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Keeper of Memory
Chapter 2
It was dark, very dark. Goku couldn't see a thing, not even his own hands. But yet he felt incredibly happy. Slowly light came. It started shining brighter and brighter until scenery took place.
Goku was awed. He looked around him and saw the tress, beautiful and majestic, deep green tress. The blue sky and the blazing sun were shining down upon him. Nearby, he saw a fountain. He walked towards it and leaned forward. There he saw his reflection. But yet, it wasn't him. Instead of his plump face, he saw a skinny one with the widest golden-eyes ever seen.
"Who is this?" asked Goku and put a hand on the waters. The reflection did the same and it went out of the water, touching Goku's hand.
"Aaaahhh!!" Goku screamed and took two steps away from the fountain. He watched fearfully as he saw a pale hand went up, followed by an elbow, shoulder, neck, head and the rest of the body.
Goku took another step backwards and fell down, deeper and deeper into a dark hole.
* * * * *
"Well? Will you help us?" asked Hakkai. Kougaiji remained silent.
'Cheh,' thought Sanzo. If he were Hakkai, he would have just pressed the gas pedal and drive right through Kougaiji. But of course, he's not Hakkai. He looked at Goku and was quite surprised to see the monkey looking so calm and peaceful.
Suddenly Kougaiji looked up and said, "Sure, Yaone can help you, if you give the Evil Sutra to me."
Sanzo glared at Kougaiji. Hakkai looked surprised and Gojyo was giving a sharp look at Kougaiji.
"What? I don't do free service," said Kougaiji. "Well, do you want to save Son Goku's life or not?"
Sanzo looked at Hakkai and met his eye. Hakkai nodded.
"Please get out of the way," said Hakkai in a calm manner and before he had even finished his sentence, Hakuryu the jeep was already heading towards Kougaiji.
Taken aback by surprise, Kougaiji grabbed Ririn and jumped to safety. He only managed to catch a glimpse of the green jeep before it disappeared. He narrowed his eyes and cursed.
* * * * *
The jeep rumbled and tumbled. Sanzo put a hand on the door to steady himself. Gojyo pulled Goku closer to him and shouted, "Where are we going? I thought you said there's going to be no town here!"
"I didn't say that. I just said there will be a town after this mountain," answered Hakkai, concentrating hard on driving. "But there is a small village here," he continued. "And they may have a doctor."
Sanzo was quiet all the way. Something was nagging him at the back of his head. And this time, he knows what it's about.
* * * * *
Nataku gave a small jolt. Kanzeon Bosatsu looked at him. Slowly, she plucked another flower and smelt it. Nataku gave another jolt and this time Jiroushin noticed.
"Kanzeon Bosatsu!" he said. He looked at Nataku as if he was going to explode any time. The tea tray that he was holding shook.
"Yeah, I saw him. Jiroushin, would you like to have a game of Chinese Chess?" said the Goddess. Jiroushin looked as if he himself would explode.
"Kanzeon Bosatsu, how can you be so calm in times like this?" asked Jiroushin.
"By playing Chinese chess," answered Kanzeon Bosatsu and smiled.
* * * * *
The kids surrounded a very old man and cried out, "A story! Give us a story! We want to hear the story of the Mountain Kid!"
The old man laughed and put up both hands. "Alright, alright. Which one?"
A boy with brown hair put a finger on his chin and said, "How he was kidnapped! Tell us the story of how he was kidnapped!"
The old man smiled and nodded. "Alright. Now the Mountain Kid was taking a walk through the forest. As usual, the trees welcomed him and called out, 'Come and play with us!'. But he shook his head and said, 'I'm sorry, I can't play with you today. Somebody up there promised to give me food'.
"The trees all cried out, 'N-" Suddenly the old man stopped short. He grabbed as many kids as he can and ran to the other side. But one kid was still on the dusty road, looking awed at the jeep that was heading fast towards him.
* * * * *
"Hakuryu, turn back!" shouted Hakkai and turned the steering wheel so fast, even Sanzo couldn't follow his movements.
There was a blinding flash of light and the four travelers were on the ground, with a small white dragon flying above them.
"That was a nice save Hakkai," said Gojyo and put a hand on Hakkai's thin shoulder. Hakkai smiled.
Meanwhile the boy was crying out of shock. An old, old man came out from the shadows and walked towards them. He opened his arms and the small boy ran towards him.
"You almost killed us!" said the man and glared at Sanzo. Sanzo-sama returned the glare with his ice stare. "But you didn't die," he replied.
* * * * *
Goku groaned. He tried to open his eyes but when he did, something so white attacked his eyes. He only realized that it was light after a few moments.
He tried to move his arm. No reaction. Goku began to panic. Did he break it? Wait, something heavy is on his arm. He opened his mouth but no sound came out. He gave a louder groan and said, "Move off!"
"What?" asked Gojyo stupidly. Goku moved his arm again and said, "Get off me you perverted red cockroach!"
Gojyo would have hugged him if Goku didn't say that. Instead he sat down harder and gave a hearty punch on Goku's head.
"Itee! Get - Off - Me!" yelled Goku and with each word, he yanked his arm from Gojyo's ass.
Hakkai looked at Goku and with a happy smile said, "Goku!"
'Goku's awake?' thought Sanzo. He would have immediately turned his head towards the monkey, his famous paper fan out, ready to whack the bakasaru if the old man didn't start speaking right then.
"Why are you strangers here?" he asked.
Sanzo looked at Goku. 'He looks strong enough no need for a doctor,' he thought. "It none of your business, old man," he said. But the old man didn't say anything.
The old man had followed Sanzo's eye and saw, to his shock, a boy with a pair of golden eyes. Sanzo said something to him but he didn't hear it. The small boy pulled his shirt twice and said, "Ojichan, that looks like the Mountain Kid. Isn't he the Mountain Kid, ojichan?"
After getting his arm free, Goku stood up. "Are?" he said and noticed that Sanzo was talking to an old man. Slowly the old man looked at Goku and their eyes met. Suddenly Goku felt dizzy. He put his hand over his head and the other one on Gojyo's shoulder to steady himself.
"Oi, are you okay?" asked Gojyo, holding Goku's hand.
"Goku looked at Gojyo through one eye, grinned and said, "Of course I am! Besides, Sanzo promised to buy me food. Hey Sanzo, let's go eat now! Haraheta!"
A vein pulsed around Sanzo's temple. The monkey had just woke up and already complaining! 'But yet, something is wrong with Goku,' thought Sanzo.
Hakkai and Gojyo realized this too. Even though Goku's voice was all cheery and he was all smiles, he was sweating too much, as if he was going to black out again.
"Anou, if it's not too much trouble, could you please show us to a doctor?" asked Hakkai.
"I am the doctor," said the old man, still not taking his eyes of Goku. "And I think there something wrong with that boys of yours," he continued.
"It's him you are supposed to be worried about," said Hakkai with a hand on Goku's shoulder.
"Honestly, Hakkai, I'm fine, but I'm really hungry. Sanzo, can we go eat now?" said Goku and held his stomach as it gave a growl.
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"Where did they go?" asked Kougaiji. Dokugakuji looked at his master. Even though Kougaiji is actually more than 400 years old, he still looks good. "Hmm, they're stopping in a small village not far from here. What shall we do now?" asked Dokugakuji.
Kougaiji remained silent. Suddenly he felt a tug on his shirt. He looked down and saw his step sister.
"What do you want Ririn?" asked Kougaiji. "I'm kinda busy right now."
"It's about this place oniichan," said Ririn in a quiet voice, so unlike her usual loud cheery ways.
"What about it?"
Ririn looked around, as if she doesn't want anybody to hear her. "This place feels weird. It's as if somebody is watching us all the time. It's as if-" Ririn stopped short and looked at Kougaiji straight into his eyes. "It's as if this place is alive and with emotions and feelings. I'm scared oniichan."
Kougaiji was surprised. Ririn rarely admits that she was scared unless if she was really, really, really scared. Besides the look she gave him just now, it feels weird to see it coming from Ririn.
With one of his rare smiles, Kougaiji put a loving hand on top of Ririn's head. Then he bent down a bit so that he was level with Ririn.
"Don't worry. Whatever it is, I'll always be near. Now go and find Yaone, tell her to come here quickly," said Kougaiji. All the time he spoke hose words, he smiled in a way that made Ririn forget her worries, made her to run off cheerfully, calling out for Yaone.
Kougaiji stood up. Dokugakuji who was watching them all the time said, "But she's right, Kou. This place is alive."
With a sigh, Kougaiji replied, "I know Dokugakuji. I know that she's right."
* * * * *
Sanzo was reading the newspaper; Hakkai was taking Goku's temperature while the bakasaru was trying to convince Hakkai that he was fine and the erokappa was out, buying cigarettes and food.
"Haraheta! What's taking Gojyo so long?" complained Goku after Hakkai had taken the thermometer out from his mouth.
"Most probably he found a chick on the way and decided to sleep with her," said Sanzo casually.
Goku opened his mouth to say something, but at the moment the door opened and Gojyo came in with bags of food and supplies.
"Food!" cried Goku and practically pounced on Gojyo. "Hey!" Gojyo said and shoved Goku away from him. Then, he gave the monkey the bags and sat down beside Hakkai.
Gojyo remained quiet for some time. Those disturbing news that he had heard. But how could it be? He looked at Goku who was eating his way through a box of meat buns. He closed his eyes and gave a little smile to himself. 'How stupid can I be?' he thought. Then he opened his eyes and walked towards Goku. He prepared himself to fight for his share of the meat buns.
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Kanzeon Bosatsu was twirling the flower that she was holding between her thumb and index finger. Nataku had remained quiet for sometime. Maybe Sanzo-ikkou are already far away from Mountain Kaka. Nataku gave a small jolt. 'Ah, so they are still there then,' thought Kanzeon Bosatsu.
The door behind her opened and Jiroushin came in. He looked at Nataku and said to the Goddess, "What will you do about Nataku-sama? And most probably to the boy Goku too?"
Kanzeon Bosatsu stopped twirling the flower. "I the decision is in my mind already Jiroushin, don't you think I'll cast away this flower and do as I planned? Honestly Jiroushin, I think you should use more of that common sense of yours," said Kanzeon Bosatsu.
Jiroushin remained quiet. Kanzeon Bosatsu was in a bad mood and he doesn't think it was because of the Chinese chess tournament just now. Even though the Goddess of Mercy had lost, she wouldn't be in a bad mood because of that. No, she had other things on her mind.
Jiroushin was right. Kanzeon Bosatsu wasn't angry about that.
'That foolish nephew of mine! He knows that Mountain Kaka is where the monkey was born at! But I guess he didn't know that that place is one of the places that could return Goku's memory. Hmph, if he doesn't act quickly,' thought Kanzeon Bosatsu and looked at Nataku. 'Then there will be more problems at hand, a problem way bigger than of that Gyumao.
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A/n: Done!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW OKAY? IT'LL MEAN A LOT TO ME!!! THANKS!
I also want to thank all those people who reviewed! You know who you are!!
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Keeper of Memory
Chapter 2
It was dark, very dark. Goku couldn't see a thing, not even his own hands. But yet he felt incredibly happy. Slowly light came. It started shining brighter and brighter until scenery took place.
Goku was awed. He looked around him and saw the tress, beautiful and majestic, deep green tress. The blue sky and the blazing sun were shining down upon him. Nearby, he saw a fountain. He walked towards it and leaned forward. There he saw his reflection. But yet, it wasn't him. Instead of his plump face, he saw a skinny one with the widest golden-eyes ever seen.
"Who is this?" asked Goku and put a hand on the waters. The reflection did the same and it went out of the water, touching Goku's hand.
"Aaaahhh!!" Goku screamed and took two steps away from the fountain. He watched fearfully as he saw a pale hand went up, followed by an elbow, shoulder, neck, head and the rest of the body.
Goku took another step backwards and fell down, deeper and deeper into a dark hole.
* * * * *
"Well? Will you help us?" asked Hakkai. Kougaiji remained silent.
'Cheh,' thought Sanzo. If he were Hakkai, he would have just pressed the gas pedal and drive right through Kougaiji. But of course, he's not Hakkai. He looked at Goku and was quite surprised to see the monkey looking so calm and peaceful.
Suddenly Kougaiji looked up and said, "Sure, Yaone can help you, if you give the Evil Sutra to me."
Sanzo glared at Kougaiji. Hakkai looked surprised and Gojyo was giving a sharp look at Kougaiji.
"What? I don't do free service," said Kougaiji. "Well, do you want to save Son Goku's life or not?"
Sanzo looked at Hakkai and met his eye. Hakkai nodded.
"Please get out of the way," said Hakkai in a calm manner and before he had even finished his sentence, Hakuryu the jeep was already heading towards Kougaiji.
Taken aback by surprise, Kougaiji grabbed Ririn and jumped to safety. He only managed to catch a glimpse of the green jeep before it disappeared. He narrowed his eyes and cursed.
* * * * *
The jeep rumbled and tumbled. Sanzo put a hand on the door to steady himself. Gojyo pulled Goku closer to him and shouted, "Where are we going? I thought you said there's going to be no town here!"
"I didn't say that. I just said there will be a town after this mountain," answered Hakkai, concentrating hard on driving. "But there is a small village here," he continued. "And they may have a doctor."
Sanzo was quiet all the way. Something was nagging him at the back of his head. And this time, he knows what it's about.
* * * * *
Nataku gave a small jolt. Kanzeon Bosatsu looked at him. Slowly, she plucked another flower and smelt it. Nataku gave another jolt and this time Jiroushin noticed.
"Kanzeon Bosatsu!" he said. He looked at Nataku as if he was going to explode any time. The tea tray that he was holding shook.
"Yeah, I saw him. Jiroushin, would you like to have a game of Chinese Chess?" said the Goddess. Jiroushin looked as if he himself would explode.
"Kanzeon Bosatsu, how can you be so calm in times like this?" asked Jiroushin.
"By playing Chinese chess," answered Kanzeon Bosatsu and smiled.
* * * * *
The kids surrounded a very old man and cried out, "A story! Give us a story! We want to hear the story of the Mountain Kid!"
The old man laughed and put up both hands. "Alright, alright. Which one?"
A boy with brown hair put a finger on his chin and said, "How he was kidnapped! Tell us the story of how he was kidnapped!"
The old man smiled and nodded. "Alright. Now the Mountain Kid was taking a walk through the forest. As usual, the trees welcomed him and called out, 'Come and play with us!'. But he shook his head and said, 'I'm sorry, I can't play with you today. Somebody up there promised to give me food'.
"The trees all cried out, 'N-" Suddenly the old man stopped short. He grabbed as many kids as he can and ran to the other side. But one kid was still on the dusty road, looking awed at the jeep that was heading fast towards him.
* * * * *
"Hakuryu, turn back!" shouted Hakkai and turned the steering wheel so fast, even Sanzo couldn't follow his movements.
There was a blinding flash of light and the four travelers were on the ground, with a small white dragon flying above them.
"That was a nice save Hakkai," said Gojyo and put a hand on Hakkai's thin shoulder. Hakkai smiled.
Meanwhile the boy was crying out of shock. An old, old man came out from the shadows and walked towards them. He opened his arms and the small boy ran towards him.
"You almost killed us!" said the man and glared at Sanzo. Sanzo-sama returned the glare with his ice stare. "But you didn't die," he replied.
* * * * *
Goku groaned. He tried to open his eyes but when he did, something so white attacked his eyes. He only realized that it was light after a few moments.
He tried to move his arm. No reaction. Goku began to panic. Did he break it? Wait, something heavy is on his arm. He opened his mouth but no sound came out. He gave a louder groan and said, "Move off!"
"What?" asked Gojyo stupidly. Goku moved his arm again and said, "Get off me you perverted red cockroach!"
Gojyo would have hugged him if Goku didn't say that. Instead he sat down harder and gave a hearty punch on Goku's head.
"Itee! Get - Off - Me!" yelled Goku and with each word, he yanked his arm from Gojyo's ass.
Hakkai looked at Goku and with a happy smile said, "Goku!"
'Goku's awake?' thought Sanzo. He would have immediately turned his head towards the monkey, his famous paper fan out, ready to whack the bakasaru if the old man didn't start speaking right then.
"Why are you strangers here?" he asked.
Sanzo looked at Goku. 'He looks strong enough no need for a doctor,' he thought. "It none of your business, old man," he said. But the old man didn't say anything.
The old man had followed Sanzo's eye and saw, to his shock, a boy with a pair of golden eyes. Sanzo said something to him but he didn't hear it. The small boy pulled his shirt twice and said, "Ojichan, that looks like the Mountain Kid. Isn't he the Mountain Kid, ojichan?"
After getting his arm free, Goku stood up. "Are?" he said and noticed that Sanzo was talking to an old man. Slowly the old man looked at Goku and their eyes met. Suddenly Goku felt dizzy. He put his hand over his head and the other one on Gojyo's shoulder to steady himself.
"Oi, are you okay?" asked Gojyo, holding Goku's hand.
"Goku looked at Gojyo through one eye, grinned and said, "Of course I am! Besides, Sanzo promised to buy me food. Hey Sanzo, let's go eat now! Haraheta!"
A vein pulsed around Sanzo's temple. The monkey had just woke up and already complaining! 'But yet, something is wrong with Goku,' thought Sanzo.
Hakkai and Gojyo realized this too. Even though Goku's voice was all cheery and he was all smiles, he was sweating too much, as if he was going to black out again.
"Anou, if it's not too much trouble, could you please show us to a doctor?" asked Hakkai.
"I am the doctor," said the old man, still not taking his eyes of Goku. "And I think there something wrong with that boys of yours," he continued.
"It's him you are supposed to be worried about," said Hakkai with a hand on Goku's shoulder.
"Honestly, Hakkai, I'm fine, but I'm really hungry. Sanzo, can we go eat now?" said Goku and held his stomach as it gave a growl.
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"Where did they go?" asked Kougaiji. Dokugakuji looked at his master. Even though Kougaiji is actually more than 400 years old, he still looks good. "Hmm, they're stopping in a small village not far from here. What shall we do now?" asked Dokugakuji.
Kougaiji remained silent. Suddenly he felt a tug on his shirt. He looked down and saw his step sister.
"What do you want Ririn?" asked Kougaiji. "I'm kinda busy right now."
"It's about this place oniichan," said Ririn in a quiet voice, so unlike her usual loud cheery ways.
"What about it?"
Ririn looked around, as if she doesn't want anybody to hear her. "This place feels weird. It's as if somebody is watching us all the time. It's as if-" Ririn stopped short and looked at Kougaiji straight into his eyes. "It's as if this place is alive and with emotions and feelings. I'm scared oniichan."
Kougaiji was surprised. Ririn rarely admits that she was scared unless if she was really, really, really scared. Besides the look she gave him just now, it feels weird to see it coming from Ririn.
With one of his rare smiles, Kougaiji put a loving hand on top of Ririn's head. Then he bent down a bit so that he was level with Ririn.
"Don't worry. Whatever it is, I'll always be near. Now go and find Yaone, tell her to come here quickly," said Kougaiji. All the time he spoke hose words, he smiled in a way that made Ririn forget her worries, made her to run off cheerfully, calling out for Yaone.
Kougaiji stood up. Dokugakuji who was watching them all the time said, "But she's right, Kou. This place is alive."
With a sigh, Kougaiji replied, "I know Dokugakuji. I know that she's right."
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Sanzo was reading the newspaper; Hakkai was taking Goku's temperature while the bakasaru was trying to convince Hakkai that he was fine and the erokappa was out, buying cigarettes and food.
"Haraheta! What's taking Gojyo so long?" complained Goku after Hakkai had taken the thermometer out from his mouth.
"Most probably he found a chick on the way and decided to sleep with her," said Sanzo casually.
Goku opened his mouth to say something, but at the moment the door opened and Gojyo came in with bags of food and supplies.
"Food!" cried Goku and practically pounced on Gojyo. "Hey!" Gojyo said and shoved Goku away from him. Then, he gave the monkey the bags and sat down beside Hakkai.
Gojyo remained quiet for some time. Those disturbing news that he had heard. But how could it be? He looked at Goku who was eating his way through a box of meat buns. He closed his eyes and gave a little smile to himself. 'How stupid can I be?' he thought. Then he opened his eyes and walked towards Goku. He prepared himself to fight for his share of the meat buns.
* * * * *
Kanzeon Bosatsu was twirling the flower that she was holding between her thumb and index finger. Nataku had remained quiet for sometime. Maybe Sanzo-ikkou are already far away from Mountain Kaka. Nataku gave a small jolt. 'Ah, so they are still there then,' thought Kanzeon Bosatsu.
The door behind her opened and Jiroushin came in. He looked at Nataku and said to the Goddess, "What will you do about Nataku-sama? And most probably to the boy Goku too?"
Kanzeon Bosatsu stopped twirling the flower. "I the decision is in my mind already Jiroushin, don't you think I'll cast away this flower and do as I planned? Honestly Jiroushin, I think you should use more of that common sense of yours," said Kanzeon Bosatsu.
Jiroushin remained quiet. Kanzeon Bosatsu was in a bad mood and he doesn't think it was because of the Chinese chess tournament just now. Even though the Goddess of Mercy had lost, she wouldn't be in a bad mood because of that. No, she had other things on her mind.
Jiroushin was right. Kanzeon Bosatsu wasn't angry about that.
'That foolish nephew of mine! He knows that Mountain Kaka is where the monkey was born at! But I guess he didn't know that that place is one of the places that could return Goku's memory. Hmph, if he doesn't act quickly,' thought Kanzeon Bosatsu and looked at Nataku. 'Then there will be more problems at hand, a problem way bigger than of that Gyumao.
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A/n: Done!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW OKAY? IT'LL MEAN A LOT TO ME!!! THANKS!