It was a quiet night as the tour bus continued on its way to the next stop. Ember stood in the entryway of her room as she looked over at Mini-Pop, who was still asleep on the couch. She then looked over to the passenger seat where Baby-Pop had decided to get some sleep. Walking over, she sat in the driver's seat (thank god for autopilot) and tried to wake him up.

"Baby-Pop? Baby-Pop, are you awake?"

"Hm?" he hummed out before he let out a yawn. "What's wrong, Ember?"

"You going to tell me about Mini-Pop now?"

"…Yeah, yeah. Give me a few seconds to wake up," replied Danny, letting out another yawn. Rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, he then turned to the fiery girl next to him. "So what did you want to know?"

"Who is she and why does she look exactly like you?"

She watched as he scowled. For a moment, she thought he was scowling at her for asking the question and that pissed her off since he said he'd tell her. Before she could yell at him, he said a word that stopped her.

"Vlad."

She blinked in confusion. "Vlad? What does he have to do with this?"

Danny exhaled slowly to try and calm himself. He then looked at Ember with a serious look.

"With what I'm about to tell you, I want you to promise me that you'll stay calm and not go on a rampage."

"Baby-Pop, you're starting to scare me."

"Just promise me," said Danny with a slight demanding tone. When she nodded, he continued. "Alright. I'm just going to cut to the chase. Danielle is a clone of me created by Plasmius."

"…What?"

"Plasmius was crazier than most people thought. He was obsessed with my mom and wanted to kill my dad to make her his wife. This obsession was soon directed to me and Plasmius wanted to make me his son.

"But since I kept refusing and stopping him, he took drastic measures. He got ahold of some of my DNA and tried to create the perfect son for himself. Most of the clones destabilized and Danielle was the only one who survived.

Unfortunately, Vlad didn't care for her because she ended up a girl. He planned to melt her down into ectoplasm once he got a hold of my mid-morph DNA so he could create a true clone of me. Luckily, as you can see, Vlad failed and Dani never has to see him ever again."

By the end of the explanation, Ember wanted to murder someone. More specifically, she wanted to murder a certain fruit loop that was currently trapped in outer space.

"I'm going to kill him. I'm going to kill him!" hissed out Ember, her hair flickering from blue to orange in a rage.

"Ember, calm down!"

"Calm down? Calm down?! I just found out that freak wanted to kill that little girl simply because she's a girl and you wanted me to calm down?!" questioned a now red-eyed Ember as she glared at Danny.

"Yes I want you to calm down! Dani's still sleeping!" stated Danny, pointing at the sleeping child. "Besides, how the hell do you plan on getting your hands on Vlad?"

"I'll find a way!"

He let out a sigh. This girl. "Ember, do you know what I want you to do?"

"What?!"

"I want you to be there for Dani. It's clear that you care about her, despite having just met her, and she likes you. The more people she has watching out for her, the better. Can you do that for her? For me?"

She was still angry, but it wasn't as much as it was a few minutes ago. She looked over at the little one and couldn't help but frown. Her core clenched at the thought of Mini-Pop having to suffer just because some old man didn't get what he wanted.

"You can count on me, Baby-Pop."

He gave her a grateful smile, to which she returned. "Thank you, Ember."

"You're welcome, Baby-Pop."

-:-

The next morning, the three were sitting at the table, eating breakfast. Well, Danny and Ember were eating breakfast. Danielle had already inhaled hers (much to Danny and Ember's protests) and was currently going through Danny's phone.

"Danny, some of your photos are missing," said Danielle, looking through the photos Danny took in New York. The pictures of him, her, and Ember in front of the landmarks were there, but the ones of just the landmarks were gone.

"That's because I sent some to Tucker to put on a hard drive for me. The ones of us I'd rather keep with me," explained Danny.

Danielle shrugs it off after a few second, while Ember tried to hide her smile and blush. The little one then turned to Ember.

"So where are we going today?"

"We should be there shortly, Mini-Pop. Just be patient."

"I don't think she knows what being patient means," added Danny with a slight laugh.

The ghostling gave off a pout at being teased.

Soon enough they could feel the bus come to a stop. Looking out the window, Danny's eyes widened at where they were.

"Are we seriously in Tokyo?!"

Ember grinned at Baby-Pop's surprise. They cleaned up and headed off the bus where they took in the metropolis. Both modern and feudal architecture could be seen as people hustled about around them.

"Wasn't expecting this, were you, Baby-Pop?" questioned Ember with a smirk.

"No I wasn't," replied Danny, still looking around. "I would have thought we'd stick to the United States for a bit."

"That'd be boring, sticking to just one place. Doing this means we get to see more of the world and it's culture!"

"That does make sense."

"Hey, Danny?"

"Yes, Danielle?"

"Why is this vending machine selling girls' underwear?"

The teens had to quickly herd the little one away before she became corrupted.

-:-

Sitting in their hotel room, the three ghosts were trying to figure out where to head to first.

"There're so many places to visit here in Tokyo. There's the Sensoji Temple, the Great Buddha of Kamakura, Tokyo Tower, the Rainbow Bridge, the Kokugikan Arena…"

"Which is where my concert will be, Baby-Pop," stated Ember. "After I heard that they started holding music concerts there, I just had to book it!"

"So where will we go first?" asked Danielle, looking up at her current guardians.

"The Rainbow Bridge will definitely be for later at night. Other than that, we can go anywhere," replied Danny. He then let out a laugh. "Oh man, Sam is going to kill me when she finds out about this."

Ember could feel a bit of jealousy at the mention of the Goth. "And why would she do that, Baby-Pop?"

"Sam's like this big time animé fan and she's wanted to come to Japan for YEARS. I can't wait to see the look on her face when I tell her I went to Tokyo before she could," said Danny with a slight grin.

It was Ember's turn to laugh. So the Goth is missing out, huh? What made it even better for the rock diva was that SHE was the one here with Baby-Pop and not the Goth. Oh how sweet it is!

"That still doesn't answer the question of where we're going!" declared Danielle, giving the two a pouty glare.

Danny gave her a blank look before turning to Ember. "Told you she doesn't know the meaning of patience."

Ember let out some giggles while Danielle pouted even more.

-:-

It was decided that their first stop would be the Sensoji Temple. As they stepped towards the large gate, Danielle was in awe.

"That lantern is huge!" she exclaimed, raising her arms in the air.

"This would be the Kaminarimon, also known as the Thunder Gate," said Danny. "We technically have to pass through it to get to the temple."

"What's with the two watchdogs?" questioned Ember, pointing at the statues on each side of the gate.

"Those would be Fuujin and Raijin, the gods of wind and thunder. They act like guardians, so your not far off, Ember."

"…How the hell do you know all of this, Baby-Pop?"

"…I think it was through osmosis from hanging around Sam a lot. Like I said, she's a BIG animé fan."

The three then stepped through the gate, but once they were on the other side they felt a chill, which was difficult considering they were ghosts.

"Baby-Pop?"

"You felt that too, huh? Whatever it is I can't get a read on it," stated Danny, glancing around and getting on guard.

"What should we do then, Danny?" asked Danielle, looking worried.

"…We continue on for now. Whoever is here will reveal themselves sooner or later, so stay on guard."

The girls nodded and the three went further into the temple grounds. As they walked it felt like someone was watching them. Reaching the temple steps, blue mist escaped Danny's mouth.

"Get down!" yelled out Danny, grabbing Ember and Danielle before diving into the steps, barely missing the attack towards them. Coming back out, Danny, now in his ghost form, glared down at the ghost who attacked them. The ghost, who glared right back, was dressed in tattered samurai garb.

"Interesting. You are quite skilled if you were able to dodge my blade, boy," said the samurai ghost.

Danny powered up some ecto energy in his fists. "And you must be a coward for trying to attack us from behind!"

The samurai merely chuckled. "A coward, you say? Nonsense. I am just testing the strength of my blade and nothing more."

"That still doesn't mean you should attack someone from behind!" exclaimed Danny before charging forward.

He threw a punch, but the samurai easily dodged it. Danny went in for another punch, but had to go on defensive when the samurai started to attack relentlessly. Around them, people ran in terror seeing two spirits fight it out.

With Ember and Danielle, they floated out from the temple steps to see what was going on.

"We need to help Danny!" squeaked out Danielle. She was about to dive it, but Ember held her back.

"Hold it, Mini-Pop! This must be the ghost we all felt earlier and if he was able to cause that feeling, then he is someone you don't want to mess with!" explained Ember as she tried to hold down the squirming ghostling.

"All the more reason we need to help Danny!"

Ember grit her teeth in frustration. She wanted to help Baby-Pop as well, but she was smarter than that. If something happened, someone would have to get Mini-Pop out of there. That's what Baby-Pop would want.

"J-Just leave this to Baby-Pop. He's beaten some of the strongest ghosts in the Ghost Zone, so this guy should be chump change."

Danielle let out a slight growl, reminding Ember of a puppy.

With Danny, he had to start attacking from afar to avoid the samurai's blade. Unfortunately, every ecto blast he shot would be dodged and the samurai would continue his assault and get closer. Eventually, Danny passed through the Kaminarimon, leaving the temple grounds. Once he was through…

"Where did he go?!" exclaimed Danny, looking for his opponent. One moment he was dodge a katana and the next the samurai just vanished in thin air.

"Baby-Pop!"

Danny looked up to see Ember and Danielle making their way over to him.

"Ember, did you see where he went?"

The rock diva shook her head. "No. It was as if he was never there!"

"This doesn't make any sense. I can't even detect him!"

The older halfa hesitantly walked through the Kaminarimon one more time, but quickly jumped back when something took a swipe at his neck.

The samurai glared down at Danny. "I am known as Tsujigiri and next time you won't be so lucky, boy."

And with that, Tsujigiri vanished.

"…Okay, we've learned two things in this encounter," said Danny, trying to catch his breath.

"And what would that be, Baby-Pop?" questioned Ember, crossing her arms.

"We've learned his name and that he can't pass the Kaminarimon," replied the white-haired boy. "With that, we at least know he's stuck here at the temple."

"So what do we do now?" asked Danielle. "Go back in and stop him?"

Danny went into thought. "Seeing as how he can't leave, we don't have to worry about him hurting anyone. After what happened today, people might stay clear of the temple. So for now I think we should head on back and figure this out."

As much as Ember hated to admit it, Baby-Pop was right. Hopefully they could figure this out soon.

-:-

Later that night, the trio had gone to the Rainbow Bridge where Danielle was enjoying seeing how it was lit up in its namesake. Ember glanced over at Danny, who was still deep in thought.

"What's up, Baby-Pop? Still worried about that Tsujigiri guy?"

"In a way," replied Danny, turning towards her. "Ember, it's true that some ghosts tend to get stuck in certain locations because of regrets, right?"

"…Wait, are you suggesting that Tsujigiri can't pass on because of some unfinished business?" questioned Ember, looking skeptical.

"It's possible. I mean we all saw that he couldn't bypass the gate, which means he must be tied to the temple grounds for some reason," explained the boy. "I think tomorrow I'm going to try and do some research, maybe find out what we need to know. If he really is trapped here, maybe we can help him move on to the Ghost Zone."

The rock diva was still skeptical. Something about Tsujigiri gave her a bad feeling, but Baby-Pop also made a good point.

She just hoped this event would end on a good note.

TO BE CONTINUED

-:-

Ye old Tokyo is the second location of this vacation and our trio has had an unfortunate encounter with ye old samurai. Hopefully Danny can solve this mystery before Ember's concert.

Also, I should note, that every city chapter will be named after a song.