Notes: These drabbles were all written for the 'Reincarnation' challenge on 100roadtrips. They're all spun off fics in a thus far unposted series I've been working on Infinity . The series is long and spread out through a very wide time-line and I haven't been writing it in anything remotely resembling order. It will probably be a while before I have enough pieces completed and put together to post it. Sorry. It's a predominately Sanzo/Goku series with the occasional slip into Goku/Hakkai (such as the fic 'Last Breath' is tied to).
Title: Waiting
Author: NemKess
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Pairings or characters involved: Goku
It had taken so long to find him. Goku had almost given up.
To stumble onto Sanzo accidentally, here of all places, seems more like an act of mercy and cruel fate all mixed together.
Sanzo has been waiting for him.
For decades.
Goku smiles wistfully down at the gray hair of the man who has never once looked up to see that the person he's been waiting for is the same eccentric young man who has been visiting recently.
Goku doesn't mind. He's content to simply enjoy his sun's company for what little time the old man has left.
Title: Last Breath
Author: NemKess
Pairing/Characters: Goku/Hakkai
Series: Still with 'Infinity'
Word Count: 100
Goku tucked strands of sweat-dampened hair behind Hakkai's ear.
"Thank… you…"
Faded green met damp gold. In those tired eyes he could see the boy who'd adored him, the man who loved him, and behind both the soul that had recognized him.
With a small sniffle, Goku hugged the frail body closer. "For what?"
If not for his wanderlust, they might still be near doctors who could help the sick man instead of in the middle of the Amazon wilderness.
"For making this life…. A good... one… for… loving… me."
Goku held Hakkai tight long past the last shuddering breath.
Title: Caged
Author: NemKess
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Pairings or characters involved: Goku
Notes: The reincarnation involved in the fic didn't show up in the drabble, so I'm not sure this one actually counts.
Seiten Taisen is not amused.
He flails against the cage that holds him trapped, snarling obscenities at the deity just beyond his reach.
It is more than mere desperation to be free again. More than freedom, he wants to rip the smirk off the kami's face.
For daring to think he can take such a force of nature and add it to his collection, the Kami will pay dearly.
It might not be today. It might not be for years.
But death will come and when it does Seiten Taisen will make sure it's as unpleasant and bloody as possible.
Title: The Substitute
Author: NemKess
Characters: Goku, Sanzo, Hakkai, Gojyo
Word Count: 100
Even though he'd expected it, known from the moment he'd seen his class roster, the youthful looking teacher couldn't suppress his double take at the three familiar faces staring up at him with varying degrees of attention.
Red eyes checked him out before glazing over with inattention.
Green held studious attention and the respect due his position.
His own gaze met and lingered with the suspicious, confused violet. A sharp thrill went through him.
Finally.
He smiled, his first genuine smile in ages.
"As you may have guessed, I am Tanaka-san's substitute for the year. You can call me Goku."
Title: Beyond Even Heaven Author: NemKess
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Pairings or characters involved: Goku
Notes: Ponderosa drew me the most beautiful piccie of Goku in his Star Fleet uniform. It can be found on in my LJ memories.
Ten Forward was crowded, but Goku ignored the mass of humans unwinding from their long day of duty aboard the Enterprise. Instead he watched the blur of stars slipping by as they sped through space.
There was a constant ache in his chest these days as he moved further and further away from the Earth. He could feel it calling him back and it was almost overwhelming. He was not a creature meant for the cold, dark nothingness of space.
But somewhere in the distant beyond they were calling.
It was a call he wouldn't resist even if he could.
Title: Hell
Author: NemKess
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Pairings or characters involved: Goku
Hell wasn't a physical place of fire and brimstone.
Hell, Goku had discovered, was being doomed to watch those you loved die young and be reborn a thousand times over and knowing that nothing you did could ever change their fates.
Hell was remembering each one's individual touch and taste, the sound of each voice, the scent of a thousand versions of the same souls.
Hell was the feel of each birth and death in the back of your mind and forcing yourself not to seek them out because you knew you'd only pull them into your own personal hell.