Gensomaden Saiyuki Fan Fiction ❯ Get Back Stare ❯ A Chocolate Bean a Day keeps the Goddess Glued to her TV seat ( Chapter 1 )

Get Back Stare

By: Aoi_Tsuki

Disclaimers: Yes! Yes! We know! Gensoumaden Saiyuki doesn't belong to me. If it did - Sanzo and Hakkai would be getting it on 24/7. ^_^

Author's Notes: Nothing serious - just something that inspired me for watching the live action series of the Sailormoon series, episodes 1-4. Believe me, it does that to you. ^_^ Anyway, hope you guys don't want to throw stuff at me yet. I just thought of it, and I kinda really like this fic.

Pairings? Hell even I don't know! I guess we'll see as the story progresses! Make your bets people and your requests (winks) Someone stop me before I make this a Sanzoxeveryone fic! (covers ears and screams) I think I've picked on the guy for long enough - two years IS a long time. A little OOCness over at Homura-tachi's side. Don't kill me please! ^_^

And now, onto the show! You'd Better Hold on, this is going to be LONG.

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Chapter One: A Chocolate Bean a day keeps the Goddess glued to her TV seat

Gojyo leaned back as he rested his feet on top of the table and looked up. Sanzo was right across him, reading the newspaper with a steaming mug of hot coffee by his side. As usual, the monk ignored everyone and everything around him as he was too busy breathing in daily events. Hakkai who had asked permission from the innkeeper if he could use the kitchen was now cooking them dinner. Goku, to his surprise was nowhere really to be found. Funny - he thought. By this time, he'd be hanging around where they were, smelling the food and then complaining how hungry he was. He looked back up again at Sanzo.

`'Oi, Sanzo.'' He called, as he lit up his cigarette.

`'Nanda?'' Sanzo asked, he didn't even bother to look up from his paper. But he did pick up his coffee mug and took a sip before putting it down and turning his attention back to what he was reading.

Gojyo frowned but leaned back as he looked out the window. `'Have you seen Goku anywhere?'' he asked. `'He's not here yet. And the baka saru might miss out on dinner. `'

`'Che.'' Sanzo finally glanced up from his paper, but not more than a few seconds as he turned to it again. `'Since when were you worried about the saru?'' he asked.

`'I'm not worried.'' Gojyo said with a frown. `'I'm just wondering - it's not my ass anyway if me misses out on dinner.'' He looked up. `'But he will complain a lot and it gets really annoying - I think you agree with me.''

Sanzo scowled as he leaned back and flipped the page of his paper. The thought of Goku complaining all night that he didn't get to eat and that he was hungry did seem like the most annoying thing at the moment. But he shook his head and decided to shrug it off. If the monkey ever did get annoying - he could just always hit him until his monkey brains were putty on the ground. That wasn't an unusual thing to do - and a beating wasn't the hardest thing to get if you pissed off Genjo Sanzo-houshi.

`'He said he was going out for a while. He's probably playing or something stupid like that.'' Sanzo answered gruffly as he sighed. `'He'll come back when he's hungry.''

`'Heh.'' Gojyo said as he grinned and looked up. `'Guess that shouldn't be such a long wait.'' He said as he sighed. `'The stupid monkey does have about nine stomachs.''

Hakkai finally emerged from the kitchen, holding a tray of food - more specifically four bowls of Beef Hotpot, covered and ready to be consumed. Gojyo looked up and let out a chuckle as he rubbed his hands together, in anticipation of the meal they usually had, the meal that would usually give hardcore vegetarians a run for their money or a heart attack. Hakkai smiled as he placed the tray on the table.

`'Thanks for being patient enough not to kill each other while I was cooking.'' He said warmly. That made Sanzo glance up from his paper and scowl at the green-eyed brunette. Hakkai smiled as he nodded and pulled up a chair. Then, he looked up and blinked as he noticed someone was missing.

`'Goku's not here.'' He trailed off as he looked at Sanzo. `'He's still out? -`'

Sanzo, without seeming like he cared - picked up his chopsticks and his bowl of rice and beef, uncovering it. He leaned back and sighed. `'He'll be back when he gets hungry.'' He answered before he started eating. Though he himself was wondering what the hell was taking Goku so long that or what was out there that was more interesting to the high spirited boy than a steaming bowl of Beef Hotpot. But he wasn't the type to show any kind of concern - he just kept eating.

Gojyo sighed as he looked up and picked up his chopsticks. `'Sanzo's right. He'll come back soon - he'll walk through that door in a couple of minutes complaining that he's so hungry he could eat food enough for a starving nation - that usual stuff.'' He started to eat as well.

It seemed that Hakkai was the only one left, concerned about where Goku exactly was. He sighed and looked out the window, with a slight worried frown on his face. He sighed and then nodded as he picked up his bowl of food and his chopsticks.

`'Sou deshoo ne.'' he trailed off as he uncovered his bowl of food. He was hoping that Goku would finally be on his way back.

As if on cue, a few moments while the three of them were eating, the door burst open. The three of them looked up to see a smiling young boy, walking in - with a small pouch in his hand.

`'Hey everyone!'' he said as he closed the door and looked up, still smiling - his eyes brightened even more as he saw what the three were eating. `'Ah! Beef Hotpot! Wai, Wai!'' he rushed over to the table and pulled up a chair, sitting down and picking up his chopsticks and setting down the small brown pouch.

Sanzo eyed him carefully before asking. `'Where the hell have you been?'' he asked. His voice was neutral and dry, as he scowled at the young boy who was now wolfing down his food, quicker than the others were.

`'I told you -`' Goku said as his mouth was muffled with the food he was eating. `'I was over at the town - looking around since none of you guys wanted to come with me and Hakkai was cooking dinner -`'

`'Hey, monkey!'' Gojyo said, frowning as he removed a rice bit from his cheek. `'Say it, don't spray it!''

`'I'm not a monkey!''

Hakkai laughed softly as he looked up and smiled. `'Sanzo was quite worried about you, Goku. Next time, I think you should be back a little earlier.'' His tone was warm, but still very sarcastic. Sanzo got a vein ticking at the side of his head as he glanced at Hakkai who laughed softly again.

`'Did you see anything interesting in town?'' Hakkai continued to ask, humoring the young boy as he was eating.

Goku nodded and smiled, rice bits by the side of his mouth as he looked up. `'There was a lot of food and some performers over at the town - they just visited.''

Gojyo looked at the brown pouch beside Goku, he picked it up as he swallowed his food and then looked back at Goku. `'And what the hell is this?'' he asked.

Goku smiled as he looked at the pouch. `'That was given to me by one of the performers. She said she wanted me to have it because she thought I was cute -`'

`'Man, she must've eaten something bad. If she thinks a stupid monkey is something to adore.''

`'I am NOT a monkey!'' Goku cried again as he frowned.

`'Goku…'' again, Hakkai had the tone of a teacher talking to a student. `'Don't you think it's not wise to take something from a complete stranger without knowing what exactly it is?''

`'But I do know what it is.'' Goku answered as he looked up. `'They're chocolate beans!''

`'Chocolate beans? -`' Sanzo trailed off as he looked at the pouch. Now, Sanzo - had the knack of being accurately paranoid since the man did not trust anything and anyone except for himself. If he scowled at an object and said that it was nothing but trouble, the best thing to do was to believe him. And right now, he wasn't exactly getting good vibes from the chocolate beans from a stranger.

`'Throw it away.'' he said as he turned back to his food.

`'Why?'' Goku asked as he frowned and looked at Sanzo. `'They look really good.''

`'Throw it away. You trust people too easily.'' Sanzo said as he shook his head. `'You don't know what exactly those things are made off, you don't know the person it's from - it could be trouble.''

`'Che.'' Gojyo said as he frowned slightly. `'You need to lighten up a bit, Sanzo-sama. You'll die a stiff.''

`'Come on now, Gojyo.'' Hakkai added in gently. `'We all know that a parent's concern is only the safety of his children.'' He laughed softly and smiled as he looked over at Sanzo. `'Ne, Otousan?''

`'Shut up.'' Sanzo said as he gritted his teeth in annoyance as a vein was ticking bigger at the side of his head.

`'But they look really good!'' Goku protested as he put his bowl down. `'I'll show you!'' he picked up the pouch and took out one chocolate bean. He smiled and stared at it a while before he put one in his mouth and chewing. The three watched as he swallowed and then smiled.

`'Ume sou!'' he commented as he looked through the bag. `'And there's a whole lot more of them!'' he took another one and started to eat more. Gojyo frowned and grabbed the bag.

`'Learn how to share, dumbass ape!'' he said as he took a handful and put them in his mouth. He chewed on it for a little while before he looked up at Sanzo and Hakkai, nodding in agreement.

`'Well, the monkey knows his food. This is good stuff.''

Hakkai sighed and shrugged as he picked one up. `'I guess it wouldn't hurt to try just one.'' He put it in his mouth and chewed it, for a few moments - Sanzo watched in annoyance, as his three companions did not heed his advice. Hakkai smiled as he looked over at the blonde.

`'It is rather good, Sanzo.'' He said as he nodded. `'You should at least try one.''

Sanzo scowled and closed his eyes for a moment, before leaning back and crossing his arms. `'Kotowaru.'' He said, dryly. `'I'm not idiots like you to - ack! -`'

His eyes snapped open as he almost choked, Goku had popped one in his mouth while he had been talking. He coughed for a few moments and sent Gojyo laughing his head off as the corrupt monk, choking on a chocolate bean was rather a surreal scene.

A harisen came crashing down on Goku's head, making the young boy yelp as he fell to the ground. Sanzo gripped the handle of his harisen as he gritted his teeth again in annoyance, the vein ticking at the side of his head now even BIGGER than earlier.

`'What the HELL do you think you're trying to do?!'' he asked roughly.

`'Ite! Ii jan?! - It was just one bean - besides, it was good wasn't it?''

Sanzo had to admit, no matter how pissed he was at the moment that as soon as he had gotten it unstuck in his throat, and the bean had actually touched his tongue - that it was very good. Almost addictive for those who weren't as accurately paranoid as he. He looked up at them and leaned back.

`'Hm.'' He closed his eyes again as he sighed and looked out the window. Something was unsettling him - ignoring his three companions as they were talking. He wondered what exactly was in store for them now.

***

`'If you get through this, Konzen. I'll be really impressed.'' Kanzeon Bosatsu said as she smirked and leaned back on her throne. Again, there was nothing better to do around the heavens but watch the people from down below. That's what she always did to pass the time. After all, things were always more interesting down there than it ever will be where she is. Being the Great Goddess of Mercy did not save her from the horrors of boredom. In fact, she was more prone to it than anyone else in heaven.

She'd been watching the Sanzo-ikkou and their adventures ever since the Journey to the West started. She had watched them battle youkai, inner demons and throw in a couple of things from the past once in a while. She had her kicks this way. But what she knew she was about to see was something more interesting than the usual youkai things they had to deal with.

Jiroushin stepped in the room and blinked, almost nervously as again - he caught sight of the Goddess, smirking as if she knew something was about to happen that no one else knew about. Though she acted the way that she did, she was in fact all knowing and wise. She always knew things that no one else could have guessed. Which was also the reason why half the time, he was nervous around her.

`'Bosatsu-sama. Watching earth's events again.'' He said stepping up beside her.

`'What else is there to do, Jiroushin?'' she asked with a bored sigh. She leaned back and crossed her legs as she looked down on the lotus pond. `'Nothing is changing around here - while everything is moving down below. Everyone and everything remains the same, making it boring.''

`'Kanzeon Bosatsu! Please watch your language!'' Jiroushin warned nervously. The Goddess of Mercy was never known to watch her mouth or the words she says, she always said what she thought. Which wasn't exactly appreciated in some cases.

`'Hm. `' she smirked and looked at Jiroushin. `'If you want to watch with me, another test of strength is about to take place.''

`'Test of Strength?'' Jiroushin asked as he looked up. `'Goddess, I'm not sure I understand what you mean.''

Kanzeon smirked and laughed softly as he leaned back. `'You will. I want to see just how far these guys will get.'' She said as she looked up. `'I wonder if they're just as interesting in other forms?''

`'Ah?''

`'Just watch, if you want to learn something…''

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Things were quiet in Kounran tower. As the three gods, silently planned their next attack and approach against the Sanzo-ikkou in order to get the Maten Kyoumon from Genjo Sanzo's hands. Though it was dark and cold outside as usual, and it looked like a storm was coming up - things were quiet inside the tower.

Homura sat on the throne, his eyes closed as he leaned back. So far, everyone they sent to Genjo Sanzo was a nasty failure - and he knew from the beginning that they would be failures. As Zenon said - he was nicer than he looks. And he was starting to believe giving everyone a chance wasn't such a good idea. He opened his eyes and looked up as again, he tried to think of another way to get the Maten Kyoumon. Time was slowly running out for them.

The door suddenly opened and Zenon stepped in with Shien. Homura was expecting that they had a new subordinate with them. But as he looked up, he found Zenon holding a small bag and popping something into his mouth. Something small and brown - he looked up as Shien had something in his hand as well.

`'What's that?'' he asked Zenon plainly, who was busy eating more of the stuff in his hand.

Zenon swallowed the handful he ate before he looked at the fighting god. `'Mia and Yume dropped by. They said they wanted to give us something.'' He ate another piece. `'They said even if we did turn away against heaven, didn't mean we didn't deserve free food.''

Homura looked intrigued as even Shien was eating a few pieces of the brown candied looking things, he looked up at Homura - again with his eyes closed. He reached out his palm where a few of the chocolate rested. The fighting god blinked once as he looked back at Shien after studying the chocolate beans.

`'Chocolate beans?'' he asked.

`'They're rather good, Homura.'' Shien recommended with a nod. Zenon again was still busy eating more by the moment. Homura smirked a little, he was the type of guy who was interested in new things that were thrown towards his way. He slowly took one piece and studied it again, he smiled slightly to himself. It did look rather good and the smell was absolutely to die for.

And he put it in his mouth and chewed on it. After a few moments, he looked at Shien and took another piece.

`'I told you it was good.'' Shien plainly said.

`'Well, there's more where it came from.'' Zenon said as he handed the bag to Homura. `'Free for all.''

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A few hours later. There was something strange going on in the room where the Sanzo-ikkou were staying.

As you would expect - there would be a lot of yelling and kicking. That's what they were - brawling almost half the time for reasons they can barely remember through the argument.

But tonight seemed different as everyone was quiet. Sanzo who tried to read the newspaper, scowled and cursed under his breath as his vision was getting blurry. His brows met as he flipped a page, and tried to deny the fact that not a word from the newspaper was entering his head. His hands were shaky and he felt sleepy all of the sudden. He didn't understand why. It was still early and he usually slept later.

He looked up at his companions who were asleep. Hakkai wasn't even on his bed and neither was Gojyo. They were playing cards a moment ago, sitting down on the floor. Hakkai was leaning on the wall, with his cards still in his hands - but he was sleeping soundly. Gojyo leaned on the bed where Goku lay sleeping, scattered like a ragdoll that someone had tossed around.

He cursed and shook his head, calling them idiots again in his head. As he turned back to the newspaper, he gave up hope and decided that maybe it would be better just to get some sleep. He closed the newspaper and wiped his sweaty palms on the cloth of his robe and started to get up.

To his surprise, he fell back on his chair. His eyes were slowly closing - though he tried his best to open them. His mind was racing, trying to think of what possibly could cause this weird kind of behavior.

His violet eyes turned to the half-empty brown pouch by the side of the table.

His brows met as he tried to mutter something, but his eyelids totally shut and he leaned back on the chair. Sleeping soundly and breathing calmly. There was nothing he could do now - whatever kind of drug was in it was strong to knock them all out.

Outside their window, deep blue eyes glanced at the sleeping party. She smirked and leaned back as she pushed her sunglasses up, something she wore to keep the incognito look. She tossed her blonde hair back and sighed as she looked up at the young girl with the dark brown hair and emerald colored eyes.

`'You know, Yume-nechan. We are going to get punished for something like this when we get back up there.'' Mia said as she turned to her older sister.

Yume smirked as she sighed and waved a hand. `'Let them do what they want - besides, they don't really have to find out about anything - and they won't. The Jade Emperor never watches over his people. And this is something minor.''

Mia sighed and shrugged. `'Oh well. I tried.''

`'Let's see what these big tough men have to say now.'' Yume said with a laugh as she and her sister disappeared in an instant.

~TSUZUKU~

Ack! I hope no one was too OOC. Read and Review if you can!