Disclaimer: I do not own anything of Saiyuki, except for their manga.

Edit 8/21/17: Fixed spelling errors and and character grammar.

~Chapter 2; Found~

"Goku!" Hakkai called.

No answer.

"…Stop messin' around, monkey! C'mout!" Gojyo called.

No answer. The group now had worried and somewhat scared expressions.

'You better be dead, monkey, if you know what's good for you…' Sanzo thought, his face hidden.

"Guys!" Goku's voice came from above the other side of the waterfall.

When they looked, Goku was riding on a snow-white dragon that looked much like Hakuryu, with slight differences; like eye color: a beautiful sea-blue. Its wings spread, almost like an angel's. The white dragon flew in front of the group, still hovering over the raging water.

"Where'd you get the dragon?" Gojyo asked.

Upon closer inspection, Goku was drenched; dripping wet.

"When I jumped over th' dead tree, I slipped on some mud an' fell in th' water. This dragon rescued me." Goku explained.

"What's a dragon doing around a wild forest like this one?" Hakkai asked though mostly to himself.

"I donno, but I'm glad it was!" Goku exclaimed.

Sanzo walked up to the dragon with the paper fan in one hand and slapped Goku upside the head, his face still hidden.

"Ow! Sanzo, what'd you do that for?" he cried placing a hand on the sore bump.

"Idiot!" Gojyo yelled at him. "You had us worried."

"Did you see any kind of clearing, by any chance?" Hakkai asked him.

"That's what I was about to tell ya." Goku replied. "This dragon seemed worried about somethin'. Whatever it is, it's deep in a cave over there." Goku pointed near the end of the waterfall.

"Or whoever…" Hakkai said to himself.

"Let's go already!" Goku urged.

They all rode on the dragon to the cave Goku had pointed out. When they safely stood in the cave, the dragon glowed and transformed to its original little-flying-dragon-self. It flew up to Goku and rested on his shoulder. They proceeded into the cave.

"Looks like it's taken a liking to you, Goku." Hakkai observed.

"Think so?" Goku asked.

The little dragon gave a small squeak and rubbed its head against he cheek. A sign of affection. The further they went, the darker the cave became. A long while later, a little crack of light reached them. As they proceeded, the light grew. Finally, they found what they were searching for.

"There's nothing here." Sanzo stated in his usual bored tone.

Rock cell bars stood in front of them and way beyond the bars stood another set and a green scenery; a sight to behold.

"But…" Hakkai began but didn't finish.

"You serious?" Goku cried. "We went all this way, an'…" he looked down in disappointment. "We didn' fi-"

When he gripped the rock bars, Goku interrupted himself and stared in the cell. For a moment, his breath was caught in his throat and his eyes were slightly wide. Then, he inhaled and asked,

"How do you know my name?"

"Goku, who are you talking to?" Sanzo asked him.

He didn't respond. Instead, he continued to talk to what seemed like no one.

"Who are you?" he continued.

"Goku?" Gojyo asked.

Gojyo put a hand on his shoulder, causing the teen to change his focus to his friends.

"Are you all right?" Hakkai asked as Gojyo rose an eyebrow.

"There's a girl in there!" Goku exclaimed to Hakkai.

"What are you talking about?" Sanzo asked.

"Are you certain you're all right?" Hakkai asked now with concern in his voice.

"I think that hunger of his finally got to him…" Gojyo stated.

The group looked at him like he was insane.

"I'm serious!" he retorted. "Look, there's nothin' here, right?"

They stared at him as if saying, 'So?'

"But when I touched th' bars, she appeared!"

He replayed his action for demonstration. Gojyo and Sanzo continued to stare, as if he was making it up. Hakkai turned and faced the bars.

"It's true!" he heard Goku trying to convince.

'He touched the bars…' Hakkai thought.

Then, he gripped the bars and stared. The others noticed.

"Hakkai?" Gojyo asked.

Hakkai deeply exhaled, his shoulders slumping and he stared tenderly in the cell. Curiosity took over, so Sanzo and Gojyo also touched the bars. To their surprise, there, sitting in the small, compact cell sat a girl; wearing worn out, tattered clothes: a white-T shirt and tan short pants. This girl with long brown hair, stared confused and innocently at the group with her sun-golden eyes.