Saiyuki snippet: Ash, Sanzo/Goku

[louiselux]

For grendelity, who asked for Sanzo/Goku, pre-Journey, keyword "ashes". 10 mins

Ash

Face down, smothering in his pillow, he dreamed of the end of the world. Buildings like shards of diamonds clawed at the blackened sky. The earth moaned and shook, and there were no people. He was left alive, alone, standing in a rain of ashes that coated everything, turning the world into formless grey.

There was no yellow sun and no green healing plants and no blood-red fire. And yet he lived. He knew why only he had survived. He did… he knew that. It was because he was… he was… the monkey… a monkey…

"Wake up."

"Hnnh? Whaa?"

"Stupid monkey. Stop yelling."

"Oh Sanzo. Sanzo!"

Sanzo's smelled of cigarettes, and Goku wound his arms round his neck and crushed him close.

"Get off, stupid," Sanzo muttered into his ear, but his fingers were in Goku’s hair, stroking. His gold band tightened fractionally. "It was just a bad dream."

Comments

[lisa-bee.livejournal.com]

Goku's terrible/terrifying alone-ness gets me every time. (500 years in a cage on top of a mountain? Heaven is merciful indeed. Argh!)

(I'm a sucker, but I quite like the line "There was no yellow sun and no green healing plants and no blood-red fire.")

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I'm glad you liked that line. I was going to take the colours out, but left them in from sheer soppiness. :)

[lisa-bee.livejournal.com]

It does hover on the border of soppiness, but I think it works. :)