No one P.O.V

The sound of fighting echoed throughout the palace that belonged to the Lotus Prince, then suddenly Monkey King crashed through the palace with a spear chasing after him. Monkey King managed to block the attacks and threw the spear away from, there he saw an opening towards the map

"Finally! An opening!" Monkey King charged to grab the map, but a barrier didn't let him go no further. The strong barrier blew Monkey King away towards the wall "The old magical barrier trick. I should've seen that one coming"

"That seal is strong enough to protect the map from any who would steal it"

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"Even you, Sun Wukong! Do have any idea what you're doing?" Nezha glare as he asked the Monkey King who managed to remove himself from the wall

"Ah, yeah! I'm the Monkey King, trust me!" Monkey King said

"Trust you?" Nezha chuckled "No, you ruined any chance of that long ago"

"Honestly, Nezha, when did you stop being fun?" Monkey King tried to charge pass Nezha, but Nezha grabbed Monkey King with his ribbon and threw him far from the map. Nezha begins to fight Monkey King in order to protect the map

"I alone should've been the one to be entrusted that map safe!" Nezha said as Monkey King jumped onto the ceiling

"Somebody sounding jealous~" Monkey King said with a teasing tone, Monkey King tried to land a punch on Nezha, but he missed

"It was our solemn duty! Our oath was to the world from this from the Samadhi Fire!" Nezha said as he grabbed Monkey King again with his ribbon and threw him again

"Yeah, well... something worse came along" Monkey King charged again towards the map "Why do you think I need to it? Come on!" Nezha's spear glowed with a pink fire and tried to strike Monkey King down, but Monkey King manages to block the attack

"Out of respect with your past friendship with the great monk and the goddess, I will allow you leave this place safely. But the fire will remain unforged! Hidden! The map stays here!" Nezha said

"I know you take your security job pretty seriously, but I really do need the map. So, you see the problem, right?" Monkey King asked and Nezha's eyes widen, then golden smoke appeared, from above showed Monkey King blowing some of his hair to create clones of himself and they all jumped on Nezha, making him unable to move "You want me to leave, but I want me to take it"

"What?! Don't do this!" Nezha pleaded

"I'm sorry, but it's the only way" Monkey King said as he took a step forward to the map

"Wukong! That barrier is designed to protect the map at all costs! If you force your way through it, it'll destroy us both!" Nezha said as he continued to struggle to free himself from the Monkey King's clones

"Yeah, I know" Monkey King grinned "But you got to creak a few eggs to make an omelet" Monkey King charged towards the map again

"What? That doesn't mean you should!" Nezha said and Monkey King is using all of his strength to break through the barrier, his hands went through the barrier, then after pushing his way through the barrier, he finally grabbed the map, but the lotus palace exploded. Leaving pieces of the palace floating in the air or on the ground, Nezha got up a bit from the ground, injured and looked at the spot where Monkey King was

"Wukong..." Then he heard laughing

"Hahaha. Look Nezha, keep up the training. Who knows, maybe one day you'll be tough enough to beat me" Monkey King said with a grin and holding the map, then a bright light appeared, covering the sky blue, Monkey King knew what it means

"Kid! Sakura!" Monkey King was about to leave when Nezha called out to him

"Wait!" Monkey King stopped in his tracks and looked at Nezha "Please, leave the fire be. How would Konohana react if she sees you like this? She used all of her powers in order to keep the fire apart, she'll be disappointed in you Wukong if you do this" Nezha said

"Sigh... I know she would, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. Plus, I'm gonna make sure to protect her descendent and you know who I'm talking about" Monkey King said, making Nezha flinch "And when did you learn about Konohana's descendent?"

"Her sword... Her sword reacted when she is in need of help, I thought a demon was using some type of power or magic to take away the only thing left of her, but then I saw her... Her descendent..." Nezha said looking down "I received permission from the Jade Emperor to watch over her, but I couldn't do anything when I'm guarding the map"

"I need to go now. I need to hurry to my successor and Sakura" With that said, Monkey King left

"Wukong! You'll doom us all!" Nezha yelled as Monkey King hurriedly head back to the city

Sakura P.O.V

I was in one of the rooms that Uncle Sandy has, I changed out of my torn clothes and into a new pair of clothes, I even cut the remainder of my hair, so now I have short hair



I looked at myself in the mirror, and I looked really different with my hair short. I'm really used to having my hair long, but hopefully I'll get used to it.

"You look lovely, my lady." Kyubi said as he jumped into my arms

"Thank you, Kyubi. Hopefully I don't look too weird" I said as I left the room and started heading the ship's deck, there I saw Macaque holding up Uncle Tang's diary

"Can you please not re-tell our utter defeat against that lady, that's the one story I don't want to remember" Macaque said as he used his tail to raise Uncle Tang's diary higher from his reach

"Just as long he adds the awesome part about how I got the map" Monkey King said as Mei was wrapping his head with bandages, but she hit his head

"Mei, please don't hit Monkey King on the head" I said as I approached the group, and everyone looked at me "What?"

"Sorry, but it's still a bit weird to see you with your hair so short" Mei admitted

"B-But it looks great though!" MK blurted out hoping to make me feel better, which sort of did

"Thanks, MK. It'll probably take me awhile to get used to it" I said as I scratched the back of my head

"Alright! Gather around everyone! It's Monkey King's story time!" Monkey King said and we all formed a circle. I was about to sit down, when Macaque placed me on his lap and held me close

"Macaque... Aren't you a bit too close with Sakura?" Monkey King said and I noticed his eyebrow twitching

"She doesn't seem to mind. Right, Blossom?" Macaque asked as he nuzzled against my cheek

"So, what kind of story are you gonna tell us?" I asked hoping to distract him away from Macaque, and I think it worked since he opened up the scroll to show us a map with 3 marks on them

"So, I know what happened back there kinda of sucked" Monkey King said

"Mega sucked" Mei corrected him

"Mega sucked, but the old Great Sage has a trick or two up his sleeve" Uncle Pigsy scoffed

'Guess he's still mad' I thought, then the ship shook due to the strong wind, Kyubi held onto my shoulder while Macaque held me tight, making sure I don't fly off. The map would've been blown away if MK didn't catch it in time. MK placed the map back on the floor and Monkey King placed his back scratcher on the map

"Yeah, so you said you were looking for a weapon?" MK said, but it kinda sounded like he was asking

"Yep!"

"And did you find it?" Uncle Pigsy asked

"Nope! But this map is going to help us track it down. It's called..." Monkey King was to continue, but was cut off by Uncle Tang

"The Samadhi Fire!" Uncle Tang said with stars in his eyes with excitement

"Uh... Yeah that. The most powerful force I've ever seen" Monkey King said as he both of his arms to cover parts of his face from dramatic effect

"Powerful enough to destroy the Lady Bone Demon?" MK asked and Monkey King nodded "But what is it?" Monkey King was going to explain it, but Uncle Tang looked like he really wants to explain it, so Monkey King decided to let Uncle Tang explain it

"Okay! Legend speaks of a flame, so powerful that nothing could put it out. Not even the Great Sage himself" Uncle Tang said

"So, there is something that even Wukong couldn't do" Macaque said as he lightly laughs, Monkey King had a tick mark on his head, but managed to not let Macaque get to him

"The Samadhi Fire burned out of control. The only way to contain it was by splitting it into pieces, scattering them so their flames could never be reforged" Monkey King said

"So, you just tossed around a bunch of fires instead of one?" MK asked

Ugh... And we put the pieces into three rings, so they cause no further harm. Come on, do I gotta spell everything out?" Monkey King asked as we all looked at MK, who shrunken his face



"Now that the Lady Bone Demon has the staff and your powers, she's too much for us to handle. If we can't stop her, she's going to destroy... well everything" Monkey King said and Uncle Sandy appeared out of nowhere making everyone literally jump from fright

"So, find the rings, combine them, and then what? You said the fire of somewhat sea couldn't be controlled" Uncle Sandy said

"When did he appear?" Macaque asked me in a whisper tone, and I shrugged my shoulders since I have no idea how long or when he got here

"Samadhi" Monkey King corrected Uncle Sandy, while Uncle Pigsy and Uncle Tang were agreeing about the fire being hard to control

"Hey! If Monkey King thinks this can work, then it'll work. We can do this" MK said trying to encourage everyone

"Yes! That's more like it!" Monkey King gave MK a noogie on his head and I heard Macaque chuckle

"That kid sure knows how to encourage others" Macaque said

"I agree. Normally, mortals would give up, but MK isn't the type to give up or lose hope that easily" Kyubi said

Then, we heard clapping. We looked at the rail and there we saw the fake mayor and the misty version of Strong, one of Spider Queen's henchmen

"Bravo! Bravo! My dear boy, you certainly know on how not to give up! But sadly, your journey has come to an end" The fake mayor said

"Uncle Pigsy! Uncle Tang! Mei! Go help Uncle Sandy and get us out of here! We'll handle these guys!" I said as I summoned my sword, MK was about to summon his staff but remembered he lost the staff to the Lady Bone Demon

"Here kid" Macaque summoned his shadow staff and handed it to MK

"Thanks" MK thanked Macaque and went into battle stance

"Monkey King, will you be okay to fight?" I asked and he nodded, we split into 2 groups Macaque is with me and went towards the fake mayor, while Monkey King, Kyubi and MK went to the misty Strong

We fought for quite a while; I was thinking of kicking the fake mayor away but he'll most likely be ready for my kick, so I decided to continue to fight with my sword for now

"Why don't you come back with me? I'm sure my lady is willing to give you a second chance" The fake mayor said to Macaque

"As if! There's no way I'm going back to that witch!" Macaque yelled as he tried to land a hit on him, but he keeps dodging, and the fake mayor managed to pin Macaque to the ground

'I need a good opening to land either a punch or a kick, but I don't want to hurt Macaque. I need something to get them away from each other' I thought to myself then a green blast appeared and that separated both Macaque and the fake mayor

"Hey, if you want to get to my monkeys and best friends, you'll have to get through me" Mei said as she readied her sword

"Oh my, you have quite the powerful knife you got there, but you have to do better than that if you plan to land a hit on me" The fake mayor said and Mei smirked which made him confused

"Time for you to get off of my uncle's ship!" I said and I punched him in the gut and he fell of the ship, we thought it was over, but we heard an explosion from one of the engines and saw that Strong destroyed one of the engines and disappeared. The ship started tipping over to the side, everyone grabbed hold of the rail and the ship was heading towards the sea. But before we hit the waters, Macaque summoned his giant shadow and covered us as we started to sink into the sea

To be continued in Great Grand Dragon of the East

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