It's the moment you all been waiting for... It's time for me to continue on with the story! I know some of you guys have watched the episodes on either TikTok or YouTube, but I'm super excited to finally continue on with the story! So, I hope you guys will like the chapter

No One P.O.V - In the Celestial Realm

The skies creaking and reattaching itself back, in the throne room where the Jade Emperor once stood, Azure Lion was sitting down on his now throne and trying to control the power of the Jade Emperor. Yellowtusk, who was sitting by him while drawing up a map on how the world should be, looked at his sworn brother with a look of concern

On Flower Fruit Mountain

The others looked up in the sky and witnessed the skies creaking and reattaching

"Uh... At least it's pretty" Mei said as she tried to lighten the mood

"Oh sure, if you ignore the strong end of the world vibes" Pigsy said

"The pigman is right. Azure underestimated the control it takes to wield the power of the Jade Emperor. If we don't stop him, that power is gonna tear this world apart" Nezha said and winced in pain from his injuries

"Nezha! You shouldn't move" Sakura said as finished putting away the bandages

"My apologizes" Nezha said

"Is there a way to heal your wounds?" Sakura asked, and Nezha was thinking

"Actually, I have heard that Konohana can heal the injured" DBK said

"How?" Everyone asked as Tang pulled out his journal and pen in hand

"She uses her flowers to heal them, but temporary until they get proper treatment" Princess Iron Fan said

"But... There is another way" Nezha said as he looked away with his turning pink

"What is it?" Sakura asked

"I think it's best if I showed you" Nezha said as he gestured Sakura to go near him. Once she close to Nezha, he pulled her close and pressed his lips against hers, surprising everyone

"Way to go lotus prince!" Huli said

"Will the guys stop kissing our niece?!" Pigsy and Tang shouted, while Sandy froze from shock

Once they parted, Sakura fainted

"Sakura!" The uncles rushed towards her to check on her

"Dude! Why did you kiss Sakura?!" MK asked looking angry

"Konohana's kiss is very effective through lip contact. I did say I would rather show than explain it" Nezha said as his wounds started to slowly heal

"Sakura! Please say something!" Tang cried

"Mo, you know what to do" Sandy said and Mo jumped on top of Sakura, and started nuzzling against her while purring. Then Sakura returned to normal and started petting Mo

"Thank you, Mo. I needed that" Sakura said as she petted Mo

"Meow!" Mo meowed

"I suggest you don't do that again" DBK said as held back Red Son who looked ready to burn the lotus prince alive

"Alrighty! Now to jump in there and get Monkey King!" MK said as he tried to change the subject

"Wait!" Mei pulled MK to the side "How do you know that Monkey King is still..."

"What? It's fine. It's Monkey King. That guy is indestructible" MK said

"Be that as it may, we have no idea what you'll find once you're inside" Nezha said

"We have to try. He'd do the same for any of us" MK said and Nezha sighed

"You're right. It's worth the attempt" Nezha said

"Ugh. Can't believe I'm sticking my neck out for Wukong again" Macaque said as he appeared next to MK

"What? You're coming too?" MK asked looking surprised

"Yeah. If he's lost in some broken memories from his past, then who better to tag along than someone was there for some of it? And besides, your knowledge of the Journey to the West seems pretty selective" Macaque said

"Wha!?" Then MK cleared his throat "You know what? Your criticism is harsh, but fair" MK said

MK, Macaque" Sakura walked towards them and hugged both of them "Please be careful and come back safe" Sakura said as she let go from the hug

"We promise. Don't worry, blossom" Macaque said

"We'll come back safe along with Monkey King" MK said and turned to look at Tang "All right, leggo"

Tang summoned the special and the memory plate with Wukong's name started floating in the middle and both MK and Macaque entered the memory

After MK and Macaque entered the memory, Sakura picked up from the ground

"Don't worry, Sakura. Have faith in them" Tang said to his niece

"I'll try. How about we go inside, Nezha needs to lay down" Sakura said as she went to help Nezha walk. When Nezha tried standing up, something fell out



"What's this?" Red Son asked as he started to inspect the object

"Oh, that's a sealing lantern. It seals those who gone berserk" Nezha said, and Iris started to shake from fear

"Iris? What's wrong? You're shaking" Huli asked as he looked at Iris with worry

"Am... Am I gonna be inside that lantern...?" Iris asked in a scared tone

"Iris? What are you talking about?" Sakura asked

"I DON'T WANT SEALED INSIDE!!!" Iris screamed and her form changed

"This isn't good" Tang said as everyone went into their fighting stance

MK P.O.V

Once the ink that covered our surroundings disappeared, we saw that we're in front of the waterfall but there's a huge golden creak in the middle of it

"Wukong, what have you done?" Macaque asked as he looked at huge creak

"Monkey King did this?" I asked

"It looks like he's been tearing his way through his past. Trying to find his way to..."

"Me" I said

"We need to find him. Fast" Macaque said and I nodded, we were about to leave, but stopped

"Oh! There he is!" I said and Macaque fell to the ground "That was easy"

"That ain't him. That's just a memory" Macaque said as the memory of Monkey King ran towards the baby monkeys looking happy "I'll know the real Wukong when we find him. I can smell him a mile away" Then the memory faded, and a baby monkey appeared looking confused

"Hey, that monkey is..." Then I remembered how the other monkey sucked inside the ink, and I walked towards the monkey "Hey, hey, little guy" I took out my hand, and the baby monkey rushed passed me and started nuzzling against Macaque's head

"All right, let's get moving" Macaque said as he used tail to remove the baby monkey off of him and placed the monkey on the ground. Then the baby monkey was waving his arms around to get our attention

"What you trying to tell us, little guy?" I asked

"Kid, come on. We got-" Then I shushed him

"I think he wants us to go in that" I said as we looked at the golden creak in front of the waterfall

"Alright then. You ready to become king of the monkeys?" Macaque asked and I looked at him with a confused look

"What?"

"Cause when Monkey King jumped through the waterfall, he became... Ugh, you really should read the book, kid. I bet blossom would understood what I meant" Macaque said as the baby monkey jumped on his shoulder, he grabbed my shoulder and jumped into the creak

Once we got through, I landed on my face on the roof

"How many of these little guys are in here?" Macaque asked and I saw another one of the baby monkeys

"I don't know. Barrels worth?" I answered as I was looking down and saw Monkey King "Look!"

"I am the Monkey King. I'm speaking human. Don't you like it?" Monkey King asked the villagers who chuckled

"Just another memory, bud" Macaque said as he went through another creak and we were at master Subodhi's temple, and in front of us was Monkey King playing around with the other disciples

"Monkey King was so cute and cheeky! I don't get it. I don't get how he ever made anyone mad or got so many enemies. He's just so" Then I had a cuteness overload

"This is like chapter one, kid. Again, you really gotta read the book" Macaque said and another creak appeared next to us, and we went through it. Now we're at a beach with tree in the sands. I saw past Macaque wrapping a bandage on his arm

"Macaque! Doing okay, bud?" Past Monkey King asked as he jumped off the tree and took a seat next to him and toss him a peach

"Ha! Bud?" I looked at Macaque who looked at annoyed

"Welcome back, your majesty" Past Macaque said in a mocking tone

"Don't be like that. Eat some fruit. Soak up the sun. That's why I've been training so hard" Past Monkey King said

"What? So you can be the strongest?"

"No. Well, maybe a little bit, but that's not the point! So we don't have to worry about anything or anyone ever again. Just live a lazy life, sitting in the sun, eating fruit and doing whatever we want. Sounds pretty good. Huh? Huh? Huh?" Past Monkey King said as he messed up Macaque's hair and he playfully pushed Monkey King away, and past Monkey King wrapped his arm around past Macaque

"Quit it, you dang peach" Past Macaque said

"You're a peach"

"Why didn't he just stop right here? He was already so much stronger than anyone ever needed to be" I said

"Wukong didn't think so. He always felt like he had to be stronger. More immortal. He was so terrified of mortality, he went so far as to take his name out of the book of the dead. But even then, that wasn't enough" Macaque said as we went to the memory. The next memory was under a mountain, I saw Monkey King trapped under the mountain with seals surrounding him

"Yo. Hey, bud, I got you a little something" Past Macaque said as he showed a peach in front of Monkey King

"Gasp! What? For me? You're not serious? That whole peach is for me? Bud, you shouldn't have" Past Monkey King said sounding sarcastic

"Okay, you don't have to be so you about it" Past Macaque said as he sat down on the ground

"No, no, honestly, this is exactly what I need right now. I'm trapped under a mountain, but the Six-Eared Macaque brought me a peach. Hooray" Past Monkey King said still sounding sarcastic

"You know I'd help if I could" Past Macaque said

"Oh, sure. Cause normally you just rush to my rescue!" Past Monkey King shouted

"Yeah, okay" Then past Macaque started to leave

"Well, it was great seeing you, bud. Just run off like you always do" Past Monkey King said, and past Macaque stopped in his tracks and turned to look at past Monkey King

"No, that's you! You're the one who's always running off looking for more power, more sources of immortality! You're the one who wouldn't quit while we were ahead, not the great sage. He's gotta drag everyone else into his mess!" Past Macaque said

"You're not in this mess! You're still free! Everything I did was for us! For Konohana and Iris!" Past Monkey King said

"You did it for yourself! You've become like this obsessive demon! I told you going against the Jade Emperor was a bad idea. But no, Wukong doesn't listen to anyone! He just does whatever he wants! Because of that, Iris disappeared and Konohana's memories of spending with us, gone! You put yourself here, not me" Past Macaque said as he crashed the peach and tossed it to the side, and left through his shadow portal

"Fine! Leave! I don't wanna see your face here again, you big... Gah!" Past Monkey King let out annoyed tone, but sighed "I really wanted that peach"

"So Monkey King was really the bad guy?" I asked as I couldn't believe on what I witnessed

"That's what I believed. What Azure would have you believe" Macaque said as the baby let out a sad chirp "Then he met him. The monk"

Then the Great Monk Tang Sangzang appeared. He brought down his staff and the whole was surrounded in a golden light, he freed Monkey King from the mountain, and what looked like he was about to attack him, Tang Sangzang placed the circlet on his head

"Wukong was on a path of self destruction. We all were. But when he met the monk, it sent him down a different path" Macaque said

"Ah, the path of the good guy! Making those good life choices" I said

"Every choice has consequences, kid. For someone" Macaque said and I got mad

"Okay, come on, man! What happened between you two? For realsies?" I asked, but Macaque didn't answer my question, he went through another creak "Seriously?! Come on, man! I need answers!" Then I pouted as I made my way to the creak. The next memory showed a desert wasteland and the place that Azure took us

"This is Azure's utopia. And this wasteland is the price he paid to build it. He stole energy he needed from everything around it" Macaque said as I saw the skeletal remains of a cow

"I thought he wanted to help people. He said he wanted to be the hero" I said

"I'm sure he does. Everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story. Azure always been good at convincing people he's the good guy. He even fooled himself" Macaque said and another creak appeared in front of us, and I gasped

"It's him" Macaque said and I walked forward through the creak. When I got through, I saw Monkey King sitting by the edge of the cliff as the memory flashes in front of him. When I got close enough, Monkey King's head went up and he turned to look at me

"Kid... You found me" Monkey King said, looking exhausted and he looked away "I couldn't... I... I just wanted to protect the people I cared about. To be strong enough. I lost sight of why I was doing any of it. I know I've made a few lifetimes worth of mistakes, but living them over and over again like this?"

"Well, good thing you're immortal, right?" I asked and Monkey King looked at me with a confused look "There's plenty of time to do things over"

"Kid, I..."

"You told me something that I thought was just weird Monkey King thing, but you were right. We can't fix fix everything. We just need to leave it a little better than we found it. As long we stay true to that, we can deal with whatever comes next. Monkey King, I'm not ready to not have a mentor. Azure needs to be stopped, but we need you. I need you..." I placed my hand by my ear and summoned my staff "To be the Monkey King"

Then Monkey King looked at Macaque who gave him a small smile, and Monkey King returned one back. Then Monkey King stood up, took a deep breath and held on to the staff. Next thing, I knew we were surrounded in the light again and we're out of the memory. I was expecting our friends to welcome us back, I was greeted by a giant scary looking fox going crazy, and everyone trying their best to fight back

"Guys! What's happening?!" I asked

"MK! I have no idea what happened, but Iris started to freak out over the lantern that fell" Sakura said as she pointed at the lantern

"She kept saying something about being sealed and this happened!" Tang said

"Oh boy..."

"Not the best welcome back I was expecting" Monkey King said as he got into his battle stance

To be continued in Berserk Kitsune

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