Wedding Trivia-Chp3

Next week was incoming really fast. Throughout that week, Goku tried as hard as possible to avoid Sensei Konzen. Goku and his family have already packed all their belongings and have shipped them to their new home in Las Vegas. All they need to do now is catch the evening plane and they’ll be off to Las Vegas within the day. He had announced his leaving to all his classmates and they gathered around him to wish him goodbye. At least he found a little comfort from his friends; they were at least caring for his leaving.

The time of leaving was almost near. Goku sat alone in his class thinking about the great time he had with Sensei Konzen on their so-called match-make date. He remembered every detail of their date together and found it hard to just let it all go just because of his father’s job. He still had the papers with him. He finally got up from his seat and scribbled something on the blackboard before leaving.

Sensei Konzen was staying back late that evening in school. As he marked the papers, he felt something missing in his heart. He felt the utmost uneasiness inside him, as if he had let go something very important that he had ignored for so long. It was as if he…

He shook his head in denial. He refused to believe it. He refused to admit it. He was a teacher, and he should act like one. That was when he realized that he had left his file in the classroom. He rushed over to get it and was shocked to see the ever familiar scribbling on the blackboard:

I’m sorry about the trouble I’ve caused you, sensei, but I still love you no matter where I go or what happens. I’ll miss you. Take care, sensei.

Your student,

Sha-Cho Son Goku

Sensei Konzen stared at the scribbling over and over again. He saw the marriage papers still on his desk with his signature still on it. He clenched his fists so hard it was in the verge of cracking. There was someone whom he could spend his whole life together in such happiness and he had forgo him just because he was a teacher and he was a student. There was someone who was willing to do everything for him regardless the consequences and he had let him go just because he thought it was childish. And there was someone he had actually fallen in love with and he had denied him just because he was too blind to see it.

He finally knew what to do.

He grabbed the papers and a stamp. He asked one of his students what time was Goku’s flight and rushed immediately to the airport. On the way, he kept repeating in his heart, "Please don’t go, Goku! Please don’t go! Aishiteru, Goku, aishiteru!! Don’t go! Don’t leave me!! Onegai!!"

Meanwhile, at the airport, Goku was in one of his tantrums again. He never wanted to go in the first place, and now he was feeling really bad following his parents to Las Vegas and leaving Sensei Konzen behind. He wanted to go home. He didn’t want to go to Las Vegas. He didn’t want to go anywhere else but to Sensei Konzen’s arms.

"I don’t wanna go, Mama Hakkai, Papa Gojyo! I wanna stay!!"

"Please be reasonable, saru-chan. It’s for the best. We can’t leave you here, we have no one here to take of you," Gojyo tried to coax him out of his tantrum.

"Yes, saru-chan. Please stop crying. Las Vegas is not so bad once you get to know it," Hakkai agreed, but it didn’t do Goku any good.

"I wanna go home! I wanna go home!"

"Son Goku!!!"

That voice! That ever familiar voice! How could he not recognize that stern, masculine voice? He rushed to the railings and looked down to the ground floor.

"Sensei Konzen! You’re here!" Goku exclaimed in surprise.

"Goku, come home with me!!" Sensei Konzen yelled from the ground floor, waving the marriage papers above his head. "A bakasaru ‘wife’ as troublesome, as childish and as great as you is the only boy I want to marry!!"

Goku was touched. He had come all the way from school to the airport just to marry him! He actually agreed to marry him! Out of excitement, he climbed the railing and jumped down towards the ground floor into Sensei Konzen’s arms. It was a blissful sight to behold. (A/N: This part, imagine the piano version of Genzomaden Saiyuki’s theme song ‘For Real’ is being played in the background)

Sensei Konzen set the little midget boy down and took out his stamp. He displayed the papers right before Goku’s eyes and stamped the column where his stamp was needed. He smiled suavely at Goku for the first time and asked, "Am I making you happy now?"

"Yes, sir! Oh yes, you made me the happiest little boy alive!" Goku replied as he hugged Sensei Konzen lovingly.

Goku’s foster parents quickly went downstairs to see what was going on and to check if their saru-chan was alright. When they caught a glimpse of Sensei Konzen, Gojyo, for the first time, asked him seriously, "Who are you? What are you doing with my son?"

Goku hid behind his teacher. Sensei Konzen took a deep breath before showing the papers to him and said, "I’m Genjo Sanzo a.k.a. Konzen, your son’s English teacher and I come to ask for your son’s hand in marriage. I may not be qualified in your eyes and I know he is not eligible to be married until he’s exactly 16 years old. But I can promise you, Mr. Sha Gojyo, before that day arrives, I will take good care of him and be responsible in everything that has happened to him!"

That was really a great moment to Goku as he heard him say every word. He could feel his body slightly trembling and had a feeling that he was as nervous as he was. He begged to the gods hoping that this might work out.

Fortunately for the both of them, Gojyo clapped Sensei Konzen’s back almost immediately and exclaimed, "So you’re the Konzen guy my saru-chan has been talking about! I knew right from the moment my son mentioned you that you are the right guy for my saru-chan! I’m so glad you’ve asked for his hand in marriage!"

And the rest was pretty much history. Sha Gojyo and Cho Hakkai went without Goku to Las Vegas and his father promised that he’d ship back all his belongings to him once he reached there. Goku soon found himself walking side by side with Sensei Konzen to his home.

"Are you sure about this, sir?" Goku was still skeptical.

"Would I be running to the airport for you if I weren’t sure?" Sensei Konzen asked. Goku smiled and shook his head. No, he’s never that stupid to do that.

Not his Sensei Konzen.