Chapter 2: A different perspective
Gojyo POV
'Oh man, I don't believe this. This desert is never ending. God dammit we've been traveling through this place for over a week!' Gojyo stared out into space as they continued trekking across the desert. Supplies were running low and due to multiple demon attacks and the heat tempers were flaring. Gojyo reached for his pack of cigarettes… only to find that it was empty. Normally he wouldn't mind waiting until they reached the next town instead of having to ask his holy asshole for a loaner, but times were desperate god-dammit! Gojyo decided it was ok to swallow his pride, just this once.
"Hey Sanzo, wanna bum me a smoke?" he said as he looked into the rearview mirror hopefully.
"…no…"
"What! Oh come on, just one little smoke." Gojyo pleaded, trying to weasel one out of the old scrooge. His request was again denied. But Gojyo wasn't giving up that easy. Ten minutes of whining (and some blackmailing) later and Sanzo angrily tossed his pack of cigarettes to the back seat. Gojyo quickly snatched up the pack and opened them.
"What the fuck? It's empty!"
"I never said I had any left to give you, that was your foolish assumption" Sanzo replied in his you-fucking-moron-stop-wasting-my-time voice. Gojyo's eyes narrowed as he crunched up the pack in his fist.
"You god-damn prick! You could have told me you were out when I first asked you ten minutes ago and saved us both a lot of time!" A small vein started to throb on his forehead. Sanzo tried to conceal a small smirk, but he was failing miserably.
"Now now, we're almost to the next town. At least we should be according to this map" Hakkai's eyes shifted from ahead down to the map he held on his lap. Gojyo flopped back down onto the seat, still pissed about the previous incident. 'That God-damned tight assed priest. Why does he always have to be so difficult'? Next to him, Goku began to stir, roused from his sleep by the yelling.
"Hey…what's going on?" he groggily asked as he rubbed his eyes with his hands. Gojyo's pout suddenly turned into a smirk. 'Well if the monk's gonna be no fun, I might as well mess with the monkey'.
"Hakkai, how long until we reach the next town?" Goku leaned forward for a better look at the brown-haired driver.
"Just a little longer Goku, just amuse yourself until then", Hakkai smiled warm heartedly as Goku leaned back in his seat.
"But there's nothing to do. I'm bored…. And hungry"
"Well monkey, if you're so bored I know a fun game that could keep us entertained". Goku raised suspicious eyes to Gojyo.
"Huh, what game?"
"It's called sit-on-the-chimp!" and with that Gojyo promptly tried to sit on Goku while Goku struggled against him. Sanzo wasted no time in smacking both of them quite hard with the harisen.
"God-dammit it's too hot for you to be making all this noise! If you make so much as another sound I'll kill the both of you and leave you to rot out here!"
"Look everybody, there's the next town. We're finally here." Hakkai breathed a sigh of relief that they had reached their destination before things got too ugly. 'Thank goodness, Sanzo is looking absolutely terrifying. Why does he always have such a short fuse?' Gojyo muttered to himself as they began driving through the outskirts of the town. Soon Hakkai drove into an ally along one of the crowded streets and Hakuru promptly transformed back into a dragon and settled onto Hakkai's shoulder.
"Thank you for all your hard work my friend. You just rest for now" Hakkai said as he began to pet Hakuru.
"Oh man! This place looks sweet! Did ya see all the food stands?" Goku yelled, excitement clearly evident in his voice.
"Shut the hell up right now monkey. I'm not going to buy you anything. You're just going to have to wait for dinner." Sanzo told his charge as Goku's hopeful eyes landed on him.
"Besides Goku, it would be wise to scope out the town first and find a place to stay for the night before we decide where to eat. I'm sure it won't take very long. Then we can go shopping for supplies after dinner." Hakkai consoled Goku. He hoped they would soon find an inn with vacancies and a good restaurant.
"Ah, alright" Goku disappointedly agreed, though his stomach still growled as they passed some of the food stands during their exploration of the town. Gojyo's eyes immediately began to scan the streets for any perspective company for tonight. 'After spending over a week in that damn desert, I'm sure as hell not spending tonight alone'. So far nothing had caught his eye, but damn he liked the wide variety of selections.
"I love large towns, so many choices" he smiled to himself as he saw Sanzo roll his eyes and Hakkai completely ignored his comment. He saw Goku run up ahead to stare at a booth selling meat buns. He turned and ran back to Sanzo, breaking out the big puppy dog eyes as he did so.
"Just one meat bun Sanzo, please! I'm starving!" Goku's eyes seemed to grow even larger (if possible) as he tugged on Sanzo's robes to emphasize the severity of his situation. 'Damn monkey, doesn't he ever think about anything besides food. God's, I'll bet he didn't even notice that vender lady check him out.' Gojyo however had noticed this and as he turned to look back at the booth he appraised the vendor. 'Hmm, not bad, early twenties, braided chestnut hair, decent rack and a slim waist. Why is she wasting her time checking out the chimp?' Just then he noticed that her attention was still focused on Goku as he hopped from one foot to the other still trying to persuade Sanzo to buy him some meat buns. Sanzo's multiple veins were pulsing and with a WHACK he brought the harisen down firmly on Goku's head. Sanzo then continued walking while muttering to Hakkai about idiots leaving a twitching Goku lying on the ground in his wake. Gojyo spared one last look at the meat bun vendor before following after Sanzo and Hakkai. A few moments later Goku came running up to them still holding his throbbing head and sneaking glares at Sanzo. Hakkai and Sanzo were discussing the list of what supplies they would be needing and Gojyo just decided to block them out. His thoughts returned to the vendor. 'She must have thought the monkey looked like a little brother or something, or maybe she just thought he was cute in a kiddy way. There's no way a chick like that would actually check out the stupid-monkey'. Gojyo again looked down at Goku, whose face suddenly brightened up in excitement.
"Hey, there's an inn!" Goku's mood noticeably improved as they veered toward the establishment he was pointing at.
"Good as anywhere else I suppose" Gojyo thought aloud.
A group of giggling teenage girls up ahead caught Gojyo's attention. They were standing off to the side of the road outside of a shop, talking and giggling with each other. 'For being so young, they sure are developing well' Gojyo smirked as he thought of what they would look like in five years, but for now they were a little too young for his taste. That's when one of the girls pointed towards their group and they all began to blush as they giggled again. Gojyo gave them one of his best sexy smiles only to notice that they didn't react at all. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that the one they were actually pointing at was Goku.
"I don't believe this" he complained to Hakkai. Hakkai simply raised an eyebrow in question to what exactly Gojyo found unbelievable. Gojyo pointed towards the giggling pack of girls who were still looking at Goku. Sanzo also had noticed the girls as his frown grew deeper and a vein started pulsing on his left temple. Goku again was completely oblivious to the bunch of whispering girls, although he did notice that his companions had slowed down their pace quite a bit.
"Hey guys, what's the hold up? I'm starving, lets check in and get some FOOD!" but when the others showed no sign of even hearing him, Goku decided just to go ahead and book some rooms for the night. The sooner they did that, the sooner they could eat! With the loss of visibility of Goku, the girls sighed sadly and began to walk away, chatting happily as they moved farther away from the still staring threesome.
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"…um…"
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"What was that about?"
End Chapter 2
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