A young man of the villainous Scorpion clan, not yet a samurai, falls in love at first sight. She's a Crane, noble, elegant, perfect, and totally beyond his level. All Scorpion wear masks, and foolishly he thinks this means they're the only ones.
Author's Comments:
A short, feel-good Legend of the Five Rings fic.
I wrote this a year or so ago for a challenge on the forums at www.l5r.com where the theme was to involve the "gempukku", growing from a child to a true samurai. The challenge was posted two years ago, so I was a bit past the deadline.
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