Back to the east.
By vermillian.
Summary: Sanzou-ikkou was reunion and continued their journey. In this chapter there are the meeting of most main characters and the coincidence will occur. This is also the end of part one. Chapter seven is up!!!
Notes: Thanks for the reviews and sorry about my grammatical error. I'll try more to improve my grammar and vocabulary. About Sanzo, in fact what I wanted to explain in last chapter was Touya moved too fast, and Sanzo shot where Touya's head ever be. For this chapter is the end of part one and the coincidence was occurred. Someone finally joined Sanzo-ikkou. Please read and reviews.
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Chapter seven.
Regain and Lose.
"Hakkai. When will we… *smack* ITAI!" Goku rubbed his head, "Why did you do that, Sanzo?"
"Bakasaru! You asked that question for ten time today!"
"But I never complete my word! You hit me before I could finish it!" Goku contradicted.
"Urusai! I will hit you whenever I want!"
"But, Sanzo, I'm hungry!"
"You hungry all the time, saru," teased Gojyo.
"Don't call me saru! Ero-kappa!"
"Oh! Sorry." Gojyo pretended to make an apology. "I have to call you baka."
"You are baka, not me!" Goku pissed off.
*bang* "Will you keep quiet?" The vein was popped up on Sanzo's forehead.
"eh... Okay." The two voice makers replied with a pale face and held on each other.
Hakkai laughed as his usual form. "We will reach the next town in 5 days." He revealed.
"5 day!?" Gojyo widened his eyes. "Are you sure?"
"Of course, yes."
"Oh, no," cried Goku, and it caused Hakkai smiled.
"But I thought we should take some rest and find something to eat. At least Hakuryu need it. Right, Hakuryu?"
"Kyu!" Hakuryu agreed.
Hakkai was asking for the permission from their leader. "What did you think about my plan, Sanzo?"
Sanzo was ready to say no for Hakkai's question but he had to change his mind when he glanced at Goku. The boy looked at him with a puppy eyes, which full filled with a hope. He shrugged his shoulder. "Do whatever you want."
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While Gojyo and Goku set up a camp and Hakkai prepared their dinner, Sanzo joined him to discuss about Nakuma.
"What did you think about that guy?" asked Sanzo.
"Huh?"
"Nakuma," revealed Sanzo.
"I see," replied Hakkai.
"What did you think about him?" Sanzo repeated his question.
Hakkai kept quiet for a while, to find a proper word. "He's… so strong and…"
"familiar," added Sanzo.
"Yes." Hakkai admitted, not surprising. "Did you feel the same?"
Sanzo nodded. "But Goku didn't mention about him except his memory from Houto Castle."
"Did you think we knew him before we met Goku?"
"I don't know," replied Sanzo, "if it was right, it would mean Goku didn't tell us the truth. He said he met me and then both of you, didn't mention anything about Nakuma."
"But you didn't think he lied to us," said Hakkai.
Sanzo didn't give him an answer. He considered at the boy that was arguing with Gojyo.
"I didn't think he lied to us, too," continued Hakkai, "but if he didn't, where did we meet Nakuma?"
"And why did he called me Konzen-douji?" Sanzo murmured.
It seemed Hakkai remembered something.
"What's up?" Sanzo found some change.
"That woman, Sara, she ever called me Tenpou Gensui and called Gojyo Kenren Taishou," replied Hakkai, "and he had strange habit when he encountered with her."
"We ever knew both Nakuma and that woman." Sanzo saw the point that Hakkai gave him.
Hakkai nodded. "That's what I think."
After the place kept silence for a while, Sanzo broke it. "Will you tell him?" He meant Goku. "About whatever we already knew." He said like he didn't care if Hakkai wanted to tell the boy. But he couldn't lie to Hakkai.
The green eyes youkai smiled. He know what Sanzo was up to. "No. We thought as same as you, Sanzo," replied Hakkai, "if we told him, he would have hopes and it had a lot of chances to cause the smile was disappeared form him when we revealed we're still not memorizing him. That is what WE do not want to happen."
"Ch'."
They had to stop changing their opinion when Goku and Gojyo came to join them.
"Oh! How could it be?" Gojyo pretended to act like he didn't want to believe what he saw. "Sanzo-sama was cooking!"
"Really!? Can you cook, Sanzo?" Goku asked excitedly.
"I have to taste it!" said Gojyo.
"Baka." The vein was popped up on Sanzo's forehead.
"Maa, Sanzo," coaxed Hakkai. He laughed as his usual habit.
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The night was passed. Hakkai was the first one who woke up and prepared their breakfast.
"Hakkai?" Goku rubbed his eyes.
Hakkai turned to Goku and smiled. "Sumimasen. Did I wake you up?"
"No." Goku grinned. "Your breakfast woke me up. Is it ready?"
"Not yet. It will ready after you brush you teeth."
Gojyo chuckled. "You shouldn't ask him, Hakkai. His brain is already taken place by his stomach."
"What did you say? Mr. Cockroach!"
"WHAT? Where did you get that word? Bakasaru!"
"URUSAI!!!" *smack* *smack*
Hakkai laughed as his usual form. "Maa. Let's brush your teeth and we can continue our journey after the breakfast."
"Ch'." Sanzo kept his paper fan.
When they finished the breakfast and got ready to move on their way, Goku turned his head quickly to the top of the tree.
"What's matter, Goku?" asked Hakkai. He didn't see anything on the direction that the boy turned the head to.
"I don't know but…" Goku didn't have to tell his comrades any more when Nakuma interrupted him.
"Good morning. Did you sleep well? What's about your last meal?" Nakuma chuckled coldly. "We waited until you woke up and finished the breakfast, you know? Did you like our courtesy?"
"What the hell do you want?" Gojyo yelled.
Nakuma raised his brow. "You already knew it. It absolutely is your life. You should listen to my warning, Konzen."
"I do what I want," said Sanzo, "and I'm not Konzen. Stop call me with that name."
As a result Nakuma smiled. "You can't deny it. However it's not the point, you CAN'T deny it any more because you have to die here."
"At least you accept our skill. Right?" Gojyo tried to make up a joke.
Nakuma smiled. "Oh, sorry. I forgot to introduce you. She's Yumi, my follower." He mentioned the black hair woman with gray eyes. "Let's choose your opinion." He finished his word and gave a sign to take a charge on Sanzo-ikkou. He chose Goku to fight with.
"I choose you." Yumi said to Sanzo while she called her weapon, a long pike with red tassel.
It's no doubt that Gojyo encountered with Sara.
Touya sighed. "It seem you are with me. Just say sorry to your bad luck."
"Take back your word." Hakkai murmured. He generated his ki as a small ball and threw it to Touya.
After a combat was taken for a while, it seemed Sanzo-ikkou was at a disadvantage, especially Goku.
"Is that all of your power, Seiten Taisei Son Goku?" asked Nakuma.
"Ch'." Goku tried to rise from the ground but he failed. Nakuma kicked him at the abdomen, as a result he coughed with a blood.
"Goku!" Hakkai yelled and he was nearly caught by Touya.
"Ch'." Sanzo worried, even he tried to keep it with himself.
"It'd be better if you are only look after yourself," said Yumi.
"She was right," said Sara, "don't worry about the kid because you will follow him soon."
Gojyo gnashed his teeth when Sara fenced her sword.
"You are weaker, you know? Kenren-sama."
"Dammit," muttered Gojyo.
Hakkai threw his ki on Touya and tried to evade for helping Goku, but he couldn't.
"Do you really think that you can escape from me so easily?" Touya gave him another punch that almost knocked him out.
"The game is over, Son Goku," said Nakuma. His final kick sent Goku to the small rocky mountain, as a result the rock collapsed down and the boy was unconsciousness underneath them. Nakuma generated his sword. He fenced it in order to kill Goku. Unfortunately someone generated the sword to interrupt him.
The boy with a black hair and golden eyes said. "I'm sorry, but I can't let it happen. Nakuma."
Nakuma was stunned for a while before held back his sword and smiled. "Oh. It's so proud for visiting us, Toushin Taishi Nataku."
Nataku's appearance caused many reactions from both Nakuma-ikkou and Sanzo-ikkou.
"Kami?" Touya raised his brow. "I want to know for a long time what's kami taste like?" He changed his target. He escaped from Hakkai and tried to attack Nataku, but he had to pause when Nakuma commanded him.
"Stop, Touya!"
"What!?" Touya asked unbelievably.
"You can't fight him unless you want to die," said Nakuma, "he is Toushin Taishi who defeated Gyumaoh five hundred years ago."
"If he's really want to die, you shouldn't offend him, Nakuma. That would make the world be better." Sara said carelessly.
Touya frowned at Sara.
Yumi left Sanzo to contact her master. "What will we do next, Nakuma-sama?"
Nakuma kept silence and stared at Nataku for a while before gave Yumi an answer. "We will leave them."
"NANI?" Touya glared at Nakuma. "What did you mean?"
Yumi frowned at the ogre. "He is our prince. Don't dare to suspect him!"
"Does anyone like him?" Gojyo murmured.
"No one," replied Sara, "at least in this place."
"Stop the argument." Nakuma interrupted before Touya could retort Sara. Then he turned his attention to Sanzo. "I will leave you again but you have to remember something. Nataku cannot be with you all the time. Even he is, you can't evade from me." He disappeared, and followed with Yumi, Touya, and Sara.
After Nakuma-ikkou was gone, the silence was taking place for a while and Gojyo broke it. "Goku! What's about him?"
That sound made Hakkai remembered what was happened to the boy. He followed Gojyo to the heap of rock and left Sanzo with Nataku. The silence was taking place again between them before Sanzo broke it.
"Nataku," said Sanzo, "long time to see you."
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"What's about Goku, Hakkai?" asked Gojyo.
"He's fine," replied Hakkai, "I closed the major wounds and he has no the other that we have to worry about."
"But you still worried," said Sanzo.
Hakkai nodded his head. "His head knocked so hard. All we can do now is just wait and hope that he will awake soon."
Gojyo knitted his brows, and tried to shake the boy. "Hey! Wake up, bakasaru!" *smack* He stared at the cause of his headache. "What did you think you do!? Mr. Worldly Monk!"
"Baka! Hakkai just said we have to wait!" Sanzo pissed off.
"Just calm down a bit," coaxed Hakkai. He turned his head to Nataku who widened his eyes on the argument. "Don't worry, Nataku. This is normal situation."
"No, it's not," disputed Gojyo, "it'll be normal if saru said 'I'm hungry' and the argument occur."
"Ch'."
Hakkai tried to smile with his usual form. It's really hard for him this time because he didn't know whether Goku awoke or not. "All of us worried about him, but it must be okay." He soothed the other, and also himself.
The silence was taking place again. This time it was so long, like forever when Nataku broke it. "eh… Sorry."
"Yes? Nataku," asked Hakkai.
"When did you regain your memory, all memory including me?" Nataku tried to change the topic to remove the tension.
"When you appeared, Nataku," replied Hakkai. "What's about you?" He asked his companions.
"As same as you," said Sanzo.
"Me too. Before we regained our memory, we got a lot of puzzles. When you appeared, all puzzles were fit and we regained it," explained Gojyo.
"And now we ready to tell Goku," said Hakkai.
Nataku didn't want the tension to taking place again, so he continued his question. "So you remember Sara already. Right, Kenren?"
Gojyo's eyes were changed a bit. "Yes, I remember her." He didn't want to talk about it. "However what's about you? Why did you come to the earth? Why now? Why did you just come?"
Nataku kept quiet for a while and answered Gojyo question. "It's the long story. May I talk about it later? I want to tell him about it, too." He mentioned at his childhood friend.
It clearly saw that Nataku didn't want to talk about it. He's still not ready for it.
"Alright, Nataku." Hakkai smiled.
"Thanks, Tenpou." He tried to grin.
"About the name," said Sanzo, "we are not kami any more. So stop calling us with that name."
"Okay. I'll try to remember it," promised Nataku.
Before the conversation could continue, the low voice was up. Goku made it.
"Goku?" asked Gojyo, relief.
All of them encircled Goku. They gazed hopefully at him before he broke it down.
Goku opened his eyes, stared blankly at people around him and said. "Who are you?"
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~end part one~
And I finished part one!!! It was Goku's turned to loss his memory. In the next chapter, part two, will reveal some past of them and it'll have more in my pattern. By the way, what's about this chapter? Please read and review.
