Destiny Reunites (Sun Wukong X Reader)

A Hero is Born

"The thing you need to understand about the old legends is that the story is never finished. There may be no pages left to turn, but there is always more to the journey. Rising from the Netherworld, the Demon Bull King attacked. No one could stop him, no one could resist. No one except... the legendary Monkey King and the Jade Princess. The Monkey King used his magical staff to pick up a nearby mountain as the Jade Princess took the opportunity to distract him. He trapped the Demon Bull King underneath it. The Monkey King sealed the mountain with the staff that no other being could wield, trapping the Demon Bull King forever while the Jade Princess used a sacred magic spell so no one could find his resting spot. With the battle won, the Monkey King and the Jade Princess vanished, never to be seen again. Legend says the staff still lies on top of that mountain, the one thing keeping our world from certain destruction, her spell keeping it hidden from mortal eyes. And with the Demon Bull King gone, civilization was able to advance into the amazing city we now live in. A world of elegant cultures, gentle loving people, a city brimming with five-star cuisine, and all because of the Monkey King and the Jade Princess." Tang finishes telling his tale of the Monkey King's and the Jade Princess' final battle.

MK smiles brightly hearing the story again as he shakes me violently. "Oh, that's so good! Monkey King's so cool! He's so strong and handsome-"

"M-MK please stop shaking me!"

Tang luckily interrupts him, causing MK to stop shaking me as I'm left dazed. "Oh, MK. And you thought you knew all the Monkey King stories."

MK smiles brightly and shakes his head. "Oh, but I do. I got his whole life documented extensively in this unauthorized autobiography of Monkey King. Written and illustrated by yours truly. Like I knew he was born from a stone, and lived behind a waterfall with his sweet little baby monkey friends! And- and- and oh!"

I smile, hearing MK go on about Monkey King. But Tang stops his ranting, knowing he would go on forever. "It's nice to know someone's taking in all these stories. Pearls of wisdom, dripping from my lips. Though..." Tang turns to me. "You know, you're always listening when the Jade Princess is in the story. I'm going to guess she's your favorite too right?"

I look away and smile cheekily. "Well, to be honest, I'm not that big fan of her heh. I just think it's cool that she was there to help Monkey King out in a lot of his adventures."

He simply smiles at my response before turning to MK. "Well, you know the deal: one story, one free bowl of Zha jiang mian. Hmm?"

"Huh? Oh right, free noodles! Yep, on it. How heavy do you think a mountain is? Compare to like-" He attempts to grab a bowl of noodles but Pigsy hits away MK's hand with a spoon.

That's when both of us turn to the angry pig, seeing his eyes practically on fire with anger. "Free noodles?! No one gets a free meal at Pigsy's! I'm not running a charity here, Tang!"

"And there goes Pigsy with Tang's freeloading heh."

"Ah, but Pigsy. I was paying with wisdom," Tang says with a simple shrug.

"Yeah? Well, wisdom don't pay the rent, you freeloader! And you!" Pigsy points at MK and I as he pushes us into a corner. "You two have been slacking off all morning! I've got a dozen orders that need to go out, so quit slacking and get packing!"

"Uh, I don't work here though. I'm simply here to hang around."

"Yeah. I was about to take my break. So..." MK says while looking away.

This simply angers him a lot more. "Break? Break?! There's no break in war! I need workers. Soldiers in the army of Pigsy's Noodles, home of the world's longest noodles. How else am I gonna expand my business into enemy territory?!"