Daniel chuckled and came onto land before he went back to human form and sat next to her as he said "At first, it is really weird since you don't have full control over changing forms straight away but you quickly learn to master it ... after accidently breaking a few beds and window in your sleep when you suddenly transform" He chuckled nervously at that last part before he smiled at Mira and gave a light kiss on her cheek showing her that he was interested in starting the love ritual but kinda unsure as to how to do it.

Mira giggled and when she felt his soft peck on her cheek she blushed too and looked at him. "You are sure of yourself? Because I can be a royal pain in the ass" she said but knew that he knew that already.

She knew it was her turn to answer on his kiss and so she did. She turned half to face him and pulled him closer so they would be only a inch away from each other. She then closed her eyes and kissed him on his lips. It was a soft kiss but underneath the soft layer, there was a passion growing inside her.

It was then that they could hear the whisper of the wind telling them that with that kiss, they had saved the kingdom. How? That they must find in the diary of Elsbeth and the other old Queens for only a true Fertar could read those books.

RP2: THe path of True enlightment and Love
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Two years have passed since Derek and Luci joined the Furious five and their battle against the forces of darkness. Wolfbane was defeated but he fled before he could be sent back to where he belonged. Derek has been meditating and waiting for Wolfbane to reappear. Spike had given Derek and Luci a chance to rest and regain their strengths.
Derek was sitting in the centre of a waterfall lake listening to the crashing water around him, he was waiting for a sign. Something to tell him where he needed to go, he though he could feel someone watching him right now.

Lucide was training with the monkey master and really enjoyed it. She had always dreamed about being trained by this master but never had dreamed it would really happen.

When he had gotten her on the ground for the thirty-fifth time, she said she needed a break and went on a search for Derek. It had been two years since they had tried to take down the furious five but when they had lost, they had gotten a new chance. Sometimes she still called Derek Shadow but he never really got mad about it.

While walking around she saw him trough some tree's sitting in the waterfall pond. She watched him from a distance, her tail slowly sweeping.

Derek meditation was still happening until he heard the sounds of a tail sweeping and chuckled lightly to himself before he stood up and pulled his jacket back on before he turned and faced Luci where she was hiding as he said "You can come out if you want to Luci, I can pretty much hear you". He chuckled again before he splashed some water on his face and then waited for Luci to come to him. She still called him Shadow sometime which when it did annoy him originally, he knew that it had been a force of habit two years ago since even he had forgotten his real name until Wolfbane had called him it in battle so he could escape.

Luce walked towards him and smiled. "I can not help it that my tail ano I don't work on the same level" she said and giggled. Today she wore a green short with a black skirt and a pink top with a red heart in the center of it.

"Did a full morning and afternoon of practice.. So I was thinking, maybe you wanted to go out for noodles?" She asked with a light blush om her cheeks. She knew he loved noodles, she only hoped that no one else would join in.

Derek blushed as well as he looked her in the eyes before he smiled at her and stood up, having a quick stretch before he said "I think that sounds like an amazing idea, We've not really spent a lot of time together over these last two years and I miss having you as a content presence around me".
Derek smiled at her and offer her his hand so he could feel her touch again and so he could take her to the place he knew, had great noodles and Dumplings to enjoy.

Lucinda blushed even more when he said he missed her being around him. She looked at his hand and tilted her head, then walked over and hugged him. She wrapped her arms around him and smiled. "I've missed you too D.. But sometimes we just need time to concentrate on our life path, and not always it will be together" she said and let go of him.

She stepped back and took his hand. "Show me the way Sir, you still are my leader" she said and winked

Derek hugged her tightly as she hugged him before he smiled at her when they let go of each other before he took her hand in his and took her to the Restaurant.
It was nice large place with an outside and inside dining area, The place was owned by a goose who put a lot of effort into each of his dishes and the people loved him for that. He met Derek and Luci at the entrance and showed them a place in the outside dinning room which was watched over by the jade palace and you could see the valley below it as well which made it a little romantic as well.

"It's so nice here" Lucinda said and smiled. She looked at Derek and took a seat and smiled. She looked at the valley and her eyes gotten a little sad.

"Unbelievable.. That whole town almost was destroyed..." She said and shook her head. "Let's not think of it.." She said, more to herself and smiled. The sun was slowly setting and the goose came to light up the candles.

Derek took her paws in his own as he said "I know, 2 years have passed since then and look at this place. They rebuilt it and they forgiven us for what we have done, Sometime I feel that I should of never been forgiven because I was the source of it all but the people here are nice and I did so much for them that. But I know my sins can not be forgiven until I stop the man behind all of this and allow these people to have the peaceful life they always wanted"

''You were not yourself Derek..'' Lucinda said and took his hand in hers. ''Come.. Stay positive.. We will repay the damage by finding wolfsbane and send him back.. Together'' she said with a smile and then sat straight as the goose placed down two big bowls with noodles and a plate with dumplings. ''Lets enjoy our dinner'' she said with a smile.

The goose started to light up the place with candles. Luci looked around and blushed lightly, the candles made the whole scene even more romantic. They ate in peace while talking and making jokes to each other. As Luci just bend over to take a noodle from Dereks cheek, something inside the restaurant got her attention. A Catling, around their age, stumbled in and collapsed to the ground in the middle of the restaurant. Before she knew it, Derek was standing already and she sighed softly as she followed him to the inside part of the restaurant.

Derek had let Luci take the noddle off his cheek, thoug hsince Luci had bent over Derek had got an eyefall of her ample chest but then he saw the Catling collapse and stood up, checking the girl over before he said "I best take her to the jade palace, Sorry about cutting our dinner together short LUci". He said to her with a sad smile, clearly Derek was hoping for the same as Luci but duty called and he had to help them.

He paid for everything and then got Luci to help him take this young girl back to the Jade palace where Spike and Luna were already there to check over the girl and get her to the medical room.
A few hours would pass and Derek would be by the bedside being the good man he was always meant to be.

Luci blinked for a moment and nodded. "It's okay, duty calls like you said" she said and helped him to get the catling back to the palace.

While they all cared for the catling, Luci started to beat up on of the punching bags. She was a little bit in a bad mood. She had hoped that Derek and she would kiss or something, not end up helping someone and almost a mile away from each other.. Emotionally then. She let out all her frustration and it helped.

To be honest, Derek had wanted to kiss her right there in that setting but the sight of her chest poking out of her top. Threw Derek mind off it completely and he knew Luci would not be happy about that. He sighed as he sat next to the Catling, he would have to find a way to make it up to Luci, give her the proper date and romantic kiss she wanted in the first place.

Once most of the frustrations where gone, Luci walked into the room where Derek was sitting with the sick catling. ''How is the girl doing.. Do we know something already from where she came? Catlings like her have not been here for a long time.. Except for Master Tiger of course'' she said.

It was true, a long time ago when a panda had been the dragon warrior, there had been another war between the catlings and the other people and after it was won, only Master Tiger had stayed. The other catlings had gone to a new area which they claimed to be theirs and had build it to a new empire. ''Why would she run from the city where she belongs..'' Lucinda said.

That was the moment that the catling started to move and mumble, she slowly opened her eyes and looked around. She had some bad wounds and some nasty scars, one over her right eye. ''Wh.. Where am I?'' she asked, her voce was croaky from the deep sleep that she just had. Lucinda brought some water and gave it to Derek. ''I need to meditate..'' she then said and walked away. She was one of the dog-type people that didn't like cats, she thought they were a bad thing. Especially the female ones.

Derek watched her go as he nodded before he turned to the Catling and spoke to her. Derek himself was basically a dog creature just a slightly more tougher version. "You are in the Jade Temple, My name is Derek Santora. I found you when you collapsed in the middle of the Restaurant so I brought you back here to rest and heal up. Do you remember your name at the very least?" Derek asked her as he lwt her think on her question and gather her bearing as well.

Mira drank some of the water and looked at Derek. ''My name is Mira... I have no family name..'' she said and closed her eyes. ''The Jade palace... It is a miracle..'' she whispered. ''Thank you.. Thank you so much sir Santora'' she said and opened her big cat eyes again, looking at him. ''Do you have some more water?'' she asked.

Luci tried to meditate but it didn't work. She was again frustrated by what had happened.. The evening had started so great. Derek and herself, alone in the restaurant.. Not surrounded by the other masters for once and right when she was taking a noodle from his cheek, the moment she had hoped for a kiss.. Some stupid catling had to collapse on the ground.

She knew it was a bad thing to think, but sometimes she missed Shadow.. He wouldn't have cared for the catling.. Not that they would have been in a restaurant if Derek had still been Shadow. But the idea was good! Or.. Actually the idea was really bad but Lucinda couldn't help it..

Derek nodded and got her some more water tp drink before he said "So why are you here in the valley of peace has something happen in the Cat homeland?". Derek was worried, he had been waiting for a sign of Wolfbane but if he had reappaeared in the hidden cat lands then he must be seeking something there. Derek needed to know everything about the land so he could ensure he would not be going there blind if Wolfbane was there.

A single black scale would appear infront of Luci, before a beautiful black dragoness appeared in front of her and smirked as she Sat in Luci lap and stroked her in a pleasant spot before she said "You know, you could alter Derek life. Make it the way you want it to be, He could retain some of Derek and Some of Shadow. I know that's what you want more then anything

Mira

Mira took the new glass of water and sat up a little but she fell back in the pillows with a hand on the side of her head. ''Damn.. That hurts...'' she said and looked at him. ''Yes.. A big shadow appeared around my village, I come from the second village from the border..'' She whispered. ''I think you know how we have build up our defense? We go from weaker people to strongest and only the strongest live in the fifth village, closest to our temple'' she said. ''Aside from that... This shadow started to cause all kind of trouble and the moment we warned the next village.. Our people started to attack each other '' she said and looked at Derek. ''I ran.. I was lucky to not have hit by this weird thing..'' she said and then drank from the water again.

Lucinda

Luci got up the moment this dragon appeared on her lap and ran her finger down her neck. ''Who are you? '' She said and looked at the dragon female. ''And what do you mean? He finally became who he used to be again... I am not gonna take that from him'' she said but she did think of the idea on Derek being for just a little bit Shadow again.

Shadow was harsh yes but he had shown several times that he had a lot of interest in her, they even had kissed once.. Actually that was because she kissed him after he returned from a mission that had taken longer than planned but he hadn't turned her down, he even had returned the kiss.. She blushed by the memory of it. She swallowed and looked at the dragon. ''N-no.. It is a bad thing... Derek does like me, I know that and well.. That we are not a couple yet is also a bit my own fault.. I don't tell him my true feelings either'' she said and shook her head fiercely.