The tenth chapter went better than I thought!
People told me they cried!
XD!!
Mission accomplished...in some sense.
Moving on!
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They had been at the hospital the whole night. Kanan was just barely hanging onto life and kept asking for Hakkai to see her.
The doctors finally gave up and let Hakkai see her, knowing it would be his last time.
Hakkai sat next to the bed on a stool and held Kanan's hand.
"Kanan?"
She opened her eyes and turned her head towards him. "Where is...everyone...else?" she asked.
"They only let me in to see you."
Her eyes strayed away from him. "That man...from the alley. He knew...all of you...didn't he?"
Hakkai held her hand tighter. "Yes Kanan."
"Did you at least kick his ass?" she laughed weakly.
"No...something else...stopped us." Hakkai said, remembering how Sanzo told Goku to go away.
"Is Goku...alright? I'm supposed to...take him for the weekend..."
"Kanan...Goku ran off. We're not sure where he is right now."
Kanan sighed. "Then its really true after all..."
Hakkai was confused. "What?"
She turned towards him. "Nothing gold...can stay."
Hakkai had no idea what that meant. Was she referring to the color of Goku's eyes? Or just rambling?
"Hakkai...will you promise me something?" A sad look took over her face.
"Anything."
"I want you to...move on...after I'm gone."
Hakkai sat closer to her. "Don't talk like that."
It seemed she didn't hear him. "If you hang onto the memory of me...I can never pass on. So...set us both free...and remember me...but don't dwell over it."
Her eyes began to close as her breathing slowly came to a stop.
"K-Kanan?" Hakkai whispered.
Tears escaped from his eyes as he hugged his dead fiancé. "I will...I'll set us both free."
He let go of her and exited the room, wiping tears away as he did.
Hakkai made it outside to the waiting room and looked at his friends. The sad smile Hakkai was wearing gave Sanzo and Gojyo the hint that Kanan had died.
"Are...you ok...Hakkai?" Gojyo asked.
"I am."
"Is she..."
Hakkai nodded.
"You seem to happy about it..." Sanzo spat.
"She told me not to dwell on it...so she can move on..."
Gojyo laid a hand on Hakkai's shoulder.
"Is there a Genjyo Sanzo here?" asked a nurse.
Sanzo walked over to her. "Yes."
The nurse handed him an old book that looked as though it would burst into dust at any moment.
"Kanan specifically told me to give this to you when she died."
Sanzo nodded and looked at the book.
"What's that?" Gojyo asked.
Sanzo looked at the title.
'Saiyuki'.
All that raced through his mind...
Was Goku.
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Goku awoke in what looked like the inside of an old abandon church. The alter had been made into a cage with thick metal bars all around it.
The moon shone through the stain glass windows all around him.
He tried getting up but was immediately brought back down by the chains keeping him in place.
He began to panic.
"SOMEONE HELP ME!!!" he cried.
"So you're awake Son Goku?"
Goku's attention was drawn toward Homura's voice. "You bastard." Goku growled.
Homura smiled and opened the cage door. He knelt in front of Goku and touched the boy's face.
"Uncomfortable?" he smirked.
Goku lashed out and tried to bite Homura's hand. Homura's fist crashed down on Goku's head.
"You poor, poor animal."
"Shut up..." Goku sneered.
Homura punched Goku in the stomach, causing the boy to spit out blood.
"You should respect your elders little boy." Homura laughed.
Goku glared at him. "I dunno...I've got a few hundred years on you buddy."
Homura lifted Goku's chin with a gentle hand. Goku was afraid of what Homura would do next. He remembered the god as being very unpredictable.
"I need you Son Goku. Something Sanzo never did. Need you. I promise...once you help me get my powers back...I will protect you."
"I won't help you." Goku growled.
Homura backed up a little, still holding Goku's chin in his hand. With a wave of his other hand the shackles on Goku's wrists opened. Goku fell back against the wall and away from Homura.
"If you won't help me voluntarily... You will be forced." Homura smirked.
Homura brought Goku to his feet by grabbing the front of his shirt. Goku hollered, but was silenced by Homura's punch.
He threw the boy onto the ground and kicked him. Over...and over again.
"Get up and fight you mangy creature." Homura spat.
Goku refused to move.
"Going to play weak? You want to make me think you can't fight? Well...you're a terrible actor. I can see the spark in your eyes. You want to see blood shed...don't you?"
Goku sat up. "NO! SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
"Fight me!"
Goku got up and charged at the dark haired man. Homura evaded.
"Come on Goku...have you lost the will to fight? You were so much stronger before..."
"SHUT UP!" Goku swung and hit Homura in the gut.
Homura doubled over and spit up blood. He crouched there grasping his stomach in pain. The punch Goku had nailed him with was a little more effective than Homura thought it would be.
Goku stood in front of him. The heretic wiped blood away from his lip.
Homura stood up, still grasping his stomach and began to walk away. He opened the cage door and slammed it shut, leaving Goku inside. Homura stopped and looked in the cage.
"You might...want this." He said, and tossed a gun into the cage.
Something in Goku snapped as Homura locked the cage. The boy quickly grabbed the gun and shot Homura with it through the bars.
Homura yelled in agony as he pulled the bullet from his shoulder. He eyed Goku and showed a painful, but satisfied grin.
"That's...the Goku...I wanted to see..." And he walked away.
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Hakkai had dropped Gojyo and Sanzo off at their places.
Sanzo took the small book out of his coat pocket and looked at it. He sat on the couch and opened it.
'The tale of Saiyuki-the journey west'
Sanzo skipped through all the parts he had heard and went right to the end.
'After the fall of Gyumao, Three of the four heroes were killed while escaping from the castle. The only survivor, a heretic demon, was alone once more. The boy wandered the country hoping to find a home, but found none. After wiping out most of the demon population in eastern China, he was never seen or heard from again. Some say he died of loneliness, others say he still fights demons to this day in secret. Forever hiding who and what he is. But he is known to historians, as a lost soul.'
Sanzo looked for the name of the boy. When he found it, his jaw almost hit the floor.
'Son Goku.'
"No way..."
"The things you can learn from a book, eh Sanzo?" said a voice.
Sanzo searched the room looking for the source of it. "Who's there!?"
The Merciful Goddess appeared. "You don't recognize me Sanzo? I'm hurt."
"What the hell do you want you old hag...?"
"I'm not here on your account...I'm here for the kid's."
Sanzo turned away from her. "What's HE got to do with ME?"
"Things that don't change...are so boring...don't you think so?" she winked.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Sanzo spat.
The goddess sat next to him. "You've changed. For the better I mean."
"I HAVE not!"
"What's wrong with a little change now and then...Goku had some problems with it in the beginning. But he falls for any pep-talk. It's really quite adorable how naive he is."
"I'm guessing he's the kid from the Saiyuki story...the only survivor..."
The goddess smiled. "You know...you're pretty smart for a blonde."
"I do my best." Sanzo said sarcastically. "Then he must be over 500 years old."
"Wrong."
Sanzo eyed her.
"He's over 1000 years old. Amazing isn't it? He reminds me how old I am all the time..." The Goddess laughed.
"Do you have a point...cause if you do...please get to it."
She shook her head. "Temper, temper..."
Sanzo got up and was about to leave until he heard the Goddess speak again.
"I was wondering...since he's lost you twice before. Would you still be the sun for Goku?"
Sanzo stopped and whirled around to face her.
"I mean...I understand your grudge against demons...but think of it this way. Out there...in the rain and the dark...is a kid's life. This life is in your hands and you can either throw it away and forever hear that annoying call...or you can gather up the last strand of dignity you have left...and rescue him."
Sanzo was silent as he looked into the small room with the boxes in it.
"I'll let you think about it." She said.
She was about to leave when she turned around and looked at him. "Oh yeah...There's some friends I've recruited to help you. If you decide to drop the 'ass hole' act and save the kid...they'll be waiting."
She disappeared.
Sanzo sighed as he looked into the room. It felt unusually cold in the apartment. There was just one thing missing.
Goku.
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'Send away for a priceless gift...'
Goku sat in the cage watching as the stain glass windows began to light up.
'One not subtle, one not on the list.'
The sun was rising and Goku had no wish to see it.
'Send away for a perfect world...'
It would mock him again...
'One not simply, so absurd.'
The colors of the glass began to fill the room.
'In these times of doing what you're told...'
Goku closed his eyes and wished this place would just sink below the ground...
'You keep these feelings, no one knows.'
That way...the sun would never mock him.
'What ever happened to the young man's heart?'
Goku would never have to yearn to stand in the light if he didn't know it was there.
'Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart...' =============================================================== Sanzo stood looking out his window as the sun rose.
'And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45...'
He cold hear Goku's voice calling out to him again.
'Swimming through the ashes of another life. (Another life)'
"I want..." the voice whispered.
'No real reason to except the way things have changed...'
This had been going on for hours...
'Staring down the barrel of a 45.'
"I want..."
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'Send a message to the unborn child...'
Hakkai sat alone in his room.
'Keep your eyes open for a while.'
He stared at a picture of Kanan on the night stand.
'In a box, high up on the shelf...'
"Don't dwell...over me." Her ghostly voice whispered.
'Left for you...no one else.'
Hakkai's attention turned to the ear cuffs.
'There's a piece of a puzzle known as life.'
Goku had given them to him.
'Wrapped in guilt, sealed up tight.'
Hi picked them up and put them on
'What ever happened to the young man's heart?'
The phone rang.
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'Swallowed by pain as he slowly fell apart.'
Gojyo waited for Hakkai to pick up and answer.
'And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45'
"Hello?" Hakkai asked.
'Swimming through the ashes of another life.'
"Hakkai...can I ask you something?"
'No real reason to except the way...'
"Sure."
'Things have changed.'
"My place just booted everyone out cause some guy bought the property. Mind if I stay with you?"
'Staring down the barrel of a 45...'
Hakkai smiled. "Of course."
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'Everyone's pointing their fingers.'
Goku saw the sun rise up before him.
'Always condemning me.'
He reached his hands out of the cage and tried to reach for it.
'And nobody knows what I believe...'
He screamed out to no one as his past came back to haunt him.
'I believe...'
Images flashed in his mind...
'And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45...'
A dying bird.
'Swimming through the ashes of another life.'
A cold prison.
'No real reason to except the way...'
And a golden haired savior...that would never return.
'Things have changed.'
Goku's attention turned to the banishing gun.
'Staring down the barrel...'
He grabbed it.
'Of a 45.'
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Uh-oh!
BIIIIIG CLIFFHANGER!!!
You guys better get on your knees and beg for the 12th chapter!
XD
I'm mean, hehehehehe.
Lirin-chan
Song- '45' - Shinedown
People told me they cried!
XD!!
Mission accomplished...in some sense.
Moving on!
===============================================================
They had been at the hospital the whole night. Kanan was just barely hanging onto life and kept asking for Hakkai to see her.
The doctors finally gave up and let Hakkai see her, knowing it would be his last time.
Hakkai sat next to the bed on a stool and held Kanan's hand.
"Kanan?"
She opened her eyes and turned her head towards him. "Where is...everyone...else?" she asked.
"They only let me in to see you."
Her eyes strayed away from him. "That man...from the alley. He knew...all of you...didn't he?"
Hakkai held her hand tighter. "Yes Kanan."
"Did you at least kick his ass?" she laughed weakly.
"No...something else...stopped us." Hakkai said, remembering how Sanzo told Goku to go away.
"Is Goku...alright? I'm supposed to...take him for the weekend..."
"Kanan...Goku ran off. We're not sure where he is right now."
Kanan sighed. "Then its really true after all..."
Hakkai was confused. "What?"
She turned towards him. "Nothing gold...can stay."
Hakkai had no idea what that meant. Was she referring to the color of Goku's eyes? Or just rambling?
"Hakkai...will you promise me something?" A sad look took over her face.
"Anything."
"I want you to...move on...after I'm gone."
Hakkai sat closer to her. "Don't talk like that."
It seemed she didn't hear him. "If you hang onto the memory of me...I can never pass on. So...set us both free...and remember me...but don't dwell over it."
Her eyes began to close as her breathing slowly came to a stop.
"K-Kanan?" Hakkai whispered.
Tears escaped from his eyes as he hugged his dead fiancé. "I will...I'll set us both free."
He let go of her and exited the room, wiping tears away as he did.
Hakkai made it outside to the waiting room and looked at his friends. The sad smile Hakkai was wearing gave Sanzo and Gojyo the hint that Kanan had died.
"Are...you ok...Hakkai?" Gojyo asked.
"I am."
"Is she..."
Hakkai nodded.
"You seem to happy about it..." Sanzo spat.
"She told me not to dwell on it...so she can move on..."
Gojyo laid a hand on Hakkai's shoulder.
"Is there a Genjyo Sanzo here?" asked a nurse.
Sanzo walked over to her. "Yes."
The nurse handed him an old book that looked as though it would burst into dust at any moment.
"Kanan specifically told me to give this to you when she died."
Sanzo nodded and looked at the book.
"What's that?" Gojyo asked.
Sanzo looked at the title.
'Saiyuki'.
All that raced through his mind...
Was Goku.
===============================================================
Goku awoke in what looked like the inside of an old abandon church. The alter had been made into a cage with thick metal bars all around it.
The moon shone through the stain glass windows all around him.
He tried getting up but was immediately brought back down by the chains keeping him in place.
He began to panic.
"SOMEONE HELP ME!!!" he cried.
"So you're awake Son Goku?"
Goku's attention was drawn toward Homura's voice. "You bastard." Goku growled.
Homura smiled and opened the cage door. He knelt in front of Goku and touched the boy's face.
"Uncomfortable?" he smirked.
Goku lashed out and tried to bite Homura's hand. Homura's fist crashed down on Goku's head.
"You poor, poor animal."
"Shut up..." Goku sneered.
Homura punched Goku in the stomach, causing the boy to spit out blood.
"You should respect your elders little boy." Homura laughed.
Goku glared at him. "I dunno...I've got a few hundred years on you buddy."
Homura lifted Goku's chin with a gentle hand. Goku was afraid of what Homura would do next. He remembered the god as being very unpredictable.
"I need you Son Goku. Something Sanzo never did. Need you. I promise...once you help me get my powers back...I will protect you."
"I won't help you." Goku growled.
Homura backed up a little, still holding Goku's chin in his hand. With a wave of his other hand the shackles on Goku's wrists opened. Goku fell back against the wall and away from Homura.
"If you won't help me voluntarily... You will be forced." Homura smirked.
Homura brought Goku to his feet by grabbing the front of his shirt. Goku hollered, but was silenced by Homura's punch.
He threw the boy onto the ground and kicked him. Over...and over again.
"Get up and fight you mangy creature." Homura spat.
Goku refused to move.
"Going to play weak? You want to make me think you can't fight? Well...you're a terrible actor. I can see the spark in your eyes. You want to see blood shed...don't you?"
Goku sat up. "NO! SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
"Fight me!"
Goku got up and charged at the dark haired man. Homura evaded.
"Come on Goku...have you lost the will to fight? You were so much stronger before..."
"SHUT UP!" Goku swung and hit Homura in the gut.
Homura doubled over and spit up blood. He crouched there grasping his stomach in pain. The punch Goku had nailed him with was a little more effective than Homura thought it would be.
Goku stood in front of him. The heretic wiped blood away from his lip.
Homura stood up, still grasping his stomach and began to walk away. He opened the cage door and slammed it shut, leaving Goku inside. Homura stopped and looked in the cage.
"You might...want this." He said, and tossed a gun into the cage.
Something in Goku snapped as Homura locked the cage. The boy quickly grabbed the gun and shot Homura with it through the bars.
Homura yelled in agony as he pulled the bullet from his shoulder. He eyed Goku and showed a painful, but satisfied grin.
"That's...the Goku...I wanted to see..." And he walked away.
===============================================================
Hakkai had dropped Gojyo and Sanzo off at their places.
Sanzo took the small book out of his coat pocket and looked at it. He sat on the couch and opened it.
'The tale of Saiyuki-the journey west'
Sanzo skipped through all the parts he had heard and went right to the end.
'After the fall of Gyumao, Three of the four heroes were killed while escaping from the castle. The only survivor, a heretic demon, was alone once more. The boy wandered the country hoping to find a home, but found none. After wiping out most of the demon population in eastern China, he was never seen or heard from again. Some say he died of loneliness, others say he still fights demons to this day in secret. Forever hiding who and what he is. But he is known to historians, as a lost soul.'
Sanzo looked for the name of the boy. When he found it, his jaw almost hit the floor.
'Son Goku.'
"No way..."
"The things you can learn from a book, eh Sanzo?" said a voice.
Sanzo searched the room looking for the source of it. "Who's there!?"
The Merciful Goddess appeared. "You don't recognize me Sanzo? I'm hurt."
"What the hell do you want you old hag...?"
"I'm not here on your account...I'm here for the kid's."
Sanzo turned away from her. "What's HE got to do with ME?"
"Things that don't change...are so boring...don't you think so?" she winked.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Sanzo spat.
The goddess sat next to him. "You've changed. For the better I mean."
"I HAVE not!"
"What's wrong with a little change now and then...Goku had some problems with it in the beginning. But he falls for any pep-talk. It's really quite adorable how naive he is."
"I'm guessing he's the kid from the Saiyuki story...the only survivor..."
The goddess smiled. "You know...you're pretty smart for a blonde."
"I do my best." Sanzo said sarcastically. "Then he must be over 500 years old."
"Wrong."
Sanzo eyed her.
"He's over 1000 years old. Amazing isn't it? He reminds me how old I am all the time..." The Goddess laughed.
"Do you have a point...cause if you do...please get to it."
She shook her head. "Temper, temper..."
Sanzo got up and was about to leave until he heard the Goddess speak again.
"I was wondering...since he's lost you twice before. Would you still be the sun for Goku?"
Sanzo stopped and whirled around to face her.
"I mean...I understand your grudge against demons...but think of it this way. Out there...in the rain and the dark...is a kid's life. This life is in your hands and you can either throw it away and forever hear that annoying call...or you can gather up the last strand of dignity you have left...and rescue him."
Sanzo was silent as he looked into the small room with the boxes in it.
"I'll let you think about it." She said.
She was about to leave when she turned around and looked at him. "Oh yeah...There's some friends I've recruited to help you. If you decide to drop the 'ass hole' act and save the kid...they'll be waiting."
She disappeared.
Sanzo sighed as he looked into the room. It felt unusually cold in the apartment. There was just one thing missing.
Goku.
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'Send away for a priceless gift...'
Goku sat in the cage watching as the stain glass windows began to light up.
'One not subtle, one not on the list.'
The sun was rising and Goku had no wish to see it.
'Send away for a perfect world...'
It would mock him again...
'One not simply, so absurd.'
The colors of the glass began to fill the room.
'In these times of doing what you're told...'
Goku closed his eyes and wished this place would just sink below the ground...
'You keep these feelings, no one knows.'
That way...the sun would never mock him.
'What ever happened to the young man's heart?'
Goku would never have to yearn to stand in the light if he didn't know it was there.
'Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart...' =============================================================== Sanzo stood looking out his window as the sun rose.
'And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45...'
He cold hear Goku's voice calling out to him again.
'Swimming through the ashes of another life. (Another life)'
"I want..." the voice whispered.
'No real reason to except the way things have changed...'
This had been going on for hours...
'Staring down the barrel of a 45.'
"I want..."
===============================================================
'Send a message to the unborn child...'
Hakkai sat alone in his room.
'Keep your eyes open for a while.'
He stared at a picture of Kanan on the night stand.
'In a box, high up on the shelf...'
"Don't dwell...over me." Her ghostly voice whispered.
'Left for you...no one else.'
Hakkai's attention turned to the ear cuffs.
'There's a piece of a puzzle known as life.'
Goku had given them to him.
'Wrapped in guilt, sealed up tight.'
Hi picked them up and put them on
'What ever happened to the young man's heart?'
The phone rang.
===============================================================
'Swallowed by pain as he slowly fell apart.'
Gojyo waited for Hakkai to pick up and answer.
'And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45'
"Hello?" Hakkai asked.
'Swimming through the ashes of another life.'
"Hakkai...can I ask you something?"
'No real reason to except the way...'
"Sure."
'Things have changed.'
"My place just booted everyone out cause some guy bought the property. Mind if I stay with you?"
'Staring down the barrel of a 45...'
Hakkai smiled. "Of course."
===============================================================
'Everyone's pointing their fingers.'
Goku saw the sun rise up before him.
'Always condemning me.'
He reached his hands out of the cage and tried to reach for it.
'And nobody knows what I believe...'
He screamed out to no one as his past came back to haunt him.
'I believe...'
Images flashed in his mind...
'And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45...'
A dying bird.
'Swimming through the ashes of another life.'
A cold prison.
'No real reason to except the way...'
And a golden haired savior...that would never return.
'Things have changed.'
Goku's attention turned to the banishing gun.
'Staring down the barrel...'
He grabbed it.
'Of a 45.'
===============================================================
Uh-oh!
BIIIIIG CLIFFHANGER!!!
You guys better get on your knees and beg for the 12th chapter!
XD
I'm mean, hehehehehe.
Lirin-chan
Song- '45' - Shinedown