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The Only One
Chapter Twelve
by Hanei Tamashii
His shishou had died in front of his eyes, the man putting his life before his, protecting him. He could remember the splash of blood staining his white robes as his shishou fell, the gunshot ringing in his ears. He would have died that very day if it weren't for the sudden sirens coming from outside the temple, scaring the assassins away. Not one monk was spared except for the little boy covered with blood.
"GOKUUUUU!!!!!!!!!" Was it him yelling? It must be, though the voice sounded alien to his own ears, raw with emotion.. with fear. He had just ringed for a cab and was on his way down when he noticed from the window there was a car parked by the roadside. He could see shadows in the car, but the headlights were not lighted. Damn! Why wasn't he informed?! He knew then and had ran as fast as he could to the boy. He could see the boy was not aware of his surroundings, walking dazedly across the road. He had just looked up at the last moment. A rush of adrenaline flooded his bloodstream as he sprinted to the boy. He could see his shishou's smiling face in his mind's eye. Shishou...he couldn't protect his shishou, but he would protect Goku!
Sanzo leaped at Goku, years of relentless, torturing physical training put into good use. He grabbed the boy from the back, and threw his weight to the front, pushing Goku and himself onto the hard pavement. The black car with its tires screeching loudly had missed them by an inch, a mere inch, and vanished into the blanket of darkness of the night.
Sanzo took a deep breath then hurriedly got off the boy and helped him up.
"Itai.." Sanzo noticed Goku had scraped his arm on the ground due to their violent impact. Without a thought, he took a piece of white cloth from one his dozens of pocket and gently cleaned the wound as best as he could before securing it just tight enough over the injury.
"Sanzo..." Goku looked at the man hesitantly once more. Before he could say his thanks to the man for saving him for countless of time, Sanzo had brought Goku's injured arm to his lips.
"Sanzo!?" The blonde didn't meet Goku's bewildered gaze.
"Someone once told me that by doing so, you won't feel any pain. Does it hurt?"
"...." Goku couldn't answer him. 'How did he know?' Then he hit him, the past flooding his exhausted mind. He had almost forgotten that day, being so young at that time. But it all seem so clear to him now. He was only.. what, seven-years old at that time. His okaa-san had passed away, and his otou-san had just told him he would send Goku off to some boarding school for away. It was for his best, his otou-san had said. He remembered feeling so unwanted, so alone, so sad.. then an angel had came to his side. He had ran into a clearing nearby the cemetery, not wanting to face his otou-san or Kiya-ji san, and was crying his heart out. He hadn't spilled a tear when his okaa-san had died, she had said there was no need to but when his otou- san told him of his future plans for his only son, even the young Goku knew he would be alone, far from his only family. The bright blonde hair angel appeared like a boy, older than he. Yet the comfort he gave Goku at that time, far exceeded the comfort any adult could have given him. Incense.. yes the angel had smelled of woody, smoky incense. Goku knew because he had cried in the angel's warm embrace.
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"Oi! Your family must be looking for you. Ikku."
"Your okaa-san is gone but you still have your otou-san ne?
"Otou-san is sending me away. I don't wanna go back!"
"Everything takes place for a reason."
"Aa!!! Onii-san! You're injured."
"What the heck are you doing?"
"Okaa-san always gives me a little kiss whenever I hurt to take the pain away! You don't feel any pain ne?"
"Ano, I'll go now onii-san! I hope we'll meet again! You're nice! Ja!"
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Ok, so his angel wasn't the most polite one around but he recalled something. Purple. Purple and yellow sunrays. The angel had the purest amethyst eyes, and silky sun kissed hair. Goku stared at the man before him.
"Masaka... are you...Chotto matte! What are you going?!" Goku was about to connect the two personalities when Sanzo had started walking off.
"Chotto matte! Itai!" Goku fell on the ground again. His legs felt like jelly, and the dizziness took him again. He tried to get up, but ended up on the pavement instead. Quick footsteps approached him and then stopped. Sanzo was kneeling down, his back facing Goku.
"Nani?"
"Get on my back. We have to leave this place."
Goku started stuttering, blushing profusely. "Ano.ano."
"Urusai saru. There's a deserted temple nearby. We're going there."
"Demo..."
+ Twitch +
Goku reluctantly pushed himself off the ground and slowly placed his arms around Sanzo's shoulders. As though he weighed like a feather, Sanzo stood up with no trouble carrying Goku on his back and tightly held Goku's legs.
"Say a word to anyone and you're dead."
Goku managed to smile cheerfully. "Hai!"
Goku eyed the temple. He could tell it was definitely deserted and that the place felt awfully familiar. He then remembered, it was the shrine next to his okaa-san's cemetery! Was it a coincidence? He stared into the back of Sanzo's head. Masaka.. if he remembered correctly, his angel had worn robes like that of the younger monks. Sanzo, he snorted to himself, was no monk. Yes! Why didn't he remember that? Sanzo wasn't a monk that meant he couldn't possibly be his angel. The angel was his treasured past. He had idolized the angel, wanting to grow up to be just like the wise tenshi. Though he may have spoken a little roughly, he knew his angel was kind at heart. If not, why did he bother comforting a strange boy, giving him words of advice that was forever imprinted in Goku's mind. And his angel had smiled, such a beautiful smile that Goku had managed catch a glimpse as he was running back to Kiya-ji san. Sanzo couldn't possibly be him. He was cold, mean, sulky all the time and he hardly smiles, and handsome, cool, caring (though he wouldn't show it openly), plus he had saved him so many times, and.....he was one heck of a kisser. Goku blushed. Had he just thought of that? Bad, bad boy.
"OI! SARU!"
Goku hoped Sanzo didn't see him blushing. Mentally he kicked himself, what was he thinking now? Sanzo was carrying him remember?
"Nani?" came his muffled reply.
"We're here."
"Ooh, ah! Gomen!" Goku stammered and thoughtlessly let his hold on Sanzo go and fell hard onto the ground.
"ITAI!" he wailed.
"Hn.. baka... Can you stand up?"
"I think so." Goku attempted to get up and managed to do so without humiliating himself further in front of his ex-bodyguard. Talking about ex- bodyguard...
"Sanzo, how did you know where I was?"
".... Gojyo. Your father said you were with Gojyo. I knew that flirt would get distracted.
"Sou kah?" Goku decided to leave the issue at that.
YAWN.
"I'm tired Sanzo... are we staying here for the night?"
Sanzo walked to the doorway. "I'll look around. Don't go anywhere."
THUD.
Sanzo rolled his eyes. Goku was already fast asleep.
"Why wasn't I part of the operation?!" Midori held the phone away from his ears. He didn't want to risk bursting his eardrums.
"Ano... Koori, cool down." Midori could hear Koori silently counting one until ten.
"Explain!!"
"Ano.. I was just following the master's script."
"F**K that script of hers!"
Kemuri snatched the cordless phone away from Midori. "Hey, why are you so upset anyway?"
"... None of your god damn business!" Midori took the phone back from Kemuri.
"Gomen ne Koori, but you know we can't disobey any orders from the corporation. We know you care for the boy, don't deny it.... we do too. Though this is a rather unprecedented state I would say. But we have to stay low and follow orders. I'm working on it."
"I would have more to say but my absence might be notice. Ja."
"Moshi moshi? Koori?"
"Ceh, just like ice-man to cut the conversation short." Kemuri blew out a trail of smoke. Midori sat beside him. "I never thought we would do this. We are after all assassins.. so much blood on our hands. Do we really deserve a second chance?" Midori stared into the palms of his hands.
"You already succeeded in hacking into the corporation's date ne? Our past...."
"Hai."
"Then you know what we're doing is right."
Midori balled his hands into fist. "Hai."
"Hora?" Goku tiredly got up from the worn-out tatami mat covering the floor of room he was in. 'Where am I?' Goku pushed away the blanket covering him. 'Matte... blanket?' He held the blanket and looked around. It must be one of the resting rooms of the empty shrine. How did he ended up there...unless..unless...Sanzo had carried him there. Goku forced himself not to start blushing. 'Kami-sama I'm not a GIRL! Stop blushing!' He hurriedly stood up and pushed the paper door aside. It was still dark outside. Where was Sanzo? How long had he slept? He stretched his injured arm. It didn't hurt anymore and he felt clear-headed again. Goku walked to the main prayer hall of the shrine, but it was empty like the rest of the shrine. 'Where could he be?' Goku decided to look around the shrine. He hoped he wouldn't come across any dead body as he did so.
"Phew, no dead body anywhere," Goku said to himself. He had walked around the whole shrine but there was still no sign of Sanzo. He found himself strolling in the abandoned garden of the shrines. The bushes were untrimmed and leaves littered the crack pieces of the once smooth stone pathway.
"A~re." Goku noticed a dim light coming from the depths of the shrubs.
"Masaka......there's no such thing like ghost right?" Goku remembered that the Huo Fa cemetery was nearby after all and gulped. But what if it was Sanzo? Maybe Sanzo got trapped in the tons of shrubs and had started a fire to signal for help. Somehow, that didn't make any sense to Goku but he decided to check on it anyway. Heck, it could even be his okaa-san's spirit. (hanei: -_-; that didn't make any sense either, Goku-sama..) Goku pushed aside his first few obstacles, mainly the overgrown bushes and carefully avoided some thorny plants in his path. He made sure he was headed towards the light. It was the light he was interested in the first place.
Goku paused in his steps, his jaws hanging wide open. He stood astounded before the source of light.
"Kirei...." The light was actually a clearing amongst the trees and the shrubs, and the rays of the full moon had poured over the area. It made the clearing seem so surreal. The circular edges of the clearing was lined by some weedish-flowers which slowly cleared into a large tuft of surprisingly short grass. In the center, was a large tree, which Goku had seen before. Almost afraid to ruin the picturesque view before him, Goku slowly stepped foot into the clearing.
The songs of the crickets that have accompanied Goku vanished as he walked towards the tree.
"Here..." Goku placed his hand over the tree trunk. He remembered, it was here where he had met his angel. Goku slowly sat against the tree and closed his eyes. Would his tenshi appear again? Goku could only wish. He had so much to tell that tenshi of his, all of his ups and downs in the past eleven years. His current problems, his lust over an ex-bodyguard (though his angel might disapprove of it), his break up...his life. He knew his tenshi would understand him, he surely would. What he longed to do was to look at that bright face and tell him, "I've grown up." The angel was his only true friend who understood the pain of losing someone and being 'abandoned' like that he had experienced. The rest around him only saw the genki child he decided to be. Goku chided himself, how could he forget about his angel? Hadn't the thought of their brief encounter sustained him before he met Houmei?
Then he heard it, the crunching of branches and the rustling of leaves. Goku's heart pounded. Was it him? Was it? Or was it some assassin after him? The realization that he was in danger made him snap his eyes open.
"....it's you?"
To be continued.......
Hanei's scribble:
Ahahaha...gomen if this chapter is a little too crappie. I felt it was sorta crappie...
You who?????!!!!!!!! Who you?????!!!!! (CACKLES) 'You' could be anybody ne? I have a question (Hakkai-like tone) who would you like Goku to be with in a nice, beautiful little clearing where there's absolutely no one around? ^o^ Hohohohoho...I already have someone in mind! You? Plz READ & REVIEW! Arigatou!
To sTtrAwbErRyfAnSz, 'deru, AD-chan, stessser, sLL, Gokugurl, laila, Rinoa and fei:. Arigatou for your reviews!
Disclaimer: Character's from saiyuki are merely being borrowed by this lowly fanfic author. Kazuya Minekura-sama, thank you for creating Gensomaden Saiyuki (worship)
The Only One
Chapter Twelve
by Hanei Tamashii
His shishou had died in front of his eyes, the man putting his life before his, protecting him. He could remember the splash of blood staining his white robes as his shishou fell, the gunshot ringing in his ears. He would have died that very day if it weren't for the sudden sirens coming from outside the temple, scaring the assassins away. Not one monk was spared except for the little boy covered with blood.
"GOKUUUUU!!!!!!!!!" Was it him yelling? It must be, though the voice sounded alien to his own ears, raw with emotion.. with fear. He had just ringed for a cab and was on his way down when he noticed from the window there was a car parked by the roadside. He could see shadows in the car, but the headlights were not lighted. Damn! Why wasn't he informed?! He knew then and had ran as fast as he could to the boy. He could see the boy was not aware of his surroundings, walking dazedly across the road. He had just looked up at the last moment. A rush of adrenaline flooded his bloodstream as he sprinted to the boy. He could see his shishou's smiling face in his mind's eye. Shishou...he couldn't protect his shishou, but he would protect Goku!
Sanzo leaped at Goku, years of relentless, torturing physical training put into good use. He grabbed the boy from the back, and threw his weight to the front, pushing Goku and himself onto the hard pavement. The black car with its tires screeching loudly had missed them by an inch, a mere inch, and vanished into the blanket of darkness of the night.
Sanzo took a deep breath then hurriedly got off the boy and helped him up.
"Itai.." Sanzo noticed Goku had scraped his arm on the ground due to their violent impact. Without a thought, he took a piece of white cloth from one his dozens of pocket and gently cleaned the wound as best as he could before securing it just tight enough over the injury.
"Sanzo..." Goku looked at the man hesitantly once more. Before he could say his thanks to the man for saving him for countless of time, Sanzo had brought Goku's injured arm to his lips.
"Sanzo!?" The blonde didn't meet Goku's bewildered gaze.
"Someone once told me that by doing so, you won't feel any pain. Does it hurt?"
"...." Goku couldn't answer him. 'How did he know?' Then he hit him, the past flooding his exhausted mind. He had almost forgotten that day, being so young at that time. But it all seem so clear to him now. He was only.. what, seven-years old at that time. His okaa-san had passed away, and his otou-san had just told him he would send Goku off to some boarding school for away. It was for his best, his otou-san had said. He remembered feeling so unwanted, so alone, so sad.. then an angel had came to his side. He had ran into a clearing nearby the cemetery, not wanting to face his otou-san or Kiya-ji san, and was crying his heart out. He hadn't spilled a tear when his okaa-san had died, she had said there was no need to but when his otou- san told him of his future plans for his only son, even the young Goku knew he would be alone, far from his only family. The bright blonde hair angel appeared like a boy, older than he. Yet the comfort he gave Goku at that time, far exceeded the comfort any adult could have given him. Incense.. yes the angel had smelled of woody, smoky incense. Goku knew because he had cried in the angel's warm embrace.
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"Oi! Your family must be looking for you. Ikku."
"Your okaa-san is gone but you still have your otou-san ne?
"Otou-san is sending me away. I don't wanna go back!"
"Everything takes place for a reason."
"Aa!!! Onii-san! You're injured."
"What the heck are you doing?"
"Okaa-san always gives me a little kiss whenever I hurt to take the pain away! You don't feel any pain ne?"
"Ano, I'll go now onii-san! I hope we'll meet again! You're nice! Ja!"
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Ok, so his angel wasn't the most polite one around but he recalled something. Purple. Purple and yellow sunrays. The angel had the purest amethyst eyes, and silky sun kissed hair. Goku stared at the man before him.
"Masaka... are you...Chotto matte! What are you going?!" Goku was about to connect the two personalities when Sanzo had started walking off.
"Chotto matte! Itai!" Goku fell on the ground again. His legs felt like jelly, and the dizziness took him again. He tried to get up, but ended up on the pavement instead. Quick footsteps approached him and then stopped. Sanzo was kneeling down, his back facing Goku.
"Nani?"
"Get on my back. We have to leave this place."
Goku started stuttering, blushing profusely. "Ano.ano."
"Urusai saru. There's a deserted temple nearby. We're going there."
"Demo..."
+ Twitch +
Goku reluctantly pushed himself off the ground and slowly placed his arms around Sanzo's shoulders. As though he weighed like a feather, Sanzo stood up with no trouble carrying Goku on his back and tightly held Goku's legs.
"Say a word to anyone and you're dead."
Goku managed to smile cheerfully. "Hai!"
Goku eyed the temple. He could tell it was definitely deserted and that the place felt awfully familiar. He then remembered, it was the shrine next to his okaa-san's cemetery! Was it a coincidence? He stared into the back of Sanzo's head. Masaka.. if he remembered correctly, his angel had worn robes like that of the younger monks. Sanzo, he snorted to himself, was no monk. Yes! Why didn't he remember that? Sanzo wasn't a monk that meant he couldn't possibly be his angel. The angel was his treasured past. He had idolized the angel, wanting to grow up to be just like the wise tenshi. Though he may have spoken a little roughly, he knew his angel was kind at heart. If not, why did he bother comforting a strange boy, giving him words of advice that was forever imprinted in Goku's mind. And his angel had smiled, such a beautiful smile that Goku had managed catch a glimpse as he was running back to Kiya-ji san. Sanzo couldn't possibly be him. He was cold, mean, sulky all the time and he hardly smiles, and handsome, cool, caring (though he wouldn't show it openly), plus he had saved him so many times, and.....he was one heck of a kisser. Goku blushed. Had he just thought of that? Bad, bad boy.
"OI! SARU!"
Goku hoped Sanzo didn't see him blushing. Mentally he kicked himself, what was he thinking now? Sanzo was carrying him remember?
"Nani?" came his muffled reply.
"We're here."
"Ooh, ah! Gomen!" Goku stammered and thoughtlessly let his hold on Sanzo go and fell hard onto the ground.
"ITAI!" he wailed.
"Hn.. baka... Can you stand up?"
"I think so." Goku attempted to get up and managed to do so without humiliating himself further in front of his ex-bodyguard. Talking about ex- bodyguard...
"Sanzo, how did you know where I was?"
".... Gojyo. Your father said you were with Gojyo. I knew that flirt would get distracted.
"Sou kah?" Goku decided to leave the issue at that.
YAWN.
"I'm tired Sanzo... are we staying here for the night?"
Sanzo walked to the doorway. "I'll look around. Don't go anywhere."
THUD.
Sanzo rolled his eyes. Goku was already fast asleep.
"Why wasn't I part of the operation?!" Midori held the phone away from his ears. He didn't want to risk bursting his eardrums.
"Ano... Koori, cool down." Midori could hear Koori silently counting one until ten.
"Explain!!"
"Ano.. I was just following the master's script."
"F**K that script of hers!"
Kemuri snatched the cordless phone away from Midori. "Hey, why are you so upset anyway?"
"... None of your god damn business!" Midori took the phone back from Kemuri.
"Gomen ne Koori, but you know we can't disobey any orders from the corporation. We know you care for the boy, don't deny it.... we do too. Though this is a rather unprecedented state I would say. But we have to stay low and follow orders. I'm working on it."
"I would have more to say but my absence might be notice. Ja."
"Moshi moshi? Koori?"
"Ceh, just like ice-man to cut the conversation short." Kemuri blew out a trail of smoke. Midori sat beside him. "I never thought we would do this. We are after all assassins.. so much blood on our hands. Do we really deserve a second chance?" Midori stared into the palms of his hands.
"You already succeeded in hacking into the corporation's date ne? Our past...."
"Hai."
"Then you know what we're doing is right."
Midori balled his hands into fist. "Hai."
"Hora?" Goku tiredly got up from the worn-out tatami mat covering the floor of room he was in. 'Where am I?' Goku pushed away the blanket covering him. 'Matte... blanket?' He held the blanket and looked around. It must be one of the resting rooms of the empty shrine. How did he ended up there...unless..unless...Sanzo had carried him there. Goku forced himself not to start blushing. 'Kami-sama I'm not a GIRL! Stop blushing!' He hurriedly stood up and pushed the paper door aside. It was still dark outside. Where was Sanzo? How long had he slept? He stretched his injured arm. It didn't hurt anymore and he felt clear-headed again. Goku walked to the main prayer hall of the shrine, but it was empty like the rest of the shrine. 'Where could he be?' Goku decided to look around the shrine. He hoped he wouldn't come across any dead body as he did so.
"Phew, no dead body anywhere," Goku said to himself. He had walked around the whole shrine but there was still no sign of Sanzo. He found himself strolling in the abandoned garden of the shrines. The bushes were untrimmed and leaves littered the crack pieces of the once smooth stone pathway.
"A~re." Goku noticed a dim light coming from the depths of the shrubs.
"Masaka......there's no such thing like ghost right?" Goku remembered that the Huo Fa cemetery was nearby after all and gulped. But what if it was Sanzo? Maybe Sanzo got trapped in the tons of shrubs and had started a fire to signal for help. Somehow, that didn't make any sense to Goku but he decided to check on it anyway. Heck, it could even be his okaa-san's spirit. (hanei: -_-; that didn't make any sense either, Goku-sama..) Goku pushed aside his first few obstacles, mainly the overgrown bushes and carefully avoided some thorny plants in his path. He made sure he was headed towards the light. It was the light he was interested in the first place.
Goku paused in his steps, his jaws hanging wide open. He stood astounded before the source of light.
"Kirei...." The light was actually a clearing amongst the trees and the shrubs, and the rays of the full moon had poured over the area. It made the clearing seem so surreal. The circular edges of the clearing was lined by some weedish-flowers which slowly cleared into a large tuft of surprisingly short grass. In the center, was a large tree, which Goku had seen before. Almost afraid to ruin the picturesque view before him, Goku slowly stepped foot into the clearing.
The songs of the crickets that have accompanied Goku vanished as he walked towards the tree.
"Here..." Goku placed his hand over the tree trunk. He remembered, it was here where he had met his angel. Goku slowly sat against the tree and closed his eyes. Would his tenshi appear again? Goku could only wish. He had so much to tell that tenshi of his, all of his ups and downs in the past eleven years. His current problems, his lust over an ex-bodyguard (though his angel might disapprove of it), his break up...his life. He knew his tenshi would understand him, he surely would. What he longed to do was to look at that bright face and tell him, "I've grown up." The angel was his only true friend who understood the pain of losing someone and being 'abandoned' like that he had experienced. The rest around him only saw the genki child he decided to be. Goku chided himself, how could he forget about his angel? Hadn't the thought of their brief encounter sustained him before he met Houmei?
Then he heard it, the crunching of branches and the rustling of leaves. Goku's heart pounded. Was it him? Was it? Or was it some assassin after him? The realization that he was in danger made him snap his eyes open.
"....it's you?"
To be continued.......
Hanei's scribble:
Ahahaha...gomen if this chapter is a little too crappie. I felt it was sorta crappie...
You who?????!!!!!!!! Who you?????!!!!! (CACKLES) 'You' could be anybody ne? I have a question (Hakkai-like tone) who would you like Goku to be with in a nice, beautiful little clearing where there's absolutely no one around? ^o^ Hohohohoho...I already have someone in mind! You? Plz READ & REVIEW! Arigatou!