[A/N] Tadaima! {I'm back!} (^v^) Sorry for the long wait. I really had to make this chapter good. I forgot to say this one thing since the first chapter: I DON'T OWN SAIYUKI! It belongs to the almighty Minekura Kazuya! Oh well, I hope you like this chapter. Thanks to crazzzybanana, Shiroki, chris, gallactica and bleit for the reviews. {Sorry if I freaked you out, chris and Shiroki. *smiles sheepishly*}
Tears Of The Sun
by: Crimson Devil
Chapter 5: Chance Of Revenge
8:14 in the morning, the sun shining over heaven, kissing its inhabitants awake with its golden rays of sunshine, glowing through the window panes.
"Goku?"
"hmmm…..?" the said child murmured into his flower stem neck, slightly muffling his sweet little voice.
"Goku, its 8:15. Why don't we eat breakfast?" the blonde continued as he held Goku by the shoulders at arm's length.
"Konzen….." Goku cooed softly to his caretaker, hugging him once more with his little yet strong arms.
"What?" Konzen asked, looking at his golden eyes staring up at him.
"A-no…..can we take a walk after that?" the child asked in a meek voice.
"What for?"
"Nothing. I just want to."
"I'm not in the mood for a walk in this shitty place." The blonde answered, turning his soothing voice back into his cold monotone one, looking at the youth, irritation written all over his face.
/-Does he think that just because I've been nice to him for the past few days that he could just boss me around?!-/
"Please, Koooonzeeeeeeen…..pleeeeaaase…." Goku pouted, golden eyes welling up with little tears, pursing his lips as he did.
"No." Konzen said sharply, giving him a glare which would just petrify people. But not Goku. Not this time at least.
"Please, please, please, please, please….." Goku continued begging until he was out of breath.
"Ch', it's no use arguing with you. You'd just continue your stupid whining."
"Yay! Sank you, Konzen!" Goku gave his master a quick soft peck on the cheek, and jumped out the bed, falling rather ungraciously to the floor because of the bed sheets which entangled his trim legs. Goku moaned in pain, rubbing his forehead on which he landed on. He looked up to see Konzen, still on the bed, rubbing the bridge of his nose between his thumb and index finger, shaking his head slightly from side to side.
"When are you ever going to learn…..?" he murmured as Goku just smiled and got back up onto his feet to dress up for breakfast. He tried not to gaze at him while he dressed, resisting the temptation to grab the child again. He stood up and clothed himself in his lavender garments and fixed his hair, putting his metal-like band back in place, binding his hair back.
"Come on, Konzen! I wanna eat!"
*Whack!*
"Would you just wait?! I'm damn coming."
"Oooowww….." Goku whined, following his master out of the room.
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After taking their meal, Konzen accompanied Goku to take a walk around Heaven as promised. Well, Konzen didn't really promise anything. He just surrendered to the little saru's whining. They walked along a corridor with a pleasant view of one of the gardens. All the flowers in effloresce, birds chirping their morning hymn, the soft trickling of water from a nearby creek, truly a pleasant sight.
Konzen looked down to see Goku's genki face, his little hand holding his. He just smiled, not minding the contact; smiling at Goku who looked so happy and contented just being with him. Goku held Konzen's arm closer as a response to his smile, smiling back as he did. Turning a corner, the young brunette bumped into a sturdy, lean body covered with a black skin-tight, latex-type top and shackles much like his. He looked up to apologize to the person with his golden orbs and saw a familiar face.
"Gome-hey, you're the guy I saw when I was picking some flowers! I didn't learn your name though." Goku said innocently staring in the other's eccentric eyes.
"Oh, I wasn't able to introduce myself then. My name is Homura Taishi. But you can just call me Homura. I've heard a lot about you. You're a heretic just like me." Homura answered politely with an eerie smirk. Without a doubt, he was pleased to see the child again. He had been thinking about him ever since he first laid eyes on him.
"I'm Goku. This is my guardian, Konzen." The youth exclaimed, pointing to the blonde beside him who just kept hi countenance straight, not saying anything, glaring at the raven haired man while he was having a conversation with his pet.
/-Who the hell is this guy?! And why does Goku know him?! I don't like this guy one bit. I don't like the way he looks at my Goku. Fuck! Why is he getting so close to him?!-/
Fortunately he didn't feel like picking a fight with anyone. So he just took a deep breath and tried to fight the urge to put serious damage to him with his fist to get him away from Goku. To him, Homura was getting a little too close for comfort. And he detested it. Badly. Homura rose from his kneeling position and walked closer to Konzen, looking into his stunning amethyst eyes.
"So, you're his guardian."
Konzen tried not to wince at the arcane look in his anomalous orbs of sapphire and gold. "Yeah, so what?" the blonde answered haughtily in attempt to make him go away and leave them be. Homura just smirked and backed away. Waving his hand as he left, he called out to them, "It was nice seeing you again, Goku; nice meeting you, Konzen." He then disappeared into a hallway. They stood in that same spot for a few seconds, silent, until Konzen grabbed Goku by the shoulders, shaking him a little.
"Who was that? How'd you meet him?"
"I was picking some flowers when I met him. Why? Is there something wrong?"
/-Ch', 'nice' my ass…..there was something ominous about him. I don't know why but I just don't like him for some shitty reason…..-/
Konzen told himself as he stared into the empty corridor, still glaring as if Homura was still there with his grotesque eyes perforating his violet ones.
"Konzen?"
"Ch', forget it. Come on, let's go."
Without another word, the deity took the youth's hand and left for the east wing, back to Konzen's room, to take a rest after their walk. As they walked back, Goku saw an uneasy looking Konzen. He wasn't smiling anymore like he did a few minutes ago. Something was troubling his master. And he wanted to know.
"Doshita, Konzen? What's wrong?" the young brunette asked in a soft, worried and eager voice, looking into his guardian's eyes, trying to search for what was troubling him so.
"Huh? Oh, i-it's nothing." The blonde replied, giving him a small, pleasant smile to not worry him too much. In an instant, Goku's face lit up and hugged Konzen in his little arms. "Naaa, Konzen. I'm tired. Can you please carry me back?"
"I've carried too many times already."
"Pleeeeaaase, Kooonzeeeen….." Goku begged his keeper pleadingly, rubbing against him like a little kitten.
"Like I said, the answer is 'no'."
"You're really stingy sometimes. Fine. Then I'll race you to the room!" Without a second later, he gave a light kiss on Konzen's lips, which was, unfortunately for the blonde, initiated in front of gods that were passing by. To his embarrassment, blood rushed to his cheeks, tainting them pink, yelling at Goku to make up for his disconcertion. But still, he couldn't stop thinking about the man with ebony dark hair, grotesque eyes and an inauspicious aura. Was this what his aunt was telling him about? Is he the guy that he should be careful about? No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't stop envisioning about the man and the name which to him reeked of chaos.
/-Homura…..-/
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Back at the south annex of Heaven, hidden in the shadows with only candle light for guidance, invidiousness and desire burned in the pit of a certain heretic's being. His anomalous eyes glistening with an awakening passion in the flickering light, envisioning one golden eyed brunette with the most seductive form he's ever seen. His hatred for Heaven's doings mounted as images of his beloved Rinrei shot through his mind, as well as his jealousy of the blonde deity with deep violet eyes, holding a little child hand in hand, favorably together.
It was just unjust.
He, a heretic with less a reason to be treated inequitably, was punished for committing a seemingly harmless crime that he had done which was falling for the one he truly loved; falling for a goddess. They were in love! They knew the cursed consequences of their act and they didn't care! Nothing should have kept them from loving each other. Nothing should have kept them apart. But alas, his lover was sentenced to dwell on earth; to become mortal was she sentenced to die on the world below. But never will his memories of die away. Never.
Goku, however, is an earth spirit; a creature born from the very aura of the earth, an absolute dissenter; a pure heretic with an unspeakable power which is more a reason to be treated unjustly. And yet, he gets to have, appreciate and keep the rewards of life, just a few of which are love and happiness…..rewards that he used to have and cherish.
He craved for vengeance. He hungered for revenge. He wasn't going to let go of his lover's death.
After a great deal of pondering, he got up from his silk covered bed and stared into the flickering golden flames as he simpered evilly at the thought of his strategic plot. A simple yet effective case of 'killing two birds with one stone'. Gazing into the dying blaze of gold, he closed his eyes for a moment, opened them once more and finally spoke in a low and deadly voice.
"I vow on this day, by the death of my beloved Rinrei, I will wreak havoc and unleash my wrath upon Heaven and get Goku for myself…..even if it takes brute force. I swear I will avenge you, Rinrei."
A sudden eerie breeze blew out the last tongues of fire, shrouding him in total darkness.
[A/N] Thank goodness I was able to heat things up a little! (^.^) I hope you guys liked this chap. Please keep those reviews comin'! (^v^)