[A/N] OK! I'm back from the dead! Time to get to work! Minna-san, tanoshimi kudasai! (w) Thanks to all the reviewers out there who took the time to read this fic!
I've said it before and I've said it again: I DON'T OWN SAIYUKI!
Tears Of The Sun
by: Crimson Devil
Chapter 9: Point of No Return
"…no…" Konzen breathed out, his eyes wide open at the sight that was portrayed before him. Though the candles provided little light to the ambience around him, he could make out two figures, one atop of the other. And there, underneath the candles' glow did he see two golden orbs which he knew so well. Goku was pinned down by his wrists on the mangled heap of sheets, his eyes shining with tears. He was scared, he was tired…he was suffering.
The other figure that lay atop of the child, one with raven hair and mismatched eyes, the person he despised since the beginning. Homura raised his head to look at the intruder and gave a satisfied smile. "Homura…" Konzen growled at the man across the dark room. "What the fuck have you done to Goku!?" he demanded. "What have I done?" he asked innocently in return. "A lot I suppose. Would you be interested in hearing about what exactly I have done?" he said with a malicious look in his eyes as he licked Goku's red-marked neck, making him cringe and his tears to fall. "You bastard!" was all Konzen could say. "Hmph…I didn't think so. But, I suppose you already know the acts which I've inflicted on him, don't you?" "Perhaps, but they weren't as cruel as how you've done it. And my acts were for a different reason." He shot back, his amethyst orbs flashing dangerously. "Oh really? Didn't you just want to satisfy your want of him? He looks very appetizing, ne? Who could resist such a tempting invitation?" Goku turned his face to the left, facing Konzen with a pain stricken face.
/-Oh no…I'm tainted and dirty…and Konzen is here! I don't want him to see me this way! Does this mean that I no longer belong to him…? No…I don't want that…I belong to Konzen, and only Konzen.-/
Goku's eyes flooded and his tears fell once more, slightly stinging the small cuts on his face, his dark russet locks sticking to his sweat slicked forehead. "K-Konzen…I…" Goku tried to call out and ask for forgiveness from his master, but his body refused to let his voice resound. "Don't talk, Goku…" Konzen responded, his voice firm but affectionate. Turning back to Homura, he tightened the silver clasp of his hair. "I can't and won't forgive you for this. You're going to have to pay dearly." He growled at the other man who had just put his black shirt back on. "Interesting, I hope you won't bore me, Konzen."
Taking out his flaming sword, he lashed out at the blonde deity with utmost speed. Konzen was able to dodge his attack by jumping into the air and landing behind the heretic. "Oho, you're pretty good for one who has no experience in the battlefield." Homura commented. "But I'm a fighting god. And I don't have my shackles on. You're defenseless." Homura turned around and swung his weapon which was intended to slice Konzen's head off. Luckily, Konzen disappeared in a haze and reappeared holding a candelabra which he snatched in time. "Don't be too cocky." He glowered as he held his weapon at the ready, its candles still aflame. Both individuals shot through the air with one swift leap and clashed. With Homura's free hand did he land a powerful punch on Konzen's jaw sending him flying into the solid wall. "Oh, is that all you've got? I guess I've overestimated you, Konzen Douji. I expected something more entertaining from Kanzeon Bosatsu's relative." He taunted, pinning the flaxen haired man to the wall with his hand around his neck. "W-why are y-you doing this? What would it accomplish?" Konzen choked out. "This is revenge. It was unfair to see a heretic like me be free and happy while I was thrown into the dungeon and brought back out only to kill. Then the one person who gave me happiness was taken away while he gets to keep you." Homura tightened his grip as Konzen desperately gasped for air. "Now you know of the pain I've been through. Everyone does." He said as an evil smile crept on his face. "W-what do you mean?" "I taught those good for nothing gods a lesson they'll never forget. The tears I shed, the agony I felt…all expressed in their cries of pain." "You didn't…" Konzen gasped, realizing what the heretic had meant. "Now…Goku knows of it as well." Konzen's eyes flashed once more. He couldn't take it. He had to act.
With a swift move, he thrust the candelabra's base into an unsuspecting Homura's gut, making him stagger away clutching his stomach. Konzen fell ungraciously to the floor due to lack of breath. The corner of his lips bleeding, his vision becoming blurred, he wearily stood up, feeling the slashes and bruises take their effect on him. Luckily, he was able to give Homura injuries of his own, burns to the arms and face. He tried walking over to Homura and finish the job, but to no avail. He fell once more, the candelabra held loosely in his bleeding hand. The raven haired man walked over to him, his sword poised in his hands. "Like I've said, Konzen Douji, I am a fighting god and you don't have experience in the battlefield. You are defenseless." Konzen looked back at him. "What do you plan to do?" he asked in a weak voice. "I will take over heaven for myself. But first, I will do the same thing I did to the others." "…n-no…"
/-It's no use…everything seems futile…I can't do…anthing…-/
Homura raised his sword, ready to strike at any moment. "Sayonara…Konzen."
/-Goku!-/
Blood gushed out and a soft thud of a corpse resounded in the dark. Goku's hand dropped the bloody dagger to the ground as he himself dropped to his knees. "H-How can this be?" Homura said in surprised, looking at the half clothed boy in front of him as he lay on the floor with a gash in his back and where a small pool of blood began to take shape. "I took the same liquid you used on your sword…the one you used to kill the others with while you weren't looking." He said in a tired voice. "Sou ka…"
With that, Homura took his last breath before falling into eternal sleep. "Matteru zo…Rinrei…"
Konzen stared at Goku in silence before staggering to where he was. "G-Goku? How did you−" he stuttered. "Hi…Konzen…" the young boy trying to smile his best for his master. "I'm so sorry…I didn't come back like I said I would…" Konzen placed a finger on his puffed up lips to silence him, taking him into his arms despite the aching pain that soared through his body. He cradled the boy in his arms, not leaving his side again. He tucked away his stray brown locks away from his face just as he did underneath the peach blossom tree. Konzen placed a tender kiss on his forehead and held him close. Goku let out a relieved sigh. He was now in his Konzen's arms at last. But just as they were starting to settle down, Goku suddenly cringed in pain.
"Goku?! Goku, what's wrong?!" The young heretic coughed and coughed until blood came out. "K-Konzen…I have something to tell you." He gasped and coughed as blood trickled down his tanned face. "Homura drugged me so that I couldn't let my emotions cause me to let my diadem break. He made me weak and made me suffer…I think…I'm going to die…Konzen…" "No! You can't!" Konzen protested almost angrily.
"Before I go…I just want to tell you…"
/-No…-/
"that I…"
/-STOP IT!!-/
"I…love…you…"
Goku fell limp in Konzen's arms, leaving Konzen aghast. "GOKUUUU!!!!"
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Moments later, Tenpou rushed into the room with Kenren who had blood on the front of his black suit. Tenpou clasped his right hand over his mouth to stifle a gasp, his and Kenren's eyes wide open.
Konzen said nothing as he cradled the lifeless boy in his shivering arms. He gathered his remaining strength and carried Goku's body in his arms and walked out of the room…tears welling up in his now sad amethyst eyes.
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Konzen stood in front of a grave marker on the earth which Heaven has sworn to protect with wild flowers in his hands, behind him stood Tenpou, Kenren, Nataku and Kanzeon Bosatsu. Memories of that day flashed through Konzen's mind's eye like a movie gone haywire. They found Li Touten and the other fighting gods in his sector dead along with Kami-sama. Tenpou and Kenren had found their dead bodies and rushed to find Konzen after learning from one of the toushin-taishi who was slowly dying about Homura's plot. They buried their bodies in Heaven, Homura's in the same burial ground as Rinrei…and Goku's in the land of Mt. Kaka.
Konzen laid the bouquet of flowers on the foot of the grave marker. Kenren's eyes closed to prevent the tears from pouring, Tenpou's and Kanzeon Bosatsu's eyes closed in reverence while Nataku's eyes were rimmed with tears that slowly slid down his pale ivory skin. As they left to return to Heaven, Konzen stayed behind with his thoughts of Goku, his cheery voice echoing through the silence of the wind, images of him flashing in front of him, and his tears finally bringing up the courage to reveal themselves.
Wow! You shine like the sun!
"Goku?" What does that mean?
I had a nightmare!
Hey! That's my food, Ken-niichan!
Konzen!
A-re?
Konzen!
I love you!
Konzen!
I love you…
As the sun set down behind Mt. Kaka, the place where he was first found, it glowed a beautiful shade of yellow, nice gold rays springing out joyously as if it was it's final farewell to the world.
You're like the sun, Konzen!
Perhaps he would find Goku again, in another place, in another time…perhaps as another person. Perhaps he will find him again on this same earth, the place where he was born.
Like the sun he did shine, like the sun he shall rise and like the sun he shall set in his own time. Even as his tears fall, his brightness wouldn't fade away. He would stay true to the sun he was known to be.
He would stay as the sun that Goku knew the most and cherished.
[A/N] Well, this is the end of the fic. I know that you guys want to kill me right now for killing Goku! hides I bet nobody expected that one coming. I haven't seen a fic where in Goku dies in the end during the time I started this, so I decided to make a change. But don't fret! I will be making a sequel to this one so don't give up hope just yet. Please forgive me for my long absence in ff.net. I couldn't forget my studies. pouts Anyway, please review! I'd like to hear from you all!