Ark 6 Episode 22: Farewell Kasaihana

The Return of a Father
-Damian had become excited these past few days after his amazing week in the City. He had only been here for a short time and he already met a girl he can’t get out of his mind and he had become Superfriends with a new hero in Kasaihana City. Such a small world it is like the two of them take after their fathers. His new friend being the son of Tetsu Ryoji, the original superfriends being him and Donnie Yun. Damian never thought of himself as a proclaimed “Hero” but with a partner, it is rather enjoyable to him. Because of his determination to always be better, he continues to train as best he can with the resources that he is provided with. He is constantly pushing himself beyond his limits to get better. He has already trained today and to get his hard work off of him, he chooses to take a shower. After being in the steamy hot shower for almost thirty minutes, he comes out and wraps a towel around his hips to cover his lower body. His body has become ripped with muscles and he had become leaner with his physical stature. The more he grows, the more his body becomes less of a hulking freak. This may seem like a negative but with the way his Super Soldier body works is instead of bulging with muscles that can slow him down, the muscle mass multiplies the power in his body without gaining the excess size. When he walks out of the shower, his phone begins to ring. When he picks up the phone, the voice of Shira is on the other line saying-“Hey Handsome, you still meeting me for lunch at the Diner?”- Damian smiles with his pearly whites as he grows with excitement to see her again and says in reply-“Of course. I’ll be there shortly.”-Damian lifts the towel from his hips with his tail and begins to wipe his long black hair with it as he makes his way to his drawer’s to get ready for his date with Shira. After their first date at the amusement park, he had wanted to see her more and more. He had never felt like this with another girl and he really just ran with it. He grabs his black pants, a black tank top, and slips his sleeveless purple jacket vest. After he gets his clothes on, he slips on his Pada Battle boots and is ready to head out for his date. He quickly wraps his tail around his waist and begins to head towards the door. But before he could get out of his room, the familiar demonic voice of his father’s echoes around the room.-“I never thought I’d see the day where my son was smitten for a cute little Kasaihana girl.”-Damian looks up in surprise and says-“Hey father. What brings you here? You finished up with your possible Super Soldier Candidate?”-Donnie slowly walks towards his son as his glowing white eyes stare into Damian’s pitch black pupils. He then says to his son-“Damian, we have run into an issue that will be priority number one for our family. It’s going to need all of us…you, me, your uncle, and yes…even Duke.”-Damian begins to clap his fists together and says to his father-“Well what do you need? I was actually beginning to head out on a date.”-Donnie sighs and crosses his golden metallic arms-“That’s just it, Son…We need to return back to Wakanda.”-Damian’s eyes widen and his hands stop moving as his tone changes from calm to confused.-“Why do I need to go back to Wakanda!?”-Donnie keeps his arms crossed as he leans on the wall-“The enemy we are going to face is of grave importance…something I will need your help with.”-Damian began to get upset due to the fact that he does not want to return to Wakanda. It wasn’t that he didn’t like his African home but he likes it here in Kasaihana. He looks at his father with a straight face and says-“No…I won’t return to Wakanda.”- Donnie’s face becomes shocked and he leans off the wall, standing straight up towards his son.-“I’m sorry…I couldn’t have heard that correctly…”-Damian then begins to walk closer to his father who he stands an inch taller of and says-“I won’t return…to Wakanda…”-Donnie’s eyes begin to glow brighter as his anger rises at the sight of his son’s defiance. Damian then says to him-“I like it here! You said I could be on my own and become my own man! That was the whole reason for giving me the sword! And now you want me to just drop everything because you need me!? Just because you have some new enemy in your life! I have people that I care about now…I have a girl that…that I don’t want to leave…”-Donnie let’s his son have his little tantrum before he spoke again. Donnie slowly places his arms down to his side and releases a small dose of his energy. A bright red aura bursts out of his body causing the entire floor and the floors above him to practically explode into dust and rubble. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxfjq8xx3Pg) The blood colored aura looks like fire as it wraps around Donnie’s body. Damian’s body flies back to the edge of the floor and his body hangs off the edge and he dangles off the ledge, holding on for dear life. He looks at his father and sees the legendary white hair moving violently in the great winds that his father’s energy creates in the area. The wood, glass, and pipe from the building would fly across the area as people in the neighborhood think some kind of bomb went off up here. People on the street look up to see the large Lexington Hotel practically ripped apart as if it were nothing but a toy. The aura lifts high into the sky and creates a blinding red light, causing anyone who is nearby to have to shut their own eyes. As the aura lifts up, the clouds begin to create a spinning vortex, almost like the Eye of a Hurricane. People in the city begin to freak out with people yelling about Armageddon finally happening. Donnie then slowly begins to walk towards the edge where his son is hanging on and says to him-“You know this is barely a fraction of what I am capable of doing…You know I wouldn’t pull you away from something this big if I didn’t ABSOLUTLEY need your help with…This enemy is bigger than any of us could put together….right now. But we have time to prepare…we can only have a fighting chance if we start now…We have no time to waste.”-Donnie then recedes his energy as the fire aura quickly returns back into his body. The blinding light begins to fade and the vortex in the sky slowly begins to push the clouds back to their regular formation. Donnie then kneels down with his right arm extended to help his Son back to his feet if he were to accept the help. He then says to him-“We all must sacrifice things we care for to protect mankind…trust me son, I know the pain of having to leave the woman you love…but in the end…if you don’t…they would die…Will you help me now, Son?”-Damian looks up at his father with anger in his eyes. But as he hears and actually thinks about what his father says, he knows that he is right. If his father is fighting to have his help this bad, the enemy must be something they have never seen before. And if they don’t prepare, maybe people like Shira and Densuke will die. And he cannot live with that thought in the back of his head. So he takes his father’s hand and gets back up to the floor. Damian looks at his father and says-“Fine…Let’s go home.”-

The Unfortunate Goodbyes
-(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy4o-eLQX3w) Donnie tells his son to meet him at the Kasaihana City harbor within the next hour, giving him time to pack and say goodbye to those he needs to say goodbye too. Damian sits in his room that now has no roof, on an almost broken chair and just thinks about everything. He had come to really feel a part of the city and loved the people he had come accustomed too. The first person who came to mind is Shira. He pictures their night at the amusement park. He immediately remembers how adorable she looked after they held hands. When she pressed her hair back and how she blushed. He smiles a bit at remembering that moment as he sits in the chair. He begins to go to her contact in his phone but sees Densuke there before he gets to the “S” section. He wasn’t to put off having to say goodbye to Shira and calling Densuke first would be the best way to pause that moment. He clicks the call button when he gets to Densuke and the phone begins to ring. After a good thirty seconds pass, his phone goes to voicemail. His familiar voice begins to speak as he reaches the inbox-“Hey this is Densuke, sorry I missed your call. If you are a stalker…don’t leave a message, dammit! But if you’re cool go ahead and leave one and I’ll try to hit you up later.”-Damian laughs a bit at the familiar sarcasm of his friend and then the beep sound goes off for him to leave a message.-“Hey Suke, it’s Damian…It looks like you are going to have to be a solo superhero…Something has come up BIG and my father and I have to return back home…I don’t know how long it will be but…just know…you were a cool friend…and I wish things could have been different but…sacrifices have to be made…Take care…Densuke…”-Damian then hangs up and shuts his phone. He sits there for a moment and remembers the cool times he had with the Ryoji child. And now the moment had come. Something he dreaded doing ever since his father told him he had to leave…The call to Shira… Damian slowly opens his phone back up and very slowly searches for Shira’s name in his phone. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-cW0AtnGeE) The call begins to ring as he waits in his chair for her to answer. *BACK AT THE DINER* Shira stands close to a TV where a news team is at the ground with their camera pointed at the Lexington Hotel. Shira recognizes the floor knowing that Damian’s room is on that floor. Even with her tough prideful nature, she began to worry that maybe Damian was hurt in the blast. On the table, her phone begins to vibrate; but she can pay no attention to it at the moment. The owner of the diner, the woman who thought they were a couple before, looks at Shira and asks-“What’s wrong, hun?”-Shira looks at her and says-“Damian was in that building…He’s supposed to meet me here.”-The lady looks at Shira with a smile and says-“I’m sure he is safe. He’s got a girlfriend like you to come see so I am sure he wouldn’t let something like that stop him.”-Shira quickly glares at her and once again says-“We aren’t dating!”-Diner Lady-“Then what was he going to meet you here for?”-Shira then says with an attitude-“It’s our second date and…”-After realizing what she said, her eyes slowly looked at the lady and saw that she has a huge smile on her face. She says-“I told you.”-and begins to laugh. Shira’s eyes glare at her like knives and she says-“Shut up…”-*BACK AT THE HOTEL* The call reaches her voicemail and Damian’s heart sinks to the ground. He knew it was going to be hard to tell her news like this but now to have to do it over an inbox just made it all worse. When the beep came for him to make a message…he didn’t say anything; not for a few seconds anyway. When he finally gets the courage to speak, he says to her-“Hey Shira…It’s…It’s Damian. I’m calling because…because I have to cancel out date.”-He places the phone under his chin as he has to gather himself as he feels himself coming apart at the seams. After a few seconds, he continues to speak-“Ya see uhh, something has come up. Something important to my family…to the world really…Something that is going to have to take all of my time and energy…It’s forcing me to leave Kasaihana for a while…This is the last thing I wanted to do, trust me when I say that…But good timing just doesn’t run in the Yun family…I care about you…so much…and it tears me apart…but I have to go…I don’t know how long it is going to be…And I know it is selfish for me to ask you to wait for me…hell we only had one date…But I hope…that when I do come back…you might be happy to see me…and…and maybe we can re-schedule that second date of ours…Goodbye…for now…”-Damian then hangs up the phone and burries his head in his hands. He grips tightly onto his long black hair. Out of anger and frustration, he throws the phone into the broken wall in front of him and it shatters into small tiny vaporized pieces. He remains in the chair with his hands covering his face until he has to leave.-

The End...for now
-When the final hour finally came, Damian makes his way to the harbor. When he finds the boat that they will be leaving on, his father is out waiting for him. Donnie looks at his son and can see how saddened he is by having to leave. When he gets close, Donnie places his hand on his son’s shoulder and says-“I’m sorry my son. I promise…it will all be worth it once it is over and we are successful. Damian doesn’t say anything. He just nods his head and makes his way onto the boat. When he gets inside of the boat he is surprised to see another person on the boat with him. The man has a large tattoo coming down his arm and a pair of goggles on his eyes. Damian thinks to himself-“This must be Duke.”-Deucalion walks over to him with his hand extended for a handshake and says-“Name’s Deucalion.”-Damian puts his hand out and shakes Duke’s hand and says-“Damian…Nice to meet you.”-Donnie then walks onto the boat and says-“Well now that all the guests have arrived, I guess it’s time to go.”-Damian and Duke both nod and Donnie leaves the room to go to the captain’s hull. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHZlO53obi0) Within the next few minutes, the boat begins to exit the harbor. Cargoships and other commercial boats pass them by as they move towards the exiting harbor route. It’s a bitter feeling for him as it finally hits him that he will be leaving. Damian is on the back of the ship, looking at the city he has come to love as it slowly moves away from him. He takes a mental image of the bright lights and high end buildings that hold the city at such esteem. He remembers all the people that he had come in contact with over his time in the city. All the personalities that he had come across. Remembering the bloodbath night put a soft smile on his face. (1:22) Then the best thought of all passes through his mind. The smile of Shira’s came into picture as he looks up into the sky. Their small moments together are what he will remember most about Kasaihana City. Their first meeting in the Lexington Hotel, even their mini-first date in the Diner with soda covering their bodies. His soft smile began to turn into a bright smile as he thought to himself-“I wil return to you again…Shira Hanako.”-His eyes would continue to look up into the bright stars and the bright moon that watches over the city. The wind pushes his long black hair to the side, forcing him to lift his left hand up to his forehead to push it back. (2:44 the image of Damian looking up to the sky would turn pitch black as the end of the scene)