Tales of the Monkey Princess

The Emperor's Wrath: Better Than We Found It

"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

-Bruce Wayne-

The chains that was holding the mountain together were clanging against each other, Azure Lion continues to struggle to control the power of the Jade Emperor, while onlookers and residents watch as the fabric of reality threatens to tear apart before them.

Groaning, Peng wakes up from unconscious, noticing that they were not going to be the winner. "Look, this has been fun and all but... here's some advice, kids. Never be the last one to leave the party." They said, turning to flee.

Mei growled in anger, eyes turning to slits. "How dare you! My friends are in danger because of you! And you're not even gonna stick around to finish the job?!" Mei launched her fury towards the eagle, but the shadow monkey quickly grabbed hold of her tail.

"Let them go, dragon girl." Macaque smirked, before turning away. "After all, they always were the cowardly of the bunch."

That only made Peng seethed in anger, "You dare turn your back on me?!" They dive at him but Macaque brings out his Smoke Monster, Mei joins him. A look of terror spread on the eagle's face.

Peng takes a look at Flower Fruit Mountain before back at them. "You all ain't worth the effort." And with that, Peng flew away from the scene.

"Hmph, coward." The bull prince muttered.

Macaque sighed before concentrating on the next part of the plan, "Alright. We should regroup with the others."

"Way ahead of ya." Mei's dragon avatar engulfed everyone before flying off towards her best friend's location.

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Down below, Pigsy, Sandy, Tang, and Yellowtusk are figuring out the consequences of Azure Lion's actions.

"Yellowtusk! The universe...Azure is tearing it to pieces. Please, If we don't stop him now there's no winner in this fight. We all lose!" Tang pleaded.

The elephant sighed, solemnly looking down. "It's too late, This damage is irreparable. There is no hope."

Sandy placing a hand on Yellowtusk's shoulder. "Woah, hey friend. That's not really how we roll around here."

"Yeah! We got this saying that says," Pigsy goes to help his husband up, who's knees were shaking. "'As long as we're still standing, there is always hope.'"

"Hmph, a dangerously naive notion, but one I'm open to entertaining." Yellowtusk complied, the wise elephant gives back their ancestral weapons.

"Ooh, my pretty staff!" Tang grinned excitedly, Finally waiting long enough, Pigsy, Sandy and Tang, all received their new battle armour.

"B team! Let's move out!" Tang exclaimed, he summoned a seal to teleport the team to MK and get everything fixed.

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"N-Ngh! Oh no...I can fix this...!" Azure muttered while staring at his paws, tears began to bleed out of his eyes. He couldn't understand, Why was any of this happening. He had to do something about this, He just couldn't control it.

He growled in anger, "I can still fix all of this! If it wasn't for Wukong, none of this would've-!"

"Azure...?" MK called out, causing Azure Lion to turn his head towards her, hovering over the mountains while MK watched with concern and sadness. "None of this was Monkey King's fault."