Author's Note: This story is only for fun and not targeting anyone. If you are offended by the story, you have the option to not read. Negative opinions are to be read but not taken into heart. Be warned. Author does not own anything and the usual notes apply.
Chapter 1: Deceptive Mist
"You bastard!" Wei Chen yelled out as he faced the owner of Deception. "It's called cooperation, not scrap picking! Why scrap pick when we're about to make you a damned silver weapon?!"
Tang Rou, who just came back from visiting her family, blinked at the sudden rants of their oldest member. She entered the practice room and greeted those already there. Turning to the new member, she gave a smile. "You must be Deception. Nice to finally meet you in real life."
Mo Fan had to force himself to pry his eyes from the beauty talking to him. "A pleasure to meet you, too," he murmured. He gave a stiff nod before focusing on his character in the heavenly domain.
Ye Xiu noticed the sudden change of attitude. When he pulled Mo Fan into Happy, the ninja virtually ignored those people greeting him. Now, he seems to be entranced by the beauty of Little Tang. Well, who wouldn't? Even the god Ye Xiu was taken aback when they first met. "Little Tang," Ye Xiu called out. "How about you two go for a round in the arena?"
"Sure," the female chirped before sitting next to Mo Fan and entering the game.
Mo Fan nearly coughed up blood. This was the female who killed him when he did not want to join Happy two months prior. Soft Mist was her character's name. He never thought that such a beautiful and courteous being would be that brute battle mage. "Let's go," Mo Fan could only mutter.
Ye Xiu could not help but smile. Within hours, these two were already in sync with each other. Both do not know it yet but they are actually helping each other when in PvE.
As night approached, Wild Bosses were spawned. Blue Brook Guild was the unlucky group to face the elite of Happy.
"They're… monsters," Changing Spring muttered as his character fell on the cold, hard ground. His screen turned gray as his ghost floated up. He then focused on the duo who has caused such a racket in their hidden boss hunt. One was charging through the ranks like a berserker on steroids while the other moved in the shadows killing anyone who was brave enough to ambush the charging figure.
"Twenty," Deception suddenly muttered, appearing behind the dazed Blue Bridge Snow. With a swing of his blade, the leader of the second team had collapsed. The blade master was already tired of trying to suppress team Happy. It was useless.
Soft Mist jumped in front of Deception before stabbing her spear near his face. Blue Bridge Snow unconsciously screamed for Deception to move but was surprised when Soft Mist had stabbed the person behind the ninja. "Twenty," she also murmured. "Let's continue."
The babysitter of the Tenth Server's Guild Happy was conflicted. He was sad that his guild was being obliterated by only two core members but was also in awe. Who would have thought that the infamous scrap picker and God Ye Xiu's apprentice could be so cooperative with each other?
'What do you think of them?' a sudden message popped on Old Blue's monitor. Who else had the balls to message him like that other than Lord Grim himself.
'Individually, they are strong, pro-player league. If they ever teamed up, I think they could be in par with you and Su Mucheng.'
'That's what I thought.'
'Are you going to let them wreak havoc in the Heavenly Domain?'
'Off course. With them, the loot from scrap picking would be greater than that obtained from the hidden boss. I also want you to hunt them down.'
Blue Bridge Snow coughed. How could such a respected god of Glory be this despicable? Why is he still worrying about this certain god's face anyways? Blue Brook Snow was under Blue Rain, Lord Grim is the enemy!
The two continued with their massacre. Not only was Blue Brook Guild being the victim, Tyrannical Ambition, Herb Garden, and a few of the major guilds backed up by teams were also being targeted. They have been at it for about six hours before they were finally killed. Blue Bridge immediately dashed to the nearest city to make sure that they stay there. He commanded a bunch of his guild mates to guard the revival point and kill both Soft Mist and Deception as many times as possible. And like he predicted, the two revived in front of him. The problem was that the two characters stopped moving.
"Miss Tang?" Deception started. Whatever the player was doing in the other side of the screen, he was not paying attention to Blue Bridge Snow or the enemies in front of him.
"Well, it seems that she still lacks sleep," Soft Mist muttered, surprising everyone within ear shot in game. It was not the female who was replying but the captain of Team Happy. The shaking of the headphones were heard. "Little Tang."
"Mmmnmm," Soft Mist's owner murmured. "Yes?" Outside of the game, Tang Rou had been leaning on the new recruit. She immediately sat in attention before focusing her eyes back to the games. "Ah, we died?"
"You need rest, Miss Tang," the ninja muttered.
Hearing this from the other side of the room, Wei Chen moved towards the three. "If you're too tired to go to your room, I will gladly carry you~!"
"Don't show your perverted side," Ye Xiu interfered. He turned back to the younger one with a softer tone. "You should rest for the night," he murmured.
The female shook her head. "I could still fight," she replied.
The captain of the team could only sigh. He could not form the words he wanted to tell her. 'If you ever close your eyes and lose focus, I'll let this pervert carry you.' Or 'Mo Fan, could you drag Little Tang to her room, it seems that she will listen to you.' "We'll go dungeoning with Loulan Slash and the others then. Please proceed to the city." He left them at that, taking Wei Chen with him before another suggestive comment comes out of his mouth.
Mo Fan did not say anything nor reacted to any of what was said. He merely nodded his head and focused his attention to his character.
"Prepare yourselves!" Blue Bridge Snow yelled out when the two started moving. Deception immediately used Shadow Clone to confuse the enemy. Soft Mist's chasers started to attack those closest to her. Blue Bridge, being a melee, had to jump back and instruct his guild mates. Two versus an army would always make the army victorious but Soft Mist and Deception was not there to fight. Escaping through lowly methods, both Happy players got into the rendezvous after four more attempts.
Ye Xiu had to control himself from hugging Tang Rou right then and there. Mo Fan usually logged off the game after two deaths but with Tang Rou as his partner, he persevered. "Nice job." It was the only thing that could manifest his happiness without looking like a complete idiot. "Let us go?"
Loulan Slash nodded eagerly, Steamed Bun laughed before jumping next to his partner. The brawler did not notice the glint of a blade. "Soft Mist, where have you been?" the cheerful character started. "I didn't see you for the whole day!" If there was a control to shake the character you were talking to, the brawler would most certainly be doing that right now.
Soft Mist gave of a hearty smile, the ninja next to her staring at her from both in-game and in real life. The laugh was music to his ears. "I think I'm in love," he whispered, not noticing that Ye Xiu was listening to him.
"This is going to be an entertaining year," the god Ye Xiu chuckled under his breath.