Until the End of Time
Chapter 12
"Hey, Goku!"
Goku looked up from the wound he was disinfecting. "Yeah?"
Makoto motioned over his shoulder. "There's been some blond guy walking around the area, looking for you. He says his name is Genjo Sanzo, and that you know him."
The youth sucked in a deep breath, then let it go slowly. "Did you bring him here?"
"Of course not!" Makoto replied, looking at him like he was a moron. "But I told him to wait at the cafe on third. You know who this guy is?"
Goku nodded, but didn't elaborate. He didn't tell the others much about himself, trusting that Gojyo would tell them all they needed to know and wouldn't contradict their leader. There was too big of a chance that his secret would be discovered, something that had happened once long ago and had nearly cost him his life.
"Tell him I'll be there as soon as I finish this," he replied, knowing that he couldn't just leave the injured girl he was presently looking after, despite the desire he had rush to the other. There were no other people available at the moment that could properly treat injuries.
Forcing himself not to rush, Goku finished disinfecting, medicating, and dressing Miya's wound before calling another to get her some food and clean clothes. She would make member one hundred and seventy four in Gojyo's following. She was the younger sister of another member, who had come under attack by another gang when she'd told them who she was looking for. Goku didn't need to be told what gang it was, and his jaw clenched at the thought.
Third was a twenty minute walk away, and Goku had a lot to fill his thoughts along the way. Gojyo kept him up to date on what was going on in the group. He knew what Akari was up to, and what he wanted. They wanted to avoid a war at all costs, but Gojyo had told him that it was probably in vain. They had to do something about all of the trouble Akari was causing. Akari had his people attacking Gojyo's every chance that they had, especially along the boundaries of their territory. It seemed as though, if they didn't make a strong retaliation, the attacks would continue until all of Gojyo's followered were dead.
Goku forced the thoughts away as he entered the cafe, not wanting Sanzo to see the worry on his face. Sanzo had actually come looking for him, and that alone was enough to make his heart skip a beat. He knew something was changing in the other, that Sanzo was warming to him slowly, but this was the first sign of real feeling.
"You have quite the security system protecting you," Sanzo commented as a greeting.
"Oh?"
"It seems that most of Gojyo's people like to lie and say they don't know you. It seemed like I hadn't found anyone who had heard of you. Suddenly, someone tells me to go here and wait. Then I'm told that I've been 'approved'."
Goku smiled and shrugged. "Gojyo wants to make certain I'm safe."
"I understand how he feels," Sanzo replied, staring him straight in the eyes.
Goku stopped for a moment, sitting in his seat like a confounded child. "I... what do you mean?"
Sanzo reached forward and took hold of his shirt, pulling him forward so that Goku could feel Sanzo's breath against his ear. "I don't know who or what you really are. I find myself constantly confused and feeling as though you're turning my life upside down so that I can't even recognize myself anymore. I know that you're the one in the dreams I've had since a child, and there is so much I don't understand. But I do know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I do not want you to be hurt."
"You know about it, then," Goku breathed, his mind spiraling with Sanzo's words.
"I know about it. And I know you're caught in the middle, despite the fact you've been trying to hide it from me. Even if I spend the rest of my life never knowing a thing about you, I will not spend it knowing that I did nothing to stop you from being hurt."
Goku took a shuddering breath and pulled away, Sanzo letting him go without resistance. Closing his eyes, Goku felt tears coming up on him. "I want to tell you everything. I don't there to be any secrets between us. But you can't understand it yet. Just as you won't be able to understand why I can't turn my back on Gojyo," he said quietly.
"You mean you're going to participate, if there is a war?"
"I have to," Goku replied.
"What if you get hurt?" Sanzo asked, his voice turning angry now.
"I'm going to do my best not to."
"I can't sit back and let you get yourself killed!"
"Gojyo is like a brother to me. He needs me to be there, and I can't turn my back on him for any reason."
"Do you understand the danger?
"Do you? I've been in fights before, and I can hold my own. Sanzo, I have to be there and help Gojyo."
"I won't let you."
"You can't stop me!"
"I won't lose you again."
And Goku's eyes sprang open in shock when Sanzo grabbed him, nearly yanking him across the table, and pressed their lips together.
Chapter 12
"Hey, Goku!"
Goku looked up from the wound he was disinfecting. "Yeah?"
Makoto motioned over his shoulder. "There's been some blond guy walking around the area, looking for you. He says his name is Genjo Sanzo, and that you know him."
The youth sucked in a deep breath, then let it go slowly. "Did you bring him here?"
"Of course not!" Makoto replied, looking at him like he was a moron. "But I told him to wait at the cafe on third. You know who this guy is?"
Goku nodded, but didn't elaborate. He didn't tell the others much about himself, trusting that Gojyo would tell them all they needed to know and wouldn't contradict their leader. There was too big of a chance that his secret would be discovered, something that had happened once long ago and had nearly cost him his life.
"Tell him I'll be there as soon as I finish this," he replied, knowing that he couldn't just leave the injured girl he was presently looking after, despite the desire he had rush to the other. There were no other people available at the moment that could properly treat injuries.
Forcing himself not to rush, Goku finished disinfecting, medicating, and dressing Miya's wound before calling another to get her some food and clean clothes. She would make member one hundred and seventy four in Gojyo's following. She was the younger sister of another member, who had come under attack by another gang when she'd told them who she was looking for. Goku didn't need to be told what gang it was, and his jaw clenched at the thought.
Third was a twenty minute walk away, and Goku had a lot to fill his thoughts along the way. Gojyo kept him up to date on what was going on in the group. He knew what Akari was up to, and what he wanted. They wanted to avoid a war at all costs, but Gojyo had told him that it was probably in vain. They had to do something about all of the trouble Akari was causing. Akari had his people attacking Gojyo's every chance that they had, especially along the boundaries of their territory. It seemed as though, if they didn't make a strong retaliation, the attacks would continue until all of Gojyo's followered were dead.
Goku forced the thoughts away as he entered the cafe, not wanting Sanzo to see the worry on his face. Sanzo had actually come looking for him, and that alone was enough to make his heart skip a beat. He knew something was changing in the other, that Sanzo was warming to him slowly, but this was the first sign of real feeling.
"You have quite the security system protecting you," Sanzo commented as a greeting.
"Oh?"
"It seems that most of Gojyo's people like to lie and say they don't know you. It seemed like I hadn't found anyone who had heard of you. Suddenly, someone tells me to go here and wait. Then I'm told that I've been 'approved'."
Goku smiled and shrugged. "Gojyo wants to make certain I'm safe."
"I understand how he feels," Sanzo replied, staring him straight in the eyes.
Goku stopped for a moment, sitting in his seat like a confounded child. "I... what do you mean?"
Sanzo reached forward and took hold of his shirt, pulling him forward so that Goku could feel Sanzo's breath against his ear. "I don't know who or what you really are. I find myself constantly confused and feeling as though you're turning my life upside down so that I can't even recognize myself anymore. I know that you're the one in the dreams I've had since a child, and there is so much I don't understand. But I do know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I do not want you to be hurt."
"You know about it, then," Goku breathed, his mind spiraling with Sanzo's words.
"I know about it. And I know you're caught in the middle, despite the fact you've been trying to hide it from me. Even if I spend the rest of my life never knowing a thing about you, I will not spend it knowing that I did nothing to stop you from being hurt."
Goku took a shuddering breath and pulled away, Sanzo letting him go without resistance. Closing his eyes, Goku felt tears coming up on him. "I want to tell you everything. I don't there to be any secrets between us. But you can't understand it yet. Just as you won't be able to understand why I can't turn my back on Gojyo," he said quietly.
"You mean you're going to participate, if there is a war?"
"I have to," Goku replied.
"What if you get hurt?" Sanzo asked, his voice turning angry now.
"I'm going to do my best not to."
"I can't sit back and let you get yourself killed!"
"Gojyo is like a brother to me. He needs me to be there, and I can't turn my back on him for any reason."
"Do you understand the danger?
"Do you? I've been in fights before, and I can hold my own. Sanzo, I have to be there and help Gojyo."
"I won't let you."
"You can't stop me!"
"I won't lose you again."
And Goku's eyes sprang open in shock when Sanzo grabbed him, nearly yanking him across the table, and pressed their lips together.