By: Ami
Beta Reader: kitsune-oni
-- One Day Miracle --Chapter 5 of 5 – Almost Perfect
Some of you might get freaked out later, so I'll repeat it to you: Happy ending guaranteed.
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! – Well, I'm a Chinese so I am celebrating it now! *grins*
Greetings to reviewers:
Miracle*me
May I have your email address onegai? Or at least tell me where I can send this fic to you because it's specially dedicated to you! *puppy eyes* Onegai?
Hakkai-san
Whoa! You must be the real Hakkai! XD How could you change your expression so quickly?! He he… sorry for torturing Sanzou. I enjoyed it VERY MUCH. XD XD *holds hands* Let's torture Sanzou together. Or shall we build a 'Let's Torture Our Dear Bouzu' Club? Isn't it a great idea? *shimmering eyes* XD XD XD
dream-eater-is-hungry
Wai! Thanks for the kind comment! ^^ I'm happy that you think I can mix the two different things in one chapter! I'm so touched that I want to upload it a.s.a.p! ^^ Actually when I uploaded chapter 4, I hadn't finished the chapter 5. That's why I couldn't predict when will I upload this chapter. Thanks for reading! Hope you'll be satisfied with the ending!
gallatica
Gal-san~! Yay! I'm very happy to see you again! Sorry for the late upload! I was happy so it was kinda hard to write angst scene! Of course I won't kill Sanzou! I'm not that heartless! *huggies Sanzou-ikkou* I love them! I won't kill them! I don't even have the heart to kill Homura ;_; Although Mine-sama did it… Mou, you have seen my VERY LONG chapters, right? Then you must write AT LEAST 2 times longer than me! I'm much stupider than you! (Honestly, it wouldn't be finished in 5 chapters if I didn't do so. ^^;;)
Nan-chan
Hi Nan-chan! It's nice to see you start uploading again! Yay! Don't get too down, OK? Win-chan and I will always be there for ya!
Saiyuki G.H.S.G
Thanks for the addresses! ^^ I'll keep alerting you if you want to! Ne, ne… anyway… what is the G.H.S.G? Is it Gojyo.Hakkai.Sanzou.Goku? Or Goku.Hakkai.Sanzou.Gojyo? XD I prefer the first choice though. XP
Ranma Higurashi
Ranma-san! Irrasshaimase! Thanks for your support! For you, I swear I'll write more and more SanzouxGoku! Yay~!
maboroshi16
Wai! Actually I can't stand bad ending too, that I understand what other bad ending-haters feel about that. That's why I won't write bad ending stories without putting a warning (IF I ever write it… XP – I just can't stand bad ending!). He he… I won't spoil the ending. Scroll down and read! Gojyo-torture 4-eva! Don't give Hakkai to him easily! XP
Iapetus
Iapetus-san! *glomps* What a tough live you're having! Thanks for your support! You're too kind that I really want to hug you now! You don't like bad ending? I don't like it too! ^^ Especially a bad-ending-ed-VERY-LONG-chaptered-stories. (a short one would do; although I don't feel like reading it too, though.) I feel like wasting my time! After reading so much, it turned out to be a bad ending! Aaah! How heartbreaking! I read fics to get some fun, not to cry my eyes out in front of my computer! I hope you'll return soon because I'll miss you sooooooo much!
katie
Wow! Thanks for loving the previous chapter! ^^ I'm really glad because actually I wasn't so confident about the earlier chapter! Of course I'll happily email you and tell you things! ^w^ I hope you won't be bored!
Bakazaru Boi
Mou, Sanzou! You're being too harsh! *hugs Saru* You're always mean to sarus (any species will do)! XP Thank you very much, Bakazaru Boi-san! I just can't thank you enough for always coming to read! Wow! This is the best day of my life! ^w^ Lemme hug you please because this is the last chapter! QQ
Genjo Sanzo 1
Genjo-san, what's happening to you? Remember that I'm all ears to listen to you! Don't worry. I know the happy ending in this story will also come true to you. ^^
GinRyu-chan
Thanks for explaining it out to me! ^^ I also chose this name without thinking. XP At least your name still has a meaning. Ne, GinRyu-chan, when will you write another new fic? I really need it now. Onegai!
Star-chan
Waii! Thanks for coming back! Hmm… no… not gonna spoil the ending… XP Scroll down and see! I'm sure that you'd rather get down to the ending than listening to my useless long blabber here!
Chibis Unleashed
Thank you very much, Chibis-san! ^^ I really enjoy your company in this fic! Well, this is the ending. I hope you're satisfied with it because you have been such a good friend to me!
DevilsThrill
Waii! Honto ka, DevilsThrill-san?! QQ I'm sooooooooo touched! Thanks for loving this fic! Anyway, sorry to have proved that your intuition has been wrong. XP Happy ending is waiting for you down there! XD
Ethereal-tenshi
Thank you very much!! This is the best day of my life! QQ I'm soooooooo touched that an angel had got down on earth just for reading my fic! Thanks a lot, gal! I hope you'll be satisfied with the ending!
Soraya-Bounty-Hunter
XD XD Nya ha~! I didn't know that people actually liked a *cough* pedophile Hakkai. XD XD XD Hakkai's fans will surely kill me for this! Thanks for liking it! I'll do my best just for people like you!
This is the ending! I'll start blabbering in the end of the page! Hurry up, read on!
Dedicated to: All my readers and kind reviewers.
Specially dedicated to:
miracle*me for giving me inspiration to write this fic. *Hug* you're so inspiring! ^w^ This is the ending~!
Genjo Sanzo 1 Don't worry, Sanzo-san, I'm sure that there's a happy ending for you!
Kitsu-nee-chan You can see my real English ability in my blabber above. What would I do without you, Kitsu-nee-chan! I'll hail you forever!
DISCLAIMER : Look above. My name isn't Minekura Kazuya, right?
Now you'll know, who is the hidden character…
Here we go…
Early morning…
An empty classroom…
The calmness of the day…
Cloudy sky… an 'almost' early spring…
The breeze by the window was both warm and cool.
*sigh*
Everything was so calm in the morning. It's the only time we can feel true peace— in the beginning of the day. Sitting alone by the window, adoring the beautiful scenery outside, inhaling the fresh air, smelling the wonderful morning scent… the scent of Mother Nature… Everything would have been perfect—
If only the two familiar figures hadn't entered the room with mischievous smirks on their faces…
"It has been almost 2 bloody weeks…"
"I barely meet Goku lately."
"Actually, I have been trying to look for him… watching him from a distance… dreaming of him…"
"He's being a bit different."
"He's not as cheerful as usual…" *sniff*
"He has been really thoughtful."
"Well… it makes him look sooooooooo cool…"
"Is there something wrong with him?"
"I'd really love to wait for him in front of his class…"
"Then I'll—"
"I'll drag him in to one unused room. I'll push him on to the table, trapping him in my arms, looking at him with my most charming eyes. He'll ask me to stop, but then I'll ask him: do you really want me to stop? Then he'll blush… and I'll whisper to him that everything will be just fine… with a sensual lick on his ear… He'll close his eyes and tell me that he doesn't want me to stop…"
"Gojyo—wait— this is not the plan--" ^^;;
"Then I'll start by kissing him. I'll use my best tongue-technique. Our tongues will meet, sucking at each other… ooh… Then while he's savoring my kiss, my hands will explore his lean body. I'll caress his flat stomach slowly to excite him… He'll moan in my kiss. Then I'll tell him: Ooh Goku… you want me, babe… ooh… let me show you real pleasure--"
*WHACK* (15x)
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, FUTARI-AHOS?!" Sanzou glared at the two guys, clutching his almighty dictionary with one trembling hand.
"OUCH! That SO fucking hurt, abuser! And how could you whack me 12 times and Hakkai only 3 times?!" Gojyo protested.
"Maa maa… Gojyo… isn't it obvious…?" Hakkai chuckled.
"If you came just to disturb my ONCE-PEACEFUL morning, then go and drop-dead somewhere else!" Sanzou turned his back to them, looking out the window; trying to clear his mind after Gojyo's 'horny' blabber… [Shall I say that he's getting turned on? XD]
"Ow, that's harsh." Gojyo rubbed his pained scalp. "I thought you'd like our visit this time."
"What the hell?" Sanzou turned to them with an intimidating 'lie to me and you know what'll happen next' look.
***
"A date?"
*WHACK* (x3)
"I TOLD you it's NOT a bloody date!" Sanzou gripped his dictionary tightly, glaring at the small heretic with his most intimidating stare. "The saru just wants to talk about something. That's why we're going to talk about it in a restaurant. That's ALL!"
"Mou! That still sounds like a date to me!" Gokuu clutched his pained scalp.
"It's NOT!" #
"Fine then, Sanzou! Stop yelling! We'll better get ready for the da—I mean—for the 'important' meeting, OK?" Gokuu held up both hands with a modest grin.
Sanzou flushed. Had he been acting like a bloody child just now? He didn't know if it had been just his imagination, but suddenly Gokuu had sounded like an adult… it was just SO not him to be so obedient…
"Come on, Sanzou! It's almost time! Let's get ready!" The boy jumped to the cupboard and pulled out a tuxedo. (Sanzou had only used it ONCE during Auntie Kanzeon's wedding with Uncle Jiroushin XD). "Whoa! This thing is dusty! Wonder when you last wore this, Sanzou…" Gokuu pinched his nose at the sudden cloud of dust around him.
"That's NOT your business and I'm not going to wear the horrible choking thing." Sanzou turned his back to the boy, digging in to the cupboard for a more suitable suit.
"OK then, I'll help you."
Sanzou blinked again at Gokuu's remark. Yes, he had been watching the boy lately. Since the time he had almost committed suicide, Gokuu had been… a bit unusual. Well, he still ate a lot, but it had seemed that he had done it just to cover his true condition. Lately Gokuu had also seemed a bit more mature than usual. He hadn't been yelling, bouncing around and making chaos everywhere anymore—instead— he had actually been helping Sanzou in housekeeping (It's just unbelievable that he could actually he cook better than Sanzou. *cough*). Hakkai had been complaining that Gokuu wasn't as cheerful as usual. Maybe that was right. Gokuu was just not Gokuu without all the disasters he usually caused. Well… actually he had been dying to ask the boy if something was wrong… but then… it would have torn his pride up, right? Too bad, Mister Genjo Sanzou-sama… is pride more important to you than your little saru's feelings? QQ
Sanzou pushed the confusing thoughts aside and tried to find a solution to lighten his saru up. Maybe a pack of nikumans would work? Or maybe he just needed a short trip to Disneyland?
"What's wrong, Sanzou?" Suddenly Gokuu turned to him with a smile.
Sanzou turned red at the smile. …Well… you know… here's the formula: A mature Gokuu = Goku. Got it? XP
"N—nothing!" Sanzou quickly regained enough common sense to turn his head back to the pile of clothes. //Oh shit! Why in the hell do I suddenly feel much younger than him? And the worst part is he looks even more like Goku now! Get a hold on to yourself Genjo Sanzou! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!//
"OK then, this shirt might match." Gokuu picked up one black shirt and held it in front of Sanzou's lean chest. "See? Use this one, OK?"
Sanzou quickly nodded. Well, at least it had been a NORMAL choice. But wait… he shouldn't have stayed silent like this. He had to ask Gokuu if he had something in his mind. Maybe… there was something he could help… err…
"Gokuu." His mind unconsciously picked what to ask.
"Yes?" Golden eyes blinked at him innocently.
Sanzou brought one hand up to cover his pale lips, trying to find a suitable way to ask his question. "Actually, what have you been hid—"
PING PONG~!
"Ah, Goku-nii-chan!" Gokuu clapped his hands excitedly. "Hurry up and get dressed, Sanzou! I'll tell him to wait!"
Sanzou didn't have much time to stop the little heretic. And so he sighed deeply while making a mental note to try again when he got home later…
"And don't forget to wear your jacket! It'll be freezing cold outside!"
*SLAM*
…Now… who's the father and who's the son?
***
"What's wrong?" Goku asked without turning his head off the road in front of them.
"…Nothing. I just wondered if you have a license," Sanzou replied coldly.
"No, I haven't." Goku grinned. "But don't worry. I've been driving a lot. I even drove my mother around when we were on holiday in Hokkaido."
"Whatever you say. But I won't join you in jail when the police arrest you." Sanzou looked at the window beside him, enjoying the pout on the boy's face in the reflection in front of him.
"You always underestimate me," Goku grumbled, increasing the car's speed carefully.
"Where are you going to take me?" Sanzou tried to ignore the strange tone in his remark.
"To the restaurant. Didn't I write it in the letter?" Goku replied. "I—am going to talk about something serious."
"Ah, serious." Sanzou chuckled sarcastically. //What kind of a conversation is he planning to have?// Sanzou smirked, looking at the boy's cute, serious face. //I can't wait… Son Goku.//
***
Sha Gojyo, our poor kappa, was very exhausted after Hakkai had come and had forced him to clean his whole flat. And so he was now lying like a half-dead man on his bed, trying to have one nice dreamless night sleep.
But… through the 4 earlier chapters… you should have learned that Gojyo's luck has been perfectly horrible…
*PING*
*THUD*
"OOOWOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW~!!!!!" O.O Gojyo jerked awake as something heavy suddenly slammed in to his stomach hard. "Saru!!!" # # # Gojyo shrieked at the curled figure on his body. "What the hell are you doing here, saru?! I'm trying to sleep here! Don't you know that I'm fucking tired after all the—"
*sob*
O.O //Masaka… the saru is crying?//
Teary, swollen, golden eyes blinked up at him, displaying a pure sadness.
"…Come on now. I'm running out of tissue. So stop crying, OK?" Gojyo sat up and placed Gokuu on his lap. "What did Sanzou do? Did he hit you? Come on, saru. Did he yell at you? You're hungry?"
"Gojyo…" Gokuu sobbed. "I'm sad…"
"Yeah, yeah… of course you are." Gojyo managed to pull out a handkerchief and brushed Gokuu's eyes gently. "Then what happened? What did the abuser blondie do to you? He must be the reason, right?"
Gokuu shook his head slowly. "Not him."
Gojyo blinked in confusion. "Then… was it Hakkai?" //No way no way no way there's no WAY Hakkai would abuse Gokuu! Is he really a pedophile?! O.O// [Gojyo… bad Gojyo… Hakkai will definitely kill you if he hears this… Pedophile is one forbidden word in this fic, you know…]
"No."
And Gojyo sighed in relief.
"Then who else? You only know the three of us in this world, right?" Gojyo grumbled. "Or… is it the saru two? Goku ka? I heard from Hakkai that you two had met."
Goku shook his head. "Not him either."
"Then who, saru? Can't you see that my fist is ready to punch whoever he is?" Gojyo showed Gokuu his fist. "See? I'm strong! I even have a group of strong gangsters to back me up! Just tell me his name and I'll deal with him! Isn't it cool?"
Gokuu had stopped crying. He's now pouting with an amused grin he couldn't hide.
"Mou, Gojyo! If I tell it to Hakkai, he'll definitely beat you up!"
"H—hey! You mischievous little brat! Were you planning to trap me?! O.Olllll I was just trying to calm you down! O—of course someone as good as me—there's no way I am involved in the gangster world!" Gojyo quickly snapped. "…OK… I'll help you whatever your problem is… but don't spit it out to Hakkai. Deal?"
Gokuu quickly nodded and smiled.
"I'm hungry now!"
***
Sanzou looked at his watch.
It has been… 30 minutes 26… no… 27… well… make it 29 seconds.
Had it been too long for Sanzou's patience?
Yes, it had.
"That's it. I'm going home." Sanzou impatiently stood up and started making his way to the front door of the restaurant.
"W—wait, Sanzou!" Goku grabbed his shirt, managing to produce the most touching and pleading tone. "Don't go, don't go, don't go! We haven't even talked about anything yet!"
"And we will never talk about ANYTHING if you don't spit it out NOW!" Sanzou slapped his hand away and continued walking furiously.
"OK! OK! I'll talk! But first, let's go to the car. OK? I'll talk there." Wide golden puppy eyes looked at the lavender pool pleadingly.
Well… not even Buddha could resist the blinding sparks our sweet saru produced you know…
***
"G—Gojyo—what have you done?!" Emerald eyes blinked in confusion at the scene in front of him. The flat he had just cleaned a few hours ago had become a perfect miniature of an old ruin! Junk food and beer cans were scattered everywhere, the TV was on with a rock concert with the loudest volume, all of the lamps were on, comics and hentai magazines were spread all over the floor—you can imagine the scene. "Gojyo! Where are you?! What have you been doing? We just cleaned this room a few hours ago!"
Goosebumps appeared on the pretty guy's face as something cold suddenly touched his bottom. Almost reflexively, he managed to turn and smack the attacker's face hard, blowing him to the corner of the room, making a loud nasty BOOOOOOOM sound effect.
*CLAP* (10x)
"Great! Great, Hakkai!" A flushed Gokuu appeared beside him, clapping his hands happily at the show. "That'll score 500!"
Hakkai was struck dumb before turning his head to the half-dead kappa in the corner of the room. "Gojyo—?!"
***
"I said I was sorry." Hakkai blushed deeply as he continued bandaging Gojyo's injuries. "I didn't expect you. It thought it was a—err—hentai." [Wait… isn't Gojyo one? XD]
"Oh yes. You didn't expect ME in my OWN house?!" Gojyo pouted. "And Hakkai! Really! I was too drunk at the time so I didn't realize that I had touched your bottom! I'm NOT a hentai." [Really? XD]
"Don't act modest, idiotic cockroach. I bet you have aimed at his bottom since the beginning." Gokuu mumbled. His face was still bright red after drinking many cans of beer.
"Urusai, saru! You can't understand my feeling!" Gojyo shrieked.
"Maa maa… don't move a lot or you'll break your own ribs…" Hakkai finished the last touch. "OK then. It'll be all right!"
"All right?!" Gojyo's eyes turned teary. "I'm NOT all right!"
"You deserve it for giving beer to an underage kid, Gojyo." Hakkai sent him one death glare. "Look at him! What can you say to Sanzou if he grows mischievous?! He'll definitely NOT JUST break one or two ribs you know."
Gojyo pouted and stayed silent. Hakkai made sense.
"Now, now, Gokuu… look at yourself. Ooh, this is horrible!" Hakkai picked the little heretic and held him in his arms. "Now that you smell like beer… you must take a bath."
"Take a bath?!" Gokuu shrieked. "Come on, Hakkai! It's nighttime! I took a bath this afternoon!" [After a lot of runaways, yells and smacks…]
"No. Sanzou will kill us if he finds this out. And so, you must take a bath." Hakkai dragged the helpless saru in to the very last place he wanted to be—the bathroom.
"And Gojyo… you can take your free time to start cleaning this flat again." Sparkling glasses.
"Arghhhhhhhhh~!!!!"
***
"OK then, we're here." Sanzou got in to the car, folding him arm while looking at the boy in the driver's seat accusingly. "Now tell me. I'll give you two more minutes. If you don't say anything in 2 minutes, I'll go."
"Umm… OK! But give me the two minutes because I'm not mentally ready now!" Goku replied cheerfully.
Sanzou gave him a dirty look at the word 'mental'.
Goku pouted and folded his arms.
//OK Goku… you can through this… inhale… exhale… everything will be just fine! Hey, what do you think about this?//
:: Not bad. I chose your clothes anyway. ::
//I'm not talking about clothes! It's about the situation! Situation!//
:: …I thought you were going to say it during a fancy dinner. ::
//Well… my will is the most important thing, right?//
"Oi."
:: Whatever. ::
//Oh, come on! Aren't you going to wish me some luck?//
"Oi!"
:: It's your confession. Do it yourself. I'm off now. ::
"Oi!"
//H—hey! Wait! Wait! Don't go! Oh… he has gone. How irresponsible! # # # # Fine then! I'll show him that I can do this!//
"IDIOTIC SARU!" # # # #
*WHACK* (5x)
"Itte, Sanzooooooo~!!!! Meanieeeeeee~!!!!" Goku pouted.
"Then stop daydreaming and say something!" Sanzou replied matter-of-factly.
"Umm…" Goku turned red. "Well… I… actually… uh… since the first time I met you… and… err… cell phone… I… my feelings… err…"
"…Do you call that a sentence?"
"Mou, Sanzou! I'm trying to arrange it! Wait, OK? It's not even one minute!"
"…Fine then." Sanzou folded his arms, resting his head on the seat tiredly. His illness made it easier for him to become tired than normal, and lately it had gotten worse. He easily became tired and had even skipped sports class a few times.
After looking at his watch, Sanzou was even more frantic. It was almost time to take his pills. He'd have to go home soon.
"…………Countdown. 10… 9…"
"Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait~! Please wait, Sanzou~! Just one more minute! One more minute, OK?" Goku babbled nervously.
"8…7…6…"
"Sanzoou~! You can't do this to me~!"
"5…4…"
"Stop now! Or I'll—I'll—"
"3…2…"
"I'll kiss you damn it!"
And Sanzou was struck speechless as the boy forced his lips on to his pale ones.
***
"OK… clean now." Hakkai wrapped the towel on Gokuu's head, trying to get the long chocolate hair dry. "Good thing Gojyo keeps strawberry shampoo! You smell great now." ^_^
"I feel like licking my own hair now…" Gokuu tried to snatch a lock of hair. "It smells like the real strawberry…"
"No, Gokuu. Stop doing that." Hakkai gently pulled Gokuu's hand away before putting him down on the bed. "It's night now. You must sleep."
"Hakkai~ I can't sleep~ I don't wanna sleep~" Gokuu whined.
"No, Gokuu. You must sleep now. It's not good for children to stay up late at night." Hakkai spoke gently, pulling the blanket up to the small heretic's chin. "Sleep tight, OK?"
"Hakkai~ I want a story!" Gokuu pulled the brunette's sleeve. "Tell me a story!"
"Story ka… too bad… I must help Gojyo to clean the mess now…" Hakkai put a hand under his chin, trying to find a good solution. "Ah, how about this, I'll ask Gojyo to tell you a story. Because he's injured now, so I'll just handle the mess myself."
***
Golden met violet
For a mere minute, they just looked at each other with wide eyes, trying to collect their senses after the earlier incident.
As soon as he regained his senses, Goku quickly retreated back to his seat, bowing his head deeply with very red face. //Arghhh~! What have I done?! What on earth have I done?!! Now he'll hate me for sure!!!!//
On the other hand, Sanzou had turned slightly red, reflexively bringing one hand to cover his lips. //Damn… it felt too damn good…//
"I'm sorry," Goku muttered. "I—that's because—you kept counting—I didn't want you to leave—so—"
"Bakazaru," the blonde hissed before folding his hands again. "Now tell me. The two minutes are up."
"OK now, Sanzou…" Goku inhaled deeply. //Whatever happens, happens.// "Sanzou, actually… I…"
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"
"What the—" Goku opened the door and ran out to approach a young lady near the bridge. "What's happened, Ma'am?"
"My—my husband—my husband fell inside the river and he can't swim! Please help him! Please!" The woman clutched Goku's jacket pleadingly. "Please! I can't live without him! Don't let him die!"
Goku bit his lower lip. The river was wide and possibly deep. Furthermore, it was still winter. The water was surely freezing cold there. Furthermore again, it was NIGHT TIME! He could barely see anything down there. //I might die if I jump to save him now.// He turned his head to Sanzou, who was now standing near the car, waiting for him with a frown. //But if I don't jump… the man might die…//
"Please!" The young woman shook his body. Tears were now flowing from her eyes, bleaching her make up. "Please… please… please…"
//I must do something--// Goku closed his eyes tightly, before putting his hands on to the woman's shoulders. "Don't worry, ma'am. I'll try to save him," he assured before running back to Sanzou.
Sanzou was still staring at him, clearly annoyed. //What does the bitch want from my Goku?// He threw the woman a sharp stare.
"Sanzou!"
Sanzou turned his face to the panting boy in front of him, still with a frown on his feminine face.
"I love you!"
Sanzou didn't have much time to answer, as the boy leaned forward and kissed him passionately, as if it would be the very last kiss they could ever share.
"That's all I needed to say. Bye." Goku flashed him a smile before running back to the frantic woman, taking off his jacket, and jumping down. Sanzou was still dazed when the sound of gushing water rang in his ears.
"What the—GOKU!!!!!"
***
"I'll remind you that telling a fairy-tale to a child is the very last thing I'll wanna do before sleeping."
"I knew it already! Hurry up!"
"…You don't even know the meaning of the statement, do you?" Gojyo sighed before climbing in to the bed and laid down beside Goku. "Fine then. But just one tale, then you must get to sleep."
Gokuu nodded in excitement. "One tale is enough!"
"Good." Gojyo closed his eyes and tried to recall some fairy-tales he had known. Fortunately for him, 13 years ago, his mother had often told him many fairy-tales he could have used now. But… unfortunately for him, he couldn't remember any of them AT ALL.
"Gojyo~ Hurry up~ Don't tell me that you can't remember any!" Gokuu whined.
Gojyo frowned. He definitely wouldn't want to be mocked by the small heretic for this. He had got enough humiliation after getting caught red-handed confessing his love to Hakkai!
"Don't underestimate me, saru! Of course I can remember them!" He quickly remarked. "OK! Listen to this carefully because I won't repeat!"
Gokuu nodded.
"Hmm… a long time ago… once upon a time… there lived a very gorgeous young man. His hair was as red as the highest-branded wine, and so he was called Red Wine."
"Red hair? Just like you, Gojyo?"
"Yeah. It's just I'm much more gorgeous than he was." Gojyo grinned. "But too bad, although he was drop-dead gorgeous, nobody was perfect. He had a very bitchy blonde stepfather who had a talking monkey that could answer his every question. Everyday, the bitchy blonde stepfather always came to the monkey to ask the same question: Oh Monkey, Monkey my dear Monkey! Tell me, who is the most gorgeous person in the whole world? Then the poor monkey, that had been intimidated with the infamous paper-fan the King had been holding, would always answer: Oh My King, you're the most gorgeous of all!"
"Cool! Just like Sanzou and I! But Sanzou uses a dictionary though…"
*grins* "Oh no, it has nothing to do with you and the iceman! It's just your feelings. He he… XP" *making a cross sign behind his back* //I'm innocent! XP// [Gojyo… making cross sign reduces nothing of your sins…]
"He he he… let me continue the story. But then someday, when the bitchy blonde King asked the same thing, the monkey suddenly answered a different answer: OK, King. You really are gorgeous and I always want to glomp you, but too bad, your stepson Red Wine is much more gorgeous than you!".
"Sanzou is much more gorgeous than you!" Gokuu shrieked reflexively.
"Hey! I'm not talking about you and the blondie! It's just a tale! Take it easy, boy!" Gojyo chuckled.
"Mou… somehow I still feel offended…" #
"It's just your feelings! XD Sanzou is a kind—err—nice guy! There's no way he becomes an evil stepfather, right?" Gojyo teased.
"…Um… Right! ^_^ Sanzou is too kind!"
//Just for you.// =_=# # #
"OK guys, have you done with the story?" Hakkai entered the room with a wide smile.
"Ah, Hakkai! Don't tell me that you have finished cleaning!" Gokuu gasped.
"Umm… yes?" Hakkai sweat dropped. "I am used to doing this at home, so I can do it fast. You know, after studying the whole night, my room will be much more a mess than the mess you did outside."
Gokuu hid an amused chuckle. //It seems that I have been right to think that Ten-chan and Hakkai look really alike.//
"Ne, Hakkai! Come here! Come here! Gojyo is telling me a very interesting story!" Gokuu settled his place, giving Hakkai an enough space on his left side, in the middle of him and Gojyo.
"…Huh?" Hakkai turned his eyes to Gojyo, who had been grinning mischievously. Hakkai's face fell. He had thought that Gojyo would have lost some of the hentai cells in his body after having a legal relationship with him, but he had been proved wrong. "…OK. But you should be in the middle, Gokuu." ^_^
Just before Gojyo groaned in protest…
*RIIIIING!*
*RIIIIIIIING!*
*RIIIIIIIIIIING*
"Ah." Hakkai quickly slipped one hand inside his pocket to find his cell phone. "I don't know this number."
"Give it to me." Gojyo grabbed the cell phone before Hakkai could push the connect button. "Hey, mister. Cho Hakkai is now legally mine. Keep yourself away from him. Bye bye." *beep*
"G—Gojyo—" Hakkai sweat dropped. "For Buddha's sake, Gojyo! It could be one of our friends! How could you say something so embarrassing like that!"
"Come on, Hakkai! I know that you're pretty and that many people want to be with you! Don't worry, I'll protect you!" Gojyo said proudly.
Gokuu grinned, "…You mean who should protect whom?"
*twitch* "Damn you sa—"
RIIIIIIING!
RIIIIIIIIIIIING!
RIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!
"Ch! What a stubborn guy!"
"Give me the phone, Gojyo!" Hakkai took the cell phone away from his lover and put it on one ear. "Yes? Who is it? W—wha--" Emerald eyes widened. "Hospital?!"
***
"…I thought I told him to take his pills regularly and take a good rest everyday…" The doctor sighed to the 4 concerned guys in front of him. "He is OK now. But make sure that he'll do anything I asked him to, or I'm afraid I won't be able to help anything out again."
"Yes, Doctor. Thank you." Hakkai flashed a smile at the red-haired young man.
"You're welcome." The doctor excused himself and left.
"Fuh… so… the iceman is saved." Gojyo stretched his sore back. "So we can finally have a bit peace here. And two sarus, how does ramen sound? Aren't you two hung—" The redhead blinked as he realized that he had been talking to the wall. Everybody had entered the room.
And Gojyo cursed before leaving for his own ramen.
***
The sound of a beeping machine, the smell of medicine and the whiteness around…
Hakkai frowned at the pale-faced figure in the bed. His usual grumpy best friend was now lying helplessly in the small bed. His hand was attached to a fuse. The machine beside his bed continued beeping, signaling that the blonde wasn't dead yet. Without the machine… perhaps people would have thought that he was dead.
//…Close to death…// He closed his eyes tightly with an ironic smile. //What could you be thinking, Sanzou… //
"Ne… Hakkai…"
He felt a clutch on his right sleeve, as he turned to the heretic and smiled. "What's wrong, Gokuu?"
"Is Sanzou going to die?"
Hakkai widened his eyes for a moment at the unexpected statement. "…No. He is going to be OK… at least for now."
"But he's so pale… so lifeless…"
When Hakkai lifted his hand on to Gokuu's shoulders, he realized that the boy was shivering hard. His whole body was cold, his hands were trembling, his body felt tense. The usually cheerful golden eyes looked empty. Suddenly Gokuu looked… somehow so… lost.
"He is going to die. He looked like that too when he was going to die." The boy gazed to Sanzou, still with his empty eyes. "…He is going to leave me… he'll walk away and never look back… he won't look at me again…"
"Come on, Gokuu." Hakkai couldn't hold the aching feeling in his chest anymore, kneeling down and put his hands on to Gokuu's shoulders. "I told you, he wasn't going to die. Don't you believe me?"
"But, Hakkai… I can see him now…" Gokuu pointed to Sanzou's bed. "See…? Can't you see him? He's walking away now…"
"Gokuu!"
"I can see him… why can't you? Look… he keeps walking… he doesn't even care… he can't hear me…"
"Stop it now, Gokuu! There's nothing! He is going to be OK!"
"Don't fool around with me! Don't lie to me!" Gokuu fell on to his knees, clutching his head with his arms frantically. "He is going to die! He walks away! He walks away! He walks away!"
And when he regained his senses back, two arms were embracing him gently, taking his shivering body in to the warmth. The warmth he hadn't felt for 500 years…
"Come on. Take a hold on to yourself." The gentle voice reassured him. "Your brother is going to be just fine."
"Goku-nii-chan…" The small heretic sobbed uncontrollably. "I'm scared…"
"…Me too." The bigger boy deepened the hug. "…Me too, Gokuu. But we must be strong, OK? Let's go through it together."
Gokuu sobbed again before nodding. Goku released him and was glad to find that his little friend was no longer shivering.
"Let's sit here. We'll wait until he wakes up and whacks us up for being stupid." He grinned.
"…Yeah. He surely will. Because I did a stupid thing… just now."
Hakkai sighed, feeling rather useless that he couldn't calm Gokuu down. Looking at the two very-alike boys, his lips slowly formed a smile. Something about them was like… it's not just mere appearances to see… it's something deeper. They understood each other as if they're the same person in two bodies.
//How sweet.// Hakkai thought bitterly.
Goku held the smaller boy's hand. The hand could somehow make him feel stronger… reminding him that he had got someone to protect… Sanzou's as-they-had-said brother. Hearing that Sanzou had suffered an illness from Hakkai had felt different than watching it himself. He couldn't have even imagined that the guy he loved would have been so pale… so weak… so fragile like the figure in front of him now. It hit his heart deeper that Sanzou had gotten like this from trying to save him. Yes… just a few minutes after he had jumped in to the river to save the man, Sanzou had also jumped to save him… ignoring his fragile body and his own safety…
And when came back to senses, a teardrop had fallen on to his already soaked clothes.
"Goku-nii-chan?" A concerned weak sound was heard from the boy beside him.
"I—I apologize, Gokuu. I—I think I need to go to the restroom now. I'm soaking wet."
"Oh, shall I ask Gojyo to take some clothes for you?" Hakkai quickly pulled out his cell phone and pushed Gojyo's number, giving no chance for Goku to answer. "Gojyo? Where are you? *frowns* Ramen? No, leave your ramen now and take some clothes for Goku in your flat. *twitch* I don't care if it's the most goddamn expensive one. Any objection? *smiles* OK then. Thank you."
Goku smiled in amusement at the conversation. Hakkai was so lucky. "Thank you."
"It's nothing. I just hope that he has some clean clothes for you." Hakkai smiled.
Just before the door was closed from outside, Hakkai swore that he could hear a strangled cry from the brunette.
***
2:34 A.M
Golden eyes fluttered open just to make sure that everybody had been asleep.
Gokuu carefully got off the small bed the kind nurse had given him. Phew. His body had been sore for waiting until everybody had been really asleep. Goku was probably the last person who had fallen asleep.
"Uh…"
Gokuu turned his eyes to the other golden-eyed boy who was sleeping on the chair beside Sanzou's bed and sighed sadly. Even in his sleep he had been restless.
//It's time to end it all.// Gokuu inhaled deeply before floating in the air. A soft golden shine glowed around his body in the darkness. The small heretic carefully floated right above Sanzou's body, smiling faintly at the beautiful relaxed face of his keeper. //Raving people don't lie.// He thought to himself. //This way… maybe I can force the statement out of him.//
"Sanzou… your unconscious mind is hearing me, right?"
"……………………………Zzz………"
"Sanzou… do you hear me?"
"ZzzZz……What…zzZ in the hell…zZ… saru…"
//Gee! He still called me names in his sleep!// Gokuu sweat dropped.
"Sanzou… how do you feel?"
"……………ZzZzz………Hurts me……pain………zzZz………I…hate………"
Gokuu's eyes went teary again. He quickly held back a sob before getting a hold on to himself and continued.
"Then… do you want to get cured? After getting cured, you'll feel much better. You can be with the ones you love… you can do the things you couldn't do before… isn't it wonderful?"
"…ZzZ……yes……"
"You know, you have me to make the dreams come true…" The heretic spoke in a husky tone; at the fact that actually he really hated to leave his keeper so early. "Now, just ask me to cure you. I'll do it, and then you'll feel brand new."
"…Zzz…why…must…ZzZZ…I?"
//…And the stubbornness too…// Gokuu smiled in amusement.
"Listen. You have saved me. That's why I have been dedicating my life to you. I'll do anything you wish. I'll get you anything you want." He explained gently, running one hand on one pale cheek. "You just need to ask… tell me… come on. I'll give you the healthiness you have been wishing for years… it's just as simple as that."
Gokuu caught his breath as the lavender eyes stirred open, looking at him sharply.
"No."
"S—San—"
"What on earth are you doing, saru?" Sanzou caught the hand on his cheek, pulling the boy that he fell on to his body. "What were you trying to do?"
"Sanzou…" Teary golden eyes looked at him pleadingly. "Please… please wish to me… tell me that you want me to cure you… what's so hard about it?"
"……………………………………………"
"I—I'm not a human! It's OK for me to die! But you've got many… many people around you… who love you… who will cry when you no longer exist…" The heretic cried his eyes out. "Please stop being so stubborn! I'm just your pet, aren't I? Your life is too valuable to sacrifice for my sake! Furthermore…"
"……………………………………………"
"Furthermore… if you die… I… I won't want to live anymore."
A sigh.
A hand came to brush the teardrops under one golden eye.
"Bakazaru."
Gokuu flushed. How could Sanzou mock him a time like this?
"I am not doing this for your sake." The low toned voice rang in his ears. "…It's because I don't want to live in guilt for sacrificing you for my own good."
Violet met golden.
"…I'd better die than have insomnia for the rest of my life."
Gokuu closed his eyes, burying his head in to the warm embrace of his master… his beloved keeper he'd never forget for the rest of his life.
Another pair of golden eyes witnessed it all, before sinking his head down again, clenching his jaw, and biting down the forming tears in his eyes. //This is cruel… too cruel…//
Hakkai took off his glasses and brushed his eyes with a handkerchief. It seemed that he wasn't as strong as he had thought he had been. //I knew that this would eventually happen…// One teardrop escaped from his eye. //But it still hurts… Sanzou…//
One redhead just sighed quietly, leaning his head on to the wall. //…What an unfair life.//
And time flowed in silence…
They guessed… it would be just fine to accept the truth.
They'd try to be strong… till the day came.
…Was it really the end?
"That's it."
!!!??
The four persons and one heretic reflexively opened their eyes at the voice.
"Who the—"
"This teary scene is pissing me off." #
A soft silver glow appeared in the front of them, spreading sudden warmth in the room.
And the five just widened their eyes as the glow slowly formed a figure of a human, a tall man with long flowing sun-kissed hair. His lavender eyes scanned each person before getting narrowed, clearly irritated.
Gokuu gaped at the person in front of him. He was simply speechless before finally managing to call the name of the person he had been missing for a very long time…
"K—Kon---"
"Konzen!" The yell came from the very least expected person. "What on earth are you doing here?"
The 4 pairs of eyes turned to the golden ones, asking for an explanation.
Goku quickly stood up and approached the shiny figure. "What do you think you're doing?! Everybody can see you now!"
"Urusai, saru. I wouldn't have done this if you haven't cried your eyes out like an idiot!"
*WHACK*
"Itte!" Goku shrieked. "You damn abuser!"
"Blame yourself." Konzen folded his arms in front of his chest, still with an annoyed face. Gokuu gulped as the lavender eyes turned to him accusingly. "Idiotic chibisaru! Where the hell have you been?! Have you got any idea how long I have been searching for your fucking butt?!"
"K—Kon—zen—" Gokuu's eyes turned teary before he jumped in to his guardian's embrace, inhaling the scent he had missed for hundreds of years. "Konzen! Konzen! Konzen! I was so afraid! Thank god you're here! QQ"
Konzen sighed deeply. His hand had been itching to hit his monkey as usual, but after seeing Gokuu's happy face, he had suddenly lost all the wicked wills.
"Let's get not too emotional about this." He pulled out of the hug, picking Gokuu up by collar right in front of his nose. "So, will you be planning anymore mischief?"
Gokuu quickly shook his head happily. "I'll follow your every command starting now! I swear!"
"Good. You'd better." Konzen let the boy cling on to him fluffily.
"Hey, Konzen, is he the one you have been searching for?" Goku asked.
"Yeah. He DOES look like you, huh?"
"…I just realized it now. Wow! Yeah! He looks like me when I was a kid! Cool!"
*sweat drop*
"…You… have… no… brain… AT ALL!" # # # # # #
*WHACK* (x20)
"Itteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~!!!!!!! You don't have to whack me like that!!!!!! You have found him!!!!! That's the most important point, right?!!!!"
"Ano…" An amused Hakkai couldn't hold his curiosity. "What's happening here?"
***
February 14th
After school
Goku was walking home, feeling both happy and sad today.
Happy, because Valentine's Day had been always the best day of the year! In this special day, he hadn't needed to bring any lunchboxes to school… simply… because girls would come and feed him. ^w^
Sad, because he couldn't give a chocolate to his dream guy, Genjo Sanzou. *sighs*
//It has been months… and I can't spit out a word when he's around… argh! This is totally useless!//
Goku stopped as a small cracked bottle got in his way. Giving in to his teenager's curiosity, he bent down and picked the bottle, wondering what it was. But then--
"O—oops--!" Goku's hand slipped. He fell the bottle on to the road, breaking it in to pieces.
//Oh My Goddess…// He sweat dropped. //I am SO careless… well… I'd better throw the pieces in to the trash bin nearby… trash bin… trash bin…// His eyes scanned around to find a trash bin. Unfortunately, he couldn't find one. And so, he shrugged before putting the pieces in to a plastic bag, before putting the plastic bag inside his schoolbag, planning to get rid of it at home.
And so, Son Goku continued his short trip back home without any longer thoughts…
***
Night…
:: Saru ::
:: Oi, Saru! Wake up! ::
*WHACK* (6x)
"Itte~!" Goku jerked awake at the painful blows. "What the—" Golden eyes widened. "—hell…?"
Goku got stunned at the floating blonde man in front of him, a very beautiful guy with piercing lavender eyes and long shiny hair.
"What are you looking at?!" The man snarled. "Let's go home now!"
"H—Home—" Goku gasped as the guy grabbed his hand and pulled him up. "W—www---waaaittttt!!! Why must I get home when I AM HOME?!"
The man blinked.
The man pulled him by collar, examining him carefully, before throwing him back on to the hard floor.
"Itte!" Goku yelled out. "That hurts!"
"Ch. You're not him." The man slowly landed on to the land, one hand was covering his forehead tiredly. "…I thought I had finally found him… I should have known that he wouldn't have grown, stuck inside the bottle…"
"Who are you?! What are you doing in my room?" Goku stood up and faced the stranger.
*twitch*
*WHACK* (x10)
"That'll teach you not to yell in front of my face, saru." The man folded his paper-fan back inside his spandex. "Now tell me, have you been seeing a small boy, well… about 10 or 9 years old… walking around here lately?"
"Boy? There're a lot little boys here! How am I supposed to remember?!" Goku clutched his pained scalp.
"You HAVE met him. Because I can sense the bottle's aura on you." The guy stared at him peevishly. "And you should remember him because his physical appearances, attitudes and brain capacity are just like yours."
"But I seriously have never met someone like that!" Goku explained. "And I can't understand what you were say--" Goku blinked. "Did you just say 'bottle'?"
"Yeah! The small chocolate bottle. Have you seen it nearby lately?" The guy looked at him suspiciously.
"Umm…" Goku rummaged inside his schoolbag and pulled out the plastic bag that contained the pieces of the broken bottle. "You mean this?"
The blonde examined the bag for a while before sighing deeply. "…So… you took this bottle…"
"Yeah… at first I thought it would be dangerous for other people in the street… so I took it to throw it away at home. But I forgot."
The guy sighed again before sitting on the bed, looking very tired. "…OK then. I've got no more choice. Starting now, I'll have to stay with you. There might be a possibility that I'll find him around while following you."
And Goku blinked.
"WHAAAT?!!!!!"
FLASHBACK – END
"And that's how I met Konzen." Goku ended his story.
"Aa… I've got it. What a complicated story. =_=;;"
"But Konzen-san, Goku has met Gokuu many times. So you have met Gokuu too, right?"
"Yeah, when I knew that I had found him, I had planned to take him home. But then I decided to watch over him for a while to learn about his current condition."
"Mou! You never told me that Gokuu was the one you had been searching for!" *pouts*
"You never asked."
"Why you—" # #
"URUSAI ALL OF YOU!!!!" Our almighty Genjo Sanzou-sama had finally snapped. "WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM?! DON'T YOU REMEMBER ABOUT ONE SICK MAN HERE?! I NEED MY REST, DAMN IT! BABBLE OUTSIDE OR ANYWHERE ELSE!" # # # # # # #
*twitch*
"Who are you to command me, foul-mouthed son of bitch?! The sarus are really stupid for liking someone like you!!!" # # # # # Konzen glared at the other blonde.
"And who are you to curse at me, bastard?! I'm the only one who has the legal right to call them 'saru'!!!" # # # # # # #
"Anybody, make them stop!"
"Hell no! I still want my life!" O_o
"Konzen… Sanzou… kakkoi… *dreamy eyes*"
"Maa maa… ^^;;"
A FEW CHAOS' LATER…
The doctor was now bright red in anger, while his nurse was having a hard time trying to hold back her laughter.
"…OK then, Genjo-san…" He clenched his jaw so hard that veins started popping out on his handsome face. "…Can you PLEASE tell me, what's happening here?"
"Well you see…" Hakkai tried to explain. "Err… we were just…"
Sanzou snorted. If only the doctor could see Konzen, he'd LOVE to tell the doctor that the grumpy guy was a thief and he would have asked him to drag him out. #
"It's midnight for hell's sake! What in the name of Satan have you been doing?! A bloody party?!!!" # # # # # [The bolded phrases are the things you'd surely have for making contact with Genjo Sanzou-sama for a long time… XD]
"Maa maa… calm down…" The Hakkaish nurse sweat dropped, trying to calm her beloved doctor down. "Ano… if you can, please keep your voice. We're afraid that you have disturbed many other patients here. They need their rest you know. Furthermore, Genjo-san isn't allowed to leave bed yet. Please return to your bed and rest. Tomorrow, you'll be allowed to go home." ^_^
"Oh, sure. We'll do it. Thank you very much." ^_^ Hakkai bowed his head down.
"You're welcome. Come on now, Doctor. Let's go back." The nurse pulled the still-furious doctor out of the room before closing it gently.
"…Phew." Gojyo sighed. "The doctor wanted to kill us…"
"…You're right." Hakkai smiled. "But his nurse was very nice."
"It's all this fucking alien's fault." Sanzou glared at Konzen.
"Alien?!" # # # # Konzen raised his tone. "Watch your fucking mouth, old man!"
"Who the hell is the old man?!! I'm 17 now, you good-for-nothing ghost!" # # #
"I ain't a ghost, goddamned prick!!! Or have you also lost your sense of sight?!!" # # #
"Why you—" # # # # # #
"OK guys, you'd better shut the FUCK UP before the doctor return and seriously kill us."
And everybody looked at Hakkai unbelievingly. Had he just said: fuck?
"This isn't going to work. So let's just do a peace agreement." Goku tried to cool down the situation with a cute smile, and it seemed work. Both Konzen and Sanzou were now looking at him with flushed faces, realizing that they had just had a very childish fight in front of their beloveds. "Ne, Konzen. You told me that after finding Gokuu, you'd make my one wish come true, right?"
Konzen snorted. "…Men don't take back their words."
And suddenly Sanzou smirked. For the very first time in his life… he agreed with the blonde kami.
"Can you cure Sanzou's illness?"
*silence*
"HELL NO!" # # # # # # Konzen and Sanzou yelled almost at the same time.
"I'd rather die than getting helped by someone like him!" # # # # # # Sanzou pointed a finger at Konzen's nose.
"And I'd rather lose my pride as a man than helping someone like him!!" # # # # # # Konzen added.
"Come on, Konzen! You promised me!" Goku tried.
"No! No! No!" Konzen folded his arms stubbornly.
"Like hell I'd accept it!" Sanzou did the same thing.
Gojyo and Hakkai grinned in amusement at the two very similar guys.
Goku sighed before spotting Gokuu and winking at him. Gokuu quickly nodded and grinned.
"Konzen! Please help Sanzou!" Gokuu shook his keeper's body, giving him the most inviting stare ever. "Please?"
Konzen flushed and hardly breathed before managing out a 'no'.
"Come on, Konzen! I really like Sanzou although he's just as mean as you are! He took good care of me when you were not there! Come on now!" Gokuu shook the blonde's body again.
"He made you cry. Why must I help him?" Konzen narrowed his eyes. "I have hated him since I first saw him."
"I cried because I was a cry-baby! You often make me cry too! Come on, Konzen!"
Konzen closed his eyes, not to get blinded by the sparks from his little saru's eyes. "No."
"Konzen~"
"A no is a no! No!" #
*pouts*
"Fine then!" Gokuu climbed down his guardian's body before jumping in to Sanzou's lap. "I'll follow him until you agree to heal him."
"What the—" # # # # #
"Somehow, someday, I'm sure that I can force him to ask me to cure him."
"You—" # # # # Konzen groaned frustratingly. "Fine! Fine then! I'll help him! Are you satisfied?!"
"Yahoo! Konzen is the best! I knew it!" The little heretic clung back on to his beloved master's body, grinning victoriously.
"Isn't it great, Sanzou? You're going to get healed!" Goku hugged the frowning guy happily.
"Who said that I wanted to?" #
"Sanzoooooo~!"
"Come on, Sanzou. Stop being so stubborn." Hakkai assured him.
"I'm NOT!" #
"But it's a big chance!"
"I told you that I'd rather die than—"
*WHACK*
Sanzou's status -- O.O -- @o@ -- *_*
*THUD*
"Whaaaaaa!!!!! What on earth have you done to Sanzou, Gojyo?!!" Goku shrieked, looking at his unconscious lover.
"That's what he deserves for being such a pain in the ass." Gojyo put the vase back on the table. "Come on. You can do it now. Unconscious people don't complain."
"…Sometimes you're smart." Hakkai grinned.
***
AFTERNOON
The doctor blinked at the paper in front of him unbelievingly. Taking off his glasses, scratching his hair, and sipping his tea while glaring at the paper.
"You see?" The nurse smiled.
"…Unbelievable," the doctor gasped. "…This is a MIRACLE."
"We can call it that…" The nurse opened the curtain, looking at the familiar group of guys who were walking out of the hospital cheerfully. "…A miracle…"
"B—but how could someone get healed in one night?!" The doctor shrieked. "I have never read about this in the books! In this case, usually he'll—"
"Oh, come on, Doctor." The nurse took the paper from the doctor's hand before folding it neatly. "He's now healthy and happy. Isn't it a great thing? Isn't it what you want for all your patients?"
"Yeah… of course… I always want to cure my patients… but…"
"It seems that things have been settled." The young girl magically produced a paper-plane with the document, before throwing it out of the window, as it flew away… along with the wind. "Logical reasons aren't necessary for miracles."
The doctor smiled at the scene, before taking off his stethoscope and standing up. "…Shall we celebrate this, Yaone?"
And the purple-haired girl nodded happily. "My pleasure, Kougaiji-sensei."
***
2 MONTHS LATER…
RIIING!
RIIING!
Sanzou roughly turned off the noisy alarm clock before getting on his feet to get dressed.
"Sanzou~!" A cheerful voice greeted him, as the small figure entered the room with a tray of food. "It's time to wake—huh? You already awake?"
"I'd rather use the alarm clock than have you wake me up in every morning." Sanzou put on his uniform with a frown.
"Mou! Meanie!" Gokuu stuck his tongue out. "Goku-nii-chan has been waiting for you downstairs! Come on! Have your breakfast and go to school!"
***
"This is great! You made it yourself, Konzen?" Goku's eyes shimmered at the delicious food in front of him.
"Ch. Tenpou taught me. He told me that I needed to take care of the chibisaru." Konzen served another plate of omelet in front of him. "Want to have some more?"
"Yeah! One more plate, please!" Goku was soon busy chomping his food.
"Ch." Konzen turned back to the stove to make another omelet.
And suddenly Goku grinned.
"What?" Konzen glared at him.
"Who bought you the apron?"
"=_=# # # # Don't ask!"
***
"Whoohoo! We're going to be late! Let's run faster, Sanzou!" Goku cheerfully jumped over the stairs and landed like an athlete—as an athlete by nature he was.
"Urusai! *pant* *pant* We wouldn't have been late *pant* if you didn't insist on eating 2 more plates! *pant* You'll have to pay for this, saru!!!!" # # # # Sanzou tried to catch up with the smaller boy.
"Demo~!"
"Don't whine! Just run faster!" # # # #
"But if I run faster, I'll leave you behind!"
"Urusai!!!"
Goku sighed before extending one hand to the slightly older guy behind him. "Come on, Sanzou! We'll make it together!'
Sanzou blinked at the hand in front of him. 3 months ago, this scene had been a dream—that he could run so fast without getting pain in his chest, with Goku in front of him, giving him a hand to run together. It still felt like a dream to him, that sometimes he'd have to pinch his own hand to make sure that he was wide awake, and his life now wasn't just a dream.
Well, he couldn't say that his life was normal now… that his house was now filled with 3—I mean—1 person, 1 heretic and 1 God [Remember that Gokuu had promised to follow him at least for a year XD] and it was definitely NOT a normal life…
…Fuck the bloody 'normal' 'abnormal' things…
He was happy anyway.
And as the hand grabbed his hand, he knew that it wasn't a dream.
"Let's go now!"
Sanzou was just happy to have a longer life. A life he wouldn't waste anymore. A life he'd fill with more and more happiness.
***
"…We're late."
"^^;;; Ha ha ha… at least getting punished to do 50 Math problems is better than cleaning up the toilets…"
" =_=### And why the hell must I do your problems too?!"
"Come on, Sanzou~! QQ I can't do them at all!"
"…You'd better make this up for me later… slave."
"W—what—" O.Ollll
*smirks*
"Men don't take back their words… remember?"
~OWARI~
This is an author's shameless blabber. Please read if you have the time XP:
Ha ha! If you noticed, I didn't explain why Gokuu was dragged out of Tenkai and ended up in a bottle. Well… I had no idea so you can just imagine about it. *grins*
Well, let me tell you something. Konzen has been appearing since chapter 3 [He's the one who made Goku say about the 'slave' thing to Sanzou XP If you noticed]. And in chapter 4, I made him appear too when Gokuu was crying in front of Sanzou's room. [the 'violet eyes' was him, not Sanzou]. And in this chapter, finally he revealed himself out. XD It's fun to hide a character~! (I did the same thing to Kougaiji and Yaone too~! XD XD)
To tell you the truth, I had many difficulties to write the angst scene. ^^;; I'm perfectly happy now, so it's harder for me to write angst things. I wrote the last 2 chapters along with Noir songs to get my mood a bit down. They worked. Especially 'Lullaby', it helped a lot! Thanks to Noir Original Soundtrack, this fic is finally done now.
Anyway, for the next fic, I have an urge to write angst. I have been dreaming of writing a real angst that causes tears! How exciting! Too bad, my brain doesn't work too well lately (it only works for sappy and fluffy things. XP Not that I hate this. I always like sappy things – I like to read it as much as writing it.) Demo, I also like an angst piece with a happy-ending. Really, it can shake my heart, make me cry in the beginning and smile in the end. Ooh! How exciting! I really really really want to make people feel that way too although I'm now too stupid to do so! I'll learn little by little and hopefully, will create it as my final project in this site (the 39th fic)
You know something? I had A LOAD of fun writing this fic. ^^ Please tell me what you think before leaving!