-->''Sometimes, in order to find out who you truly are, you need to break a few rules. Or as many as possible; whichever works.''

Haru's first time to see the world outside the cave her family called home ended with disasters that cause her mother's death and herself getting cursed. To find a place that can accept her without condition and break her curse before she dies and become a fairy's eternal servant, the young girl must learn to take care of herself to travel in a world where being a woman would put you at disadvantage.

An AU fanfic of ''Anime/TheCatReturns'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1328392/YarningChick YarningChick]] who is famous for several other AU fics of the fandom, this story combine different fairy tales and myths to give us a great adventure of Bearskin, the name people has given to Haru.

You can read it [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8659191/1/To-Know-Oneself here]].

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!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl: Haru/Bearskin, as the result of her father's training. Having berserk blood does help.
* AttractiveBentGender: Bearskin as a man is attractive enough for women to throw themselves at "him" despite they knew that "he" is cursed.
* BagOfHolding: Haru's satchel from the old woman.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Machida was the only one beside her father that treat her kindly.
* TheBerserker: Haru, who had her grandfather's blood.
* BerserkButton: Hurting an innocent is a good way to push Haru's button, touch her Baron is another.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer‎: Haru was treated badly by her town for being cursed. Only Machida was nice to her, which is the reason she fell in love with him.
** Judging from other people reaction when she first ventured out into the world, people also didn't like albinos.
* ChickMagnet: Haru/Bearskin, much to her annoyance.
* DeadpanSnarker: Haru and Baron.
* DealWithTheDevil: A queen from one country made a deal with Rumpelstiltskin. Lucky for her, Bearskin showed up just in time.
* DumbMuscle: Hercules.
* FracturedFairyTale: Several characters are from fairy tales from over the worlds. They also crossed over with myths, legends and Folklore too. For example:
** Haru is Bearskin.
** Robin and Marian are from Myth/RobinHood.
** Blanche is Literature/SnowWhite
** Belle is Beauty from Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast.
** Zela is Literature/{{Rapunzel}}.
** Medusa and Hercules from Myth/GreekMythology.
** Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}} cursed Haru [[LoopholeAbuse without knowing her true gender]].
** For a short time, [[spoiler: Baron is Literature/PussInBoots]].
** Haru's mother is from [[spoiler: All Kinds Of Fur]].
** The grandmother of prince Lune [[spoiler: and Haru]] is Ella, from Literature/{{Cinderella}}.
* LadyKillerInLove: Juan, when he met Zela.
* LoopholeAbuse: Rumpelstiltskin's curse is that Bearskin would never find a bride. Pity for him, [[SweetPollyOliver Bearskin]] would rather find a groom.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The mermaids just want to be entertained, whether by men or by stories.
* SweetPollyOliver: Haru was forced to live as a boy from the day she was cursed. In her father's defense, being a woman would usually disadvantage for you in this kind of world and he must prepared her for the worse.
* UngratefulBastard: The father of the girl that Bearskin rescued from two molesters. After knowing that he can't make the "man" stay and marry his daughter, he tried to DateRape her instead.
** Also, Queen Blanche/Snow White. From her point of view, she was granting a favor and giving her hero the greatest gift of all: marrying a queen. But to others, she was an ungrateful brat who payed back her savior by making "him" a wanted man.