I do not own Saiyuki. If I did, I would be so rich and so famous. Too bad. I have these great ideas when I'm either showering or sleeping. Is that weird? But whatever. I'll put this story up, and then if you like it, I'll see about writing my other ideas. ENJOY. Please review!!! (if you're wondering why there's 2 spaces after the periods, its cuz my retarded BCL teacher makes us type that way)

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It was one of those days. One of those summer days that were so hot, your bones seemed to be melting. Goku stared up at the unforgiving sun. It had been three months since the Great Sanzo Party had defeated Gyumaoh and set the world right. Hakkai and Gojyo had separated from Sanzo and Goku, leaving the two no choice but to walk. Goku had no idea where to, back to the temple he was first brought to was the best guess. He sighed. The shade from the trees along the road offered little relief. He searched the scene for anything to do. Sanzo was a stick in the mud-never talking. When spoken to, his replies were shrugs or mumbles.

"So hot." He couldn't recall it ever being this hot before. Not even in the desert. He let out a loud cough. He marveled at this. He never got sick. Ever.

"Must be th' dust." From out of nowhere, a hand suddenly came flying out of nowhere and smacked his forehead.

"OW! Sanzo what th' hell was that for?!:

"You're sick."

"No I'm not. I'm as fit as a horse!!"

"You've been stumbling around all day and now you have a fever."

"No way. I never get sick."

"Relax monkey, it's probably from the heat."

"What should I do?"

"Stay the hell away from me. I can't afford to get sick." Goku mumbled something under his breath. I don't get sick. I'm fine. I…He stumbled forward and hit the ground with an "ooph"

"I don't feel right Sanzo."

"I told you. It's probably just a heat fever. Get up. There's a town coming up. We'll stop at the doctor there." Goku scrambled to his feet.

The next couple hours were brutal. Three times Goku stumbled. His fever worsened.

"There's the town. Come on."

"I can't…go…any further. I-I…" Goku fell to his knees.

When he woke up, he was in a white room, in a nice bed, in pain, with an IV sticking out of his arm.

"Welcome to earth!!" he turned. A pleasant looking girl stood there.

"Who 're you?"

"Where are my manners? My name's Ritsuki. I'm the doctor. You're in the hospital."

"Why do I feel all loopy?"

"You're on morphine. You've caught yourself a nasty case of Heat Fever."

"Is that a real illness? I thought he was making it up."

"You mean the blonde monk that carried you in? Yeah, he's smoking I believe."

"Well thanks but I-" as he tried to stand up, his legs turned to jelly. He quickly retreated back to bed.

"Perhaps I should expain Heat Fever. It's a sickness caused by over exposure to heat and to a certain virus. Symptoms include dizziness, fever, coughing, weakness and vomiting."

"What's th' morphine for?"

"Calm your fever and prevent pain. Heat fever also makes your nerves extra sensitive."

"Oh."

"I'm gonna give you something to sleep, okay?"

"Okay." Ritsuki gave him some medicine and walked out into the halls.

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I am NOT A DOCTOR. I made "heat fever" up. I do not even know if that is a real disease or if morphine is supposed to be used like that. You'll get more of the point to the story in the next chapter. Please review!!!