A/N: Sorry again for the delay. Life is being a bitch. (L) Enjoy!

Chapter 3: First Boo-boo

Konzen was quietly sitting at his desk, shuffling through a large stack of papers that needed to be signed. He quickly wrote his name and placed the paper on a smaller stack to which he'd already done the same thing. The blond was trying, vainly it might be added, to keep his growing anger down. He flicked his eyes to the side quickly before returning to the document he was reading. Still there, still watching. Sign, set down, and flick to the side. Sign, set down, and flick to the side. Still there, still watching. After a few more minutes of this, with his anger steadily increasing, Konzen could take it no more.

"I SAID NO, DAMMIT, AND THAT'S THE END OF IT!"

Konzen felt more than saw, as he refused to look again into those enigmatic golden eyes, tears beginning to well up. The blond finally turned his gaze upon Goku and sighed. The boy's eyes were filled with tears, though they stubbornly refused to fall and something between hope and despair reflected up towards his master.

"Do I look like I have 'pout and I'll give in to your every wish' written on my forehead?"

Goku blinked and cocked his head to one side. "No. But it wouldn't fit anyway."

Konzen stared down at the boy, suppressing with all his might the grin that wanted to fall on his lips at such an innocent statement.

"The answer is still no."

"But Konzen-"

"I SAID NO AND I MEAN NO AND THAT'S THE END OF IT!"

The deity shoved a handful of blank paper and a pen towards the child next to him.

"Go draw or something and leave me the hell alone."

Still pouting, Goku took the offered items and retreated to the floor to draw. After nearly an hour of blissful silence, Konzen was surprised to find he was signing the last of his paperwork. Thankful, the God threw his pen down and stretched his body out. A week's worth of backlogged paperwork had finally been caught up. He realized then that he hadn't heard so much as a shuffle from the floor where Goku was suppose to be drawing. Curious, though suspecting more the monkey had somehow managed to sneak out, Konzen stood up and leaned over the desk to see what the boy was doing. Goku was still there, pen in hand, staring down at the blank sheets of paper spread out before him. Surprised, Konzen walked around the desk and squatted down beside the child.

"What? Can't think of anything to draw?"

"No." Goku sighed out and, for the first time, Konzen could clearly see the gloomy expression plastered on the boy's face.

Damn. He hated seeing that look - more so when he was the cause of it. The blond sighed.

"All right we'll go. But if you cause one bit of troub-"

"YEAAHHHHHHHH!"

Konzen sighed again as he stood up and watched the now enthusiastic Goku bounce around the room. He could practically see a tail wagging in excitement behind the little monkey.

"WE'RE GOING TO EARRRTH…WE'RE GOING TO EARRRTH…"

Goku was singing the words and dancing through the room in absolute bliss at Konzen's statement. The blond God pinched the bridge of his nose. Dear Lord what had he gotten himself into this time? And how did this lunacy start anyway? Oh yes, he remembered now - Tenpou and his damn books on Earth. Konzen made a mental note to beat the crap out of the idea-giving Field Marshal later. Right now, unfortunately, he was forced to deal with an overly excited Goku literally jumping off the walls in anticipation of the trip to Earth. Konzen finally brought his clenched fist to rest on the idiot monkey's head.

"OW!"

"If you don't shut the hell up we're not going, got it?"

"Got it."

"Good."

"Now come on, monkey. The sooner we leave the sooner we can get this stupidity over with."

Konzen held out his hand and Goku immediately latched on. After reminding the boy not to let go, the pair slowly disappeared from heaven and materialized a few seconds later on Earth. They stood there for a few minutes, taking in the surrounding forest and lake they had arrived in front of, before Konzen realized he was still holding Goku's hand.

"You can let go now." He said gruffly.

Goku nodded, his eyes wide and searching across the landscape, but didn't let go. After a few more minutes of this the blond finally shook his hand free.

"Go on. You wanted to come down here and explore, so go do it already."

The boy grinned up at his guardian and then gleefully skipped off to explore. Konzen felt himself filled with pity at any animals that might cross the curious boy's path on this outing. He just prayed there weren't any skunks around.

"My, fancy running into you down here, Konzen."

Konzen turned to see a grinning Tenpou walking towards him from the between the trees.

"What the hell are you doing down here?"

"I would ask the same of you but I believe I already know the answer to that." The brunet smiled.

"I believe you do and I'll be 'thanking' you later for it." Konzen ground out.

Tenpou sweat dropped. The blond God's version of 'thanking' someone was borderline murder. He knew the ramifications of telling Goku about Earth and the Field Marshal silently contemplated his sadomasochistic nature. Maybe he could weasel his way out of his 'thanking' somehow.

"So where's Goku? Run off to explore I'd imagine."

Konzen nodded, never taking his eyes from his brown-haired friend. Indeed, at the moment, Tenpou believed he could literally see fire and brimstone churning in those violet eyes. Weaseling out of this wasn't looking like a possibility.

"After talking to Goku I decided to come down and do a little exploring myself."

Oh boy. If anything Konzen's eyes narrowed more and Tenpou sweated under the glare. Konzen wasn't just pissed off now; the God was seething with anger and the Field Marshall was astounded the plants around them hadn't started to wither.

"Tenpii!"

The brunet sighed in relief. A few more minutes of Konzen boring a hole into him and he believed he would have been set on fire.

Goku scrambled up to his friend and thrust a small wriggling mass into Tenpou's face.

"What's this?"

Tenpou chuckled. "That's a frog Goku. And I believe you're holding the poor thing a little too tightly…"

Poor little frog. Its little froggy eye-balls were almost completely bugging out of its' head in the earth spirit's strong grip. Goku relaxed his hold and the frog, seizing the opportunity to run for its life, quickly scrambled from the boy's hands and hopped away as fast as its little froggy legs could handle. Goku squeaked and immediately began to give chase to the newly discovered animal. In the process, his foot caught on an exposed tree root and Goku pitched forward and hit the ground sliding.

Tenpou immediately rushed forward. "Goku? Are you okay?"

Konzen furrowed up his brow and bit back the instinct to do likewise.

"Owwwww." Goku rolled over and sat up, tears already running down his dirty cheeks. "That really hurt…" He sniffled out.

Looking down at his throbbing leg, the golden-eyed boy gasped; his entire right leg was one large bloody pulp from skidding across the ground, with dirt and grass bits mingled in.

Tenpou bent down in front of the boy and examined his bloody leg. "That's one heck of a boo-boo, Goku." He bit back a grin at his unintentional rhyme.

Goku, sobbing hysterically now, asked something that sounded, in crying child speak, like 'what's a boo-boo?' Tenpou, thoroughly versed in crying child speak by now, fought back a laugh and answered.

"A boo-boo is what you get when you hurt yourself. Like the large abrasion on your leg."

Again Goku spoke, still crying, and asked something like 'what's an abrasion?'

Konzen sighed. If Tenpou kept talking the question and answer session could go on all day. He quickly walked over and took the crying child's hand.

"Let's go back home and get you cleaned up, all right?"

Still crying, Goku only nodded. Konzen set his fiery violet eyes on his 'friend' again and muttered something incoherent (and censored for the rating) under his breath. A few moments later and they were back in Konzen's office; Goku was sitting, only sniffling now, in Konzen chair while the blond God dug around for the first-aid kit. He'd picked one up after he'd acquired the little monkey and was surprised this was the first time he'd actually had to use it.

After filling a bowl with water and grabbing a washcloth, Konzen pulled a stool up to the teary-eyed boy and sighed.

"I have to clean your leg up now. It's going to hurt but if you pull away or start crying more I'm going to make sure the rest of you hurts just as bad, got it?"

"Got it."

"Good."

After a few minutes of lightly washing the dirt and grass bits plus a rock from Goku's wound, Konzen picked up the bottle of alcohol and winched. The boy had been pretty good so far, only flinching and biting his lip at the pain. But pouring this on…Konzen prepared himself before dousing Goku's leg with the clear liquid.

It took a few seconds for the intense burning pain to register. But once it did…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Fortunately, Konzen was already holding his ears.

"ITBURNSKONZENITREALLYHURTSMAKEITSTOOOOPPPPP!"

Since Konzen was now well-versed in 'screaming monkey' he didn't have the need to shut the boy up and have him explain himself.

"I KNOW it hurts, shut the hell up!"

Most unfortunately, Konzen did have to apply more of the fiery liquid and another bout of screaming immediately followed. So, doing the only thing he could think of, the blond God leaned forward and began to gently blow on Goku's leg.

The screaming instantly stopped.

Konzen looked up to see Goku looking down at him with wide, wondering eyes. Assured after a few minutes that the alcohol-induced pain was no more, Konzen leaned back and picked up a roll of bandages. He could feel golden eyes following his every move.

"What?" he asked irritated at the wide-eyed stare the boy was giving him.

"Hey, Konzen. How did you do that?"

"Do what?" the blond asked, his voice a little softer, but still a bit harsh.

"You…you made the pain go away. Like the boo-boo wasn't even there."

Startled violet eyes turned on Goku and stared at the curious boy for a few minutes.

"Hmph." Was all he could think to say and the blond turned his attention back to what he was doing.

A few minutes later Goku's leg was properly cleaned, disinfected, and bandaged up but the boy still sat with his golden eyes fixated on Konzen.

"What now?"

Goku continued to stare at his guardian a few moments longer before he broke out into a wide grin.

"Can I go play, Konzen?"

"Sure. Just don't get into any more trouble, all right?"

The boy nodded and started to get up. He paused, though, and thought for a second. Noticing this, Konzen looked at the child before asking.

"What now?"

Goku smiled wider before wrapping his arms around the blond in a hug. He then stood up, and with a loud 'sank yuu!', was out the door before Konzen could even comprehend what had just happened. Finally, the deity stood up from the stool and plopped himself down in his chair. The entire thing had taken less than an hour to happen and Konzen marveled at how utterly exhausted he was. Despite the very short trip and the injury incurred, Goku seemed incredibly happy about the whole thing now. Konzen grinned, remembering the way the boy had, innocently, nearly choked the life from the creature he'd discovered. Maybe they'd have to go back to Earth again soon.

Down on Earth, that poor little frog sneezed and then fell over at the thought.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed. :D Please leave a review and let me know what you think! Until next time, Ja!

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