Sakura P.O.V - Night Time

After Red Son fixed Uncle Sandy's vehicle and Kyubi, Iris and Huli came back with a pink stone in Iris's hand, we went to festival site for the White Tiger and Teal Dragon

"The White Tiger and Teal Dragon festival. A world renowned showcase of art, culture and culinary street food delights. And this year, as a special treat the festival is crawling with Celestial Warriors who are all looking for us!" Uncle Tang freaked out with our heads poked out of the bushes and we hid back into the bushes, he even started to hyperventilate and Iris smacked him on the face

"Relax, Tangy. I think the temporary Celestial host has better things to do than chase around little old us's" Mei said

"Mei is right, they gotta have their hands full with that donked-up sky" Uncle Sandy said as we looked up at the sky as the cracks widened little more

"Exactly. And we're the ones they think are responsible. We can't go in there. We're wanted fugitives! Especially since they believe we kidnapped the future Jade Empress!" Uncle Tang started to freak out again

"Did someone say fugitives?" The vendor looked around as she started to get nervous and Uncle Pigsy covered his mouth

"Okay, dial it back"

"Indeed. We don't need to be found out by the Celestial Warriors so quick" Red Son said as he crossed his arms

"But Tang does have a point. We can't go out there with them out there" Kyubi said

"Look, two of the stones pretty much found us and we barely even wearing our searching caps. It's like we found them cause of des-!"

"DO NOT SAY THAT WORD!!!" Uncle Pigsy, Iris and Red Son shouted

"Ah, fine. But I don't know, this is just feels right. We gotta choose our own path and be here now" MK said while Wukong and Uncle Sandy looked at MK with a proud look

"Don't you go rubbing your special stone, finding adventures in our face, MK! Oh, I'm gonna go on ultra-fun side quests with my best buds Monkey King and Sandy!" Mei said angerly while trying to sound like MK

"I wouldn't say ultra-fun" Wukong said as he remembers the craziness from the first colored

'I'll never forget that adventure' I thought with a sweatdrop

"Yeah, not exactly how that played out" Uncle said said

"All I know is we're way overdue for a classic MK n Mei adventure! White Tiger and Teal Dragon? That's basically my thing. Le'go!" Mei was about to jump out from the bushes but Red Son and Uncle Tang both pulled Mei back down into the bushes

"Are you crazy?! You can't just go out there without a proper plan!" Red Son shouted

"And people will recognize us! We're not the most inconspicuous bunch" Uncle Tang said as he looked at Uncle Pigsy, Wukong and Uncle Sandy, who started getting teary eyed along with Mo

"What are you saying to me?" Uncle Sandy asked and looked like he was about to cry, and I hugged him and Mo

"There, there" I patted their heads

"I'm saying we're easy to recognize" Uncle Tang said

"Oh! If we need to hide from plain sight, we'll have to use my most powerful ability of all... Borrowing stuff from that merch store!" MK said

'I thought it was creativity' I thought with a sweatdrop as MK along with everyone else went into the empty merch store and we put on the merch from the festival. MK dropped his money from his pocket onto the counter and the store owner popped up

"Umm... that's not enough"

"Sorry about scaring you. Here's the remaining amount for the merch" I apologized and gave them the remaining amount of the cost, and I quickly ran to catch up with my friends and uncles. MK was wearing a teal dragon cap and a pair of glasses, Mei was wearing a white tiger hat and glasses, Wukong was wearing a teal dragon mask and white tiger scarf, Uncle Sandy was wearing a white tiger mask, Uncle Pigsy was wearing teal dragon glasses, Uncle Tang was wearing a white tiger and teal dragon antenna accessory, Iris was wearing a teal dragon mask and a bandana to cover her ears, Kyubi was in his human form but he was wearing teal dragon headgear with the horns, Huli was wearing a black bandana on his head and wore a pair of teal dragon glasses, Red Son was wearing a dragon mask, and for me, I was wearing a white tiger mask and scarf

"No one will know it's us" MK said

"You got to be kidding me, Noodle Boy. I think the people will still recognize us with these on!" Red Son shouted angerly

"I feel stupid" Iris said

"But you still look cute to me" Huli said as he kissed Iris's head and Iris blushed

"Back away!" Kyubi shouted as he pushed Huli to the side and sent Huli a glare

"Geez, you need to relax. If you keep acting like that, then you won't ever get a girlfriend" Huli said and Kyubi glare sharpened at Huli

Before I could say anything, someone put a bag over me and I dragged away

No One P.O.V

"Festival-goers! It's your best day-mares! Jin and Yin, the Gold and Silver DJs!" Jin said as he and Yin were both wearing masks

"Oh, yeah, that intro's not really-"

"It's a work in progress, we'll get there" Jin said

"Yeah, that's right" Then Yin cleared his throat "We're the greatest musician duo/karaoke MCs the festival circuit's ever seen! We're here to offer one lucky volunteer" Yin pulled the bag off of Sakura who looked dumbfounded

"For a small fee" Jin said as he took Sakura's wallet

"Right"

"I need my wallet back though" Sakura said, before Jin could say anything, Red Son glared at him with fire in his eyes. Jin gave Red Son Sakura's wallet back while his hand was shaking

"A chance at guaranteed super stardom!" Yin said

"Superstardom not guaranteed" Yin said in a low voice "Welcome to the stage, this young lady!"

'Do they seriously not recognize me?' Sakura asked herself with a sweatdrop

"Wait, do you really not recognize her?" Tang asked

"Never seen her before in our lives" Yin said

"Ha! Told you!" MK shouted voice can be heard from the distance

"All right. Show us what you got!" Jin said as he and Yin handed Sakura the microphone and started the music

"Whoo! Whoo! Drop the bars, Sakura!" Mei said as she took a picture on her phone while she and everyone were eating popcorn

'Guess it wouldn't hurt to sing. It has been awhile' Sakura thought as she started singing

https://youtu.be/o8JLgiw84kY

After the song, the crowd cheered at her performance, Sakura let out a breath after singing, and not too far, she saw Nezha along with the Celestial Warriors. Nezha squinted his eyes at Sakura

"Uh... guys" Sakura pointed, once they turned around, Nezha glared at them and charged towards them

"No!" Nezha shouted

"Boy! It's the fuzz!" Jin said as he and Yin hugged each other from fear

"Oh, we don't have a license for these sick beats! Cheese it!" Yin shouted as he and Jin threw down the smoke bombs and vanished

"Run!" Mei shouted as she grabbed the back of Wukong's scarf and they started running

"Halt!" The Celestial Warrior shouted as they stood in front of the group and Mei pulled out her sword and knocked them out

"Sorry!" MK apologized as he threw his teal dragon hat at Nezha

"You're not getting away that easily-!" Nezha took the hat off his face

"My livelihood!" The merch store owner shouted as they were thrown at Nezha with their store. The one who threw the store along with the owner was none other than Wukong, he let out a nervous chuckle and he ran away while riding his cloud

"I won't let you escape!" Nezha shouted as he raised his hand up in the sky and summoned his mech

As the group continued to run away, they hit a dead end

"We have to get out here!" Tang exclaimed

"What? Why? I can handle Nezhy" Wukong said

"Even if Nejie's in a scary new battle mech?" Mei said looking scared

"Wha?"

"Nezhy's in a scary new battle mech!" Mei shouted as she shook MK and pointed in the direction where Nezha was charging towards them and Wukong charged forward to fight

"Wait!" MK shouted as Nezha was about to use the mech's weapon at Wukong, when both MK and Sakura stood in front of Wukong and Nezha stopped his attack "Nezha, please. We shouldn't be fighting each other. Look around!"

"I have looked! My father is barely holding this world together. He's right, you're all chaos! That means I need to get Sakura away from all of you!" Nezha shouted

"We found three of the stones, we can fix this" Sakura said

"For I know, you taking the stones is what's causing this! Your friends and uncles are messing with the order of things! My father-"

"Well, I think your father is wrong, Nezha!" Sakura shouted and Nezha was shocked

"Please. We have to trust each other" MK said and Nezha stopped his mech

"Good work, kid" Wukong said and suddenly both his and Iris's circlet glowed and they screamed in pain

"Wukong! Iris!" Sakura looked at her friends with a worried look, while both Huli and Kyubi went to Iris's side as she held her head in pain. She looked up in the sky and she saw Nezha's father, Li Jing, he used his powers on Wukong and Iris's circlet. Then he landed in front of the group, Red Son stood in front of Sakura protectively with fire in his hands

"Father. They have-"

"Silence! Since your escape, you've only made things worse. You will go no further!" Li Jing pulled out his pagoda and it started to suck the group in. The group struggled to keep their feet on the ground, and Nezha blocked the pagoda's path "What?"

"Mr. Tang!" MK shouted and Tang pulled out his staff to get themselves out of there

"No!" Li Jing ran towards the group, but they escaped

The group were screaming inside the golden ball since Tang didn't fully mastered his powers yet

"Tang! What's the plan here?!" Mei asked while shaking Tang

"I don't know!" Tang said

"We're all gonna die!" Pigsy said as he shook and hugged Tang

MK looked at the mountain that they were about to crash into, when MK felt the same feeling like he had before with the two stones. He raised his hand, the symbol appeared on the mountain and they went through. Once they landed, Tang's golden sphere vanished and they fell on the ground

"What happened? Where are we?" Mei asked as her sword glowed the inside the cave

Then the torches lit up and revealing a temple inside the mountain, and Tang fan boyed

"Secret temple!"

"A dragon and tiger themed temple? Which means it's time for... for-"

"Monkey King, you okay?" MK asked as he walked towards Wukong while Mei slumped her shoulders

"Yeah"

"I called dips!" Mei shouted "Great, great, so, as I was saying. It's time for a classic MK n Mei adventure. All you other guys, you can just kick it back there" Mei said as she dragged MK "Come on! Let's go find those Guardians!" Then Mei bumped into something, she looked up and she saw both the Teal Dragon and the White Tiger with the colored stones on their foreheads

"The Guardians..." Red Son was speechless as he and everyone else followed them inside

"You have arrived as we are about to meet our end" The Teal Dragon said as cracks appeared more on their bodies

"What happened?" MK asked with a worried look "Are you-"

"Our time is over. The Great Cycle is all but complete. You must take the stones" The White Tiger said

"No! No, no, no. What about the test, your 'trial' or whatever? Like the other two guardians made MK do?" Mei said who looked disappointed

"There is no time. The cycle has been manipulated to an early end. And yet, the path remains the same" The White Tiger said

'The cycle's been manipulated? This is getting more and more confusing' Sakura thought

"You already know what needs to be done" The Teal Dragon said and both MK and Iris tighten their fists

"Ah, no, we don't" Pigsy said

"Yeah, what are you talking about? That's not helpful" Tang said as both the Teal Dragon and the White Tiger both looked at each other

"We need you to tell us more about what you're talking about" Huli said and Kyubi nodded

"Maybe give us the quick version? Get into the deets?" Sandy said and the ground started to shake more and more cracks appeared on the two guardians

"The pillar must be restored" The White Tiger said as the both guardians touched their each other's forehead and they vanish, leaving the two stones behind and floated into MK's hands

"That's how the MK n Mei adventure ends? What a rip-off. MK, you don't know what they were talking about, right?" Mei asked as she looked at MK

MK got a flashback about the vision he saw and Iris recalled the same vision she saw when she was getting the stone from her mother

"Noodle Boy?" Red Son called out to MK

"Five stones down" MK said, then the ceiling above them broke, revealing Li Jing who was holding his pagoda

"This ends now!" Li Jing said

Wukong and Iris both jumped forward towards Li Jing, but he used his spell causing them to scream in pain from the circlets tightening on their heads. Then Li Jing's pagoda glowed and started to suck them in. Everyone tried to keep on the ground, even Mo held onto Sandy. MK looked at the pagoda and he saw something glowing inside

"We have to go!" Pigsy said and MK walked forward to the pagoda

"Bud, what're you doing?" Wukong asked

"MK!" Mei shouted as she held onto his arm, but he pulled his arm away from her

"You have to trust me" MK said as he continued to walk forward and he jumped into the pagoda

"MK!/Noodle Boy!"

Leaving no choice, they each jumped after MK and were now inside the pagoda

Once they were inside the pagoda, Li Jing looked up at the sky and had a look of worry

Inside the pagoda

The group were falling from above and they harshly landed on the ground of the pagoda prison

"Wha-? What is this place?" Tang asked and he noticed their clothes changed as well "What are we wearing?"

"Uncle Tang, we're inside Li Jing's pagoda" Sakura said

"His prison" Wukong said and Tang started to freak out

"These are prison jumpsuits?!" Tang started to cry "Mommy was right" Then he fainted

"That's a good fit" Sandy was flexing, but his jumpsuit shirt ripped "Oh, my shirt"

"Noodle boy! Why in the world did you stop us from running away?!" Red Son shouted

"I am curious as well" Kyubi said

"I don't like this jumpsuit at all" Iris said

"At least I got the chance to see the inside of this place. I wonder what kind of demons are imprisoned in here?" Huli wondered

"Because I know where the sixth stone is" MK said, and everyone looked at him with a surprised look

"What? How did you-"

"When the Jade Emperor's power was... When Azure... We sealed it with Nezha and the power is now part of Sakura" MK said, making the group look confused

"What are you trying to say, MK?" Sakura asked

"I think... I think another piece of the Jade Emperor's power is in here and I think it's the sixth stone. Li Jing took over guarding it and he wants Sakura to stay in the Celestial Realm to protect her too. He's been keeping it in the safest place he knows. The small part of the Jade Emperor's power is the sixth stone. And it's somewhere inside the pagoda" MK said

"Wait, Noodle Boy. If a small piece of the Jade Emperor's power is in there, what's gonna happen to cherry blossom?" Red Son asked as he looked at Sakura with a worried look

"Red Son, don't worry about me. Whatever happens, I know you guys will be there" Sakura said as she held Red Son's hand and gave him a small smile

Then they started to look for the small piece of the Jade Emperor's power somewhere inside the pagoda prison as the skies continued to crack more by each passing day

To be continued in Into the Pagoda