#lmk x reader

Sun Wukong remembered the night the stone egg hatched in vivid detail. Not too surprising considering his excellent memory. He was the Great Sage after all! His memory was one of the best in all of the mortal realm!

Though it also meant having to remember the horrible days that led to the hatching. How day and night seemed to blend into a horrible mesh of colors. Wukong was sure that if he wasn’t needed to stay on the journey, he would have left to the mountain with the egg. A part of him desperately wanted to go back home or at least get the stone back, but he couldn’t abandon his master or brothers, not after so many years on the road.

A finger poked his side, Wukong swatted it at first before the poking came back with vengeance.

“What?” The Monkey King spat out, a tad bit harsher than he intended. Good thing Wujing didn’t seem to take offense to it.

“You’ve been dozing off again brother.” The Water demon stated.

“I’m fine.” Wukong bluntly stated.

“Yeah right.” Bajie suddenly said. “And I’m tonight’s meal.”

Wukong barred his fangs at the pig before a slightly disapproving grunt came from the monk on the dragon horse.

“What Bajie means is that we are worried about you Pilgrim. Rest for tonight.” Tripitaka said softly.

To his credit, the Monkey King hadn’t expect the other pilgrims to be so accommodating to the ‘newest’ member of the journey. Even after they found out how the egg came to him… after they were attacked by…

Wukong shook his head and smiled widely. Hopefully it would be enough to fool them. “Oh please, I’m perfectly fine! I mean, would a depressed person do this?” He took his egg sling off and passed it to Wujing and demonstrated several fighting techniques.

“See?” The monkey said proudly puffing his chest.

Tripitaka looked frustrated. “Pilgrim you are not fine.”

“I am too!”

The monk sighed and gave Wukong a tired look. Oh no, he was going to pull those eyes out again! No, he had to stay strong! He had to—

“Please Pilgrim. If not for us… then do it for your egg.”

That seemed to snap Wukong out of his delirious daze as he looked over at the stone egg in Wujing’s hands. Maybe one night of rest wouldn’t hurt? After all he needed to stay alert for anymore demons that might want to kidnap his master or harm his baby.

Wukong reached for the stone, but Wujing raised it over his head. “Not until you agree to the Master’s words.”

The Monkey King gave a half-hearted glare at his younger brother. “You know I can easily take my egg back, right?”

“I know.”

“…Fine. Now gimme!”

The water demon gently passed the stone egg into the impatient monkey’s paws. Wukong began to chirp and coo at the egg, practically smothering it in a hug.

Setting up camp barely took a couple of minutes before Bajie was making dinner. Given that there were several good fruit trees in the area, Wukong had decided to go pick some for the troop. Against his better judgement, he allowed Wujing to accompany him and left Tripitaka under Bajie and Ao Lie’s guard. The monk would be on egg sitting duty.

Night fell fast and soon enough it was time for everyone to sleep.

“Pilgrim. The egg feels a bit warmer than usual.” Tripitaka mentioned as he passed the egg to the stone monkey.

“Oh, that probably means he likes you! Isn’t that right little buddy!” Wukong chirped at the stone.

Ao Lie, in his human form raised an eyebrow. “I thought you didn’t know the eggs gender yet?”

“Oh, I don’t, but I can just feel that this little ones gonna be a boy. I have a bet to win—”The Monkey King’s voice cracked a bit.

The bet.

…

…What was the point of that bet now that Liu’er was gone?

“Wukong?” Ao Lie questioned.

“Hmm? Oh nothing, just a bit tried that’s all.” He tried to adjust the sling when a steady pulse of heat came from the egg.

Strange. Normally the egg never got this hot. There were small pulses of heat here and there that happened whenever the little one heard his voice. And just recently started responding to the other pilgrim’s voices as well.

…Liu’er always said that when the eggs did this, they recognized good people and their parents…

“Um, Monkey, is the egg supposed to do that?” Bajie asked a bit concerned. “It looks like there’s vapor coming off of the thing.”

True to the pig’s words, tiny streams of vapor were coming out of the stone egg.

The monkey suddenly jumped for joy! “It’s happening! Its gonna hatch—Oh stars, wait everyone get down!”

“What is happening?!” tripitakan exclaimed as Wujing pulled him behind him.

“Trust me, if this little one is anything like me. He’s going to give Heaven a bit of a surprise.”

“Wukong I don’t like how you said that—OH MY!”

The monk’s frightened screams were almost muffled by his disciple’s shrieks. Well, minus the monkey’s hearty laughter as a pair of golden lasers’ shot up into the heavens.

Good. Hopefully it hit the Jade Emperor or some snooty official.

 Once the light had disappeared in the place of the stone egg was its shattered remains and a small monkey. Wukong hesitantly walked over to the monkey, chirping softly.

The little thing immediately perked its head up toward the chirp and let out a small warble in response.

Wukong’s eyes began to fill with tears. Were they of happiness or sadness? He couldn’t tell at that moment. Gingerly, he cupped the cubs face—by the heavens his hand dwarfed their entire body.

“H-Hey bud, its your Baba.”

The cub scrunched its nose before chirping. A pair of tiny paws landed on the side of his face. The cub chirped happier, letting its tail wag and ears—wait, ears?

Wukong’s heart felt heavy seeing the familiar lotus shaped ears on the cub’s head. But what really surprised him was the number of ears. Liu’er hadn’t been called the “Six Eared Macaque” for no nothing, but their baby—his baby had eight.

Before another wave of crushing guilt and panic could take hold of his heart, a head peaked over his shoulder. Wisps of white hair smushed his face as a different set of soft coos set in.

“Oh Wukong, they are precious.” Ao Lie gushed at the cub. The rest of the pilgrims slowly began to circle around their newest member.

Wukong didn’t care at the proximity or the hush whispers.

Why would he if he was staring at the most beautiful thing in the world?

“So, is it a boy or a girl?” Bajie asked bluntly.

The cub winced at the voice and buried their head against the peach-colored fur. Wukong shot the pig a death glare and shushed him.

“Can’t you be quiet piglet?!” He whispered harshly. “My cub has eight ears for Buddha sake! But as for gender…” The monkey softly rotated his cub around, earning some soft squeaks of protest.

“…She a girl!” Wukong exclaimed, wincing when he realized he had broken his own ‘silence’ rule as the baby whined louder.

A girl.

…a girl…

…

…

…Liu’er said he wanted a girl…

The Monkey King thickly swallowed the bile coming up from his throat as he held his baby closer. The soft smell of milk, fresh bread and dirt filled his nose as a soft smile broke his face.

Sun Wukong raised his child up to the night sky, letting the moon act as a small halo around the tiny head.

“You shall be called Sun Meng Xiang. My little Eight Eared Stone Monkey.”

Little Meng responded with a chirp… and proceeded set off the remaining laser eyes straight at her father’s face.

The pilgrims winced at the ashen black fur that now covered the Monkey King’s smoking head. He only squealed and hugged her tighter.

“You’re perfect!”

You knew that it wouldn’t be easy to get close to the others. Being a celestial was a strike against you already. They had every right to not trust anyone from The Heaven now, but it still hurt.

Regardless, you had tried your hardest to help. You gave advice, looked into the stars to see what paths lie ahead of you all and had done your hardest to navigate the best one.

But still, untrust ran through the group.

”Look, the gal is nice as is, but she is still under the thumb of Heaven and can only do so much.” Macaque had voiced. Wukong nodded, putting his hand on MK.

”I have to agree. She had kept things from us, like Xiangliu making it so much harder! How could she not at least warn us?” He questioned.

You had paused your stride, tarot cards clutched in your hands. A knot formed in your throat but you had stayed to hear more.

“Yeah, it would have been nice to know…” MK murmured, scratching at the back of his neck.

“What else is she not telling us?” Wukong asked

”What else is she hiding?” Macaque added

You swallowed.

Unbeknownst to them, you had wanted to answer those questions. Brought your scrying and divination tools, pulled out every blessed object you had in order to help.

“Are you sure they will be fine with this my love?” Princess Iron Fan muttered as she tightened her grip on the bundle in her arms. “They are after all fighting the celestial realm, the realm where I am from.”

Her concerned face melted away as soon as her new husband pressed a tender peck on her temple. “They will be fine with this dear. After all, they are used to you. They will not dare cause harm to the newest generation.”

The Demon Bull King then puffed his chest with vigor. “And anyone who dares will face our wrath.”

The celestial maiden chuckled. “That they will my love.”

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…

DBK and PIF arrived at Flower Fruit Mountain just as the rest of the Brotherhood had started to arrive themselves. The bull walked right beside his wife as his eyes soften seeing his brothers. It had been nearly a year since he had last seen them after they received the news of their newest addition to the family. He practically dropped everything and was on his hands and feet, serving the mother of his child.

Not that he minded it one bit.

Macaque and Wukong were the first ones to notice the couple walking down the path.

“DBK! PIF!” Wukong exclaimed with joy rushing over to the pair. Macaque followed his king like a shadow, sporting a soft smile of his own. Azure, Yellow Tusk and Peng all turned towards the source of the monkey’s excitement as different smiles bloomed.

Azure chuckled as he walked over. “Welcome back brother! Iron Fan, it’s good to see you again.” His large paw patted the bull’s shoulder in greeting.

The celestial nodded curtly. “Like wise Azure Lion.”

Yellow Tusk nodded a greeting to PIF and DBK, simply happy to see the pair back and well.

“Seriously where were you two? If I had to guess, running from the celestial armies or some other demon king.” Peng taunted. DBK huffed. “As if we would need to run like cowards. No one would be able to stand up to our might!”

PIF cleared her throat and narrowed her eyes at her husband. He immediately quieted down.

Wukong wasted no time in jumping on his brother’s head and giggling. “Looks like Iron Fan really has you tamed, huh bud?” The bull tried swatting the ginger monkey, but the king was too twitchy.

PIF smiled at the brotherly interaction until a small chill ran down her spine. “Lieur.” She said curtly, but sending a slightly playful gaze at her friend. Macaque materialized right by her side with a smirk. “Tienshan.”

His gaze turned to the bundle of cloth in the princess’s arms. “And what, pray tell is this?” His ears then started twitching as his head started moving between the bundle and the celestial.

“You—him—is that why—oh my Great Sage—this is—ha!” The macaque choked on his laughter as he got closer to the bundle and let out a sharp intake. Iron Fan smiled at her friend’s mesmerized stare at the little bundle.

“Mac? What are you looking at?” Wukong questioned while dangling from the bull’s horns. It seemed to catch the entire Brotherhood’s attention at the sight of their more reserved brother, being so star-struck by whatever PIF had in her arms.

DBK finally managed to grab his brother and placed him down. “Brother’s, there is a reason why we have been gone for many months.” He motioned his wife to come over.

The celestial and shadow monkey walked over to the group. Macaque’s tail swayed slightly on getting a new angle of whatever was in the bundle. Each member of the Brotherhood peered down at the bundle and froze in place.

There nestled in the cloth was a beautiful baby girl, staring right at them with her big dark eyes.

“This is our daughter, Chi.”

Wukong, being the closest to the babe, began cooing and letting small chirps out. The baby immediately turned to the source of the noise and broke into a bright smile. Pudgy arms began to wave at his face.

“She’s adorable!” The monkey squealed, getting closer for the baby to touch his cheek. Chi did tap his cheek… and was immediately followed by yanking his ginger fur. “Hey, hey, Chi, Chi, bud, you can stop gripping the fur like that. Chi? Chi!”

Macaque laughed at the other monkey’s failed attempts to get the babe to release his fur. “And looks like she has your strength Brother Bull.” He only winced when the baby successfully yanked a fist full of fur out.

Azure smiled at the baby causing her to giggle. Yellow Tusk chuckled at the baby’s laugh. Peng only observed by his side.

DBK looked lovingly down at his family. “A formal welcome to her uncles seemed appropriate.”

Wukong, seemingly unaffected from a fistful of fur being yanked from his face huffed. “You two should have told us when you first got the news! Isn’t that right, Chichi?”

“Her name is Chi, simian.”

“Its just a nickname Niu.”

“Besides.” The monkey gently cradled the baby from a surprised PIF. “She’s going to be a great warrior; I can just tell! Right Mac? Look at this little face and tell me you don’t see a tiny DBK in there?”

Macaque rolled his eyes and opened his arms out. “Wukong give me the baby so I can give her back to her mother.” The Monkey King huffed as he adjusted his hold on the tiny bull.

“As if, your gonna hog her to yourself!”

“…”

“You’re not even denying it!”

PIF raised her voice. “Enough! Either one of you passes my child back or I will force.”

Yellow Tusk wisely took a couple steps back from the mother. Peng only chuckled as they flew on top of the elephant’s shoulder to get a better view of the inevitable beat down.

Both monkey’s smirked mischievously. Wukong plucked a hair to create a baby sling across his chest and slid the baby into it. Chi didn’t seem to mind and even started to cuddle against the peach smelling fur. Wukong was holding back a squeal and was sure his heart was melting.

“Bring it Iron fan!”

Just as the ‘fight’ broke out, Azure snuck over to the bull’s side. “You’re going to be a great father brother. And don’t you think that you two will be raising little Chi by yourselves. You have us to help, remember that.”

“…Thank you Azure.” The bull replied with a nod as he watched his wife slam both monkey’s to the side and took her baby back to swaddle. He was going to make sure they won this battle against the Heavenly forces. He would not let his little girl grow up in a world so disbalanced and cruel.

He couldn’t.

Meng had made a mistake.

A really, really big one.

But it was for the greater good!

Earlier that day when Dadsy had taken her and MK out to the park to play with Mei. They played on the playground for hours until they were red in the face and tired. It wasn’t until the twins had gotten home and an hour into the dinner rush, that MK had realized he had forgotten his favorite monkey plush, Mr. Sunny, at the park.

Seeing this dire situation, the twins had tried to get Dadsy and Tang to take them back to the park. They both said they wouldn’t be able to go there so late at night, but they promised to go first thing in the morning.

It wouldn’t have been much of a problem if either adult had bothered to remember two minor details.

The first being that Mr. Sunny was the one that MK used to fall asleep since he couldn’t sleep with his twin now that they were ‘big kids’. The boy just needed to latch onto something familiar and comfortable, two things none of his other plushies offered.

The second thing both adults forgot was Meng was very impatient.

She hated hearing her brother sniffling, tossing and turning from the thin wall separating them. Meng would have marched straight to his door and slept with him, but she had made a promise to Pigsy and Tang not to go sleep with her twin, no matter what.

The only solution now was to get the monkey plushie and that was what she was going to do.

Meng wait until Pigsy and Tang turned off the light in their room before putting her ‘Big Girl’ plan into action. She put on her favorite hoodie and got her backpack out. The child threw in some fruit snacks, her lucky rock, her favorite roller blades and a flashlight that she found in Tang’s drawer. She carefully climbed out of the window and slowly descended the fire escape until her socks touched the ground. The girl immediately got out her roller blades and placed them on her cold feet. She needed to get to the park fast and Pigsy always said she was the fastest on wheel!

It was a couple of minutes of skating through the night market areas that she began to realize her big mistake.

Meng had no idea where the park was.

She did think of asking an adult but decided not to. What if they took her back home instead of the park? This was supposed to be a secret mission for MK! No, she couldn’t have some random adult take her home when she didn’t have the monkey!

The little girl continued her search for the park when large rain drops began to fall. Pulling her hoodie up, Meng skated over to a nearby building and stayed close to the wall to avoid as much water as possible.

A light breeze carrying the faint smell of plums passed by.

“Hey there kiddo.”

Meng jumped a bit in surprise, turning to her side and seeing a hooded figure standing next to her.

“You lost? What’s a kid like you doing out so late at night?” The figure questioned.

The girl swallowed her nervousness and tried to stand up straighter. “I’m trying to go to the park. My brother forgot his monkey there.”

The figure chuckled. “His monkey?”

She nodded before taking out a crude drawing of the stuffed animal. “He can’t sleep without it, so, I’m getting it for him!”

“And do you know where the park is?”

“… Not really, but you can’t take me back home! MK needs Mr. Sunny!”

The hooded figure hummed before muttering something under his breath. “I won’t take you back home yet. C’mon kid, I’ll get you to the park.”

“Really!” Stars almost flew out of the little girl’s eyes before she hugged the figure.

“Ack! Hey—”

“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!” She squealed before letting go. A twinge smell of mint hit her nose with a pleasant ‘sting’.

“tch. Just don’t let me regret it. Hold on to your bag.”

“What do you---AAAAAHHHHH!!!” The girl screamed as the ground seemingly swallowed her whole. The screaming didn’t stop until a pair of arms caught her. In the midst of her squirming and trying to understand that the pair had teleported to the park, Meng accidentally pulled the hood off of the cloaked figure.

She looked at the surprised face with owlish eyes.

“…You’re a monkey.”

The dark furred monkey raised his eyebrow and huffed. “And you’re a little girl.”

“Hey! Tang says I’m a big girl now!”

The monkey’s curled to a smirk. “Oh really?”

A long fluffy tail was suddenly wrapped around the child’s waist and hung her upside down. Meng only laughed and giggled at the action.

“H-h-h-hey! Th-that—that tic-tick—tickles!” she squealed.

The monkey huffed in amusement before placing her down on the ground. He pulled out a dark purple umbrella from his back and popped it open for the two of them.

“Okay kid, where exactly did your brother lose his monkey?”

“His name is Mr. Sunny, and I think it was over by the slides. C’mon…umm… what’s your name mister?” the child tilted her head towards him.

The monkey paused. “It’s Macaque.”

“Oh cool! I’m Meng! C’mon Mr. Macaque, this way!” The girl exclaimed as she started walking towards the playground. Macaque’s tail never left her tiny waist and occasionally pulled her back under the safety of the umbrella whether she tried to leave.

It took a few minutes of searching and small talk before they found the soaked plushie.

“Well look at that, mission accomplished then.” Macaque commented before he heard a soft yawn. Meng was rubbing her eyes and blinking a bit too long for his liking.

“Alright kiddo, time to get you home.” He raised his tail so he could have a better hold of the child before dropping into a shadow portal. The monkey dropped softly into the little girl’s room. Meng was yawning more now.

“Can you go get your pj’s Meng?” Macaque whispered as he carefully set the girl down on her bed and began to undo her skates. She nodded sleepily as she tossed the soaked plushie on the ground and hobbled to the bathroom to change.

Macaque didn’t know why he stayed with her.

Or why he insisted on drying her hair with a towel and lightly grooming it afterwards.

Or why he promised to come visit when she asked when she would see him again.

Or even why he tucked her in and stayed in the shadows of the room until the early hours of the morning.

Maybe it was just him going a bit soft after finally interacting with the powerful kid he had been observing for the past few weeks? Yeah, he was just trying to make sure his future pupil could make it pass adulthood!

No other reason whatsoever!

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…

Meng ran downstairs the next morning looking tired but triumphant. “Dadsy! I went to the park with Mr. Macaque last night and got Mr. Sunny!”

Both adults looked slightly amused, thinking that the girl was going to be telling them about her latest dream. The amusement went into shock when the child proudly showed off Mr. Sunny to them.

The Mr. Sunny that was supposed to be at the park…

The pig demon froze as Tang nearly choked on his tea. “Excuse me?”

Meng didn’t respond immediately as she presented the semi wet plushie to her brother. “Sorry I couldn’t get it sooner, but you can sleep better tonight now!”

MK hugged his monkey before crushing his sister in a hug as well. “You’re the best! I’m gonna put it in the sun right now!” and ran off to the window to make sure his plushie got the sun rays of sunshine.

“Umm, Meng, sweetie, what do you mean about before?” Tang asked, trying to keep most of his nervousness out of his throat. Meng didn’t seem to notice and happily replied. “Mr. Macaque took me to the park to look for the plushie and got me back home! He even said he’d come for me again one day!”

“…”

Wukong and Macaque were at a loss and stared dumbfoundedly at the phone screen.

The Monkey King took a deep breath in before exhaling, praying for some patience. “Um, Bud? You mind repeating that again?”

“And be clear about what is happening.” Macaque added with his eyes furrowing.

On the phone, MK nervously chuckled. “Well, we kinda had an accident over at Red Son’s lab and kinda, maybe, sort of… turned on a relic that exchanges one person for another?”

A hand roughly pushed MK in the face. Red Son’s face took over the screen. The annoyance was clear, but there was a bit of concern in their nephew’s face. “What the Noodle Boy is trying to say is that the relic we, may or may not have turned on accident, is designed to swap its target with its counterpart in another dimension.”

“Okay?” Wukong said while scratching his head. “What got hit?”

Red Son let out a harsh anxious chuckle. “It may have been… Meng…”

“EXCUSE ME!?”

“RED SON ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?”

The monkeys screeched as a million things ran through their minds.

“Yeah, she’s super different!” Mei’s voice was heard off screen along with someone hissing.

Macaque was the first to speak. “Wait, if you say the relic brings a counterpart, then you have another Meng, right?”

“That is correct… ish.”

“What do you mean ‘ish’?”

Red Son looked slightly behind him with a worried look. “Listen, it’ll be easier to explain once you get here. And bring Sandy, the monk and pig while you’re at it.”

“Wait, Red Son we are not done—and he hung up on me.” Wukong stated with a bit of offense. Macaque face palmed as he tugged the ginger monkey upward.

“Priorities Wukong! Let’s get the others.”

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…

“Let’s start from the beginning and maybe not try and throw staffs into people’s faces?”

“And I’ll do that when you put down your weapons.” Xiang narrowed her eyes at this strange version of her dear brother. The young man standing in front of her slipped his staff into his ear and showed his empty hands. The dragon girl slowly sheathed her sword at the same time the bull prince lowered his flaming hands.

They stared at the monkey with different levels of disbelief and tension winding in their shoulders.

Xiang hated those looks.

Slowly, she eased her fighting stance until she was standing upright, but her iron staff still clamped tightly in her hands. Her eyebrow rose slightly as this version of her brother relaxed. What a fool to relax so much when a stranger was in front of him.

“Okay, so thank you for that.” Her ‘brother’ clapped his hands together. “So… you might be a bit curious to how you were brought here.”

“Not really.” Xiang boldly started while looking at some of the dust on her arm fur. She gave her ‘brother’ an unamused look. “I just love it when I suddenly get dragged into a swirling portal on patrol.” Her voice dripped with sarcasm and ears suddenly pinned back.

“I don’t know what trick you demon filth are trying to pull, kidnapping me will be the last mistake you three would ever make in your pathetic lives.” Xiang sneered, getting back into a fighting stance.

“Wait! Wait! Wait! I promise we’ll give you an explanation. You’re not from this universe! You were switched with this universe’s version of yourself!” Her ‘brother’ scrambled to say.

Ha! What a lie that was!

“Yeah! Don’t you think its kinda weird that you came out of a portal and all?” ‘Mei’ tried to reason.

The monkey gave her a dead-panned look. “We live in a world of gods and monsters, falling through a portal is the least confusing thing that has happened to me this week. Heck, even my guard duty is more confusing than this.”

“Guard duty? What guard duty?” ‘Red Son’ questioned.

Xiang paused before letting out a sharp laugh. “Hahaha! Oh boy you three shapeshifters really have no idea who you just kidnapped have you? Hahaha! This makes this reveal so much more hilarious when I get to see you three cower!”

Xiang smirked before brushing a bit of fur from her shoulder and twirled her iron staff.

“You three are looking at the Great Eight Eared Sun Meng Xiang! One of the top generals of Emperor Azure Lion! Sister of The Four Eared Sun Qi Xiaotian! Future spouse of—umm…” Xiang paused seeing her audience going dead silent and pale.

Not the silence and pale she was used to. She was used to the smell of fear that meant ‘Oh no I messed up so badly!’ and not this kind of fear ‘What in the world did she say?! This isn’t possible!’

She shifted her foot a bit and tilted her head. “Are you three alright?” Catching her off guard her ‘brother seized her shoulders and began shaking her. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN EMPEROR AZURE LION!?”

“What—”

“WHERE ARE YOUR EXTRA EARS!?”

“WHAT GUARD!?”

 “WHO ARE YOU MARRYING!?”

Xiang snarled before hitting the young man in the gut, sending him stumbling backwards. The dragon girl and bull prince were immediately by his side and ready to defend their friend. The moment her ‘brother’ stood up, the monkey girl started getting anxious.

That punch was supposed to get rid of any glamour or shapeshifting trick! She was supposed to have seen what these shifters really looked like! Why in the name of the Great Sage did it show her brother instead!? She flashed her Gold Vision and felt her heart stop.

Xiang lowered her stance and guard down a bit. “…You were telling the truth…”

Her ‘brother’ winced a bit before nodding. “Listen other Meng—”

“Xiang. Just call me Xiang.” The monkey said crossing her arms loosely around herself.

The young man nodded. “Well, Xiang, I’m MK, and this is Mei and Red Son. Umm, have you met our other counterparts before?”

Xiang raised an eyebrow. Had he seriously not listened to the part where she said that she was his sister. At least counterpart wise?

Red Son flicked his forehead. “She literally told us—oh never mind.”

Mei raised her hand. “You said something about Azure Lion being the emperor. Did we fail to stop him?”

“What? No—Why would you want to stop him? He’s been one of the best emperors we’ve had! Granted we’ve only ever had the Jade Emperor, and I don’t really remember much of his rule, but regardless! Isn’t he your emperor?”

“Nah, we have Lin Jing.” Mei waved off

“EXCUSE ME!?” The monkey screeched. “Who thought that was a good idea!?”

MK gave a nervous laugh. “Trust us, we didn’t have any hand in that.”

That didn’t help Xiang’s racing thoughts. “But Azure would never let that happen! Even with the success of the rebellion—”

“Rebellion?” Red Son interrupted before his eyes went wide. “As in the original rebellion? I don’t know how to tell you this Xiang, but the Brotherhood failed.”

Xiang’s eyes went wide and paled several shades too unhealthy. This… this was impossible! There was no way that the rebellion failed! Azure won! They all won!

How!?

Why!?

Why… why was everything getting darker? MK waved a hand in front of her face. “Xia—AAAHH!”

The last thing the celestial monkey saw was the concern look of her brother catching her. And for the slightest second, she thought that her real brother had caught her in his arms.

They shared the same worried eyes after all.

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…

“Princess I insist you get down from there!”

“WHO ARE YOU!?”

“Princess its just me! Old monkey Beng!”

“Nuh Uh!”

“What do you mean ‘Nuh Uh!?”