Samurai and Zia-Lin's date kicks off without a hitch and soon...you won't believe what the princess is really wearing.

Chapter 12: The Real Zia-Lin

Soon enough, the servants were told that they have to meet with the king and as they were gone, Zia-Lin lets out a huge sigh of relief and said, "Man, I thought they would never leave. Samurai, do you know any good restuarants around here?"

"We've got quite a few. Aside from Mr. Ping's noodle shop, we've got several chinese restaurants and they got Japanese ones as well. Bushido's is an amazing place to eat at because they got some of the best japanese foods all around." Samurai replied.

"I've been dying for Japanese food! My father wasn't so keen on japanese food, but I began to have a craving of those." Zia-Lin responded.

Samurai was really surprised that Zia-Lin has an interest of Japanese food and he has the same interest as well and he said, "That's really cool."

"Take me to this Bushido's." Zia-Lin responded.

Just then, they took quite a few walks towards the village and as Zia-Lin looks around, she saw people...being just normal and ordinary and living their lives as normal and it really made her think of everything that she has been accustomed to, almost like she wants to experience life beneath those royal walls and meeting real people...including Samurai. When she thought about it, being around someone outside of the royal setting is really something she truly desired; being adventurous and a risk-taker. She had a few signs of that and it's her chance to really have her true colors come in.

"Well...here we are. This is Bushido's. The coolest japanese restaurant around." Samurai said, showing her the place.

Zia-Lin took one look and she could not believe that it looks so huge and amazing and when they came in, she saw that this was something she never expected it to be; amazing ambience and also that it's really amazing and she said, "This is so amazing."

"Table for two?" the waiter said.

"Yes, please." Samurai replied.

They followed the waiter and as they took their seats, Zia-Lin asked Samurai to excuse herself and after a while, Samurai was looking at the menu to see what suits well for both of them and he takes off his straw hat and places it on his seat while he's waiting for Zia-Lin to come out.

After only a few minutes, Zia-Lin came out with a totally different outfit; a light-green chinese vest and some silk grey pants with some brass bands on her wrists and she walked to the table where Samurai was at and she said, "Hey, Samurai."

Samurai looks up and he noticed a little change in Zia-Lin and she still has the crown on her head and sat down on the other side of the table and Samurai said, "Zia-Lin?"

"Yeah, I know what you were thinking; why would a princess wear that? Honestly, because I can and I don't have have to be elegant and stuff, but I just want to be a normal person for once." Zia-Lin replied.

That really surprised Samurai to actually hear that from her and despite the fact that she's a princess, Samurai had figured that sometimes royals are people like everyone else and he totally got the message right from the start and he said, "Absoultely."

"So...let's just enjoy this date. Because I would really like to get to know you." Zia-Lin added.

"Me too." Samurai answered.

Who knew that the princess would wear a vest and sweatpants? Stay tuned to see more of the real Zia-Lin coming up!

Voice of the waiter: Bill Fagerbakke