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The Calling	By : Nightwing Category: Gensomaden Saiyuki > General Views: 3513 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: The Calling
Author: Ryoshan
Summary: The retelling of how the Sanzo party came to be through multiple viewpoints
Rating: R
Characters: Sanzo/Goku/Hakkai/Gojyo
Disclaimer: All said characters are copyrighted the original owners not excluding animation studios, marketing firms, and single artists/writers.
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It's cold here and these chains are straining my arms. Of course, these chains aren't exactly warm either. They're heavy and they're a pain in the ass to have them on my arms. Man, I don't know what I did to deserve this, but this really stinks. I'm really hungry too. I don't know how many years I've spent in this cell, but I must have done something really, really bad to be here. I wonder what it was that I did. No one else is here. You know you've done something really terrible when you're locked up all alone to suffer by yourself.

I mean, I'm the only one here. No one else is around. I've got no one else to talk to. Hell, all I've got to comfort me is rocks and the glistening of the sun. It makes me feel better. The sun I mean. I don't know why but the warm light of the sun seems to calm me. I guess it reminds me of my eyes. I remember looking into a lake or river a long time ago and my eyes are just as golden as the sun. I wish I could reach out and touch the sun. It's so bright and...calm.

Hey there. You're back. I hope you remembered that I don't have any food. I didn't have any food the last time you came. Why should it be any different today? I sure wish I had some, though. I'm really really hungry. Oh, I keep having a dream about someone with hair like the sun. I don't know if I told you that before. I don't know why, though. Sometimes it seems as though he's looking straight at me. He seems awful sad for some reason. I wonder why. I wonder how anyone with hair like that could be so sad. It doesn't make sense to me.

You're really soft. I wish I could be a bird like you. I want to fly with the sun on my back. I want something to eat too. You're the only one that comes and visits me. Oh. You're running off now, aren't you? All right. Oh. Maybe you're coming back. Wait...what's wrong? Why did you fall down like that? Why are you curled up like that? Why won't you move? Wait...are you...are you...dead? My friend...my only friend is gone...

He can't move any more. He won't be able to fly in the sun any more. I wonder, will I end up the same way? Will I always be stuck here to never feel freedom? Is that the word? I want to be outside, not stuck here any more. I wish I knew what I did wrong so I could apologize to whoever I hurt. Or fix whatever I broke.

I'm lonely. No one else is here now. My friend is gone. I guess it shouldn't matter, whether my friend died or not. I mean, I've been without friends before and now I'm without friends now.

I wish I could reach him and touch him one last time but I can't get close enough to the bars. Even my face is too big to fit through it. He looks so peaceful there, just curled up in the sun. He's yellow just like the sun too, but it's also sad. How is it possible to be happy and sad at the same time? I want to do something for you, but I don't know what.

A feeling comes over me and my face became wet. I feel really, really sad for the bird. What did he do to deserve dying like that? I cried long and hard because I realized that the same thing could happen to me. This must be my punishment. But, I would be lying in the darkness instead of the sun. Speaking of the sun, it was setting now and the only thing my tears did was tire me so I curled up on the ground and closed my eyes to sleep.

I had that dream again, I realized as I woke up the next day. The sun was just coming over the hills and I watched it excitedly. The sunrise was the only excitement I got in this place. But, today, something eclipsed the sun. A shadow. A figure of a person. Frightened, I try to make myself small and dark like the ground. I don't know who or what it is and I'm too afraid to look.

"Hey," a voice said and I looked up. A boy, well perhaps a young man, is there with hair like the sun. "Are you the one that's been calling me?"

"Calling you? I haven't been calling anyone," I replied and he looked annoyed.

"Yes you have and it's starting to piss me off. Now cut it out will you?"

"But, I haven't said anything. I haven't called to anyone. There hasn't been anyone around to say anything to."

"Shut up. Just come on."

"But I can't go anywhere."

"Just take my hand, ape."

He reached for my hand and I reached out to touch him. I wanted to see if he was for real. Maybe this was just another dream...He grabbed onto my hand and my chains magically disappeared. Did this mean that I was free? That I could leave the prison I was in?

"Are you coming or are you just going to stay there?"

"I'm coming. Where are we going? I sure am hungry."

"Look, if you're going to come with me, you're going to be quiet. Understand?"

"I understand. So, are we going to get something to eat?"

"If I can get you to shut up, then yeah I'll get you something to eat. I'd like to hear myself think."

"Okay. Hey, where are we going anyway?"

"Shut up you monkey. I didn't pick you up to hear you talk."

Did I really annoy him that much? He's got a look on his face like he's mad at me. If he's mad with me, why did he save me? I really like his hair, though. It's so bright like the sun. It's like I could almost touch it.

"Hey damn it! What the hell do you think you're doing? That hurts! Do you think that's funny?!" he demanded and I looked at him and then the strands in my hand.

"I'm sorry. Your hair reminded me of the sun. I just wanted to see what it felt like. I've only seen it from far away. Your hair looks so close and bright. I just...I just wanted to see what it felt like."

"Look. Keep away from my hair, and you'll live a lot longer."

"Okay. Are we going to eat soon?"

"Would you shut up, damn it?"
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Why could I hear him? Why could I hear his voice throughout my dreams? Why was I chosen to hear the cries of a stupid monkey? I don't understand it. He's got a lot to learn, that's for sure. He's nothing like an animal. I mean, look at him, eating the way he does.

"What's the matter Sanzo? Aren't you going to eat?" he asked and I looked at him.

"Watching a monkey like you made me lose my appetite."

"Who are you calling a monkey?"

"You, you stupid ape."

"Why? Why am I stupid? Tell me, huh?"

"Shut up, will you?"

"Ow! Why do you hit me like that? What did I do?"

"You talk too much."

"So where are we going Sanzo?"

"Home."

"Where's that?"

"Maybe if you'd shut up, you'd make it there alive."

"Lord High Priest Sanzo! It is an honor to have you visiting our fair city," a man said as he walked up to my table. I placed my cigarette in the ashtray and gazed at him. What did I have to deal with now? The welcoming committe? Wasn't it bad enough to have to babysit a monkey?

"He knows you Sanzo. You must be really famous," the monkey said and I looked at him.

"Are you going to eat or not?" I asked than turned to the old man that was standing in front of my table. "Is there something you want of me?"

"Only your blessing on this city, High Priest."

"Very well, then. In return for your city being blessed, would you be willing to pay for our meal?"

"That would seem to be a bit unorthodox, wouldn't it?"

"Well, if the city's blessing isn't that important then..."

"No, it is! Please forgive me High Priest Sanzo. I will gladly pay the bill. Please, bless this fair city."

After folding my hands and bending my head so that my chin almost rested on my hands, I began a holy chant of blessing. I prayed to the gods for the protection of this city from evil and when I was done, picked up my cigarette and glanced at Goku, who was filling his plate with yet another helping of food.

"Hey, Goku!"

"Yes Sanzo?"

"Let's go."

"But I haven't eaten what's on my plate."

"You've eaten many times already. You can live without that serving. Let's go. I need to get back to the temple."

"Will we get back in time to eat?"

"Is food all you think about?"

"I'm still hungry Sanzo. What's the temple like Sanzo? Huh? What's it like? Huh? Huh? Huh?"

"Shut the hell up will you?"

"Ow! You don't have to hit me like that. What's that fan made out of anyway? It really hurts."

"You will see the temple when we get there. Now be quiet or else I'll silence you for good."
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"Hey you! You have no right sitting in that tree! That was a gift to the High Priest!" a monk cried and I gazed down at him.

"He's not using it now, is he?" I asked.

"You insolant little brat! I don't know why Lord Sanzo wastes his time on a street urchin like you."

"What's going on out here?" Sanzo demanded and I waved at him.

"Hey Sanzo! This tree has fruit on it! There's enough for everyone!" I cried and Sanzo just folded his arms.

"Goku..."

"Yes?"

"Get down from there."

"Where are we going?"

"We're not going anywhere."

"Why not? Hey Sanzo, I saw some butterflies this morning. They were over there by those flowers. You wanna go look?"

I didn't even wait for an answer. I jumped down from the tree, took his hand and dragged him over to the flowers. The butterflies weren't there and I lowered my head, sure that Sanzo would be angry with me for dragging him here for no reason.

"They're gone. I wonder where they went."

"Idiot. Do you think butterflies stay in one spot? They fly around in search for foTheyThey'd die if they stayed in one place. Now let go of me and run around. I've got work to to do."

"But it's no fun out here. These people are boring. They're so strict too."

"There are rules for this place and you need to learn them."

"That's boring."

"Not everything is exciting but you can choose whether or not something bores you."

"Is it time to eat yet?"

"Didn't you hear what I said, ape?"

"Well yeah, but I'm also hungry. They don't like me eating the pears from that tree. Besides, I want something with rice."

"Stupid little monkey. You're always hungry. Go and see if anything is in the kitchen, but if you make a mess of things, you won't be able to go in there again. Understand?"

"Oh boy! I get to eat!"
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