Turning Against Sanzo
Chapter 5
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Hakkai finally stirred in his ever-lying position and Gojyo have to breathe a sigh of relief. It was already 4 days since the tragedy happened and only Hakkai was the one awake yet. Sanzo was still asleep, with the fallen look on his face like everything that had happened has to be blamed on him. Who knows?
Hakkai sat slowly, with the aid of Gojyo by his side and smiled a sad smile as the events that occurred 4 days ago burned in his memory. It has to be the most tragic event, after the death of his beloved Kana, to see a comrade, a friend, turn against you. To fight a person you didn't want to fight.
They knew that Goku wasn't his usual person at the time. It was pretty obvious that Kougaiji was using him. His usually genki eyes were filled with nothingness in him like he cannot feel anything at all. He was pretty sure that Goku had been brainwashed and everything.
No. There was something. a memory perhaps. A memory of the battle. Something they didn't want to hear.
-Flashback-
"We meet again, Sanzo-ikkou," Kougaiji voiced out.
"Aa. Unfortunately," Gojyo responded back. He whipped out his weapon out of nowhere and stood on guard.
"We've got something to show you first," Kougaiji stepped aside as well as Yaone and Doukugakuji and Goku came into view.
Hakkai and Gojyo were not expecting Goku. Particularly Sanzo.
"Oi saru! What's the meaning of this?" Gojyo shouted at Goku.
"Goku!" Hakkai came next.
Sanzo was silent. He was surprised. No, dumbfounded was the right word to describe Sanzo.
Goku [who already drank the potion] glared at them and stared intently. "Don't call out my name so formally. We are, after all, enemies,"
"Nani?" the three simultaneously said.
Kougaiji posted himself behind Goku and wound his arms around Goku's neck. "Sou. Goku's mine now,"
"Mine,"
Kougaiji wound his arms around Goku's neck tightly, pulling Goku close against him, giving a significant look to a certain monk who glared his way, obvious to the emotion Kougaiji's eyes gives.
Kougaiji lowered his head and whispered something to Goku. He brought his lips to Goku's ear and said something. Goku's eyes darkened for a moment then went back to normal as Kougaiji finished.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Gojyo shouted at Kougaiji. "Why are you on their side, Goku?" he asked almost desperately, wanting to have answers from the brown-haired youth.
Goku released himself from Kougaiji's grasp and mumbled dangerously. "Urusai na,"
"Nani?"
Goku advanced slowly to Gojyo, wanting to attack. A voice stopped him.
"Matte, Goku. Your opponent will be Genjo Sanzo. Your obligation is to get the Evil Sutra, or have you forgotten that?" Kougaiji commanded Goku. At the spur of the moment, Hakkai thought that Goku would start complaining and shouting at Kougaiji that he was not the person that would command him just like that and return to normal. He was wrong.
Goku just heeded the order and nodded, changing his direction to Sanzo. Gojyo tried to stop Goku however Doukugakuji blocked him. Yaone did the same with Hakkai.
Kougaiji stood apart and watched them, a smirk on his lips. "Gomen, Sanzo- ikkou, but today we won't be so friendly,"
"Get out of my way, Doukugaku!" Doukugakuji remained in his place, not moving.
"Gomen, Hakkai-san, but I'm not going to let you escape," Yaone said with a smile as she blocked Hakkai's way out.
"Go, Goku!"
--Goku stopped walking. Sanzo stood on guard as Goku suddenly disappeared.
--Goku reappeared and attacked Sanzo using his staff. Sanzo blocked him using his gun.
--Goku jumped a good two feet away from Sanzo before proceeding to attack again.
--Goku thrust his staff and hit Sanzo's stomach. Sanzo sledded back, using his feet as his breaks then knelt on one knee, clutching his stomach in pain.
--Sanzo stood up, shoulders not balanced, as he held his stomach with his left hand and grips his gun on the other. Goku disappeared once again, reappearing behind Sanzo and kicked him hard, sending him flying, face on the ground.
"Sanzo!" Hakkai and Gojyo shouted at the same time. They both pushed their enemies away and rushed to Sanzo to help him. Sanzo just slapped away their helping hands and stood with a little difficulty. He coughed up blood and spit it to the ground and wiped his mouth.
There was nothing they could do. It was hard to fight against a comrade.
As they looked and stared at Goku, they could only stare in awe as they noticed that Goku felt nothing and said nothing and just stared at them back. As if he was possessed by someone.
'Kougaiji' the name ringed in their heads.
"Oi! Kougaiji! What did you do to Goku?" Gojyo asked almost forcefully to Kougaiji.
Kougaiji only laughed. "Nothing much. And besides, I didn't do anything to Goku. It was his choice,"
Sanzo's eyes widened for a second and returned to normal when he chose not to believe what Kougaiji had said.
"Uso da!"
"Uso ja nai. You could ask Goku if you want," Kougaiji told them, eyes full of victory.
Hakkai turned serious. "How can we be sure if Goku would tell us the truth. He isn't even himself now,"
Yaone interrupted. "Daijobou desu. It is true that Goku-san drank a potion which will enable him to follow the orders of the person whose blood is mixed in it, but on the other hand, it is also a truth serum which verifies that all your questions would be answered with only the truth,"
"Sou ka? Dewa," Hakkai turned to Sanzo. "Sanzo, onegaishimasu,"
Sanzo couldn't think for a minute on what to ask. He couldn't believe him otherwise. Whether it's the truth or not, he couldn't take the pressure being pressed on him.
"Sanzo?"
Sanzo took a deep breath. "Baka saru, why are you on their side now?"
"Ch! Why are you asking me that now? I don't suppose you forgot why." Goku said in a low but dangerous voice directed at Sanzo. Even if he couldn't control his body, his mind was still intact with all the answers they want to find out. The conclusion of drinking the potion.
[What am I saying.? Even if it is the truth.no, I don't want to.]
Sanzo's mind reeled back, remembering the time they had fought and Goku ran away. It was the inevitable, that he chose to doubt Goku and resort to accusing him of betrayal. But only if he knew that things would turn out like this, he wouldn't have done that.
I guess it was fate. It was destiny's decision that made them what they are now.
If only people could turn back time.
"What is he saying, Sanzo? Is there something we don't know that you should've told us?" Gojyo asked Sanzo in a panicked kind of voice. Even he didn't want this situation to happen. He owed Goku a lot. And he wouldn't, couldn't deny that fact.
Goku's face gave out a smirk. "What now, Sanzo? Afraid to tell the truth?"
Sanzo clenched his fists at his sides and looked murderously at Goku.
"Even if I wanted to, it just a waste of time. I'm only here to take the sutra. And get it, I will," Goku disappeared again and without warning, he reappeared in front of Sanzo and was knocked Sanzo down with a blow on his head. Goku walked towards Sanzo and waited for the sutra to disengage itself from Sanzo. When it did, Goku took it in his hands and turned away.
Sanzo wanted to get up, but was weak from the final blow Goku gave him and all the pains of the blows Goku gave him earlier was beginning to weigh him down.
"It's all your fault why I'm like this now," was the last sentence Goku made before he left.
At that, Sanzo lost consciousness.
-End of Flashback-
They lost the chance to hear the entire story, but what mattered to them at that moment was Sanzo's well being. Still unable to believe the things that had happened four days ago, they had to. It happened.
One thing still unsettles Hakkai and Gojyo. The one they still haven't heard.
The truth. The reason why Goku was like that. They guessed it had something to do at the night Goku ran away. But what?
Both of them wanted to hear the answers as soon as possible but can't since Sanzo was still unconscious. He must've had it worst.
Hakkai lay silently, with Gojyo beside him, not knowing what else would happen.
TBC
A/n: So sorry for the very long delay to all you, but I haven't got the chance finish this chapter until now, but I wanted this chapter to be a bit longer than the others, though as I can see, it wasn't. So sorry again.
And another million sorry because the next chapter will most probably come out either at October, or December or even next year. However, I promise to continue this story as early as I can, if schedule permits me to do so. Don't lose hope!
Well, thank you for the people who emailed me and told me that they wanted me to continue as well as the other people who reviewed chapter 4 in ff.net.
ADC, minna!
***
Hakkai finally stirred in his ever-lying position and Gojyo have to breathe a sigh of relief. It was already 4 days since the tragedy happened and only Hakkai was the one awake yet. Sanzo was still asleep, with the fallen look on his face like everything that had happened has to be blamed on him. Who knows?
Hakkai sat slowly, with the aid of Gojyo by his side and smiled a sad smile as the events that occurred 4 days ago burned in his memory. It has to be the most tragic event, after the death of his beloved Kana, to see a comrade, a friend, turn against you. To fight a person you didn't want to fight.
They knew that Goku wasn't his usual person at the time. It was pretty obvious that Kougaiji was using him. His usually genki eyes were filled with nothingness in him like he cannot feel anything at all. He was pretty sure that Goku had been brainwashed and everything.
No. There was something. a memory perhaps. A memory of the battle. Something they didn't want to hear.
-Flashback-
"We meet again, Sanzo-ikkou," Kougaiji voiced out.
"Aa. Unfortunately," Gojyo responded back. He whipped out his weapon out of nowhere and stood on guard.
"We've got something to show you first," Kougaiji stepped aside as well as Yaone and Doukugakuji and Goku came into view.
Hakkai and Gojyo were not expecting Goku. Particularly Sanzo.
"Oi saru! What's the meaning of this?" Gojyo shouted at Goku.
"Goku!" Hakkai came next.
Sanzo was silent. He was surprised. No, dumbfounded was the right word to describe Sanzo.
Goku [who already drank the potion] glared at them and stared intently. "Don't call out my name so formally. We are, after all, enemies,"
"Nani?" the three simultaneously said.
Kougaiji posted himself behind Goku and wound his arms around Goku's neck. "Sou. Goku's mine now,"
"Mine,"
Kougaiji wound his arms around Goku's neck tightly, pulling Goku close against him, giving a significant look to a certain monk who glared his way, obvious to the emotion Kougaiji's eyes gives.
Kougaiji lowered his head and whispered something to Goku. He brought his lips to Goku's ear and said something. Goku's eyes darkened for a moment then went back to normal as Kougaiji finished.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Gojyo shouted at Kougaiji. "Why are you on their side, Goku?" he asked almost desperately, wanting to have answers from the brown-haired youth.
Goku released himself from Kougaiji's grasp and mumbled dangerously. "Urusai na,"
"Nani?"
Goku advanced slowly to Gojyo, wanting to attack. A voice stopped him.
"Matte, Goku. Your opponent will be Genjo Sanzo. Your obligation is to get the Evil Sutra, or have you forgotten that?" Kougaiji commanded Goku. At the spur of the moment, Hakkai thought that Goku would start complaining and shouting at Kougaiji that he was not the person that would command him just like that and return to normal. He was wrong.
Goku just heeded the order and nodded, changing his direction to Sanzo. Gojyo tried to stop Goku however Doukugakuji blocked him. Yaone did the same with Hakkai.
Kougaiji stood apart and watched them, a smirk on his lips. "Gomen, Sanzo- ikkou, but today we won't be so friendly,"
"Get out of my way, Doukugaku!" Doukugakuji remained in his place, not moving.
"Gomen, Hakkai-san, but I'm not going to let you escape," Yaone said with a smile as she blocked Hakkai's way out.
"Go, Goku!"
--Goku stopped walking. Sanzo stood on guard as Goku suddenly disappeared.
--Goku reappeared and attacked Sanzo using his staff. Sanzo blocked him using his gun.
--Goku jumped a good two feet away from Sanzo before proceeding to attack again.
--Goku thrust his staff and hit Sanzo's stomach. Sanzo sledded back, using his feet as his breaks then knelt on one knee, clutching his stomach in pain.
--Sanzo stood up, shoulders not balanced, as he held his stomach with his left hand and grips his gun on the other. Goku disappeared once again, reappearing behind Sanzo and kicked him hard, sending him flying, face on the ground.
"Sanzo!" Hakkai and Gojyo shouted at the same time. They both pushed their enemies away and rushed to Sanzo to help him. Sanzo just slapped away their helping hands and stood with a little difficulty. He coughed up blood and spit it to the ground and wiped his mouth.
There was nothing they could do. It was hard to fight against a comrade.
As they looked and stared at Goku, they could only stare in awe as they noticed that Goku felt nothing and said nothing and just stared at them back. As if he was possessed by someone.
'Kougaiji' the name ringed in their heads.
"Oi! Kougaiji! What did you do to Goku?" Gojyo asked almost forcefully to Kougaiji.
Kougaiji only laughed. "Nothing much. And besides, I didn't do anything to Goku. It was his choice,"
Sanzo's eyes widened for a second and returned to normal when he chose not to believe what Kougaiji had said.
"Uso da!"
"Uso ja nai. You could ask Goku if you want," Kougaiji told them, eyes full of victory.
Hakkai turned serious. "How can we be sure if Goku would tell us the truth. He isn't even himself now,"
Yaone interrupted. "Daijobou desu. It is true that Goku-san drank a potion which will enable him to follow the orders of the person whose blood is mixed in it, but on the other hand, it is also a truth serum which verifies that all your questions would be answered with only the truth,"
"Sou ka? Dewa," Hakkai turned to Sanzo. "Sanzo, onegaishimasu,"
Sanzo couldn't think for a minute on what to ask. He couldn't believe him otherwise. Whether it's the truth or not, he couldn't take the pressure being pressed on him.
"Sanzo?"
Sanzo took a deep breath. "Baka saru, why are you on their side now?"
"Ch! Why are you asking me that now? I don't suppose you forgot why." Goku said in a low but dangerous voice directed at Sanzo. Even if he couldn't control his body, his mind was still intact with all the answers they want to find out. The conclusion of drinking the potion.
[What am I saying.? Even if it is the truth.no, I don't want to.]
Sanzo's mind reeled back, remembering the time they had fought and Goku ran away. It was the inevitable, that he chose to doubt Goku and resort to accusing him of betrayal. But only if he knew that things would turn out like this, he wouldn't have done that.
I guess it was fate. It was destiny's decision that made them what they are now.
If only people could turn back time.
"What is he saying, Sanzo? Is there something we don't know that you should've told us?" Gojyo asked Sanzo in a panicked kind of voice. Even he didn't want this situation to happen. He owed Goku a lot. And he wouldn't, couldn't deny that fact.
Goku's face gave out a smirk. "What now, Sanzo? Afraid to tell the truth?"
Sanzo clenched his fists at his sides and looked murderously at Goku.
"Even if I wanted to, it just a waste of time. I'm only here to take the sutra. And get it, I will," Goku disappeared again and without warning, he reappeared in front of Sanzo and was knocked Sanzo down with a blow on his head. Goku walked towards Sanzo and waited for the sutra to disengage itself from Sanzo. When it did, Goku took it in his hands and turned away.
Sanzo wanted to get up, but was weak from the final blow Goku gave him and all the pains of the blows Goku gave him earlier was beginning to weigh him down.
"It's all your fault why I'm like this now," was the last sentence Goku made before he left.
At that, Sanzo lost consciousness.
-End of Flashback-
They lost the chance to hear the entire story, but what mattered to them at that moment was Sanzo's well being. Still unable to believe the things that had happened four days ago, they had to. It happened.
One thing still unsettles Hakkai and Gojyo. The one they still haven't heard.
The truth. The reason why Goku was like that. They guessed it had something to do at the night Goku ran away. But what?
Both of them wanted to hear the answers as soon as possible but can't since Sanzo was still unconscious. He must've had it worst.
Hakkai lay silently, with Gojyo beside him, not knowing what else would happen.
TBC
A/n: So sorry for the very long delay to all you, but I haven't got the chance finish this chapter until now, but I wanted this chapter to be a bit longer than the others, though as I can see, it wasn't. So sorry again.
And another million sorry because the next chapter will most probably come out either at October, or December or even next year. However, I promise to continue this story as early as I can, if schedule permits me to do so. Don't lose hope!
Well, thank you for the people who emailed me and told me that they wanted me to continue as well as the other people who reviewed chapter 4 in ff.net.
ADC, minna!