbackers" Below that were letters in white icing, "This is a paid advertisement" The blonde man and his spiky-haired friend stopped quarrelling and started walking to Sanzo's table. If only Gojyo and Goku could do that once in a while

Goku cut a piece of the cake and started gobbling it down. "What do you think, Sanzo? I mean, there aren't many youkai here, but there's a flood of people. Your gun's illegal, Sanzo! Hahaha..."

Sanzo resisted the urge to hit Goku. "You told everybody?"

Goku smiled weakly. "Yes...Those are the Getbackers." Sanzo twitched.

End of Chapter One. Hope you liked it! Please review...