17 Impossible Wish

Impossible Wish is the Episode 17 of Saiyuki Reload and Chapter 36-37 of Saiyuki Manga.

Synopsis
The boy Gojyo saved when he went to town to shop for supplies. He knows he definitely said something to the boy, but Gojyo thought it was just an innocent brat's joke. He never dreamed it would end up like that. What Gojyo wished for?

Summary
Gojyo returns from grocery shopping to a find a shocking scene: Sanzo, Hakkai and Goku all apparently lying dead in their inn. Gojyo cannot believe what he have seen and believed that he was dreaming and behind him a child’s voice giggled and responded “Because it’s what you wished for.” 

Hakuryuu falls ill and Hakkai asks Sanzo so they can stay in town for a couple of days. Because Hakkai has to tend Hakuryuu, he asks Gojyo to shop for groceries by himself. Gojyo reluctantly obliges, and when he walks to the inn, he encounters some bad guys bullying a boy. Gojyo rescues the boy, Kinkaku, and talks with him. After knowing about the ikkou, Kinkaku judges them as bad guys and says he will take care of them.

When Gojyo gets back to the inn, it is revealed that Kinkaku and his brother monster Ginkaku knock out the other guys. Gojyo summons his Shakujo and Ginkaku fights him, even though Kinkaku tries to stop his brother. Sanzo, who is apparently conscious, joins the fight and asks what Kinkaku is after. Kinkaku becomes confused at Sanzo's accusation, saying "I haven't done anything wrong!" Gojyo remembers his past and when Sanzo readies his gun to shoot, he stops it. Kinkaku and Ginkaku escapes from the window.

Later on, Gojyo tells Sanzo what happened the afternoon, and Sanzo tells Gojyo what happened before. The three was unprepared when Kinkaku visited their room and started activating his magical gourd. Sanzo assumes the gourd has the ability to absorb souls and that Goku and Hakkai are only vessels without souls right now. Finished with their talking, Gojyo is determined to look for Kinkaku and clean up his mess. Sanzo joins him and after they gather information from a nearby bar that suit Ginkaku's characteristics, they set out a journey to a mountain to find it out.

Urasai: Dowsing

 * Gojyo's antennae tells him that there's a hot spring under so they decide to dig while Sanzo stays to relax for he doesn't have time for stupid things. Later on, the water splash and Gojyo, Hakkai, and Goku immediately prepare themselves to soak, only to find Sanzo already enjoying the hot spring they dig.