Gensomaden Saiyuki Fan Fiction / Saiyuki Reload Fan Fiction ❯ The Story of the Recalled Souls ❯ Losing Monkey ( Chapter 6 )

The Story of the Recalled Souls

 

Chapter 6: Losing Monkey

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Saiyuki or Journey to the West

 

-Who you were in fight club is not who you were in the rest of the world-

 

Cho Lee, whose new name became Hakkai, was been born in 1985 in New Jersey to David and Kai Lee. Cho was the younger of two children, his sister Kai Lahn was a year older. In the fall of 1986, David and Kai were tragically killed in a car crash resulting in Cho and Kai Lahn being sent to orphanages. However, they were separated after three years in St. Paul's Catholic Orphanage when Kai Lahn was adopted.

 

Growing up in the orphanage, Cho strived to score the highest in all of his classes in hopes of one day becoming a teacher. At the age of fourteen, the clergymen of St. Paul recognized Cho's amazing intellect and chose to place him in a top secret assassination program called “The Crusaders.” In the program Cho displayed extremely high levels of intelligence and erudition, quickly earning a high rank among the assassins.

 

By the age of seventeen Cho Lee was the top assassin of the Crusaders and soon befell the title of Assassin Instructor, teaching and training over five hundred students of The Crusaders Program before his next birthday. At the age of eighteen Cho Lee discovered that his long, lost older sister Kai Lahn also lived in the Crusaders' underground dwelling as a nurse.

 

After reuniting with his sister, the siblings soon discovered they were in love with one another and quickly gave in to their desires. They hid the fact they were siblings for well over a year, however, a curious and jealous rival of Cho investigated the two and discerned the truth. The rival immediately reported their sin to the Clergymen who instructed the entire force of the Crusaders to dispose of Kai Lahn, but leave Cho because, after all, he was their top instructor.

 

Upon discovery of his brutally raped and murdered lover/sister, Cho went into a rampage, killing nearly everyone in two whole brigades of the Crusaders' underground habitat. One man managed to attack Cho, leaving the teacher with near-fatal wound in his belly. Said man escaped and revealed to the third unit of what had happened. An immediate search was set out for Cho Lee.

 

Cho managed to find his way into a nearby alley, in the downtown area, having lost a large amount of blood he lay dying in the gutter. As fate should have it, however, a young man named Joe Gonzalez happened to be passing by after a late night of poker at a local bar. Spotting the bleeding man, Joe carried Cho to his home, where he called upon a street doctor to help Cho.

 

Cho lay in a heavy coma for two weeks before finally waking up in Joe's apartment. The two quickly became good friends over the next few months, Cho's polite and sophisticated lifestyle perfectly complimented Joe's rash and crude standard of living. They soon became lovers.

 

And at the current age of twenty-two, Gojyo and Hakkai remained lovers. Entangled in one another's arms, Hakkai sighed as a bead of sweat trickled down his neck. He turned to face Gojyo beside him, whose soft sighs let the brunette know his lover was fast asleep. Hakkai breathed again and glanced at the digital clock next to the bed, it was three in the morning.

 

He extracted himself from Gojyo's spooning grip, careful not to awake him, and wandered to the bathroom. After silently closing the door Hakkai heard another door open and close. He frown crossed his brow when he realized it had been Sanzo and Goku's door. For a brief moment Hakkai seriously considered ignoring it and continuing his own business.

 

But the devoted friend and ex-teacher couldn't disregard an alien person may have snuck into their room. So, he immediately strode across the dark room and into the dimly lit hallway, which turned out to be empty except for the sound of retreating footsteps. The brunette followed the sound all the way downstairs and out the front door of the hotel where he spotted a small figure walking across the parking lot. At the sound of Hakkai approaching, the figure turned around and instantaneously stopped its stroll.

 

Hakkai moved quickly towards the person and only a few feet away realized who it was. “Goku?” he breathed, quickening his pace towards the girl “What are you doing out here? Do you know what time it is?”

 

Goku rubbed her eye “Yeah, but I needed something…” she mumbled slowly.

 

“Well, you need to come back inside right now.” Hakkai ordered in a firm yet caring voice “It's dangerous to be out here. Especially after what we told you! Why would you do something so reckless?” Goku shifted her feet and scratched the back of her head.

 

“Uhm…” she looked around as if someone else would be up at that time “Well, you see…” Hakkai's cross stare immediately changed to concern at her tone.

 

“Is something wrong? Did something happen?” He narrowed his eyes as if staring hard enough would help him find something wrong with her. “Did Sanzo…”

 

“NO! Nothing happened like that. I'm fine…well…kinda…but it's not bad…” Goku gave an attempt at a nonchalant laugh that ended up sounding like a high pitched, nervous shriek “It's just that uhm…”

 

“Yes?” Goku stared around again before answering in a hushed whisper.

 

“My red ninja is here.” Hakkai furrowed his brow and blinked twice.

 

“…What?”

 

“My red ninja…you know…” Hakkai shook his head again “Come on, Hakkai…you're a grown man! Don't tell me nobody ever taught you about the red ninja!”

 

“I'm afraid not…” Goku gave an impatient growl. She opened her mouth to speak but was interrupted by someone yelling her name.

 

“GOKU!” It was Sanzo, followed by a tired and hassled looking Gojyo, both of whom were marching through the hotel door angrily.

 

“Uh-oh…” Goku breathed “We're in trouble…”

 

“Hakkai!” Sanzo snarled as he and the red head approached them “What the fuck is going on? Goku, what are you doing out of the room? Do you have any fucking clue what time it is?”

 

“Hakkai already berated me for being out this late.” Goku sighed “And I was trying to explain to him what I was doing, but apparently nobody ever told him about the red ninja!” The three men stared at her “Don't tell me nobody told you guys either!”

 

“We don't have time for this shit.” Gojyo snapped angrily “Do you have any fucking clue what I just went through? I'm sleeping peacefully when all of a sudden, this fucker-” he shot an angry glare at Sanzo “-comes bursting through my door screaming `where are Goku and Hakkai?' in my fucking ear! Do you have any idea what it's like being dragged out of your bed, jerked awake while having an awesome dream about Hakkai and a-“

 

“GOJYO!” Hakkai cut the red-head off.

 

“WELL, SHIT!” Gojyo snapped “It WAS an awesome dream, it's the one I always tell you about…you know…where you-“

 

“If you say another word, Gojyo I will put a bullet through your fucking skull.” Sanzo snarled “Now, Goku move your ass, or so help me GOD, I will-“

 

“Heeey, I just have to go the store to get what I need!” Goku whined “So don't get mad! And Hakkai was just trying to stop me, anyway, so I-“

 

“Get your ass back to the room. We seriously don't have time for this shit.” Sanzo cut off.

 

“But I need to go to the store.”

 

“What the fuck for?”

 

“I already said!” Goku replied impatiently “My red ninja!”

 

“What the hell is a red ninja?” Gojyo snorted.

 

Goku sighed “Every girl is born with a red ninja inside her. The red ninja is a lost member of an elite ninja organization from another dimension who was sent to live inside a girl for eternity as punishment for sleeping with the king's daughter. The red ninja sleeps for a long time while the girl grows up, but when she reaches a certain age the red ninja wakes up and is enraged to find himself in an alien place. So, once a month he attempts to escape his fleshy prison by hacking away with his sword, causing the girl to bleed from her down there area. And it just so happens to be that time of the month for me. My red ninja is a douche bag. So I get really bad stomach cramps.”

 

The three men stared at the girl flabbergasted, she blinked up at them. “What?” Sanzo closed his eyes and breathed slowly three times before answering.

 

“When I open my eyes in a few seconds the first thing I better see is your ass running back into the hotel, or I will-“

 

“I'm going, I'm going!” Goku squealed as she ran towards the hotel with Gojyo at her heels (not sure if Sanzo had been talking to him too.) At the sound of the door quickly opening and then slamming shut, Sanzo opened his eyes and heaved an angry sigh. His violet eyes swiveled to the man standing next to him.

 

Hakkai stared back, impassive to his companion's glare he merely smiled politely. Sanzo's eyes narrowed in the dark and he continued to glare at the green eyed man. They remained quietly staring at one another for several minutes before either of them spoke. “We should get back inside, Sanzo.” Hakkai said softly “We have to get up in a few hours.”

 

Goku was back in her pajamas and sitting up in the large bed waiting for Sanzo when the blonde returned to their room. Their eyes locked for a moment. “Are you mad at me, Sanzo?” she asked innocently as he began to light a cigarette “I really didn't mean to cause any trouble…”

 

“I don't want you to be alone with Hakkai, Goku.” Sanzo interjected, she gave him a questioning stare “I'll explain later, but for now, get some sleep. We'll stop by the store tomorrow morning.” Goku sighed but complied by lying down and pulling the covers up to her chin. Sanzo remained standing and clicked the light off.

 

“Are you not coming back to bed?” she asked.

 

“I will in a bit.” Sanzo replied quickly, Goku mumbled something he assumed was an “ok.” He waited in the dark for her to fall asleep, the only light being the soft orange hue from his cigarette. He smoked at least three before Goku's breathing finally became steady and even as she fell asleep. When he was sure she was dead to the world the blonde crept into bed next to her, using the top blanket for cover, not wanting their skin to come into contact for fear of losing his already brittle self control.

 

He lay awake, staring at the vast darkness of the room, wishing for some sort of distraction from his thoughts while he awaited slumber. It was always these few moments before sleep overtook him that his past normally came up to bother him. Those pesky memories of his father dying, the familiar people who he usually remembered but knew he had never met before flashed across him mind, too. Those ridiculous guys, who all wore sad, yet determined smiles. They aggravated him to the point where he wanted to take his gun out and shut shoot the next person who crossed his path.

 

There was one man with hair and eyes so deeply red that Sanzo almost thought he was bleeding. Then there was that man with the monocle and the emerald eyes who was smiling all the fucking time, just like Hakkai. And finally there was the tan boy with the golden eyes, much like Goku's…but this boy was…so devoted and so determined to stay next to Sanzo. And all three of them knew him by name, but not Marcus…no, they knew him by Sanzo.

 

The blonde scowled up at the ceiling, angry at himself for allowing his mind to wander. Goku's shifting snapped him from his dark thoughts, she'd just rolled over in her sleep. Sanzo could barely make out the outline of the young girl, he could hear her soft sighs and the beating of both their hearts and, like a lullaby, these factors helped him drift to a peaceful sleep.

 

-Self-Improvement is masturbation…and self-destruction-

 

The alarm woke Sanzo and Goku up three hours later with a loud, shrill, annoying drone. The buzzer was so loud Goku screamed and fell out of bed, Sanzo sat straight up and cocked his gun, aiming it at nothing. He frowned sleepily and stared blankly as Goku stood up from the floor, massaging the bump on her head. “You okay?” Sanzo mumbled receiving a nod “Get dressed and wake up Hakkai and Gojyo.”

 

“What are you gunna be doing?” Goku whined.

 

“Sleeping.” Sanzo replied while lying back down on the surprisingly comfortable bed, Goku glared at him “Well, I didn't wake up at three o'clock in the fucking morning because I wanted to, Goku. That was someone else's fault, now go do what I told you.”

 

“Dammit,” Goku griped as she gathered her clothes and stomped loudly to the bathroom to change. When she emerged in the fresh clothes she stomped out of their room, slamming the door on her way out. She found Hakkai and Gojyo already awake and dressed in their room, Gojyo was eating breakfast. An empty bowl sat next to him, along with the box of cereal and a small milk carton. Hakkai looked over the map, which was spread out on the already made bed, double checking their route to Vegas, which would only take 11 hours if they kept on track and didn't stop anywhere. But knowing themselves all too well, they knew it would take at least two days.

 

Goku finished her cereal quickly and returned to her room to wake up Sanzo. “Sanzo, Hakkai says you need to wake up now.” She informed, shaking the blonde who grunted and sat up. “We have to leave soon, Hakkai said so. So…yeah…uh…” As Sanzo's vision became clearer he noticed the tanned girl's cheeks going slightly pink, she wasn't looking at him either.

 

“What's the matter with you?”

 

“Nothing.” Goku replied quickly “I'm going back to Hakkai and Gojyo's room…get dressed…and…uh…stuff.” And with those words she left the room, leaving a very confused Sanzo. He remained confused until he sauntered to the bathroom, where he realized he'd just showed the young girl the teepee he was hiding in his pants. He groaned and smacked his forehead.

 

-AAH! OK, OK, OK, I got it. I got it. I got it. Shit, I lost it.-

 

An hour and a half later, the four companions were in the jeep, on their way to Nevada, seated in their usual arrangement: Hakkai driving with Sanzo in shotgun while Goku and Gojyo sat in the backseat, crowded as customary. Gojyo's knee fell next to Goku's. She pushed it away making an impatient sound.

 

Sanzo glanced in the rearview mirror, which he had positioned so he could see Goku behind him (she had no idea he was doing this). Gojyo's knee fell next to hers again. “Stop it.” Goku hissed angrily, kicking his leg roughly.

 

“OW!” Gojyo bellowed “That fucking hurts, you moron!”

 

“Well, then, quit touching me!” Goku snapped back.

 

“I can't help it, I'm used to stretching my legs back here.”

 

“Well, then get un-used to it!”

 

“Why don't you make me?”

 

“I don't make trash, I recycle it!”

 

“It's burn it, you retard.”

 

“Why would I burn trash? That's ignorant and bad for the environment!”

 

“FUCK the environment!”

 

“You probably can't even SPELL environment!”

 

“Fuck you, you stupid little monkey!”

 

“Bastard, perverted water sprite!”

 

Sanzo turned around in his seat and hit the two over the head “SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.” He snarled “I swear to GOD I will THROW the two of you out of this car and leave you both in the desert for the vultures to pick at until you are nothing but skeletons.” Goku and Gojyo shrunk into their seats, settling back into silence. A few hours passed and Goku announced she needed to use the restroom.

 

“I agree,” Hakkai chuckled “I think it's time we all had a break. We're coming up on a city. We can stop there for a bit and stretch our legs. Do you agree, Sanzo?” Sanzo grunted what they assumed was a `yes.' Thirty minutes later they were all walking around in a large, Mexican flea market that Goku and Gojyo (both being Hispanic) were well acquainted with.

 

“I LOVE these things!” Gojyo cackled as they passed a booth of nothing but crap, including ghetto toys, cosmetic contacts, gaudy jewelry and dirty playing cards. Sanzo wrinkled his nose at the smell.

 

“It's disgusting, why are we here again?” he grumbled.

 

“Because bazaars like this are AMAZING!” Goku giggled “They have all sorts of crap for good prices! And the food is absolutely awesome! Ooh, roasted corn! Sanzo, can I have some? Please, please, can I? Huh?”

 

“Fine.” Sanzo replied as the bouncy girl half-dragged him towards the roasted corn stall, leaving Gojyo and Hakkai amidst the crowd. Hakkai chuckled and pulled Gojyo away from the swarm of people to a less packed area.

 

“You're enjoying this place, aren't you?” he laughed, receiving a grin from his lover.

 

“Damn skippy, I am.” Gojyo chortled “I haven't been to one of these since I was kid! My grandma used to take me all the time. She'd find the coolest shit, man. Once, we found this old-ass doll from when she was a little kid. She bought it for, like, three bucks. We looked up its worth online- 5,000 bucks. Man, she bought me so much candy that day…I think I ended up throwing it all up.”

 

He let out a heart-felt laugh as Goku and Sanzo met up with them, both carrying two corn-on-the-cobs covered in butter, salt, parmesan and chili powder. Goku handed one of them to Gojyo “I knew you'd want one.” She grinned “I haven't had one of these since I was thirteen!”

 

“Look,” Sanzo spoke up “Goku is saying she wants to look around, but I want to get back on the road soon. I'm giving everyone three hours, that's it. Then we'll meet back at the entrance and find a hotel for the night. We'll leave tomorrow morning at seven a.m. sharp. That's final.”

 

“Sounds good to me.” Hakkai chimed brightly “I'm sure this will be a lovely little adventure! I've never before been surrounded by so many…ah…”

 

“Mexicans?” Gojyo and Goku asked simultaneously, Hakkai chuckled nervously.

 

“So, ahem, we'll split up here I assume?” he obviously wanted to change the subject and divert attention from him to something else.

 

“Yeah,” Sanzo started “we'll meet up in three hours-“

 

“Hey, Sanzo?” Goku tugged on the sleeve of his shirt “I don't want to sound paranoid or anything…but…I've noticed that there are three guys dressed up like ninjas…and they're all staring at us.”

 

“What?” Sanzo glanced around the crowded building, among the many people were indeed three ninja-like men staring at them intently. “Well, shit.”

 

“The crest on their bandanas…” Hakkai muttered “It's the Crusaders' crest. The assassins, but there's only three…they weren't expecting Goku to be with us. I think it would be best if we all split up right now. Run, if you can. Cause some attention, that'll drive them away. I cannot believe they haven't been briefed in concealment, idiots. Obviously from the third brigade, I never taught them…”

 

“Now is not the time to be proud, Hakkai.” Gojyo growled “We have to haul-ass. Three hours, yeah?” Sanzo nodded.

 

“Goku, make sure to show up at the front in exactly three hours.” Sanzo said lowly, gripping the girl's arm “I don't know if the assassins will follow you, but they just might. So make sure to run a lot. Get rid of your pursuer. Do you understand?”

 

“Yes,” Goku replied, her teeth chattering as her adrenaline began pumping “I'll see you guys in a bit.”

 

“You better!” Gojyo chortled “Or we'll leave your ass here!” The last image Sanzo saw before he began his run in the opposite direction of everyone else was Goku's grinning face as she waved and began running.

 

“I will! See you guys!” she called as she began sprinting as much as possible through the crowd of people.

 

“You better show up, Goku…” Sanzo muttered to himself. As he ran around, weaving in-between the crowded building, bumping into one person after the other, glancing over his shoulder he noticed the assassin was still following him. It took about three hours to lose his pursuer in the mass of people, choosing to hide in a smelly, shit-covered stall of the women's restroom. Luckily nobody ever walked in; he figured that was because everyone knew the bathroom was covered in feces.

 

After what seemed an eternity, Sanzo exited the shit-hole of a bathroom and headed to the entryway, where he assumed Goku, Gojyo and Hakkai would be waiting for him. He could just picture it now: Goku's tearful eyes as she ran towards him, Hakkai's relieved smile and Gojyo's stupid grin and smart-ass aphorisms. Sanzo would more than likely punch him in the gut and walk to the car with Goku at his side.

 

But that wasn't what was waiting for him. Yes, Hakkai and Gojyo were there, but Goku was nowhere to be seen. Gojyo was puffing on a cigarette that must have been his tenth one judging from the spent cigarette butts scattered around his feet. Hakkai's expression lightened, yet still remained anxious, when he spotted the blonde. “Oh, Sanzo,” He breathed “Thank God you're okay. We were so worried-“

 

“Where's Goku?” Sanzo interjected roughly, the other two exchanged stares.

 

“We thought she might be with you…” Hakkai replied “She never showed up.” Sanzo's violet eyes narrowed to nearly cat-like slits.

 

“Well, fuck.”

 

-You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.-

 

They spent the rest of the day searching for Goku, checking every corner of the building, even the restrooms. But Goku was nowhere to be found and they couldn't continue their search due to the stalls and mini-stores closing down. The “store police,” as Gojyo called them, were ushering everyone out. Gojyo, Hakkai and Sanzo all waited at the entrance in hopes of spotting Goku.

 

But to no avail.

 

The sun was set and the moon was rising, the temperature had dropped. “Well, fuck me sideways.” Gojyo grumbled “You think those bastards got her?” Sanzo closed his eyes and concentrated on the little voice, her voice. It wasn't bubbly, but it wasn't frightened, it was merely calm. Had she been kidnapped she would be in hysterics, crying, sobbing, screaming his name and he would have been able to feel the disturbance as soon as she'd been taken.

 

She was worried, she was okay, just excruciatingly lost. “No, she's alright.” Sanzo answered.

 

“How can you be sure?” Hakkai asked tentatively.

 

“Let's find a hotel,” Sanzo ignored his question completely, not really wanting to have to explain the whole `telekinetic' bull shit story to his companions “Goku will try and find us, she'll check the nearest hotels. Let's get moving.” And with that he walked to the car, the other two followed silently.

 

`I hope you're right, Sanzo.' Hakkai thought to himself with a sigh. He took one last glance over his shoulder, as if expecting Goku to come running out of the building with a grin on her face.

 

“Move your ass, Hakkai.”

 

But she didn't.

 

-You are the same, decaying, organic matter as everything else.-

 

AN: Alright, everyone. I am SO sorry for taking so long with this chapter update. I took a small break, and then BAM! I realized it had been months since I had written anything. And I am SORRY. So here is the new chapter! Yaay! Even though…it's a cliffhanger. I'll try and write soon. And you will love it!! HAHA! Yay?

 

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