The King, The Prince, and The Warrior

Chapter 34

"I found them next to a big tree, there was a lot of them" Zhu Bajie said eating another handful of the berries "did the bush you pick these berries had a red stem and a bright small yellow flower under them?" Macaque asked looking back at the berries "yeah, they did, why?" The pig demon asked with a mouthful of berries "Bajie, these are Tutsan berries, they're poisonous" Macaque said looking at the four. Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, Ao Lie, and Tripitaka eyes widened in shock at that and they spat the berries out of their mouths "WHAT?!" Zhu Bajie said spitting out the berries "p-poisonous?!" Ao Lie exclaimed in shock "a-a-are we going to die, are we dying!" Tripitaka said panicking "calm down everyone calm down!" Macaque called out silencing the panicking group "now the Tutsan berries are poisonous, but you won't die" Macaque said, the four let out a sigh of relief "but what will happen to us?" Sha Wujing asked worried "you all will experience some sickness from the berries like abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea" Macaque said

Suddenly their stomachs began growling as Zhu Bajie, Ao Lie covered their mouths, while Sha Wujing and Tripitaka held their stomachs in pain, they quickly ran to different directions going far as they could from the area. A few seconds later a horrible smell filled the air making Wukong and Macaque cover their noses from the smell "looks like we're setting up camp here for tonight" Wukong said fanning the air

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Later in the afternoon, Macaque had the campfire going with a pot of soup stirring it before tasting a bit of it, then Wukong came back "I got the clover and Fennel just as you asked" Wukong said holding out the herbs in his hands "thank you, I'll add the Fennel into the soup, you add the clover into the tea" Macaque said taking the Fennel and dropping it into the soup, Wukong nodded and went to where the tea kettle was next to the campfire and poured it into the kettle mixing the clover into the tea. He looks over to Ao Lie, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Tripitaka who were laying on their sleeping mats groaning and holding their stomachs in pain as they had wet cloths over their heads and skin pale "how are you guys feeling, any better?" Wukong asked looking at his brothers and master "I'm afraid not big brother" Sha Wujing said with a slight groan "well the soup and tea will help, and look on the bright side, at least our scent will be masked by the stench so we won't be worrying about Kai's soldiers finding us anytime soon" Wukong said with a smirk

"Yeah, and it cost us a lot of pain" Zhu Bajie said groaning "hey, be thankful that these symptoms can be cure with herbs and not life threatening, it's your own fault for not knowing that those berries were poisonous" Wukong said with a small shrug "shut up" Zhu Bajie said with a groan. Macaque taste the soup again and dubbed it ready "soups ready" Macaque said filling the bowls up with the soup, the copper simian went over to the kettle and stirred the contents before pouring the tea into the cups, the tanned simian try to gather all four bowls but thankfully Wukong grabbed two of the bowls "thank you" Macaque said with a smile "you're welcome" Wukong said hand the first bowl to the monk and the second bowl to the celestial swine before going back to get the tea, Zhu Bajie blew on it before taking a sip of the soup letting out a sigh or relief as his stomach slowly feels better

Ao Lie let out a hum as he drinks the soup while Sha Wujing drinks the tea "thank you Wukong and Mihou" Tripitaka said taking another sip of the soup "mmm, this taste amazing, a bit bland but still amazing, I'll teach you how to cook once we get better" Zhu Bajie said drinking the tea "thank you, I'm sure I'll learn great things from you" Macaque said smiling. Soon the four finished both the tea and the soup feeling a little better than before, Ao Lie let out a yawn feeling drowsy from the soup and tea, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Tripitaka feeling drowsy as well before they fell asleep "guess we should rest up as well, I'll finish cleaning up " Wukong said looking at the tanned simian "alright, goodnight Wukong" Macaque said laying down onto his sleeping mat falling asleep

Wukong stares at the sleeping tanned simian as he packed up the last herb before looking at the campfire his hand gently going to his throat as he let out a small hiss of pain 'Still sore, probably gonna take all night to fully heal' he thought heading to his sleeping mat next to Macaque laying down, he gently traces Macaques face tucking a strand of black hair behind Macaques ears before placing a kiss on Macaques forehead "goodnight Mangoes" Wukong said before falling asleep his tail gently wrapping with Macaques as the tanned simians tail wraps back in his sleep