Back to the east.

By vermillian.

Summary: The next task after journey to the west. All of the Sanzou-Ikkou but Goku no longer have their memories on each other. Goku has to recall their memories and find out who was in back of this situation.

Notes: Thanks for the reviews. For sf-san, I totally agreed with your comment. *sigh* I will try to improve my grammar and I hope I'll be better in this chapter. Please read and reviews.

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Chapter six.

Reunion.

'We want you to go to the temple on the west, on the rocky mountain.'

"Ch'. Why do I have to do this stupid thing?" Sanzo murmured to himself after he had to walk continuously for 2 hours and got to the temple.

-Another site of the mountain-

'Rock.' And Goku lost again, as a result he was carrying everything yet again. "Why could Hakuryu only transform to jeep?" He murmured to himself.

Hakkai had to hide his smile when he remembered what Gojyo told him.

'Just take 'rock' for the first time and you will always win over that kid.'

"Hold on, Goku. We were close to that temple." Hakkai told the boy.

Goku widened his eyes. "Did you remember?" He asked excitedly.

But Hakkai didn't have a chance to reply the boy. Gojyo picked it before he could. "Ch'. Bakasaru. He didn't have to remember it if he just saw it in his sight."

The temple was in front of them.

"Who are there?" A monk asked from the inner site of the temple.

"We are travelers." Hakkai replied. "We came here to visit Yo. May we come in?"

Before the monk could answer Hakkai, a little voice was heard. "Is that you, Hakkai-san?"

"Oi! Yo!" Goku greeted.

"Goku-san. I'm sorry. I will open the door now."

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-Inside the temple-

"That monk just came to this temple last month, he didn't remember you." Yo put up excuses. "How are you? Do you know something? You came at a perfect time!"

"What do you mean?" Gojyo asked the young monk.

"I will let you see him." Yo ended his word and led the way to a big room. The first thing they saw in that room was Sanzo.

"Sa… ITAI!" Goku interrupted himself when Sanzo hit Goku with his paper fan.

"What are you doing!?" Goku cried.

"Ch'. It's your fault." Sanzo said coldly.

"WHAT?" Goku didn't understand.

"It's punishment for annoying me." Sanzo explained to him. "You were calling me all the time!"

"I didn't call you!" Goku denied it. He had to hide himself behind Hakkai when Sanzo gave him a glare. After he recognized what Sanzo did to him, he got a surprise. "Did you still have your memory?"

"Of course, yes." Sanzo rolled his eyes.

"Do you remember us?" Goku asked excitedly, ran from the back of Hakkai and caught Sanzo's robe.

"Put your hand off me!" *smack* "And how the hell could I know you? Bakasaru!" Why'd I say that? He's not a saru after all. Sanzo doubted.

"It's hurt! Sanzo!" Goku cried while the other youkai stood there stunned.

"Is he Sanzo?" Gojyo murmured. Why doesn't this familiarity not go to hell? At the same time Hakkai glanced at Sanzo, wondering.

They forgot Yo and the other monks. "What's matter?" Yo asked confusingly.

"What's wrong, Sanzo-sama?" The Abbot was wondering. He didn't understand why Sanzo couldn't remember him. Moreover Sanzo didn't seem to remember his own comrades.

"Ch'. Why the hell did I have to know?" Sanzo muttered and then took a glance at a boy, who was already being stared at by two youkais.

"Me again?" Goku grumbled.

After Goku finished the same explanation that he gave Shunrei, he muttered. "That's all! Can I eat now?"

"Oh! Sorry about that," said Abbot, "Yo. Would you please lead them to a guest room?" He didn't wait for a reply before walked away.

"I will lead you to the room that you took for a last time." Yo told Sanzo-ikkou. "After that I will bring you food."

"That's great!" Goku grinned and it caused Gojyo to raise his eyes to heaven or somewhere else.

"Brainless monkey," murmured Gojyo.

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When Sanzo-ikkou had finished their dinner, Sanzo, who was quiet for all the time, had a lot of question. "What did you mean?"

"Huh?" Goku didn't get it.

"He didn't lie to you," explained Hakkai. "Goku, it'd be better if you gave him more information about this situation."

So Goku told Sanzo for more detail about Houto castle, Kanzeon Bosatsu, and the suspect for this situation, including Nakuma. After he finished his explanation, Hakkai affiemed it.

"That's the truth, Sanzo."

Sanzo hadn't admitted it. "How could you know? As he said both of you are also 'lost of memory' as same as me."

The room became silent. Goku glance at two youkais with a question in his golden eyes. It was Gojyo who broke the silent. "I don't know. I just… felt that he's right." He got pissed off. "Ch'. I just felt all the time. 'That's right.' 'That's wrong.' And I got mad so I followed him. That's all."

"What's about you, Hakkai?" Goku asked.

"If you were right, I want my memory back," replied Hakkai. "After all I couldn't leave you alone. It's too dangerous to go traveling like that."

Goku didn't want to accept it. "Hey, I'm not a kid!" Which left an opening for Gojyo to provoke the boy.

"Yeah. You are not a kid; you are saru."

"I'm not a saru! Ero-kappa!"

"URUSAI!!!" *smack* *smack*

"ITAI!"

"That's painful, stupid monk!"

The vein popped up on Sanzo's forehead. "Who's stupid?" He gave Gojyo a death glare with his Smith and Wesson.

"Yare, yare," coaxed Hakkai, "please calm down a bit."

"Ch'." Sanzo held back his gun that caused Gojyo sighed relievably.

"Don't you remember any thing?" Goku worried.

Sanzo answered coldly. "I don't remember that I have servants like you all."

"Oi! I'm not your servant, mr. worldly monk!" Gojyo growled.

Before everything got worse, Hakkai interfered. "Don't be furious," said Hakkai. "Sanzo, you said you heard Goku's voices, right?"

"Yes." Sanzo admitted it. "What is your point?"

"I just thought that if you ever heard him like that, it means both of you may have some relationship and you knew him before."

"Relationship?" Gojyo murmured with a strange smile.

Sanzo pointed his gun at Gojyo's forehead. "What did you mean?"

"er… Nothing." *sweat dropped*

"However it doesn't matter whether you believe us or not," said Hakkai, "it's the truth. You can't deny it. At least you have to feel the same thing with us."

Before Sanzo could reply , Goku was stunned. "What's matter, Goku?" Gojyo asked.

"Youkais!"

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"Oh! These monks are seemed delicious!" Touya told his companion, Sara.

"We didn't come here to do such a thing." She replied coldly. "Stop making fool of yourself and find Sanzo-ikkou."

"They will come to join us. Don't worry, girl." He laughed when he got a glare from Sara. "As for the waiting, I have some show for these monks." After he finished his word, some monk tried to hit him with a sword. He swiped it and put his hand on the forehead of bad luck monk. Suddenly that monk started to become older and older. He cried out in pain, and then he shrank and vanished completely. It was a terrible thing. Even Sara had to turn her face away from that figure, and it caused Touya laughed out loud in satisfaction.

"As I thought, the monk has a delicious soul." He grinned evilly. "Who'll be the next? You?" He pointed at one monk, and then turned to Yo, "or you?"

Before he could do something terrible to Yo, the long chain interrupted him. It's Shaku jou.

"What is that monster?" Goku asked terribly.

Sanzo looked at Touya in dislike. "He's a kind of ogre but different from the others in the source of food. He sucks the human soul as a food, not a body."

Touya grinned. "That's right." He swept over the room, and then stopped at Gojyo. "Oh! It's you. Mr. red hair. You are the one who interrupted me." He finished speaking and moved to attack Gojyo. But he couldn't reach the red hair youkai when Sara interfered.

"He's mine," said Sara.

Touya smirked. "Ah. Sorry, I forgot."

"Ch'." Sara called her sword in order to attack Gojyo, and then she rememvered what Nakuma told her.

*flashback*

"Sara-san," said Nakuma, "you don't have to take a fight if you don't want to, especially with him."

Sara smiled. "This's okay. I want to fight with him."

"But…"

"I make my decision, and I won't change it."

Nakuma finally admitted that Sara wouldn't change her mind. He sighed. "If you want to, but…" He couldn't finish his word when Sara interrupted him.

"I won't change my mind, Nakuma."

*ended flashback*

Yes, I won't change my mind. She promised to herself.

"Hey, don't neglect me!" He had to hold back his Shaku jou after he found that there was no way for Sara to evade his attack.

"What the hell did you do, stupid kappa?" Goku yelled.

"Ch'." I want to know about that, too. Gojyo was more confused when he saw something in Sara's eyes. Relief? No. Glad? Or sad? Why did she feel like that?

"Hahaha!" Touya laughed and it caused everyone glanced at him. "That's great! What would be happen if Nakuma or the others know about this? Hahaha!"

"Ch'. Shut your mouth up!" Sara ordered him.

"I thought he's your friend or something like that." Gojyo murmured.

Sara compressed her lips. "I don't have a friend like that."

"I don't care about that," said Goku, "If that girl want to fight with Gojyo, I will fight with you instant of him." He finished his word, calling his Nyoibou and raided to Touya.

"Be careful, Goku!" Hakkai warned the boy. But it's too late. Touya grinned and gave Goku a punch that sent him to another part of the hall. Before Touya could reach the boy, the gun was fired. It's Sanzo.

"It's over," said Sanzo. He leveled his gun at Touya's forehead, but he missed it. His target disappeared.

Touya smirked. "I agreed. Your taste was looked better than that boy." He changed his aim.

"Sanzo!" Goku screamed. But whatever Touya expected was never happened. Nakuma made an appearance.

"Stop right there. Touya." Nakuma commanded. "Our purpose is only to give them a warning." Then he turned his attention into Sanzo. "This is your last chance, Konzen-douji. Get out of my way." After he completed his word, he disappeared.

"Now you go," said Sara.

"As your wish." Touya said sarcastically and disappeared. Before Sara followed the other two, she nodded a bit at Gojyo and said without a sound. 'Thanks.'

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"Sumimasen. If we hadn't came…" Hakkai couldn't finish his word. Abbot interrupted him.

"No, please. This would have happened in one day, no matter whether you'll be here or not. And it would have been worse if you had not been here."

"But…"

"And you saved my life for a second time," said Yo. "However you forgot something, Sanzo-sama."

"What's that?" Sanzo wondered but Yo didn't have to answer that question. Goku did it for him.

"Mahjong! Sorry. I forgot!"

Yo laughed. "I hope you won't be forget it next time."

"Mahjong?" Gojyo amused. "How could it be? Our Sanzo-sama played mahjong!"

The vein was popped up on Sanzo's forehead again. "Do you want to die?" He asked softly, strange from his usual habit, with a gun.

"No, thanks." *sweat dropped*

"Ch'."

"Just calm down," coaxed Hakkai. "What will you do next, Sanzo?"

"I'm fine if you want to be my servant."

"Wh…" Goku had to stop his word when Sanzo glared at him.

Hakkai laughed and turned to Abbot. "We have to go now."

Abbot nodded. "If you go to the east for several miles, you will find a road. Good luck."

"Arigato gozaimasu."

After they left the temple, they got to their next trouble. The belongings.

As usual, Goku chose 'scissors' while the other chose 'rock'.

"Me again?" Goku cried.

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Sorry about this late chapter, but I have an important examination to prepare. However, what's about this chapter? It may seem strange but Touya scared me up! Please read and review.