keistje
Love this chapter as well. This is just a fascinating story! Your Goku is so well written, and his scene in the pool hall is incredibly intense. Can't wait for the next chapter.

You like how I did Goku? I’m so glad, I was worried about how he came out. I like the idea of a mature Goku, but even though he is maturing in the series, there still isn’t a lot to go off of… 

hakkai-san
oohh...a great update. so yaone and goku are the mysterious 'prodigy childs' eh? i wonder what significance these prodigy childs have on the fic...
no sanzo here... but at least there's hakkai. hehehe...
the fight scene with that hypnosis thingy were craftily written. good job! *applauds*
poor goku... is he gonna get creamed by seven vamps? tsk..tsk.. i dun reali favor him but dun hurt him too much... heheh
ganbatte!!

I’ll explain more about the prodigy children later – there is a backstory to it and more to it than you think.
I promise there will be a LOT of Sanzo in this chapter. ^^
I don’t think I could torture any of the characters THAT much… but you’ll see what happens. *grins*

Drelfinya
Really good!
I like the developements, they are leading to something - possibly Chin Iisou being the centre of it?
Do write more and update soon, love your writing!

Actually, it is leading to several things. Chin Yisou does have something to do with it, but there is more to it than that.
I’m glad you enjoy my writing. *blushes*

K.Firefly
Oh, you did really nicely on the fight scene.
I'm still really impressed with all the characters and their development AND I'm anxious to see Goku's next fight.
I'm looking forward to the everyone meeting up. 
Also, I relaly like your mature Goku. He's got his stuff together, and that's impressive.
Just one thing I caught in the last chapter
'floutist' not 'flutist' :) 

It is hard to keep them in character in AUs, that is why they take me longer to write then other stories. Of course, I’m sure you are already well aware of this – with you working on “A Thousand Deaths” and all. *grins*
Mature Goku is really cool – and I knew that I would need to write him like that for this story. Also, when you are a Hunter, you NEED to have your stuff together – otherwise there will be problems.
Hmm… I’m going to have to talk to my main beta about that last one. She’s a music minor, and I think she would have told me if I was wrong…

Merf
Uh oh...Goku's in deep trouble. ^^; He's not going to become a vampire, is he? Is someone going to show up and help him? Or is he just going to kick some serious ass? XD I'm dying to know! Please continue! Great job! ^^ 

Well, since Kougaiji is already a “vampire-who-used-to-be-a-Hunter,” I won’t be doing that to any other character (it would become old very quickly). Something else will happen, though, but I’m not going to ruin it for you. Go read the chapter and find out. ^^

D-chan
Ohh... yay! Good fanfics on sick days make the sick days so much better.
The fight scene was fun, and it was good to have a the pool definitions up there because while I've played it once or twice I really don't know all the rules to it. ^^;
Nice, smooth writing, as always. Evil suspense at the end. Can't wait to see what happens next.
~ D-chan 

*laughs nervously* I almost forgot to put those terms up… as I said before, I’m a huge pool shark and those things come naturally to me. I’m glad those helped you out, though.
Heh, my beta started to poke me to write the next part after she finished this chapter. I found it amusing… but that is indeed one of the most evil cliffhangers I have ever done if not the most evil one. *grins*

Nozomi Anshin 
still very good. i can't wait for more! 

I’m glad you like it. I hope you enjoy this chapter too. ^^

KarotsaMused
Ooh. Hee, I couldn't help but giggle at the mental image of Goku using a pool cue as a bo, but hey that's pretty inventive. As for your setup and formatting, I rather enjoy the highly personal point-of-view jumping. I don't mind puzzles when they're artfully done ^.^ I'm especially liking Goku's point of view...his complexities are deeper than is normally touched upon and your portrayal of him is quite...striking. (Haha, bad joke) Speaking of, the action scenes were pretty darn good (Get it? Ba-ad joke.) and the interaction between Gojyo, Hakkai, and Kougaiji was cool too ^.^ 

The pool scene was one I wanted to do from the moment I got the story idea. I loved the idea of Goku using a cue as a bo, although I did feel a bit bad about destroying some pool equipment (it’s the pool shark in me).
Lol, bad jokes are all good. However, I’m glad that you ARE enjoying Goku’s characterization. Too often I see fics with the characters “stereotyped” to be the way that you always see them, and I like to see them portrayed a bit differently (Goku’s maturity, Hakkai’s dark side, Sanzo’s compassionate and caring side, Gojyo’s non-horny side…). I don’t focus completely on all of those, but it is good to touch on them sometimes.

mabaroshi16 
O.O goku! can he take on 7 vampires? i hope so... you and your obscure characters, i love it. took me awhile to remember who shunrei was though. wonderfully written, as always. i really do enjoy getting to see so many people. i liked the fight scene, nice and descriptive. ^^

It depends on the type of vampires (notice how I didn’t tell you what kind they were).
I LOVE obscure characters… and Saiyuki has a ton of really cool ones.
There aren’t too many fics out there that are willing to try and have so many characters interacting all at once, and I do admit it can get draining at times… >< …but it is still a lot of fun. Saiyuki is one of those fandoms that is in desperate need of more epic fics, and I’m hoping to try to fill that void. ^^

Padre Fear
Sorry it's taken me so long to review! I no longer have the Internet at my home, but whenever I have access I check to see if you've updated, since you fic is so great like that. I also love your depiction of Sanzo, and I can't wait for you write more scenes involving him. ^_^
Oh yeah, and Bunny-san's email sent shivers up my spine. How creepy is that guy?!?!?
~Avery 

Hey, I understand about internet problems. *has internet problems too* I’m happy you like my story that much! *blushes*
Sanzo is very hard for me to write, so I appreciate it that you think he’s written correctly.
Heh, were you able to guess who Bunny-san was? *grins*

bleedformeee
oh my, how could you just stop it there? i really like your story so far. very interesting. i just sat down and read it all in one sitting, which took quite a while. i only caught about 5-6 spelling errors in all four chapters, but they didn't take away from the story. nice job, hope to read more soon. ^_^ 

You know, I forgot that the Saiyuki section does not know how evil I can be with cliffhangers. I love being able to read stories in a whole sitting, especially long ones.
I have a couple beta readers, who greatly decrease the amount of errors. If it wasn’t for them my story would be MUCH harder to read… *sweatdrop*
I’m glad you’re enjoying it! ^^

Orenda 
You know how much I like this story, but since you're already shocked with the review count.. ^^
I haven't read much in Saiyuki, as you know, but I think that your characterizations are wonderful, your plot is original, and you do a great job adding in political issues to make it even more realistic. Your fight scene turned out to be wonderful, even though you were stressed about it. ^^
I just hope Sanzo decides where he's taking the plot soon, or we might be waiting a while to see what happens to poor Goku..
Do your best! ^^ 

<333 Have I ever told you before that you are such a great person? You really know how to make my day. And yes, as I get more reviews my jaw continues to drop to the floor. You know how self conscious I am about my writing, so I really appreciate your comments.
*grins* I’m always going for originality, you know that. Not only that, but not many people handle political corrumption in fanfics. I’m personally fascinated by it… ^^;;;
Sanzo made up his mind, and decided to take a citrsy road. He’s such a perv. *evil grin*
(Chii!!!!)

kitsune-oni 
Uh oh - what's going to happen to Goku?
I liked the fight scene, as well as the description of Goku's emotions during it. 
I can't wait for more Sanzo-action... XD 
And what's going to happen to Kougaiji? I love how you make him slowly become more and more vampireish, and more insight on his inner conflict would be cool.
More updates please! 

Well, I spent a lot of time debating EXACTLY what was going to happen to him, and in the end I came up with what you are about to read. ^^
You’ll get more Sanzo action in this chapter… *grins*
I was actually fascinated about the idea of an internal struggle to remain human, but slowly see that you can no longer remain one. Kougaiji’s humanity is slowly slipping away, but he is still trying to hold onto it as much as possible. Sometimes, though, instincts are just too strong. *cough*foreshadowing*cough*

Am1-13th 
QQ *teary eyes* Thanks for updating. I thought today would have choked me to death with all the problems! >< The action scene was great! Unlike me... [sucks at action XP] 

I’m sure you’d be fine with it. You just got to sit down and write it out… and we are all a bit self-critical about out own work.

Fogwolf
hum. this is a very weird fic. I'm not used with AU themes, but I can say it's very interesting in the way you describe the different aspects involving this "world", all the circumstances are quite different between them and are well explained, I think the characters are "in character" too, that's a plus considering this is another story. --> it reminds me a lot of Stephen King beginings (a lot of characters in different places that must to join at the end).
The only chapter I think is a little confussing was the first one (the changes between Kou and Goku wasn't very clear and one could think it was just one of them all the time).
I like vampire themes... And I loved that super weird letter of Mr bunny. XD hehe 

Yeah, I got a lot of weird looks about the prologue too. I forgot that not everyone was used to my formatting – when there is a space break it is either a POV change or a scene change. I should have made that a bit more clear… ^^;;;
I’ve never read “Beginnings,” so I unfortunately do not know what you are talking about. I love writing in this style, though. *grins*
The letter from Mr. Bunny was a LOT of fun to write, but it also freaked me out… mainly because it required ZERO editing on my part. Knowing who the character is, it freaks me out that I was able to nail it on the first attempt like that… O_o;;;

Severed Glass
hey, so far it sounds really interesting! Though, I suggest that you use all 5 senses instead of only 1, sight. Anyways, good job, I'll read the rest soon! Until Next Time . . .

Hmm… I’ll think about it. And yes, this story is long so I don’t blame you for reading only a little bit at a time. *grins* I’m glad you enjoy it so far!