Chance

Chapter Six - Lively

Disclaimer: I do not own Saiyuki nor any of its characters. If i did, Sanzo would not look so cheezy as he does when he says, "we go West!!" (to the setting sun!!)

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"Heeeehh! That woman couldn't have given us a chick at least with some decent ass!"

"Ehh!! You're so perverted, Gojyo!! You're corrupting my brain!!"

"Nani?! I didn't know you had a brain big enough to be corrupted, baka-saru!"

"Don't call me baka, you baka!!"

"Urusei, urusei..."

"Ah, look you stupid saru! You're giving Sanzo-sama a headache!!"

"Why are you blaming me!? It's partially your fault too!!!"

"Yare, yare...Ah, miss, you're awake. Sumimasen, were we too loud?"

"Hey, Hakkai, you don't have to appologize for his mistakes!" Goku pointed to Gojyo who squaked at him before smacking the boy heretic, hard. It was still dark out, but neither of them felt like sleeping much. Neither meaning the three excluding Goku. Opening her eyes as if for the first time, Setsu looked upon each individual.

There was that boy, with those beautiful eyes starring at her with innocence that seemingly could not have been tainted by any darkness in the world.

The man with flaming red hair and eyes that were as bright and fiery as the sunset and with a seemingly indestructable will and desire to live.

The man with the pretty face and a tender softness that seemed to be broken with sadness and sorrow many many times before.

The man with the golden hair and strong soul and mind which seemed to be a gift from above.

They were the first she saw. Like how a child first opens his eyes and expects to see his mother looking from above him with a gentle and caring smile as the first person he sees in this new world. When your mind is first opened, the first things you see you will no doubtly remember forever. "Are you alright?"

Setsu looked back to the pretty-faced man. He looked genuinely worried. "Ah."

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"I'm hungryyy...Hakkai!!! How much longer?!" Goku whined. It had been more than a year since they first started out in Chang'an. The weather which had been harsh and cold had turned into a soft breeze signaling the start of spring. Gojyo sighed, and leaned back in his seat.

"Hmph. Don't stop at the next town, Hakkai. We've wasted enough time already." The monk's words seemed to affect Goku to quite some effect as he began to complain even more loudly than usual. "You cheapskate monk!! Demo... Hakkai!! I'm hungry!!! If I don't eat, I'll die!!"

"It's better that you do, saru. That way, we can have roast monkey for dinner." Gojyo smirked and blew a puff of ciggarette smoke right into the boy's face. "What did you say?!"

Setsu looked out at the plains that seemed to stretch on forever. It seemed surreal that the gods chose these four for the seemingly impossible mission that got even more dangerous as they continued on. But what was 'surreal'? Wasn't it that a huge chunk of life was missing somehow? If that's so, who was she to talk? "Oy. Gojyo. Can I have a ciggarette?"

The red haired man raised an eyebrow. "Heeeeh. All the girls that I've seen smoking have ended up pretty bad." He warned solemnly. "THEN WHY DO YOU SMOKE, YOU HYPOCRITE ASSHOLE!!?!" Setsu shoved the man hard, taking the ciggarette from his lips and throwing it to the ground.

For a moment Gojyo was stunned. "W-WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR, YOU BAKA ASSLESS WOMAN!!!" Goku watched fascinated as the two continued to yell at each other. Hakkai laughed realizing that she had not intended to accept a smoke but only said that as a well calculated insult as the man's ciggarette smoke had been bothering her for quite some time now.

"I SAID, DON'T SMOKE NEAR ME, TEME!!!"

"Nani, you little...!! Cheee!! I would fight you if only you weren't a woman!"

"What, you scared of women?"

"No. Just women that don't have half an ass to show off of. Especially ones that have as rotten an attitute as Sanzo here."

"I'll kill you." Sanzo snarled darkly.

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The day was just about done when they finally stopped in the middle of a clearing. "I'm so hungry..." Goku moaned as Hakuryuu transformed back into his dragon form, exhausted from the days work. Even Hakkai, who was usually optimistic and the always smiling one, had collapsed against a nearby tree, too tired to even stroke Hakuryuu's fur. "I'm...so...hungry...oy, Gojyo, can I eat you?"

The red haired man looked thoughtful for a moment before yanking on Goku's hair. Hard. "What to you think, eh, saru?! Do I look tasty?! Eh? Answer me!!" Goku just swayed back and forth with his eyes closed as the hot tempered Gojyo shook him from his hair. After a few more minutes of hopeless swinging, he decided to give up, concluding that the monkey was probably too hungry to even fight properly with him.

With a gigantic sigh, he sat down as well. For a while, there was a peaceful silence of nature amongst them, but their serenity ended almost immediately. "Come out, kid." The darkened sky poured forth seemingly neverending rain which splattered upon every beings' surface creating a halo effect.

"There's no one there, you shitless bou-sama." Setsu said monotonously, hating the superior voice of the womanly monk. The other three men turned to the side and covered their mouths in silent mocking laughter as a vein popped on Sanzo's head. "Bitch. If you had any real talent at all, you'd have sensed him ages ago."

Setsu looked to each side again. "Bou...please don't fantasize when I'm around. I'm extremely phobic to pedophiles." This time, they couldn't hold it back any longer.

"A-aha hahaha!! H-hakkai, h-help me! Ah! i think my rib cage just broke-Ahahaha!!" Gojyo fell to the ground, with Hakkai about to do the same hovering and swaying dangerously above him. Goku cocked his head to the side. "Pedophile? Ne, Sanzo, what's a pedophile?"

TWAP!! "URUSEI YOU BAKAZARU!! USE YOUR LIMITED BRAINS FOR MORE USEFUL THINGS!!" SMACK TWAP SMACK SMACK SMACK!!!

"Ete-te-te-teee!! Saaaanzo!!!" But the four men immediately recovered and regained seriousness as the hidden bystander came into view. Like Sanzo said, it was a kid, about ten years old. "My, you sure are a lively group, Sanzo-ikkou." Though his voice was just beginning to mature and his premature features still resembling that of a young boy, his obvious mellowness showed in every bit of his essence, making him seem far more experience and knowledgable than the 18 year old monkey before them.

"Who are you, kid?"

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