2 THE LEGENDS MEET AGAIN
"AH!" shouted sun wu kong.
Sun Wukong was almost scared because he lost his powers and could not sense someone behind him.
When he turned around, he was greeted by someone he was so familiar with and yet not.
"You... you are the monkey sage lord "Shoora." cried Sun wukong.
Behind Sun wukong, there was an old man with a monkey like wrinkled facial features and with white hair all over the body. He was bare-chested with a white tiger skin covering his bottom. He was leaning over a stick with a lump on his back looking like a senile old man.
"Greetings, my lord" sun wukong clasped his hands and bowed to that old man.
"Why are you after me" shouted the Monkey Sage.
"My lord... Don`t you recognize me... What happened to you... you look really old." asked Sun wukong with concern.
"Look, I am sorry I don't recognize you, I am just an old man as you see. Can`t you at least tell your name to remind me kid."
"Young people like you always poke at my old age, humph." the last sentence, the sage only mumbled to himself feeling sore in his heart.
"My lord, the Monkey Sage, I am Sun Wukong, we had met 200 years ago at vulture`s peak." said Sun wukong.
"You do resemble that kid and I feel the familiar scent of my clan from your body. But..." the sage looked suspiciously at Sun wukong.
"But, what?" asked Sun wukong nervously.
"I have indeed met Sun wukong at vulture`s peak and you do resemble him, but it was not 200 years ago." said Lord Shoora.
"Oh, It`s just some difference of months and days, you don`t need to be so calculative my lord" laughed Sun wukong.
"Kid, I am being serious, I have met Sun wukong but it was not 200 years ago rather it was millenniums ago." said Lord Shoora seriously.
Sun wukong suddenly felt his body turn cold. With a thumping heart, he said to Lord Shoora.
"Senior, Maybe you don`t remember properly because of your old age."
"You doubt me?" asked Lord Shoora.
"No... No senior, I don`t dare, It`s just... just that" Sun wukong was flurried as he said.
"Enough... just tell me can you prove yourself or not?" said Lord Shoora.
"Ah, yes, Senior, you remember my golden hooped rod? will you believe me, If I show it to you? asked Sun wukong.
When the Sages were talking, There were fluctuations of energy coming towards them.
~ sigh ~
"It seems like they caught up to me." said Lord Shoora
"Who?" asked Sun wukong.
Lord Shoora didn`t answer.
He just swung his palms and there was a light sweeping towards all directions.
When Sun wukong opened his eyes again, they were not in the same place again.
They changed places from seaside to an inner part of a cave of an unknown place. The cave was dimly lit with an only fire torch at one corner. There were some old books in one corner and a tiger dead skin placed in the middle of the cave.
~ cough ~ ~ cough ~
When Sun wukong turned around, he saw Lord Shoora coughing blood while kneeling on the ground.
"Senior!!, What happened to you?" asked Sun wukong anxiously.
"Nothing" "I have overused my power." said Lord shoora while cleaning the corners of his mouth.
"What?" "What do you mean by overdrawing your power." asked Sun wukong.
"Let alone, kid." said Lord Shoora while pushing Sun wukong away who was supporting him.
When he pushed Sun wukong he secretly pulled a hair on Sun wukong and smelled it.
"Now I believe you are indeed Sun wukong ." said Lord Shoora.
"Senior, just what is happening here? who are those people after you, You are a great sage, What do you mean by overdrawing your strength and running away like this and lastly why do you look really old?" to the last sentence Sun wukong was nearly shouting at Lord Shoora.
"Kid, calm down, did you forget you are a great sage equal of heaven, Where did your Imposing manner go, hahaha." asked Lord Shoora while looking warmly at Sun wukong after confirming it was indeed him.
"Senior, This is not the time to joke. Humph can`t you see that I am a monk now, humph." Sun wukong folded his hands towards the chest and looked to the side bitterly.
"Hahaha, ok...ok..., kid, you go first, tell me how did you get to the beach?" asked Lord Shoora.
"Senior that is..." Sun wukong recounted his travel to south-west sea to attend Buddha`s teachings and how he ended up here to Lord Shoora.
"So where is the child you are speaking of?" asked Lord Shoora.
"He is here... he.. Where is he?" when Sun wukong looked at his for the child all he could find was the cloth wrapped around the child.
When he searched the cave he finally notices the child on tiger skin carpet sleeping calmly.
"Senior, it`s this child I am talking about" said Sun wukong while pointing to the child.
"Hmmm..."
"You said he was born from a golden lotus right?" asked Lord Shoora.
"Is Senior" answered Sun wukong.
Lord Shoora looked at the child with the eyes full of love and reverence.
This act of Lord Shoora has not escaped Sun wukong.
"Senior?" Sun wukong looked astonished.
"Wukong it looks like the golden gate you entered was not for you." said Lord Shoora.
"Then?" asked Sun wukong.
"It was meant for this kid." "You could only pass through the gate because you were holding this child." answered Lord Shoora.
"Just who is this kid? What happened to your strength? It's time to tell me about you." said Sun wukong.
"The Identity of this child is the question for the future." said Lord Shoora with a look of uncertainty and respect.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Sun wukong with doubt.
"It means I don`t know anything about this child." "It looks like he is completely unaffected by the fetters of destiny and fate." said Lord Shoora with an amused face.
"What! unaffected by fate and destiny!! How is that possible?" uttered Sun wukong with an astonished face.
"I can only tell you one thing. That is, This Child is related to the avalanche of the milky sea, you passing through that and my loss of strength and life essence." said Lord Shoora.
"W...what do you mean by that?" Sun wukong was thoroughly shocked to hear the last sentence.
How could a Child be possible for the loss of strength of an expert powerhouse who is even more powerful than him?
