NerveGear Comes To Graal

Chapter Four

I'm so screwed.

      The sparring update was, to say the least, terrifying to a girl who had no idea how to handle a sword. You have to get the hang of it right away, or risk intense pain. Fluffs went first, to try it out, and before she knew it she was up to spar.

      Oh. "Hey Butter, you get your gear too?" She looked surprised to see her. "Yea, yea.." She lunged at Fluffs, and the purple haired player side stepped. "Small world, eh?" She feigned lunging at her left, and swung at her right. It was basically like sparring before, you dont stop moving and take every chance to slash at your opponent without getting yourself hurt.

      It ended in a tie. They took up the entire few minutes nearly taking hits and nearly giving them. The ding ding sounded and they appeared outside the ring, white words flashing 'Tie!'.  "Good game," Fluffs pat her on the shoulder, happy to be with her friend.

      "Whatever.." She mumbled, walking off,  the brown hair of her avatar swishing on her back. Fluffs watched her walk away, hurt. "....Nice to see you too." Frowning slightly, she walked away, putting her neon purple sword back in its sheath. Putting it out of her mind, she leaned against the railing of the wooden arena to watch Dalton finish off a spar with a pro - looking guy. What sparked her curiosity was that the stranger was wearing a hood, but before she could observe any further someone tapped on her shoulder.

      She glanced behind her, and saw a familiar blonde head. "Kay! Hia!" Fluffs jumped at her for a hug. She still wasn't over the fact that Kay had come back. After she had left, life went sour for Fluffs. But now isn't the time to spend reminiscing over past hurts. "Whatsup?" She asked eagerly, pulling away and letting the older girl have some air.

     Kay seemed a bit unsure, but smiled anyways, leaning against the railing with an elbow. "I just wanted to see what you were up to, and try out the sparring." Her voice was friendly, and Fluffs forced herself to push away any awkwardness she felt.

      "Ah, I'm just checking out the sparring with Dalt." She refused to let anything come in between their friendship. "How have ya been?"

      "Good, good.." Kay murmured. The spar ended, and she added, "I'm next, see ya!" And she disappeared. 

      Before Fluffs could go looking for Dalt, Potato ran in, shouting, "FLUFFS, KATIEEEEEEE." Fluffs ran up to her and socked her shoulder, hissing, "Shut up!"

      Potato took no notice of the rough physical contact and grabbed her wrist, saying, "It's Frank, she..Gah, C'mon!" Fluffs frowned, and said, "What about-" "I'll stick around and tell Dalt where ya went, just go!" Confused, she ran towards the NightClub, which wasnt very far away.

      She ran in, wincing at the screaming. "Wh-" I'm getting sick of being interrupted, She inwardly seethed.

      "HE HATES ME, HE HATES ME, HE HATES ME!!" Frank was wailing in Jordans lap, who was patting her head.

     "Why did you guys call me?" Fluffs asked wildly.

      "You have Walter," Gromit explained, grumpily glaring at the wailing cow.

       Doubtful, but wanting the cow to shut up, she took Walter and held him next to Frank. He glowered. "Shut up, Frank. He's a player, you're a code. It won't work out." His black eyes sparked with something, but Fluffs was unable to recognize it before it disappeared.

      Frank sniffled, and her sobs quieted to hiccups. "R- really..?" She whimpered.

     Fluffs glanced around, and only saw a handful of members. None of whom were Dante. Good. His ego didnt need to get any bigger.

      "Really. Besides, codes shouldn't fall in love, period." His voice made him sound like he didn't care. Maybe he didn't. But Fluffs saw his arms stiffen, as if refraining from reaching out and comforting Frank.

      "What time is it?" Channel suddenly asked, and Fluffs glanced at the clock on the wall.

     "SIX!? IM GONNA BE LATE FOR MY PIANO LESSONS!!" She shrieked. "I'll see you guys later, tell Dalt I'll be on in a few hours." They all murmured their goodbyes, and Walter jumped into her pack. She waved her hand, and the menu came up. Her eyes scanned down the list of options, right down to the bottom, where..

     A blank square. "Guys, where's the logout?" She forced herself not to panic.

      Honoka piped up, "It's right-" He froze.

      Everyone else looked at their menus, none of them having the logout button. Splashy whispered, "We're...stuck."

A/N

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Hai.

Hehe

Bai.