Disclaimer: I do not own Saiyuki Gaiden. Not even a copy of the manga. *sob* But I do have scanlations or translations of most chapters. ^_^

0. Time

The Wheel of Time. Ouroboros, the great snake with its tail in its mouth. Circles representing infinity, like the rings exchanged by lovers.

Regret accomplishes nothing. He cannot alter the past. It does not matter, it does not keep him from remembering. The long centuries when time seemed to stretch endlessly, the recent years when change stirred and coiled around a few souls, the day just past when time and change struck with fangs and venom.

Time is not only a wheel, but a snake eating its tail. It does not merely turn, it consumes.