{Shadows In The Snow} |Monkie Kid AU| •Book 1•

•Chapter 11• {|Shut In|} •Pt.2•

{⚠️TW:Blood:TW⚠️}
Macaque stood in front of the door, his grin widened, and his shadow smiling on the wall. He gave a small knock on the door and spoke, "Liiiii Meeeeeeiii....where are you..hehehe.." he asked but no response came, he knocked again but more aggressively and smiles with impatience, "Kenji...I know your in there..! Open. Up...old man.." he said once again as he felt impatient, he shrugged his shoulders and made a fist. "Well! I guess I'm coming in the hard way..." his voice snarled. Then with a loud grunt and a hard force, the door FLEW off its hinges and broke in half onto the floor, the floor rumbling a bit from the fall. Mac breathed heavily a few and wiped the splinters and wood bits off his hand and looked inside, seeing the place dark and gloomy, he looked around to see if no one was around and went inside, the place was cold and dust started to roam on the counters and tables, he was confused a bit but looked around, he saw that the bowls were empty and haven't been touched in a while and food rotting in the trash, he sniffed and covered his nose immediately and hurled a little "Hmmp!-" he gags, the smell of the rotting food suffocating his nostrils and he muttered under his breathe, "Dang it old man..do you EVER clean up after yourself..." he said in a bit of disgust and kept walking. He let go of his nose and searched for anything of the two and saw they're family picture, Mac growled a bit by the sight of Kenji in his youth and Li Mei when she was only a child, his expression slowly went from anger to shock, then he saw a flashback.

[Flashback]
"Be careful Macaque, she's fragile...make sure not to drop her..." Kenji said in a calm tone, looking a little younger and holding his stick while smiling at the young black furred monkey before him. Macaque stared at Li Mei who was cooing and resting in her crib, wrapped within a blanket. Macaque smiled a bit from how cute she was and gently picked her up, his eyes glowed a bit with sparkles from the feeling of holding her, he poked her nose and she let out a cute little sneeze and woke up, opening her eyes and looking at Mac. Kenji smiled and pat Li Mei gently on the head and chuckled while Mac was smiling and overexcited about holding her. "She's adorable Kenji..!" He spoke, looking at his teacher with sparkles in his eyes and a wide happy grin, Kenji pat his hand on his shoulder and nods as he looked at his granddaughter with happiness in his eyes. Then...everything went white.

{Flashback Ends}
Mac was staring into thin air but he finally snapped out of it, blinking and shaking his head fast and snarling at the picture of Kenji in the picture, his hand balled up into a fist and with immediate rage, he screamed and punched the picture, shattering it into shards and the frame snapping and falling onto the floor, him breathing fast and heavily, eyes full of rage and seeming to loosing more of they're sanity. His hand was bleeding a bit and scratched a bit from the glass, but he didn't mind it, he looked at his hand and balled it up into a fist, making the wound sting. He then looked up with fury in his eyes and made a staff of his magic appear into his hand. "Ok old man...ENOUGH, come out!" He screamed, growing impatient and quitting to look around but still searching for Li Mei. "Li Mei!!! Where are you?!" He screamed again, stomping to the kitchen and kicking down the door with one swing, it breaking off and dented in its woods. He stomped over cups and wood, shattering the tea cups under his foot and stomping to the rooms to look for the two. "Where are you..you old FOOL, I'm loosing my patience with you...you BETTER be in one of these rooms.." he looked into the rooms and saw no one and nothing, only the beds and windows, he grunted in frustration and went to Li Mei's room, yanking at the door knob, only for it to be locked shut. He snarled again and began kicking at the door, making it dent in the wood with every kick, "Let. me. IN!" He yelled, kicking down the door entirely and stomping fast inside the room, looking around for the girl. He looked under the bed, in the blankets, the wardrobe, cabinets, bathroom and closet but she was nowhere to be found. The room was now a mess, the bed messed up and everything out of place, but she was still nowhere to be found...huffing and puffing was the only sound in the room, as well as the grunts of the angry monkey, "no...NO..Where did she go.." he muttered under his breath as he walked around the house to find her, looking into the backyard, that's when he saw the city, it was half destructed and roaming with bull bots and the inventions of the Demon Bull King Family, Mac's eyes widened and he now KNEW where to look, his face of shock soon turned into an evil smile and his retracted back to his calm yet creepy demeanor and left, walking out the house and turning into a purple mist and making his way to the city.

[Meanwhile]
Li Mei opened her eyes and groaned, seeing herself on a couch and in the settings of...a restaurant. She opened up her eyes when she realized she wasn't at home and sat up quickly, looking around her surroundings. "Calm yourself my dear...your in the restaurant with the rest of us.." said a familiar voice from near her, she flinched and turned her head to the direction the voice was coming from and saw Kenji, sitting at a table with a warm cup of tea made for him and her to enjoy. Li Mei jumped up and smiled with joy and rushed to Kenji, hugging him tightly. "Grandpa! Your safe! I thought you got hurt..!" She shouted, making puppy eyes with tears streaming down her face while she pouted. Kenji only chuckled and pat her on her shoulder and gave her a reassuring smile. "My dear..I'll always be there for you..even in your heart..." he spoke softly, she sniffed and smiled back at him and hugged him tightly, Kenji flinched a little from the force but, he didn't mind the hug and gave one back to her.

[Meanwhile]
"Oh my GOOOOSH! It's ACTUALLY you! I'm such a big fan, I've heard all your stories, they're so cool!" Said MK to the Monkey before him in his room, Wukong was resting on his cloud and munching on an extra peach and relaxing. "You said that a bunch of times kid, I already know I'm the one, the only, great AND handsome Monkey King!" The monkey said, smiling charmingly by his pride and nibbling on another bite of the peach. "Can you plz tell me how did you got here..?! What's been happening?? Where have you been?! Where did you go?! Why did you retir-" the boy asked, but Wukong stopped him. "Woah! Whoa ho ho ho kid...slow down, we got all late evening to ask questions..." he said, patting the boy on the head and laying back on his cloud relaxing once more, "So...did Kenji ever tell that he worked with me?" Wukong asked. MK nodded his head quickly and responded, "Yeah! He said you guys were like close friends when he was younger and you two trained together and defeated Macaque, DBK and many other monsters and demons!" MK shouted, waving his arms around with overexcitement. Wukong smiled and opened one of his eyes and had some peach in his mouth, "Yyyup! Me and him was close friends in youth, until when Kenji got older, he got tired and retired from training, I understood and went on my own SOLO style.." the monkey said, his voice muffled from his mouth being filled with peach, he swallowed and burped loudly, flinching and MK looking shocked, Wukong only snickered and rested his arms behind his head and relaxed in the light of the sunset, "Wow!" Your so cool Monkey King! Can you teach me how to be A WARRIOR?!" Asked MK, getting in Wukong's face and smiling full with joy. Wukong looked shocked and pushed his face slowly back so that he can have some room. "Yeah! I mean, heh! I can teach ya! You CAN wield my staff after all!" Said Wukong as he finally closed his eyes and rested on his cloud, but then MK interrupted the silence. "YAAAY!! Oh ho ho! This is so COOL! I'm the student and successor of the famous Monkey King! Wooo!!" He shouted, Wukong flinched and opened his eyes quickly from the sudden shouting and smiled tiredly, "Yeah Kid..! Ya my new student...ugh...I'm..gonna take a nap.." Wukong yawned as MK was holding the staff up in the air and hopping around with glee and overexcitement and jumping onto his bed and laid there smiling, calming himself from the overjoy and looked at Monkey King to say something but saw Wukong already snoring and off to sleep.

The rest did they're own thing and Kenji and Li Mei was eating and drinking tea together and talking, laughing and Li Mei felt more safe around her grandfather, smiling and eating some noodles that Pigsy made and enjoyed the rest of the evening. Nightfall soon came and all was well, Li Mei was on the couch sleeping, MK was in his room sleeping and everyone else was asleep, while Kenji was sitting near the door to watch for any intruders, he started to yawn a bit, he tried to keep his eyes open but only to no avail. He soon dozed off to sleep and the night was peaceful for everyone.

[End of Chapter]