Saiyuki Fan Fiction ❯ Out of time ❯ Cave of time ( Chapter 8 )

 

 

 

 

Out of Time 8

 

 

 

 

 

Gojyo is pacing up and down the forest floor as he smokes and mumbles to himself. “Damn monk, why can't he realize we just don't want him hurt. What the hell is taking him so damn long?” He turns to the others, “Hasn't he been gone long enough! I'm starting to worry here.”

 

Hakkai looks up from putting the remainder of their meal back in the duffle bag. “Calm down Gojyo. He's probably lost track of time. Knowing him, he's gone off to meditate for awhile. He'll be back shortly.”

 

Goku looks up at the sun, “It's going to be dark soon and if he's not here by the time the sun sets, we should go and look for him. I'm with Gojyo; I'm kind of worried too. He did say to be ready when he returns.”

 

Hakkai smiles, “Okay you two, if he isn't back by sunset, we go looking for him. Although, I think you're worrying for nothing.”

 

Gojyo gives him a frown and flops down next to the tree the monk was sitting at earlier. He looks towards the place where he disappeared wondering if he is all right.

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Sanzo follows the prince into the cave and notices a large rock towards the back. He looks up and can see limestone that gives it a peculiar glow. He looks at the prince, “What kind of cave is this?” He looks around as he walks to what looks like the back. “How did you find this here in the middle of the forest, Kougaiji?”

 

The prince is leaning against one of the walls as he watches the monk. Little does Sanzo know this is the `cave of time'. All who enters, no longer are connected to the outside world. The cave distorts real time and makes it go by slowly. As long as you are inside you have no perception of night or day, only the present is valid.

 

“I've been here before Sanzo. Sometimes I come here when I want to be alone and think for a few days. It's peaceful and no one ever comes here, I might add. It's what you might call my sanctuary from the world. I wanted to share it with you, love. You're the first person I've ever brought here.”

 

Sanzo turns and smirks, “Then I guess I should feel honoured. However, what did you want to talk to me about?” He walks over to the large stone in the middle of the cave and sits down. He looks up at the prince expectedly.

 

Kou walks over to him, pulls him back up, and enfolds him in his arms. He tilts his face up with one finger and lowers his lips down in a passionate kiss. Sanzo moans into the kiss as he wraps his arms around the prince's waist. This is where he has long to be, with this man, right now, in arms that feel so strong, as they hold him.

 

The prince pulls back as he comes up for much needed air. Sanzo puts his head down as he gasps. Neither wants to let go of the other so Sanzo lays his face on the side of his neck as he holds him around the waist. Kou strokes his hair as he whispers, “I've missed you so much, Sanzo. I've missed holding you and kissing you so much. I don't want to ever let you go. You feel so good in my arms, you fit perfectly.”

 

Sanzo says nothing because nothing has changed between them. It was never a problem of how they felt about each other, no that was never the problem. The problem is and always will be the mission. This damn mission that is consuming his life and dictating his actions. This mission that is making him deny the feelings he has for the man that he loves with all his heart and soul. He looks up at Kou and pulls his head down to meet his lips once again. The prince backs him up into the wall and grinds his hips into Sanzo's soft supple body. He pushes his knee between his legs and can feel his erection through his clothes.

 

Sanzo pulls back trying to move away, “No Kou, we can't. Not here, not like this…no.” He tries to pull away but Kou tightens his hold on him. “Sanzo let me make love to you. Please, don't turn from me. I have a place for us over here.” He nods towards a corner in the cave that has a pile of straw and a thin blanket. Sanzo looks at it and back at Kougaiji.

 

“I see you have spent time in here before. I didn't see that before, when I looked around.” He allows the prince to lead him over to the makeshift bed. He sits, as Kou builds a small fire with the branches inside the cave. Sanzo removes his robe and lays it on the side. He lies on his side with his hand under his head as he watches the prince's shadow grow against the wall. He looks up at the prince as he finishes the fire to his satisfaction. He is wondering if he should be giving in to his desire, and quickly squashes it as he sits besides him. He leans down and kisses him lightly.

 

He pulls the monk in his arms and tells him, “When I first made love to you I wanted to bring you here. This is the only place I feel at peace. Here, there is no right or wrong, no class difference, just you and me, together. This is the way it should be, without all the politics. I want to spend all my time with you, loving you and being a part of you.

 

The monk chuckles, “You talk too much. Didn't you say you wanted to make love to me or was I mistaken?” Sanzo laughs as Kou pulls him on top and kisses him all over his face in light butterfly kisses.

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Gojyo calls out to Sanzo as he beats back the bushes that are in his way. “SANZO! SANZO! Damn, where in the hell can he be. Hakkai, do you see anything?”

 

Hakkai looks over at his best friend and tells him no. He is feeling guilty for not coming out sooner to look for the monk. He should listen to Gojyo about his instincts when it comes to Sanzo. It is uncanny how in tuned he is with the monk. From now on he will follow whatever he has to say about Sanzo in the future that is if there is to be a future with him. Right now, it seems as if the monk has vanished from the face of the earth.

 

Goku comes up to them breathing hard, “I went to the top of that large tree and I couldn't spot him anywhere. Do you think he got lost or hit his head and wandered out of here or something? We've been looking for hours and there still is no sign of him.” He squats down as he rests on his nyoi-bo. He looks up at Hakkai and then at Gojyo.

 

Gojyo throws his cigarette down and steps on it as he calls out for the monk one more time. “I can't believe he would leave, so now I'm thinking someone may have captured him.” He rubs the back of his head, “that's the only explanation I can think of right now. I hope wherever he is, he's okay.”

 

He flops down next to Goku and looks up at Hakkai. “What do we do now buddy? I'm fucking out of ideas. I should have followed him when he left but nooo, I'm trying to give him his space. Damnit to hell! This shit sucks! Where in the fuck is he!” He grabs handfuls of his hair and shakes his head in frustration.

 

Hakkai leans on the tree next to him, “You can't blame yourself Gojyo. He is a grown man after all. He insisted he be left alone. Stop blaming yourself for something you didn't do. It couldn't be helped. When we do find him we have to make sure, he never gets out of our sights again. Believe me I know how you feel.” He sighs as he looks up at the moonlit sky. The stars glow like diamonds on black velvet.

 

Goku looks over at Gojyo, “Are we spending the night here in the woods. This place gives me the creeps at night. You can't tell if demons are going to jump out at you. Why don't we find a clearing and stay there until the sun come up.”

 

Hakkai pushes off the tree and strokes hakuryu's small head. The dragon transforms and they all pile in looking for a clearing. As they ride down the road, occasionally Gojyo calls out the monk's name in vain.

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Meanwhile back in the lovers cave…

 

Sanzo is on top of the prince with his head thrown back and his hands on his shoulders. Kou has his hands at the monk's waist moving his body up and down sensually. He looks up in his face thinking how beautiful he looks in the throes of ecstasy. He loves the look on his face and wonders if he makes the same face for Gojyo. No, he will not think about that bastard at this time. This is about the two of them and what they mean to each other. This may be the last time he spends with Sanzo and he doesn't want thoughts of that hanyou to interfere.

 

He hits the monk's special spot and his eyes fly open as he groans loudly. The prince stares in his face as he moves faster inside the monk causing him to call his name in a loud voice. This is music to the prince's ears as he holds his waist telling him he is about to come. “Oh, Sanzo you feel so good. I love you!” His body bucks as he holds on to his lover and Sanzo calls out his name as he reaches his climax at the same time.

 

The monk falls forward onto Kou's chest gasping as the waves force his body to buck in time with the prince. Sanzo lies on the prince's chest as he gasps for breath. Amid their sweat soaked bodies, the monk can feel his arousal. He whispers in Kou's neck, “I want more Kou, don't pull out just yet. I want to stay like this a little longer. I've missed you so much.”

 

Kou strokes his back and tells him, “I could stay here inside you forever, Sanzo. I'll move when you say so.” Sanzo looks down in his face as he chuckles, “You always know what cheesy line will tug at my heart, don't you? I miss being with you, lying with you like this.” He buries his face in the prince's neck as he says in an inaudible voice, “You will always have a place in my heart. God, I love you.”

 

Kou tightens his hold on the monk as he whispers back, “I know that but it is nice to here. Follow your heart Sanzo, stay with me…please.”

 

Sanzo lifts his head and kisses Kou on the mouth as he slides his tongue between his lips. The prince captures it and sucks on it lovingly. As he feels himself getting hard again, he rolls Sanzo over on his side. He glides his hand up and down the monk's chest and kisses him on the back of the neck. He moves slowly in and out, as he whispers words of love and longing. Sanzo moans with each thrust and puts his hands on top of his lover's hands. The two men are so mesmerized with the other they lose all track of time. For the two of them the outside world does not exist.

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Gojyo is throwing rocks in the river as Hakkai and Goku sit under a tree. He knows the monk isn't dead he just doesn't know where he is. It's been two days since he walked off into the woods alone. It has been two days of agony, for Gojyo and the others, without any sign of the monk.

 

He turns to the other two, “I think we should go into town and figure this thing out. Sanzo may have been captured and is being held against his will. If he is hurt by anyone, I'll…

 

Sanzo walks from the trees smoking a cigarette with his hands in his sleeves. “What the hell are you sitting around for? Let's go.” He stares at his party with a frown on his handsome face.

 

They all look at him in shock! Goku runs to him and throw his arms around him. He staggers back in surprise as he tries to keep his balance. “What the hell is wrong with you! You almost knocked me down, monkey!” He looks down at Gojyo as he is forced to put his arms around him to keep from falling. Gojyo hurries over to him and asks, “Where the hell have you've been? We been looking everywhere for you!”

 

Hakkai stares at the monk and can see he looks very relaxed, as if a weight has been lifted. He smiles as he walks over to him. “Are you okay Sanzo? We've been very worried about you these last few days.”

 

Sanzo looks at him as if he has sprouted wings, “The last few days? What are you talking about?” He looks at all of them in puzzlement.

 

Goku pipes up with, “You've been gone almost three days Sanzo. Where were you? We looked everywhere.”

 

Gojyo puts his arm around his shoulders, “Was someone holding you Sanzo? Tell me and I will kill the bastard, I swear.”

 

Sanzo looks up in his face, “No…I was…I was in the forest. I've only been gone about an hour. I don't understand…what do you mean three days.” He walks over to the boulder Goku was sitting on and sits down with his hand up to his head.

 

Hakkai looks at the others and raises his hand for silence. “Sanzo, you left us three days ago. We have been up and down this forest all this time looking for you. We were afraid to leave in case you returned. You look none the worst for wear but you need to tell us what happen.”

 

Sanzo looks around at them and sighs, “That's just it. I don't know what you're talking about, Hakkai. I have no memory of being anywhere but here.” His mind goes instantly to Kougaiji. Could he have something to do with this? No, he couldn't have. He was with him the whole time and they didn't leave each other's sight. After they made love for the second time, he did fall asleep for a minute but three whole days! That's absurd! He tries to think what Kou told him about the cave. He called it the cave of time. That's it! The cave of time distorts time when you enter it and you lose all sense of time.

 

Gojyo is watching him closely and he sees the look on his face when he comes to a eureka moment. He waits for him to explain what that look means.

 

He pulls his cigarettes out of his sleeve and lights one. he looks around at them and blows smoke upwards. “I just remembered I did go into a cave to meditate since it is so hot out here. I don't see how I was in there for three days though. To me it was just an hour or so.” He looks at Gojyo and drops his eyes, “Are you sure about this.”

 

Gojyo smirks at him, “You expect us to believe you were meditating for three freaking days and you didn't know it?”

 

Sanzo glares at him, “I don't give a damn what you believe! I said I was mediating and if you don't believe it that's your problem, not mind. Besides, I'm ready to go. I'm here now so what's the big deal?” He stares at Gojyo daring him to contradict him.

 

Hakkai calls to hakuryu to transform and they all pile in the jeep. Goku leans over and tells Sanzo, “I'm glad you're back, Sanzo. Do you think we can stop and get some real food? I've only been eating dried shit and now I'm starving.”

 

Gojyo laughs, “The whole time you were gone, this one trick pony didn't say he was starving once. You must bring out his appetite, monk. But all jokes aside, we're glad you're back safe and sound.”

 

Sanzo humps, under his breath and says nothing. He still can't get past the fact he has been missing for two whole days. Kou never mention being in that cave would do that. He had to have known since he calls it his sanctuary. Did he do that on purpose? He had to know they would be upset and come looking for me. He chuckles under his breath, `he knew and didn't care. Why would he, when he hates them all for coming between us. He's probably laughing at the fact I was with him all that time. But you should have told me Kou.'

 

He looks over at Hakkai, “How far is the next village, I'm kind of hungry too. I guess I haven't eaten in two days. So we may as well stop and see what they have. I need a bath also.” He runs his fingers through his hair and feels some straw in it. He eases his hand down, looks at it, and lets it fly. However, Gojyo has not taken his eyes off the monk so that means he saw the straw in his hair.

 

Gojyo leans forward and runs his fingers through the monk's hair making him jump in surprise. “What are you doing Gojyo?” he turns around scowling at him. Gojyo gives him a grin, “Making sure I get the last of the twigs out of your hair, that's all. That is what you just pulled out isn't it?”

 

The monk turns back around without saying anything. Gojyo chuckles as he rakes his fingers through one more time before he sits back. He folds his arms as he watches the monk thinking. How in the world did he manage to be gone for almost three days and not know it? There has to be more to it than that. `I wonder if he by chance met up with the prince. If he did, that would explain his absence but why would he lie. No, he does act as if he is unaware he has been gone that long. The only thing is where was he in all this time. We couldn't find him anywhere.' Gojyo sits back with his arms behind his head as he thinks of possibilities of him being alone all that time.

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