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Sunflower
0 ReviewsThis idea came from a drawing of chibi Goku watering a flower in volume four of Reload.
Sunflower
Goku was a very energetic child, he ate a lot and jumped around a lot, it seemed logical but this boy was beyond what was usual. That is why Sanzo knew that letting him keep his energy bottled up was not a good idea. Eventually the chibi saru would have to release all that energy and he didn't want to be there when it happened. Then again Goku would probably find him wherever he went and annoy him to no end. Sanzo was sure that if the golden eyed boy didn't let go of all that energy soon, his eventual outburst would be too much for even the mighty Harisen to stop.
That is why Sanzo wondered why Goku was sitting on the ground outside his window staring at a flowerpot with no flowers instead of running around playing, annoying the monks and trying to steal from the peach tree. He hadn't moved in hours and Sanzo was begging to get irritated. He wasn't sure if he was irritated because Goku was sitting there unmoving which was not normal for him or if the real reason for his irritation was acknowledging the fact that he had become so accustomed to having the chibi running around the temple causing a ruckus that when he didn't do it t felt like something was missing. Whether he was more irritated at Goku or at himself was irrelevant, Sanzo was just irritated, that was the point. Whatever the reason, the only way to get rid of that irritation or lower it back to its usual level, was to make Goku go back to being his energetic self.
Determined to solve his dilemma Sanzo got up from his desk and headed outside. Goku was sitting on the ground as he had been doing all day and didn't even notice Sanzo's presence or didn't react to it. "Chibi saru, what are you doing?"
"I'm waiting for the flower" Goku replied. His golden eyes were glued to the flowerpot.
"Go play I don't want you to destroy the temple when all the energy you have bottled up explodes" Sanzo said.
Goku looked at him and blinked in surprise with slight worry. For a second he looked like he was in deep thought then looked relieved. "People don't really explode when they don't play because you don't play enough and you haven't exploded" Goku concluded.
Sanzo was tempted to hit him with his infamous paper fan but for the moment being he didn't. "What makes you think a flower will grow there just like that?"
"Hakkai gave me some sunflower seeds to eat. I ate them all except one. I planted it here and I'm waiting for it to grow. Then I'll put it on your desk." Sanzo opened his mouth to protest but before any sound came out Goku continued. "Don't worry I'll take good care of it. I'll water it and take it outside to get some sunlight and do all the things that need to be done to take care of a sunflower. I'll ask Hakkai what else it needs besides water and sunlight. You won't need to do anything and you'll have a nice flower in your office!"
A flower, in his office, on his desk... Sanzo got an odd feeling of deja vu that he couldn't explain. He had never put any flowers in his office yet he could almost remember sitting at a desk doing paper work with the scent of flowers in the air. But those were not sunflowers, it was a different type of flower. He paused, that never happened. He pushed the thoughts away.
He took a moment to study the chibi's expression, he looked happy and exited about the sunflower. Sanzo knew about the sunflower seeds Hakkai had given him because the trail of seed peals Goku had left in his path for the very annoyed temple monks to clean. He was better off eating the seeds whole but Hakkai insisted on correcting the action. Sanzo wanted to tell him that there was no way a sunflower seed that was dried, salted and prepared to be eaten would grow into a flower but somehow he couldn't. Somehow that strange feeling of deja vu wouldn't let him.
It had started with the thought of working at his desk with the scent of flowers in the air, though they were different flowers in his dream or whatever that was. Even if he tried to rid himself of that feeling it only became stronger. Sunflower... the Sun... Bits and pieces of dreams floated in his mind until he decided that it was best to return to his work and ignore the boy for now. He couldn't disappoint him after he tried so hard to grow that flower, somehow he just couldn't.
Time passed and after dinner Goku went off to give the sunflower seed its dinner consisting of water. He was going to give it a soda but remembered that about a week ago he had seen Hakkai watering and speaking to the plants that now surrounded Gojyo's house and asked about it. They had a conversation about gardening and one of the things he learned was that plants didn't like soda. When the sun went down Goku brought the flowerpot inside. "The sun is gone now. You're a sunflower so you don't like the cold right? It's ok, I'll bring you inside every night so you don't have to be out there with the cold night air. Don't worry, tomorrow morning the sun will be back and I'll take you outside again. Grow up big and strong!"
Sanzo blinked, he stared. "What are you doing?" He asked slowly pausing after every word.
"Hakkai told me that talking to plants makes them happy" Goku replied.
Sanzo was seriously beginning to consider introducing Hakkai to a very dear friend of his named Harisen.
"Wanna stay in my room for tonight? It's nice and warm." Obviously the seed did not reply.
The next day right after breakfast Goku took the flowerpot outside to get some sunlight and sat next to it waiting for the flower to grow. "Hakkai said not to give you too much water because then you'll drown in it. Was that enough breakfast? How come you won't come out? Are you shy? I promise not to eat you."
Since the chibi saru was right next to his window Sanzo could hear the conversation clearly. Other than introducing Hakkai to Harisen as soon as possible he was starting to consider the possibility of introducing his head to the desk repeatedly. He couldn't take this anymore so he went out of the office and found one of the monks to send in a very specific errand.
The young monk looked surprised that Sanzo-sama wanted him to do buy or find a sunflower. But it could not be any sunflower, it had to be a young one just beginning to glow. Although the monk found the request to be very odd he did not object nor question Sanzo.
At the end of the day after a long tiresome search, the exhausted young monk returned to the temple after accomplishing his mission. He proudly presented Sanzo-sama with a tiny sunflower sprout. The flower itself was only a little bud yet to open.
Sanzo had warned him not to speak of this errand to anyone and the monk had given his word. He still wondered what the purpose of the little sunflower was but he dared not ask. He assumed that the purpose for it was something deep and mysterious he was supposed to realize during his search and he didn't want to admit that he was still in the dark. Oh, no he couldn't disappoint Sanzo-sama after he was chosen for such a special secret task! So the monk pretended that he understood whatever he was supposed to understand. He did his best to look enlightened.
Sanzo was rather pleased that the monk didn't ask any questions about why he needed a little sunflower that was yet to bloom. He did notice that strangely the monk looked happy and even honored to be sent to do such a meaningless task. 'He must have been really bored' Sanzo thought.
After the young monk was dismissed, Sanzo hid the little sunflower and waited for the right moment to put his plan into action. He didn't know why he was doing this. It was one of those mysteries that continued to elude him.
Later when Goku was already fast asleep, Sanzo planted the tiny sunflower in the flowerpot. The chibi was certainly happy to see it when he woke up. "Sanzo look! The baby sunflower began to grow!"
The Merciful Goddess smiled. She remembered when Goku was first brought to Heaven and she was reminded that she had never even grown a flower as a way of saying that maybe she was not prepared to take care of the 'small animal' from the world bellow. She knew that leaving the boy with the golden eyes in the care of her nephew was a good idea.
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Goku was a very energetic child, he ate a lot and jumped around a lot, it seemed logical but this boy was beyond what was usual. That is why Sanzo knew that letting him keep his energy bottled up was not a good idea. Eventually the chibi saru would have to release all that energy and he didn't want to be there when it happened. Then again Goku would probably find him wherever he went and annoy him to no end. Sanzo was sure that if the golden eyed boy didn't let go of all that energy soon, his eventual outburst would be too much for even the mighty Harisen to stop.
That is why Sanzo wondered why Goku was sitting on the ground outside his window staring at a flowerpot with no flowers instead of running around playing, annoying the monks and trying to steal from the peach tree. He hadn't moved in hours and Sanzo was begging to get irritated. He wasn't sure if he was irritated because Goku was sitting there unmoving which was not normal for him or if the real reason for his irritation was acknowledging the fact that he had become so accustomed to having the chibi running around the temple causing a ruckus that when he didn't do it t felt like something was missing. Whether he was more irritated at Goku or at himself was irrelevant, Sanzo was just irritated, that was the point. Whatever the reason, the only way to get rid of that irritation or lower it back to its usual level, was to make Goku go back to being his energetic self.
Determined to solve his dilemma Sanzo got up from his desk and headed outside. Goku was sitting on the ground as he had been doing all day and didn't even notice Sanzo's presence or didn't react to it. "Chibi saru, what are you doing?"
"I'm waiting for the flower" Goku replied. His golden eyes were glued to the flowerpot.
"Go play I don't want you to destroy the temple when all the energy you have bottled up explodes" Sanzo said.
Goku looked at him and blinked in surprise with slight worry. For a second he looked like he was in deep thought then looked relieved. "People don't really explode when they don't play because you don't play enough and you haven't exploded" Goku concluded.
Sanzo was tempted to hit him with his infamous paper fan but for the moment being he didn't. "What makes you think a flower will grow there just like that?"
"Hakkai gave me some sunflower seeds to eat. I ate them all except one. I planted it here and I'm waiting for it to grow. Then I'll put it on your desk." Sanzo opened his mouth to protest but before any sound came out Goku continued. "Don't worry I'll take good care of it. I'll water it and take it outside to get some sunlight and do all the things that need to be done to take care of a sunflower. I'll ask Hakkai what else it needs besides water and sunlight. You won't need to do anything and you'll have a nice flower in your office!"
A flower, in his office, on his desk... Sanzo got an odd feeling of deja vu that he couldn't explain. He had never put any flowers in his office yet he could almost remember sitting at a desk doing paper work with the scent of flowers in the air. But those were not sunflowers, it was a different type of flower. He paused, that never happened. He pushed the thoughts away.
He took a moment to study the chibi's expression, he looked happy and exited about the sunflower. Sanzo knew about the sunflower seeds Hakkai had given him because the trail of seed peals Goku had left in his path for the very annoyed temple monks to clean. He was better off eating the seeds whole but Hakkai insisted on correcting the action. Sanzo wanted to tell him that there was no way a sunflower seed that was dried, salted and prepared to be eaten would grow into a flower but somehow he couldn't. Somehow that strange feeling of deja vu wouldn't let him.
It had started with the thought of working at his desk with the scent of flowers in the air, though they were different flowers in his dream or whatever that was. Even if he tried to rid himself of that feeling it only became stronger. Sunflower... the Sun... Bits and pieces of dreams floated in his mind until he decided that it was best to return to his work and ignore the boy for now. He couldn't disappoint him after he tried so hard to grow that flower, somehow he just couldn't.
Time passed and after dinner Goku went off to give the sunflower seed its dinner consisting of water. He was going to give it a soda but remembered that about a week ago he had seen Hakkai watering and speaking to the plants that now surrounded Gojyo's house and asked about it. They had a conversation about gardening and one of the things he learned was that plants didn't like soda. When the sun went down Goku brought the flowerpot inside. "The sun is gone now. You're a sunflower so you don't like the cold right? It's ok, I'll bring you inside every night so you don't have to be out there with the cold night air. Don't worry, tomorrow morning the sun will be back and I'll take you outside again. Grow up big and strong!"
Sanzo blinked, he stared. "What are you doing?" He asked slowly pausing after every word.
"Hakkai told me that talking to plants makes them happy" Goku replied.
Sanzo was seriously beginning to consider introducing Hakkai to a very dear friend of his named Harisen.
"Wanna stay in my room for tonight? It's nice and warm." Obviously the seed did not reply.
The next day right after breakfast Goku took the flowerpot outside to get some sunlight and sat next to it waiting for the flower to grow. "Hakkai said not to give you too much water because then you'll drown in it. Was that enough breakfast? How come you won't come out? Are you shy? I promise not to eat you."
Since the chibi saru was right next to his window Sanzo could hear the conversation clearly. Other than introducing Hakkai to Harisen as soon as possible he was starting to consider the possibility of introducing his head to the desk repeatedly. He couldn't take this anymore so he went out of the office and found one of the monks to send in a very specific errand.
The young monk looked surprised that Sanzo-sama wanted him to do buy or find a sunflower. But it could not be any sunflower, it had to be a young one just beginning to glow. Although the monk found the request to be very odd he did not object nor question Sanzo.
At the end of the day after a long tiresome search, the exhausted young monk returned to the temple after accomplishing his mission. He proudly presented Sanzo-sama with a tiny sunflower sprout. The flower itself was only a little bud yet to open.
Sanzo had warned him not to speak of this errand to anyone and the monk had given his word. He still wondered what the purpose of the little sunflower was but he dared not ask. He assumed that the purpose for it was something deep and mysterious he was supposed to realize during his search and he didn't want to admit that he was still in the dark. Oh, no he couldn't disappoint Sanzo-sama after he was chosen for such a special secret task! So the monk pretended that he understood whatever he was supposed to understand. He did his best to look enlightened.
Sanzo was rather pleased that the monk didn't ask any questions about why he needed a little sunflower that was yet to bloom. He did notice that strangely the monk looked happy and even honored to be sent to do such a meaningless task. 'He must have been really bored' Sanzo thought.
After the young monk was dismissed, Sanzo hid the little sunflower and waited for the right moment to put his plan into action. He didn't know why he was doing this. It was one of those mysteries that continued to elude him.
Later when Goku was already fast asleep, Sanzo planted the tiny sunflower in the flowerpot. The chibi was certainly happy to see it when he woke up. "Sanzo look! The baby sunflower began to grow!"
The Merciful Goddess smiled. She remembered when Goku was first brought to Heaven and she was reminded that she had never even grown a flower as a way of saying that maybe she was not prepared to take care of the 'small animal' from the world bellow. She knew that leaving the boy with the golden eyes in the care of her nephew was a good idea.
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