Goku woke up feeling lousy. He had slept outside during the rainstorm, and he was full of grief, as well. His muscles protested as he finally moved from his curled up position on the ground, and it took him a whole before he was able to move normally. He was still holding Sanzo's torn piece of robe to his closely. He walked on through the thick forest in a sleepy, sorrowful daze for a while. He couldn't believe that his savior was gone. He just couldn't. But there was nothing left of him, so…

Sighing, Goku hugged the cloth. He could still smell the man. There was the scent of cigarettes, alcohol, and Sanzo. He used to not like those smells, but now, he could almost smell them on the wind. ! The wind? Goku looked around, and hope filled him up once more. He DID smell Sanzo! He was close! The demon boy took of running, and soon, he found himself in a brilliant field of yellow flowers. He smelled Sanzo there, but he didn't see him. The only one he saw was a young girl around Sanzo's age picking flowers.

"Excuse me! Have you seen a priest around here? He carries a gun, and…"

Goku stopped as the girl looked up at him. Her mouth was slightly open in surprise and he could see red streaks in her golden eyes. The smell of Sanzo was all over her, as well as the smell of blood. Rage filled him up again, and he Goku jumped back and summoned his nyoibo.

"You! It was YOU, wasn't it! What did you do to Sanzo? Tell me, you monster!"

"What are you talking about?"

"You beast! Give him back!"

Goku ran at her, and swung his weapon, yelling, Koume managed to dodge the first few without spiling any of the flowers she had in her basket, but then she felt threatened.

"You're a demon! You killed my master, Sanzo!"

"I did no such thing! You've got the wrong demon!"

"Liar! I smell his blood all over you!"

She gasped. So, Genjyo was a Sanzo! She was so spaced out, she didn't realize that he was attacking again.

"Watch out!"

Before she had time to react, Sanzo ran up out of nowhere and tackled her to the ground, and saving her from the blow. Both of them fell onto the field, and when Sanzo groaned from pain as he got up and pointed his empty gun at Goku, the boy froze.

"Sanzo… y-you're…"

"Goku… calm down. Don't make me kill you!"

Goku dropped his nyoibo, showing that he understood, and when the priest lowered his gun, he ran over. Koume was gently helping him up.

"Hey! Don't touch him!"

"Who is this?"

"I guess you could say… he's one of those dangerous demons you were warning me about."

"Huh? What's…going on here?"