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Down the Drain
0 ReviewsBased on Chapter 24 of Saiyuki.
Down the Drain
When Sanzo first heard the monks freaking out/, because there was really no other term to better describe their reaction, he thought they were exaggerating. Yes, it was true that Goku could somehow manage to get himself into quite a lot of trouble and he often did, but it was also true that the temple monks were a bit /sensitive sometimes. By the time Sanzo actually saw Goku covered in mud playing with a dog that was also covered in mud, he knew that this time the monks were not exaggerating about the mess that the boy had made.
A stream of colorful words and loud orders echoed throughout the temple leaving several of the monks wide eyed and open mouthed. The stray dog squeaked like a mouse and ran away in fear of the great Sanzo-sama while Goku proceeded to whine because his new pet was gone. Sanzo would have hit him with the almighty Harisen but he didn't want to dirty his precious paper fan. "Take a bath, now!"
At the mention of a bath Goku got a look of pure fear reflected in his golden eyes and ran away as fast as he could, not in the direction of the bathroom Sanzo noted. "Chibi saru!" He engaged pursuit and followed the trail of muddy footprints to Goku's room. There, under the bed the bed the boy trembled in fear. "Chibi saru go take a bath this instant!" If Gojyo saw him at that moment he would have made a comment about daddy Sanzo which would have earned him a hit from the Harisen.
"I don't want to!" Goku replied from his place under the bed.
"You're dirty and you need to get cleaned up." It was a logical fact but the boy apparently couldn't quite grasp it.
"I don't want to! I'm not going!" Goku stubbornly said.
"Fine" Sanzo left. Goku was quite surprised as he wasn't one to give up and this time was no different since he really didn't give up. Minutes later Sanzo returned after having placed the sultra safely in his room along with his white robes, he had also removed the sleeve-globe part of his clothes and stood ready to capture Goku even if he ended up covered in mud in the process. "This is your last chance to come out." Goku stayed hidden. Well he couldn't say he didn't get a warning.
Without further ado, Sanzo crawled under the bed to catch the chibi saru who immediately crawled out and ran for dear life. The chase continued for several minutes and soon Sanzo realized that catching the chibi with speed alone was not possible. He had to outsmart him and he knew exactly how.
After a while of running and hiding from Sanzo, Goku had lost track of him but an appetizing scent reached him. He followed the scent of the delicious meat buns to a quiet spot under the peach tree. He hid behind the tree, not realizing that his shadow gave away his location, and observed Sanzo.
"Mmm... these meat buns are very delicious" Sanzo began his act as soon as he saw the boy's shadow. Goku could be quite obvious sometimes. "There's so many of them I don't think I can eat them all by myself. I wish that there was someone who wanted to sit here and eat with me."
"I'll be happy to join you Sanzo-sama" a monk who happened to be passing by said.
"Me too Sanzo-sama!" Another monk added. They wondered why the great Sanzo-sama was not wearing his full attire but dared not question him.
"Get lost!" Sanzo growled and the two monks ran away.
Gasping from breath and scared senseless at Sanzo's unexpected reaction the two monks wondered what was going on. "I know!" One of them suddenly exclaimed in realization. "Sanzo-sama was testing us to see if we gave up into the temptation of wearing more comfortable clothing in this hot weather and sitting outside in the fresh air eating delicious food instead of doing our chores."
"You're right, it was a test to see if we were tempted and we failed. We must try harder for Sanzo-sama!"
"Yes, we must! He must have gone through the trouble of sitting at the peach tree eating just to teach us this lesson."
"We must show our appreciation and try harder to accomplish our duties." With renewed determination the two monks continued working on their assigned daily tasks.
A while after the monks were gone Goku could not take it any longer and came out of hiding. "Goku, I've been wondering were you went. I wanted to tell you that if you really don't want to take a bath you don't have to."
"Really Sanzo?" Goku smiled happily.
"Of course, would you like some meat buns? Just sit here and relax, have a nice snack" Sanzo said but as soon as Goku let his guard down he picked up the mud covered chibi and carried him off to the bathroom.
"Let go! Where are you taking me? I want to eat!" Goku complained.
"You're going to take a bath!" Sanzo firmly said.
"No!" Goku yelled, kicked, screamed, complained and made a big fuss but Sanzo didn't let him go.
"Why are you so afraid of taking a bath? Last week you stayed in there for two hours splashing around in the tub and making a mess" Sanzo said.
"I don't want to go down the drain!" Goku said to which Sanzo blinked.
"You're afraid of going down the drain?" The blonde asked and the chibi nodded. "You can't go down the drain, it's too small for you to fit in it."
"But the boy in the movie went down the drain and was trapped and starved in there!" Goku said.
Sanzo shook his head. He didn't think too much about Goku watching those ancient scary movies because they were so old and obviously fake that they weren't scary in the least. "It was just a movie. You're not going down the drain."
"But I saw it!" Goku insisted.
Making sure to hold on to the complaining chibi so he couldn't run away, Sanzo plugged the tub and filled it with water. "I'll prove that you can't go down the drain" with that said he stepped into the tub not even caring to roll up his pants since there were dirty with mud anyway.
"No! Don't do it!" Ignoring Goku’s warning Sanzo pulled out the plug and the water began to be drained from the tub. "Sanzo! Quick give me your hand, I can still pull you out!"
Instead Sanzo placed his foot on the drain and the water stopped. He didn’t go down the drain. "See? It's perfectly safe."
"But the movie, the boy, he went down the drain and was trapped down there and starved and... and… I saw!" Goku said.
"It was just a movie. It was fiction" Sanzo tried to explain. The chibi saru better get the point fast because he was at the end of his patience if he had any to begin with.
"What is fiction?" Goku asked.
"A story that isn't real. It's just for entertainment" Sanzo explained.
"I that movie was a warning. That wasn't entertaining, it was scary!" Goku said.
"Are you going to take a bath now?" Sanzo asked.
"Are you sure it's safe?" Goku asked still a bit unsure.
"Chibi saru, it's safe, trust me" Sanzo said.
Looking into those violet eyes always seemed to calm Goku. He nodded and smiled. "Ok!"
"This brings back memories" the Merciful Goddess was watching as always. The entire situation reminded her of the days when Konzen was still a small child and she was often left with the task of taking care of him. He too was afraid of going down the drain and refused to take a bath. Her solution was to surprise the golden haired chibi, drag him to the lily pad pond and throw him in so that he could at least have some form of bath. Needless to say Sanzo's solution was a bit more gentle then his aunt's at least in the end.
End
When Sanzo first heard the monks freaking out/, because there was really no other term to better describe their reaction, he thought they were exaggerating. Yes, it was true that Goku could somehow manage to get himself into quite a lot of trouble and he often did, but it was also true that the temple monks were a bit /sensitive sometimes. By the time Sanzo actually saw Goku covered in mud playing with a dog that was also covered in mud, he knew that this time the monks were not exaggerating about the mess that the boy had made.
A stream of colorful words and loud orders echoed throughout the temple leaving several of the monks wide eyed and open mouthed. The stray dog squeaked like a mouse and ran away in fear of the great Sanzo-sama while Goku proceeded to whine because his new pet was gone. Sanzo would have hit him with the almighty Harisen but he didn't want to dirty his precious paper fan. "Take a bath, now!"
At the mention of a bath Goku got a look of pure fear reflected in his golden eyes and ran away as fast as he could, not in the direction of the bathroom Sanzo noted. "Chibi saru!" He engaged pursuit and followed the trail of muddy footprints to Goku's room. There, under the bed the bed the boy trembled in fear. "Chibi saru go take a bath this instant!" If Gojyo saw him at that moment he would have made a comment about daddy Sanzo which would have earned him a hit from the Harisen.
"I don't want to!" Goku replied from his place under the bed.
"You're dirty and you need to get cleaned up." It was a logical fact but the boy apparently couldn't quite grasp it.
"I don't want to! I'm not going!" Goku stubbornly said.
"Fine" Sanzo left. Goku was quite surprised as he wasn't one to give up and this time was no different since he really didn't give up. Minutes later Sanzo returned after having placed the sultra safely in his room along with his white robes, he had also removed the sleeve-globe part of his clothes and stood ready to capture Goku even if he ended up covered in mud in the process. "This is your last chance to come out." Goku stayed hidden. Well he couldn't say he didn't get a warning.
Without further ado, Sanzo crawled under the bed to catch the chibi saru who immediately crawled out and ran for dear life. The chase continued for several minutes and soon Sanzo realized that catching the chibi with speed alone was not possible. He had to outsmart him and he knew exactly how.
After a while of running and hiding from Sanzo, Goku had lost track of him but an appetizing scent reached him. He followed the scent of the delicious meat buns to a quiet spot under the peach tree. He hid behind the tree, not realizing that his shadow gave away his location, and observed Sanzo.
"Mmm... these meat buns are very delicious" Sanzo began his act as soon as he saw the boy's shadow. Goku could be quite obvious sometimes. "There's so many of them I don't think I can eat them all by myself. I wish that there was someone who wanted to sit here and eat with me."
"I'll be happy to join you Sanzo-sama" a monk who happened to be passing by said.
"Me too Sanzo-sama!" Another monk added. They wondered why the great Sanzo-sama was not wearing his full attire but dared not question him.
"Get lost!" Sanzo growled and the two monks ran away.
Gasping from breath and scared senseless at Sanzo's unexpected reaction the two monks wondered what was going on. "I know!" One of them suddenly exclaimed in realization. "Sanzo-sama was testing us to see if we gave up into the temptation of wearing more comfortable clothing in this hot weather and sitting outside in the fresh air eating delicious food instead of doing our chores."
"You're right, it was a test to see if we were tempted and we failed. We must try harder for Sanzo-sama!"
"Yes, we must! He must have gone through the trouble of sitting at the peach tree eating just to teach us this lesson."
"We must show our appreciation and try harder to accomplish our duties." With renewed determination the two monks continued working on their assigned daily tasks.
A while after the monks were gone Goku could not take it any longer and came out of hiding. "Goku, I've been wondering were you went. I wanted to tell you that if you really don't want to take a bath you don't have to."
"Really Sanzo?" Goku smiled happily.
"Of course, would you like some meat buns? Just sit here and relax, have a nice snack" Sanzo said but as soon as Goku let his guard down he picked up the mud covered chibi and carried him off to the bathroom.
"Let go! Where are you taking me? I want to eat!" Goku complained.
"You're going to take a bath!" Sanzo firmly said.
"No!" Goku yelled, kicked, screamed, complained and made a big fuss but Sanzo didn't let him go.
"Why are you so afraid of taking a bath? Last week you stayed in there for two hours splashing around in the tub and making a mess" Sanzo said.
"I don't want to go down the drain!" Goku said to which Sanzo blinked.
"You're afraid of going down the drain?" The blonde asked and the chibi nodded. "You can't go down the drain, it's too small for you to fit in it."
"But the boy in the movie went down the drain and was trapped and starved in there!" Goku said.
Sanzo shook his head. He didn't think too much about Goku watching those ancient scary movies because they were so old and obviously fake that they weren't scary in the least. "It was just a movie. You're not going down the drain."
"But I saw it!" Goku insisted.
Making sure to hold on to the complaining chibi so he couldn't run away, Sanzo plugged the tub and filled it with water. "I'll prove that you can't go down the drain" with that said he stepped into the tub not even caring to roll up his pants since there were dirty with mud anyway.
"No! Don't do it!" Ignoring Goku’s warning Sanzo pulled out the plug and the water began to be drained from the tub. "Sanzo! Quick give me your hand, I can still pull you out!"
Instead Sanzo placed his foot on the drain and the water stopped. He didn’t go down the drain. "See? It's perfectly safe."
"But the movie, the boy, he went down the drain and was trapped down there and starved and... and… I saw!" Goku said.
"It was just a movie. It was fiction" Sanzo tried to explain. The chibi saru better get the point fast because he was at the end of his patience if he had any to begin with.
"What is fiction?" Goku asked.
"A story that isn't real. It's just for entertainment" Sanzo explained.
"I that movie was a warning. That wasn't entertaining, it was scary!" Goku said.
"Are you going to take a bath now?" Sanzo asked.
"Are you sure it's safe?" Goku asked still a bit unsure.
"Chibi saru, it's safe, trust me" Sanzo said.
Looking into those violet eyes always seemed to calm Goku. He nodded and smiled. "Ok!"
"This brings back memories" the Merciful Goddess was watching as always. The entire situation reminded her of the days when Konzen was still a small child and she was often left with the task of taking care of him. He too was afraid of going down the drain and refused to take a bath. Her solution was to surprise the golden haired chibi, drag him to the lily pad pond and throw him in so that he could at least have some form of bath. Needless to say Sanzo's solution was a bit more gentle then his aunt's at least in the end.
End
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