((Kou and Yaone are on a walk, they're not around everyone else at the moment))

Lirin scowled. Then she got another idea. Leaning into Goku, she batted her eyelashes. "I'll share my food with you." She said sweetly. Brooke just gave her a dirty look.
"You interrupted our conversation. Go away."
"No! I knew him longer! You're just a weirdo that met him today!"
Brooke didn't want to argue over Goku. She had a feeling he wouldn't like that too much. "It doesn't matter who knew him first. We were talking."
"Fine. Talk all you want," Lirin snapped. She grabbed his hand. "But he'll be fighting me later.
Doku decided it was time to step in. He picked Lirin up and threw her over his shoulder. He appeared quite pissed now. "Sorry about that, Son Goku. I've had just about enough of her antics." He grabbed a meatbun for himself and nibbled on it as he walked out, with Lirin protesting the whole way.

A few moments later, the doors burst open again, revealing Kou breathing heavy. His shirt was torn, his hair was messed up, his pants were unbuttoned, and he had a very satisfied look on his face. Behind him, with a self satisfied smirk, was Yaone.

Miwa dropped her food before it entered her mouth. Her wide eyes stared straight at the door. Everybody else's gaze turned to the couple walking in.
"No way..." Gojyo leaned over the table. "Looks like the stuck up prince finally got laid."
Miwa stiffled a laugh and pushed Gojyo back to his seat. "You're just jealous."
"That's because he never get's laid," Sanzo said.
"He's not as good with the ladies as he makes out to be," Hakkai said with a laugh.
"Shut it monical boy. I don't see you scoring with the ladies."
Hakkai raised an eyebrow and hinted at Miwa. "There, good friend, you are wrong." Gojyo's lips pressed together into a frown.
"Screw you Hakkai."

((Meh, it's not good, but it's better than nothing >.<))

Kou sat down at a table nearby and tried in vain to fix his hair. It was pointless. He was just going to have to fix it later, when he got back home. At least his hair was in better condition's than Yaone's. He quickly glanced at her and watched as she smiled and nodded with whatever conversation was going on at the moment. Kou still couldn't believe that she had jumped him like that. Not that he was complaining, it had been very enjoyable, but his head was still spinning, and he was still having trouble feeling his legs. At Gojyo's comment, Kou blushed. It was a reaction that was completely outside his personality, but he couldn't control it. He bit back a stinging retort that he had no business saying, and smiled instead. "Hey, you have to chase after the ladies. I have the ladies chasing after me." It was less insulting than the comment he was thinking, but it was still insulting. To Gojyo.

"You're such an asshole," Gojyo said as he crossed his arms over his chest. What ever. Why should he care what that ass had to say anyways? Besides, he was supposed to be his enemy. He would say what ever he could just to tick Gojyo off. So, if he was smart he'd just not take anything Koukagi said seriously. But those words hit a sore spot. He hadn't hooked up with a girl in a few weeks. Then again this was the first real town they had come across in a while... That was his excuse.
Goku fell over comicly onto the table and groaned. "So many meat buns..."
Megan leaned over and poked him in the cheek. He groaned again. "I want more meat buns, but I don't think they will fit."
Sanzo twitched. "If you don't get off the table," he said as he slowly raised his banishing gun, "i'll make room for more meat buns."
Goku whined as he slowly slid off the table. "What's that supposed mean?"
"Means he's gunna put holes in your stomach with that gun I suppose," Miwa said. "What a grump."

Brooke only shook her head as she ate one last meatbun. The food was good, she had to admit, but she was getting bored. "I wanna do something," She muttered. 'I'm really bored." She leaned forward, resting her elbows on the table, and propping her head up with her hands. She wasn't tired at all, but boredom was making her feel rather lazy. "Hey, Goku," she grinned. "Wanna go for a walk?"

Kou shook his head at Gojyo. "It takes one to know one," He retorted. It was a rather childish insult, but at the moment he didn't care. His mind was filled with thoughts of Yaone. Yaone dancing, Yaone fighting, Yaone walking and her........Kou mentally shook himself. She was a subordinate! He couldn't start a relationship with her! He needed to focus on saving his mother and keeping Lirin out of trouble. Why also, was he sitting and having a conversation with the enemy? He really felt no ill will toward them, but he had been told over and over that the Sanzo-ikkou were enemies. It made no sense anymore. "I need a drink." He said finally.

((i didn't reread what we posted so if this is messed up then.. Gomen ._.;; ))

Just as Goku popped that last bit of food in his mouth he tried to speak in reply. "Yeshh shounz guud," he managed to say with a mouth full of food. He swallowed quickly and nodded. "Would be nice to get away from this bunch," he told her in a low voice. "Common," he said as he grabbed her hand quickly, pulling her towards the exit.
Gojyo opened his mouth to argue with Koukaji, but instead of an insult coming out he yelled at Goku. "Hey where the hell do yout hink your running of to with her? Weren't you two just alone a minute ago?" He turned around back in his chair and growled slightly. "How horny can one stupid monkey be?"
"Uh, I don't think that's what they did or what they are going to be doing," Miwa said. She then looked over to Hakkai and smiled.
(( tommy >.>))

Before heading out the doors, Brooke threw a smirk back at Gojyo, but it lasted a quick second before she realized WHO it was that was pulling her. She started blushing a deep red, but kept the smile on her face. It was a nice day, perfect for a walk. She wondered if she should let go of his hand, or keep holding it. She wanted him to hold her, but she wasn't going to say anything. At least she'd been honest with him...mostly. She did like him, and the way he was acting told her he liked her too. She wasn't sure what to think or feel. But for the moment, she was going to enjoy the alone time. The real alone time, where he was awake and talking to her outside, not laying in a bed in a drugged sleep. "Nice day, huh?" She felt stupid for asking it, but nothing else was coming to mind.

Goku smiled shyly. "Yeah it is pretty nice, but to be honest I'm sick of all this heat. I wouldn't mind a little rain, ya know?" He chuckled to himself. "Besides, Gojyo needs a shower. Boy does he smell bad." They kept on walking and Goku let go of Brooke's hand to put his arms behind his head. "That guy has some serious problems." His arms dropped and his face got more serious. "If he ever tries to do anything perverted..." He paused then made his hands into fists. "I'll pound his face in." One fisted hand slapped into an open palm. "Man that guys really pisses me off sometiems. He just thinks girls are nothing but a piece of ass. What a jerk." Goku stopped suddenly and turned to Brooke. "Ha, sorry i just went rambling on like that."

By now Sanzo had about enough of everything that was going on. He stood up fromt he table and grabbed a pack of Marlboro Cigarettes and walked off. "I'm going to have a smoke," he told the others. "Alone," he added. "Anybody who tries to join me is going to be eating lead." With a quick stride, Sanzo made way outside.
"Gee, seems like we're finally alone again," Miwa spoke with a grin. Gojyo made an obvious harrumphing noise. "Oh, you."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN ON YOU!? You guys are assholes. The whole fucking lot of you." Gojyo flipped them off and proceeded to make way to his room.
"Ohh, somebody is in a bad mood," Miwa stated.
Hakkai let out a short laugh. "He's jealous."

"Don't worry about it." Brooke smiled nervously. She knew now not to get on Goku's bad side. "He doesn't matter right now. We're not around him." she hoped that wouldn't piss him off. "I agree with you though, about the rain." Brooke peered up at the sky and saw that there were a few clouds, but not enough for it to rain. Hopefully it would rain soon. "I like the rain sometimes." She looked back down at Goku. "Is it more fun, to fight in the rain? I bet it keeps you cooler, right?" There was an awkward silence before Brooke spoke again. "I wouldn't mind learning to spar." She said quietly.

"Come on Doku! Let me go back! I wanna fight Baldy!"
"Baldy doesn't want to fight you. I mean Sanzo."
"I bet Goku would!" Lirin protested. She was arguing with Doku.
They weren't that far from where the Sanzo-ikkou was, but still, Doku didn't want to impose on them too much. Any longer and he would have ended up punching his brat of a brother in the face, an action which was completely unlike him. The only one Doku could even remotely stand was Hakkai, and that was because Hakkai was just so likeable.
"I bet Goku wouldn't. Maybe later. We need to wait for Lord Kou and Yaone." That shut Lirin up. She wasn't going to stop trying to escape. She didn't know why, but being around the Sanzo party was fun. A word her mother didn't know the meaning of.

"Well it all depends on where you are fighting and how much rain there is. Sure it keeps you cool, but you can fight well when you're slipp'n around in mud and all." He told her a little more about how the ran makes a fight more interesting or less fun and then offered to teach her out to spar. "With all these demons going crazy and all. You know, you should learn to defend yourself. Let's find some place outta town," Goku suggested. They could get away from people, better yet the rest of the 'Sanzo Party' and just let loose. "That sounds like fun, huh?"

Sanzo opened the door to his unfortunantly shared room and found Gojyo sulking with a half-smoked cigerette hanging from his lips. Sanzo said nothing and laid himself on the bed he won in 3 rounds of ra-sham-bo.
"This sucks," Gojyo grummbled.
"What?"
"Fucking monkey and monocle-boy both picked up chicks and here I am."
"Sulking like a pussy. Suck it up and go find yourself a woman."
"Yeah," Gojyo laughed. "Because this shitty excuse for an in is filled with them."
"Then shut up and stop complaining. They are probably just after the scriptures. They just don't want to deal with an idiot like you."
"Oh, thanks. Then why didn't htey pick you to hit on?"
"Probably because they know i'd kill them them if they try to lay a hand on me."
Gojyo laughed. "Man, you're never going to get laid."
Sanzo had no comment.

Brooke nodded. "It'd be nice to get away from people for awhile. It's annoying to have someone constantly tell you to shut up or that you're stupid," she said. She stopped talking and decided to just follow Goku. She had a sudden mental image of wrestling with Goku in the mud while he wasn't wearing much. She could feel herself blushing, but didn't want to call attention to herself. "Oh, what am I going to use?" She asked. He must have had something, or they could use large sticks. It didn't matter much to her either way. She was alone with Goku. That made her really happy.

"Well for starters you can just use your body," Goku suggested. "After all if you can use yourself as a weapon, chances are you wont do well withanything else. What happens if you get disarmed? You can't run, you use what you were born with,t hats what," Goku told her. They werent' to far from the village, but far away enough not to bother with much people. They were off the side of the road, where they found a nice little feildish patch of grass and flowers. "This should be good I s'pose," Goku said. He turned to Brooke. "Never taught anybody how to fight. I guess you can ask me something?"

She blushed. "I guess we just wrestle?" She guess. "You can teach me tricks and tips as we go." She laughed though. She was feeling giddy. Finally, she got what she wanted-time alone with Goku, without feeling any pressure to rejoin people. Without waiting for a response though, she ran foward and tackled him. She wasn't able to knock him over. He was way stronger than her, obviously, but it was still fun. She was able to apply a few wrestling moves on him that she remembered from PE in high school. Each time, she failed to knock him down. After a few moments, she had to stop. She was out of breath, and if she kept trying, she was going to hurt herself. Goku was very strong.

Goku laughed. "That was fun, you're not half bad. Really," he said. He allowed her to catch her breath. He wasn't winded at all. "Okay, let's get serious," Goku said and stood up. He took Brooke's hand and lifted her off the ground. "Now, I'm going to teach you something really useful. I guess you should know how to defend yourself." Goku stood behind her and took her wrists in his hands. For a moment he was stunned. She smelled so nice. Like fresh flowers. Quickly he regained his composure and continued what he was doing. "Put your arms up like this. One to protect your face. Right in front of your chin. Now step out with this foot," Goku softly nudged her leg forward. "ya, like that. Okay see how you are standing? You can be defensive or offensive with this." He stepped out in front of her and positioned himself into the same stance. "Step-punch," he said then did as he said. His fists flew through the air quickly snapping in and back. "Try it."

She was aware of the fact that her face was dark red, but she hoped he though it was only because she was working hard. This was the closest she'd ever been to him ever, and he was so.....muscular! He was hot! She had to focus though. She tried what he showed her, and was only mildly surprised she had the gist of it. It was a somewhat difficult move, and she knew that in a real battle she would lose miserable, but it was still fun to practice. She repeated the move a couple more times, and smiled happily at him.

"Alright! You're a natural," Goku stated. "Usually, you wont use a technique like this, but we gotta start somewhere, right?" He crossed his arms across his chest. "Now what? I never taught anybody how to fight." He looked Brooke over and she was still standing in the stance he taught her. "Well I guess we can spar. No better way to learn than a real fight. But don't worry, i'll go easy on ya." Goku jumped back and urged Brooke to run at him and attack.

The thought of letting loose and wrestling sounded good to Brooke. "Don't go too easy on me. I sometimes like it rough," she said without thinking much. Brooke didn't say much else though, and she crouched down, gave Goku a focused glare, and ran for him. She still couldn't knock him down, but that didn't matter. It was fun. She wondered what he thought about all this.

Goku giggled. Yes, giggled. Not something this monkey did, but he was ACTUALLY enjoying himself. There were those times where he got to fight Koukaji and yes, while that was fun, this was nothing in comparison to it. Goku grabbed Brooke and tossed her lightly on the ground and sat on top of her as he attacked her sides with tickles. "Okay, let's see you get out of this."

Brooke squirmed and shifted, but she was pinned. Laughing hysterically, she tried to fight back by grabbing at his knees, his stomach, his sides, anything she could reach. She could sense she was losing this battle, but she didn't mind. With another bit of effort, she managed to prop herself up on her elbows. With a free hand she reached for his armpit, and managed to poke it before flopping back down on the ground. She couldn't breathe from laughing too hard.

Goku twitched and rolled off Brooke. Both of them were in tears from laughter. "I've never had so much fun in my life," he confessed. "Really." Once his breathing returned to normal he sat back up. "I don't think you can defeat demons with tickles, but I don't know; I've never tried." This made Goku laugh. "I'll try it on Koukaji next time I see him. I'd like to see his stupid face after that move." Goku made a sad face as he looked to see the sun starting to set. "We're going to have to leave in the morning. Sanzo hates staying in one place for too long. Ya know. Unless something happens. Like demons attacking the village, or something stupid like that."

Brooke wiped her eyes and her smile turned into a frown. "You're leaving tomorrow?" She asked. It seemed so sudden. She wished desparately that he could stay, or her and Miwa could go with, but unless Sanzo had a huge change of heart, or even personality, it was unlikely that either would happen. "Well, in the case of a demon attack, you now have a weapon against them." She smirked a little. She really liked him. But there was no way she could start. Sure, they had shared a kiss, but that was it. She didn't know how he felt about her, or even if he knew how to show it. Still, she had to try.
Leaning forward, Brooke gave Goku a peck on the cheek. Biting her lip, she gave him a guilty smile. "Sorry," she whispered.

Goku was a bit shocked. He wasn't sure how he was supposed to act, so he just nervously laughed. "It's okay I s'pose." He laid back down in the grass. He liked this girl. Not like he liked the other girls because they cooked good meals and they were nice to him. Most of them all judged him negatively because he was a demon. He wondered if Brooke even knew what he was. It made his stomach knot up in nervousness. He rolled over onto his stomach and looked down at the grass. Did it even matter what he was? He didn't know. All the other girls who they have met reacted badly to it. So he wasn't going to say anything right now. "To bad you couldn't come. Well your friend too. I think Hakkai likes her. He smiles at her weird and goofy like. Hakkai smiles a lot, but this is different."

"Miwa?" She's a nice girl. She's one of a kind." Brooke said, tilting her head to the side. He seemed nervous or upset about something, but she didn't want to press it. "I would love to go with you." She blurted. "But I don't know how the rest of your friends would feel. I don't think the red-head likes me much." she bit her lip again and looked down.

"Oh? Gojyo? He's just.. Weird like that. He wants attention all the time, and when he doesn't get it, he just gets pissy." Goku rolled his eyes. "He's always picking on me, and I just know he's going to start at it again once we get back. He's an ass, but I know he cares. After all I'd probably be dead if he really didnt' like me." Goku told her. Gojyo might be an ass soemtimes, but he was always looking out for Goku as if he was a littler brother to him or something.

Hakkai and Miwa had decided to take a walk, they followed a path out of town and ended up just wandering off the path. They were laughing and joking when they spotted Goku and Brooke on the ground, bot of them were covered in grass-stains.
Hakkai and Miwa exchanged looks and laughed. "What happened here?" Hakkai asked as he raised an eyebrow.

Brooke nodded. "It sounds like you guys have interesting relationships with each other. It must be nice sometimes." She said. She leaned in to give him another peck on the cheek, but was interrupted by Miwa. Scowling, she pulled away. Figures. The best moments always HAD to be interrupted.