03x11 - This Imperfect World

[bunniefuu]

For as long as time itself,

I've had this recurring dream.

At first, it's meaning was unclear.

Now, I know it was a premonition.

The very moment
where I finally achieved my ambition

to perfect this imperfect world.

The Samadhi Fire
is the final piece of the game,

a tool destiny has gifted me
to complete my work.

Then allow me
to retrieve it for you, my Lady.

No need. Fate will deliver it in time.

Ah, your timing couldn't be more perfect,
Sun Wukong.

It appears your quest
to use the power of the Samadhi Fire

to destroy me
hasn't quite gone according to plan?

Why else would you show up unarmed

with none of your friends for back up.

I didn't need The Samadhi Fire
to put you away last time,

figured I could make do without it.

Oh, my power has far surpassed what it was

when we last met in battle.

Even now, I sense you do not have
what it takes to defeat me.

That won't stop me from trying.

A hero to the end.

How delightful.

No back up and no weapon.

So your plan is to...

Fist fight a child?

We both know that's not what you are.

No! The Samadhi Fire doesn't control me.

Breathe...

Not bad, pony girl.

But not great either.

Do you know how hard it is to source

authentic 7th Century Mo Dao?

Think about that
next time you lose your cool.

All this training sure makes me hungy!

You sure you don't want any?

I'm fine, thank you.

You still annoyed with me?

Yeah, I moved on from that,
like, immediately.

Yes, that's because you're not the one
with the shiner.

Well, you shouldn't have tried to trick me

into your stab shack of "meditation",
or whatever.

You are the second
most annoying person I know.

That "meditation" is important

if you are to stand a chance
at defeating The Lady Bone Demon.

Lucky for you, you're a quick learner.

If you weren't, the whole universe

would be burned to nothing by now.

Why come?

The Samadhi Fire is more
than just an inextinguishable flame.

It's an interdimensional weapon
with the destructive power

to burn through
the very fabric of reality.

You mean if I lost my cool

on any of the million training exercises
we've been doing,

there was a chance
that I could have exploded

and destroyed the whole universe?

Yes, that could have happened.

But it didn't.

My guess is that, somehow,
your dragon ancestry

has protected you.

And if you're strong enough
to contain the Samadhi Fire,

you're strong enough to use it.

And meditating is gonna help...

How again?

Meditation teaches us calm, focus.

How to harmonize
the wild energies and emotions

burning within us and to focus them,

so we might use them to smite our enemies

and destroy all those
who would try to stop us!

Yeah! Yeah! I wanna learn that!

Teach me, oh, wise master.

The Samadhi Fire is the ultimate wildfire.

It cannot be controlled,
nor will it control you

if you stop trying to fight it
and learn to use it.

All you need to do
is stay calm and focused.

So no more angry outbursts!

Rich coming from you!

Do as I say, not as I do.

Well, if there is anywhere
a gal can find calm, it's right here.

This place is perfect.

For now. This is probably
one of the few places left

that the Lady Bone Demon's putridity
hasn't reached.

But what if I fail everyone?

What if I lose control?

My parents have succumbed
to The Lady Bone Demon's power,

like countless others.

You and the noodle boy will stop
at nothing to free them.

That's how I know you won't lose control.

You can't.

Because you're the only hope I...

The only hope this world has left.

But only so long as long
as you master all my tutorials.

And before you ask,

no, it isn't because I was dying
to hang out with you guys again,

just so we're clear.

Sure, sure, Red Boy.

I've changed my mind,

you are the most annoying person I know.

Might I have this dance, Your Majesty?

So this is the power
of The Lady Bone Demon.

I'd heard tales
but have never experienced it first hand.

Even from here,
I can feel her wretched aura.

Yeah.

I fear Monkey King was right,

The Samadhi Fire is the best chance
we have at stopping her.

The fool never should have
taken off on his own.

Let's make this quick. Get in.

Get Monkey King
and regroup with the others.

Wait! What if...

What if Monkey King
is better off without us?

What if we just get in his way?

I've known Sun Wukong a long time.

He's not the loner he pretends to be.

He seems important to you,

so I can only assume
you're equally as important to him.

If there's anyone
who he needs right now, it's you.

Get in. Get Monkey King. Get out.

That's right.

Your attempts are futile, Sun Wukong.

I have seen what the future
has in store for you

and your protégé.

Destiny cannot--

Be undone, so you keep saying!

But what about this guy,
is he in your future?

As a matter of fact...

no.

Hey! That's the guy
who's definitely, probably,

not actually a real mayor!

Get down!

Was that Monkey King?

Yes. He--

He has The Lady Bone Demon
on the defensive.

Wait, you can actually see
what's going on?

Yes. Well, pieces of it...

That speed...

Sun Wukong really
was pulling his punches with me!

Yeah, yeah, that's great,
but is he winning?

Maybe we don't need to stop him after all!

It would appear so, but...

This body, it's too weak!

I can't stop him.

Stop! Have you forgotten?

Destroy me, and you destroy the host.

Have you become so desperate to end me

that you would sacrifice
this blameless, innocent child?

You're giving me no choice!

All the time you spent locked away

and you haven't changed a bit.

I'm going to finish you,
like I should have done

a long time ago.

I told you, you should have stayed buried.

I've come too far
to let you ruin everything again!

Oh, no.