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《 Chapter 11: The Great Wall Race 》

After getting back from traveling, Mk and others were thrilled to see her and Chiang okay. What they didn't expect is seeing Bai He with them as Nuo introduced her to them. They pretty much get along well. The next day, Nuo and Bai He watches as Mk and Mei were gawking at the TV as the commercial starts.

"Once a year, this city becomes more than a city. Once a year, these streets become more than streets. This year... the winner... will become... immortal!"

The screen cuts and zooms out to show a giant trophy shaped as a Peach of Immortality. It then fades to a television screen. MK and Mei gasp in unison.

"A Peach of Immortality!" Mk exclaimed.

"Huh?" Nuo tilted her head.

"Uh, peach of what now?" Pigsy asked in confusion.

Mk and Mei start ranting at Pigsy for not knowing what the Peaches of Immortality are, scaring him a little. Nuo looks at Bai He for an explanation, to which she receives a shrug. Tang clears his throat and interrupts the conversation, catching their attention.

"If you'll allow me! Legend says there is a sacred field of trees which grows in the Heavenly Realm, protected by the gods themselves. Every few thousand years, these trees bring forth the Peaches of Immortality. Against the wishes of the Heavenly Host, the Monkey King took them all, making himself immortal!"

"Hold up. I thought Monkey King was already immortal." Pigsy said even more confused.

"Maybe he wants to be more powerful?" Nuo guessed.

"Piggy, you're missing the point! Whoever wins this race will live forever!" Mei exclaimed.

Before they knew it, they were outside the shop as Mei's motorcycle is out in front.

"This is huge! Those other racers won't stand a chance!" Mk exclaimed in excitement.

"Right? I know the track like the back of my hand! The back alleys, front alleys, sideway alleys. All the alleys! I was made for this!" Mei said happily, posing on her motorcycle.

Nuo smiles at their enthusiasm while Bai He giggled.

"Yep! I'm totally gonna win this thing." Mk said suddenly.

This shocked both Mei and Nuo while Bai He blinksd. Nuo knows for sure that Mei is racing, but Mk?

"Wait, what? You're not racing. I'm racing. You've watched me trained for months! This should not be a surprise." Mei said, glaring at him.

"Oh, yeah, uh, I just thought you were doing that stuff for me." Mk said.

"But that bike doesn't even match your color..." Nuo deadpanned as Mei glared at him menacingly.

"But upon reflection, that doesn't make much sense." he quickly corrected himself, looking scared.

"How would you even-? Ugh! There is no way you'd beat me."

Nuo doesn't like where this is going and move Bai He back a bit.

"Uh, I so too could beat you. I'm a delivery boy, pretty sure I know how to drive real good." Mk argued back.

Mei blew out a raspberry in frustration.

"Guys, c'mon. It's just a race. Let's just have fun, right? Like you guys always say?" Nuo tried to calm them down.

They saw Tang and MK and Mei stop him from leaving the noodle shop with a small flag, ignoring Nuo.

"Mr. Tang, who's the better driver? Mei, or me?"

Mk gasps and notices the Mei flag Tang has.

"This is very uncomfortable." Tang sweatdropped then running off.

Mei gives Mk a victory smirk.

"Gah, whatever! I'm absolutely gonna win!"

Nuo barges in between them.

"Guys, that's enough! Geez!"

The two turned to her in silence as Bai He stands besides Nuo.

"What happened to just having fun? Who cares if one or other wins? This is just a race!" Nuo said, giving them a disappointed look.

"But the race is important, Nuo!" Mei yelled. "I have been training for this race! Plus, Mk doesn't even have a vehicle to race!"

"Oh, I've got a vehicle!" Mk shouted, causing the two argue again.

Nuo sighed in defeat, hoping those two will makeup sooner than later. She gets a notification from her phone and takes it out and smiles. She turns to Bai He and kneels down to her level.

"Kid, I suggest you find a good seat to watch this race." Nuo said, handing her some money. "Get some food and drink while you're at it."

"Okay, but why?" Bai He looks at her confused.

"You'll see." Nuo winked before walking away.

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The contestants are at the start of the Great Wall Race. Bai He could be seen sitting just above the seats where everyone else are with popcorn and a drink as she looks around for any sign of Nuo.

"We're now just minutes away from the start of the race as the drivers make their final preparations!" Announcer spoke through the speaker on screen.

Mei was checking out her bike when Mk crashes in with a delivery cart and joins Mei at the start line.

"Oh, hi, Mei. Didn't see you there." Mk glared.

"You're really gonna do this? You're really gonna try and race me?" Mei rolled her eyes.

"Yeah! And so are we!" a familiar voice said.

It revealed Jin as he smirked at Mk.

"Monkie Kid! It's your worst enemies, Jin!"

"... And Yin!" Yin chimed in. "The Gold and Silver Demons!"

But they were left ignored as Mk and Mei were busing arguing with each other.

"You don't even know the track!" Mei shouted.

"I've got Monkey King powers! I think I'll be fine." Mk rolled his eyes.

"Can you peasants be quiet?!"

Red Son drives into his spot, glaring at the two.

"I'm trying to get in the zone."

Another contestant joins in with their dark motorcycle and parks next to Red Son, catching his, Mk, and Mei's attention. At the same time, a familiar black and red hooded cloaked figure comes into the seats and sits next to Bai He, who didn't notice him.

"Wha...?" Mei questioned.

They wear a dark purple and black biker suit and helmet with horns on it. Mk squints at this new person as he could've sworn that person looked familiar. The mysterious rider notices and gives him a wave before looking at the road ahead. This confuses him. Just then, a loud motor was heard and everyone turned to see a big motorcycle as they drive in like a boss. The announcer notices and gets excited.

"OMG!! It's the legendary Wyldstyle!! The biker gang leader and a masterbuilder! She's back!!"

Everyone gasped in shock and excitement as the hood was removed to reveal Lucy in her black hoodie with neon blue and fuchsia stripes on it. She had black hair with fuchsia and neon blue highlights. She's also riding in her Super Cycle she built.

Mei was shocked to see her.

"Lucy?! You're THE Wyldstyle?!"

Lucy chuckled at the look on her face.

"Yep!"

"Why didn't you tell me?!"

"You never asked."

Mei opened her mouth to say something, but stopped.

"Touché."

"I mean, you kinda could've guessed who I am because of my hair." Lucy pointed out.

"But it's full of light blue and pink!"

"That was just a disguise to cover my identity."

"Wow...!" Mei gasped in awe. "Wait, why are you here?"

"To race, duh! It's been a while and I wanted to relieve some good memories! Plus, I brought a friend over that you guys might know."

A loud thump was made and they turned to find... a big metallic Serlot that looks like a robot and on top of it was Nuo in her biker suit.

She sees Mk, Mei, and Red Son, who had their mouth wide opened, and smiles.

"Hey, guys!"

"Yay!! Go, Nuo!!" Bai He cheered, bringing out her light blue pom-poms.

The hooded figure smirked, knowing things are going to be interesting.

"You're racing, too?" Mk and Mei asked in unison.

"Well, I wanted to join in and have fun. Like the rest of you." Nuo replied.

"Tch! Fun, huh?" Red Son rolled his eyes.

Suddenly, a huge dump truck arrives. Everyone except Mei, Mk, Red Son, Nuo, mystery rider, and Lucy runs away, screaming.

"Seriously?! Come on, it's just a big truck!" Lucy exclaimed in disbelief.

"Some are just too coward about it." Nuo sighed.

The mystery rider nodded in agreement.

"Oh! It looks like we've got some last minute scratches as DBK and Iron Fan join the race." Yin's voice suddenly echoed from the intercom.

"Yeah, and, totally unrelated, we're the new commentators. And, to spice things up, we've gone ahead and altered the race track!" Jin yelled into the microphone.

"WHAT?!" Nuo, Lucy, Mk, and Mei yelled in unison.

"That's right!" Yin smirked, pointing towards the map. "Here's your start line. Here's your finish line. Get there any way you like."

"On your marks!" Jin yelled.

"Huh?!" Nuo exclaimed in shock.

"Is this for real?" Lucy questioned.

"Hold on!" Mei shouted.

"Get set!" Yin continued.

"Wait, what?" Red Son questioned, eyes wide.

"This is too soon!" Nuo shouted.

"Go!" Jin and Yin yelled in unison as DBK blows past the others, getting ahead of them.

"Sorry darling! We'll meet you at the finish line, hmm?" Princess Iron Fan then laughed.

Mk drives off after her and smiles smugly at Mei.

"Yeah. I'll... see you at the finish line!"

He then copies Princess Iron Fan's laughter. Enraged, Mei takes off afterwards along with Red Son, Nuo, mystery rider, and Lucy.

"Get back here!" Red Son shouted angrily.

Little did they know, they have other more racers driving off after them.

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"And it's become immediately apparent that some drivers are better than others!" Yin laughed through intercom.

Mk and Mei squeeze in a turn.

"Oh! That is a very sharp corner!"

Red Son and his parents are racing against each other, neck to neck.

"My victory is assured! You're never going to make this turn!" Red Son cackled before zooming off.

DBK gripped his wheels tight, enraged.

"I turn for no one!"

He slams down on the pedal and drives straight into the mountain.

"Ooh... They are literally driving through the mountain!" Jin exclaimed. "It's a bold move."

"Very ambitious." Yin smirked. "So... I guess we'll catch up with them... On the other side of the mountain?"

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"So, rooting for your sister?" The hooded stranger asked.

Bai He looked at him and nodded.

"Yeah! Well, she's kind of like a sister to me. But she's more of a momma and she doesn't know it yet. Who are you rooting for?"

The stranger looked at the screen where he can see the mystery rider racing.

"Just cheering for my kid." he smiled.

"Who?"

"That is a secret."

"Ohh. Okay."

"By the way, who's that woman with that big cat?" he asked, knowing who she is.

"That's Nuo."

"You mind telling me about her?"

Bai He looked at him warily.

"Why do you want to know?"

"Let's just say she's kind of an acquaintance of mine. And I want to get to know her better."

"Like... a friend?" she asked, calming down.

"Yeah, you can say that."

Bai He stares at him for a moment before making up her mind.

"Okay..."

The stranger grinned, knowing he got her.

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Meanwhile, Nuo, the mystery rider, and Lucy were racing behind Mei and Mk.

"Get out of my way, Noodle Boy!" Red Son shouted from behind Mk.

"Never!" Mk shouted back.

Nuo sighed at this as they kept racing when Nuo senses something was wrong. On cue, a truck comes in view and drives besides Nuo and Chiang. To her horror, she recognizes that uniform as they're one of Draven's men. They zoom in front of her and behind them are more of Draven's men as they start throwing spears at her along with the big net. Nuo gasped and dodged them all. Thanks to the armor Lucy made for her, the spear deflected off of Chiang. She runs besides the truck as the driver turns to her.

"You're not getting away with this that easily, dragon!"

Glaring at him, she urges her Serlot to go faster as she zooms past him before the driver could try and ram into her as they hit the railing of the road, causing them to fall. Lucy drives after her after seeing that.

"What's going on, Nuo?"

Before she could explain, Nuo heard something and they turned to see Draven riding in his motorcycle. She gulped to see angry, crazed look on his face.

"Oh, no! It's Draven! He looks upset!"

"Draven?" Lucy asked.

"He's the guy that hunts celestial beings, animals, and demons! He's after my head and I'm a water dragon from another world!"

Hearing this shocked Lucy as the mystery rider looks over at Draven. Lucy turned to Nuo and gets determined.

"Hop onto my bike!"

"Are you sure? I think we're too heavy!" Nuo looked conflicted.

"Trust me!"

She nods to Chiang to make a jump as she did and lands behind Lucy's bike and holds on.

"Don't worry, we'll lose him."

Lucy makes a turn along with the mystery rider as they drive as fast as they could while making each turn to avoid Draven, who drives after them. The mystery rider pulls out a ball and throws it towards Draven as it creates smoke bomb. He coughs it out as Lucy makes one more turn and hits the pedal, zooming off with the mystery rider. Nuo screams as they drive towards the tunnel underneath the bridge. Draven manages to catch up and drives besides them.

"I believe you have something of mine?" Draven asked.

"Yeah, come and get her!" Lucy glared.

She drives all around the tunnel as they tried to lose Draven when he drives above them and lands in front of them and brings out his dart gun. The mystery rider brings out purple smoke to help levitate them and herself away from Draven as they fly above him, who's shocked, before landing in front and kept on driving.

"I am not letting you take her away from me! That head of hers is mine!"

Pressing a button, a fire bursts out of the engines behind his motorcycle to help him go faster. He starts shooting darts at the girls as the mystery rider blocked them with the help of Nuo slashing them off with her water whip.

"Would you hurry up and lose him?!" Nuo shouted.

"I'm trying!" Lucy shouted back.

She sees a racing road and gets determined to get back in the game.

"Hang on!"

Lucy makes a big turn as they drive towards the train road, driving past it on time before the train could hit them. But Draven catches up after as they drive around the shop and then towards the tunnel full of fire.

"Uh, Lucy? Fire! Did you see fire?! That's a dead end! Dead end!" Nuo shouted.

"Not for me!" Lucy smirked.

The mystery rider gripped onto the handles, ready for it.

"Bye, bye, Draven!"

Lucy and the mystery rider then drive above the fire as they dodge every obstacles full of fire, driving backwards before driving ahead after getting out of the tunnel. Nuo helps out by punching the wall, causing the tunnel inside to crumble and block the hole, causing Draven to stop as he's now at the dead end. He angrily jumps out of his motorcycle and kicked it away.

"RAAAAHHH!!!"

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Back in the game, Lucy, Nuo, and the mystery rider managed to get ahead of Mk and Mei, who're riding in their Cloud Roadster with Red Son inside.

"And it looks like Wyldstyle, Nuo, and the mystery rider are all taking a lead!" Yin yelled over the intercom.

Before Mk, Mei, and Red Son could catch up, Lucy smirked at Nuo, who looks at her with confusion.

"All yours!"

"Wait, what?!"

The mystery rider hold onto Nuo as Lucy made her vehicle buck Nuo and Chiang off of her bike as they went flying towards the finish line. Once they made it, they slide on the ground to a stop along with the Cloud Roadster as they crash landed.

"It is all over!" Yin exclaimed as Lucy drives towards the finish line after.

"Nuo and the mystery rider win!" Jin screamed as Nuo's face and the helmet appeared on screen.

"NOOO!!!" Mk and Mei cried, and Red Son getting angry.

Nuo and the mystery rider hold up the golden peach as they stand on the first place panel with fireworks popping behind them.

"You Water Dragon Girl Peasant! That peach should be mine!" Red Son shouted as flames burst out of his hair before turning to the mystery rider. "And who are you?!"

"While I'm happy that Nuo won, who are you anyway?" Mk said, looking at the mystery rider.

The mystery rider behind the helmet smirked and removed their helmet, revealing...

"Li Jing?!" Nuo gasped.

"It's you!" Mk gasped, pointing at her.

"Uh, who?" Mei asked.

"Sup. Good race, by the way." Li Jing smiled.

"Uh...." Mk blushed.

"I had no idea you entered the race!" Nuo said.

"Well, thought I'd join. It was pretty fun, especially that crazy chase with that Draven person."

"Yeah, it was." Nuo smiled. "Oh, and this peach I'm holding is not an actual Peach of Immortality."

"Yeah, it was kinda obvious based on how it looks." Li Jing added.

This shocked Mk and Red Son as they pulled out their poster.

"What? But... But... But the poster says—"

"It says right there on the poster!"

This caused Mei, Nuo, Lucy, and Li Jing to start laughing.

"It says you get immortality by having your picture projected on the great wall." Mei explained.

Nuo and Li Jing's signature picture revealed on screen on the Great Wall.

"Duh!"

Mk double checked the poster as the girls kept on laughing while Red Son's face was covered with shadow with his mouth agape.

"Oh. So... The peach is a metaphor? O... kay."

Red Son immediately composes himself and gets angry.

"I knew that! You think you're so..."

He disappeared into vortex of fire but then teleported just a few feet away from them.

"Peasants!"

Red Son then walked away.

"Wait. But what about the real peaches? Where are they?" Mk asked.

"I don't know." Mei shrugged.

Nuo and Li Jing just shrugged also.

"Well, I gotta go. See you guys."

Li Jing turned to Mk and winked.

"See you later, Mk."

She then disappeared into purple smoke, causing Mk to blush more. Mei and Nuo noticed it and smirked.

"You liiiike her, don't you?"

Mk turned red and shook his head.

"What?! No! No! I just met her! And her name's... Li Jing, right?"

"Yep." Nuo responded with a nod.

Mk couldn't help but admire her name as he gazes to where she had gone.

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Right after everyone left, Nuo goes over to the seats and smiles to see Bai He. Though, she froze to see a black and red hooded coat figure talking to her as they appear to be having a good conversation. She sniffs the air and growls as her eyes glow blue. She jumps over to the seats and lands in front of Bai He protectively.

"You again. What are you doing here? What did you do to Bai He?"

The stranger puts his hands up in surrender.

"Relax, lady. I'm just having a good conversation with that kid. Can't a guy also come to watch the race?"

He does have a good point as Nuo thought.

"Well, whatever. Just stay away from her."

"No worries. No harm done.

He stood up and turned around, beginning to walk away. He stopped for a moment and turned to Nuo with a smirk.

"See you later, Anhe."

Nuo's face turned red as smoke bursted out of her ears.

"GRRR!!!"

This caused the stranger to laugh before disappearing.

"That no good monkey...!!"

"Um... Nuo? You okay?"

Nuo looked down to see Bai He looking up at her with worry. She calmed down and patted her head.

"I'm fine. Are you okay?"

"Oh, I'm fine. That guy is really nice. He asked me all about you."

"What... kind of questions?" Nuo asked, feeling uneasy about this.

"Well, something about you being a dragon and stuff. But that's all I know."

Nuo sighed, hoping to never see that guy again.

"...Let's go take you back to the orphanage. Wanna hear what happened in the race?"

Bai He nodded as they hopped onto Chiang and walked away. As they talk, Nuo begins to think of taking Bai He in and adopting her...

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A/N: This is where the car chase takes place. I did my best to describe it.

https://youtu.be/60Po3zRTh58

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