It took some planning, but the Lee family finally found the time to get away from home to visit Aru. They were currently on a train to the town where Aru now lived. The town was about 5 hours away from the main city near the Lee's village.

"Now docking at Stagpora Station"

Dante immediately stood up and grabbed their bags from the overhead and floor storage spaces. Mook helped up their mother as Gang Ho aided Dante with the luggage.

Stagpora was much more different than home. It was also different from both the university's city and the main city by their village. As they made their way through the station, the four couldn't help but gawk at their surroundings. It was very high tech, but also very green. Plants of all kinds were sprouted and growing in every direction. They didn't expect to be staying in a city with a greenery train station.

When they made it outside, they were greeted with more greenery. All surrounding buildings were futuristically designed with greenery filling almost every empty space surrounding the buildings. They never thought that they'd see such a beautiful city such as this one. They didn't even know one existed!

"Hello! Good to see you all made it! Welcome to Stagpora!"

The family of four turned to the side to see a young woman around Aru's height standing there. She had long hair braided down to her waist. Her chocolate hazel eyes shone behind her round glasses as she smiled at them. It took a second for Dante to recognize her, but when he did, her smile only grew.

"Xena?!"

"The one and only! Believe it!"

Mook and Gang Ho looked flabbergasted at the girl, leaving their mother to look lost in the background. Once Xena was properly introduced, she began leaded the family through the parking complex. Dante was the first to speak up, curiosity painted on every word.

"How did this city turn out like this?"

They learned another thing about Xena with that one question. Though spontaneous and loud at times as she complained about almost every subject that existed, she adored history.

"-and that's when they started to add all the plants! The technology shown across the city buildings and public places were all produced here by students, companies and random residents. Looking at other technologically advanced cities, however, made the residents here realize the disadvantages to staying as technologically advanced as everyone else. With that in mind, it was agreed to plant all sorts of plants around to help purify the city! Oh, here we are!"

Xena stopped in front of a black van. Handprints in neon paint covered the right side, with the words Vasquez Family painted on the side in beautiful calligraphy.

"Vasquez family? Are you borrowing this, Garcia?"

"That's where you're wrong, Gang Ho."

Smiling, Xena lifted her hand and showed off the silver ring that rested on her ring finger.

"I'm married! A wonderful wife I turned out to be, and a great mother, might I add."

"You have kids?!"

"That's right, Mook. I have four kiddos of my own, two girls and two boys. Now let's get going, can't keep them all waiting."

"Where's Aru?"

"Caught up in a surgery, so I offered to come and pick you guys up!"

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Driving through the city was just as magical as it was arriving to the city. They soon left the downtown area and arrived to the outskirts of the city. As Xena maneuvered her way through the roads, she soon pulled into a wide driveway. Shutting off the engine, she smiled at the four in the back.

"Welcome, Lee family, to the residence of Aru Kim. I have a spare key, so let's get you all settled in, shall we?"

Aru's property was unbelievably big, as was the house resting on the land.

"Isn't it just her? Why is the house so big?"

"She almost always has visitors, so she thought about all the possible guests she could have and based the blueprints on that. As for the size of the land, well, sometimes work becomes family."

Just then, a white puff landed on Xena's head. Said girl smiled and lifted the white creature off her head, revealing a small dog.

"Take Cloudy, for example. He was the ruby of his litter, so the owners eventually brought him into the clinic and left him to be euthanized. After a short conversation, Aru had permission to adopt the pup from the owners. She's brought a handful of abandoned animals from work."

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The inside was just as neat and proper as the outside. As Xena shut the door behind them all, she smiled as she turned to the guests, petting Cloudy as she did so.

"You lot are the first set of guests to arrive. It's gonna be mighty full once everyone arrives, but it's always been Aru's dream to have a house to accommodate everyone, so ya'll will be fine. Come along, you all have rooms on the first floor."

After they were all done unpacking, they joined Xena on the front porch to enjoy tea. As Cloudy chewed on a bone by Mook's feet, the five adults conversed in any topic brought up between them. As they conversed, they didn't notice a small car pull up.

"Xena?"

"Yes, Dante?"

"I noticed a handful of products in the house and around the city with the initials Z.X.A.S. What do those stand for?"

"Ah, those. Like I said, many products are produced here. That's the abbreviation for one set of producers, the one I'm apart of. The Z is for Zhang, my husband."

"The guy from the Ferris Wheel?"

"Yup! Anyways, X is for Xena, me! A stands for Aru, and S is for-"

"Susu?"

Xena, Mook, Dante and Ms. Lee all peered at Gang Ho, who was staring at the steps leading up to the porch. The four followed his gaze to see Susu standing their, boxes of sodas in arms, staring back at Gang Ho.

"Gang...Ho?"