Goku: Time for the 3rd installment of Kawari!
Sanzo: What exactly does 'Kawari' mean anyway?
Me: It's a surprise!
Gojyo: Hey, doesn't it mean-
Goku: ::jumps on Gojyo::
Me: Don't ruin it!
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Goku groggily walked down the steps to breakfast.
He wore gloves to hide the 'claws'.
Gojyo saw the heretics new look and decided it was a great time to make fun of him.
"Hey monkey boy, what's with the gardener look?"
Goku didn't say anything. He didn't feel like getting into a fight with Gojyo at the moment.
"Shove it, cockroach." He said with a dangerous tone.
He quickly grabbed a plate of eggs and went back to his room.
Gojyo looked at Sanzo and Hakkai who were speechless.
"What the hell crawled up his ass?" Gojyo said.
"I'll talk to him." Hakkai started up the stairs until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see Sanzo.
Without even saying a word, Sanzo moved ahead of Hakkai and proceeded up the stairs towards Goku's room. Hakkai lowered his head and smiled.
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Sanzo opened the door.
"Goku, there's something up with—"
He paused.
Goku was sitting on his bed. The gloves had been removed. Tears soaked the child's face. Extremely sharp canine teeth had grown, and his ears had become pointed.
Sanzo starred at the claws replacing the boy's hands.
"What the..."
Goku lowered his head in shame.
"Sanzo, I—"
He stopped when the monk approached his bed and sat next to him. He placed a hand on the boys head.
"What's happening to you?" he asked.
Goku looked at him.
"Please help me..." the boy cried.
He wrapped his arms around Sanzo's waist and cried.
"I don't know what's happening! I don't want to change Sanzo! Please! Help me make it stop!"
Sanzo had no idea what to do. But to ease the child's cries, he placed a hand on his back.
"I'll help you...I promise."
Goku looked up with bright gold eyes, and slightly smiled.
"Thank you."
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"Where the hell are we Hakkai!? We've been in the desert for 8 hours!" Gojyo shouted.
"I thought you said we'd be outta here 5 hours ago." Sanzo frowned.
"Well I'm very sorry gentlemen, but it seems as though we have no choice but the stop here." Hakkai stopped the jeep.
"WHAT!?" Gojyo jumped.
"Hakaryu's tired...he can't drive easily in this terrain. We'll just have to wait till tomorrow to get back on the road."
Hakaryu transformed back into dragon form and flew to Hakkai's shoulder.
Gojyo sighed.
"There IS a small wooded area about a half a mile from here. I'm sure there'll be some fruit there to get Hakaryu back to full strength."
"Fruit?" Goku's lit up.
Hakkai smiled and couldn't help but laugh as the boy's tail waged back and forth as he ran.
"I don't get it...a tail, claws, massive sharp teeth and pointed ears...doesn't that seem EXTREAMLY odd to you?" Gojyo pondered.
"Give it time...maybe it'll all go away after a while." Sanzo said, and followed the boy.
"And what do we do if it doesn't clear up?" Gojyo asked.
"...I don't know Gojyo..." Hakkai sighed.
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Goku sat on the tallest branch of a peach tree and happily ate.
"Hey monkey! Throw us down a few of those won't ya?" Gojyo shouted.
"Gladly, but first say 'pretty please!'" Goku laughed.
"Throw some fruit down or I'm coming up there after you!" Gojyo threatened.
"Ha! I'd like to see you try it, water sprite!"
"ALRIGHT! THAT'S IT! I'M COMING UP THERE AND KICKING YOUR ASS!" Gojyo started up the tree.
Goku laughed and hopped to another tree just as Gojyo reached the branch he was on.
This continued until the two were out of sight.
"Morons..." Sanzo huffed.
"I find it to be quite entertaining to be honest." Hakkai laughed.
Sanzo rolled his eyes and proceeded to set up camp.
Hakkai lit the fire and fed Hakaryu a piece of fruit.
Sanzo heard something coming from the bushes behind the camp site. He pulled out his banishing gun and loaded it.
Hakkai turned to look at Sanzo, until a dark figure jumped out from behind him and batted Hakkai in the back with a gold staff.
Hakkai dropped to the ground.
The figure flew at Sanzo, but immediately stopped when he saw the monk's face.
Sanzo looked at his attacker, pointed gun in hand.
He wore a black cape, black boots, and had black spiked hair with silver eyes.
He flashed a menacing grin. "You would be Sanzo...would you not?"
"I guess it all depends...who are you?"
The man stood up strait. "If you are Sanzo...I've been sent to take a troublesome animal off your hands."
Sanzo fired a shot that flew right past the villain's head. To Sanzo's surprise, he didn't flinch what-so-ever.
"Either get the hell out of here, or the next one won't miss."
The man sighed.
"Let me introduce myself...Names Ryoushi."
"Do I really have to waste a bullet on you?"
"Let me explain! I've been sent to take that little demon child off your hands...I've seen how it bothers you."
"Well IT isn't going anywhere."
"Fine...let's do it the hard way..."
Suddenly, Ryoushi was hit in the back by Hakkai's ki blast.
Ryoushi let out a cry of pain and then leaped into the air, disappearing.
Hakkai looked at Sanzo. "Who was that?"
"...No time to explain...We have to find Goku!"
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Else where
"Wait up ya damn primate!"
"Keep up slow poke!"
Goku laughed as he hopped from branch to branch and watched Gojyo jumping like a sissy and trying not to fall.
"Come on ya pansy! You can do better than that!" Goku mocked.
Gojyo flashed a 'you're so dead' look and continued his already failed attempt at chasing the boy.
Just as Goku jumped to the next branch, a hand came out of no where and grabbed him by his neck.
"I finally have you heretic." Ryoushi grinned.
Goku broke free of the attackers grasp and bit his arm. Goku's sharp canine's pierced Ryoushi's skin and he yelped in pain.
"YOU LITTLE BASTARD!"
Ryoushi hit Goku over the head with the gold staff, knocking the boy unconscious.
Goku fell from the 8 story tall tree and landed on his back.
"GOKU!" Gojyo Shouted, and climbed down the tree as fast as he could, but was beaten to it by Ryoushi.
Goku opened his eyes as wide as he could.
Ryoushi stood kneeled over him, smiling.
Goku couldn't move. His mind screamed to him. Telling him to attack this man, but his body wouldn't cooperate.
Ryoushi tilted his head, studying his 'prey'.
"Having trouble?" He asked.
Goku didn't answer.
Ryoushi took hold of his staff.
"This staff is made from the strongest metal in the world...much like your limiter. I've heard you've broken it before. Kinda surprised that a hopeless animal like you could break something even the gods couldn't scratch."
Goku stayed still.
"You went down so easy. I thought you were that monk's body guard. Guess all you can really do is walk on a leash and sit when he tells you. You're nothing more than a pet. You'll be the cause of his death...and everyone else's."
These words hit Goku. Hard.
"Why don't you be a good boy...and play dead." Ryoushi raised his staff over Goku's chest. A sharp spear appeared on the bottom. He was about to stab Goku with it until the boy snapped out of his paralyzed state and caught it in his palms, which were now covered in blood.
Goku pushed the staff away from him and jumped into the air.
He was followed by Ryoushi.
Goku turned around and flew at the hunter, causing him to lose balance and plummet back down to earth.
Goku kneeled on his attacker and pressed the staff against his neck to keep him down.
"Now beg." Goku whispered in a deadly tone and clawed at the hunter's face, leaving a deep, bloody scar.
Ryoushi grabbed hold of the staff and nailed Goku in the stomach with the top end.
Goku coughed up blood and fell to the ground, gasping.
"Next time...You'll be dead before you even know I'm there."
Ryoushi took off into the woods without another word.
Gojyo finally got himself down from the tree and rushed to aid Goku.
He kneeled next to him, afraid to move him.
"Goku...say something. Come on kid!" Gojyo looked up, and wished the other two were there.
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Sanzo stopped when he saw Gojyo with an arm around Goku, helping to keep him up.
The heretic had blood oozing from both palms and his left arm, which was undoubtedly broken. Blood flowed from the back of his head and trailed down his back.
Hakaryu changed back into jeep mode.
"Get him in the back." Hakkai ordered
Goku was placed in the back seat. Hakkai got in and sat next to him.
"Gojyo, I need you to drive."
Gojyo nodded and took the wheel. "Ok Hakaryu...let's see how fast you can really drive." The kappa grinned and stomped the gas peddle.
Sanzo looked back at Hakkai healing Goku.
"Will he be...?"
Hakkai looked up. "He'll be fine."
Sanzo nodded.
'Because I made a promise.' Sanzo said to himself.
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Well, that's it! I hope you enjoyed that!
R&R...you know the drill.
Lirin-Chan.
Sanzo: What exactly does 'Kawari' mean anyway?
Me: It's a surprise!
Gojyo: Hey, doesn't it mean-
Goku: ::jumps on Gojyo::
Me: Don't ruin it!
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Goku groggily walked down the steps to breakfast.
He wore gloves to hide the 'claws'.
Gojyo saw the heretics new look and decided it was a great time to make fun of him.
"Hey monkey boy, what's with the gardener look?"
Goku didn't say anything. He didn't feel like getting into a fight with Gojyo at the moment.
"Shove it, cockroach." He said with a dangerous tone.
He quickly grabbed a plate of eggs and went back to his room.
Gojyo looked at Sanzo and Hakkai who were speechless.
"What the hell crawled up his ass?" Gojyo said.
"I'll talk to him." Hakkai started up the stairs until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see Sanzo.
Without even saying a word, Sanzo moved ahead of Hakkai and proceeded up the stairs towards Goku's room. Hakkai lowered his head and smiled.
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Sanzo opened the door.
"Goku, there's something up with—"
He paused.
Goku was sitting on his bed. The gloves had been removed. Tears soaked the child's face. Extremely sharp canine teeth had grown, and his ears had become pointed.
Sanzo starred at the claws replacing the boy's hands.
"What the..."
Goku lowered his head in shame.
"Sanzo, I—"
He stopped when the monk approached his bed and sat next to him. He placed a hand on the boys head.
"What's happening to you?" he asked.
Goku looked at him.
"Please help me..." the boy cried.
He wrapped his arms around Sanzo's waist and cried.
"I don't know what's happening! I don't want to change Sanzo! Please! Help me make it stop!"
Sanzo had no idea what to do. But to ease the child's cries, he placed a hand on his back.
"I'll help you...I promise."
Goku looked up with bright gold eyes, and slightly smiled.
"Thank you."
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"Where the hell are we Hakkai!? We've been in the desert for 8 hours!" Gojyo shouted.
"I thought you said we'd be outta here 5 hours ago." Sanzo frowned.
"Well I'm very sorry gentlemen, but it seems as though we have no choice but the stop here." Hakkai stopped the jeep.
"WHAT!?" Gojyo jumped.
"Hakaryu's tired...he can't drive easily in this terrain. We'll just have to wait till tomorrow to get back on the road."
Hakaryu transformed back into dragon form and flew to Hakkai's shoulder.
Gojyo sighed.
"There IS a small wooded area about a half a mile from here. I'm sure there'll be some fruit there to get Hakaryu back to full strength."
"Fruit?" Goku's lit up.
Hakkai smiled and couldn't help but laugh as the boy's tail waged back and forth as he ran.
"I don't get it...a tail, claws, massive sharp teeth and pointed ears...doesn't that seem EXTREAMLY odd to you?" Gojyo pondered.
"Give it time...maybe it'll all go away after a while." Sanzo said, and followed the boy.
"And what do we do if it doesn't clear up?" Gojyo asked.
"...I don't know Gojyo..." Hakkai sighed.
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Goku sat on the tallest branch of a peach tree and happily ate.
"Hey monkey! Throw us down a few of those won't ya?" Gojyo shouted.
"Gladly, but first say 'pretty please!'" Goku laughed.
"Throw some fruit down or I'm coming up there after you!" Gojyo threatened.
"Ha! I'd like to see you try it, water sprite!"
"ALRIGHT! THAT'S IT! I'M COMING UP THERE AND KICKING YOUR ASS!" Gojyo started up the tree.
Goku laughed and hopped to another tree just as Gojyo reached the branch he was on.
This continued until the two were out of sight.
"Morons..." Sanzo huffed.
"I find it to be quite entertaining to be honest." Hakkai laughed.
Sanzo rolled his eyes and proceeded to set up camp.
Hakkai lit the fire and fed Hakaryu a piece of fruit.
Sanzo heard something coming from the bushes behind the camp site. He pulled out his banishing gun and loaded it.
Hakkai turned to look at Sanzo, until a dark figure jumped out from behind him and batted Hakkai in the back with a gold staff.
Hakkai dropped to the ground.
The figure flew at Sanzo, but immediately stopped when he saw the monk's face.
Sanzo looked at his attacker, pointed gun in hand.
He wore a black cape, black boots, and had black spiked hair with silver eyes.
He flashed a menacing grin. "You would be Sanzo...would you not?"
"I guess it all depends...who are you?"
The man stood up strait. "If you are Sanzo...I've been sent to take a troublesome animal off your hands."
Sanzo fired a shot that flew right past the villain's head. To Sanzo's surprise, he didn't flinch what-so-ever.
"Either get the hell out of here, or the next one won't miss."
The man sighed.
"Let me introduce myself...Names Ryoushi."
"Do I really have to waste a bullet on you?"
"Let me explain! I've been sent to take that little demon child off your hands...I've seen how it bothers you."
"Well IT isn't going anywhere."
"Fine...let's do it the hard way..."
Suddenly, Ryoushi was hit in the back by Hakkai's ki blast.
Ryoushi let out a cry of pain and then leaped into the air, disappearing.
Hakkai looked at Sanzo. "Who was that?"
"...No time to explain...We have to find Goku!"
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Else where
"Wait up ya damn primate!"
"Keep up slow poke!"
Goku laughed as he hopped from branch to branch and watched Gojyo jumping like a sissy and trying not to fall.
"Come on ya pansy! You can do better than that!" Goku mocked.
Gojyo flashed a 'you're so dead' look and continued his already failed attempt at chasing the boy.
Just as Goku jumped to the next branch, a hand came out of no where and grabbed him by his neck.
"I finally have you heretic." Ryoushi grinned.
Goku broke free of the attackers grasp and bit his arm. Goku's sharp canine's pierced Ryoushi's skin and he yelped in pain.
"YOU LITTLE BASTARD!"
Ryoushi hit Goku over the head with the gold staff, knocking the boy unconscious.
Goku fell from the 8 story tall tree and landed on his back.
"GOKU!" Gojyo Shouted, and climbed down the tree as fast as he could, but was beaten to it by Ryoushi.
Goku opened his eyes as wide as he could.
Ryoushi stood kneeled over him, smiling.
Goku couldn't move. His mind screamed to him. Telling him to attack this man, but his body wouldn't cooperate.
Ryoushi tilted his head, studying his 'prey'.
"Having trouble?" He asked.
Goku didn't answer.
Ryoushi took hold of his staff.
"This staff is made from the strongest metal in the world...much like your limiter. I've heard you've broken it before. Kinda surprised that a hopeless animal like you could break something even the gods couldn't scratch."
Goku stayed still.
"You went down so easy. I thought you were that monk's body guard. Guess all you can really do is walk on a leash and sit when he tells you. You're nothing more than a pet. You'll be the cause of his death...and everyone else's."
These words hit Goku. Hard.
"Why don't you be a good boy...and play dead." Ryoushi raised his staff over Goku's chest. A sharp spear appeared on the bottom. He was about to stab Goku with it until the boy snapped out of his paralyzed state and caught it in his palms, which were now covered in blood.
Goku pushed the staff away from him and jumped into the air.
He was followed by Ryoushi.
Goku turned around and flew at the hunter, causing him to lose balance and plummet back down to earth.
Goku kneeled on his attacker and pressed the staff against his neck to keep him down.
"Now beg." Goku whispered in a deadly tone and clawed at the hunter's face, leaving a deep, bloody scar.
Ryoushi grabbed hold of the staff and nailed Goku in the stomach with the top end.
Goku coughed up blood and fell to the ground, gasping.
"Next time...You'll be dead before you even know I'm there."
Ryoushi took off into the woods without another word.
Gojyo finally got himself down from the tree and rushed to aid Goku.
He kneeled next to him, afraid to move him.
"Goku...say something. Come on kid!" Gojyo looked up, and wished the other two were there.
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Sanzo stopped when he saw Gojyo with an arm around Goku, helping to keep him up.
The heretic had blood oozing from both palms and his left arm, which was undoubtedly broken. Blood flowed from the back of his head and trailed down his back.
Hakaryu changed back into jeep mode.
"Get him in the back." Hakkai ordered
Goku was placed in the back seat. Hakkai got in and sat next to him.
"Gojyo, I need you to drive."
Gojyo nodded and took the wheel. "Ok Hakaryu...let's see how fast you can really drive." The kappa grinned and stomped the gas peddle.
Sanzo looked back at Hakkai healing Goku.
"Will he be...?"
Hakkai looked up. "He'll be fine."
Sanzo nodded.
'Because I made a promise.' Sanzo said to himself.
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Well, that's it! I hope you enjoyed that!
R&R...you know the drill.
Lirin-Chan.