Chapter 1: The Last Requirement

Another Ragnarok Fanfic

A/N: This is my first fanfic ever. Please don't judge it harshly and I'll really appreciate any suggestions or whatsoever. Honestly, I don't really know where this is going so, I'm gonna need the help I can get. Thanks!

Chapter 1: The Last Requirement

It's been a week since Amber passed her Dancer test and now, she's wearing less than she ever has. It's been really tiring collecting sticky mucus, jellopies, red potions and etc. At the moment, she's just accompanying Trish with her Wizard test in Geffen. She sat on a bench and waited for her best friend.

"Amber! Amber!" she looked over her shoulder and saw Trish running towards her.

"Eh? I thought you're going to pass your Wizard test. What're you doing here?"

"She didn't have enough Crystal Blues" Yumiko, her pet Sohee said.

"Shut up! I've had enough of you complaining every time," she turned to Amber and said, "Anyway, do you have any?"

"Uh…yeah. Here take 'em all. I don't need 'em anyway" Amber gave Trish three Crystal Blues.

"Thank you! Thank you, Amber. I promise I'll treat you with as much sushi you can eat" she then hurried off inside the tower with Yumiko floating behind her. Amber looked around and saw vendors and lots of different people with different jobs. For a few minutes, she twirled her blonde hair and shifted positions. With a sigh, she said to herself, "This is going to take a while. Might as well try a new skill"

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Outside the gates of Geffen, there were Yellow Plants and various types of little critters. She readied her whip and aimed for a Rhoda frog hopping here and there. "Throw arrow!" with that, the Rhoda frog was hit and then started running after her.

"Aaaahhh!!" while running, she switched her whip with her bow and arrow. Then, she tried another skill which she mastered a long time ago. "Double Strafe!" this time, the monster was hopping low which meant it was already weak. She gave it another Double Strafe and the Rhoda frog died and disappeared. She looked at the drops of the monster she killed. "Hmph, nothing to eat there" she said as her stomach growled.

"Aww…I'm so hungry! What is taking her so long?" she whined. "Excuse me, miss" someone said from behind her. She turned around and saw a Gunslinger with red hair smiling at her. "What is it?" Amber asked. "I heard you're hungry so I was wondering if you would accept my offer of taking you to a date" he said with a friendly smile.

"That would be…TOTALLY INSANE!" she answered. The gunslinger blinked a few times and said, "Wh-what?" "Look pal, it's not because that I'm a dancer you can easily ask me out with some bribe. I know I'm hungry but I'm not desperate. So, scamper away and leave me alone" she said with pride. The gunslinger was taken aback. "Why you little-" he said as he raised his gun in front of Amber's forehead.

"I was being nice to you, little lady" he said. Amber showed no sign of fear and didn't even move. "I don't need your kindness. I can take care of myself" Amber replied as she folded her arms. The gunslinger snarled and was about to hit Amber with his shotgun when someone tackled him from behind. "Hey, take it easy. You won't hurt a pretty lady like her, would you?" the guy said from behind the gunslinger.

"What lady? She talks like no lady at all and yes, I can hurt her and I will" the gunslinger replied. The man who appears to be a knight grabbed the gun and threw it away; he then turned to Amber and raised his hand "I'm Josh, by the way. How 'bout you?" he said with a smile. The knight had chestnut brown hair and brown eyes. 'He's really…cute' Amber thought. "Uh…miss?" Josh said.

"Y-yes?" Amber stuttered.

"What's your name?"

"I-it's Amber" she said with a smile

"What's wrong with you? Don't you know that this gun cost my whole month's salary?" the gunslinger said as he tried hard to shine his gun with his hand.

The knight laughed and said, "Hey Brick, this pretty lady here is Amber" he turned to Amber and said, "Amber, this is Brick, my party mate"

"Hehe. Sorry 'bout earlier, Brick. It's just that since I've passed my Dancer test, everyone seemed to be a little…irrespective" Amber stated.

Brick examined Amber's face as if testing if she's lying. "That's okay. I think I know what you're talking about" he said "So, about that date?"

"In your dreams" Amber replied.

"But, I thought we're already friends"

"We are but speaking of friends, I gotta find Trish"

"Who's she?" Josh asked

"My best friend, she's taking a test in Geffen tower. I'm here to accompany her"

"Oh. Anyway, it's been nice knowing you and I hope we'll see each other again" Josh said with a wave and left.

"I do hope we meet again, Josh" Amber muttered under her breath.

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Amber went back to the bench where she sat before and saw Trish wearing the same Mage outfit and Yumiko looking glum beside her. "Trish? How did your test go?" she asked but deep inside, she was nervous and scared that maybe Trish didn't pass. Trish gazed at her, teary eyed. "I-I didn't pass" she sniffed. Amber looked at Yumiko, she was obviously sobbing as she bowed her head. "Wh-what?" she asked, she closed her fist "Why those wretched- Where the hell are they? I'm gonna pound their faces!"

Amber turned around and started to walk towards the tower but stopped when she heard snickering from behind. She looked over her shoulder and saw Yumiko hugging her stomach, laughing. "Oh hell. I so hate you right now" Amber said.

Trish was laughing hard but then said, "You should've seen your face. It was hilarious!" "Whatever" Amber said, rolling her eyes. "C'mon, let's go eat. We're both hungry anyway and Yumi-chan's been whining since we left you" Trish said as she wiped her tears. Amber nodded.

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"Did you really think I didn't pass?" Trish asked while they walked towards the nearest pub in Geffen. "Of course, after all, you're not a good mage" Amber said sarcastically. "Ha-ha. And you're not a good joker" Trish turned to Yumiko "Hey Yumi-chan, what would you like to eat?"

"Anything 'cause you haven't feed me since breakfast and it's in the middle of the aft-" Yumiko was cut off by Trish. "I'll feed you if you shut up" she said. Yumiko nodded.

"Don't worry, Yumi-chan. She's going to feed you," Amber said.

"Yeah right" Trish said as she untangled her purple hair with her Bunny Band.

"Oh I almost forgot. I met this really cute guy earlier and he said I was-" Amber froze as she opened the door.

"Amber? What is it?" Trish asked. Amber didn't move and her eyes were locked on a table. In that certain table, were the people she met earlier that day. Brick and Josh. Trish grabbed Amber's arm inside and let her sit on a chair. "What's wrong with you, Amber? You seem weird…wait, weirder" Trish said as she sat opposite her but Amber's gaze was still locked on Josh.

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Josh sat uncomfortably in his seat. Someone is watching him but he tried to ignore it. "Amber is hic really hot, right?" Brick said as he drank his Green Beer.

"Yeah but she's also pretty and not to mention smart" Josh stated.

"Eh? hic How can you tell she's smart? hic If she's smart, she should've accepted my offer!"

"That's why she's smart 'cause she didn't go with you. Tsk. You're drunk, you should go the inn and I'll pay here. Angel might be looking for you"

"Pffft. Who cares 'bout hic Angel? I'm not afraid of her" Brick was waving his mug as he talked.

"As a matter of fact, you are and she's much younger than you" Josh said as he stood up. He was getting annoyed by the person who was looking at him but he still didn't look back. "Stand up and go home, Brick. Angel will kill us both if you came late"

"It's just hic a stupid meeting. And urp Uh-oh. I think you're right, I'm going home" he said as he stood up and left. With a sigh, he turned around and saw a dancer looking at him. "Hey Amber!" he said as he waved to her. She was with another girl and a Sohee.

"Uh…h-hey Josh. This is Trish and her pet, Yumiko"

"Hi to you two. I'm Josh and well, Brick just left" he said as he smirked.

"Come sit with us if you like" Amber offered.

"No thanks. I'm just here to pay the tab and then I'm leaving"

"You're leaving again?" Amber said as she pouted.

'She's so cute' Josh thought as he slightly blushed.

"Unfortunately yes but we'll see each other again, am I right?"

"I hope so" Amber said. "Yeah. We hope so too" Trish said as she glanced at Yumiko who, on the other hand, smiled.

"Well, it was nice meeting you all and I'm afraid I have to go now" Josh said as he straightened up.

"Bye Josh" Amber said as she waved at him.

"Yeah bye Josh" said Trish, imitating Amber. Josh smiled then left.

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Josh started to walk towards the inn. From afar, he saw a Professor with long ebony hair talking to Brick. He can't help but smile. "Hey Angel!" he said as he waved to the woman. She glared as she walked towards him. "What the hell, Josh? I thought you're going to be in the meeting? And then this happened!" she said as she pointed to Brick who was throwing up behind a bush.

"We were going to the meeting but Brick ended up being drunk" Josh explained.

"To hell with you! Now we're going to be late! sigh Better late than never," she said "Hurry up. Room 4" she then disappeared inside the inn.

"Hehe. I didn't know an angel can be such a pain in the ass" Brick said as he wiped his face with the back of his hand.

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Inside the room, there were Angel, Crimson, Josh, Brick, Paige, Charm and Glass. All were party mates. Crimson, an Assassin Cross and the leader of the party, stood up and punched Brick. "OW! What the hell?" Brick said as he wiped the blood on his cheek.

"That's for being drunk in the middle of the afternoon, asshole" Crimson replied.

"Relax, Crimson. We've started late already" Charm, the party's Priestess, said.

"groan What's with this meeting anyway? I had to teleport three times 'till I got here" Paige, the Hunter, said as she fed her Falcon.

"I've called this meeting because of the threat I've received this morning" Angel said as she stood up. "And who gave you the right to call a meeting? You're not the party leader" Paige said as she raised her brow. "I gave her the permission" Crimson said.

"What kind of threat is it anyway?" Brick slouched on his seat.

"It's not really a threat, it's more like a challenge" Charm explained as she tied her green hair into a bun and sealed it with a nurse cap.

"What challenge?" Josh asked.

"PVP. We think it's from Skull's party. He's been trying to annihilate each and every one of us since our party started" Glass, the Star Gladiator said as he put an arm around her girlfriend, Charm.

"That's why we need new members" Crimson inserted "Any strong members will do as long as they're in 2nd class"

"I think I know where to find members" Brick said as he eyed Josh.

"Yeah, we met them earlier"

"Hmm. Maybe you do have worth, Brick. Good thing we didn't kick you out" Crimson said sarcastically.

Brick snorted. "So, where will we find these new members?" Angel asked.

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After lunch, Amber, Trish and Yumiko were walking around Geffen to look for supplies. "I think we need milk and a few meats, don't you think?" Trish said as she studied the stalls around her.

"Think so...Do you think we'll see Josh again?" Amber asked.

"Who knows?" Trish said reluctantly.

"sigh, we should hurry back to Prontera."

"Okay. Yumi-chan, let's go" Trish said to Yumiko who's munching on pet food as she floated towards them.

They walked to the nearest Kafra and set their destination. Everything seemed to change appearance around them and the buildings in Prontera can nearly be seen. With a few more seconds, they can be teleported to their destination. "Amber! Wait!" someone from near them shouted but it was too late, they were in another city.

"Did you hear that, Trish?" Amber asked when they were finally in Prontera. "Hear what?" Trish asked as she arranged the Bunny Band on her head again "groan I hate it when we teleport and my hair gets like this"

"Nevermind. How 'bout you, Yumi-chan, did you hear that?"

Yumiko shook her head. "I think you're hearing things, Amber. Maybe it's from seeing Josh" Trish said.

"You're being annoying again, Trish"

"Then that means I'm being myself, Amber"

"Whatever"

"Haha. I win!" Amber said as she jumped up and down

Amber narrowed her eyes at Trish. "I thought we're going to complete that list of yours"

"Oh yeah. Almost forgot, let's go"

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"Was that the new member you were talking 'bout, huh Josh?" Glass asked as he stood beside him. "pant pant Yeah" Josh answered as he regained his breath. "Tsk. Do you know where she went?" Brick asked. Josh shook his head.

"A dancer? smirk Is she really strong?" Paige asked from behind. "Or did you pick her just because she's hot and pretty?" Crimson joked.

"I'll ask the Kafra where she went," Charm suggested. "I'll go with you" Josh said as he followed her.

"Don't you dare lay hands on my Charm, Josh. I swear I'll kill you before you even know it" Glass shouted.

"I know he's not joking when he said he'll kill me" Josh said. "I know that too" Charm said with a smile.

They approached the Kafra and Charm asked, "Umm…miss? May we ask where the dancer and the wizard just went?"

The Kafra turned to look at them and said, "I'm sorry, ma'am but we don't give away information such as that"

"Even though it's really important?" Josh asked. The Kafra nodded and said, "I'm really sorry, sir"

"Thanks anyway" Charm said as they both walked away. The moment they were a few meters away, Josh asked, "That's it? Just like that? I thought we really needed new members?!"

"Be patient, Josh. Kafra members stand their ground and obey the rules no matter what. So, we don't have a choice" Charm replied.

"sigh I suppose you're right but what will we do?" Josh asked. They stopped when they were in front of their party mates.

"What happened? Do you know where they-" Crimson was cut off. Charm shook her head. "Dammit! Now what?" Brick asked. "We'll split up and go to each city" Angel said.

"Wow. That means we're really desperate" Glass said and Angel nodded.

They gathered near the tower and planned. "Angel and I are going to Morroc then Izlude. If we don't find them, we'll meet in Amatsu" Crimson said. "Josh and I will be in Prontera and then Payon. Right, Josh?" Paige said as she giggled. "Great. Who am I going with, then?" Brick asked. "Beats me. I'm going with my Charm here" Glass said and Charm hugged him. Then, Charm created portals and each disappeared within seconds.