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saved a feral demon

The six eared demon hissed, the large gash across his chest is stinging and latching to his torn armor. He have teleported somewhere far from his enemy that wish death upon him. His ears twitched when he hear footsteps getting near to his body. Macaque growled, showing of his bloody sharp canines. The stranger in front of him is a beautiful golden furred celestial monkey. "You look like you need help, bud." The beauty told him with a soft chirp. Something about the celestial monkey's chirp soften and make the shadow demon heart's trembles, weaken like a wimp that is weak for beauty. Macaque glared the beauty, despite Sun Wukong have fluffy gold fur, golden honey eyes, short and small like a harmless prey, the shadow demon don't trust his looks and snarled a deep growl at the celestial monkey. 

"Geez, calm down. I just want to help you. Dramatic much?" The beauty said and kneeled down to the shadow demon without fear. The celestial monkey swing his arm under the injured grumpy demon's arm and hoisted Macaque to stand on his feet before slowly guiding the demon to his hut. "I am being generous and helping you. You better not bite me or i'll throw you to the moon!" Sun Wukong hissed at the growling demon that threaten to gnaw on his neck. 

Macaque glared and watch as the beauty clean his injury, bandage him up and give him spare clothes. The shadow demon puts on the clothes and notice the sweet scent of peach on the fabrics. "Your fur is messy." The celestial monkey tsked and went ahead to groom the shadow demon's fur. For Sun Wukong this is a normal habit he did for all monkeys in his mountain. Macaque on the other hand hissed and his ears turns red, because its intimate act to groom someone else. "Calm down! I am not hurting you!" Sun Wukong scolded and continued to untangle and arrange the dark furred monkey's fur. "Since you are still heavily injured and need time to heal. You can stay here. My name is Sun Wukong. What's yours?" Sun Wukong asked, his fingers gently combs through the shadow demon's fur.

The magenta eyes demon grumbles a growl. "Liu Er Mihou, The Six Eared Macaque." The shadow demon's deep voice growled out of his throat.

"I have rules if you decide to stay here. You can't bully the monkeys because they are under my protection. Feel free to fight any demons that threaten the monkeys though. They come to this mountain often to irritate me." Sun Wukong stated with annoyance in his tone. The shadow demon ears twitches and let out a low grumbles from his vocal cord. The celestial monkey in front of him is judging him. Sun Wukong is a bit weirded out by the demon he saved, because Macaque mostly only respond with a growl or incoherent grumbles as if he is a large apex predator. Which, he is not. But the shadow demon does the dark villain like vibe, so maybe it's part of Macaque's aesthetic? Sun Wukong shrugs off his thoughts and sit on his old couch, "I hope you like peaches. I have lots of them. If not, I still have various fruits stored in the kitchen." The monkey king said and offered a basket of peaches. 

The shadow demon squints at the fruits, grunted and look away with no interest to take one. "Your lost, because this is delicious!" Sun Wukong said and take one to bite. 

The celestial watched in fascination when the glowing ears twitches and the shadow demon cryptic behaviour to stand facing north, which is the corner of his wall and without a warning Macaque sink into his shadow with ease. The monkey king sighed, he can't have a feral demon unsupervised and throw his unfinished peach back to the basket before running outside his hut to inspect the mountain. If he had known that the demon he saved have shadow teleportation ability, he would have set another rule : to tell him whenever the shadow demon want to warp somewhere. Luckily it's not hard to find the shadow demon's with the destruction happening at the foot of the mountain near the coast. 

A group of red scaled snakes descends from the large boat and look around with satisfaction of the beautiful scenery around them. Not far away from them there's small monkeys gathering resources halted their chatters and fearfully stare at the trespasser. A tall serpentine dressed in gold and armour grinned at the sight of frighten monkeys, "Hello there, that's a lot of food you have there... Mind giving me those coconut?" The reptile hissed to the nearest monkey. The monkey hesitated and give the demon all of their coconuts. "Thank you my dear. But this won't be enough feed my starving armies. Oh, I know, we should feast on your meats instead!" The serpentine chuckled and reach his hand to snatch the monkeys but he didn't manage to because someone interfered.

The red scaled reptile demon is flung away by a grinning shadow clone, the shadow puppeteer is standing eerily from above the tree with a smug grin. "Ack!" The red scaled snake demon tumbles on the sand and shake their head to stare at the shadow clone before moving their pupils to search for the mastermind. "You! What the meaning of this?!" The snake hissed and pushed their body up from the hot sands. The small monkeys took this chance to screech and runaway to safety. Macaque in response only let out a threatening growl.

"Lord Fang, I think that's one of Sun Wukong's lackeys." A lower ranking snake informed. Fang smack his underling head, "I am not blind you idiot.", before moving his head to stare at the shadow demon again. "Since you're here already, tell your king that the serpentines are here to conquer Sun Wukong's mountain." The red scaled snake laughed maniacally as his armies raise their weapons. The shadow beneath the serpentines stretched with glowing magenta eyes. Rising from the pool of shadows are multiple shadow clones surrounding the reptiles. 

"You think this can stop us?! We are the serpentine and our ancestors devour and conquer this planet once. We can do it again!" Lord Fang hissed and hissed his armies to attack. Macaque jumps down from the tree branch, his body sinking down to the silhouette and emerges behind Fang with a staff swinging at the serpentine leader. The red scaled demon pushed back with his sword. "I must admit that you're strong, monkey. Are you sure that you don't need your king to help you here?" Fang mocked.

The sword clashed with Macaque's shadow staff. The two dodged and swing their weapon to their opponent vitals point. Fang is starting to get tired and slowing down meanwhile Macaque is still steady with his speed and hit the serpentine on the neck. Fang collapsed to the sands, the cocky snake was about to spat out another remark but instead of a mockery... The serpentine let out a scream as the dark furred demon sink his canines to the demons scales, piercings his fangs into the hard scales and rip out the tender meat from its body. All serpentines frozen and look at the sight of their leader and the shadow demon in horror. A large chunk of scales and pink reddish raw meat is clenched between the glowing magenta eyes demon's jaw, the blood emitting from the meat trailed from the sharp canines down to the shadow demon's neck. With excited grin the cannibal demon crunched the hard scales in his mouth and demonstrated to all of his loud crackling chewing and swallowing Fang's raw meat easily as if this is a normal feast for him. The glint in his eyes also tells that the shadow demon intent to eat them all. 

Fang hissed in pain, a large chunk of his neck is missing. "Get me away from this monster!" The leader shrieked to his minions. The lower ranks snake about to rush to save Lord Fang but freeze in fear again when the shadow demon quickly tear off more of their leaders meat leaving Fang to struggle and scream in pain. A smart lower rank snake quickly turn away and run to the boat, "Rigor! What are you doing?! We need to save Lord Fang!" another snake hissed. "He's as good as dead in that demon's hand! You can stay here if you want, but I am not going to be a snake buffet! I have a wife and children's waiting at home!" The smart snake complained while rushing to the shore to get into the boat. In that moment all snake warriors turned around and rush to the boat, abandoning their leader to be gnawed by Macaque. "Traitors!" Fang hissed in betrayal.  The shadow demon tear off another chunk of Fang's neck, severing the serpentine's leader head from its body. 

The shadow puppeteer stand up and crack his neck before turning around to stare at the desperate reptile demons trying to board their boat. "He's staring at us, pull the anchor faster, damnit!" One of the snake hissed. The serpentines body suddenly froze in mid action, their body can't move, the shadow beneath them control their body to mine up and get down from the boat. They're fucking doomed when their body rigidly walk to the monster with glowing magenta eyes. 

When Sun Wukong jumped down from his nimbus to the feet of the mountain, he witnessed the feral demon that he saved clawing out a serpentine's heart and eat it. The celestial monkey shiver in disgust, especially when his beautiful beach is tainted with a lot of bloody mangled corpses of serpentines with missing chunks. Also Sun Wukong didn't know that he have saved a feral cannibal demon. But the celestial monkey convince himself to think positive and that with Macaque help, he can get rid of annoying trespassers permanently. Yeah, it's completely justified action. Sun Wukong is also impressed that Macaque manage to take down a whole army in his injured state, he can even see the blood dripping through the bandages and fabrics of Macaque's body.

Looking at Macaque's blood stained claw, and jaws, this is the shadow demon's doing. The monkey king is confused on what he should do. In one hand Macaque defended his monkeys and dealt with the trespasser. But the shadow demon also make a mess in his territory. Maybe it's better to give the shadow demon a chore instead of scolding.

"Macaque." The celestial monkey called.

The shadow demon's ears twitched but didn't look up as he is busy cleaning the remaining meat from the corpse ribs. Macaque only let out a deep grumbles as acknowledgment that he knows Sun Wukong called him. The pretty celestial monkey slowly walked to the shadow demon and kneeled down, his hands reach down to the dark furred monkey's bloody jaw and turn it slightly so that the shadow demon will stare at him, "Buddy, thanks for taking care of the trespasser but it's a bloody mess here. The corpses will traumatize the monkeys, can you help clean up this mess later?" Sun Wukong softly said as if trying to talk to a cub to understand his point instead of a grown ass monkey. 

Macaque glowing magenta eyes turned normal and let out a soft grumbles and huffs as if agreeing to Sun Wukong's request reluctantly. "Thank you bud. I'll help you change your bandage wrapping after you clean this up." Sun Wukong chirped happily that he manages to command the feral demon to do something for him. The shadow demon grunts softly and take out something from his pocket and give it to the pretty golden furred celestial monkey. "For me? What is it?" Monkey King asked curiously and in his hands is two bloody snake pupils. "Uhh.... Thanks?" Sun Wukong said unsure how to feel about owning a dead person's eyes. The shadow demon's grumbles and motioned his hands on his neck.

"Turning it into a necklace?"

Macaque nodded. "Okay, I'll see what I can do when we return to my hut." The celestial monkey said.

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the shadows are sentient

The fruit gathering monkeys have long flee from the scene the moment they witness Mihou feasting on snake meat. The two monkeys : Sun Wukong and Liu Er Mihou, head back to the hut, well…. not before the six eared shadow demon cleans up the mess he caused. The golden furred celestial monkey would prefer either using the serpentines left over as fire fuel or compose for the mountain. But, the dark furred demon monkey have another plan… Watching Liu Er Mihou tossing the left over meats and scales to the sea, leaving completely clean skeletal bones and armors of the dead serpentines on the sands, send a shiver to his fur. 

It’s as if the shadow demon want to show off how many demons he have devoured by displaying Sun Wukong’s enemies bones. Creating a creepy clutter display on his beloved, beautiful paradise of flower fruit mountain. Total opposite of his vibe. There's an intimidating aura surrounding this enigma of a demon, and it’s not just because of cannibalism. It’s also how Mihou act, he seems feral. 

Sun Wukong believes that maybe, just maybe Liu Er Mihou is isolated, or a social pariah. Therefore the dark furred shadow demon hasn't learn common sense or basic social behavior of right and wrong. The golden furred monkey nodded to himself, ‘yes, yes, that must be it…’ the king thought and sympathized because he was once an outcast too for being different from the other monkeys in this mountain. He is benevolent, he will let Mihou kept the mass skeleton mess on his beach. 

Liu Er Mihou ears twitches each time he hear the subtle swooshing of the pretty celestial monkey a few feet away from him, this Sun Wukong, his benefactor is staring at the sky. He wonders whether the golden fur monkey is just beauty with an empty head. To daze off while near a stranger, does this celestial monkey never encounter danger? It’s like a blessing that destiny decided that the shadow manipulator ends up in this mountain to protect this clueless beauty from the serpentines, he even arranges the skeletons of Sun Wukong’s dead enemies as a warning for the next trespasser.

The shadow manipulator works with efficiency, scales and leftover chunks of meat are thrown to the sea for the sea creatures to nimbles, armor and skeletons are left on the sand as a warning sign. Mihou grumbled at the sands sticking to his fur, and rub his blood stain hand on his pants. Smearing the maroon liquid on the brown cloth pants. Sun Wukong grab the shadow demon’s arm, it took all of the shadow demon’s concentration to not bite the golden furred celestial monkey’s hand on instinct. His snark doesn’t goes unnoticed though, “Cheer up, oh dark grumpy demon~” the golden eyes monkey rolled his eyes instead of fearing him. “Come on, there’s a hot spring nearby. You should clean yourself up. I don’t want sands, blood or particles in my hut.” Sun Wukong point at the sands on Mihou dark fur, and blood soaked clothes and hands.

The golden furred celestial monkey pulls the shadow demon's hand and guide Mihou into the forest, “You’ll love it, trust me. It got this view-”

As they enter the forest deeper, the shadow demon observes as the trees cover the sky and minimize the moonlight. The six ears demon summons a few shadow clones from his soles. The lighting in this forest is perfect to create a shadow illusion dome. Usually, the shadow manipulator use a cave or a closed room to create an illusion. The forest stretch out far and wide, Mihou wonders if he can test it as a hunting field. “-and don’t be afraid, this forest is vast. But I grow up here, I know all parts of this mountain even if I got blindfolded.” the pretty celestial monkey grinned pridefully. Sun Wukong let go of the dark furred demon hand and began to jump on a few large rocks to cross a river. After landing on the soil, Sun Wukong turns around and wave his arms to get Mihou’s attention. "Be careful, the rocks are slippery!” the enthusiastic monkey shouted.

The dark furred shadow demon grumbles and sinks into his shadow. The shadow beneath Sun Wukong’s boots stretch to the side, the six ears demon appears beside the golden furred monkey with minimal effort. 

“I forgot that you could do that…” Sun Wukong frowned but still led the way as he chatter away about the mountain. 

“I rarely got any friendly visitors to be honest, mostly people come here to fight me, cause chaos or take over the flower fruit mountain-” the celestial monkey explained and as they walk there's a three branch blocking the way. Sun Wukong grabs the branch and lift it up to make a path way. In front of them there's a hot spring. “-So… as a host, I should show you around the best part of this mountain. This is one of my favorite places here.”

“We can soak and watch the stars!” Sun Wukong smiled happily. 

The hot springs are located near a cliff, giving a great view of the sea, the trees surrounding it give it some privacy. The monkey king comes here often to relax, he comes here so frequently that there's a basket of his favourite peaches always ready on one of the rocks near the hot spring. The local monkeys have placed it there for their king. There's also towels and spare clothes placed inside a cloth bag hanging on a nearby tree branch. Sun Waking prepared it there in case he is too lazy to retrieve clothes from his hut. 

The golden furred celestial monkey kicks off his boots, loosening his top. The shadow clones hiding near the tree shades are stun from Sun Wukong's act of undressing before grinning ear to ear taunting their master with a mischievous look. The shadow demon eyes widened and turned around, his ears twitched at the sounds of fabrics sliding off. Liu Er Mihou glares at his shadow puppets' behaviour. There's a splashing sound, “Liu Er Mihou! What are you waiting for? Come and enjoy the hot springs with me!” The golden furred monkey shouted. 

The shadow manipulator grumble with annoyance and turn his head to the side for a peek. Sun Wukong clothes are all over the grass, while the person is soaking in the hot springs. The fog are covering the celestial monkey nudity beneath the water. 

“Don't tell me you're scared of water! It's not even deep!” The celestial monkey joked.

The six ears demon undid his top, and kick off his boots. Leaving the shadow demon only his pants before getting into the water. “People normally take a bath naked.” Sun Wukong commented. Mihou noticed that the celestial monkey eyelashes are thick, the black eyeliner and turquoise eyeshadow around the celestial monkey eyes enhance the celestial monkey beauty. In conclusion, Sun Wukong is very pretty. The type of prettiness that even the shadow demon doubts he won't be bewitched. Liu Er Mihou ears twitched along with his left eye from annoyance as he can feel his shadow puppets laughing their ass off as they watch their master contemplating about Sun Wukong. 

The shadow manipulator chooses to rest his eyes and lean on a boulder before staring up at the starry sky. “Beautiful, huh? Wait until you see the waterfall. It's a great meditation place.” Sun Wukong said.

“You know what will be great? Wine! Sadly, I haven't stock in a while.” The monkey king said. “Maybe I should steal some from ox brother.” The celestial monkey muttered.  

Sun Wukong swim closer to the shadow demon, “Don't worry pal! Once I get some, I will definitely invite you for a drink!”. The six ears demon stares at the shorter monkey. There's no word exchange between them, but Sun Wukong know that Liu Er Mihou is refusing that offer. “You will change your mind eventually,” Sun Wukong shrugged with confidence. 

After an hour, with mostly monkey king yapping and munching on peaches. They dried off and changed clothes before walking back to monkey king's hut. “-I’ll show you the waterfall tomorrow if we have time to stroll.” The golden fur celestial monkey said while opening the door. 

“I won't be wearing your gift tomorrow though, I have to send it to a craftsman to get it coated to last longer.” Sun Wukong mentioned about the eyeballs gift. 

“You can sleep here.” The celestial monkey pointed at the couch and rummaging through his storage box and take out a spare pillow and blankets. “Get comfy and have a good rest, Mihou. Because tomorrow we have lots of things to do!” The golden eyes monkey said cheerfully before walking to his bedroom. 

A few shadow clones quickly take post in a few area as guards, except for one shadow clone that has multiple bandages wrapped around their arms. The shadow smirk at the shadow manipulator before sneakily following Sun Wukong to spy. In an unfamiliar place, Mihou have set a few puppets around the area to ease his worries

before he flop down on top of the couch to rest.