Danganronpa: Journey To The West

Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
Journey To The West is owned by Wu Cheng'en
Saiyuki is owned by Kazuya Minekura

Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I am really happy and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter, and here the story pushes forward as the character that resembled Sonia is shown to be moving ahead with her intention, while Makoto and Owari are getting closer to their target…

And once they do…expect some tension that would threaten to get blown out of proportions…which may cause unforeseen results…

Well, enjoy!

Ch. 17: Kaiketsu

The scene shows that Sonia is committing a massacre by killing the yokai that stood in her way, and she is not letting up as she fought them off despite the odds being against her, and she steadily decreased their numbers and the remaining yokai bandits are starting to get discouraged at seeing Sonia being able to kill so many of their brethren, and even noticed the yokai ears on Sonia.

They wondered how a girl like Sonia is capable to killing so many yokai even though she is alone.

"No way…"

"She…she…"

"Is she really human…?"

"Can we take her on…?"

"Yeah, we can!"

"But she reduced our numbers!"

"So what? We can still take her!"

"Hey, look!"

By then Makoto Sanzo arrived, panting after running after Owari, and seeing him, the yokai bandits began to see a GLIMMER OF HOPE, as they heard that by eating the flesh of a Sanzo priest, they can become immortals, which unaware to them, is only a rumor that is actually false.

"Look!"

"A Sanzo priest!"

"Let's eat him!"

"Yeah…if we eat him…we can become immortals!"

"Really?"

"Then let's eat him!"

"Come on!"

"Yummy!"

The bandits then went towards Makoto, intending to consume him but Owari-Goku summoned her staff and started to beat them up, but a few others managed to get past her and went for Makoto, who took out his Banishing Pistol and shoots them down, disintegrating them in the process, and soon the bandits are defeated, but then Sonia grabbed the pistol and aimed at him and Goku, which resulted in a stand-off as Owari-Goku is in a bind as Sonia is aiming the pistol at a point-blank range, thus she could not evade the bullet stike,

Makoto is also in a bind as he too is within range and all he could do now is wait, as Sonia told the two not to interfere as she has a MISSION to accomplish, but promised that she will turn herself in to them once she accomplished her task.

"Just stay back…please…"

"Uh…"

"You…!"

"I admit what I did…and I do not regret it…but…"

"Huh?"

"Eh?"

"Let me finish my mission…once it is accomplished…I will turn myself in and accept the punishment…"

"Really…?"

"You got to be joking…"

Sonia pleaded to Makoto Sanzo to let her be for the time being as she glanced at a castle that is quite near, and once she got past the forest then she can head there and invade it, where she will find the mastermind and get her revenge.

As Sonia left, Makoto Sanzo was baffled at the turn of events, and Owari-Goku shook him by his collar and tells him that they can't let her get away like that, which he nodded and tells her that they are going to follow her and find out what drives her to do this, and stated that Sonia must be taken back alive, which Owari-Goku said that she can't promise it given that Sonia is capable of beating up someone and she is holding the Banisher gun.

"Oh, fine."

"Good."

"But can't say I can promise, though…"

"Why, Goku?"

"Look around…she killed those yokai…"

"…"

"And she took your gun…think she would surrender like that?"

"We'll worry about that later."

The pair then proceeded to head towards the forest and navigate their way, coming across several dead yokai, which Owari-Goku noted that Sonia might be crazed as she would have to be crazy inndoing something this dangerous, though Makoto Sanzo stated that Sonia is driven by revenge, and said that from the looks of it, something tragic might have happened that made her do this.

However, their musing is interrupted when another dozen yokai showed up, and they appeared desperate after narrowly escaping Sonia's wrath, and seeing a Sanzo priest, they are now drooling because of believing in a rumor about gaining immortality by eating a PURE Sanzo priest, they are ready to eat him alive in order to gain eternal life.

"Look!"

"A Sanzo priest!"

"Let's eat him!"

"Yeah…if we eat him…we can become immortals!"

"Really?"

"Then let's eat him!"

"Come on!"

"Yummy!"

As Owari-Goku took out her staff, Makoto Sanzo started to chant a prayer, where the Maten Sutra began to glow and materialize, wrapping itself around the yokai bandits and they screamed in pain as they are starting to dissolve into dusts, lamenting that they were so close in acquiring eternal life and even begged to the Sanzo priest to let them take a bite of him.

"WWWWAAHHH!"

"NNNOOO!"

"WE DON'T WANT TO DIE!"

"LET US EAT YOU!"

"WE WANT TO BECOME IMMORTALS!"

"LET US GO!"

"AAIIEE!"

"GGGYYAAAHH!"

As the Yokai are taken care of, Owari-Goku sighed in annoyance, seeing that her fellow yokai are so stupid in taking such an unproven rumor seriously, and wondered who came up with the idea about gaining immortality by eating a Sanzo priest. She finds it utterly absurd, which Makoto Sanzo agreed, as he sensed that someone made that rumor up for a reason.

The two then proceeded and traveled within the forest until reaching the exit, where they saw Sonia stood there, holding one remaining Yokai who is still alive, and he is begging for mercy, not wanting to die, and Sonia, pointing the Banisher Gun, aimed at him and said that she will let him live if he takes her to the castle and lead her to the mastermind, which the terrified yokai willingly accepted.

"N-no…please…"

"…"

"Don't kill me…!"

"That depends on whether if you're willing to cooperate…"

"Fine…fine! I'll do as you asked!"

"Then take me to your leader…and to the castle!"

"O-okay…I'll do it!"

"Now!"

By then Makoto Sanzo approached Sonia and urged her to show restraint, but she insisted that she must reach the castle no matter what, which made Owari-Goku irritated and asks Sonia why go through all this, and asks if she is doing this over something petty, but Sonia revealed that she is a foreign princess from far away, and came here to avenge the death of her family after the mastermind hired mercenary yokai's to massacre her royal family and her country's people. She even said that after finding out that she slowly turn into a yokai after killing 1000 yokai that massacred her family and her countrymen, she is still determined to carry out her mission.

The Sanzo priest came to sympathize her and urges her not to be blinded by rage and said that he will be willing to help her if she calms down and act accordingly and not be dictated by anger or vendetta, which slowly swayed Sonia, much to Owari-Goku's surprise.

"Please…calm down…I'll be willing to help…"

"Eh…?"

"Hay, Sanzo…are you…?"

"Really…? After what I did to you…?"

"If you act accordingly…sure…as long as you do not give in to rage and revenge…"

"Hold it, Sanzo…she might be…"

"It's okay, Goku…"

"…"

In the midst of all this, the remaining yokai fled in panic, and Makoto Sanzo then urges the two females that they should work together right now, which Owari-Goku was annoyed, yet she relented and the trio proceeded to head for the castle to find the mastermind behind the massacre on Sonia's country and bring him to justice.

As the minutes passed, Makoto Sanzo, Owari-Goku and Sonia arrived, where they are startled when they saw a huge missile struck the castle, which killed everyone inside, and there they saw the mastermind is being held by a yokai bandit leader, and told Sonia that her efforts are in vain as he will deny her the right to avenge her family and country.

The mastermind, who turn out to be Sonia's despotic cousin who was stripped of his right to compete for the throne, was terrified as he did not expect the yokai bandit, who is revealed to be his conspirator in massacring his own countrymen and royal family, betray and turn on him. He begged to the bandit to spare his life and even offered him a place at his KINGDOM, which the yokai sneered and said that he merely used him from the very start.

"Nope. Not interested."

"Eh? But you said…!"

"Just using you. It was fun."

"Then…you…"

"Looks like the gig is up. Time to say goodbye, you asshole."

"No…please…"

"Bye-bye."

"AAAIIIEEE!"

The bandit then stabbed the mastermind before throwing his body towards the burning castle and taunted Sonia that she will never get justice for her family and threw a grenade, which Owari-Goku swat it with her staff and exploded safely away, but the bandit yokai has fled, and Sonia knelt down as she lost the will as she now has nothing left.

Makoto Sanzo then placed a hand on her shoulder and said that all is not lost as she can still atone for her actions and convince her that there is more to facing what's ahead than seeking revenge, and Sonia cried as she wept at what she has realized. Owari-Goku just looked away as Makoto Sanzo sat down, took out his CROWN and put it on his head and started to chant a prayer as this is one if the jobs of a Sanzo priest.

After several minutes, Makoto Sanzo persuaded Sonia to come with him as they head back to the temple where the Three Aspects are waiting, which a repentant Sonia just nodded as they all leave the scene and trek back until reaching the temple, where Owari-Goku can sense the hostile aura comong from the temple students who harbor malicious contempt towards Makoto Sanzo due to him being a RIVER DRIFTER who became the 31st Sanzo priest.

As the temple representative welcomed Makoto back, he asks him if Sonia is the one he brought back, which he nodded, but then some of the temple guards harshly took down Sonia, striking her on the head with their weapons and restrained her with several power-dampening shackles, and even dragged her to the ground cruelly which Makoto Sanzo objected to the treatment but the temple guards and students told him to shut up and stay out of this.

"Hey!"

"…"

"…"

"You can't…!"

"Shut up!"

"You're just a brat acting as a priest! Stay out of this!"

"Don't think you have special treatment here! You're just a dirty boy!"

"you're an embarrassment in this temple!"

Owari-Goku did not like what she is seeing and berated the guards and students for their actions, but one of the guards fired a tranquilizer gun at her which knocked her out, and there they began to surround Makoto, saying that Makoto is a FRAUD of a Sanzo priest and that he has no right holding such a title and they intend to strip him of that position and appoint a new Sanzo priest, and they will get rid of the two yokai at once.

Suddenly, the Chief Abbott shows up and berated them for their actions which shows that they are not like monks in training and that they are corrupting themselves, but the students and guards reasoned that because of Makoto's actions the temple has been defiled and brought UNCLEAN and VULGAR women here, such as the two female yokai, and they will prove that their actions are just.

As a show of arrogance and cruelty, some of the guards and students began to kick and beat Sonia, and as Makoto Sanzo began to object and attempt to interfere, one of the arrogant temple students struck him with a huge mallet and knocked him down, and the Chief Abbott angrily berated the students, but the students are not deterred and tells him to find a new candidate for the next Sanzo priest, stating that Makoto is an embarrassment to the temple.

However, a bright light shone and soon the Goddess of Mercy appeared, and is wielding a pair of huge shoulder cannons on her shoulders, and she is not pleased with what the arrogant students are doing, and tells the Chief Abbott that the Three Aspects asked her to pick up Makoto and Sonia, but the arrogant students berated her for being stupid, accusing her for having a fetish on UNCLEAN brats like Makoto and they compared her to a prostitute.

"KANZEON BOSATSU! WE OBJECT!"

"THAT BRAT IS A DISGRACE!"

"HE'S NOT A BOY…HE'S A YOKAI!"

"HE'S A HENTAI!"

"ARE YOU REALLY THAT STUPID? DON'T BE FOOLED BY HIS LOOKS…HE'LL JUST RAPE YOU!"

"DO YOU REALLY FAVOR AN UNCLEAN BRAT?!"

"WE CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE SO STUPID!"

"YEAH…YOU'RE ONE STUPID GODDESS!"

The Chief Abbott became horrified at this and yelled at the students to stop, but the Goddess of Mercy tells him that she will handle this, and he begged for forgiveness because of the arrogant students, but she assured to him that the students themselves are at fault, and not him or the temple.

"Forgive me, Kanzeon Bosatsu! I…"

"It's fine."

"Eh?"

"Your foolish students are at fault."

"But…"

"Let me deal with them…they will soon know what would happen if they…"

"Uh…are you sure…?"

"Yup…trust me on this…"

But the detractors butted in and continued to berate her for supposedly showing SPECIAL TREATMENT towards Makoto, and they even insinuated that she wants to have SEX with Makoto, and this slowly irked the Goddess of Mercy.

"What did you say…?"

"You heard us!"

"Are you saying I'm STUPID?"

"If you insist on spoiling that brat…yes!"

"…"

"That brat's a river drifter…a dirty boy! He do not deserve such treatment!"

"You…"

"Unless you intend to have SEX with such a dirty boy!"

"…"

"Just kill him already! Don't let a dirty brat DELOWER you!"

After that, the Goddess of Mercy fired her shoulder cannons and struck the arrogant students, sending them flying and they landed onto nearby trees and some landed head-first onto several jugs and vases, and the remaining ones trembled in fear, realizing that they have incurred her wrath, and they knelt down, bowing several times and begged for forgiveness.

"WE'RE SORRY!"

"FORGIVE US!"

"SHOW US MERCY!"

"WE WON'T DO IT AGAIN!"

"JUST DON'T HURT US!"

"WE BEG YOU!"

"PLEASE!"

"I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"

After that, the Goddess of Mercy clapped her hands, and bright light shone for 10 seconds before it faded, and everyone was surprised to see that she has disappeared, along with Makoto Sanzo and Sonia, while Owari-Goku was left behind, still sedated by the tranquilizer dart.

To Be Continued...

Hope you liked this chapter.

Well…not much of a heavy action here apart from a brief battle, but now Sanzo and Goku finally managed to calm Sonia down and persuaded her to turn herself in…and while she eventually surrendered, she was given a ROUGH WELCOME…

Fortunately, the Goddess of Mercy intervened and puts the arrogant temple students in their places…and took Makoto and Sonia with her…yet leaves Goku behind…

Preview:

The Sonia arc will conclude in the next chapter…but expect some…STEAMY moments at the end…which will no doubt make Owari-Goku go GREEN with JEALOUSY…

And at the same time, a new arc opens, where Gojyo is finally introduced…

See you in 4 to 6 weeks…