Minna! It's me Hanei!! Yes, I'm still alive! Gomen ne for not updating for
so long! Darn, there goes my trademark speedy updating -_-;. Hehehe... I
sorta lost the momentum to write this fic after coming back from my short
little break but I finally forced myself to spill something out at least! I
was thinking of starting another story already until my imouto kindly
reminded me I have not even completed this fic. So I swear I will finish
this fic no matter what or my name isn't Hanei Tamashii!!!!! Hey...wait ta
minute, my REAL name isn't Hanei Tamashii anyway. Its ....Hehehe..
*cough,cough* Enough babbling!! Here's chapter uh.. 14 or is it 15? Man, I
sorta lost count.
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 Fourteen
By Hanei Tamashii
Simon pounded on the wooden door, secured tightly by heavy locks and chains. He had to get out. His master's life was in danger. It happened so quickly, the blinding flash of light blocking the limousine, the laughing face of the traitor, the groping hands, and the scent of chloroform. He had awaken to find himself lock away in some godforsaken place, hands tied to the back but legs carelessly left untied. He made his way to the door and tried to kick it open but failed to. It was already bright outside judging by the light streaming through the cracks of the wooden wall and he knew his time was running out. He didn't want to think of the various things those thugs could do once they got their hands on his master. He had to warn Goku-sama! The boy trusted people so easily. He slumped on the ground, tired from the lack of sleep and rest. What could he do now? Then he saw it. The unseen flaw so perfectly hidden away. A piece of decaying wood at the corner of the wall.
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"Koryu, one day we will part. It has always been the way of life, for every meeting there is a parting." The face of a man with long brown hair appeared, smiling so serenely. He sat beside a young boy on one of the dozens of wooden walkway of the shrine.
"Iie shishou! I have pledge to follow you forever and I shall do just that!" retorted the young boy.
"My dear dear Koryu. So young yet you speak like an old man."
"I do not!"
"Hai hai." Another smile.
"Shishou.." The boy shyly looked at his master.
"Nani?"
Slowly, the boy leaned his head on his shishou. "I..."
"RUN! Someone is attacking the shrine!!!Argh!"
"Koryu run! Hayaku!"
"Shishou!"
"There you are." A man dressed in gray appeared from behind the dead monk, a gun in his hands.
"Koryu!"
"SHISHOU!!!"
"Huh!" Sweat trickled down the side of his face, his breathing uneven. Sanzo closed his eyes tight wishing the bloody image away. He hadn't had that nightmare for ages... why now? Only his own labored breathing answered him.
"Sanzo...." He looked down at the face of the peacefully sleeping boy beside him and gave a hint of something that looked like the tiniest of smiles. Leave it to the boy to interrupt his thoughts. He carefully untangled the arms wrapped around him and tucked the blanket around the snoring boy. 'Goku' his mind whispered as he examined him. Even asleep he managed to look so damn innocently desirable. Maybe it was just his sick mind playing with his head but as he looked at the boy, he couldn't help wanting another fling with him. Yes.. a mere fling. He wasn't going to let another person get to him ever again. His shishou would be the first... and the last. He didn't want another distraction in life. Furthermore.... once he knows... Sanzo didn't want to ponder on that thought. He hurriedly dressed himself wanting to immediately leave the shrine. He was just a few centimeters away from waking the boy up when he saw it. The red flash.
YAWN
Goku rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand and slowly looked around the room. It was...empty. His face fell. He was hoping Sanzo would be around when he woke up.
"Sanzo?" Goku called out. He waited for the briefest of reply but none came. Pushing the sheets aside Goku exited the room. He searched the whole temple but it looked like Sanzo had decided to play the vanish-as-I- please game again. Goku was about to walk down the flight of stony stairs when several cars came to a screeching halt at the end of the stairs. Goku would have run but he recognized the cars. It had his father's company logo at the door.
The dark tinted window unwind. "Goku-sama!"
"Maede-san?" 'What was his father's assistant doing here?'
"Goku-sama. We must leave immediately!" The man called Maede opened the door to the black car and waved for Goku to enter.
"Matte. How did you find me?" Goku asked as he approached the door.
"We received an unknown call this morning telling us where to find you. But forget that, we must hurry! It's your father!" Maede said worriedly.
"My father?!" Goku looked shocked. " What happened to otou-san?"
"He is missing!"
Without uttering another word, Goku jumped into the car.
"Hayaku, to my uncle, the Chief Inspector."
"Hai, Goku-sama!" Maede turned to the chauffeur. "To the north district."
Goku looked questioningly at his father's assistant. "Demo, Maede- san, the police station is at the Higashi district."
Maede gave a wicked smile and pulled out a gun from his back. "I know."
His head ached, as though someone had taken a baseball bat and gave him a nice blow to the head. Son Tokei moaned and groggily opened his eyes.
"I see you have finally awaken."
Son Tokei's eyes widened. He knew that voice.. it was so familiar. 'Masaka...'
A curvy figure made its way to Son Tokei, who was tied tightly to a chair. As she stepped into the brightness of the room, Son Tokei nearly drop his jaw, well he would if it wasn't for the tape on his mouth.
"Mmfmmfffh muhf!"
"Nani?"
"Muhfh hmmfuf!"
"What are you saying?" A tall man, with dark hair and the most intriguing colored eyes whom Son Tokei did not recognize stood beside her.
"I think you would understand better if you took off the tape on his mouth Gyokumen-sama."
The women flushed red. "Of course I know that. You!" She pointed a crooked finger to a nearby guard. "Pull it off him."
"Ptui! What do you think you're doing Koushu?!" Son Tokei spat at his ex-second wife once the tape was pulled off.
"Aw.. you poor little thing. Look what they have done to you," she smiled sweetly as she looked at Son Tokei's bleeding head. "You have a cut on your head... My my. Give a rise to the fellow who did that! Hahahaha!"
"You sick wench!" Son Tokei cursed. "Just what do you think you're doing?!" Her laughter subsided as she bent low and met his eyes.
"Revenge, my dear husband," she spoke each word venomously.
Son Tokei looked at the green haired woman indignantly. "We divorced TEN years ago!"
"Yes.. I know. But we wouldn't if it weren't for the bratty son of yours. We could be so happy together you know," Gyokumen Koushu smiled in reminiscence. "You used to love me so much, showering me with all that expensive gifts but then...." Her smile turned bitter. "You pushed me away!" she yelled. "You divorced me without a reason! Without leaving me a single penny! All because of that idiotic son of yours!"
Son Tokei could have laughed. "I divorced you because it was the right thing to do then and I would do it again if I had to! I didn't need to tell you the reason why. You know what you did."
Her red lips curved into an evil smile. "Oh, so you knew."
"You were plotting to murder my son who was thousands of miles from home! You think I didn't know? Tojun (Goku's Chief Inpector uncle) had found out and told me everything. You were lucky I only divorced you at that time!"
"Lucky? Look who's talking now, Homura!"
The man who had kept silent the entire time walked up to him and swiftly punched him in the stomach.
"Urgh!"
Gyokumen merely stood before him, watching him receive every single blow. "Let me tell you a little story Tokei." Son Tokei did not answer her as Homura continued punching him. "There was once a beautiful woman, who thrived especially on rich widowers like you. But how unfortunate that she married an idiotic widower who loved his son more than her. Yes, she had wanted to kill the son off and inherit the widower's entire fortune once she got rid of him too but the widower found out and stripped her of every little penny she had. She had no one to rely on, living in the streets like a rat. But the gods were looking after her after all. She met her stepson and found out that she owned part of a little secret corporation from one her dead husbands and dear me, she struck gold. It wasn't just any corporation, it was a corporation that trained the perfect killing machines." She smiled widely, "Assasins..Hahahaha! I will make you suffer Tokei! No one dumps me like some ragged doll! I will take your beloved son's life right before your eyes right now after I crushed that tiny pathetic heart of his! Hahahaha!"
"NO!!!!" The door slammed shut.
"Get in there!" Goku was roughly pushed into a room, his hands locked together. A cloth was tied around his head, covering his eyes. Goku could only silently obey his captors.
"What are you doing?!" Goku yelled when he felt hands on him again.
"Shut up!" Then the binds on his hands were loosened.
"Take off that thing covering his eyes." At the order, Goku felt the cloth droop from his eyes. He pulled it off to see...
"It's you!"
The woman burst into laughter. "Hahaha! Yes it's me!"
"You... you...
"Your greatest nightmare ne? Hahahah!"
"You.you.. Anou...who are you?"
SWEATDROP!!
"Guards!"
Two hooded figure grabbed Goku's arm harshly and forced him to stand up. The women, who had the weirdest hairdo and the slutziest kimono walked towards Goku and held his chin up to face her. "Oh, your forgetful little otou-san! Didn't he tell you who I am? I'm your stepmother!"
"You're lying obaa-san!"
"Watch your mouth!" She slapped him hard across the face. "You can call me Gyokumen-sama or okaa-sama if you wish," she gave him a pinch to the face. "Say it."
"OBAA-SAN!"
SLAP
"Stupid boy. You'll learn a little respect soon enough." She snapped her fingers. "Bring him in!"
Goku tiredly looked at the beaten man that was brought in. "TOU-SAN! Let me go!!!" Goku tried to shake the two figures holding him but he only manage to receive a kick at the back of his knees causing him to fall.
"Let my father go you old hag! Let me go!" Goku continued to struggle.
Gyokumen snickered. "Like father, like son. Ooh... the similarities. No wonder I hate you as much as I hate him." She then walked to her large throne-like chair and lazily smiled. "The show has just begun."
Houtou Enterprise, north of Changan city....
A hooded figure stepped out of his car. Only his footsteps echoed throughout the parking lot. He knew better. He walked towards the elevator and pressed the 'up' button.
TING
The doors of the elevator opened for the man. He entered and pressed a series of button.
TING
The figure turned around the walked through the other door which had opened, and continued walking along the brightly lighted stainless steel walkway. At the end of the walkway, a metal door, sealed tightly shut met him. The figure placed his hand on a scanner device next to the door and it flashed from a bright red to green. The door immediately slid open to reveal a busy room with rows and rows of computers, large screen projectors, complicated looking machinery beeping away operated by the constantly busy staffs. The figure ignored it all and headed for the lower floor using another smaller elevator.
TING
The door did not open, but the figure stood still... waiting.
TING
Gyokumen Koushu saw the little bulb atop a door flash. She signaled for the guards to stop bashing up the boy.
"My best agent is finally here. Shall I let him in?" She asked to no one in particular.
"Hohoho, why not?!" She pressed a big red button and the door of the little elevator opened. For a brief moment, the light from the tiny elevator flooded the room. The figure stepped out into the dimness of the room and the door closed behind him.
"Come now Koori. I have someone you have to meet."
Goku couldn't see the face of the new person, but he heard the rustling of the cloth as the figure pushed his hood back. Slowly, the figure came closer to the only source of light at the center of the room.
"What now...Gyokumen-sama?" the figure finally spoke.
Goku shuddered. It can't be....that voice....it can't be..
"Sanzo?"
To be continued.....
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Mwahaahahahahah! Cliff hanger! Anyway please read and review!!! My inbox has been a little empty lately. *Sob,sob*. Gomen ne if you feel this chapter is a little rushed. Blame it on the excitement to get over with this fic to start a new fic. I think this story has like one more chapter and an epilogue to go. So minna please r&r!!!
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 Fourteen
By Hanei Tamashii
Simon pounded on the wooden door, secured tightly by heavy locks and chains. He had to get out. His master's life was in danger. It happened so quickly, the blinding flash of light blocking the limousine, the laughing face of the traitor, the groping hands, and the scent of chloroform. He had awaken to find himself lock away in some godforsaken place, hands tied to the back but legs carelessly left untied. He made his way to the door and tried to kick it open but failed to. It was already bright outside judging by the light streaming through the cracks of the wooden wall and he knew his time was running out. He didn't want to think of the various things those thugs could do once they got their hands on his master. He had to warn Goku-sama! The boy trusted people so easily. He slumped on the ground, tired from the lack of sleep and rest. What could he do now? Then he saw it. The unseen flaw so perfectly hidden away. A piece of decaying wood at the corner of the wall.
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"Koryu, one day we will part. It has always been the way of life, for every meeting there is a parting." The face of a man with long brown hair appeared, smiling so serenely. He sat beside a young boy on one of the dozens of wooden walkway of the shrine.
"Iie shishou! I have pledge to follow you forever and I shall do just that!" retorted the young boy.
"My dear dear Koryu. So young yet you speak like an old man."
"I do not!"
"Hai hai." Another smile.
"Shishou.." The boy shyly looked at his master.
"Nani?"
Slowly, the boy leaned his head on his shishou. "I..."
"RUN! Someone is attacking the shrine!!!Argh!"
"Koryu run! Hayaku!"
"Shishou!"
"There you are." A man dressed in gray appeared from behind the dead monk, a gun in his hands.
"Koryu!"
"SHISHOU!!!"
"Huh!" Sweat trickled down the side of his face, his breathing uneven. Sanzo closed his eyes tight wishing the bloody image away. He hadn't had that nightmare for ages... why now? Only his own labored breathing answered him.
"Sanzo...." He looked down at the face of the peacefully sleeping boy beside him and gave a hint of something that looked like the tiniest of smiles. Leave it to the boy to interrupt his thoughts. He carefully untangled the arms wrapped around him and tucked the blanket around the snoring boy. 'Goku' his mind whispered as he examined him. Even asleep he managed to look so damn innocently desirable. Maybe it was just his sick mind playing with his head but as he looked at the boy, he couldn't help wanting another fling with him. Yes.. a mere fling. He wasn't going to let another person get to him ever again. His shishou would be the first... and the last. He didn't want another distraction in life. Furthermore.... once he knows... Sanzo didn't want to ponder on that thought. He hurriedly dressed himself wanting to immediately leave the shrine. He was just a few centimeters away from waking the boy up when he saw it. The red flash.
YAWN
Goku rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand and slowly looked around the room. It was...empty. His face fell. He was hoping Sanzo would be around when he woke up.
"Sanzo?" Goku called out. He waited for the briefest of reply but none came. Pushing the sheets aside Goku exited the room. He searched the whole temple but it looked like Sanzo had decided to play the vanish-as-I- please game again. Goku was about to walk down the flight of stony stairs when several cars came to a screeching halt at the end of the stairs. Goku would have run but he recognized the cars. It had his father's company logo at the door.
The dark tinted window unwind. "Goku-sama!"
"Maede-san?" 'What was his father's assistant doing here?'
"Goku-sama. We must leave immediately!" The man called Maede opened the door to the black car and waved for Goku to enter.
"Matte. How did you find me?" Goku asked as he approached the door.
"We received an unknown call this morning telling us where to find you. But forget that, we must hurry! It's your father!" Maede said worriedly.
"My father?!" Goku looked shocked. " What happened to otou-san?"
"He is missing!"
Without uttering another word, Goku jumped into the car.
"Hayaku, to my uncle, the Chief Inspector."
"Hai, Goku-sama!" Maede turned to the chauffeur. "To the north district."
Goku looked questioningly at his father's assistant. "Demo, Maede- san, the police station is at the Higashi district."
Maede gave a wicked smile and pulled out a gun from his back. "I know."
His head ached, as though someone had taken a baseball bat and gave him a nice blow to the head. Son Tokei moaned and groggily opened his eyes.
"I see you have finally awaken."
Son Tokei's eyes widened. He knew that voice.. it was so familiar. 'Masaka...'
A curvy figure made its way to Son Tokei, who was tied tightly to a chair. As she stepped into the brightness of the room, Son Tokei nearly drop his jaw, well he would if it wasn't for the tape on his mouth.
"Mmfmmfffh muhf!"
"Nani?"
"Muhfh hmmfuf!"
"What are you saying?" A tall man, with dark hair and the most intriguing colored eyes whom Son Tokei did not recognize stood beside her.
"I think you would understand better if you took off the tape on his mouth Gyokumen-sama."
The women flushed red. "Of course I know that. You!" She pointed a crooked finger to a nearby guard. "Pull it off him."
"Ptui! What do you think you're doing Koushu?!" Son Tokei spat at his ex-second wife once the tape was pulled off.
"Aw.. you poor little thing. Look what they have done to you," she smiled sweetly as she looked at Son Tokei's bleeding head. "You have a cut on your head... My my. Give a rise to the fellow who did that! Hahahaha!"
"You sick wench!" Son Tokei cursed. "Just what do you think you're doing?!" Her laughter subsided as she bent low and met his eyes.
"Revenge, my dear husband," she spoke each word venomously.
Son Tokei looked at the green haired woman indignantly. "We divorced TEN years ago!"
"Yes.. I know. But we wouldn't if it weren't for the bratty son of yours. We could be so happy together you know," Gyokumen Koushu smiled in reminiscence. "You used to love me so much, showering me with all that expensive gifts but then...." Her smile turned bitter. "You pushed me away!" she yelled. "You divorced me without a reason! Without leaving me a single penny! All because of that idiotic son of yours!"
Son Tokei could have laughed. "I divorced you because it was the right thing to do then and I would do it again if I had to! I didn't need to tell you the reason why. You know what you did."
Her red lips curved into an evil smile. "Oh, so you knew."
"You were plotting to murder my son who was thousands of miles from home! You think I didn't know? Tojun (Goku's Chief Inpector uncle) had found out and told me everything. You were lucky I only divorced you at that time!"
"Lucky? Look who's talking now, Homura!"
The man who had kept silent the entire time walked up to him and swiftly punched him in the stomach.
"Urgh!"
Gyokumen merely stood before him, watching him receive every single blow. "Let me tell you a little story Tokei." Son Tokei did not answer her as Homura continued punching him. "There was once a beautiful woman, who thrived especially on rich widowers like you. But how unfortunate that she married an idiotic widower who loved his son more than her. Yes, she had wanted to kill the son off and inherit the widower's entire fortune once she got rid of him too but the widower found out and stripped her of every little penny she had. She had no one to rely on, living in the streets like a rat. But the gods were looking after her after all. She met her stepson and found out that she owned part of a little secret corporation from one her dead husbands and dear me, she struck gold. It wasn't just any corporation, it was a corporation that trained the perfect killing machines." She smiled widely, "Assasins..Hahahaha! I will make you suffer Tokei! No one dumps me like some ragged doll! I will take your beloved son's life right before your eyes right now after I crushed that tiny pathetic heart of his! Hahahaha!"
"NO!!!!" The door slammed shut.
"Get in there!" Goku was roughly pushed into a room, his hands locked together. A cloth was tied around his head, covering his eyes. Goku could only silently obey his captors.
"What are you doing?!" Goku yelled when he felt hands on him again.
"Shut up!" Then the binds on his hands were loosened.
"Take off that thing covering his eyes." At the order, Goku felt the cloth droop from his eyes. He pulled it off to see...
"It's you!"
The woman burst into laughter. "Hahaha! Yes it's me!"
"You... you...
"Your greatest nightmare ne? Hahahah!"
"You.you.. Anou...who are you?"
SWEATDROP!!
"Guards!"
Two hooded figure grabbed Goku's arm harshly and forced him to stand up. The women, who had the weirdest hairdo and the slutziest kimono walked towards Goku and held his chin up to face her. "Oh, your forgetful little otou-san! Didn't he tell you who I am? I'm your stepmother!"
"You're lying obaa-san!"
"Watch your mouth!" She slapped him hard across the face. "You can call me Gyokumen-sama or okaa-sama if you wish," she gave him a pinch to the face. "Say it."
"OBAA-SAN!"
SLAP
"Stupid boy. You'll learn a little respect soon enough." She snapped her fingers. "Bring him in!"
Goku tiredly looked at the beaten man that was brought in. "TOU-SAN! Let me go!!!" Goku tried to shake the two figures holding him but he only manage to receive a kick at the back of his knees causing him to fall.
"Let my father go you old hag! Let me go!" Goku continued to struggle.
Gyokumen snickered. "Like father, like son. Ooh... the similarities. No wonder I hate you as much as I hate him." She then walked to her large throne-like chair and lazily smiled. "The show has just begun."
Houtou Enterprise, north of Changan city....
A hooded figure stepped out of his car. Only his footsteps echoed throughout the parking lot. He knew better. He walked towards the elevator and pressed the 'up' button.
TING
The doors of the elevator opened for the man. He entered and pressed a series of button.
TING
The figure turned around the walked through the other door which had opened, and continued walking along the brightly lighted stainless steel walkway. At the end of the walkway, a metal door, sealed tightly shut met him. The figure placed his hand on a scanner device next to the door and it flashed from a bright red to green. The door immediately slid open to reveal a busy room with rows and rows of computers, large screen projectors, complicated looking machinery beeping away operated by the constantly busy staffs. The figure ignored it all and headed for the lower floor using another smaller elevator.
TING
The door did not open, but the figure stood still... waiting.
TING
Gyokumen Koushu saw the little bulb atop a door flash. She signaled for the guards to stop bashing up the boy.
"My best agent is finally here. Shall I let him in?" She asked to no one in particular.
"Hohoho, why not?!" She pressed a big red button and the door of the little elevator opened. For a brief moment, the light from the tiny elevator flooded the room. The figure stepped out into the dimness of the room and the door closed behind him.
"Come now Koori. I have someone you have to meet."
Goku couldn't see the face of the new person, but he heard the rustling of the cloth as the figure pushed his hood back. Slowly, the figure came closer to the only source of light at the center of the room.
"What now...Gyokumen-sama?" the figure finally spoke.
Goku shuddered. It can't be....that voice....it can't be..
"Sanzo?"
To be continued.....
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Mwahaahahahahah! Cliff hanger! Anyway please read and review!!! My inbox has been a little empty lately. *Sob,sob*. Gomen ne if you feel this chapter is a little rushed. Blame it on the excitement to get over with this fic to start a new fic. I think this story has like one more chapter and an epilogue to go. So minna please r&r!!!