Disclaimer: Yes! I own it! I own it all! That’s exactly why I still have to beg my parents for money and I’m writing this. In case you didn’t get the sarcasm, no I don’t own it. I do own their personalities and stuff. There’s a little of ‘The Lost Empire’ in here though.

Summary: Dwynwen was a young girl who’s only goal in life was to become a reclusive hermit and hide away from the rest of the world. But it seems the gods have other things in mind. With the help of Wukong and the others Dywn must save the world whether she wants to or not.

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CHAPTER 2

After Xuanzang vanished, Dwynwen felt a cool presence in her mind. Then when she opened her eyes she realized that she was no longer in the tomb. In fact she was no longer standing on solid ground!

She screamed as she began to fall through the sky.

“WWWAAUUGGH!! What is with people and making me fall?! Haven’t they ever heard of walking?!” she yelled, flapping her arms in a desperate attempt to slow the fall. Then she suddenly fell into a tall, large tree, who’s branches slowed the fall.

Then she suddenly grabbed a large branch to stop the falling at last. She let out, a long, pain filled sigh.

“Oh, man... I’m getting sick of falling! Why can’t anyone ever put me on the ground?” she moaned.

“It’s just more fun this way.” said a voice. Dwynwen turned her head and saw Xuanzang, floating next to her, transparent. She glared at him.

“Fun for you.” she grumbled as she settled herself on the branch. He laughed.

“I am sorry. But look at it this way... At least you’re still alive!” he said. Dwynwen glared at him, and he became serious. “But we have other things to discus before you go in search for my disciples.”

“Such as...?” she asked, still glaring at him. His face became a little down casted.

“First of all, I think you should know that after my disciples were given human forms and they were made god, the god Amatsu tricked them and sealed each of them. But they know you are coming, for Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy, has informed them each in visions.”

“Okay, and...?” Dwynwen asked, knowing there is more to this.

“Even though you can see me, others cannot because I am a ghost. So it would not be a good idea to inform others about me, for they might think you’re senile. Also... I would appciate it if you didn't let my disciples find out about me.” he said the last part with a sad look.

“Eh? Why?”

He looked at his transparent hands.

“I am dead. And knowing my presence... Would just bring painful memories to them. I do not want that to happen. Also, if they knew I was there, it would give them false happiness that would disappear, and only leave pain when I returned to my eternal sleep. So I ask of you... Keep me your own secret, so they will not have to go through that pain.” he pleaded. Dwynwen stared at him, sadly, then sighed.

“Whatever. It’s your choice. I couldn’t care less. I just want to get this mission over with and get my reward so I can go hide in my little hole again.” she said as she hopped down from the tree. Xuanzang laughed again.

“I thank you. Oh, you’re heading the wrong way. Wukong’s that way.” he said as he pointed in the right direction.

“Well, I’ve never been here before! Where is here anyway?” Dwynwen asked.

“China 50 years after my disciples and I retrieved the scriptures. It is nice to know that the scriptures did some good.” said Xuanzang as he floated next to her.

“Whoa... It’s so peaceful. No factories smogging the air, no pollution, no nuclear wars... So unlike my world.” she breathed.

“This was your world centuries ago,” Xuanzang reminded her.

“I guess that’s true. But if you ask me, the world has gone down hill.” Dwynwen said as she folded her arms behind her head. Xuanzang looked at her seriously.

“Listen, Dwynwen... Human have both the power to create wonderful things... and terrible things. It is up to the one who forges them. So if something turns out bad, it is not the creation that should take the blame, but instead the creator should be at fault, for the creation... will only do what it was created for.”

“Huh?”

“Let’s go. The others are waiting.”

Nether of them noticed the strange figure watching them.

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The figure stared after her then slithered down a tree like a snake and went to report to his master that a new priestess has appeared.

The figure was Zing-Lin, a spy for Amastu, and a snake demon. He had long blue hair that stood like a broom stick, and gold eyes with strange markings all over his body. His job was to spy for Amastu and report to him if anything interesting, and a child falling out of the sky was one of the most interesting news there was.

He slithered down the long dark halls of an old fashioned China palace. Then finally he came upon a huge door that was locked.

He knocked on the door 4 times. He heard the gears in the locks turn, and finally the door swung open.

“Enter,” boomed a voice. The snake demon entered the dark room, which had an eery green glow.

Sitting around a table and a mahjong board, Hiruko, the misshapened watery child, Awashima, the misshapened pale island, the God Kagututi, the God Susanowa, Nai-No-Kami, and...The almighty god of evil, Amatsu Mikaboshi. All their faces were shadowed by in the room, but they’re figures could be outlined by the green light.

“What news do you have?” asked a hissing voice, that also sounded like an deep dark voice at the same time.

“It seems that the Priest, Xuanzang, has made a human from the Other world appear, and is heading to the Mountain of the 5 elements where you sealed the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, my lord.” said Zing-Lin.

“The Priest?” boomed a deep gruff voice. “Didn’t he die 50 years ago?”

“You’d think they’d learn by now,” said a sly voice. “How many times will we have to kill him before he finally figure out that we’re unstoppable?”

“He was a stubborn old monk. Even in death he is causing us problems.” said a cool voice.

“Who is the human that he has summoned?” asked the hissing voice, that also sounded like an deep dark voice.

“I know not of her, except that she is a young girl, who appears to be normal.” said Zing-Lin.

“But as we all know, appearances can be deceiving. Keep following her and report to us if anything out of the ordinary happens.” Zing-Lin bowed.

“Yes, my lord,” Then he slithered out the door to go and spy on the other worlding as he would now call her.

“Do we really have to take such precautions? Why don’t we just smite the child, and be done with it?” asked a watery voice.

“Because she is going to be a new source of entertainment for us, and because quite frankly, I am bored of beating you all at mahjong.” the hissing voice, deep dark voice said tauntingly as he won another game of mahjong.

“Then how about letting us win once in a while?” asked the sly voice as he frowned.

“That would be even less fun.” smirked the other voice.

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“Ugh... Xuanzang... Are you sure we’re going the right way? I’ve been walking for hours! I’m tired!! And I haven’t seen hair or tail of a monkey!” Dwynwen whined as she pushed through some bushes. She had been walking through the forest for hours! And she still hadn’t found anything. Right now she was at the base of a large mountain which Xuanzang said was called the mountain of the Five elements.

“That’s odd. I could have sworn that Wukong was sealed somewhere around here.” said Xuanzang as he looked around, looking innocently confused. Dwynwen growled to herself.

“Maybe being dead for 50 years has made your memory fuzzy!” she hissed at him. Then she sighed. “Maybe we should just turn aroooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnndddddddddd!!” she suddenly screamed as she suddenly slipped and began to fall off the cliff.

“Ah! Dwynwen?!” Xuanzang called after her. He began chanting a small prayer and Dwynwen’s fall, slowed until she hit the ground, her shoulder taking most of the impacted.

“Ow! Shit! Shit! Ow!” she silently whined to herself, holding her shoulder and rubbing it furiously. Even though her fall was slowed, she still hit the ground very hard.

“Well, it’s about time, kid.” said a voice in a bored tone.

“Huh?” said Dwynwen as she turned. Staring at her boredly from what looked like a cave that had stone bars and talismans, was a boy who around 16, maybe 18, with long matted black hair and beautiful, piercing dark gold eyes.

“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time! I was getting impatient,” he said. “Now, I know what you’re thinking. Can the famous Monkey King actually be this handsome in person? Well, it’s true. It’s true.”

Dwynwen gave him a flat look as she thought,

‘Actually I wondering if your body could actually hold your big head.’ Then still rubbing her shoulder a little she asked,

“Are you Son Wukong?”

“I have been called that. But never mind that, get me out of here so we can save your world already.” he said.

“Naiya? Save my world?” Dwynwen repeated as she tilted her head.

“Oh, maybe you haven’t noticed. It’s falling apart!” Wukong told her.

“Oh, that’s right...” said Dwynwen as she rubbed the back of her head. With all that had happened, she actually forgotten that her world was endangered.

Well, today was turning out great! First a crazy woman comes to her house, then makes a chair come to life, which kidnaps her and takes her to a abandon subway, where she is sucked into a tomb, where she meets some dead ghostly priest who tricks her into accepting some dumb mission, and now she had to deal with some sarcastic monkey. This had to be some kind of crazy dream.

“Of course! I understand now!” Dwynwen said as she slammed her fist on her hand. “A dream! This is all a dream! I’m still at home, on the couch, watching TV. I’ll just walk around until I wake up!” she said as she started to walk away.

“I wouldn’t do that. It’s very dangerous out there.” Wukong called after her, from behind the bars.

“Byyyye!” Dwynwen waved over her shoulder as she continued to walk away.

“Fine! You’ll be back.” Wukong as he boredly put his chin on his hand. He began to count backwards to himself. Dwynwen was 10 feet away when she heard a low growling. Dwynwen stopped in her tracks.

‘Please tell me that was my stomach!’ she thought as she slowly turned her head.

Behind she saw a giant wild boar that looked bigger than a bolder! And man, did he look hungry!

“Uh..uh.. N-nice piggy... Good piggy...” Danny said as she slowly started to back way.

The boar let out a roar and Dwynwen bolted off, running. The boar chased after her.

“Waahhh! Yo! Boy in the mountain! Do something!” she yelled as she ran back to Wukong.

“Oh? Back already?” he smirked.

“Just do something!”

“What do you want me to do? I’m trapped in a mountain, in case you’ve forgotten.” he said boredly.

“Then what am I suppose to do!” Dwynwen yelled.

“Gotta weapon?” Wukong asked. Dwynwen dug in her pockets, but only found a few rocks from her rock collection. “Oh, great. No weapon.” he sighed irritably.

“Well, what do you expect! I’m 15!!” Dwynwen yelled as she threw the rocks at the boar, but that only seemed to make him angrier. “GAHH!! What should I do?!”

“I suggest you run.” said Wukong.

“That’s no help at all!!” Dwynwen yelled.

“What do you want me to do? Again, I’m trapped in a mountain.” Wukong said boredly.

“Well, then! What should I do?!” Dwynwen asked.

“Go to the top of the mountain, find the stone with seal on it, move it and I’ll scare it off!” he said.

“ACK!!” Dwynwen exclaimed as the boar ran forward. She quickly dashed up the mountain, finally she reached the top. “Okay! Stone with gold seal! Stone with gold seal! Stone with gold seal!” she repeated over and over as she looked for the stone, and still ran from the boar.

Finally she found the stone with the golden seal, but unfortunately it happened to be the biggest rock there!

“You’ve gotta be kidding!” she growled as she tried to push the rock. But it was simply too big for her.

The boar growled as it charged at her.

‘AAAGGUHH!! Why me?!’ she screamed in her mind as she flipped onto the rock. When she was younger her parents used to be in a circus, and since she was raised there for 9 years of her life, she knew the moves and was very flexible.

The boar crashed into the rock, making it move a bit.

“That’s it! Just move it a little more,” she heard the boy yell as the wind started to pick up. The sky was dark, and lighting could be seen in the sky. The boar was scared by the wind and began to run down the mountain.

‘Okay... And how do I do that?’ she wondered as she stared at the rock. She was scared of the sudden storm, however right now she wanted to get the boy out so they could get out there, so she could go back home, to her safe couch! Suddenly she got an idea.

“Hey! I know what might work!” she exclaimed aloud. She ran back a little then jumped in the air.

“HIIIYA!!” she yelled as she did a flying kick on the rock. She managed to move the rock, but her body vibrated from the impact. There was a giant earthquake that shook the whole mountain. The boy, now that the seal was gone, broke the chains that bound him to the cave, then smashed the bars to the cave, then jumped all the way to the top of the mountain, while yelling,

“YAAAHOO!”

He landed on top of the mountain right in front of Dwynwen, who was looking at him with wide eyes. He jumped all the way to the top of a mountain with only one jump!

“Oh, yeah! I am free at last!” he cheered as he stretched. Dwynwen saw that he wore a dark gold shirt, with brown armor and gray pants. The sky was clear now.

“Okay, kid! It’s time to being our holy pilgrimage!” he said.

“Our what?” Dwynwen said.

“If you care about saving your world you’ll come with me!” he said impatiently. Then he swelled his chest up proudly. “I am to be your teacher!”

“My what?” blinked Dwynwen.

“Your teacher! I’m to guide you in this world and teach you on our way to Amatsu’s realm! Now come! We must be on our way!” Wukong snapped irritably.

“Hold on!! What is with this ‘we’ stuff?! Look!! I don’t know what you people want from me, but I just want to go home, to my little apartment! I don’t want to mess with gods, or anything!!” Dwynwen exclaimed.

“Fine! Fine, I give up! If you don’t care about saving your world, then fine! Go back home and wait for your destruction.” Wukong snapped as he threw his hands in the air.

“Trust me, I would, but I don’t know how! And I want the treasure!” Dwynwen yelled back. They began arguing and Xuanzang, who had floated after Dwynwen after the earthquake, laughed pleasantly.

“Well, it appears they’re going to get along great,” he said as he watched them. “They’re actually getting along better than I thought they would...”

Then he spotted a bright light descend from the sky.

“Ah! Kaun Yin!” he gasped. The other two didn’t seem to notice it.

“That is enough, you two.” said a soft and kind voice. Wukong and Dwynwen froze. They then turned and saw, when the light died down, only a bit, and standing on cloud, in the sky, still shining brightly was a beautiful woman with long flowing black hair and heavenly crystal blue eyes. She was wearing a long blue skirt with two slits past her thighs, two blue stockings that reached her thighs with a blue tank top that covered her breasts and two long blue gloves that reached her shoulders. A red chakra rested on her fore head.

“You!!” Wukong and Dwynwen yelled as they both pointed at her.

“You!! You’re that stupid councilor Miss Yin that made that chair come to life!!” Dwynwen yelled. “Did you know that you ran over police officer?”

“You! We need a hero and you send us this brat?! Why didn’t you just send a octopus or something?!” Wukong yelled.

“What was that, you stupid rock monkey?!” Dwynwen yelled.

“You heard me! And what did you call me?!”

Xuanzang sighed as he watched them. How could they be so rude in front of a goddess?

“You do realize that you’re fighting in front of Kaun Yin, the goddess of Mercy, right?” he asked Dwynwen since she was the only one who could hear him. Dwynwen stopped fighting with Wukong and blinked.

“The Merciful Goddess?!” she exclaimed loudly.

“You didn’t know?” asked Wukong looking at with a ‘You’re an idiot’ look.

“Of course not!! Oh my god! I was so rude! And my apartment was such a mess...” Dwynwen said, freaking a little. She was going to get sent to hell for sure! Then again she was going there anyway...

The goddess chuckled at her, then turned to Wukong.

“Wukong, the title of teacher is the greatest, but also the most difficult. Will you give up before you have even begun?” she asked.

“But she doesn’t even want to learn!” defended Wukong.

“Nether did you.” said the goddess. Wukong looked at the ground as he scuffed his foot. “Your former master, Xuanzang himself, chose her. Do you not trust his judgement?” Wukong didn’t reply, so Dwynwen guessed that Kuan Yin had won. She turned to the astral form of Xuanzang.

“You chose me?” she asked.

“Don’t take it personally, it’s just the world needed a hero, but I couldn’t find any, so I decided to send you!” he said with a laugh. Dwynwen glared at him.

“Thanks. I feel so special.” she muttered sarcastically.

“Dwynwen Stone... I am sorry for the way I brought you here, but it was the only way to convince you to come. I hope you will forgive me.” interrupted the goddess. Dwynwen rubbed the back of her head.

“Well... I’m not as mad at you as I am at a certain monk.” she said. “But really, I can’t help you, now that I think about it. I mean... I think my brother will start to worry about the fact that I just left the apartment, much less the time zone or whatever. And I have a job back home, and not to mention I promised to help Miss Kitty with her cats and all. Oh, and then I’m suppose to go over some army tactics for ‘Total World Conquest’ the game, with Derek. I’m sorry, but I just can’t do it.”

“How about this, then. For every moment that passes here, only hour shall pass in your world.” Kaun Yin said.

“Any other excuses?” smirked Wukong.

“Give me a sec. I think I may be able to come up with one.” said Dwynwen.

“Child–!” Wukong started, impatiently.

“Okay, okay! It looks like I have no choice ether way, so I might as well agree.” Dwynwen sighed. “So where do we begin?”

“The greatest journey, begins with the first step.”

“Say what?” asked Dwynwen.

“In other words, we begin by walking to the gates of Soku-no-Kumi which lays which lays somewhere in the west.” said Wukong as he pointed to the west.

“Before you go... Take this.” Kaun Yin said as she made something appear in her hands. She then tossed it at Dwynwen and she caught it. It was a long golden staff with nine rings on it. Dwynwen stared in awe. “That is the staff of Priest Xuanzang. It will assist you on the journey.” Kaun Yin told her.

“I... I have no idea what to say...” said Dwynwen.

“Just take it already. You can’t go trampling around without a weapon, and you’re gonna need one in the future. Trust me. The journey west is a difficult one. Trust me, I know.” Wukong said. Dwynwen didn’t notice the bitterness in his tone and the sadness in his eyes as he looked down at the ground. Dwynwen looked up at the goddess.

“Thank you, Kaun Yin. I promise to take good care of it.” she said, with a sorta grateful smile. If she remembered correctly, the staff was one of the things gifted to Xuanzang from Buddha himself. She wondered if it had any magical powers. Kaun Yin smiled.

“I’m sure you will, young one. Take care.” she said. Then in a bright flash of light she vanished. Dwynwen fell back in shock.

“O...Okay, then... That’s going to take some getting used to...” she said.

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Well, here’s the second chapter. I wonder if I’m just writing this for myself... Oh, well. I’m having fun!

Note: Wukong is also known as Monkey, and more famously, Goku.

Also Kaun-Yin is also known as Goddess Pusa, Kanzeon Bostatsu or just the Goddess of Mercy.

And in some stories Wukong is actually imprisoned under a mountain, and in some it’s actually in the mountain, but I borrowed the trapped in a cage in the mountain from the anime ‘SaiYuki’

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