wheee~! Another part! I'm gonna try to get a part out once a month since
I'm really busy, but I might a lot more in the middle of April, when we
FINALLY get our spring break (my school is evil like that). Anyway, another
part, with no direction! whee~!
And thanks to Yami no Tenshi, jashuang, Azzie/Az, Astralkitten, dref, and UltraM2000 for reviewing ^_^ I feel kinda bad now because this chapter isn't really up to par with the others and might disappoint you -.-
Title: Finding the Sun
Author: AznSage
Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue.
Archived at: -Still Time (gmsaiyuki.topcities.com) -FF.net
Pairings: Goku+Konzen/Konzen+Goku
Rating: PG
Note: It's a Goku POV fic. This part is in Gaiden, but the events do not happen exactly as those in Gaiden because I'm not making my fic a retelling of Gaiden. There will be familiar elements, but some were taken out as well (like the hair pulled out), but they may be added later.
We walked in companiable silence down the corridors of Tenkai once again, keeper and charge. More of the citizens of Tenkai saw us and glanced at us, judged us, labelled us. I frowned as I saw that Konzen had gone back to his previous state of indifference and the scowl was once again on his beautiful face. My mind began to work itself into a frenzy to try to think of a way to solve this problem. What could make Konzen smile anyway?
While I was lost in my thoughts, we had arrived at our destination, the room of the healer. Konzen barged into the room without even knocking once, immediately barking orders at the very confused old man working there.
"You, out." He pointed at the man who the healer had been seeing previous to this and thrust the direction of his arm from him to the hall in which we had rushed in from. "You," he pointed at the healer hastily, his arms moving so fast that I could barely see it as any shape but only as a purple blur, "Take care of him. Quick."
Konzen obviously had higher authority and was immediately recognized, seeing as how the patient scurried out the door quickly, not wanting to venture into what disobeying him would lead to. The healer, a wizened old man in very simple garbs, cleaned his work space in preparation for doing a check up on me.
"Sit please." He pointed to the chair and smiled at me gently. I smiled back at him and looked at him straight in the eye. Big mistake. "Oh my..." He seemed to be affronted, backing up a bit from seeing me. He looked at Konzen, with an asking glance, his eyes pleading and fearful.
"That kusobaba told me that you're supposed to look at his wounds to make sure he doesn't get an infection. She wants him alive, understand? Itan or not, he is favored by her."
The healer seemed to nod at this explanation. I still did not understand this whole 'itan' business but dared not ask Konzen, the look on his face seeming to say that he would explode at any moment from anger or frustration. The healer gave me a robe to change into instead of the worn out clothes I had donned for the meantime. Afterwards, he warily peeled the robe away from areas he wanted to check and began to inspect my limbs, where most of the scratches were, and his face contorted in annoyance.
"There seems to be an infection from one of the skinned knees. There was a small pebble embedded there too and I took it out, but I suspect that bacteria is rampant there too." He walked over to one of his tall cabinets and handed a bottle to Konzen. "Some of the other cuts on the same leg are also infected. Just rub this on him for a couple of days and it should do. Put the ointment on all the cuts of this leg or it may not kill all the spreading bacteria, understand?"
Konzen nodded and grabbed the jar, grunted at the man, and then turned around, ready to leave. "Ikuzo, baka saru."
I jumped up from my seat in the chair and followed him back out the door. The previous patient still stood in the hall, awaiting our departure to return to his checkup. Before following Konzen into the next hallway, I remembered about his feverish reactions and turned back around to the healer. He was surprised to see me and that fearful look returned to his face.
"Excuse me, ojii-san, but I wanted to ask if maybe Konzen has a fever." He blinked at me confused. I took his speechlessness as a gesture to continue. "At random moments, his cheeks would go red and he would seem ashamed and not want to look at me. Is he sick?"
The old man seemed to find this funny and shook his head. "No, gods cannot get sick. Maybe injured from attacks, but never sick. What you're describing is called blushing."
"Blushing?" Before he could reply, Konzen's commanding voice shook the air.
"Oi! Saru! Are you coming or not?! I have to apply this ointment onto you!"
"Coming!" I smiled at the healer in return for his answer. "Thank you for providing me with an answer, it's good to know that Konzen is well." I rushed off after Konzen and wondered about what blushing was.
I eventually caught up to him, who was still walking at an absurdly quick pace back to his room. Correction, our room. I smiled at the thought. I was lucky to have him all to myself in the midst of night, always by his side, always knowing that he would come back to me. Because now that I knew our destinies were crossed, I would never let go of him. No one can ever take my sun away from me.
When we reached the room after a quick walk, that no doubt led to more questioning glances, he shut the door behind him quite loudly. He sure seemed angry about something. "Sit."
I did as I was told and sat on the bed, causing it to creak slightly. Konzen's silent walk towards me made his next move incredibly surprising. He had whipped the robe upwards haphazardly and did not care that I was pretty much naked under it. I could feel a strange heat rise to my cheeks and I began to stutter out a demand for an explanation.
To which he replied with only a simple "Urusai, baka saru."
I did as I was told but I felt like exploding from the simple action. His fingers worked gently over the lacerations and I could feel the earlier stings of pain in my leg melt away, may it be from his touch or the ointment, I didn't know nor cared. An unconscious purr escaped from my lips from his ministrations, the throaty rumble causing the whole room to just stop freeze.
All of a sudden, his body shot up and he threw the bottle of ointment at me. "Finish it up yourself." The ice in that tone saddened me, wondering what I had done to anger him. Maybe he was just standing outside again, like last time, and wasn't really angry with me, just frustrated.
The slam of the door and heavy steps told me that Konzen was most definitely gone this time and that I had to finish applying the ointment by myself. I frowned deeply at this and continue to apply the ointment to myself. Even though the rooms of Tenkai allowed light to spill in endlessly, it was still a dark prison for its unwilling inhabitants, me being one of them, at least until I could figure out how to make my sun want me here. Otherwise, I would be alone again in a world that only looked at me as a feared and digusting creature. So the decision was reached about this matter.
I would chase after Konzen.
Well...after I treat these wounds. I sighed in frustration as I couldn't seem to move my leg much since the infection seemed to be setting in if I didn't finish up the simple task. I applied the ointment over all the cuts quickly, wanting to complete this task so that I could move onto one that was much preferred over it.
But how would I approach him about it? How would I even know when he had accepted me? Reciprocated the same feelings that I have towards him? It was all such a confusing blur. But I must persevere in it. I had no purpose in life before this, but he suddenly waltzes into my life.
Or was it I waltzed into his?
Whatever it was, it made me happy and I would make sure that I could always be by his side. That I would never forget him. That he would always be the sun in my life.
And so it begins, my search for the sun.
-TBC-
Eh...this part was so short compared to the other chapters. Yikes. -.- I now have a GENERAL direction on how I wanna do this fic, but that means LOTS of chapters...and even going as far as stretching a sequel into Gensou Maden...^^;; Ah...kinda undecided still. And I just wanted to ask you guys, as readers, if you would want Homura in it or not. I'm very flexible with this and couldn't decide, so uh...opinions please?
And thanks to Yami no Tenshi, jashuang, Azzie/Az, Astralkitten, dref, and UltraM2000 for reviewing ^_^ I feel kinda bad now because this chapter isn't really up to par with the others and might disappoint you -.-
Title: Finding the Sun
Author: AznSage
Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue.
Archived at: -Still Time (gmsaiyuki.topcities.com) -FF.net
Pairings: Goku+Konzen/Konzen+Goku
Rating: PG
Note: It's a Goku POV fic. This part is in Gaiden, but the events do not happen exactly as those in Gaiden because I'm not making my fic a retelling of Gaiden. There will be familiar elements, but some were taken out as well (like the hair pulled out), but they may be added later.
We walked in companiable silence down the corridors of Tenkai once again, keeper and charge. More of the citizens of Tenkai saw us and glanced at us, judged us, labelled us. I frowned as I saw that Konzen had gone back to his previous state of indifference and the scowl was once again on his beautiful face. My mind began to work itself into a frenzy to try to think of a way to solve this problem. What could make Konzen smile anyway?
While I was lost in my thoughts, we had arrived at our destination, the room of the healer. Konzen barged into the room without even knocking once, immediately barking orders at the very confused old man working there.
"You, out." He pointed at the man who the healer had been seeing previous to this and thrust the direction of his arm from him to the hall in which we had rushed in from. "You," he pointed at the healer hastily, his arms moving so fast that I could barely see it as any shape but only as a purple blur, "Take care of him. Quick."
Konzen obviously had higher authority and was immediately recognized, seeing as how the patient scurried out the door quickly, not wanting to venture into what disobeying him would lead to. The healer, a wizened old man in very simple garbs, cleaned his work space in preparation for doing a check up on me.
"Sit please." He pointed to the chair and smiled at me gently. I smiled back at him and looked at him straight in the eye. Big mistake. "Oh my..." He seemed to be affronted, backing up a bit from seeing me. He looked at Konzen, with an asking glance, his eyes pleading and fearful.
"That kusobaba told me that you're supposed to look at his wounds to make sure he doesn't get an infection. She wants him alive, understand? Itan or not, he is favored by her."
The healer seemed to nod at this explanation. I still did not understand this whole 'itan' business but dared not ask Konzen, the look on his face seeming to say that he would explode at any moment from anger or frustration. The healer gave me a robe to change into instead of the worn out clothes I had donned for the meantime. Afterwards, he warily peeled the robe away from areas he wanted to check and began to inspect my limbs, where most of the scratches were, and his face contorted in annoyance.
"There seems to be an infection from one of the skinned knees. There was a small pebble embedded there too and I took it out, but I suspect that bacteria is rampant there too." He walked over to one of his tall cabinets and handed a bottle to Konzen. "Some of the other cuts on the same leg are also infected. Just rub this on him for a couple of days and it should do. Put the ointment on all the cuts of this leg or it may not kill all the spreading bacteria, understand?"
Konzen nodded and grabbed the jar, grunted at the man, and then turned around, ready to leave. "Ikuzo, baka saru."
I jumped up from my seat in the chair and followed him back out the door. The previous patient still stood in the hall, awaiting our departure to return to his checkup. Before following Konzen into the next hallway, I remembered about his feverish reactions and turned back around to the healer. He was surprised to see me and that fearful look returned to his face.
"Excuse me, ojii-san, but I wanted to ask if maybe Konzen has a fever." He blinked at me confused. I took his speechlessness as a gesture to continue. "At random moments, his cheeks would go red and he would seem ashamed and not want to look at me. Is he sick?"
The old man seemed to find this funny and shook his head. "No, gods cannot get sick. Maybe injured from attacks, but never sick. What you're describing is called blushing."
"Blushing?" Before he could reply, Konzen's commanding voice shook the air.
"Oi! Saru! Are you coming or not?! I have to apply this ointment onto you!"
"Coming!" I smiled at the healer in return for his answer. "Thank you for providing me with an answer, it's good to know that Konzen is well." I rushed off after Konzen and wondered about what blushing was.
I eventually caught up to him, who was still walking at an absurdly quick pace back to his room. Correction, our room. I smiled at the thought. I was lucky to have him all to myself in the midst of night, always by his side, always knowing that he would come back to me. Because now that I knew our destinies were crossed, I would never let go of him. No one can ever take my sun away from me.
When we reached the room after a quick walk, that no doubt led to more questioning glances, he shut the door behind him quite loudly. He sure seemed angry about something. "Sit."
I did as I was told and sat on the bed, causing it to creak slightly. Konzen's silent walk towards me made his next move incredibly surprising. He had whipped the robe upwards haphazardly and did not care that I was pretty much naked under it. I could feel a strange heat rise to my cheeks and I began to stutter out a demand for an explanation.
To which he replied with only a simple "Urusai, baka saru."
I did as I was told but I felt like exploding from the simple action. His fingers worked gently over the lacerations and I could feel the earlier stings of pain in my leg melt away, may it be from his touch or the ointment, I didn't know nor cared. An unconscious purr escaped from my lips from his ministrations, the throaty rumble causing the whole room to just stop freeze.
All of a sudden, his body shot up and he threw the bottle of ointment at me. "Finish it up yourself." The ice in that tone saddened me, wondering what I had done to anger him. Maybe he was just standing outside again, like last time, and wasn't really angry with me, just frustrated.
The slam of the door and heavy steps told me that Konzen was most definitely gone this time and that I had to finish applying the ointment by myself. I frowned deeply at this and continue to apply the ointment to myself. Even though the rooms of Tenkai allowed light to spill in endlessly, it was still a dark prison for its unwilling inhabitants, me being one of them, at least until I could figure out how to make my sun want me here. Otherwise, I would be alone again in a world that only looked at me as a feared and digusting creature. So the decision was reached about this matter.
I would chase after Konzen.
Well...after I treat these wounds. I sighed in frustration as I couldn't seem to move my leg much since the infection seemed to be setting in if I didn't finish up the simple task. I applied the ointment over all the cuts quickly, wanting to complete this task so that I could move onto one that was much preferred over it.
But how would I approach him about it? How would I even know when he had accepted me? Reciprocated the same feelings that I have towards him? It was all such a confusing blur. But I must persevere in it. I had no purpose in life before this, but he suddenly waltzes into my life.
Or was it I waltzed into his?
Whatever it was, it made me happy and I would make sure that I could always be by his side. That I would never forget him. That he would always be the sun in my life.
And so it begins, my search for the sun.
-TBC-
Eh...this part was so short compared to the other chapters. Yikes. -.- I now have a GENERAL direction on how I wanna do this fic, but that means LOTS of chapters...and even going as far as stretching a sequel into Gensou Maden...^^;; Ah...kinda undecided still. And I just wanted to ask you guys, as readers, if you would want Homura in it or not. I'm very flexible with this and couldn't decide, so uh...opinions please?