70Here's the final instalment, I hope you all like it. I'm sorry to Lin who had asked for this ever since last week, but I got tied up with loser homework. Also, can everyone read the notes I have placed in the end.
Relieved at the view, Sanzo-ikkou and the Nerneks reduced their fighting pace as there were only a few soldiers left. Covered with cuts, bruises and blood, they finished killing the remainder of their enemy. Goku was still sat against the wall getting as much rest as he could, because deep inside him he felt like their little problem that had begun with just a thunderbolt was not yet over.
Sanzo shot a few more rounds until he felt too tired to continue, feeling that he had already won; he found no point in fighting anymore. He walked over to Goku and leaned against the wall, and almost ritualistically, lit a cigarette.
-8
Kougaiji followed the trail of fallen demons, which soon led him to the main hall where his father was kept. There Nataku stood, looking at the stoned Gyumao who had once lived 500 years ago. Kou felt enraged at the fact that Nataku was still injury-free. He looked down at the vile that was firmly squeezed in his palms and then back up at Nataku, who had a powerful and dangerous aura surrounding him.
The vile was heavy even though it was so small. Its ruby colour had an ominous glow and Kougaiji's conscience had twenty reasons that told him 'no', one of the main reasons was that the vile had come from Nii Jien Yi's very own hands. Though there was only one reason that told him to take the vile, to drink it and defeat Nataku, and that was for the sake of his mother. Everything he did was for her so it over-ruled his judgement completely.
He took off the lid and stared at it for a while, and then in a swift movement he drank it. Moments later, the vile slid out of Kou's hands and broke, he stumbled against the wall and held his stomach as he went through excruciating pain, but only to suddenly stop. Kougaiji stood upright and his arms lifelessly dangled at his sides, as he looked up, his eyes were being drawn into darkness. All its colours were absorbed by an endless black.
-8
"So...there is only four of you guys left, do you think you stand a chance?" Gojyo mocked as he looked at what was left of Heaven's grand army. The Nerneks gathered behind Gojyo and Hakkai went off to join Sanzo.
"I wish Gojyo would stop playing with them like that..."
"Woi Gojyo! Kill them already, you're wasting my time."
"I got it, I got it...relax, enjoy life sometimes, Sanzo-sama."
"Urusai..."
Gojyo and the Nerneks all stood in a ready position, making them looking fearless and stronger than ever. This made the last four soldiers weak in the knees and all they could do was run away.
"Ch...what cowards...alright Sanzo, let's get going."
"I'm so hungry...Sanzo! Let's go eat!"
"Urusai!" Sanzo hit him hard with his fan and walked off.
"What did you do that for?"
"Come on Goku, let's get out of here." Hakkai kindly said, as he offered a hand to help him up.
-8
"Nataku...Taishi..." Kougaiji slowly walked towards him and ignored the demons that he was so casually stepping on.
"Don't you ever give up?" Kougaiji clenched his fists and ran towards Nataku with such speed that it took him by surprise, and then getting hit by his first real blow. Nataku was sent crashing into a wall and its bricks crumbled around him. Nataku gathered himself together and gripped his sword tightly; he looked into Kougaiji's eyes and realized that he was no longer the same fighter. "If you refuse so much to let me be, I will have to kill you."
"Come...and try." Nataku's eyes narrowed and wondered if this was a battle that he could win.
Nataku charged at Kougaiji and then jumped, to then fall with his sword to pierce into Kou, but then he moved away letting Nataku make a crater as he landed. He quickly reacted and swung his sword again, only to miss and let Kougaiji counter it by kicking Nataku's shoulder. Ignoring the pain, Nataku continued to fight. Both of them fought what seemed an endless battle as their strengths were almost equal, but by each passing second, the liquid that Kougaiji had taken was spreading throughout his entire body, making him stronger and stronger.
As the battle carried on, Nataku was getting hit a lot more often than Kougaiji. Nataku could feel his old wounds from both torture and battle opening up again; weakening him...he was losing.
-8
Sanzo-ikkou and the Nerneks descended back to the land of humans and demons, hoping to pick up where they left off. Now resting peacefully at an inn, they were all bandaged and all stomachs were full, except for Goku's. Though their peace wasn't going to last long, they knew that as soon as Kanzeon Bosatsu stepped in once again.
Sanzo looked up and his first instincts reacted. He shot her, though having no effect.
"Go away!"
"Sanzo, Sanzo...is that any way to treat your aunt?"
"You're not my aunt...you're his. So what do you want!?"
"I can't believe I'm doing this, it'll spoil so much fun...and everything will go back to normal...so boring..."
"Just get to the point!"
"I'm going to have to cut you're journey short, I'm going to have to send you to Tenjiku now."
"Oh? That's new; you've actually come here with good news...but why?"
Kanzeon glanced at Goku who was sitting innocently on the table finishing dish after dish.
"Nataku...Nataku's in trouble." Goku suddenly stopped gulping his drink and looked straight at Kanzeon.
"What?"
"Nataku was sent to destroy the revival in Tenjiku, but your little friend, Kougaiji is defeating him, but in the end they both will lose their lives."
"But, how are we going to get there? We're not even close!"
"Even if we go non-stop, we won't reach there in time." Hakkai added as he stroked Hakuryu.
"Don't worry, I've got that covered." Kanzeon clicked her fingers and 8 patches of yellow clouds appeared around her.
"What are those?" Goku went up to them and stared at them amazed.
"They're 'Kinto'uns' (A/N: You all know this right? From Dragonball, the cloud thing...), these will help you fly to Tenjiku faster than you can imagine, but only those with pure hearts can ride them."
Sanzo, Hakkai and Gojyo looked at each other with raised eyebrows and then back at Kanzeon.
"Sorry Ms. Kanzeon, that's not going to work with us," Gojyo stated, and then looked over to Goku who was already jumping happily on one of them.
"Waha! Sugoi!"
"Get down, kono baka!"
"Congratulations Son Goku, you have a pure heart, just like your other."
"Huh?" Goku stopped and remembered something; he got off his Kinto'un and tugged at Kanzeon's dress.
"Hmm?"
"Excuse me...but...you..." Goku hesitated and recalled several bad memories of why he was kidnapped in the first place. "When I was in the forest...you sent-"
"Are you talking about Homura?" Kanzeon looked down at him and smiled, seeing how innocent he was and too shy to look at her face and ask her straightforwardly.
"Mm...why...why did you send him? You were going to make me forget Konzen, and Ken-niichan...and Ten-chan...why?"
"Goku," Kanzeon placed a hand on his head, "Heaven was really bugging me about the fact that they were released in the first place. They wanted me to do something about it, but I didn't want to." Goku looked up at her and she smiled. "The only reason that I sent Homura was that he was the only one that wouldn't be hard on you and in the end, he wouldn't have it in him to do something like that to you."
"Really?"
"Mhmm...it was just bad timing that Heaven's Army showed up."
Kanzeon reached into her pocket and took out 7 small yellow gems attached to a silver chain.
"If you put these on, they will override the Kinto'un's will and allow you to get on them. So are you guys ready?" Kanzeon threw one to each of them and they nervously put them on around their necks.
"I feel stupid..." Sanzo said as he found it a little hard to keep his balance on one of the clouds.
"Ah, Hakuryu, I guess this time you don't have to transform."
"Kyuu!"
"Aha...everyone, good luck..." Kanzeon disappeared and then whispered to herself, 'this is going to be so fun to watch.'
-8
"You...what did you do to yourself?" Nataku was sprawled on the floor covered in rubble and dirt, hardly finding it easy to get back up. Kougaiji was standing not too far away and looking down on Nataku.
His eyes were an empty black and seemed emotionless as muscles began to bulge and grow all over his body, Kougaiji was turning into a monster and it was bad enough for Nataku that it was just the beginning.
Kougaiji walked up to Nataku, grabbed his neck and lifted him high. Nataku rushed his hands to try and pry Kou's open, he was struggling as Kou's grip got tighter and tighter.
"Kougaiji..." he was able to wheeze out, but his only response was the same glare he had ever since he had taken the vile.
'This can't be happening,' he thought, 'if I lose...Goku will...Goku...' Nataku lost his breath and fell unconscious. His hold on Kou's hand fell weak and Kougaiji just dropped him.
-8
Sanzo-ikkou and the Nerneks zoomed over a stretch of desert and just above the horizon was Tenjiku, the castle that they had so desperately wanted to reach for such a long time. As they got closer, they saw a sea of fallen demons that lead all the way to the entrance. There they saw Yaone and Dokugakuji resting.
"Yaone-san!"
"Dokugaku..." Hakkai and Gojyo flew on ahead and crouched down next to them. Hakkai looked at Yaone's wounds and began to heal them. "Dokugaku, who did this to you?"
"That kid...it was just a stupid kid."
"Yeah, you got beat by a stupid kid. Are you ok?" Gojyo added.
"I'll be fine, but I don't know about Yaone, she's been unconscious for a while now."
"She's lost quite a lot of blood, she'll be fine after I close her wounds."
"Hakkai! Gojyo! We're going in first!" Goku yelled, as he, Sanzo and the Nerneks entered the castle.
They followed the path of carnage, down to the elevator, then to the main hall in the basement, and there was Nataku and Kougaiji.
Kougaiji was breathing deeply as he stood over Nataku, bruised and bleeding and eyes shut.
"NATAKU!" Goku jumped off his Kinto'un and ran to him, though Kougaiji blocked his way. "Kougaiji, what happened to you?" he looked up at him and Kou's eyes were an empty black. Without hesitation, he punched Goku in his face making him fall back against the far wall. Goku watched the Nerneks attempt to hit him, but ended up getting hit themselves and almost bleeding to death with only a few blows, regardless of the fact that they were Gods.
'So powerful...what happened?' Goku shot up as he saw Kougaiji advancing towards Sanzo.
"KOUGAIJI!" Kou looked over to Goku as he ran and summoning his Nyoibou, he leapt up and struck his staff but missing and making a huge crack on the floor.
The noise made Nataku stir and his eyes opened slowly, he coughed for a while and as his vision came together, the first thing he saw was Goku desperately trying to stay alive as he fought Kougaiji.
"Goku..." he let out faintly, wanting to make him stop, Kou had too much power, and it was increasing by every single passing moment.
Sanzo just stood at the side by himself, not wanting to get involved unnecessarily, no matter how annoying Konzen was being. He turned to look around the room, and then saw Hakkai, Gojyo, Yaone and Dokugakuji coming in the way they came.
"Kougaiji-sama..."
Goku had always kept an eye on Nataku during his whole battle, and Nataku's sudden movements distracted him, causing him to take a full blow to his stomach. Goku fell to his knees and coughed up blood, but Kougaiji couldn't stop attacking him. He kept on kicking and kicking even though he was already down. Goku tried his best to withstand all his hits, but finding it hard to concentrate with all the pain he was going through.
Nataku got angry and pushed himself to get up, trying so hard to block away all the wounds' pain.
Goku, still on the ground summoned his Nyoibou and turned them into Sansetsukon (three jointed sticks) and wrapped them around Kou's legs, making him trip and fall. Goku stood up and ran towards Nataku.
"Nataku, are you okay?"
"Goku...you got out..."
"Mm...c'mon Nataku, we got to get you out of here." Nataku felt safe for a moment, he closed his eyes and embraced it. Though as he opened them again, Kougaiji was running at Goku and kicked his face.
"Goku!" Nataku tried to stand up, but ended up hurting himself even more. Hakkai rushed towards him and healed him as fast as he could as they both agitatedly watched Goku fight.
Kougaiji growled in pain as he gained more and more power. He grew stronger, but his body couldn't take in all the strength, he couldn't control it.
"Kougaiji? What's happening to you?" Goku wanted to help him, even though they were enemies, he didn't want things to happen like this. Goku ran up to him and hit his chest with all he had, but it didn't affect Kou at all. He looked down at Goku and picked him up by his shirt and threw him in Sanzo's direction. All Sanzo did was hold out his arm to his side and caught Goku, he settled him down and took out his gun and aimed it at Kou.
He shot all his rounds and neither of them hit him. Kougaiji ran towards Sanzo in zigzags in such speed that he couldn't keep up. Kou leaped up and aimed a kick at Sanzo, but Gojyo came and blocked in just in time, though Kou's strength pushed him down flat on his back with only his Shakujou between his chest and Kou's foot.
"Well, someone's been working out." Gojyo smirked, trying to lighten up his situation. From afar, Hakkai threw an energy beam at Kou, knocking him off Gojyo. "Thanks Hakkai!" Kou still stood unharmed and Gojyo wrapped his chains around him, but were useless as Kougaiji just broke out of them effortlessly. "Ch..."
Kou roared and punched Gojyo in his stomach, then throwing him next to Hakkai and Nataku.
The Nerneks recovered after their early beating and attacked Kougaiji at the same time, but Kail's punch was blocked, Fei's discs missed and Jiro and Rae's magic were deflected.
Kougaiji began to chant and threw fires at all four of them, throwing them far away. Everyone was down, except for Sanzo, but he couldn't take care of Kougaiji by himself. He only needed to do two things, but he needed someone to keep Kou still.
"Woi BAKA! Get up and help me!" Goku heard him and stood up unsteadily beside Sanzo.
"What Cough Cough...do you want me to do?" Goku grinned, trying to prove that he was alright. Sanzo just stared at him and almost pitied him for a moment.
"Stop his movement; I need to be able to shoot him..."
"Hmm...matte! Won't that-?"
"It won't kill him; nothing I do will be able to kill him. It'll only stop whatever he's done to himself."
"What did happen?" Goku looked at Kougaiji who had his fists clenched and growled. He was standing in the middle of the room surrounded by wreckage that he had caused, all for the sake of his mother.
"I think he drank something...something that wasn't good for him, there was a broken vile on the way here."
Goku nodded and held his Nyoibou tightly in his hands and sighed as he walked into battle with who seemed to be unstoppable.
Nataku, who had regained some strength got up and grasped his sword, he wanted to fight no matter how much Hakkai wanted him to stay.
"Nataku, you shouldn't fight, Goku can take care of himself."
"No, he can't. If I don't take him, no one can."
"What makes you think you can win now?"
"This time, I'll have Goku by my side." Nataku waited for a confirmation from Hakkai, and his smile told him to go. Nataku ran towards Kougaiji with his sword ready.
Goku saw Nataku coming and was taken off guard for a moment, which gave Kou and opportunity to hit him. Goku got hit on his shoulder and he stumbled back a bit. Behind Kou, Nataku slashed him right across his back but only causing a scratch, almost like he was made of stone. Kou turned around and tried to grab him, but Nataku jumped up and landed beside Goku.
"Goku, are you ready?"
"Yeah."
Goku and Nataku grinned at each other and stood ready for Kougaiji to attack them. Kougaiji ran up to them with his black eyes wide and full of rage, he threw fire at them, but missed and Goku and Nataku split in different directions. Kou ran after Nataku, but then Goku caught up with him and hit Kou's side with his Nyoibou with everything he had. Kou stumbled a little, but then got punched on his chest by Nataku, then followed Goku who kicked him from behind, and then Nataku continuously assaulted him with punches to his body. Nataku's fist began to hurt as to punch Kou's strong, built body and make a mark was a challenge. Nataku stopped for a while, but then that moment gave Kou a chance to punch him back and made him fall on his back.
Goku watched Nataku fall and nothing was going to stop him from making Kougaiji pay for all the damage he had done.
"Woi! Kougaiji!" Goku jumped back a bit from Kou to make him run. As he got close enough, Kou aimed a punch at Goku but missed as Goku ducked.
"Aaaagggghhhh!" Goku pushed himself up, delivering an upper punch to Kou's chin.
Kougaiji was thrown up by the force of the punch and Sanzo seized the opportunity.
"GOKU! Get out of the way!" Goku ran off and lifted up Nataku and ran next to Hakkai and Gojyo. As Kougaiji continued to fly upwards, Sanzo took out his gun and shot all five rounds at his arms, legs and stomach. Goku winced at the sight as he wouldn't have ever wanted it to end like this.
"KOUGAIJI-SAMA!" Yaone wanted to run after him but was detained by Dokugakuji, who thought to himself that his master wasn't the same man anymore.
Sanzo walked closer towards Kougaiji, who was now falling down. Sanzo chanted and his Sutra began to glow.
"Makai...Tenjo!" His Sutra spread in several directions towards Kougaiji and wrapped themselves tightly around him. Soon, the holes that Sanzo had made with the previous gunshots, spurted out blood, and then followed by a ruby coloured, glowing liquid. The liquid in the vile that Kou had taken was drained out of his body as Kougaiji howled in pain.
"Kougaiji-sama! Dokugakuji! Stop him!"
"Yaone, relax. That's not Kou anymore!"
"It is!"
Sanzo watched and waited for all of the vile's liquid to come out. As he felt that it was enough, Sanzo stopped his attack before it exterminated him and let Kou fall to the ground. Dokugaku couldn't detain Yaone anymore, and let her run after him.
Sanzo turned to Dokugaku and plainly said, "He'll be fine. The strength that the vile gave him absorbed my attack."
"A-...arigatou..."
Hakkai, Gojyo, Goku, Nataku and the Nerneks walked towards Sanzo and stood beside him as they watched Dokugaku and Yaone take care of Kou.
Sanzo averted his attention away from Kougaiji and towards Gyumao. The stupid guy who caused him take a stupid journey with 3 idiots. Then to his surprise and annoyance, there was another obstacle to get through.
Out from the one end of the bridge that was in front Gyumao came 2 people that neither Sanzo nor the others recognized.
"So I suppose you are...Sanzo-ikkou?" She smiled and walked to the centre and stood below Gyumao. "There's no way I'm going to let you touch my love." Another man walked to the woman's side, holding his little white bunny.
"Sanzo-sama, allow me to introduce...Gyoukumen Koushu. And I am, Nii Jien Yii."
Gyoukumen Koushu chuckled as she looked at them, all beaten and almost half dead.
"At least that boy was good for something. He finally got the Sutra."
Goku and Gojyo grasped their weapons, the Nerneks readied themselves and they all stood a little further in front of Sanzo, protecting him. Gyoukumen Koushu smirked.
End
Well...that's all folks...umm...I don't know if a lot of you out there are satisfied with that ending, but I like it, I mean, you know what happens! Use your imagination! I don't have to write it!
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