Heh, the way Rapax actually listens to Kougaiji, more or less, when he steps up and tells him what needs to be done reminds me of all the old myths about how supernatural things respect humans who show bravery. And Konran is just bartering with the Apocalypse level demon like he's trying to convince an old classmate to do him a favor. Zoning laws? I will never get used to how you inject science and practicality (as in pragmatic laws and atomic physics) into desciptions of insane gods and their unhinged counterparts. If the generator set up was utterly destroyed, how was the power output barely affected?! If Order is dead to them, why isn't the world automatically reverting to complete chaos? I'm thinking of total entropy, the undefined soup of all matter that makes people fear what they can't control... Still, Uncle Nightmare is very cool, even if he does seem like a bit of a plot device. Wasn't Bob what Yumoa named the bunny Ni gave him to take care of? So how does Ni still have Snuggles when Yumoa has borg Bob?
And... they both pass out. How typical. It is rather amusing to notice which nouns are feminine, isn't it? Law and the ocean, the scary things you can't really fight against, are both feminine, but war and thought are masculine. There are more interesting ones, but I can't remember them.

Sorry about the last review. The touchpad on my laptop somehow acted up and submitted the review before I was finished writing it. Grr.
Why are the other characters so disturbed by the sweat drops? Did they never realize the things were solid? Or is it the invasion of personal space? (Blatantly ignoring the impossibility of the entire idea.) When Yumoa said he had to go, at first I thought he was still in five year old mode and wanted an escort to the bathroom.
I think people dislike OCs because they're far too likely to be Mary Sues. I've read plenty of good OC stories, but it's still off putting to see in the summary of a story that it's not entirely about the canon characters. The characters from the original manga or whatever are why fanfics are written, after all, so maybe people resent anything that would take time away from their obsession: filling their head with thoughts of Sanzo or whoever.

Favorite OC? Not quite as difficult as the fav chapter question, but I'm still rather torn. I quite like Yumoa and Lydia both. We see more of Lydia, and she's delightfully random, what with the unexpected idoms and sheer illogic, but Yumoa is more entertaining, with the five year old's maturity that's somehow not being obnoxious to the reader, and the lack of homicidal hate in the background. As much as I adored Niveus, and how Konran is shaping up to be halfway decent, I'm still annoyed at him.
Tragedy used Latin! Unfortunately, I understood a good deal less of it. My vocabulary is very small. I blame it on a teacher who, while very nice, buries herself and her students in busy work that keeps her busier than it keeps us. What's the thing in the machine? Where did the fetus or wherever the living thing is come from? Lydia and Konran are getting along much

Thank you for the thorough replies, by the way. I know what you mean about gushing reviews, they're like pure sugar: instant energy that leaves you with a stomache ache. And no, you're not being excessively wierd. Sorry to burst your bubble. :)
Is the similarity between the Latin quote about the gods using mortals as footballs and kougaiji sayiing he didn't want the gods to use them as toys intentional? About one of the other quotes, why translate "Quia vivit" as "She won't die" rather than "She lives"? I don't see much difference in how humorous each is.
This phrase doesn't make much sense: "didn’t bode well at all with the prince’s morals." Do you mean that it didn't sit well? 'Bode' is usuaully used for foreshadowing. In "their reports had struck an unsettled cord in the prince's heart" I think you mean a musical chord, rather than a piece of string, cord. (I found typos! Usually I've noticed many more by this point in a story. Congrats on being able to proofread your own stuff!) Kou doesn't seem to be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I'll forgive him since Konran is so confusing. Lydia has a Chaos radar?

But... but... I thought Latin kitty was nice! Drat it.

This would probably make more sense if I knew what Orphen was. It only took a few paragraphs to tell that Cleao is an arrogant, evil woman, however.
"Bastard! That's my voice!" Giggles. I take it they have the same voice actor?

latin kitty!
Yep, Lydia's crazy. I love when she says sentient beings should be called by proper names, thus Niveus is no longer referred to as the talking cat, then in the next sentence calls Goku and Goyjo 'monkey' and 'cockroach'. Does Lydia even realize that Dr. Jin is the creepy villian scientist from the manga? The part about only taking the meds for the current pain sounds to me like he's trying to slip in an experiment without her knowledge.

By the way, I found this story when the sequel caught my eye on the Saiyuki page. Since of course I can't read the sequel first, I went looking for this.
I'm starting to wonder how many sides there are to Lydia's brain. There's reason, the crazy side, the ego, the sadist, and the... sugar deprived version? The combination of non sequiturs, understatment, unexpected logic and sheer humor in your writing is lovely. What does 'shanks' mean?

Have I mentioned how much I adore the way Lydia's brain works? Hooray for Latin speaking kitties and non sequiturs!

I actually understood more than half of what the cat said! Cool ! :D Memoriam de multa Latina tenere non cognovi. Benigne!
Very fun. :)

Judging by what you've written here, you have an utterly unique mind. Whether that's a blessing or a curse, is, I think, your decision. Your ability to coherently transfer your bizarre leaps of thought to writing is a blessing to the rest of us, however.
I couldn't help but notice how long it took Hakkai to ask for her name, he never did introduce the Sanzo group, although you could say he knew that she already knows who they are. is the rest of the class somewhere in the same desert (heat stroke...) or what? The last scene is very confusing.

One thing. You called Kon Andy. Isn’t Andy the guy from Avenari? And you called Yumoa Yossarian. Did I miss something or has it just been too long since I read TIG?
….OH! OH, wait! Wasn’t that what they decided to call themselves in the human world while they were living with Lyds? I got it now…… :D
XD. Poor Kon. Wow. Somehow I got the image of it being the Cerberus from DMC3…..>.>…That’d be interesting. Instead of fighting it, you give it a bath. Which is pretty much the same thing. ^^
XDXDXD! Here’s the Bigfoot incident! YES!
Yeah, old people and technology do not mix. My dad’s always yelling at me to come help him with the TV/DVD player/ PS2. Which is quite sad for a dude with a P.H.d.
/wipes tears from eyes/ Chaos and Comedy are so nice. I need to find some friends just like ‘em. Well….not necessarily JUST like them…wait, actually, yes.
Aw…that was sweet. I liked it.

Ah! Kougaiji! Yay!
XDXD I love the part where he makes a beeline for his room. XD. You have no idea how much that cracked me up.

Good job. You should do more of these. I was so confused at first, though when I saw that there was another chappie for TIG. XD. Silly Me.
POC

You should do something for one of the Sanzo Party members. Sanzo's b-day is in January too. ^_~ I think you should do something for him.

Haha, sweet!
At first when I saw it, I was all, "Ah, she updated The Sequel already!? I haven't even left a review for the last chapter yet!" But then I saw 'twas for this...
Well, let's just say i was REALLY confused.

But anyhoo, it was a good chapter! It was cute, too! Not to mention the cool one-shot at the end. It was great! You should totally do another one of these later on!

-Basket-

“I’m not the plague here!”
Sanzo raised one eyebrow, “If I remember correctly, you’re also not spaghetti.”
“That was low!”
“You said it, not me.” - that's an awesome bit of dialogue there

Sanzo was either a magician or a fantastic origami artist to get the fan to behave the way he made it…and somehow imagining Sanzo folding bits of paper into pretty animals was an image that eluded me no matter how hard I tried to picture it. - I can see it. I really can.

...drawing her attention away from demonic James Bond. - why didn't I ever compare those two before?

“I could use a woman’s care.” - aren't writing those dialogue bits of his fun? I love writing them, myself.

Smart people tended to be creepy, anyway. - I've unnerved plenty of people...it's fun.

Hakkai was waiting with Hakuryu on his shoulder, as patient as Buddha himself—and probably better monk material than Sanzo…aside from that whole incest thing. Yeah… - I managed to let that little detail slip my mind...*coughs* "yeah"'s right.

Just ignore him. He’s only playing around. Methinks the brain is developing a soft spot? - for all his lecherous ways, it's still hard to stay mad at him. He's too 'brig brotherly' isn't he?

Ni is as creepy as ever. You've hit his characterization right on the head. Score for the home team.

Chapters seem to get longer as stories progress, don't they...? *grins* You're not alone in that. Still lovin' it.