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Monster
0 ReviewsGoku fears a monster. Can Sanzo figure out what it really is?
Monster
Gravity wasn't helping him, it wasn't helping him at all. The laws of gravity, along with his personal rules were being broken, shattered and destroyed. "Let go!"
Currently Genjo Sanzo was standing over Goku's bed bent over because the chibi hanging from his neck refusing to let go. He was not carrying the boy so the laws of gravity dictated that he had to fall but the monkey refused to fallow those laws and held on for dear life. Furthermore Sanzo's personal rules established that he did not like being touched, he had made an exception to carry the sleeping chibi to his bed and he was regretting it.
The previous night little Goku had woken him up by a kick. How the boy got to his room in the first place Sanzo didn't know. He took the sleeping chibi back to his room and left him on his bed. Goku liked his room because he could see the peach tree out the window. It was also convenient to have a hiding place near by after taking peaches from the tree. But it seemed that on that night Goku didn't want to be in his room.
It only the beginning of Sanzo's sleepless night because a little later after he had gone back to sleep he was woken up by a slap. Pissed off but quietly Sanzo removed the small hand from his face and once again carried the sleeping boy to his room.
This time Sanzo made sure to lock his door but of course that didn't work because the chibi saru went through the trouble of going outside so he could enter Sanzo's room by the window. Once again Sanzo was woken up by a kick this time in a more painful place than the first. He managed to control his temper and the sleeping Goku was returned to his room. It seemed the priest was more of a softie when no one could witness it. After returning Goku to his room, Sanzo locked his door and closed the windows.
The blond then tried to sleep but couldn't because he felt, not heard, but felt the boy with the golden eyes silently calling out to him. By then it was so close to sunrise that Sanzo decided to get up and right next to his door sitting on the floor in uneasy slumber he found Goku. He picked him up and placed him on the bed at least someone would get some sleep.
A little later Goku woke up and the day started as it usually did. "Why did you keep coming to my room last night you stupid monkey?" Sanzo asked, sounding very annoyed, during breakfast that day.
"I was scared" Goku admitted staring into his cereal.
Sanzo's eye twitched, it was obvious he didn't get enough sleep and he was more irritated than usual because of it. In anger he said things that he shouldn't have said. "You spent many years locked up in a mountain all by yourself and nothing happened. Why are you so afraid to sleep by yourself if you're been alone for such a long time?"
That was Goku's sensitive spot. It didn't take more than a split second for the boy to grab his breakfast and run away crying.
"That was harsh. Life is hard when the sun doesn't shine."
Sanzo didn't know if he should run after him since he had a pretty good idea where Goku was going. Or simply take note of the fact that even in his haste and highly emotional state he still remembered to take the sugary chocolate O's with him.
That day Goku went to visit Hakkai and Gojyo all day. He was carrying a bowl of cereal when he arrived but he never finished it. There was something bothering him and both Hakkai and Gojyo noticed.
Later at the end of the day they walked Goku back home and while Gojyo kept him entertained playing rock paper scissors, Hakkai went to talk to Sanzo.
"Good afternoon, how was your day today?" Hakkai asked with smile.
Sanzo gave him a glare that almost made him stop smiling, almost but not quite. "If you're here with the monkey I don't want to talk about it."
"Today he didn't eat as much as he usually does" Hakkai said as if he hasn't heard Sanzo.
"That's all he ever thinks about" Sanzo half growled. He knew that Hakkai wouldn't drop the subject.
"He looked worried as if he was thinking about something, analyzing it over and over. Then he looked determined and said he was coming back. He didn't explain it but said something about proving he's brave so you wouldn't want him to go away" Hakkai said.
"He woke me up many times last night even when I tried to lock him out of my room. Then when I finally locked him out I found him at the door in the morning" Sanzo said.
"Did you ask him why?" Hakkai asked. Sanzo ignored him hoping he would drop the subject. "He seemed really upset."
Maybe mentioning his past locked up in that mountain wasn't such a good idea. Maybe he had gone too far. Hakkai's cheerful stare was constant and insistent awaiting his answer. "I'll take care of it."
Hakkai's smile grew. "I trust that you will."
That's how it all started. From that point on things flowed normally with Goku playing with his little paper sumos and Sanzo smoking by the window while flipping pages of a different newspaper that mostly had the same articles as the one he read that morning worded differently.
Eventually it was dinner time and Goku ate plenty. After dinner he was back to playing with the paper sumos until he fell asleep. Sanzo picked him up from the floor and took his to his room. Just when he was bout to place him in bed, Goku woke up and refused to let go.
Gravity wasn't helping him, it wasn't helping him at all. The laws of gravity, along with his personal rules were being broken, shattered and destroyed. "Let go!"
After much effort, Sanzo managed to pry the boy off. The chibi sat there with the saddest expression. "I'm sorry."
"Are you still scared?" Sanzo asked.
"No! I'm not scared! I'm not scared!" Goku shook his head and denied with all his might.
"Don't lie to me" Goku grew pale at Sanzo's words.
"I'm not lying because Hakkai told me that being brave means facing your fears and I'll face the monster so you won't want me to go away" Goku said.
"What monster?" Sanzo asked.
"The one that I hear at night, I've never seen it but I hear it and it's scary. That's why I didn't want to be alone" Goku said.
"There is no such thing" Sanzo was irritated, very irritated but deep down, thought he would never admit it, he was sorry for what he said that morning.
"It's true I hear it at night!" Goku insisted.
There was only one solution Sanzo could think about. "I'll stay here and listen to this monster to find out what it really is."
"No it's ok, you don't have to, I'll be brave! I promise I won't be scared anymore, you don't need to lock me up again." His big golden eyes showed fear, sorrow and desperation.
"I'm not going to lock you up. You're not in a cage anymore, I won't let anyone lock you up again" Sanzo's irritation seemed to disappear and his gaze became more gentle to calm the chibi.
Goku nodded and sat next to Sanzo waiting. Time passed slowly in complete silence until Goku fell asleep. Sanzo stayed as he said he would and soon a sound was heard. Goku's eyes shot open and he clung to Sanzo for dear life in a way that not even the mighty Harisen could get him off. "It's back! It's the monster!"
Annoyed, frustrated, irritated, exasperated and yet at the same time with a hint of amusement, Sanzo stood. "Let's go see your monster."
"Are you going to feed me to it?" Goku asked in fear.
"No one will eat you or lock you up" Sanzo said. He made sure to bring a flashlight along. Goku held his hand and looked scared but determined to face the monster if Sanzo was with him.
Once outside the sound of the monster was heard again. "Hoot!"
Sanzo pointed the flashlight at the peach tree and the owl aka the monster, closed its eyes tightly looking very uncomfortable. Goku stared as the relatively large brown bird retreated deeper into the branches of the peach tree. "An owl, that's what you've been hearing."
"An owl... I thought all birds sounded chirp, chirp" Goku smiled brightly because he realized he had nothing to fear. "I won't be scared when I hear that owl anymore. I'll be happy instead because I'll remember how brave you were to come out here and see what was making the sound."
"Didn't you have to go outside so you could come into my room from the window?" Sanzo asked.
"That little one, he's braver than he realizes"
"I did... I guess I wasn't thinking that the monster could get me. I just thought that if I was with you I'll be safe" Goku said.
As they walked back inside the dim light of the flashlight with batteries that needed to be replaced wasn't enough to reveal a light smile.
End
Gravity wasn't helping him, it wasn't helping him at all. The laws of gravity, along with his personal rules were being broken, shattered and destroyed. "Let go!"
Currently Genjo Sanzo was standing over Goku's bed bent over because the chibi hanging from his neck refusing to let go. He was not carrying the boy so the laws of gravity dictated that he had to fall but the monkey refused to fallow those laws and held on for dear life. Furthermore Sanzo's personal rules established that he did not like being touched, he had made an exception to carry the sleeping chibi to his bed and he was regretting it.
The previous night little Goku had woken him up by a kick. How the boy got to his room in the first place Sanzo didn't know. He took the sleeping chibi back to his room and left him on his bed. Goku liked his room because he could see the peach tree out the window. It was also convenient to have a hiding place near by after taking peaches from the tree. But it seemed that on that night Goku didn't want to be in his room.
It only the beginning of Sanzo's sleepless night because a little later after he had gone back to sleep he was woken up by a slap. Pissed off but quietly Sanzo removed the small hand from his face and once again carried the sleeping boy to his room.
This time Sanzo made sure to lock his door but of course that didn't work because the chibi saru went through the trouble of going outside so he could enter Sanzo's room by the window. Once again Sanzo was woken up by a kick this time in a more painful place than the first. He managed to control his temper and the sleeping Goku was returned to his room. It seemed the priest was more of a softie when no one could witness it. After returning Goku to his room, Sanzo locked his door and closed the windows.
The blond then tried to sleep but couldn't because he felt, not heard, but felt the boy with the golden eyes silently calling out to him. By then it was so close to sunrise that Sanzo decided to get up and right next to his door sitting on the floor in uneasy slumber he found Goku. He picked him up and placed him on the bed at least someone would get some sleep.
A little later Goku woke up and the day started as it usually did. "Why did you keep coming to my room last night you stupid monkey?" Sanzo asked, sounding very annoyed, during breakfast that day.
"I was scared" Goku admitted staring into his cereal.
Sanzo's eye twitched, it was obvious he didn't get enough sleep and he was more irritated than usual because of it. In anger he said things that he shouldn't have said. "You spent many years locked up in a mountain all by yourself and nothing happened. Why are you so afraid to sleep by yourself if you're been alone for such a long time?"
That was Goku's sensitive spot. It didn't take more than a split second for the boy to grab his breakfast and run away crying.
"That was harsh. Life is hard when the sun doesn't shine."
Sanzo didn't know if he should run after him since he had a pretty good idea where Goku was going. Or simply take note of the fact that even in his haste and highly emotional state he still remembered to take the sugary chocolate O's with him.
That day Goku went to visit Hakkai and Gojyo all day. He was carrying a bowl of cereal when he arrived but he never finished it. There was something bothering him and both Hakkai and Gojyo noticed.
Later at the end of the day they walked Goku back home and while Gojyo kept him entertained playing rock paper scissors, Hakkai went to talk to Sanzo.
"Good afternoon, how was your day today?" Hakkai asked with smile.
Sanzo gave him a glare that almost made him stop smiling, almost but not quite. "If you're here with the monkey I don't want to talk about it."
"Today he didn't eat as much as he usually does" Hakkai said as if he hasn't heard Sanzo.
"That's all he ever thinks about" Sanzo half growled. He knew that Hakkai wouldn't drop the subject.
"He looked worried as if he was thinking about something, analyzing it over and over. Then he looked determined and said he was coming back. He didn't explain it but said something about proving he's brave so you wouldn't want him to go away" Hakkai said.
"He woke me up many times last night even when I tried to lock him out of my room. Then when I finally locked him out I found him at the door in the morning" Sanzo said.
"Did you ask him why?" Hakkai asked. Sanzo ignored him hoping he would drop the subject. "He seemed really upset."
Maybe mentioning his past locked up in that mountain wasn't such a good idea. Maybe he had gone too far. Hakkai's cheerful stare was constant and insistent awaiting his answer. "I'll take care of it."
Hakkai's smile grew. "I trust that you will."
That's how it all started. From that point on things flowed normally with Goku playing with his little paper sumos and Sanzo smoking by the window while flipping pages of a different newspaper that mostly had the same articles as the one he read that morning worded differently.
Eventually it was dinner time and Goku ate plenty. After dinner he was back to playing with the paper sumos until he fell asleep. Sanzo picked him up from the floor and took his to his room. Just when he was bout to place him in bed, Goku woke up and refused to let go.
Gravity wasn't helping him, it wasn't helping him at all. The laws of gravity, along with his personal rules were being broken, shattered and destroyed. "Let go!"
After much effort, Sanzo managed to pry the boy off. The chibi sat there with the saddest expression. "I'm sorry."
"Are you still scared?" Sanzo asked.
"No! I'm not scared! I'm not scared!" Goku shook his head and denied with all his might.
"Don't lie to me" Goku grew pale at Sanzo's words.
"I'm not lying because Hakkai told me that being brave means facing your fears and I'll face the monster so you won't want me to go away" Goku said.
"What monster?" Sanzo asked.
"The one that I hear at night, I've never seen it but I hear it and it's scary. That's why I didn't want to be alone" Goku said.
"There is no such thing" Sanzo was irritated, very irritated but deep down, thought he would never admit it, he was sorry for what he said that morning.
"It's true I hear it at night!" Goku insisted.
There was only one solution Sanzo could think about. "I'll stay here and listen to this monster to find out what it really is."
"No it's ok, you don't have to, I'll be brave! I promise I won't be scared anymore, you don't need to lock me up again." His big golden eyes showed fear, sorrow and desperation.
"I'm not going to lock you up. You're not in a cage anymore, I won't let anyone lock you up again" Sanzo's irritation seemed to disappear and his gaze became more gentle to calm the chibi.
Goku nodded and sat next to Sanzo waiting. Time passed slowly in complete silence until Goku fell asleep. Sanzo stayed as he said he would and soon a sound was heard. Goku's eyes shot open and he clung to Sanzo for dear life in a way that not even the mighty Harisen could get him off. "It's back! It's the monster!"
Annoyed, frustrated, irritated, exasperated and yet at the same time with a hint of amusement, Sanzo stood. "Let's go see your monster."
"Are you going to feed me to it?" Goku asked in fear.
"No one will eat you or lock you up" Sanzo said. He made sure to bring a flashlight along. Goku held his hand and looked scared but determined to face the monster if Sanzo was with him.
Once outside the sound of the monster was heard again. "Hoot!"
Sanzo pointed the flashlight at the peach tree and the owl aka the monster, closed its eyes tightly looking very uncomfortable. Goku stared as the relatively large brown bird retreated deeper into the branches of the peach tree. "An owl, that's what you've been hearing."
"An owl... I thought all birds sounded chirp, chirp" Goku smiled brightly because he realized he had nothing to fear. "I won't be scared when I hear that owl anymore. I'll be happy instead because I'll remember how brave you were to come out here and see what was making the sound."
"Didn't you have to go outside so you could come into my room from the window?" Sanzo asked.
"That little one, he's braver than he realizes"
"I did... I guess I wasn't thinking that the monster could get me. I just thought that if I was with you I'll be safe" Goku said.
As they walked back inside the dim light of the flashlight with batteries that needed to be replaced wasn't enough to reveal a light smile.
End
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