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The wind blew rustling the long grass of the prairie like battle field. The pink haired girl stood unmoving as she stared down the level seventeen ogre boss. It was twice as tall as her and at least five times as wide. The ugly thing wielded a club as long as her with spikes on the end. It's skin was tough and orange and it wore a loin cloth around it's waist. It was the first ogre she'd seen in Shinobi Life and it was just her luck that she happened to be only a level five warrior with a subclass of healer. She was no match for this brute. She had been just innocently grinding* monsters when this guy decide to show up. The monsters in this area should have been around the level three to seven range.
'This is probably why the Networkers told us to go as parties,*' she thought as she drew her beginner broadsword that was standard to all fighting class.
'This is definitely going to hurt when I die' she thought pessimistically. Shinobi Life is the most realistic virtual reality RPG on the market. The pain of a slash to the chest, the fatigue of fighting long battles, and the thrill of accomplishment from defeating an enemy is real too. When she had read the advertisement in the window of one of her favorite shops she simply had to have it.
'Well now I'm paying for it' she thought as took a deep breath and charged the huge repulsive creature. Her opponent charged to meet her with its club held high. It swung its club at her with amazing strength. Knowing that the ogre probably wasn't going to expect this she did a running slide through its legs. Once on the other side she slashed its back and shoulders and sprung away quickly. The ogre bellowed with rage and turned to charge her again. She did the same thing again and managed to get a deeper cut this time. Following her pattern she rushed for a third time. The ogre was expected this and bent down to catch her. She jumped this time and slashed the back of it's neck.
"Grrraaaawwwww" it roared in pain. It raised it's club and started smashing at her with reckless abandon.
"Crap" she yelled while as she dodged the fervent blows. They were becoming more and more accurate as time went on. Just as she was starting to get tired one of the strikes hit home. The bludgeon crushed her leg. The ogre lifted its meaty arms and prepared for the finishing blow. She whimpered in pain and squeezed her sea foam green eyes shut.
Just as the club was about to smash her into a pancake an orange blur appeared in front of her and blocked the blow. She opened her eyes and stared at the guy. He was wearing baggy orange jumpsuit with the blue stripe and had really spiky blonde hair. She noticed he had stopped the blow with just a beginner long sword. Long swords deal more damage but are very hard to find; to have one as a beginner weapon is very unusual.
He quickly forced back the club with tremendous strength and knocked the ogre off balance. While this was happening the green eyed girl cast a healing spell. Since she was only level five it was pretty slow and relatively weak but it did its job. When the pink haired girl was standing again she saw that the jumpsuit guy wasn't as amazing without the element of surprise. Seeing that he would definitely need help she jumped back into the fight. With their combined strengths they defeated the ogre.
Ogre Boss has been defeated! Cherryblossom12 gained 3795 Experience Points*
Cherrblossom12 has leveled up*!
Strength increased by 5
Agility increased by 3
Speed increased by 2
Stealth increased by 3
Stamina increased by 3
Chakra Stamina increased by 2
Chakra Control increased by 5
Cherryblossom12 learned Quickstep
Ramenkid9 Gained 3795 Experience Points
"That's what you get for messing with us! Cha!" Yelled the pink haired girl triumphantly
"Yeah! Believe it!" The blonde long sword wielder echoed. They turned to face each other and the girl stuck out her hand.
"Sakura Haruno, warrior subclass healer" she said warmly as she noticed he had deep blue eyes and was looked like whisker marks on his face.
"Naruto Uzumaki, warrior, subclass Jinchuriki*" he returned just as warmly as he shook her hand and took in her bright green eyes and cotton candy pink hair.
"So Naruto, what brought you out here?" Sakura asked her companion as they picked up the loots* from the ogre boss.
"I was looking for my party member when I saw you being attacked by the ogre," he replied with his arms folded behind his head. "You were getting your butt kicked so I decided to help. After all the future Hokage needs to be helpful right?" The blonde haired kid said with a grin. The girl promptly bashed him on the head with her fist.
"You want to be the strongest player in this region of Shinobi Life but you can't even block an attack like that?" She yelled as he rubbed his bruised head.
"Sakura-chan! That huuuuurrrrrtssss" he whined, already adding a familiar suffix to her name.
"Good" she huffed and started to stomp away. She was now level six and could buy the armor she had been eyeing if she sold the loots from the ogre.
"Wait! Will you at least help me find my partner?" he asked, running after her.
She was about decline but then he flashed a puppy dog face.
"Fine." She consented and followed the boy as he headed towards the forest.
*Killing a certain monster over and over for experience or loots
*Groups of players that travel together and fight together
*Points needed to level up. EXP for short
*A player's level corresponds to the strength of the player. Every time you level up your stats increase
*In the game Jinchuriki are people randomly selected by the game who have increased stats and increased luck. There are ten in the game.
*Prizes obtained from killing monsters. The stronger the monster the better the loot
AN: Sooooo, my first fic! What do you think? Comments? Suggestions? Cookie Recipes? I don't care just say something. But really does anyone have a recipe for peanutbutter cookies? I love those things
