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The Sanzo ikkou get a glimpse of Goku's past. And Konzen Douji returns! Sorry, it turns from Hakkai's past into Goku's past. Then, it is the return of Konzen douji

Wake Me Up

Gojyo was getting worried, Goku never got sick, and he usually recovered faster than the all three of them. Goku was lying in his bed, and Gojyo figured it was time to tell Hakkai and Sanzo. He mentally slapped himself for not thinking of that before. He walked outside, and saw that Hakkai was getting things in the jeep, while Sanzo smoked and read the newspaper. "Where's Goku?" He asked.

"Kinda sick, he passed out when he got out of bed." Gojyo answered, looking towards where he left Goku, he heard Sanzo shuffle in his chair, and the monk walked past him.

"Since when does Goku start getting sick?" He asked, walking up the stairs, " Tell Hakkai that we'll be staying a day longer..."

"But, what about the journey?" Gojyo asked, Sanzo sighed.

"Goku is probably in no condition to be traveling right now, go tell him." Sanzo said, glaring at him, Gojyo sighed and went out to tell Hakkai.

Sanzo walked into the room, and saw Goku lying in his bed, his eyebrows furrowed in worry, 'What could've made him so sick?' He thought to himself, as he walked over and sat by him. His face was pale, his breathing was shallow, and he was sweating so badly. "Goku..."


"Konzen? Konzen, where are we going?" Goku asked as they walked, Konzen looked down at him and smiled a bit.

"We're going to Tenpou's, you're going to be staying with him for a while, I have some business somewhere else." Konzen said, Goku looked up at him with a sad face. "Don't look at me like that, you know I can't bring you along."

"I know, but I'm gonna miss you." Goku said, with a smile.

"Stupid monkey.." Konzen said, "It's only for a couple of days..."

"Ok, I guess that's ok...'' Goku said, "I guess I could live with Tenpou for a while."

"It was either him or Kenren, I don't trust that idiot with you, so I chose Tenpou.." Konzen informed him, "I want you to stay out of trouble while I'm gone, and stay away from the water."

"Don't have to tell me that again." Goku said, as they arrived at Tenpou's place, "Are you sure you don't want me to stay with Kenren?"

"Don't even go near him. I told him already that he can't watch you anymore unless Tenpou or me are around..." Konzen replied, knocking on the door, ''Well, unless Tenpou is with you, you can go near him.."

"Oh, ok then." Goku said as Tenpou opened the door.

"Hello there, you ready Goku?" He asked, smiling at Goku,"I've set out a bed for you to stay in."

"Cool, thanks Ten-chan!" Goku said, walking in with him, Konzen smiled as he watched his charge go.

"Tenpou, take good care of him, make sure he doesn't get into trouble, and keep him away from Li Touten and Kenren.." Konzen said, folding his arms, "I don't want to come back to find out that he's gotten into anymore trouble.."

"Don't worry Konzen, I'll take good care of him." Tenpou said, putting a hand on Goku's head, "Maybe I'll teach him to write while you're gone."

"Good, well, I guess I should go." Konzen said, Goku smiled slightly.

"Bye Konzen..." He said with a wave.

"Bye Goku."


"Is he doing alright?" Hakkai asked as he walked into the room with a glass of water. Sanzo shook his head, "I was afraid of that." He walked over to the bed, and sat the water down.

Gojyo was sitting on the window cell, looking out, while Sanzo sat besides Goku's bed. Hakkai grabbed a washcloth and dabbed it with water, and put it on Goku's forehead.

"I wonder what caused him to be this way..." Hakkai said, "Goku hardly ever gets sick." Gojyo nodded in agreement, just then Goku started to stir and Hakkai removed his hand from the boy's forehead.

"Goku? Are you alright?" Gojyo asked as he opened his eyes, Goku just stared right back at him. Hakkai put his hand on the red haired man's shoulder, indicating that Goku may not want to talk right now.

Sanzo sighed, 'Goku's not getting any better, it must have something to do with the dreams he's been having. It might interfere with the Journey west...'

"Well, what are we supposed to do now? Leave him here?" Gojyo asked, Sanzo didn't answer.

"We're not going to leave him here, Gojyo. We're going to see if his illness has something to do with his past." Hakkai said, Sanzo only nodded in agreement.

Hakkai finished checking Goku over, and let the youngest member go back to his sleep. "We should let him rest. He's extremely tired, and doesn't have the energy to even talk."

Gojyo stared at Goku, and frowned, 'This is getting too hard to believe...' He thought to himself, 'Goku's too tough for this shit...' He couldn't understand why the gods were doing this to him, or why they did most of the things they did. He was never a religious person, and he guessed he'd never would be.

Goku frowned back at him, and Gojyo tried his best to give him a reassuring smile, but it failed cause Goku turned his head. "I think it's best we leave him alone for now, and see if he gets better later on."

The others nodded, and left the room leaving Goku to his thoughts. He layed there for a bit, wondering what the heck was going on...a moment he was fine then he was woken up again. Maybe if he went back to bed, he'd remember.


"Come on Goku, this place is cool." Nataku said, as he led Goku through the halls, "I always come here whenever my dad isn't around, if he caught me doing this, he'd kill me."

Goku just smiled, "Um...Ok." He trusted Nataku, he was his best friend, so he had to, right? "Did you know Konzen left?"

"Where did he go?" Nataku asked, tilting his head.

"Somewhere, I don't know. He wouldn't tell me exactly."

"Well, I'm sure it's super cool!" He smiled even bigger, "Besides, he'd never let us do this either. You know how much of a grump he can be!" Goku smiled again.

"He can be, but not all the time."

"Yeah, ok." Nataku stopped infront of a door, and slowly opened it. The room was dark, and Goku couldn't see anything, until Nataku turned on the light, "This was my mother's room, before she died. I love to go in here and lay in her bed, to smell her scent. She was the only one who was ever nice to me, but she died of some kind of cancer...I don't know, can you die in heaven?"

Goku muttered, "I don't call this place heaven..."

"I'd have to agree...I don't think she died of cancer though...I think they killed her. They killed her because she gave birth to me..." Nataku looked back at Goku with sad eyes, "Why do they hate us so much?"

That suprised Goku, "I don't know Nataku...sometimes, I wonder if Konzen hates me, if Kenren and Tenpou hate me, because everyone else seems to."

Nataku smiled soflty, "I don't hate you."

"Well, I know that." They laughed, then fell silent, "Nataku, do you think we'll be friends forever?"

Nataku stared at him, "Think? Think? I know we'll be friends forever!"


Goku woke up again, this time to see Sanzo sleeping in the next bed to him. Must be about midnight, 'I wonder why he chose to stay in the same room? Wait, aren't we supposed to be on the road? I delayed everyone, Sanzo hates that...this is my fault..." He shifted in his bed so he was now laying on his elbows, 'I feel a bit better now...' He pulled the covers off of him, and placed his feet on the ground, sighing, he started to rise up off of the bed when a rough voice stopped him.

"Don't even think about it, monkey..." Goku whirled around to see Sanzo sitting up in his bed. It seemed that Sanzo had been awake all along and that he had been watching Goku.

"I'm fine..." He said, "I don't need help now, I'm just going to get a drink of water."

"Fine, whatever. If you fall over, it's not my fault..." Sanzo said, getting back into the covers and fell asleep again.

'Why can't you be more like Konzen?' Goku thought to himself, then sat there for a moment, 'Whoah, where'd that thought come from?' He shook his head, now he really needed a drink of water. He walked out the door, and went into the kitchen, walking to the sink, he heard a noise coming from outside the door, 'Hakkai? I bet it's Hakkai.' But when he opened the door, it was not Hakkai staring back at him, but another pair of golden eyes staring at him.


That's all for chappie three, sorry it took so long. Oh, and I don't know if I want Konzen to return, cause that might steal an idea from a friend of mine, so yeah, I'm shoving out that idea. So I'm making it that Nataku returns.