(Art by me!)

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I looked at MK with shock and awe in my eyes, smiling at him with joy and relief, seems like the staff chose him so he must be worthy of holding it, which made me happy for him and I placed a hand on my chest with high hopes for him.

"This is impossible..." I heard Princess iron fan said, shocked by what she had just witnessed before her eyes.

I looked up at the Demon Bull King seemed to be enraged by this and glared down upon the boy.

I put back my blade inside it's sheathe and appeared just right behind MK and clapped my hands at his accomplishment, starling him in the process.

"My, my! Seems like the staff has chosen you to wield it! Good job!" I said and I started to pat MK's head which made him blush brightly and lightened up by my little compliment.

I then turned to Red son, as I heard him speaking up.

"I don't know what's going on here, but I'm about to end it! That staff along with that woman is mine!"

Red son then lit his gauntlet up in flames as a bunch of bull clones along with Demon Bull King jumped up ready to attack, MK looked up with frightened eyes.

I pulled my blade once more to fight, but suddenly MK pushes me and pulls me right behind him which caught me by suprise, with the staff in hand.

"WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON OUR BREAK!" MK shouted as he used the staff once more, creating a golden light which blew away Red son along with the bull clones, I looked at him in awe.

"This can't be!" I hear the Demon Bull King said, flabbergasted by what's happening before him, that a mere mortal boy was able to wield the legendary staff.

"Uh... That was way more explosive than I expected." MK said as I grabbed a napkin from my pocket and used it to wipe the dust off his face, which didn't seem to mind him and just looked on as if I wasn't doing it, which I didn't really care.

We hear a staff being slammed harshly down to the ground startling MK once again and with princess iron fan stepping forward. "Aggh! Stay back I don't know how I'm doing this stuff!"

"That staff doesn't belong to you little boy, hand it over along with the woman." Princess iron said, annoyed and just wanted this to be over with.

MK hugs the staff close to him, narrowing his eyes before turning to her. "Hmmm.... No..." He said, which made Y/N giggle at him.

I jumped up from behind MK and landed in front of him, placing my hand on my chest where my heart is with NY other hand behind my back still holding on to my stinger blade, should the need ever arise.

"I'm so sorry miss Iron Fan, but I'm afraid you can't have the staff or me, but if you let us leave I consider taking your son as my friend instead, I'm no property after all.."

Princess iron looked at me with annoyance by my audacity to talk to her like that and rubbed her forehead in frustration, but that didn't really bother me at all, in fact it only made me happier by this.

I turned around hearing movement and I saw the staff now moving on it's own, and it was now planted on the ground.

"Ok! I didn't even move that time-!" MK said but was cut off as his face was planted on the ground and before they knew it, the staff started to increase in height and lifted him out of the caves.

"WAIT Y/N'S STILL THERE!" MK screamed as the staff pulled him away and lifts him back to the where the elevator was, she turned around and smiled at them all before waving at them all.

She giggled before saying. "Ara Ara! Sayonara!" Before they could even do anything, I smiled at them one last time and vanished into the thin air as if I teleported, and proceeded to follow after MK along with the staff and out of the underground cave.

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Princess iron fan groaned in frustration as she slammed her massive war fan Into the ground out of frustration. Glaring at where the duo ran away.

"Uugghh! He can't escape with that staff! And so does girl with him as well!"

Princess iron fan shouted, she then turned around noticing her husband rising up from the ground with a dark aura surrounding him.

"Centuries trapped in oblivion, plotting my revenge, and all of it thwarted by a little thief and his friend! I WILL TEAR THE FLESH FROM HIS BONES!"

Demon Bull king said out of rage, mad by the fact that a mere puny mortal thwarted his plot for revenge on the dumb simian. Leaving out his son's little fascination on the insect themed friend of the thief.

Red son lifts his hand up stopping him, now covered with bruises on his face with bandages on it.

"Father! Allow me, I won't fail you a second time!" Red son said, though his focus was now more on the butterfly girl than with the staff and wanted to get rid of that noodle boy for sweeping her away from him.

"See that you don't, my patience is pasts it's end!" Shouted out The Bull King, already fuming out with pure rage just from his aura and expression alone. His patience already running thin.

"Of course father." Red son then lits up in flames and reappears in front of a covered object, he then rips the cover off to reveal a very cool looking car-like vehicle from it.

"Wait." He quickly turned around seeing his mother approach him. "Why do you want the girl so badly?" She asked looking at her son who was about to ride his vehicle with a look of curiosity.

"She's a one in a life time woman mother, I can't let that pass by me like that, he I'll be sure to prepare the wedding once I capture her." He said with a sinister smirk, Princess Iron Fan shrugged at this, getting used to her son's antics.

"In that case... I'd look foward to be her mother in law." Said princess iron fan and walked away as Red son pulls some levers and starts driving off to go after them as the bird landed on the ground and watched.

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I jumped up after one scrap after another, already seeing MK in my sight, I jumped inside the elevator just in time as MK landed inside it as well, staff then increases its height once more and pulls us up from underground.

MK starts screaming as it pulls him up. 'This is fine' I thought while placing my hand on the side of my head, from how loud he was screaming.

We eventually made it back up and MK quickly grabs onto my hand and grabs the staff as well dragging me back inside the delivery truck and then starts driving off quickly.

I turned around and saw a giant vehicle rising out the ground, guessing it was that Red son guy, it starts following after us and a car chase ensues.

"Alright noodle boy! Hand it over along with the butterfly girl!" Red son yelled out.

Mk then pulls out a packet of noodles and looks at it, I looked at him and knew what he was about to do.

"I have a better idea." I responded, putting the noodles aside, and started to pull something out from my pocket, revealing several small black beads, looking at me with confusion but I ignored it, I then turned around and threw it in front of his window.

The beads then hit his window, which resulted in a colorful explosion, which made MK jaw drop by this but quickly puts away the noodles and continued driving.

'I'll give tengen some props for this idea' I thought as I turned back to the road with closed satisfied smile.

The smoke eventually clears up, revealing multi colored paint covering his window. "Dang it!" He then uses the wind shield to wipe it off.

"FINE! HAVE IT YOUR WAY!" Red son yelled out in anger.

"Ahh! You're really scary!" MK yelled out in fright comical tears appearing from his eyes, the car suddenly starts moving and I noticed the staff increasing it's height once again and lifts us up high in the air.

"Boy, this is so much fun!" I said clasping my hands together as the then catapults us into the distance and landed us on the rooftop on many buildings bumping both of inside of it.

"WOULD YOU GET DOWN HERE SO I CAN KILL YOU?!" I hear Red son yelling out and turned to the side to see him just not far from where we were driving.

"NEVER!" MK yelled out and suddenly crashes inside one to the buildings and continued driving, I turned around to the the person apologizing for the damages and quickly turn back. "MK-San please do be careful, that was quite dangerous." I said, bonking his head lightly. "I know! I know!" He screamed out.

We eventually got out of the building and went back on driving on the road unscathed, or so they thought.

MK then starts laughing with joy, finally losing Red son from our tracks, I have a bad feeling about this. "I think we lost him!" He said with relied but suddenly the engine starts busting down, making the car slow down to a eventual stop and breaks down.

We both hopped out as MK panicked and trying to fix it back to working, I put my hand on my forehead, shaking it with disappointment. "Ara ara, Pigsy certainly won't be happy with this." I mumbled as I hear MK rambling and still trying to fox to fix it.

"Oh man, pigsy's gonna kill me." MK said with panic, I turn to him with a reassuring smile. "I know." I said, blatantly obvious that he will as I went to grab the packet of ordered noodles and started to take of my haori and used to hold them in.

"That's very helpful." MK said sarcastically, which made me giggle at his response. "You're welcome." I said with a sarcastic one as well, wrapping the sleeves of the haori and other remaining sleeves to tie it around me tightly on the front if my torso, being careful not to damage them.

We stopped chattering hearing an engine rumbling not to far from where we are, we then heard an all too familiar laugh coming closer, which made MK scream with fright once more.

Without any warning I grabbed MK and placed him on my back, giving him a piggy back ride, making him yelp in surprise as I started running in a fast pace, noticing two people before us, MK jumps off my back and tackles the guy who was holding a board apologizing while at it.

I pulled out some cash in my pocket and shoved it in his chest as he was complaining about his board, I quickly made work of my wrapped the handmade sack and wrapped on my back now, before riding on the board with MK, holding on to him by his waist, which made him blush brightly as we we flew off with Red son on our trail.

"I'M COMING TO GET YOU NOODLE BOY! SAME GOES WITH YOU BUTTERFLY GIRL!" Red son said as we dodged some buildings on our way, hearing him laugh once more, I cling on to MK tighter as the ride was getting more intense, burying my face on his shoulder, not noticing how he shivers at my touches.

We eventually ride inside a very narrow alleyway and saw that Red son was stuck inside it because if it, which then made him yell in frustration.

Mk chuckled at this and waves at him. "See ya!" He said before turning away from him, I turned back to Red son, releasing one of my arms around him and waved at Red son. "Ara ara! Sayonara!" I yelled out him as we flew away into the distance out of his sight.

As we went to fly back at pigsy's I started going inside my thoughts about how kanao is back at home and hopefully defeated the Demon king, she didn't feel anything wring with her so she guessed they already defeated him, she now only hopes that kanao along with the rest have a better life now.

I was snapped out of my thoughts hearing someone chasing us from behind, I quickly turned around and saw that Red son was back, but this time with a different vehicle on him, his eyes bursting in flames, he just never learns how to quit doesn't he?

"Oh c'mon! Where did you get that?!" MK yells out in frustration.

"What? You both think I don't drive anything that has atleast one complex transformation?" Red son said, pulling out a paper with a bunch of various vehicles with it before throwing it away, he then starts pressing something making the engine boost and flew just right above the both of us.

The car then starts bumping in on us and we both eventually land above the his car, MK unaware of this sighs with relief and wipes a sweat off his forehead as I looked at right in front of us seeing a dead end, I tapped his shoulder and pointed right in front of us, a the while my smile remained despite what's happening.

MK quickly noticed and starts screaming as we pass the dead end sign and crashed right at the end if the unfinished road, MK starts screaming and clings on to me as we were falling, in the corner of my she I saw a green light flashing below us, quickly realizing who if was I wrapped an arm around MK, his face squishing against my chest, making him turn bright red.

A face of a dragons appears and flew in front of us, before fading away revealing a an all too familiar person before us, I reached out and grabs ahold of my hand and drags me away, with MK still in my arms.

"You've got be kidding me!" Red son said, he then noticed that MK's face was against my chest made him even angrier, we flew off back to the road leaving Red son behind.

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The person drove us back to the noodle shop, I eventually let go of MK, as I landed on the ground beside him with a little back flip.

"Ara ara, That ride was certainly something!" I said, giggling putting my sleeves near my face.

The person then steps out of the bike, taking off the suit revealing an all too familiar girl.

The girl then pulls out her camera taking pictures while posing. "Nailed it!" MK slides in front of her with relief. "Mei!" He said as I help Mei pull him up.

"That was an intense game of tag! You guys looked like you guys were having so much fun! I wanted to join in too!" Mei said excitedly.

"Indeed we I had fun!" I said with a smile as MK looked at her nervously. "Actually, we almost died back there." He said with a sweatdrop.

"But you didn't! So lets celebrate it with a round of monkey mech!" Mei said, gesturing at the game behind her, I usually sit on the sidelines and watch them play since I'm not much of a gamer, but would sometimes drag me in with them to play, it was quite fun though, I'll admit that.

"You should totally invite your edgy friend too!" Mei added, a small vein appeared in my face of his mention, but I calmed down quickly.

"Yeah... He was trying to kill me..." MK said, I came up beside him placing a hand on his shoulder. "And he also tried to kidnap me." I said with a strained smile on me, closing my eyes.

"Well in that case.." Mei pulls out her phone, revealing a red button in it with mei's face in it with piercing red eyes, she then turned to both of us with a dark expression.

"Where does he live?" Mei said with a menacing tone, MK looked at her with a frightened expression but I didn't mind, I was about to answer her question when we heard pigsy's voice not too far from behind us, he definitely sounded enraged.

"MK! WHERE ARE YA YOU PUNK?!" Pigsy yelled out and started to approach where we are. "You mind telling me why some bozo left a zero star review on pigsy's noodles?!" Pigsy yelled showing his phone to reveal a zero star review on it

I stepped in front of MK to answer for him instead. "Well you see pigsy-" I said but was cut off by mei once more, it was starting to get me a little annoyed now honestly.

"Woah! Zero stars? Congrats! Better than nothing right?" Mei said with her hands on her hips while swinging back and forth, while still standing as well.

"That's not how it works mei!" Before turning to me. "And I want to hear it from that punk! So you I!-" Pigsy said pointing towards Mk, but saw no one there, I turned around and saw entering the shop, I sighed and rubbed my forehead before quickly gaining composure, I certainly hadn't felt this annoyed in my whole life.

"Where'd he go?!" Pigsy said as he started looking around, I then pointed at the shop where he went in. "He's back at the shop." I said cheerfully with arm behind my back.

I went inside the noodle shop as well while hearing pigsy yell at MK, removing the handmade sack untying it and placing the orders in the table next to the door before wearing on my haori back, I can smell the all flavors of noodles in it, I might as well plan on washing it later at the moment, I'm rather tired.

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"MR. TANG!" MK shouted loudly, startling the scholar who was busy sipping away at his bowl of noodles. "Remember the story you told me this morning about The Demon Bull King?!" MK asked frantically looking around for something before groaning when he couldn't be able to find what he was looking for.

"Where is it? Where is it? Where is it?"

Y/N was already inside the noodle shop with mei, she watched the commotion happening right before her eyes her arms folded while mei was holding pigsy back from pouncing on MK which made ruby giggle quietly by this whole scene, she then turned her attention back to MK who was now holding up a book in his hands. "FOUND IT!"

He starts looking through the pages before showing it to tang, while Y/N merely watched in the background with her hands behind her still smiling with an intrigued look in her eyes.

"Ah! There it is! The Demon Bull King, see?!" MK said showing Mr. Tang the pictures, He then accidentally knocked over a stack of bowls

Mei was holding pigsy back as he tried to attack him, Y/N watched on the sidelines giggling quietly at pigsy.

"Yeah?" Tang said, with noodles in his mouth before slurping some more in his mouth. "What about it?" He asked boredly, MK then jumped up and tackles tang.

"THE DEMON BULL KING IS BACK! THE LEGEND IS REAL! THE LEGENDARY MONKEY KING'S STAFF HAS BEEN REMOVED! WE HAVE TO FIND HIM! it's the only to way to save everyone before the world is destroyed-" MK said, but was cut by tan who shoved a pair of chopsticks at MK which he dodged it just in time.

"Boy relax! You're getting spit on my soup. Besides your just delusional, its just a story."

'Well, not anymore.' Y/N deadpanned to herself as she folded her arms.

MK stood up, seemingly offended by his response. "Delusional huh? would you call this delusional!?" MK then pulls out the staff from behind him in all it's glory, I leaned against a nearby table, holding on it for support while my other hand was placed on my hip, I only watched on what's happening before me.

Though tang seemed unimpressed by this, both mei and pigsy went up beside tang and looked at the staff as well, I also decided join in and came closer as well and stood on my knees besides tang and underneath mei.

"Wow MK! you found a stick!" Mei said and smiles widely, which MK cried out. "No! It's monkey king's staff!" Which made all of them laugh except for me of course, I sighed and shook my head at three of them.

"You guys aren't listening!" MK yelled at the trio as the three of them resumed to what they were doing as if nothing happened with me now standing next to MK with my arms behind my back and just looked at him with my usual smile. "Demon bull king is out there! We gave to get the staff back to the monkey king! It's the real deal! I'll prove it!" He cried out desperately trying to make them all believe him.

Pigsy then chimed in with one of his eyebrows raises at him, crossing his arms over. "Oh yeah? How?" MK then was silent for a second before looking down at the staff to try and make it work again.

"Uh..." MK said, then suddenly the staff increased it's height and it landed on the table where mei and tang were sitting at, which shocked all of them except me once again, the table then broke in half as a result of the staff before dragging itself back and returning back to it's normal size. "Well that answers your question now!" I chimed in cheerfully, raising a hand out since I no longer have fingers.

Tang then bursts out with excitement, stars appearing in his eyes, I covered my mouth with my hand, holding back a laughter from his funny expression he was now making.

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"M-M-M-M-MR-M-M-M MONKEY KING'S STAFF!? I KNEW IT ALL ALONG! THE LEGENDARY THAT HE COULD ONLY WIELD TO SEAL AWAY EVIL!" Tang said, holding MK's wrist where he held the staff and stood on the table as if he was holding the staff instead of MK, I got a bit annoyed and decided to chime in on him.

"Actually you didn't, you did call him delusional and still didn't believed him even after he showed it to you all." I pointed out with a mocking smile pointed towards tang, which ruined his little moment and sweat dropped at my respond giving me a nervous smile, before going back on topic.

"Wait a minute how do you have it?" Tang asked MK, pigsy then appears behind tang. "Alright I'll buy it, if the staff is Jere then where's the demon punk now?" He said putting both hands on his hips before mei responded to his answer.

"He's at the shoe store."

"WHAT?!" All three of them said in unison, before appearing by mei along with me from behind her. "This better not be one of your puppy videos mei." Pigsy said, hearing this only made me shudder by it, I never really enjoyed her puppy videos and merely avoided it with everything I can.

Mei just merely laughed at pigsy. "There's always time for a puppy video!" Mei said swiping away the video which made feel with relief, I placed my chin on her shoulder as all of them were getting closer, I didn't notice mei blushing brightly by this and only continued, ignoring it for now.

"But no, look at what started trending." Mei then swipes her phone again showing another picture of the bull king with the other citizens with him. "Hashtag demon bull king." Mei said, flipping on one of the posts about them, I looked in awe, things here are really odd here but still quite fascinating.

We then saw a latest post with the demon bull king and red son, only that the both of them were wearing what seems to be yellow shoes, which must be a limited addition of some sorts, but I'd never know since I'm no fan of those kind.

The others looked back at each other with frightened looks and concern, I was too concerned as well but I didn't show it that easily and only just smiled through it all despite my concern for the people who were there to see them.

I could only hope we'd be able to save them.

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