Goku walked up the temple steps scratching his head, the cold evening air was blowing around him and he shivered slightly his mind wandering to more important matters…food. " Wonder if I can sneak myself a plate of Ramen into the temple, Kami knows It'll be to dark when I come home if I ate them in a restaurant…" he got to the top of the stairs and breezed past the group of monks closing the large marble temple doors.
"HEY! You insolent brat! Do you know how long we kept these doors open JUST because ou were dilly Dallying?" one of the older ones yelled, his face was red with effort making his white beard stick out comically in his face.
"Tch," Goku snickered observing their efforts for a few minutes before smelling the stench of fermented wine off them.
"Hmm And do you know," he said pushing the monks away from the doors and easily closing the two as if they were doors to a paper house, " That the wine offerings are meant to be KEPT as offerings?" he finished smirking at them and laughing when they paled and ran away from him.
"HEY! Don't worry I won't tell Sanzo!" he called causing the monks to stop and look at him hopefully, "IF HE SMELLS YOU FIRST!" He roared causing the monks to speed off quicker than they began screaming something about penance and repentance.
Goku tittered to himself holding his sides as he shook with laughter.
He stopped when he saw his shadow on the floor blend with a much taller one.
"You know, maybe they'd like you better If you didn't make such an ASS of yourself." a voice growled.
"Huh…" Goku muttered shakily turning around.
WHACK
"OWOWOW! Goddamn FRIGGIN MONK!" he cursed sitting on his ass, his jean clad legs sprawled out in front of him.
His statement earned him another hundred whacks to his skull from the pissed off monk.
"Idiot," the blonde haired man groaned his violet eyes rolling when the young man on the floor began whimpering like a sad child.
"Get up, we've work to do," he said loud enough for the near unconscious boy to hear.
Later in a large temple praying area.
Goku and Sanzo sat on their knees at a table, the table in question was covered in paper and ink piled as high as Goku's elbows, the young man stol a quick stare at Sanzo who was busy working something out on abacus before groaning and muttering something about a bottomless pit.
"Hm, Sanzo," Goku said averting his eyes back to the page for a secondwriting down the events of what happened on Sanzo and his last trip, now that he was old enough (and literate) he was allowed to help Sanzo in recording journeys and happenings ( allowed being a nicer way of putting forced)
Sanzo grunted for him to speak, his reading glasses pushed right up the bridge of his nose and a cigarette hanging from his mouth, he absent minded sorted papers with his right hand whilst still writing with his left, letting out puffs of smoke each time he blinked.
Goku stared in awe his ink brush held halfway in the air.
"H-how can you do all that at once?" he said slightly envious going completely off the topic he wanted to talk about.
An anger vein stood out on Sanzo's head whilst he continued with his work.
"One it's called multi-tasking, two I've already discussed it before and THREE if you dare interrupt my work for something as mind blowing stupid as that again I WILL…"
"Kill me yeah I know," Goku sighed looking out the window as the wind blew past his ears twitching.
Sanzo looked up from his documents and took of his reading glasses stowing them in a drawer in the table before rubbing the bridge of his nose.
Goku looked so focused in the sunlight his eyes squinted in thought, his mouth was still open as he stayed in thought, but that didn't surprise Sanzo, hell he can't remember Goku EVER keeping his mouth shut.
"Oi, idiot what the hell has you so…Spacey today? He groaned as he tried to find the right words to say.
Goku looked over at Sanzo smiling slightly thanking Kami he wouldn't have to get hit for his last statement. However, he still hesitated slightly when he brought up the subject.
"Uh, Sanzo when you…heard me," he said pepping a glance at the blonde haired priest who had now quirked a thin eyebrow.
"Goku I HEAR you everyday whether you be eating sleeping or even BREATHING be more goddamn specific!" Sanzo said irratated slightly.
Goku huffed but continued. "That day, five years ago do you remeber if I...um?" Goku began to pull his hand through his hair
"Yes?" he pressed, now feeling very uncomfortable with the subject already.
"Did I, Did you…Um…your name," he said slowly making Sanzo sigh out in frustration.
"For god's sake Goku! Spit it out goddamnit you sound like one of those shit for brains monks!" Sanzo yelled causing Goku to tense.
"YEAH! WEL IT ISN'T EXACTLY HARD FOR ME TO PUT THIS INTO WORDS YOU DAMN CORRUPT PRIEST!" Goku yelled unable to stop himself.
Sanzo stopped his eyes wide as he observed a tensed up Goku, the two glared at each other Goku shaking in anger and Sanzo twitching slightly breaking his cool demeanour.
Goku was the first to break and sighed landing on his ass and pulling his knees under his chin.
"Today, I heard someone calling me, and I can still...ugh," Goku laid his head in his lapalthough his words were muffled theyhit Sanzo like a slap, the words implying all sorts of problems all which could end horribly wrong.
Sanzo looked over at Goku who had now set his head on the small table sighing and mumbling. His breathing was slow as if he was having a migrane but Sanzo knew from experience it was something MUCH worse.
"What is it saying?" Sanzo said calmly.
"It's calling me, the voice sound's so…lonely," Goku whispered.
Sanzo tensed and shook slightly as memories began to pop into his head.
"I can hear a voice"
"Hey shut-up"
"But I wasn't calling you!"
Sanzo looked at him and shook away the memory standing up and walking towards Goku.
Goku smiled when he felt the familiar reassuring pat that Sanzo gave his head before walking out.
"Then go find them Goku, and don't forget to pop them one in the head, believe me their a pain in the ass to deal with!" he said softly muttering the last part.
Goku grinned.
"THAT LAST PART BETTER NOT BE DIRECTED AT ME!"
"Silence, you're only proving my point!" Sanzo's voice echoed down the halls of the temple.
Goku laughed and shook his head, laughing.
Suddenly he heard the clang of chains and sprang up tensing when he heard cries being carried in the wind.
"I want my sun, GIVE IT BACK!"
Goku gulped standing on the balcony and holding his head when he heard small angry cries the sound of the clanging getting louder.
"Damnit I hear you already SHUT-UP!" he growled jumping down onto the ground below and sprinting off towards the setting sun coloured meadows.
"Just, stay there," he muttered sprinting past villagers and dodging in and out of corner markets closing up for the night.
"I'll…stop your cries," he thought springing into the air and landing on a large branch of an oak allowing him to leap to other trees.
"Just hang on."
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