#Qí Xiǎotiān

[lu-zijing]

Qí Xiǎotiān 齐小天 - MK, The Monkie Kid

From LEGO Monkie Kid

[battletimewitch]

Did some voice acting not that good but eh .

Chu Hua and Wukong , Macaque used to be close friends like a trio. But Chu Hua knows that Wu kong tends to keep things to himself. Hence why I’m this animatic she confronts him because she didn’t want anything bad happening to MK. (Mind you she took him far away from the others so she could talk to him.)

[wolfasketch]

OOF

I made Coffee Bean AU designs for MK and the Eclipse twins but now I can't find the sheets.

[mereeples]

A Greater Purpose

Why am I writing this? Because this dude keeps appearing on my TikTok fyp and now I’m daydreaming scenarios with this Mufasa people are simping for in my Lotus Maiden AU. How do I fix this dumb problem? Gonna try to write it out.

This won’t contain spoilers to future parts of my story. It does contain spoilers to recent updates to the Lotus Maiden AU, but nothing that will detriment what’s to come. Again, I don’t plan on making this a thing. I wrote this for fun and just wanted to share. Hope you enjoy!

A cry escaped her lips when her back hit the shelves, the wind escaping her lungs as she fell to her hands and knees. Y/N took in heavy breaths, staring down at the concrete floor. Heavy thumps began to approach her, but she could only grasp at her stomach from where she had been hit. Soft fingertips lifted up her chin, forcing Y/N to stare into the eyes of her attacker. The lion demon bore a gentle gaze as he kneeled before her, but the young woman gave him a harsh glare.

“Even in a new life you bear that same defiance, little one.” The Azure Lion grumbled softly, moving his hand away. “Why do you keep fighting me? Don’t you see I only wish to make things better for you? Like what was originally planned?”

“I don’t know who you think I am, but I am not the Lotus Maiden that you might’ve known.” Y/N rasped, glaring into the lion demon’s magenta eyes.

“I know, your new name is Qí Y/N, Xiǎotiān’s older sister, correct?” The young woman knitted her brows together when The Azure Lion spoke her full name, her eyes widening as his face leaned closer to hers. “But that is all that is, a simple name. You are still The Lotus Maiden, whether in this body or a prince or a little girl, you will always be The Lotus Maiden, destined to die at the hands of a demon.”

“So I’m assuming you’re going to be that demon then?” Y/N hissed, weakly smirking up at the demon’s face. “Fine, whatever, I had a good run…”

“No, little one, I don’t plan to eat you.” The lion reached out, cupping the young woman’s cheek. She flinched at his gentle touch, which seemed to only cause the demon to frown. “You have been hurt greatly from this destiny you must bear, haven’t you?”

Y/N looked away from his gaze, frowning. She wondered if she was easier to read now with everything that had happened in her life so far. But she couldn’t say, only that the demon’s words weren’t a lie.

“I am here to ask you to help me and my brothers, to fix the cruel fates we were given. To be something more than what was forced upon you.” The Azure Lion explained softly, Y/N’s eyes shifting back towards his. “Lend me your power so that we may create a new life together~”

“I am here to ask you to help me and my brothers, to fix the cruel fates we were given. To be something more than what was forced upon you.” The Azure Lion explained softly, Y/N’s eyes shifting back towards his. “Lend me your power so that we may create a new life together~”

[spotsupstuff]

i don't know if you're the right person to ask, sorry if not! but could you please give me the proper names of the lmk crew? i'm writing a comic script for my au and it feels wrong writing the western names when i call xiaotian and xiaojiau by their chinese names.

well, "proper" isnt really a good word to use since the english version is the og n therefore anythin u hear There IS technically the Proper Version, but i gotcha ya drift

MK = 齐小天 [Qí Xiǎotiān] • Monkie Kid (hero title) = 悟空小侠 [Wùkōng xiǎo xiá] (basically means "little heroic Wukong") Mei = 龙小娇 [Lóng Xiǎojiāo] Pigsy = 朱大厨 [Zhū dà chú] (first name unknown, the last two characters mean chef/great chef) mr. Tang = 唐师傅/师父 [Táng shīfù/shīfu] (first name unknown, the two shifus r basically the "mister") Sandy = 沙大力 Shā Dàlì Monkey King = 孙悟空 [Sūn Wùkōng] (it is important to address him by the full name or one of his titles/titles + last name. the Sūn is read as S-uh-n, btw, not sun the star) Macaque = 六耳猕猴 [Liù'ěr míhóu] (meaning six eared macaque- the "six ear" part of his name is usually used more often as a name for him from what I've seen if not the entire thing, idk why LMK rather goes with "macaque"] Lady Bone Demon = 白骨精/夫人 [Báigǔjīng/fūrén] (meaning White Bone Spirit/Lady)

Sometimes some of the elder peeps refer to each other as "老 [lǎo] + [last name]", that basically happens between equals of age, if I understand that right. Xiaojiao could call Xiaotian "lao Qi" if she wanted, basically (i THINK). Xiaojiao and Xiaotian refer to Sha Dali as Dàlì gē (gē means elder brother)

Everyone else is just basically a translation between the languages. With Bull Demon King, the Bull comes before the Demon in the mandarin version of the name. I sometimes refer to Princess Iron Fan as Rākṣasi cuz the translation of the book I have did so, but Rākṣasi basically means "female man-eating demon" from hinduism (n some other religions). Still, it was kinda used like Her Specific Name in the book so I kinda treat it as such

Spider Queen is called "spider spirit", the fish guy from s3e3 is "gold fish spirit", the scorpion demon is "scorpion spirit" n so on

[quitealotofsodapop]

So... I learned somewhere that Xiaotian is the name of Elrang's DOG.....

Yup

Erlang Shen's dog in the mythology is called "Xiàotiān Quǎn" aka the "Howling Celestial Hound". Was strong enough to pin SWK down by bitting his leg.

Not an exact match to MK's chinese name of "Qí Xiǎotiān" (thems accent diacritic letters), but its a funny idea to think of both MK and the dog getting confused when someone calls their name.

[cain-speaks]

🔪 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝘽𝙇𝙊𝙊𝘿 🔪 || Macaque & Qí Xiǎotiān

» ptolemaea (ethel cain) « 1:17 ─〇───── 6:23

╔⏤⏤⏤⏤╝❀╚⏤⏤⏤⏤╗ AUTHOR'S NOTE ╚⏤⏤⏤⏤╗❀╔⏤⏤⏤╝ ➤ Writing blurp featuring Qi Xiaotian and Six-Eared Macaque. ➤ Probably a oneshot, might be related to a future AU. ➤ I just wanted to write something scary/creepy ngl. Macaque and MK do not have a good relationship in this rip. Also based on season 1, episode 9, Macaque. ➤ TRIGGER WARNINGS include profanity, creepy vibes, graphic descriptions of violence & gore (MK kills somebody y'all), blood, implied possession, and major (temporary) character death. ➤ Word count: 1,114

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❝ i was there in the dark when you spilled your first blood. i am here now, as you run from me still .❞

He did it.

Qí Xiǎotiān has defeated the Six-Eared Macaque.

Jīngū bàng lies a few feet away, the bright gold bands stained black with thick, thick blood. Pieces of flesh and skull are speckled against the staff and the surrounding stone, and Xiǎotiān is sure there's a surplus of black fur stuck to it, too. His hands face the same fate, perhaps worse. Jīngū bàng is cold and unfeeling, while Xiǎotiān feels much, too much. The gore on his body is warm, almost scorching. It feels like it's wiggling, like it's trying to slither back to the cold corpse splayed out beneath him.

He clenches his hands and shivers at the squelching feeling.

When Xiǎotiān had struck the shadow beast, it'd vanished, leaving the demon monkey in its place. He'd clutched his heart, on his knees and trembling, looking up at Xiǎotiān with wide eyes. He guesses Macaque hadn't expected him to break his illusion so easily.

Poor bastard. He shouldn't have underestimated the Monkey Kid.

His body is a mess. Xiǎotiān had hit him only once more, a careless swing towards his upper body. He's not entirely sure what he wanted from the strike—if he wanted the demon to die, to fight him, or to vanish through his own shadow—but it seemed fate had chosen for him. The staff caught Macaque below the jaw and forced him to the ground, shattering his skull and breaking some bones from the force. The following gush of blood and brains spraying across the stone and across Xiǎotiān's body immediate.

Macaque hadn't even exhaled before he was dead.

Now the demon's head is practically gone, an unidentifiable slurry of blood and bone and fur and brain. His magic has flickered out, letting his illusions—glamours, he thinks they're called—fall, revealing his namesake: six large ears, three on each side, colored in hues of pink, blue, and purple. Their glow illuminates the mess of his face at first, but then they fade like dying lanterns, finally going dark and flopping over each other.

Qí Xiǎotiān has killed the Six-Eared Macaque.

Xiǎotiān wonders what he should do. Should he leave Macaque here to rot, or bury him? Perhaps the carrion birds and the bugs would feed on his flesh until he was naught but sun-bleached bones atop the mountain—but maybe they wouldn't. Maybe they would sense the tangible taste of evil and they would avoid Macaque's body like the plague, leaving this moment frozen in time.

Xiǎotiān is tired. It's been a long few weeks training with Macaque, and his body is bruised and fatigued, covered in cuts and running on fumes. And the smell, that awful miasma of fermenting fruits and decaying blood, is beginning to get to him, wrapping around his guts like snakes and squeezing until he feels faint. He looks up at the sky, at the bright stars twinkling in the twilight.

Everyone will be worried if he's not home soon. Pigsy will chide him until he goes to bed, and then he'll chew through Sūn Wùkōng, and then, when they discover Xiǎotiān was not with the great sage, he'll be in even more trouble.

Best to cut his losses while he still can. Hiding the blood will be a feat in itself.

Xiǎotiān shuffles away from the body, towards Jīngū bàng. His arms tremble slightly from the weight, but he pays it no mind. His power is steadily rebuilding itself and he'll no doubt be back to full strength after some rest. The blood on his hands coats the red of the staff, and he prays it won't stain.

He finds himself hoping the same for his mind.

Xiǎotiān waits for a moment. He considers just blasting off, and he considers turning to face what's left of Macaque for the last time. Whether he'll say goodbye, condemn him to Hell, or hope he's reborn into something kinder, he doesn't know—he's not sure he'll say anything, really. But something in him has to look one more time.

So he does.

And the Six-Eared Macaque is gone.

Poor boy, whispers the world. You shouldn't have underestimated Liù ěr Míhóu.

Xiǎotiān trembles, holding the staff close to him, hopelessly staring down the last of the orange sky as night falls. He's afraid of many things, but the dark was not one of them.

Now, though, he thinks he'll have to reconsider.

There's a chilling feeling creeping up his spine. It feels like there are a thousand eyes watching him, boring into his spirit, and it only gets worse. There's whispers in the wind, dozens of voices speaking at once, condemning him, warning him, begging him. Run, boy, they say. Run while you still can and don't stop. Never stop. Even if your feet bleed; if your lungs shrivel up; if your body begs for mercy. He will grant you no such thing. They're tearing him apart, forcing themselves into his soul through his ears, the cuts in his skin, the tears dripping from his eyes.

"Stop," he sobs, clamping his hands over his ears. "Stop."

The voices shriek.

Stupid boy!

Pathetic.

Lost, he is lost.

Another lamb to the lion's den.

Get up.

Run!

And then they are gone, suddenly, as if they were never there.

Xiǎotiān feels... light. Like the atmosphere has gotten so much brighter, even though the world gets darker, blanketed by night's think sky. He hears nothing but the wind and the rustling of trees. Jīngū bàng lies beside him, rolling against his foot.

Qí Xiǎotiān is fine.

With a shaking breath, he retrieves the staff again and wastes not even a second longer on leaving this damned mountain, hoping to abandon Macaque there, too.

Wherever he may be.

He manages to get into his apartment through his window and into the shower before Pigsy can catch him. He allows the steam to envelope him, the water hitting his back in a steady stream. Black, black fur and thick, thick blood swirls down the drain until no trace of the Six-Eared Macaque remains.

When he steps out of the shower and wraps himself in a towel, he braces himself against the sink and leans forward, swaying in exhaustion. His eyes slip shut.

Drip-drip-dip.

He opens his eyes.

Blood drips into the sink.

Quickly, Xiǎotiān brushes fog from the mirror and peers close to his face. A thin cut trails through his eyebrow to the bottom of his eyelid, then continues underneath his eye and down his cheek.

He traces the cut with a finger.

The blood is black, and it smells like something chemically sweet.

He hums quietly at the sight, and then he grins.

"Should of kept some peach-wood on you, kiddo."

❝ run then, child .❞

❝ ＹＯＵ　ＣＡＮ＇Ｔ　ＲＵＮ　ＦＲＯＭ　ＭＥ　ＦＯＲＥＶＥＲ .❞

[kaanbaltlak]

Masterlist de mis fanfics Spicynoodles (my Spicynoodles' masterlist)

En orden de publicación | In chronological order

Glimpse of Love - Teen & Up (only available in Spanish) - Finalizado | Complete

Resumen: Qí Xiǎotiān necesitaba varias fotografías para un curso de artes que tomaba, sin embargo todo y todos le parecían sumamente aburridos. Eso, hasta que apareció Red Son. || Tags: Fluff, Angst ligero, Final feliz

Cambio de planes - Explicit (only available in Spanish) - Finalizado | Complete

Resumen: Qí Xiǎotiān no tenía otra alternativa más que invocar a un clon suyo para resolver un problema. Lamentablemente, ese clon terminó siendo Porty. ¿Qué podía salir mal? || Tags: Primera vez, Red Son Bottom, BJs - Porty/Red Son/MK

Sleeping Fire AU - Series (the rating will depend of the part - Only available in Spanish) - En emisión, dos partes hasta el momento | Ongoing, two parts at the moment

Resumen: Un AU donde Red Son fue sellado junto el Fuego de Samadhi, y al despertar se une a MK. Básicamente, un excusa para un AU Spicynoodles donde Red Son es bueno desde el principio.

Gusto peculiar - Teen & Up (available in English, here) - Finalizado | Complete

Resumen: Mei descubre algo que a Red Son le gusta mucho de Qí Xiǎotiān. | Summary: Mei discovers something that Red Son really likes about Qí Xiǎotiān. || Tags: Fluff, Confesión/Confession, Post-canon

Cuando quieras - Explicit (only available in Spanish) - Finalizado | Completado

Resumen: Qí Xiǎotiān se preguntó cómo es que había llegado a pensar en Red Son de una manera que no debería ser normal para él. Porque realmente no es que «pensar en Red Son» fuera el mero hecho de imaginar su cara con exceso de detalle, de espaldas a un atardecer cálido, con su cabello ondulando por una ligera brisa y quedarse embobado ante una sonrisa claramente imaginaría que sentía muy real y solo para él. Era... algo más. || Tags: Primera vez, Hurt/Comfort, Tensión sexual resuelta, Divergente del canon

ya era hora de poner acá todos mis fics, supongo

[your-yandere-mayor]

Woah, such anger, Mr. Mayor! What would have your darling said, if they heard you now?!

"Qí Xiǎotiān I swear to fuck if that's you behind that ask I'll grab you through your chipped phone"

[lunamoon1486]

Hey soo my post about a au about mk becoming lbd successor and I said that I would post the beginning the "script"if it got 20 note and well it did so here we are lol

Qí Xiǎotiān will still be knowas mk when I'm narrating but is the story he is know as Qí Xiǎotiān it just make my life easier .ps I sorry for spelling mistakes and bad story telling lol

  Mk was not the monkie kid he was just Qí Xiǎotiān a friend of the successor of the great monkey King.He was not included in the fights that Bai he got in to but he supported her.But he started to feel left out and that he's friends replaced him.After a month or so he met red son and his family when he stumbled in to there lair.when the demon bull king was possessed  by something or someone.When Bai he saved him the very next day he found a girl that seemed in danger.when he got her back at pigsys place the monkey king,tang,mei,sandy,pigsy and Bai he sensed that something was wrong with this girl.When pigsy closed up shop he told mk not to speak to that gril ever again.Mk said "no because he bean friends for 2 days and  she spend more time with me more the you because Bai he became monkey kings successor"pigsy just stood there while mk walked away mad.Hours days weeks passed and mk has not returned everyone got concerned and started to look for him.when mk left in anger pigsy shop.back with mk he found a girl in a alyway. The gril said "hello Qí Xiǎotiān how are you?" Mk replied" not good"she asked" why her friend day is not going well" mk replied "I feel like my friends replaced me with Bai he and that pigsy was not happy that I made a new friend" she replied "oh you sweet sweet child you are so kind but your so-called friends are not your friends "mk looked shocked and he was confused. He ask who the girl really was.she said that"my name is lady bone demon and I felt your pain before".mk started to cry into his hand and said" you did?"LBD said "yes come child"LBD arms wine into a hug.mk ran into her arms and burst out crying into her arms."shhhhh everything going to be ok.join me Qí Xiǎotiān and GET REVENGE"mk whet quite and node.LBD Smiled and took out her hand and said "take my hand, my power and let's take revenge and  clean this word IT'S OUR DESTINY of get rid of evil and sadness” mk took her hand a the left to spider queen lair.Everyone was worried especially Bai he."It's all my fault for this" tang replied  "Bai he it's not your fault that Qí Xiǎotiān went missing 4 days ago"."but it's if I never gotten the money kings power this would have never happened.sun wukong look guilty and did Bai he.everyone went silent.The silent broke when princess Iron fan came in."my husband and son are missing please help me find them "she looked like she was in a fight.Bai he ran to her concerned for her safety."oh my what happened"before princess Iron fan could say what happened to her she passed out cooled.hour later she woke up and explained everything to the group of heros."me my husband and red son where in our liar when we were teleported some where  we did not recognize.and when we turned around red son our child was gone.dbk said that he would go look for him.but after 2 days he did not returned to me nor red son."lady bone did this""no she did not some blacked fur monkey did" Bai he ask if she could decried the monkey that she saw."he had black fur,can control shadows,and his eyes where a shade purple."everyone was confused why would macaque would work for the lady bone demon. Out of no where they heard people screaming.when they ran out l outside they saw ldb,the fake mayor and two other people.when they looked at the unknown person it was Qí Xiǎotiān he did not look happy and macaque but under lbd control.Everyone was shocked and dead silent.Bai he will soding said''Qí Xiǎotiān,you are ok.I'm so glad you are ok"."Sure are Bai he,sure you are."Qí Xiǎotiān said sarcastically back.

[our-happygirl500-fan]

My theory for MK's nickname origins is that he was just such a Monkey King fanboy growing up, obsessed with anything Monkey King related like Monkey King the animated series or Monkey Cop ect that people around him just started referring to him as monkey kid & linking him to his interests

One of MK's classmates growing up: So I was talking to Qí Xiǎotiān the other day  Another Classmate: Who?  MK's Classmate: You know the Monkey Kid? The one obsessed with anything to do with Monkey King?

Like it's quite common to associate people with their interests so it's not a stretch to the people around MK to associate him with Monkey's with the Monkey on his jacket & his monkey key chain & his favourite game being Monkey Mec ect

My guess is that MK later heard people referring to him as 'the monkey kid' & ran with it or Mei heard it & ran with it & shortened it to MK

[primroseprime2019]

Honestly I feel like in Lego Monkie Kid, Bai He, has potential and is strong enough to become Macaque’s apprentice. Like Qí Xiǎotiān (MK) is with Sun Wukong.

The thought of her having inherited monkey tail and ears is pretty adorable and cool

I think I’m gonna do that. And no one can stop me!

[neon-poison]

He’s currently trapped in a rather large net, all of his mechanical limbs somehow bound by the material. At his feet lay a few filled out forms, the names ‘Qí Xiǎotiān’ and ‘Lóng Xiǎojiāo’ written at the top of each. At the bottom lay his own signature, shaky, but legible- as legible as it could be in a moment of crisis, anyway.

“........of all the ways to become a father...”

[spotsupstuff]

"I want to learn how to do the shadow stuff."

"Wrgh???" The six eared macaque gets startled by that almost enough to drop the weapons he's been trying to collect. They got knocked over during training again. Maybe he should find them a better place than in the training hall.

Kai glances to the side, feeling awkward under his shīfu's confused stare. "Y-y'know, the things with shadows you do like the- the weapon summoning and teleports and whatever..?"

Six Ear blinks at him.

"Xiǎotiān and also Clementine told me that over here one can learn how to wield an elemental power without having to be chosen by it or something like that?? I thought it would be best to ask *you* about it since I wanted to learn shadows and you are very cool when using them and also because you're kinda my shīfu- I thought that it was possible to lea-" he starts to regret mentioning it, feeling a tad dumb about it as he starts rambling. But then Six Ear puts the weapons down and stands up, hands waving in a pacifying gesture.

"No no- yeah, it is possible, yes. You just caught me off guard with that. Nobody has ever asked me to teach them *that* of all things." Kai's eyes light up with giddiness and an excited smile forces itself onto his features. The monkey demon finds himself snorting and rolling his eyes to dodge a smile of his own. And, glancing away, with a hand coming up to mess with his goatee, he starts thinking how he'd go about teaching Kai shadow manipulation.

The thing is that he is very much made out of those. Which means he had it quite easy when it came to learning how to control those powers. From what he heard from his siblings he actually had to learn how to *restrain* his raw strength to stop overdoing the intended moves once he figured out where his powers metaphorically lay in his body. In turn, that means he won't be able to reference his own process while teaching Kai.

The same Kai who has at some point started babbling, while pacing, about how cool it actually will be to be a ninja *with* proper shadow powers and not some weak sauce version from his own realm. That does peak Six Ear's interest, but he decides to rather ask about it later.

"Training dismissed." Six Ear informs. "You stink like a skunk, Kǎikai. Go hit the showers while I consider our options."

Kai quickly comes back in front of Six Ear, yelling out a "Yes, shīfu!" on the way and giving a quick bow to his teacher before skedaddling to yoink his duffle bag from the corner of the room. Sooner than Six Ear gets to nag the kid about proper parting post-training, he's out of sight, lost somewhere in the home part of Six Ear's kwoon.

Back to his thoughts he wanders, so.

When he had been training Qí Xiǎotiān- a faint wave of unpleasant emotion washes over him, a wicked result of his redemption. It isn't exactly guilt that he feels over it, but perhaps annoyance with his past self.

Either way, when he was training Qí Xiǎotiān, they did poke around shadow powers a little bit- mostly so the kid would be satisfied with the flashiness of Six Ear’s training over Sūn Wùkōng's. But to do that, Six Ear in a way sneaked through the back then ramshackle pieces of his and Sūn Wùkōng's yīn and yáng bond to pour his own powers into the kid and, Qí Xiǎotiān being so used to reaching into the pool of golden energy, simply took what was available and fit the description Six Ear had given him and wielded it as if it was a no brainer.

With Clementine, he was planning to teach her how to bend shadows and wield other magic through a combination of dao paper slips and dharma chants, but she ended up refusing to bring upon herself even more cold magic. Whatever Red Son uses to teach her of flames is none of his business. Especially since his favorite nephew is qualified way better to be a teacher than him. Studying under Bodhisattva Guānyīn and all.

One of those two approaches he would have to take with Kai, but first he'd rather talk about it with the kid. Hell, he doesn't even know how that "elemental" power of his works... Where does it even-

Just then Kai walks back into the room, hair fluffed up and wearing new sweatpants and t-shirt. T-shirt... that will work well for what he needs to do.

As his student comes up to him, Six Ear pats the mat in front of him. "Sit."

Kai gives him a look, one eyebrow raised, but does as he is told, putting his duffle bag beside him. "Why. What's going on?"

"If we are to work with magic I need to know how your current one functions." Summoning a shadow near the light switch near the entrance to the building, he wills it to turn off the lights. It's evening, so the gentle light of the sun setting filtering through the half-circle windows near the ceiling is the only light source. For now, at least.

"It's... not really magic," Kai tries to argue.

Six Ear gives him a look that screams 'you just spilled some serious bullshit'. "By definition of the word, it is. Now extend your hand and make a flame. A *small* one, please. And keep it steady." It's not that he doesn't trust Kai with fire (definitely not as much as he doesn't trust his own sister with the thing), but it's the simple fact of trauma existing and of shadows becoming rather erratic in movement near a flame.

Kai follows the instructions once more, offering his shīfu his left hand and then makes a palm sized ball of fire appear. Six Ear, admittedly, hoped for a smaller one and he eyes it with some distrust. The kid notices and gives a smug smirk, "What? Afraid of a little heat, all-powerful shīfu?"

If he could, Six would punch that expression off this little mortal's mug *so* fast. But he's supposed to be above that now and they also have a thing to do here. So he settles for a really mean sounding growl and a stink eye. "I could wipe the floor with you faster than you could manage to blink in *any* fight, you little shit."

A slightly nervous laugh comes out of the other before he tries and fails to make it sound confident instead.

"Now would you hold still?!" Six Ear lowly barks, making Kai straighten his back and it seems like he also stopped breathing a bit. The demon doesn't bother himself with that much, though, instead focusing on shedding the masking magic and some protection spells from his hands.

Once done, Kai immediately abandons his proper posture in favor of ogling the dark as night and smoky hands, with mostly little scars pretending to be stars glowing gold. They used to shine in pale bright blue, Six Ear remembers with a pang of pain shooting through his heart. Now they are gold, filled with his brother's own light.

"Woah..." Kai breathes out, losing the focus he held on his flame, allowing it to dance.

Six Ear replies to that with a hiss as the unstable light makes his vulnerably bare hands bend weird, if not seemingly fade out of existence for a second. "Damn it, kid! What did I *just* say??"

Recognizing now what the stakes of the situation are, Kai scrambles to hold his fire steady. "Sorry! Sorry- I didn't know."

"Of course you didn't." Six Ear says, blowing a little bit of air to the side. It isn't in an accusatory tone, though. He probably should've explained himself and his conditions. After all, this kid isn't even from this realm.

Moving to the task at hand, with a little bit of hesitation he cups Kai's hand and presses the thumb of his right hand to the center or the other's wrist. He stays there for a little bit, apparently feeling out the structure, before gently and slowly sliding his hands up Kai's arm.

Confused, the human tilts his head, noting that the touch feels like graphite dust left after sharpening a mechanical pencil, safe for the ridges of the scars and the claws. Those feel a little sharp, especially the claws that his shīfu takes care to keep largely away from his student's skin. "What are you doing?"

"I need to figure out where your magic stems from. Over here it's usually either from one or two chakras or an organ- primarily so if your power is fed by an emotion. You are easily frustrated, sometimes explosive and kind of easy to anger-" he shoots the kid an unimpressed look with a pout which makes Kai giggle a bit. The expression looks silly on the monkey's face. "-so my guess is liver. Traditional medicine and magic go pretty much hand in hand."

He moves his attention back to Kai's arm, slowly coming up to the chest. "I'm kind of following the trail of your qì that is specifically created by you making a flame out of seemingly thin air. Breathe deeper now, into your diaphragm."

Kai does so.

"I didn't really have to cast away my masking and magic for this, but it's just easier to feel out yours without mine in the way." One of his hands wanders to the upper center of Kai's chest, pressing against the bone there and Kai puts a little bit more effort in staying upright against the effortlessly strong hand.

Suddenly, some kind of realization strikes the human. "Wait wait wait- you mean to tell me-?! That the way your hands look right now is how you *actually* look all over??"

The ancient demon in front of him shoots him a sly sharp grin, making Xiǎotiān's anxieties easier to understand in that little moment. "There is a lot of things you don't know, Kǎikai. Most of which will stay like so, too." He gives a cheeky wink next, as if all that just didn't leave Kai completely wide eyed.

The hand moves down over Kai's stomach, still applying the same pressure. And after a little bit, Six Ear nods to himself and pulls away, doing whatever he needs to turn his hands back to "normal". Kai eyes the rough skin of them with burning curiosity. And then gets snapped out of that by Six Ear nonchalantly hitting his outstretched hand.

"Turn that shit off." The monkey says in a manner that Kai would simply describe as 'bastardly'. But he does as told.

"So?"

"So. I was right, your powers stem from your liver. And also the solar plexus chakra. That's going to work well, since you can use your fire powers as a sort of boost for the shadows. I also have a similar thing going on in the exact same place so I can actually help you perfect that part of shadow manipulation rather well."

"You have fire powers??" Kai asks before realizing that's probably a dumb question.

And it evidently is, judging by the bark of laughter Six Ear lets out. Shaking his head, the monkey lifts his own shirt and with one hand somewhat parts the fur of his solar plexus. All to reveal faintly golden glowing spot there. Kai leans in, trying to get a better look in fascination. It's kinda weird, but at this point anything can happen, honestly.

"A shadow cannot exist without at least a little bit of light. You already have yours, a personal one," the demon informs, letting his shirt fall. "And there is a difference between shadow and complete darkness. The latter is rather dangerous and kind of negates all shadow powers, actually."

Kai nods. "Noted."

Next, Six Ear takes a deep breath. "Alright. So if you want to know how to do what I do, you need some kind of... magic source or a tool to be able to actually wield them. I'm pretty sure that human shadow magic wielders of this world have their own perfected ways that I do not know about, but you didn't come to them with this."

"There are two options you can choose from. Either you turn to dharma chants and dao paper slips- this includes a certain dedication to those religions which I doubt you wanna do-" shīfu definitely doubts correctly, "-*or* we will mirror what Sūn Wùkōng and Qí Xiǎotiān have going on. That means you will be able to draw from my own power."

Now *that* peaks his interest. One, because Xiǎotiān is very cool and his entire power deal is very cool and he wants to be as very cool as his very cool bestie. Two, because from what he has seen, Six Ear is pretty much equal to the Great Sage which means a lot of power juice for him to master and fuck around with. Three, because... it's kind of sweet.

Sūn Wùkōng's and Xiǎotiān's bond is very nice. They are more than a teacher and a student at this point- they actually have a father and son thing going on. Kai knows that the whole shared power thing does not equal such a relationship and that the two had to actually work for a good while to get there, but the fact that *Six Ear,* the guy who obviously has some trust issues, is willing to extend a part of himself like this... It has to mean *something.*

It makes Kai feel warm, even though the power offered is ought to be damnably cold.

He smiles softly at Six Ear, who in turn looks at him kind of weird, but Kai can guess that it's some kind of not wanting to admit to caring thing rather than actual disgust. "Yeah, I think I'd like to go with the second option more."

There's some kind of painfully somber look to Six Ear's face then, combined with a very small and contained smile that would be easy to miss if Kai wasn’t looking for it specifically. Kai wonders how deprived this demon is of simple trust- how did the long life he has led and still leads treated him to be like this.

"Fine." Six Ear says. "Wipe that thing off your face, though." He points at Kai, hand idly waving in a circle. Kai answers it by sticking his tongue out at the elder and the demon tsks and grumbles something about disrespect.

"Uhhh... and how... does a connection like that happen, actually?" Kai asks a few seconds later, realizing that he actually doesn't know how Xiǎotiān got his own bond to the Great Sage. Xiǎotiān himself doesn't really know.

"Oh, right. Give me your hands. Both of 'em." Six Ear extends his own to Kai, holding Kai's firmly once the human settles them down. "No idea what Qí Xiǎotiān may have told you, but it's going to be different with me. Don't be scared no matter what happens. It will get a bit dark, but that's supposed to happen. If you start feeling really cold on the inside, well- that's supposed to happen too."

Kai eyes him warily.

"It's not going to kill you so it's fine, but you will have to tough it out until I'm done. Then we can warm you up as much as you need."

That's certainly nice to hear.

"Ready?"

Ah, right now too- Kai braces himself, squaring his shoulders and shutting his eyes tight. He trusts Six Ear enough to keep him safe through this. And to never regret taking a demon's hand.

With a singular nod, everything somehow gets darker and frost shoots from his hands to fill him whole.

[nyoodleboy]

MK/Qí Xiǎotiān

MK, short for Qí Xiǎotiān. Yes it makes sense you just aren’t on his level.

Dedicated delivery boy for Pigsy’s Noodles, Home of the World’s Longest Noodle!

Demons hate him! Click here to discover his secret! (Being able to lift the Monkey King’s staff)

transmasc (monkie) king

ADHD? Impossible, do you see how good at focusing he is?? He’s the best at focusing. *blanks out for six hours*

Enemies are just friends you haven’t worn down yet!

Aren’t you tired of being nice. Don’t you just want to go apeshit.

Denial ain’t just a river it’s an entire goddamn ocean

Could a depressed person do THIS *falls flat on face*

Could get so much more done if he had actual fingers-

[thunder-jolt]

(For @sundove88) LEGO Monkie Kid Fan-Casting: Sleeping Beauty Edition

Princess Aurora/Blair Rose: Xiǎo Chìbǎng (My LEGO Monkie Kid OC)

Flora: Red Son (LEGO Monkie Kid) or Xiǎo Húxū (My LEGO Monkie Kid OC)

Fauna: MK/Qí Xiǎotiān (LEGO Monkie Kid) or Xiǎo Guīmó (My LEGO Monkie Kid OC)

Merryweather: Mei Dragon (LEGO Monkie Kid) or Xiǎo Dùnpái (My LEGO Monkie Kid OC)

Prince Philip: Sun Wukong A.K.A Monkey King (LEGO Monkie Kid)

Samson the Horse: White Dragon Horse (LEGO Monkie Kid)

Maleficent: Six-Eared Macaque (LEGO Monkie Kid) or Lady Bone Demon (LEGO Monkie Kid) or Àn Yì (My LEGO Monkie Kid OC)

Diablo the Crow: Mayor (LEGO Monkie Kid)

Aurora’s Mother/Queen Leah: Huánglóng (My LEGO Monkie Kid OC)

Aurora’s Father/King Stefan: Unnamed husband of Huánglóng or Sandy (LEGO Monkie Kid)

Philip’s Father/King Hubert: Tang (LEGO Monkie Kid) or Ne Zha (LEGO Monkie Kid)

King Stefan’s Guards: MK’s Clones

Malecifent’s Goons: Demons (LEGO Monkie Kid)

Other characters: Deities and Immortal Beings, Humans, etc.