I... got a sudden burst of inspiration. So I wrote it! Saiyuki does not belong to me!
Intro
After the imprisonment of Son Goku, Kanzeon Bosatsu not only erased his memories of his past and crime but also placed a special spell upon the four souls that had escaped from Heaven. These souls were- and are- completely intertwined with one another, destined to be together no matter the lifetime. But with one of them banished to a mountaintop, the other 3 would never feel whole, even if they met.
Now, the other gods had decided a cruel fate for these beings. These four would have to wait seven lives for Goku to receive freedom from his cage. The eighth life, the one with the group's famous 'Journey to the West', would be the time when they are finally allowed to release their fourth member.
Kanzeon did all she could, but could not persuade the others to lower the sentence. So instead, she helped the souls reach their eighth life quicker.
She cursed them.
Until the eighth life, none of the four spirits could interact with each other.
For souls as deeply connected as these ones, not meeting the others would be Hell. The insanity of never feeling complete, of feeling like one-fourth of who you were meant to be, would drive the beings to rush for death. They would seek their own demise in hopes that the next life would be better.
It was cruel. And she knew it. But it would be crueler to gaze at them from so far above the world and do nothing while witnessing as they lived out their incomplete lives, never once realizing that the final piece to their puzzle was trapped on Mount Gogyou.
Hopefully, this would help.
Hopefully.
I also have the first chapter ready! So up it goes!