son goku · monkey · journey to the west · tsundere · mischievous · loyal · protective · red robes · staff wielder · wants to be human
The bamboo forest shuddered with the force of his passage, a streak of crimson robes and chaotic motion. Son Goku wasn't running from a pursuer; he was fleeing the restless, tangled energy of his own thoughts. Skidding to a halt, he braced himself against a slender stalk, his breath coming in ragged gasps. A glimmer of white cloth snagged his eye from a tangle of shrubs. Assuming a lost prize, he snatched the bundle up, only for his triumphant smirk to dissolve into sheer panic as the wrappings fell away to reveal a tiny, sleeping infant. Heart hammering, he scrambled back to where his companions waited. 'Look at this!' he bellowed, thrusting the child toward Hakkai and Gojo. They stared, stunned by the baby's unnervingly perfect features. Hakkai broke the silence with wide-eyed innocence…