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So it is high time I feed my favorite artist with literary content, this took longer than I want cause got sick. essentially it is a what if for macaque finding out Mk could also be his in the shadowlord au, which belongs to @rebeltigera and is not Canon unless she says so. It was inspired by a video where someone demanded an explanation via 'explain yourself knave!', I really wanted macaque to use that line but it didn't feel right.

The clang of metal was followed by a soft curse as mk darted after his wayward staff. Macaque's last blow had sent Ruyi Jingu Bang flying off into the distance of the training grounds, much to the dismay of son wukong's successor. 

“Language boy.” The master of shadows scolded as he launched another strike at the kid. The kid probably didn't even hear him with how focused he was on retrieving the weapon without getting hit in the process. It was difficult to keep a straight face as the young stone monkey screeched and shrieked as he dodged the elders attacks all the while running for the staff. It was ridiculous and reminiscent of the boy's mentor. Macaque wasn't sure if he found the antics irritating or entertaining at this point, but he was thankful that he had designed the training grounds to be able withstand his nephew. Otherwise the place would have been torn to shreds with how hard he was training the kid today. 

A cheer of excitement erupted, drawing the shadow monkey's attention back to the boy. It seems mk had successfully retrieved the staff. With a wicked grin he leaped into a shadow portal. The kid's squeal of surprise as he descended upon him was almost worth the ringing in his ears.

What he had not anticipated was mk disappearing into the shadows. Not even seconds later the boy appeared behind him trying to strike. If the kid had any capacity for subtlety, he might have landed a hit on the lord of shadows this time. To bad mk was still too much like his mentor. Grabbing the staff and sending the kid flying with a solid kick to the stomach had been a reflex as his mind tried to comprehend what the boy had just pulled off. Not even the kid's screaming as he flew through the air registered.

The kid just used shadow step…

How the fuck did the kids just use shadow step!?

This… This wasn't possible. MK was Wukong's kid! He should only have wukong's powers! Sure the rest of the kid's origin was a mystery, but he just assumed that kid was made from some mystic monkey nonsense. Did he have other theories to the kid's origin, yes, but as time went on they seemed less and less plausible. It still didn't explain how the kid was starting to tap into shadow magic, specifically magic that was unique to macaque. 

“Um… earth to macaque? Are you in there?” golden copper eyes blinked rapidly as macaque jolted away from the hand rapidly waving in his face.

“Err… you okay?” Mk asked, his honey brown eyes gazing up at him full of concern. It was infuriatingly nostalgic with how quickly he was tempted to relent his stoic and indifferent persona for the boy.

“Ya, I'm fine kid… where did you learn how to do that?” He eyed the young stone monkey carefully. Mk may have a talent for distraction, his skills in lying still needed a lot of work. 

“The shadow blippy thing?” The kid scratched his head as he searched his memory for any possible instance that he could have used beforehand. “Just now I think…” Mk replied with hesitation, a nervous smile directed to the lord of shadows. 

“Typical…” Macaque nearly groaned in frustration. He should know better by this point. This shit happened with wukong all the time when they were young, so it makes sense wukong's son would be no different. That didn't mean he couldn't internally curse at the universe for making him deal with it.

“So…” he could practically feel the nervous rolling off the kid. He sighed in defeat. It's not like wukong had any idea how to use shadow magic, and he wasn't about to risk Mk accidentally creating a rift between the realm of shadows and the mortal realm due to wukong's over confident stupidity. 

“Come on kid. I may as well show you how to use it properly.” Macaque didn't bother to hide his exasperation as he started walking over to a more shaded area of the training grounds. 

“Sweet!” the kid whooped in excitement as he followed after the elder celestial monkey. 

The sun was beginning to set by the time macaque was satisfied with Mk's basic understanding of his new power. To his credit mk had been diligent the entire time and had worked hard to master what macaque had taught him about shadow step. He did have to shut down the kid's bright idea to test if he had other shadow powers. His nerves couldn't handle any more surprises today and he didn't want to spend only Stars knowing how long searching the realm of shadows on the off chance the kid did have other shadow abilities and accidentally got swallowed by them.

Watching in silence, he didn't stop the boy from running off. No doubt excited by the day's events and wanted to tell his friends. Molten gold eyes narrowed. Hopefully he would get some answers before word eventually got back to princess iron fan. He was going to redirect as much of her rage to that idiot sage as possible. 

Once the kid was completely out of sight, he fell back with well practiced grace into his shadows. His turn flowed like water, his moment now facing forward as he slipped through the portal of shadows. 

He paid no mind to the sounds of objects crashing to the ground around him. No his focus was the prey pinned beneath him, fist gripping the front of the sage's shirt.

MY POOR MAN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT , MAC LEAVE PEACH EATING IDIOT ALONE, HE DOESN'T KNOWWWW -

So it is high time I feed my favorite artist with literary content, this took longer than I want cause got sick. essentially it is a what if for macaque finding out Mk could also be his in the shadowlord au, which belongs to @rebeltigera and is not Canon unless she says so. It was inspired by a video where someone demanded an explanation via 'explain yourself knave!', I really wanted macaque to use that line but it didn't feel right.

The clang of metal was followed by a soft curse as mk darted after his wayward staff. Macaque's last blow had sent Ruyi Jingu Bang flying off into the distance of the training grounds, much to the dismay of son wukong's successor. 

“Language boy.” The master of shadows scolded as he launched another strike at the kid. The kid probably didn't even hear him with how focused he was on retrieving the weapon without getting hit in the process. It was difficult to keep a straight face as the young stone monkey screeched and shrieked as he dodged the elders attacks all the while running for the staff. It was ridiculous and reminiscent of the boy's mentor. Macaque wasn't sure if he found the antics irritating or entertaining at this point, but he was thankful that he had designed the training grounds to be able withstand his nephew. Otherwise the place would have been torn to shreds with how hard he was training the kid today. 

A cheer of excitement erupted, drawing the shadow monkey's attention back to the boy. It seems mk had successfully retrieved the staff. With a wicked grin he leaped into a shadow portal. The kid's squeal of surprise as he descended upon him was almost worth the ringing in his ears.

What he had not anticipated was mk disappearing into the shadows. Not even seconds later the boy appeared behind him trying to strike. If the kid had any capacity for subtlety, he might have landed a hit on the lord of shadows this time. To bad mk was still too much like his mentor. Grabbing the staff and sending the kid flying with a solid kick to the stomach had been a reflex as his mind tried to comprehend what the boy had just pulled off. Not even the kid's screaming as he flew through the air registered.

The kid just used shadow step…

How the fuck did the kids just use shadow step!?

This… This wasn't possible. MK was Wukong's kid! He should only have wukong's powers! Sure the rest of the kid's origin was a mystery, but he just assumed that kid was made from some mystic monkey nonsense. Did he have other theories to the kid's origin, yes, but as time went on they seemed less and less plausible. It still didn't explain how the kid was starting to tap into shadow magic, specifically magic that was unique to macaque. 

“Um… earth to macaque? Are you in there?” golden copper eyes blinked rapidly as macaque jolted away from the hand rapidly waving in his face.

“Err… you okay?” Mk asked, his honey brown eyes gazing up at him full of concern. It was infuriatingly nostalgic with how quickly he was tempted to relent his stoic and indifferent persona for the boy.

“Ya, I'm fine kid… where did you learn how to do that?” He eyed the young stone monkey carefully. Mk may have a talent for distraction, his skills in lying still needed a lot of work. 

“The shadow blippy thing?” The kid scratched his head as he searched his memory for any possible instance that he could have used beforehand. “Just now I think…” Mk replied with hesitation, a nervous smile directed to the lord of shadows. 

“Typical…” Macaque nearly groaned in frustration. He should know better by this point. This shit happened with wukong all the time when they were young, so it makes sense wukong's son would be no different. That didn't mean he couldn't internally curse at the universe for making him deal with it.

“So…” he could practically feel the nervous rolling off the kid. He sighed in defeat. It's not like wukong had any idea how to use shadow magic, and he wasn't about to risk Mk accidentally creating a rift between the realm of shadows and the mortal realm due to wukong's over confident stupidity. 

“Come on kid. I may as well show you how to use it properly.” Macaque didn't bother to hide his exasperation as he started walking over to a more shaded area of the training grounds. 

“Sweet!” the kid whooped in excitement as he followed after the elder celestial monkey. 

The sun was beginning to set by the time macaque was satisfied with Mk's basic understanding of his new power. To his credit mk had been diligent the entire time and had worked hard to master what macaque had taught him about shadow step. He did have to shut down the kid's bright idea to test if he had other shadow powers. His nerves couldn't handle any more surprises today and he didn't want to spend only Stars knowing how long searching the realm of shadows on the off chance the kid did have other shadow abilities and accidentally got swallowed by them.

Watching in silence, he didn't stop the boy from running off. No doubt excited by the day's events and wanted to tell his friends. Molten gold eyes narrowed. Hopefully he would get some answers before word eventually got back to princess iron fan. He was going to redirect as much of her rage to that idiot sage as possible. 

Once the kid was completely out of sight, he fell back with well practiced grace into his shadows. His turn flowed like water, his moment now facing forward as he slipped through the portal of shadows. 

He paid no mind to the sounds of objects crashing to the ground around him. No his focus was the prey pinned beneath him, fist gripping the front of the sage's shirt.