Villain Tripitaka AU

Chapter 4: Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing

3rd POV

Pigsy sighed as he packed his necessities, today was the day he was going to open shop after a long time...since the passing of his mom, he hadn't had the heart to even cook his culinary goods, and the shop was renovated into an apartment of sorts. Sandy, his boyfriend (Yesh this ship is canon) was able to convince him to get back on his feet, and let the mourning period pass on...

"You ready to go bud?" Sandy asked as Pigsy nodded. "Time to open her up after years huh?" He said chuckling afterwards, it was slightly forced and the atmosphere was bittersweet...he could not hesitate though...his mother, wouldn't let herself get in the way of his dream...this is everything he would've wanted...and dreamed... "alright let's head to the shop together eh?" Sandy said, the chef nodded, getting on the small tuktuk and driving alongside Sandy who preferred the bike...

Soon they arrived at the shop where Pigsy would work finally. "Heh...hasn't changed a bit..." He remarked, pulling over the Tuktuk and placing it at the side, he then looked over the necessities and unlocked the shop...Sandy headed over back to place the ingredients, until he spotted someone in the nearby alleyway...

"The process is nearly complete...soon your beloved will achieve full power, and with the necessary Bull clones, your family will reach total domination..." the great monk whispered, "Continue the process! Faster! We must prepare for my beloved's return!" She ordered, the Bull clones begin to pump the pedals, continuing to make more of their clones until their bolts run dry. "How are you faring my dear boy?" Princess Iron Fan spoke, signaling to Red Son, now older and much, much smarter than his mother ever could be. "The Gauntlet is nearly to completion, soon, we'll have the power to lift the staff once and for all!" Red Son shouted, continuing to make said gauntlet... "I was sure that I could lift the staff...or even Red Son...but the fact that neither of us were worthy frightens me on what the criteria for lifting the staff is..." She muttered to herself, of course she was worried that Red Son might not even develop the necessary criteria for lifting the staff. "Have faith my princess...the blueprints I have given will not fail you..." he assured, looking over Red Son one last time. "How are you able to develop a gauntlet that could even bend the staff to its will?" She asked, curiously looking over the side so she can attempt to talk to him face to face. "Let's just say I'm familiar with the staff's abilities..." I spoke, smiling as I did, she seemed unsure, but it's understandable...

!!!

?!

Tang...

"I don't know Pigsy...we can't just leave him here...look, it he looks injured!" Sandy says, Tang merely stood in a defensive pose, huffing to himself, his time is expiring, soon he's going to turn to dust at this point... "Sandy look at him, he won't even allow us to help him!" Pigsy says, as earlier, when they approached the puppet, he merely back away in a defensive pose. "All the more reason to help him! Who knows what he experienced out here! You know how these streets are..." Sandy says, remembering the amount of fights he would get into almost everyday. Pigsy thought for a moment then stared at the man. Who continued to react defensively...Pigsy then pulled a stern look, quickly grabbing the man by the arm and dragging him inside the shop, the puppet stared in shock, yet, he didn't have the strength to move his arms...pretty much he couldn't, the best he could do on his own is walk. Sandy tried to tell pig demon that he needed to be gentle with the man, but roughly sat him down on the table, shaking him off balance before Sandy caught him. The chef then pulled himself towards the kitchen, cutting up vegetables and preparing noodles.

The Great Monk then returned to the puppet, having searched the entire city for him, only to find him in a noodle shop, the blue demon was trying his hardest to look at his chest, which was visibly bleeding, but the puppet refused, I mean, Sandy would be surprised and shocked at the gaping hole in his chest. The Monk slowly approached the puppet and begun pulling its strings, seemingly to push Sandy away, but it was gentle...as the blue demon resembled one of the Monk's beloved disciples... "Sha Wujing?" He muttered to himself, seeing the difference from the river demon he'd tamed and the sea demon now. "Come on bud, you're bleeding over there!" Sandy insisted but the puppet refused...obeying its master's command to never allow anyone to look at his chest. The Master in question sighed, knowing that despite having vocal cords, puppets without true sentience couldn't talk...in sheer annoyance the Monk possessed the puppet, and as Sandy extended his hand again.

"I'M FINE!" The Monk spoke, then quickly turned shocked, his voice had changed...he expected it to be lower, but it sounded higher than normal. The Sea Demon put his hand down, it only took a while that the Monk realized he had yelled at him. "Finally talking huh?" Pigsy said returning with a bowl of noodles, placing it down next to the Monk, the Monk looked over to the food and at the sight, quickly removed himself from the puppet's body, refusing to eat it. The puppet stared, sensing magic within it that not even the pig could see. "Go on...help yourself..." Pigsy motioned, but the puppet couldn't do anything unless he was directly instructed to...the Monk examined the bowl, seeing that indeed it held magic within it, and commands the puppet to eat it...

Suddenly a sudden wave of magic surrounded his body and the monk...

What type of magic is this?! Even demons would be attracted if this was absolutely horrible!

"Geez...you've been starving for days there huh?" Pigsy remarked looking over the poor man....seemingly poor man. "Pigsy, we should help him...he's bleeding." Sandy whispered, the Monk just stared at the both of them, looking worriedly at his...

Corpse...

Sha Wujing and Zhu Bajie...

The Monk held the urge to cry...seeing his old disciples in front of him, one's he learned to love like family...had they reincarnated? Gained amnesia...? The Monk stared and observed the place, looking over a few photos Pigsy had...it seems that reincarnation was at play. The Monk was saddened again...that means that his disciples perished where the one who killed him lived a peaceful life...

He won't let him get away with this!

Looking over his puppet, it's seems as though his expiration date extended...did he...what was in those noodles?! It seems that the demons were getting even more concerned, Tang still had bleeding in his chest and he had just finished his noodles, but hasn't said a word.

That's enough now...

He said, commanding the puppet to walk and leave the shop. "Where are you going?" Pigsy said, his voice stern as ever...the Monk sighed in another act of annoyance and quickly possessed the puppet. "I'm leaving...thank you for your hospitality, I'll pay you back another day..." he spoke, hating the fact that he has to walk the corpse himself, he was glad he could still control the strings from within his corpse. "But you're bleeding...and you're so disheveled." Sandy said in concern, the monk sighed...even in different lifetimes they still worry for him. "The injuries are from days ago...I'm fine..." He assured, sternly putting his place and telling that he should leave... "If that was from days ago then you won't last a day out there bud...stay here and let us help ya out...we won't even touch the wounds if you're that uncomfortable." Pigsy says, Sandy looked at him confused, but the pig insisted that they didn't overstep their boundaries. The Monk looked over his former disciples with an intense stare, seems like they won't take no for an answer...and he needs a place for Tang to lay low, Princess Iron Fan isn't going to be happy with a liaison on her plate...

"If you insist..." he said, but sounded like he was hesitant about it, Pigsy motioned him back towards the seat and looked at him. "Alright first-things-first...what's yer name? We ain't just gonna keep calling you 'the guy' all the time" the pig bluntly stated, The Monk hesitates for a bit...

Would they remember from similar names?
Would they find it strange...?

But ultimately he gave into the temptation...

"Tang..."

"Tang Shifu..."