Title: Finding the Sun
Author: AznSage
Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue.
Pairings: Goku+Konzen/Konzen+Goku
Rating: PG
Note: It's a Goku POV fic. Gaiden, but not exactly the same as Gaiden is. This part has a LOT of lines from the manga. Some were tweaked with, but there's a lot of similar dialogue.

"Hey? Are you listening to me? I asked you who you are, are you going to reply or what?"

My mind snapped back into place. He just said something, a question, but I couldn't clearly process it. I was still captivated by the fact that someone else had golden eyes. That someone else was also a child stuck in Tenkai. "Huh? Uh...I..."

"Oh...crap..." Shuffling and footsteps could be heard not far from us, a few hushed voices talking to each other about something. "This way!" He grabbed my wrists before I even knew what was going on and lightly shut the door behind me as quickly as possible. Scurrying quickly behind the statue that sat there, he clamped his hand over my mouth to silence me. Under normal circumstances, I would have probably bit his hand, but this was definitely far from normal. Who was this kid?

With a loud bang, the door flew open. "Nataku-sama! Nataku-sama!" I felt the boy next to me tense in anticipation of what would result from the call, only causing myself to hold my breath, not wanting to cause trouble for him in a matter I was not familiar with. When the guard received no reply, he left the room, mumbling about how this 'Nataku' person was such a handful.

The kid next to me snickered. "Baka."

Since the danger had passed, I felt the urge to voice my opinion again. I felt my innocence overpower me though and briefly wondered outloud. "Were you running because you did something bad?" Of course, what I really wanted to ask was "Are you running because you are like me?" but I bit my tongue on that one.

"It wasn't much. Tentei just looks so dumb whenever he's taking a nap on that throne of his...so I drew nose hairs on his face." He chuckled quietly and I couldn't help but laugh along with him. The sound had relieved the tension in my heart and made me temporarily forget about the golden eyes.

"Haha! I would've loved to see that!"

"Yeah! I should've taken a picture!" His laughter evened out to a silly grin and he offered his hand to me. "You're fun. I'm Nataku. Who are you?"

I looked at the hand and blinked a few times. "Um...I..."

He looked back at me surprised. "See, you do this..." He took my fragile palm with his other hand and placed it into the correct position on his offered hand so that they fit just perfectly. His hands were small just like mine, except they had a deathly pale tone to them and were softer. My hands were bronzed and calloused compared to his, the cuts from my climb still not having been fully healed. My fingers tightened of their own accord into the space and then he began to move my hand up and down in a steady motion. "It's called a handshake. It's a gesture of greeting and friendship."

My mouth formed a little 'o' shape as he did that. It fascinated me to no end. How such a simple action could mean so much. I smiled back at him.

"So what's your name?"

"Well...uh...I don't have a name..." I felt heat rush to my cheeks, as the matter did seem a bit humiliating. "I didn't have anyone to give me a name. The people here say that I'm strange and call me an 'itan.' They say that since golden eyes bring about either great fortune or great misfortune, I have to be properly 'looked after' here." I looked at him pleadingly, asking him for his story. What was he doing here? He was happy and seemed very well-respected by the guards. Was it true happiness or just his being well-adjusted?

"I don't understand all of that, but it seems pretty impressive." I blinked, confused. Impressive? He had golden eyes too though...

"Huh?" It seemed to be the only response I could coax out of myself today.

"There's only one of you in the whole world, so you're unique. No one can ever take your place. Wouldn't you find that impressive?"

Suddenly, the doors flew open with a loud bang. "There you are Nataku-sama!" The guards rushed up to him and ushered him away. Nataku yelped in surprise at their appearance, his eyes frantic for a way to escape. "You've gone too far this time. Return to the palace immediately!" Their commands made me think again about the 'respect' that Nataku may have around here. What was his purpose?

"Alright, alright." He began to follow them out and I felt the urge to scream after him.

And scream I did. "Nataku! Will I see you again?"

He smiled at me. "Yeah! Definitely!"

After Nataku left, I made my way out of the room and back into the hall. I looked around and couldn't remember which way I had come from. But since there seemed to be a lack of scared guards, that must mean that Konzen had stopped trying to kill me. Which meant he must be in our room. I happily wandered around the halls for the way back, idly musing in the fact that I was still nameless.

Surely enough, by the time I had made it back to the room, Konzen was there, lying on his bed, belly down, hugging a pillow tightly by his head, with his back towards me. The room had changed a little while I was gone. His desk was no longer in it, but apparently had been moved to a more suitable office and a neat little futon had been brought out and placed next to his.

"Konzen!" I jumped at him and wrapped my arms around his waist tightly. "I'm so sorry I made you mad! I didn't mean to! Honest!" Under me, he shifted slightly so that he was now facing me. Of course, with me latching onto him as I was, that meant my face would be at around his stomach's level.

"Saru! Get off me now! Your bed is there now!" He pointed at the new piece of furniture and I pouted at it. I didn't want to sleep in another bed! I wanted to be in his!

"But...Konzen!"

"And where have you been?! I thought you got lost and kicked out of Tenkai or something! Not everyone knows that you're here under that kuso baba's orders you know! You had me wor--" He stopped there, cutting himself short and getting up into a seated position. My arms were still firmly latched to his waist so I was now in a very odd position. He looked at me with his eyes blazing in fury. "Get off me."

I shook my head and pouted cutely at him. It seems to work a lot, so I might as well use it to my advantage. "Mm-mm. Iie!"

"Fine." He got up and stood, with me still latching myself onto him and began to try and pry me off.

"Wah~! Konzen! No! You're gonna rip up my shirt!"

"Get off me! Now!"

"No! No! No! No! NO!" I clung onto him even tighter as he tried even harder. After a good two minutes of this, Konzen finally stopped and plopped down on the bed, his back against the headboard and his arms raised to pillow his head.

"Fine, have it your way." I smiled at him and snuggled into the inviting warmth. Konzen's hair idly brushed by me and I let it brush by my nose. It was pleasant in scent and soft to the touch. Definitely a sight to behold.

"Ne...Konzen..."

"Hm?"

"Can I...brush your hair?"

He looked at me a bit in surprise and seemed to think about it for a little while. "No."

"Come on~ Konzen! Please? I'll let go of you!"

He seemed to think this over again, but still, the reply was the same. "No."

"Pleeeeeeeeeease~?" I emphasized my point by squeezing even tighter around his waist and eliciting a slight gasp of surprise from him.

"Fine! Just let go already! I can't breathe!"

I let go and jumped at him, hugging his neck briefly. "Sankyuu, Konzen!" We shifted positions on the bed and I untied his hair, running my hands through the soft locks in admiration. "Uwa~! It's so soft! It feels like silk!" I began to work my fingers through the hair again as Konzen handed me a comb instead.

"Use this."

Taking it, I ran it through his hair. It sparkled beautifully against the light that played in the room. So golden, so beautiful... "Like the sun..." I couldn't help but smile at this.

Apparently, Konzen heard me. "I am not like the sun."

"Bu--"

"NOT like the sun. Especially not yours. I am far from being anyone's sun." His words sliced into my heart deeply. How can this being even think that he was not the sun? He was caring, intelligent, beautiful, perfect. Except maybe that temper of his, but that's curable.

An uncomfortable silence hung in the air as I continued to comb his hair adoringly. It started to eat away at me that it was so quiet, so I decided to make conversation. "Oh! I met this really nice kid today! I think I'm going to see him again tomorrow if you're too busy."

"So you have a friend now?"

"Yup! He seems kinda stuck up, but he's lots of fun!"

"Well, that's good."

"Yeah!" Konzen seemed to be lost in thought for the next few seconds and I stopped combing his hair and climbed around to face him. I stared at him and waved my hands in front of his face for a few seconds. His seriousness was contagious and I started thinking as well about important things...like my name.

"Now what?" Konzen finally snapped out of it and looked me disinterested.

"Naa, Konzen, give me a name."

"That's kinda sudden..." He turned away from me and it looked as if he wanted to ignore me again.

"Next time I see him, I want to tell him my name! So..."

"I'll think about it."

"No! I want it right now!"

"Fine then. Saru. Let's make it saru."

"Konzen no baka!" I threw a pillow at his head as he tried to turn away and ignore me. I don't know why but this seemed to matter to me so much. Maybe because it was the sense of identity that I lacked. I didn't want to be called by what I was. I did not want the next guard to see me to call me an itan. A creature they hated and despised. An outcast. "Please Konzen! I'm begging you!" I ducked my head a bit and turned it away as it seemed that some moisture tried to make it's way to my eyes.

"Gaki! What the hell do you think you're doing--" His sentence stopped short as I raised my hand to wipe away the tears.

"Goku. Son Goku."

"Goku?"

"It's short and simple so that your short simple monkey brain can remember it."

"Mm...Goku. Heheh." I mused over it in my mind. It was short and simple, but knowing Konzen, there was probably some meaning behind it that I didn't comprehend, nor was he willing to tell me. It's worth a shot though..."Ne, Konzen, what's it mean? What's it mean? What's it mean?"

"Shut up and go to sleep!" He threw a pillow at me for my inquiries and turned around again, intent on trying to pretend that he was asleep and ignoring me.

"Mou...kechi." I walked over to his other side where I would see his face. His eyes were closed and the scowl was already gone, in it's stead a soft blank expression. Maybe he really was asleep. Carefully, I crept closer to him. I waved my hand in front of his face to check if he was really asleep. Nothing.

I couldn't help it really, but I brushed away a few of his golden locks to see his stern face more clearly. His pale features will always bring a smile to my face.

"Have a nice nap, Konzen. And remember, no matter what, you'll always be my sun. No matter how much you deny it, you still are my sun." I must have really been crazy at this moment because I leaned in and kissed his forehead softly. "I know we haven't known each other for a very long time, but I'm already bound to you. Always. I'm so alone here in Tenkai...If you were gone, I think I'd go crazy."

And with that, I left the room, with one last glance at Konzen. I wanted to find someone to tell me what my name meant. And if I'm lucky, I could find Nataku as well and tell him my name.

"Konzen...thank you...for my identity...for taking care of me...for everything..."

-TBC-

Much thanks to gallactica, Astralkitten, and bleit (I actually don't know what I would do with Homura, but probably not much 'cause I don't think he's that bad of a guy ^_^ He might give Goku something to think about though ^^;;) for reviewing! ^_^ And in case you really wanted to know, Konzen isn't asleep at the end part. *grins* I just mastered drawing Goku well this last week, so I might do some art for this, we'll see ^^;; Can't wait to quickly introduce to Goku all the people in Tenkai...it's frustrating following the dialogue of the manga sometimes (especially since I have to translate it -.-;;).
What to expect from me for the next two chapters:
-A talk with...er...I haven't decided who yet, but there aren't that many people to choose from right now...about the meaning of Goku
-Tenpou's intro
-Kenren's intro (this might be in the next three chapters...considering I'm lazy and don't feel like writing lots in one chapter...

I'm TRYING to give this fic direction and it's not working, so I'll just plan a few chapters ahead at most...and then probably change my mind at the last minute and write something else...^^;;