((Ok, I hope this isn't turning out to be a horrid fan fic 0.0'

I was going to have something tragic happen but; I think Ill save it… it's going to be so heart breaking at the end ToT ))

A Friendly Face.

Goku stumbled about the forest; he was getting dizzy again. He still hadn't eaten anything and he had already walked a fair distance from the hotel. 'Sanzo wont find me out here…' Goku thought as he took a seat down in the grass. He was getting better, his head didn't throb as much and his forehead, which used to be burning calmed down. He smiled tiredly; quiet proud of how far he was able to travel.

Its not that he didn't want Sanzo around anymore it was just… well he couldn't bare to look at him. The disappointment, hate, and possibly slight guilt. He hated seeing his 'sun' that way. He wished only for Sanzo to smile… even if that meant his own sadness. He would give anything and everything up for his sun, no matter how much it burned…

Goku stared at his feet. 'How can I face him after what I did?' Goku asked himself. It wasn't so much about what he saw anymore, all of it focused around Sanzo. Goku smiled in his usual self again. 'Sanzo…' he though remembering the first time they met, Sanzo his sun… freeing him from the shadows of his past… his imprisonment.

Goku's thoughts paused as he heard rustling in the bushes. 'Did Sanzo find me?' he thought fearfully. If anything it was Sanzo he feared the most. "Who's there?" Asked the boy as he sat on the ground blinking fearfully at the bush rustling about. Suddenly a small furry, golden face popped out, with large, brown glossy eyes.

Goku's face brightened as a pup playfully wiggled out from the branches of the bush. A rather small puppy, golden, cute… innocent. Goku sighed with relief as he tilted his head to the side looking at the critter. The pup sat directly in front of Goku's crossed legs. "Hello…" Goku smiled as the pup tilted his head to the side to match Goku's angle.

Goku's smile glowed a bit more. 'A new friend…' he thought. "What's your name?" Goku asked leaning forward, poking his nose into the pup's face. The pup sniffed curiously at the boy then quickly licked his nose. Goku pulled away, one eye shut slightly surprised that such a small pup could give such slimy kisses.

Goku rubbed his face with the bottom of his t-shirt. He paused, looking back to the pup. "No name huh?" Goku sighed and patted the pup on the head. "How about…" Goku thought about a name to give the creature. One thought came to mind, 'Sanzo'. Goku smiled, he figured if he named the pup Sanzo, the real Sanzo wouldn't waste time hitting him over the head with his fan. "How about… Haru?" Goku asked the pup as it crawled into his lap.

The pup looked up and yipped at him playfully. "Haru it is!" Goku cheered and hugged the scrawny animal. Goku hadn't realized how empty and scrawny Haru actually was. His fur was matted in mud and bits of tree bark. 'Homeless…' Goku thought slightly saddened. He cheered up. "Hey… are you hungry?" Goku asked pulling the take out box in front of him and Haru. Haru curiously sniffed the box, licking the container's rims.

"You can have some… it's a little cold though…" Goku muttered holding a piece of a meat bun. He ripped it and held for Haru to eat from his hand. The pup gladly gulped the food down with out a second's thought. "Its good isn't it?" Goku asked as he petted the animal's matted fur. "You need a bath…" Goku smiled at the pup, handing him some more food chunks.

It was getting late out… the stars where already out and shining. 'I wonder if Sanzo is worried…' Goku thought, petting the sleeping animal that lay beside him. He was pretty cold and was shivering, even if he held on to the heat from the animal it wasn't enough. He had to go back.

Goku didn't want to leave Haru out her, alone… like he was. He knew what it felt like to be alone and truthfully he still was. Haru being with him did make him feel better, the pup didn't mind Goku, in fact they spent a few hours playing as it was. Not to mention that little fuzz ball stole his meat bun, the two sharing bites from each bun.

'Sanzo…' Goku thought a moment. He had to go. Even if he wanted to stay, Sanzo wouldn't understand. 'He never did…' Goku sighed, sitting up. He tried not to disturb the pup as he hoped he could slip away into he night. He knew it was wrong, how would he feel if Sanzo did that to him.

He gave a last minute look at the pup, then bolted away, tears falling down his face. 'Sanzo wouldn't let me keep him… he never would let me do anything…' he thought slightly angry but it faded as his tears drowned it out.

Goku's head throbbed. He didn't know how long he had been running but he figured the hotel couldn't be too far off. Goku stumbled a moment trying to center out his footsteps, but his head throbbed, making the ground sway. He hadn't stopped crying about leaving Haru behind like that so his vision wasn't the best to begin with.

'Just a little further…' he thought as he ran. He could see lights dance up ahead; he was entering the town again, the warmth thickening. Suddenly Goku's leg twisted and stiffened as Goku collapsed to the ground with a thud, nearly knocking his breath out. He breathed in deeply, he had to get a hold of himself if he was to face the others.

He sighed his tears away, taking more or so even breaths. That's when he noticed the tree. That same tree he had climbed over entering the forest. Goku's gaze shifted to his right... there it was, the hotel: just where he had left it.

Wobbling to his feet he readied himself to enter the warm, homey air of the hotel… and hopefully Sanzo would be asleep. If he weren't, the room would probably smell of smoke, thick since Sanzo isn't the one to open windows.