Author's note: Thank you all for the support, for this Saiyuki AU, but I'm still looking for a beta, so I'll apologise for any grammar and spelling mistakes, including for any OCC.

Disclaimer: see the prologue

It's been a few hours since Goku was rescued by some priest in beautiful white robes and along on his shoulders is one of the scrolls of heaven and earth, and the priest is a few centimetres further from Goku.

'I wonder what's his name?' thought young Goku. "Hey mister what's your name?" asked Goku.

The priest then stopped and looked over to Goku

"My name is Genjo Sanzo, the 31st of China," replied Sanzo. "What's your name little one?"

"My name Is Goku."

Sanzo looked at the child properly and quickly noticed that Goku still has the collar, and chain cuffs on her little and wrists ankles, and saw how thin she was including her clothes.

"Little one," said Sanzo. "Do you know why you were locked up?" Sanzo asked, in the softest voice he could make.

"I don't know, the only thing I know is my name," Goku admitted.

Sanzo looked at Goku that looks like sadness on his face while eyes showed anger and confusion. 'Who would lock a young child away on the top of a mountain, and top of that no memories on her crimes but only remembers her name?' thought Sanzo, 'I'll have to find someone one who takes her in if not then I will!'

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After a couple of hours, the two then entered the village and Goku is seen eating everything in her sight, even not knowing what the food, but Sanzo noticed the only food that Goku chews slowly is a meat bun, and Sanzo noticed the mothers were all looking at Goku and realised that they wanted to give Goku new clothes and glared at him even knowing he is a Sanzo Priest. One of the mothers then went straight to a clothes shop that only sells young children clothes. The women then came out of the shop and walked to Sanzo and said: "These are new clothes for the child, by the looks of it this child was so the called monster, but in my eyes, she isn't." The women gave the Sanzo the clothes and walked away.

Sanzo looked at the clothes and noticed they look cute the clothes themselves is a mini crop top with a flower in the centre and for the bottoms a pair of denim jeans with flowers made from fake jewels, alongside with a hairbrush and a ribbon bauble.

Seeing that Sanzo started to leave the village Goku followed and entered the Keiun Temple through a secret passageway.

"Where are we?" Goku asked.

"Where in the Keiun Temple, where I live with other monks," Sanzo replied.

Goku just nodded in response and tried to look at the majestic but scary (to Goku) temple, Sanzo noticed this and secretly smiled at Goku's innocence, until they reached to another building that looked like a storage house.

Goku looked at Sanzo with a look of betrayal and fear on her face and asked: "Are you going to lock me away again?"

Sanzo kneeled to the child and reassured the child, "No Goku, its only temporary until I can get the monks to agree to let you stay or until I can find someone else to look after you."

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Days turned into weeks until Sanzo could let little Goku out of the shed after being turned into her Great Sage Form after the so-called monks tried to lock her up again and spoken to The Three Aspects about the child in question.

Sanzo then showed Goku her new room after many days converting his old office that conjoined to his personal room into a bedroom for Goku.

"So, what do you think?" Sanzo, asked nervously while watching Goku looking around her new room.

Goku's room is that of any young girl's dream, a bed that's shaped like a cloud, pink walls with pictures of fairies and mermaids on the walls. A walk-in closet that only Sanzo can enter for now, (Goku doesn't know how to undress or dress herself yet including brushing her hair or bathing) and a bedside cabinet that has many toys that can Goku play with before bedtime, and on the opposite side of the room, there was a desk and chair for when Goku decides to either paint or draw but only supervised by Sanzo.

"I love it!" Goku declared, with a massive smile on her face.

Later that night Sanzo helped Goku change into her new pyjamas and then tucked Goku and started to read a book called the 'The Gruffalo', as Sanzo was halfway through he heard a cute little snore and noticed that Goku fell asleep, quietly turned off Goku's lights and went to bed himself.

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A few months passed, Sanzo and Goku fell into a pattern that just screamed 'We are a family now!'

Their routine consist of Sanzo waking up at dawn much to his great annoyance, to help the monks with their prayer, after that he has to wake up Goku, and then helped Goku get dressed in her new clothing that looks like martial artist would wear but more casual, then Sanzo would help brush Goku's hair and put her hair in a high ponytail or in a low ponytail with her pink bow bauble. Sanzo and Goku would then walk to the dining hall for breakfast, then after breakfast, Sanzo would brush his teeth and makes Goku do the same.

After that Goku would go out in the gardens and pick up flowers to give to Sanzo and depending on her mood and where Sanzo found himself on that day would either draw or paint in his new office or in her bedroom or try and play with the children who are training to be monks outside, after which Sanzo would take Goku into town if he needed new cigarettes and would pay for Goku's lunch that could make any rich person poor. Which then the vendors would look at the child and priest in shock and Sanzo would normally say "It's not my card."

Then in the evening Sanzo and Goku would have dinner in Sanzo's room then later Sanzo would help Goku bathe, while Goku would try and splash water on him (playfully), then it was time for Goku's bedtime, which then Sanzo would read Goku a story and as always Goku always falls asleep when Sanzo reaches the middle of the stories, but unknown to them the routine would change by two people.

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One morning Sanzo was summoned by The Three Aspects of a demon murder and to find him bring him back alive.

"I Genjo Sanzo, the 31st of China the heir to the Maten and Seiten scripture will accept this mission!" Sanzo declared, "however I have great reluctance to do so, isn't it the will of the God's not to kill."

Sanzo then walked back to the Keiun Temple, and at the entrance stood Goku and to his horror, her top was held at the back by a monk.

"Master Sanzo thank Buddha your back!" the unknown monk exclaimed happily to Sanzo.

"What has my ward done?" Sanzo asked although you could hear the malice in his voice as he spoke to the monk.

"She has been eating the peaches that are meant for the Merciful Goddess!"

"I was hungry and you poop-heads wouldn't let me go into the kitchen to get food," Goku whined in annoyance.

"Let go of Goku," Sanzo commanded to the monk, which the monk did, Sanzo nodded and then looked at Goku and hit her with his paper fan and then lectured more like shouted at her, "What have I told you about those bloody peaches, you stupid chimp, as of now you are grounded!"

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After a few days and with the help of a sheepish Goku who managed to escape the monks at the temple when it was announced she was grounded found the demon murderer and later the next morning became Goku's tutor and as for his friend, he came to the temple to make Sanzo's life a living hell and played with Goku when she's bored and made her so tired that her new routing in the afternoon is napping.