Author: Keiran
Title: Celestial Eclipse 1/1 (?)
Rating: 13+
Warnings: … silliness? Unbetaed.
Pairing: none.
Genre: ficlet, humour.

Notes: muses and time permitting, there might be more. That remains to be seen.

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"Say, Goku," Gojyo said, staring at the sky in contemplation.

"What?" the boy mumbled, busy balancing the chopsticks, bowls and other containers of food on his bony knees.

"That thing with you and Sanzo – you know the he's-the-sun bit – how literally do you take it?" the red-headed kappa asked, blowing a string of cigarette smoke into the air. Goku blinked at him a couple of times, before returning to his food.

"Well, it's the truth."

"Just wondering," Gojyo said, shrugging lightly. Wiggling as little as possible, he sat up and reached out to snatch a morsel of food from Goku's bowl.

"Oi! Eat your own!"

"Easy there," Hakkai placated, perched a little above the ever-quarrelling duo. From his shoulder Hakuryu kyued softly. "You don't want to fall do you?"

Goku replied by hugging the bowls to his chest protectively. The three of them were perched high in a tree, just outside a quiet village, which currently exuded the excited atmosphere of a fest.

"Gojyo?" the green eyed man asked after a few moments of silence (or near-silence, considering that Goku was present, food included). "That was unlike you – why the sudden interest in Sanzo's celestial status?" Throwing an annoyed look at the innocent looking evil bastard, Gojyo took a deep drag of his cigarette.

"Merely wondering."

"Oh? How so?"

"I happened to spy a hailstorm cloud on the horizon," the kappa answered with a shrug.

"What? Were?" Goku snapped his head up, looking to the sky. "It doesn't look like it might rain-"

"Idiot."

"Who're calling an idiot, you pervert!" Goku, having polished most of his dishes, turned to Gojyo, intent on engaging in his other favourite past-time activity. The bickering with an occasional thwap continued for a longer while.

"Ah," Hakkai said suddenly, shifting on his uncomfortable branch. "It seems that a storm is indeed approaching."

"What? What storm?" a pair of golden eyes looked around wildly, seeing nothing by twinkling stars. Seconds later several gunshots flying in the general direction of the sky and a stream of fluent curses answered his question. "Oh."

"In retrospect, maybe it wasn't such a brilliant idea to drug Sanzo and sell him to that guy for food," Gojyo said wincing slightly, as several explosions rocked the city.

"But we did get a whole lot of treats," Hakkai reminded him cheerfully, indicating Goku's occupied hands. Empty pots, bottles and bowls littered to old tree.

"Tell that to the monk."

"Ah, yes." The green-eyed mad smiled cheerfully. "It seems, Goku, that your universe is about to suffer a total eclipse."

The tree fell silent, wishing desperately for a weaker root system, as the storm broke down upon it.

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