Chapter 0: Introduction

"Boom! Headshot" was the famous phrase sung by every gamer. Well, it's getting old... For me at least. Hey there, I'm Shana, elite gamer, pistol and combat-sniper specialist. Assault Class and third-in-command in a gaming community, Casual Gamers (CG for short), quite a big community I must say... 126 members and counting.

It was all fine and the 'usual' activities were carried out every Saturday, Community Day, until silence struck when 'competition' was mentioned. "... So? What do you guys think?" said my elder brother, Raf, whom was also the head, president and founder of the community. "'We' as in this community will be participating in the coming gaming competition, and we'll be sending 10 players for it. And-"

"Hold it!" interrupts my younger brother, Kurei, vice-president and the annoying one I must add. " we are a community not a clan... So why must we enter this competition? To boast?" stated Kurei. I slapped him and said " Is that all you can think of? Geez... We are entering it because we want to have fun.. It doesn't matter if we win or lose.."

Kurei gave me a smirk and looks back at Raf who continued "Okay... Right. So ten members are selected including us, the competition is FPS-based, anyone who isn't interested may excuse themselves from this." while I was doing a head count, a couple of members stood up and moved to the side. "95 members, interested!" I reported.

"haha.. Ok Shana... Alright! Then... Here are the rules and regulations..." instructions were given out by Raf " FFA-mode! Game ends when a player gets 100 kills, players must get 50 kill minimum to be enlisted for the top 12. Scores are based on Kill/Death ratio not kills itself. The top 12 will then have a little fight out and 6 will be picked. Further information will be given later on. So Guys and Girls! Are you ready? If so, Register yourself on a Grid!"

Alright... I'll introduce this Community. We are known internationally and players are assigned and trained to specifications. Hence, Classes are formed and they are, Assault, Defender, Assassin and Scout. and we are sponsored by the government.. Neat huh? And thanks to Raf's inventions we had top-classed equipments.

-Extra 1-
Grids are panels on the floor that registers only members of the community, once registered the computer rises in front of the Grid according to their specifications. Explaining the emptiness of the hall. Everything is underneath.
-End of Extra 1-

Like I mentioned I'm Assault Class, sniper and pistol coach. Raf's Assault Class, Rifle and Light Machine Gun coach. Kurei... Well... It's quite contradicting.. For a rowdy person.. He's Assassin Class, Stealth, Melee and Shotgun coach. Finally, our Scout Class specialist, Faith, as he's called, his combination of scouting with a silenced Heavy Machine Gun rendering him famous, Scouting and Heavy Machine Gun coach.

And that's our short introduction. ( Character Bios are separated, to be done another time)

-Extra 2-

A ridiculous thing about the four of us, whenever the four of us win the round and if all of us survives, we would toss our grenades behind and do a victory pose in front of the explosions before the round ends, its stupid we know but its funny.

-End of extra 2-

Back to the story:
As we were waiting for the members to be ready, I registered myself to a Grid as the match referee. Fierce battle it was... The top 6 were selected within hours. The next day, the 10 of us registered for the competition not knowing what was in store for us.

We went through hardships while waiting for the competition date. Well.. Not really hardships.. We were just slacking around... The other 6 were practically on their toes, training day and night, asking us for tips and advices. And finally the day came... Dressed in army uniform, we took out our personal mouse, keyboards and headsets , ready to rain some fire.

"Woohhoooooo! The first round was epic! You should have seen that guy's face! Hahaha" I exclaimed with a cat-like face. "whahaha you should have seen me ninja'd those two" Kurei stated in an annoying voice.
"haha ok you two.. Chill... That's only the first round.. Alright! Good job guys! Seems like they only killed one of us once... Nice!" Raf said in his usual leader voice.

"lol, you guys could win without my help... I basically rushed in not spotting any enemy for the whole round..." joked Faith, well... Faith did help us a lot... Though he didn't see anybody.. He actually baited enemies to him without him knowing.. Allowing a opening for us to strike them.

Time flew by as we won the quarter-finals. "ha! Eat that clans! Can't catch this!" my squad partner said shaking her butt a bit. "chill down..." I calmingly said, "snipers shouldn't be jumpy even combat snipers.." we stood in the waiting room, waiting for the results and the semi-final dates.

Announcer: oooohhhhkkkaaayyy! And here are the results for the Quarter-Finals! Still undefeated! CG wins once more! Team CG 11-0 The Zephyrz! Bring it Team CG! Show the others how casual and healthy gaming rock! Hahaha! And now the Semi-Finals date! Seeing how fast the event is progressing, we'll be giving the players a one week break for their great effort and epic battles! This is Zieruk signing out!

"humph... That sounded quite insulting.." I sulked upon hearing the critism by the announcer. Raf replied calmly " We all heard it... Oh well.. It's fine.. It isn't the first time gaming communities are criticized like this... So Kurei any ideas for this week?" Kurei stops and ponders " hmmm how about Parkour? We are getting rusty you know..." I nod in agreement and asked the other 6 if they are interested, none of them said they were and went off celebrating.

"so... Off we go too?" Faith asked poking me. "haha stop it! Ok ok let's go!" I said while hawking over a railing. "Beat that guys! Haha!". One week seems long... Before we knew it.. The Semi-Finals was upon us and there we were on stage in a stadium in front of a huge crowd, only then I realized... This competition was different, a chill went down my spine as we prepare for the battle…..

To be continued in Chapter 1…