Candy grinned, and followed him.  She said "You know, Japan gets all the coolest versions of the CDs."

"Yeah they do," he replied to her grinning. "But one thing I love is anime...and here is the most awesome source of anime and manga that can only be seen to be believed."

 She laughed, and said "I never, EVER, forget a place, Jeff.  All I have to do is see it once.  Then I can port there any time.  From anywhere else I am.  So, it won't be hard to get you presents now!"

"That is STILL amazing...I mean, I can't believe we're here in Tokyo. That is pretty damned cool!" he said excitedly as they entered the store.

The store itself seemed to have an almost infinite supply of manga and anime, some subtitled, some with subtitles, and manga written both in Japanese and English.

  Candy smiled, and said softly "I'll admit, it's a useful knack."

"Nice...I guess I'll admit that this was a spot I wanted to hit...I'll try to find something for my folks though...Mom and Dad are kinda hard to shop for though...I mean, what do you get for the people who have most everything they want?"

  Candy giggled, and said "You personalize something, so that whatever it is, even if they DO have forty other ones, THAT one is a special, one of a kind because of what you've added."

Jeff nodded and smiled at Candy.

"OK..so we probably want to hit another store here at some point then. Something more grown up.."

  She giggled, and said "We have hours on end to shop, so we're golden."

"Cool..." Jeff said as he began to look out among the various sources of anime that were available.

"Don't worry Candy..I won't take long here. Do you like anime?" he asked her.

  Candy said "Yes I do, but I can't read the Japanese.  I'd love to get the Vampire Hunter D animes."

"It's cool..but I've gotta tell ya...the dubbing into English is HORRIBLE. One thing I like to do is to get the audio in Japanese, but the subtitles in English..."

While he spoke with her, he picked up both the original Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlist, both in Japanese audio but English subtitles.

  She grinned, and said "Well, the other one I want, I don't even know if they have.  The Lensman.  I saw it once, loved it.  Can't find it though!"

Jeff grinned, then went to the front of the store and talked with the cashier, exchanging words in Japanese. The cashier pointed to a section on the other side of the store.

"Right over here..." he said, smiling.

  He could tell that just made her day.  She asked "You can read the labels, which one has the subtitles?  I like them better that way, I admit.  And Totoro, and a couple others.  I like Studio Ghibli work."

Jeff anxiously went through the store section, looking for what Candy requested, bringing back a couple more DVDs.

"Will this work?"

  She grinned, and gave him a deep kiss before she said softly "Yes.  You're such a sweetheart.  Can I keep you forever?"

Jeff kissed her back, then replied, "Well...you're frozen together with me...so, yes...you can keep me forever..."

  She blushed, and said softly "You might melt, though.  I'm a fiery wench . . . and you make my blood heat."

"Well...we're just gonna have to find a nice elemental medium, aren't we?" Jeff said to her, grinning.

He then walked up to the front counter with the DVDs. "Well..here is to hope that the exchange rate is still fairly decent.."

  She chuckled, and gave his butt a squeeze as she followed him up.  Looking innocent as a salesgirl giggled at the two of them.

Jeff's cheeks turned BEET red as he laid down the DVDs to pay for them. His grin evident as it seemed to cover one coast to the other.

  Candy grinned at his blush, and kissed his cheek before she whispered in his ear "You look so cute with your cheeks such a bright red color . . . "

Jeff chuckled nervously as the cashier gave him an amused look. He said something in Japanese, then laughed for a moment before handing Jeff the bag and telling them thank you.

  Candy had her arm around his waist as they walked away from the cashier.  "You're cute when you blush."