Lullaby

By yumeneko

Note: This is a little tribute to my childish nature… I just adore lullabies… All of the lullabies in this fic were taken from Kenny Loggins' album "Return To Pooh Corner".

Disclaimers: Saiyuki belongs to Minekura Kazuya-sensei. The songs "All The Pretty Little Ponies" and "To-ra-loo-ra" are traditional, "St. Judy's Comet" is by Paul Simon and "Love" is by John Lennon. All taken from Kenny Loggins' album "Return To Pooh Corner".

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Hush a bye

Don't you cry

Go to sleep, my little baby

When you wake

You shall have

All the pretty little ponies

Hakkai walked along the hallway of the inn. It was in the middle of the night and it was hard to sleep. He heard Goku awake in his room.

"Goku… You can't sleep, can you?" Hakkai entered the room

"I can't…" Goku murmured.

"Would you like me to tuck you in?"

"If it makes me feel better…"

"I will then…" Hakkai smiled.

Oh little sleepy boy

Do you know what time it is?

Well the hour of your bedtime's long been past

'N though I know you're fighting it

I can tell when you rub your eyes

That you're fading fast

Hakkai carefully tucked Goku in like a young child. He got a chair from a nearby desk and sat close to the bed watching Goku sleep soundly. Watching him with caring green eyes. He heard the door open. He felt a hand land on his shoulder.

"Sanzo… You couldn't sleep either?"

"I was looking for you…"

"Goku's like a little child… don't you think so?"

"Yeah… The little bakazarou looks like an angel like this…"

"Everyone does look like an angel when they're asleep…" Hakkai sighed.

Love is real

Real is love

Love is feeling

Feeling Love

Love is wanting to be loved

Sanzo buried his face in Hakkai's hair.

"Have you ever thought of how we look like a family?"

Love is touch

Touch is love

Love is reaching

Reaching Love

Love is asking to be loved

"Sanzo… Aishiteru. You can remember what I've told you before… A single father can't take care of all these children…" Hakkai whispered as Sanzo wrapped his arms around him, "That's why I'm here…"

Love is you

You and me

Love is knowing

You can be

Love is free

Free is love

Love is living

Living love

"I want to stay like this forever…" Hakkai whispered as he let his head rest on Sanzo's arm, "I want to fall asleep like this…"

"I'll stay with you 'till the end of the world… And we'll watch over this child, will we?" Sanzo smiled in Hakkai's hair. It smelled newly washed.

Love is needing

To be loved

Love is you

You and me

Love is wanting to be free

Love is knowing

We will be

"We will… And I wish that if our journey ends, this… will live on 'till we die…" Hakkai whispered; his eyes closed.

"Don't fall asleep, unless you want me carrying you to your room…" Sanzo quietly laughed.

"Carry me…" Hakkai asked pleadingly.

"Okay… I will…" Sanzo smiled as he took the taller brunette in his arms.

Too-la-loo-ra-loo-ra

Too-ra-loo-ra-li

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra

Hush now don't you cry

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra

Too-ra-loo-ra-li

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra

That's an Irish lullaby

~Fin~