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    "Wow! This food is almost as good as the stuff you cooked, Pavi!" Goku grinned, stuffing his face. "But what you made is different! What was it called?"

    "Oh, it was-a nothing really…Just-a some Western fare, I've-a been all over Europe and-a what they call in Europe 'The New World'. It was just-a some fried calamari and-a….let's see, what else-a did I make? Um…Pasta, of course, it's-a a staple food where my papa comes from…Oh! Some Greek lamb too, some meat and-a potatoes, that's-a very popular over in England and Ireland…Some fish which-a I used a Spanish recipe for…I've-a even been to Africa! But I didn't learn-a much about cooking there…See, in-a the west, they call-a us 'monsters' and we aren't-a generally allowed in contact with-a the humans, it's-a different in-a the more civilized countries, a 'monster' can still make-a a respectable life for-a himself, we just-a have our own sort of society, but in the wilds, well…Not many monsters in Africa cook, the tribesmen and-a the settlers fear them and won't-a let them near their villages…But-a I digress…Where-a were we? Ah, right! Food! I love-a to cook and-a I learned from the best. My papa's last concubine, her name-a was Marni and-a she was about to surpass his other concubines and-a become his wife till-a she met that…human…" Pavi babbled.

     "This guy sure loves the sound of his own voice…" Gojyo muttered under his breath.

     "So, Pavi, Hakkai and Goku both tell me you and your family don't wear power limiters. Isn't that dangerous?" Sanzo glared across the table at the youkai.

      "Not-a as such, priest Sanzo, my papa has-a marketed a new drug across the west that makes-a it possible for us demons to control-a ourselves so long as we have-a a dose every so often. We're-a trying to market it over here too! That-a way demons don't-a gotta to be ashamed anymore and-a worry about hurting others." Pavi smiled serenely. "The world would-a be a better place if-a humans and demons just gotta along better, don't-a you agree?"

      Suddenly, Sanzo's posture stiffened. "Goku, it's time for your new friend to go back to wherever you found him."

       "Sanzo?"

       Hakkai, who was looking in the same direction Sanzo was, frowned but said a little more kindly. "Just do it, Goku, please."

      "Alright, alright, sheesh! Rude people!" Goku rolled his eyes, not noticing what the other two had noticed. He grabbed Pavi by the hand and led him out of the restaurant.

       "Who was-a that man they were-a looking at when-a they said I should go?" Pavi asked, cocking his head to one side.

        "What man? I had my back to the door." Goku asked.

        "He was-a…so handsome, he had-a silver hair and-a the most beautiful blue eyes. He dressed-a like one of-a the settlers I saw when-a I visited the new world." Pavi explained. "And-a he had-a a giant with-a him."

        "Oh…him…" Goku winced. "That's Hazel, he's an asshole. If he's there, that's why they wanted you to leave, Pavi, Hazel is a demon slayer. He'd have tried to kill you."

        "So….he…doesn't like demons?" Pavi asked, looking crestfallen.

        Goku frowned, then grabbed Pavi by the shoulders. "Hey! Don't give two shits what he says or thinks, okay!? You're great just the way you are! He's an asswipe!"

        "Goku, where-a does one acquire a power limiter?" Pavi asked.

        Pavi arrived home later that night. He walked into the room he shared with Chin Yisou and flopped down next to his sleeping older brother, wrapping his arms around the older man's waist and snuggling.

        "What are you doing?" Chin Yisou groaned, opening an eye partially and looking back at Pavi. "I'm trying to get some sleep!"

         "Por favore, fratello, hold me…I'm-a not happy." Pavi whimpered.

        "Go bother Luigi. I'm not the touchy-feely type." Chin Yisou closed his eyes and threw Pavi's hands off of him.

        "But-a….Luigi says-a that same thing…" Pavi frowned.

        "Fine. Why are you unhappy?" Chin Yisou finally gave in, sitting up next to Pavi.

       "There's-a this man I've-a never met, but-a I think I'm-a in love with-a him…He's-a a human, though, and-a an exorcist." Pavi lamented. "I'm-a so ashamed to be-a a monster…"

       Chin Yisou's eyes glinted and he slapped Pavi hard across the face, knocking him to the floor. "We are NOT monsters, you imbecile! We are demons. There is a difference! We have pride, honor and are superior in every way to human scum! Don't ever forget that!" He kicked Pavi in the gut and sneered at him.

        "Right….I'm-a sorry, fratello…" He scrambled to his feet and headed towards Luigi's room, knocking on the door.

       "What do YOU want, faggot?" Luigi glared, raising an eyebrow when he saw Pavi standing there.

        "I…I'm-a ashamed…I don't-a wanna to be a monster anymore…" Pavi whimpered, tears welling in his eyes. "I wanna to be a human!"

      Luigi's eyes widened. "Shit, Pavi! If pop heard you say stuff like that, he'd beat the shit out of you! Keep that self loathing shit to yourself and focus on your mission. Amber royally fucked up, so it's up to you to get close to the Sanzo party! I don't think you realize this, but you're fucking nobility, Pavi! You're from good stock, pop's a demon lord back in the west and is treated as a hero here in Shangri La and your mom was practically a princess! She was Hyakugen Maoh's favorite wife, for Christ's sake! I'm nothing, I'm shit! My mom was a common whore. I never admitted that to anyone before, but, I'm trying to illustrate a point! You're worth something to our world, you're royalty to rival Kougaiji and you feel like nothing because you're not a human?!"

      "That's because he is nothing. Nothing in this world has any inherent worth, not even a pretty little princeling like our dear Pavi…" A smooth, cold voice came from behind the two brothers.

        "Ni Jianyi. No one fucking asked your opinion." Luigi snarled, glaring at the scientist.

       "Such a temper…but anyway, tell me…" Ni smirked, turning towards Pavi. "Little prince, what is it you have that makes you worth anything to anyone. Oh, you're pretty to be certain, beautiful, why, you could pass as a girl with that mask of yours…But…what do you do that makes you worth something?"

     "I….I…" Pavi stammered, biting his lip.

    "And nothing you do will ever make you worth something to the great Bishop Hazel Glosse. You're a monster, boy; he'd kill you as soon as look at you. Oh, look at the time, mistress Koushu will be looking for me." Ni gave a very sarcastic salute. "Toodles for now, your highness."

        "He's…he's right…I'm-a worth nothing but-a to look pretty!" Pavi sniffled, tears welling in his eyes. Suddenly, Luigi slapped him across the face, harder than Chin Yisou had, but the intent was not the same.

      "Don't fucking listen to him, Pavi. You're worth something to me. I may act like I fucking hate you half the time, but you're my little fucking brother and I love you! You and Amber are the world to me!" Luigi snapped. "Now go show that fucker how wrong he is! Get back to your mission."

         Pavi leapt into Luigi's arms and hugged him tightly before whispering into his ear "Gratzi, fratello."

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    "Wow! This food is almost as good as the stuff you cooked, Pavi!" Goku grinned, stuffing his face. "But what you made is different! What was it called?"

    "Oh, it was-a nothing really…Just-a some Western fare, I've-a been all over Europe and-a what they call in Europe 'The New World'. It was just-a some fried calamari and-a….let's see, what else-a did I make? Um…Pasta, of course, it's-a a staple food where my papa comes from…Oh! Some Greek lamb too, some meat and-a potatoes, that's-a very popular over in England and Ireland…Some fish which-a I used a Spanish recipe for…I've-a even been to Africa! But I didn't learn-a much about cooking there…See, in-a the west, they call-a us 'monsters' and we aren't-a generally allowed in contact with-a the humans, it's-a different in-a the more civilized countries, a 'monster' can still make-a a respectable life for-a himself, we just-a have our own sort of society, but in the wilds, well…Not many monsters in Africa cook, the tribesmen and-a the settlers fear them and won't-a let them near their villages…But-a I digress…Where-a were we? Ah, right! Food! I love-a to cook and-a I learned from the best. My papa's last concubine, her name-a was Marni and-a she was about to surpass his other concubines and-a become his wife till-a she met that…human…" Pavi babbled.

     "This guy sure loves the sound of his own voice…" Gojyo muttered under his breath.

     "So, Pavi, Hakkai and Goku both tell me you and your family don't wear power limiters. Isn't that dangerous?" Sanzo glared across the table at the youkai.

      "Not-a as such, priest Sanzo, my papa has-a marketed a new drug across the west that makes-a it possible for us demons to control-a ourselves so long as we have-a a dose every so often. We're-a trying to market it over here too! That-a way demons don't-a gotta to be ashamed anymore and-a worry about hurting others." Pavi smiled serenely. "The world would-a be a better place if-a humans and demons just gotta along better, don't-a you agree?"

      Suddenly, Sanzo's posture stiffened. "Goku, it's time for your new friend to go back to wherever you found him."

       "Sanzo?"

       Hakkai, who was looking in the same direction Sanzo was, frowned but said a little more kindly. "Just do it, Goku, please."

      "Alright, alright, sheesh! Rude people!" Goku rolled his eyes, not noticing what the other two had noticed. He grabbed Pavi by the hand and led him out of the restaurant.

       "Who was-a that man they were-a looking at when-a they said I should go?" Pavi asked, cocking his head to one side.

        "What man? I had my back to the door." Goku asked.

        "He was-a…so handsome, he had-a silver hair and-a the most beautiful blue eyes. He dressed-a like one of-a the settlers I saw when-a I visited the new world." Pavi explained. "And-a he had-a a giant with-a him."

        "Oh…him…" Goku winced. "That's Hazel, he's an asshole. If he's there, that's why they wanted you to leave, Pavi, Hazel is a demon slayer. He'd have tried to kill you."

        "So….he…doesn't like demons?" Pavi asked, looking crestfallen.

        Goku frowned, then grabbed Pavi by the shoulders. "Hey! Don't give two shits what he says or thinks, okay!? You're great just the way you are! He's an asswipe!"

        "Goku, where-a does one acquire a power limiter?" Pavi asked.

        Pavi arrived home later that night. He walked into the room he shared with Chin Yisou and flopped down next to his sleeping older brother, wrapping his arms around the older man's waist and snuggling.

        "What are you doing?" Chin Yisou groaned, opening an eye partially and looking back at Pavi. "I'm trying to get some sleep!"

         "Por favore, fratello, hold me…I'm-a not happy." Pavi whimpered.

        "Go bother Luigi. I'm not the touchy-feely type." Chin Yisou closed his eyes and threw Pavi's hands off of him.

        "But-a….Luigi says-a that same thing…" Pavi frowned.

        "Fine. Why are you unhappy?" Chin Yisou finally gave in, sitting up next to Pavi.

       "There's-a this man I've-a never met, but-a I think I'm-a in love with-a him…He's-a a human, though, and-a an exorcist." Pavi lamented. "I'm-a so ashamed to be-a a monster…"

       Chin Yisou's eyes glinted and he slapped Pavi hard across the face, knocking him to the floor. "We are NOT monsters, you imbecile! We are demons. There is a difference! We have pride, honor and are superior in every way to human scum! Don't ever forget that!" He kicked Pavi in the gut and sneered at him.

        "Right….I'm-a sorry, fratello…" He scrambled to his feet and headed towards Luigi's room, knocking on the door.

       "What do YOU want, faggot?" Luigi glared, raising an eyebrow when he saw Pavi standing there.

        "I…I'm-a ashamed…I don't-a wanna to be a monster anymore…" Pavi whimpered, tears welling in his eyes. "I wanna to be a human!"

      Luigi's eyes widened. "Shit, Pavi! If pop heard you say stuff like that, he'd beat the shit out of you! Keep that self loathing shit to yourself and focus on your mission. Amber royally fucked up, so it's up to you to get close to the Sanzo party! I don't think you realize this, but you're fucking nobility, Pavi! You're from good stock, pop's a demon lord back in the west and is treated as a hero here in Shangri La and your mom was practically a princess! She was Hyakugen Maoh's favorite wife, for Christ's sake! I'm nothing, I'm shit! My mom was a common whore. I never admitted that to anyone before, but, I'm trying to illustrate a point! You're worth something to our world, you're royalty to rival Kougaiji and you feel like nothing because you're not a human?!"

      "That's because he is nothing. Nothing in this world has any inherent worth, not even a pretty little princeling like our dear Pavi…" A smooth, cold voice came from behind the two brothers.

        "Ni Jianyi. No one fucking asked your opinion." Luigi snarled, glaring at the scientist.

       "Such a temper…but anyway, tell me…" Ni smirked, turning towards Pavi. "Little prince, what is it you have that makes you worth anything to anyone. Oh, you're pretty to be certain, beautiful, why, you could pass as a girl with that mask of yours…But…what do you do that makes you worth something?"

     "I….I…" Pavi stammered, biting his lip.

    "And nothing you do will ever make you worth something to the great Bishop Hazel Glosse. You're a monster, boy; he'd kill you as soon as look at you. Oh, look at the time, mistress Koushu will be looking for me." Ni gave a very sarcastic salute. "Toodles for now, your highness."

        "He's…he's right…I'm-a worth nothing but-a to look pretty!" Pavi sniffled, tears welling in his eyes. Suddenly, Luigi slapped him across the face, harder than Chin Yisou had, but the intent was not the same.

      "Don't fucking listen to him, Pavi. You're worth something to me. I may act like I fucking hate you half the time, but you're my little fucking brother and I love you! You and Amber are the world to me!" Luigi snapped. "Now go show that fucker how wrong he is! Get back to your mission."

         Pavi leapt into Luigi's arms and hugged him tightly before whispering into his ear "Gratzi, fratello."