*AN AU

After MK's sacrifice, the world was finally at peace. Chaos was over, the shadow of evil was dispersed. However, this peace was not a victory for Wukong, but a deep void that he could not get out of. MK's loss brought a pain he had never felt even in his thousand years of life. He became not just a student, but a family.

Wukong locked himself in Flower Fruit Mountain after his sacrifice. The team had chosen to leave him alone, letting him grieve in his own way. However, the monkey king could not alleviate this pain with neither meditation nor silence. Days, weeks, months passed, his life energy was almost completely exhausted.

One day, as if answering an ancient call, he felt an inner urge to see again the stone from which he was born. The stone was still intact in the depths of Flower Fruit Mountain. As Wukong examined the stone, he noticed that something was different there.

There was a faint glow and a familiar energy radiating from within the stone. This energy was filled with MK's distinctive joy, courage and determination. As Wukong's fingers caressed the surface of the stone, hope appeared like a spark in his heart for the first time. MK was not completely gone; somehow, a part of him was still here.

Wukong: "Bud?.."