"No Mari my feelings haven't changed." Luka replied. "So what's new?"
"Well Alix and Jake are getting married tomorrow." Mari stated. "I'm the maid of honor and...Adrien is the best man."
"You two in that church again looking at each other? No absolutely not I prohibit you from going to that wedding." Luka said sternly. "You won't go to that wedding especially not as maid of honor while Adrien is the best man."
"I didn't know you would be the best man and Mari the maid of honor." Father Carlos told Adrien when Adrien visited him at the church.
"Jake asked me to be his best man and I accepted before knowing that Mari was going to be the maid of honor." Adrien replied. "I don't know what Mari said but either way I would've accepted."
"We'll know tomorrow now how are things going with you?" Father Carlos asked.
"I had a long talk with Kagami and after knowing why she created Ryuuko which was to destroy the man who caused her sister to kill herself but since she didn't know who he was she would just destroy any man that came across her path. She also understood that in an extent she is both Kagami and Ryuuko. I'm 99% sure that she took Ryuuko out from her concious and is cued now." Adrien replied.
"So are you going to be married with her?" Father Carlos asked.
"Well a man appeared that existed in her life before knowing me. She fell in her own trap as Ryuuko with him...and honestly I think that Kagami still loves him." Adrien replied. "You won't believe who it is who used to be my best friend who plans to marry Mari your nephew Luka Couffaine. She even came looking for him. They loved each other and that gives me hope that I still have a chance with Mari."
"I'm sorry Luka but I have to go the bride and groom are my friends for years I can't fail them." Mari stated.
"Well why are you the maid of honor couldn't someone else in the group been asked to do it?" Luka asked.
"Well Alix asked me plus 2 of the girls aren't here right now." Mari replied. "Like it or not I'm going to be the maid of honor."
"I don't like it that you have anything in common with him. I don't have a choice with Adrienne but not anything else." Luka said sternly.
"I'll keep that in mind for next time but I'm still going to the wedding and as the maid of honor." Mari said sternly. "The wedding is tomorrow and it would pain me to back up now."
"Fine but I hope it's the last time you have anything social to do with Adrien." Luka replied. "You aren't going to the wedding alone I'm going with you."
"Tom is now caring about her now more than ever we need to set our up plan to get rid of her." Lila told Isabella.
"Who's getting married?" Tom asked Sabine after she told him Mari was going to be the maid of honor in a wedding.
"Jake and Alix from Mari's friend group." Sabine replied. "Jake has become a doctor and now he's planning to form a family see Tom not all rebellious youth fall in the wrong path. Think about what would happen to Mari if you put her in prison like what you wanted to do."
"It's not that I wanted to she deserved it based on how she behaved." Tom stated. "Remember all the things she did and was capable of doing."
"Well good thing Adrien refused and helped her." Sabine replied. "She started to see everything positive in her life. It's a shame that they didn't have a happy ending. My daughter wasn't a delinquent Tom Mari had a good heart and intelligence to try to do good in the world even though she did so in the wrong way at the time. Now she's a beautiful decent woman that I can be proud of and I am."
There was a knock on the door and when Mari opened it Alya and Marlena walked in. They sat down and started talking about Alya's wedding with Nino. "I'm all over the place getting everything ready for the wedding."
"How are you doing Mari?" Marlena asked Mari.
"I'm doing good. I miss you at the theater though." Mari replied. "Ana helps me but you know me better and know what I like and dislike."
"I would still help you if I wasn't busy helping Alya with the wedding." Marlena stated.
"I know don't worry about it so when is the wedding?" Mari asked.
"Next week Nino and I have to give the invitations to everyone like a lighting bolt." Alya replied. "The invitations should arrive tomorrow. By the way your friend Jake was at the house and he asked Nino to be the DJ for the party he also invited us to the ceremony."
"Based on the circumstances I tried to avoid the topic of Mari but I still love her like the day I met her." Adrien told Edward. "That's why I hope Luka and Kagami become what they used to be even though at those moments it was Ryuuko and not her."
"That way you wouldn't feel obligated with Kagami." Edward concluded.
"Excidly it would be the best solution for everyone." Adrien replied.
"What dress should I wear." Mari asked Ana the next day as she was getting ready for the wedding.
"All of them are pretty. You'll look great in any of them." Ana replied. "Let's pick by fate." Ana closed her eyes and picked one randomly. It was a one strap red dress. "This one."
"Cool it was the one I liked the most." Mari stated.
"Do you really want me to go with you to that wedding?" Kagami asked Adrien surprised and Adrien nodded. "I thought it wouldn't be right with my situation."
"Your situation isn't a secret for anyone." Adrien replied. "Go get dressed I'll wait for you Maya is also going."
Kagami quickly goes to her room and happily gets dressed for the first time in a long time not being afraid of anything.
Luka came in the living room. "Fu are you guys ready?"
At that moment Mari walked out from her room with Ana. "I'm ready oh and Ana is coming with us since I invited her."
Luka nodded. "Alright and you look very pretty Mari."
Marlena was going to stay to take care of Adrienne as everyone else would go to the wedding. "You guys should go to not be late Mari is the maid of honor." Everyone nodded and left the apartment.
In the ceremony was Roxie with Elsa's parents Fu Ana Luka and Alix's brother in Alix side while Nino Alya Roland and Kagami with Maya were in Jake's side. The ceremony started Mari and Adrien as the best man and maid of honor walked to the alter first than Alix's dad walked Alix down the aisle to Jake.
Throughout the wedding Roland looked at Roxie with a smirk and Roxie felt uncomfortable. While Adrien and Mari looked at each other awkwardly since their finances were looking at them.
"Like always beautiful." Adrien mouthed to Mari and she looked away.
What they didn't know was that Luka and Kagami were looking at each other too.
In the party which was at the new apartment Jake brought Alya walked over to Alix. "This apartment turned out beautifully Alix you did a good job decorating it. You have a good eye."
"Thanks I did it with passion and a lot of love." Alix replied with a smile.
"I have to be honest Kagami seeing you today I was surprised you seem so different not just physically but in your attitude too." Ciel was telling Kagami.
"Yes honestly it was a real transformation." Christopher added.
"It was all thanks to Adrien who helped me overcome my spilt personality." Kagami replied.
Luka led Mari to the side. "Mari I think that it's time for us to leave."
"Not yet Luka it's too soon." Mari said before walking away to the table with the food.
Kagami walked past Luka and sat on a chair. She was dressed almost like how Ryuuko used to but the look she give wasn't from a cruel seductive woman but of a kind hearted woman with confidence. He sat on the chair next to her. "What's the meaning of this?"
"What do you mean?" Kagami asked confused.
"Are you Ryuuko again or are you just dressing up as her to confuse me even more?" Luka asked. "Why this new attitude?"
"I'm Kagami Luka my glasses and old fashioned clothes was the disguise. Now that I overcame my traumas and now I have no fears and stress I don't need to hide from myself or from anyone else." Kagami replied.
"Yes outside you look a lot like her maybe you're as cruel as her in the inside." Luka stated.
"You're wrong Luka Ryuuko died and I'm back from being the one I used to be before you met me" Kagami replied. "I'm a normal woman with gains and faults like everyone else. No one is perfect after all."
Adrien walked over to Mari. "Can I tell you that you look beautiful today?"
"You already did at the church." Mari replied. "And your fiance is beautiful too I heard you cued her congratulations."
"Yes she's very happy about it." Adrien stated.
Maya ran over to them. "Mari how's Adrienne and when can I see her again?"
"Good and I don't know." Mari replied. Maya nodded and walked away.
"Mari I want you to be honest with me were you thinking about the same thing as me when we were at the alter?" Adrien asked.
"Why don't you go with your fiance?" Mari asked changing the subject.
"Well my fiance is talking with your fiance." Adrien replied.
"Why are you here alone why don't you go to Adrien's side who is your fiance." Luka asked Kagami.
"I will after Mari stops talking to him." Kagami replied. Luka looked over at Mari and Adrien.
"Doesn't it bother you that they are together?" Adrien asked Mari.
"No because I'm only seeing two people talking." Mari replied.
Adrien was going to respond but Luka walked over to them. "Mari we are leaving right now."
"I want to know what he was telling you." Luka told Mari as they walked in her house. "What did you guys talk about."
"About our relationships and you had no right to act like that." Mari said being upset about the situation. "You were talking to Kagami and I wasn't upset about it. She's now cued and is a normal beautiful woman.."
"Mari what's wrong are you okay?" Luka asked concern noticing that she was about to tear up.
"Please leave me alone Luka I need to be alone." Mari replied. Luka slowly nodded and left the apartment. Mari bursts into tears once he was gone.
Father Carlos went over to Kagami. "It must be a big relief knowing that you're cued."
"Yes Father Carlos I feel like a new person. Now that I understand why I created Ryuuko I feel confident again I know that what happened to me won't happen again." Kagami replied with a smile.
Roland walked over to Roxie. "Roxie I want to marry you."
"You're crazy stop playing around." Roxie said sternly.
"I'm not playing around Roxie I want you to be my wife." Roland replied.
"You think that it's enough that you want it? I don't want anything to do with you Roland. If you offend when I told you I was going to be a mother than maybe but not now." Roxie stated.
"Well remember that you can't marry Dr. Fuller or I take the kid away from you." Roland replied.
"Why are you crying dear?" Fu asked concern.
"I don't know how to explain it but Kagami was so different that she's not the same old sick woman that she used to be. Now she's a woman that any guy can fall in love with and...I'm jealous." Mari replied.
"You're jealous of Kagami for being Adrien's fiance or Luka's ex girlfriend?" Fu asked.
Adrien was sitting at the living room when Kagami sat next to him. "Maya went to sleep quickly she was tired from the wedding. So what happened at the party with Luka?"
"He got mad because I was talking with Mari." Adrien replied.
"Nevertheless he was talking to me and did it bother you?" Kagami asked.
"Honestly no." Adrien replied. "I'm assuming that he was surprised by your new attitude and look." Kagami nodded. "Most of the time jealousy is invalid."
"It depends on the love or insecurities the person feels." Kagami stated. "Did you not feel jealous when Luka and Mari left together? Because I did. Let's be honest Adrien you still love Mari like always I saw it in your eyes when she left and you were right the person that I actually love is him Luka. I know that you're relief about that. You were only going to marry me because of obligation and compassion. You were the only one that was capable enough to save me from prison and from my sickness. Now I'm cued but I still need you Adrien...not your love because I know that I'll never have that but I need your help as a friend. If I win over Luka you get the free path with Mari and if you win Mari over I will have the free path with Luka. We need to help each other."
Adrien smiled. "That's a great idea. I know that who Mari really loves is me and I bet who Luka really loves is you."
"And how are we going to convince those two dorks that that's the truth?" Kagami asked.
"We need to form a plan...why don't we make them be jealous on purpose?" Adrien suggested. "We can give them the news that we are getting married very soon."
Kagami nodded. "I'll talk to Luka to see how he reacts and you can talk to Mari."
Adrien smiled. "Deal."
"I don't dare find an answer for that." Mari replied to Fu. "You remember how Kagami was when she came to visit me and you saw how she was today. Everything is so-"
The doorbell rang and Fu went to open it. "Good evening." Adrien said walking in. "I came to see Adrienne can I see her?" Mari nodded and went to get her before coming back and handed her over to Adrien.
Kagami was getting ready for bed when she saw a picture of Chloe and a note that was written in red paint to look like blood in her drawer. Kagami screamed dropping them on the ground.
"She's so cute I hope she gets used to me soon. She's at the stage where babies learn to regonize people. Has she regonize you yet?" Adrien asked Mari.
"Yes she calls me mama." Mari replied. "She prefers that I do everything for her."
"Well you must feel very fortunate.' Adrien stated. "When I come back I'll bring many gifts for her."
"From where?" Mari asked.
"My honeymoon." Adrien replied. "I'm getting married with Kagami next week."
Kagami locked her door before picking the note from the ground. "I'm close to you...and I came back to get my revenge...this is my blood the blood you had on your hand. I'll torment you from now on." Kagami let's go of the note again and has a panic attack.
"We finally picked our wedding date when are you guys picking yours?" Adrien asked. "Have you talked with Luka of when you guys will get married?"
"No I still need to do one more play." Mari replied.
"Is Luka willing to wait?" Adrien asked.
"Not at first but I convinced him to wait." Mari replied.
"I wouldn't be able to be so patient. Remember when we got married?" Adrien asked. "It was in days and there was a reason to wait because you were scared of love. Nevertheless that night-"
"Why don't we change the subject?" Mari suggested.
"Yes your right. It's not right that we think about those moments when we are about to marry other people. Adrienne is growing up so fast Maya would want to see her everyday. When I come back from the beach I'll bring her here."
"The beach?" Mari asked surprised.
"Yes that's the setting for our honeymoon because Kagami loves the ocean." Adrien replied. "I'm assuming that after you marry Luka he'll take you to the ranch or do you guys plan a trip first?"
"I don't know and I think that it's not my right to be gossiping about where we are going for our honeymoon." Mari stated. "And I'm not interested at your plans."
"I'm not doing it for you I'm doing it for Adrienne. So you can let me know if something comes up." Adrien replied.
"I could just ask Natalie to pass the message if something happened with I doubt it since Luka would be here. Don't worry you'll still see her when you come back." Mari stated. "By the way you should be careful with your fiance with her being cued she became more flirtatious. It funny how you want to marry her now because you weren't in a hurry before she was so..."
"Are you bothered by my wedding with Kagami?" Adrien asked lifting her chin up. "Are you jealous?"
Kagami tried to calm down by throwing the note away and putting the picture away. Remembering Adrien's words she calmed down. "I have to be strong the note isn't real someone is playing a joke on me."
Kagami wasn't wrong Audrey was the one to put the picture and note there to scare Kagami so she could convince Adrien to take her away from the house.
"Why would I be jealous if there's nothing between us anymore." Mari replied. "You're going to get married next week so congratulations. I hope you're happy like I will when I marry Luka. Now you should leave because it's getting late. When you come to visit her come from 1-8 PM I'll be at the theater. Luka gets jealous and doesn't want me near you." Adrien nodded handing Adrienne to Mari before walking away.
"So when do you start rehearsaling for the new play?" Lila asked Roland.
"We just started the current play so like in a week." Roland replied. "You're welcome to watch whenever you want."
Once Roland was gone Lila mumbled. "Now the end for Mari is near no one will save her from death."
Mari was crying again on Fu's shoulder. "Adrien is a cynical jerk. He's getting married next week and his honeymoon is at the beach. Most likely the same beach that he took me. He was talking about it the whole time. He even asked me if I was jealous."
"Well you are." Fu said softly.
"Yes I'm jealous." Mari said crying even harder.
A week later Adrien was eating breakfast while thinking about Mari. "I think that she got jealous when I told her my supposedly plans with Kagami. She got very upset especially with the topic of the honeymoon and that could be a good start. I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing though she insists of getting married with Luka who was my best friend and brother."
Mari was playing with Adrienne as she thought about Adrien. "It hurts me that your dad said he was going to get married and going to a honeymoon to the beach like he did with me. He's making fun of me and he doesn't realize that I still love him with all my heart."
Ana was in the storage room getting everything that was needed for the rehearsal when Lila walked up to her. "Hi I'm looking for the director Roland."
"He's not here look at the stage he should be there." Ana replied.
"I did and he wasn't there." Lila stated. "But I'll keep looking." Lila walked away but hid in a hallway without Ana noticing. Ana had to leave for a moment and Lila took the chance to go to the gun that was going to be used and grab it before taking out the fake bullets and took out the real bullets from her purse.
She was just finishing putting the real bullets in the gun when Kim walked up to her from behind. "Hello?"
Lila turned to face him. "Hi...this thing got my interest it's obviously not real."
"No it's real it's used for the plays just fake bullets are used." Kim replied.
"I see." Lila put the gun down. "I was looking for Roland but he's not here so I'll keep looking." Lila walked away just as Ana walked back in.
"Kim what was that woman doing here again?" Ana asked.
"She said that she was looking for Roland." Kim replied.
"I told her a few minutes ago that he wasn't here." Ana stated. "He actually just called me that he can't come and the rehearsal is canceled until tomorrow." Kim nodded and left to tell Mari as Ana put all the stuff away.
"I did it I put the real bullets in the gun." Lila told Isabella when she visited her. "One of the actors saw me but I think I was able to pretend."
Mari came back home and saw Sabine with Adrienne. "Hi dear Fu told me that you were crying the last few days. Is it Adrien?"
"Yes he told me that he's getting married with Kagami very soon." Mari replied. "Kagami once came to see me and I saw a sick woman. I felt pity for her so I told her that she had nothing to worry about that Adrien was hers. Now Kagami is different."
"Mari you still have time. If you still love Adrien than go and tell him. Do your best to get Adrien back." Sabine stated.
