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Alright let me clear some things up: This story takes place in season 3 and we pretend the Samadhi Fire doesn't exist and they find some other way to defeat the LBD (Lady Bone Demon), The Demon Bull King Family "Teamed Up" with the Monke gang to go against LDB, so just know that they are "fine" with being around each other. Ok that's all you need to know, enjoy~
"Can I look now?" Red Son asked as Mk led him somewhere blindfolded.
"No! Be patient, were almost there." Mk led Red Son over the rocks and under the hanging tree branches. He led Red Son until they were both standing in front of the waterfall that led into Monkey King's lair. Monkey King gave Mk permission to bring Red Son to his lair for a "proper introduction." Mk doesn't have a clue why Monkey King said that, but he's glad he gets to show Red Son where he trains.
Mk lets go of Red Son's hand and goes to take the blindfold off on Red Son.
"Are we...are we at a waterfall?" Red Son questioned, hearing the loud sound of falling water.
"Eeeeyup," Mk says, taking the blindfold off of Red Son's head.
Red Son rubs his eyes, the sudden light change blinding him, before opening his eyes and looking at...a really tall waterfall.
Red Son nods his head slowly, being amazed and disappointed at the same time.
"Cool. A waterfall, nice. So... this is where you and the Monkey King train?" Red Son asked, looking around.
"Nnnnope." Mk responded whole heartly, getting a confused look from Red Son. "Wha- well then why would you bring me here if this is not-" "Just wait ya ticking time bomb. This is the entrance of the Monkey King's lair, and only me and him have the key to opening it!" Mk pointed at himself proudly, earning a scoff from Red Son.
"Allow me." Mk said, walking up to the waterfall. Confused, Red Son stayed put.
Mk puts his hand in front of the waterfall, and then a golden ring appeared, filled with patterns and some language that Red Son didn't understand.
Mk stepped away from the waterfall, standing next to Red Son with his hand on his hips, watching as the waterfall parted open from the top, and went all the way down to the bottom.
Red Son wasn't gonna say it out loud, but his face did the talking for him. He was surprised. He knew it was going to be something impressive, I mean...it's the Monkey King's lair were talking about, but he did not expect this one bit.
Mk had pretty much the biggest smirk on his face as he looked at Red Son's face. He grabbed his hand, knocking Red Son out of his trance, and dragged him into the lair.
Red Son couldn't do anything except admire the interior of the Monkey King's lair, as it was pretty neat due to it being the lair to a literal god.
Mk couldn't stop smiling as he saw Red Son take everything in, and realized that they were still holding hands. He didn't say anything because Red Son hasn't noticed yet.
"You like what you see?" Mk asked, and Red Son couldn't help but nod.
"Alright, I'll admit it. It's way neater than I thought it would be. I thought I would have been destroyed by you or Monkey King by now."
"Oh you don't really have to worry about the Monkey King destroying this place. Believe it or not, he's actually pretty lazy, don't tell him I said that. I usually do most of the work around here! I mean, its true that he is technically retired, and he immortal so hes definitely lived for 100's of years, AND he has helped us on occasions despite being on retirement, so I don't really fuss to much about it."
Red Son just nodded, listening to every word Mk was saying. He chuckled as finished talking about Monkey King and stared at him.
Red Son sighed as he gave Mk's hand a squeeze before letting go, taking Mk off guard.
Red Son walked over to a wall that had these painting on it. For some reason, the people in the painting looked familiar, yet he knew they were from long ago. One of the people on there looked like the big blue guy on the Noodle Boy's team, the one that owns the boat. And then another one looked like that pig guy with the anger issues. There was this other guy too. It kind of reminded him of the guy who always got free noodles, and the pig guy was always angry at him. It look like him...but if he was in royalty. And finally at the top was the Monkey King, with that annoying smirk of his.
While looking at Monkey King on the wall, an idea popped into his mind.
"What would we do without you and the Monkey King, like if you never found the staff and Monkey King did absolutely... well, nothing. What do you think will happen?" Red Son asked Mk, not looking away from the wall.
It didn't take long for Mk to find his answer. "To be honest...probably die. Die to... your parents. Or demons. Or... I don't know, falling dumpling out of the sky." That last line got a laugh out of Red Son.
While looking at the painting on the wall, a small breeze blew on Red Son, bringing him back to reality.
Mk didn't seem to notice the breeze, so Red Son tried to ignore it, but failed as the breeze hit again, but harder this time. He looked back at Mk to see if he noticed, and he was busy eat chips. The breeze grew stronger by the minute, and the feeling of dread crept its way in minute by minute. Mk finally noticed Red Son's distress and acknowledged the sudden wind in the room. Mk was confused as this was unusual, but Red Son knew exactly where the wind was coming from. Red Son ran over to Mk and grabbed his wrist and stood in front of him protectively as the wind grew stronger and stronger, until the tornado of wind stopped to reveal Red Son's mother, AKA PIR (Princess Iron Fan).
But that wasn't Red Son's mother. Her eyes were glowing a bright blue, and her face showed no emotion as she looked down at Red Son and Mk.
"Hello, Lady Bone Demon." Red Son said through gritted teeth. A shadow appeared over Red Son's mother, a shadow that took the form of a girl with 2 round blue eyes and a creepy smile.
"Oh... Red Son and the Monkey Kid, what a surprise!" She said nice and slowly, her voice filling the whole room.
"How did you find us?" Mk claimed, moving to stand in front of Red Son. "How did you know where Monkey King's lair was?"
The LBD's laugh filled the room, giving chills to both Mk and Red Son.
"Oh I wasn't looking for you 2 specifically, I was actually looking for your teacher, Mk. And how did I know this was the Monkey King's lair? Well... I got a little help from someone who used to be close to the guy."
Red Son's mother floated down to the ground and looked behind her to a wall, so Red Son and Mk looked too.
A blue portal suddenly appeared on the wall, and who walked out surprised Mk, but Red Son even more.
It was a Monkey. One who looked like the Monkey King, but was different none the less. He was wearing blue armor, half of his body was covered in ice, and had 2 lifeless glowing blue eyes staring in front of him.
"Monkey King?!" Red Son exclaimed, and everyone turned to him.
"That's not the Monkey King!" Mk told him, and Red Son looked even more confused.
"Oh, well then who is that?" He asked, pointing to the Monkey. "His brother or something?"
"No they are not brothers! Have you not seen or heard of Macaque?"
"WHO?"
"Guess not."
A strong gust of wind shut the 2 up, and Macaque started walking closer to Mk and Red Son. Mk put a protective hand in front of Red Son, who lit his hand on fire.
"What do you want, Lady Bone Demon."
Red Son's mother crossed her arms, not changing her expression.
"We'll I did want the Monkey King, but since he's not here..." she looks over at Mk. "You will have to do."
Red Son instantly went on guard and grabbed Mk's hand.
They both headed toward the now closed waterfall, but that wouldn't help.
A blue portal appeared under the 2, and both the boys screamed as they fell in.
Gravity shifted, and they fell sideways out of a wall, right at Macaque's feet.
The wind picked up and both Mk and Red Son get lifted off the ground, holding onto each other's hand.
Red Son tried to light his hand on fire, but the wind tornado that was around him blew it out quickly.
The wind was trying to pry the 2 boys apart, but they both held on to each other. Mk struggled to get his staff out of his ear, but when he finally got it out, he felt Red Son let go of his hand, and he got launched right into PIF's arm.
It turned out that Macaque jumped into the tornado and sucker punched Red Son in the face, causing him to let go of Mk. He screamed in pain as he got launched out of the tornado and hit his back on a wall, knocking the wind out of him.
"Red Son!" Mk called as he tried to get out of PIF's arms but couldn't as she had him in an iron grip. She pulled Mk into a hug and squeezed, causing Mk to scream and drop his staff.
Red Son was trying to catch his breath as he ran over to where his mother and Mk was.
"Mother! Stop! Let him go!" He called, lighting his hand on fire and shooting a fire ball at the 2. Just before the fireball hit the 2, Macaque jumped in front of the fireball and...kicked it?!
The fireball started heading back in Red Son's direction, and it hit him in the chest, bursting out in more flames but not harming Red Son in any way, as his own fire doesn't hurt him.
Distracted by the explosion, Red Son couldn't see, but he heard Mk scream his name. It echoed in Red Son's ear and brought him back to reality.
He ran out of the explosion only to realize that PIF, Mk, and the Monkey guy were gone. The Monkey guy used the fireball as a distraction for the 3 to get away.
Red Son stood there, unable to move, processing what the hell just happened. He looked at the grown to see Mk's staff sitting there on the ground. He let out a shaky breath as he ran over to it and sat down next to it.
Looking at the staff not in Mk's hands made the reality of the situation start to set it. He felt his whole body start to heat up as he stared at the staff. Mk was captured by the LBD, and Mk doesn't have his staff to help protect him. If the LBD wanted the Monkey king, it was probably for his powers. And now she has his successor, the only other person with Monkey King's powers.
Red Son got up off the ground and back away from the staff, grabbing his head. His hair lit aflame, and Red Son felt his body get hotter and hotter. He let out a groan of either sadness or anger, he didn't know, and threw a fireball at a random wall. He repeated this action, as he didn't want his whole body to light on fire.
It wasn't long before Red Son was conflicted with 2 feelings, and 2 thoughts. He sat on the ground reluctantly and grabbed his still lit hair, taking it out of its signature ponytail.
He heart didn't know whether to feel sad or angry, and his mind couldn't decide if it wanted to stay here until Monkey King shows up, or head over to LBD's place and confront her himself. He knew the second one was a death wish, as he would be going there with no plan, no preparation, and conflicted feelings that could affect his fighting.
While Red Son was figuring out his feelings on the ground, he didn't notice that the Monkey King had just arrived from visiting an old friend, and was now realizing that his lair was hotter than it was supposed to be.
He looked around until out of the corner of his eye, he saw a glimpse of red fire, so he went to investigate. What he saw was off.
He saw Red Son, alone, on the ground, in his lair, with his hair on fire. He also saw a wall that looked like it got destroyed by fireballs, which he suspected was Red Son's doing. What was confusing him the most though, was that Red Son was here, but there was no sign of Mk.
He slowly walked up to the demon, feeling the heat rise as he got closer. When he got close enough, he saw that the space around Red Son was wavering, like it does whenever something is really hot.
He debated going up to him and tapping his shoulder, but seeing the state he was in made him think not too.
"...Red Son?" The Monkey King said softly, making Red Son's spark some more as the demon jumped and turned around, a fireball in his hand.
Monkey King stopped in his tracks and put his hands up, causing Red Son's eyes to go wide.
"Monkey King?! Where did you come from?!" He said, getting up off the ground and diminishing the fire in his hand.
"I was out to see a friend, and then I came back here expecting to see you and Mk here.
The mention of Mk's name made Red Son's arms drop to his sides, and his body somehow got hotter, making Monkey King back away. Swk narrowed his eyes at the demon and put his hands on his hips.
"Red Son...where's Mk?" He asked softly but sternly, and Red Son looked at the ground.
He didn't wanna look weak, so he looked The Monkey King in his eyes, trying to calm down his body temperature.
"Noodle Bo... Mk got captured by the LBD." Red Son claimed, making The Monkey King's eyes go wide.
"What?! How!?"
"She found us here!"
"How." Monkey King glared at Red Son, making him shrink a little.
"She said she got help by an "old friend" of yours, and then he showed up."
The Monkey King paused for a second, before asking "What did he look like?"
Red Son squinted his eyes and looked down trying to remember, as it felt like it happened a year ago when it only happened a couple of minutes ago.
"Well... at first I thought he was you, because he looks exactly like you. But Mk told me that he wasn't you." Red Son looked up to see that The Monkey King wasn't looking at him anymore, and had a snarl on his face.
"He looks like your evil twin, or your brother. Mk told me his name was... Ma... I can't remember, but it rhymes with chillax, or Big Mac."
"Macaque." Swk growled, turning away from Red Son.
"Oh yeahhh, that's right. Macaque."
Swk felt a pang of guilt when he heard Macaque's name. He started to walk away but stopped himself, turning back to Red Son, who was staring back at him.
He paused for a second, before walking closer to Red Son, alarming him.
"W-wait! Don't come near me! I'll burn you!" Swk ignore him and came closer, until he was right in front of Red Son.
Swk wrapped both his arms around Red Son, pulling him into a hug. Red Son just stood there, worried for burning The Monkey King, but also secretly liking the hug.
Swk felt his whole body start to burn because of Red Son's body temperature, but ignored that.
"I need you to calm down, ok? Get your body temperature back to normal- for you. Relax."
"But-"
"No buts, ok? It'll be ok, we'll get Mk back. I promise."
Red Son took in The Monkey King's word. He laid his head on The Monkey King's chest and felt his chest rise up and down steadily, and tried to copy that with his breathing.
Soon he felt his body temperature start to die down, including his hair. Once his hair and body cooled down all the way, the 2 stayed in the hug for a little longer, before pulling away.
The Monkey King gave Red Son a reassuring look, and Red Son smiled back.
The Monkey King backed up from Red Son a little before ripping out a piece of his hair, surprising Red Son.
The Monkey King threw the pieces of hair on the ground, and they glowed yellow. Suddenly, a clipboard with paper and a pen appeared on the ground.
Swk bended down and picked up the clipboard and pen, before clicking the pen a couple of times and looking at Red Son.
"So, do you have any idea what her motivation would be to take Mk?" He asked, and Red Son crossed his arms.
"What, so you're interrogating me now?"
"That's exactly what I'm doing."
Red Son chuckled a little before answering.
"Well, when she first came here, she wasn't actual after Mk at first. She told us that she originally came here for you, but since you weren't here, she decided to take Mk instead."
Monkey King nodded, writing something down on the paper. "Alright, did she reveal why she wanted me?"
"Not really. I suspect its either because she wants your powers, or she just wants to kill you because she hates you- or something."
"Right." Monkey King replied, writing more stuff on the paper.
"But if she just hates you and wanted to kill you, why would she need the Noodle Boy?"
Monkey King sighed, putting the pen behind his ear. "Probably to lead me into a trap."
Red Son nodded. "So... were going to head right into her trap?"
"Yup."
"Oh-"
"There's either that, or we make a planned rescue and somehow find out where she's keeping Mk, and how to escape her stupid little goons."
Red Son paused, thinking. "Why can't we go with the second one? Can't you shapeshift into like a small bug and figure out that stuff?"
"Because now that I know that my "old friend" is under her control, she's probably making him keep watch. If I went in there, even disguised as an ant, he would find me in 2 seconds flat. Thats how long we've been friends."
Red Son nodded again, mentally noting the information. He looked down at the clipboard Monkey King was holding and asked, "Hey what did you write on there?"
The Monkey King looked at Red Son and smiled. "Oh I wasn't actually writing anything down, I was just drawing me eating a peach of immortality."
He held the picture up for Red Son to see, and Red Son sighed as he saw that Monkey King indeed draw a stickman version of himself eating a peach of immortality.
Monkey King looked behind him and his smile deteriorated a little. "Is that Mk's staff?" He asked, pointing to it in the distance, on the ground.
Red Son looked to where The Monkey King was pointing and suddenly remembered.
"Oh yeahhhh. Forgot to tell you something. Mk dropped his staff while struggling against my mother."
"Your mother was here?!"
"Yeah. Apparently my mother, and I can only assume my father, are under the control of the LBD as well."
The Monkey King sighed and rubbed his face. "That would have been nice to know." He said as he started walking towards the staff. Red Son followed.
He picked up the staff and held it on his shoulders.
Welp. There's no time to waste." He said, looking at Red Son as he straightened his back.
"Let's go save Mk."
"Yeah. Let's." I hope...