Chapter Fifteen
After another long kiss, Ryu and Jasmine break and look into each other's eyes again. Neither one of them have felt this way in such a long time.

"Now what?" asked Jasmine.

Ryu looks over at the time; 7 pm. He starts to feel his stomach growl.

Jasmine heard this and laughed a little. "Hungry?"

Ryu smiles. "Yeah. How about we go out and get something to eat."

"I'd love that."

Then, Ryu remembers about her ribs and her injuries. "What about your......"

"Don't worry about it," Jasmine replied. "It's nothing to me anymore."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive."

Ryu kisses her forehead. "All right then."

***

After getting dressed, the two of them heard outside of their hotel room and begin their search for a good restaurant to eat.

"Have you ever had Thai food before?" asked Ryu.

Jasmine looks at him. "Nope. As a matter of fact, I've never been to Thailand before. How is the food here?"

"Pretty good, it's kind of like Chinese food."

Suddenly, someone bumps into Ryu. He and the person both fall to the ground.

"Oh!" cried the person. "I apologize!"

Ryu looks up to see whom he bumped into. It was a young girl, about sixteen years old. She started to pick up the items she dropped.

"That's okay," Ryu replied helping her pick up her belongings. While they were doing that, Jasmine notices a necklace by her feet. She picks up the necklace and sees that it's similar to the one that she is wearing. She looks at her own necklace.

Ryu looks at the girl he crashed into. "Hey, wait a minute. Aren't you that girl in Hong Kong who was at gun point because he wanted you necklace?"

The girl looks at him in shock. "Yes."

Jasmine hears this. She quickly puts her own necklace underneath her white turtleneck sweater.

Then, the girl looks at Jasmine. "I remember you now. You saved me from him."

Jasmine manages to speak. "Yes. Um, here's your necklace." She gives the girl back the necklace. The girl takes it back.

"I'd go crazy if I lost this. It's been passed down from generation to generation since the 1400's."

"That long?" asked Ryu.

"Yeah," the girl replied. "I'm a descendent of the Princess Warriors, a group of warriors that fight for peace and represent a man named Faxon."

Jasmine stares at the girl. Could this be my chance to know more about my past?

"Would you like to join us for dinner?" Jasmine asked. "I'd like to know more about it."

The girl looks at her in shock. "Really? No one has ever wanted to know about them. Sure, I'll come with you."

"What's your name?" Ryu asked.

"Erica."

"Okay Erica," Ryu continued.

***

Ryu, Jasmine, and Erica sit at dinner waiting for their orders to come. Erica puts the necklace down on the table.

"Faxon was a man who could live forever unless stabbed in the heart. He lived for 400 years. During his last 300 years, he became sick of all the war that is going on and wanted to end war soon. He also noticed that there have been women being born with butterflies on their backs and all of them have processed great warrior spirits. Faxon has chosen these women to be in his army. He was stabbed in the heart sometime around the early 1600's."

Jasmine listened to this with interest, but this wasn't exactly what she wanted to hear.

"You know," said Jasmine. "I've heard that there were sisters that went through a time machine and one of them had the butterfly tattoo."

Ryu looks at her knowing that Jasmine wants to seek the truth.

"Yes," Erica replied. "I'm a descendent of that family."

Jasmine leans over. "Tell me about them."

Erica smiles. "You really seem to want to know about them. Anyways, there was this family who had four children, three girls and one boy. Two of the girls had the butterfly tattoo. At one point, an army that was against Faxon's Princess Warriors were killing any female infants and toddlers that had the tattoo and their sisters. The parents discovered a time machine that would transport people to the future. When one of the girls was killed, they grabbed their other two daughters and put them through the time machine. There has been a rumor that they have been transported to this time frame. I've traveled the world to search for her."

Jasmine nods. She wanted to tell Erica that she was the person that she has been looking for, but there were other matters in her life at the moment, and she wasn't ready to tell Erica, not just yet.

After dinner, Ryu, Jasmine, and Erica walk outside.

"Thank you for dinner," Erica said. "It's nice to meet you two."

"You're welcome," Ryu replied.

"Say," said Jasmine. "How about we keep in contact. Do you have an email address?"

Erica smiles. "Yea." The two girls trade email addresses.

Then, Erica looks at the time. "Oh, I've got to get back to my hotel! I'm expecting a call from my mom and I left my cell phone there." She looks back at Ryu and Jasmine. "I'll see you both soon!"

"Bye," Ryu and Jasmine said. Erica begins to run down the block.

Ryu turns to Jasmine. "I'm guessing that you didn't want to tell her."

Jasmine shook her head. "I didn't feel ready to do so. I'll let her know one day, now that we have each other's email." Then, she takes Ryu's hand and smiles. "How about we get back to the hotel. The others are probably back by now."

Ryu blushes as he feels Jasmine's hands on his. "Sure."

They begin walking back to their hotel.

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Sorry for the short chapter. This was another chapter I had trouble with. The next chapter begins the big action! Also, there are 9 more chapters to go!