Chapter 25: Beauty vs. the Beast


Taiyang watched from a distance as his little girl walked reverently to her destination.

Today was the first day of the Vytal Festival but Ruby wanted to visit a place before she went.

If it was any other place Taiyang would've gently reminded his daughter that she had a tournament today, but not the place they were at right now.

After all, this place was a special one; the resting site of his beloved wife Summer.

The morning sun rose as its ray reflected upon the water behind the grave.

"Hi mom," Ruby said softly as she came to a stop and lowered her hood, "It's been a while."

Taiyang noticed Ruby begin to shuffle around as she was attempting to figure out what to say to Summer.

"I've had a lot happen lately," Ruby said as she began to perk up, "But I don't think I have the time to tell you everything."

Taiyang smiled at that comment.

If she did actually do that they were going to be here for a while.

The last time his little girl visited this place was before she went to Beacon, and the trouble his little girl had gotten into would be enough to fill a volume, maybe even two!

"Dad's still teaching at Signal, but he told me he's going to go on missions soon! " Ruby said excitedly as she continued her talk with her mother, "I think you would've liked to have joined him on those."

He smiled sadly at that comment by his daughter.

Remembering Summer on their missions made his heartache as all the wonderful experiences he had with her began to flash through his mind.

"My partner is a girl named Weiss she has become my new best friend!" Ruby excitedly said as the girl continued to talk to her mother, "She was a bit mean to me at first but underneath that cold personality of hers she's actually really nice, though, she does owe me a new skirt for throwing up over my old one."

"Don't tell her I told you that though or else she'll freeze him," Ruby said in a panic before moving to talk about her next friend.

"Oh, then there's Blake, she a bit quiet but she's really cool. She's had a rough past, but I know I can trust her with Yang."

"Oh yeah!" Ruby shouted as excitement filled her eyes, "I'm on a team with Yang! It's as awesome as you would expect!"

Taiyang couldn't help but smile as he watched his daughter excitedly talk about her team.

He was initially unsure of his daughter being able to handle being a leader, but the role seemed to suit her so far and her team seemed to really care for her.

"I've also made friends outside of my team like Team JNPR, they're awesome as well!"

His daughter then began to talk about the friends she had made in Beacon.

In his heart he could never fully accept Ruby going to Beacon so early, she was so young, and being forced to fight so early never sat well with him.

He had to admit but going to Beacon was good for her.

The growth in his daughter was absolutely astounding.

He could barely recognize her with the year's difference.

Gone was the little girl who spent her free time in Signal reading comic books and upgrading Crescent Rose.

In her place was a confident Huntsman in training who was as beautiful, confident, and kind as the woman who gave birth to her.

"I wish you could've been here to see her growth," Taiyang sadly thought to himself.

"You know my friend Mori the weird one I told you about last time?" Ruby said as she continued to talk to Summer about her friends, "He's super amazing! Like those heroes, you told me from your bedtime stories!"

Taiyang once again had another smile creep on his face as his daughter began talking about the boy she found in the woods.

That boy had really made an impression on his daughter.

Taiyang couldn't really blame her.

He was a good kid, albeit one shrouded in mystery but a good kid, nonetheless.

He couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of those children Mori taught that had been begging for him to come back.

He had a good head on his shoulders and a kind heart.

Summer would always be number one in Ruby's heart he had no doubt about it, but Taiyang was pretty sure that boy was solidly in second place in people she admired.

She admired him so much that it could easily be mistaken that she had a crush on the boy.

Taiyang couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of Ruby having a crush on Mori.

She didn't have a crush on him …right?

That wasn't possible! She had never shown any interest in boys during her time at Signal.

Besides, his little girl was too young for romance!

He liked Mori and at times thought of him as the son he never had but the boy actually being with any of his daughters romantically was a hurdle that he hadn't overcome or thought of yet.

Taiyang's scroll suddenly started to beep as he realized that their time was up.

They needed to get going or else they'd be late; he'd worry about the unexpected Mori problem another time…

Stepping out of the trees he had Zwei bark to get Ruby's attention.

"Oh, that's Dad looks I have to go," Ruby excitedly said, "Bye!"

Watching as his daughter run past him to get to the car, Taiyang took one last long look at the gravesite of his wife.

"Goodbye Summer," He whispered.


The atmosphere around her, the bright lights, the energy from the cheering crowd, Yang could feel it all.

It was Electric, there was no better feeling in the world right now.

"All right Team RWBY!" Her sister shouted next to her, "Let's do this!"

"We better not disgrace Beacon by losing in the first round."

"I don't know our opponents look pretty tough."

"Good!" Yang grinned while punching her fists together, "Mama likes a challenge."

"Yeah!" Ruby cheered, "Let's go Team RWBY!"

"Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to the Vytal Festival!" The MC announced.

"Who will be the teams fighting in this match? Let's introduce them!"

"On this side, we have the first-year wonders, the unstoppable girls, the Pride of Beacon!"

"From Vale, we have The Beautiful Team RWBY!"

The crowd cheered as their team walked to the stadium.

"Does he have to phrase it like that," Blake deadpanned.

"Remind me again, of all people, why is HE announcing?" Weiss asked in annoyance as she looked at their MC.

"Come on guys, that was a pretty good introduction," Ruby replied as she defended their announcer.

"It's not right," Yang rumbled, "Mori should be fighting in the ring."

Yup, their announcer right now up in the booth was none other than their good friend Jin Mori.

Beacon's strongest fighter, on the stage but not in the ring.

The reason? Tradition stated that he needed to have a team to participate and also apparently the idea of one clean hit didn't convince those geezers on the competition committee for making up for the lack of an aura meter.

Official rules were bullshit.

That's right because of those stupid rules Beacon's strongest fighter wasn't going to participate.

Despite Yang's pride in herself, she could at least admit Mori was by and far the strongest student in all of the Huntsmen Academies especially after he beat Pyrrha in a spar.

Even students from other schools knew he would've been a heavy favorite to win it all even by himself.

That's why they all breathed in a sigh of relief when it was announced Mori wasn't going to participate.

Yang's opinion? It left a bad taste in her mouth.

What good was winning a tournament when the strongest wasn't participating.

"At least Ozpin offered that he could commentate at least," Ruby said as they waited for their opponents, "So he has something to do during the tournament."

"He certainly has the flair for the dramatic," Blake commented as he began introducing their opponent Team ABRN.

"I think it's cool," Ruby innocently replied.

"You think anything he does is cool," Weiss snarked.

"Nu-uh, his favorite fruit being bananas isn't cool at all."

"And where will these teams be fighting today!" Mori announced as his voice boomed through the stadium, "let's take a look!"

Pressing a button, the stadium began to transform into their stage.

"It's the Fire and Ice Stage!" Mori screamed in excitement, "Fighters, Are you Ready!?"

"You remember your matchups right, girls?" Ruby said as she released Crescent Rose.

Yang nodded happy about who she was facing, she got the really strong one Arslan, the girl was strong, and Yang knew she was not going to have it easy.

And that's what would make this fight all the sweeter.

"3, 2, 1…Go!"

In a flash, Yang charged at her opponent firing off Ember Celica as she got close to her opponent.

Arslan seemed to have the same idea as she too charged at the same time creating a shockwave through the arena.

With them center stage Yang began trading blows with the fellow blonde.

Using her trademark aggressive fighting style Yang fired powerful blow after blow.

Arslan on the other hand received her blows with ease.

It was frustrating, the girl was a hand-to-hand combatant, but it was more akin to fighting Ren who liked to deflect to dodge, and redirect blows vs the all-out brawl style Yang preferred.

Once again Yang charged as she tried to get a strike on her opponent, and once again her opponent dodged it with ease.

This time, however, she could feel something on her foot as she realized her opponent had gotten her with her weapon.

Yang soon could feel herself lose her balance as Arslan went for a direct strike on her.

Landing in the ice field Yang attempted to regain her balance, but her opponent didn't let her as Arslan rushed and delivered a big hit knocking her flat on her ass.

Yang could feel a gun point at her as she realized she got knocked next to Nadir an enemy.

Yang braced herself as she heard shots but realized nothing hit her.

It seemed like Nadir was entrapped in ice.

"I got you!" Ruby screamed as she gave her a thumbs up.

Yang gave a thumbs-up back to her sister.

Ruby would always have her back, setting her eyes back on Arslan, Yang once again charged this time being more cautious.

"I need to be cautious," She thought to herself as she fired off more blows this time with more precision instead of reckless abandon.

"Wear her little by little,"

"Then, when the moment is right…strike"

The fight was at a critical moment right now, the scales could tip either way.

Whichever team lost their first member would lose all their momentum.

The question was who would be the first fall?

"Oh, and she fell for the fake!" Mori cheered as he answered her question, "How did Reese fall for that!?"

The tipping point had happened, Blake had won her matchup, ABRN had lost their first member and soon Blake would begin to support the other two.

From the corner of her eye, Yang could see Weiss trap the other two members of Team ABRN in a giant ice hand before Blake threw the two over to Arslan.

Yang knew it was their chance with enough force she could knock all of them out at once.

She could see Weiss prepare an ice ramp and then saw Ruby and Blake get ready, they were expecting Yang to use it to gather momentum.

Yang was tempted not to use it as she had a new move she wanted to show off.

But in the end, she decided she wanted to keep that in the back of her pocket.

Taking the ramp Yang fired off her gauntlet attempting to gain speed.

Her attempt to gain momentum was only helped as Ruby and Blake gave her that final push.

With one last hurrah, Yang could feel herself fly as she went hurtling toward their opponents.

A loud explosion soon seemed to fill the arena as the dust began to settle.

"And the Winner is Team RWBY!" Mori cheered.

Yang could feel the crowd cheer their names now that the victor had been decided.

It was a good feeling, even though the tournament was a total sham.

Eh, she'll enjoy it while she could.


Blake considered herself pretty low maintenance.

She had few wants in life and her idea of a good time was cuddling near a warm fire and reading a good book.

But that went out the window once she laid her eyes on her precious.

It was the most important thing in her life right now.

She had never seen anything so beautiful before.

She wanted it, she needed it …no, she deserved it.

After all, she was the reason her team was able to win in the first round, she deserved to have something good in her life.

Nothing would come between her and her precious fish.

"What do you mean my card isn't accepted!" Weiss screamed.

"What?" Blake thought to herself as she snapped back to her senses.

She looked at the shopkeeper as he angrily pointed to his register which was flashing in big red letters that spelled out "Declined."

Wait did that mean?

No!

She wouldn't allow herself to be separated from her love, this wasn't a future she would let happen.

Blake grabbed her bowl of food, with plans to whisk it away, like how the brave knight in her most recent book attempted to whisk away the princess to elope.

Unfortunately, just like how the story went in her book her princess got taken away from her just as she was about to make her escape.

"Noo," Blake meekly cried out as her arm reached out in an attempt to longingly reunite with her love.

Was there no justice in this world?

"I can help out."

Just as Blake was reaching her lowest points, a hero, no, a savior, no, a Goddess descended upon them with light shining brilliantly behind her along with her company of heroes.

"You don't have to do that Pyrrha."

Blake quickly turned in horror to her partner baffled by the betrayal of one she trusted the most.

"But she could," Blake spat out in an attempt to save the situation.

"Don't worry I can afford it," Her Goddess replied with a smile, "I had a …talk with my manager and it turns out I have a lot more lien lying around than I thought."

"We can eat together," Jaune suggested as Team JNPR took their seat, "Consider it our treat for giving us an awesome show."

And once again true love conquered all as Blake was reunited with her lover now with nothing in their way.

"Ahhh," Blake sighed happily a couple of minutes later now finished with her meal, her tummy full of fish.

"Should we have eaten so much before our match?" Ren asked in concern.

"Nope," Pyrrha cheerfully replied, "This will give us energy!"

Just as Blake was going to respond that it looked like their lunch took away energy from her male teammates she got interrupted.

"I'll have three bowls please!" A familiar voice shouted, "Oh hey guys!"

"Mori!" Jaune shouted in surprise as he jumped out of his chair, "Aren't you supposed to be announcing?"

"It's my lunch break," Mori replied with his mouth full, the shopkeeper getting his order in an instant, "This was the only time I could get some food before you guys come up."

"Can't you show any manners?" Weiss snarked.

"You look like you ate a bit too much there, you should be careful Weiss, or Ruby may need a new skirt" Mori snarked back.

Blake could feel the temperature drop as Mori muttered the forbidden incident.

"Why yo- you"

"No Weiss!" Ruby screamed as she grabbed the heiress, "You can't turn Mori into a popsicle, we can't have a tournament with our MC."

"Let go of me, Ruby! Let me freeze him, they'll just get a replacement!"

"Yang help me out!"

"Calm down there Ice Queen!"

"What did I say about calling me that!"

"By the way the Blake," Mori said as he ignored the commotion between Ruby, Weiss, and Yang "That was the worst fake I have ever seen, it was so obvious, I don't know how anyone could be dumb enough to fall for that."

"I'm sorry ok!"

Blake and Mori turned their heads towards the voice interrupting their conversation.

It was a near-in-tears Reese.

"Don't listen to him Reese," Arslan said as she put the girl's head in her arms and patted her head while glaring at Mori, "You did fine."

"Based on the research we did beforehand that's one of the reasons I was matched with Reese," Blake explained as Mori apologized from a distance, "We figured, that she had a habit of falling for tricks so I would be the best one to take her on."

"I mean the plan was good, and I agree with it," Mori said as he put his attention back to Blake, "But your clone was just sort of standing there doing nothing, if I was using a clone I'd have the clone attempt to do something to get my opponents attention.

Blake felt a bit insulted with him questioning her usage of her semblance.

"Well, when you could make your own clones you can lecture me on clone usage," Blake snarked back.

It looked like Mori wanted to say something but had a conflicted look on his face.

"Uhh," He said just as his scroll started beeping.

"Oh! I have to get back to the ring!" He exclaimed as he finished his food in an instant, "I'll see you guys later bye!"

And just as fast he joined them he was gone just as fast.

"Get back here!" Weiss screamed, "You will pay for that comment!"

"Man, you really have gotten comfortable with him haven't you," Yang said as she let go of Weiss.

"Have I?" Blake asked as she watched Weiss grab Myrtenmeister and try to chase Mori down.

"Weiss no!" Ruby exclaimed as she chased after her partner.

"Yeah," Yang replied back, "You used to be all nervous and jumpy around him but now you guys can have a conversation like you were friends before Beacon."

"Huh," Blake said as she thought about it.

She still had that weird feeling that she initially had when she first met him but now that Yang mentioned it she had grown more comfortable talking to him in the past month.

"When did that happen?" She thought to herself.

Couple Weeks Back

Blake knew she eventually had to do it.

Despite her instincts screaming at her to run, she knew she would eventually have to get into the ring with him sooner or later, especially after the spars he had with their other friends.

"I've been waiting for this Blake," Mori said with a grin on his face as he started to stretch.

"I think you are expecting a bit too much from me," Blake replied back as she unsheathed Gambol Shroud.

"Nah," He replied back with a smile, "This will be great."

Blake wasn't surprised about his answer.

Despite Mori's many mysteries, there was one thing that Blake could absolutely nail down on her mysterious friend.

Mori really did like to fight,

Like a lot!

So much so, she wasn't sure who enjoyed a good fight more between Mori and…

Images of her former lover soon appeared in her mind as the two seemed to overlap.

"It's fine," she whispered to herself, "he's not like him at all."

A look of confusion appeared over Mori's face it looked like he wanted to ask her something but that was interrupted by Prof. Goodwitch.

"Begin!"

In a flash, Blake took the initiative as she created her clones in an attempt to confuse the boy.

If this was just a straight-up fight Blake would lose, after all, Mori was just a juggernaut to face.

But since all it would take to beat him would be one clean hit, if she confused him enough, maybe she could get him.

He didn't seem to take the bait as he quietly took up a fighting stance and began to scan through the clones in an attempt to find her.

At the same time, Blake didn't make a move either as she didn't want to reveal her location quite yet.

A cat and mouse game seemed to have started as the two of them did not make any more moves so far.

Ironically, it was Blake that felt like the mouse while Mori was the cat waiting to pounce.

She could feel it, whoever made the first mistake would lose.

"Just f... already!" Yang screamed from the audience, although Blake wasn't sure if she heard her partner correctly.

Surprisingly, Mori was the first one to react as he jumped at a clone to strike it leaving himself wide open.

Blake was about to attack but her instincts held her back.

Mori was too smart to leave an opening like that for her, it was probably bait, like he how tricked Ruby.

She had to be extra careful with him if she wanted to catch him by surprise, direct confrontation did not end well for those who tried it against him.

A chill seemed to go up Blake's spine as Mori stared directly at her from the sea of clones.

Had he found her?

In a flash, he was in front of her delivering an ax kick.

"You're too cautious," Mori muttered as Blake blocked the attack with her katana.

Blake could feel the ground crack underneath her from the strength of his kick.

Blake struck back in an attempt to counter-attack.

Her attack was only met by his foot as her weapon rebounded off it.

Flipping off the foot, Blake readjusted herself in the sky as she struck downwards.

Her attack was only parried as he blocked one strike with his right arm when she tried to attack midair again he then blocked her again with his left hand, landing on the ground, Blake attempted a horizontal but that was only blocked his knee.

A fist flew at her as Blake dodged just in time.

Soon they were engaged intense close combat as Mori would fire off his attacks while Blake would dodge and attempt to launch her attacks.

Noticing herself starting to get tired Blake decided to backflip out of their exchange in an attempt to reset.

"This is so much fun!" Mori exclaimed as she landed.

Blake looked up and noticed him smiling,

"I'm sure it's fun to fight when you have such an overwhelming advantage," Blake replied back.

"What are you talking about Blake?" Mori asked as his face turned into confusion, "You're smiling as well!"

Blake lifted her fingers and felt the muscles around her face.

Huh, it seemed like in the adrenaline of their battle a smile had seemed to have etched on her face.

"I told you, you have a smile on your face!" Mori repeated, "That means you're having fun!" he exclaimed once again as he gave her another bright smile.

Was she really having fun? She usually considered combat a chore, a necessary evil, and she only really fought to keep her skill up.

Reading books was fun, not fighting but…

Right now, she had the same feeling she did when she reached the climax of the Man with Two Souls.

If that was the case, she wasn't going to go out quietly instead she wanted to go out with a high.

Making five of her clones she then charged at her friend, blade ready.

This was an all-or-nothing attack from Blake, either way, this fight would be ended now.

He had a one in five chance of getting this right, Blake felt confident about her odds.

She could see Mori close his eyes as she got closer to him.

"What is he doing?" Blake thought to herself, "He's leaving himself wide open."

Deciding not to look a gift horse in the mouth Blake raised her blade ready to take advantage of Mori's mistake.

What happened next felt like slow motion

Like a phantom, Mori slightly adjusted his body where the blade was going to land, dodging it.

"No way!"

Blake wasn't quite sure what happened next, but she soon realized she was staring at the ceiling.

"Miss Belladonna has had her aura reduced to fifteen percent!" Professor Goodwitch declared, "the winner is Mr. Jin!"

The gymnasium soon erupted.

"Holy crap this guy has so many cool matches,"

"Is anyone going to be able to beat him in the Vytal tournament!"

"I don't want to face him!"

A shadow appeared over Blake's hand as she noticed Mori above her his hand extended to her.

"You, ok?" he asked in concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Blake replied as she took his hand and got up, "Why did you close your eyes at the end?"

"Oh, I tried to focus only on my hearing so I could hear where you would strike," He replied back like it was the most normal thing in the world, "Wanted to focus on my other sense."

Blake could only shake her head in amusement of him the ridiculousness of that as she walked off the stadium.

"Hey, Blake!"

The Faunus took a look at who called her, it was Yang her partner she was giving her a thumbs up.

Blake gave one back as she went into the locker rooms to get changed.

As she changed, she thought of the fight and how it went as she remembered each exchange.

She didn't know why but she had a feeling this fight would be one she would never forget.

Blake soon stepped out of the locker room ready to rejoin her teammates when she noticed that the person, she was just fighting was waiting for her.

"Yo!" He replied as he raised his hand in greeting.

"Hey," She responded back, "Why aren't you back in the stand yet?"

"I…I wanted to ask you something," He replied as he nervously rubbed his head, "Do you… No that's not right, …Am I, no that isn't it either…Are you afraid of me?" He suddenly blurted out.

"Wha-What do you mean," Blake asked surprised by his directness.

"Sorry," he apologized as he scratched the side of his head, "It's just I noticed you were jumpy around me and you seemed to have trembled a bit before we fought and you said something weird like I'm not like him at all."

Blakes mind was in shock she wasn't sure how to respond because…he was right!

"I…I was," Blake admitted.

She was his friend, he deserved to know the truth.

She was afraid of him, she was afraid of his mystery, of his strength, of the way she just felt scared of him and she was afraid of how similar to Adam he was at times with his love of combat.

She explained all her concerns to Mori.

"I see," Mori replied with a downcast look as she finished.

"I'm not finished," Blake interrupted before he could say more, "I want to also say…I was being dumb."

He was her friend, and Blake didn't really treat him like one.

She also realized something else while she fought Mori.

He wasn't like Adam at all.

True they were both loved to fight and were combat geniuses, but that's where the similarities ended, now that Blake had fought him on the other side, she soon realized that they were nothing alike.

Whenever she sparred with Adam during her time in the White Fang he would always fight with anger, brutality like he had to conquer his opponent, to destroy them.

Fighting with Mori was…like he said during their spar… fun, he wasn't looking to destroy or conquer anyone, instead, there was a peace about him that even as an opponent Blake could feel.

"You're my friend Mori," Blake said as she then bowed to her friend, "And I apologize for treating you like an enemy…you're not Adam."

"Apology accepted," Mori as he reacted to her apology with a smile.

Blake thought that was the end of their convo as they made their way back to the stadium when Mori suddenly stopped again.

"Hey Blake," Mori spoke up again softly just as they reached the arena.

"Yes?"

"You've mentioned my name with Adam's a couple of times… are you mad at me for killing him?"

Once again, Blake wasn't sure how to answer back, why did Mori have to be so direct with her?

"I'm not mad at you," Blake replied, "I…I just have mixed feelings now that he's dead."

Blake saw Mori raise an eyebrow as he waited for her to explain.

"Adam was a monster," Blake clarified, "He had to be stopped one way or another…I…I just sometimes wonder that I could have done differently if I did something to stop him, to help him, maybe even save him from the path he was on."

Mori had an unreadable face as he walked towards her.

What he did next surprised her.

"Ow!" Blake yelped in pain as she held her head, "Why did you flick me in the forehead?"

"Don't be stupid," Mori replied, "You're not so beautiful that a guy will completely change."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I wa-"Mori suddenly stopped himself as it looked like he was thinking of his words, "I knew a guy that was completely terrible, just one of the worst people ever, he would pick fights with everyone and he had no care for those who trusted him."

Blake listened as he explained the story.

"I-He met someone that completely changed his life, a teacher," Mori continued, "That person loved that person with more love than he ever deserved, but despite the love this person showed, that person would continue to be a complete jackass."

"It wasn't a while until I-he realized what at terrible a person he was being and decided to follow that person's teaching and attempted to turn his life around to be a better person."

"So, you're saying I didn't attempt to love Adam enough to change him," Blake glumly replied.

Another flick soon met her forehead.

"Ow! Stop doing that!"

"No, that's not what I mean," Mori angrily replied.

"What I mean is you could show someone all the love in the world in an attempt to change him, but in the end, it's up to them to change."

Mori softened up as he looked at Blake in the eyes.

"Don't blame yourself for something that you have no control over."

"Adam chose that path because he chose that path not because anything of you did."

"You did nothing wrong."

A burden seemed to be lifted off Blake's shoulders as he said those words.

Tears seemed to spring from Blake's eyes…

"Thank you."

Present.

"And in this Corner, we have the Brave, The STrong, the Relentless, Team JNPR!"

Blake looked at the arena as she watched Team JNPR get ready for their battle, but her attention wasn't on her sister team, no it was on the quirky MC.

He was so strange but it wasn't his strength that made her curious, that was normal to her now.

Now that she stopped focusing on his strange fighting abilities, and his sketchy past, she noticed something else that was odd about him.

Now that she felt more comfortable around him, they began to talk and even bicker a little bit and soon Blake naturally found herself sometimes asking him for advice.

The thing that intrigued Blake now wasn't what he was but more instead who he was.

At times it felt like he was their age enjoying being a teenager with his friends, and then other times…Blake wasn't sure how she could explain but it felt like she was talking with Professor Ozpin.

Mori was her age but… sometimes he just felt a lot older than he looked.

The way he talked to her about Adam did not feel like it came from someone her age.

Blake wasn't sure why he was like this, but she wanted to find out.

…Just because she was no longer afraid of him anymore didn't mean she still wasn't curious about him.

She always did love a good mystery.


All right, we got another chapter done! I'm so happy that so many of you guys are still reading my story despite the long break. The welcome backs meant a lot to me. I hope you enjoyed the most recent chapter and I'd love to hear your thoughts on the story so far.

Thank you,

Toomuchtime


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