~Whoosh~ Whoosh~
The wind carried the fallen flowers and leaves off the ground and danced with them elegantly.
" Ugh"
"Who stole my fruits in the garden" Shouted an old man.
"It was that monk`s doing" Shouted a young man behind him pointing to the monk walking towards the distant forest.
"Hey, wait for me you hairy bastard" the old man shouted while running towards him.
"May I ask the donor, what he wants from me?" asked the monk whose facial features can`t be distinguished.
"Are you the one who stole the fruits from my garden?" asked the old man.
"No. I did not steal any fruits from your garden" answered the monk.
"But the young man pointed you saying that you were the one who stole the fruits" said the old man.
"Oh! then where is he?" asked the monk.
"He is here...he..where is he?. He was with me until now"
"I..I understand... I think it was that young man`s doing"
"I am sorry Mr. monk, please forgive me for my insolence" pleaded the old man.
"Donor it`s alright. When I was young I did that a lot of times too. Young people must not stay hungry. If you still have food after your share you should share it with other people what remains after you are satisfied." said the monk.
"I understand. I thank the monk for enlightening me" said the old man
"Well, I am off to my travel then." the monk returned to his path.
"Mr. Monk, where are you heading and what is your name?" asked the old man.
"My name is Sun Wu kong, I am heading to the south-west sea" said the monk.
"Oh! Are you headed to the south-west sea huh? then please take some of my fruits with you" said the old man.
"W..wait..you.. you said you are Sun..sun wu kong...the legendary monkey king?" asked the old man.
But the monk was already nowhere to be seen.
There was only the wind who danced with fallen leaves and flowers carrying the sweet smell of peaches...
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The legendary monkey king Sun Wu Kong after completing his arduous travel with Xuanzang and his other companions to get the Buddhist sutras was rewarded the Buddha-hood for his enlightenment.
He was on his travels to south-west sea to attend the teachings of Buddha.
"Bodhisattva Sun you have come from very far off." said his fellow compassion bodhisattva Guan yin.
"It was nothing" said Sun wu kong.
"What are we going to be taught today?"
"Today, Lord Buddha said that he will teach us about 7 dwaras of milky sea connecting the 14 universes" said bodhisattva Guan.
"Hmm, then has everyone gone to milky sea?" asked Sun wu kong.
"Yes"
"Ok, then let's go together bodhisattva Guan" said Sun wu kong.
The two monks went to the milky sea only to find themselves in a great avalanche.
"W..what is happening here? is it really milky sea? asked Sun wu kong.
"No.. this is milky sea..but here it should be always peaceful." said bodhisattva Guan.
"Look there ...." said Sun wu kong pointing to a direction.
In front of them, the sea was churning with foams and raging with storms everywhere.
In the middle of the storms and raging tides, the surface of the sea gave birth to a huge golden lotus. The golden lotus started to blossom in a mere second in front of them.
The monks were surprised, they decided to go near it and observe the lotus for a while.
When the monks neared the lotus, it fully bloomed.
When they saw what the flower had in it...
"This...is.."
They were taken aback.... the lotus was carrying a beautiful human child in it.
"There is a child in the lotus, what does this signify?" asked bodhisattva Guan.
"Waaaah...wahh.waaah...." the child started crying as he could not adapt to storms surrounding him.
Sun wu kong went forward to pick up the child but bodhisattva Guan stopped him.
"Wait. It may be dangerous" said Guan yin.
"Maybe..but its a child my friend, its raining and the child will get sick." said Sun wu kong while picking up the child.
The child stopped crying and gave a pure innocent smile to Sun wu kong.
Suddenly there was a space breaking everywhere...
"What exactly is happening here?" asked Sun wu kong.
"My ...my buddha-hood is being stripped from me" shouted Guan in pain while clutching his head.
"What?" shouted Sun in response while also realizing that his powers were leaving him.
"Sun... escape from here...something strange is happening. It looks like our universe is being sealed away." Guan shouted in pain.
"What do you mean?" asked sun wu kong.
"G..o go...there is no time the space here will collapse." said Guan.
Sun wu kong just turned away with the child in his hands only to be swallowed by the raging tide a towering height of 30 zhang. Losing his powers by every second he could only concentrate his strength to protect the child from drowning.
Soon he could not support himself. When he did not know what to do he saw a gigantic golden gate with dragons carving on it.
He did not hesitate to go and push the door with all his might.
When he entered the gate all the space avalanche and raging storms have vanished.
" Hey kid looks like we made it out alive" said Sun wu kong after thoroughly checking the child for injuries.
The kid smiled at him ever handsomely only to make Sun wu kong agape for a while.
The child was so beautiful to the point that it is not an exaggeration to say that the moon fades away in shame when compared to the child in beauty.
"Well I have returned to the same place where I have met Guan." said Sun wu kong.
When he looked to his back there was no gate behind him. All he could see was a peaceful sea and beautiful sky. He soon sensed something was wrong with this place but could not find out what it was.
"Well then, I just need to check my surroundings." thought Sun to himself.
When he just took a few steps forward he heard someone shout at him almost scaring him.
"WHO ARE YOU? Are you after me too...?