Disclaimer: I do not own the characters, plots, the whole load of Gensomaden Saiyuki. But I do own Yuki-chan and Soichiro-kun.

Author notes: I've decided to try Hakkai and Goku for the main pairing in this chaptered fanfic, since many fanfics are focused on the most obvious pairings (e.g. Sanzo/Goku and Gojyo/Hakkai). There is some Sanzo/Gojyo in here as well. Constructive and/or positive criticism is welcome.

Warning: some OOC and fluff, some Yaoi...I guess...



A Snowy Run-In


Chapter One: Separation


"Na, Sanzo! Harahetta!"


The serene tranquility of the snowy mountains was broken by a whine so loud it made the birds pause in their singing and flew into the sky. A wandering sparrow twitched its large button eyes as it soared with the winter winds, looking down to find the Sanzo-ikkou clad in their cloaks down below.

Goku was trudging through the snow with extreme slowness, clutching his stomach underneath his cloak, his face pulled to a forlorn expression. Gojyo was smirking, his face readable that he was ready to throw another insult. Hakkai, with his usual bright smile with Hakuryu perched on his shoulder, strolled leisurely beside Sanzo who was looking grumpy as usual cursing about baka sarus and ero kappas.


"Na! Na, Sanzo! Harahetta! And I'm cold too!"

"Urusei, baka saru! I don't want to freeze my ass off listening to your whining!" Sanzo gritted his teeth. His hand was gripping the spirit ascending gun, his index finger so itching to pull the trigger.

Gojyo smirked before dunking Goku face-first into a nice pile of fallen snow nearby, "Here! Have a snow cone! You said that you're hungry"

Goku's golden eyes blazed as he struggled to wipe away the freezing ice away, "Kono ero kappa! I don't want to have snow in my face! Kuso! Now I'm freezing!"

"Ha ha, the chibi saru don't know how to eat a cold treat? What a joke!"

"Nani?! It's your fault! Now I'm gonna run a fever, you stupid ero kappa!"

"Baka saru, it's not my fault you're complaining about food! You're irritating me!"

"Urusei, ero kappa!"

"Baka saru! I'll kill you!"

"Don't care, ero kappa!"

"Baka saru!"

Finally Sanzo's vein twitched as he shot his gun multiple times, "URUSEI! IF YOU TWO DON'T SHUT YOUR PIE HOLES, I'LL MAKE A CAVE-IN WITH THE MOUNTAIN TO SHUT THE BOTH OF YOU UP!"


Goku and Gojyo immediately stopped momentarily but went back into their usual quarrel before they were smacked by the infamous harisen.


"Itai..." the two 'little' boys groaned with bumps on their heads, lying flat and face down in the snow.

"Ma ma, minna," Hakkai intervened smoothly, "You must be calm. We might cause an avalanche in the mountains if the noises go too far. We have to make the trek over the mountain before bad weather comes."

"It's not my fault they are fighting," Sanzo calmly placed his gun and harisen away, tightening his hold on his cloak, "Ikuzo."

"Anou..." Hakkai nervously laughed and pointed at the unconscious Goku and Gojyo, "Shouldn't we wait for them?"

"Throw them down the cliff for all I care!"


Hakkai shook his head with a smile, seeing Hakuryu chirping as he flew around the two men, tugging on their cloaks.



"Soichiro-kun..." a shadowed youkai figure called with a smirk, watching the Sanzo-ikkou passing by, "There are intruders entering our territory."

The other youkai figure nearby smirked and joined the other's side, just in time to see Sanzo landing a blow on Gojyo's head with the harisen, "Now now...Yuki-chan...I don't think they're intruders, they're company."

"Onichan...I can sense a strange aura around them," the female demon eyed the cloaked Sanzo, "Especially the golden haired one. They're wrought with danger and death seems to be following their every move."

"Sou ka..." the other grinned and offered her a hand, "But that makes it more fun. I say that we should...welcome them."

The female demon grinned as her companion shone in a silver aura. She gripped her brother's hand, "Hai, onichan."



Hakkai paused in his tracks and frowned. He could feel something coming...something ominous. It was obvious someone was spying on them. The others followed suit, feeling demonic energy tingling their senses.


"Hakkai?" the ebony haired man turned to find Sanzo near him with a serious look in his purple eyes, "You felt it too?"

"Hai, Sanzo," Hakkai readied his chi, "Someone is nearby."

"Yosha!" Goku cheered, "More fighting!"

"Ch! Baka saru," Gojyo smirked.


Suddenly the light gentle winter breezes turned violent as the temperature dropped and the snowflakes transformed to small snow pellets, hitting them from every angle.


"Na-nani?!" Sanzo gasped.

"Ah! Sanzo! What's going on?!" Goku cried out as he dodged a particular large snowball.

"Kuso!" Gojyo cursed as he wiped the snow away from his eyes, "Is this some kind of sick joke?!"

"This isn't an ordinary snowstorm, minna!" Hakkai deduced while struggling to shield Hakuryu from the snowballs, "Someone's controlling it. There's a faint aura of demonic energy in the snow."

"You are very perceptive."

"Who's there?!" Sanzo readied his gun.


Just then, two demons materialized before them: a boy and a girl who looked like they were at the same age as Goku. Both have silver hair and eyes against tanned skin, glowing eerily in a silver aura, looking perfectly unharmed by the snowstorm as their black cloaks folded against the winds.


Hakkai frowned, "You are the ones controlling the snowstorm."

"Indeed, my sister, Yuki and I, Soichiro have unique powers even though we are demons. We can control snow and ice in many ways we wish."

"Am I sensing a deja vu?" Gojyo sighed.

"You have a big ego!" Goku grinned as he sprinted at them to launch a punch, "Why don't you come and play?!"

"Foolish one!" Soichiro's eyes flashed, creating a gush of wind hitting Goku squarely in the chest.

"Goku!" Sanzo shouted as the boy collapsed onto the snow.

"Daijoubu desu ka, Goku?" Hakkai asked with concern.

Goku's face was bright with excitement, not to their surprise, "Sugoi! He's as powerful as Kougaiji!"

"We've enough of your nonsense," Sanzo aimed his gun at the two youkai, "We're ending this now!"


Sanzo fired the bullets but the two youkai deflected them away with a strong whirlwind.


"A spirit ascending gun?" the female demon raised an eyebrow, "That means you're Genjo Sanzo the other demons mention about."

"Urusei! My name is none of your business," Sanzo glared at them, aiming his gun again, "I can still shoot!"

"No! It's our turn now. Yuki-chan," he held both her hands and their eyes glowed sinisterly, "Let's do it!"

"The ground's shaking!" Hakkai gasped, feeling the snowy rumble beneath their feet.

"Oi! We have to move!" Gojyo shouted, "Sanzo!"


The ground was crumbling beneath the monk. Sanzo's eyes widened as the snow thinned at the edges, slowing coming towards him. The intense rhythm of the ground shaking was not making any easier to hold their ground.


"You will fall to your death, Genjo Sanzo!"

"Sanzo!"


Goku immediately rushed out and pulled his master's hand, sending them into a run. But the falling edge caught up to them. When they looked back, they could see more of the snowy landscape of dangerous cliffs and spacious white grounds. Goku, seeing that only one of them would survive, gave Sanzo a hard shove, making him land at a safe distance. Just then, Goku felt sharp pains in his upper torso, making him collapse. The young boy froze with fear, suddenly unable to move. He trembled as the snow finally crumbled nearer.


Hakkai could no longer hold back to watch the boy suffer as he sprinted to where Goku was. Hakuryu was flying close by, "Goku!"

"Hakkai! You baka!" Gojyo's eyes were wide with shock as Hakkai fought the winds to reach the petrified boy.

"Hakkai! Get away!" Goku cried out hoarsely, shaking his head frantically before wincing with pain visible on his face.


But it was too late. By the time, Hakkai reached out to his younger companion, the snow underneath crumbled completely, sending the both of them to a long fall down the cliff, heading to the white ground at the bottom. Sanzo and Gojyo could only breathe heavily in shock, their eyes blood-stricken with intense fear they had never felt before. They were helplessly still as they heard the echoes of their shouts fading away. The two youkai looked indifferent.


"Onichan, it appears we've made a mistake..." Yuki-chan said in a mocking tone, "The young boy saved Sanzo-sama's life and now...he has fallen with another unfortunate man..."

"Indeed," Soichiro grinned, "They surely won't survive this fall."

"Even if they did, onichan," she gave an evil glare at the monk and the red-haired man whose hands were clenched tightly that they were twitching with intense anger, "They can't possibly survive the cold."

"Teme..." Sanzo fired his gun but both youkai dodged them with ease.

"Ja na...we'll finish this later..."


With that, the two youkai vanished, leaving the two men alone. As they did, the storm gradually transformed to a light drizzling of snow.
Sanzo had never felt anything like that before. It was as if the nightmare had returned to haunt him. Unable to hold his stoic mask, he gave a holler.


"Goku! Hakkai!" Sanzo sprinted to the edge, looking down, seeing all but white.

"Can you hear us?!" Gojyo hollered anxiously, "Oi! Baka saru! Hakkai!"

'Kuso!' Sanzo clenched his fist, 'Why did you do that, baka saru?'


A croon caught their attention, coming from below. They both looked over the edge to find the familiar white dragon flying towards them.


"Hakuryu?" Gojyo looked over at Sanzo who was still looking over the edge.

"Kyu! Kyu!" Hakuryu crooned and started tugging Gojyo's blue vest.

"Oi! Sanzo, maybe Hakuryu knows where Hakkai and the baka saru is," Gojyo paused to witness a rare sight. Sanzo was trembling and anxiety and concern were written all over his face, "Sanzo?"

"Betsuni," Sanzo's voice was monotonous but Gojyo could clearly see the turmoil in his eyes, his face no longer hidden behind a stoic mask, "Hakuryu..."


The dragon crooned and flew around his head. Sanzo reached to rub his forehead, breathing heavily, before turning to Gojyo.


Gojyo gripped the other's shoulder, "You know that they won't die so easily. If Hakuryu says they're alive...they are."

"Aa...ikuzo..."

Gojyo stayed behind for a while with intense worry in his heart, 'Hakkai...Goku...I'm going to kill you if you're not alive...'


After that, he followed Hakuryu and Sanzo as they started a long trek down the mountain.


**tzuzuku**


Author's note: Oke...this is up for the first. What do you think?