I am sorry for taking so long to upload a new chapter, but I lost what I had written and got a bit depressed about that.
Note for this chapter: Some of the conversation is taken directly from the manga script. This was written not by me but I wanted to incorporate it into my story.
Gojyo opened his eyes and saw that he was in a monastery. "What the?" he thought.
"Gojyo," cried out a voice behind him. It was Goku.
"What are we doing here?" asked Gojyo.
"I am not sure," said Hakkai who had also appeared.
"I remember, there was some fog or something entering the room..."
"Hey, you two, that kid looks just like Sanzo." Goku pointed to a young boy, about 8, who was sweeping the walk. Goku went running up to him, "Where are we and are you Sanzo?"
The kid looked back at him with a look that clearly meant that he thought that Goku was an idiot. "How is it that you do not know where you are? And of course I am not Sanzo."
Hakkai approached him also, followed by Gojyo. "Excuse me," said Hakkai, "We became lost in the woods and have been wandering for days. So we do not know where we are."
"You do not look like you were lost in the woods for days. Your clothes are too clean for that."
"Kouryu!" the boy turned to this voice, it was another monk, "Go elsewhere and sweep. Leave me to great our guests."
"But…" The boy tried to explain that there was something suspicious about the group.
"Just leave!" he bent down and said quietly to the boy, "I do not care if Sanzo thinks highly of you."
With that the boy walked away, pausing to glare back at the group.
"I am sorry for the boy's actions. The master of this temple took him in, in pity. His parents had tried to drown him in the river when he was a baby, probably because of his abnormal eye color. Nothing has violet eyes other then a demon. Oh, was there something that I could help you with?"
Gojyo and Goku stood there shocked that someone would just talk on about another person like that.
"Actually as we told the boy we became lost in the woods and were just trying to find our way out," said Hakkai. "Also, would it be possible to find a meal we have not eaten for a while."
"I will have someone bring out a meal for you."
"Thank you."
With that the monk left. "Where are we," asked Gojyo.
"I don't know," replied Hakkai. "The boy, I really think he is Sanzo, our Sanzo…But that does not make sense. You cannot travel through time…"
"Is it getting darker?" asked Goku. The temple was growing dark.
"What is happening? Asked Gojyo as everything continued to get darker.
Suddenly the three found themselves in a different part of the temple. They were standing on a balcony. Out of a door walked the boy, older now. Near him stood 3 other monks.
"It's that kid who washed up. Thrown into the river after he was born. He's got a lot of nerve acting like Sanzo's favorite pupil. He may be good at martial arts and Buddhist magic, but he's still a kid. Even though he doesn't practice Buddhism, they say he's going to get an official title."
"So even Master Sanzo plays favorites."
The boy walked by them, clearly able to hear. He then walked past Hakkai, Gojyo, and Goku. Seeming confused as to why they were there.
A man appeared from behind grabbing one of the monk's ears. "Shouldn't you be working? What are you standing around for? If you are so full of energy, maybe I should have you clean the entire grounds? Hmmm?…Scat! Back to your posts," he sent them away. "Slackers don't get dinner."
"…You never change…Do you Shuei?"