Your writing is as beautiful and darkly alluring as ever, and this chapter just hits and then unexpectedly twists the mark to make it unique so splendidly. Lovely chapter. I love how you portray Gojyo and Sanzo's actions and interactioms, and I wait in anticipation for the next chap!

~scelerus animus~

o_O

Gojyo-centric chapter, very nice. This is an interesting twist to the story line and it'll be even more so to see Hakkai and Goku's reactions to all of this. Can't wait to see what happens next.

wow this is good! you betta write more fo' i come 'round and feed you raock cany and soda!

I am going to find you and hurt you if you do not update this soon.

I love it that much.

I love the mood you're setting up. It's so, well, dark. *g* Death creeping up behind Sanzo, it makes a shiver run down your own spine. *likes*

Your story leaves me two things. No make that three. One, numb. Two, awed. Three, wanting more! You're so eloquent, and the imagery just pops out at you. I can see everything you describe in exquisite detail, it's just...wonderful. I cannot wait for the update.

Angst makes the world go round!

And hopefully we'll start to have some of this tension resolved between Goku and Sanzo, yes? I adore the way you don't make them jump each other's bones in the first paragraph. Also, the way you express Sanzo's depression, and confusion regarding everything is superb. It's very IC, and very real.

How? How do you do it? Do you offer classes for writing beautiful prose? I'd LOVE to take one from you ANY DAY!

Sorry I didn't review earlier - for some reason I didn't have this on my Story Alert list - a fact that will now be remedied, I can assure you!

I have the feeling Sanzo and the river might be a bad mixture, considering his mood... I wonder what will happen next!

As for the writer's block, I totally know the feeling - after all, I haven't written anything in almost a year! I am so ashamed of myself... but I just didn't have any ideas to work with! Working on something right now, so my creative juices are finally starting to flow again, but I shouldn't have let them dry up in the first place! Bad Urd, bad!

... uh, anyway, I completely understand you - and in the end, it's better to wait until you know where you are going with an idea and feel good about what you've written than to push it and end up with something less than satisfactory. Take your time, all will be well!

Wai an update! *hyperventilates* I think I love you! THANK YOU for a GREAT good morning gift! THANK YOU for such a wonderful chapter! THANK YOU for so much Sanzo (and Goku) goodness! I can't remember if I've said this before, but you truly have one of the most beautiful writing styles I've ever come across. Some people can just write obscenely long, (and boring as hell) paragraphs, but the way you write it, every word binds me from the very start to the very end. I'm still groggy so I apologize if my review is not very helpful. I'll give it a try again later, when I'm more coherent. THANK YOU again! :: BIG HUGS ::

hey i love this ff . poor poor sanzo T-T ok well...please update soon

Wonderful! More, more! Gorgeous writing!

Yay for the next chapter! Poor Sanzo, he's angsting again. I love the parallel, Sanzo drowning in darkness and Goku getting lost in Sanzo.

Can't wait for chapter 4 and what's to come with Hakkai.

Hey, glad to see this up, and really you are the sweetie. Your writing is awesome!

zan

Ahh, very nice. I like your delicate little Sanzo, mostly because he's such a paradoxical character that way. E. Depth is so wonderful.

I did catch the one error of "its'"; when that's possessive, it is "its", no apostrophe. Otherwise, you're hard-core awesome. _

I LOVE IT! Sorry it took so long for me to review on this chapter... Anyway... It is a great chapter and I can't wait to see what happens next!

PLEASE UPDATE SOON!

Hello, just wanted to tell you that I'm really enjoying this fic-Sanzo's pain is so real I can feel the weariness in my bones. Keep writing, coz you can be sure I'll keep reading.

Jaa.