Sha Gojyo / Kenren Taichou
Summary: Two souls within one body. One dies, and so the other must resurface.
Pairing/s: None.
Warnings: Blood and some violence.
Kenren is out of character, since I have other plans for him.
Disclaimers: I don't own Saiyuki in any way.
Saiyuki fic. Haven't written many of them so I'll hope you'll still enjoy this.
Another thing; I don't know how Saiyuki Gaiden ends, or how they die so I'll make it up how they died.
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Chapter One
Kanzeon Bosatsu watched the death with grave eyes. This was something she had hoped would never come, fo either of them. Somehow it was harder knowing it was Gojyo, that it was him. She knew they had another chance, and she could provide with another way. But she needed to convince the other gods for that. She knew the Sanzo group would need all help they could get; they just had to accept it.
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Kougaiji never thought he was going to spend his time with the Sanzo group and fight alongside them. But here he was, fighting with them. And now grieving with them.
There had been a fight, and they all got separated. Afterwards they sought each other out. Only Hakkai and Gojyo had been missing when they had heard the human turned youkai screaming his friend's name. They had all rushed to the voice to see what had happened. They had found Hakkai crying over the dead body of Gojyo.
The redhead had a small smile on his face, blood splattered onto the ground around him. The deep wounds on his chest and abdomen made Dokugakuji throw up. The child he had saved from a death had died far too early accordnig to him. Hakkai had to be dragged off the hanyou by Sanzo and Goku. Kougaiji had looked at the hanyou with sadness in his eyes. Gojyo was young, and full of life. He made even Yaone laugh in the midst of all sorrow. He was strong enough to make youkais shudder in fear. And now the redhead was gone.
They held a simple funeral, but did not bury his body. Not until later, when they had more time. They had put his body, cleaned of all blood and his wounds wrapped up, in a coffin of stone. Hakkai had stopped smiling altogether after the funeral; he did not found the energy to fake one. Sanzo smoked like a chimney and Goku was too silent.
Dokugakuji had stopped smiling as well. He was found sitting by Gojyo's stone coffin, not crying, not smiling, not talking, not… not doing anything. He just sat there.
"We have to move," Yaone said quietly. "We have to defeat them before we can properly mourn."
"Easy for you to say," Sanzo snapped. "You didn't know him. Like hell Hakkai's going to do anything else but sit there."
"Such strong words, Sanzo."
The voice made them all whip around. The priest dragged out his gun and said:
"Give me one reason not to kill you, hag."
"You'll only be wasting bullets, boy," Kanzeon said, her arms crossed as she stepped forward.
"What do you want now?" the blonde man asked.
"You lost a friend," Kanzeon replied, "but Yaone is right. You can't just stop."
"Fuck you," Sanzo said. "We can't defeat him."
"Since when did you ever give up so easily? I can give you one who can help you," the goddess said. "But to do that you have to give up Gojyo's body."
She dodged the expected bullet and continued:
"You always said you didn't care about him, Sanzo. Does it matter to you what happens to his body?"
"Fuck you, you old hag, and leave us alone."
"I asked for permission from the other gods even to do this. You won't know him, but he can help you revenge Gojyo."
"Who is it?" Goku asked.
"I can't tell until it's done. If Sanzo gets his will through, you'll never know who I'm speaking about."
"Just leave us alone!" Lirin shouted. "You don't know how it feels to lose someone!"
"I lost my nephew," the goddess said and they stopped to look at her. "Yes, my nephew. I lost him along with two good friends at the same time. They were killed in a brutal and wrong way, just like you lost Gojyo."
"Let her," they heard a voice say, and they all turned to look at Hakkai. He looked tired, but his eye was filled with something akin to acceptance. "Gojyo would have been happy if he knew he could help even after death."
"I thank you for understanding what I am saying, Hakkai-san," Kanzeon said.
"Do whatever the hell you want!" Sanzo shouted. "Like the hell I care!"
He stalked off to their tent and disappeared into it. Goku ran after him. Hakkai smiled apologetically, although strained, to her before turning to look at the coffin. The goddess walked past the group of youkai and they followed out of curiosity. She stopped when she had reached the coffin, and took a deep breath. She smiled to Hakkai in a reassuring way and traced the cold stone with her fingers. She did that for a few moments and seemed to think of what to do. Then she slowly slid the lid off. It fell to the ground with a thud, but she concentrated on the face of the dead hanyou. So like and yet so unlike.
She stroke away the red hair from the face, tracing the two scars before she closed her eyes. Her hand settled on his forehead, fingers spread out like claws on his skull. The palm pressed against the smooth skin of his forehead, and she began speaking.
It was a guttural sound, and no one of them had heard it before. Sanzo and Goku must have heard because they came out from the tent and walked to them. She continued to chant, and opened her eyes. They were glowing and she began to speak in human tongue so they understood:
"The soul of the red child may be lost, but the man of the blackened sky still remains. Arise once more, brave warrior, killer of the beasts. Raise your weapon, kill your enemies, all in the name of a boy you died for. Rise, Kenren Taichou of the Western Army!"
Gojyo's eyes snapped open, but they were not red. They were a deep blue. Everyone backed away, while Kanzeon slowly removed her hand. She stepped back a few steps and tanned hands gripped the sides of the coffin. Gojyo, or whoever it was, heaved himself up. The blood slowly seeped out from the wounds before they started to close. The joints in the body cracked after have been lying still for several days and Gojyo's body was finally stretched out. Then the blue eyes widened and the changes began. From the roots of his hair, black came up and the hair was cut off quite suddenly. The hair stopped in spikes and a bit wild. The twin-scars disappeared and leaved behind smooth skin. The tanned skin became pale, and the clothes changed as well. From Gojyo's shirt and jeans to a uniform in black with a skull on his chest. The man stared up in the sky, unaware of the people who all were staring at him.
"Kenren," Kanzeon whispered.
"Did you know him?" Goku asked.
"Yes," the goddess said. "Cocky bastard, but a nice one. No one knew we were friends, and no one knew who he really was."
Kenren stared at his hands in shock before turning to the goddess. A mark appeared on his forehead, and Sanzo could not help but utter:
"The mark of a god."
"Yes," Kanzeon said. "He was a god. A god the heaven brutally murdered."
The god stepped out from the coffin, slowly, still in a daze.
"You got what you wanted, Kenren," the goddess said quietly, making him snap his head towards her. "You're on earth, far away from everything you hate."
"It may be so," Kenren spoke, and they all noticed how different he sounded from Gojyo. "I may be free, but being free does not mean you are not alone."
Another thing that separated him from Gojyo; his voice was totally and utterly lifeless. Like he did not care if he was alive or not.
"They are still with you," Kanzeon said, "in your heart."
Kenren looked at her, his sapphire eyes growing colder. In a quiet but dangerous voice he said:
"What heart? You of all people should not I don't have a heart."
"Liar," Kanzeon said. "You have a heart; you just need to find it again."
Tbc…
Chapter one done! Goes slow, but steady.
Chapter two: Kenren really is a strange fellow. They get to know him and his strange mood-swings, before Sanzo tires of him and tries to get rid of him. He did not choose the best method for that though. Don't know when you should expect this chapter. Sometime next week maybe?
Until later,
Ja,
Tiro