As Sandy slept inside the van or TEA. Everyone else sat around the camp fire, MK examining the map, Tang polishing the Ring, Mei sat next to MK watching him, Pigsy sat in front of the TV, and Monkey King sat in his chair eating some roasted marshmallows. Perfectly golden, his eyes sparkled with delight as he happily chopped down.
MK cried out frustrated,
"Okay so- whoever made this map. Needs a lesson on how to draw good." MK held the map at a different angle in hopes it would help.
"One, judgy much and two What do you mean?" Tang asked still polishing the Ring ever so gently.
"NONE OF THESE LANDMARKS LOOK LIKE ANYTHING!" MK cried.
Monkey King sat back in his chair relaxed, even with MK whining in the background about the landmarks on the map not looking like well- anything. He could tell DBK's castle and maybe a lantern city? Then yelled out about the last one that didn't make any sense.
Monkey King was waving one of his peach chips around. Almost like he was debating if it was worth to eat when, a moth landed on his hand. He stopped moving and examined the rather large moth. It's fluffy body and beautifully designed wings and colors, was the size of his hand. He saw the moth then land on his peach chip, attempting to eat it.
"JUST GIVE ME ONE!"
"NO GET YOUR OWN!"
Monkey King smiled softly, slowly setting the peach chip on his knee for the moth to eat. As he grabbed another he tapped the new chip to the one on his knee and ate it.
"SHHHHHH!" Pigsy shushed everyone, as he watched some cooking show. MK gasped before shoving Pigsy out the way holding the map up to the screen, grabbing the ring and dragging Tang along with it. Holding both up to the screen he smiled wide.
"GUYS LOOK! IT ONE OF THE RINGS!"
"Pfft- see this? Hey if Ming sent ya tell him he would've loved this kid." Monkey King whispered to the moth.
"ITS SPACE!? WERE REALLY GOING TO SPACE THIS TIME!?" MK stared up at the moon with wide eyes, after him and Pigsy squealed like nerds for a second Mei snuck up puting her arm around MK.
"Hey so MK! I know your all big brain boy and all now but uhh...How exactly are we gonna get to the moon?" she asked. Before MK could answer Monkey King announced,
"In a rocket! Yeah! Use your powers, build a rocket outta the van and we'll just flllyyyy on up there!" Monkey King explained using the peach chip the moth sat on to illustrate a rocket flying up to the moon sound effects and all.
"Oh you mean the powers I don't have anymore!?" MK asked...still a little hurt. Monkey King sighed setting down the chip and moth,
"Come on bud, believe in yourself. The way I believe in you."
"Yeah!"
"You got your gold vision back! Cause you needed to save your friends! Now you need to get to the moon, don't think just feeelll it!"
"OKAY!" Mk turned to the Van, "HERE COMES-" he prepped himself planting his feet to the ground, "MONKEY KID!" he swung his hands forward a soft gold glow coming off of him. The van started to lift in the same golden glow, sweat dripping from his head,
"Cna he just do that? Get new powers whenever he wants?" Tang asked
"SHSHSHSHSSHHH!!" Mei shoved a finger in Tang's face shushing him.
The van listed off the air the hood glow growing, before it finally- shrunk.
The van was now the size of a toy van.
MK groaned,
"Taaahh don't worry about it bud! I still believe in you! Look!" Monkey King held up the moth now on his hand,
"Little mothball here believes in you too!" MK smiled looking at the moth that turned twoards MK like it was staring at him.
"Maybe you just need a stronger motivator, here lemme handle- let US handle this one." Monkey King chuckled gesturing to the moth setting it to his shoulder.
Monkey King walked forward raising his hand up, when a bright golden glow sprung off him like a jolt of energy pushing everyone back. The van separated into peices assembling it back into a rocket.
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Monkey King hummed pressing some buttons, even letting the moth chose a few from inside the hamster like ball Monkey King made for him so mothball could come with.
"You've done this before right?" Pigsy asked,
"Nope! I've never even made a rocket ship before you believe that!?" Monkey King smiled before Pigsy horrifiedly tightened his seatbelt and held onto his seat like that was going to do anything if he was hurdling twoards the earth at 100+ MPH.
(This is my worst fear to hear- I don't like planes or heights in general 😀👍 genuine fears guys- genuine f e a r)
"Oh what's that button do?" Monkey King asked before pressing the big red button, causing the rocket to blast off. At VERY HIGH SPEEDS- the moth inside a hamster ball was sent back gladly MK was able to catch him.
Before they began slowing down a bit just enough to grab their sanity.
But not long cause they lost it again once they crash landed into one of the crators of the moon.
Pigsy and MK were both luanched out the rocket face planted, with their space suits fully on gladly.
"Sorry guys like I said I NO idea how to fly a rocket!" Monkey laughed, "Oh! Sorry little guy, didn't mean to scare you.." Monkey King picked up the small space friendly hamster ball with the small moth inside from MK.
The moth wasn't moving and stuck to the side of the ball. Monkey King tried softly tapping the ball but nothing, he tapped it harder but nothing, his heart sped up,
"Hey.." he said, tapping it again, nothing, "Hey!" he spoke louder, tapping it repeatedly, "HEY!" he finally yelled shaking the ball.
The moth shook its wings flying around a bit. Monkey King sighed in relief,
"You scared me little guy don't do that.." he whispered watching the moth walking around the ball.
Monkey King looked up,
"oh right the mission." Monkey King quickly followed MK who was lecturing Pigsy.
Pigsy And MK looked around the corner as Monkey King watched little mothball.
"Hey- don't you need a suit?" MK asked,
"Pshhh no space suits are for dorky mortals!" Monkey King smirked.
"AH- GET DOWN" Pigsy grabbed the two ducking down. They watched as a huge rabbit security robot passed by scanning the area for intruders. As it passed on they all watched,
"omg." His eyes sprkeled, "that might be the cutest thing I've ever saw." Monkey King whispered smiling huge holding the moth up to see it. Once the robotic rabbit left they sprinted into the kitchen.
While Pigsy freaked out about being in her kitchen, MK basically destoryed it trying to find the ring. Monkey King sat back in a chair still holding the moth lifting it up and spinning around making quiet sound effects like it was flying.
"Come on I don't bite!"
"YOUR MONKEYS ATE SOME OF MY MOTHS! I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU BITE!"
Monkey Ming chuckled, but a blaring alarm went off,
"The old ring triggers the alarm system trick!" Monkey king announced in a old detective movie voice, "Alright, come on guys lets get outta here." but before they could the robot rabbit busted in.
Repeating intruder over and over again,
"AH WHAT DO WE DO!?" MK screamed from behind the counter,
"Come on bed GOLD VISION!" Monkey King yelled back still in the chair that had been knocked to the ground.
"Oh right! I keep forgetting I have that!" MK quickly used his golden vision to look for somekind of way out when he found one of those water vents-water drainers?
The thing in the floor of bathrooms (usually showers) and sometimes kitchens that drain water if it spills.
Grabbing, Pigsy, Monkey king, and himself shoving them all inside and down. On the other side was a very clean and pretty factory.
"WOAHHOHOOHOOO! Is this a factory INSIDE the moon!?" MK stood looking around amazement in his eyes.
Before 6 more robot bunnies surrounded them ready to blast them.
"Aw crud.." All of them blasted, but gladly none of them were hit barley dodging every blast. They were able to escape becuase all the blasts formed a hole for them to get back to the ship. As they ran ANOTHER robot bunny stopped them guns ready to shoot.
"MONKEY KING DO SOMETHING!"
"I'm sorry I can't! it's just too gosh darn adorable!" Monkey King smiled tilting his head in admiration his tail forming a heart.
"Kid! What are you doing!?" MK threw his arm back then swung both forward,
"Here! Comes!" The robot blasted, "Monkey kid!" he yelled holding his hands in front of his face. Shrinking the blast and the robot, the robot dropped onto one of the plants gentle dropping to the ground. It blinked before looking up screaming,
"INTRUDER INTRUDER!" in a high pitched but quieter tone.
MK and Pigsy both looked down at it before Monkey King pushed them out the way,
"OKAY! T h a t is the most adorable thing I ever saw!" he said with a bright smile, holding the moth up to bunny so he got a better view as well.
"Ahem." Everyone's eyes widened turning their heads to the woman's voice.
"Hey so..what do you think your doing?" she asked,
"CHANG'E!?" everyone was shocked,
"Sun Wukong and MK the Monkey Kid." he went up to them and smiled brightly,
"Not to be that gal but- I'm a huge fan!! Do you have a moment!?" she giggled before taking pictures with the two.
She giggled looking at all the pictures before tapping MK's helmet making it seem his space helmet disappeared.
"Okay great! Say cheese!" she took another picture before MK realized his helmet was off and started gasping holding his breath.
Before he realized he could still breathe...very confused but he just accepted it.
"Anyway what was I saying? Oh right, I believe you have something that belongs to me?" she reached her hand out for it.
"I'm sorry Chang'e we needed to find this ring in order to save the world!" MK fell to his knees holding up the ring, "After we were done we were gonna to return it. Honest!"
"Oh? That old thing?" she questioned.
"You can keep it!" she smiled,
"What?-"
"I've been up here a long time, all sorts of things make it to my garden. However, the day that arrived I knew their was something special about it. That it didn't belong. So I gave it a home until it was time to leave this place. So yes you may have the ring, in return for my book." she pointed.
"Book?" MK questioned looking around, Monkey King shrugged and looked at the moth, then shrugged for him.
"I kinda just took this so.." Pigsy coughed, MK snapped his head around,
"Pigsy! What did you do!?" Monkey rested his eyes gesturing to the moth,
"We're gonna put our money on him stealing Chang'e's book."
"No! No I just kinda-" Pigsy sighed pulling out the book, MK GASPED,
"WHY I NEVER! OH YOU BETTER BELIEVE WE'LL BE HAVING WORDS WHEN WE GET HOME YOUNG MAN!" MK yelled. Monkey King played with the little moth then looked up at Chang'e who was walking over.
"I-I was gonna put it back! Your such an inspiration! I just uh...I wanted to leave you with a parting gift. In exchange for the ring..hehe.." he handed the book back to her opened to a specific page. Her eyes shined looking down, she read through the recipe Pigsy had left her taped into her book.
"I'm truely sorry.." she wiped away his tear,
"Don't cry mr. Pig, when cooking is life.."
"Life is cooking." They said in sync.
Monkey King rolled his eyes,
"psh it's just cooking guys-"
"LIFE IS COOKING!" they both yelled, even the moth hit the side of the ball scaring Moneky King as he pretended to zip his mouth shut.
"Alright, now that that's worked out we should probably get going." MK pointed,
"It's been a long time since I've had someone to talk to, besides bun bun over here. Maybe you could stay for a little while longer? It would mean the moon to me." she smiled with hopeful eyes.
"Yeah but we kinda got a save the world sit-" Pigsy shoved MK out the way,
"We'd love to!" he smiled. Monkey king looked down at MK then back at the moth still playing with him.
Chang'e looked at him, her eyes softened.
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As they boarded back onto the rocket ship, MK was stopped by Chang'e,
"MK can you help with something very quickly it's right over there I just need to give you something." she asked,
"Oh yeah sure." MK followed her over to a tree a little further from the rocket.
"MK...um..your aware of Ming?" she asked stopping in front of the tree,
"Uh..I know of him. Only a little bit." he scratched his neck thinking back to Monkey king's cave.
"You are aware who he..was to Sun Wukong..right?"
"I- Well..yeah..yeah I do." Chang'e lifted her arm up to a low hanging branch and plucked a cherry out the tree placing it in a small basket.
Chang'e plucked another staring at it,
"I think...he's still having a hard time moving on. That moth with him has he always had it?"
"No I think he just got it today," MK thought back as he took the basket form Chang'e.
"Well, I'm aware you've probably never met Ming?" MK shook his head,
"His wing pattern and color are dangerously close to that moth's." she explained, placing more cherries in the basket
"Woah- really!?"
"Yes, I think it's sweet he wants to keep Ming near his heart still but I think...I think he's also refusing to mourn his passing. I wanted to ask your for a favor as well." Chang'e placed the last few cherries in the small basket.
"Yeah what's up?" MK asked,
"Help him mourn, I'm not sure what will help him. But from years of stories I've heard, he's avoided things that remind him of Ming for centuries. Maybe making him remember will help? But I'm not sure. Can you just..try to help him move on.". MK stared, Chang'e sighed.
"If he doesn't mourn I'm afraid he might...he might not be fully there when you need him." She whispered, placing her hands on his. MK nodded,
"Don't worry, I'll help him anyway I can! Mo need to worry!"
"Thank you MK!" she smiled,
"Oh and these are for all of you!" she smiled pushing the small basket of cherries to MK's chest.
MK smiled,
"Cool!" Chang'e began to walk away, before MK did he noticed something on the tree. He looked closer.
There was a small moth engraved into the tree.
MK stared at it,
"This doesn't look like Chang'e..." he thought, her small doodles were much more loose. This was very blocky and more like a 9 year old drew it.
"MK lets go!" Monkey King yelled from the rocket,
"H- UH COMING!" He yelled running off, accidentally dropping one of the cherries.
MK sat in his set with the cherries,
"Oh whatcha go there bud?"
"Oh- cherries!" MK held up the small basket, Monkey King's eyes widened,
"oh, cool let me have some." he took a few, dropping one inside mothball's little hamster ball.
"There you go.." he whispered with a soft smile.
MK stared, as Monkey king gently lifted the ball watching the moth move around the cherry.
"I'm afraid he won't be there when we need him..." as they went home MK thought about her words.
He shook his head,
"No! When it's important of course Monkey King will be there!" He smiled confidently looking to his idol.
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