"Yucks! You are drooling all over the place!" Gojyo disgustingly wiped the drop of wetness that fell on his hand on the front of Goku's shirt.

"I wasn't drooling! You hear that? Maybe it's your own drool!" Goku wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, making sure that he was not drooling as he was being accused.

Wack wack

"Ouch!" Two voices exclaimed in unison.

"Shut up!" Sanzo settled back into his seat, not even bothering to check what damages his harisen had inflicted.

"Look's like its going to rain soon. We've got to get to the next town before it does." Hakkai's attempt to resolve the tiff was a little too late.

The backseat went silent, but not for very long.

"Did you notice Sanzo hadn't been in a good mood since breakfast?" Goku whispered loudly into Gojyo's ear.

"It doesn't really bother me, saru. Maybe the great Sanzo Houshi-Sama is getting his menopause." Gojyo spoke with a cigarette between his lips. He stole a glance on the grouchy blonde while digging into his pocket searching for his lighter. He of all had been the first to notice and he does not need a baka saru to tell him.

"Who are you calling saru, horny kappa! You..."

Bang

Nothing was heard again from the backseat, unless one can hear twitches.

"Look guys! We've reached!" Hakkai broke the long silence without having his life risked at gun point. He drove right up to the town's inn and Hakuryu settled itself on Hakkai's shoulder after a flash.

"Finally we can eat! I'm so hungry!" Goku was the first to jump off, followed by Hakkai and then the rest.

"These are mine, and these, and these..." Goku went on his usual meal campaign, much oblivious about the stares from the other diners.

"Hakkai, why is there such a big spread today?" Gojyo knew, but he just wanted to ask.

"Because it's..."

"No! That's MY spring roll, kappa!" Goku lunged forward and snatched the roll between Gojyo's chopsticks with his teeth.

"How dare you eat my food, damned saru! You wana eat? Then you can eat all you want!" Gojyo picked up a random plate and shoved the contents into Goku's face.

"Ma ma... guys..."

Sanzo slammed his chopsticks on the table and got up dragging his chair loudly on the wooden floor.

"Ooops..." Went those two voices, again, in unison.

"I'm done." Sanzo then turned and walked out the inn.

"Wait, Sanzo! Where are you going?" Hakkai's attempts went down the gutter.

"Hakkai, what happened to Sanzo?" Goku managed to squeeze those words from an overly stuffed mouth.

"I've been trying to tell you guys. It's his birthday today. Sa... Let's just finish up. We're going to have a long journey tomorrow."

~End~