"You know the whole thing with Azure Lion wasn't your fault, right?" Mk felt himself freezing over. Of course it was all Mk's fault, he just couldn't not touch shit he wasn't supposed to and it went wrong. He should have known better than to mess with any of those artifacts Monkey King kept around, should have reacted faster when Monkey King jumped and closed it before the Ink Demon could get out. Should have fought harder, shouldn't have let Monkey King get sucked in. Should have known better than to feed his family to it, should have pulled them out sooner, shouldn't have trusted Azure. He shouldn't have let Azure get ahead of them like that, should have gotten Monkey King out. Shouldn't have broken the memory tile, shouldn't have let the Brotherhood escape, shouldn't have let Azure- He smiles and his mouth is dry again. "Yeah, of course I know that. I mean, how could I have known any of that was gonna happen?" Liar. . . . An interpretation of the events between Azure Lion's death and the beach party. Featuring Wukong redemption arc, multiple monkeys accepting that you have to ask for help sometimes, and gratuitous amounts of freenooodles content.