Series: Saiyuki and Monkey
Author: Zelgadis55
Rating: PG13 or T for mild language and violence
Disclaimer: Neither Saiyuki nor Monkey belong to me, no matter how many stars I wish upon… I dunno who to praise for Monkey but ALL PRAISE Kazuya Minekura for Saiyuki! Only the main adversaries of the Tripitaka-ikkou are mine!
Summary: Monkey and Saiyuki are based on the same legend. What happens when the Sanzo-ikkou meet a group somehow so familiar and yet so different? Not shounen ai. Please Read & Review :)
Warnings: None really. This is not a yaoi story though there are hints scattered here and there because Gojyo and Hakkai really should be together. I mean hell, the hints are littered throughout the official manga, even if Gojyo is a skirt chaser!
Distorted Mirror
Ch 6
"Lirin-sama!" Yaone cried.
"Sanzouuu!" Goku yelled, fear filling the teenager's voice.
Kougaiji felt the fear for his younger sister sharply as it ran him through. "Lirin!" he hissed in a barely audible voice.
Mercifully, the energy did not directly strike either the young youkai or the monk however it did backwash with a concussive force, hitting first Lirin, who took the brunt of the assault and then Sanzo. Both had been knocked down and unconscious before being pelted by debris. Tripitaka and Yuu-Loong, who had been startled into transforming into his human form the moment the energy had hit, were far enough away to avoid being hit by the initial wave but they too were showered with falling rocks and dirt.
Kougaiji and Goku broke up their fight to run to the aid of the one that they each cared strongly about, fear blanketing the teenager's face and a more restrained worry on the red head's. They weren't the only ones to break up individual fights, Gojyo and Dokugakuji also did.
Dokugakuji began to run to where Lirin and Sanzo lay while Gojyo looked around the battlefield, growing worried when he did not immediately spot Hakkai. He had expected to see his friend running to Sanzo's aid as he normally would to any injured friend. Gojyo glanced up when the sky turned bright once more. There was more of that strange lightening incoming. He was too far away to do anything and besides, Goku was almost there. The kappa had more important things to worry about like, where on earth was his best friend?
"Kuso! Hakkai, where the hell are you?" He felt a cold fear chill him to the bone, a fear that he had only felt once previously, when Chin Yisou had decided to torment his friend. Gojyo spotted Yaone about five meters and closing from the fallen Lirin and Sanzo. Luckily he was able to see in which direction that the woman had come from. 'I hope that Hakkai is that way. If he's not…' Gojyo broke off his thought, not wanting to take it any further. The entrance of the green-eyed youkai into his life had made a significant impact. A future in which there was no Hakkai did not bear considering. 'What am I thinking? I really doubt Yaone has it in her to kill him anyway.' He thought as he ran.
A few youkai tried to take out Gojyo as he ran, calling Hakkai's name all the while. Their mistake! The hanyou kappa had no patience for them this day as he demonstrated by almost unconsciously utilising shakujou to dispatch the inconsiderate attackers.
Gojyo nearly fell on his face as he tripped. He was so intent on finding his friend that he had not noticed how churned up the ground was around here. "This is where they must've been fighting," he realised as he recalled that Yaone often used small explosives in her fights. The fear was just beginning to take a stronger hold when he finally spotted Hakkai.
"Hakkai!" Gojyo said urgently as he reached his side. To Gojyo's distress, there was no response. He was about to start panicking when he noticed the deep, even breaths that Hakkai was taking. The kappa began shaking his friend. "Hakkai! Kuso, Hakkai wakeup!"
A small groan emanated from the unconscious healer as he began to stir. "Go… Gojyo, I am… awake. You can stop shaking me now. Please..."
Gojyo looked into Hakkai's face to see the healer smiling up at him with that closed eyed smile he had and the hanyou felt a huge surge of relief. He helped Hakkai to his feet "Are you alright? What the hell happened?"
"I... am fine, I just was unable to avoid breathing in Yaone's sleeping gas. I only breathed in a little but it still knocked me out." Hakkai explained.
"Are you okay to fight? Someone else just started attacking us and Sanzo is already down."
"I'm okay, in fact," the smile broadened, "that nap did me the world of good. Sanzo is down?" he suddenly asked in concern. "Which way?"
Gojyo motioned and they headed back. There were no more youkai around to impede them this time.
"Sanzouuu!" Goku called frantically as he and Kougaiji ran. There was no movement, no response from either monk or girl. That worried the teen even more. Yaone made it to their side first and immediately checked on Lirin. Seeing that the girl was still alive she then took a brief look at Sanzo. She gave a worried smile to both her lord and Goku.
"They are both alive. Quite cut up and in need of treatment badly but they both should make it."
Goku sighed with relief, "Thank god!" He didn't know how he would continue to live if his sun weren't there, he couldn't even begin to imagine it. He took a closer look and saw that Sanzo's robes were torn in places and there was blood over him.
The sky brightened again and Goku turned, there was more of that strange lightening incoming. He stood and reached out his hand "Nyoi-bo!" As he blocked the incoming energy, he saw even more of it and his golden eyes widened. It was like a constant rainfall, coming in and landing on all sides.
"Coward!" Monkey spat upon his arrival. Both Pigsy and Sandy closely followed him. " That monster must have somehow followed us here."
"You know who it was that hurt Sanzo?" Goku asked in a much harder than usual voice.
Monkey nodded, rapidly spinning his Magic Wishing Staff to help block the attacks. "Yes, though we only saw the coward from a distance. Well," Monkey growled, "he wont get away from me this time!"
Three figures stepped into sight in the distance and Monkey narrowed his eyes as took them in. "That's the one!" Monkey glared at the tallest one in the middle. "So, he brought along back-up this time."
Goku watched the distant figures warily. He wanted to attack them but he also didn't wish to leave Sanzo. He suddenly stiffened, the three had joined hands and the incoming attacks had increased tenfold, both in strength and in the area that they covered. He didn't know if they could stop the lightening this time.
"Come on, Master!" Yuu-Loong grabbed Tripitaka and dragged the protesting priest closer behind Monkey for better protection, then he hunkered down behind his master and peeked out from his hiding place.
Suddenly a glowing energy field snapped into place. Goku turned and grinned, Hakkai and Gojyo had finally arrived.
"Yaone-san, how are they? Hakkai asked the apothecary, not even sparing a glance for the unconscious pair.
"They're alive and should make it but they could both really use your chi healing skills. My medicines are not enough."
Hakkai couldn't reply, he was now having trouble holding his shield in place. The increased power of the attack was taking its toll. Kougaiji stepped up beside Hakkai and reinforced the chi shield with a heavy fire shield. The fire shield wasn't quite as effective as Hakkai's but it did relieve the pressure a lot. Hakkai gave Kougaiji a strained smile of thanks.
The attack lulled slightly as if in consideration and Goku took the opportunity. "I'm going after them!" he said, twirling nyoi-bo rapidly as he began running towards the three in the distance.
Gojyo reached out, grabbing the boy by his cape and almost choking him as a result. "Don't be an idiot! You would never make it!"
Goku glared up at Gojyo, "Well, we have to do something!"
"Yeah, we do bakazaru but getting fried isn't the way."
"Then what is, cockroach?" Goku almost exploded in his desperation.
At that moment, a much more concentrated energy assault slammed through the chi and fire shields, like a spoon through partly melted ice cream. Hakkai cried out from the pain of his chi shield having been viciously penetrated and Kougaiji also staggered from the assault. More purple lightening followed, aimed straight for where Tripitaka was standing. Monkey threw himself on top of the young priest to protect him and as they fell, they stumbled over the still hiding Yuu-Loong.
Monkey was hit, directly. The energy splashed off of the stone monkey and washed over the surrounding area for a good twenty meters, hitting everyone else, including those already down. There were various cries as each person fell, losing consciousness before they hit the ground.
The attacks ceased as the three monsters saw no more movement from within the battlefield. They glanced at each other with smiles and slowly began their way to the site of their victory, eager to claim their prize of one Buddhist priest.
After about a minute, there was movement as Tripitaka struggled out from under Monkey. The attack hadn't even touched him, thanks to his first disciple's quick actions. The priest had only been winded by the act of Monkey throwing him to the ground. "Monkey? Are you alright?" There was no reply from the monkey king, however the priest heard a groan and saw movement in his peripheral vision from somewhere off to the side. He turned his head and saw Goku stirring.
Goku moaned a little in pain as he raised his head. He hurt all over, though he wasn't about to let a little physical pain stop him. He looked around with worried eyes and to the saru's horror, everyone except Tripitaka was down and out for the count.
"Goku," Tripitaka said in relief, "I am glad to see that you are safe."
But the teen ignored him. He was more concerned about his friends, one of them in particular. Last he had been aware, Yaone was tending to both Lirin and Sanzo and there she was, slumped over the two of them. If Yaone was down, then the attack must have hit over there also and if that was the case, then what about… Sanzo. Goku had to know, he needed to find out. He struggled to his feet calling out, "San… Sanzo! Guys! Please be okay." The pain, heightened by rising to his feet before he was physically ready was almost unbearable and it showed in the way he was moving. Such was his determination to check on the monk however, that he ignored it. He stumbled over to where his sun lay and he reached out.
Just short of touching Sanzo, the boy's eyes widened, filling with fear and he froze. "Sanzo?" he asked in a small, scared voice. "Sanzo?" The monk did not appear to be breathing.
"SANZO!" he screamed. "SANNNZOUUU!"
As Goku was stumbling across the battlefield, Monkey regained consciousness. He flexed all his limbs cautiously and reached his hand to his head wincing, then he opened his eyes and looked up "Master?" he asked worriedly.
Tripitaka looked back down at him in relief. "Monkey!" he said in delight, "I am so relieved that you are okay."
Monkey grinned, sitting up. "Yes, Monkey is fine! How about you? You didn't get hurt did you?"
"No, thanks to you," he bowed slightly. "I am fine but you are heavy, you know."
"SANZO!" Goku suddenly cried in alarm, "SANNZOUUU!"
Monkey and Tripitaka looked over to where the terrified boy knelt beside the monk. Monkey shot the rest of the way to his feet and he and Tripitaka ran to Goku's side, even as the boy continued to scream, the sound becoming more and more desperate all the while.
A bright glow from Goku's limiter snatched Monkey and Tripitaka's attention away from the three unconscious people beside the teen.
"Monkey? What is happening?" Tripitaka asked feeling a little worried.
"I don't know, but I don't like the feeling I am getting." Monkey replied. That was when the limiter shattered into hundreds of pieces and realisation dawned.
"Master!" Monkey said urgently. "Get away from him right now!"
"Why Monkey?"
"Back at the tavern, remember what they said about Goku losing control when he's not wearing his limiter?" Tripitaka nodded. "Get away, lay on the ground and try not to be noticed. NowMaster!"
Monkey watched with relief as Tripitaka hurriedly ran back to where Yuu-Loong lay and dropped to the ground next to him, before moving away from the distraught screaming youkai himself.
He watched as Goku's hair grew long and wild, and as his ears grew, extending out at an angle and becoming pointed. The rapidly becoming out of control youkai's nails also grew, extending into inch long sharp, vicious claws. All the time as the transformation took place, the boy's voice changed pitch. It was no longer that of a terrified teenager, desperate over the life of his sun, now it was more like that of a wild animal, guttural, driven mad with rage and hatred. As Goku's scream changed, Monkey felt cold.
At long last, Goku fell silent and he rose to his feet. His eyes snapped open, they were no longer the innocent, golden orbs that everyone recognised as being distinctly part of Son Goku. Now, they were the cold, hateful, slitted eyes that belonged to only one being. Goku was no longer on the battlefield and in his place stood another. The Seiten Taisei had emerged.
To be continued
A/N:
Gomen for chapter 6 being shorter than usual… I thought of an idea for another fic just as I should have been writing chapter 6 and I went to work on that story, all the while swearing that I would not write another chaptered fic while still writing 'Distorted Mirror'. I think after finally finishing writing that other on Sunday (I kinda killed my brain while doing it, I have not spent so long in one spot writing ever…) that I will be putting it up on FFNet as 2 chapters. I have not finished typing it up yet but it is about twice the length as chapter five of Distorted Mirror. So, I thought if I wanted to update this in time, I would just have to have a shorter chapter. Then again, I finished it off where I originally wanted to finish off chapter 4. I'm glad I didn't bring it to this point in the story back then though…
Yeah, I know, the cliffhanger for this chapter is a little clichéd but I don't care, it works. Besides, I had to bring about what I intended all along. Monkey has to fight Goku when he is at full power. There is no way Goku could win when he is limited, but when he is Seiten Taisei? Who knows… The power is a LOT closer to being matched but who would win, the uncivilized brutality of Seiten Taisei or the nearly equally powerful yet craftier Monkey?
I would like to thank Diva Urd for responding so fast to my fic challenge of 'The Day That Sanzo Lost His Twitch' It was a fun read so if you haven't checked it out, please do so. Her story is called, 'They Did WHAT!' and it is listed in my favourite fics.
Watch for mine probably early next week with the second instalment being put up on Friday the 13th :-p
Thank you to all those who reviewed my story:
Klee5: Thank you! I tried really hard to get write that fight as well as I could and I think I improved on the previous fight scene from back in chapter 3. The one in the next chapter could prove interesting though…
Flames Afire: Thanks :-) While I haven't sifted through too many of the older stories since I started putting this up, I hadn't noticed and crossover fics between Saiyuki and Monkey before. And as far as I can tell, Monkey (Magic) doesn't seem to be that well known in a lot of countries.
Me-Nuriko: yeah, that's true. Must be why I like Kougaiji (especially) and the others so much, they are NOT your normal garden-variety enemies :-) And its always fun to watch 'poor' Sanzo put up with Lirin (evil grin). As for the cliffhanger? Sweet revenge Me-Nuriko, sweet revenge :-p After all, you did it to me again today, in fact I got the email for your new chapter just as I was trying to type this up… It was 'murder' trying to prevent myself from reading yours instead of typing myself. I ended up failing and reading it while I ate. I will review you soon, I tried earlier but I couldn't get the pop-up window to load…
Diva Urd: Thanks! Yeah, this legend has spawned a lot of different stories and manga, just look at Dragonball, they had an episode in Love Hina and even in that (shudder) Gokudo (I had to watch the Saiyuki storyline in that :-p). Well, as you now know from the Monkey screencaps I sent you, Tripitaka is definitely not as 'hot' as Sanzo, though he IS quite beautiful (snicker!)
Koryu-Sanzo: Thank you, I hope you enjoy this chapter too :-)
See you all next time, same monkey channel!