Gensomaden Saiyuki Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction / Harukanaru Toki No Naka De Fan Fiction ❯ Virtuous Hypocrites ❯ Chapter 1

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Virtuous Hypocrites

Genjo Sanzo gritted his teeth as he looked back at the companions accompanying him to the same conference. ‘How the hell did I get stuck with these four?’ Well…he didn’t mind Eisen and Abe no Yasuaki’s company, they kept quiet, Yasuaki because he never talked much anyway while Eisen was just too shy to strike up a conversation with those who intimidated him. But Xellos and Miroku were a different story. “I’m willing to bet a certain she-male is laughing her ass off at this,” he grumbled, not aware that he spoke out loud.
Eisen blushed at the language displayed by the Sanzo priest. As a Buddhist monk himself, he knew that smoking, drinking, cursing and gambling weren’t part of the code, in fact those behaviours could be deemed taboo, yet Sanzo managed to accomplish more than one each day. He was also displeased with Miroku, the monk was always hoping to indulge in pleasures of the body…in other words was always asking women to have sex with him. Yet another forbidden thing. Now he knew why Yasuaki was trying to help him protect his virtue.
Sanzo reached into his robe for his pack of Marlboro Reds and lighter. He took a cigarette out of the pack and placed it between his lips. He returned the pack to his special place in his robe and tried lighting the cancer stick. He failed each time and realised the lighter was out of fuel. “Shit!” He turned back to the others. “Any of you got a light?”
“I’m afraid not, Sanzo-sama,” Eisen whispered.
“I do not smoke,” Yasuaki replied flatly.
“Sanzo-sama, you really do need to cut back,” Miroku scolded lightly.
“Since Lina-san isn’t here, chances of you lighting your cigarettes are now zero,” Xellos remarked, annoying arrogance in his tone, a fruitcake grin on his face.
Sanzo tried to remain calm. “It’s because of you and that ero-bouzu that I need a smoke and bad!”

They had just left the house, Eisen and Yasuaki staying close by each other’s side, more out of protective habit than anything; Xellos consistently taunting Sanzo and Miroku already drooling over the idea of all of the foreign women they would run into. A vein was throbbing on Sanzo’s forehead and he reached into his robe to pull out his harisen. “Urusai, kono K’so-mazoku!” He delivered a hard blow to the mazoku’s head.
Xellos just laughed. “Oh come now, Sanzo-sama,” the ‘sama’ being delivered jeeringly knowing how much it annoyed the blonde, “do you honestly believe that is enough to hurt me?”
Yasuaki held an ofuda to Xellos. “Would you like me to cleanse your spirit?”
That ultimately meant Xellos’ demise. The mazoku just phased out of view for a while.
“Then there is the answer,” Miroku chuckled in amusement. He wasn’t a stranger to antics in a group, after all he was used to InuYasha always teasing Shippo only to have Kagome give him the ‘SIT!’ command.
Eisen sidled closer to Yasuaki, feeling a bit unsafe and insecure around the others who were anything but completely virtuous. When close to Yasuaki, he always felt that sense of safety, the sense of someone always there to protect him in rough times. He caught a look in Yasuaki’s eyes promising that no matter what happened that day, nothing was going to happen to Eisen if he could help it. Eisen smiled shyly in appreciation.
Nearing the city square, Miroku caught sight of lots of beautiful young women. He let his feet lead him to one of the most beautiful women. “Hello there, lovely woman.”
Yasuaki noticed Eisen flinch. He knew the young monk was recalling the day they first met Miroku, how the older monk had approached him, asking if he’d be willing to bear his children.
“KYAA!!!” The woman squealed. “HE’S STROKING MY BUTT!!!”
Eisen blushed for all he was worth. Xellos, who’d reappeared chuckled. Yasuaki appeared stoic, but if he did show emotions openly, he too would’ve been blushing at the thought of a Buddhist monk just stroking a woman without her consent. Sanzo growled, harisen in hand. He stormed over to the monk and woman. He smacked Miroku on the head so hard the monk needed to be dragged away. “Oi! Get over here and drag his sorry ass away from here!”
More blushing from Eisen. ‘Sanzo-sama must be aware that Buddhist monks and priests shouldn’t curse!’ He and Yasuaki made their way to drag away the perverted monk while Xellos just floated there lazily, laughing at the whole scene.
Sanzo just nodded at the woman as way of apology and walked after the two dragging Miroku away. ‘And I thought one hentai was all I‘d ever have to deal with…’ he thought, recalling his comrade Sha Gojyo. ‘At least he doesn’t just feel a woman up without her consent…’

Xellos laughed again. “Oh come now, Sanzo-sama, you have to admit it was funny!”
“Oh sure, it was so funny that if I ever had to do it again I’d lose my mind,” he growled. “Fuck this shit, I’m going to the bar.” He walked off, so what if he was called to attend the conference?
Eisen was blushing redder than ever.
Xellos watched Miroku walk off in another direction and knew the monk wasn’t going to worry about the conference either, not if there weren’t going to be any pleasing women there. The mazoku just phased away again, deciding that since he was a monster there was no need for him to attend.
That left Yasuaki and Eisen standing there. “How are you feeling, Eisen?” Yasuaki asked flatly.
“I’m still in shock, Yasuaki-dono. Surely Miroku-dono and Sanzo-sama are aware of what Buddhist monks are forbidden to do. And yet…”
Yasuaki faced Eisen. “We should make our way to the conference.” As he and Eisen walked along, he commented, “those three truly are disgraces.”
Eisen, one who didn’t like to think bad of someone, nodded in agreement. “Miroku-dono is always flirting with young women, hoping to advance further than just conversing with them. I cannot believe that he…”
Yasuaki noticed the despair in the monk’s eyes.

Miroku had noticed a beauty with long, violet hair and ravishing violet eyes full of gentle kindness and many other emotions. ‘She really is beautiful…’ he thought as he made his way to her. “Hello there, beautiful.”
‘He couldn’t be talking to me, could he?’ Eisen thought to himself as he looked around. ‘He is talking to me…’
Miroku was standing right in front of the beauty. He took her hand and kissed the back of it before placing his other hand on top of it. “You truly are a beautiful woman…would you be willing to bear my children?”
“Ano…please do let go of my hand…”
Such a gentle voice. “Please, Miss, I really will make it worth your while…”
Yasuaki walked over to Miroku and Eisen. “Miroku, why are you asking Eisen to bear your children? Isn’t it impossible for a man to bear children?”
Miroku blinked. “A man?” He took a closer look at Eisen. He soon realised that despite being beautiful, Eisen truly was a very shy man. He quickly let go. “Oh! My mistake! Um…I suppose I should be going then…” He quickly ran from their sight.
Eisen looked up at Yasuaki with expressive violet eyes.
“Are you alright?” Yasuaki asked his Genbu partner. His response was Eisen suddenly burying his face into his robes seeking safety. He could sense how distressed his partner was, so he allowed him to snuggle close to him if only for a while. He rested a hand on Eisen’s back. “I’m sorry I couldn’t arrive in time.”

“And Sanzo-sama is always so violent…”
“I heard from Hakkai that Sanzo has been like this for a long time. He said that if Sanzo were to become a pleasant person he’d be frightened.”
“Yes, Goku-san told me the same thing. Yet…Sanzo-sama is a high-ranking priest. Why does he always partake in forbidden practices?”
Yasuaki had no answer.
“And of course, Xellos-san…”
Yasuaki nodded. He had lost count of the number of times he’d been tempted to purify and cleanse Xellos’ spirit.
“I cannot believe that Xellos-san, a priest and general, is actually a mazoku…”

They were nearing the hall where the conference would be held. Eisen suddenly stopped walking. “I suppose I should stop judging Sanzo-sama, Miroku-dono and Xellos-san for their behaviour…it’s making me become a hypocrite…”
“A hypocrite?”
“A while ago, I fell in love with Miko. And now I’m falling in love with…” he shut his mouth, blushed and turned away.
Yasuaki knew who Eisen was talking about otherwise he wouldn’t have silenced himself. Plus, he too was experiencing the same feelings towards the young man standing in front of him. While he still didn’t exactly appreciate Xellos being a priest (ofudas are still being kept to be used on the mazoku when he causes trouble), he decided that like Eisen he would stop judging the others.
“But, I still do wish Sanzo-sama would keep his cursing to a minimum…”
Yasuaki nodded. He wished that too. Before meeting Tenma, he wasn’t used to colourful language, but Sanzo extended the words Tenma would use. “It will be hard to convince him. He still has to be reminded not to curse around young children.”
Eisen nodded. “Well…shall we enter?”
“Yes.”
Just as they were about to enter, they heard arguing voices behind them. They noticed Sanzo, Miroku and Xellos. “I am glad you decided to come.”
“Let’s just get this over with,” Sanzo replied as he stepped into the conference hall. Truth was all three were bothered by Kanzeon Bosatsu into attending; Sanzo by just seeing the she-male everywhere he went; Xellos being reminded of how wonderful life is; and Miroku getting threats that he’d lose what he’d need to help produce off-spring. Of course he’d doubted it until he recalled hearing from Gojyo that Kanzeon Bosatsu can drain blood by kissing a man, anything is possible with that she-male.
Eisen smiled gently and exchanged glances with Yasuaki before they too entered the hall, closely followed by Miroku and Xellos.

The End

The idea came into my mind one day as I was thinking of how Yasuaki and Eisen would react to Sanzo’s behaviour. Then I decided to write this little one-shot throwing Miroku and Xellos into the mix. All of these males are my fave monks or priests or in Yasuaki’s case my fave onmyouji.
I do not own any characters in this fic. They belong to the following people…
Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Son Goku, Sha Gojyo, Kanzeon Bosatsu (Saiyuki)-Kazuya Minekura
Eisen, Abe no Yasuaki, Morimura Tenma, Motomiya Akane (Miko) (Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Hachiyo Sho~)-Tooko Mizuno
Xellos Metallium, Lina Inverse (Slayers)-Hajime Kanzaka
Miroku, Shippo, InuYasha, Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha)-Rumiko Takahashi

Thank you for reading. Please be so kind as to leave a review and not flame. Constructive criticism is helpful and is most welcome.