Rie : Hai, Everyone. It's me, Rie!

This's my first Sayuki fic. and I hope you like it!

Goku : Okay, since this's your first Saiyuki fic., I'm gonna help you!

Rie : Really?! (eyes full of sparkle and grab Goku's hands)

Gojyo : You better reject his offer, Girl. He's nothing but trouble.

Goku : What's that, Redroach?!

Gojyo : You've got a problem with that, Saru?! (fight with Goku)

Rie : Um... looks like they're too busy to help me. Think you can do the disclaimer, Konzen?

Sanzo : I'm Sanzo. (exhale his cigarette's smoke)

Rie : Oh! Sorry, then... Well, could you...?

Sanzo : This girl here doesn't own Saiyuki, neither the story or its characters. Happy now?

Hakkai : Enjoy the story.


Chapter 1

"Konzen! Ten-chan! Ken-niichan! Where are you?!"

Goku...? Goku, is that you?

"Konzen! Don't leave me! Ten-chan, I'm scared...!"

G-Goku?! Where are you?! Answer me! Goku!!

"Ken-niichan... I'm alone... I don't want to be alone...! Help me!!"

Goku!!!

"Hey... Konzen... Daddy, 'til when are you planning to sleep? Wake up."

Konzen opened his eyes and sat furiously. With a wild stare, he looked around the room and dropped his white blanket. Everything seemed didn't change... he knew where it was. He was in his room... in heaven. Without any warning, he jumped out of his bed and ran toward the door, ignored his two friends who stood beside him all the time.

"Goku! Wh-where's Goku?!" Konzen shouted as reached the door knob.

"Hey, hey, hey! Slow down, buddy!" A man with red hair jumped to his side and tried to calm him down. "Goku isn't here! Calm you self!"

"But, Goku is searching for me! Searching for us! He's alone out there and we don't know what will happen if Li Touten find him! We've got to save him!!"

"Calm down, Konzen! Li Touten is already dead!" A man with long, black hair came near him and reached his hand, pull it away from the door knob.

"No! He's...! Wait... dead? He's dead?" Konzen slowly stopped resist and started to listen to his friends. "What're you talking about, Tenpou? I mean, he... seriously, he's dead?"

Tenpou nodded, "Yes, he's dead. Me and Kenren back to the Western Army. And we're not a rebel anymore, free from the death punishment! Everything back to normal now, Konzen." Konzen didn't look like believe in what he said. "If you don't believe, then ask Kenren."

"I just... Wait the minute. Aren't you two supposed to be... dead? And, isn't I supposed to be dead too? What happened?"

"Don't ask me about that. Ask your auntie if you want to know," Kenren said, lifted his shoulder as a sign of confuse.

Konzen kept his mouth shut for a moment. And then, all of a sudden, he jerked and again observe every side in the room, "Where's Goku?!"

"We don't know, either."

"What're you mean by that?! How can you possibly don't know where he is?!"

"I said I don't know, so I don't know! Ask your goddamn aunt!"

"That's right. Ask me if you want to know."

Kanzeon opened the door and smiled as usual. Konzen, Kenren, and Tenpou just stood on their own place and stared at the Merciful Goddess. When Konzen opened his mouth to ask about Goku, Kanzeon put her index finger on her own mouth and gave a sign to kept silence. Then, he asked to her nephew and his friends to followed her. 3 ex-rebel followed her with a lot of question in their mind. Konzen chose to ask his aunt about their destination. But the only answer he got was...

"Just follow me and all of your question will be answered."

Then, they stopped when arrived at Lotus Garden, the usual place for Kanzeon to monitored Sanzo-ikkou activities. Kenren looked around and gave a slight whistle.

"Why're you bring us here?" Konzen asked coldly, just like usual.

"Just see in that water, Konzen. You too, General Kenren, Marshal Tenpou."

The Gods followed what Kanzeon said. They looked at the water and blinked in unbelievable. Goku was there, the one who they were searching for. But, the one who smiled there a little different from the one that they were knew. His hair was shorter than before, and his face wasn't as round as the chibi monkey who always they protect. And his body seemed bigger as well, taller if you wanted to know for sure.

"Wow, the chibi monkey sure get bigger in a short time!" Kenren said.

"You think?" Kanzeon asked with a little chuckle. "I don't think it's a short time, actually."

"What do you mean?" Tenpou asked confusedly.

"It seems you don't remember... or don't know. Well, I hope you'll understand if you see this," Kanzeon then snapped her fingers and the image on the water chanced. There was Goku, but not with his usual grin. He was sat in a stone prison, alone in the darkness, with a sad face that looked like ready to cry anytime. "I don't think he was so big in this picture."

"You bastard!" Konzen shouted to his aunt and ran near the water. When he tried to touch it, the image disappeared immediately. "What did you do to him?!"

"Just a little punishment... for what four of you had did."

"What?!" Konzen, Kenren, and Tenpou said at the same time.

"It has been 500 years since three of you died. And Goku... he failed to escape from here. Since you were dead, Goku was the one who received all the punishment. He was been caged in the stone prizon in the earth. At the summit of Mountain Gogyo, alone... But, since he has been free by someone, his punishment has met its end. Now he's free, but has a new job to do. And for you, you've been revived and now free from your rebel title."

"So... Goku...?" Tenpou didn't know what to say.

"Goku that you saw before is Goku 500 years ago in mountain Gogyo. And the one before that is Goku now," Kanzeon explained. "Now, his new job is to prevent Gyomaoh from his revival, together with his new partners."

Heard what Kanzeon said; Konzen, Kenren, and Tenpou just stood in confuse. Then it was true... That they were dead 500 years ago after tried to get Goku out from the Heaven. Goku was alone... and received the punishment for hundred years. Alone... without them to help him.

Thought about that, Konzen bowed his head and kept silent. Kenren and Tenpou stared at the water. Kanzeon went to her chair and sat there. After a couple minute passed, she smiled and then asked to the Gods.

"So... what're you gonna do now?"

Without any second for waiting, Konzen moved his leg and walked leave the room. Kenren and Tenpou just carved a smile on their faces. They were going to the Earth... to get back their possession, their friend... Son Goku, Seiten Taisei.

As Konzen and his group leaved Kanzeon alone in her room, the Merciful Goddess gave a little sigh and placed her head on her hands. With a sad yet interested and excited voice, he took out what crossed on her mind.

"What'll you do now, Konzen? The animal that you're going to reach now isn't same as the little monkey that you were raised before. Will you able to accept it... or will you change the fate and get him back?" Kanzeon gave a little grin and looked at the water. "We'll see."

In the water, Kanzeon can saw her nephew, the general, and the marshal walked together toward the Heavens Gate.

***

Meanwhile, Sanzo-ikkou...

"Harahetta~...," Goku said, repeating what he told his friend 30 seconds ago. "Hakkai... how much long 'till the next town?"

"We just left the last town, Goku," the green eyes man answered with a warm smile.

"You just eat 1 hour ago, and now you whining you're hungry again? What a sack of junk!" Gojyo said as inhaled his cigarette.

"What did you say?! Redcroach!!" *SMACK* Goku smacked Gojyo right at his head with his knuckle.

"Ouch! *Cough*...! What did you... *cough*... do, Stupid Monkey?!" Gojyo shouted after felt a lot of smoke came to his throat. He threw his cigarette and summoned his shakujou.

"Stop it or you'll dead," Sanzo pointed at Gojyo with his evoker, which gave a good result as the halfblood sat quietly.

"Everyone... please, calm down. Goku, there's a pack of food that I told you to put on the back, isn't it? You can eat that if you're hungry."

"Really?! Thanks, Hakkai!"

Goku jumped happily and searched all the places on the back. Still, what he couldn't find what he was searching for. He turned around and talked to the single spectacle man again, rather than got hit with the monk besides him.

"Hakkai, the food isn't here."

Heard what Goku just said, Hakkai stepped the break quickly and turned his head to face the youngest member in the group. His face looked a little surprised as he got out from the jeep and took a peek to the back. Goku was right; there was no food in there. Gojyo knew what happened wasn't as good as he want and helped Hakkai to search.

"It's weird. I wonder where's the food gone," all of the sudden, Hakkai stopped thinking and talking then raised his face to looked at Goku. "Wait... Goku, don't tell me... you're not forget to put our food supply here, are you, Goku?"

Goku thought for a moment before he smacked his hand with a surprised cry, "Oh, that's right! I forgot!!"

"You MORON!!" Sanzo hit Goku with his paper fan right at the back of his skull.

"What're we suppose to do, now?!" Gojyo asked, as he shook Goku furiously.

"Back."

"Huh?"

"I said, we should get back to the last town and get our belongings," Sanzo said as he lighted up his cigarette, the only way for him to calm himself. "You, get in the car and ride as fast as you can."

"R-Right."

Hakkai jumped to the jeep and turn back to the last town. Gojyo kept showering Goku with all kind of sadistic words, until the monkey chose to defend himself and fight back. Still, Sanzo-ikkou didn't know that what they did now would brought a new trouble for their journey, especially... for the little monkey.


Rie : So... what do you think?

Konzen : Not bad. Anyway, where am I going to find Goku?

Rie : I don't know.

Kenren : What do you mean you don't know?!

Rie : Well, I can't tell you because I don't know. Even if I know, I still can't tell you where because it'll spoil my story.

Tenpou : That's too bad... (disappointed)

Rie : Don't worry. I promise you'll meet him in the next chapter. Oh, and for you the readers...!

Goku : (pop out from nowhere) Don't forget to review, please! (wave his hand and run)

Konzen, Kenren, and Tenpou : GOKU!!! (run and trying to catch Goku)

Rie : ... Well... That's all....