Things at Hogwarts seemed to have quieted down a little in the last week. Apparently the 'Holiday Season' madness was over. Even so, habit had brought Sanzo to a vacant classroom in an isolated part of the castle so he could get some reading done
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Pausing to look over the other page Sanzo had pulled out, he read over the spell carefully and said brightly, "How convenient for us that we just so happen to have three people." He continued to examine it, not looking up as the monk moved to light another cigarette, but he did offer an amiable smile. "If you do decide to go off on your own again, please do let us know in advance." He glanced up for a second, before turning his focus back on the spell. When he spoke again, his tone was dry and amused. "Gojyo, Goku, Hakuryu, and I could keep you company, that way. I'm afraid it won't be so easy to just leave us behind, next time."
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He finally managed to light his cigarette, only to have Hakkai make another ridiculous suggestion. He glared at Hakkai through the smoke. "Absolutely not," he said flatly. "The last thing I'd ever want to do is take Goku and Gojyo on a road trip." He could just imagine that. Goku whining for food every mile. Gojyo wandering off in search of his favorite hobbies every evening. Not to mention Hakkai's 'suggestions' about excessive smoking and drinking. Hakuryu would be certainly be useful, but the dragon wouldn't go without Hakkai, and Hakkai wouldn't go without Gojyo. And unfortunately Hakkai was probably right about not being able to leave Goku behind again.
"There might be a spell with a shorter duration. I don't honestly remember." Sanzo pushed the stack of pages over to Hakkai. "Feel free to read through them." At this point, all of the spells were running together in his head.
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He stopped to consider it for a short moment. "Maybe." He laughed lightly and shrugged his shoulders. "In any case, if something gets out of hand, I'm sure the three of us are capable of handling it ourselves. And if not. . . ah, perhaps it wouldn't be amiss if we decided to use our time now to familiarize ourselves with locating the Hospital Wing."
Setting aside the spell he was currently holding so he wouldn't lose it in the pile of papers, he started flipping through the pages. The monk tended to take careful notes, from what Hakkai had seen, and he wondered if that meant that Sanzo actually enjoyed doing this sort of paperwork. "Oh, I'm not so sure," he said absently, half-distracted by looking over the numerous spells. "Personally, I think the trip with the four -- ah, sorry, five -- of us would be a fun experience." He stopped going through the spells and smiled. "We could meet new people, and the four of us could use the time to get to know each other better, don't you think? We rarely ever talk, these days, and you're always so busy. . ." Hakkai trailed off, and while he said it with a straight face, he was probably joking. Probably.
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Hakkai was still stuck on the road trip idea, but Sanzo was looking a little bewildered. "You want us all to talk? About what? What would you want to know?" As soon as he said it, he realized he'd left him self open. Well, he didn't have to answer. He gave Hakkai a sharp look, still wondering if he could be serious about the idea. " You know all Goku would want to talk about would be food."
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