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Chapter 9: First Randomness

"Hakkai?"

"Yes, Goku?"

"Ummm…"

Hakkai set the bookmark between the pages he was reading and gently placed the book on the table before him. He looked up and saw Goku nervously chewing on his bottom lip.

"Whatever it is Goku, you can talk to me."

The brunet gave a nervous smile and drew a breath.

"Well, I was wondering…"

Hakkai smiled, trying to be as reassuring as possible. Nothing the teen had ever asked before had given him such a problem and he was starting to wonder what could possibly be on the teen's mind.

"What's it mean to 'get your freak on'?"

After picking his jaw up from the floor, Hakkai cleared his throat gently and tried to sound neutral as he asked. "Where in the world did you hear such a statement?"

A few seconds of silence ticked by.

Realization hit.

"Ahh. Gojyo. Never mind."

"Well?" Goku asked, ready for an answer now that he'd finally gotten the question out. "What's it mean?"

"Ah ha ha…it's uhh…Slang. Yes. It's a slang expression. Do you remember us talking about slang before?"

Goku puckered his lips for a few moments in thought before nodding vigorously. "Oh yeah. Like 'that's so cool' and stuff like that, right?"

"Very good Goku, you remembered."

The teen smiled happily for a moment before understanding the healer was trying to stall.

"That's still doesn't answer my question! What does 'get your freak on' MEAN?"

Hakkai chuckled nervously. "Ah…perhaps you should have asked Gojyo. He is, after all, the one who said the expression. He would be the best to answer that question."

"Okay!" Goku grinned and darted out of the room before Hakkai came to realize exactly what he had just said.

"Oh dear."

A few hours later Goku returned, dejected, to the room he shared with Sanzo. He hadn't been able to find Gojyo anywhere, despite having looked in every bar and restaurant in town. Not even the stores that sold cigarettes had remembered seeing the redheaded man. Flopping down on his bed with a loud sigh, he began to absently kick his dangling legs back and forth, smacking the bed frame every once in awhile. It was only a few minutes before Sanzo stood up, walked over, and preceded to smack the living daylights out of him with the infamous paper fan.

"Ow ow ow ow oww!"

"Stupid monkey! I WAS sitting here in peace and quiet reading the paper! Quit screwing around!"

Rubbing his now sore head, Goku pouted as he watched the monk retreat back to the table. A half-hour of mind-numbing silence later and he couldn't take it anymore. Getting up slowly, Goku quietly made his way to the table and sat down on the other side from Sanzo. He gathered all his patience and propped his head on his hands, elbows on the table, and stared at the spot he figured the monk's eyes to be. It didn't take long before the paper slowly lowered and angry violet eyes came into view.

"What is it, Goku?"

"Hey, Sanzo, can I ask you something?"

The blonde sighed and pulled his glasses off before folding the paper and setting it down on the table.

"You're going to sit there and stare at me until you get to ask, aren't you?"

Goku nodded.

"Fine. Ask."

The teen started to open his mouth but was interrupted by Sanzo before he could start.

"And it better not be something stupid."

Sanzo sighed again and pinched the bridge of his nose as Goku cocked his head to the side, obviously in deep thought as to whether or not the question he intended to pose could be consider 'stupid'.

"Just ask it, idiot."

"Um, well."

"Do you need some encouragement?" The monk asked, gently placing the fan down on the table between them.

Goku shook his head. "No, no! That's not necessary! What does…umm…what does 'get your freak on' mean?"

Sanzo stared at his charge for a few long moments, trying desperately to keep his eyes from twitching in aggravation.

"Gojyo?"

Goku nodded.

"Where is he?"

Goku shook his head. "I can't find him."

"Keep looking."

Taking the dismissal, Goku stood up and headed for the door. When he reached for the doorknob, he stopped as Sanzo's voice rang out in a tone eerie enough to send shivers down his spine.

"Ask him when you find him. Then send him to me."

Nodding slowly with his eyes wide, Goku quickly slipped from the room and raced to find Gojyo.

After several more hours of searching through the entire town, Goku finally stumbled into the last bar he could find. It was a ratty dump, hidden in the back of an alley and he had to ask ten different people directions before he finally found the place. After blinking his eyes to rid them of the cloud of smoke that greeted him when he walked in, Goku slowly scanned the small tavern until a mop of red hair came into view. Striding over full of determination, he stopped in front of Gojyo, fist clenched at his side and demanded:

"What does 'get your freak on' mean?"

Gojyo, who had been drinking from his beer, shot forward and spewed the amber liquid everywhere. The two women who were hanging around his neck backed off, giggling to each other before taking off somewhere else. After catching his breath again, the redhead turned and glared at the teen standing next to him.

"What in the hell are you talking about?"

Goku sighed. Sometimes Gojyo could be a real moron.

"Earlier. You were in the shower."

Gojyo nodded.

"And I asked you what you were doing."

"Yeah and I told you I was getting ready to go out."

Goku nodded this time. "And then I asked where you were going and what you were going to do."

"Yeah."

"And then you said 'I'm going out to get my freak on'."

Silence.

Blink.

Blink.

"Idiot."

"Ow ow ow! Let go of my head cockroach!"

"Quiet!"

Dragging the teen outside in a headlock, Gojyo didn't stop until they were clear of anything resembling a person.

"All right, spill it. How in the world did you hear that and who else did you ask about it?"

Getting his head free, Goku glared at the half-demon. "Stupid roach. YOU said that and I asked Hakkai AND Sanzo. They both said to ask you."

Gojyo slapped his forehead. "I DIDN'T SAY THAT!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"DID TOO!"

"DID NOT!"

"Then what DID you say!"

"I SAID…." Gojyo sighed. "I said 'I'm going out to get some beer, moron'. Idiot."

Blink.

"Oh."

The two stared at each other for a few moments before Goku slowly started to back away.

"By the way…Sanzo wants to see you."

A few seconds later Goku was long gone, leaving Gojyo staring at a little puff of white smoke where he had once stood. It took a few seconds before what the teen had said clicked and Gojyo sighed as he lit a cigarette.

"I wonder if Sanzo will buy that explanation, too."

(-end chapter-)