Welcome to the eighth installment of 'Sakamoto's Life Story' and Sakamoto returns to the Valley of Peace with his fiancée, Bao-Yi to meet some old friends; Akimitsu Okami and it turns out Bao-Yi also runs into an old friend too! Enjoy! ANd this is for Master of Stories!

Sakamoto's Life Story: Reuniting Old Friends

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Heading Back to the Valley

Three weeks later

Sakamoto and Bao-Yi were heading out on their trip to the Valley of Peace and it was a great thing for them to go together because Sakamoto will get to show her the entire Valley as well as the Jade Palace and also for a chance to reunite with Akimitsu as well. While they departed from Shanghai Secluded Valley, Bao-Yi was looking forward to go on this trip with her fiancee and she said, "This will be like our pre-honeymoon."

"Yep. What do you think about getting married in the Valley of Peace?" asked Sakamoto.

Bao-Yi started thinking about that plan and she had thought more about having it in Shanghai Selcuded Valley, with their friends and family there and she told him, "Won't it be too far away?"

"No, it's only about 20 miles from here." Sakamoto answered.

"I'm not sure, Saka. I mean, I'd much rather have it here in our valley with our friends and family." Bao-Yi added.

Sakamoto thought about that for a second and he did imagine having their wedding at Shanghai Secluded Valley and thinking about how beautiful it would be to be married there and a sudden trance of realization came to light and he looked to Bao-Yi and said, "What was I thinking?"

Bao-Yi giggled in response to that and he went in to say, "All right, Shanghai Secluded Valley it is then."

She was happy that they get to be married there and watching her happy satisfied Sakamoto to no end and they continued on their trip and she asked, "Are we gonna walk all the way there?"

"Of course not. We'll get there fast enough." Sakamoto replied.

Just then, Sakamoto heard a distant roar out of nowhere and he lets out a little chuckle and thought to himself, 'Just in time too.'

Bao-Yi looks up at the sky and sees a huge dragon flying and she grew very scared that it'll eat them alive and the minute the dragons touches down to the ground, Bao-Yi screamed in fear and huddled herself to a tree and Sakamoto comes up to her and said, "Calm down. It'll be okay."

"Saka, there's a dragon here!" Bao-Yi exclaimed.

Sakamoto comes towards the dragon and pets its snout, causing the dragon to remain calm and be friendly with him and Bao-Yi was pretty surprised...and shocked that he was actually petting the dragon and she slowly came closer to it and Sakamoto grabbed her hand to prove it to her.

"What are you doing, Saka?" Bao-Yi asked, frightfully.

"It's okay. He won't hurt you...I can promise you that." Sakamoto added.

As he brings Bao-Yi's hand to the dragon's snout, she pets it and the dragon grows gentler and gentler at every second, which was a first for Bao-Yi and as she looked at it, her expressions went from really scared to really calm and she said, "It's not gonna eat me."

"Of course not. They're fully-trained. My father helped train our dragons so that we can go traveling around parts of China and beyond." Sakamoto added.

"Travel?" asked Bao-Yi.

Sakamoto nodded his head and gave her some safety pads and said, "You might need to put these on."

Soon after, both of them climbed onto the dragon's back and for Bao-Yi, she was pretty much nervous about the fact that she has to travel with a dragon and just in case, she held onto Sakamoto's side. Sakamoto turned to her and said, "Just trust me. It'll be just fine."

Soon enough, the dragon begins to open its wings and starts running and as soon as they reach the cliff, the dragon gains enough momentum to fly towards the sky and Bao-Yi was screaming as soon as they took off and when she opened her eyes, she could see she was actually flying. She chuckled softly and felt excited about this and said, "Saka...we're flying!"

"See, what'd I tell you?" Sakamoto said, smiling.

Bao-Yi definitely felt excited to fly on a dragon's back and although it was her first time, she felt like she has been waiting for this moment as long as she could remember and felt really free. Sakamoto could tell that Bao-Yi was having a blast and as she looks across every parts of China, she was definitely enjoying the ride at its most finest.

"Saka...if we go traveling together, I would love to fly anywhere with you." Bao-Yi said.

Sakamoto chuckled softly and he said to her, "Better than walking, huh?"

"Way better than walking." Bao-Yi added.

Don't worry! Next chapter, they'll land in the Valley of Peace!