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Goku and Sanzo had both fallen asleep with the TV on in the living room.
Goku slept on the couch while Sanzo slept in the reclining chair. Sanzo woke up to the sun shining in his eyes. He yawned and looked at Goku, still sleeping.
He smiled a bit at the sound of peaceful snoring coming from the boy.
Sanzo walked over to him and pulled the blanket up to Goku's chin.
Goku mumbled something in his sleep that Sanzo couldn't quite understand.
Sanzo wanted to know what he said so he listened.
"I don't...wanna be...alone again..." Goku murmured.
"What?"
Goku flopped over and faced the back of the couch.
"That's what you're afraid of isn't it? You don't want to be alone again. Who ever left you must've been a real asshole." ((Lol)) Sanzo thought for a moment. "But then again...you might have just lost your loved ones the way I lost mine. But no worries...We won't be alone anymore."
Sanzo then remembered a strange dream he had that night.
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Sanzo saw a teenage boy approach a cave prison. Inside it a young, golden eyed child lay in a fetal position.
The child had chains around his ankles, neck and wrists.
"Is he...some sort of criminal?" Sanzo thought.
The teen laid a hand on the stone bars and looked into the cave. "Are you the one who's been calling to me?"
The child got up and was surprised to see another living being outside the stone bars.
"W-who are you?" the child choked.
"I came to tell you to shut the hell up...you've been calling to me and it's getting annoying."
"I...I haven't been calling to anyone..."
"Listen...I actually came to put a bullet in your head to shut you up...but for some reason...I can't. So you're coming with me." He reached out his hand to the child.
The chains withered away as the boy reached for the priest's hand.
"Its fate after all."
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Sanzo snapped out of the day dream and stared at Goku lying there.
He looked like the kid from his dream. And Sanzo himself looked like the priest who freed him.
Sanzo got dressed into his work shirt and a pair of jeans and started to remember a legend that was told to him by his father. The legend of Saiyuki. Four men who were bound together by the scars of their past on a journey to set things right in a place called Togenkyo. Sanzo was told it was the reason demons were hated in the present time.
The four men were all very different from one another. A Buddhist Priest who carried a gun, and who was more arrogant than holy. A half demon that enjoyed nothing more than a good cup of sake and a night with a member of the opposite sex. A former human turned demon, who killed 1000 demons to try and get his kidnapped lover back, but a kind and gentle man none the less. And last but not least, a heretic demon child whom wanted nothing more than to fight, eat and please his 'master' who just happened to be the cold-hearted priest.
But that was a fairy tale. A bed-time story parents told their kids to get them to shut up.
What was funny was the fact that Sanzo never heard the end of the story.
Sanzo laughed to himself.
He then heard Goku waking up.
"Morning..." Goku yawned.
"Morning." Sanzo mumbled.
Goku sat up and smiled. "After you talked to me last night I had a really good dream! I can't remember it all that well, but I never can recall good dreams. Thank you Sanzo!"
Sanzo closed his eyes, trying to hide a smile. "You're welcome."
"Are Hakkai and Gojyo coming over today?"
"No. Hakkai has an interview and Gojyo's out on a date."
Goku sighed. "Then what are we gonna do today Sanzo?"
Sanzo got up and walked towards the kitchen. "I have work today. So you'll be alone here today. That alright?"
Goku nodded, still wearing that goofy grin. "yes." He said.
"I'll have Hakkai come over and check on you after his interview. There's food in the fridge and Hakkai's cell number is on the counter. If the phone rings, look on the caller ID for Gojyo, me or Hakkai, no one else, got it?"
With wide gold eyes looking as though they didn't really catch any of that, Goku nodded.
"I'll be back around 2:30 in the morning...don't stay up that late." Sanzo said before leaving.
"Bye bye Sanzo!" Goku waved.
"Bye..."
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5 hours later...
After eating two whole bags of chips and a bowl of ramen, Goku sat on the couch watching the TV.
He was incredibly bored.
A knock was heard at the door. Goku quickly got up and opened it.
It was Hakkai back from his interview.
"Hi there Goku."
"Hakkai!" Goku chirped.
"Are you hungry right about now? Cause I haven't eaten since breakfast." Hakkai smiled.
"Yeah!!"
Hakkai patted the young man on the head. "Go get a jacket and we'll take off alright?"
Goku grinned and went to get his new jacket hanging in the closet.
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Hakaryu was parked near the apartment building ready to go.
"He's very reliable. You're a lucky kid to have such a wonderful pet." Hakkai smiled.
"He really likes you a lot, huh Hakkai?" said Goku.
Hakkai nodded and got into the drivers side. Goku got in the front seat...for the first time.
"This may sound pretty rude of me...but may I keep Hakaryu around? Since you live with Sanzo now, I don't think you'll need Hakaryu to get around the city anymore." Hakkai asked.
"Oh sure! Hakaryu really likes you! So it's no problem! Right Hakaryu!?"
Hakaryu mewed in delight then started on his own.
"Where would you like to go to eat Goku?"
"You decide. I don't know any good places around here."
Hakkai thought for a moment. "I know just the place."
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They came to a small soup shop and sat down in a booth seat near the window.
"You know...I've been meaning to tell you something." Said Hakkai.
"What?"
"I had the strangest dream last night Goku. And you were in it. We were all riding in Hakaryu and talking about someone named Gyumao. You and Gojyo were in back fighting, which I found quite amusing, Sanzo and I were in front. I was driving and Sanzo hit both of you with a fan." He laughed. "It seems like we were all having such a good time. But after seeing that...I feel...like I know you better than I should. I mean...you've been here not even three days. Yet I still feel like we've been through so much. All four of us."
Goku searched Hakkai for any signs of fear or rejection.
"What are you saying Hakkai?"
"I believe in re-incarnation...and I have come to the conclusion that maybe...I knew you in a past life. And maybe that's why Hakaryu likes me and why Sanzo opened his home to you."
"What about Gojyo?"
"Gojyo called me last night, saying he had a similar dream to mine. You, me and Sanzo all together."
The two were silent for a moment.
'Is he on to me? Does he know who and what I am?' Goku panicked.
"I'm beginning to think that maybe all of us are re-incarnations of those people from out dreams. Me, Sanzo, Gojyo and...you."
Goku sighed in relief. But then again, what was so reliving about making your friend think you're something that you're not.
"Hakkai...I...--"
The waitress arrived with their drinks.
"Thank you." Hakkai said kindly. He then turned to Goku "What was it you were about to say Goku?"
"...Nothing."
Hakkai looked at the boy with concern. "You sure it's nothing?"
Goku faked a smile "Yes."
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Hakkai dropped Goku off at the apartment.
Goku went right back to being bored.
He searched the cabinets for something to eat when he found a large bottle of sake.
"No...don't give into temptation...just close the door...and get something to eat." Goku told himself.
For 500 years Goku had what people in the present called an 'addiction'. His problems were always dissolved in a bottle of sake. He was helpless to it.
Goku stared at the bottle. "Sanzo will get mad if he finds it gone...so I can't have any..."
He closed the door and hopped off the counter. He glanced back at it.
"Maybe...one cup won't hurt."
Goku got back up on the counter and got the sake out of the cabinet. He got a glass and poured it so it was right at the rim.
"Cheers" Goku said and took a huge swig of it.
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6 hours and 2 and a half bottles of sake later...
Sanzo returned home to the smell of sake. He searched his apartment and found Goku lying behind the couch ...drunk and passed out...clutching an empty sake bottle in his hand.
Sanzo growled.
"You damn idiot!"
He picked up the bottles and threw them away. He then focused his attention on the kid lying on the floor.
Sanzo picked him up and laid him on the couch, wrapping him in a blanket.
"You just wait until morning you drunken moron." Sanzo growled.
Sanzo knew if he lashed out at Goku, he would probably feel a little bad about it. He remembered he said nothing about drinking the sake, and if he knew anything about that stuff, once you had a cup, you couldn't stop chugging.
He'd call Hakkai in the morning. Hakkai would know what to do.
Sanzo noticed Goku was a little pale. Not just from the sake.
He felt the boys forehead and found he had a slight fever.
"Great...you drank to fast...If you're going to get drunk, at least do it right!" he hollered to the sleeping child.
Sanzo sighed. There was nothing he could do now.
He sat next to Goku on the couch and touched the boys face pushing a stray strand of hair away.
"You're lucky I'm in a good mood." He sneered, and fell asleep next to Goku.
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Goku and Sanzo had both fallen asleep with the TV on in the living room.
Goku slept on the couch while Sanzo slept in the reclining chair. Sanzo woke up to the sun shining in his eyes. He yawned and looked at Goku, still sleeping.
He smiled a bit at the sound of peaceful snoring coming from the boy.
Sanzo walked over to him and pulled the blanket up to Goku's chin.
Goku mumbled something in his sleep that Sanzo couldn't quite understand.
Sanzo wanted to know what he said so he listened.
"I don't...wanna be...alone again..." Goku murmured.
"What?"
Goku flopped over and faced the back of the couch.
"That's what you're afraid of isn't it? You don't want to be alone again. Who ever left you must've been a real asshole." ((Lol)) Sanzo thought for a moment. "But then again...you might have just lost your loved ones the way I lost mine. But no worries...We won't be alone anymore."
Sanzo then remembered a strange dream he had that night.
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Sanzo saw a teenage boy approach a cave prison. Inside it a young, golden eyed child lay in a fetal position.
The child had chains around his ankles, neck and wrists.
"Is he...some sort of criminal?" Sanzo thought.
The teen laid a hand on the stone bars and looked into the cave. "Are you the one who's been calling to me?"
The child got up and was surprised to see another living being outside the stone bars.
"W-who are you?" the child choked.
"I came to tell you to shut the hell up...you've been calling to me and it's getting annoying."
"I...I haven't been calling to anyone..."
"Listen...I actually came to put a bullet in your head to shut you up...but for some reason...I can't. So you're coming with me." He reached out his hand to the child.
The chains withered away as the boy reached for the priest's hand.
"Its fate after all."
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Sanzo snapped out of the day dream and stared at Goku lying there.
He looked like the kid from his dream. And Sanzo himself looked like the priest who freed him.
Sanzo got dressed into his work shirt and a pair of jeans and started to remember a legend that was told to him by his father. The legend of Saiyuki. Four men who were bound together by the scars of their past on a journey to set things right in a place called Togenkyo. Sanzo was told it was the reason demons were hated in the present time.
The four men were all very different from one another. A Buddhist Priest who carried a gun, and who was more arrogant than holy. A half demon that enjoyed nothing more than a good cup of sake and a night with a member of the opposite sex. A former human turned demon, who killed 1000 demons to try and get his kidnapped lover back, but a kind and gentle man none the less. And last but not least, a heretic demon child whom wanted nothing more than to fight, eat and please his 'master' who just happened to be the cold-hearted priest.
But that was a fairy tale. A bed-time story parents told their kids to get them to shut up.
What was funny was the fact that Sanzo never heard the end of the story.
Sanzo laughed to himself.
He then heard Goku waking up.
"Morning..." Goku yawned.
"Morning." Sanzo mumbled.
Goku sat up and smiled. "After you talked to me last night I had a really good dream! I can't remember it all that well, but I never can recall good dreams. Thank you Sanzo!"
Sanzo closed his eyes, trying to hide a smile. "You're welcome."
"Are Hakkai and Gojyo coming over today?"
"No. Hakkai has an interview and Gojyo's out on a date."
Goku sighed. "Then what are we gonna do today Sanzo?"
Sanzo got up and walked towards the kitchen. "I have work today. So you'll be alone here today. That alright?"
Goku nodded, still wearing that goofy grin. "yes." He said.
"I'll have Hakkai come over and check on you after his interview. There's food in the fridge and Hakkai's cell number is on the counter. If the phone rings, look on the caller ID for Gojyo, me or Hakkai, no one else, got it?"
With wide gold eyes looking as though they didn't really catch any of that, Goku nodded.
"I'll be back around 2:30 in the morning...don't stay up that late." Sanzo said before leaving.
"Bye bye Sanzo!" Goku waved.
"Bye..."
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5 hours later...
After eating two whole bags of chips and a bowl of ramen, Goku sat on the couch watching the TV.
He was incredibly bored.
A knock was heard at the door. Goku quickly got up and opened it.
It was Hakkai back from his interview.
"Hi there Goku."
"Hakkai!" Goku chirped.
"Are you hungry right about now? Cause I haven't eaten since breakfast." Hakkai smiled.
"Yeah!!"
Hakkai patted the young man on the head. "Go get a jacket and we'll take off alright?"
Goku grinned and went to get his new jacket hanging in the closet.
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Hakaryu was parked near the apartment building ready to go.
"He's very reliable. You're a lucky kid to have such a wonderful pet." Hakkai smiled.
"He really likes you a lot, huh Hakkai?" said Goku.
Hakkai nodded and got into the drivers side. Goku got in the front seat...for the first time.
"This may sound pretty rude of me...but may I keep Hakaryu around? Since you live with Sanzo now, I don't think you'll need Hakaryu to get around the city anymore." Hakkai asked.
"Oh sure! Hakaryu really likes you! So it's no problem! Right Hakaryu!?"
Hakaryu mewed in delight then started on his own.
"Where would you like to go to eat Goku?"
"You decide. I don't know any good places around here."
Hakkai thought for a moment. "I know just the place."
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They came to a small soup shop and sat down in a booth seat near the window.
"You know...I've been meaning to tell you something." Said Hakkai.
"What?"
"I had the strangest dream last night Goku. And you were in it. We were all riding in Hakaryu and talking about someone named Gyumao. You and Gojyo were in back fighting, which I found quite amusing, Sanzo and I were in front. I was driving and Sanzo hit both of you with a fan." He laughed. "It seems like we were all having such a good time. But after seeing that...I feel...like I know you better than I should. I mean...you've been here not even three days. Yet I still feel like we've been through so much. All four of us."
Goku searched Hakkai for any signs of fear or rejection.
"What are you saying Hakkai?"
"I believe in re-incarnation...and I have come to the conclusion that maybe...I knew you in a past life. And maybe that's why Hakaryu likes me and why Sanzo opened his home to you."
"What about Gojyo?"
"Gojyo called me last night, saying he had a similar dream to mine. You, me and Sanzo all together."
The two were silent for a moment.
'Is he on to me? Does he know who and what I am?' Goku panicked.
"I'm beginning to think that maybe all of us are re-incarnations of those people from out dreams. Me, Sanzo, Gojyo and...you."
Goku sighed in relief. But then again, what was so reliving about making your friend think you're something that you're not.
"Hakkai...I...--"
The waitress arrived with their drinks.
"Thank you." Hakkai said kindly. He then turned to Goku "What was it you were about to say Goku?"
"...Nothing."
Hakkai looked at the boy with concern. "You sure it's nothing?"
Goku faked a smile "Yes."
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Hakkai dropped Goku off at the apartment.
Goku went right back to being bored.
He searched the cabinets for something to eat when he found a large bottle of sake.
"No...don't give into temptation...just close the door...and get something to eat." Goku told himself.
For 500 years Goku had what people in the present called an 'addiction'. His problems were always dissolved in a bottle of sake. He was helpless to it.
Goku stared at the bottle. "Sanzo will get mad if he finds it gone...so I can't have any..."
He closed the door and hopped off the counter. He glanced back at it.
"Maybe...one cup won't hurt."
Goku got back up on the counter and got the sake out of the cabinet. He got a glass and poured it so it was right at the rim.
"Cheers" Goku said and took a huge swig of it.
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6 hours and 2 and a half bottles of sake later...
Sanzo returned home to the smell of sake. He searched his apartment and found Goku lying behind the couch ...drunk and passed out...clutching an empty sake bottle in his hand.
Sanzo growled.
"You damn idiot!"
He picked up the bottles and threw them away. He then focused his attention on the kid lying on the floor.
Sanzo picked him up and laid him on the couch, wrapping him in a blanket.
"You just wait until morning you drunken moron." Sanzo growled.
Sanzo knew if he lashed out at Goku, he would probably feel a little bad about it. He remembered he said nothing about drinking the sake, and if he knew anything about that stuff, once you had a cup, you couldn't stop chugging.
He'd call Hakkai in the morning. Hakkai would know what to do.
Sanzo noticed Goku was a little pale. Not just from the sake.
He felt the boys forehead and found he had a slight fever.
"Great...you drank to fast...If you're going to get drunk, at least do it right!" he hollered to the sleeping child.
Sanzo sighed. There was nothing he could do now.
He sat next to Goku on the couch and touched the boys face pushing a stray strand of hair away.
"You're lucky I'm in a good mood." He sneered, and fell asleep next to Goku.
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Another chappie well done!
Woot!
Until next time my faithful fans! XD
Lirin-chan