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A/N: I'm late. But I needed the R&R badly. Exam are now over! Finally! I kind of had a feeling going into December that I was going to get sick right as exams hit, and I was right. Threw up, went in for two exams, and then collapsed once I got home. Doing better now! Much better!
Then, I forgot that I was babysitting my younger cousin this week... I'll try to update to the schedule I put up.
Anyway, love this chapter and the next one is loaded with the best types of feels! I can't wait to get that up here!
I think that about wraps up my little note here! Hope everyone is doing well, Enjoy!

Reviews:

ArtemisBAMF1218- Yeah, my anime freak friend recommended it to me. I love shorter anime and I think my guilty pleasure might be the cheesy high-school romance kind. But, if you like love stories, I suggest you at least give it a try, it is super cute and has a character very similar to Ryu in it.
The news is announced in this chapter! I want to write a Ryu story, maybe after I finish up Next Gen: Anna, although I want to maybe try experimenting with Piper's POV. Plus, Ryu's side is going to be so much fun with her and Danny! But, you are right. Ryu is just a 12-year-old New Yorker. She knows all about K'un-Lun stuff. But her mind is back where she grew up with what she had always known. To add onto that you mentioned that Ryu is not a regular student, for that matter she is not regular anything. So she has trouble with just fitting in and settling down no matter where she is.
Moments- *heavy sigh* I want to write one, I just have not settled down to just yet.
And to answer the question on jokes... not everything, but a lot. Plus the comment about having kids is just uncomfortable, Hiroshi and Kasumi are still newlyweds.
Anyway, as always I love getting your reviews! They always make my day! Enjoy!

TheRandGirl- You think that was sweet? Just wait the next chapter has some real fluffy moments. Danny and Aiko... all I'm saying...
Hiroshi is pretty great, of course, that could come from hanging out with Danny for so many years. And then Ryu, she is a special one in a million kind of girl.
Glad you are excited! Enjoy this chapter! It's pretty sweet!

Chapter 6

Aiko walked around the party slowly. She tried to not get to close to anyone.

Except for Ryu who clung to her the entire time.

There were a lot of people here, as Aiko noticed. Officials who walked around all officially.

Nobles and other girls her age.

Ryu pointed to each of them. Recalling when she interrupted each meeting and the reactions.

A few girls of these girls approached Ryu to apologize and say hello. The apologizing was mostly for whatever their initial reaction to her had been.

They also acknowledged Aiko. Talking to her only as is she was there to support Danny who had been raised as her brother.

"Only if they knew." Ryu sang in English as one walked away.

"Shut up," Aiko warned.

"What? Why?" Ryu asked.

"Because I asked you to." Aiko hissed.

"Are you looking forward to the ceremony?" Ryu asked. "Danny told me how things are going to work."

"I don't know. My stomach will not settle down." Aiko mumbled holding her stomach.

"Sorry about that. Danny mentioned similar symptoms. Just don't puke." Ryu smiled.

"Shut up," Aiko warned again. "I can't believe this is here."

"Same." Ryu smiled. "I wonder if Hiroshi will challenge me to another fight." Ryu smiled.

"Not if he wants to sleep in the house for the next week." Kasumi's voice came up behind them.

Aiko turned and smiled. "Hello."

"Hey." Ryu smiled. "Wow. You actually got him to look nice." Ryu smiled up at Hiroshi.

"Ha-Ha." Hiroshi deadpanned. "Very funny… 'Blue'."

Ryu's ear twitched. "Die!" She shouted loudly and slammed her fist into him.

It was a joke. And Hiroshi easily caught the punch.

"Lovely punch," Hiroshi commented. "Way too slow and your form… needs work. Not aimed."

"It is called a joke." Ryu sighed as she pulled back her hand. "Honesty, Hiro." She smiled.

"Why do you calm him that?" Kasumi asked.

"He called me 'Blue'," Ryu said pointedly.

"But you called me 'Hiro' before I called you 'Blue'." Hiroshi pointed out.

"Well… in the outside you give your friend a shortened name. You guys call Danny, Danny? Right?" Ryu asked.

"Because he asked us to call him that when we met him. Same with you since you don't like your actual name." Kasumi said pointedly. "In my culture calling, someone by their first name is familiar enough. Nicknames? Not often."

"And we loop back to sending me to the Geisha as we talk about culture." Ryu sighed. "Yay!"

Kasumi smiled a strained smile. "It is good for you."

"I know." Ryu sighed.

"There are a lot of girls here..." Hiroshi commented looking around. "What do you think?"

"I don't know." Aiko sighed.

"Well… he hasn't talked to any of them… I've been watching. Adults, he has talked to, but I haven't narrowed it down in the slightest." Hiroshi sighed.

"Whoever he chooses will be lucky." Kasumi smiled. "Danny is a great guy. He'll take care of her."

"I've said it before and I will again and again. He's a saint." Hiroshi joked.

"I am certain he loves getting called that." Ryu smiled.

"Nope." Kasumi and Aiko said at the same time.

"So…" Ryu said after a moment. "What kind of girl to you think he chose?"

"You already know… don't you?" Aiko asked.

"Yeah, but I want to hear a guess of what she would be like."

Aiko sighed internally and cursed Ryu. Why she enjoyed making others uncomfortable…? No one knows…

"Smart and quiet," Kasumi said after a moment. "Seems right."

"Yeah… she's going to be quite smart and really quiet… it would match Danny," Hiroshi agreed.

"Quiet?" Ryu asked.

"Shy?" Kasumi supplied. "Like not a huge fan of being in public."

"So you don't think it would be a yin-yang love story?" Ryu asked.

"No. I don't think that suits Danny." Kasumi filled in. "He seems like he would work well with someone who is calm and quiet."

"Ok, this is a little out there. Maybe he's met someone when he was gone for the summer who he likes…" Hiroshi said quickly. "None of us ever went with him. Except for that one time with Aiko. But he seems like he would want to know who he is marrying fairly well already?"

"He's had three weeks. You can get to know someone enough in three weeks." Ryu said pointedly.

"Any guess is as good as any." Kasumi sighed. "Right Aiko?"

"Yes, yours is as good as mine." Aiko sighed.

Ryu nudged her in the side.

"What?" Aiko asked.

"There is the man himself," Ryu said. Although, Aiko caught the double meaning.

Aiko looked over her shoulder and sure enough, Danny was talking with some girl.

"I'm going to go say hi." Ryu excused herself.

Hiroshi learned to see past Aiko as Ryu approached.

Aiko turned her head. And Kasumi even looked.

Ryu walked up and butted in on the conversation.

Kasumi didn't catch it, but Aiko and Hiroshi did.

"Not her." Hiroshi sighed straightening up. "She held a moment of hesitation."

"I didn't notice." Kasumi side. "To me, I think that could be her."

"Aiko did you catch it?" Hiroshi asked.

"I did." Aiko nodded.

"Wait… another thing… the zodiac? What's Danny? That could be useful in narrowing down by age." Hiroshi said quickly.

"Why are you so interested in figuring out who she is?" Kasumi asked.

"Because. I am training my perception." Hiroshi smiled.

"On girls." Aiko sighed. "Danny's a Rat."

"How to you know that off the top of your head?" Kasumi asked.

"He used to be really interested in the zodiac when we were kids. I remember that he is a Rat. I think Ryu is a Snake." Aiko smiled over at the girl.

"Would have been perfect if she were a Dragon." Hiroshi joked.

"It would." Aiko smiled. "That would be amazing."

"Ok… good matches for Rats... are…" Hiroshi trailed off unable to remember.

"Stop it," Kasumi warned.

Aiko laughed at the couple. "As different as you are… you make it work."

"So far." Kasumi sighed. "So far."

"How much longer until dinner?" Hiroshi asked.

"No idea." The girls shrugged at the same time.

"Ok… do you think there will be an attempt on Danny tonight? No one tried at his coronation." Hiroshi said quickly.

"Men," Kasumi sighed. "There are only two things on your mind. Food and war."

Aiko laughed again.

"You act like that too sometimes Aiko…" Kasumi warned.

Aiko frowned. "Actually. There were likely a few attempts on Danny at his coronation… would that really be the thing to get out?"

"No," Kasumi answered. "That doesn't sound like news that the council would let leak."

"I'll ask my father tonight and see if I can get any information. Or you could ask Danny if you get a chance. Danny can disclose this information to you if he wants… but my father may not tell me." Aiko smiled.

There was some drumming that broke up the conversation.

"What could that mean?" Kasumi asked.

Ryu bolted into Aiko's side. Using the older girl to slow herself down.

"It's starting!" Ryu bounced around singing.

Aiko felt her face heat up.

Ryu straightened herself up. "Also, your dad asked me to get you. A matter of security?" Ryu said as she calmed down.

"What about me?" Hiroshi asked.

"Um… what about you?" Ryu asked.

"He didn't want me?" Hiroshi asked. He crossed his arms and frowned.

"He didn't say anything," Ryu said as she started to pull Aiko away. "Come on. Let's go."

Once Ryu had pulled Aiko way they walked on the outskirts of the room.

Some official was talking at the moment. Thanking everyone for coming.

"I am getting chills!" Ryu smiled. "This is so exciting!"

Aiko smiled down at her. "My stomach is nagging me…" She crossed her arms over her stomach.

"Are you nervous?" Ryu asked.

"Yes." Aiko nodded. She bit her lip and felt her eyes get a little watery.

"Ok, first off… no crying!" Ryu smiled.

Aiko wiped her eyes. "I'm not going to cry."

"Good," Ryu said. She turned around to face Aiko. "Look, what's wrong?"

"I'm scared. I feel like I am just marrying a stranger or something… but I know Danny… and…" Aiko trailed off. "It's just Danny is the king and since everything that has been happing… Danny is still Danny but. I don't know…"

"It all feels more formal and everything seems strict and weird. I get it. That's how it was for me too…" Ryu sighed. "It's just a title. Nothing more. It does not make Danny anything he is not."

"I know… but…" Aiko was cut off.

"It's not your wedding yet… you are not allowed to question his love for you!" Ryu shouted softly.

Ryu looked over to the official. "Don't lose your lunch."

"Don't wha-?" Aiko didn't finish.

Ryu wrapped her arms around Aiko and the ground dropped out from under them.

Aiko held her breath. And closed her eyes tightly as the feel of weightlessness to over her body. The only thing she felt was Ryu holding her tightly. All of her muscles tensed.

It felt like it just kept going on and on. Until there were ground under her feet.

"You can breathe now," Ryu said as she let go.

Aiko looked around. "What did you just do?"

"I used my portals to teleport us closer, we didn't have much time," Ryu said in a hushed whisper.

"Don't do that again," Aiko said weakly.

"Danny didn't like it either." Ryu sighed.

Aiko looked up and saw Danny was now standing she walked closer to stand beside her father.

Master Kung wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "Are you ready?"

Aiko took a deep breath. "I think so."

"I love you, alright?" Master Kung said looking down at her.

"I know." Aiko leaned into him. "I love you too, Bába."

Aiko looked up to Danny. "Tonight, I would like to formally announce who I have chosen to be my wife and the queen of K'un-Lun."

There was a small applause.

Danny took in a deep breath. "I was told to first say something about her. The council asked me to… so I will try my best. She is an amazing girl who I have grown to love. She is beautiful and strong. And I would be very… excited to get to spend my life with her."

"So, if you would please join me… Lady Aiko Kung." Danny smiled.

Aiko watched him. There were no nerves. He wasn't nervous. He was confident and able to stand there without a problem.

Aiko was frozen for a moment. He didn't seem nervous, but she sure was.

Her father gave her a small push forward and people seemed to all be looking for her.

Aiko slowly walked up to stand next to Danny.

She was shaking a little, unable to control the fear.

She swallowed. And walked up to him. Her face felt like it was burning.

Danny held out a hand to take hers and she placed her hand in it. He pulled it to his face and kissed it gently.

That did not help the fact. Her face felt even warmer.

"I have asked for your hand to your father and I have received his consent for your hand in marriage." Danny smiled. "Now, as tradition, I ask you, to be honest with me. For simply because I have your father's permission does not mean that I instantly have yours as well… So, may I also have your consent, in front of everyone gathered here, for you to be my wife?"

It was quiet for a moment. Danny still held her hand.

Aiko took a deep breath in and let it out. She kept her eyes closed as she did so… the attention was…. Hard to describe. She felt herself becoming the introverted person that Hiroshi had mentioned would match Danny.

She let out her breath and opened her eyes. Smiling at Danny. "You have my consent. I will marry you."

Danny smiled. His eyes sparkled. He looked so pleased.

Aiko was deaf to the round of applause and congratulations coming from the crowd of gathered people.

She simply watched Danny.

"I love you, Aiko." He mouthed silently to her.

Aiko smiled and nodded. She squeezed his hand. "You too." She mouthed also.

"May I please have the ring?" Danny asked.

Aiko hesitated for a moment before taking off the necklace gently.

"I have already given Lady Aiko the wedding ring for her to wear." Danny said calmly as he reached to his pocket and exchanged the ring for another. "Until our formal wedding I will hold on to your ring for you, and you will hold on to mine until we are formally wed."

Danny pulled from his pocket another ring on a chain. This one was a golden band that had a small dragon engraved on the side, all the way around it. But besides the small engraving, it was a perfectly smooth band.

He gently put the necklace over her head. Aiko's hand caught the band so she could examine it.

She smiled as Danny put her own ring around his neck as he smiled at her.

His eyes shown with excitement.

"When did this happen?" Hiroshi demanded as he finally got a chance to talk to the couple. Kasumi was behind him letting out a breath of frustration.

"Um…" Aiko blushed. "I don't know… a few months ago?"

"What?" Hiroshi asked.

"I'm surprised as well," Kasumi said easily. "What happened in the outside…?"

"I got to realize how special Aiko is." Danny smiled. "And how much she means to me…"

Aiko smiled up at Danny. "Thank you." She smiled.

"And so… how long have you known about this arrangement?" Kasumi asked Aiko.

"There is a tradition of outside that is a marriage proposal. A man will present the woman he wants to marry with a ring and kneel on a knee as he asks her to marry him." Aiko smiled. "About a week ago when were went on a mission to check out a possible location of hiding for Ryu's mother. Danny did this."

Danny smiled. "And before you jump on me about anything, I had complete permission from Master Kung to marry Aiko. All I had to do was ask her if she would be willing or not."

Ryu smiled up at Danny. "Lost a good deal of sleep over that one… didn't you?"

"Ryu…" Danny sighed.

Ryu just smiled. "Well, excuse me… the night is young and I am hungry." She said easily.

Hiroshi looked as if he was going to saw something as the blue-skinned Dragon Lord excused herself. "She isn't going to go hunt anything is she?" He asked.

"No. She prefers what the cooks here make. She's grown to love all the types of Asian food here." Danny smiled watching Ryu as she went.

"Right." Kasumi smiled. "She is cute." She looked at the couple. "As are the two of you."

Danny and Aiko's faces both showed their discomfort at the comment.

"Are you both certain this will work?" Kasumi pressed on. "You two grew up together and all, but based on experience, I have to warn you that married like is much different than what your two are used to."

"I understand this," Danny said quickly. "But I am certain we can handle this."

"I never wished to imply that you could not handle it," Kasumi said quickly. "Only I wish that you understand."

"Aiko, not to mention your new founded position as Queen. That can't be easy." Hiroshi said easily.

"Uh…" Aiko did not have a response.

Danny smiled. "You will be alright. I have to do most of the work anyway."

"Right." Aiko sighed. "But that is only most. I will have stuff to do as well… don't I?"

"I trust that you can handle it all." Danny smiled.

"Aww." Kasumi held her hands together over her chest. "You are very sweet."

"I'm sweet too!" Hiroshi snapped instantly.

"Sure you are." Kasumi smiled. "Sure."

Aiko tried not to laugh.

She looked up to Danny who was watching her his green eyes dancing.

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