And so the story continues. Hehe… I made a whole bunch of mistakes in the last chapter. Amazing you didn't notice! Anyways, I'm hoping I could get my ideas organized since I can't write them down. I'm so bad at that. I've got a whole bunch of ideas and I can't, well, never mind.
I must warn you. This chapter is going to be strange. Weird even.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Saiyuki. I'm merely borrowing them for the sake of fun.
The Wings Of Friendship
Chapter 6: The Journey Begins (AN: Finally!)
And as the fiasco at the library ended, signaling the end of the day, Sanzo and the rest went back to the inn where they were staying. Goku was still in bad shape. For the first time they saw how hard it was to fight the illness. Seeing Goku made them realize how very right the old man was. But what the old man said would never dampen their spirits because as long as Goku would fight for his life then so would they to find the cure.
"Let's go to sleep then. Tomorrow, we'll find the cure for sure," said Sanzo.
Hakkai and Gojyo did, implicitly.
* * * * *
"Sanzo, wait for me!"
"Sanzo, hara hetta!"
"Sanzo, itai!"
Goku?
"Sanzo, I'm going with you."
Goku!
"Sanzo, where are we going?"
Goku, where are you?
"Sanzo, is he really bad?"
Goku! Where are you? Let me see you!
"Sanzo, why do you hate the rain?
Come out, Goku!
"Sanzo, are you all right?"
Goku! Goku! Show yourself, please! Goku!
"Sanzo?"
Goku, please…
"Sanzo?"
Goku!
"Sanzo?! Help me, Sanzo! Sanzo! Where…"
Goku, I'm right here! Goku!
//He's not going to live long anymore. //
Who are you? What are you saying?
//And there's no cure still. //
What are you talking about? He'll live. Goku will live.
//You must find it. //
Find? Find what?
//You must. It's the only way. //
I must find what? The cure?
//The cure. All of you must find it. //
We? But there's no cure! It's impossible!
//Journey. You must journey. //
Journey? Where?
//To the West. //
Then Sanzo woke with a start.
The funny thing was, that Hakkai and Gojyo woke up at exactly the same time as Sanzo. Both of them woke with a start. All of them had the same dream. All of them ran towards Goku's room. And all of them bumped into each other.
"Itai! What happened? What are you all doing here?" asked Gojyo.
"What are you doing here," asked Sanzo.
"Ah, I believe the question here is: What are we all doing here?" said Hakkai.
"I had a dream," Sanzo said quietly.
"A dream?" asked Hakkai.
"About Goku?" asked Gojyo.
Sanzo nodded, "Why?"
"I had the same dream as well," Gojyo said a bit hesitantly.
"I guess we all had the same dream." Hakkai laughed.
All eyes then turned to Hakkai. All eyes were wearing confused looks.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Apparently, I also had a dream. About Goku. And a voice."
"Me, too."
"That goes the same for me," said Sanzo.
"What does this mean?"
"I have no idea. But whatever it means, I think we should follow it. Who knows, it might be true," said Gojyo.
"We have no choice," said Sanzo as he stood up.
"Are we going or not?" asked Hakkai also standing up.
"What do you think?" Sanzo said as he walked away.
"I think this is a beginning of a new journey," said Gojyo to Hakkai.
"I think so, too. But who said the first one was over? It isn't over yet, and as long as it's not over, Goku can't die." Said Hakkai as he, too, walked away towards his room.
Gojyo smiled and said, "Yeah, it isn't over yet."
And in the morning off they went on another mission towards the west.
* * * * *
"Hurry up! It's time to leave!" shouted Sanzo.
"Hai. Hai. Sanzo-sama," mocked Gojyo.
"Do you seriously want to die now," threatened Sanzo, placing his gun on Gojyo's forehead.
'I think it's going like it used to be. I hope,' thought Hakkai as he was carrying Goku towards the jeep.
"Gojyo, would you please carry Goku. He needs to lie down,"
"Sure," said Gojyo as he sat at the back of the jeep embracing Goku and placing his head on his chest.
"Thanks," said Hakkai.
"No problem,"
And off they went towards the west.