《 Chapter 4: Bad Weather 》
"And in breaking news, it's been confirmed that last week's devastation was caused by the legendary Demon Bull King. Questions still remains about the small overpowered young man who saved us all. Authorities warn citizens on..."
Xiuying tunes out from the news report and turns her attention on Mk, who's playing around with the staff.
"And I was like, "Stop there, Demon Bull King." And D.B.K.'s all like, "You can't stop me! I'm crazy!" And then I grabbed my staff, and woosh! I created this giant mech!"
He stabs his staff on the ground a little too hard, causing the water to spring out.
"Uh oh, looks like you sprung a leak, Mk." Mei commented, looking at the hole.
Mk starts to panic.
"Oh jeez!"
"Take it easy on your staff. You're not even close to learning how to weild it." Xiuying scolded, helping cover the leak with Mushu blowing out fire for him to melt it and then pushes the metal together to cover the hole.
"I've just pulled a quadruple shift at the shop. And I show up to see you've all been slacking off all day!" Pigsy yelled, looking angry.
Everyone looks at him.
"Oh, Piggy, relax. A little time off never hurt anyone." Tang reassured him.
Mk pipes in.
"Yeah! A time off never hurt nobody." he said.
"Oh, Mk..." Xiuying sighed, shaking her head.
Mushu and Cri-Kee sweatdrops to see Pigsy getting angrier.
"Look out!" Sandy warned.
They look up to see the crate was about to fall as it breaks from the chains that's holding it. Everyone except Mk move out of the way. The crate then crashed onto Mk, causing everyone to panic.
"Kid!" Pigsy yelled in horror.
"Oh, my God!! It killed Mk!!" Xiuying screamed in horror.
"You bastard!" Mei growled at the crate.
Then suddenly, Mk emerges from the crate.
"I...am...invincible!"
Xiuying's mouth went agape as Mei stood beside her, looking happy to see him alive.
"Yeah!" Mei cheered along.
"Look, MK, just 'cause you got the Monkey King's powers and all, It don't mean-"
Pigsy was cut off to see Mei with a dragon rocket launcher. Xiuying, Mushu, Cri-Kee, Pigsy, Tang, and Sandy screams in surprise and horror.
"Mk! How about...this?"
She launches a bazooka missile towards Mk, which hit his chest. Explosions was made before the smoke disappeared to show Mk unscathed.
"Are you crazy?!" Mushu exclaimed.
"I am invincible!" Mk declared proudly.
"I am deeply concerned and scared for those two. How old are they?" Xiuying commented.
Pigsy sighs, not replying to Xiuying as he looks at Mk sternly.
"Look, kiddo, you're a superhero now. You're going to need-"
He was cut off again by Mei.
"A cape! Maybe a logo, or a headquarters! Some vehicles, you know, all the stuff to help you beat bad guys!"
"Oh, no! No stuff! No nothing! And especially, no capes!!" Xiuying shook her head.
"No, what I was getting at-"
Mei cuts Pigsy off once more.
"To the Sea-Crate...Base!"
She opens the elevator. Mk, Tang, and Sandy awes and follow her. Pigsy sighs and follows. Xiuying pats his shoulder in assurance before following them.
As they reach the bottom, the door open up.
"Welcome...to our new team base!" she announced.
There before them are beds with lots of vehicles.
"Mei, when did you make this?" Mk asked in awe.
"How did you make this?" Pigsy asked with shock.
"More like how long did it take you to make all this?" Xiuying stated in awe.
"Wow!" Mushu exclaimed in awe.
Cri-Kee chirped in agreement.
"Say, Sandy, weren't you building a secret base for MK, too?" Tang whispered.
Sandy sweatdrops, remembering making a fort full of pillows. He glances away in embarrassment.
"Umm...no." he lied.
Suddenly, the TV turns on itself to reveal Red Son.
"Citizens. It is I, Red Son. I have taken control of the Weather Station and will harness the very power of nature to return my father to his former glory. This message is more of a courtesy really. When I'm finished, my father will once more dominate the world! And then- Oh look! A lightning button."
Everyone except Tang and Xiuying stared at the screen with shock expression before Mk and Mei chorused.
"Oh yeah!"
The two takes off running.
"What do you mean "Oh yeah"? Are you crazy?!" Xiuying exclaimed in disbelief and annoyance.
"Yeah! This ain't an "oh yeah" moment!" Pigsy cried at them, shoving Tang's face into a bowl of noodles.
"Chill out, Pigsy. I'm invincible, remember? If he wants to tussle with the champ, then I say bring it!" Mk said confidently.
"Yeah! 'Cause he's a superhero, yo! The Red Baby is gonna get M.K.O'd!" Mei added, making Xiuying mentally face palmed.
"Do they even learn to listen?" Mushu mumbled.
Pigsy sighed frustration.
"Uh, you got a lot to learn, kid. Don't just dive head first in the danger-"
He stops to see Mk already taking off without listening as he swings himself away with his extended staff.
"What did Pigsy just say?!" Xiuying shouted.
"Totally invincible!" Mk declared.
"He's going to get himself killed... I'm so glad I'm not like him..." Xiuying sighed before summoning her cloud and taking off after him.
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Soon enough, the group entered the Weather Station.
"Not so fast, Red Son!" Mk called out, pointing his staff.
Red Son spins his chair to face them with a smirk on his face.
"Noodle Boy! I thought I smelt some garbage! Turns out I was right!" Red Son said before laughing.
"Is that really supposed to be a bad guy? I feel like he's not threatening enough..." Xiuying deadpanned.
"You're laughing now, but...I'm invincible! So yeah, you're basically toast. Prepare to get M.K.O'd!" Mk said.
He gets his staff ready to fight when it extended, putting him off balance.
"Yeah, MK! You show him who's bo-"
The extended staff hits Mei in the head, cutting her off and knocking her out.
"Jeez, watch what'cha doing!" Pigsy screamed.
"Do you even know how to wield it?!" Mushu exclaimed in frustration.
"Sorry, Mei!" Mk apologized.
Mk tries to control his staff when it extends again and swings around, nearly hitting Pigsy and Tang as they duck from it, but the staff hits Sandy in the face.
"Oh, my chakra!" Sandy cried out, knocking out.
"Oh, no! You've killed him!" Tang cried out on his knees besides Sandy.
Xiuying could've sworn she saw the soul of Sandy leaving him. Mei comes over and pats his arm nervously as if she looks fine from the hit, only revealing a bump on her head.
"Eh, he's a big guy. He'll be fine." Mei assured him.
"This is a disaster." Mushu shook his head along with Cri-Kee.
"Couldn't agree more." Xiuying nodded.
"You dorks done beating each other up yet?" Red Son asked, getting bored with this and their embarrassment.
"Yes, and you're next on my list!"
Mk throws the Golden Staff at Red Son when the staff goes behind him and extends, jabbing him. He falls out of the Weather Station as he screams.
"I guess the garbage takes itself out now!" Red Son said before laughing again.
She watches worriedly as her friends gets tied up. Xiuying looks down at Mushu and Cri-Kee as they nod at her. She then clears her throat loudly.
"Ahem! You're forgetting someone."
Red Son looked up to see Xiuying standing on the cloud above him with her cloud sword in hand.
"What the?! How?!" Red Son exclaimed in shock.
"None of your concern. Release my friends." Xiuying ordered.
Red Son laughs.
"And then what? You think your sword can stop me? Take her down, will ya?"
The bull clones jumps up ready to tackle her when she calmly looks at them and swiftly slices them off into pieces. The parts of the clones come falling down like a rain. Xiuying then releases a wind to free her friends from the binds.
"Wait a minute! That sword! You're the reincarnation of Mulan?!" Red Son exclaimed, seeing her sword up close.
"I guess you could say that. And it looks like Mk came back." Xiuying said calmly, looking up.
"Oh, Red Son!" a voice called.
Mk comes in being dropped by Monkey King, who's the eagle. Xiuying recognizes him and smiles.
"Oh, now he helps?" Mushu rolled his eyes, seeing Wukong before he left.
"Let's settle this for real. I won't let you get away with this." Mk declared.
Red Son laughs even harder than before.
"You're back to beat yourself up some more?" he asked.
"Hey. I'll have you know I can control my powers now. Only downside is I'm not invincible anymore so I could die." Mk said, explaining a little too much.
"What?!" Pigsy yelled after hearing that.
"Why would you say that just now?!" Xiuying yelled with wide eyes.
"Idiot..." Mushu sighed.
"Forget I said that! I got this. Here comes Monkie Kid!" Mk said.
Red Son soon charges with a bunch of Bull Clones.
"I totally don't got this!"
Mk runs away as the Bull Clones rain from the sky. Red Son then charges at him and they fight for a bit. Red Son then throws Mk into the Weather Station. Mk looks up to see a bunch of Bull Clones charging at him.
"How am I supposed to fight all of them?"
He then activates his Golden Eyes of Truth.
"Oh! It's that weird Gold Vision thingy."
He looks up and sees the lighting and gets an idea.
"That's it! Oh!"
He gets attacked by the clones.
Red Son lands on top of the pile of clones.
"Not so tough without all your Monkey King powers, are you?" he taunted.
The staff than grows taller striking all the Bull Clones with Red Son on the top.
"Oh, look! A lighting button." Mk mocked Red Son's impression and pushed a button on the console.
A big lighting strike than comes down, striking all of the clones and Mk hides behind the console while Mushu transforms into a big dragon to cover everyone as the strike finishes. Mushu then transforms back into his small size. Red Son falls down on the ground after that lightning strike and snaps at him.
"You may have won this round but... you're still garbage." he said then disappeared in a fire tornado.
"Let's get this place back to normal."
Mk then switches everything back and the weather becomes sunny and nice again.
"And that should do it."
Xiuying hovers down and lands on her feet. She pats him on the head.
"Good job, bud." she said, making him smile bashfully.
"Mk!"
Mei zooms past Xiuying then slams herself into him and Sandy follows.
"Aww, you really did limit your power." she whined after hearing him what he said earlier.
"Yeah. Just till I learn to control them better." Mk said, knowing he has a lot of work to do.
"And... how are you gonna do that?" Pigsy asked.
"Practice, practice, practice."
Mk spins his staff for a bit until he accidentally hits himself on the head with his staff, making him fall to the ground, completely knocked out. Xiuying, Mushu, Cri-Kee, Mei, Pigsy, Sandy and Tang all laugh after that.
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Xiuying is in the grocery shop, buying some fruits and other foods for the way home. Mushu and Cri-Kee drool at so many foods, which she gently pushes them back inside her bag for them to behave themselves. She appears satisfied to have everything as she was about to head to the register when she spots a little girl with pink headband looking at the candy and holding out a few coins. The little girl frowns at herself that it wasn't enough to buy a candy she wanted. Xiuying smiles softly and approaches her. She gently taps her shoulder. The little girl looks up and sees her handing out a few dollars. She gazes up at her in awe and hesitation.
"You might need this more than me." Xiuying said.
The little girl smiles shyly and takes the money, not before bowing in thanks and quickly buying the candy. Xiuying smiles to herself with success and buys her groceries. As soon as she's out of the store, she heads over to Daiyu as Mushu and Cri-Kee hops onto her head. Xiuying goes to hop on when she senses something. She turns and glares over at the alleyway. Something was wrong. She starts to head over there.
"Xiuying? Where are you going?" Mushu called out with concern.
"I'll be back. Keep an eye on our stuff." Xiuying said, not looking back at him.
She quietly goes inside and sees the same little girl from the store being harassed by the teenage thugs. The little girl is holding the candy close to her while the boys scared her.
"Where did you get the candy, kid? It looks good."
"Can we have some?"
"N-No! It's mine! I earned it with my own money." the little girl shook her head.
"Pfft! So what? What's yours is ours. Give it here." the teenage boy ordered.
"No!"
"I said, give me the candy, right now!" he ordered, pushing her roughly.
The little girl yelped in pain, hitting her back against the wall.
"Ow!! Cut it out!"
The teenage thug leader growled.
"Teach her a lesson!"
The boys cracked their knuckles and approached her. The little girl closes her eyes for the impact when Xiuying stops them.
"Doesn't your parents ever taught you some manners?"
They turned to find her holding the grocery bags.
"Who are you supposed to be?"
"Yeah, get out! It's none of your business, old hag!"
"You're right, it's not my business. But what's my business is that you're hurting that girl. So I suggest you stay away from her before anyone gets hurt." Xiuying threatened, glaring daggers at them.
The teenage thugs were surprised at this until they glare back at her.
"Oh, yeah? Get her!"
Two of the teenage thugs charges at Xiuying when she pulls out two watermelons and smashes them on the heads. She then smashes their two heads together and they fall to the ground. They were shocked at what just happened. One pulls out their swift knife and tried to stab her when she pushes the apple into his mouth and kicks him in the stomach, causing him to stoop over on the ground. Xiuying then uses her head to crack his back.
Another lunges a fist at her and misses, he misses with the other. She grabs the outstretched arm and flips him over onto his head. The leader holds out bow and arrow when she kicks away his bow and knocked arrow, avoids his strike by turning back to him. She follows with a left elbow to the stomach, followed by a left upper cut, knocking him to the ground. She sits on his back and uses the bow to pull his head back.
"This is my last warning. Leave the girl alone and get out." she whispered to his ear.
The teenage thug leader begins to bawl.
"Alright, alright! I will! I promise! Please let me go!"
Satisfied, she removes the bow away from his neck and gets off of him. The teenage thugs quickly ran away with tails between their legs. Xiuying dusts herself off and turns to the little girl, who was in awe.
"You okay?"
"Y-Yeah. That was amazing!" she nodded.
"It was nothing. But you should be careful. You shouldn't be out here without your parents." Xiuying scolded her.
The little girl looks down.
"Sorry. And... I don't any parents."
"You're... an orphan?" Xiuying asked, frowning.
"Yeah... But I'll be okay on my own. I live in an orphanage."
"Are you sure? I can walk you there."
"No, no. I'll be fine. Thank you again. Oh, and my name is Bai He." Bai He introduced.
"I'm Fa Xiuying. Call me Xiuying." Xiuying greeted back.
"Nice to meet you, Ms. Xiuying! I gotta go! Thank you!" Bai He bowed before running away.
Xiuying watches her go before picking up her grocery bags, heading back to her black unicorn. She hopes that little girl will be okay and maybe see her again.
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