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Start Ups Bounty Hunters: Brand New Journey

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Nova knew that the scar was a point of extreme sensitivity for her. "Tavalla, you never have to worry. There's nothing that scar can do to diminish your beauty. Not in mine or anyone else's eyes."

He started rocking slowly back and forth. "I want you to know that I'll never stop loving you. But, I want you to love yourself."
 

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Juliet didn't know what to say. The silence hung over the couple for a moment as she tried to collect herself. A thought came to her. "You know... I'm reminded of something my dad told me once." She said quietly. "That you should never go to bed angry at the one you love." Juliet muttered. "And I don't want either of us to do that ever again."
 

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Realization hit Nova at that moment. Then, he just held her tighter. "I won't. I promise. Let's go to bed now. It's nicer to cuddle when it's warm."
 

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Juliet nodded. "You're not wrong." She smiled faintly and they reappeared in Juliet's room. Closing the door, she looked at him. "You know... what I said a moment ago. I didn't just mean you. I'm holding myself to the same standard." She said quietly, turning to look out the window. "I'm not mad at you... I'm just sort of... I don't know... why did you have to do all that to Hazel? Being all..." Juliet cut herself off. "I shouldn't have said anything, I have no right to."
 
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There it was. Nova was happy that she was divulging her feelings to him. It was a necessary step in their relationship.

Then, he heard it was because of him. And that ached. He closed his tightly for a moment, trying to push back that all too familiar deluge of emotions that were going to swell over. He'd never cried in front of anyone; he wanted to remain strong and composed.

Really, he could only muster the latter of those two here. He embraced her once more. He didn't say anything for a moment, trying to collect his thoughts. He mulled over the things he'd said and done. It was all in jest, though even he could now see how slightly malicious it had sounded. It was uncharacteristic.

All while she was vulnerable, too. He could only barely stop the tears that fought to leave his eyes, but he didn't let Juliet see that. He just kept embracing her. It wasn't about him. It was about her.

Finally, he spoke. "There... there is no excuse for that... I'm so, so sorry. I should never have brought that up. It was wrong, it was uncouth..." he paused for a moment to keep his composure. "I never want to hurt you. Ever." He held that embrace, wanting Juliet to feel the overwhelming sense of protection he held for her.

"Please, forgive me, Tava."
 

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Juliet hadn't realized that telling the truth... or at least coming close to it... that it could actually make her feel better about everything. But there it was. She'd said enough of what she'd needed to say and Nova had said what he'd needed to say. She smiled. "Kiran... consider yourself forgiven and completely absolved." Juliet looked up and placed a tender, lingering kiss on his lips to tell him this. "There is nothing you need to be forgiven for... I was just upset because I was overreacting to it based on everything that's happened over the past couple of days. With Hazel and with the cooking and with my scar... I've just felt so helpless, so on edge. And it was like I needed you more than anything when we got back and instead you were in the kitchen teasing Hazel and I." Juliet sighed, not knowing that Hazel and Nova had been talking about something far more important for a good part of that conversation. "I also know that I shouldn't have been eavesdropping and I'm sorry that I did that but... with my powers sometimes it's hard to tune things out." Juliet admitted.
 

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Nova nodded, smiling to her. It eased him that she was happy, but that lingering sense of guilt still remained.

He could push it back, though. He had to, for her sake. "Let's head to bed."
 

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Juliet smiiled at Nova. "Yes. We should. It's been a long couple of days." She muttered as she got ready for bed. "Oh and Nova, I don't want you feeling guilty or upset about any of this. You didn't do anything wrong. I promise." Juliet sighed. "I'm worried that something is troubling you, but you can tell me that when you're ready. There's no rush. I'm patient. And I'll always be here, I'm not going anywhere."
 

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Nova didn't answer, simply pulling Juliet close to him.

Before he closed his eyes, he could have sworn he caught a glimpse of someone sitting crosslegged on the floor, staring at the two of them with a grin. Still, he paid it no further mind.
 

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As Hazel went to her room, she could of sworn she... saw something. No, wait. Someone.

"I must be more tired than I thought," she muttered to herself, clearly unamused.
 

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At this point, Bria started lightly snoring. It wasn't obnoxiously loud, but Ant could probably tease her about this later if he chose to do so.
 

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A few more days passed as the group remained in the resort, enjoying their small snow vacation. The night before they were set to leave Sakura gathered all in the living room once more. "So, where are we going now?" Kai asked immediately glancing at the woman.

"Yes I admit this is pretty rutinary already," Sakura pointed out, rolling her eyes. 'But you guys got a new mission, S ranked, very big one for the BHA too."

"I don't know...considering how the last one that was S ranked went," Liza replied hesitantly, glancing down at her leg.

"You will have to go undercov..."

"Already done th-"

"Shut up and let me speak Kai," Sakura frowned, glaring at her nephew. "It seems like there's this big tournament being held by this big tycoon or something like that. He's known for being the heir to one of the biggest companies in the world and built a city of his own and stuff," she explained, though rather vaguely. "I haven't read his wikipedia article yet so bare with me. Anyways, apparently he's decided to hold a worldwide tournament for skill users, completely off the BHA's grid, of course the big guys upstairs are worried about a guy like this suddenly doing this so they're sending Bounty Hunters to sneak in as participants...that includes you guys," she stated as she stared at the group. "You're a small guild who has caused a lot of trouble, but you're also a guild made up of really strong individuals as well as individuals with a lot of potential for growth."
 

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"So you want us to fight in this tournament." Juliet said flatly. "I'm in. I haven't gotten the chance to really let loose in a long time, could be nice."

"I'm in as well." Rick said without hesitation. "It would be a good test. Perhaps I'll even meet my equal with a blade."
 

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Ant and Hazel uneasily glanced at each other.

"How is this going to work exactly?" Hazel then asked. "We just fight random guys? What happens after that?"
 

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"Why not just stop the operation without the espionage?" Nova simply asked.
 

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"Because we apparently need to do this fancy espionage instead of getting straight to the point," Bria dryly replied.
 

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"I don't know," Sakura shrugged. "I thought the same thing, but apparently with how the situation is right now it seems like they would rather have you guys just lay low and try to see if there's anything going on," she explained, scratching her chin. "Though it might also be that other thing..."

"What other thing?" Liza asked curiously, swinging her leg around.

"There's been a lot of movement going on in the dark parts of the world lately, a lot of rogue skill users causing trouble and banding together...like Cora's group for or the one Ammy used to belong to," Sakura pointed out, her tone becoming more serious. "There have ben rumors about a bunch of these groups coming together, the BHA probably thinks they might show up in the tournament and cause trouble or something...again I'm not very clear on the details myself."
 

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Nova accepted that answer, as much as it didn't sit right with him.
 

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"Well if there's nothing else we can do about it," Kai crossed his arms, he wasn't exactly too happy about the idea of going undercover for another off the grid tournament, though the way Sakura spoke about it made it seem as if this one wasn't going to treat them like fighting dogs in a cage. "So where are we going?"

"The qualifying round for the tournament is taking place in multiple cities throughout the world, the one for the South Continent is taking place in Estelar."

Kai bit his lip slightly, a look of annoyance and discomfort crossing his face. "Great...."

"What's Estelar?" Liza raised her hand in the air.

"Only one of the most dangerous and crime ridden cities in the world," Sakura stated simply. "I remember we made quite a mess of it a long time ago."
 

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"You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." Juliet said melodramatically.

Rick rolled his eyes. "I grew up on the streets. It won't faze me."
 
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