Sanzo winced, rotating his shoulder to try and ease the cramping. Son of a...that last fight had pulled some muscles he hadn't known he had. Not to mention sitting in the Jeep, bouncing over the rough terrain for hours at a time, had taken it's toll on his back! He made a mental note to send any medical bills to the temple. Wincing again as he pulled his robe down around his waist and setting his gun on the table by his bed along with his cigarettes and lighter, he stretched out flat on the bed, trying to find a position that didn't pinch a nerve or strain a muscle. No such luck. Not that he was going to sleep tonight anyway. Gojyo talked in his sleep, Goku snored, and Hakkai would wake up at odd times with nightmares. He was screwed.

Hakkai looked up from his bed, book open and fingers poised to mark the spot in case he had to put it down. "Sanzo?"

"I'm fine," he grumbled.

"I thought monks weren't supposed to lie." This was said with a bit of humor to it.

Damn. If it wasn't bad enough all four of them were sharing one room (seemed to be happening a lot on this trip), he was stuck alone with the fucking mother hen! He shifted again, gritting his teeth at the shooting agony. "I WILL be fine, is that better?" He closed his eyes, intent on catching some sleep before Stupid and I'm With Stupid came back.

Hakkai folded a corner to the page he was on and came over. Sanzo opened one eye. "Are you sure you don't need a little help?" He asked patiently.

"What kind of help?" Hakkai was pretty good at patching them up. And he sure as hell wasn't going to get better by doing nothing.

"Well, I used to fix Gojyo's back for him when he'd been out fighting. I'm pretty good at it."

Sanzo was silent for a while before he rolled over carefully onto his stomach. "Do whatever you want. It can't get much worse than it is."

Hakkai laughed and took a seat on Sanzo's ass, legs to either side. He heard knuckles crack and then...

Blessed, blessed relief! Those hands...he grunted a little when Hakkai pushed down harder on his spine, finding just the spots and working them out. Then, there was a warm sensation moving with Hakkai's hands, melting into the soreness and easing it out from the inside, too. "Shit, Hakkai!" It took him a second to figure out Hakkai was using some chi.

"Sorry, does it hurt?" he asked, voice sounding a little worried and apologetic at the same time.

"No. Keep going, and harder." He could feel is abused muscles relaxing one at a time. It had been a while since he'd gotten a decent massage anywhere. He couldn't hold back a little moan when Hakkai started working his neck and shoulders. "Yeah...right there. Fucking hell!"

Hakkai was laughing at him, but he didn't care. He could take a little mockery for this. "You're really tense, Sanzo. That can't be comfortable!"

"It's not. Just shut up and keep going."

"No need to be so bossy." Hakkai's knuckles dug into a particularly knotted spot and this time he made a rather loud moan. Hakkai started laughing again. "If anyone were listening, they'd think something else was going on."

"Hmph, not my problem if they're a pervert," Sanzo muttered. He let out a hiss of breath when Hakkai found the spot on his lower back that had been killing him for weeks now. "Damn, that's it! Right there."


Gojyo came up the stairs to their room, humming to himself, a beer in his hand. He stopped when he saw Goku sitting outside their room to one side of the door. He was wide eyed and looking at the opposite wall like it had tits on it or something and was hugging his knees. He looked like someone scared senseless, except for the fact he was already senseless to begin with. "Yo, monkey boy, what gives?" he asked. He started reaching for the door to their room.

"You don't wanna do that," Goku mumbled, still staring unblinking at the wall.

"Eh?"

"Sanzo and Hakkai are in there. And I heard stuff."

Gojyo arched a brow, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the door. Then, he pressed his ear to it. Just in time to hear the monk go, "Shit, yes!" He jumped away from the door like it had bitten him. What the...Hakkai's laughter drifted out. Oh, holy shit..."Uh...how long have they been in there?" Let's see, Goku had left first, and he'd left at about four or so...that was almost six hours ago!

"I dunno," Goku grumbled, glaring at Gojyo. "All I know is that I heard noises and didn't wanna go in. And that was two and a half hours ago!"

Okay, so it wasn't the full six. But still two hours was really impressive! Hakkai...and Sanzo? And it sounded like Sanzo was the bitch? He listened again and caught some faint moaning. "Wow." He slid down the wall next to Goku. "Wow."

"Yeah."