Disclaimer: Nope, Saiyuki is not mine but my crazy Fanfic writing mind is ALLLLL mine oh yess and crazy it is! BEWARE, BEWARE! Nah, just kidding. As part of my Anime series vs. Seven Sins collection here is the Saiyuki of shoot of it. I hope you enjoy.
The first few chapters are kinda dullish but if you bear through them, I promise it does get good…a Sanzo gone evil good….heh heh heh….
Introducing:
Saiyuki- The Demons Within
Chapter One --Part One: Come Together Once More
Fifty-two years and another twenty-three had passed to bring forth the day that Genjo Sanzo was returned completely unto himself with the memories of his past self.
"Sanzo-sama! Please stay and teach us!" A monk begged as a Sanzo priest tried to walk through the arch way of the temple to the outside.
The Sanzo, a man with a deep red chakra on his forehead and the Infernal Land sutra's on his shoulders turned with a deep frown. His golden hair flashed in the light of the sun. A small ponytail formed at the back of it but the rest was cut short. His violet eyes narrowed in sheer irritation almost enough to make the monk step back from him.
"I have no time for this."
"Sanzo-sama!"
"Urasei!"
Sanzo turned and left walking out of the temple. He was free at last. Silently cursing Kanzeon Bosattsu for making him grow up all over again, Sanzo stalked down the path with a vengeful stride. His gun and one sutra had been returned to him upon his coronation as a Sanzo again. That is when his memory had returned. A "gift" from the gods. Screw them. The previous day, Kanzeon had paid him a visit and after a torrent of curses from Sanzo, had told him that he should become reunited with his old companions. Why the hell should he have to go and find those morons? They should come to him instead. Bingo! Kanzeon would tell him why later. What a load of crap. Sanzo ground his teeth as the third day of his travel passed to a town, ironically, east.
The Merciful Goddess had given him a clue to find each companion. He was currently looking for a town of many Buddha's. It was the only one that he had a good idea where it might be. The Holy city of Kressfal, a place between human-youkai peace had erected many statues of Buddha in honor of serenity there. Things were still very rocky between the two people even in the absence of the minus wave. This particular town had been the one where Kougaiji, now demon king of the youkai, had made his first speech about the reformation of the youkai race and the offer of peace.
Sanzo entered the town after two more long boring days of travel. The hard part now was to find one of three people here in this large city. His dark eyes narrowed, he bet Kanzeon was laughing her posterior off right now. How it grated his nerves! Wandering into the market place, Sanzo looked around remembering how many times the group had done this. He sighed; perhaps he had missed it after all.
'Na, Sanzo. Can I have this? Huh? Huh? Huh?'
'Don't spoil the saru, bohzu, or he'll get needy-er than he already is.'
'What was that you stupid cockroach!'
'Now, now, calm down you two.'
Sanzo shook his head to be rid of the though. He stopped briefly as he passed a food vendor. Sanzo purchased a meat bun and tucked it into his robe sleeve. He started to continue on when he was stopped by a firm hand on his shoulder. Sanzo spun about quickly. So help him, if this was another pervert making a pass at him, blood would fly. He paused gun half ready to fire as he saw the culprit. It was a man with a monocle and short black hair dressed in clothes so clean and starched that they looked quite formal. A nervous smile was upon the man's face as emerald eyes watched him quietly. His hands were held up in surrender.
"Ohayo, Sanzo-sama."
"Hn." Sanzo lowered the gun. At another glance, he wondered briefly why Hakkai had chosen to be reborn as a human. Then again it was none of his business anyway what the man did with his life. The monk took out a cigarette and lit it taking a deep drag. For a brief second when Sanzo blinked, an old scar flashed into pain. He glared annoyed at the ground trying to wash the memory away.
"It's good to see you again." Hakkai spoke up a bit nervously. He could tell that Sanzo was remembering something that was bothering him and he hoped that it was not that eventful day…the day he died.
"Let's go." Sanzo turned and walked off tossing the used cigarette butt to the ground and crushing it beneath his foot.
"Where?" Hakkai petted Hakuryuu who was perched upon his shoulder as the little dragon kyuued in concern for Sanzo.
"The north." Sanzo smirked with an annoyed expression, "Something is whispering in my head."
"Come Hakuryuu. Seems like we're going on a trip again. Perhaps it will be another holiday tour?" Hakkai smiled.
After buying some supplies, Hakuryuu transformed back into a jeep. Sanzo got into the passenger's side of the vehicle leaving Hakkai to load the supplies. He was trying to force himself to believe that he had not missed this stupid journey. Settling back into the chair, he absently glanced into the back seat. He could not hide his tiny smirk. He wondered briefly how Gojyo had chosen to be reborn. Gokuu had not died yet as far as Sanzo knew. Two more crappy clues and then the Sanzo-ikkou would be back in business. When Hakkai got into the jeep, Sanzo told him of the clues and hide-and-seek game. 'Atop a mountain of ever rising sun', and 'the way between the two', were the last hints that Kanzeon had 'graciously' given him. He crossed him arms irately as he thought of the goddess laughing at him.
"A mountain of ever rising sun?" Hakkai spoke aloud as he drove, "It must be very high up so that the sun is reflected off of the snow longer than a normal day."
"Mt.
Greashan." Sanzo looked to the north, his eyes narrowed in
thought, "The annoying whispering is getting louder so go
faster."
"Hai, Sanzo." Hakkai stepped on the gas smiling.
He had missed this journey with his friends. For a while, he had
thought that he was going to live his new life alone without his
friends.
The trip was silent with few words spoken between them. Every so often, the memory would surface in the back of Sanzo's mind and it made him angry to remember. He tired to cover it over with sutras that he had memorized. They soon drove into ice and snow country after only a few days and then started their trek up the mountains. The duo continued on until the snow became so thick that Hakuryuu could not continue on in jeep form. The mountain's peak was visible now. The sun had indeed been shining faithfully all day and several hours into the night. Sanzo's shaded his eyes as he looked toward the peak. It was perhaps a thirty minuet hike, if that, since the weather had cleared.
"Stay here." Sanzo wrapped his cloak tighter around himself and started to walk away.
"Enjoy your walk." Hakkai called after him before starting to make up camp.
Sanzo climbed steadily despite his numbing limbs. Finally, he reached a large clearing close to the very peak Sitting on a rock completely bathed in sunlight was a figure clothed in green and white heavenly armor. Hints of a white tunic and breeches were seen in places that the armor did not cover. The youkai was sitting cross-legged in meditation. Long brown hair that hung down over a thin gold circlet was pulled back into a loose ponytail waved briefly in the wind. Sanzo moved closer and reached into his robes for the item he had there. The figure's face was serene and mature in the clamed state.
Walking to stand beside the youkai, Sanzo thrust the meat bun beneath his nose. The long pointed ears twitched immediately and golden eyes shot open. He grabbed the offered meat bun, shoving it into his mouth.
"S'ank you!" The cheery voice came.
"Baka-saru!" Sanzo's voice thundered as he struck the youkai over the head with the paper fan of doom.
"Sanzo!"
The next thing Sanzo knew, he was lying on the ground having fallen over from the rush hug that Gokuu had given him after realizing who he was. He tried to push the youkai off to no avail.
"Get off you stupid monkey!" Sanzo swatted him several times with the fan until Gokuu finally released him.
Sanzo stood with a deep frown serving as a mask over his emotions. He had missed Gokuu too. It was interesting to see how the nearly six hundred year old had grown in his absence. Gokuu now was almost eye level with him barring a few inches.
"I waited up here forever!" Gokuu's face was one beaming smile. Even his eyes were closed to accommodate the sheer mirth, "I thought you would never get here!"
"Dumbass, you made me climb all the way up here after you!" Sanzo growled then swatted the youkai once more with the fan, "Couldn't you find a warmer place to wait, baka!"
"But Kanzeon said to wait here." The bright smile fell just a little and his eyes opened.
"Old hag." Sanzo hissed beneath his breath then started to walk away. He looked back over his shoulder, "Slow people get left behind." Gokuu quickly followed after him. Sanzo turned back to walking and grinned.
Hakkai greeted both of them with a smile, warm fire, and a comfortable shelter. Hakkai heated some stew for supper as Sanzo pulled one of the woolen blankets around himself trying to get warm. He lit a cigarette. It was too damn cold here.
"Hakkai, I missed you cooking!" Gokuu smiled between his third and fourth bowl of steaming hot stew.
"It's good to see you again as well Gokuu. I heard they finally gave you back your title 'Great Sage Equal to Heaven'." Hakkai smiled.
"It's Gokuu! Not what ever that is." Gokuu's voice held a hint of irritation as he slurped his fifth bowl, "The same weird people who gave me these clothes say that. I don't like being called names!"
"I see." Hakkai smiled and gave Hakuryuu a small bowl of stew.
"Urasei. I'm sleeping now." Sanzo retreated into the shelter.
Hakkai smiled at Gokuu, "Sanzo has missed us as well."
A gunshot rang out. The bullet planted itself into the snow beside Hakkai. An irritable voice shouted out, "Urasei!"
"Oh, dear." Hakkai put a hand behind his head and chuckled.
Sanzo woke to a loud annoying snoring. He frowned to see that Gokuu was curled up beside him. The youkai was sleeping contentedly away with a grin on his face. Sanzo sighed then kicked the encroaching monkey away from him.
"Sanzo…harahetta…" The sleeping Gokuu whined.
"Baka." Some things did not change. Sanzo made a grumpy sound then stretched, resigning himself to the cold. He stood with the blanket he was using wrapped around him like a cloak and walked outside. He looked to the left and saw that Hakkai was busy packing up the loose gear. A kettle was over the fire.
"Ohayo, Sanzo-san." Hakkai stopped briefly in his task to stir the stew.
"Ch." Came Sanzo's short reply. There was nothing good about this damn cold morning.
"Sleep well?"
"Too damn cold." A look of annoyance crossed his face then he stepped back into the shelter and kicked Gokuu lightly, "Oi, saru. Hurry and eat, I want to leave this ice black soon."
"Breakfast?" Inquired the now semi-awake earth youkai as he exited the shelter and rubbed his eyes.
"Just up." Hakkai poured the stew into three bowls.
"The best!" Gokuu exclaimed and she rushed over to Hakkai and snatched his bowl.
"Thank you, Gokuu." Hakkai refilled the soon emptied bowl and smiled.
The meal was over very quickly with some 'friendly' urging from the Smith and Wesson and Sanzo's own 'kind' promptings with the paper fan of death. After hastily finishing the packing of the gear, they all piled into the jeep. The way down was much easier than the way up had been.
"Where to Sanzo-sama?"
"Go this way." Sanzo pointed to a random spot on the map.
"Where are we going? Huh, Sanzo? Where? Where?" Thwack The paper fan answered across his head.
"Urasei!"
"But where are we going? Where? I want to see the map?" Thwack "That hurt…where are we going Sanzo?"
"Do you want to die!"
Hakkai laughed, things were almost back to the way they should be. He pressed down on the gas a bit harder as they came to a stretch of flat land. A few days passed on their travel. The wind was blowing Hakkai's hair around getting in his way as he occasionally glanced at Sanzo. He could still feel the tension that Sanzo had toward him. Was the monk still angry with him for that time? He finally spoke up trying to get rid of the uncomfortable silence that had covered the jeep.
"I've never heard of a place that could be described as 'the way between the two. Two what I wonder."
"Ch. Old hag. Nothing is ever easy with her directions." Sanzo muttered. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked back, "Gokuu?"
"We should stop." Gokuu's face was serious and the tone of his voice reflective of how he looked now.
"Why is that, chibi?" Hakkai glanced at him.
"Just stop." Gokuu looked up at the sky. Sanzo nodded to Hakkai and the emerald eyed man stopped the jeep. As soon as Hakuryuu came to a stop, Gokuu jumped out. He walked several feet away from them.
"Oi, saru! Where do you think you are going?" Sanzo shouted out.
Ignoring him, Gokuu walked up to a large rock and sat down on it, crossing his legs. He looked to be meditating again. Sanzo watched wondering what that stupid monkey was up to. A strange wind began to rush across the ground. It swirled around Gokuu for a moment before flowing straight into the sky. Gokuu stood abruptly then threw out his hand pointing at the sky. The ground shuddered for a moment in a mini earthquake then a slab of earth shot out rising into the clouds. The earth youkai closed his hand into a fist and the earth that had risen shuddered then turned into a crisp set of chiseled stairs. Gokuu waited a moment staring at the sky. His golden eyes zeroing in on something beyond Sanzo's limited vision.
"Ero-kappa! I can smell you stink from all the way down here!" Gokuu shouted in the direction of the staircase top, "Get your cockroach self down here! Sanzo doesn't have all day!"
"Oi, gaki-saru! Still cranky? I stole that dumpling over six years ago. Let it drop already!" A voice drifted back from the sky. Shielding his eyes from the light of the sun, Sanzo saw a figure starting down the stairs.
"It was on my plate not yours!" A grinning scowl was drawn across Gokuu's face.
"I brought you lunch if it makes you feel any better!"
"Lunch!" Gokuu opened his closed fist and the stair case went flat leaving only the smooth rock surface. It looked like a slide…a very steep slide.
"He----------------------------------ll!" The man screamed as his descent was suddenly accelerated, "Kuso--------------, saru----------"
The ground lay back down in the earth as the man hit the bottom. When it was finished, it looked as if nothing had happened. The red haired man was sitting on the ground clutching his chest, eyes open wide. The short crimson hair was in small spikes. He was wearing a black leather shirt that hung mostly open in the front exposing his tanned skin. His black pants and boots were now dusted brown with dirt from his slide. He was trying to bring his breathing back to normal as he sat there and gasped. Gokuu walked up and took the boxed lunch out of his hands.
"S'ank you." He smiled happily.
"You dumbass ape!" The red head yelled slamming his fist down on Gokuu's head leaving the youkai momentarily stunned with tears in his eyes, "How can you be so calm after you did that! Were you trying to kill me or something!"
Hakkai watched him for a second remembering the strange yet familiar look. He saw Sanzo roll his eyes. The monk had thought as much. Gojyo had chosen to be reborn as a demi-god.
"So is it Kenren now?"
"Iie" Gojyo smiled in a singsong voice, "Call me Gojyo, I like that name better besides it makes those heavenly dudes crazy trying to remember it." He winked in a mock flirt then turned to Sanzo, "Oi, Sanzo-sama long time no see. Heard you took forever to be reborn, geez man what gives."
"Ch." Sanzo was busy eying Gokuu who was attacking the boxed lunch with a vengeance. The whole staircase thing had disturbed him.
"Like how your pet saru has progressed?" Gojyo put a hand on Sanzo's shoulder and grinned as the monk shrugged it off, "With a bit of heavenly guidance and a lot of running and screaming as he tried to kill us, we managed to piece his soul back together, memories and all. After that, by order of Nataku-sama, King of Heaven, he was trained to work that potential power as Seiten Taisei. Strange things dumb animals can do when you teach them a few tricks, eh?"
"Ch. Still a baka-saru." Sanzo spoke with a frown.
"So you don't deny that he's your pet?" Gojyo said with a devious grin only to have a gun pressed against the holy markings on his forehead.
"You want to die so soon?" Sanzo threatened.
"Hey, you should be thanking me for the good work not threatening to kill me. He bit me like seven times!" Gojyo scowled.
"Good, you deserve it." Sanzo turned away with a bored expression.
"Why you--!"
"Now, now, everyone, calm down." Hakkai chuckled. Finally things were going well.
End Chapter 1 Part 1
Sorry these chapters are really long so it's going to take me a bit to type them all out so I thought doing them in pt1 and pt 2 would be best. If it's not too much to ask I'd really like some feed back on this fic as it progresses just to make sure that it's worth the time to type. Thanks for reading this far and not just closing the window.
