Welcome back, guys! Time for chapter 10! In this chapter, Zenon's been acting a little strange lately and everyone in the group, except Odd, knows why. Why is Zenon acting strange? How will ODd feel when he finds out what's making Zenon act strange? Read and find out the answer!
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Today on this fine morning at Kadic Academy, the Lyoko warriors, minus Yumi and Odd, are standing by the vending machines. Zenon is texting someone whille the others are drinking their coffees. Just then Yumi and Odd walk over to the group.
"Hey, guys. Morning." said Odd with a smile as he greeted his friends.
"Hey, Odd. Finally awake I see?" asked Aelita with a smirk. "Yeah. No thanks to Ulrich, who turned off my alarm clock! Thanks to you, I almost missed breakfast!" said Odd. "Hey, it's what you get for making me fail my math test by blasting music while I was trying to study." said Ulrich in his defense
Yumi looks over to Zenon, noticing she's texting on her phone with a smile on her face.
"Hey, Zenon, who're you texting?" asked Yumi. "...Someone." said Zenon in a happy tone. "Hm...Do you mean a certain someone?" asked Yumi with a smirk. "Maybe.." said Zenon with a giggle.
"She's been texting 'someone' all this morning." said Jeremy with a smirk. "Who's 'someone'?" asked Odd. "Oh...It's...uh..It's a friend from back home." said Zenon looking to the side a bit nervously. Zenon's phone vibrates and she sees that she's recieved another text.
"Ah! I gotta go, guys..I have to..I have to meet with a teacher before class! I'll see you guys later!" said Zenon as she hurried off to where she needed to go.
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Later that night, at Yumi's house, in her living room, Odd, Yumi and Ulrich are gathered there.
"I wonder what movie we're going to watch tonight." said Ulrich. "I don't know. I just hope it's something good. It's Zenon's turn to pick the movie." said Odd. Just then the doorbell rings. Yumi gets up from her seat and goes to answer the door. She opens the door to reveal Jeremy and Aelita.
"Hey. Sorry we're late. We had to finish up some work we were doing for Lyoko." said Jeremy as he and Aelita walked in.
"Hey! Where's Zenon?" asked Odd. "Oh, she said she couldn't come. She has a date with her bo-..er...I mean..Her aunt. She has a date with her aunt." said Aelita. "Her aunt?" asked Odd a bit confused. "Y-Yeah..Our aunt...uhm...Our aunt noticed what little time they were spending together since Zenon came to earth and..uh...Decided to have an Auntie/Niece night out..Heh." said Jeremy.
"Damnit..And she was supposed to bring the movie!" said Ulrich. "Don't worry. She gave me a DVD of it before she went out." said Jeremy. "Great! Let's put it in the DVD player and we can get movie night started!" said Yumi.
A few minutes later, as the movie's playing, Odd starts to get suspicious about Zenon.
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The next morning, at breakfast, the younger Lyoko warriors, minus Zenon, are sitting at their table.
"That was some movie, wasn't it, guys?" asked Aelita. "Yeah. I just loved how Yumi kept holding onto Ulrich's arm 'cause it was so scary." said Odd with a laugh. "Yeah, and I just love how Jeremy kept holding onto yours for the same reason. " said Ulrich with a smirk.
"I thought he was Aelita..." said Jeremy with a groan and a pout. "You still held onto him after you realized that wasn't me." said Aelita with a giggle. A few minutes later, Zenon walks over and sits down.
"Hey, guys. Had fun last night?" asked Zenon.
"Yeah. And how was your date with your aunt?" asked Odd. "...What date with my aunt?" asked Zenon, a bit confused. "You know, Zenon. The one you had...When you couldn't join us at Yumi's last night." said Jeremy, in sort of a warning tone. "O-OH! Th-that! I-It was so fun, I almost totally forgot about it! Heh." said Zenon with a nervous giggle. Zenon's phone then vibrates and Zenons sees she's recieved a text.
"Oh! I..uh...Gotta go, guys! I..uhm..Have to go meet Milly and Tamiya!..I'll...I'll see you guys later!" said Zenon as she got up and left.
"...She sure seemed like she was in a hurry." said Odd. Odd looks down at Zenon's seat and sees she left her phone behind.
"Ah. She left her phone! I'll give it back to her!" said Odd as he got up and went to go look for Zenon.
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A few minutes later, Odd looks around for Zenon and sees her standing by the dormitory building.
"Hm? I wonder what she's doing there by herself..." said Odd. Just then, Odd sees a boy with short, brown hair, a green shirt and blue jeans, approaching Zenon.
"Hm? Who's he?" wondered Odd.
"Hey, you." said the boy with a smirk to Zenon. "Hey, yourself." replied Zenon with a smile. Just then the boy kisses Zenon on her cheek, a blush appearing on Zenon's face.
"Wh-What the-? Who does he think he is?" said Odd, obviously jealous. Odd then turns to leave before bumping into Sissi.
"Ah! Watch where you're going, loser!" said Sissi. "You watch where you're going!" said Odd. Sissi looks over to Zenon and the mystery guy and turns back to Odd.
"Ah. I see why you're so mad. You can't handle what's going on between your precious Zenon and Brad, can't you?" asked Sissi with a smirk.
"...Brad? Who's he?" asked Odd. "You don't know? Zenon or your friends didn't tell you?" asked Sissi. "Tell me what?" asked Odd. "That guy Zenon's with, his name is Brad. He's Zenon's boyfriend." said Sissi.
"Her what?" asked Odd in complete shock. "That's her boyfriend. Everyone knew about it!..Well..Except you obviously..." said Sissi.
"..I don't believe it..." said Odd in a hurt, shocked, and defeated tone.
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Later that day, in Jeremy's room, Ulrich, Yumi, Jeremy, and Aelita are gathered there, when suddenly the door busts open and it's Odd.
"Oh, Odd. Did you give Zenon her phone ba-." started Aelita. "WHY DIDN'T ANY OF YOU TELL ME ZENON HAD A BOYFRIEND?" asked Odd. The group share looks with each other nervously before answering.
"Well...We wanted to, but..." started Yumi. "But..But Zenon wanted us to keep it a secret from you..." said Ulrich. "Why?" asked Odd. "She didn't want you to get jealous.." said Jeremy. Odd then lets out a loud groan.
"Why would I get jealous?" asked Odd. "Odd, you have a massive crush on Zenon. Of course you'd get jealous.." said Ulrich. "Pfft..Anyway, I don't even know what she sees in him...That..That Brad guy...I'm better looking than he is." said Odd.
"Please, Odd! Brad is a major hunk!" said Yumi. (A/N: If I ever use that word at ALL ever again, please hit me with a rake -_-)
"Yeah, and he's so nice! And funny!" said Aelita. "I'm nice!" said Odd. "Yeah, but you're not funny." said Ulrich. "And he gets good grades and he's good at sports." said Jeremy.
"But can he draw, sing, play guitar, and make top quality films?" asked Odd, feeling a bit triumphant. "...Yes." said the group in unison. "Oh..." said Odd, feeling defeated.
"And he loves astronamy..He's the perfect guy for Zenon." said Yumi. "What about me?" asked Odd. "You come in a close second." said Ulrich. Odd then lets out a groan.
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Later that day at dinner, the younger Lyoko warriors, minus Zenon, are sitting at their table as Odd is feeling depressed and poking at his food.
"Come on, Odd. Just because Zenon's got a boyfriend, doesn't mean you should get all depressed. I mean..There's other girls just as great as Zenon." said Ulrich. "Pfft..." was all Odd replied as he continued to poke his food. Just then Zenon comes over to the group.
"Hey, guys." said Zenon as she sat with her friends. Odd just lets out a loud groan.
"...What's wrong with him? They ran out of meatloaf or something?" asked Zenon. "No..It's just...Odd knows.." said Aelita. "...Oh, god..You guys didn't tell him or anything." said Zenon, a bit nervously.
"No...I saw you with him when I came after you to give you back your phone...Then Sissi told me..." said Odd as he poked his food harder.
"I'm sorry, Odd..I..I just didn't want you get jealous..." said Zenon. "..A little too late for that..." said Odd.
"...Are you mad at me?" asked Zenon. "...Hn.." was all Odd replied. "I'd take that as a yes.." said Ulrich.
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Later after dinner, the younger Lyoko warriors, minus Zenon, are gathered in Odd and Ulrich's room. Odd is seen instructing with Kiwi.
"Alright, Kiwi. We're going to be having a visitor in a few minutes...When you see our visitor, I want you to bite him. Got it, boy?" said Odd. "Odd, don't teach Kiwi to attack Brad just because he got Zenon's heart before you did." said Jeremy.
Just then there's a knock at the door. Ulrich goes over and opens the door to reveal Zenon and Brad.
"Hey, guys. You remember Brad." said Zenon. "Hey, Jeremy. Hey, Ulrich. Hey, Aelita." said Brad, greeting his girlfriend's friends. Everyone, except Odd, greets Brad.
"Brad, this is my other friend Odd. Odd, meet Brad." said Zenon. "Hey, Odd. It's nice to meet you." said Brad. "...Can't say the same..." said Odd. Zenon elbows Odd in his side.
"Be nice..." hissed Zenon. "Ow..Sorry.." said Odd as he rubbed his side.
"So, Brad...How did you and Zenon first meet?" asked Odd. "Well it was 2 weeks ago. We were helping out Jim prepare for the skateboard competition in a few weeks. And we started talking about skateboarding and then things led to another and I just took a chance and asked Zenon out." said Brad.
"I see...Interesting...So, what was your first date like?" asked Odd. "It was nice. I took her out to eat at The Oriental Castle Chinese restaurant to eat. The food was cheap, but amazing. Then we went to see this wonderful action flick, Movin' on the Edge. And we took a nice stroll through the park. It was wonderful, clear night that night." said Brad.
"Well you know, when Zenon and I went on OUR first date, it was the perfect evening!" said Odd, feeling triumphant. "...It was horrible..." said Zenon flatly. "I took her to the best French restaurant around!" said Odd.
"I got food poisoning the next day..." said Zenon.
"I took her to see a romantic movie, Autumn's Desire." said Odd.
"Worst hour and 30 minutes of my life..." said Zenon.
"And we took a similar stroll through the park..." said Odd.
"It rained..." said Zenon.
"Wow. Sounds like you guys had a very unfortunate date." said Brad with a laugh and a smile.
"Well, it may not have been the BEST date ever. But I know Zenon would be willing to go on a second one if she had the chance. Right, Zenon?" asked Odd. "Uh...Yeah...Sure.." said Zenon, a bit nervously.
"...Aelita, I want the money you won from the bet...I truely deserve it at this moment." whispered Ulrich. "Sorry. Spent it already." whispered Aelita.
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Later, Zenon and Brad are walking in the park together.
"Sorry we had to cancel our plans from earlier. I just wanted you to meet Odd so he'd stop being so moody about me never telling him about you." said Zenon. "It's alright..." said Brad as he and Zenon kept walking.
After a few minutes of silence, Brad finally speaks.
"Zenon, can I tell you something?" asked Brad. "Sure. What is it?" asked Zenon. "I don't think you should be friends with Odd anymore." said Brad. "Why do you say that?" asked Zenon.
"Well...He doesn't seem like such a good guy." said Brad. "Come on,. Brad. I know Odd may have come off as a little rude and hostile tonight, but once you get to know him, he's a really nice guy." said Zenon.
"I juat get the feeling that he just wants to do everything he can to steal you away from me. He probably just wants to get with every girl here in Kadic. He's already got a reputation of being the biggest player in Kadic. Picking up girls and dumping them two seconds later when he finds new girl." said Brad.
"Brad, Odd doesn't dump the girls. They dump him." said Zenon. "Look, Zenon, just promise me you won't talk to Odd anymore." said Brad. "But, Brad, I-." started Zenon.
"Just promise me!" said Brad in a slightly louder tone. Zenon thinks for a moment and lets out a small sigh.
"Alright. I promise I won't talk to Odd anymore." said Zenon.
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Over the next few days, Zenon has been avoiding Odd, due to the wishes of Brad. Today, in the morning, the Lyoko warriors, minus Zenon, are sitting together for breakfast.
"I wonder where Zenon is. I've barely seen her over the past few days. " said Odd. "Oh...She's been..uh..Busy with Brad.." said Ulrich. "Ugh...I still don't know what she sees in that guy. And what's he doing with her that she's been avoiding us lately?" asked Odd.
"It's probably nothing to worry about.." said Aelita. Just then Odd spots Zenon walking into the cafeteria.
"Hey, Zenon!" said Odd, calling out to the girl, waving. Zenon looks over and spots Odd with a smile.
"Zenon!" called out a male voice. Zenon looks in the other direction and spots Brad sitting at a table, looking at her. Zenon's expression turns to a slightly sad one as she sighs and walks over to Brad's table.
"Huh? What's up with her? She ignored me!" said Odd with a slight pout. Jeremy looks over in Zenon and Brad's direction and gets up from the table.
"I'll be right back, guys." said Jeremy. Jeremy walks over to where his cousin is.
"Hey, Zenon. Can we talk for a sec?" asked Jeremy. "Uhm..Sure..I'll be right back, Brad." said Zenon as she got up and left the cafeteria with her cousin.
Outside in front of the cafeteria, Zenon and Jeremy are talking.
"Alright, Zenon. This whole 'Not-talking-to-Odd-because-Brad-said-so' thing is not working." said Jeremy. "I know, but what can I do? Brad's my boyfriend.." said Zenon. "But isn't Odd your friend?" asked Jeremy. "He is, but..." started Zenon.
"Look, Zenon. The only solution to this problem is to just break up with Brad." said Jeremy. "What? But, Jeremy! I don't want to break up with Brad!" said Zenon. "Come on, Zenon! Is a guy that forbids you from talking to your friends really worth it?" asked Jeremy.
"No...But...I don't know what to do." said Zenon. "I can't decide for you, Zenon. It's up to you to make the right decision." said Jeremy as he went back into the cafeteria.
Inside the cafeteria, Jeremy returns to his table.
"I'm back. I just had to talk to Zenon about something." said Jeremy. "What for?" asked Odd. "Er..It's...It's nothing.." said Jeremy. "Anyway, Jeremy. When are we going to go to Sector 5 to get data we need for our program?" asked Aelita.
"Hopefully after school." said Jeremy. "Darnit...I can't go. I have to go home and help my mom clean the house." said Yumi. "I can't go either. Mrs. Hertz is holding me back all this week for extra lessons." said Ulrich.
"It's no big deal. We'd only need at least one of you guys to go." said Jeremy. Yumi looks over in the direction of Zenon and Brad.
"Well we all know at this point, Zenon's obviously not going to be able to go." said Yumi. "Yeah, I know." said Jeremy with a sad sigh.
"I'll go. I have nothing else better to do." said Odd. "Alright then. We'll meet at the factory after school and we'll get the data from sector 5." said Aelita.
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Later that day, on Lyoko in the mountain sector, Aelita and Odd are standing at the edge of the sector waiting for the transporter to Sector 5.
"Alright, Jeremy. We're at the edge of the sector." said Aelita. "Alright. Just give me a minute to type in the code. I gotta close a few programs first." said Jeremy. As the two are waiting, Odd is looking around his surroundings. Odd's eyes widen as he sees something approaching him.
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Meanwhile in the lab, Jeremy is closing down some of his running programs.
"Alright. Now this is closed..and this.." mumbled Jeremy. Just then there's a 'blip' sound on the computer.
"Huh? What was that?" wondered Jeremy. Jeremy then sees that Odd is nowhere on the map.
"What the?..." said Jeremy.
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Back on Lyoko.
"Odd? Are you there?" asked Jeremy. There's no response.
"Odd, aren't you gonna answer Jerem-?" started Aelita as she turned towards where Odd was. Aelita turns and doesn't find Odd next to her.
"Huh? Odd? Odd, where are you?" asked Aelita, confused at where Odd may have gone. "Jeremy, Odd's disappeared." said Aelita.
"Yeah. He just suddenly vanished off of the map..." said Jeremy. "Has he been devirtualized?" asked Aelita. "No. The window that shows who's currently virtualized on Lyoko right now is showing that both of you are currently on Lyoko. But...Odd's not shown on the map. I wonder what's going on." said Jeremy.
"You think it could be another one of Xana's tricks?" asked Aelita. "Probably. I'll do a search of all of Lyoko's maps for Odd. In the meantime, you search around the rest of the sector just incase he doesn't show up on the map. I'll program you a vehicle." said Jeremy.
A few seconds later, the Overwing is virtualized in front of Aelita. Aelita hops onto the vehicle and rides off.
"I'll call the others and see if they can help look for Odd.
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At the Ishiyama household, Yumi is mopping the floor with her mom.
"Make sure you get every inch now, Yumi." said Mrs. Ishiyama. "I know, mom." said Yumi as she cleaned the floor. Just then Yumi's phone starts to ring.
"Hm? I wonder who that is." said Yumi as she took her phone out of her pocket. Just as Yumi is about to answer her phone, Mrs. Ishiyama accidentally bumps into Yumi, causing her to drop her phone into the bucket of water.
"Ah! My phone!" shrieked Yumi. "Oh no. I'm sorry, honey. I promise I'll get you a new one." said Mrs. Ishiyama. "It's alright. I bet it wasn't anyone important calling anyway." said Yumi.
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Meanwhile at Kadic, in the science building, in Mrs. Hertz's classroom, Ulrich is sitting there as Mrs. Hertz is giving him extra lessons.
"...And so, Ulrich, this is why metal conducts electricity..." said Mrs. Hertz. "You may take a 10 minute break now, Ulrich."
Just then Ulrich's phone begins to ring. Ulrich takes his phone out of his backpack.
"Hm? Oh, it's Jeremy. I wonder what he wants." said Ulrich as he answered the phone. "Hello?...Hello?" answered Ulrich, not hearing a response. Ulrich checks his phone and sees that his phone had ran out of battery power.
"Ah, dammit..." said Ulrich.
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In the courtyard, Zenon and Brad are sitting together. Zenon has a really upset look on her face.
"What's wrong, Zenon?" asked Brad. "You know, I'm not really too happy about this me not talking to Odd deal.." said Zenon. "Zenon, I told you. That guy's no good for you like I am." said Brad.
"But, Brad..." started Zenon before her phone rang.
"Hello?" answered Zenon.
"Zenon, thank god I got you. I've tried calling Yumi and Ulrich, but they won't pick up. There's an emergency on Lyoko." said Jeremy from the other end.
"Jeremy? What's wrong?" asked Zenon.
"It's...It's Odd." said Jeremy.
"Wh-what? Is Odd alright?" asked Zenon worriedly.
"He's gone missing on Lyoko. He just suddenly disappeared on the map. Aelita and I are trying to find him, but no luck as of yet. I need you to come to the factory to help look for Odd." said Jeremy.
"Alright. I'm on my way." said Zenon as she hung up.
"Brad, I have to go." said Zenon. "What? Are you going to hang out with that jerk now?" asked Brad. "I'm going to go and help my friend." said Zenon. "Zenon, if you leave, we're over." said Brad, folding his arms. There is silence for a few seconds.
"...Well it's been fun dating you." said Zenon casually as she walked off. Brad is left there stunned.
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A few minutes later in the factory, the elevator comes up and opens up and Zenon walks out into the lab.
"Hey, Jeremy. I'm here. Did you find Odd yet?" asked Zenon. "Yeah. I've managed to figure out what sector he's in. He's in Sector 5, but I can't exactly pinpoint his exact location within the sector. Aelita's on her way to the edge of the mountain sector to get to take the transporter to Sector 5. I'm gonna virtualize you there to meet up with her so you guys can head to Sector 5 together." said Jeremy.
"Got it." said Zenon as she went to the scanner room.
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A few minutes later, on Lyoko, in the mountain sector, Aelita is standing at the edge of the sector waiting for Zenon. Just then Zenon walks up behind her.
"Hey, Aelita." said Zenon as she walked up to her pink haired friend. "Hey. Managed to frinally get away from Brad?" asked Aelita with a giggle. "I'd rather not talk about Brad right now." said Zenon.
"Alright, girls. I'm entering the code for the transporter." said Jeremy as he entered the passcode. A few seconds later, the transporter orb comes floating towards the two female Lyoko warriors. The two enter the transporter and are sent to Sector 5.
A few moments later, the two appear out of the transporter into Sector 5. The two stand on the platform and wait for the door to open.
"Alright, guys. I still can't find Odd yet. It looks like you two'll have to spilt up and search for Odd separatley." said Jeremy.
"Got it, Jeremy." said Aelita. The door then opens and the two run into the room.
"You search to the left and I'll search to the right." said Aelita. "Alright." said Zenon as she ran off to the left.
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A few minutes, Zenon is searching her side of Sector 5 looking for Odd. As she's walking through the area, she's then hit in the arm by a laser.
"What the.." started Zenon when she turned around to see 5 Creepers approaching her, firing lasers at her.
"Crap..." groaned Zenon as she took out her two fans. Zenon throws both of the fans at the army of monsters, managing to destroy 2 of them. After two of the monsters are destroyed, 3 more appear.
"Crap!" said Zenon as she quickly ran away from the monsters, the monsters starting to chase her.
"Zenon, I've located Odd!" said Jeremy. "Really? Where is he?" asked Zenon. "He's close by you. He's in a room 7 yards ahead of you to your left." said Jeremy. Zenon runs towards the room where Odd is. When Zenon reaches the room, she runs in to find Odd being held captive by the Syphozoa.
"Oh my gosh! Odd!" cried Zenon in shock as she threw her fans at the Scyphozoa's tentacles, cutting them, causing Odd to be released and the monster floating away. Zenon runs towards her blond haired friend.
"Odd, are you alright?" asked Zenon worriedly. "Hm? Zenon?" said Odd, surprised to see her. "Don't worry. Odd's fine." said Jeremy. "I'll bring you guys in now." said Jeremy.
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Later in the factory, the four are gathered in the lab.
"I wonder what the Scyphozoa wanted with Odd." said Aelita. "It was trying to take his DNA sequence code. It's like what happened to Yumi last year. Xana'll stop at nothing to try and get rid of us so there'd be nothing standing in his way." said Jeremy. "Thank God Zenon got there when she did, otherwise I'd have been history!" said Zenon.
"So, Zenon, what happened between you and Brad?" asked Aelita. "Yeah, shouldn't you guys be out on a magical night out togehter right now?" asked Jeremy.
"Nope. Brad and I broke up." said Zenon.
"Really?" asked Odd. "Yeah. It turns out he wasn't right for me." said Zenon.
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A few minutes later in the sewers as the four are walking back to the school, Aelita and Jeremy are walking ahead together and Zenon and Odd are walking together.
"Uhm..Zenon, lately it seems that you've been avoiding me and..I wanna just say that I'm sorry if I made you mad because I was being a total jerk to Brad when I first met him and stuff. I was just jealous." said Odd.
"It's alright, Odd. If anyone should be sorry, it should be me. Brad made me avoid you just because he didn't like you. I should've realized that Brad isn't important to me like you are." said Zenon with a smile. Odd returns his friend's smile with one of his own and a blush.
Aww! Wasn't that a sweet ending! Well! More chapters to come! Review and no flames please!
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