Disclaimer: Nah…I don't own Saiyuki……
Chapter 6
They were all there at the agreed time and place.
"Whose car are we taking?" asked Gokuh.
"We're walking. Cars make too much noise"
"What?!!!" exclaimed Gokuh
…………………THWACK………………
"Shut the hell up!!"
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They arrived at Prof. Niagoshi's house, to find that the house was totally in darkness and not a sound could be heard coming from the inside.
"I guess he's out partying!"
The others glared at Gojyo to keep his mouth shut. Hakkai produced a hair pin from his pocket, straightened it and inserted it in the lock; a few seconds later a click was heard and the door opened.
"Where do we star?" whispered Gokuh.
Sanzo was starting to get irritated by the monkey's silly questions "Haven't you learned anything from your past life?! The Basement!!"
"Yeah, Right!!"
They tiptoed in the darkness and after a good deal of bumping into furniture and hushing each other they found the door leading to the basement. Using a dim flash light they went down the creaking stairs. In the basement lying there was the sutra.
"Right! Let's end this once and for all" Sanzo moved towards the sutra taking it in his hands...
"Tsk…Tsk…Tsk...Wouldn't advise you to do that Omori or should I call you Genjo Sanzo, now?"
"So time hasn't screwed up your memory, eh Ni?"
"Wrong!! That will get you a B in your next assignment…Ni was my ancestor; I am Hiro Niagoshi! And I am here to fulfill Ni's mission…to make this world a living hell…with Gyumaho as its ruler…Of course…there is personal gain in all of this as usual…I will have all the power and glory I have always wanted"; he let out a devilish laugh…"I found Ni's diary…all his experiments about previous attempts for Gyumaho's resurrection were in there…I read it!!! The plans where perfect…but you had to spoil it all!! You: a monk, a weakling, a pervert and a stupid monkey…ruined it all with your bloody peace keeping mission! But you won't win again!!!"
Ni flicked his fingers and a tall lean figure emerged from a dark corner.
"Kougaji?"
"I suppose you could call him that…they had taken samples of his DNA for part of the experiment and since I happened to find those samples too I thought I'd have some fun and clone your little friend…Attack them!! Now!!"
As swift as a jolt of thunder, Kougajgi had delivered a powerful blow to Sanzo's stomach and snatched the sutra from his hands…Gokuh tried to fight him off as best as he could but all was in vain…the demon was faster and more powerful then the last time they had battled. Gojyo's blows and Hakkai's Aiki techniques proved to be just as useless.
Then suddenly gunshot filled the room and a scream filled the air as the sutra, its material already fragile and damaged due to the passing of time...thorn beyond redemption by Sanzo's bullets transformed itself into a thousand tiny fragments and vanished.
The demon looked at Sanzo, still on the ground barely able to hold his gun.
"You'll pay for this!!!" Kougaji took out his katana and made a dash towards Sanzo.
But Gokuh was faster….he was there before him…he had succeeded…Sanzo was OK. A tremendous pain shot through his side and he coughed….blood…
"Gokuh!! No!!!" Sanzo was shocked "This can't be happening!!!" he thought. Regaining his strength he pulled the trigger and Kougaji fell down…lifeless…his body then exploded into a multitude of fragments and vanished just like the sutra had done.
"Gokuh" Hakkai was kneeling down, the boy's head resting on his lap, his voice shook and his eyes were full of tears.
"Sanzo! You…didn't..die…I..made ..it…I'm..so.." Gokuh coughed up blood.
"It can't end this way…Son Gokuh…you can't just leave…" Sanzo knelt down next to the golden eyed boy and gently stroked his hair "It can't end this way…do you hear me..It just can't..." he whispered almost pleading…
"Leave it…no use anyway…Sanzo…thank you for freeing me from the mountain…thank you for being….my….sun" and the pair of golden eyes closed.
Hakkai: Sniff…sniff…do you have a tissue?
Kenren T: (Blows her nose) Sniff…sniff…here have one….hope you people liked this….epilogue is very short but I thought I'd write it anyhow…sniff…sniff…if you're sniffing as much as we two are (I know that's not very probable considering I'm not an excellent action scene writer) or if you just hate a sad ending …I recommend that you do read the epilogue…..