Chapter two: The plan

Disclaimer: I don't own Saiyuki or the characters in anyway; no matter how cool that would be if I did.

Note: Thank you to all who enjoyed the first part of my story, I only hope that I can keep everyone happy and wanting to come back to read it. Also, I'm sorry that I've taken awhile to post a new chapter, I've been getting sucked into Criminal Minds, lol.

Goku had awoken to the sunlight beaming on his face. He squinted and opened his eyes, he guessed it was early noon which made him wonder why Sanzo hadn't woken him up. Sanzo always woke up early and when he woke up, he made everyone else wake up with him. Seldom did the monk ever let them sleep in, not that he was complaining about this rare opportunity. But after sitting in bed without hearing a word Goku became a little concerned. He sat up and saw that the room had not changed from last night. The trash bags of last nights binge were still in the corner of the room, untouched.

'Hakkai would have at least taken out the garbage.' Goku thought to himself as he got off the bed and stretched.

"Sanzo? Hakkai?" Goku called out, unsure. No answer. "Gojyo?" Still no answer, it seemed they didn't even come back last night. But if they didn't come back then where did they go? Then he could hear the door to their room opening and he turned around, happy.

"Guys! You're back-" But the poor boy was cut short when he saw not his friends, but a stout cleaning woman coming through the door with the cleaning supplies in her hand. She stopped and stared when she saw Goku still in the room.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, obviously a little frightened and confused. Goku tried to explain himself, he really did. But it was obvious the woman didn't want to his story, for she took her broom and started to hit him over the head with it.

"Get out, get out, GET OUT!" She yelled. And poor Goku couldn't do a thing. What was he supposed to do? He couldn't make the woman stop, she would probably freak out even more and he would probably get in trouble. She wouldn't listen to him; so he did the only thing he could do, run. As the woman was about to take another swing at him he jumped back which made her lose her balance and stumble. Seeing an opportunity he hopped over the woman and ran out like a scared dog with his tail between his legs.

"That's right! You better run; and I don't want to see you here again!" The woman shouted after him, but as if scared that he'd come back, she closed herself into the room and locked the door.

Goku busted through the inn doors and looked around frantically for Hakuryu, the loveable dragon and quite convenient transporter. But oddly there was no sign of him anywhere. Now Goku was getting quite puzzled, as anybody would have. He looked around and seeing no one that looked like his dear friends he decided to do something he never wanted to do alone, set off.

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"Do you think the monkey boy figured out we left?" Gojyo asked, finishing a can of beer from their own private stock.

"Probably not," Sanzo began. "He's such an idiot he probably thinks we're in the inn somewhere." In truth the three had packed up what they owned and walked out on Goku, currently residing by a couple of boulders to escape the heat. Hakkai shifted uncomfortably.

"So when can we go back?" Hakkai asked.

"Let's not." Gojyo laid back. "Let's teach him a lesson in respect or something like that." "You're just using that as an excuse to screw with him."

"…So?" Hakkai sighed in frustration; all he wanted to do was go get Goku and forget all of this never happened. Sanzo took out a cigarette and lit it. He took a long drag, contemplating all the while.

"Yeah…let's not go back, let him fend for himself. At least for a little bit." He finally said.

"What?!" Hakkai exclaimed while Gojyo merely grinned.

"Well think about it, he eats and gets in trouble; and even if we yell at him he still does the same thing. Maybe if we leave him on his own for awhile he'll learn to behave a little better." Hakkai shook his head.

"We can't do that to him, that's just cruel!" "Oh come off it Hakkai, he's not a toddler; he's 18 and he should be able to take care of himself. But instead you baby him." Gojyo said.

"You guys baby him just as much as I do." "Yeah, but you're the mother in the group. You coddle him every time he falls down." Sanzo said. "Just let him fall and cry it out this time." After a minute of pondering Hakkai reluctantly agreed; it really was the best for him.

"But only if we watch him from a distance, and if he gets into too much trouble we have to help." The two nodded in agreement, they couldn't believe Hakkai fell for it. In reality they wanted to screw with Goku and watch him mess up and get into trouble; and having Hakkai being on their side was a good thing… even if he didn't know such unimportant details.

"Well let's go find him so we can watch him." Hakkai said. "Nah, let's enjoy this peace while we can." Gojyo laid back and so did Sanzo, Hakkai only sighed in response.

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Goku, after walking in the dessert for hours, had finally stepped upon a lone berry bush, which he had proceeded to take refuge at and eat the food. By this time the sun was setting; painting the sky and clouds in an orange and purple hue. Goku stared at it lamely as he ate the berries, he was trying to figure out why his friends would leave him. They wouldn't do that to him, just leaving him alone in the middle of nowhere without any means to survive…would they?

"Nah." Goku said aloud, gobbling down the berries. The likely scenario was that they went to take a walk to calm down from the incident and some demons attacked, overpowered and eventually captured his comrades. This, Goku could believe and thus nodded to himself.

"That must've been what happened." He concluded, but then the sudden chill of panic had set over him. Are they okay? Where could they have gone? All of these questions swam through Goku's head and to calm himself he gorged himself once again on the plentiful berries on the bush. After thoroughly calming himself he decided no matter how long it takes he would find his dear friends.

"Don't worry guys…I'll come get you I swear." Goku promised himself as the last bit of the suns' rays sank down and left the world dark and cold.

End Chapter

Lol gotta love the dramatic irony in the story, huh? Sorry that the chapter was so short and hopefully I'll put up a new post sooner then this one.