Walking into the Internet cafe, Mindy walked around frantically looking for Jarius. Just then, she heard a familiar screaming voice.
"HEADPHONE JACK! GO! GO! BEAT DAMN DYNAMITE TO DEATH!"
"Kor!"
"You rascal, what are you doing?"
"What do you think you are doing? You skipped remedial classes just for games? If you were sick, I would have understood. But not playing video games!"
"Idiot!"
"Kor, we are going home now!" Mindy pulled Jarius home.
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The next day, Mindy was revising for her term tests when all those events swapped back into her head. She banged her head and screamed, "Ugh! I can't digest anything!" Reaching for her phone, Mindy dialed Darren.
"Um, Darren, are you on the line? I need to talk to you about something."
"Why not?" Darren replied casually, surprising Mindy. "Why don't we talk at Emerald Brach? Then my brother wouldn't pester me."
"Sure. Meet you there."
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As she was leaving, Mindy informed her dad, "Dad, I'm going out."
"Mindy, I'm not letting you go unless it's important," her dad warned. "Don't start another public performance so near your exams."
"Not at all. On the contrary, the senior I befriended and I are talking about something private so we are doing it at a quiet place."
"I change my mind. Just make it quick."
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Cycling briskly to Emerald Beach, Mindy caught sight of Darren and waves to him. Darren rushed to Mindy and asked, "So what do you want to talk about?"
"Jarius and I are drifting apart," Mindy revealed. "He has been attached to Your Hero Academia: The best hero, and we... haven't really talked to each other. It feels like we're total strangers now."
"Thanks for telling me! You can't bottle those feelings for long, since you two have such a close relationship. I've been feeling the same too. You see, Jarius and I have been friends since Primary One. We're both playing volleyball as friends. Jarius says you don't usually talk about how you feel... so it's nice you are trying to open up about your feelings."
Mindy smiled and blushed in the sunset. Just then, Mindy's moral flower wilted. So did the others.
As usual, Mindy plucked her wilted petal and chanted, "Kindness!"
"Effort!"
"Honesty!"
"Optimism!"
"The four values that takes us far!" Each or them reached their hands to create their magical doors.
"Let's go and fight!" Everyone yelled before running into their doors.
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Standing in their usual positions, everyone prepared to transform.
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Pressing their Virtue Brushes on their Virtue Pacts, the mirror within reflected their civilian looks. Taking out their hair accessories, the girls yelled, "Go, Moral Fusion!"
Mindy formed a heart shape with her hands and her top formed. Turning around, Flora's silver wings and blue dress firmed. Judy tapped her legs, forming her red ballet shoes. Finally, Alice raised her head, forming her purple ponytail. All their pacts were kept in their pitches before they posed.
"Sending a big heart, I'm Guardian Kindness!"
"Giving my best in everything I do, I'm Guardian Effort!"
"Telling the truth no matter what, I'm Guardian Honesty!"
"Believing that I can, I'm Guardian Optimism!"
"Sing our morals! We are the mystical moral guardians!"
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Alice kicked things off, dashing to Lily. With her fist, Alice punched Lily in the face,'knocking her out.
Judy continued the fight, summoning a tennis racket in real time. Performing a volley in real time, the ball shocked and missed the monster by an inch.
Peter summoned all his rocks to the girls. Flora, being the defender, deployed the shield at this moment. With her resistance and endurance, she managed to withstand the shield for three minutes.
It has been a while since I planned my moves, Mindy thought. Time to plan it!
Simple. Since Lily was knocked out. :$3 decided to punch Peter in the stomach. Determined to defeat Peter, she dashed with all her speed and punched Peter. Peter puked.
"Alice, since you defeated Sin Cline last time, I'll defeat him this time!" Judy announced.
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Pressing the Virtue Brush on the Virtue Pact, Judy scooped red light from the pact. Waving it a few times, the red light became her tennis racket.
Performing a forehand, Judy yelled, "The truth will be uncovered now! Honesty Smash!" The tennis ball grew bigger until the sin clone could not be seen.
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With that, magical doors appeared in front of them. Each girl entered theirs, going home for dinner.
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When Mindy came home, she explained, "Sorry for the delay! There was a heavy jam."
"If you didn't mean it, that's fine," her dad replied
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To be continued
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Caught In the net
General FictionPicking up from the events in the previous book, Jarius, who was greatly affected by the duo's loss, copes with video games. However, this takes a disastrous turn for the worse, leading to him to the dark path of addiction. Will his younger sister b...
