Disclaimer: I do not own Saiyuki by any means…I only own them in my dreams (^_^)
A/N: ello dear readers, it's me again…WELCOME TO CHAPPIE TWO!!!! First of all, I want to thank those who reviewed the first chapter…Thank You…Thank You…Thank You…Thank You!!! once again…this fic is about Sanzo…GASP!!!…Sanzo MUST leave his "friends" Hakkai, Gojyo and Goku??!!!!… this happened after the Gensomaden Saiyuki TV series [when they defeated Homura and now they're on their way to finish their business with Kougaiji…which means Sanzo already know about their Gaiden life]…hope that you'll like it…(^_~) [by the way…this fic do not…I repeat…DO NOT…contain yaoi madness or Shounen-ai…but if you want…{smiles slyly with innocent eyes shining, heavenly wings flapping, and halo shining on head}]
TRY THIS [If you want to only and if you're interested]…I found this picture somewhere in the many websites of Saiyuki, It's from the first opening song of Gensomaden Saiyuki [for real], it's the picture with the full moon background and the whole room is covered with beautiful blue light caused by the moonlight {sweatdrops} and Sanzo was standing somewhere in the left-hand corner with his back against Goku, Gojyo and Hakkai, who's together on the other corner…well it kinda summarized the whole story of Value of Friendship…and if you have that picture, try to stare at it for a moment and you will feel the mood more for this chapter…well, if you're not interested, just read on and you will find out why I'm recommending this…(^_^)…[this is not that important anyway]
p.s. Gomen x 10000 to the nth power if ever there are wrong grammar and bad stuff like that [I suck in grammar…I don't focus much in my English subject…GOMEN]…so please don't be too harsh on me k? (^_~) tao lang ako…nagkakamali din! [I'm only human…I make mistakes too]…so let's begin…
VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP CHAPTER II: a night to decide By dragon_wing_master The full moon from outside the window made a cerulean glow in the silent room. The only sound that could be heard is the hum of the crickets and the gust of wind blowing gently…making the leaves of the bamboo rustle. Myriad of stars paint the dark sky beautifully like sparkling diamonds. Yes… it was a peaceful night…so still…so tranquil…so serene… …but not for everyone… It was Sanzo; he was sitting on the window ledge smoking cigarettes, he was wearing his black spandex, with the top part of his robes hanging down his waist. …even if the night's so peaceful… something's bothering him. Come to think of it, his companions must be asleep right now in their rooms; actually, everyone in the inn must be asleep right now except for him. He tried his best to sleep a couple of times, but he just can't and end up twisting and turning in bed.He looked outside…the shadows seems to play in the moonlight and dance in the landscape. three days left…three days…three days…and I might never see them again… Sanzo said to himself. He threw his cigarette outside the window. What am I doing?!…all that they're asking me is just to leave them…how come leaving them is such a burden to me?…I know we've been together for quite long…but…Sanzo shook his head…Chi'…What the hell am I thinking?…me?… their friend?…after how I treated them?…like my servants?…No way! Sanzo sighed then he closed his eyes What to do?… What to do?… Think Sanzo…Think!…Darn it!…how come I can't think clearly!?…so he opened his eyes again and was surprised to find out that he was not sitting on the windowpane any longer…actually he is not even in his room anymore…
"So…have you decided?…" It was the San-Butsu-Shin. Sanzo was in the place with the waterfalls again, the same place where they've met before.
"Ch'…disturbing me in the middle of the night…" Sanzo said, hiding the surprised look in his face. "How come you're asking me for a reply already? As far as I can remember…I still have three days to decide…Oh!…I forgot!…It was God's orders!…it's kinda ironic because that God is asking me to decide in something that I don't even have a choice!" He said sarcastically.
"We disturbed you?…" said the middle one. "We've been watching you for quite a long time already…and we can see that something, has been disturbing you for the past few days…something's bothering you Sanzo…we can sense it…what…"
"That's none of your business" Sanzo said flatly. "So, is that the only thing you're going to tell me?" Sanzo said changing the topic.
"There is one more thing…" said the one on the right. "It seems that god is planning something so that you could make up your mind about leaving your companions faster"
Sanzo looked down and closed his eyes…"Chi'…is he that desperate for me to leave Hakkai, Goku and Gojyo?" Sanzo said, he opened his eyes and looked directly at the three. "Then tell him that he should not worry because…I…I…I…"
…but then…Somehow… Sanzo cannot seem to finish his words…he could feel that something is stopping him, he's confused, he want to speak, but the words will not come out of his mouth.
"Have you accepted the fact that you have no choice but to leave them Sanzo?…" the middle one said with a smile on his face to finish what Sanzo was about to say. "I don't think you have…I don't think you're ready to leave your friends…"
"How many times do I have to tell you that they're not my friends but my servants!" Sanzo retorted. "I can leave them any time I want! I just…I just…I just need MORE TIME!!" Sanzo said.
"Well…if you're planning to leave them, you must do it fast" Said the one on the left. "It's because bad things will happen if you will stick together longer" she added, glint of loneliness and concern in her eyes
"What?" Sanzo said quite surprised.
"We're just warning you, You know that God wants his orders obeyed, we would like to help you, but…this is the only way we can help…by warning you…" the middle one said.
"Time is running fast, you must decide Sanzo…you must decide…before things get worse…" They said and before Sanzo knew it…they disappeared into thin air and the waterfalls are no more.
Sanzo was back in his room again, sitting on the window ledge. It was quiet…except for the sound of a hooting owl nearby. It seems that the wind grew stronger and he felt the chill run down his spine.
"DAMN IT!" He said. "Curse you!…Curse you all!…And I don't need any help!…" He shouted.
Sanzo's voice echoed in the room…he forgot that everyone is asleep except for him; he hoped that no one woke up because of his shouting. Sanzo sighed; he has more questions to ask. He has never been this confused all his life! First, he thought that working with Hakkai, Goku and Gojyo is a bad idea…but now…but now…he can't seem to explain it, but whatever the reason, he just can't decide if he's ready to leave…
Then…suddenly… something alerted him…he heard a little rustle, some silent footsteps and the sound of someone breathing which told him that someone is outside his bedroom door, someone seems to be eavesdropping. He readied his gun, walked silently towards the door…youkais! Thinking they could outsmart us by attacking when we're not on guard…hmph…such fools!…now you're dead meat!…Sanzo said to himself. He crept silently; he was near the doorknob now…just a little bit more…he reached for the doorknob…turned the knob slowly…opened the door swiftly and readied his self to attack…
…he points his gun and was ready to shoot, only to surprise himself.
There were no enemies in sight…only a pair of frightened golden eyes…it was Goku…
Sanzo's eyebrows twitched as his other hand reached for his harisen…"KONO BAKA SARU!" He shouted.
Goku closed his eyes and crouched, waiting for the big hit. Sanzo was about to hit him with the harisen when his own words suddenly echoed in his mind…three days left…three days…three days left and after that you will not see them anymore…
Sanzo sighed as he put down his harisen and looked at Goku…his eyes still closed.
"Ch'…just don't scare me like that again" He said as he walked towards the middle of the room then sat on his bed. Goku opened his eyes, amazed about what happened. He stroked his head…no pain, no scratch, no mark from the beastly fan.
"What are you doing still awake late at night?" Sanzo asked the surprised Goku.
"I…I…I was…." Goku stuttered. Sanzo eyed him suspiciously… "Well…?" he said, holding the harisen, making sure that Goku could see him flapping it, making a nasty swishing sound.
"I was hungry!" Goku blurted out. "…So I decided to go look for…er…food…"
Sanzo looked at him, "The truth, Goku…" Sanzo said, still flapping the harisen, "THE TRUTH…"
"…er…the truth?…It's just that I'm hungry…that's all" Goku said, staring on the floor.
"I know that you always think about food…but I don't think that's the case here…" Sanzo said, eying him dangerously.
Goku then stared into Sanzo's eyes, they look like dangerous daggers ready to pierce his flesh…Sanzo is very serious now; he must not make him angry.
"It's just that…"Goku stated, walking closer towards Sanzo. He looked outside the window, innocent golden orbs reflected beautifully by the moonlight. "Yes…continue…" Sanzo said while looking at his harisen.
"It's just that…I…I…" Goku said, weariness present in his golden eyes. "…I had a nightmare…" He said looking deeply at Sanzo. "I can't sleep Sanzo…I had a very bad dream…a very very bad dream…that's why I went here, then I hear you shouting so I hesitated but you opened the door and…"Goku said, words trailing.
"Ch'…you expect me to put you to sleep…what do you want me to do…sing you a lullaby?!" Sanzo said sardonically. Goku did not reply. The room became silent…so quiet…that it became deafening.
The deafening silence was only broken when a gust of wind entered the room and brought some dried leaves inside.
…and then…at that very moment… Sanzo was caught by surprise when suddenly, Goku did the unexpected…he walked closer towards Sanzo…then Goku hugged him very tight…and Goku burst into tears…
"It was a bad dream Sanzo…a terrible dream!…" Goku said in between sobs. "I dreamt that you leave me behind Sanzo…" he added, tears running down his cheeks. "I was all alone…you left me!…I'm alone…and it was so dark…so dark!…I was so afraid…there's no light!…no sun!" Goku said, crying in Sanzo's arms.
Sanzo was taken aback…he don't know how to react… he don't know what to say next…he was just sitting there, in his bed… in Goku's tight embrace. He want to shove Goku off him…but he just can't…
Then a familiar voice echoed in his ears…can you still be the sun for him?
He looked around, but there's no one there, only Goku, still crying in his arms, tears streaming.
"That will never happen, right?" Goku whispered to Sanzo, streaks of tears still on his face. "You will never leave us, right?"
Sanzo looked at Goku, he was like an innocent child now whose head lies on his chest.
What will I do now? Can I still be his sun? I must decide…three days left…three…Sanzo thinks to his self before he whispered,
"Of course…that will never happen…", Sanzo whispered as he run his hand on Goku's chocolate brown hair and give him a gentle pat… "You will only be left behind if you're slow…Goku?…Goku?…"
Sanzo felt Goku's weight became heavier…Goku was asleep.
"Ch'…baka saru…" Sanzo said.
He carried Goku to his own room and laid him in his bed. He was sleeping soundly, so peaceful that Sanzo watched him for some time. He was sleeping like a gentle lamb, but there were tears in his cheeks. Sanzo wiped it off with his hands. Then he put a blanket on Goku's body…and gave him a gentle pat on the head. This will be the first time Sanzo tucked Goku into bed…and could be the last…
Oyasumi…bid Sanzo. He closed the door of Goku's room, he could hear inside that Goku started to snore…Ch'…you will never change…Sanzo said with his rare smile on his face and went back to his own room.
He sat on the window ledge again and opened another pack of cigarettes. He looked outside, be his sun…Sanzo thought. He took his lighter and lighted a cigarette. He smoked circles and said, "I must find out about it tomorrow…yes…tomorrow I must get all my answers…" Sanzo looked at the full moon…it was beautiful yet mystic and eerie at the same time…it was a lovely and peaceful night, yet that very night…Sanzo didn't sleep… he stayed awake. He can't wait for the sun to rise…what's the worst that can happen?…
…meanwhile…somewhere in heaven…
Ripples formed beautifully in the pond, forming dancing circles in the water. The fragrance of exquisite flowers fills the room. The sun bathes the room with delicate light, radiating the beauty of the place…
"Kanzeon Bosatsu…the Three Aspects delivered the message successfully…" Jiroushin announced to the goddess.
The goddess just smiled, she was busy looking at the images formed in the pond.
Jiroushin stood there on the spot, looking at the face of Kanzeon. He could see that she's smiling in a weird way…a very sly way…and this made Jiroushin very uneasy.
"Why are you staring at me like that my Jiroushin?…" Kanzeon spoke all of a sudden; her eyes still glued to the images in the pond. She spoke so suddenly that it startled Jiroushin.
Jiroushin didn't know how he will ask the goddess of mercy; but he was so curious…and he know that the goddess is up to something again…
"Kanzeon Bosatsu…you don't mind me asking…?" Jiroushin stuttered; it's like his tongue was being twisted this way and that. He swallowed hard and continued, "…are you…up to something again?"
The goddess just chuckled. "Why ask such a question, Jiroushin?" she said, this time she looked at her confidant.
"Kanzeon…I don't want to be rude or something, not that I'm being rude or something, but I've noticed, not that I'm spying or eavesdropping or whatever you're thinking that I'm doing though it's not that important, but I've seen that smile of yours plenty of times and…" Jiroushin said this very fast like the devil's chasing him.
"Wait…wait…wait…Now that's being rude" Kanzeon said still smiling slyly. "Why don't you take a deep breath and tell me…you know how much I trust you…Ne Jiroushin?" she said, sly smile still present on her face.
Jiroushin gulped. "Kanzeon, I just noticed that you're not even concerned about what's happening below…and you're not even concerned that god ordered you, of all people; to have your voices, the three aspects, deliver his orders, and I thought that you're against his orders, but still, you obeyed him and sent the San-butsu-shin- to deliver the message… it's just confusing…so, I thought that you're up to something …er…am I right?" Jiroushin finished his sentence and took a deep breath of fresh air; it's like having a thorn removed from his chest.
Kanzeon smiled "True…I have something in mind…and this will be something good to watch…"she said, looking at the pond again.
"You don't mind if you tell me…" Jiroushin said but before he could finish, Kanzeon spoke again…
"I gave him an offer he cannot refuse…" she said.
"You gave what a what?" Jiroushin asked, dumbfounded.
The goddess smiled again, "I said… I gave that god an offer he cannot refuse"
Jiroushin gulped, he know that this will be bad… "…and… what…is…that?"
Kanzeon eyed Jiroushin slyly; those eyes gave Jiroushin the creeps…like the coldest of cold ice is being dropped in his back.
"I told him that I will handle the case about Sanzo's separation with his companions…and he agreed…"
Jiroushin gave a sign of relief, good…and I thought that something bad will happen… he said to his self, but his thoughts was shuttered like a mirror broken into tiny shards when Kanzeon continued…
"…but on one condition…" she said. Jiroushin froze in terror when she heard the next thing Kanzeon said… "…I have to give him a fighting god if I failed…"
Jiroushin felt his knees seemed to shiver, he asked on a shaky voice, "what?"
"Simple, I told him that if I could prove that Sanzo values their friendship more than any thing else, meaning…Sanzo decided to stay instead of leaving his companions and learn true friendship in the five days allotted to him, which, by the way, he only have three days left, then Sanzo will continue the journey to the west normally with Hakkai, Goku and Gojyo…but if Sanzo unfortunately decided to leave…"Kanzeon looked at Jiroushin, "I have no choice but to give him a fighting god…and Sanzo will be separated from Goku, Hakkai and Gojyo…forever…"
Jiroushin was shocked…he don't know what to say…It took him a while before he found the courage to speak again. "…and what if you fail?… exactly how will you give him a fighting god…you know that the only way to have a fighting god is for a human to…GASP!…you're not planning to…"
Kanzeon just nodded.
"…you're not…going…to…DO IT…with…a…human…right???" Jiroushin asked in panic.
Kanzeon laughed. "No you silly, I'm NOT going to do it with a human…."
Jiroushin give a sigh of relief, "Good, I thought that you're…"
"…BECAUSE YOU"RE THE ONE WHO'S GOING TO DO IT!!!" Kanzeon replied to Jiroushin slyly.
"I WHAT??!!!!!!" Jiroushin said in reply. "Kanzeon…I…I…I…"
Kanzeon just laughed, she just liked the way Jiroushin looks like whenever he panics. "I'm just kidding! How could you be so gullible?" Kanzeon said still laughing.
Jiroushin just sweat dropped. He looked at Kanzeon, full of concern. Kanzeon is still laughing. "You know that this is not a laughing matter Goddess of Mercy, what if you fail?" Jiroushin said. "and what if god do something…something terrible… to make Sanzo leave his companions?"
Kanzeon just looked at the pond. "Well Jiroushin…I guess we just have to trust them…we must have more faith in Sanzo" She said. She took a lotus flower and dropped it on the pond. The ripples formed beautiful circles on the surface of the water and the picture of Sanzo sitting on the window ledge was formed.
Don't fail me Sanzo…don't stop being the sun…good luck my nephew…
To be continued…
A/N: yippee! Chapter two is finished!…I hope that you like it…please review…PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW (^_^) and watch out for chapter three!!! By the way, I have a new fic, my third fic, if you love poetry then my third fic is a must-read for you, the title is "Open up ur mind…ur heart", It's kinda cute even if it's a little weird, hope that you'll read it too and review (^_~), please review this chapter…please please please, and if ever you don't like it, you have comments whatsoever…please don't be harsh on me, I'm only human you know (^_^) you can always say it nicely ne?