A/N: Guess who's baaaaaaack? So, I know this was a little later than I'd hoped for, but it would've been up sooner had I actually had internet when I returned home from school. I have learned just how dependent we humans are on the 'net. I thought I might die. I have so much tumblr to catch up on it's really not funny...well anyway, here's chapter 10. Enjoy!

When Goku first opened his eyes, he thought he was still dreaming. He hadn't woken up feeling so peaceful in weeks, but after a few blinks of his eyes he started questioning if he really was awake. The soft sounds of breathing from the warm body beside him were what told him this was no dream. He looked over, finding Sanzo still sound asleep, one arm thrown across his body, hand resting gently on Goku's chest. Goku wondered if Sanzo could sense his heartbeat. Curious, he sat up a little and placed his palm against the smooth surface of Sanzo's bared chest. To his amusement, he felt the soft bump-bump-bump of Sanzo's heart, faster than he expected it to be.

"Good morning to you too." Goku let out a yelp of surprise. So that was why.

"You're up? How long have you been awake?"

"Long enough." Sanzo replied, eyes still closed. Goku pulled back his hand quietly, slightly embarrassed.

"Sorry about that…I just like reassurance that you're alive."

Sanzo rolled over on his side and met Goku's gaze. "Of course I'm alive dummy." He wound his fingers in between Goku's, bringing his hand back to his chest. "See?"

Goku smiled, both at the gesture and at the fact that not once had he flinched. Progress. Goku replayed what had happened a few hours before; Sanzo had made love to him. He no longer belonged to Jiao-long, no; he was wholly Sanzo's now, a fact that made Goku giddy with bliss. He tried to put a hold on his thoughts, as he couldn't help but remember how warm Sanzo's body had been and how good he felt.

"Hey Sanzo, about last night…" Goku saw a look of worry flash behind those amethyst eyes. He's worried that he hurt me…Goku placed a soft kiss on Sanzo's lips, a smile forming when he pulled away. "Don't look so worried. I mean to thank you."

"I didn't hurt you, did I?"

There was something, a look of concern, in his expression that made Goku's stomach do a somersault. He knew what it meant; it meant that Sanzo loved him. He loved him enough to set aside his own desire to make sure he was okay. Goku felt the butterflies in his stomach flutter down to his groin.

"No." Goku leaned his body towards Sanzo, placing an elbow on either side of him and stared into his eyes. Sanzo gasped as Goku began to gently bite at his skin, starting at his lips and trailing down his neck to his ear. "I love you." He breathed, happy with the goose bumps that began to rise across Sanzo's flesh.

Goku didn't really understand why his body was responding the way it did; it confused him that he was so quickly turned on by Sanzo. He loved Sanzo with everything he had, that was certain, and even though they had made love the night before, he knew he shouldn't be throwing himself into sex too fast. I'll refrain for now…Goku thought, noting that despite how gentle Sanzo had been, his body was still a little sore. But…Goku looked at the blonde beneath him who was letting Goku do as he pleased, despite his own growing arousal. "You've been so good to me Sanzo." Goku shifted so that he was sitting on Sanzo's legs and resumed delivering love bites, only this time his mouth travelled down his chest, then followed the trail leading to Sanzo's member, now fully erect.

"Goku…"

"Let me be good to you." Goku grinned mischievously and before Sanzo could reply, Goku had swiftly taken him in his mouth. A cry of surprise and pleasure leapt from Sanzo's throat, providing more encouragement to Goku. He briefly remembered how some of Jiao-long's boys had forced him into this act, but he was brought back to the present when one of Sanzo's hands buried itself in his hair. None of that matters. Only Sanzo matters. Goku focused on relaxing his throat so that he could take more of the priest and made sure to never stop moving his tongue. His actions were rewarded by a muffled moan, followed by the sweet sound of his name being called with such need. He continued experimenting with his methods, mentally noting which ones made the hand in his hair tighten and which caused the lustful noises to spill from Sanzo's mouth. Finally he felt Sanzo reach his peak as his hand yanked at Goku's hair, then tasted a smooth warmth bloom in his mouth. Once Sanzo's body had started to relax, Goku pulled away, licking his lips and smiling.

"Goku that…was incredible." Sanzo reached out and pulled him in for a crushing kiss. Goku was sure Sanzo could taste himself, but the way his tongue pressed against Goku's suggested he didn't care. "Thank you."

Goku opened his mouth to tell him he was certainly welcome, but his voice was cut off when another floated in from down the hall.

"Breakfast is almost ready you lazy bums!" Gojyo's voice boomed from outside the door. Goku blanched for a second, wondering if he'd actually come in, but relaxed when he heard footsteps moving away from the room. Sanzo just scowled, obviously not happy to have his intimate morning with Goku interrupted.

"I guess that means we have to get up now." Goku whispered, rolling off of Sanzo and onto his back beside him.

"Yeah. I think we both need a shower first though."

"But breakfast…"

"Shower."

"Fine." Stuck his lip out in a half-hearted pout, he got to his feet and made his way to the wash room.

"Hey." Goku turned around only to come nose to nose with Sanzo, who caught Goku's lips with his own. "Don't use all the hot water."

"So you two took your sweet old time waking up this morning." Gojyo remarked as Goku took his seat at the table.

"I guess so."

"Speaking of, where is his Holiness?" Hakkai gave Gojyo a warning glance, warning him not to let his sarcasm go too far.

"Showerin'."

"Uh huh."

"Did you sleep well, Goku?" Looking up from his plate, Goku saw that Hakkai had a knowing look in his eyes.

"Yes." He swallowed the forkful of food in his mouth. "And you? Is the temple treatin' you well?"

"Oh yes. They have been most accommodating."

"Bastards better well be." Goku started as Sanzo suddenly appeared behind him. He watched him take his place but felt his cheeks grow warm when he noticed the purplish marks above the collar of his robes.

Oops. Goku looked back and forth between Hakkai and Gojyo, but neither gave any indication that they had noticed.

"Oi, monkey, how about we have a sparring match after breatkfast?" Gojyo suggested.

"You better be prepared to get your ass kicked if you keep callin' me monkey."

"Bring it." Both quickly finished their meals and Goku could feel the adrenaline begin to pump through his body. It had been far too long since he had had a decent sparring match. He needed to let out some frustration.

"Let's do it then." He and Gojyo stood up and began to make their way outside.

"Now now, make sure you don't kill each other. I don't want to end up having to heal any broken bones."

"No promises!" Both answered.

"So monkey, you ready for this? Hope you haven't gotten too rusty." Gojyo taunted when they reached the temple courtyard.

"I told you that you were goin' to get your ass beat if you called me that." Goku took the initiative and darted towards Gojyo, who shifted into a defense position.

"Yeah well, we'll see about that." Gojyo easily blocked Goku's attack but failed to land a punch of his own on his opponent. It wasn't long before the two were beginning to break a sweat, trying to match each other throw for throw and kick for kick. Unfortunately for Gojyo, Goku had a little more agility and managed to knock one of his legs out from under him and pinned him to the ground.

"Still gonna call me 'monkey'?" Goku grinned down at the pinned half-breed.

Gojyo smirked. "Yeah. Hey monkey, I thought you had Hakkai heal all your wounds?"

"He did." Goku furrowed his brow in confusion.

"Oh? Then what's with those bruises on your neck?"

Oh shit. Goku's hand automatically went his neck, wondering just how apparent the marks were. Gojyo used his break of concentration to kick Goku off of him and stand up.

"Time for brother bonding time." Gojyo offered Goku his hand, who accepted it and pulled himself up.

"Draw?"

"Only if you agree to spill."

"Fine." Goku situated himself on the ground, leaning against the side of the temple. "What do you want to know?"

"I just want to know what's up with you. I mean, you almost told me, but then you threw up and ran off. And now you come down to breakfast with the marks of love on your neck. I could guess, but you know what they say about assuming." Gojyo slid down next to him.

"Well you shouldn't worry about that. You're already an ass." Goku shot Gojyo a cheeky smile.

"Smartass." Gojyo dug his knuckles into the top of Goku's head.

"Ow! That hurts you prick!" Goku swatted the hand away and sighed. There's no point in trying to hide it from Gojyo anymore. There's no point in being ashamed anymore. "Where to start…"

"Well, you can tell me who was playing sucky-sucky on your neck."

"Umm…"

"It wouldn't happen to be a certain trigger-happy blonde priest would it?"

"Well, actually…"

"Holy shit! I was right! I was totally right!"

"Gojyo." Goku growled.

"Hey, easy there tiger. I'm not making fun or anything. I just never thought I'd see the day he'd actually show affection for anything."

"Yeah well, it wasn't like he just professed his love with roses and candlelight ya know."

"Well I figured that."

"Okay, okay. I guess I'll start where I left off. You remember me tellin' you about that kid Jiao, right?" Gojyo nodded. "Well, he wrangled up a few other kids and managed to manipulate their way into havin' me be their…servant and kinda trapped me. That went on for a while, too long, and finally Sanzo drove them out, shot the kid in the leg and it kinda went from there." Goku looked at Gojyo, waiting for a response. He was staring down at the ground in front of him, looking like he was replaying Goku's words in his head.

"What do you mean, 'servant'?"

Goku was silent, trying to think of a way to say it without saying it.

"Like, a sex servant? Is that why you were bandaged up? Goku, what did they do to you?"

"Everything." Goku closed his eyes as his voice cracked. I'm not going to cry this time. I am not. He looked back over at Gojyo, whose face had gone red and eyes held a murderous venom in them.

"Where are these kids now?" Goku wasn't used to seeing so much anger in Gojyo's face and was a little startled at it.

"I really don't know. They were expelled from the temple. They could be anywhere."

"Yeah well, they better hope I never cross paths with them. Being shot in the leg will be the least of their problems if that happens." Goku couldn't help but smile. It felt good to confide in Gojyo. To finally be able to stop hiding his biggest, darkest secret, and to know that he was actually strong enough to tell.

"Well, I'm sure if they ever did come back, you'd have to fight me over who gets to kill whom."

"Damn Goku. I never would've guessed that's what you went through."

"Yeah well, I never would've guessed that would happen to me, but life is surprisin' yeah?"

"Yeah. That it is. C'mon. Let's go let Hakkai know we're both alive."

"Oh yeah. I'm not the only one with a new lover in my life, am I?"

Gojyo laughed. "No, you most certainly are not."

They found Hakkai and Sanzo still at the table, exchanging small talk about life in the temple and life outside the temple.

"Oh, look whose back. I see you're both standing and not too bloody. No broken bones?"

"Not this time. I went easy on the monkey."

"You really want to get your ass beat, don't you?"

"As if you could even come close. I saw how slow you're getting. It was like fighting a child."

"Yeah right. How about the opposite? I had to be careful I didn't go too rough on you, or Hakkai would be healin' your broken bones!"

"Oh yeah? You wanna back up that threat?"

"Enough." Sanzo's gruff growl came from across the table.

"Yes. I agree. I am going to go wash up." Gojyo agreed. Hakkai rose to join him. "Oh and by the way, Sanzo? You better take good care of Goku." Sanzo's features froze for a second, before they relaxed back into a smirk.

"Ch'."

Once they were gone, Goku sat down next to Sanzo.

"You told him?"

"Are you mad?"

"No. I'm sure he would've figured it out eventually. Besides, I'm pretty sure Hakkai would tip him off if he didn't. And these," Sanzo placed his fingers gently on the side of Goku's neck. "Probably gave us away."

"Yeah. You have 'em too. Sorry about that." Goku smiled sheepishly. Sanzo just shrugged in response.

"They don't bother me."

"I'm kinda glad they both know now. I mean, for one, it's good not to have that air of suspicion anymore and it feels good to let it out."

"And for two?"

"I can do this without worry." Goku tackled Sanzo to the ground and kissed him. He pulled away and looked down into Sanzo's eyes, grinning playfully.

"Brat." Sanzo's voice sounded rough, but that didn't stop him from returning Goku's second kiss.

A/N: Last chapter, someone asked where this story was going, if it was going to end or not. So I have a question for all of you. I still have a few plot lines to flush out, but would you guys rather I keep going with this story, or would you like a sequel instead? R&R and lemme know what you think :)