Upon entering the aircraft and sitting down in their allocated seats, Sanzo heaved a heavy sigh. Was it just his imagination? He was actually on a flight to Germany, just to look for Goku. But he didn't care, he needed answers. The longer this situation went on, the more his heart ached and his mind spun.
What irritated him even more at this point of time, was the no smoking signs that were put up on the plane and the bathrooms. He cursed silently and put on his shades, trying to get some sleep. But of course, Gojyo just had to make some sort of noise to disturb him.
"Sanzo!!! Get up! There's a hot air stewardess in the next cabin! Let's both go take a look, come on!!" He whispered a little too loudly into Sanzo's ear. It was unfortunate for Sanzo to be sitting next to Gojyo. Right now he secretly wished that he could have changed to a different seat while he could.
Rolling his eyes under his dark sunglasses, he took them off hastily and glared at Gojyo.
"I am NOT interested, do you understand?! All I want now is some rest! Idiot!" He growled nastily as he continued glaring at Gojyo for a few more seconds before finally putting on his sunglasses again and tried to sleep once more.
Gojyo pouted and nudged Hakkai playfully, asking him the same thing he asked Sanzo, but of course, Hakkai always knew how to put restless Gojyo in his spot, and telling him to quiet down before Sanzo pulled out a gun on him.
"Wow- SANZO HAS A GUN?!!?!" Gojyo yelled loudly in surprise, standing up at the same time. It was then when he reached Sanzo's limit.
Sanzo yanked Gojyo down by his collar and looked into his eye threateningly. It wasn't at all a funny joke to pull on the plane, especially in these days when security was so tight.
"You bastard, you could get me into some deep trouble with those ridiculous words of yours! Fuck, you're better off thrown off a plane before-,"
Before Sanzo could even continue, two pretty buff looking men came to their seat and showed them some I.D badges. They looked pretty stern, creasing their eyebrows and frowning. Hakkai immediately knew it wasn't a good situation.
"Ah, officers sir, let me just explain here… This young man beside me was simply making a false exclamation. You see, we were just joking around and he didn't know-," Hakkai tried to finish his sentence, but was pushed away by the two officers.
"Sir, we are the in-flight F.B.I agents. We were notified that you were carrying a gun with you. I would have to ask you to put your arms behind your head and get out of your seat please. In any case of hesitation or rebellion, I would have to handcuff you. Now please," The officer with the brown moustache said in a harsh voice.
"What the- Fine, you'll get it from me later on, Gojyo." Sanzo growled as he stood up and left his seat.
"Sir in the red hair, I would ask that you come with us as well. We were notified that you were the one that caused the alarm of a gun on-board." The next officer said.
"B-But I didn't do anything! I was just-," By then, the officer had already grabbed him out of his seat and dragged him to the last cabin.
Sanzo was beyond pissed off by this point of time. He wanted to strangle Gojyo for getting him into this mess. Great; now he had to spend probably a few hours explaining himself, and maybe if Gojyo wasn't too busy trying to be an asshole, he could spend some time trying to clear their name, too.
In the back cabin there was nobody except some crew members and two chairs. Gojyo and Sanzo were made to sit on those chairs, and were handcuffed immediately. The officers explained that the handcuffs would only be taken away if they were cleared of all suspicion. Sanzo's angry eyes glared over to Gojyo, whose eyes refused to meet Sanzo's.
"Now then, Sir in the red hair, is what you say really true? Is this man carrying a gun on-board? Now you do know that lying or covering up the truth would be an offense. I request that you tell us everything that happened from the start." The officer's moustache twitched as his eyebrows creased even further. The other officer stood with his arms folded and his eyes glowing rather menacingly.
"W-Well, that is… You see, my friend Hakkai and I were just making a joke on how Sanzo here would kill me with a gun… And I got a little carried away, that's all." Gojyo stuttered a little as he looked down on the ground.
"I am sorry sir, but your explanation is not sufficient; you should know that these days possessing a gun or any flammable item on board are extremely dangerous. I request that you re-think your answer please." The officer with the moustache said again.
"Didn't he already tell you what happened?! Now un-cuff me! You can search me if you want! I have NO gun you idiots!" Sanzo shouted loudly as he tried to un-cuff himself with no success.
The officer's moustache twitched again and raised an eyebrow while kind of menacingly glaring at Sanzo's rudeness. He immediately instructed the other officer to search Sanzo with no hesitation to hit him if there was any rebellion. Gojyo too, was to be searched for precaution.
The other officer was rather rough with his searching and didn't hesitate taking Sanzo and Gojyo's clothes off until he was satisfied that there was no gun with them. However that was not enough; Sanzo and Gojyo's baggage were all brought to the back cabin and searched thoroughly before Sanzo and Gojyo were left to re-pack everything neatly back in. The officers finally reluctantly left back for their original seats and Sanzo and Gojyo were cleared of any offence. They returned to their own seats; and were greeted by Hakkai's smiling face.
"So how did it go?" Hakkai asked innocently with a grin.
"Don't ask such a meaningless question, idiot!" Sanzo grumbled and returned to his seat.
"Well, I thought it was quite interesting, to say the least, they didn't beat us up." Gojyo replied and gave a hi-five to Hakkai.
"YOU BASTARD! MAKE ANYMORE TROUBLE AND I WILL KILL YOU!" Sanzo shouted again before Hakkai calmed him down and pushed him back gently into his seat.
"Get some sleep now, Sanzo, we will be reaching in about five hours. You need rest. It will be morning when we arrive." Hakkai said and calmed Sanzo down.
"Ooh F.B.I agents! Help! He's trying to kill me again!" Gojyo teased and stuck out his tongue playfully while laughing to himself rather insanely.
This time Sanzo simply ignored Gojyo and shut his eyes. His thoughts wandered to Goku, as they always did before he went to sleep. He thought of Goku's smiling face and his toothy grin. It was hard for Sanzo to live like this, and it was even harder for him to try and forget Goku. He thought he would be alone forever all his life, until he accepted Goku into his life. And even though he knew it would be him to forget it, he just couldn't do it this time. He twirled his thumbs as he opened up his eyes again to stare out of the plane. Imagining Goku was among those clouds, Sanzo wished that he could stretch out his hand to find him.
The plane ride was finally over five hours later when Hakkai woke Sanzo up. Apparently Gojyo had fallen asleep too and was drooling with his mouth open onto Sanzo's coat. He rolled his eyes in disgust and made a mental note to thrash away that coat later. The plane made a rather smooth landing and the sunlight beamed into the harsh winter morning of Germany.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have now arrived in Germany. The temperature now is minus three degrees celcius-,"
Sanzo stood up and grabbed his bag from the overhead compartment before leaving the aircraft with Hakkai and Gojyo tagging along behind. Just as he was about to leave the aircraft, the two F.B.I agents appeared again, thanking them for the co-operation earlier on. Muttering a 'fuck you,' under his breath, Sanzo said nothing else and made his way into the airport. Hakkai waved goodbye to the officers and followed Sanzo quickly.
The first thing that Sanzo did when he was out of the airport was to light up, and so did Gojyo. Hakkai stood there and shook his head while smiling and folding his arms, thanking God that he wasn't a smoker. It would be quite annoying, while not being able to smoke in certain places.
After they were finally done, they took a taxi to a rather cheap but grand looking hotel that Hakkai has found for them over the internet.
"It was the only place that allowed me to make such a sudden reservation." Hakkai said and shrugged with a smile as they exited the taxi with their baggage.
"I never said it was a problem." Sanzo said with a cigarette in his mouth.
After room checking-in and settling down, their journey finally started. Grabbing the address that Gojyo had scribbled down in a paper, Sanzo and the rest hopped into a taxi again and muttered out the address in some sort of Japanese-accented german which didn't exactly exist. They finally had to show the cab driver the address which was written, and the cab driver understood.
On the way, they passed by many magnificent towns and sights which they had no time to look at; however, Sanzo was too busy thinking about what he would say to Goku after such a long time. Should he get angry? Should he talk to Goku nicely? Sanzo had no clue. All the could do was to wait for the moment and react accordingly. He should at least get a proper explanation even if Goku did not want to go back to Japan with him.
They finally reached a gloomy looking town where a lot of old people seemed to reside in. It wasn't exactly a very exciting place to be in, but it was where the cab driver took them to. After paying and exiting the taxi, they looked for house number 73 which was supposed to be where Goku was staying. Sanzo found it in a matter of minutes and stood in front of the dark brown house, a little hesitant to press the bell. If he shouted for Goku to come out, would Goku be afraid? Indeed, Sanzo knew that he was some sort of an intimidating person at times.
Out of nowhere, he heard the doorbell rung. Turning to look beside him was Gojyo, who winked at Sanzo. Sanzo bit his lip, not knowing whether to thank Gojyo or to punch the living daylights out of him.
Finally, the door creaked open a little, and all Sanzo saw was a big dark brown eye peeping out from the small space. It was no mistake; that was Goku.
The door was immediately shut again with a huge loud bang. This came as no surprise to Sanzo. He bit his lip even harder, holding back his tears. Sanzo pounded at the door for fifteen minutes straight to no avail. He screamed and shouted Goku's name till he was brought to his knees. Hakkai and Gojyo could do nothing, and it wasn't like they dared to approach Sanzo at a time like this. It was an extremely hard and painful time for Sanzo and they didn't know what exactly to do.
Finally, Hakkai took a walk around the house and found a garage door connected to the house that wasn't locked. He hurried back to the front and told Sanzo and Gojyo to come quietly. They entered the garage, which had no car, or anything in it, and found that the door to the house was not locked as well. Sanzo entered the house without hesitation.
It was a rather new looking house, despite from its outlook, and Sanzo was rather taken aback by the amount of photos of Goku and some girl that was placed all over the house. It wasn't until he heard a glass shattering onto the floor. Sanzo spun to his right and saw Goku standing there, behind the pieces of smashed glass.
They stood there, staring at each other for a few seconds, none of them being able to move or speak. The situation was too intense, and someone had to make a move. It was just a matter of who it would be.
"So it's you, Goku!" A voice came out.
Goku and Sanzo's eyes both followed the voice to the red-head. As annoying as always, he had a cigarette in his mouth and grinned widely, giving a 'yo' to Goku.
Goku's eyes began to water as he swallowed hard, biting his lip furiously as he finally managed to choke out some words.
"W-W-What… Are you doing here?!" He muttered out with all his courage.
"Isn't it obvious, Goku? I came here to find… you." Sanzo replied as his eyes looked down, his fingernails digging into his flesh.
"I-I have nothing to say. Nothing to say at all," Goku said as his tears started rolling down his cheeks, and fell onto his knees, sobbing rather hysterically as glass cut into his hands.
Sanzo immediately rushed to Goku's side and pulled him away from the glass pieces, tending to his cuts quickly, with Goku sniffing. After that was done, the both of them were seated in the kitchen, facing each other. Hakkai and Gojyo naturally sensed that it was a stressful time for the both of them, and decided to wait in the garage.
"…Why did you go? Was I not good enough for you? Do you not love me any longer? Answer me." Sanzo bombarded Goku with his questions as he broke the ice between the both of them.
"I…I…" Goku couldn't answer and bit his lip again, this time tearing the skin and making it bleed slightly. Finally he took a deep breath and decided to give Sanzo the answer he was searching for.
"My sister. She has an incurable disease that runs in the family. She will pass away soon, and since it is heritable, I might have it too. I do not want to be a burden to you." Goku answered lamely as he stared at his fingers.
"Your sister?! YOUR SISTER IS THE BEST ANSWER YOU CAN GIVE ME?!" Sanzo yelled and immediately left the seat, running upstairs to look for Goku's sister in a rage of madness.
"W-WAIT SANZO- YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MY SISTER IS LIKE-," Goku yelled after Sanzo.
Sanzo opened the door, and immediately found a teenage girl with long brown hair, and the biggest golden eyes he has ever seen, sitting on the bed, looking perfectly fine.
"So you are the famous Sanzo that I had to tear my brother away from." She spoke through her pursed lips. She wore a pink frilly dress with lace gloves and was rather prim and proper.
"Lillian you don't understand; he was just here for a visit, I will get him out soon, don't worry!" Goku yelled from behind and rushed to Lillian's side.
"What kind of sickness is this, Goku?" Sanzo glared at Goku, knowing that Lillian is perfectly fine.
Without hesitation, Lillian stood up and stared at the both of them from head to toe. There was some sort of unexplainable madness in her eyes that made her movements look unpredictable. It was rather frightening, especially for a young and beautiful girl like Lillian.
"You are the man that has kept my brother away from me for years. You will pay, bastard." She spoke those filthy words through her mouth as she moved forward towards Sanzo.
Sanzo did not step back or try to stop her. Goku tried to pull her back but was pushed away by Lillian. She pulled out a knife from under her bed and pointed it at Sanzo. Goku's eyes widened and his mouth went agape.
"NO Lillian! Don't! I'm sorry, I will be with you forever, I promise! PLEASE! DON'T DO IT!" Goku yelled as he rushed towards Lillian, trying to grab her, who turned around and slapped Goku harshly.
"You liar; you promised me you will never see this man again. You lied and I believed you. You liar, you shall pay for this after I kill this pathetic man who took my brother away from me. And after that, we can be together again, Goku." Lillian grinned sinisterly and pointed the knife back at Sanzo, who still did not move an inch.
"My brother never came back home… Even when mother was ill and passed on, he never came back… I was left all alone, in this damned house, to face everything on my own. Was it worth, seeing my brother walk away for another man? I never had any friends… And all along, Goku and mother were the only people I held on to. And you, Sanzo, took my only brother away from me! YOU WILL PAY!" Lillian screamed madly as tears rolled down her cheeks furiously.
"Lillian, I never left you… Mother and father left me and told me to leave… Don't you remember? Please, I beg of you… Please don't blame Sanzo any longer. It isn't his fault. Please…" Goku begged as his own tears welled up in his eyes as his voice weakened. His body was robbed of any strength that was left in it.
She was in an insane state of madness as she rushed towards Sanzo, who still did not move an inch. Sanzo was too much shock absorbing everything he has heard. He was facing danger the moment he found Goku again; and Lillian was serious about killing him, he could see it in her dangerously beautiful golden eyes. Sanzo stared straight at Lillian's rushing body towards him. Everything was moving in slow motion. His mind took him back to the day where he first met Goku. It was a whole blur, how he even fell in love with this man who he had never thought would bring him so much joy.
It finally came; he saw her coming closer and closer with the blade. He knew she was going to do it. Sanzo closed his eyes, and prepared for the worst to come. Maybe it was good that it ended like that, maybe everyone will be happy again. Goku could live in peace without knowing that Sanzo was out there in confusion, Hakkai and Gojyo could lead their normal lives again, and he… He would be freed of all these pain and misery. All the nights of drinking, staying up and watching television aimlessly; Sanzo could finally free his mind.
A scream was heard and a loud groan of pain sounded. Sanzo did not feel any pain or anything entering his body. He opened his eyes, and saw a familiar figure standing in front of him. Goku had shielded him.
"GOKU!!!" Sanzo yelled and caught Goku's weak falling body.
Lillian shrieked with fear and madness as her whole body convulsed with spasms and couldn't stop shaking. She had stabbed her own brother. Lillian paused to look at her hands stained with Goku's blood. Her eyes darted over to her older brother who was coughing out blood, and whose wound in his stomach was bleeding incessantly.
"I-I killed… I killed G-Goku. I-I… I can't be forgiven." She muttered to herself as she stared at her hands.
Lillian looked around nervously, not knowing what will happen. The blade was still in her hand as her eyes darted from place to place insanely. Finally, she gave a loud scream and sliced her throat open. It was then that Lillian's self-torture had came to an end as she fell onto the ground lifeless.
Sanzo had no reaction, and Goku didn't seem to be focusing on anything else except Sanzo's eyes. It was ironic, how Sanzo had finally found his loved one, but had to lose him all over again, this time maybe for forever. His face crumbled up in tears as he held Goku's body close to his, using his fingers to run through Goku's hair. Goku wasn't able to say a word even though he tried his best; every time he tried, he would choke on his own blood. Blood was all over the floor, and it seemed that the two siblings were finally reunited as one when Goku's and Lillian's blood merged into one big puddle.
"HELP!" Sanzo yelled as his legs refused to get up from the floor. He yelled at the top of his voice, hoping that Hakkai or Gojyo would run in to save him.
Three men came running in as they pulled out a stretcher quickly and swiftly carried Goku on it. Sanzo was in a state of blur, until he saw Hakkai and Gojyo's faces from the doorway. They had called the police and ambulance when he heard the shouts and screams coming from the room. It seems like Hakkai's intelligence was always needed around emergency situations. Everything was happening so quickly that Sanzo wasn't able to follow any longer. Soon, he felt his head hit the floor as he was swept off to the darkness.