Back to the east.

By vermillian.

Summary: Sanzou-ikkou was reunion. Unfortunately Goku lost his memory and was kidnapped by Nakuma-ikkou. What did Nii Jyeni plan to do with him? How did he involve in the resurrection of Gyumaoh? This chapter is the consequence from the last one.

Notes: Thanks for the reviews and… GOMEN! GOMEN! GOMEN! for this late chapter, but I got a paper work to do, *sigh*, a lot of works… nvm. This chapter is the consequence from 'the tragedy'. In fact, I didn't mean to separate it into two chapters, but due to the reason that it became too long for me, so I have two chapters. Please read and review.

Disclaimer: I did not own any character of gensomaden saiyuki. I own only Nakuma-kun, Sara-san, Yumi, Touya, Touma, and the new version of Gyumaoh.

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Chapter ten.

Stimulant.

"TEN-CHAN!"

Tenpou was gone. This fact shocked the Konzen-ikkou.

Even Nataku's face became pale, but he still pressed Goku on the ground due to his father's order.

"Tenpou!" Kenren yelled. He turned to his friend and totally forgot his opponent. It was the mistake. Li Touten used it as his advantage when he attacked the younger.

"You shouldn't ignore me," said Li Touten dryly before he placed his sword on his younger opposite.

Kenren turned back to the elder but it was too late. The luck wasn't being with him this time. He coughed in blood because of the attack.

"Ken-niichan!"

"It's your fault," sneered Li Touten, "you should care only yourself when the fighting occurred. Do you know? Kenren Taishou."

"Ch'. Baka," mumbled Kenren. No one knew what he meant for it, between Li Touten and himself. Before the dark would cover everything, the last figure passed through his mind, the figure of the woman who had the long silver hair and pair of the blue eyes. Sara.

Li Touten calmly removed his sword from the lifeless Kenren. He sighed with derision and said coldly. "The prisoner was gone."

"Teme!" yelled Goku. "Let go of me!"

Nataku hesitated, between his father's word and Goku's request, but Konzen was not. He decided to help Goku.

Goujun moved to attack Li Touten, but the elder had another plan. He glanced at the door for a while before ordered his son, "Nataku, stop him!" He mentioned Goujun.

"Huh? But you said…"

The elder interrupted, "do what I told you! I will taking care of Konzen myself."

"Don't dare to touch him!" yelled Goku.

Nataku nodded for the new command. He had no choice but released Goku and assaulted Goujun.

It's no matter how older Goujun was. Nataku was still being Toushin Taishi. He could defeat the elder in a short time.

On the other side, after Goku was released, he ran to support his guardian. Unfortunately, he was interrupted by the new comers. The boy tried to defend himself, but it's useless. He was captured again.

Konzen saw it and managed to run to the boy, but he was also interrupted by Li Touten. He had no the other choice but made a defense. At the space between the fighting, he glanced at the new comers and realized something.

"Youkai!?" Konzen said unbelievably.

Even Nataku was shocked by the news. "Nani?"

Goujun widened his eyes. "What did you say?"

"Youkai," repeated Konzen. He turned to Li Touten. "Why did you do this? You already knew that youkais don't allow to come here."

Li Touten smirked. "Youkai? You should look at them in more concise before said something like that. They are kami like us."

Konzen looked at those youkais again before glared at Li Touten. "They ARE because you MAKE them to be like that. What do you plan about it?"

Li Touten laughed. "What do you think?" He gave Konzen the question instead of his answer, and sent the younger one to another side of the room with a punch.

"Do you know? You are lucky that I'm not using the sword with you this time," said Li Touten, "I want you to see something before you're gone." He ended his word and moved to Goku who was pressed by the youkais-turn-to-kamis. "I want you to see this." He said, and then rose up his sword in order to decapitate the boy.

Nataku widened his eyes. He was speechless.

Goku closed his eyes and waited for the sword. With a surprise of the boy, there was nothing coming so he opened his eyes for only to see the worst thing in his life. The fact that his head and his neck still had the connection didn't mean Li Touten changed his mind. The truth was more terrible. Konzen took it instead of him.

"KONZEN!" shouted Goku.

The owner of the name was lying on the ground, and covering with the blood, a lot of blood. It became hard to breath in every minute, and for the exhalation, air was replaced by blood. "Ch'." *cough* The blood was coming from Konzen in every time he tried to say something.

"Baka," murmured Goujun. He was captured by Nataku, who was absolutely pale.

"Konzen!" cried Goku. He struggled and tried to escape from his captors, but he failed.

"Bring him away from his master," commanded Li Touten.

As a result, Goku was dragged, and left the distance between him and his guardian.

Li Touten looked at the boy before turned back to Konzen. "Good work, Konzen-douji. Even it's not my plan, but it's still good." He smirked. "In fact I want to kill you myself, with more attention, but this is good enough. I hope you're not mind if you die because of losing too much blood." He pretended to apologize, and turned to Goku. "You are lucky, do you know? Because of your master, I will expand your life for a while," said the elder, "until 'his' life was reaching the ending point."

"Teme!" yelled Goku. He struggled again.

"Do you want us to do something with him?" One of youkais, who captured Goku, asked.

Li Touten shook his head. "No, I'll do it myself." He said heartlessly, and turned to Konzen. "Do you want to say something before you are gone?"

"Of course. 'Thank you very much'," said Konzen sarcastically. As a result, he coughed again.

"Konzen!" It's no matter how hard Goku struggled; he still couldn't be freed and ran to his guardian.

Konzen glanced surprisingly at the boy. Is he really caring of me? And he smiled, the first true smile in his life and it's also the last time. "Be alive, Goku." It was the last word from Konzen. He was gone.

The silent was taken place. There was no sound in the room until Goku broke it. "Konzen? It's not true, right? You can't die, and leave me alone," said the boy. The blood was totally taken from his face. "Ten-chan and Ken-niichan left me, but you don't… do the same with them, right? Answer me, Konzen." It's long time before Goku could admit that his guardian was gone, like his older friends. He panicked.

"KONZEN!!!"

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-Back from five hundred years ago-

"After you… sorry, I mean Konzen, Tenpou and Kenren were gone, Goku couldn't control himself any longer. He broke his diadem and transformed to his true body, Seiten Taisei Son Goku. Then he began to destroy everything including the youkais. He destroyed almost of evidences that could prove my… my father's crimes. At that time, the other kamis came to the jail and saw only what Goku did. My…" Nataku gritted his teeth every time he talked about his father, and that was annoying Gojyo.

"If it's hard to talk about him that much, just stop it," ordered Gojyo.

Nataku shook his head. "No, thanks. But I have to tell you about it, I want to."

"So you can say his name," suggested Hakkai.

"Okay," agreed Nataku. He continued. "When the other kamis came, Li Touten took it as his advantage. He thought that I wouldn't say anything about it. After Kanzeon Bosatsu-sama regenerated Goku's diadem, he lied to the other that Goku was the one who did it. He further said he, Konzen, Tenpou, Kenren, Gojun and me tried to stop Goku, but unluckily four of them were killed by madness Goku. It's no doubt that those kamis believed in him. But he missed something." He paused that gave Sanzo an opportunity to hint.

"You said he 'thought' you wouldn't say anything," said Sanzo.

Nataku nodded, "he thought that I wouldn't say anything, and he was right. I didn't say it because I had to save the survivor, Goujun. Among the disaster that Seiten Taisei Son Goku made, I asked Goujun to pretend to be dead and he accepted my suggestion. I thought Kanzeon Bosatsu-sama also knew about it. As a result, she just suggested caving Goku at the Five-Finger Mountain when the kamis decided to kill him for 'his crime'. Although some kamis didn't agreed with it, but she said until she gained what she want, that is what she told me."

"No wonder," mumbled Sanzo.

"After I helped them to cave Goku and erased his memory, that's all I could bear. I sat at my throne, thought about 'what if', and caved myself at that memory. I never got out from it for five hundred years. That's why I didn't contact you before Goku woke me up," concluded Nataku.

The silent was taking place. Sanzo broke it. "I see."

" When I woke up and Goku went back to Togenkyo, I had to eliminate the paralysis after five hundred years, and regained my power. Among the time, she told me her reason she wanted to cave Goku, that I'll tell you later about it," added Nataku. "She also told me about what happened five hundred years ago." He paused. When there was no one raised a question, he continued. "The month next to the disaster, when Goujun was strong enough. Under the control of Kanzeon Bosatsu-sama, the truth of crime was revealed, as well as the truth that Li Touten wanted to take over Tenkai. The fact was shocking everyone, including the Emperor. He ordered the soldier to capture and imprison his consultant. Unfortunately the day after Li Touten was imprisoned, the jailer found the dusts on the floor and no one saw him after that day."

"He was freed or gone?" asked Gojyo.

Nataku shrugged his shoulders. "No one knew about it."

"I see," said Hakkai.

Sanzo stared at Nataku. "You said that baba told you the reason she proposed to cave Goku. What is it?"

Nataku didn't immediately give an answer. "She said it would be save for him in the cave. It did not only keep him inside it, but also defend him from the other." He paused. "She believed that Li Touten might cooperate with someone, both in Tenkai and Togenkyo, who could damage and take the advantage from Goku if he freed."

"Why didn't she keep him with her in Tenkai?" questioned Hakkai.

"She said she couldn't be with him all the time, that was not safe," replied Nataku, "and without you and his older friends, his memory would hurt him, so she erased it and sent him to the Five-finger Mountain."

Sanzo sighed. "Sou ka."

*End Flashback*

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"Do you want some coffee?" asked Hakkai.

Sanzo glanced and nodded.

"And one cup for me," said Gojyo.

"Hai," replied Hakkai. He turned to Nataku. "Do you want some?"

"No, thanks."

After Sanzo received his coffee from Hakkai, he turned to Nataku. "Do you sure that Goku won't be in Neo-Houto Castle?"

"Yes," answered Nataku, "he should be in the other castle, at the north of main castle. At least it's what Kanzeon Bosatsu-sama told me."

"Why did they bring him to the main castle, and remove him to the other? What do they want to hide from us?" asked Hakkai.

Nataku shook his head. "I don't know."

Gojyo wondered. "Didn't 'she' tell you?"

"She didn't."

"As you told us, she could watch us from her place. Why didn't she know what happen in that castle?" asked Sanzo.

"She didn't said she 'do not' know, but she said she 'do not want' to know," replied Nataku.

"Don't want to?" mumbled Gojyo.

It seemed Nataku hesitated before revealed what Kanzeon Bosatsu told him. "She said it would be funnier to see all of you to find the truth yourself."

Gojyo was speechless, while Hakkai laughed in his usual form.

"Kuzo baba," muttered Sanzo.

-Tenkai-

The vein was popped up on Kanzeon Bosatsu's forehead. "I heard it."

At her background, Jiroshin's sweat dropped with a simper on his face.

-Back to Sanzo-ikkou's room-

"As you said, we will reach the northern castle tomorrow, right?" asked Hakkai.

"Yes," nodded Nataku.

Gojyo grinned. "So tomorrow we will find the saru. What do you think, Sanzo?"

"What did you taking about?" replied Sanzo coldly.

Gojyo teased. "Saru is your pet, and you will see him again tomorrow. What do you feel? … Hey, you don't have to answer with that thing. Do you know?" 'that thing' which the red hair youkai was taking about was Sanzo's famous gun, Smith and Wesson.

"Maa, maa," interrupted Hakkai. "Tomorrow we have to go in early morning. It'd be better to take some sleep now. Right, minna-san?"

"Ch'." Sanzo held back his gun and went to his bed with a relieved sigh of Gojyo.

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On the next day, they continued their journey at the dawn. The half of day was passed, and they finally find their target, the castle.

Hakkai turned to their leader. "What will we do, Sanzo? For my opinion, this place was too silent." There was no any youkais in sight, and that was disturbing Hakkai's mind.

Sanzo took a deep breath with the last cigarette before threw it away. "Iku zo."

Inside the castle was dark and had a musty smell. It looked like there was no the living thing to live here for a year.

"Oi! Is anyone here?" shouted Gojyo. However there was no any answer.

"What did you think you do, baka?" said Sanzo.

The vein was popped up on Gojyo's head. "Oh, sorry. So what is your plan? Sanzo Hoshi-sama."

Before Sanzo could mention anything, Nataku interrupted him. "Do you hear something?"

Hakkai turned around but he still could not hear what the boy told them. "No. What's matter, Nataku?"

"I…" Nataku stopped and continued it again. "This way!" He ended his word and started to run to the east part of the castle.

"What did he think he do?" murmured Gojyo.

Hakkai laughed. "We won't know about it until we follow him. Right, Sanzo?"

"Ch'."

They managed to follow Nataku and reached another hall.

"Why do you lead us to this hall?" asked Hakkai.

Nataku knitted his brows. "I feel there are something here." He turned around when he heard Sanzo's voice.

"Goku!"

"Nani?" Gojyo turned his face to the direction that Sanzo was moving to. "The saru!"

All of them moved to where Goku was. The boy was in the cave, and he just woke up when the other reached him. "Sanzo?"

"Why did you be in there?" asked Gojyo.

Goku shook his head. "I don't know. When I woke up a week ago, I was in here."

The cave that Goku was in was about twenty square meters. It was placed on one corner of the hall.

"We will take you out of there," said Hakkai. He tried to break it but the cave was too strong.

"Leave it to me," said Sanzo. He decided to use his gun. It's work.

"Are you okay?" asked Hakkai. He checked all over the boy's body. There was no wound. He sighed in relief, but he had to surprise when Goku protested.

"No," said Goku, "I'm hungry!"

Gojyo burst in laugh, while Sanzo sighed.

"It's no doubt for you to be hungry when you was fasting for a week," said Hakkai.

Goku shook his head that brought the surprise to the other. "There was someone to give me some food."

"Is there anyone here?" asked Nataku.

Goku nodded. "It's silver hair onee-chan."

Gojyo was stunned for the result.

Goku wondered. "What's matter, Gojyo-san?"

Gojyo stunned again and turned to Hakkai. "Did you hear the same?"

"I afraid to," replied Hakkai. "Why did you call him like that, Goku?"

Goku shrugged his shoulder. "Onee-chan told that I should call the older like that."

The wide smile was put on Gojyo's face. "Good work."

"But why you don't call me Sanzo-san?" asked Sanzo curiously.

Goku was a bit embarrassment when he admitted it. "I forgot. I just woke up anyway."

"Baka," muttered Gojyo.

Before they could continue their talk, there were the new comers in the room.

"Well, well." The man in laboratory suit, who had brown hair and brown eyes, started the new conversation. "Nice to see you again, Konzen-douji."

Sanzo-ikkou quickly turned to the source of the voice, only to be stunned. Nataku widened his eyes. He was speechless. The silent was taking over the room. It left only the smirk of the new comer in laboratory suit.

Sanzo sighed and muttered. "That bastard's still alive."

"It seems to be like that," smirked Gojyo.

"Huh? Do you know him?" amazed Goku.

Hakkai smiled at the boy and nodded. "He is our 'long lost friend'."

Gojyo sighed. "It's really good to see you again. Do you know? I didn't have a chance to say thank you for the last time we met."

Goku turned around, wondering. He didn't understand why they said they are friend, but still had the tense in the air. Although he didn't like the guy in that laboratory suit, he's still wondering the situation. Did they say sarcastically?

"Thanks for killing me," continued Gojyo, "Li Touten."

The elder smirked. "You're welcome." Behind him, there was the Nakuma-ikkou. Sara's face was a bit pale, but it had to look concisely to see the change.

"By the way," said Li Touten, "do you want to say it one more time? Because I afraid I have to kill you again."

"If only you think you can," replied Gojyo. He summoned his Shaku jou. "Goku, you're being with Hakkai."

"Er… Hai!" answered Goku.

As almost the same with the usual couples, Gojyo was with Sara and Hakkai was with Touya. The change was Sanzo was with Li Touten, and his usual opponent cooperated with Nakuma to fight with Nataku. Goku was nearly useless in this battle.

"You should choose your weapon as a sword. Do you know?" suggested Li Touten.

"Ch'." Sanzo fired his gun. But as everyone knew, gun had no effect on kami, including Li Touten. "Why do you be with them?" He mentioned Nakuma-ikkou. "You are kami, aren't you?"

Li Touten smirked… again. "I made a deal with 'her'."

Sanzo knitted his brows. "Her?"

"You are curious," mentioned Li Touten. "Okay, I'll tell you before you die. I made a deal with Gyukumen Koushu since five hundred years ago." He ended his word and disappeared from Sanzo's sight.

Where is he? Sanzo thought, which was interrupted by the voice behind him.

"I hope you don't mind if I'll give you the same wound as five hundred years ago, Konzen-douji," said Li Touten.

Sanzo quickly turned to defend himself, only to be injured at the same place as five hundred years ago. The blood was covering his body.

Goku widened his eyes. He was speechless. Everyone in Sanzo-ikkou stunned for that scene.

"SANZO!!!"

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I finished it. ^^ Sorry again for this late chapter. I hope you will like it. Please read and review.