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Keeper of Memory
Chapter 3
Only after Goku was snoring did Gojyo told Sanzo and Hakkai about what had happened earlier.
"What have you found out?" asked Sanzo. His voice sounded calm but he was actually pretty interested in what Gojyo was about to say.
"This will sound weird but there are stories about the place, Sanzo. Stories about a golden eyed monkey who once lived here 300 years ago," began Gojyo. He lit his cigarette and breathed in.
"And you're saying that Goku fits the description of this monkey?" asked Sanzo. Then that explains why the old ma, Goro, looked so surprised when he first saw Goku. When Goro was checking on him, he still looked puzzled.
Gojyo shrugged his shoulders.
"But how sure are we that this monkey is Goku?" inquired Hakkai. He looked at Goku rather anxiously.
"Easy. The kid, whom they call the Mountain Kid, always said one word, and you don't need to be a genius to figure that out," said Gojyo.
All of them looked at each other simultaneously. "Haraheta," said Sanzo quietly. Gojyo nodded.
"But why is he called the Mountain Kid?" asked Hakkai. He looked at Gojyo, expecting him to provide the answers. The kappa opened his mouth to reply but another voice came out first.
"He was called so because he was born out of rocks on top of a holy mountain. The power of Mother Earth gave birth to him," said Sanzo in a quiet voice. "The place we're staying at is Goku's birthplace."
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There was a small boy playing around. He was jumping up and down, trying to catch the falling leaves. Goku watched him silently.
It was the same boy that had frightened him when he was unconscious. Goku studied the boy's appearance.
He was skinny. He had wild brown hair that had a long tail. He had a gold Youryoku Limiter on his head, but the thing that was more golden than that were his eyes. The boy was wearing gray jeans with a worn off sleeveless t-shirt. He also had the most childish grin.
Suddenly Goku felt as if his own heart had stopped beating. The leaves on the trees around him continued to hustle in a music-like way. The boy in front of him had stopped playing.
Goku started to dread the seconds passing by. He wasn't sure about what was going to happen but he was sure that he wasn't going to like the future very much.
The boy began to turn towards Goku. He stifled a gasp as he saw the boy's complete face.
The boy was a younger version of himself. The younger version of Son Goku.
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"You knew about it all this time?!" shouted Gojyo in fury. He didn't care about waking Goku up with his shout, but how could the monk keep a secret of Goku's life like that away from him?
"Yes," said Sanzo calmly. He looked straight into Gojyo's eyes. "You didn't ask me about it," he said.
Gojyo would have started to throw tings at the monk but those eyes, they stopped him. They even made him lose his will to become angry. But not because the eyes showed extreme kindness or guilt, but because the eyes showed a strong dominant will inside them. Gojyo knew he would never be able to win against it.
"Sanzo, didn't you think going over Mountain Kaka is dangerous? It might do something to Goku and maybe to us all," said Hakkai with Hakuryu on his lap.
Sanzo was quiet before answering. "I did think about the consequences before but nothing has ever happened like this before. Not even where there are other people born in the same way as Goku," said Sanzo.
This took Gojyo by surprise. "Nani?! You mean there are other people like Goku?" he asked, utterly surprised.
Sanzo looked at him directly. Gojyo expected for the monk to nod his head but all Sanzo said was, "Goku is the only one in his category. I guess Mother Earth saw what a bakasaru she gave birth to and decided to stop."
Gojyo felt like killing Sanzo.
"All in all, I think we should leave this place early," said Sanzo, resting his head on one hand. Hakkai and Gojyo nodded in approval.
"So, I'll wake us all at 4 am the. Oyasumi nasai!" said Hakkai and lay down beside Goku. Gojyo, Sanzo and even Hakuryu followed.
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They moved silently.
"Yaone, what room are they in?" demanded Kougaiji. Yaone looked up to a window. She pointed to it and said, "Over there, Kougaiji-sama."
"Onni-chan, let's go!" said Ririn eagerly. Kougaiji shook his head. "No, something is wrong. You stay here with Yaone while Doku and I go up. Be a good girl while I'm gone," said Kougaiji sternly. Ririn started to open her mouth to protest but thought better of it. She nodded solemnly and said, "Good luck, onii-chan."
"Ikezo!"
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Suddenly Nataku stopped being silent. He opened his mouth and screamed. Then he writhed about in his seat, crying out in pain. He opened his eyes wide and they were no longer empty. Instead they were bright but full of misery. Nataku screamed again. His whole body shook as if a pair of giant hands was shaking him with all their might.
Kanzeon Bosatsu, Jiroushin and two other gods ran inside the room towards Nataku.
Jiroushin looked at the former Fighting God with worry. "Kanzeon Bosatsu, we must do something, or Heaven will be on fire again!" he shouted. The two younger gods looked scared.
"What can we do?" asked Kanzeon Bosatsu. Jiroushin looked startled at this. "Well, we can...," mumbled Jiroushin.
"If the boy sees us, his memory will be as his. No, I think we should just watch them. Just as we watched them fight off Homura," said Kanzeon Bosatsu. Then she threw away her flower and looked at the three gods behind her. With a pair of glittering eyes and a wide grin on her lips, she said, "This will be undoubtfully interesting."
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"Come and play in the woods! Come on!" said the younger Goku. He extended a hand towards Goku. "Come on!"
Goku was frightened of this skinny child. Sure, this boy is no match to him when it comes to the matter of strength, but something else in him made Goku wanting to cry out in fear.
The boy, sensing Goku's fear, said, "Don't worry, we'll just play over here. Don't you think this is a very nice place?"
Suddenly Goku noticed the majestic splendor around him. The air was warm; the trees were huge and tall, covering him and the boy from the sun. The sunlight flashed through the leaves, leaving the leaves looking magical. Everything made Goku feel happy and bubbly inside. It made Goku feel as if he was at home.
'No! This is ridiculous! My home is in a temple in Togenkyo!' thought Goku. But yet, the temple is not his home. Nobody wants him there. But here, in this strange forest, everything wanted him to stay here. Goku felt torn in two.
All the time when he was thinking of all these things, he was looking down. When he looked up, he saw that he was alone.
"Eh? Where did that guy go?" he asked out loud.
* * * * * * *
Sanzo turned this way and that on his bed.
'Too hot!' he grumbled in his head. He took off the covers and sat up.
'No, that's not the reason,' he thought. Thinking that some cigarettes might help, he walked past Hakkai towards a small square table pushed to a corner of the room.
Sanzo lit his cigarette and sucked at it. Gojyo was snoring; Hakkai was sleeping peacefully, with Hakuryu on his stomach. Then he saw Goku.
Sanzo frowned. This might just be the first time he saw this. Instead of one leg on top of Gojyo's head, with arms wide open and wide opened mouth, Goku was sleeping in a quite-like-Hakkai way; though not as innocent- looking.
As he stood there, burning cigarette in between two fingers, Sanzo began to remember something.
It was the night before this. He was sleeping in the jeep with the others. It was very uncomfortable to be sleeping while sitting but Sanzo has experience.
He was dreaming of the day when he was ordered to find Cho Gonou, the previous Hakkai.
He remembered he was following Gojyo into a forest. Goku was behind him, complaining that he was hungry.
Then Sanzo turned back to tell the monkey to shut up but the monkey wasn't There. Goku was running towards a cave.
Muttering curses, Sanzo had followed Goku. They ran and ran, their long shadows following behind them. Then, then.....
"Shit!" cursed Sanzo under his breath. He put out the cigarette with fury. 'I'm not that old, why can't I remember?' thought Sanzo.
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Kougaiji walked upstairs in a cat-like manner. Sure, this fight would be very noisy but they'll have more chances in taking the Sutra if the opponent is surprised.
But it was Kougaiji who will be more surprised. Especially after he opened the door that leads into the Sanzo-ikkou room.
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A/n: Ah! Finally I'm done... Lets hope there aren't any grammatical errors..heheheh... Don't forget to review okay?? Thanks!!
Yuka Sakura: No grammatical mistakes??! You had so much I gave up halfway trying to correct them!! Anyways, you guys better leave a review!! If not all my hard work will be wasted.....
Thank you everyone!!! Thanks for all your reviews!!! I'm so sorry for updating late!! But it's the damned computers fault! Anyways, enjoy this chappie!!
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Keeper of Memory
Chapter 3
Only after Goku was snoring did Gojyo told Sanzo and Hakkai about what had happened earlier.
"What have you found out?" asked Sanzo. His voice sounded calm but he was actually pretty interested in what Gojyo was about to say.
"This will sound weird but there are stories about the place, Sanzo. Stories about a golden eyed monkey who once lived here 300 years ago," began Gojyo. He lit his cigarette and breathed in.
"And you're saying that Goku fits the description of this monkey?" asked Sanzo. Then that explains why the old ma, Goro, looked so surprised when he first saw Goku. When Goro was checking on him, he still looked puzzled.
Gojyo shrugged his shoulders.
"But how sure are we that this monkey is Goku?" inquired Hakkai. He looked at Goku rather anxiously.
"Easy. The kid, whom they call the Mountain Kid, always said one word, and you don't need to be a genius to figure that out," said Gojyo.
All of them looked at each other simultaneously. "Haraheta," said Sanzo quietly. Gojyo nodded.
"But why is he called the Mountain Kid?" asked Hakkai. He looked at Gojyo, expecting him to provide the answers. The kappa opened his mouth to reply but another voice came out first.
"He was called so because he was born out of rocks on top of a holy mountain. The power of Mother Earth gave birth to him," said Sanzo in a quiet voice. "The place we're staying at is Goku's birthplace."
* * * * * * *
There was a small boy playing around. He was jumping up and down, trying to catch the falling leaves. Goku watched him silently.
It was the same boy that had frightened him when he was unconscious. Goku studied the boy's appearance.
He was skinny. He had wild brown hair that had a long tail. He had a gold Youryoku Limiter on his head, but the thing that was more golden than that were his eyes. The boy was wearing gray jeans with a worn off sleeveless t-shirt. He also had the most childish grin.
Suddenly Goku felt as if his own heart had stopped beating. The leaves on the trees around him continued to hustle in a music-like way. The boy in front of him had stopped playing.
Goku started to dread the seconds passing by. He wasn't sure about what was going to happen but he was sure that he wasn't going to like the future very much.
The boy began to turn towards Goku. He stifled a gasp as he saw the boy's complete face.
The boy was a younger version of himself. The younger version of Son Goku.
* * * * * * *
"You knew about it all this time?!" shouted Gojyo in fury. He didn't care about waking Goku up with his shout, but how could the monk keep a secret of Goku's life like that away from him?
"Yes," said Sanzo calmly. He looked straight into Gojyo's eyes. "You didn't ask me about it," he said.
Gojyo would have started to throw tings at the monk but those eyes, they stopped him. They even made him lose his will to become angry. But not because the eyes showed extreme kindness or guilt, but because the eyes showed a strong dominant will inside them. Gojyo knew he would never be able to win against it.
"Sanzo, didn't you think going over Mountain Kaka is dangerous? It might do something to Goku and maybe to us all," said Hakkai with Hakuryu on his lap.
Sanzo was quiet before answering. "I did think about the consequences before but nothing has ever happened like this before. Not even where there are other people born in the same way as Goku," said Sanzo.
This took Gojyo by surprise. "Nani?! You mean there are other people like Goku?" he asked, utterly surprised.
Sanzo looked at him directly. Gojyo expected for the monk to nod his head but all Sanzo said was, "Goku is the only one in his category. I guess Mother Earth saw what a bakasaru she gave birth to and decided to stop."
Gojyo felt like killing Sanzo.
"All in all, I think we should leave this place early," said Sanzo, resting his head on one hand. Hakkai and Gojyo nodded in approval.
"So, I'll wake us all at 4 am the. Oyasumi nasai!" said Hakkai and lay down beside Goku. Gojyo, Sanzo and even Hakuryu followed.
* * * * * *
They moved silently.
"Yaone, what room are they in?" demanded Kougaiji. Yaone looked up to a window. She pointed to it and said, "Over there, Kougaiji-sama."
"Onni-chan, let's go!" said Ririn eagerly. Kougaiji shook his head. "No, something is wrong. You stay here with Yaone while Doku and I go up. Be a good girl while I'm gone," said Kougaiji sternly. Ririn started to open her mouth to protest but thought better of it. She nodded solemnly and said, "Good luck, onii-chan."
"Ikezo!"
* * * * * * *
Suddenly Nataku stopped being silent. He opened his mouth and screamed. Then he writhed about in his seat, crying out in pain. He opened his eyes wide and they were no longer empty. Instead they were bright but full of misery. Nataku screamed again. His whole body shook as if a pair of giant hands was shaking him with all their might.
Kanzeon Bosatsu, Jiroushin and two other gods ran inside the room towards Nataku.
Jiroushin looked at the former Fighting God with worry. "Kanzeon Bosatsu, we must do something, or Heaven will be on fire again!" he shouted. The two younger gods looked scared.
"What can we do?" asked Kanzeon Bosatsu. Jiroushin looked startled at this. "Well, we can...," mumbled Jiroushin.
"If the boy sees us, his memory will be as his. No, I think we should just watch them. Just as we watched them fight off Homura," said Kanzeon Bosatsu. Then she threw away her flower and looked at the three gods behind her. With a pair of glittering eyes and a wide grin on her lips, she said, "This will be undoubtfully interesting."
* * * * * * *
"Come and play in the woods! Come on!" said the younger Goku. He extended a hand towards Goku. "Come on!"
Goku was frightened of this skinny child. Sure, this boy is no match to him when it comes to the matter of strength, but something else in him made Goku wanting to cry out in fear.
The boy, sensing Goku's fear, said, "Don't worry, we'll just play over here. Don't you think this is a very nice place?"
Suddenly Goku noticed the majestic splendor around him. The air was warm; the trees were huge and tall, covering him and the boy from the sun. The sunlight flashed through the leaves, leaving the leaves looking magical. Everything made Goku feel happy and bubbly inside. It made Goku feel as if he was at home.
'No! This is ridiculous! My home is in a temple in Togenkyo!' thought Goku. But yet, the temple is not his home. Nobody wants him there. But here, in this strange forest, everything wanted him to stay here. Goku felt torn in two.
All the time when he was thinking of all these things, he was looking down. When he looked up, he saw that he was alone.
"Eh? Where did that guy go?" he asked out loud.
* * * * * * *
Sanzo turned this way and that on his bed.
'Too hot!' he grumbled in his head. He took off the covers and sat up.
'No, that's not the reason,' he thought. Thinking that some cigarettes might help, he walked past Hakkai towards a small square table pushed to a corner of the room.
Sanzo lit his cigarette and sucked at it. Gojyo was snoring; Hakkai was sleeping peacefully, with Hakuryu on his stomach. Then he saw Goku.
Sanzo frowned. This might just be the first time he saw this. Instead of one leg on top of Gojyo's head, with arms wide open and wide opened mouth, Goku was sleeping in a quite-like-Hakkai way; though not as innocent- looking.
As he stood there, burning cigarette in between two fingers, Sanzo began to remember something.
It was the night before this. He was sleeping in the jeep with the others. It was very uncomfortable to be sleeping while sitting but Sanzo has experience.
He was dreaming of the day when he was ordered to find Cho Gonou, the previous Hakkai.
He remembered he was following Gojyo into a forest. Goku was behind him, complaining that he was hungry.
Then Sanzo turned back to tell the monkey to shut up but the monkey wasn't There. Goku was running towards a cave.
Muttering curses, Sanzo had followed Goku. They ran and ran, their long shadows following behind them. Then, then.....
"Shit!" cursed Sanzo under his breath. He put out the cigarette with fury. 'I'm not that old, why can't I remember?' thought Sanzo.
* * * * * * *
Kougaiji walked upstairs in a cat-like manner. Sure, this fight would be very noisy but they'll have more chances in taking the Sutra if the opponent is surprised.
But it was Kougaiji who will be more surprised. Especially after he opened the door that leads into the Sanzo-ikkou room.
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A/n: Ah! Finally I'm done... Lets hope there aren't any grammatical errors..heheheh... Don't forget to review okay?? Thanks!!
Yuka Sakura: No grammatical mistakes??! You had so much I gave up halfway trying to correct them!! Anyways, you guys better leave a review!! If not all my hard work will be wasted.....