Smiling Critters: Ancestra Au (Cancelled)

Training. Heartbeat...

The next morning, Simon went to pick up Hoppy who seemed to be teaching Crafty something, the two said goodbye and impressed the dragon by kissing — really, that's not common.

The year was nearing its end, so the rabbit had her leave to do tests and certain activities at home because she was training — Nathan did that — and both parties needed certain attention from Hoppy.

At Nathan's house, the fox gave the following order: form pairs and explain how group combat works to her.

— Alright! Let's go… I'll take Poe and Baba will take you — Simon explained.

— Right! — Hoppy replied — from what I know we need to know each other's abilities, right? — he approached the sheep who was smiling.

— Yes yes! Hehe, let me explain my abilities first, actually, just what you need to know, okay? — he crouched down in front of her.

— All good!

— Okay, I only use three attacks, and in all of them I hit more than one or two enemies, I can hit up to more than a hundred enemies, one of my attacks exposes their weaknesses, the other lowers their defenses, and all attacks heal “HP” according to the amount of damage I cause — he tried to explain.

— Hmm… I see, but what is Pv? — she said, genuinely confused.

Everyone looked at her (except Picky) a little confused, after all, she said that she watched certain animes and movies that involved fighting, therefore, they had status in most of them. Nathan approached and handed her an item, it was a bracelet that the fox explained how it worked.

The bracelet showed all her information, her stats and moves were the main ones, and for the first time she could see her real potential;

— Wow… I can do this? I increase my and my allies’ speed, decrease the enemies’ defense, and ignore one hundred percent of their defenses? — she read the description of the moves she had.

— Oh my! Girl, you have a “full ignore def”!? — Poe shouted in indignation — neither do I!

— Sure, your ignore def is fifty percent — Simon said.

— This feminist world… why our lord! Why does everything good have to be for women? — I got on my knees on the floor, pretending to cry.

— Because we are better, hehe — said Baba a little snobbishly.

— Listen here, you fucking feminist sheep! — he stood up angrily.

— Get inside, macho man! I'll show you what a pussy can do! — This speech from Baba made Hoppy's eyes widen.

The fight between the two was ended by Simon who forced the two to kiss, making both of them blush and move away immediately. Picky laughed and Hoppy was still a little shocked by what Baba said.

After this mess was over, Nathan pointed out one thing, Hoppy's level was forty, and she was a magnitude four (a simple measurement of power), and that her potential was still well below what she wanted.

— Hmm… complicated, but what do I have to do? — Hoppy said a little sadly.

— Train a little more, tomorrow your group will take you to the dungeons, they will need to teach you how to fight in a place like that, and clearly how “CG”, “Group Control” works in practice — Nathan replied.

— Okay! I'm going to train a little and complete today's goals! — she said excitedly, looking at Picky who was training the stability of his blows with his axe — and I'm going to be strong, as strong as I can… — she smiled.

During training in the morning, Hoppy learned about the statuses she had and the effects of combat on them, and the function, of course. The status issues were the most crucial, mainly the reduction of attack and defense, not only that, but one in particular which was the “drain”.

It was difficult for her to understand and remember everything, and she had to write it down in a notebook so she could read it. At lunch, Hoppy ate while she memorized what was necessary, Picky even instructed her to eat first.

Time for a rest, Nathan's house was made of one hundred percent magic, so it could have countless rooms without altering the structure of the house. Hoppy would share the room with her old friend, the two of them lay down hugging each other.

At one point, the rabbit asked where her overwhelming hunger had gone, and the pig explained that after she ran away from the orphanage, her hunger had strangely reduced, especially after Nathan rescued her.

— Oh, that's right, I forgot to ask, even with all that training, could you still fight me? It's just that when you lost control, I took the reins and calmed you down... — she said a little nervously.

Picky responds by saying that she doesn't know how strong she is, but that she could hold her own if she fought her friend;

— Hehe, okay, this afternoon, let's fight a little! — she said excitedly before snuggling a little closer.

Picky doesn't respond because she sees her friend close her eyes, but she gives him a light pat before closing her eyes too. During the afternoon, the two really fought, but they didn't hit each other, they canceled the blows before hitting the other, Nathan didn't even complain and just watched the fight unfold.

Elsewhere, more specifically, in the Chibion guild, Baba was in the room, very impatient as she walked from one side to the other biting her nails. It wasn't long before Poe arrived in the room, calming her down with a hug and a caress; soon taking her to sit on the bed.

— Baba, what happened? I received your letter and I was really worried…

— It's him... I can't forget him! — she looked at the crow with many tears in her eyes, she quickly stood up — that rat! I can't stand trying to forget him anymore, I've done everything, I even lay in bed with you, but it's no use...

— The rat? Touile? Dude, it was already obvious that he liked you, but you just didn't notice?

— What do you mean? With a leader and team like that, who wouldn't ask for comfort and affection!? — she exclaimed indignantly.

— She said it herself, Rabbie called Simon for a chat, a long time ago, and she said that her little mouse had a crush on you, he needed to train but he was thinking about you… — he threw himself on the bed.

— You're messing with me, aren't you? Like you always do? There's no way he could have fallen in love with me, everyone says I have a bad aura! That it's grotesque and scary, dark and stomach-churning!

— If it were like that, I would have already thrown up near you several times, they say that to keep you away because you're weird, your aura isn't all that, it's just weird, but nothing like that — he sat on the bed — and yes, the little mouse from Rabbie's team is in love with you, since the beginning of our adventure, the first time our groups met, he tried to get close to you the first time he saw you, he tried several times, and he succeeded, and you didn't see it! If that's not proof that he likes you, then I'm a bald eagle!

— Kàn lái shì zhèyàng… — he said after thinking for a while.

In her mind, memories came to her of the times when Touille, a gray, anthropomorphic mouse with a somewhat casual style, with brown and white blouses, jeans or blue sweatshirts. Baba remembers the times when he actually approached her to ask for support and comfort, after all, she had wool, and it was soft.

During several meetings between both teams, Touille began to stay close to her, taking her hand and leaning on it, several times he put his head on her lap, and that was when Baba saw what he was really asking for, even in their conversations alone, the mouse's words did not open the sheep's eyes;

— Ow… I need to see him… — Baba said with more tears in his eyes.