Well, things took a different turn for Miwa. đ
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*At Flower Fruit Mountain, MK watches as Wukong packs a suitcase.*
"Whatta you mean vacation?" MK's phone buzzes. It's the Sleep Bug app. He throws the phone. "And does Miwa even know about this?"
"Come on bud. I promised myself when I found a successor I'd go see some friends, take a tour of my old stomping grounds, just cut loose y'know. Ooh, gonna need these." Wukong puts on a pair of sunglasses. "Freckles already knows, though wasn't in the mood for seeing me off."
"But you can't just leave! What if someone attacks the city. What if the Spider Queen comes back?! And you just reconnected with Miwa!" said MK, growing worried and panicking.
"Ah, you'll figure it out. It's adorable how nervous you are. But don't be! You've come a long way! And you know, the next step of your journey you must do alone. With Sunshine, of course." said Wukong closing his suitcase. "Me and Freckles have already talked it over, so she is fine with it."
"..... Alone?" MK questioned at this.
"But don't worry! I'll check in, give you and Miwa some training tools, remote lessons, ah, we'll figure it out. You'll be great. Don't worry! Monkey King out!" Wukong blasts away on his cloud.
"Fine! J-just leave! At least my friends will never abandon me!" shouted MK, letting out a heavy sigh, and turned his attention over to the cabin.
Walking over to the cabin, MK knocked on the door before opening it. "Mimi, wanna head back and check on the others?" But when he entered the cabin, he couldn't find her anywhere. The only thing he did find, was her phone laying on the floor with the Sleep Bug app on the screen. "Miwa?"
*With Miwa.*
"Umm, where the fuck am I?" Miwa looked around confused, she was surrounded by an empty space. With what looked like glowing stars all around.
Growing curious, Miwa reached out a hand, touching one of the stars. The next thing she knew, she was in some other place with some crazy party going on.
"What is going on? One moment I'm laying on the couch at dad's place, and now I'm in this weird place." Miwa dodged a few people who were dancing, some drinking and others chatting.
"We need more puppies! And don't forget the fireworks!" shouted a familiar voice.
Miwa pushed through the crowd until she saw Mei, standing in the middle of the whole party. "Mei!"
"Miwa! Hey girl, are you enjoying the party!" said Mei, hyped to see her.
"Oh ummm, yeah, it's great. Maybe a little too loud for me." said Miwa with a small smile.
Just then, Miwa heard the sound of laughter, not far from them. Turning to where it came from, she saw MK, Pigsy, Tang and Sandy enjoying the party.
"What the..." Miwa grew confused when she saw Pigsy partying like crazy, while wearing some weird party outfit. "What's going on here?"
"It's a party, Mimi. That's what's going on here!" cheered Mei, wrapping an arm around her, and started dragging her over to the others.
Miwa looked around her, starting to feel something was off the longer she was here.
"Lulu you came!" MK jumped up in excitement, seeing Miwa, and rushed over with a bright smile.
"Uhhh." Miwa had to lean slightly back when MK got a little too close to her.
"Let's go for a dance!" MK grabbed her hand and dragged her with him to the dance floor.
"M-MK, wait a minute!" said Miwa as she got dragged. "This doesn't feel right, we were just back at my dad's place. And now we are at some crazy party Mei is hosting."
MK turned to look at her, giving her a confused look. "We were?"
"Yeah, weâ" Miwa then took notice of someone else at the party. "DAD?!"
At the party, Wukong was at the food stand, drinking and eating. While being surrounded by all of his fans and monkeys.
"Okay, this is getting far too weird for me." Miwa pulled away from MK, and quickly disappeared into the crowd. "Something is wrong here, dad might be a pain. But he would never abandon an important mission to stop a danger coming, for just a simple party."
Looking for a way out, Miwa noticed some glowing stars again. She reached out a hand once again, touching one of them, and again she was now in a different place.
"Please Monkey King! I'm your biggest fan! Will you please sign my books! I've written down everything about you!" said Tang with an excited attitude, as he was kneeling before Wukong.
Miwa facepalmed at this. "Nope, nope, nope. I don't wanna see anymore of this." She touched another star and ended up in a different place.
The sound of laughter could be heard, as Miwa stood in front of a huge building with a bright sign of Pigsy, with a bowl of noodles. "What the fuck?"
Opening the door to what ended up being a huge noodle restaurant, Miwa was surprised to see thousands of customers, with Tang at the front desk. Then Mei and Sandy as butlers. Even Mo the cat was wearing a fancy tie.
"Miwa, there you are! Pigsy has been asking for your help back in the kitchen." said Tang, delighted to see her.
"Uhhh." Miwa took another glance and saw Wukong standing as a bodyguard. "Okay, these places must be dreams. Because why else would every place be more weird than the last."
Miwa then took notice of something else, another glowing star but slightly different. It looked to have a small crack, so she reached forward and touched it.
Where she ended up was entirely different from the other dreams, this one was covered with shattered pieces of all kinds of scenarios.
"What is this?" Miwa tried walking closer to one of them, but blue chains out of nowhere appeared and wrapped themselves around her limbs. "What the hell?!"
"Looks like those old scrolls about your kind, being able to visit people's dreams, were true." A lady with white hair, bones and red eyes was walking towards Miwa.
Miwa turned her head and saw the lady in front of her. "Who are you? What are you talking about?"
"That is a silly question to ask, since you should already know. Red Star." said the white lady with a calm expression.
"Red Star? I'm Miwa, not whoever you are mixing me with." said Miwa, trying to move, but the chains were keeping her in place.
"I see, so you've decided to stay silent and let your wishing form face everything. Just like each wish, you Wishing Stars have been granting." said the white lady.
"What are you talking about, you crazy lady!" Miwa tried forcing herself free, but the chains only tightened.
"Looks like it was destiny that brought you, and to grant me, my wish." The white lady had more chains wrap around Miwa, tightening their hold as they started pulling her in different directions.
Miwa's eyes widened and started screaming in pain as her body was being pulled apart. "Stop! It hurt! Please!"
The white lady kept a calm expression, and just observed as Miwa was screaming and struggling.
"Make it stop! MK! Dad! Papa! Anyone, help!" Miwa was crying out for help, as her right arm got ripped apart from her body.
Miwa was screaming and crying in pain when she lost her arm. "GET ME OUT OF HERE!!, I DON'T WANNA BE HERE!" Then she felt her left leg getting ripped apart too.
"No one can hear you, and no one will come to save you. Accept it, you are alone and no Sun Wukong, will be there for you. Just like you wouldn't be here for much longer." said the white lady.
"PLEASE JUST STOP! WHY ARE YOU EVEN DOING THIS?! WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU!" Miwa screamed at the lady, tears running down her face.
"It's nothing personal, dear, but for me to have my wish granted and fulfill my destiny. I need you to die." said the lady.
Another arm and leg got ripped from Miwa's body, and soon enough her whole body got ripped in half. Blood laying everywhere in a pool under her.
Miwa let out a horrifying scream, as her eyes turned red, and soon enough. Everything went blank for her.
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"Hmph, looks like Red Star doesn't want this wish to die. Well, doesn't matter. I will end this wish, and have them return so I can have my wish granted. One way or another." said the white lady.
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*In Pigsy's Noodles, MK sits with Tang and Mei. Pigsy is wrapped in bandages.*
"So even though I was all alone and had been completely abandoned by everyone, I used my brain and saved the whole city. I did great and there were no negative consequences at all." MK explained.
Just then, Miwa appeared out of nowhere, and landed on the floor. Eyes wide in shock and breathing heavily.
"Miwa?!" Mei and MK rushed over, surprised to see her. But the moment they touched her. She let out a painful scream and moved away.
"MAKE THE PAIN STOP!" Miwa screamed in agony, as even just moving felt like her body was being ripped apart all over again.
"Mimi, what's wrong? Where does it hurt?" Mei asked with concern, reaching out a hand. But it got quickly slapped away.
"What happened? Please, you can tell us." said MK, just as concerned but didn't try to touch her.
Miwa wrapped her arms around herself, breathing heavily while looking around herself in a panic. Tears running down her face, while still feeling the ghostly pain of her body being ripped apart.
Shaking her head, Miwa used the shadows and portaled away. Then ended up at Macaque's place, though she didn't know if he was around or not. She didn't care at the moment, as she just needed some place she could be alone. And where no one would go and look for her.
Miwa slowly walked over to a couch, shaking, as just walking was painful. When she got to the couch, she grabbed a blanket and covered herself with it as she lay down. "Dad.....Papa.....please come home already."
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A portal appeared in the living room, and out came Macaque. Holding a lamp in his hands. "Didn't think I would find it in at black market, but I'm not that surprised."
Macaque then took notice of something laying on his couch, narrowing his eyes. Wondering who had snuck into his place while he was gone, he slowly walked over, ready to teach whoever snuck in here a lesson.
But when he saw who was laying on the couch, Macaque was surprised to see that it was Miwa, but what caught his attention was that it looked like she had been crying.
"Starlight..." Macaque put the lamp to the side, and took a seat on the couch. He reached over and placed a hand on her shoulder, causing Miwa to flinch and quickly move away. Looking up in fear, shaking like crazy.
"Hey, hey. It's just me, Miwa." said Macaque, noticing how shaken up she was. Made him wonder what had happened for her to be like this.
Miwa looked at him, slowly starting to calm down, but was still shaking. "Pa...pa?" Tears began forming in her eyes. "Where have you been?! Where were you when I needed help! Not even dad showed up to help!" Her body seemed to start slowly fading.
"What?" Macaque raised an eyebrow. "That fucking idiot, he had one job, and he can't even do that much." He reached out a hand, and gently placed it on her head.
Miwa flinched, closing her eyes in fear, but when he touched her head. She didn't feel any ghostly pain, opening her eyes. She looked at him, tears running down her face. "Dad left today, trying to find something that could stop an upcoming danger."
"Hmm." Macaque gently patted her head, watching closely as she seemed to calm down. But when she mentioned an upcoming danger, he had a feeling he knew what Wukong was trying to stop. "So what happened for you to be in this state, little star?"
Miwa was shaking when he asked, thinking back to what happened to her. She shook her head, not wanting to talk about it.
Macaque let out a sigh at this. "Alright, so why did you come here to my place? Not that I mind it."
".... I needed some time alone where the others couldn't find me, I didn't feel comfortable being around others. Not even the monkeys back at Flower Fruit Mountain." said Miwa wrapping her arms around her legs, holding them close with her tails hanging down from the couch.
"Okay then." Macaque got up from the couch and walked to his kitchen that was a complete mess.
Miwa watched in slightly confusion when he went to the kitchen. "What are you doing?"
"What do you think I'm doing? I'm making you something to eat, since I'm sure you haven't eaten anything this whole day." said Macaque, going through his fridge.
"..... I'm not hungry papa." said Miwa only for her stomach to start growling.
Macaque chuckled with a smirk. "Doesn't sound like that to me."
Miwa pouted at this, but seemed more relaxed than she was earlier. "Stupid stomach."
"I think your stomach is a lot smarter than your brain currently." Macaque taunted.
"Shut up, old man." said Miwa crossing her arms.
"Sounds like somebody here is hangry." Macaque kept taunting, but was happy to hear Miwa sounding more like herself.
"Am not!" said Miwa, getting annoyed.
"Just shut up and eat." said Macaque, coming back and shoved a cut mango piece into her mouth.
Miwa rolled her eyes, eating the mango piece. "Mango isn't gonna fill my hunger."
"Well, it's the only thing I had, so just eat and stop complaining." said Macaque, giving her a bowl of cut mango.
"Fine..." Miwa took the bowl, not feeling much of the ghostly pain anymore as she ate the mango pieces.
Macaque grabbed a remote and turned on the TV. deciding to watch something while Miwa was eating.
"Papa..... I think I got a new power...but." said Miwa but were slightly hesitant.
"A new power?" Macaque turned to look over at her, curious about what it could be this time. "But what?"
"I think it leaves after effects, when I stop using it." said Miwa, her body slowly shaking.
Macaque reached out a hand, and slowly placed it on her head. Seeing how she reacted before when he tried touching her shoulder. "What kind of power?"
"..... I think I can enter other people's dreams, after what happened today." said Miwa looking down at the bowl of mango pieces.
"Enter people's dreams? Now that's an interesting power." said Macaque with a smirk. "Could have used that to annoy the shit out of Wukong."
"I'm serious, papa." said Miwa glancing up at him. "The after effects aren't nice."
"What kind of after effects did you get?" Macaque asked.
"... Some strange bone lady was talking nonsense, and then began to.... to...." Miwa grew more shaking just by the memories of it.
"To what?" Macaque asked in a serious tone, not liking what he was hearing already about a bone lady.
"To r-rip my body a-a-apart, when I g-got out of w-whatever dream that w-w-was. I still had the painful feeling." Miwa stuttered in fear.
Macaque narrowing his eyes, holding in a growl after hearing this. He then gently pulled Miwa into a hug, trying to comfort her, though this wasn't something he was the best at.
Miwa was surprised by the hug, but didn't reject it as she wrapped her arms around him, and her tails around his. Shaking in fear, but felt safe in his arms.
Macaque rubbed her back, while thinking over what he could do to help her, since Wukong wasn't around and had just left her like that. Knowing how scared she felt about being abandon again.
"Say, Miwa, since that idiot Wukong isn't around. What do you say to do some more training with me?" Macaque suggested looking down at her. "Whoever is trying to hurt you, I'll make sure you wouldn't end up in such a situation again."
Miwa looked at him, tilting her head with a raised eyebrow. "How can you be sure?"
"Besides just your normal training, I'll also train you mentally." Macaque gently poked her forehead. "Even in your dreams, we will do some training. Whenever I go to sleep, you use your dream power to enter my dream, and we will train there."
"is that even possible?" Miwa asked, confused by this idea.
"Only one way to find out." said Macaque with a smirk.
"But what about the after effects?" Miwa asked.
"We'll see when it comes to that." said Macaque, ruffling her hair. "Just keep this a secret for MK and his friends."
"Fine..." said Miwa batting his hand away. "But promise me, that you wouldn't hurt MK again. Or use me to hurt him."
"I promise, little shadow." said Macaque with a soft smile. "Doesn't mean, I can't mess with him a little."