The woman looked up to find Wilt there. She had a round face and huge dark eyes. Her eye color matched the color of her hair exactly. She gasped a bit and backed away a few steps. "Sorry," Wilt said, "I didn't mean to scare you. Are you OK?"

Frankie approached the woman next. "Are you locked in here too?"

The woman then looked around here. "You can see me?" she asked.

"Of course we can see you, you're standing right there!" Bloo pointed out. "Think we'd be talking to ya if we couldn't?"

"Bloo," Frankie hissed at him. "Yes, we can see you. We couldn't help but overhear you too."

"Yeah, who were you talking to?" Bloo asked.

"Well...I was...kind of...talking to Jack," the woman said, indicating the painting.

"Jack?" Bloo then looked around him. "Who's Jack? I don't see no Jack. There's no one else here but us."

"He isn't here," the woman answered. "Not physically. I was actually talking to his picture," she pointed to the painting behind her.

"What picture?" Bloo asked. "The only picture here is that picture of that Samurai Prince, and the plaque here says his name is MAKO, not Jack!"

"Mako was his Japanese name," the woman explained. "But when he was here, he went by Jack."

"HERE?!" Bloo said. "What do you mean here?!"

"Bloo, don't you remember what it said on the plaque?" Wilt asked, pointing to what it said. "When he was a Prince the Wizard Aku sent him thousands of years in the future!"

"Wha, wha, hwa...ya mean that's all TRUE?!" Bloo asked incrediously. "All that stuff really happened?" the woman nodded.

"Yes, it all did. I know. I knew him...I talked to him...I traveled with him..once I found out what Aku was really like and what he really did to the world."

"Wait...wait...you're the Daughter, aren't you?!" Frankie asked incrediously. "The Daughter that's mentioned on this plaque!" The woman looked down and nodded quietly. "What's your name? The plaque doesn't say."

"My name is Ashi."

"Ashi? Well, that's a very pretty name. I'm Frankie, and this is Mac, Bloo, Wilt, and Coco. What an honor to meet someone who has such an important role in Feudal History! But...what are you doing still here, in the present? I thought you went with him to Feudal Japan!"

"I did," she admitted.

"Well, if you don't mind me asking, what happened after the battle? I noticed you were only mentioned once on this plaque and not again," Mac asked.

"Yeah! If you went there, why are you here?" Wilt asked.

Ashi looked down. "That's because...when Aku was killed in the past I ceased to exist in Jack's world, because I was Aku's daughter."

"Huh?" Bloo said. "OK, what you said just now doesn't make a lick of sense. You're right here. Ya didn't cease to exist, we can see you. We're talking to you!"

"I know...wait, what time is it?" Ashi asked.

Frankie looked at her watch. "It's 9:30 PM."

"That's why," she said. "I can only be visible at night. Once the sun comes up I become invisible."

"Whoa..." Wilt said, "You mean...you're a ghost?!"

"In a way," Ashi said. "Actually I'm an essence."

"What's the difference?" Mac asked.

"If I were a ghost you would be able to see through me and I wouldn't be able to touch anything in this room." To show them she put her hand on the glass. "See? When the sun goes down I'm able to touch things and be seen. But when the sun comes up I disappear."

"Wait, were you walking around here this afternoon?" Frankie asked.

"I usually do," she answered.

"So, was that you I felt this afternoon when it started to feel kind of cold for a few seconds?" Frankie asked.

"Yes, I must have passed by you. I'm sorry."

"So, when you ceased to exist in Mako...or Jack's..world, you were zapped here?"

"Well, not quite," Ashi answered. "I was supposed to disappear from existance entirely. Because..."she looked disgusted at her next words, "I am Aku's daughter. And because I was born in the future, if he wasn;t there..."

"Neither would you be," Frankie filled in. Ashi nodded. "Oh that's rough. I mean, you never even got to say goodbye to him. Vanishing like that right after you finally got rid of that guy.."

"No, it wasn't then," Ashi said. "It was on our wedding day."

"WHAAAAAAAT?!" Bloo asked. "Ya mean, you were gonna MARRY the guy? Ya..ya mean you were gonna become a Princess?!"

"Wow.."Frankie said. "So...you two were a bit more than partners...you fell in love with him," Ashi looked down, but Frankie could see tears in her eyes.

"But wait...on your wedding?! OK, that doesn;t make one damn bit of sense! I mean it takes like a year to plan a wedding...and seeing as how he was a Prince... maybe even longer...and during all that time you staid there?!" Wilt asked.

"Coco," Coco agreed.

"I know," Ashi said. "I was sure I would vanish once Aku was destroyed. But when I didn't, I thought that by some miracle I overcame him and I was allowed to stay. I guess...it just took some time."

"Some time?! On your WEDDING?!" Frankie said. "Oh that's so awful...I'm so sorry."

"But the gods Vishnu, Oden, and Ra, saw that I helped destroy Aku, and they decided to give me another chance. Because there are three of them, they've each assigned me a test of virtue, to make sure I've overcome my father's essence. If I can pass all three of the tests, I can have my body back and return to Japan to be with Jack. But if I fail any of the tests, then I must stay here forever in this room."

"In this room?" Frankie asked. "You mean you can't leave here?"

"No," Ashi answered. In order to demonstrate she walked over to the entrance of the display. She put her arm out the door...and it disappeared. She brought it back and it reappeared. "You see? Because I was in Feudal Japan when it happened, I must stay in the Feudal Japan display. I can;t leave and my body can;t be restored to me until I pass the tests. During the day I talk to Jack's picture. I know he's not here...but I just have a feeling he can somehow hear me. Whenever I talk to his picture...I do get the feeling that I am speaking to him. I feel like he's right here with me, listening to me like he used to. It helps me to remember everything we've done together, and how we felt about each other. I left him while in his arms. I couldn't even say how much I loved him before I disappeared. So I say it to him every day, I say it to his picture," she turned to it. "I love you, Jack. I always will. All I want is to see you again."

"So, guess you kinda can;'t tell us the way back to the museum entrance?" Bloo asked, receiving a small punch from Mac on his arm.

"No, I'm afraid I can't," Ashi said. "I haven't seen anything except this room since I got here. I can;t leave it at all until I pass at least 2 of the three tests."

"What are the tests?" Frankie asked.

"The first one is supposed to be the easiest one. It's to solve this riddle," she held up a slip of paper that was in her hand. "But I've been trying, and I haven't come up with the answer yet. Every night Vishnu comes here at the stroke of midnight to ask me this riddle. Every night I've given the wrong answer."

"How many times has he come?" Wilt asked.

"About 1,200 times."

"Geez, you've been here that long?!" Ashi nodded.

"What is that riddle?" Mac asked. Ashi unfolded the paper she was holding.

"When does today meet yesterday?"

"When does today meet yesterday? What kind of riddle is that?!" Bloo asked.

"I don;t know. I can't come up with the answer!" She folded it back up in frustration. "I'm a warrior, I can't solve a riddle!"

"You're a warrior?" Mac asked.

"Yes," Ashi looked up. "I've been trained to be one since birth."

"What do you mean 'since birth'?"

"Me and my sisters. Ever since the day we were born all my Mother did was train us in her cult. We weren't allowed to go outside, we weren't allowed to interact with anyone, even each other. All we had to do was train. That's it."

"But, why?"

"Because my mother was so damn in love with Aku that she wanted to do anything to please him. Even train his own children to be nothing more than human weapons! That's all we were to her! Not even people! Just weapons! She brainwashed all of us into thinking that Aku was the Savior of the world and we should do anything to defend him, even killing his great enemy!" She looked down. "Lies...all lies. Our whole lives were lies!"

Frankie gasped. "That's awful! You weren't allowed to play with you were little? You couldn't go outside or even see the sun come up or go down?"

"No, we couldn't. Not that I didn;t want to," she allowed herself to smile. "I was always the rebel among my sisters. One time I stopped my sparring exercizes to peer out at a crack in the wall and to stare at the beauty of nature outside. My mother caught me doing that. She threw me to one of her henchmen...and they beat me."

"They BEAT you?!" Frankie said.

"Yes. Whenever one of us misbehaved or we weren't learning things fast enough."

"That's awful! I'm so sorry that that happened. No one should ever be treated like that! A mother especially shouldn't be treating her own daughter like that! A mother is supposed to LOVE her children, and care for them, and teach them, not beat them, abuse them, and brainwash them!" She reached out and touched Ashi's arm. "You're NOT a weapon, Ashi! You're a person! Well, technically you're an essence now...but you WERE a person! You did NOT deserve to be treated like that!"

"That's just what Jack said," Ashi said, gazing at the painting. "He said that to me all the time. That's one of the reasons why I knew that mother was lieing to me all my life. Jack was the defender of this world, not Aku. Jack was the hero to so many people, and he was anything but cruel and wicked. He was the kindest, sweetest, most selfless man in the entire world. That;'s what I love so much about him."

"What happened to your sisters?" Mac asked.

"They were killed."

"Oh I'm sorry."

"It's OK. To tell the truth, I didn't even know any of them. We were never allowed to even talk to each other, or interact with each other at all. We were all strangers to one another. We weren't even a family, I don;t know anything about them at all."

"That's so wrong," Frankie said.

"Coco," Coco agreed.

"When Jack helped me see the light, I guess you can say he became the first real family I ever had. He was the first one who gave me love, and helped me see what real love is. When I was with him, it was so different. For the first time in my whole life...I was happy. I honestly felt happy. I felt wanted and cared for. I never had those feelings before at all. Even when Jack and I battled Aku's forced together, I felt better than I had ever been fighting anyone. I felt like I mattered. Jack showed me that I mattered. He changed my life, he made me see that there's so much more to me than I ever thought possible. The love he showed me, and the love I discovered I had for him was unlike anything in the entire world. When I was going to marry him, it was the most wonderful feeling I ever had, before I got erased...and I would give anything to have them again." She stared at the painting.

"We can help," Frankie said.

"You could?"

"Sure! Let Frankie help, she's good at riddles!"

"You would stay and help me?"

"Why not? We're all locked in this museum together. We're stuck here until the sun comes up. We can help you pass those tests. We'll help you see Jack again! Let me see that riddle!" Ashi passed it to her. "Hmm...when does today meet yesterday? It's tough...but I know if we all think hard, we can solve this before midnight, and then you can go on to the next test."