This was a suggestion and idea requested by my awesome BOFF (Best Online Friend Forever), King of 2211. I liked the idea so much that it transpired me to end this one with a bonus chapter. Ichi, Kaguya, Cash, Dash and Flash are all owned by Wonder Panda Tan-Tan and I hope he likes this. And you guys too.
Bonus Chapter: Double Dating
It was a day after Valentine's day and at the Valley of Peace, mostly everything's been back to normal and Musaki walks around the valley to take a little breather, knowing that yesterday was the best valentine's day he ever had before. Soon as he kept walking, he seeks Ichi walking his way towards Mr. Ping's Noodle Shop and he caught up with him.
"Hey, Ich!" Musaki exclaimed.
Ichi looked up and he sees Musaki walking his way and he lets out a smile and said, "Hey, what's up?"
"Nothing much. Just celebrated valentine's day for the first time." Musaki replied, panting heavily.
"How did it go?" asked Ichi.
Musaki was bursting with joy over this and he replied, "Definitely the best time of my life. I never really knew why I would experience things like that, but I think it was one of the best experiences I ever had."
Ichi lets out a sigh as he sees his friend feeling completely joyful and bursting with excitement over this and he said, "Well, I'm glad for you."
"Hey, you said you were supposed to come to the Jade Palace yesterday. What happened?" asked Musaki.
"Totally forgot. Jubei wanted me to close the bookstore for him because he had a 'prior engagement.' Yeah, that lasted like an hour and a half to just make sure everything's in order and after that, I was so tired, I didn't even want to leave my bed. That's probably the reason why I didn't show up." Ichi explained.
Musaki understood why he was so late and he could see how tired he looked as his eyes were slowly drooping and he said, "That's a good enough excuse."
"Yeah. I heard there's a post-valentine's day party coming tonight. I'm not so sure if I want to go because Rachel's in Japan, Kuro's in Pagoda Island and Kaguya might be busy at the cafe tonight." Ichi said.
That made Musaki's eyes widen when he heard what Ichi said and asked, "Post-valentine's day party?"
"Yeah, something about the day after valentine's day where you can still celebrate the holiday since the holiday's over." Ichi explained.
Musaki chuckled softly and he said, "I might bring Summer with me. That'd be awesome."
Ichi nodded his head and he still wasn't quite sure on who's he bringing with to the dance and Musaki couldn't bear to see his friend left out of this and he said, "How about...we do a double date. I bring Summer and you bring your valentine."
Hearing this made Ichi a little bit curious to know what he was saying and he said, "Will that work? I mean, I'm kinda busy and stuff."
Musaki could tell in Ichi's eyes that he doesn't have anything planned for his agenda and he asked, "You don't have any plans, do ya?"
"No." Ichi admitted, in a sad tone.
He puts his hand on Ichi's shoulder and he smiled at him and said, "Don't worry. You can still have fun."
Ichi slowly nodded his head in agreement and said, "Yeah, I guess."
Later on, Ichi walked past the cafe and he was unaware that Kaguya was following him out of the cafe to catch his attention. Ichi wasn't paying any attention to who was behind him and when he stopped, he slowly turned around and he saw Kaguya standing there. He lets out an amused sigh and he said, "Hey, Kaguya."
Kaguya chuckled softly and she said, "Hey, Ichi. You doing anything tonight?"
Ichi bit his bottom lip and looked a little bit nervous and replied, "No."
"I heard there's a post-valentine's day party tonight." Kaguya added.
Ichi nodded his head and he said, "Musaki told me about it earlier. I'm not sure if I'm thinking about going tonight."
Kaguya stared at him and she asked him, "Would it be great if I was your date?"
Ichi froze for a second and he hoped that he was dreaming and that he could wake up at any moment and then, he turned to her and he asked, "Are you asking me out?"
"Sorta." Kaguya replied.
There was a sudden sense of confusion, but the look on Ichi's face was of relief and excitement, hoping his heart would say yes to this and he swallowed most of his fear and replied, "What time should I meet you?"
Kaguya chuckled softly and said, "Like sunset."
Ichi chuckled in relief and he said, "Okay, I'll see you then. Musaki's coming with us with his date, so...I guess we can double date?"
Kaguya looked interested to see who Musaki's dating and she said, "Absoultely."
"Okay, cool. See you tonight." Ichi said, walking away.
"You too."
Ichi could feel a sense of hope as well as excitement that he found a date for the post-valentine's day party and he made his way back to the Jade Palace to drop some good news to Musaki, but little did he know, Musaki definitely overheard the conversation from behind the cafe the entire time.
Musaki lets out a chuckle and said, "Way to go, bro."
Later that evening, Ichi stepped out of one of the barracks wearing a dark grey t-shirt, some blue jeans and a straw hat while Musaki wore a green vest as he made his way to the hallway and he was surprised to see Ichi's outfit and he said, "A lot of girls will definitely want to be your post-valentine."
"At least it counts for something." Ichi said, with a chuckle.
As the boys made their way out, Tigress walks over and she sees Musaki and Ichi dressed up for something and she asked, "Isn't valentine's day over already?"
"It's a post-valentine's day party." Ichi replied.
Tigress seemed confused on that one and she only said, "I don't understand."
"A post-valentine's day party is like celebrating the day after valentine's day. It's still the same only today's the 15th." Musaki explained.
"And Ichi, you're going because..."
Ichi looked up at her and said, "I'm dating. Me and Musaki are gonna double date."
Both of them walked away, leaving Tigress completely perplexed about this event and only said, "Post-valentine's day? There's a holiday for that?"
Both of them walked their way through the valley and they stopped at Summer's house to pick her up and when she opened the door, she was surprised to see Musaki there and he asked, "You ready for the post-valentine's day party?"
"Yes, I am." she replied.
Then, she noticed Ichi next to him and she said, "Hey, I'm Summer. What's your name?"
"Kageichi Kagi. But you can call me 'Ichi' for short." Ichi replied.
"Nice to meet you." Ichi said, as he shook her hand.
All three of them headed out of the house and made their way to the cafe where they saw Kaguya; wearing a purple top and khaki pants and it definitely impressed Ichi the most. He looked at her as he went close to her and said, "You look really beautiful."
"Thanks, Ichi." Kaguya replied, with a smile.
Ichi then gives her a rose and she puts it on her head and said, "You're a sweet person."
Summer saw the whole thing come out and she asked Musaki, "Is that his girlfriend?"
"One of the three." Musaki replied.
Summer seemed surprised to hear something like this and she asked, "How'd he get three girlfriends?"
"I'll explain that later."
Later on, they made their way to the karaoke room and as they went in, music was already playing and everyone was looking forward to have a post-valentine's day ball. Throughout most of the evening, Ichi and Kaguya were dancing with each other. He started looking back on his first dancing lesson with Po and it gave him a huge boost of confidence that most of his lessons paid off. He stared deep ito Kaguya's eyes as if he was lost inside of them.
Kaguya smiled at him while he was staring at her and she asked, "You okay, Ichi?"
Ichi got back into reality for a minute as they kept dancing and he lets out an embarassed chuckle and said, "Sorry. I just...this is the first time I ever danced with a girl before."
"You're getting better at it, I see." Kaguya added.
"Yeah, if you count practicing dancing with your brother." Ichi said, with an exasperated sigh.
"What?"
Ichi lets out a huge sigh and he said, "One time, Shifu had me and Po teaching each other to dance. I was really nervous doing this with Po, but I kinda got better at it. It would've been Tigress, but she was busy training. It was awkward for me and Po."
Kaguya started laughing with the fact that Ichi danced with his brother and she said, "If I had saw that, I would've said that it was cute."
Ichi started to get really embarassed if that ever happened and he blushed a little bit and then he said, "I almost tried to talk myself out of dating tonight because I didn't know if I could experience this again."
"I understand. I thought that you might be too busy too." Kaguya explained.
Soon enough, it hit them...like they wanted to ask each other out, but are a little reluctant to. Both of them started laughing with each other and didn't really know what to say to each other. Ichi smiled a little bit while Kaguya smiled back and she said, "I'm really glad you came here."
"After Musaki coaxed me into double dating, I'm kinda glad I came too." Ichi said.
Meanwhile, Musaki and Summer were having some candy and cookies while Musaki told Summer about Ichi and he was surprised by her reaction when he told her about his past and everything he's been through and she said, "Really? I had no idea."
"Yeah, Ichi has been afraid that someone might reject him because he's a monster." Musaki added.
"Why's that?" asked Summer.
Musaki sighed heavily and then, he responded, "He's a half-demon."
Summer widened her eyes on that last part Musaki said and he could see that she was a little imtimidated by that, thinking that he was a monster and he quickly assured her, "Don't worry. He's really a cool guy if you get to know him. Back at the orphanage, most of them would bully him because they called him a monster."
"That's terrible." Summer added.
"Yeah, I know. We've been good friends for three years...post-orphanage, I mean. One valentine's day, he dated three girls; Kuro, Rachel and Kaguya and it was hard for him to pick who he loves for Valentine's day so all three girls became his valentines." Musaki added.
Summer widened her eyes at that comment and she said, "That's amazing."
After the dance, Kaguya made her way to get some punch when she was spotted by Cash, Dash and Flash and as they got in her way, Cash looked at her and said, "Wanna be mates?"
Kaguya shoved him down the ground and asked, "Why would I be mates with the likes of you three? You're not that attractive."
"Aw, come on. You know you want us. Ditch that freak and get with real people." Dash said, trying to flirt with her.
Kaguya was not having it and she socked him in the face and said, "I already got a date. He's sweet, kind, caring and will kick your butt if you put your hands on me."
The guys didn't seem to care about her protests as they tried to force her to cheat on Ichi and Flash pinched her on the butt, causing her to be enraged and she asked, "Really?"
"Really, you sexy thang." Flash added, bluntly.
She scoffs at them and walks off, but Cash wasn't about to give up without a fight and he grabbed her wrist and said, "You need to date all three of us. We're hot...and that freak is not!"
"Like you three?" asked Kaguya.
She shoved him off, but he grabbed her by the tail and tried to drag her outside, but not before Musaki could stop them with the throw of his sai to the wall and he angrily said, "Leave the lady alone!"
"Who's gonna make us?" Cash taunted.
"Me...and my secret weapons." Musaki said, bluntly.
Musaki stuck out his sai and then stepped to the side and the three boars saw a very pissed off Ichi coming in and he went to them and said, "Let go of my date!"
Flash started laughing at him and he said, "She's cheating on you, freak!"
"I am not! They forced me to cheat on you!" Kaguya shouted.
Ichi felt like he was gonna fight them off and he growled at all three of them and said, "You've got 5 seconds to get your hands off of her."
Cash scoffed at him and said, "Or you'll what?"
Ichi charged at all three of them and punched them directly in the face, scratched them, bit them, clawed them and kicked them all over. The three tried to beat him up, but Ichi sent them flying out of the room and let out his demonic look at them and it was a bloodthirsty gruesome look he put out and he shouted, "Get out! And if you ever get anywhere near Kaguya again, you will be sorry!"
The three boars immediately got the message as they went away, but not before Kaguya kicked all three of them in the nuts and said, "Try running back home to your mamas now!"
Then, Ichi went back to his form as they went back to the dance and Summer was stunned by what she saw. It was one thing for Musaki to say, but to actually see this, it's like she didn't know what to expect.
Summer then went to Ichi and she was a little nervous to gather her thoughts about him and she said, "So...Musaki told me you're a half-demon."
Ichi widened his eyes for a minute as he didn't expect her to know about this and he asked, "Are you afraid of me?"
"I guess I didn't know you that much. We just met, but it was like I just saw that side of you for the first time." Summer added.
"I'm a demon on my dad's side and normal on my mom's. I just didn't think anyone would know someone like me." Ichi said.
She smiled at him and puts her hand on his shoulder and she said, "After what you did for your date, I think you're a kind soul."
"You think so?" asked Ichi.
"I know so."
Musaki and Kaguya could see that they're getting along pretty well and he was happy for Ichi, talking with Summer for the first time. He looked at Kaguya and asked, "How are you so lucky to have him?"
"He's a sweet guy and we go back like a couple of years. If he were to fight off a couple of those brainless douchebags for me, hey, I'd do the same thing for him." Kaguya added.
Soon enough, Ichi explained everything about his past to Summer and she could understand him feeling like he's alone in the world and she stares at him and said, "I'm so sorry you had to live through that."
Ichi lets out a heavy sigh and said, "After my parents were killed because of me, nothing shocks and surprises me, so I'm used to whatever life hits me."
"You're a brave kid." Summer said.
Ichi nodded his head and he lets out a smile and said, "Thanks. It's a cool thing you and Musaki are like a couple."
Summer shrugged at what Ichi said for a minute and she chuckled nervously and said, "Well...we're not officially a couple yet. We reunited a couple of days ago after not seeing each other for years and we've been going out for the valentine's week."
"I see. I think Musaki's a great guy for you." Ichi added.
Summer then looks at Musaki as he was talking with Kaguya and then Musaki turns around and waves at Summer and lands a smile on his face, which made Summer smile as well and she said, "Yeah, he is."
Later on, they played yet another dance song and as the strobe lights came on, Ichi, Kaguya, Summer and Musaki were completely having a blast at this post-valentine's day party and they showed off some amazing moves to each other, including Musaki and Ichi's kung-fu breakdance moves, which impressed the crowd at the party.
After that, they went back to the Sacred Peach tree, looking at the moon together and just started talking. Ichi took a minute to himself as he looked at the skies and Kaguya puts her hand on Ichi's waist, making him flinch a little and then, he sees that it's only Kaguya and he lets out a relieved chuckle.
"Did I scare ya?" asked Kaguya.
Ichi rolled his eyes at her and then he replied, "Only a little bit, but I'm cool. This is probably one of the best dates I've ever been to."
Kaguya was surprised to hear something like this come out of Ichi and she asked, "Really? I almost got planned to be mated by those stooges, forcing me to just step out on you."
"I have to admit, I was a little pissed when these douchebages tried to get your attention, but I could've done something to them because they had no right to use you like that. You're special and I would never let anyone take advantage of you." Ichi said.
Kaguya blushed a little bit and then said, "You're still the sweet guy I met when you defended me years ago."
Ichi's eyes met Kaguya's as they looked deep into each other and their lips met as they started kissing. Musaki and Summer looked at Ichi and Kaguya together and they felt happy for them and then, when they looked at each other, they did the same thing as well and after that, everyone looked at the moon together and Ichi told Musaki, "This is the best post-valentine's day I ever had in my life."
"Ours too." Musaki added, with a smile.
Ichi quickly went towards Musaki and he started to smile and said, "Thanks for talking me into this double date. I didn't really think I was gonna go...but I'm glad I did anyway."
"Anything for my best friend." Musaki said, smiling.
And that wraps it up! Thanks to King of 2211 for suggesting this idea and Wonder Panda Tan-Tan, I hope you like this one. Well, that's really it for this story and this is Animation Universe 2005 saying...happy post-valentine's day!