Saiyuki Reload Fan Fiction ❯ Protection ❯ All I wanted was your acceptance ( Chapter 7 )

Adrenaline flooded his system and he quickly moved so Goku was laying flat on his back. The boy's head fell to the side limply and his lips were tinted a sickening shade of blue.

Sanzo gripped the boy's shoulders and shook him roughly. “Goku!! You stupid monkey! Don't you even think about dying on me!!”

The priest's eyes widened and he jerked back as a large pool of blood began to pool around Goku's body, staining his clothes in large patches.

“What…the hell…?” Sanzo looked at his hand, blood covering them and dripping down his arms in small, crimson streams.

“Goku…what…?” he began but stopped, staring horrified at the large pool of blood that smeared the ground where Goku had been.

“Hn…all I ever wanted was your acceptance.” A sultry, deadly voice breathed from the mouth of the cave.

Sanzo's eyes shot up to see the demon, Son Goku, standing at the cave's entrance with his back to him. The youkai turned slowly, his gold eyes holding a look that could freeze fire. He smirked heartlessly and looked at Sanzo, his arms cradling something.

The air choked in his throat and his heart nearly stopped as the priest caught sight of the demon's possession.

Goku hung limply from his demon counter-part's grasp, blood still staining his clothes.

“Goku…”

“Your burden is over Genjo Sanzo.” The youkai growled silkily. He raised his hand up, the pale light causing his razor-sharp fingernails to gleam.

“No…don't!!” Sanzo cried, only to meet deaf ears.

The claws came down swiftly, ripping fabric and flesh at the same time.

Goku's eyes shot open, his face contorting in agony. A terrible scream erupted from his throat and blood began to gush from his mouth.

Sanzo gritted his teeth tightly and his arms went to reach for his gun, only to find that they wouldn't obey. “You son of a bitch!”

The sickening sound of bond and tissue ripping in unison echoed in the cave. Goku's screams died, leaving him limp, eyes wide and blank.

His youkai counterpart dropped him with a bone-shattering crunch and smirked at Sanzo. Blood pooled on the ground and dripped from shining claws. With heartless joy gleaming in his eyes, Son Goku carefully and methodically began to lick the blood from his fingers.

Whatever paralysis had seized Sanzo was suddenly broken at the sight of Goku's lifeless form. He grabbed his gun and began firing continuously, his violet eyes clouded with rage.

The youkai convulsed and stumbled back, the bullet bombarding his body. He fell the ground hard, his body disintegrating into a cloud of black smoke.

The gun fell from shaking fingers and Sanzo stared brokenly at Goku. Gold eyes stared at him, half-lidded and glassy. Blood oozed sluggishly from his mouth and nose, drying on his face in dark streams.

“San…zo…” the whispered weakly, causing something to shatter inside the priest. Goku's eyes softened slightly and a sad smile crossed his face. He opened his mouth to say something else but the words died in his throat with a hitched gasp. His body shuddered visibly and there was a low sigh of air leaving his abused lungs. Goku's body twitched one last time and then he laid still, his eyes dull and empty and the same sad smile resting across his face.

Sanzo felt the world crumble around him, his body numb and useless

“Goku…”he whispered brokenly, tears threatening to fall without his knowledge.

“Goku…!!” he said louder, his voice cracking and echoing around him. But it was no use, the boy was dead. He'd never hear him complain about being hungry again, never listen to another smartass comment made while fighting off youkai, never get to see another smile cross his innocent face.

Tears fell freely now and Sanzo realized he'd just lost the second in his life he'd ever loved.

In the silence of the cave, the Sanzo priest began to weep openly, his body shaking with sobs. Try as he might, he simply couldn't keep the tears away.

“GOKU!!”

 

Oh my God…that was fucked up. Did you like it or hate it?