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Comparison - the Extended Version
May. 7th, 2012 09:25 pmBorn from 100_roadtrips’s Challenge #295: Small Packages
Title: Comparison [Extended version]
Goku was excited. He had never been to an onsen and could not believe that the four of them were stopping at one.
When changing in the locker room, Goku noticed how … private the others acted. That left Goku puzzled.
Once in the spring, Goku decided to sit by the cool waterfall.
Gojyo was already there.
“Stop pushing. I was here first.”
“Doesn’t make it yours.”
Gojyo shoved Goku; Goku shoved back.
After a couple of shoves, a towel floated in the water. Goku looked down.
Not mine.
He looked at Gojyo.
“Wow, Gojyo, yours is not like mine.”
One of Gojyo’s hands quickly covered himself, while the other scrambled to grab the floating towel. “Quit staring, ya pervy monkey.”
“How did you get that big?” Goku checked himself then looked back at Gojyo. “What did you do? Do you think I can get that big?” His hand moved towards Gojyo’s groin.
Gojyo kicked Gojyo in the gut then wrapped himself. “Fuck off!” He got out of the hot spring and stormed off to the locker room.
“Jerk!” shouted Goku. He sat down between Sanzo and Hakkai. “What’s wrong with Gojyo?”
Both moved away from Goku.
Goku looked from one to the other. “Why’d you move?”
“Well, Goku, your …” Hakkai started.
Sanzo finished, “You’re a pervert.”
“Pervert? I’m not a pervert; Gojyo is.”
Sanzo moved to pound Goku’s head with his fist, but chose not to. He did not want to get close enough to Goku for him to mess with his towel.
“Goku, there is more than one way to be a pervert,” Hakkai said. “One of those ways is to stare at another man’s groin.”
“I wasn’t staring.”
“You weren’t able to look away from Gojyo, were you?”
“No. It’s so much bigger than me.”
“That proves you’re a pervert,” Sanzo roared then left the hot spring.
“What? Sanzo?”
“Goku, you couldn’t look away, which means you were staring. Purposely looking at another man’s groin is seen as something a pervert would do.”
That shocked Goku. “I’m not a pervert! It’s just that I’ve never seen anyone else’s, you know? I didn’t know they could come in different sizes.”
Hakkai took a moment to craft his response. “You do know people do not come in the same shape or size.”
“Yeah.”
“Then is it reasonable to say that if people come in all shapes and size that certain parts of their bodies will come in different shapes and sizes?”
Goku thought about this for a moment. “Yeah, I guess you’re right, Hakkai.”
Hakkai stood up and climbed out of the hot spring.
“Hakkai, where are you going?”
“I’ve stayed in the hot spring too long.”
Goku got out of the hot spring and followed Hakkai into the locker room.
While changing, Goku was lost in thought, busy struggling whether or not to ask Hakkai a question.
His curiosity won out.
“Uh, Hakkai?”Goku asked as they left the locker room for their room.
“Yes, Goku?”
“Do you think Sanzo has a big one or a small one?”
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Aside from meat buns, the idea Sanzo could be smaller than him was the only thought in Goku’s head. But he could not figure out a way to learn if that was true.
Worse, Goku had no idea how to do this on his own. He did not want to ask Gojyo. Gojyo would not only call him a pervert again then blab to Sanzo.
Goku thought about asking Hakkai to help, but he had a feeling Hakkai would not help, not after the explanation he gave.
He went with the only approach he knew: the direct approach.
One night while Sanzo slept, Goku started pulling up Sanzo’s blanket.
“GOKU!” Sanzo kicked the monkey hard in the gut. "What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
Goku had no answer.
Sanzo’s shout woke up Gojyo and Hakkai.
“What’s going on?” asked Gojyo.
Hakkai looked at Sanzo with his blanket asunder then Goku who was clutching his stomach.
“Sanzo,” Hakkai said, “I’m sure Goku will not do whatever he did ever again. Right, Goku?”
“Yes, Hakkai. Sorry, Sanzo.”
Hakkai walked over to Goku. “Let me see.”
Goku revealed a black and blue in the shape of a foot on his torso.
Hakkai called up his chi and began healing Goku.
Gojyo looked at Hakkai. “You know what happened, don’t you?”
Hakkai gave Gojyo his patent “I’m not telling” smile. “All I know is that Sanzo kicked Goku in the stomach.
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The following few days everyone noticed Goku avoided Sanzo. When Gojyo asked Goku about this, Goku replied, “I’m not avoiding Sanzo.”
Gojyo knew he was lying, but did not know why or what he could do about it.
Sanzo, however, knew there was something more to Hakkai’s little exchange with Goku.
He waited until they were in the next town and the first chance he was alone with Hakkai to ask about it.
Sanzo looked up from his newspaper. “All right, Hakkai, what’s going on?”
Hakkai looked up from the pack he was going through. “Going on? I’m checking to see if we’re low on supplies.”
“There are enough idiots on this trip. Don’t join their ranks.” Sanzo put down his paper and lit a cigarette.
Hakkai sat down next to the pack on the floor. “You’re not going to like this. Remember the conversation Goku had with Gojyo at the hot springs?”
Sanzo grounded out his cigarette.
“Well,” Hakkai continued, “that led Goku to wonder if – ”
“If I was bigger than Gojyo.” Sanzo grounded the palm of his hand against his head.
“No, that wasn’t it. He wondered if you were smaller than him.”
Had Sanzo been drinking coffee at this moment he would have choked on it.
Instead his face turned red. “WHAT!” He stormed towards the door.
Hakkai interceded. “Now, Sanzo calm down.”
“Get out of my way, Hakkai. I am going to kill him.”
“Killing Goku won’t change the fact that he was curious.” Hakkai pushed Sanzo away from the door and into a chair. “Sanzo, breathe.”
Sanzo scowled at Hakkai. “Why shouldn’t I kill him?”
“He didn’t see anything, did he? The night was too dark; there was no moon.”
Sanzo knew Hakkai was right, but it did not change the fact that Goku thought he could be bigger. He returned to reading his newspaper.
A few moments passed, before a thought occurred to Sanzo.
“Hakkai, you know the answer to Goku’s question, don’t you?”
“Why do you say that?”
“Because … you’ve seen all of us due to some injury or another.”
Hakkai looked at Sanzo, arching an eyebrow. He wanted Sanzo to work for this information. “So, you think I would sneak a peek when all of you are lying in your briefs while I heal you?”
“Yes. I mean no, damn it.” Sanzo sat silently, struggled with the words. “Is he right?”
“Who?”
“Goku.”
“Goku likes to walk around in his briefs after he showers. Why don’t you look at him the next he does that.”
“I’m not a pervert.”
“So I am?”
“No!”
Hakkai decided to put Sanzo out of his misery.
“Due to various injuries, I have had the dubious honor of healing near that area, as you said. And no, Goku is not right.”
Hakkai sensed Sanzo wanted to ask another question, but Goku and Gojyo returned to the room before he could.
The four of them went to dinner. The inn’s dining room was crowded. As they were led to their table, Hakkai took this opportunity to answer the unspoken question.
“You, but not by much,” Hakkai whispered.
“What?” Sanzo asked.
“You are bigger than Gojyo.”
Sanzo stared at Hakkai for a moment.
“Tch.”
Hakkai chuckled. “So you weren’t worried about Gojyo being bigger than you?”
Title: Comparison [Extended version]
Goku was excited. He had never been to an onsen and could not believe that the four of them were stopping at one.
When changing in the locker room, Goku noticed how … private the others acted. That left Goku puzzled.
Once in the spring, Goku decided to sit by the cool waterfall.
Gojyo was already there.
“Stop pushing. I was here first.”
“Doesn’t make it yours.”
Gojyo shoved Goku; Goku shoved back.
After a couple of shoves, a towel floated in the water. Goku looked down.
Not mine.
He looked at Gojyo.
“Wow, Gojyo, yours is not like mine.”
One of Gojyo’s hands quickly covered himself, while the other scrambled to grab the floating towel. “Quit staring, ya pervy monkey.”
“How did you get that big?” Goku checked himself then looked back at Gojyo. “What did you do? Do you think I can get that big?” His hand moved towards Gojyo’s groin.
Gojyo kicked Gojyo in the gut then wrapped himself. “Fuck off!” He got out of the hot spring and stormed off to the locker room.
“Jerk!” shouted Goku. He sat down between Sanzo and Hakkai. “What’s wrong with Gojyo?”
Both moved away from Goku.
Goku looked from one to the other. “Why’d you move?”
“Well, Goku, your …” Hakkai started.
Sanzo finished, “You’re a pervert.”
“Pervert? I’m not a pervert; Gojyo is.”
Sanzo moved to pound Goku’s head with his fist, but chose not to. He did not want to get close enough to Goku for him to mess with his towel.
“Goku, there is more than one way to be a pervert,” Hakkai said. “One of those ways is to stare at another man’s groin.”
“I wasn’t staring.”
“You weren’t able to look away from Gojyo, were you?”
“No. It’s so much bigger than me.”
“That proves you’re a pervert,” Sanzo roared then left the hot spring.
“What? Sanzo?”
“Goku, you couldn’t look away, which means you were staring. Purposely looking at another man’s groin is seen as something a pervert would do.”
That shocked Goku. “I’m not a pervert! It’s just that I’ve never seen anyone else’s, you know? I didn’t know they could come in different sizes.”
Hakkai took a moment to craft his response. “You do know people do not come in the same shape or size.”
“Yeah.”
“Then is it reasonable to say that if people come in all shapes and size that certain parts of their bodies will come in different shapes and sizes?”
Goku thought about this for a moment. “Yeah, I guess you’re right, Hakkai.”
Hakkai stood up and climbed out of the hot spring.
“Hakkai, where are you going?”
“I’ve stayed in the hot spring too long.”
Goku got out of the hot spring and followed Hakkai into the locker room.
While changing, Goku was lost in thought, busy struggling whether or not to ask Hakkai a question.
His curiosity won out.
“Uh, Hakkai?”Goku asked as they left the locker room for their room.
“Yes, Goku?”
“Do you think Sanzo has a big one or a small one?”
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Aside from meat buns, the idea Sanzo could be smaller than him was the only thought in Goku’s head. But he could not figure out a way to learn if that was true.
Worse, Goku had no idea how to do this on his own. He did not want to ask Gojyo. Gojyo would not only call him a pervert again then blab to Sanzo.
Goku thought about asking Hakkai to help, but he had a feeling Hakkai would not help, not after the explanation he gave.
He went with the only approach he knew: the direct approach.
One night while Sanzo slept, Goku started pulling up Sanzo’s blanket.
“GOKU!” Sanzo kicked the monkey hard in the gut. "What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
Goku had no answer.
Sanzo’s shout woke up Gojyo and Hakkai.
“What’s going on?” asked Gojyo.
Hakkai looked at Sanzo with his blanket asunder then Goku who was clutching his stomach.
“Sanzo,” Hakkai said, “I’m sure Goku will not do whatever he did ever again. Right, Goku?”
“Yes, Hakkai. Sorry, Sanzo.”
Hakkai walked over to Goku. “Let me see.”
Goku revealed a black and blue in the shape of a foot on his torso.
Hakkai called up his chi and began healing Goku.
Gojyo looked at Hakkai. “You know what happened, don’t you?”
Hakkai gave Gojyo his patent “I’m not telling” smile. “All I know is that Sanzo kicked Goku in the stomach.
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The following few days everyone noticed Goku avoided Sanzo. When Gojyo asked Goku about this, Goku replied, “I’m not avoiding Sanzo.”
Gojyo knew he was lying, but did not know why or what he could do about it.
Sanzo, however, knew there was something more to Hakkai’s little exchange with Goku.
He waited until they were in the next town and the first chance he was alone with Hakkai to ask about it.
Sanzo looked up from his newspaper. “All right, Hakkai, what’s going on?”
Hakkai looked up from the pack he was going through. “Going on? I’m checking to see if we’re low on supplies.”
“There are enough idiots on this trip. Don’t join their ranks.” Sanzo put down his paper and lit a cigarette.
Hakkai sat down next to the pack on the floor. “You’re not going to like this. Remember the conversation Goku had with Gojyo at the hot springs?”
Sanzo grounded out his cigarette.
“Well,” Hakkai continued, “that led Goku to wonder if – ”
“If I was bigger than Gojyo.” Sanzo grounded the palm of his hand against his head.
“No, that wasn’t it. He wondered if you were smaller than him.”
Had Sanzo been drinking coffee at this moment he would have choked on it.
Instead his face turned red. “WHAT!” He stormed towards the door.
Hakkai interceded. “Now, Sanzo calm down.”
“Get out of my way, Hakkai. I am going to kill him.”
“Killing Goku won’t change the fact that he was curious.” Hakkai pushed Sanzo away from the door and into a chair. “Sanzo, breathe.”
Sanzo scowled at Hakkai. “Why shouldn’t I kill him?”
“He didn’t see anything, did he? The night was too dark; there was no moon.”
Sanzo knew Hakkai was right, but it did not change the fact that Goku thought he could be bigger. He returned to reading his newspaper.
A few moments passed, before a thought occurred to Sanzo.
“Hakkai, you know the answer to Goku’s question, don’t you?”
“Why do you say that?”
“Because … you’ve seen all of us due to some injury or another.”
Hakkai looked at Sanzo, arching an eyebrow. He wanted Sanzo to work for this information. “So, you think I would sneak a peek when all of you are lying in your briefs while I heal you?”
“Yes. I mean no, damn it.” Sanzo sat silently, struggled with the words. “Is he right?”
“Who?”
“Goku.”
“Goku likes to walk around in his briefs after he showers. Why don’t you look at him the next he does that.”
“I’m not a pervert.”
“So I am?”
“No!”
Hakkai decided to put Sanzo out of his misery.
“Due to various injuries, I have had the dubious honor of healing near that area, as you said. And no, Goku is not right.”
Hakkai sensed Sanzo wanted to ask another question, but Goku and Gojyo returned to the room before he could.
The four of them went to dinner. The inn’s dining room was crowded. As they were led to their table, Hakkai took this opportunity to answer the unspoken question.
“You, but not by much,” Hakkai whispered.
“What?” Sanzo asked.
“You are bigger than Gojyo.”
Sanzo stared at Hakkai for a moment.
“Tch.”
Hakkai chuckled. “So you weren’t worried about Gojyo being bigger than you?”
