Ark 11 Episode 18: Can't Keep A Promise

Particpants

 * Danny "Daniel" Chan
 * Ariel Tasanagi

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q05fdsdAtes )Danny would find himself snuggled up with Ariel, in her bed. He’d actually convinced her to let him put a fan in the room, something about the noise and the rush of air actually have him a better night’s sleep than without it. Then there was his odd little sleep playlist, which really had nothing but melodies on it. He was big on that type of music. Wasn’t really a lyrical type of guy? Danny would stretch his legs out a bit, and turn over to his darling dearest. She was sleeping quite soundly, though she took the majority of the cover and snuggled herself in them. Danny would turn over to her, and pinch her nose lightly until she woke up. The sunlight hitting the room just right so his silver eyes would almost seem to radiate with a dim light as he looked at her with a tired look with a mixture of sleep and awe. “Baaaaaabe. C’mon let’s get up already, it’s like noon, and we need to get active…” Danny would close his eyes momentarily, and then use his chi to make a white chi hand push Ariel’s body from behind over to him, so Danny could cradle her in his arms for a few more minutes. “Well. Actually let’s just lay here for a while longer.’ The fan blew some of Danny’s raven black hair out of his face, as he laid there in complete comfort, waiting for an answer but still fighting off sleep. He’d wanted to actually do something different today. Maybe take Ariel somewhere. Normal. It seems like their plans go a skew often. Ariel would be sleeping soundly and comfortably as she buried herself in her huge blanket, it was as if she bullied her own little nest in her bed to cover herself from the wind of the fan that Danny had put in the room. The music never bothered her but the fan just made her cold considering she liked to sleep half naked. She would be dreaming of a beautiful sky while sailing out on the ocean with a nice warm summer breeze, but her lovely dream would turn into a nightmare as the nice ocean turned into a storm sending her crashing into the water with huge wave crashing down causing her to drown. She gasped for air and then would open her eyes to find Danny plugging her nose and telling her to get up. Ariel would growl lightly as she rolled over in her nest of blankets “We went to bed at like 6am, I wanna sleeeeeeeep!” she would wine. She would then feel Danny’s chi push her towards him. She would move towards him and feel his arms wrapped around her body. She would look him in the eyes and smile as the light seemed to hit them perfectly. She would then nuzzle her head against his warm chest and close her eyes again “yea let’s just lay here, I like having you just hold me, it makes me feel safe” she would say with a smile as she moved her hand on to his lower abdomen and slowly started to drift back into her slumber.

Danny would nuzzle her body into hers as he enjoyed every second of it. He’d then yawn one more good time before, sitting himself up right and stretching his arms outwards. “Ahhhhhhhhhh….” He’d smack his lips twice. “C’mon babe, we gotta get our mourning routine outta the way. The work out at least. I’m feeling quite….mmm…whimsical today.” Danny would stand up, in his Wolverine boxer shorts. “I’m gonna make some coffe and get started with my morning workout. I think today we should go on a legit date. I’ve been a bum for too long!”Danny would beat his chest once, and then head to the bathroom. He’d grab his toothbrush, and begin brushing away, happily. He’d then use his free hand to grab a face towel, and wash over his face, getting the sleepish crap ouf of his eyes.

Ariel would wrinkle her face as Danny got up. She would bury her face in the pillow as he headed towards the bathroom. “But I’m so sleepy” She would say as she turned over and looked at the ceiling. She would sigh as she stretched across her bed before she sat up and looked around her room, “Why can’t I just sleep forever” she would muter under her breath as she stood up from her bed and dragged her feet towards the bathroom. She would bump Danny with her hip playfully to the side a bit in order to squeeze in and brush her teeth. She would then smile in the mirror and rinse her face with warm water, she would reach for a towel to dry her face off and then would run her hands in the water on last time and then turn to Danny and Kiss him on the lips keeping her hands at her side. After she pulled away she would get her cold, wet hands and place them right on his face “Morning babe” She would say before speeding out of the room straight to her closet giggling like a little girl. Danny would smile as she pushed her way into him and they brushed their teeth together. He’d also have a surprised wide eyed face when she placed cold water on his face. “EEEEEEEK! HEY YOU LIL LOSER!” Danny would gargle some water in his mouth and quickly spit it out, and wipe his mouth with a near by towel only to chase her into her closet. “Heeeeeeeeeeeeere’s Danny!” Danny would tackle her to the floor softly and begin tickling her around her sides, and under her arms. He’d mount his body on top of her so she couldn’t squirm away the entire time making “Coochie coochie coo muthafuckaaaaaa!” Noises. Danny would tickle her for a few minutes before standing back up in the doorway of the closet and sticking his tounge out at her. “So! What’s on the ajenda for today? I was thinking we could finally have that ACTUAL date. Where we’re not like. Being attacked or training. Though I do need to go get in some Wing Chun before we go anywhere. You too young lady. We train every day, you remember that.” Danny would smirk and nod at her.

Ariel would be reaching for a shirt on the top shelf of her closet just to feel Danny tackle her to the ground and tickle the crap out of her. She would let out a loud giggle and squirm like crazy as he pinned her down to the ground. “BABE OKAY STOP” She would yell as she giggled frantically, she would try to escape from his grip but was never able to make him budge. He would get off of her and would go stand in the doorway as she got up and looked at him “yea I know, even though taking a day off wouldn’t kill us, It would be kind of nice to just have  chill day, but it’s whatever”. She would listen to Danny as he purposed to go out on an actual date “Oh, um that would be fun I guess, it would be different,” she would say with a cute smile on her face. She would slowly start to walk towards him and drape her arms around his neck and press her breast against his chest before looking into his eyes “But only if that’s what you want to do babe, I’m fine just hanging out here with you” she would say as she kissed him deeply.

[12:53:05 AM] Ariel: Danny would nod in agreement with her about a day off. When she walked towards him and draped her arms around his neck, he’d smile infinitely. He loved her touch, no matter how slight or forceful it was. He especially loved the feeling of her breast being pressed against him. Now that was always something to die for. Danny would kiss her back passionately, pressing his lips against hers, for a moment before breaking it, and placing his forehead against hers, and talking in a low whisper. “Alright babe I understand. Tell you what.” Danny would poke her nose playfully. “Why don’t ya cook us some breakfast, while I get my brief little practice in. Then we can take a night on the town. It’s only mid day though so…wanna like. Go do…I don’t know, surely you have some hobbies of the sort.” Danny would scratch the back of his head not trying to sound offensive. “Anywho, go ahead and get started eh?” Danny would slap her butt, making a loud smack, and then slowly start to back away. He’d placed a wooden wing chun dummy in her living room for off wall practice when ever it was necessary. Danny would then head over to it, preforming some stretches in place. He’d talk loudly so she could hear him form the living room. “So did you hear about what’s going on some organization has let down the walls around the city, and those mutant freaks that we keep sealed outside are infesting the city. Well somewhat. The KPD have been keeping them away, but me and Densuke don’t know for how much longer..” Danny would furrow his brow actually somewhat worried, which was way out of character.

Ariel would feel Danny poke her nose and she would look at him for a bit and then smile as he agreed to pass on the full work out for the day. “I find it amusing that we have been dating for about two years and you can’t remember that my hobbies involve singing, dancing and reading” she would say as she rolled her eyes. Ariel would start to walk out of the room just to feel Danny’s hand smack against her perky butt, she would look at him and shake her head as she continued to walk towards the kitchen. She would pull out the eggs and the bacon that she had got for Danny since she didn’t eat meet. She would put a pan on the stove and waited for it to heat up before she put the about half of the pack of bacon on it just like he had done the first time she spent the night at his place and he made her breakfast. In another pan she would scramble eggs and sprinkle some shredded cheese on them and then would grab toast and put it in the toaster. As she listened to Danny talk she would get a plate and put the eggs and bacon on it and grab the toast as it pooped out and spread butter on them. “Seems like the city is going to have a lot more crime on their hands guess I will need to be more careful when I go out” She would set the plate on the counter “Anyways your food is ready babe”. She would walk over to the refrigerator and open one of her container that held her fried tofu, she would pull four pieces out and set them on a plate along with some white rice before sticking it in the microwave. Once the microwave beeped she would pull out her plate and set it on the counter next to Danny’s plate. She would grab some peanut sauce from the refrigerator and get ready to eat her healthy breakfast. “But um what do you want to do since you know, who knows what my hobbies are”

Danny would sniff the food she was making as it was embedded into the air and smile. Though Ariel made a few remarks about him forgetting some of the things she did for fun. “Thanks babe, I’ll be over in a bit.” Danny would begin practicing on the wing chun dummy, in an orderly fashion. The usual that its, right elbow, left elbow, straight lead punch. Launching of the left leg to the bottom of the board, each hit making a loud “KA-KLUNK” noise. Danny would begin to repeat the process, until she’d asked what to mentioning something about hobbies. “Ahh..well I mean my bad on forgetting some hobbies you have. I didn’t think it was that bad. Just slipped my mind I guess a hehehehe.” Danny would stretch his arms and hop on over to the counter where his plate awaited him. He’d grab the plate, and simply begin eating at it with his hands. Lacking his table manors but only for a bit before he realizes what he’s doing. “mmm. It was great babe! Thanks.” Danny would swallow heart fully and let out a loud sigh. “Soooo, before this turns into a discussion on my forgetfulness, what do you wanna do to kill time? I’m game for anything honestly. Either that or I’ll practice my disguises some more. . .Might have to borrow some clothes if you got any that’ll fit me.

[12:53:22 AM] Ariel: Ariel would dip her tofu into the peanut sauce and sit quietly as Danny continued his morning exercise. Danny would apologize for forgetting her hobbies and simply brush it off “Yea don’t worry about it” she would say as she ate the rest of her food and went to put her plate in the sink. He would eat all of his food and thank her for it. She would look over at Danny and grab his plate and take it to the sink and wash them as he talked about a way to kill time in order to avoid the argument of his forgetfulness. “I don’t really care babe, I mean” she would look at her body and then look at his “I’m pretty small compared to you, so uh… I don’t think you will fit into anything, I mean you can look if you want… but…uh…yea” the conversation of her boyfriend warring her clothing would probably freak any other girl out and Ariel did find it strange for a little but she got used to it after some time. She would stretch her arms up brining her shirt up exposing her tummy “I think I will just sit on the couch and read or watch T.V till it’s time to get ready or something, just… I guess … do whatever you want, Sit with me or I don’t know” she would say as she shrugged her shoulders

“Hmmm…” Danny would fold his arms and ponder, studying her body language and listening to her voice. Her demeanor changed a bit to, as Danny thought to himself silently. ‘Ahhh..C’mon Chan. Make her happy. Maybe it’s time to stop being a cheap ass and do something nice for a change.” Danny would nod to himself and before speaking. Clapping his hands together he’d smile. “On second thought, go ahead and get ready babe. I think I’m gonna take us out for a while! We’re gonna go to the mall so you can show me how to dress properly and maybe help me stop wearing densuke’s shit eh?” Danny would nudge ariel with his elbow before, walking behind her and draping his arms around her waist. “No need to do anything boring when you don’t have to right babe? That’s what good boyfriends are for.” Danny would nuzzle her neck with his lips and run his hands down her hips.

Ariel would feel Danny’s warm arms wrap around her waist and even though she was a little bit irritated at him the minute he touched her all her irritation went away and she was happy again. Danny had the power to do that to him, no matter how mad or sad she was being with him made her happy and his tough filled her with a warmth that she couldn’t explain. Ariel would turn around and look at him with the sweetest look on her face. She would place her small hand on his face and smile sweetly “Baby I will like you no matter what, okay. I don’t want you to change for me” she would say as she let out a soft sigh “because I would never change anything about you, I like you how you are, but if you honestly want to go and do that, then I don’t mind but I want it to be your choice okay” she would say as she kissed his nose and smiled.

“But I want too babe.” Danny would whisper back as she kissed his nose. “Thank you so much for accepting me as I am. You’ll never know how much that truly means to me. It’s nice…to finally have that. Which is why I wanna take you out deary. We’ve been together for two years. I think it’s time I manned up and we did things a little differently don’t you think?” Danny would smirk, and twirl his fingers around the straps of her underpants, hugging her hips, and bite his own lip. “Besides, we can’t just fuck like dogs forever…Well I could. I don’ know about you.” Danny would lean in and start sucking on the skin of her neck sweetly, before letting it slide out between his teeth a bit, breaking his hold on her and placing his hands on her shoulders. “Oi, now go get dressed! Let’s go to the mall and wonder around like lost teenagers for a while eh? Then we can come back here, maybe take a shower….together.” Danny would laugh a bit. “Then head on out. C’moooon it’ll be fun!” Danny would smile and give her an optimistic look. He wanted to make today a good day but he had a forbidding feeling…an ominous one at that.

[12:53:47 AM] Ariel: Ariel would smile at the fact that he willingly wanted to take her out and change things up a bit. She laugh “well as exciting as that sounds I think having sex would get boring after some time”. She would close her eyes as Danny sucked on her neck and then feel him pull away just to place his hands on her shoulder. “Okay, okay, fine” She would head towards the bed room closet and throw on a pair of light blue jeans that were torn from top to bottom and a blue and white shirt along with a grey cardigan over it, she would grab her pair of white heels and would then head over to the bathroom. She pulled out her container of piercings and changed her black ones to the diamond studded ones. She would turn her hair straightener on and straiten it followed by pulling her makeup out and fixing her face. She would head towards the living room “Okay I’m ready” she would say with a smile.

Danny would watch as she walked off, and then head back to his wing chun practice for today. “Pak Sao” He’d speak, while throwing his right hand towards the top of the dummy and his left hand towards the bottom of the dummy. “Chi Sao” Danny would switch, and throw his right fist towards the center of the dummy, and cross his left hand over the arm of his right hand of the dummy. “Fuk s- oh fuck it.” Danny would begin unleashing hit after hit on the dummy, throwing blows of simultaneous impact for defense and offensive maneuvers before hitting the dummy one more time with a loud. “CLUNK” He’d see ariel come back out wearing a pair of light blue jeans, some heels, and a blue and white shirt. “Well you look mighty casual. It’ll only take a second.” Danny would walk into the room and look in his bag throwing on some jeans, and a grey wife beater, with a pair of sneakers, and some wrist bands. He’d come back out head over towards the door of the apartment.

“Alllllllrighty then! Let’s roll babe!” if she came along Danny would walk towards a car, a hover car and quite the expensive looking one (http://images.gizmag.com/inline/volkswagenhovercar-6.jpg ) Danny would explain. “It’s an eco-model! Densuke got it for me because he didn’t want me in any more trouble like I was when I was hijacking cars and selling parts. Sooooo he bought me a fuel efficient hover car, the latest model! Funny though, he said it wasn’t supposed to come out until 2 years from now…” Danny would rub his chin. “Come to think of it just how rich is this kid….ah well. C’mon!” If Ariel hoped in, Danny would take off into air traffic, driving the both of them towards the Kasihana Super Mall, the biggest literal mall in Kasihana city. It had over 1,000 stores and shopping centers, and restruants. Though thanks to the recent outbreak, the mall was actually one of the safest places to be. As the two traversed the city they’d see massive hordes of zombie like creatures, and even bigger mutated creatures alike.(read this trust meeeee so you know what’s going on okay? http://yakuza-mob-roleplay.wikia.com/wiki/News_Report_1:_Ark_11 ) “Maaaan these are some ugly muthafuckas, I’ll tell you what.” Danny would continue driving until he’d come upon the mall. They had 12 foot walls barricading it completely. After passing through the check in, Danny would find a parking spot, and step out of the vehicle. He’d go to open ariels side up and take her by the hand if she’d let him. “Shall we? Not exactly an ideal place to be but hey we’ve got some time to kill.” Danny would let her lead the way. Another figure stood ominously in the shadows watching Danny and Ariel from a distance…

Ariel would look at Danny and smile as they both casually walked out of the room and headed out the apartment. They would stop at the hover-car and Ariel would look at Danny with a “How the fuck did you get this car” kind of look. After he explained Ariel would nod and get in. They drove out into the city. She would look out the window the streets seeming very empty “hm that’s strange” she would think to herself. As they continued to drive she would see the creatures that Danny was talking about and would let out a gasp “Yea, I hope we figure something out soon” she would say with a bit of fear in her voice. They would soon arrive to the mall and Danny would go to her door and open it for her extending his hand to her. Ariel would take his hand and walk out as they headed into the mall. She had been to the mall many times it had actually gotten to the point where she could tell you where each store was. However this time the mall was more crowded than usual as if all the missing people from the street where in the mall. She would maneuver through the people while puling Danny behind her as she would take off to the direction of the Rue21 that was right next to the H&M and the DEBS and right across was the Victoria’s Secret. They would enter the Rue21 store and she would go right to the men section before looking at Danny “So um what do you like? What should I have you try on” she would say as she stood in font of him with her hand on her hip looking at the wrack of clothing.

[12:54:14 AM] Ariel: Danny would look around at the various stores that she’d taken him in so far with a shriveled face. “Gah it smells like perfume and tamato paste in these stores! How do people work like this!” Danny would continue making his way through the stores until they came to one called “Rue 21”. Danny would tilt his head at the name. As an ex bum, he’s never been introduced to the finer things in life really. As such he usuall paid them no mind what so ever. He’d look at ariel as he was asked what he should get. “Urrrrrrrmmmmmmm..I like. Hoodies. And jackets….i guess. I don’t know I usually just wear shit OOO!” Danny would rush over and start feeling on this nice jacket. It was like a football jacket, you’d see in high school, but black and white, and with horizontal strip designs on it. “Ah man this jackets killer…I’ve got to have this!...well I would if I could afford it.” Danny would sigh and continue looking around. He’d actually seen some gloves h’d wanted to but he wasn’t to peachy keen on “asking for anything.” He’d look at ariel with a curious face. “Is there anything in here you’d recomened on me? You dress fresh all the time so help a brotha out why don’t cha.” Danny would shrug and stuff his hands in his pockets walking around. Meanwhile a mysterious man would be in the same store, keeping an eye on him and ariel, but he was just a shadowy figure for the most part. He kept low, and couldn’t be seen by either of them at this point.

If Ariel was really good at anything it was shopping, she could make the ugliest person look fresh as hell. She would look at the jacket that Danny would point out and smile “You got a nice eye” she would then rummage through the racks before pulling out a white V- neck shirt “Okay I’m not a fan of the plain white shirts but under this jacket it will look good” she would go to another wrack and pull out some black jeans and hold them out to him “So I think these will look good and oh these” she would pick out some black and white converse as they headed towards the dressing room “Try these with them, you’re going to look so hot well…. Hotter” she would say as she shoved him in the dressing room “I’ll be right back I’m going to go pick out more okay let me know when it’s on!” she would run to the rack and rummage through the clothing picking out shirts and pants with a few different pairs of shoes here and there and even a black beanie.

Danny would watch as like some kung fu master she picked out a lot of things concerning the matching of the outfit. Danny would nod being quite impressed with her eye for fashion. “Nice nic- eh?” Danny would be shoved into a dressing room and would try on some of these clothes. “Ah this formal thing has never been really for me anyway.” Danny would dust the threads off and turn side to side making sure he’d put the clothes on just right so they fit and hug his physique. He’d then emerge in his new threads, and fluant them around for a bit. “whatcha think babe? I think I look pretty fucking hot.” Danny would place his hands on his hips and pose flexing his muscle a bit, and kissing his bicep playfully.

Ariel would look as Danny walked out of the dressing room as she nodded her head “I am a fucking geniuses” she would say with a smile on her face. She would go up to him and give him a kiss on the lips before stepping back “Babe you looked hot before but Damn, Okay so we will get it along with this, this and this” she would say as she grabbed a pile of clothing “Okay well take that off and bring it to the cash register okay” and then she would walk to the cash register not bothering to look at the price tag of anything. “Did you find everything you needed” the girl at the cash register would ask in a slight irritated voice, Ariel would raise an eyebrow at her and simply say “Yea thanks”. She would ring her things out and once Danny came up behind her she would look up and change into a completely different person “Oh, I’ll be with you in a minute sir, this will only take a second” she would say as she flipped her hair and smiled. Ariel would look at her and would try to keep herself composed as the lady flirted with her boyfriend “Oh no he’s with me”. The girl would raise an eyebrow at Ariel before speaking “Oh shopping with Family is all ways fun”. At this point Ariel would be slightly irritated “Oh no sweetie, he’s my boyfriend” she would say with a sweet smile as she turned over to Danny and kissed him passionately on the lips before turning back around. The lady would have her same irritated look on her face as she finished ringing them out.

“heh heh heh…” Danny would smirk as she really did complement him and how good he looked. He’d kiss her back, and then watch as the outfits began to get rang up. Danny could sense the tension between Ariel and the cashier lady. “Uh oh…” Danny would grit his teeth as Ariel finalized her smart ass remark and Danny would relish in it all, by her kiss. Danny would open his eyes wide as she finished and then look back at the cahsier lady. “Ahh..I see what you’re getting at here.” Danny would take ariel by her hips and collapse his lips into hers, kissing her as deeply as he could, before pulling away and holding Ariel by the shoulder. “Thanks for the outfit babe. C’mon lets go grab some ice cream and we’ll head home and get a bit more dressed up.” Danny would look over to the cashier lady and point at her. “Eat your heart out biiiiiiiiitch.” Danny would grab the bags, and hoist them over his shoulders and walking her out of the mall. “Are there any Ice cream places in here? I could really go for a triple chocolate Sunday! MMM! C’mon lets go lets go lets go!!!” danny would jump up and down in excitement.

Ariel would pull away from Danny just to feel him kiss her once more with a deep passion. She would giggle as Danny yelled out at the lady as they walked out of the store. Danny would ask about going to get ice-cream and be as happy as a little boy. She would role her eyes and grin as she took his hand “Come on, there is this little ice-cream place that has really good freshly made ice-cram” she would say as she dragged him across the mall “not many people go there since it doesn’t really look like a big place but the people are very nice and I use to come here all the time” The would come to a stop to one of the smaller stores in the mall and would walk in. “Oh, Hello miss Tasanagi, It’s been some time since I have seen you, oh who is this strapping young man?” the small Latina lady would say to her. “Hi Ofelia, I’m good how are you? Oh and this is my boyfriend Danny, Danny this is Ofelia” She would introduce them as she walked up to the counter and looked at the different flavors of Ice-cream and then looked over at Danny “um… what do you want baby?”

[12:54:45 AM] Ariel: Danny would follow her to the ice cream parlor place, and smile as she introduced him to some Latina looking woman. “Oh hello m’am!” Danny would lean in and shake her hand lightly. He’d then fall back and begin looking over the menu of ice cream selection. “I think I’ll take a…” A voice would ring from behind the two of them. “Daniel Chan-san.” Danny’s face would sink low as he recognized the voice that was talking to him. He’d clear his throat and shake his head a couple of times before turning around to see a man. A man he’d known all to well for some time in his life now. “. . .Teacher?” (http://cdn.staticneo.com/w/tekken/thumb/d/de/Wang.jpg/250px-Wang.jpg ) The elderly man would smile with his hands behind his back and nod. “Yes Daniel. It is I, Yinwei. It’s been so long, and it’s so good to see you my son.” The elderly man would hug danny for a moment. Danny stood star struck. He was there when his master died and he couldn’t understand why he was here…for this moment in this instance. Danny hesitantly hugged him back for a moment before pushing off of him and holding the man by his shoulders. “Who are you…you can’t be teacher I..i watched him die myself…this i-“ “Aren’t you going to introduce me to your young lady friend?” The old man would place his hands together and bow at Ariel. “Hello young woman. You must be a very great woman for Danny to hand pick you. He’s never really been very good with women when he first started off. For a while I thought he was quite homosexual, the way he looked at T.V American men body building channels.” The old man would laugh and Danny would scowl and yell. “DAMMIT TEACHER! IT WAS FOR THE PRATCIE NOT THE MEN! GAH!” Danny would fold his arms and mumble to himself a bit. He’d then glare back at Yinwei. “Teacher Yinwei…If it’s really you…we have to..” Danny would look at Ariel and sigh. “Look I’m just trying to have a good time with my girlfriend…I really just wanted things to be simple today. But..babe.” Danny would ask. “Would you mind if he joined us? I won’t exclude you because you have a right to know to.” If she let them, Danny would look to the latina woman. “yeah let me get a chocolate ice cream, with hot fudge, chocolate sprinkles, oreo bits, coco puffs, Hershey bar pieces, m&m’s and a hint of chocolate syrup.. . . .With hershy kiss on top. “ Yinwei would hit danny upside the head with his two fingers. “You’re dietary habbits have not changed in the slightest. I tell you, this boy eats some of the most grotesque and fowl things immginable. If his brain worked as well as his stomach, perphaps he could’ve cured cancer.” Danny would growl at the old man and bark like a dog a couple of times out of spite. This would the first time Ariel had seen anyone from Danny’s personal life at all.

Ariel would smile as he shook Ofelias hand and was about to pick out an ice-cream when she heard Danny speaking with someone. Ariel would turn around to find him holding on an elderly man’s shoulders. She would give him a surprised look as the old man bowed to her, this was something she wasn’t really use to, but she would smile sweetly at the old man and bow in return to be respectful. A small giggles would escape her lips as the man cracked a joke about Danny’s sexuality and would giggle again at Danny’s reaction to the comment “Well I can assure you, he is not a homosexual, but he did have me worried for a while” she would tease. Ariel would listen to Danny as he proposed for the old man to join them for the day and even though she was looking forward to a day with no complications just the two of them, just a bit a romance like was promised, she knew it was too good to be true. Ariel would keep her smile on her face despite her slight disappointment and reply with a simple “It would be an honor if you joined us for the day” her voice was soft and sweet as she looked at the man with her gold eyes, you couldn’t even tell she was upset. Danny would order diabetes on a cone just to recive a smack upside the head followed by the truth The way they acted towards each other was kind of that of family, it was strange but good. She knew that this man was important to Danny and she was happy that Danny was happy but she couldn’t help but get a strange feeling around the man. Ariel would look up at Ofelia and pay for what Danny ordered “Do you not want anything miss Tasanagi?” the lady would ask “Oh Ofelia just call me Ariel, you know that, and no I lost my appetite but thank you.” Ariel would leave her a very generous tip and then turn back to the man and Danny “So what would you like to do sir” she would ask “Oh I’m sorry I haven’t introduced myself, I’m Ariel, Ariel Tasanagi, it’s a pleasure to make you acquaintance”

[12:55:09 AM] Ariel: Danny would whimper and take his cone in stride heading over to a table, and sitting down in it with a huff. “Errybody wanna tag team on me.” Danny would wait for the others to come over and sit down with him. Yinwei would respond to ariel with another bow. As a master of multiple things, empathy included, he could tell she was upset by the sudden intrusion. “Ah Ariel! What a lovely name young lady. And don’t worry. I’m aware I’m intruding on your personal date. I never meant to intrude, and I do applgize. I just need to speak to him for a few minutes, and I’ll leave you to it.” Yinwei would get on his knees and bow to her, as a Chinese form of respect. People walked by and laughed and giggled, but it was obvious this old man had no pride or humility. He’d stand up. “now please join us.” Yinwei would walk over and sit down beside danny. Looking his old pupil in the eye, He’d look at danny with intent. “Daniel..i’ve a lot to explain. And not a lot of time.” “It’s okay….i just…I thought you were dead?” Yinwei would nod. “I was. I promise I was. And yet a man took my soul to a place between life and death. The Shinto realm is the name of this place.” Danny’s eyes winded. “I remember that place. I have a friend who went there…it’s like a realm of gods isn’t it?” Yinwei would nod. “Indeed. A man named…Tessu? Teppu? I don’t recall, my memory is terrible. But anyway. He gave me a vast amount of chi, and sent me through a wormhole here. Restoring my life. For how long, I do not know. But I am indeed here. I’ve come to inform you of the destiny..you ran away from Daniel. Or rather…Emperor chan.” Danny would sigh, and sit his hands down. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Danny had a…somber look on his face. One seldom seen on his expresssions. Yinwei would sight and look down. “You’ve been running from it for years danny….Have you even told the gi-“ “it wasn’t something that needed to be told. To anyone.” Danny would look down ashamed that Ariel had to hear something like this.

Ariel would look at the man as he bowed to her once more. He would apologize about the inconvenience and the intuition before keeling in front of her and bowing as if she was some kind of goddess. People would stare, some would point and laugh and others would even snap pictures. Ariel would ignore all the rude people and then smile at him “Oh no intuition at all, you are fine, feel free to tag along as long as you like sir.” The old man would get up and head to sit down with Danny and Ariel followed as she sat next to her boyfriend and kissed him on the cheek to assure him that she didn’t think he was gay. She would sit quietly as the Man started to speak and would glance around at the people in the mall. Ariel would focus her attention back on them when the old man started talking about Danny’s Destiny “Emperor Chan?” she would think to herself. Danny would pretend like he didn’t know what the man was talking about. She would set her hand on Danny’s leg and smirk slightly at him, the man would continue and Danny seemed to get more upset or at least that’s what she gathered by the way he responded. There was a feeling of tension and she felt as if she shouldn’t hear the conversation, maybe part of her didn’t want to hear it. She started to feel a little upset, maybe she was upset because this was the first time she was hearing of something like this first time in two years. Ariel would start to get up “I… I don’t think I should be listening to this. I’ll see you back at the apartment Danny”

Danny would sigh and hold her hand as she touched him. It made him feel comfortable. Which was just one of those things he needed at this time. Then as the conversation went on, Ariel seemed to get more and more uncomfortable..then she wanted to be excused. Danny opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn’t for the words to do so. His voice had gotten raspy, and almost distorted to a point. “. . .Yeah babe. I-..i’ll see you In a bit.” Danny would look away for a moment, and then look back to his master. “Of all the days teacher. Of all the days to bring this up…I ran away from that responsibility for a reason. A legit reason.” Yinwei would sigh. “Danny the country cannot properly function without an heir, don’t you understand?...if not becoming one, choose another successor. Why run however?” Danny would stand up, and shake his head, running his hands through his hair. “It’s just. Not the life I chose. I chose to live in poverty. My parents did the same. We didn’t have to accept it then, so we don’t have to now..Thank you teacher, for coming back. We can catch up another day. But I must ask that you do not speak to me of that position ever again.” Danny would bow to his teacher, presently and start to walk away. Yinwei would stand up, and place his hands behind his back. “The royal guard will come for you Danny. No matter what happens, keep your eyes open. I’m here for you. Always.” Danny would nod. “yeah. But I have to patch things up with the Ol’lady before anything else…*sigh* Danny would sigh and attempt to catch up to Ariel. He had alooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot to ponder on. Lord know’s how long it’d actually take for danny to sort this kind of ting out