Mercy And Forgiveness

Harbinger

MK's P.O.V
I looked at Nuwa, shocked that she was going to restart everything, and that Y/n was going to watch everything that ever happened all over again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

"But... why does jt have time end at all? Why does there need to be a cycle?" I protested. "Just as people are starting to figure things out--."

"Child." She interrupted me. "With the guardians gone, there are none in this world strong enough... to bear the power of the stones. To maintain the pillar."

I grew confused. "So... they have to go back to the beginning? And my Sweet Pea has to watch over it? It has to be for something, it-it can't just be a journey to the end, it needs to mean something!"

Nuwa gave me a pitiful smile. "Child, it was not my intent for the cycle to end now. But the end has come, and it must begin again."

"But everyone... you're letting them die...!" I cried more.

Nuwa stopped to smile at me again. "They will live again. In the next cycle. Because of my sacrifice, Y/n's and yours. This us how I keep them safe."

I lowered my head, tears falling to the ground.

Nuwa lifted up my chin with her tail. "I saw that my children could not survive the chaos. So, I built the pillar and forged the cycle. To protect them. Forever."

I grit my teeth.

"NO!" I shout, causing Nuwa to move back. "No! I will not let this be!" I glared up at her.

The goddess sighs and frowns. "I understand you are upset--."

"Upset?" I stepped forward. "I'm FURIOUS! The love of my life will have to restart everything and watch as nothing changes."

I got more angry as more tears rolled down my face. "I thought I was saving everyone, making sure Y/n's death was not for nothing."

The stones started shining, responding to my emotions.

I looked at Nuwa with a determined and hardened face. "But I get it now. When presented with a choice, people say you can't have both or you can't have either. While I may not have Y/n with me, I will make sure she sees a world that will contour on. No more level 0!"

I summoned my staff, the power of the stones connecting to it. "It's time to write the next chapter."

"Mortal! Stop! If you do this, I can't protect them. Chaos will drown everything. You will all be lost." Nuwa looks down on me."

"Even if it does all lead to pain." I smiled. "That pain is ours! It's a part of who we are!"

I took back the stones.

"We choose our own path!"

Nuwa looked at me sadly. "The sacrifice... is your destiny. You are the Harbinger of Chaos."

"Nuh-uh!" I shook my head. "I'm... THE MONKIE KID!"

I threw myself out of the pillar, finding myself back in the mortal realm as I fell out of the sky with the stones.

"KID!" I hear Monkey King's voice shout.

Monkey King kept into the air and caught me.

"I got you! I got you...!" He cried.

I smiled weakly, also crying. "Monkey King... I...I was wrong...I--."

"It's not important now." Monkey King said as we landed on the ground.