Sakura P.O.V

After we fought against the fake mayor and the misty Syntax, we continued our journey through the desert on foot, I wish we still have the van but it's with Uncle Pigsy, Uncle Tang, Mo, Macaque, Kyubi, and Monkey King

'I hope everyone is doing okay... Especially Macaque and Monkey King, without me there to break up their fights' I thought

Uncle Sandy was carrying both MK and Mei on his shoulders, he offered to carry me too, but I refused I didn't want to over-work my uncle

Walking through the scorching desert is very exhausting, while walking, I heard Uncle Sandy falling on the desert floor due to exhaustion

"Uncle Sandy! Are you... alright..." I tried walking towards where Uncle Sandy, MK and Mei are, but like them I fell on the ground from exhaustion. I can hear the vultures flying over us. Before I lost consciousness, I heard the sound of an engine heading towards us and someone carefully picking me up

No One P.O.V

Sakura was laying on someone's bed with a wet towel on her head, she slowly started to wake up

"Huh? Where... Am I?" Sakura asked as she slowly sat up and looked around her surroundings, while looking around the wet towel fell off of her forehead "Huh? Who put a towel on my forehead?" Then she heard someone entering the room, she looked by the door to see Red Son entering

"Cherry Blossom! Thank goodness you're feeling better" Red Son said as he went by Sakura's side and gently grabbed her hands

"Red Son...? Where am I?" Sakura asked

"You're actually in my family's castle, you and your peasant friends and uncle passed out due to heat exhaustion. Luckly, I was driving by, or you would've been the vultures' dinner" Red Son said

"I see. Thank you for saving us Red Son" Sakura said with a soft smile

"Before I take you to the dining room to get something to eat, I have to ask, what happened to your hair?" Red Son asked

"Well, I cut it off..." Sakura answered and Red Son's eyes went wide

"Why?! Why would you cut off your beautiful hair?!"

"Actually..." Then, Sakura started to explain what happened and Red Son's eyes turned into fire

"WHAT?! If I ever see that no good fake mayor, I'm gonna burn him alive!!!" Red Son yelled and Sakura tried her best to calm him down

After some time, Sakura managed to calm Red Son down, once calmed down Red Son led Sakura to the dining room where MK, Mei and her Uncle Sandy are eating and drinking, they were eating like animals that some of the food went towards Red Son's face

"You guys, you should already know your table manners by now" Sakura said with a sweat drop

"Sakura! You're okay!" MK rushed towards Sakura and hugged her, and she notices Red Son anger

"Maybe I should've left you three to the vultures and just took my cherry blossom" Red Son said and he notices MK leaving the dining room

"Yo! Your new crib is toight!" MK's voice echoed throughout the castle "Very nice acoustic too!" MK clapped his hands but failed to notice one of the traps that he set off. Luckly, Red Son saved him before he was skewed alive

"Would stop being so annoying!?" Red Son threw MK to his sit where Sandy and Mei, while Red Son placed Sakura on the seat next to him and some food in front of her "You three shouldn't even be here! I wouldn't mind if it just my cherry blossom, but I appreciate if you three finished up and went about whatever obnoxious business you were in the middle of before I saved your pathetic meaningless lives" Red Son said as he broke the cup that he was holding

"On it boss! Your wish is our demand!" MK said as he placed a new cup with water in Red Son's hands and sighed. Sakura patted his back

"How on earth can you handle them my dear?" Red Son asked Sakura

"You'll get used to it after a while" Sakura answered as she started eating the food

"What were you and your noodle brains friends and uncle doing out there anyway?" Red Son asked, but Mei answered before Sakura could

"Looking for the Samadhi fire" Mei said and Red Son spit out his water he was drinking

"The Samadhi what?!" Then, they felt a rumble coming from the lava waterfall, and came out was none other than Demon Bull King himself who was also caring a huge amount of meat

"The little thief returns" DBK said and shifted his gaze towards Sakura "And daughter in law, it's nice to see you again"

"Hello DBK, it's nice to see you again too" Sakura said and DBK placed the meat on the table

"Father! You're back earlier than I expected" Red Son said with a nervous tone, and they suddenly felt a whirlwind coming from the other side of the table

"I was expecting a banquet, not expecting company" The whirlwind disappeared and revealed Princess Iron Fan herself, once she took a seat, she notices Sakura "Hello daughter in law, I'm very happy to see you again though I wish it was just only you" Princess Iron Fan said and DBK took his seat and that made everyone including the table and other chairs to jump

"This is so awkward" Sandy whispered to Mei, who nodded in agreement

"I trust you realize our little truce is at best a fragile thing. So, tell me, why precisely have you intruded upon our dinner plans?" Princess Iron Fan asked as she and DBK started to drink their water

"Uh... They're looking for the Samadhi Fire" Red Son answered and that made both DBK and Princess Iron Fan spit out their water

"What!?" DBK yelled in anger

"I see you've heard of it" MK asked and DBK placed his hands on the table angerly

"I can only assume that the Great Sage has sent you on this moronic quest" DBK said

"Yes, he did" Sakura answered

"That flame is one of the most dangerous weapons in existence... What reason would Sun Wukong have to...?"

"The Lady Bone Demon" MK answered quickly before Princess Iron Fan could finish her question "We need it to defeat her. She's an ancient..."

"I know what she is!" DBK shouted

"Then you know that we need the fire to stop her!" MK said

Then there was silence, DBK and Princess Iron Fan looked at each other for a moment and Princess Iron Fan finally started to ask them

"What exactly do you know about the Samadhi Fire?" Princess Iron Fan asked

"Well, we know that it's uh... Well, it's super powerful" MK said

"And that it was split into three and hidden into super special rings" Mei said

"And that reforging them can destroy all life as we know it!" Sandy said, making three of them nod in sync

"But you know nothing of its origin" Princess Iron Fan asked, making them shake their heads

"Typical Sun Wukong. Revealing only the information he chooses" DBK said

"Then... Will you tell us? What is it that Monkey King hasn't told us" Sakura asked

"That the Samadhi Fire was created... By our own son" That made MK, Mei and Sandy looked surprised and that their gasp made Red Son fall off of his seat and Sakura helped him back up

"Um... Mother?" Red Son called out to his mother, and she began to tell the tale of the origin of the Samadhi Fire

"When Red Son was born, he appeared to be the same as any demonic child. A promising addition to the Demon Bull Family. Too promising. As he grew, his power became unstable, even with our combined might we could not control him. Reluctantly..."

"We were given no option but to remove this power" DBK said and suddenly Sakura started to see the past and she recognized the mountain as well, there in the middle was baby Red Son surrounded by the maroon flames and was laughing evilly. She also saw DBK, Monkey King and the Lotus Prince Nezha, she also saw the Great Monk and Mei's thousand times great grandfather including Zhu Bajie and Shou Wujing, standing next to the Great Monk was the Cherry Blossom Goddess herself, Konohana

"Our bodies were deemed the most likely to survive separating the fire from child. It took our combined forces including the goddess's power to split the flame into three pieces, sealing their power" A bright light appeared in the sky and shown the rings of the Samadhi fire, baby Red Son was in the sky as well, then started to fall. Luckly, Konohana managed to catch the child before he hit the ground, baby Red Son was sleeping soundly while sucking on his thumb. DBK walked towards the goddess and she carefully hand DBK his child without waking Red Son up

"Together, we swore to keep the rings hidden for all eternity" DBK finished the tale "So, you can see that would be impossible for fools such as yourselves to control that power, if even the spawn of the Demon Bull King himself could not" While listening, Red Son lit a small fire in his hand and Sakura was looking at it like she was in a daze, then she snapped out of it when she heard MK talk

"I mean I'm the Monkie Kid remember? We've pulled off all sorts of crazy stuff before! There ain't nothing that we can't do if we do it as a team!" MK said as he pulled his friends including Red Son into a group hug and Red Son tried to get out of the hug, when he freed himself, MK attempts to hug Red Son again

"Let go of me noodle brain!" Red Son yelled as he finally kicked MK off of him

"Well, I for one think that's quite enough story time for the day. Come along my love, I do believe that little baking show you like is about to start. Also, son, make sure your room is ready for your fiancé to sleep in for tonight" Princess Iron Fan said as she disappeared into the whirlwind, making Red Son's cheeks turn red

"I agree with your mother, after all it makes sense since you already kissed her from New Years" DBK said as he started to walk to his room, making Sakura turn bright red. Before DBK left, Sakura looked at DBK's nose ring and she saw the ring of the Samadhi Fire

"Well, I better get my cherry blossom to my room to sleep in, but you three should start heading off about now then" Red Son said, once he placed his hand on Sakura's shoulder, they both saw a vision. It showed the surrounding area destroyed and lifeless, Sakura on ground in pain with three rings of the Samadhi Fire hovering over her, she looked behind her and screamed in pain. Red Son snapped out of the vision and caught Sakura before she hit the ground

"Sakura!" MK and Sandy cried out her name

"Not again!" Mei said

"Again? It happened before?" Red Son asked and Mei nodded, everyone looking at the unconscious with a look of worry

Sakura P.O.V Sakura's Mindscape

When I started to open my eyes, I surrounded by darkness, and it looks like I was in my mind

"Konohana... What are you trying to tell me? Are you the one giving me those visions about the past?" I asked but I received no answer

What exactly happened in the past when Konohana was alive?

Once Upon a December

https://youtu.be/r1zamKoUREI

Dancing Bears, Painted wings

Things I almost remembered

Endless songs, someone sings

Once upon a December

Someone holds me safe and warm

Horses prance through a silver storm

Figures dancing gracefully, across my memory

While singing, figures appeared out of nowhere and started to dance like they're at a ball, I looked at the figures and bowed politely

Someone holds me safe and warm

Horses prance through a silver storm

Figures dancing gracefully, across my memory

I twirled around, and a beautiful dress appeared



Then I saw MK approaching me, sticking out his hand for a dance

Far away, long ago

Glowing dim as an ember

Then, Red Son started to dance with me

Things my heart used to know

Monkey King danced with me

Things it yearns to remember

Next was Macaque

And a song someone sings

Finally, the last person to dance with me was Nezha for a bit, once we stopped dancing, Nezha placed a kiss on my forehead

Once upon a December

I went on the ground and lowered my head

"Sakura!" I quickly lifted up my head when I heard someone calling my name and everything surrounding me vanished and I started to wake up from my mindscape

Reality~

I opened my eyes, and I was blinded by the bright light

"Sakura! Thank goodness you're okay!" I heard Uncle Tang say, I was laying on my bunk in Uncle Sandy's van. I was about to get up when I was engulfed in a hug

"Blossom! I'm so glad your alright!" Macaque said as he hugs me and what surprised me next was Macaque kissing me. I felt my eyes widen and cheeks burn red. I heard everyone gasping while Mei took a photo

"Macaque!" Then Monkey King got Macaque off of me and he looked at Macaque with fire in his eyes "Who says you can kiss her!?"

When Macaque realized what he just did, his face turned red for a moment before he started to act normal again with a smirk

"What? I don't see the problem" Macaque said and he gave me wink

'First Red Son and now Macaque? Who's next?' I thought to myself with a sigh and fell back onto my bunk. I can hear Monkey King and Uncle Pigsy yelling at Macaque for kissing me

"My lady, are you alright?" I heard Kyubi asking me, I rolled over to the side to look at him, I saw Uncle Tang writing down some notes about the first ring and I couldn't help but stare at it while holding my chest

"Yeah, I'm just feeling tired" I replied "I think I'm gonna sleep a bit longer"

"As you wish my lady" Kyubi said as he bowed his head and layed next to me by my head

To be continued in Cooking with Chang'e

https://youtu.be/ORIu-E_gDu0