A/N: Minna-san, gomen ne for the looong wait! I'm also really sorry for not putting the party in this chapter. I made another one for the preparations. It doesn't seem that funny to me, but try to enjoy it anyways. Ahehehe...Well, R/R! I'll try to put the party for next time okay? -smile-

Chapter 10 -- Bouzu's Birthday Preparations 2

Everyone waited tensely as the priest came walking groggily out of his room and towards the cast. Nobody moved at all, holding their breath. Sanzo glanced in an uninterested fashion at everyone, then proceeded to walk away for his morning coffee.

Unfortunately, the silence was broken as Kamisama suddenly blurted out a question.

"Ne, Sanzo-chan, is it really your birthday today?"

Everyone's eyes went wide as they either gasped or glared disapprovingly at Kamisama. They then turned their head to watch Sanzo's reaction.

The priest paused in his wake, ever so slightly, but continued to walk away. A few noted that his hands were clenched together tightly at Kamisama's remark. Some others noted that a certain vein was throbbing. As for the rest, they were mortally thankful that Sanzo didn't have his gun in his possession at the moment.

Once he was out of sight, everybody let out a breath….naturally. Gojyo immediately went over to Kamisama and smacked him hard on the head.

"Baka! What the hell were you doing?"

The man shrugged. "I was just asking. You didn't have to hit me like that."

Off to the side, Rinrei rolled her eyes. "Pathetic. Kamisama's so insanely stupid, wouldn't you say, Homura?" She nudged the god beside her, who was still nursing his arm after being dragged so viciously by his girlfriend.

He stopped for a moment to contemplate this, but decided not to answer.

Shiseiko approached the cast, along with Yukare and Kanasuya.

"Listen up everyone. The other two girls and I have come up with a series of things we can do at the party. As for the rest of you, you can continue with your own preparations. Yukare has given permission for you to leave the studio for needed supplies. All good?"

Mumbles came from everyone as they agreed to the schedule for now.

Goku turned off his iPod and stood up. "What sort of things will we be doing?"

"The usual things you have at a party…with a few different perks, of course." Shiseiko smiled devilishly, leaving the cast even more confused than ever.

Kanzeon and Rasetsunyo were comparing their purchases for the millionth time after visiting the local hair salon.

"I say we dye his hair!"

"Why don't we just give it a trimming?"

"It's his b-day you know. I wanna get revenge for all the things he's done to me."

"Honestly Kanzeon…..why don't we just style it? Make it look better?"

"…..Fine with me. But make sure he turns out to look gay. A bonus for Kamisama's eye candy show tonight….-wink-."

"Yare yare……"

"Rasetsunyo, don't copy Hakkai. It's lame."

"………"

The two females shook hands on the matter and happily flounced back to the filming studio.

Across the street from the salon, Hazel was staring, fascinated by all the coloured contacts on display in the eye care center. Licking his lips, he pasted his hands and face onto the display cases, one by one. He had never known there could be so many different shades of blue….ever! As follows:

"Sugooiiii!"

At first, he had insisted that Homura come along with him, so they could discuss the contacts together. Rinrei, of course, had to butt in and drag her boyfriend away before either of the males could react.

Sighing as he remembered the crude memory, Hazel called over a salesclerk. One who conveniently went by the name of 'Mr. Eyestein'.

"Ano, I would like to purchase this pair of eye contacts please." Hazel pointed to two aqua blue contacts lenses.

The salesperson glanced suspiciously at him.

"You can buy it….if you happen to have $600 bucks with you." Mr. Eyestein sent a sideways sneer towards Hazel, who caught on immediately.

Hazel shrugged haughtily, rearranging his hat. "It's for a friend. I'm running a tight schedule. Do hurry up. Please and thank you. And yesI can afford these things." He then expertly whipped out Sanzo's Sanbutsushin credit (debit?) card and waved it around triumphantly, causing nearby customers to stare, and the salesclerk to cough rudely.

And please don't ask me how Hazel managed to stash away Sanzo's card.

Mr. Eyestein grumbled to himself and went to get the contacts.

"People these days….."

"EVERYBODY PLEASE GATHER HERE! HURRY, HURRY!"

Kanan and Hakkai were currently much occupied with a huge Saiyuki cast round-up. They finally decided to take a picture of the entire cast and present it to Sanzo as a birthday keepsake…or as Rinrei called it – 'an ooglay disgrace to the whole population'.

Dashing around madly, Kanan and Hakkai soon found out that it wasn't working. Everyone was either looking at them curiously, or ignoring them altogether.

"Hustle hustle!"

"If you haven't noticed…Sanzo won't be in here." Rinrei frowned as she linked arms with Homura, observing a frantic Kanan and Hakkai.

"Who cares if Sanzo isn't here? It's just a simple photo. Don't take it as a big deal." Homura replied.

"…..Don't tell me what to do please." Rinrei pouted obnoxiously and pinched the toushin's arm, causing him to flinch in pain.

"OWWwww!" Homura jumped away to nurse his arm once again, all the while muttering sympathetic words to himself.

Seated on a plushy couch, Yaone bluntly refused to participate in anything that had to do with Kanan.

"Ano, Yaone-san, this is an important gift for Sanzo. Please come and be part of it." Hakkai sweat dropped and gently attempted to pry the female youkai up.

"Ie. I'm not moving my butt an inch off this couch. Hmph."

Kanan happened to stop by. "Stuck up…psh. Hakkai dearest, just leave her. But on second thought….I'll get her moving. Hakkai honey, you can go on and tell the others."

The healer obligingly agreed and shuffled away. Kanan turned her attention back to Yaone.

"Well…..?" The female smirked down at the youkai.

"Make meh, biotch." Yaone spat right back at her.

"Don't try me, got it? I'm better and more beautiful than you. Come off it, everyone can tell that Hakkai likes me sooo much." Kanan tossed back her hair and smiled devilishly, taunting Yaone.

"Well if being your boyfriend is all that Hakkai can do, then that's not his gift, it's his curse. And I can't bring myself to believe that a man such as him would find pleasure in people who are bitchy."

The two females growled at each other. Yaone was sitting at the edge of her seat, claws extended. Kanan had fixed her hair up into a ponytail, ready to pounce.

At last, the two each gave a battle cry, and leaped towards each other, tossing and pounding on the sofa.

Goku and Nataku raced over to watch the excitement; Hakkai cried out in alarm; Kanzeon, who had just arrived back, grabbed Rasetsunyo closer; Kamisama continued to dance around; Doku stalked over as Lirin stuffed her mouth with meatbuns; Nii clutched his bunny to his heart for fear of losing it in the battle before him; Koumyou chuckled; Jiroushin sighed; Gyumao cheered loudly, also accidentally spraying coffee everywhere; Gyoukumen looked as frightened as Nii; Dougan was thankful no one was around to mess up HIS hair; Zenon and Shien, who were seated far away, didn't even realize what was going on; Rinrei threatened to throw Homura into the fight if he didn't stop acting like a baby.

Hazel, who had just entered the studio, paused and quickly said a prayer before rushing off. And, being the racist that he was, secretly wished that Kanan, the human, would prevail.

Kougaiji, hiding behind a bush, mentally slapped himself for not rushing over to aid Yaone in her quest to destroy the Evil Hakkai Lovers.

"I'm such an idiot!"

Lirin laughed and pointed Kougaiji out to Doku.

"See? Onii-chan likes Yaone-san! That's so funny! And he's so bad at hiding! His butt is sticking in the air! Who wouldn't see THAT?"

"Uh huh. Pay attention to the catfight. Now look here. This is the good part." Doku steered Lirin away into the crowd of cast onlookers.

After the show was over, everyone scattered once again, leaving behind two exhausted females and an utterly shredded sofa…with ripped cushions and feathers flying everywhere.

Off at the lounge, Gyumao was sipping a Starbucks latte, with Doku beside him, and Dr. Nii sitting across from him. Hazel was showing them the blue contacts. Gyoukumen had also come to join in.

"I'm tellin' you – this latte is heaven. Thank God Yukare installed a coffee machine at the studio. She's my hero…" Gyumao smiled dreamily to himself.

"But just look at the contacts! Aren't they fab? Sanzo will sooo love them!" Hazel gushed.

Doku suppressed a yawn, not caring to hide his disinterest.

Dr. Nii waved his bunny at Hazel. In a gay falsetto voice, he said, "Hazel-sama, you talk like a girl!"

"Nii, why do you make sound effects for that bunny of yours? I don't like it when people squeal." Gyoukumen pointed it.

"I don't squeal! Who does that?" The scientist looked totally aghast, as if it was the most outrageous thing ever.

Hazel chose to ignore him, Doku snorted, and Gyumao spat out his latte in a great burst of laughter, soaking Nii's bunny with brown stains.

"MY BUNNY! YOU KILLED HIM!"

After Gyumao regained his composure, he swatted his hand between short fits of giggles, dismissing the matter.

"You should be thankful your bunny has latte coating its fur. It now smells good, and I always thought brown bunnies were cuter. Your doll needed a wash anyways."

Dr. Nii looked absolutely distressed. He turned the bunny towards himself and peered at it.

"Oh no, this just won't do, my little fwend. Don't worry – Daddy will get you all fixed up."

Doku turned to Gyumao and raised his eyebrows. The man shrugged his shoulders and grinned back. Gyoukumen turned away to gaze intensely at a painting on the wall.

Seeing as he was being neglected, Hazel huffed and went to seek attention elsewhere.

"Stupid Nii and his rabbit. Destroying my popularity…mehmehmehmeh…."

Outside, Gojyo had managed to pull Homura away from Rinrei's grasp.

"What do you want with me? And how's it going with Kamisama?"

"Kamisama's fine. Just look at him. I'm phoning some people for delivery service."

"Delivery service?"

"A cake, piñata, and drinks."

"Why do you need people to send those here? We can get them ourselves."

At this, Gojyo turned to the toushin and smirked devilishly.

"That, my friend, is where you're wrong. You see, when Shiseiko said the party would have different perks, she meant it."

"…….Huh?" Homura blinked.

"Focus, man! Come here, let me tell you about it. Hehehehe…."

Back inside, Kanan and Hakkai had at last gathered everyone together for the picture. Well hey, miracles do happen.

"Why am I at the back? How am I supposed to show my beauty? Stop acting like you can't hear me! Why are you ignoring me? Answer me! Homura, help!" Rinrei was practically throttling her boyfriend in a mad frenzy.

The goddess wasn't the only one complaining about the photo arrangements. Almost everyone else was bickering with each other…aside from Kamisama of course, who was currently being forced to stand still without springing into a full waltz.

"And it's not a waltz, gentlemen. It's called a 'Cha-Cha'."

(A long wait later…)

'Click click click!"

The picture was at last done. If only you readers could have seen it. A true birthday present indeed.

Kanzeon was striking a pose; Goku and Nataku were waving their arms; Gojyo was smoking; Hakkai and Kanan were smiling as wide as they could; Homura was showing off his trademark smirk as Rinrei was fingering the camera; Kamisama was grinning madly with his two hands up in peace signs, and a cardboard box on his head saying 'I L U Sanzo-Chan'; Kougaiji was yelling because Kamisama's box had blocked him off; Yaone was giving a glare at Kanan; Doku was checking out Kougaiji (You guys should have realized by now that he's gay, right?); Lirin couldn't smile, due to having a meatbun in her mouth; Nii had propped his bunny on his shoulder; Gyumao had spilled his coffee once again; Hazel was cursing, now that his blue cloak was cappuccino-stained; and Go Dougan had bumped into Zenon, who bumped into Shien, who bumped into Yukare, who bumped into Kanasuya, who bumped into Shiseiko, causing the unfortunate girl to fall flat onto the ground.

Ohh my…Sanzo was going to have a fit over this.

As for the rest of the people including Rasetsunyo, Koumyou, Jiroushin, and Gyoukumen…well let's just say they blinked at the wrong time.

(Awhile later…)

"Hey guys! The delivery's here!" Gojyo was racing around gathering everyone to the entrance.

After much work, the cast wheeled in a gi-normous birthday cake. Yukare, Shiseiko, and Kanasuya exchanged knowing glances.

"Sugoii….it's even taller than Gojyo-san!" Lirin gawked.

"What's in there?" Kougaiji furrowed his eyebrows and tried to make sense of it.

"WHHHAAAA! It's mine! ALL MINE!" Goku screeched and prepared to dive into the cake. He was getting as hyper as Kamisama.

"Ack! A monstrosity! I bet you ordered this irony from youkai, didn't you?" Hazel pointed accusingly at Gojyo.

The cast all looked upwards with their mouths hanging wide open…aside from Lirin, who also had some drool coming out.

"Oishiiiiii…"

Meanwhile, Nataku had dragged a few other people to the piñata.

"Kukuku….I bet it's got loads of candy in there. And junk food…I mean, I never got this when we were filming Gaiden. Who's ever heard of a Heaven that doesn't have candy?"

Near the door were boxes and boxes piled on top of each other. Rinrei pulled one out curiously and her eyes bugged……literally.

"ASAHI BEER! AND…..BUDWEISER! AND….AND……WHHHEEEEE!"

Making sure no one was looking, she gathered a whole armful and tried to stash them away without being noticed. Rinrei only went a few steps before crashing into Homura.

"Oi! What are you doing with that?"

"I'm gonna drink it of course! And if you're really good today, I'll share some with you. Hehehe…"

"…….I'm going to tell on you if you don't put those back."

"What are you, a kid? Anyways, it'll be great once the party turns into a puke fest!"

Homura sighed in defeat.

'Oh gawd…'

"Okay, now everyone needs to start decorating. Got it?"

"I call first dibs on graffiti!"

"BALLOONS!"

"Wrapping paper!"

"FOOD!"

"Presents!"

"I want the cake!"

"Candy!"

"BEEERR!"

"I NEED THE DUCT TAPE! I GET PERMISSION FOR TONIGHT!" Kamisama screamed out as loud as he could.

And next door, Sanzo the birthday boy looked out the window and pretended he didn't hear a thing….

A/N: There it is! I tried to break up the longer paragraphs, but decided against it. Hope you liked the cast's reactions! R/R!