Yaho! Here's my next update...Sanzo's gonna die!! Nah...I'd never do that! He's so fine! :}


Sanzo tried his best to ignore the pain. Goku continued to squeeze his shoulders tighter and tighter, smiling and taking pleasure from his suffering. Now his nails had pierced into Sanzo's skin and blood trickled out and stained his hands.

'Go to sleep, kono baka.'

Then Sanzo abruptly placed his palm onto Goku's forehead. He started chanting and the smile on Goku's face disappeared. A golden light came from Sanzo's hand and the limiter was restored. Goku let go of his hold on Sanzo and he dropped to the floor and fell asleep in exhaustion. Sanzo sat down next to Goku and lit a cigarette, relieved that the problem was solved.

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Everyone had been healed and bandaged, now they were all resting in their own separate rooms in an inn Hakkai had drove them to.

Goku was the first to wake up; because of this he was all alone as he watched over everyone else, as they lay unconscious. He couldn't help but feel responsible for their condition, he had realized that he had transformed into his darker self and cursed himself every time he looked at Sanzo.

Four long days had passed and everyone woke up and had slowly begun to regain some strength. Some of them, like Sanzo, Jiro and Rae were awake but too weak to get up from bed, though Gojyo was still out cold due to a concussion.

Hakkai tried to convince Goku to eat, but he had refused and stayed in Sanzo's room and watched him sleep. After a few days, Sanzo was able to move around a bit, but preferred to stay in his room and smoke.

Goku walked in and brought a tray of food to give to Sanzo.

"Konzen...here, Ten-chan made you lunch."

"I told you to stop calling me that."

"But..."

"Urusai...get out."

"But your dinner..."

"Get out!"

Goku left the tray on the table near the door and left down-hearted. Hakkai saw him as he walked by, but didn't know what to say.

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"What do you want now?"

"Kon-...San-zo...I just...want to apologize, about what happened."

"Urusai, I don't want to hear it."

"But, I'm really sorry...I didn't mean to...and –..."

"Urusai..." Sanzo had flashes of images of the battle, when he was kicked, stabbed, punched, and Goku's face as he had crushed his shoulders.

"I'm sorry...it's my fault that all this happened...I..."

"That's right..."

"Huh?"

"It was your fault, you happy? Now get out!"

"Kon-..."

"I said get out! Leave me alone, kono baka!"

"But..."

"GET OUT!"

Goku's eyes weld up with tears; he hid them away and ran out of the room, leaving the door wide open. Kail walked past and saw Goku run outside. He looked into the room and saw Sanzo smoking quietly on his bed.

"What do you want?" Sanzo glared at Kail and he just stared back surprised and confused.

"Nothing." He closed the door and walked off.

Kail bumped into Hakkai as he turned a corner.

"Kail, is everything okay?"

"I don't know...Hey Hakkai, is Sanzo always like that?"

"Nani? Like what?"

"Cold..."

"Ahahaha...not usually, not unless he's really angry about something."

"Hmm...I feel sorry for him."

"Huh? For who? Sanzo?"

"No, I mean Goku."

"Goku? What happened?"

"I think Sanzo said something to Goku, something really bad. I saw Goku run off just now..."

"He ran off?"

"Hmm...its funny, I remember Konzen being more kind to Goku in those days...must be hard for Goku to deal with Sanzo."

"Goku..."

"But...I don't think it's that bad, he'll probably be back for dinner."

"...I guess you're right..."

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In a room at the inn, a man with dark and short hair, wearing black pants and a black trench coat woke up and looked at his surroundings.

"Well...I've had worse..."

He walked outside and saw a large group of wounded guys eating together, he walked down the steps slowly and recognised a few of them and smiled.

The man approached them and the Nerneks looked up in shock and froze. Kail's jaw dropped, Fei, Jiro and Rae stood up and took a few steps backwards. Hakkai and Sanzo just watched blankly as they didn't know who this man was.

Kail was too shaken, shocked and confused. He tried to get a few words out, but it was difficult as he didn't understand why this was happening.

"It can't be...there's...no way...how is this...possible?"


TBC...who could it be?! -.-;;;;