Title: The Thrill of the Fight
Author: veleda_k
Fandom: Saiyuki
Pairing: Goku/Lirin
Written For: elizacake
Wordcount: 250

Goku notices right away that fighting Lirin is nothing like fighting Kougaiji. She's not as strong, but she's far more unpredictable.

Goku's enjoying the fight, holding back to make it last longer. He wants to see what she'll do next.

Lirin aims a kick at his head, which he dodges with ease. She doesn't seem to care that she missed. She laughs freely, as if she's just happy just to be moving, to be fighting.

Goku's too busy watching Lirin to pay attention to the terrain, and he pays for it by slipping on a patch of loose gravel. He grabs onto the first thing he can get his hands on, which happens to be Lirin, and they both fall.

Goku lands on his back with Lirin on top of him. It would be easy for him to spring back up, but something in Lirin's eyes stops him. She grins widely and plants a firm kiss onto his lips.

Goku scrambles up and gapes at her. She just grins wider and waves at him cheerily. “I have to go now! Let's play again soon!” With that she bounds off, leaving Goku staring. At first his mind threatens to shut down under the weight of confusion and unanswered questions, but then he shakes his head. If there's one thing he's learned, it's that life is only complicated if you make it that way. She would be back eventually. They could talk then.

Goku walks back towards the others, feeling decidedly optimistic.