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Title: Mind tricks

Chapter one:

Somewhere in the deepest forest screams of battle and gurgles of death could be heard. The dark night was illuminated by strong blasts of chi hurtling towards an enemy followed by magical bullets cutting through the night and a youkai or two.

" Sanzo! Leave some for me, will ya!", a putout teenage voice belonging to Son Goku called out.

" If you'd move your monkey ass a little faster then I wouldn't have to do all the work!", the 'great' Sanzo-sama, leader of the group of fighters, yelled back furiously.

A mocking snicker was heard from the longhaired Water sprite, Sha Gojyo.

" Monkey ass..", he chuckled loudly so Goku would hear. " I should start calling you that instead of monkey face since there's no difference anyway."

Enraged by this remark the little monkey tried to attack his companion but was hindered by all the youkai still waiting to be killed.

" Now, now." the healer and calmest of the group, Cho Hakkai, said, "We should concentrate on the task at hand."

Sanzo ignored the three idiots. He was busy thinking about this strange attack.

No matter how many youkai they killed three more replaced them. Wave upon wave of attackers crashed down on them. Ever since they had entered this forest two days ago the young priest couldn't shake off the feeling of being watched. Someone different from their previous enemies was going to attack them and this fight was obviously meant as a distraction.

" This is getting boring!" Goku exclaimed.

" Thought you liked fighting, monkey." Gojyo remarked.

" Yeah but this is a little over the top." Goku replied and quickly added, "Don't call me a monkey!"

A dark figure suddenly appeared a few metres behind Goku holding a strange glowing orb.

" Goku look out!" Hakkai screamed; the first to see this new threat and identifying its target.

"Huh?", Goku said confused turning quickly but all his speed was not enough. The orb had already been thrown and when it hit, Goku was paralysed by unbearable pain as a sickly green glow engulfed him. Then everything went black.

Finally regaining consciousness Goku was confused by the strange heaviness that kept his limbs immobile and made it feel impossible to open his eyes. He could hear a continuous buzzing sound filling his unknown surroundings and felt a tube of some sort in his throat.

With a great amount of effort Goku pried his eyes open and looked around, only able to slightly move his head from to side.

He was in a completely white room built up very simply. His bed was the centre of the room to his right was a small white closet. By the window also on the right that had its drapes down were one small table and one chair. The door was to his left and became the only interesting thing in the room.

All he had to do was get up, take this annoying tube out of his mouth, leave through the door and find Hakkai to tell him ' where the hell he was!'

As always, things are easier said then done. Lifting his hand to the tube in order to pull it out was almost painful due to his muscles being so stiff. Finally getting a hold of the tube left him with no energy to actually pull it out. He knew the last attack was a bad one but this weakness was getting pathetic.

Where was he? And more importantly where were the others? Hakkai had always been by his bedside whenever he was injured. Always, and when he had to leave for a bit then he'd force Goyjo to take his place.

He knew Goku didn't like waking up alone and this time he certainly didn't like it because he wasn't in some inn but…well….he didn't know where.

The more frustrated he became with his incorporating body and the unanswered questions in his mind the faster the beeping in the room became. Exhausted he gave up. Black specks already dominated his vision. Vaguely he heard the rain from outside. Great now when Sanzo comes he will not only be mad at him for getting injured but also let out his frustrations of the weather on the so called stupid monkey.

The next time Goku woke up was to bright sunlight shinning in his eyes and unfamiliar voices shouting too loudly for his pounding head to deal with. Raising his hand to his face Goku was able to open his eyes fully and stare at the two similar looking teenagers who had disturbed his sleep before realizing that

one: He could move his arms without pain or effort….and

two: That damn tube was gone.

His sore throat however was not.

" Nick! Close the blinds! He can't see us properly!", the girl sitting on his bed said. A moment later the blinding light was gone and Goku took his hand from shielding his eyes.

" Hey man! How are you feeling?", the boy presumably Nick asked coming closer to the bed.

"Uhm….well, I kinda have a headache.", Goku croaked uncertainly.

His mouth was so dry he could hardly speak. The girl passed him a glass of water, which he thankfully accepted

" So..uhm.." Goku started feeling very nervous with the two staring at him so intensely.

"Who are you and where am I?" The girl gasped shocked.

"You don't remember us? US, of all people." she whispered a little melodramatically.

" Don't worry 'sis! If we introduce ourselves properly it will soon jog his memory." Nick said arrogantly.

They both went to the end of the bed and took a crouched pose. Goku had to lean on his elbows to see them. Suddenly the girl jumped up and twirled around herself.

" Our light shines brighter than the morning star." Then the boy jumped up and twirled in the other direction. " Envied and loved by all but there can only be one set of…"

"Glamour twins!" they yelled together much to Goku's dismay.

"I am Nick"..."And I, the beautiful, Nicky!"

Right, either Goku was dead and in hell or completely bonkers. Coming back to his bedside Nicky asked. "Remember us now?"

"Not really.", Goku muttered. "We can do it again.", Nick said. "NO!", Goku yelled.

They looked at him confused "It's okay. Why don't you just tell me where I am?"

Nicky looked insulted. "Well, if you're going to be like that. We're your friends from high school and you're in a hospital."

High school? What was that? Goku knew of schools so was a high school on a mountain or something? A Hospital….hmmm(Saru –thinking mode)

Oh, yes Hakkai had told him about hospitals once. They were a place where several doctors worked together and could therefore help more injured or sick people.

Wasn't that something brand new and very rare?

But why was he here? And why were these strange people claiming to be his friends?

"You want to know why you're in hospital?", Nick asked. Goku nodded.

"You were in a coma for six whole months!" Nicky wailed with tears in her eyes.

"What does punctuation have to do with hospitals?" Goku asked confusion.

Nick slapped his forehead. "A coma, not a comma! Man you must have had brain damage after all. A coma is when you sleep for a very long time and can't wake up."

Goku's face grew pale. "Six months?" Goku whispered. They wouldn't have waited that long.

They couldn't have waited that long. He was alone. Sanzo had left him.

The door opened revealing a bad-tempered looking nurse. Her facial expression made Goku think she was sucking on a lemon or something.

"Visitors out! That's enough excitement for one day." she said then came up to Goku's bedside carrying a thermometer and some colourful pills.

Obediently the annoying Glamour twins left the room calling out how everyone at school would be glad to have him back.

The nurse stuck the thermometer in Goku's mouth and checked his pulse rate.

" Your fever's high enough to keep you in bed but nothing to get worried about.", the nurse said mechanically. "The doctor will come and you see you later on. Have you been to the bathroom yet?"

Goku didn't understand why that was any of her business but answered truthfully anyway.

"No."

The nurse looked even more annoyed. "Take your pills and then I'll take you."

The trip to the bathroom had been extremely embarrassing.

The nurse saying in her emotionless way that there was nothing she hadn't seen before didn't ease Goku's nerves but made him feel worse. Lying exhausted on his bed after the small trek he now understood why she had helped him.

His legs were still very stiff and he could hardly use them. Standing without support proved to be a very bad idea.

Glancing to the closet that strangely enough had no doors Goku spotted a set of clothes. He dragged himself there and grabbed them before falling back on the bed again. A plastic card fell out of one of the Jeans' pockets. Examining it Goku realized that it was just like Sanzo's Gold card except this one was green.

Maybe it had a money limit on it or something. Sanzo must have left it here for him.

On second thoughts Hakkai must have nagged Sanzo to leave it here for him.

Goku put on the Jeans and red t-shirt with a small crocodile on it- he really couldn't work out what crocodiles had to do with t-shirts- and carefully made his way to the door.

If he went slowly and could hold onto something then Goku more or less managed to stay upright.

His legs tingled with every step and he hoped it meant that his legs would be working properly soon. After checking that no one was around he slipped out of the room into the white hallway.

All he had to do was get out of this building and find the others. Couldn't be that hard. He knew where they were going after all.

Using the wall to support him Goku headed down the corridor hoping to find an exit some time soon. A different nurse came round the corner but luckily paid no attention to him.

Finally reaching the end of the corridor he was face to face with two metal doors that had blinking buttons.

He remembered these contraptions being lifts and that he hadn't particularly liked them. Gojyo had once dragged him to a really big casino, which had had lots of lifts, and Goku had felt very uncomfortable in the tight space.

Taking another look around he realized that the dreaded lifts were his only option out of here.

A welcoming 'ping' announced the arrive of a lift and Goku quickly made his way over. Inside he pressed the button for the ground floor and then slid down the wall at the back.

Crouched down with his arms around his knees the small space was easier to handle and Goku didn't think he had the strength to stand for seven floors anyway.

Resting his head against his knees Goku started thinking about how he was going to get out of this mess.

What if he couldn't find them? Or what if they had died? Maybe they had already accomplished the mission and parted ways assuming he was dead or finding it too annoying to check? And, man, was he HUNGRY!

Goku was so consumed in his thoughts that he didn't notice arriving at the ground floor or the stranger entering and putting the lift in motion for the upper floors again.

The other occupant of the lift crouched in front of him.

" Are you lost little monkey?"

Not believing his ears said 'little monkey' looked up and stared with a bewildered expression at his companion.

"GOJYO!" , he screamed loudly and lunged at Gojyo pushing him on his backside with a lap full of monkey.

Hugging the kappa for all he was worth Goku was surprised to be so happy to see the damn cockroach again. After unsuccessfully trying to loosen Goku's grip from around his neck Gojyo gave up escaping and hugged the monkey back.

They stayed like that for several minutes, which confused Goku. Usual the others would get annoyed with his clingy attitude and push him away.

"How are you?", Gojyo asked gently. Goku pulled away.

" I'm fine." Gojyo frowned at him.

"You look like shit, man. Honestly how are you?"

" I'm fine!"

Gojyo placed the back of his hand against the monkey's forehead. Goku swatted it away.

" It's just a fever! Stop acting like Hakkai!"

Gojyo didn't look happy. "I don't think you should be out of bed, yet. We heard you'd only just woken up late last night."

" You can't think, stupid cockroach." Goku said annoyed. "It was weird there and I had to find you guys. You know what happened to Sanzo and Hakkai don't you?"

" Happened? Nothing's happened to them, monkey. Are you delusional or something?"

Goku frowned at him. Stupid kappa was being more awkward on purpose.

" I mean where they are, dumbass!"

The elevators opened before Gojyo could respond and a familiar voice drew Goku out of the lift.

"WHAT THE F DO MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS?"

" It is very unusual to lose a comatose patient don't you think?",

Hakkai said tightly his own anger and annoyance very clear even in his politer and quieter way of putting it than Sanzo's.

Rushing forwards Goku forget about his unsteady legs and was soon heading towards the floor. Luckily Gojyo was quick enough to catch him. Flashing him a grateful smile Goku called out in his excitement.

"Sanzo! Hakkai! Over here!"

Goku couldn't believe it they were actually all here. Had they defeated Gyumaoh and come back for him? Oh, great he'd missed the big battle! Sanzo and Gojyo would never stop rubbing that in.

Sanzo and Hakkai came rushing round the corner and stared open mouthed at the very awake Goku.

" Hey I found this monkey hanging around in the lifts can we keep him?", Gojyo joked grinning at the other two's amazement.

" Who are you calling monkey, you stupid cockroach!" Their argument went no further since Hakkai had the monkey in a bear hug.

" Goku you mustn't run away like that! You had us all worried sick!"

"I'm sorry, Hakkai! I was looking for you, guys, I thought you'd gone without me and I wouldn't be able to find you."

Holding Goku at arms length Hakkai asked confused.

"Gone where Goku?"

"West, of course."

Sanzo approached the small group and Goku's attention was fully focused on his keeper, not noticing the other two's worried stare.

Hugging Sanzo around the waist Goku started to blabber everything out he knew his keeper would find silly to hear while waiting for the paper fan to strike down again.

" Sanzo I missed you sooo much and I'm really hungry. Can you go eat? You'll tell me about everything that happened won't, you? I'm really glad you're here, Sanzo."

The paper fan should have hit him by now.

Looking up Goku was surprised to meet emotional violet eyes staring longingly back.

Then Sanzo patted him on the head. Maybe Sanzo had missed him.

It sounded so weird that Goku soon dismissed the thought. Stepping back Goku grinned up at him like an idiot until he noticed Sanzo's strange clothing.

"Your clothes in the wash or something Sanzo?"

" Stupid monkey! What are you on about?"

Sanzo was wearing Jeans and a black top with a white square in his collar.

"Where's your sutra? It wasn't destroyed in the battle was it?"

That would be terrible. The sutra was the only thing Sanzo had to remind him of his late master.

Sanzo felt his forehead. "You've got a fever ,damn monkey, no wonder you're talking gibberish.! This is why you shouldn't be wondering around."

He then decided to give the doctors and personal a piece of his mind for letting his monkey get in such a state.

Baffled Goku turned to Hakkai and Gojyo. Looking at them more closely he noticed that they didn't exactly look right either.

Hakkai was wearing glasses instead of a monocle and had a worn looking brown suit on.

Gojyo's hair was the same length but looking more closely at the roots he noticed black mixing with the red.

Something was very off here.

" Sutra, pah. The only thing that corrupt catholic priest should have with him is the bible and I doubt he's ever actually read it.", Gojyo said mockingly. Lucky for him Sanzo wasn't listening.

Catholic? Sanzo wasn't catholic!

" Goku are you alright?", Hakkai asked.

"..Uhm…I..", Goku stuttered. "Where's Jeep?"

Hakkai laughed. "He's at home, of course. Dogs aren't allowed in hospitals."

Dog?

Completely confused Goku took a cautious step back.

"Sanzo I want to go. Can we go eat, please ?" The desperation was clear in Goku's voice.

Everything would be normal again once they were out of here.

" Goku you can't leave until you're better and unfortunately only one of these incompetent doctors can decide that." Sanzo said gently.

"No, Hakkai can. So let's go, I'm really hungry!"

"Goku I'm no healer."

"Of course you are!", Goku screamed confusing his companions even more. Panic shown in his eyes. This was all wrong! What the hell was going on?

This person looked like Sanzo, had the same aura as Sanzo but he wasn't Sanzo and still was. It made no sense.

A doctor came forward. "We were afraid of this. It seems during his coma, his mind created his own reality and now he can not handle reality."

" I'll show you reality with my fist in a minute if you don't start making sense!", Goku yelled.

" Goku, please calm down.", Hakkai said taking a step towards the distressed youth who took several shaky steps back. Hitting the wall with his back Goku slid down it all the time mumbling nonsense. " Jeep's a dragon not a dog and Sanzo's a Buddhist and none of you are making sense."

Sanzo crouched down in front of the close to tears monkey.

"Sanzo I don't feel so good and I don't know what's going on", Goku whispered.

Hugging him Sanzo answered.

"We'll sort it out. Trust me, Goku."

And that was all Goku do for the time being. Trust Sanzo like he always had.

TBC.

Man that took ages to write. I'll start appreciating the long fics more after that.

Well hope you like it. BYE