Well, I'll say this is an interesting start for Miwa and the rest.
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"The thing you need to understand about the old legends is that the story is never finished. There may be no pages left to turn, but there is always more to the journey. Rising from the Netherworld, the Demon Bull King attacked. No one could stop him, no one could resist. No one except... the legendary Monkey King. The Monkey King used his magical staff to pick up a nearby mountain. He trapped the Demon Bull King underneath it. The Monkey King sealed the mountain with the staff that no other being could wield, trapping the Demon Bull King forever. With the battle won, the Monkey King vanished, never to be seen again. Legend says the staff still lies on top of that mountain, the one thing keeping our world from certain destruction. And with the Demon Bull King gone, civilization was able to advance into the amazing city we now live in. A world of elegant cultures, gentle loving people, a city brimming with five-star cuisine, and all because of the Monkey King." Tang narrated to Mk and Miwa who were sitting and listening closely, while Mk was drawing.
"Uh huh, as interesting as it was hearing this what, the fifth time? I don't really see the appeal of the Monkey King, I mean a monkey with a magic stick. While I love hearing the stories of legends this one takes the cake." said Miwa as she was raising an eyebrow, with an unimpressed look on her face.
Mk let out an offended gasp staring at Miwa as he grabbed her shoulders and started shaking her. "How can you say that!? Monkey King's so cool! He's so strong and handsome-"
Miwa gave him a deadpanned look as she gently pushed him away. "Geez Mk, okay I get it he's your all time hero. Now stop shaking me you idiot."
Tang let out a small chuckle watching those two. "Oh, Mk. And you thought you knew all the Monkey King stories."
"Oh, but I do. I got his whole life documented extensively in this unauthorized autobiography of Monkey King. Written and illustrated by yours truly. Like I knew he was born from a stone, and live behind a waterfall with his sweet little baby monkey friends! And- and- and oh!" said Mk as he went on to show his drawings that he had made.
Miwa let out a sigh watching this, getting up from her chair as she got back to work before Pigsy showed up. The last thing she wanted was her boss coming after her again after the last time.
"It's nice to know someone's taking in all these stories. Pearls of wisdom, dripping from my lips." Tang clears his throat. "Well, you know the deal: one story, one free bowl of Zha jiang mian. Hmm?"
"Tang you know Pigsy is gonna get really mad about you not paying for your food, again." said Miwa standing on the other side of the counter cleaning up.
"Oh relax Miwa, what I'm paying here is my wisdom. Which reminds me, don't you owe me two bowls of noodles from last week?" said Tang, only to quickly avoid a spoon being thrown at him.
"If anything you owe Pigsy's noodle shop double the money." Miwa sent a glare at him while holding up another spoon.
Mk let out a nervous chuckle at this before changing the subject back. "Huh? Oh right, free noodles! Yep, on it. How heavy do you think a mountain is? Compare to like-" He attempts to grab the bowl but someone throws a spoon at him.
Miwa was holding up her hands to show that it wasn't her who did it this time, as her boss Pigsy came out from the kitchen.
"Free noodles?!" Pigsy takes the noodles. "No one gets a free meal at Pigsy's! I'm not running a charity here, Tang!"
"I told him, but he wouldn't listen." said Miwa, giving a shrug.
"Ah, but Pigsy. I was paying with wisdom." said Tang all relaxed.
"Yeah? Well, wisdom don't pay the rent, you freeloader! And you!" Pigsy points at Mk. "You've been slacking off all morning! I've got a dozen orders that need to go out, so quit slacking and get packing!"
"Yeah. I was about to take my break. So..." said Mk, getting a little nervous as he could feel the angry glare he was getting from Pigsy.
"Break? Break?! There's no break in war! I need workers. Soldiers in the army of Pigsy's Noodles, home of the world's longest noodles. How else am I gonna expand my business into enemy territory?" shouted Pigsy in rage as he pointed towards the competition on the other side of the road.
"Uh, do you mean across the street?" Miwa asked, waving to the competition who waved back to her.
"I stand by my statement! Now, hurry up! And Miwa you go with him!" shouted Pigsy.
"Do I get to drive the tuk-tuk!" Miwa asked in excitement only to get a cold glare from Pigsy, and a nervous look from Mk. "Awww, come on I'll be extra careful."
"Last time you ended up having a race with five police cars after us, we were lucky we got away with a warning." said Mk.
"Stop complaining and get going already! Mk will be the one driving! End of discussion!" Pigsy notices Tang with a bowl of noodles behind him. He grabs a spoon to attack Tang with it. "Hey, get back here, you coward!"
Miwa let out a disappointed sigh as she followed Mk out of the shop, and got on the tuk-tuk as they could hear Pigsy and Tang in the background.
"No, Pigsy!" shouted Tang running with the bowl of noodles in his hands.
"I want my money!" shouted Pigsy running after him with a spoon in his hand.
*Miwa let out a small sigh as she took in the view, while Mk was driving across Megapolis to deliver the noodles until they stops at a construction site.*
"What a weird place to be delivering noodles to." Miwa follows close behind Mk who enters it whilst listening to music up until they hear a voice.
"It feels like I've waited an eternity for this moment. Is everything in order?" said the woman.
"Just making the final adjustments, Mother." said the guy standing next to her.
Mk quickly grabs Miwa's wrist and drags her with him behind a few rocks.
"What the fuck is going on here. I did not sign up for this shit." Miwa whispered.
"Finally, after all this time, we have the means to lift Monkey King's legendary staff." said the woman.
"Wow. Monkey King's staff." whispered Mk and Miwa in unison as they watched.
Miwa looked around for a place that they could get a better view, looked up and smiled before gently tapping Mk's shoulder, getting his attention as she pointed up at some pipes. To which they go up to the pipes and looks on top from there.
Miwa glances over to the side as she notices a bird also watching what was going on. "What the fuck is a bird doing here, and randomly watching this weird shit?" She wondered until she noticed it looking over at her in a strange way, she shook her head and turned her attention back to what was happening.
"My love will finally be returned, once we remove the staff." Princess Iron Fan and Redson turn their attention as they notice something. "Huh?"
One of the iron clones gets on top of the mountain and attempts to pull the Golden Staff off of it. His arms ripped off "Ahh!" He falls down. He looks at his arms to realize that they're gone.
"Oof, poor guy. If that was me it would be very painful." Miwa gently placed a hand on her left arm.
Mk gave her a sympathetic look, knowing she was thinking about her left arm that never recovered from whatever attacked her when she was little.
The bird looked over at Miwa as it tilted his head to the side, as if observing her.
"You fool. You think we didn't try that already? It's going to take more than a few robots to lift the Monkey King's staff. Only those deemed worthy can wield it." Redson summons the Power Glove. "But I, Redson, have designed this gauntlet to bend it to my will."
"Wow, bit of a big ego." said Miwa while Mk let out a gasp almost falling down but Miwa acted quickly by grabbing the back of his shirt and pulled him back up. "Thanks, Mimi."
Miwa rolled her eyes with a small smile. "Can't have my best friend fall to his death just yet." They turned their attention back to Redson as they watched him pulling the staff.
Redson gets on top of the mountain and grasps it with the Power Glove. He struggles to pull it off until the staff breaks free. "Yes! I did it!" The Bull Clones applaud while Bob looks down in dismay. Nothing happens. "What?! Why isn't anything happening?! Mother, are you sure this is the right mountain?"
"No, maybe it was that other mountain with a magical staff sealing away my husband!" said Princess Iron Fan sarcastically.
They both noticed that the mountain breaks as the Demon Bull King frees himself from the mountain.
"What the fuck, he's huge and alive!?" Miwa whisper-yelled in surprise.
"Yes, Father! Rise! Rise!" Redson shouts as he laughs in joy to see his father rise before them.
"Well, looks like Tang's stories about the Monkey King was right." said Miwa, giving a shrug.
Mk glanced over at Miwa with a raised eyebrow, not understanding how she could be this calm about this situation they were in right now.
"Flesh. Bone. I have returned to the realm of the living." said the Bull Demon King, relieved to be back.
"No! Shoo! Go away!" whispered Mk trying to shoo away the bird, only for it to start poking his hands with its beak.
"Hey! Go away you stupid bird!" Miwa whispered, trying to also shoo the bird away from Mk, but ended up also getting poked by the bird. "Stop it you fucking bird, before I turn you into chicken noodles!" The bird seemed offended by the statement and went on to poking her a lot more than Mk.
"Oh, Demon Bull king! How I've missed you." said Princess Iron Fan.
"Princess Iron Fan! The years have been kind. How did you free me?" said Demon Bull King happy to see her after all these years.
"Actually, it was I, Father. I moved the staff. I learned how to harness it, to make its power mi-" Redson notices Demon Bull King looming over him. "O-our power."
"Excellent." said Bull Demon King as an evil smile grew on his face.
"Now, we, the Demon Bull Family, will plunge the world into eternal darkness!" said Redson.
The bird continues to poke Miwa's and Mk's hand with its beak, causing Mk to fall on top of Redson with Miwa right behind him. Mk gets up and sees the Demon Bull Family and the Bull Clones in front of him.
Mk starts laughing nervously. "Someone ordered some noodles?"
"Motherfucking bird." Miwa mumbled only to then fall to the ground after Mk.
"Get off me–" said Redson only to get cut off by Miwa who ended up landing on him too.
"You idiots! Argh, do you know what you just did?! You ruined my moment!" shouted Redson as he was bursting into flames in rage.
"Who are you calling an idiot! Chili brain!" shouted Miwa getting up from the ground.
"Chili brain!? How dare you! You peasant!" shouted Redson getting in her face.
"Peasant!?" now Miwa was shouting out in pure rage, as a faint cosmic aura was coming from her. "I fucking dare you to say that again to my face! Chili brain!" She started poking him in the chest.
"Mimi, maybe now isn't the time to be starting a fight." Mk whispered nervously.
"Two little eavesdroppers has fallen into our midst. It seems a waste to crush something so insignificant as my first act as ruler of this new world, but so be it." said Bull Demon King about to get ready to crush them.
"Wait, Father." said Redson, turning his attention away from Mk and Miwa for a second as they looked at each other in confusion.
"What is this?" Bull Demon King asked, looking at his son.
"Ahem. Waste not your energy on this peasant." Redson pointed to Mk. "Please, allow me to show you how powerful I have become in your absence!" He then went on to point at Miwa. "In doing so I'll also like to make her my wife, I like the burning rage coming from her."
"WHAT!?" shouted Mk and Miwa in unison at the declaration. "The fuck! I'm not marrying you! Over my fucking dead body and so on!" The raging cosmic aura growing ever so slightly more.
Princess Iron Fan and Bull Demon King looked surprised at their son's declaration on marrying Miwa, but could already see the rage he was talking about.
Bull Demon King narrowed his eyes at Miwa as if he had seen her somewhere, but couldn't really put his finger on where he could have seen her after all of these years. "As you wish."
"Do I not get a fucking say in this shit!?" shouted Miwa, pissed off to no end, but turned her attention to Mk who had gently taken her hand, hoping for her to calm down a bit.
"Maybe we can use this chance to get away." Mk whispered to her, getting a slight nod from her seeing where he was going with this.
"In some ways, you're very fortunate, Noodle Boy! Not many insects are lucky enough to be stamped out by the Demon Bull Family. And soon the Noodle Girl will be my wife." Redson rambled on and on as Mk and Miwa hears a voice behind them.
"Monkey King's staff." The voice whispered.
"Are you even listening to me?! I, Redson, will not be disrespected! You're history!" Redson proceeds to punch Mk with the Power Glove, but Mk and Miwa blocks it by lifting the Golden Staff. "No way! How could you two possibly lift Monkey King's staff?"
"This is impossible." said Princess Iron Fan.
"Wow, this day just gets more crazy. I like it." A smirk started growing on Miwa's face.
"Oh, no." said Mk, knowing that look on her face.
"I don't know what's going on here, but I'm about to end it. That staff is mine!" shouted Redson going for the attack.
"I'm supposed to be on my break!" shouted Mk.
"I'm supposed to be working!" shouted Miwa simultaneously.
They activates the staff again, sending Redson and the Bull Clones away.
"This can't be." said Bull Demon King, shocked by this.
"Uh, that was way more explosive than I expected." said Mk, surprised.
"Awsome! I take back everything bad I ever said about Monkey King." said Miwa smiling in excitement, while the bird still watching them had a somewhat offended look on its face from what she just said.
Princess Iron Fan hits the ground with her Magic Fan.
"Stay back! I don't know how I'm doing this stuff!" said Mk holding up and swinging the staff with Miwa. "Yeah, whatever he said."
"That staff doesn't belong to you two, little boy and future daughter-in-law. Hand it over." said Princess Iron Fan.
"Hmmm, how about no, bitch." said Miwa glaring at her.
"Mmm... no?" said Mk as the staff plants itself into the ground. "Okay, I didn't even move that t-" The staff launches Mk and Miwa into the air.
"They can't escape with that staff!" shouted Princess Iron Fan.
"Centuries trapped in oblivion, plotting my revenge and all of it thwarted by a little thief and a future daughter-in-law?! I will tear the flesh from his bones!" shouted Bull Demon King in anger.
"Father, allow me. I won't fail you a second time." said Redson, stopping his father before he could go after them.
"See that you don't. My patience is past its end!" said Bull Demon King, already very impatience.
"Of course, Father." Redson gets into his Inferno Truck and goes after Mk and Miwa.
*Mk and Miwa gets back on the tuk-tuk with Miwa taking the wheel and leaves. The Inferno Truck bursts out of the construction site and goes after Mk and Miwa.*
"Alright, Noodle Boy, hand it over along with my future wife!" shouted Redson following right behind them.
"Mk! Find something that can slow him down!" shouted Miwa as she was driving at full speed on the tuk-tuk, that almost sounded like it was screaming pain by how fast she was going along with the sharp turns that she was making.
"I'm looking! I'm looking! shouted Mk looking for something to stop Redson. "I'm sorry, valued customer. You won't be getting your noodles." He throws the noodles at the Inferno Truck, hitting the windshield. "Fuck."
Redson uses the windshield wipers to wipe off the noodles. "Fine! Have it your way!"
"By the fucking Buddha! What is it gonna take to lose this guy!" shouted Miwa while driving.
"Ah! You're really scary!" shouted Mk as the Inferno Truck's windshield wipers hit the back of the tuk-tuk, causing the Golden Staff to activate again and launching Mk and Miwa to the sky. The tuk-tuk falls on a building, bouncing Mk and Miwa from building to building.
"Would you get down here so I can kill you?! You too, Noodle Girl!" shouted Redson, still following them.
"Never!" They both shouted and falls into one of the buildings. "Oh, I'm sorry!" Mk and Miwa leaves the building and outruns Redson.
Mk laughs "I think we lost him!" The tuk-tuk falls down and breaks. "Oh, Come on! Come on! Come on, old girl! You got this! Oh, don't do this to us! Oh, man, Pigsy's gonna kill us." They both hear the Inferno Truck behind them.
"I blame all of this on the fucking bird, if I ever see it again I'm making it into chicken noodles." said Miwa, as she gently rubbed her left arm as she could feel a slight pain from it.
Redson laughs as he is coming towards them.
"Ah!" Mk takes Miwa's hand and escapes on foot until he sees someone on a . "So sorry! we really need to borrow this! Bye!" He takes the Cloud Board as they kept running.
"Woah hey, get back here-" shouted the skater boy.
They gets to one of the sides of the alley just before the Inferno Truck almost hits them.
"I'm coming to get you, Noodle Boy and Noodle Girl!" said Redson as he was laughing.
MK struggles to get on the Cloud Board until Miwa rolls her eyes, and takes it and helps him get on it. The Inferno Truck gets stuck in a narrow street.
"See ya!" They shouted as they both were laughing.
"You're not getting away from me that easy!" Redson presses a button which activates the race car. He continues his pursuit.
"M-Maybe you should slow down, Mimi!" shouted Mk as Miwa was going at full speed, and used the Cloud Board to pass through a truck.
"Hoodlum!" shouted the truck driver.
"Relax Mk, you're worrying about nothing. Besides, I've never crashed any vehicle so we're fine!" shouted Miwa as she kept going at full speed, and was taking very risky and dangerous turns.
"But this isn't a vehicle!? And the last thing I want is the police to be after us again!" shouted Mk in a panic, holding on to Miwa just so he wouldn't fly off from the speed she was going at.
"Come on Mk! Live a little would you! A little racing hasn't hurt anyone!" shouted Miwa as she was laughing.
"But this isn't a race! Stop making everything a race when using a vehicle! Races can be dangerous if you aren't careful!" shouted Mk.
Miwa drives the Cloud Board to an unfinished road and notices Redson with the race car.
"What the fuck!?" shouted Miwa.
"Come on, where did you get that!?" shouted Mk.
"What? You think I drive anything that doesn't at least have one complex transformation?" Redson flicks three levers and punches a button, speeding up the race car. He attempts to crush Mk. Mk survives and gets on top of the race car along with Miwa.
Mk and Miwa sighs in relief until they notices the end of the road. "Ahhh!" Mk, Miwa and Red Son fall off of the road until Mei rescues them by using her White Dragon Horse Bike.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Redson notices a building right in front of him. "Ahhh!" He crashes into the building. "Noodle Boy! When I find you, I'm gonna bust you into little bits! And I will make Noodle Girl my wife!"
*Mei, Miwa and Mk land outside Pigsy's Noodles.*
Mei pulls out her phone to take a selfie. "Nailed it!"
"That was awesome! Thanks for the save Mei!" said Miwa with a big smile.
"Mei!" said Mk, in relief.
"Mhm! That was an intense game of tag. You guys looked like you were having so much fun. I wanted to join in too!" said Mei.
"Oh yeah! It was a lot of fun! You should have seen how crazy I went down some of the roads, and past some of the cars!" said Miwa with excitement, clearly still very affected by the adrenaline she got from it.
"Actually, we almost died back there." said Mk, placing a hand on Miwa's shoulder as to try and calm her down a bit.
"But you didn't. So let's celebrate with a round of Monkey Mech!" Mei points to the arcade machine. "You should invite your new edgy friend, too."
"Yeah, he was trying to kill me." said Mk.
"He was trying to marry me." said Miwa simultaneously.
"Well in that case-" Mei turns to look at Mk and Miwa darkly. "Where does he live?"
"Didn't get his address, if I did I would tell you right away." said Miwa, giving a slight shrug as she had started to calm down.
"MK! MIWA! Where are you, you two punks? You mind telling me why some bozo left a zero-star review on Pigsy's Noodles?" said Pigsy walking out in anger, and holding up his phone to show the review they got.
"Oh! Uh, yeah. So, uh, here's what I think happened with that-" Mk tried explaining.
"Yeah, about that." said Miwa, getting a little nervous on how to explain this to her boss.
"Woah, zero stars! Congrats! That's better than nothing, right?" said Mei, getting Pigsy's attention.
Pigsy turns to Mei. "That's not how it works, Mei! And you! I-" He turns back to Mk and Miwa to see that they are gone. "Where'd they go?"
Mk and Miwa runs into the noodle shop. "Mr. Tang!"
"Don't you run away when I'm trying to scold you two! Get back-" The door covering falls down, cutting Pigsy off.
*Tang is sitting in Pigsy's Noodles, drinking his noodles when he's interrupted by Mk and Miwa, causing him to spit his soup everywhere.*
"Mr. Tang!" They both shouted in unison.
Tang starts wiping his mouth. "Hmm?"
Mk starts frantically searching all over the counter.) Remember the story you told me this morning? About the Demon Bull King? Argh, where is it? Where is it? Where is it?"
Miwa spots the book underneath a pile of bowls, swiping it and causing the pile to fall. "Found it." She handed the book to him.
Mk began going through the book until he found the page he was looking for. "Ah, there it is. The Demon Bull King, see?"
"Argh, kid! What are you doing to my kitchen?" shouted Pigsy while being held back by Mei.
Tang looked at Mk and Miwa disinterested. "Yeah?" He sips his noodles. "What about him?"
Mk leaps onto Tang. "The Demon Bull King is back! The legend is real! The Monkey King's staff is removed! We have to find him! It's the only way to save everyone before the world is destr-"
Tang pushes MK back with his chopsticks. "Boy, relax. You're getting spittle in my soup. Besides, you're delusional. It's just a story."
"That's what I thought too, well until this." said Miwa pointing to the staff.
"Delusional, huh? Would you call this delusional?" Mk reveals the staff as he throws it to Miwa, before she throws it back to him.
"Wow, Mk and Mimi. You found a stick!" said Mei.
"No, it's Monkey King's staff!" said Mk.
"Yup, it's the real deal." said Miwa, giving a shrug.
The other three looks at them before they all burst into laughter.
"You aren't listening! Demon Bull King is out there. We have to get the staff back to the Monkey King! It's the real deal. I'll prove it." said Mk.
"Oh, yeah? How?" Pigsy asked.
"Yeah, how?" Miwa asked, not sure how they could really prove it.
"Uh..." The staff extends itself, crushing the table Tang and Mei are sitting at.
"That works too." said Miwa.
"Monkey King's staff! I knew it all along! The legendary weapon that only he could wield to seal away evil! Wait a minute. Why do you two have it?" Tang went on to ask, looking at Mk and Miwa.
"I don't know." said Miwa.
"All right, I'll bite. If the staff is here, then where is the demon punk now?" Pigsy questioned as he crossed his arms.
"He's at the shoe store." said Mei while holding her phone.
"What?!" shouted the rest looking over at her.
"This is better not be another one of your puppy videos, Mei!" said Pigsy and they all gathered to look at the video on her phone.
Mei laughs while scrolling through her phone. "There's always time for a puppy video, but no. Look what just started trending. Hashtag Demon Bull King!"