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Chapter- 02:

Sanzo sat there shocked. Gojyo and Hakkai had already finished off the rest of the youkais and turned around to stare at him. Sanzo couldn't move any of his muscles as he felt warm tears making their way down his face. Goku. his mind screamed. He then thought of Goku's last words.

"I love you Sanzo"

~*~*~Flashback~*~*~Sanzo's Point of view "NO GOKU! Try to stay awake okay.", I said soothingly. "Please, we will get up okay". Goku opened his eyes slightly and looked straight into my eyes and then he did something I wasn't expecting at that moment in time...he smiled his warm smile and mumbled something loud enough so that I could only hear.

"I love you Sanzo", He whispered. ~*~*~End Flashback~*~*~

Gojyo and Hakkai stared at the monk for atleast a minute. They too were shocked at the scene that just played in front of their eyes and they couldn't do anything about it. They were speechless. Gojyo gathered himself together and motioned Hakkai to approach the monk. Hakkai hesitated but slowly dragged his foot towards Sanzo with his arms forward as if Sanzo would collapse any moment. He halted as Sanzo rose to his feet and headed towards Jiipuu. His face was hidden but he was visibly shaking.

"Goku can't be dead. it's just. not possible.", was all Sanzo said. Why did you have to do that to protect me Goku? He thought sadly. I don't deserve your love.

"S-Sanz-zo.", Hakkai stuttered. No answer. He walked straight passed Hakkai without a word and at that point Gojyo was loosing it. His anger boiled up to its limit at the disgraceful sight of the monk. He grabbed Sanzo by his collar and screamed,

"What the HELL is wrong with you?! Why are you being so stubborn?! Drop the act will you?! How could Goku be alive?! I know the Saru is tough but.but.". No reply came but his only response was that he shut his eyes and listened.



Sanzo. his eyes snapped opened when he heard his saru's call and he moved over and climbed into Jiipuu.





"He's not dead. I can hear his call", was all Sanzo said. Gojyo removed his hand, sighed and climbed into the back seat. Hakkai watched the commotion and smiled, Sanzo is really not going to give up and they are going to find Goku.





BANG!!!! A bullet went past Hakkai's head, "are you coming or not?", Sanzo snapped. "If you would rather stay here.", he raised his gun to level with the other two "I will make sure that you will remain here forever." Sweat drops appear behind Gojyo and Hakkai's head and Hakkai hurried onto Jipuu without another word. Jiipuu squeaked once and set off back down the cliff path with a flicker of hope in their minds.

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A/N: sorry about the short chapter. I'll *try* to make them longer. Please R&R. Thanks