A/N: I own nothing except my Ocs. All rights go to their respective owners.

The front lines had reached floor 35 recently, thanks to the new leader, Heathcliff. Alongside his guild, the Knights of the Blood Oath, which Asuna was part of as the second-in-command; they had lead the front lines to victory against the bosses of many floors.

Nagi and Luke were wandering through the fields of floor 30. They were still searching for Nagi`s brother, with no leads on who he could be. "Are you sure he`s even playing this game?" Luke had asked.

"I know he`s playing this game, he told me that much" was Nagi`s response. While they were searching, they were also practicing by fighting weaker monsters. Luke was getting the hand of using a sword, while Nagi was all right with a spear. Still, both agreed they weren`t ready for the front lines right now.

"Look Nagi, I don`t think we will find your brother by wandering through these fields" Luke stated. Luna gave a cry in agreement.

"I guess you`re right," Nagi admitted. They made their way back to the town, Luna sitting on Luke`s shoulder. As they were walking through the town, they heard various whispers. They didn`t pay attention to them though. Nagi was looking everywhere, trying to find her lost brother. As she was doing so, she spotted a blue haired individual.

"Could that be him?" she wondered. She went for it and ran towards them, Luke trying to keep up. However, she ran into someone else. The impact caused both of them both to fall over.

"Hey, are you two alright?" Luke asked. The other person turned out to be a girl around their age, with brown hair tied by two red ribbons and red eyes. She wore a yellow outfit and had a small dagger in a sheath around her waist. Luke also noticed the «Little Feathered Dragon» floating above her head.

"Sorry, I should`ve seen where I ran" Nagi said. She got up while Luke helped the other girl stand up. Said girl dusted off her clothes and the three of them walked of.


After a few minutes, they found a bench to sit down on.

"Sorry, again" Nagi apologized.

"It`s fine, don`t worry" the girl assured. "I`m Silica" she added.

"My name is Nagi, and this is Luke" Nagi introduced the two of them.

"Nice to meet you both" Silica happily said. Above them, the two small dragons flew in circles.

"I see you have tamed a dragon as well" Luke stated.

"Yep, I named it Pina" Silica nodded.

"I call mine Luna" Luke said.

"I guess you feed yours eats peanuts too" Silica assumed.

"Yup" Luke responded. Nagi then coughed into her hand.

"I`m here to you know" she pouted.

"Oh right, sorry. We didn`t mean to leave you out" Silica apologized.

"Sorry" Luke repeated. Just then, a few boys slightly older than them approached them.

"Hey look, it`s Silica!" one of them exclaimed.

"You wanna join our guild?" another asked.

"I think I`ll pass thanks" Silica politely turned down the request.

"Aw, oh well" the boy said. They then walked away, making Silica sigh in relief.

"Why didn`t you take up their offer?" Nagi asked.

"They just wanted me to be their mascot, since I`ve tamed a dragon and all" Silica replied.

"That`s demeaning" Luke stated.

"It`s fine, I`m used to it" Silica assured him, though Luke still looked unsure.

"I can`t imagine people being like that" Nagi mused. She then remembered something. "Sorry, but we need to get going" she stated.

"Okay, take care" Silica said.

"You to" Nagi replied.

"Come on Luna" Luke called out, said dragon flew over to him and sat on his head. This caused Silica to giggle. "What is it?" he asked, confused.

"It`s nothing" Silica replied, though she was still smiling. Luke then walked off with Nagi following him.


The two of them were now on floor 28. It was nighttime and they were in the wolf plains, a dungeon located on the floor. They were fighting some wolves to practice. One of them leaped at Nagi, who dogged it by hopping to the side. She then stabbed the animal with her spear, lowering it`s HP. She then slashed at it, draining it down to zero.

"That`s one down" she muttered. She then looked to her side, only to find another wolf growling at her. It leaped at her, though this time she couldn`t doge it in time. It brought her into the ground, lowering her HP. Before it could bite at her, she swung her spear into its side, knocking it away. Before it could get back up, Luke stabbed it with his sword, dropping its HP to zero. It shattered into polygon fragments and Nagi got up.

"That`s the last one" Luke stated, Nagi nodded. They then heard a howl in the distance. "Never mind" he grumbled. Just then, a figure ran towards them. It leaped at them, but they rolled out of the way. The two young players looked at it and saw that it was a wolf, but it looked different. It had purple fur, two tails with orange fur on the ends and red glowing eyes. It also had four spikes growing out of it`s back. It was called «Blood Wolf Leader».

It growled at Luke, causing the green haired to back up in fear. It then leaped at him, though Luke was too afraid to move. He covered his face in fear, waiting for it to hit him. However, it simply scratched his shield. Nagi took the opportunity to stab it with her spear. It`s HP lowered slightly and it growled in pain. Luke lowered his arms and saw the blood wolf getting back up.

"W-What is this thing?" he asked mentally. Luna then flew over to the blood wolf and shot bubbles at it. The wolf clawed at the air in confusion.

"Now`s our chance!" Nagi exclaimed. Luke snapped out of his thoughts and ran after Nagi, towards the confused wolf. They activated a sword skill and hit the wolf with two powerful stabs. It shattered into polygon fragments. Luke sheathed his sword, while Nagi put away her spear and Luna sat down on Luke`s left shoulder.

"I think we should call it quits for now" Luke stated as he walked of.

"What happened back?" Nagi asked. As she asked that, Luke stopped dead in his tracks. Luna looked at its tamer with a questioning look as he turned to face his brown haired friend.

"Uh well…it`s kind of embarrassing. It resembled something I`d see in my nightmares" he admitted while rubbing his chin in embarrassment, looking away. "I`m easily frightened by things like that," at this point, he was blushing slightly. Nagi walked over to him and placed a hand on his right shoulder.

"It`s fine, everyone is scared of something" she assured him with a smile. Luke smiled back at her, nodding as thanks. Luna then nuzzled its head into Luke`s left cheek, causing the young tamer to giggle.

"Come on, let`s get back to finding your brother" Luke stated. Nagi nodded and Luna made a happy screech in agreement. With that, the quest to find Nagi`s brother continued.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I decided to develop Luke and Nagi a little more. Anyways, see you next chapter.