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15 minutes of silence later, the Jeep pulls up on top of a small hill and the group catches the first glimpse of a huge town; full of hotels and bars, clubs and different stores, and after roughing it for 4 days in a row, only stopping to sleep, boy, was everyone happy.

"WOOHOO! Would you take a long loving look at that!" Gojyo exclaims excitedly. "I'm hitting the jackpot tonight! Just look at all those strip clubs! I am getting L-A-I-D!"

"WOOOOOOOOW! LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT FOOD STANDS AND RES'RAUNTS!" Goku yelled happily, blushing and drooling just thinking of the food.

"Yeb, ib's a lo'ely ci'y," Hakkai said, easing up on the gas a little while the Jeep went down a slope. "Jus' 'he place we nee' 'o buy supplies."

"Just get me to the convenience store, the nearest one, NOW." Sanzo ordered.

"Hahaha," Hakkai chuckled, hearing Goku and Gojyo mumbling to themselves about the things they were going to do when they reached town. When Gojyo started smirking and blushing, Goku laughed and they fought again.

"Nicotine, I need Nicotine, if i'm not going to kill those two idiots," Sanzo told himself. "And I need it quick."

"Shou' I fi'ure ou' 'he ho'el issue, 'hen, whi' you go 'o a con'enience s'ore, San'o?" Hakkai asked, nasally.

"That would be good, but I doubt the desk clerk would be able to make out what you're saying," Sanzo told Hakkai.

"'ha is a bi' of a prob' 'hen…" Hakkai sighed, then, "ACHOO", sneezed again. They were driving on normal streets, not dirt roads, and Hakkai soon hit the brakes to let Sanzo get some cigarettes, taking the brief respite to blow his nose.

"You don't sound so hot, Hakkai." Gojyo told him.

"Yeah, you must be really sick!" Goku added.

"No, i'b fine, re'ey. I'll 'o away by tomarrow," Hakkai reassured them.

"You should take the time out to rest in a real bed, Hakkai. This kind of city is not one we'll see everyday. They probably have real comfy rooms, and hot showers that don't run out of hot water no matter how long that shitty monk takes." Gojyo advised Hakkai.

"And they have FOOOOOD!" Goku was really excited, jumping up and down and making the Jeep rock while making a "huuuu'nnnn!" sound.

"Pl'e 'ry no' 'o up'et Ha'uruu." Hakkai warned them. Just then, Sanzo came out carrying a bag with at least 10 packets of Marlboro cigarettes. As he was getting in, Hakkai gave him a look.

"What? They had a sale, it was two for three." Sanzo tried to sound professional and failing miserably.

"Ho'el, wi' s'oul' 'e pi'?" Hakkai signed, annoyed that he couldn't talk normally.

"How about the really fancy-looking one a few blocks up? I think it was called 'Red Haven'." Gojyo looked at Hakkai, then Sanzo, then back at Hakkai a few times, acting all giddy.

"Go'o, 'ha's no' a ho'el. i's a re' li' bro'el." Hakkai looked at him.

"Well, yeah, but its comfy, right?" Gojyo rose his eyebrows, and smirked.

"EWWW, nasty! The perverted water sprite is gonna drool all over the girls!" Goku pretended to vomit again, even though he had no clue what-so-ever what a brothel was.

"You can stay there," Sanzo told Gojyo, "If you can pay the bills yourself. And I am not sleeping in a whorehouse." Sanzo finished, glaring.

"I can't afford that place!" Gojyo said. "That's screwed up, Sanzo!"

"Ple'e, gu's, ma'e u' your min's," Hakkai pleaded. "An' no' lou'. I ha'e a hea'a'."

"Poor Hakkai, sorry." Goku apologized.

"How about 'The Old Home Onsen'?" Gojyo offered. "Sounds safe, enough, right?"

"Fine. Hit it Hakkai, I have my cigarettes, now I want a bath." Sanzo agreed.

"Goo'! Alri', 'hen, he'e we 'o!" Hakkai said, relieved that his traveling companions had actually agreed on something without much fuss.

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