𝙈𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙔 𝙈𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙄𝙀𝙎____[Lᵐᵏ ˣ Kᶰʸ]

𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙏𝙒𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙔-𝙁𝙊𝙐𝙍

MISTY MEMORIES

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Chapter Twenty-Four
Better than We Found It
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❝My body will remember that anger that will not leave me until I die.❞

YOU QUICKLY SNAPPED out of your shock and increased you speed to reach Mk, seeing the boy fall down. Using your strength, you leaped high in the air, catching Mk before he could touch the ground.

You landed inside the destroyed mountain and put Mk down. The boy was panting and sweating after using this much of energy, "Mk, are you alright?" You asked him with worry. Your friend forced a smile and nodded, "Y-Yeah, just a bit tired." He replied, trying his best to assure you. However, you can tell that he was beyond just tired. He looked also scared.

Just then, the two of you started to float slightly off the ground. When you looked up, you saw Azure screaming in pain. His body was like it was cracking and light emitted from his eyes in mouth. Everything around you got worse as the cracks in the sky also reached the ground, indicating the destruction of the mortal realm. You could've sworn you saw tears in his eyes.

"No, no... I can fix this. I can fix all of this! If it wasn't for Sun Wukong, none of this would—" Azure struggled to speak, looking at his hands. Even in this state, he was still blaming Wukong for this mess. You and Mk looked at each other as you listened to him before Mk cut him off, "Azure, none of this was Monkey King's fault." He said, there was a slight sympathy in his voice for Azure and what he was going through. Short moments later, Wukong joined you and Mk with the scroll's in his hand. When Azure spotted him, he immediately went to strike.

"Azure, just... stop, okay? You've won. You're going to destroy us, just like you wanted. Us and the entire universe."

"No. This is not what I wanted. I can still fix this, it's-it's the whole reason I'm here at all!"

"Wait, how are you here?"

The question Wukong asked didn't just puzzle Azure but also you and Mk. The lion was surprised by this question, "What? What kind of question is that? You know exactly how..." Azure asked, but Wukong cut him off.

"No, here and now! I put you in the Underworld myself. How'd you get out? How'd you get the scroll? I know for sure you didn't steal it... you couldn't have!"

"I... I don't know, I... I was..."

"Azure, who gave you that scroll? Because whoever it was, they must have known this would happen. Wanted this to happen! And they used you to do it."