*PRESENT DAY*
Hakkai looked up into an increasingly ominous evening sky. "Looks like we're going to be in for a storm, eh Hakuryuu?" Hakkai flicked on the high beams as the sunlight began to rapidly fade.
"Kyuu..." Hakuryuu squeaked in a slightly metallic tone.
Hakkai looked to his sleeping comrades and sighed, "I don't want to wake them up, but if we don't set up shelter soon, we're going to get rained out."
"Kyuu Kyuu."
Hakkai smiled, "I know and I appreciate the effort for the long haul to the next town. But we still have another two days until we get there so hang in there, OK my friend?"
"Two more days, hm? Well that's no good, I'm almost out of smokes."
Hakkai looked in the rearview window to Gojyo. "Oh, good morning, sunshine. I hope we didn't wake you up."
Gojyo chuckled, "Nah, I wasn't really even sleeping anyway. That goddamn chimp back here snores too loud."
Hakkai nodded and looked on, trying to suppress the depression that began to rain down on him.
"Hey," Gojyo leaned forward until his head poked between the front seats. "You gonna be OK, man? I mean, I could drive if you want to get some rest. I do have some sense of direction."
"Thanks, Gojyo, but we need to stop anyway and set up a tent. Besides, I fear your sense of direction would only bring us to the nearest brothel." Hakkai gave Gojyo one of his I'm-only-kidding smiles.
"Hah Hah, very funny, Hakkai. At least they'd give us a place to stay and a nice place to lay." With a small grin, Gojyo winced as he looked up and saw the last of the sunlight smothered by the black clouds. "Ew, looks like we're in for a bitch of a storm." Gojyo then added with a sigh, "And another happy night with the Sanzo Party."
As the Jeep slowed, Goku was roused from his slumber. "Hey why are we stopping? Did we find a restaurant or something?"
"No restaurants out here, Goku. However, I could recommend that lovely raspberry bush over there."
"That's all?" Goku's eyes widened into his most pathetic expression he could muster. "I'm a growing boy, Hakkai! I need sustenance!"
"Wow, big new vocab word?"
"Shut up, Gojyo, I'm too hungry to bother with an assface like you."
"Assface?! Well if you're so hungry why don't you eat my sh--!" Gojyo stopped at the sound of Sanzo's gun being cocked. "Eh heh heh."
Sanzo growled, "And I thought for once I could wake up to a sound other than children bickering."
"Well look who's up!" Hakkai chirped as he put the Jeep in park.
"Ch." Sanzo ran a hand through his damp hair and looked up, wincing as a raindrop hit him on the chakra on his forehead. "Great...Looks like it's going to be another trip down memory lane tonight."
Gojyo jumped out of the back of the Jeep, tent in hand. "Well we better get our asses in gear. It looks like it's going to come down pretty hard in a few minutes."
The boys set to work putting up the tent under a large tree nearby, the rain steadily increasing as they worked.
"Hey, where does this pole go?" Goku asked no one in particular.
From the other side of the tent Gojyo grunted as he held up the collapsing tent, "I'll show you where you can put it, stupid monkey!"
Goku was about to shout an insult back when Hakkai reached over and showed Goku where the pole went. "Thanks, Hakkai," Goku smiled as he passed the pole through the tent loops to Gojyo's side.
"No problem, this thing is kinda tricky to set up. It even took me a while to figure it out."
"Damnit, I'm soaked," Gojyo grumbled as he rung out his vest. It was then he found the soggy pack of Hi-Lites in his pocket and screamed. "This was a brand new pack!! Ugh!!"
Sanzo hitched the last pole of the tent. "Alright as much as I'd love to mock Gojyo's screaming like a little girl, I suggest we get inside." Sanzo grabbed Goku's hair as he was about to enter. "Nuh uh. Not you Goku. You go get the clothes and blankets from the Jeep."
"Wha-? Why me?"
"Because you're on my shit-list, now go."
"Fine..." Goku sighed as he watched Hakkai console Gojyo as they went into the nice dry tent. He trudged over to Hakuryuu who had parked itself under a small overhand.
"It's no fair, Hakuryuu," Goku complained as he grabbed the blankets and extra clothes under the seats. Hakuryuu squeaked in reassurance.
"Yeah I know. C'mon, let's get inside."
"Kyuu!" Hakuryuu shrieked as it turned back to its dragon form. Goku tucked the dragon under his cape and headed back to the tent which had just lit up in a warm glow as Hakkai turned on a lantern.
Inside Hakkai, Gojyo and Sanzo had hung up the soaked clothes they could part with. Gojyo and Hakkai both had their shirts on the line with Sanzo's robe. Goku ducked under the tent flap and dropped the blankets and clothes in the middle of the tent. Hakuryuu flew from Goku's cape and perched itself carefully on Hakkai's bare shoulder. "Hey there," Hakkai smiled at the little white dragon, to which he received a small squeak in return. Sanzo got up quickly and grabbed a pair of jeans while Hakkai and Gojyo found themselves a pair of pants and shirts. Luckily the guys all wore about the same size so it didn't really matter who got what.
"Hey! Leave something for me! Remember I was the one who had to go get the stuff!"
"Yeah and it's all damp," Gojyo pointed out as he pulled on the damp shirt that stuck to his chest.
"Quit bitching already! It was pouring out. What do you expect?!"
"That maybe for once you could do something right, you goddamned monkey!"
"Least I'm not afraid to go out and get wet, you stupid cockroach!"
Gojyo stopped and smirked, his perverted mind ticking away. "Neither am I." Gojyo's smirk twisted into a sly grin as he recalled the last night they were in the previous town and the company he shared.
"Ch," Sanzo shook his head and Hakkai couldn't help but laugh at the slightly awkward situation.
"Please, Gojyo. There's children present."
Goku stood in his place with a look of utter confusion plastered on his face. The hybrid raised a brow and sighed, "Wow, I think we have just found the poster boy of naivety."
"Wouldn't say it's so much naivety as just uncorrupted. Which is surprising due to the amount of time you guys spend together. I'm just amazed he's remained this...innocent." Hakkai added.
"It's a fucking miracle, Hakkai."
"What the hell are you guys talking about?" Goku glared at them then shivered, forgetting about the soaking wet clothes he still wore.
"You probably should get out of those before you catch a cold. There should be something you can wear in the pile over there," Gojyo offered.
"Oh yeah. Guess I'm just so hungry that I forgot about that." Goku stated as he went to go dig through the pile of cloth.
Gojyo grinned, "Shoulda figured that."
Goku found a large sweatshirt and his favorite ripped jeans. He quickly changed after yelling at Gojyo and Hakkai to turn around.
"So now what? Early to bed, early to rise or something?" Goku asked as he threw his wet clothes over the drying line.
"Well," Gojyo pulled out a tin of cards which he was happy to see had stayed dry. "How about a game or two of poker? Winner gets the big comforter." Gojyo grinned as he shuffled the cards up and Goku of course, took the statement the wrong way.
"You had better stay the hell away from me! I'll lose on purpose before I'm comforted by you!"
"What the--?! I was talking about the blanket, jackass!"
"Oh..."
Gojyo shook his head. "Alright, everyone take a seat. Hey Sanzo, you play...ing?"
The kappa looked up to the door and saw Sanzo peaking out the flap at the rain. He knew what the rain did to the priest's morale so Gojyo decided to drop it and he began dealing out the cards to Goku and Hakkai.
Hakkai looked up into an increasingly ominous evening sky. "Looks like we're going to be in for a storm, eh Hakuryuu?" Hakkai flicked on the high beams as the sunlight began to rapidly fade.
"Kyuu..." Hakuryuu squeaked in a slightly metallic tone.
Hakkai looked to his sleeping comrades and sighed, "I don't want to wake them up, but if we don't set up shelter soon, we're going to get rained out."
"Kyuu Kyuu."
Hakkai smiled, "I know and I appreciate the effort for the long haul to the next town. But we still have another two days until we get there so hang in there, OK my friend?"
"Two more days, hm? Well that's no good, I'm almost out of smokes."
Hakkai looked in the rearview window to Gojyo. "Oh, good morning, sunshine. I hope we didn't wake you up."
Gojyo chuckled, "Nah, I wasn't really even sleeping anyway. That goddamn chimp back here snores too loud."
Hakkai nodded and looked on, trying to suppress the depression that began to rain down on him.
"Hey," Gojyo leaned forward until his head poked between the front seats. "You gonna be OK, man? I mean, I could drive if you want to get some rest. I do have some sense of direction."
"Thanks, Gojyo, but we need to stop anyway and set up a tent. Besides, I fear your sense of direction would only bring us to the nearest brothel." Hakkai gave Gojyo one of his I'm-only-kidding smiles.
"Hah Hah, very funny, Hakkai. At least they'd give us a place to stay and a nice place to lay." With a small grin, Gojyo winced as he looked up and saw the last of the sunlight smothered by the black clouds. "Ew, looks like we're in for a bitch of a storm." Gojyo then added with a sigh, "And another happy night with the Sanzo Party."
As the Jeep slowed, Goku was roused from his slumber. "Hey why are we stopping? Did we find a restaurant or something?"
"No restaurants out here, Goku. However, I could recommend that lovely raspberry bush over there."
"That's all?" Goku's eyes widened into his most pathetic expression he could muster. "I'm a growing boy, Hakkai! I need sustenance!"
"Wow, big new vocab word?"
"Shut up, Gojyo, I'm too hungry to bother with an assface like you."
"Assface?! Well if you're so hungry why don't you eat my sh--!" Gojyo stopped at the sound of Sanzo's gun being cocked. "Eh heh heh."
Sanzo growled, "And I thought for once I could wake up to a sound other than children bickering."
"Well look who's up!" Hakkai chirped as he put the Jeep in park.
"Ch." Sanzo ran a hand through his damp hair and looked up, wincing as a raindrop hit him on the chakra on his forehead. "Great...Looks like it's going to be another trip down memory lane tonight."
Gojyo jumped out of the back of the Jeep, tent in hand. "Well we better get our asses in gear. It looks like it's going to come down pretty hard in a few minutes."
The boys set to work putting up the tent under a large tree nearby, the rain steadily increasing as they worked.
"Hey, where does this pole go?" Goku asked no one in particular.
From the other side of the tent Gojyo grunted as he held up the collapsing tent, "I'll show you where you can put it, stupid monkey!"
Goku was about to shout an insult back when Hakkai reached over and showed Goku where the pole went. "Thanks, Hakkai," Goku smiled as he passed the pole through the tent loops to Gojyo's side.
"No problem, this thing is kinda tricky to set up. It even took me a while to figure it out."
"Damnit, I'm soaked," Gojyo grumbled as he rung out his vest. It was then he found the soggy pack of Hi-Lites in his pocket and screamed. "This was a brand new pack!! Ugh!!"
Sanzo hitched the last pole of the tent. "Alright as much as I'd love to mock Gojyo's screaming like a little girl, I suggest we get inside." Sanzo grabbed Goku's hair as he was about to enter. "Nuh uh. Not you Goku. You go get the clothes and blankets from the Jeep."
"Wha-? Why me?"
"Because you're on my shit-list, now go."
"Fine..." Goku sighed as he watched Hakkai console Gojyo as they went into the nice dry tent. He trudged over to Hakuryuu who had parked itself under a small overhand.
"It's no fair, Hakuryuu," Goku complained as he grabbed the blankets and extra clothes under the seats. Hakuryuu squeaked in reassurance.
"Yeah I know. C'mon, let's get inside."
"Kyuu!" Hakuryuu shrieked as it turned back to its dragon form. Goku tucked the dragon under his cape and headed back to the tent which had just lit up in a warm glow as Hakkai turned on a lantern.
Inside Hakkai, Gojyo and Sanzo had hung up the soaked clothes they could part with. Gojyo and Hakkai both had their shirts on the line with Sanzo's robe. Goku ducked under the tent flap and dropped the blankets and clothes in the middle of the tent. Hakuryuu flew from Goku's cape and perched itself carefully on Hakkai's bare shoulder. "Hey there," Hakkai smiled at the little white dragon, to which he received a small squeak in return. Sanzo got up quickly and grabbed a pair of jeans while Hakkai and Gojyo found themselves a pair of pants and shirts. Luckily the guys all wore about the same size so it didn't really matter who got what.
"Hey! Leave something for me! Remember I was the one who had to go get the stuff!"
"Yeah and it's all damp," Gojyo pointed out as he pulled on the damp shirt that stuck to his chest.
"Quit bitching already! It was pouring out. What do you expect?!"
"That maybe for once you could do something right, you goddamned monkey!"
"Least I'm not afraid to go out and get wet, you stupid cockroach!"
Gojyo stopped and smirked, his perverted mind ticking away. "Neither am I." Gojyo's smirk twisted into a sly grin as he recalled the last night they were in the previous town and the company he shared.
"Ch," Sanzo shook his head and Hakkai couldn't help but laugh at the slightly awkward situation.
"Please, Gojyo. There's children present."
Goku stood in his place with a look of utter confusion plastered on his face. The hybrid raised a brow and sighed, "Wow, I think we have just found the poster boy of naivety."
"Wouldn't say it's so much naivety as just uncorrupted. Which is surprising due to the amount of time you guys spend together. I'm just amazed he's remained this...innocent." Hakkai added.
"It's a fucking miracle, Hakkai."
"What the hell are you guys talking about?" Goku glared at them then shivered, forgetting about the soaking wet clothes he still wore.
"You probably should get out of those before you catch a cold. There should be something you can wear in the pile over there," Gojyo offered.
"Oh yeah. Guess I'm just so hungry that I forgot about that." Goku stated as he went to go dig through the pile of cloth.
Gojyo grinned, "Shoulda figured that."
Goku found a large sweatshirt and his favorite ripped jeans. He quickly changed after yelling at Gojyo and Hakkai to turn around.
"So now what? Early to bed, early to rise or something?" Goku asked as he threw his wet clothes over the drying line.
"Well," Gojyo pulled out a tin of cards which he was happy to see had stayed dry. "How about a game or two of poker? Winner gets the big comforter." Gojyo grinned as he shuffled the cards up and Goku of course, took the statement the wrong way.
"You had better stay the hell away from me! I'll lose on purpose before I'm comforted by you!"
"What the--?! I was talking about the blanket, jackass!"
"Oh..."
Gojyo shook his head. "Alright, everyone take a seat. Hey Sanzo, you play...ing?"
The kappa looked up to the door and saw Sanzo peaking out the flap at the rain. He knew what the rain did to the priest's morale so Gojyo decided to drop it and he began dealing out the cards to Goku and Hakkai.