Out of Time 10

This is the final chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it because I enjoyed writing it. Sanzo and Kougaiji romance reminds me of Romeo and Juliet since they are on opposite sides. No one wants them together but the love they have for each other is something fate brought to them and it can't be denied. However, will they end up like the classic couple or find some way to be together in the end?

I do not own any of the characters of Saiyuki or the story.

NightStaker617

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Gojyo watches Sanzo, as he stares out the window while chain smoking. He waits to see if he has anything to say about his outburst earlier. As he watches the monk, the rain starts to come down softly. It doesn't look as though it is going to be too bad but you never know. The worry is that Sanzo's personality changes with the rain. Sometimes he is moody and sometimes he lashes out. He watches him to see if he is going to change for the worst.

When Sanzo turns and walks back to the bed, Gojyo moves over, giving him room but says nothing. Sanzo lies back on the bed and looks up at the ceiling. They can hear the rain as it taps against the glass panes. He looks over at the hanyou and asks, "It's not like you to be so quiet, is something on your mind?"

"I'm just wondering if you're okay, you seem a little depressed. Is the rain getting to you or…is it me?" Gojyo leans on his elbow looking down at the monk smirking. He can see a slight smile, forming on lips he longs to taste. His heart is racing with the thought of taking this man now, but he knows that would be a bad move on his part. He wants to wait and allow him to make the first move.

Sanzo sighs as he answers, "The rain always makes me ponder my existence in the world. It reminds me that I am but one person in this vast world and my presence doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot. Although it cleanses the earth, I wish it could cleanse me of the confusion in my heart."

Gojyo pulls him in his arms, "I understand how you feel. Sometimes I wish there was no confusion about what my next step should be, when it comes to you. I find myself being cautious around you. It's a hell of a feeling because I didn't use to be this way."

"Now I feel as if I have to walk on eggshells. I'm not use to this and it feels awkward. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I love you and I love you enough to step aside if that is what's best for you. I know you are still in love with the prince and he has a bigger place in your heart than I do. But Sanzo, I'll take whatever I can get, if it means having you." He tilts the monk's chin and kisses him softly on the lips. Sanzo parts his lips as he slides his hand behind the hanyou's head.

Gojyo rolls over, sliding his hand up Sanzo's chest and pinches his nipple, bringing it to cherry blossom redness. Sanzo moans in back of his throat at the sensation. "You're sensitive there aren't you?" He laves his tongue over it and smiles as it hardens. "This is what I like to see. I'll make you feel so good you'll never think of anyone else."

Sanzo chuckles, "promises, promises. When I'm with you, there is no one else. Don't you know that, by now Gojyo?"

"I have to admit I do love hearing you say it. Let me make love to you Sanzo." He strokes his face with the back of his hand as he bends down, capturing his lips in a passionate kiss. He licks the outside of his lips as he slides his tongue inside. He licks the roof of his mouth and glides his tongue over his teeth sending chills down the monk's spine. He kisses down his body until he comes to the v between his hip and groin. He looks up at the monks face and sees that his eyes are closed and he has a look of pure ecstasy on his face. He looks so beautiful Gojyo stops momentarily and just gazes at him. However, he knows he is supposed to be making him feel good so he takes Sanzo's erection into his mouth as it drips with need.

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Hakkai stands in front of his window and looks down in the yard. The rain pelts the ground as it builds up force. The puddles form small pools in various parts of the courtyard, sparkling in the moonlight. He sighs as he thinks about the effect it is probably having on Sanzo right about now. His mood swings at times like these are legendary and he hopes Gojyo is taking extra caution in dealing with the monk.

Wondering if he should go in and check on the monk, he sees a movement in the shadows by the tall ash tree. He peers out in the darkness and can make out the shape of a man leaning against a shady ash tree, looking up at the far north window. The rain is falling and he has to be soaked, but he doesn't seem to be concerned.

Hakkai smirks at the thought it must be the prince, watching Sanzo's window. He knows it isn't his place to tell Kougaiji he isn't wanted anywhere near Sanzo. The last time he gave his opinion Sanzo almost had a fit. However, that was before he broke it off and started up with Gojyo.

He watches the shadowy figure intensely, as rain pelts his upturned face. When he pushes off the tree, Hakkai shakes his head in resignation. Heading for the Inn, the shadow disappears under the small awning. Hakkai looks over at the door then down at Goku, as he sleeps peacefully. He's unaware of the drama that is about to unfold. As he sleeps the sleep of the Innocent, Hakkai opens the door to intercept the prince before he reaches Sanzo and heaven forbid, Gojyo.

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Kougaiji walks into the Inn soaking wet as he looks around. He can see the stairs to the side, past the front desk. As he heads towards them, the manager stops him.

"Can I help you Sir, are you looking for a room?" He eyes the ikkou prince warily, as he takes in his appearance. Rain is dripping in puddles around him but he doesn't seem to notice.

The prince looks at him and answers, "No, I'm looking for someone who is staying here." He looks down at his clothes, turns his palms up, and stares at his wet hands. "Can I trouble you for a towel? I seem to be soaked to the bone." He looks up at the heavy set manger as if wondering how he became so wet.

The manger goes in the back and comes back with a towel but the prince has left for the stairs. He makes it to the second floor landing and walks over to the door that represents the window he saw the monk at earlier. He has waited for the others to fall asleep. He is about to knock when he hears Hakkai call out his name. Kou turns with his hand raised and a sneer on his face as his hand drops to his side.

"What do you want? Are you patrolling the halls now?" He has his hands balled at his sides, as he openly glares at Hakkai.

Hakkai smirks at him as he answers, "If you want to call it that. Sanzo is asleep, so please don't disturb him. As you know, he has been gone for quite awhile and he needs his rest. If you disturb him than he won't get it, will he?"

"What are you, his keeper? He'll want to see me, whether you like it or not. He's mine to do as I please. There is nothing you can say to make me believe otherwise. I suggest you try and get the rest you need and leave the monk to me." The prince turns back to the door and raises his hand once again.

Hakkai moves quickly and grabs his wrist, stopping him in mid air. Kougaiji turns swiftly and pulls back his arm when the door opens. Sanzo is standing in the doorway with just his pants pulled on and no shirt. His hair has fallen in his eyes as he combs it back with his long fingers.

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Just before, while Hakkai and the prince is at the door…

Sanzo is lying partially on Gojyo with the sheet pulled over his hips. He leans down and kisses Gojyo saying in a throaty voice, "You're an idiot if you think I don't know what you're doing."

The hanyou strokes his back allowing his hand to slide gently over his hips. "I don't know what you mean. What am I doing?" He looks up in Sanzo's passion filled eyes as he grinds his hips into the monk.

"You're trying to distract me." The monk moans and closes his eyes, causing his long lashes to sweep against his pale skin. The smirk on Gojyo's face turns into a smile of adoration. Sanzo is so beautiful to him; it makes his spirit ache to know his heart belongs to another. "Gojyo…uhm…ahh!"

"How am I doing, love." He kisses him under his chin. "Do you feel…?"

They both turn to the door as they hear raised voices. Sanzo looks down at Gojyo as he wrinkles his nose and rolls off him taking the sheet with him. He is about to go to the door when Gojyo sits up and pulls his arm. "You can't go to the door like that! At lease put some pants on or do you want them to see you like that?"

Sanzo turns back with a frown on his face and looks down at his state of dress. He tosses the sheet to Gojyo, snatches his pants off the chair, and slides them over his hips. In the mean time, he has an idea who is at the door. He fumbles with the zipper and turns to Gojyo, "Why now of all times?" The hanyou is sitting up in bed smirking at him as he reaches for his cigarettes.

"I guess he couldn't stand to be away from you so he came here. You better hurry, or the two of them will come to blows soon." The blaze from the lighter casts his face in a fiery glow, making his eyes stand out like two pits of flames. He gives a bitter chuckle as Sanzo walks over to the door and pulls it open.

The partially dressed Sanzo looks at Hakkai holding onto Kougaiji's wrist and him about to deliver a blow. He calls out for them to stop. Kou looks at him and at the same time, Hakkai drops his hand. He looks at Sanzo's face and then at the prince. Kou is looking at Sanzo's chest with the love bites and past him, into the room.

The prince walks past Sanzo and over the threshold. He looks at the two beds and sees one has clothes on it and Gojyo is sitting on the other with a sheet drawn across his lap, smoking a cigarette. He smirks smugly at the prince. He could care less about what is going on around him as he blows smoke in the air. The prince turns back to Sanzo, "Did you sleep with him!"

As he glares at Sanzo, the monk drops his eyes and then raises them again and answers, "Yes."

Kougaiji pushes past him and head for the stairs. Sanzo tries calling him but he ignores the monk, as he takes off down the stairs heading for the door. Sanzo takes off behind him, "Kou…wait, don't…!"

Hakkai looks in the room and sees what the prince saw. He looks in Gojyo's face and shakes his head. "Couldn't you at least have put on some clothes? Sanzo is now chasing after the prince."

Gojyo stands with the sheet in front of him and reaches for his pants. "While I get dressed grab Sanzo's shoes and shirt. That fool is going to be soaking wet in all this rain." He chuckles bitterly as he adds, "I didn't know he was crazy enough to chase him barefooted in the rain."

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Kou runs down the steps and right into the manager. When he stops, it gives the monk a chance to catch up with him.

"Hey, what's going on here? Is this the person you were talking about?" He looks at Sanzo and down at his bare feet. "Priest Sanzo, you're not wearing any shoes or a shirt. Is everything alright Sir?"

Sanzo ignores the manager and grabs the prince's arm in a firm grip. "Wait Kou, I can explain. Don't leave like this when you're so upset! We need to talk!"

He turns his eyes on Sanzo and everything he feels is in his stare. The only thing he sees is Gojyo naked, smirking at him and Sanzo in pants that are half zipped while proof of their lovemaking is on his chest for all to see. It doesn't take much to know what went on while he was standing in the rain trying to decide if he should come up. He jerks his arm away and turns to walk out the door when the monk grabs him from behind. "I'm sorry you had to see that, let me explain." He whispers to the prince.

Hakkai and Gojyo make it to the first floor and stop as they see Sanzo holding onto the prince. Kougaiji has his back turned to the others so he doesn't see when the other two arrive. He puts his hand on top of the monk's hand and looks down.

"I'm sorry Sanzo; this is too much for me to handle right now. I have to go before I say or do something I'll regret. I love you but…this is too much…even for me." He pushes the monk's hands off him and heads out the door of the small Inn.

Sanzo starts to follow him when Hakkai grabs his arm stopping him. "Wait Sanzo, you're not dressed! At least put something on!" He hands Sanzo his shirt and boots while Gojyo looks on with his arms folded.

The monk looks down at the items and over at Gojyo. "I'm sorry Gojyo. He's upset and I have to stop him before he does something stupid. I had no idea he would come here like this. I should have told him sooner about us."

Gojyo walks over to him and tilts his chin up, "You're really that worried about him?"

Sanzo nods as he looks into Gojyo's fire red eyes. "Then go Sanzo, we'll be here when you get back. I don't know what you can tell him but since he has already seen us..." He drops his hand as the monk slides on his shoes and looks up in the hanyou's face with a sad smile playing at the corners his kiss swollen lips. "I love you Gojyo and I will be back, I promise. Please…wait for me." He heads out in the rain looking for the prince as he calls his name amid the thunder and lighting, hoping he can explain.

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Hakkai looks at his best friend and puts his arm around his shoulders. "That was pretty brave of you Gojyo. What if he doesn't come back?"

Gojyo sighs, "If it is meant to be then it will be. I can't stop him from doing what he wants, Hakkai. The only thing I can do is love him and hope he keeps his promise and comes back to me." He snorts under his breath, "Why can't that bastard just leave him alone."

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Sanzo runs through the woods, calling out to Kougaiji. The wind is blowing and the rain is beating down on him, as it plasters his hair to his face and head. He stops by a tall tree and leans against it, gasping for air. He tries to look through the dark forest for any sign of the prince but sees nothing.

The monk shouts one more time with his hands on either side of his mouth, "Kou! Kou where are you!"

He waits as he listens to the sounds of the forest. All he hears is the rain as it come down, doing a tribal dance on the earth's floor. He wipes the rain from his face and turns to leave when Kougaiji appears in front of him like an illusion. At first, he doesn't believe his eyes. He hadn't heard footsteps in the wet soggy ground so he reaches out his hand. Kou takes his hand and brings it to his lips. Sanzo moans and is glad of the rain because it washes away the tears that have formed in the corner of his eyes.

"Kou…Kou, I'm so sorry. I didn't want you to find out like this. I wanted to tell you myself."

The prince pulls the monk into his arms as they stand in the rain. Their silhouettes look as one to an outside observer. He slides his arms around the slim waist of the monk, bringing him closer. He whispers in his ear, "I'm sorry too, Sanzo. When he told me the two of you were sleeping together, I thought he was lying. How could you do this to me?"

Sanzo looks up in his face just as the sky lights up with powerful lightening and thunder. Kougaiji's face has an eerie glow and his marking are standing out as his eyes blaze with passion. The fierce look on his face frightens Sanzo for a moment and he tries to back away. The prince tightens his grasp, "What were you thinking? You should have never followed me here."

"What are you doing Kou, let go of me!" The monk struggles to get away from him to no avail. Kougaiji holds him tighter and slides his hand up to his throat. He presses firmly under his chin until the monk loses consciousness. He releases him and sweeps him up in his arms. He walks a few yards to a tall ash tree where his dragon is waiting and slides the monk on front and takes off in the torrential rain.

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Gojyo sits on the bed and Hakkai sits in one of the chairs. He looks around the small room and sighs. Anyone looking in would have known the two shared one bed. He glances over at Gojyo and smiles, "I see you and Sanzo came together in spite of the rain. I guess that's one way to get his mind off the torrent."

"Yeah, a lot of good it did. He's run off after someone else. What I don't understand is what does he sees in that bastard. The two of them being together is a disaster waiting to happen." He looks over at the bed where Sanzo's robe is lying along with the scriptures. "He didn't take any security with him. What if Kou tries something like before." He stands, picks up the rolled up scroll, along with shoureiju and looks over at Hakkai.

"He's vulnerable right now and he never gave it a thought when he ran out." He looks towards the window and the rain that seems to have turned into a storm.

"But Gojyo, he's not worried about the prince hurting him in any kind of way. When they were together before, Sanzo went with him willingly. As long as he doesn't go back to that cave he should be okay…right?" Hakkai looks at him as if to confirm his statement.

"How do we know he won't talk him into going back there?" Gojyo taps the scroll on his bottom lip as he frowns. "I think we should go out and try to find him. I have a bad feeling about this." He shivers as he tightens fingers around the scriptures.

Hakkai stands as he looks over at his best friend, "You don't think he would take him against his will do you?"

Gojyo grabs his boots, sits on the side of the bed, and begins to pull them on. "When he left out he was pretty angry and who knows what kind of shit he might pull. I don't trust him as far as I can throw him. He thinks Sanzo is his property. When I told him Sanzo and I was together, he just laughed as if I was bull-shitting him. When he came in and saw that we had sex, he was pretty upset. There's no telling what he might do."

Hakkai and Gojyo head for the door, "Do you think we should wake Goku? I don't think he would like it if we leave him behind."

Gojyo nods, "Yeah, the monkey wouldn't like that at all."

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Kougaiji walks into the cave after sending the dragon back to Houtou Castle. Sanzo is unconscious in his arms as he lays him gently on the makeshift bed he has made of straw.

There is wood in a corner that he uses to start a fire to ward off the chill. It is still raining outside but it is dry inside the cave so he takes his time as he allows his mind to roam over the act he is about to commit. After throwing a large amount of wood on the fire, he looks over at the sleeping monk as he thinks about him and the hanyou being together. This is something he will never accept no matter how much he thinks about it. How could Sanzo tell him he loves him and then sleep with another?

Kou walks over to the monk, sits besides him, and strokes the damp hair off his face. He marvels at the beauty of his features, wondering if this is the reason he thinks he can get away with what he is doing to his heart. Beauty in a person can make them conceited and arrogant. Before now, he would have never thought him capable of either. As he leans down brushing his lips across Sanzo's forehead, he whispers, "Now you will belong to me forever. You'll always love only me. I won't share you with anyone, ever again."

He sits up, looks around the cave, and sees a large boulder in a corner. He walks over, picks it up and looks back at the monk who has not moved since he constricted his airways. He walks back over to Sanzo, lifts the boulder up and brings it down sharply twice, as the monk screams in pain.

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Goku is sitting in backseat with his slicker on, as is the others. His mind is racing a mile a minute as he wonders why the monk would go with Kougaiji for any reason. Sometimes he wonders about Sanzo's sanity. He has to be crazy to follow him anywhere and in the rain! This is just too much.

Goku leans forward and asks, "Are you sure Kougaiji didn't put a spell on him or something? I can't see him leaving his gun and the scriptures. He must have done something to him and we need to find him fast!"

Gojyo sighs loudly as the lighting lights up the dark sky for a few seconds. He sinks further down in his seat and pulls his hood further over his damp hair. "That's why we're out here monkey. You think if we weren't worried, we would be out in this monsoon. By him not bringing anything with him, he is almost helpless. I just hope he is okay. We should have knocked him out and made him stay at the Inn. I feel so stupid now. The last time he was with that bastard he kept him for almost three days and it's no telling how long he will keep him now. With the state he is in, we will be lucky if we ever see him again. Damn! Damn! Why didn't I stop him instead of giving him his shit to wear?"

Hakkai raises his voice, over the storm, "I'm to blame too. Don't just take it out on yourself Gojyo. However, if some shit goes down, then Sanzo has no one to blame but himself in the long run."

The rain makes it nearly impossible to see, as it comes down forcibly. Each one is thinking his own black thoughts as to what can happen to Sanzo without his weapons. They know Kougaiji is a reasonable man under normal circumstances. However, right now he may not be in his right mind because he walked in on what he considers a betrayal on Sanzo's part. That is enough to make anyone lash out in anger and with him being an ikkou…anything can happen.

Their dark thoughts sink them deeper into despair. Gojyo is afraid for the man he loves with all his heart while Goku tries to concentrate on Sanzo's face to try to get a vision in his mind's eye. He and Sanzo, (connected spiritually), can hear the others voice but the monkey hasn't had to use it lately with Sanzo always being by his side. He closes his eyes and pictures the monk's face trying to get a lead on where he could be.

Hakkai pulls over when he hears a strange noise. He tells the others, "I think Hakuryu has taken us as far as he can for the night. We need to continue on foot."

They jump out as the small dragon transforms and Hakkai puts him under his cape. Gojyo and the others head off to the location where they were before, each knowing they may never see the monk again but hoping against hope, they do.

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The prince lets the boulder drop from his hands and looks down at Sanzo with a sinister smile on his face. His eyes, glazed over and flickering in the firelight, seem crazed. He sits besides the monk and cradles him in his arms. He whispers as he strokes Sanzo's golden hair, "This is all your fault Sanzo. You made me do this to you. I didn't want to, but you left me with no other choice. You have to be punished for what you did. Now you will belong to me and me alone. No matter how much you cry, you will never walk away from me again. This will be our paradise and our crypt."

As the prince laments over the unconscious monk, the fire runs up the walls of the cave. The air from the cracks in the walls feed the flames, causing the small space to quickly engulf itself in the blazing inferno.

Sanzo has lost consciousness from the sheer force of pain in his shattered legs and can hear nothing of what the prince is telling him. In his dream, he is only aware of warmth and being in the arms of the one, he loves the most.

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