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So good to see you again. Due to school starting back up, I will be posting late at night between 10-11 on Fridays, my time. (Central Standard Time) Anyways enjoy my fanfic!

Obi raced after the figure. Obi was always known to be extremely fast, but he could barely keep the man in his view. Struggling with this, Obi decided he needed a new tactic.

Meanwhile, the shady figure was looking for a way out of the predicament. Not used to someone able to keep up with his incredible speed, the person started to panic.

Obi started to get closer to the runner as the chase went forward. He was so close to touching the person's shoulders when he noticed a couple of crucial things. The perpetrator was wearing a skirt.

"Wait a minute, she not he," Obi whispered to himself in a confused tone.

"Shit," the girl heard Obi's statement and confused tone. The girl grew anxious now that Obi knew something about her. She preferred to remain gender neutral to conceal her identity.

The other thing that didn't slip past Obi's advanced detection skills was the fact that the girl was running back towards the castle.

"Where the hell do you think you're going. If you think you're getting into the castle without a fight your in for a big surprise," Obi called out to her.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me right now, I don't have time for this," She shouted back to him as she accelerated her pace.

She quickly came up with a plan to lose Obi in his pursuit.

"I've got you now..." Obi started to say as he jumped and landed in the town right outside the castle gates.

"Or do you," The figure smirked as she slipped through the townspeople.

Giving up the pursuit, Obi decided the best course of action would be to find Master and the others. He needed to tell them what happened right away.

"Master," Obi called out as he made his way back to the group.

"What took you so long, did you catch the person," Zen inquired.

"Unfortunately, no, the woman was just to fast for me," Obi scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Damn it, I guess we should head back to the castle," Mitsuhide joined in.

"Wait, there's more. The woman seemed to be heading towards the castle, I would have stopped her. She sort of made a sudden stop at the village outside the castle gates, and I couldn't spot her in the commotion.

"We should inform Eli of this matter immediately," Kiki said as the group hurried to the castle.

"Welcome back, I hope you enjoyed exploring," Eli greeted her friends at the entrance.

The group ran in a hurry up to Eli with the urgent matter at heart.

"Eli, we have something important to tell you," Shirayuki started.

"We were walking around the forest when we heard a noise up in the trees, and when we stopped to inquire about it, a figure jumped out. Obi tried to chase it, but he came up empty handed," Zen Finished.

"But I did learn one thing about the person. It was a girl, and she was heading to the castle in quite a hurry. Keep an eye out," Obi warned.

Eli turned away from them, her face turning a rosy shade of pink.

"Are you okay Eli," Zen questioned.

"Yeah totally," Eli started to giggle, "I'm sure it's nothing, but I'll have the guards keep an eye out," Eli informed.

"And I will also talk to her," Eli said under her breath.

Though subtle the sly whisper didn't get past Obi's trained ears.

"Hmmm, I wonder."

"OBI, ARE YOU COMING OR NOT," Shirayuki Inquired.

"Yeah, be right there," Obi snapped back into reality.

The group reunited and went back to there rooms to get changed for supper.

Shirayuki wore a simple dress that reached to her knees. Kiki went for a more tomboyish look. She wore an outfit similar to her everyday wear but with a girly touch. This outfit had a skirt with it, and slightly heeled shoes.

Meanwhile, Zen wore his everyday outfit. The white pants and the blue shirt with his white cape that dropped behind his back adding a princely aura around him. Mitsuhide put on a more elegant version of his everyday outfit. Thanks to Zen obi was forced to wear a black outfit with buttons. Very similar to the one he wore when he accompanied Shirayuki to the ball in Tanbarun.

The two groups left their rooms.

"If everyone is ready I presume we make our way to dinner," Zen suggested.

Upon entering the room, the friends saw a multitude of royals gathered around. Shirayuki, Obi, Mitsuhide, and even Kiki felt like a tadpole in a humongous lake of crystal water.

"Everyone, listen up," a voice yelled through the chatter.

The room turned their attention to the person speaking, it was Eli.

"In order all of the guest to get to know one another I created a little game. I have set name cards at every seating placement. There is a place card for each quest here, and you are required to sit in that seat. I have made it so that people who came together will not be sitting next to each other," Eli glimpsed at Shirayuki while saying that.

"When seated, everyone is going to get 3 mints. Do not eat these mints right away. I am going to be asking questions for everyone. If the answer is yes, then pass a mint to the right. Likewise, if the answer to the question is no, the mint goes to the left. In the end, the player with the most mints wins a prize. Any questions?" Eli concluded.

A hand quickly jolted up.

"Just one, what child invented such a trivial game," The room burst out into a fit of laughter.

"That so-called child would be me," A woman chuckled as she entered the room.

"Welcome Princess, glad you could Join us," Eli bowed.

"WAIT, PRINCESS AKINA!" The whole room was starstruck.

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