Ethereal-tenshi: Hi!!! I am ethereal-tenshi. Most of the writers here should have seen my name in their reviews. After a long time, I have decided to write saiyuki fic!! And since my current PA is sensitive to Yaoi, so I replaced him with a temporary PA. Meet Melinda Ann Baxter!!

Melinda: Hi!! Nice to meet you all!

Ethereal-tenshi: Ok, Melinda get me the blonde wig in the dressing room.

Melinda: Yes sir!! hops to the dressing room

Ethereal-tenshi: While Melinda busy, I want to dedicate this fic to all my fellow author friends like; Hanae Da firefly, Am1-13th, Eiri Izz, Gallatica, star-chan and last but definitely not the least, my beta reader: Mabaroshi16!!!! Mabo-san, thank you so much for beta read mine, so this chapter is dedicated to you!!!! glomps

Melinda: finally arrive with a wig in her hand Here you go, tenshi-chan!

Ethereal-tenshi: take the wig Thank you! put it on how do I look?

Goku (pops out of no where): Wah!! You look almost like Sanzo and the robe looks exactly the same!

Ethereal-tenshi: Really? Well, if Goku said so then I am. Well, bye!

Goku & Melinda: Bye? Where are you going?

Ethereal-tenshi: To an anime convention! Ja ne!!

Ethereal-tenshi exits the room.

Melinda: Well, hope she wins this time.

BANG!! BANG!!

Goku: That was Sanzo's gun. Why is he—

Sanzo: came out of the back room WHO THE HELL TOOK MY ROBE!!!!??? # # # #

Goku & Melinda: looks at each other Don't tell me that she really took Sanzo's......?

Altered Memories.

Disclaimer: Saiyuki belong to Kazuya Minekura-sensei.

Warnings: This fic contains Y-A-O-I!! So if you don't like it, get out of here!!! But there'll be no lime, I think. It depends.

Pairings: 39 and hint of 58. You know, the usual.

Chapter 1: Dream?

Sanzo looked at the view he received from the window of the inn they had decided to stay at for the night. He couldn't sleep, because he had slept quite well in the jeep for the whole day. It was surprising that he was able to, they didn't have a single youkai attack nor one from Homura. The idiots who sat behind him didn't make much noise either, since Goku had been asleep since the beginning of the day's journey. Speaking of Goku.....

Sanzo took a breath of smoke before he turned his attention from the view to the boy who was sleeping soundlessly on the bed. The even breathing told Sanzo that Goku was sleeping. It really was amazing how much the saru could sleep.

Goku then slowly turned his body and face towards Sanzo. He got a complete view of Goku with help from the light that radiated from the full moon outside. Sanzo's eyes slowly traced down the boy's face, taking it into his mind. Sanzo couldn't believe that he has fallen for Goku. The cold and mighty Sanzo fell for the innocent and genki Goku. Guess what they said is true, opposites do attract.

Sanzo first realized this when he accidentally drove Goku away because he was in a bad mood, and the saru was kidnapped by that damn kami, Homura. Sanzo hated to see that always genki face become sad or depressed, especially if it was because of him. Sanzo wanted to be the reason Goku smiled, not his reason to feel sad.

Sanzo sighed as he took another drag from his cigarette. He wondered if Goku felt the same way he did. Yeah, sure he's loyal and nice to him, but it's because he released Goku from that rock prison, nothing else. And Sanzo will be damned if Goku asks. He has a reputation to keep as a cold bastard! But if he were to find out that Goku had the same feeling as he did, what then?

He had promised himself that he wouldn't get attached to anyone anymore, too much that he would get hurt when he lost them. Just like Koumyo Sanzo houshi-sama. That's why Sanzo had been hitting him; trying to drive him away sometimes. And it worked once unintentionally when Goku ran away but Sanzo regretted it later on, knowing that Goku was only worried about him.

He wished that he could show affection towards Goku openly, but hey, he still had this thing called reputation and pride to keep. Those times when he did hit Goku with the fan, just to make sure that he wasn't attached too closely, had now become the way he showed affection and care towards Goku. As he took another look at Goku, he sighed again and ran his hand though his hair. No wonder he fell for Goku; lithe, agile, lean body, tanned skin, lips that look too sweet to kiss and, most of all, his golden eyes.

Sighing again, Sanzo got off the window sill, slowly and silently making his way towards Goku. When he reached Goku's bedside, he knelt down so he was eye level with Goku. He slowly raised a hand and traced it down Goku's face. As he did that, Goku seemed to stir a little, making Sanzo stopake Sanzos caught doing this. He 'ghed again, Sanzo got off the window sill and lowly ep. ..but wha tif ill get hurt. He'd be damned if he was caught doing this. Once Goku settled again, he caressed Goku's cheek and smiled a little when Goku unconsciously rubbed his cheek against Sanzo's hand and purred.

/ "I'll take him away forcefully next time..."/

Homura's words after Goku had come back still haunted him. What if he succeeded? The thought of losing Goku was terrifying enough. I wouldn't let it happen.......I'll protect him. I made a promise to myself. Then Sanzo moved his hand to run it through Goku's hair which caused the latter to smile contentedly.

"Bakasaru....."

He mumbled softly as he kissed Goku's forehead and got up. He was about to go to his bed so he could sleep, when he felt another presence there. His eyes quickly darted around to find the intruder, but before he could see who it was, someone pushed him onto his bed. He tried to get up but he couldn't, as if there was someone pinning him down, but he didn't see anyone.

"Konzen...."

That name alone was enough to tell Sanzo that Homura was there. The first thing that came to mind was Goku. The thought that Homura might kidnap Goku made him struggle even more.

"Concerned, are we?"

"Shut up Homura." Sanzo hissed as he tried unsuccessfully to get up from his bed.

"Don't worry......I'm not going to take him......yet."

Sanzo could imagine Homura looking down and smirking at him. "Worry? About what?" Sanzo scoffed at the unseen kami.

"Hehe. Always denying it."

Sanzo knew what he meant and took a secret glance at Goku. The boy was still sleeping soundlessly on the bed, unaware of what was happening in reality. Then Sanzo saw it: Homura, or to be more precise, his shadow hovering over Goku and slowly descending. Sanzo snarled and tried even harder to get up.

Suddenly Homura stopped and smirked. Only then Sanzo realized that there was white smoke in the air. He tried not to inhale whatever it was but was unsuccessful. After he unintentionally took a whiff, he slowly felt sleepy and his eyelids were getting heavy along with his body, as if the energy were being sucked right out of him.

Shit, a sleeping gas......

Right before he closed his eyes, he saw Homura stretch out his hand towards Goku with an evil smirk.

Yamero.........................

And darkness finally claimed him.

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Chiing

The sound quickly woke Sanzo up. He abruptly looked around and saw..............absolutely nothing!! The only thing he could see was himself, which seemed to be..........glowing?

What the fuck is going on here?!!

Sanzo looked around again to find anything that could identify where he was. As he started walking, he tried to remember how he got here in the first place. By the time he remembered, he was cursing like hell for his luck and for all he knew he might be in a stupid, fucking prison that belong to that stupid Kami.

When I get my hands on that asshole kami, I'm going to make su—

Sob, wuahh........ sniff,

The soft cry alerted Sanzo and he put up his guard. He reached out for his gun but muttered out some NC-17 rated curses when he couldn't find it. He tried to find the source of the noise but failed.

sniff, wuahh....I'm s-scared......sniff.

The voice was familiar as he searched again and hoped to find something.

sobs. I'm a-alone........ all, sniff,alone....sob

Sanzo stiffened at those words, only one person he knew was that afraid to be alone. Goku!! He started to walk faster while trying to figure out where the sound was coming from. He stopped once in a while to pinpoint the cry of his charge and started to move again towards the source. He started running faster when he saw another glowing image far away from him. As he got closer and closer, he became sure it was Goku. When he arrived, he was out of air, and Goku's back was facing him. He would have hit him with his harisen in relief, if only the form in front of him didn't have long hair that made Sanzo doubt that this was his Goku.

He then started to recognize the clothes Goku was wearing; the same clothes Sanzo remembered being on him when he first found the boy. "Oi!! Saru!! What are you doing here!?" He asked with his usual tone that hides his real feelings.

The boy stopped sobbing abruptly and slowly turned around to face the man. At first, his face was mildly surprised, but it slowly broke out into a wide smile that Sanzo was always glad to see. "Sanzo!!" Goku abruptly jumped on Sanzo and hugged him, causing the latter man to blush furiously.

Clink....

The same sound that had woken Sanzo earlier, got him out of his shocked state.

THWACK

"Itei! Sanzo!! What was that for?!" Goku whined as he rubbed the sore spot on his head. "Bakasaru!! I'm asking you a question!! Not asking you to hug me!!" With that Sanzo put his fan back in his robe, crossed his arms and tried to hide his smirk. At least I still got this thing. "Mou!!" Goku pouted as he hit the ground playfully.

Cling....

Sanzo looked again at Goku when he heard that clinking sound, only to find that Goku was bound by shackles on his legs, hands and neck, just like three years ago. The difference was, the chains were broken and left dangling, Sanzo also realized that Goku looked younger......like 9 or 10 years old and the clothes he was wearing were the same as three years ago, only they looked well kept instead of tattered and worn out.

Sanzo turned around and started walking. When he realized that Goku wasn't following him, he stopped. "Oi, saru!! Are you going to stay there all day?! Better hurry up or I'll leave you behind!" With that, he heard the sound of metal clashing into each other as the boy rushed to catch up.

"Sankyuu!! San—arghhh!!!" The scream caused Sanzo to look back where he saw Homura holding Goku by putting both of Goku's hands behind the boy, threatening to twist the arms until they broke. "Homura...." Sanzo hissed as Homura smirked and put his flaming sword to Goku's neck. Goku seemed powerless to do anything.

"Sanzo......" The heart breaking sound of Goku's voice broke out as he seemed to tremble in fear. It seems as if this Goku was more fragile than the one he knew, more.......young. Like a child who is afraid to be lost.

"He's mine, Konzen." Homura sneered as he let go of his grip on Goku's hand and covered Goku's tearful eyes with his hands. Just as he covered them, a yellow glow emitted from them.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAA!! ITAI!!!! HA—HANASE!! KYAAAAA!!!!!"

Goku's screams pierced through not only the space between them, but through Sanzo's heart as well. Sanzo's eyes were wide in anger and he clenched his teeth hard and his hands into fists. Goku was trying desperately to get Homura's hand off of his eyes by scratching it off or something but it was futile. Tears could be seen flowing down his cheeks because of the pain.

"Yamette!!" Sanzo was trying so hard to move but something was holding him back, all he could do was watch Goku suffer.

After what felt like forever, the screams finally stopped, much to Sanzo's relief. But not much since the smirk on Homura's face was getting wider. When he finally removed his hand, Sanzo didn't see the bright and cheerful eyes of Goku, but ones that were cold and full of hate staring back at him. Near his eyes, Sanzo realized, right between the eyes, almost at the bridge of his nose and heading slightly diagonally, was a fresh scar that seemed to be glowing red.

"Goku!! Run! Now!!" Sanzo shouted, fearing that Homura had more tricks up his sleeve. But Goku didn't do anything as Homura patted Goku's head just like Sanzo had done before. Goku looked at Homura and smile contentedly. Sanzo was confused by this and his confusion only worsened when heard Homura's command.

"Kill him...."

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Yawn

Wahhh!! I never slept so well in my life!!

Goku stretched contentedly on his bed and slowly opened his eyes only to be blinded by the morning sun. Noticing that he must have woken up late as usual, he quickly went to the bathroom before Sanzo could come along with his harisen and hit him for waking up late.

"Yamette......"

Goku almost jumped at the soft plea of another. He looked at the other bed and saw Sanzo still asleep, which surprised him. Usually he was already wide awake by the time Goku was. He came closer to wake the man up when he realized that something was wrong. He had seen Sanzo sleep before and his face never looked this strained when he was asleep. Usually he would look relaxed and calm; the total opposite from what he saw now.

Sanzo's face looked panicked, fearful and… angry? Goku sensed a movement coming from Sanzo and quickly backed away, just in case Sanzo all of the sudden hit him with the harisen for being too close. Waiting for the hit, or the usual 'bakasaru', to come he just closed his eyes and stood ready to take the blow.

"Goku... Run....Now..."

Goku opened his eyes abruptly when he heard his name being called by Sanzo, whose voice sounded........desperate?

What is wrong with him?

Goku look closer and saw the movement that he sensed earlier, Sanzo was clenching his teeth and his hands into fists. Then for the next few seconds, he didn't move at all, making Goku worried.

"Ne, Sanzo? Wake up. Are y—!!"

All of the sudden Sanzo's body jerked, Goku jumped at this but didn't back away, knowing something was wrong with his sun. "Sanzo!! Sanzo!! Kuso!!" He tried to wake Sanzo up by shaking him, but he arched his back and was holding his neck as if someone were strangling him. His feet were thrashing wildly on the mattress

"Kuso!!"

Knowing that it was useless, he quickly thought of Hakkai. He dashed to the doors and before he exited the room, took another glance at Sanzo, silently telling him to wait for him.

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Goku was on top of Sanzo, straddling him. Oh, how long Sanzo had wished to be in this position, only he was to be on top. Oh, and Goku was not choking the life out of him either.

"Ugh.......let.....go.....ba-bakasaru....ackk!"

Goku tightened his grip on Sanzo's neck, causing the latter to choke even more. Sanzo opened one eye and saw Homura behind Goku, just standing there, looking down at him, smirking contentedly.

"Good, Son Goku."

With those words from Homura, Goku seemed to smile even more, as if he were happy to get praised by that bastard Kami. But the last two words shocked him.

"Finish him."

With that Goku tightened his grip as he smiled even more and Sanzo knew there was no way Goku would listen to him. But still, he had to try. "G-go—ku..." He couldn't talk anymore, he couldn't breathe and his vision was starting to get blurry. But not so much that he couldn't see Goku, even though slowly, the boy's image was starting to get blurry.

Tick....

Sanzo's eyes focused back abruptly at the soft sound and the slight wetness on one of his cheek. He tried his best to focus on the boy on top of him and saw that smile and happy face again. But Goku's eyes were empty, void of any emotions and had tears falling non-stop. Sanzo was surprised by this as he slowly lost his sight again, along with his consciousness. The last thing he heard was Goku's voice; torn between pleased and anguished, echoing through his mind.

"Sayonara, Genjo Sanzo."

"Genjo Sanzo..."

Genjo Sanzo....

Sanzo.....

Sanzo......

Sanzo......!

Sanzo!

Sanzo!!

"SANZO!!!!!!"

Sanzo snapped open his eyes at the calling, no scratch that, howling of his name. It took a while for him to focus his vision, but slowly everything started to focus in place. The first face he saw was.....

"Goku?"

Goku smiled at his name, with blood running down his face. "Yokatta........you're awake." With that he collapsed on top of Sanzo who was still lying on the bed.

"Goku!!"

Only the calling of Goku's name made Sanzo realized that Hakkai and Gojyo were standing next to his bed. The both of them panicked when they saw Goku collapse and Hakkai immediately lifted him off of Sanzo and put him gently on the boy's bed. With that, Hakkai immediately left the room for his own, leaving Gojyo and Sanzo to talk, if they managed not to kill each other first.

"What happened?"

Sanzo broke the silence with his gruff and usual tone, hiding the real emotions he felt inside. Gojyo inhaled his cigarette once more before answering him.

"You had a nightmare. Goku couldn't wake you up and he said that you couldn't breathe."

Sanzo gave a "Ch'." and ran his hand through his sun-kissed hair. He then noticed there was blood all over him. Irritated, he snarled at Gojyo. "Why is there blood on me?!!" At that precise moment Hakkai came back with bandages and medicine in his hands.

"When Goku couldn't wake you up, he ran down to find us. But in his haste, he slipped on one of the steps and fell down 4 or 5 of them. As if that wasn't enough, he hit one of the sharp corners of the registration table right on his face as he finally landed from his fall." Hakkai took the honor of explaining to Sanzo as he treated the youngest member of their group.

"He was bleeding and looked about to pass out anytime, but he reached us. He refused to let Hakkai see to his injuries until we woke you up." Gojyo continued for Hakkai as he blew smoke out of his lungs. "He couldn't even walk straight after that. When we arrived, you were still struggling but Goku said it wasn't as strong as before he came to us. Slowly your shallow breathing was getting worse and for a minute you stopped breathing." Gojyo yawned and sat down on one of the chairs that was available.

"You didn't breathe until Goku started to call your name." Hakkai informed him as he finally finished bandaging Goku's head. "He was about to faint but insisted on holding on until he made sure that you were wide awake." With that Hakkai got Sanzo a cup of tea. Sanzo just accepted it and snorted, while inside he felt relieved knowing that Goku would never do anything to hurt him, let alone kill him.

"Bakasaru."

"What? No 'thank you'?" Gojyo mocked him as he took another drag. "Urusai." Sanzo scoffed before he took a sip of tea.

"What happened?" Hakkai butted in, before they could start to fight again. Sanzo wasn't sure himself why he had such dreams. But he wasn't going to tell them. "Betsuni." He muttered.

"What do you mean 'nothing'?!" Gojyo started all of the sudden. Sanzo only glared at him but Gojyo wasn't intimidated and continued. "You look like you were about to die back then!" Hakkai calmed him down before Sanzo answered him.

"I don't really remember. All I know is someone was strangling me." He said casually as he took a towel to clean the blood up. I can't tell them Goku tried to kill me with Ho—!! Sanzo looked back at the two of them with wide eyes as he remembered.

"Homura!! What happened yesterday?!!" He stood all of the sudden, puzzling the other two men by the question. "What are you talking about?" Hakkai asked in a motherly tone. Sanzo just sighed heavily and sat down again. He told them what happen last night before he passed out.

"So......Homura tried to take Goku and released sleeping gas so you couldn't stop him, right?" Gojyo asked hesitantly just to make sure. "Haven't you been listening you stupid kappa?" Sanzo sneered as he took his first drag of the day. "Why you..."

"If so..." Hakkai glared at Gojyo to stop and continued. "....why is Goku is still here? I mean he had the opportunity to take Goku away after you passed out." Hakkai asked but it didn't mean that he wasn't glad that the said boy was still there.

Sanzo took another drag before answering the man. "I don't know. But something is wrong. I don't know what, but that Kami must have done something." Hakkai and Gojyo couldn't figure it out and knew as much as Sanzo did: almost nothing.

"We leave immediately. Hakkai, pack everything up and—"

"—and pack some food for Goku. I know." Hakkai finish Sanzo's sentence and smiled knowing that Sanzo really care about Goku.

"My, my. Sanzo-sama is so kind to his pet." Gojyo grinned mischievously which earned him two bullets heading towards his head. "Urusai." Sanzo growled as he walked to the toilet to get ready himself.

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Ugh.......what happened?

Goku stirred from his sleep but refused to wake up, feeling very tired for some reason. He flinched when he felt the pain his head.

"Oi, Hakkai. The saru has been asleep for 4 hours now. Are you sure he's fine?"

Goku half opened his eyes, saw the blue sky and realized that he was moving. He tried to lift his head but it seemed too heavy and felt like it was spinning painfully.

"I'm not............a saru.........ero kappa." Goku slurred out to tell them that he was awake. It worked, and they were all inwardly relieved to see Goku so. "Oi!! Is that the only thing you could say!?" Gojyo picked a fight to make Goku felt comfortable.

"I could.....do...more......but....head hurts......can't.....think any......." He couldn't seem to focus his mind or his vision, so everyone's image seemed to zoom in and out. He tried to sit up but it seemed that his body was sluggish in following his brain's commands but managed to do so anyway.

"Don't push yourself Goku. You need to rest." Hakkai said concernedly, but Goku refused to do his bidding until he confirmed something.

"How's.......S-san—zo........."

"Listen to Hakkai, bakasaru." Goku sighed with relief when he heard that stern order. He slumped back while smile weakly. "Hai......" He rested his hand on his forehead and felt the rough surface of the bandages. At first he wanted to ask but cancelled his intention when he remembered. He had fallen before. It hurt, but worse than his injury should, as if he didn't just hit his head with a table, but also with a hammer, HARD.

"So.....sleepy.....tired......" He mumbled and was about to sleep again when his stomach growled. "And hungry, too." Gojyo grinned to see that the saru had started to whine like usual. Well, sort of.

"There's some food we packed for you. There's nikuman, dried Squid and a lot more." Hakkai said as he chuckled when he saw the drool on Goku's face and continued "Gojyo, could you get it for him, it's in a box under Goku's seat." Gojyo did his bidding and passed it to Goku. But when the latter didn't take it, he looked back at the saru.

"Ne, Hakkai?"

"Hai?"

"He's asleep again."

"Yare yare."

Both men in front looked by the rear-view mirror and saw Goku sleeping again. "Humphh." Sanzo just let him; at least he will get a little bit of peace after that disturbing dream. Sanzo, for 4 hours, had been trying to dismiss the dream as just another dream, but always found himself trying to figure out the meaning. He cursed himself for this stupid distraction.

An hour later, Goku stirred again. This time he was feeling better and had his appetite back. Everything was going normally, Sanzo's harisen even made a few appearances, but only targeted Gojyo's head. Gojyo complained that Sanzo was being unfair, but shut up the moment he saw Sanzo's gun.

"Another word and I—!!" Sanzo stopped half-way as Hakuryuu immediately braked and swerved. "Goddamn it, Hakkai!! Warn us before you do that!!" Gojyo complained as he got up from the back seat floor. Somehow, Goku had managed to stay on his seat, but looked like he was going to puke.

"Gomen ne, but we have company." Hakkai said with indifferent smile on his face. Sanzo looked up and saw a horde of youkai blocking their path. They climbed out of Hakuryuu and said dragon immediately changed to his original form to find a safe place to perch.

"Here we go again." Gojyo sighed as he summoned his weapon, likewise with Goku.

"Ch'!"

"Mou, I hope they have stronger people than last time."

"Haha. Shall we go?"

Without reply, they charged and started to kill the youkai one by one.

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"53, 54, 55, 56............I wonder how many more. Oh well, more fun for me." Goku mumbled as he took out another youkai behind him. As he landed, he looked around and saw Sanzo take out a couple of youkai. He grinned when he knew that his sun was safe. He then realized that another youkai was attacking him head on. He jumped and did a somersault over the youkai and as he landed, hit the unfortunate youkai's head and the youkai finally breathed out his last breath.

Goku grinned as he looked around and saw that the others had finish off the rest. He sat down on the ground and sighed. "That was a little easy. Are you sure that they were assassins?" He directed the question towards Hakkai, who was the nearest to him.

"You're right, it was too easy." He said thoughtfully as Hakuryuu came back to his owner. Hakkai walked around to assess the damage that might have been done to the others. Goku took this moment to look at his sun. Sanzo was irritated by this road block but seemed to also be somewhat irritated by something else, but what?

All of the sudden Sanzo looked at him, startling Goku. He could feel his face heating up and he wouldn't have been surprised if there was smoke coming out of his ears. Quickly, before Sanzo could notice that he was blushing, Goku turned away. Once the boy was sure that Sanzo had looked away from the corner of his eye, Goku let go of the breath that he had unconsciously held back.

Why am I feeling like this?

Ever since he was kidnapped by Homura, Goku kept having this weird feeling every time he locked eyes with Sanzo accidentally. Sometimes he would get hot in the face and his heart would begin beating faster than he could eat. He wished that he didn't have to be alone with Sanzo, especially at night. Or he felt like his heart was about to fall out of his chest. But he didn't have a choice. He'd been stuck with Sanzo ever since the other two guys over there had discovered their new relationship.

I wonder why they make those noises at night…

After Hakkai finished, Hakuryuu transformed and everyone made their way there. Goku, seeing this, quickly got up. But as quickly he did, a sudden pain attacked his head, HARD.

It—tai!! What's wr-wrong with....me?

He staggered a little, but went unnoticed by the others. After regaining his composure, he continued walking as if nothing had happened.

"You're late, bakasaru." Gojyo grinned as Goku climbed up.

"I'm not a bakasaru, you ero—"

Goku stopped as he heard a voice, a sweet, melodious yet melancholy voice, reading a poem out loud. A strange poem, it was nice but somewhat haunting.

Sleep, sleep my child,

Deep into your brief death,

Leave your shell,

And go to the land,

To see again,

What it seems shall never past.

An alarm was going off in his head, telling him to stop listening to the poem. But Goku couldn't do it. As if he were drawn by the voice. He felt his mind couldn't focus, disoriented as everything started to get blurry again.

.

Sleep, sleep my child,

Deep into you brief death,

Leave your shell,

And go to the land,

To see again,

What it seems shall never past.

His body felt weak as if all the energy were drained out and his headache returned, only worse. He could hear someone screaming in pain, but who? Was it him? His head felt like it was exploding as it throbbed and the pain was getting too unbearable. Goku could hear the voices of his companions, calling him, as the melancholy voice kept on repeating the same verse. He must have zone out, but he couldn't bring himself back to reality.

Sleep, sleep my child,

Deep into your brief death,

Leave your shell,

And go to the land,

To see again,

What it seems shall never past.

By the time the poem had almost ended, Goku gave into the voice since he couldn't take the pain anymore. Ittai.......ittai..yo....make it stop.....onegai...... He could feel his body fall backwards and slowly make its way to the ground.

With an echoing and distant 'Thud!", Goku felt himself land hard on the ground, the voice was getting farther and farther away. He could feel that his consciousness was slipping away from his grasp. The melancholy voice stopped and the voices of his companion could be heard clearly now. But out of three voices, one was clearer than the rest.

"Oi, Goku!!! Open your eyes damn it!! Goku!!!!"

He opened his eyes, and saw his sun. He smiled weakly and tried to raise his hand but he couldn't lift it, as all of his energy was gone.

"Sanzo........"

He tried again and he barely managed to lift it. Before his hand could reach Sanzo, he felt one sharp pain attack him, too painful for Goku to keep his wakefulness anymore. Slowly, he could feel his hand fall down as he went into the darkness of his mind. Everyone's voices faded away until they gone along with his consciousness.

To be continued............

Ethereal-tenshi: Minna!!! Tadaima!!! Eh?

Melinda & Goku was dangling upside down from the ceiling

Melinda & Goku: Help!!!

Ethereal-tenshi: Why are you guys up there?

Melinda: Sanzo was angry that some one took his robe and thought we're the one who took it.

Ethereal-tenshi: Why didn't tell him I took it?

Goku: We did!! For some reason he didn't want to believe me!

Ethereal-tenshi finally untie Goku and starting on Melinda's

Ethereal-tenshi: No wonder. He wouldn't dare to.

Melinda: Why is that?

Ethereal-tenshi Glanced at Goku and smirked

Ethereal-tenshi: Hihi, you'll know......

Goku: You're scary.....almost like Hakkai.

Ethereal-tenshi: You have no idea. Man, Sanzo really know how to tie a rope! Not even my family military training can prepare me for this.

Melinda: Ahh, the one with the etiquette lessons?

Ethereal-tenshi: Don't even start!

Ethereal-tenshi finally done with Melinda's rope.

Ethereal-tenshi: Now, do your job!

Melinda lands gracefully on the floor.

Melinda: Si!! Well, hope you all enjoy reading this chapter and we hope you guys would REVIEW and we even accept flames. Just not too hot ok?

Goku: Yeah, or tenshi will use a fire extinguisher on them!

Ethereal-tenshi: Hey!! That wasn't in the script!!

Goku: Hehe, a little change we decided to make while were dangling up there.

Ethereal-tenshi: Whatever. Well, that's it for now. PLEASE REVIEW!! And those who do will get a chibi saiyuki characters printed on a metal plate key chains!! Well, see ya!!!!!!!