The King, The Prince, and The Warrior

Chapter 34

After about 3 hours they were finally far enough from the village and came to a stop "I think we're far enough now" Sha Wujing said looking back "I...can't believe that...the whole village was...working with...The Cursed Immortal" Zhu Bajie said panting for breath as he collapsed to the ground exhausted from running "how's your throat Wukong?" Macaque asked looking at the copper simians neck and the large red burn on it "I'm fine Mihou, it doesn't hurt that much anymore" Wukong said with a small smile his voice less raspy than before "I am just glad that everyone is safe" Tripitaka said as he dismount the dragon horse

Suddenly a growl was heard making everyone jump at the sound, they all looked around to see Ao Lie transformed into a human, stomach growling "sorry" the dragon boy said smiling bashfully. Everyone let out a sigh "alright, I'll go look for something for us to eat" Wukong said looking at the others before looking at Macaque "would you like to come with me?" Wukong asked, Macaque looked at the copper simian and nodded "alright, me and Macaque are going to look for food, do not I repeat. Do. Not. Leave this area or I will drag you back here by your ear, understand" Wukong said glaring at the four, they all nodded and the two simians left

As the two simans looked around, Macaque couldn't help but glance at the copper simian, noticing him stumble a bit and take sharp intakes of air "Wukong, are you sure you're alright" Macaque said looking at the copper simian "yeah Mangoes, I'm fine, I'm just sore from that fight" Wukong said turning to Macaque "but your practically limping and you're holding your side too" Macaque said looking at the copper simian with worry "Mihou, I know you're worried but I promise you that I'm fine, it's just taking a little while for me to heal up, but I'm okay, look" Wukong said lifting his shirt up to reveal a big bruise on his chest that was healing "see, I'll be back to normal before you know it" Wukong said pulling his shirt down

Macaque looks at the copper simian still feeling worried but slightly better "okay" Macaque said, Wukong smiled and hugged him, kissing his forehead "I'll be fine, it'll take more than a brawl to put this monkey down" Wukong said smiling gently pressing his and Macaques forehead together, Macaque blushes and smiles 'there's my smile' Wukong thought smiling. Later the two went back to their search for food finding wild onions, bok choy, a couple of enoki mushrooms, scallions, and cilantro "this should be enough, let's head back before Zhu Bajie starts convincing master to wonder off somewhere" Wukong said and the two simians began to head back

When they return they saw Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, Ao Lie, and Tripitaka eating berries "what the, I told you guys to stay here!" Wukong said looking at the four "we did but little brother was getting really hungry so Zhu Bajie went to look around and found these berries" Sha Wujing said as Zhu Bajie ate another handful of the berries "want some, they're really delicious and juicy, like ripe plums" Ao Lie said holding out a handful of the berries. Macaque looked at the berries and took one inspecting it "um, Bajie, where did you find these berries?" Macaque asked looking at the pig demon