Gensomaden Saiyuki Fan Fiction / Saiyuki Reload Fan Fiction ❯ The Story of the Recalled Souls ❯ Face-to-Face ( Chapter 8 )

The Story of the Recalled Souls

 

Chapter eight: Face-to-Face

 

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

 

-Now, the dream of this life must end…and so, too, must the dreamers within it.-

 

Goku and Hakkai stared in disbelief at the three young boys in front of them, who couldn't be much older than Goku. The one who had spoken was holding a gun aimed at Hakkai. Hakkai gulped and stared at the gun that was being waved in his face: it was strange looking and Hakkai was unfamiliar with it, meaning that it had to be a new weapon the Crusaders had started using recently; it was all white with the Crusaders' emblem engraved on the handle. This gun was much more different than Sanzo's.

 

Goku shuddered next to Hakkai, whether it was from pain, fear or a combination: he didn't know. But it did manage to catch the his attention. He gave her a small smile. “It's going to be alright, Goku.” he said softly “I'll protect you.”

 

Her golden eyes peered up at him in confusion, wasn't he just trying to get rid of her? But, despite her perplexity, she nodded. Hakkai let her go gingerly, ensuring her leg was alright, before he stood up and faced the assassins. The one with the gun grinned wickedly and brandished the weapon.

 

“So…” he cackled “You must be Cho Lee, right?” Hakkai made no inclination to answer “Aw, what's the matter? Cat got your tongue?” The other two boys gave laughs very much like a hyena's. “You know, from the stories, I figured you would look a lot tougher…I had no idea you would look like such a pansy-ass bitch. And that girl, right there…” he gave a whistle “I almost hit her with my car! She must not be very bright…”

 

“Your MOM!” Goku shouted at the boy, who turned the gun towards her menacingly.

 

“What the hell did you just say to me, you little tramp?”

 

“I said your MOM. What are you deaf? Did that stupid whore drop you when you were a baby?”

 

“FUCK. YOU.”

 

“FUCK YOU!”

 

“DO YOU NOT REALIZE THAT I'M HOLDING A GUN TO YOUR FUCKING HEAD, RETARD?”

 

“I'VE HAD BIGGER MEN HOLD GUNS TO MY HEAD! YOU'RE NOTHING COMPARED TO SANZO! YOU AND YOUR UN-DROPPED BALLS CAN GO TO HELL!”

 

“MY BALLS HAVE SO DROPPED!”

 

“THAT'S WHAT YOUR MOM SAID ABOUT HER BALLS, TOO!”

 

“Okay,” Hakkai decided with a sigh “They're definitely children…” He took the opportunity of the angry boy's distraction to attack. With one smooth kick, he knocked the gun out of the assassin's hand, a sickening crack told them Hakkai had just broken his wrist.

 

“Whoa,” Goku breathed, her eyebrows raised “Hakkai's bad ass.” The boy Hakkai had attacked growled with animal-like fury as he retaliated with his good hand. One of the other boys made a grab for the fallen gun but Goku kicked it away with her undamaged leg, the boy screamed in anger and dove for Goku. She rolled over, barely dodging the attack.

 

She struggled to her feet and took a defensive stance as the assassin stood up, shaking his head from the impact it had made with the concrete. He glared daggers at her “You stupid, little...I'll kill you with my bare hands!”

 

“Bring it, bitch!” Goku taunted, the assassin screamed angrily and threw a fist at her, she gasped and turned her head his fist missed her by a mere inch. She hit back, landing a punch to his jaw, causing him to stumble back. Despite her small stature, Goku was actually very strong. He licked the blood from his lip and went after her again.

 

Hakkai, meanwhile, was engaged in a heavy fight. He hadn't been in a fight in a long time so he was struggling. The boy he was fighting was tough, but not nearly as strong as Hakkai. The green-eyed man had landed several hard, bone-shattering blows. But the assassin had gotten a few, weak punches in as well. Hakkai glanced over his shoulder to find Goku fighting one of the other assassins; she was obviously winning, even with her cut leg.

 

But wait…weren't there three assassins? There was one missing, where was-

 

Bang.

 

The sound of a gun stopped everyone in their tracks. Hakkai stumbled a bit after a moment of shock, pain racking through his right shoulder, he glanced at it. He expected to see blood, but was surprised to find a thin feather protruding instead. With his left hand he pulled the feather out: it wasn't a feather after all, it was a dart. A poisoned dart. The third assassin had, at some point, grabbed the gun and waited for the perfect chance to shoot Hakkai.

 

Hakkai stumbled again, and gasped. His right arm was numb. “Shit…” he fell to one knee as the entire right part became numb, if he hadn't known better he would have thought he didn't even have a right region to his body.

 

“Hakkai!” Goku's screamed shrilly as she jump kicked the assassin to the face, rendering him unconscious. The third assassin shot again, missing Goku by a few centimeters as she ran towards Hakkai, he growled and shot again, instead he hit the first assassin in the back of the head. The hit boy fell to the ground immediately, foaming at the mouth, his eyes rolling up into his head.

 

“Hakkai, Hakkai!” The assassin shot and missed again. Hakkai groaned and slipped into unconsciousness in Goku's arms. “HAKKAI!” she sobbed, shaking him violently “You suck!” she screamed at the assassin “You killed him! You suck! You suck! You suck, suck, suck, suck, SUCK!”

 

“Don't get your panties all up in a bunch!” The assassin yelled “I didn't kill him! I just knocked him out for a few hours. And if you hold still, I can do the same to you and take you to my boss…Now…hold still.”

 

Goku's golden eyes widened, she was so screwed. The boy grinned wickedly and aimed his gun at her, his finger on the trigger. But just as he was about to fire, there was another loud “Bang!” and the gun was shot from his hand. They turned in the direction of the fired gunshot to see Gojyo and Sanzo walking towards them, Sanzo's gun raised and at the ready with a feral glare in his eyes.

 

A grin spread across Goku's face. “Sanzo!” she cried joyfully, she turned back to the assassin “You're so going to die…” the assassin glared at her and walked backwards quickly before turning around and running towards the car that was still in the middle of the street, he had to dodge Sanzo's bullets. Sanzo emptied out the round in his gun as the car sped away.

 

Gojyo hurried towards Goku and Hakkai, who was still lying in her arms. As soon as the red head reached them, Goku ran to Sanzo's side, he was still watching the fading lights of the assassin's car. When the young girl approached him, he turned sharply, almost violently, to gaze at her. She let out a small yelp and stepped back a bit. “Goku,” he said slowly.

 

“I'm sorry!” she squealed, holding her hands to her chest tightly “I didn't mean to cause any trouble! I won't do it again, I promise, Sanzo!” She awaited the impact of Sanzo's hand against her head, much like he always hit Gojyo, but the blow never came. Instead, Sanzo drew her close to his chest, in a sloppy, one-armed embrace. With her face nestled against his chest, Goku could feel his racing heartbeat.

 

“I heard your voice…” Sanzo whispered hoarsely, Goku's eyes widened “That's how I knew where you were.”

 

“Sanzo…” she stared up at him with an expression Sanzo could easily read…it was the same as before…when he'd had her pressed up against a wall, with their lips so close. He bent his neck towards her, she stood up on her tip-toes, and they were so close…

 

“Sanzo! Goku!” Gojyo's voice broke them away, Sanzo growled and let go of Goku to walk towards Gojyo and the fallen Hakkai, so he didn't see the dejected look break across Goku's face. She sighed and limped after him, the adrenaline that had given her the ability to fight had drained from her, and it was only her pride that kept her standing. She was extremely dizzy from loss of blood.

 

With closer inspection she found a long, four and a-half inch gash running up the back of her calf. She grimaced, but didn't let Sanzo or Gojyo see. “What the fuck happened to him?” Gojyo groaned.

 

“It's those.” Goku answered, pointing to a feather-dart lying on the ground “The assassin said they just knock you out for a few hours. But I'm sure they make your breathing really shallow. This guy,” she kicked the still body of the assassin with a dart in his head “might have some brain damage …if he survives.” She picked up a dart and inspected it.

 

“This has to be some sort of potent junk.” She gazed at it a little longer before breaking it to release the fine powder into her open hand. She dabbed her little finger and tasted it. “Oh, this is definitely a Benzodiazepine, and a really high dosage at that.” She stared at the fallen assassin and then felt his pulse “Yeah, he's dead.”

 

“WHAT?!” Gojyo's eyes nearly popped out of his skull “Are you fuckin' kidding me?!”

 

“Noooo,” Goku frowned a bit “why would I joke about something like this? I mean, with such a high dosage, a shot into the arm could knock you out for a day. So to take a shot to the head, the back of the head, is fatal. This guy's dead. Dead as a doornail…or is it door knob? Hm…” Sanzo strode forward and felt the assassin's pulse.

 

“Yeah,” he agreed “Goku's right. This kid is gone.”

 

“Fuck…” Gojyo hissed “What to do we do?” Goku glanced at the building and had to double-take. The figures inside the building hadn't been people at all…they were mannequins. It was a department store.

 

“Hey, Sanzo…”

 

“What?”

 

“Don't assassins come back for their fallen?” Goku began to step away from the dead body.

 

“Most…of the time…” Sanzo glanced at the building and realized what it was that Goku was staring at: their reflection. Although there were no cars behind them and no people inside the building their reflection revealed several figures moving quickly in the distance…towards them. “Gojyo, pick up Hakkai and let's go.”

 

“What's happening?”

 

“Just move.” Gojyo complied, swinging Hakkai over his shoulder and running after Sanzo and Goku. “Where is the car?”

 

“It's still on the highway,” She replied over her shoulder, adrenaline began pumping again, allowing her to run. Though at a slow pace, it was still enough to get some distance between she and the dead body.

 

“Well, lead us to it!” Sanzo growled.

 

“What do you think I'm doing?”

 

“Don't be a smart ass, or I swear to GOD-“

 

“OKAAAAAY!”

 

-But now is the end of days…and I AM THE REAPER.-

 

Sanzo had to drive the jeep, seeing as how Hakkai was passed out and neither Goku nor Gojyo knew how to drive a stick. Gojyo was sitting in the backseat with Hakkai resting in his arms while Goku sat shotgun. They were currently driving away from the hotel, having grabbed their bags and checked out early. Goku was very quiet, whether it was from fear or exhaustion or both, Sanzo had no idea.

 

But it didn't matter because he could hear her thoughts in his own mind, her ideas and thoughts were swimming…a bit too loudly for his liking. “Goku,” he cleared his throat suddenly, making her jump “why weren't you at the meeting place at that bazaar?”

 

“Uhm…” Goku cleared her own throat “what?” Sanzo threw a death glare her way, making her bite her blood covered lip. “Well…I was at the meeting place…but…I was kind of…uhm…in the wrong one.”

 

“What?”

 

“Well, there were a bunch of entrances and I got all turned around from running away from the assassin that I ended up going to the entrance on the opposite side of the building!” Goku said quickly, her voice high pitched and shaking “I didn't do it intentionally…I promise…and I won't ever do it again…I'm really sorry…”

 

Sanzo gave a curt nod in reply “What happened with you and Hakkai? How did the assassins find you?”

 

“Uhm…What?”

 

“GODAMMIT, GOKU!”

 

“Agh, don't yell!” Goku squealed “You make me nervous when you yell!”

 

“Then just tell me what happened…” Sanzo growled. Goku then replied by telling him the entire story of how she realized she was in the wrong area at the bazaar, then how she met the men in the parking lot, how she called and was cut off, how she wandered around looking for a pay phone and she continued like that uninterrupted until she got to the part where she jumped out of the car on the highway.

 

“Wait, stop talking.” Sanzo ordered sharply “Hakkai never said where he was taking you?”

 

“Right.” Goku answered.

 

“Gojyo wouldn't hurt you, retard.” Gojyo snapped from the back.

 

“WELL!” Goku yelled “He scared me with that `I don't want to spoil the surprise' bull shit, so what was I supposed to think? And Sanzo told me not to be alone with him, so then I thought `well, maybe he's going to rape me or something' and then I started freaking out even MORE. And after I jumped out of the jeep he comes running after me like a crazy person!”

 

“When did the assassins find you?” Sanzo interjected before Gojyo could retort.

 

“They almost ran me over.” Goku explained “I was running through those streets back there and because my leg is all messed up I lost my balance and fell down in the middle of the road, the assassins were driving and-“

 

“Wait, what's wrong with your leg?”

 

“Uhm…what?”

 

“GOKU!” this time he didn't warn her, he just smacked her upside the head.

 

“HEY!” she yelled, gripping her skull “I'm injured! I cut my leg when I rolled out onto the highway…” Sanzo sighed.

 

“We'll patch it up when we reach the nearest town.” He informed. The rest of the ride remained quiet, a few hours later he glanced in the rearview mirror to find Gojyo asleep. Goku was wide awake, her thoughts were buzzing again. “Goku, what's the matter?”

 

“Hm?” she had been staring lazily out the window, leaning on her right hand “Nothing's wrong. I'm just thinking…”

 

“How's your leg?”

 

“Oh…” she pulled up her torn pant leg “It still hurts but the bleeding has stopped. I'll be alright…” she sighed and turned back to the window, the sun was beginning to rise.

 

“Go to sleep, Goku.”

 

“But I'm not sleepy…” she replied “I'll wait to sleep when we stop driving…”

 

“You should rest now in case the assassins catch up with us.”

 

“…But who's going to keep you awake?”

 

Ah. That's why she was staying up. “I'll be fine. Just go to sleep.”

 

“…Okay,” she said grudgingly “you promise you'll be alright?” Sanzo smirked.

 

“Yeah.”

 

-Your faith brings death! You're alone in this limbo…and God is not here.-

 

When Goku's eyes fluttered opened several hours later it was to find that she was being carried by Sanzo. She gave a small, questioning grunt. “It's fine, go back to sleep.” Sanzo told her gently. Goku sighed and did as told. When she next woke she was laying in bed in yet another hotel room. Sanzo was nowhere to be seen. She sat upright, stiff from the night before.

 

“Sanzo?” she quietly stood up from the bed, leaning all her weight on her good leg, he injured one was pretty much useless at that point. She hopped to the door and poked her head outside into the hallway. “Sanzo?” A noise to her left made her turn; Sanzo was walking up the stairs with a grocery bag.

 

“What the hell are you doing, Goku? Get back in the room.” Goku pouted but complied. He helped her back to the bed (she noticed there was only one) once inside.

 

“Goku,” he cleared his throat “You need to wash up so I can bandage your leg.”

 

“Okay,” she replied, Sanzo then helped her to the bathroom where a hot bath was already waiting. She noted that her clothes were folded neatly on the sink.

 

“Just call me when you're finished and I'll help you back to the…I'll help you.” He shut the door quickly. Goku frowned slightly but didn't question his obvious effort to avoid the word “bed.” She bathed quickly, and dressed in the cotton shorts and long-sleeved shirt (that was too big on her because it was Sanzo's). When she finished she called for Sanzo, who helped her back to the bed.

 

Sanzo worked carefully when bandaging up Goku's leg. He made sure to avoid eye contact with her and made DAMN sure that she didn't see his pink tinged cheeks. Seeing her in his own shirt was a bit too luring…maybe he should have given her the tank-top she normally slept in. 'Wait…no…too much skin.'

 

Goku watched him with interest, she cocked her head to the side curiously. She remained silent while he dressed injury and only spoke when he was finished. “Sanzo..?”

 

“What, Goku?”

 

“Are you still mad at me?”

 

“I was never mad at you.” He answered.

 

“Then who are you mad at?”

 

“Don't worry about it.”

 

“…Don't say that.” Goku pouted again “It makes me worry even more. I don't like it when you're all quiet…I can't hear you like you can hear me…”

 

“What?” he scowled in perplexity.

 

“You say you can hear my voice…and that you know what I'm thinking or how I feel most of the time. But…I can't do any of that.”

 

Oh.

 

It had never occurred to Sanzo that the voice thing might only be a one-way connection. Or maybe he just hadn't ever really thought about it…whatever the reason, he didn't mind. Goku should never have to deal with what was going on in his mind.

 

“Does it really bother you?”

 

“More than I though it would…” she admitted “At first I felt really bad because I know it must be annoying to hear someone's voice in your head all the time…especially if you've never met them before. But after a while I was kind of sad that I couldn't read your mind.” Sanzo didn't answer immediately.

 

What could he say?

 

“I don't mind hearing you.” He replied quietly, after a moment “I'm almost glad that I do, sometimes…most times. That's how I knew where to find you last night. Whenever your emotions are running high, like if you're scared or extremely happy or really sad, I can literally see, feel and hear everything you do. Though the images are blurry.” Goku blinked slowly.

 

“That's…” she started “Really weird.” She grinned, receiving a snort from Sanzo. “But I guess it's kind of comforting.” Sanzo gave a small smile in return.

 

“Yeah, I guess so.”

 

“I wonder why you can hear me…”

 

“I don't know, Goku.”

 

“Hm…” she bit her lip thoughtfully as an idea began forming “Hey! Can you tell what I'm thinking right now?”

 

“'My leg hurts.'”

 

“Whoa! Weird!”

 

“I was just guessing.”

 

“Aaw, no fun…” Sanzo snorted again. Goku sighed and stared around the room, absentmindedly scratching her bandaged leg, loosening the bindings.

 

“Goku, stop scratching your leg.” Sanzo ordered, he sat on the bed next to her and began to fix her bandages. When he looked up again their faces were close…extremely close…much closer than before. Gold met violet as their eyes locked.

 

Neither of them realized their breathing had quickened and their hearts had both begun to beat like a hummingbird's. Sanzo leaned forward and brought a hand to her cheek. Goku's eyes fluttered closed, and Sanzo closed the short space between them by placing his lips to hers. His eyes closed at the touch, her hands worked their way up to his chest.

 

The kiss was simple and chaste, but after a few moments they were lying on their sides, arms wrapped around one another as Sanzo delved his tongue into the moist cave of her mouth. She moaned lightly, the vibration racked through him and he pulled her even closer. His hand tangled in her hair, their chests pressed against one another, he took complete dominance over the kiss by rolling atop her. He pulled away from hr mouth to leave a trail of heated kisses across her cheek, to her ear and then down her neck.

 

She wrapped her arms around his neck and gasped for breath. “S-Sanzo…” He licked the pulse in her throat, causing her to shiver. His hand slipped under the shirt to her smooth belly, she shuddered. “Sanzo…” he continued kissing her neck, scraping his teeth along her hot flesh. She shuddered again…his hand began to move upwards. She squeezed her eyes shut and squealed.

 

“Sanzo…uhn…” he didn't answer, he was losing control…he brought his mouth back to hers as his hand continued to snake upwards, slowly. Suddenly she broke the kiss and gripped his wrist. “Sanzo, STOP!” He did.

 

He realized she was breathing much too quickly and much too shallow. Their eyes locked again. “Goku…I'm-…” she shook her head, cutting off his apology.

 

“No,” she whispered “I'm sorry…I've never done anything like this before…so I'm scared…” Sanzo closed his eyes and sighed, he removed his hand quickly, sitting up he ran a hand through his hair. She sat up as well and began to button the shirt, at some point during their make-out session the top three buttons had been undone. Sanzo stood up.

 

“I'm sorry, don't go!” the desperation in her voice made him turn around to stare at her “I…I'm just new to this type of thing so I-“

 

“You're fine, Goku.” He kissed the top her head “I just confused myself.”

 

“Do…do you not…”

 

“Do I not what?”

 

“Do you not want me? Am I no good because I'm too young?” Sanzo pulled her into another one-armed embrace.

 

“Don't be stupid.” He soothed “It's just that…you're young.” Goku opened her mouth “But that doesn't mean I don't want you. I just want you to truly want this. I want you to become comfortable with it…I won't take you if you're not ready. I promise.” Goku sighed against his chest “And I won't take you until after you're eighteen.”

 

“Sanzo…” she whispered “Thank you…thank you for understanding.”

 

Sanzo smirked and closed his eyes “Yeah,” he sighed “Now go to sleep.”

 

“…Okay.”

 

-Mother is God in the eyes of a child-

 

AN: WOW. I didn't think I was going to be able to get through this chapter…but I did it! You have no idea what I went through to finish it. Haha. The drugs Goku mentioned earlier actually do exist and you can read about them on Wikipedia. The quotes in this chapter are from Silent Hill: another awesome movie that you SHOULD DEFINITIELY see if you have not.

 

Vacation was lovely. Although I really do prefer Texas to California…I loved Disneyland! Oh my gosh! It was so awesome! There should be a Disneyland in Texas! They could call it “Disneytown!” It would be cute! And I would really like that way better than the stockyards…or six flags. Haha. Yes, so I would really love to know what you think about the whole…couple thing. It was a little awkward for me since I normally do Sanzo/Goku pairings when they're both male. This whole story has been an adventure for me! I've enjoyed the ride so far, though! And I hope that you all have, as well! From here on out the story will get much more interesting and will have a lot more uhm…”X” rated things that will only be on mediaminer or aff (although I've yet to post it there) there will also be a lot of dirty (not that kind) action.

 

I look forward to those kick-ass scenes. Writing a Gojyo-Hakkai “scene” is new for me as well…I've never really done any work with them. But I really look forward to it! Well! I hope everyone has a lovely time…and with summer coming up I will have a lot more time to write. I'm taking a break from college. So…yeah. More writing! Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on some of my other fanfics.

 

Well, I hope you all liked the new chapter! Please review! If you have any questions or whatever, don't hesitate to leave it in a review or just e-mail me.

 

Thanks so much for reading…

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