The sun began to bleed through the curtain of the dorm room as Moon slowly began to shift in her bed, slowly opening her eyes as the sunshine began to sting her eyes a little when she put her arm in front of her eyes "T-Too bright….." She said as she squinted her eyes, soon noticing she was wearing Mike's hoodie by seeing the sleeve. Moon started to remember last night as she started to blush deeply as she soon felt someone's arm across her waist, she slowly followed the arm as she found Mike holding her in his sleep with a small smile, making her blush even deeper

"H-He looks so peaceful…." She said very quietly as she slowly got out of his grip and stumbled onto the ground. Moon slowly got up from the ground, not trying to wake anyone up as she soon quickly walked to the dresser and grabbing some fresh panties and bra, then to the closet as she grabbed a dark blue skirt and a white tank top with a red skull on it, soon making her way to the bathroom and getting changed into her clothing. Wave slowly started to wake up in her bed, letting out a small yawn as she cracked her eyes open and began to rub them and slowly stretched as she heard a few pops and snaps

"AH! That feels so much better…." She had said with a small smile, then getting off the top bunk as she scratched the side of her head, letting out a yawn. Moon then walked out of the bathroom as she finished brushing her teeth, or in this case beak when she then saw Wave as she tossed the hoodie onto the couch for Mike

"Morning Wave, sleep well?" She asked quietly with a small smile while Wave nodded as she yawned a little "Y-Yeah, you get any sleep?" She asked while Moon blushed a little "Y-Yeah…. I did, I feel much better…." She said as Wave smiled warmly "That's good to hear, well I am going to go take a shower, see you in a bit alright?" Wave asked while Moon nodded a little

"Y-Yeah…. See you in a bit." Moon said keeping her blush as she looked towards Mike still sleeping in her bed. Wave saw this and looked towards the bed and smiled a bit "Well, at least you both got sleep." She said as she grabbed a pair of panties and a bra that she owned on her side of the dresser, as she grabbed a pair of dark jeans and a dark green long sleeve shirt that had a seashell like design on it, soon walking into the bathroom and starting her shower as she began to strip out of her pajamas.

Moon soon walked back over to the bed and sat down, slowly reaching her hand towards Mike's face as she gently laid her hand on his cheek, she slowly brushed her thumb a little across his cheek bringing a small smile to her face watching him sleep peacefully until he soon began to shift in his sleep a bit.

Mike slowly began to shift in his sleep, almost as if he was trying to get away from something, Moon retracted her hand as she became worried "M-Mike? A-Are you okay?" She asked quietly when Mike started to shift more soon mumbling "S-Stay away from them….." He mumbled in his sleep as Moon got closer soon placing her hands on his shoulders "M-Mike you need to wake up…." Moon said while Mike shifted more violently in his bed "G-Get away!" He yelled soon opening his eyes and sitting up quickly, nearly hitting his head with Moon's as he began to breath heavily soon looking around a bit when he saw Moon's worried face as she pulled him into a hug "D-Don't scare me like that Mike…."

She said in a shaky voice. Mike felt terrible but also felt relieved as he hugged Moon back "I…. I won't Moon….. I'm glad you're alright…. All of you….." He said as Moon nuzzled into his neck a little as her heartbeat began to race faster when Wave walked out of the bathroom in her clothes when she soon saw the sight and giggled a bit

"Good to see your back to the world of the living Mike." She had said, making Mike blush deeply as his heart began to race a little as the two soon broke the hug. "R-Right…. S-Sorry Wave…." Mike said still holding his blush as Moon soon got up and grabbed her bag "I…. I gotta get to class….. See you all later…." Moon said as she quickly walked out of the dorm room, as she walked down the hall with a deep blush.

Wave giggled as she grabbed her backpack and sat down on the couch while Mike got up from the bed as he took off his ruined shirt "Shit…. Now I got to get another shirt fixed…." He had said walking to the closet grabbing a different one with a dark pair of blue jeans, soon walking to his dresser as he grabbed a pair of boxers then walked into the bathroom to take a shower. Wave was trying to relax a little but soon began to blush a little at her thoughts 'H-He is sweet…. A-a-and he's very caring…. But he would never go for someone like me…. I messed up so badly the night before…..'

Wave had said in her mind as she started to tear up a little, soon wiping her eyes when Mike walked out of the bathroom in a new set of clothes "Shit…. That feels better…" He said as he walked over and sat down on the couch with his socks and shoes, getting ready for the day. Mike gotten his shoes on with his hoodie as he then zipped it up, soon grabbing his tactical belt with his revolver as he turned to Wave "So what class you have today?" He asked as Wave looked through her schedule a little "Uh…. I have field trip today in my geology class today." She had said as Mike smiled.

"Guess we're both going today, since I have a field trip as well." He said as Wave blushed a bit but had a small smile "T-That's great to hear, we better get going we don't want to be late." Wave had said getting up from the couch putting on her backpack as Mike put his bag on his back when he then opened the dorm door for Wave "After you." He said with a small smile as Wave giggled a little with a small blush "My such a gentleman." She had said walking out while Mike chuckled a bit and rolled his eyes and followed behind.

The two soon made it to their class as it was a normal lecture hall nothing was really new about it, Wave and Mike sat down at one of the rows when the teacher stepped in, he was a male avian that had dark lime feathers with a rounded fluff on his face as his plumage was combed back, he was wearing a dark red sweater with a pair of dark brown pants with black steel toe boots "Good morning class, I hope you all slept well, I am Mr. Xochitl your geology teacher for the year, I know some of you are still getting used to class or some are new so I am happy to introduce myself."

He said as he started to write some stuff on the board "Now many of you know we have a field trip today that will last till monday of next week, this field trip is an over weekend trip that we will be leaving at the end of the class period, we will be going to a frozen based planet as the environment we will be studying is going to be a constant midnight, which is where some of your pet companions come from." He said as he pulled up a map of the village on the planet and showed the schedule.

"Now where we will be staying is in a village that is a little divided as the small outpost that we will land at will be about a mile away from the village itself, but as well there is a second village a little farther away as it's about four to eight miles away and would take longer to get to since of gusts and the snow fall." He explained as the students were copying down the notes while Mike was trying to follow what was going on while he soon took his phone out and took a few pictures of the map. Wave looked over at him while he stuffed his phone into his pocket "You never know when you'll need the map you know?" He said to Wave as she nodded a little writing down the rest of the notes.

The teacher continued his lesson as he soon looked at the clock and smiled "Alright class, we have around about an hour so please pack your bags for the weekend and meet up at the small shipyard behind the school." He said as the students soon got up from their desks and started to walk out of the classroom.

Mike and Wave were walking down the hall to their dorm as Wave was thinking a bit 'I'm curious to see how Mike performs with this….*squee* maybe he'll "warm up" to me…' Wave said in her head as she blushed slightly as Mike was whistling a little as he stared off towards the ceiling as Wave glanced a little at him but soon looked away quickly while she tried to start a conversation

"S-So Mike? Uh, you excited for the field trip?" Wave asked as Mike smiled a bit and nodded "Yeah I am, I think it's going to fun, we get to sit by the fire, drink hot cocoa and watch the snowfall out the window and snuggle up by the fire." Mike had said as Wave started to blush a bit deeper "T-That sounds nice…." She said as Mike soon stopped and Wave looked towards him. He was standing there with a warm smile and caring eyes, making her trying to look away with a deeper blush but her gaze was soon brought up when her placed his hand under her chin, as her gaze met his as she tried to speak

"M-Mike…. W-What are-" She was cut off as Mike places his hand over her mouth and shakes his head "Don't speak…." He said removing his hand as he brings her into a kiss until she started to hear snapping "Wave? Wave? Are you alright?" The voice said as her vision soon came back as Mike was snapping his fingers in front of her "I… I do…." She said as Mike became confused by this "Do what? The idea of building a snowman that looks like frosty the snowman?" Mike asked while Wave blushed deeply and looked around

"Y-Yeah, that's sounds great...hey, let's get to the dorm, don't wanna be late packing our things!" Wave said hurrying off down the hall as Mike blushed a bit and speaking in his head 'W-Why was she….. Doing that kissy face….. I-It…. Was kind of cute really….' He said in his head as he started to blush a little deeper, as he soon started to catch up with Wave.

Wave was in the dorm room quickly packing her things in a separate bag 'Stupid, stupid, stupid…. I made myself look like a damn fool out there…. He probably thinks I'm weird now….' Wave scolded herself in her head as she finished packing her clothes as Crystal walked in seeing Wave like this as she walked up "Wave? Are you alright?" Crystal asked as she soon stopped.

Wave looked up slowly to Crystal as she tried to speak "I-It's nothing Crystal, just a little nervous about the trip field, I mean filed ship, ugh, field trip….I can't hylotl today….." Wave said tripping over her words as Crystal giggled a bit as she started to help her "I hear you, I would be nervous to…. You get to see a large planet that you never visited, it would make me nervous also." Crystal had said while Wave nodded a bit as she soon tripped over her backpack as a large pile of romance manga spilled out with a small handmade Mike plushie fell out with it.

Crystal started to question it a little as Wave blushed deeply "Uhhhh…... I can explain….." Wave said with a very deep blush while Crystal tried to make sense of it all "Yes, do go on I would love to hear your explanation…." Crystal had said as Wave kept her blush

"I….um, found them...in...the dorm and I….uh….like the way they…..smell. Mmmm I do love the smell of used books!" Wave said putting on a fake smile and smelling one of the mangas as Crystal giggled and shook her head "Wave, come on I know you better than that, it's fine if you like the romance genre, but this though…." She had said picking up the plushie of Mike "This really raises the bar and many damn questions…." She said, making Wave blush even deeper "I uh…. C-can explain that one….. M-Maybe….."

Wave said quietly as she turned the plushie over as the cheeks and face were covered in lipstick kiss marks "Uh huh, and you can explain the lipstick kiss marks as well?" She asked while Wave soon got up and tried to pack everything back up "T-That I got no good answer for….just pretend this never happened…." Wave said with a deep crimson blush on her face as Crystal just sighed and tossed Wave back the plushie.

"I guess…. Have fun with your field trip…." Crystal said walking out of the dorm as her mind said otherwise 'That bitch! She thinks that she can take him away from me!? Oh I will show her….. I will show her not to mess with me…..' Crystal grumbled in her head as she walked to her next class. Wave quickly put the books back into her backpack but soon stopped as she picked up the plushie, soon gently brushing the small cheek bringing a little smile to her face "Ohohoho, sooo soft…."

Wave said as she placed the Mike plushie back in her bag, but soon pulling it back out as she gave the cheek a small kiss and placed it back in her bag. Wave smiled warmly, soon finishing her packing as Mike walked in with a small bag in his hand "Hey Wave, I got us some snacks for the trip up there." He said as Wave smiled a bit "That's good to hear, we better get over to the shipyard so we won't be late." Wave had said as Mike nodded and grabbed his bags as he opened the door for Wave.

She smiled warmly as she walked out of the room with a small blush '2 days….with Mike...almost alone….*squees internally*' Wave said in her head as Mike soon walked out leaving a note for the girls as they started to walk down the hall, he was looking over the map a little on his phone as Wave was reading one of the manga's as she spoke quietly imaging her and Mike as the characters "Oh…. I wish our lives were like this manga….." She said quietly as Mike heard hear a little "You say something Wave?" He asked as she blushed deeply and hide the manga "N-Nope…. Just thinking out loud…." She said as he shrugged a bit while Mike nodded and went back to looking over the map.

Wave sighed a bit as she looked away and went back to reading her manga 'Why can't I have the same courage as the girl in this manga….' Wave said as looking down a bit, Mike looked up a little as he saw that there was a large door in the way he then pocketed his phone and opened the door for Wave and grabbed her bag

"Here let me carry that for you." He said holding the door open as Wave blushed a bit and nodded, soon walking out the doorway into the outside area of the school followed by Mike carrying her bag "Y-You don't have to carry that Mike…." She said with a small blush while he shook his head "No, I want to carry it, you and the girls help me out so much, I want to return the favor." He said with a warm smile while Wave blushed a bit deeper, walking behind Mike.

The two soon joined their class while the teacher was helping put the bags on the larger ship "Alright everyone, get on the ship please and we shall take off soon, make sure to have your bags labeled and everything." He said as Mike carried Wave's bags inside with Wave in tow, keeping her blush as her mind was still racing a bit

'He's strong too….I wonder if he'd be able to carry me….' Wave thought to herself with a goofy smile on her face as she sat down at one of the empty rows near the window as Mike put the bags away and sat next to her, soon seeing Wave looking out the window keeping her smile and staring out the window and mumbling to herself while Mike just snickered a bit and shook his head

'She's turning into Izzy I swear…..' He said in his head as he took his phone out again and started to look at the pictures again of the map, trying to study it 'There is three villages that we are visiting…. But it only shows two…. Where is the third one?' He asked himself in his head, Wave on the other hand was lost in her fantasy world.

The ship soon took off and jetted off into the atmosphere then into the vast open space of outer space, inside the ship the students were talking amongst themselves except Mike and Wave, they were doing their own things as Mike was cleaning the chambers of his revolver while Wave was reading her manga. She blushed at the thoughts of Mike and her acting like the characters of the story as she blushed deeper.

Inside Wave's mind…

Wave was wearing a japanese schoolgirl uniform, while Mike was walking next to her hold her hand wearing a black button down suit with a white undershirt and red striped tie "I'm so happy you decided to join me on my afternoon walk senpai." Wave had said as Mike smiled warmly and nodded

"You are very welcome Wave, I like walking with you under the cherry blossom trees." He said as Wave walked towards the lone cherry blossom tree on the hill in the back of the school with Mike in tow, soon stopping as a gentle breeze began to blow, sweeping past the two making the cherry blossoms fall gently around them. Wave blushed deeply as she tried to look towards Mike while behind her back she had a small note, soon tightening her grip on it making it bend in two

"S-Senpai….. I…. I asked you to come here…. F-f-for a reason…." She said with her blush getting even deeper. Mike walked up to Wave and nodded "Alright then, why did you want me to come with you?" He had asked as Wave gripped the note tighter soon holding it in front of herself "W-Will….. Will you be my boyfriend!?" She asked holding the note tightly in her grip. Mike was shocked by this but soon smiled warmly as he took the note and pulled Wave into a hug

"Wave…. I would gladly be your boyfriend." He said with a warm smile as Wave blushed deeply but soon hugged Mike back as she sniffled a bit "T-Thank you…. S-Senpai…." She said and speaking in her head 'S-Senpai noticed me….. He finally noticed me….' Wave said in her head as she soon looked towards Mike as she started to slowly lean in, soon pursing her lips and closing her eyes as they inched in closer and closer to each other, soon as their lips locked as they two kissed and the cherry blossoms blew past them as the sun setted.

Outside her mind in reality….

Wave was sleeping against the window as her manga was on her lap and was kissing the small Mike plushie she had, Mike on the other hand was playing a game on his phone trying to pass the time as it was going to be a long trip to the planet. He sighed a bit and looked around a little, seeing all the couples in the ship making him feel more upset as he felt alone in this world, however since of recent news he felt a little better but did not help much in his case, as it weighed heavy on his mind until his train of thought was soon pulled to a halt as the teacher was trying to get his attention

"S-Sorry Mr. Xochitl…. Got things on my mind….." He said as Xochitl nodded "I understand…. Anyway, we were wondering since you are not from our planet, we would like to know a little more about your planet, if that is alright with you?" He asked as Mike turned to see the glass with pencils and paper ready, he soon mentally smirked as he nodded and got up "Alright, I can tell you the history of my country…." He said as he standed in front of the class and cleared his throat

"America was founded in 1480- fuck I don't know, on the principle of 'Fuck You'. That is America, that is the American way. We have always taught our children straight from birth Fuck You, and just Fuck All of Y'all, and go to hell, and let's see how badly we can screw up the entire world! So anyway we landed on the shores of New Jersey, and the swole Native Americans came out and they were like "Sup nerds, nice belts on your hats." And we were like "I don't much care for you! Mmm I don't think we're gonna get along- OH NO WE'RE STARVING!"

And then they were like "You need some protein bro, here take this fish and this corn thing." And we were like "Oh this is awesome you guys are amazing! Hey can we have all this country?" And the swole Native Americans were like "I don't know, that doesn't seem very fair to us." And then they go off there business, and we were like "We gotta get rid of these guys because we're suddenly turning into giant assholes!" And then we decide

"Oh we couca- we cou- we could cooperate! You might need something from us, we might need something from you." And they were like "Maybe we need more sweat towels for our massive workouts, because Native Americans are so amazingly awesome!" And they are... but we were like

"Oh yeah oh yeah yeah sure yeah sure. Hey, uh, Smallpox Larry! You got a few spare blankets we could toss- AND THEN WE KILL THEM ALL! We kill them all and that's how we started our tradition of Fuck You. And then- then we- we were total dick bags, Americans founded their entire nation on killing people, and taking their stuff... and that's the history of America. Oh wait! I forgot about the meaning behind the 4th of july!" Mike had said with a smirk, Wave was now awake as she tried to stop him.

"Uh Mike, maybe you should stop? I…. I mean, this is not real history you know?" She said quietly as Mike nodded and chuckled quietly "I know, it's just fun to fuck with our classmates." Mike said as he tried to get back on track

"So where was i?...ah yes, so let's get ready to learn about the 4th of July and all of its historical historicalness. So when we last left off, there was a whole group of pilgrims that had just gotten done murdering everything on the island. And then they discovered that it wasn't an island, it was a whole country, filled with promise and dreams and hopes, which would soon be stomped out for money. So the pilgrims were all like

"Huh, Jeez, this place is kinda great! We can live here forever!" And then their British fathers came and it was like "Hey! You making any money?" Er, wait, they are British, so they were more like "Oi, *holy poop*, canyougivememoney?" And then the early Americans were all like "Uh... No?" So the Brits were all like "Hoh, buy more tea. Let us know when it's time to make money." And then all the Americans were talking to each other, and they were like "Meh ho hu, this doesn't seem like a good deal anymore!"

"No, no, it's not. It seems like the worst kinda deal that we can get." "Maybe we can do something better for ourselves?" "Why is your voice getting deeper?" "DON'T ASK QUESTIONS LADY. MEN'S VOICES GET DEEP WHENEVER THEY HIT PUBERTY!" "And where did your accent go?" "WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT QUESTIONS?" "Are you Batman?" "Em, maybe."

So the Americans then decided to reject their British ancestry and forget everything that ever happened to them before that. And then they donned the moniker of being AMERICAN. Along with it came the powers of greatness, awesomeness, eatingness, um... GOODNESS... GRACENESS. And then there was a war and everyone died... Except for the Americans of course! We beat everyone into a bloody pulp so that they weren't even recognizable by their own mums, and we... became king of the world! All of us, each of us, every one of us, there was George, um... Franklin... Billy and Batman.

All together sitting up at the top of the world, uh, they all had... ivory towers and... big old crowns... their dicks were hu- And then they signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th to... nineteen... a long time ago! And that's why we shoot fireworks up into the sky every year... because they mask us preemptively striking the aliens in space with OUR MISSILES!" Mike yelled as the class soon got very upset while some were scared by this, until Mike soon broke down in laughter "O-Oh my god! T-This is just l-l-like back in hand to hand!" He said through his laughter as he fell on the ground of the ship and rolling around, but soon his laughter died down as he got up.

"S-Sorry…. J-Just so tempting to do…. Anyway, I will tell the real story behind America, it's kind of hard to pinpoint where it all really started…. But it's a very long story but for simplicity sake, we shall put the date around 1683, which around 400 years ago. Anyway the new worlders were scouting across the world for that it was proven the world was never flat and it in fact was round." He started to explain until one student stopped him

"Wait, wait…. Your race thought the planet was flat? Earthlings are so stupid…." He said as Mike sighed "Yes…. but now we know better, for that it was proven by one Christopher Columbus, who sailed across the many seas to return many years later to prove everyone wrong. Anyway the new worlders sailed across the world as they soon landed on the new world as they called it, they met many trials, like indians, the witch trials, and even the revolutionary war, also known as the rebellion against the crown." Mike explained as one student raised their hand "What were the witch trials about?" She asked as Mike's face pailed a bit, soon sighing

"It was a dark piece in human history…. As they would always say, the path of history is paved in blood…. And that's what happened, the witch trials were a dark piece of history that lead to the deaths of many innocent people...:" He said with a grim tone. The students wrote down the information as Mike soon sat back down with Wave as he sighed as he looked towards his bracelet "I feel more like an outcast….. And I still have no idea how this damn thing works…." He said as Wave looked towards him

"You're not an outcast Mike, you are a very special person that is very kind to others." Wave had said as he just shrugged "I guess…." Mike said as she sighed a bit but soon looked towards Mike seeing him trying to figure out how his bracelet works

"Try sliding your finger across the top." She suggested as Mike looked towards it and did what Wave suggested. Soon a small dark blue holographic screen appeared that kind of looked like a game inventory screen as it had description of items in his bracelet and showed what items he had in it "Woah….." Was all he could say as Wave showed him how it works

"Press the small metal button to summon the item you want as you have it selected and swipe slowly left or right to choose what you want to select, also press the middle part of the area to deactivate the screen." She explained as Mike nodded a bit and pressed the middle part of the bracelet as the screen went away

"That's pretty cool Wave, thanks." He said with a small smile as Wave blushed a bit "Y-Your welcome…. Just helping a friend…." She said as she soon turned back to staring out the window 'he's so clueless sometimes, it's adorable!' Wave said in her head.

Wave kept her blush as Mike went back to playing on his phone, playing a small game to try and pass his time he had since they had another few hours to go before they landed on the planet, Wave sighed a little but soon yawned and stretched "Damn…. Must be still a little tired…." She said quietly, soon looking over as Mike was oblivious to a lot really.

Wave started to blush a little deeper as she slowly moved over near Mike and gently laid her head on his shoulder, slowly letting her eyelids fall as she soon started to doze off, Mike was still playing his game but soon started to grow a little bored of it but as well started to feel tired soon letting out a small yawn.

Mike slowly looked over to see Wave sleeping peacefully which brought a small smile to his face as he slowly sat back and let his eyelids fall as he was lulled to sleep, his head soon slowly moved as it was now laying on Wave's head as the two slept peacefully, however unknown to them a couple saw this as they soon took a photo of the two with their bracelet and started to snicker as they soon started to show the whole class.

Time Skip: A few hours later…

The ship was entering the planet's atmosphere as Mike and Wave slowly began to wake up, Wave slowly started to nudge awake by the ship rocking a bit as her eyelids slowly began to open to see that her arms were wrapped around Mike's arm as she started to blush deeply

'Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! I'm holding his arm! Did anyone see? How long were we like this!? Oh no oh no oh oh no!' Wave said in her head she freaked out internally as Mike slowly started to shift in his sleep, making Wave almost freak out completely as she soon let go of his arm and blushed deeply, picking up her stuff. Mike soon woke up as his eyelids slowly opened "D-Damn….. That was such a long fucking trip….. Are we there yet?" He asked while Wave nodded a bit

"Y-Yeah…. We're here…." She said quietly as Mike nodded a bit and yawned soon getting up from his seat and stretched "Shit…. Either way, we better get a move on Wave." He said as she nodded quickly and got up as she grabbed her backpack as she stuffed her manga back in with the plushie and zipping it up. Mike nodded and got up as he walked with Wave to the back of the ship with the class as he was grabbing his bags and Wave's bag while the teacher was giving out instructions

"Alright class, now this place is called a Midnight planet for a reason, it's going to be pitch black, the good news is we have plenty of flashlights and head lamps for you to see, but as well in case of an emergency we also have flares in case you get lost, light one and we will find you." The teacher explained as he handed the students the items.

Mike was carrying the bags as Wave grabbed one of the headlamps and attached it to his head "There you go, I will carry the flashlights and the flares okay?" She asked while Mike nodded as the teacher opened the cargo door as it slowly descended down into a vastly dark wasteland, the class turned on their head lamps and flashlights and started to walk out with the teacher as he started to lead them to their first stop.

The class was following behind the teacher as it was snowing pretty heavily "Alright now, our first stop is at the small outpost, were going to be checking in there so we can be able to keep the ship there but as well so we can get into the village." The teacher had said continuing to walk through the snow as they kept looking around as Wave started to feel uneasy about the place

"M-Mike…. T-This place doesn't sit right with me…." She had said with some fear in her voice as Mike nodded a bit as he soon wrapped his arm around her, holding her close to him "Don't worry Wave, I'll protect you." Mike said as Wave started to blush very deeply and kept her gaze away from him.

The teacher kept looking around as he soon stopped "That's strange…. Usually you can see the lights of the outpost by now…." He said quietly as he looked around a bit trying to find a source of life "This is getting strange, alright class…. We are having a bit of a problem…. The outpost is not showing itself so I think the best course of action is to send in the most expendable person that we can risk losing….Mike go in there and find out what happened." The teacher said pointing to the outpost. Mike stopped right there as he sighed and handed the bags to the teacher

"Lose them, and I will come back and end your ass…." He said walking towards the outpost, while Wave was getting scared as her fear soon turned to anger "Mr. Xochitl! What in the 9 levels of hell were you thinking!? Just because Mike is new doesn't mean he's expendable! There could be blood thirsty mercenaries in there! What the fuck is wrong with you!? Do you really think so little of him that you would put him below everyone else here! If we make it out of this, i'm going straight to the headmaster about this and there's nothing you can do to stop me!" Wave said running after Mike much to the protest of the teacher.

But his demands fell on deaf ears as Wave kept running trying to catch up with Mike, her head flowing with ideas of what she'll find when she reaches him, some of them causing her to tear up since she had lost sight of Mike in the heavy snow filled wind.

Wave soon fell to her knees as the tears ran down her face, soon meeting with the cold snow below until she started to hear the crunching of snow in front of her, she shook her head as she waited getting ready to meet her maker at the hands of whatever was coming towards her until she felt a person's hand settle on her shoulder, as she soon slowly looked up to see Mike with a small smile

"M-Mike?" She asked with a hesitant tone as he chuckled a bit "Who you think it was? Frosty the snowman?" He asked as Wave giggled a little soon getting up as she punched Mike in the shoulder. "Ow! What was the for?" He asked rubbing his shoulder as Wave smiled a bit "Nothing, cause I like punching you." She said soon pulling Mike into a hug

"And this is because I was worried about you…. I…. I thought you we're going to die…." She said in a shaky tone with tears running down her cheeks as Mike soon returned the hug and petted the back of her head "Shh…. shh…. It's alright Wave…. I ain't gonna die that easily…. Now come on, we got an outpost to explore." He said with a small smile while Wave nodded a little

"A-Alright…. B-b-but don't leave me like that alright?" She asked as Mike nodded and kept her close "You can count on it Wave, now stay close…. We don't want to get lost…." He said as he slowly started to walk towards the large dark building.

Mike and Wave slowly walked through the snow, looking around a little as they soon stopped as they saw a streak of crimson in the snow "I-Is that…" Wave tried to say as Mike followed a bit with his light and nodded

"Yup…. it's blood…. And by the looks of it, it's fresh…." He said as he started to follow the blood trail, soon looking up to see it went into the outpost, the place itself looked almost abandoned as the walls almost looked like they were about to fall off, the windows were smashed with some having blood or even snow coming out of them, as one even had a body halfway hanging out from one of them. Wave was getting really bad alarm bells from the sight of it

"Uh...Mike, I really think we need to get out of here, because this guy sure didn't and now he's a wall decoration." Wave said with a worried tone while Mike nodded a bit "Yeah, I think we s-" He was cut off as a loud crash was heard from inside the outpost, without thinking Mike pulled his revolver out as he started to go towards the outpost, Wave knew it was a bad idea but soon followed behind Mike.

The two soon entered the outpost as they saw that it was even worse on the inside, the civilians, workers and guards were all butchered in many kinds of ways, but not only that it looked to be that someone or something had been eating the flesh off of the now dead bodies, there was spent shell casings of many kinds of caliber littered the floor as weapons were either missing or broken into pieces, as the stench of death and blood wafted through the air as Wave plugged her nose with her hand and Mike grabbed the bandana from his pocket and wrapped it around his face

"This place gotten torn a new one…. But by what is the question…." He said as Wave nodded a bit "W-What do you think did this?" She asked as he shrugged "I don't know…. But it's possible they left, but keep an eye out okay Wave?" He asked as she nodded a little stepping around the dead bodies and keeping behind Mike as she turned on her flashlight and started to look around. She soon stepped up to the information desk and started to shift through the papers trying to find something that could help them, anything really to help

"Damn…. There has to be something around here…." She said looking through the top of the desk soon opening a drawer and looking through it "Mike I don't see anything in-AHHHHHH!" Wave screamed as she stepped back and covered her mouth as Mike ran over "Wave, what's wro-SWEET MOTHER OF FUCK!" He screamed as they both saw was a apex women's head covered in maggots and flies, slowly decaying under the pile of papers in the drawer. Mike soon slammed the drawer shut as Wave was whimpering in fear as Mike soon pulled her into a hug "Shh…. shh… it's okay, the head is gone, it's not there anymore…. Were going to be okay…." He said trying to reassure her while she was shaking and crying into his chest.

Mike looked around a little as he tried to keep Wave calm as she soon started to cry a little less as he kept petting her head "It's going to be alright Wave….. We just need to look around a bit…. Then get out of here, alright?" He asked in a calm tone as Wave nodded a little "A-Alright…. J-just don't…. Stray to far away okay?" She asked in a small quiet tone as Mike nodded a bit

"Alright…. I promise you that…. Now come on…. We better go look around…. We could find something useful here." He said while Wave nodded a bit as she soon let go of Mike as she started to walk to one of the area's until Mike stopped her "Wave wait! Take this, keep yourself safe okay?" Mike said as he handed her his revolver "O-Okay Mike…" Wave said as she pressed further into the area as Mike walked to a different area of the outpost.

Wave slowly entered one of the rooms as she saw the place was a office area, she began to shake as she turned on her head lamp and pushed on looking around the office, the place was trashed as papers were scattered around the room as if someone was trying to find something. She slowly walked around the room as she stopped at one of the desks "What's this?" She asked herself looking through the files seeing it was chemical and medicine reports as with names of subjects until she soon stopped at one certain name

"W-What!? W-Why is Mike's name in here!?" She asked herself as she started to look through the file more, seeing the many kinds of medicines and chemicals that were pumped into Mike as she saw it was a investigation file "Why is this here!? Why would this place of all places have this here?" Wave asked herself as she soon closed the file and saw a giant classified stamp over it.

She soon grabbed the file and placed it into her bag and closed it as she went back to looking around the room, soon stumbling upon an open drawer where her heart began to race "Please don't have a head in it….. Please don't have a head in it….." She said repeatedly as she slowly opened the drawer fearing for the worst until she soon sighed with relief as she looked in and saw it was just a handgun inside, the handgun itself kind of looked like a beretta cheeta but with a different kind of grip and had darker metal with a small hue of purple on the grip.

She grabbed the handgun out of the drawer and removed the magazine and started to count the bullets as she found it only had four minus one in the loading chamber as she then sighed and pocketed the gun "Better make them count…." She said in a quiet tone and went back to searching the room for anything useful.

Over on the other end with Mike, he was looking through what looked to be a barracks as he kept his iron dagger tight in his hand as he started to look through footlockers that were unlocked, soon kicking one open "Let's see…. Books…. Belts… clothing…. Medical supplies, keep that….. Nothing else that would be useful…. Wait what's this?" He asked as he moved the stuff over a little to find a small wooden box inside, he soon picked it up and opened it to find miscellaneous shell casings

"Huh….. they must of made their own ammo before…." He said quietly as he soon placed the box in his bag and was about to get up but soon noticed something else, it looked to be a picture inside the footlocker "Must have been the person's family or something….." He said with a somber tone, soon reaching in to pick it up until he soon realized it was a porn magazine as he saw a hylotl women on the cover as she was stretching with her arms behind her head, giving off a sultry smile as she was showing off her bare breasts making him blush deeply

"H-Holy shit…. I did not know Wave did modeling….." Mike said with a quiet tone, soon placing the magazine back after he took a quick picture with his phone "M-Might want to find that magazine later…." he said soon stuffing his phone back into his pocket as he closed the foot locker. Mike walked along, looking in footlockers and lockers as he didn't find much useful items so far, except medical supplies, shell casings, a jacket for Wave, and a few handgun rounds varying caliber as he sighed a bit

"Damn…. There has to be something around here we can use….." He said as he kicked open the last foot locker soon gasping with a smile on his face "Come to papa!" He said happily as he found inside the footlocker was a shotgun.

The shotgun looked to be a crossbreed of a weapon as the stock and grip looked to be from a riot gun but also had a leaver action of the gnasher shotgun with the barrel style of the gun except the housing was that of the riot gun, the gun had a black and crimson design to it as there was crimson red streaks running down the gun metal and the stock.

Mike quickly grabbed the shotgun and started to look it over as he smiled a bit, soon seeing a small pouch in the footlocker as he then opened it to find it had a few shells inside of it, he set the shotgun down next to the foot locker and took the pouch as he soon looped it in his belt next to his other ammo pouch as he then grabbed the shotgun again and checked it to see that it was loaded with two shells.

He looked around the footlocker a bit more to find nothing else useful inside soon shutting it as he then loaded a few more shells into the shotgun and clocked it as he soon walked out of the barracks and towards the main area again of the outpost.

Back with Wave she was walking down a small open area of the outpost as she kept Mike's revolver on hand, but soon almost lost her grip as she heard coughing, she quickly turned around to see a wounded munari male that had dark green skin with light tannish to light brown fins as he was stumbling out of a closet coughing up blood

"P-Please…. Y-You gotta help me…." The man said as he soon sat against the wall, Wave soon slowly walked up to the wounded man "W-What happened? How can we help you?" Wave said as she crouched down as the man coughed up more blood

"I…. I don't really know…. It all happened so fast…. I was trading some of my wares…. And the next thing I know the power goes out….. There was screaming and everyone tried to stop whatever was happening….. But the blood just kept getting spilled…. P-Please…. I need you to get me to the village…. It's less then a mile from here….. W-we need to get going fast…. T-They will come back…." He said trying to get up but soon almost screamed in pain as Wave saw that his leg was almost gnawed off

"W-What did this to you?" She asked in a scared tone as he was starting to breath heavily "I-It was a large pack….. Of petricubs… t-the little bastards got in somehow…." He said as Wave tried to pick him up until she heard a small yip from behind her.

She slowly set the man down and began to turn around as she saw a dark purple creature that had only front legs, a three pronged head with beady golden eyes as it was gnawing on a severed arm, eating its flesh ripping it off the bone. Wave started to shake in fear as she slowly brought back the hammer of the revolver and started to take aim towards the creature until the man spoke up

"D-Don't do it…. If there's one….. T-There's many…." He warned her as he was correct as a five more came out from the shadows and started eat some of the flesh from the dead bodies of the people that have died. Wave's breathing started to increase as she didn't know what to do

'Damn it Mike, get your ass in here! I only have a few bullets and that's if it's one hit kills for all of them.' Wave said in her head keeping aim at the creatures until one soon noticed Wave and started to growl with hunger as it dropped the hand from it's mouth and began to slowly creep towards Wave.

Wave kept her aim at the thing as she brought back the hammer more as the bullet was ready in the chamber, as the creature slowly started to crawl towards Wave even faster soon leaping into the air trying to sink it's teeth into Wave's flesh until she pulled the trigger and firing the bullet as it soon implanted into the creature's head as it's brains splattered across the ground. Wave was locked up in fear as the other creatures heard the shot and began to growl with feral rage.

Wave soon pulled back the hammer again as she fired off another round near the creatures as they soon scattered and started to circle around the room as Wave shot another round at the creatures, hitting one wounding it. She tried to shoot the creatures again until she heard a click, she tried again but only got clicks as she soon dropped the gun on the ground and grabbed the other one and tried to grab the other handgun from her pocket.

She grabbed the gun but accidently popped the clip out, soon trying to pick up the clip until one of the petricub snagged the magazine in it's jaws as the other ones started to surround her. Wave started to back up slowly as the petricubs kept creeping in at a slow pace while her heart dropped like an elevator from the top floor

'T-This is how it's going to end….. I…. I will never see my parents…. Or Moon, Izzy and Crystal….. Not even Mike again…. I'm so sorry Mike….' She said as the first one tried to leap at her until a shot was heard as it's head was soon blown clean off, leaving only a bloody stump as it fell over with ease.

The remaining ones, the man and Wave soon turned to see that standing in the corridor clocking a shotgun was Mike as the shell dislodged from the ejection port as it soon hit the ground, the creatures soon registered what was going on as they soon growled with a feral growl as they started to crawl towards Mike at a rapid speed, however he only kept calm and fired another shell off as he shot the wounded one, taking half of it's head off.

Wave was both stunned and relieved that Mike had arrived as he kept shooting the creatures, as he soon shot the last one through its stomach leaving a large hole in it's body as he clocked the gun one last time letting the shell drop to the ground, Wave was happy but as well disgusted as she picked the magazine back up from the pertricubs jaw or what remained of it's head.

She then wiped it off with a small cloth and put it back in the gun as she brought the slide back as it loaded a round in the loading chamber, she then put the gun back into her pocket as Mike strapped the shotgun onto his back as started to look around a bit soon nudging one of the dead petricubs bodies with his shoe.

"Guess we found out what turned this place into a living museum from hell…." He said as Wave nodded a bit as she soon walked over to him and cracked him in the jaw with a haymaker "You had me worried you fucker!" She yelled at him as he soon stood up and cracked his jaw a bit

"I deserved that…. Sorry I almost didn't get here in time…." He said with a quiet tone while Wave soon sighed and smiled a bit as she pulled him into a hug "Thank you though, you really saved my ass back there." Wave said with a small smile as Mike smiled a bit and hugged her back "You're welcome Wave….. Anyway I got some supplies that could help us, well medical supplies to be exact." He said while Wave nodded and broke the hug as she walked over to the guy

"Sir? Excuse me sir, I need you to focus on us alright? My friend has some medical supplies that we can use to help you alright?" Wave said as the man slowly nodded as he coughed up more blood "T-Thank you…. B-Both of you…." He said as he tried to smile a bit while Mike pulled out the medical supplies.

Mike grabbed the medical supplies out of his bag when Wave then grabbed them and started to clean his wounds, the man hissed in pain "Sorry sir, just please try to stay calm and we will get you in the village alright?" She asked while the man nodded a bit as she finished cleaning the man's wounds as she started to wrap his leg in bandages while Mike picked up his revolver and put it back in his holster. Wave soon patched the man up, soon giving him painkillers and water as he coughed a little

"T-Thank you….. W-We need to get to the village…. I-It's only less then a mile here….." He said as the two nodded as Wave turned to Mike "We need to get him there fast, the problem is that the snow is getting heavier out there." She said as Mike nodded a bit "True…. But we still need to get him to the village….. Oh as well, I grabbed this for you, it's kind of a handy down…. But I didn't want you to freeze out there…." He said with a small blush as he pulled out a dark black fur lined coat with dark brown fur.

Wave began to blush a bit as she took the coat and put it on "T-Thanks Mike…. T-That's really sweet of you…." She said as her mind was racing a little 'Oh my god…. Did he just give me a coat? This is so sweet of him! It does matter if it was on a dead body or someone that is now dead owned it, but who cares! He cares about me!' Wave said in her head as Mike helped the man up "Easy now man, we're going to help you get to the village alright?" He said as the man nodded a bit "T-Thanks kid…. I appreciate the help from the two of you…" The man said as he wrapped an arm around Mike as he helped carry him out of the outpost and into the snow.

The three soon exited the outpost and was walking through the snow as Mike carried the man "T-The village is not far from here….. Y-You can see the lights….. From half way from it….." The man had said as the two nodded a bit, Wave was keeping point with her handgun and flashlight as Mike was behind her carrying the wounded man as he looked around with the headlamp, hoping to avoid more run ins with any of the wildlife.

The group continued to walk as the man was trying not to pass out from blood loss as he gave them directions "I-It's the next hill over….. T-Then were home free…." He had said as the two nodded a bit and started to climb the hill as Mike kept a grip on the hill, but Wave was ready to fall until Mike then grabbed her hand "Got ya!" He said as Wave dangled a little soon getting her footing and grip back as she followed behind Mike as they soon climbed to the top, soon seeing what they could call the promise land.

What they saw in the distance was a village as it was light up like a Christmas tree, there was people walking around and traders selling their merchandise as the village looked to be a beacon of hope in a never ending nightmare. The three soon slide down the hill and started to move towards it as Mike started to collapse with the man on top of him "W-Wave…. I…. I don't know if I'm gonna make it….." He said as he was starting to slow down, that was until Wave helped pick the man up from the other side

"Don't worry Mike, I got you. Come on, let's get this guy to the village infirmary." Wave said as the two of them truded through the heavy snow as they carried the man into the village. The village people were happy and greeted any travelers until Mike spoke up "We need a doctor!" He yelled as the villagers stopped what they were doing as they saw the three when a small group of people ran up and picked the man up as one was a doctor and started to examine him

"You kids just saved this man's life, we need to get him to the infirmary STAT!" The doctor yelled as the group nodded and carried him in as he ran after the patient. Mike and Wave sighed a bit as they looked around the village a bit "Well… At least we saved that man's life, you know?" Mike said as Wave nodded a bit "Yeah…. At least we're at the village now…. Now time to find that fuckhead of a teacher…." Wave said as her anger was seeping into her words.

Mike nodded a bit as he could feel her anger even in the air as the two started to walk around the town "So…. If I was our teacher…. Where would I be?" Mike asked as Wave started to think a bit "Uh...with the class? Or even in the lodge or something?" Wave said to Mike as he nodded "Good point…. I would have said a bar or something, but that would make more sense." He said as they started to look around for the lodge as they past different kinds of stores

"Let's see, general store…. Bakery….. Grillby's…. And a black smith….. But no lodge….." He said looking around until Wave tugged his sleeve and pointed into a small distance "Found it." She said as Mike turned to see a very large wooden building that almost looked to be a ski resort. Mike nodded a bit as he felt uneasy "I feel like this is one giant horror movie, you know? Like a giant ski like lodge is here and it could be home to a serial killer or even ghosts or whatever…." He said as Wave rolled her eyes

"You been watching too many horror movies with Izzy, Mike now come on let's go see if the class is there." She said as Mike nodded a bit, but still kept a sharp eye out for anything suspicious. The two soon walked up to the lodge as Wave lightly knocked on the door "E-Excuse me…. W-Were looking for our class?" Wave said as the door opened and a female apex in a dark green spring dress answered the door

"Yes? Oh, you're looking for your class? Well they should be in the main area, by the fireplace." She explained as the two nodded and walked in as the women kept staring at Mike 'Hmm…. he looks kind of cute….' She said with a small smile as she closed the door. The two soon walked into the main area as they saw the teacher giving a lecture

"And that is why you should always listen to me and you will not end up as your two dumbass classmates, that should have listened to me and be more careful in a snowy field." He said as Mike and Wave's anger was skyrocketing through the roof as Mike soon took his shotgun off his back and loaded his last shell in it and walked up from behind the teacher and clocked the shotgun

"Alrigghht, alrigghht, alriiiigggghhhht! Yeeeeaaaahhhh! You gon learn today!" He said loudly in a Kevin Hart voice as the teacher almost dropped his teaching stick as he turned to see the two alive and breathing "W-What, you're suppose to be dead….. I mean, it's good to see your back." He said with a small smile.

Mike scoffed at this as he could see the fakeness in his tone as Wave spoke up "What did you just say? We're supposed to be dead? Care to explain?" Wave said crossing her arms as the teacher sighed "It was suppose to be a test, for new students…. The whole thing is supervised, weren't you escorted by a teacher or guard here?" He asked as Mike and Wave shook their heads

"No…. Cause everyone in that place was dead…. Ripped to fucking shreds….." Mike said with an angry tone as the teacher was surprised "W-What? T-That can't be real…. W-We normally set it up where the students go into a false outpost and solve a small problem….. I am so sorry you kids ran into that…." He said as the two kept an angry gaze on him while Mike sighed and put his shotgun on his back "Whatever…. Do you still have our bags?" He asked as the teacher nodded

"I do actually, they are in your room." He said as the two nodded as the women handed Wave the key "Thank you, come on Mike let's put our stuff away." She said while Mike sighed and nodded and followed her to the room upstairs. The two walked up the stairs and walked down the hall while Mike shivered a little

"I swear, this place is going to end up like Friday the 13th or even the purge Wave….." He said as Wave giggled and rolled her eyes "So killing those blood thirsty creatures, you don't bat an eye but here you are scared?" She asked as Mike shook his head "Back there I was working on instinct….. I didn't want to lose one of my friends…. Here at least you can get away…." He said with a tone filled with sorrow as Wave blushed a little as it became silent, except for the sound of their footsteps until Wave stopped

"O-Oh…. H-Hey look we're here!" She said trying to break the silence as Mike nodded a bit as she unlocked the door and opened it to the room, it looked like a room in a log cabin in a woods, skin rug by a small stone fireplace, a large couch made of what could be said maple wood and was handmade and looked to be naturally made, large wooden chandelier, wooden dresser and a very large queen sized oak bed with a natural look to it, with night stands.

Mike and Wave both blushed a bit deeply as they walked in "W-Well…. I think it looks nice…." Wave said while Mike nodded a little and found their bags on the bed "W-Well…. At least, our bags are here…." He said as he opened his bag and checked to see if everything was in there. The two soon unpacked as Mike looked over to the clock on the end table and saw that it was around six in the afternoon, he sighed a bit as Wave was done putting her stuff in the drawers when then her stomach began to growl, making her blush deeply.

Mike heard this as he chuckled a bit "Getting hungry Wave?" He asked while she nodded very slowly, while she looked away with her blush creeping across her face at an alarming rate as Mike chuckled a little more

"Alright, how about that one place we passed, it sounds pretty good." He said as Wave nodded a little as she held her blush and put her jacket back on, while Mike put his bag away but kept his backpack soon hiding his shotgun under the couch and kept his revolver on hand.

"Alright, let's head out, you got the key?" He asked as Wave held the small key up and nodded "Mhmm, all set." She said with a small smile as Mike smiled warmly "Good, now let's get some dinner." He had said as he opened the door while Wave walked out as he then walked out with her, closing the door behind him while she locked it when they then walked down the hall and back to the main area, as the students and teacher were eating a large dinner when the teacher spoke up.

"Ah! There you two are, please join us for this hearty meal." He said with a warm smile as the two thought for a bit as Wave was the first to speak "Yeah…. Thank you, but no thank you sir…. alright!" Wave said as she whispered in Mike's ear "Mike, i think it's best if we eat alone…." Wave whispered as Mike nodded a bit and whispered back "Yeah…. I think we should…." He whispered to Wave soon turning back to the teacher

"We would like to thank you for the invitation, but me and Wave would like to try out this restaurant we passed outside, but you enjoy the meal sir." He said as he walked with Wave to the front of the lodge as he opened the door for her "Thanks Mike…. It's best we move fast…." She said the last part quietly while Mike nodded and quickly walked out and closed the door behind him.

The two soon walked into the snowy town as they could see their breath appearing, Wave smiled a bit at this soon giggling a little "I-It's just like back at home…." She had said with a small smile as Mike looked at her "You mean the snow?" He asked while Wave nodded a little with a small smile.

"Yeah…. My parents run a natural hot spring resort on a planet somewhat far from here, they would also play in the snow with me, make silly sculptures…. Read me stories by the fire….. It was such a sweet time…." Wave said with a small smile as Mike smiled warmly "That sounds nice, me and my parents used to play in the snow a lot as well….. And go stargazing….. Telling stories as we went camping…." He said with a small smile while Wave smiled warmly

"Well…. At least, you can always visit my family…. They are really kind." Wave said with a warm smile as she also spoke in her head 'I just hope my parents aren't too judgemental of him….. Oh god, what if they start asking for kids….. I can't be a mother yet! Were not even dating and I want to go to college! But as well we, could have some really cute kids…. And I think it would be sweet to start a family with him…..' Wave said with a small blush.

Mike thought a bit as he nodded "Yeah…. I think that would be nice, as well it could be really fun." He said while Wave nodded a little bit with her blush "Y-Yeah…. Hey look! It's the restaurant we wanted to try!" She said seeing the large dark and light brown building with two large bay windows in the front, as it had in neon words above 'Grillby's'.

Mike soon walked up to the door and opened it for Wave as she thanked him and walked in as he followed behind her and closed the door behind him, the two looked around the place a bit as they saw it had a large bar in the back with barstools as it also had booths with many kinds of people playing games of poker or drinking away their troubles.

Mike and Wave walked over to a booth and sat from across from each other when then a dark orange novakid walked up, he was wearing a normal bartending outfit, with black pants and shoes with a small sleeveless jacket over a long white button up shirt with a black tie, as he had combed back hair that freely moved in the air as he wore glasses, but what confused Mike was that he had no brand when he then spoke up "Welcome to Grillby's how can I help you tonight?" He asked as he handed them the menus.

"Uh yes…. Can I have a hamburger and uh…. What about you Wave?" He asked as Wave looked over the menu a little "Uh….. can I please have a Seafood Gratin, please?" she asked as the man nodded and wrote down everything and took their menus, soon going back to the bar, then into the kitchen. "Well I think this is a nice little place, don't you think so?" He asked as Wave nodded with a small smile "I think so…. It's very calm, the music sounds wonderful….. It's very relaxing after a day of almost getting eaten alive." She said with a warm smile.

Mike chuckled a bit as the man walked back with their food and walked to the bar and started to sling drinks down way, Mike and Wave soon began to eat their meals as Wave giggled happily "Mmm…. Coral creeps are always my favorites." She giggled with a warm smile as he chuckled with a warm smile "I bet, and this is a really good burger, it tastes really smokey, like it was freshly smoked." He said with a warm smile smile as Wave giggled

'This is nice… it kind of feels like a first date….. O-Oh my god…. W-What if this is our first date?! Oh my god! I hope it's not…. Or maybe I do…. T-This is really nice, and it would be a great date…. Maybe with a desert that we could share….' Wave had said with a small blush creeping on her face as she kept eating her dinner, Mike on the other hand had a lot on his mind 'This day has been so fucking insane…. As well those poor people…. Lost their lives….. They deserve a proper burial….' He had said quietly in his head as he continued to eat his burger.

The booth was soon bathed with an awkward silence as Mike tried to break the silence "So….. how are you today?" Mike asked while Wave shrugged a little "Eh, i've been better, been worse. How bout you?" Wave said as she took a bite of her meal as Mike shrugged a bit "I…. I don't know really…. I guess I could say…. Could have been worse….. There could have been something more dangerous lurking around the place….." He said with a tone of sorrow as she caught this and nodded a little

"Y-yeah, I guess we got off pretty easy, I wish I could say the same for those poor people, they deserve better than to rot there and be eaten." Wave said somberly as Mike nodded a bit "Yeah….. They deserve a proper burial…. You know?" He said while Wave nodded a little "Yeah, I totally agree. We should make a point of doing that before the field trip is over." Wave said taking another bite of her meal while he nodded a little

"Yeah….. They deserved better then what they got…." He said in a somber tone, as the awkward silence soon took a hold again until Mike spoke up again "You know…. I was thinking about my life back on earth again…. I used to hang out with my friend Angel a lot….. She watched this show, that was not bad but not my cup of tea as you could say…. Anyway the show was called My Little Pony, odd show…. But it had some good moments to it." Mike said with a small smile as Wave giggled a bit

"My little pony? Do tell…." Wave said with snicker as Mike chuckled "What? She loved the show to death, I would watch it with her sometimes, I wasn't a huge fan like her, but she was happy none the less that I watched it with her….. Though there was some dark parts to the show…." He said as he shivered a little as the thought made him shake

"Go on, i'm listening…." She said with a small smile as he shivered more "There was this horror story, creepypastas we call them on my planet….. Their internet horror stories, made to frighten the readers….. Anyway there was this one called cupcakes….. It was about the character named Pinkie Pie…. here this is what she looks like." He said as he pulled his phone out and brought up his pictures and pulled one up and showed Wave as she started to blush a bit.

"Uh Mike? W-Why do you have that on your phone? H-Have you been seeing someone?" She asked with a little hostility in her voice, as Mike became confused and looked at his phone as he soon blushed deeply and changed the photo

"S-Sorry, sorry…. I found a magazine in one of the foot lockers….. A-Anyway here she is." Mike said showing a photo of Pinkie Pie as Wave soon bursted out laughing "HAHAHA! Her? You had a terrifying nightmare….about her? Oh Mike...wait till the girls hear about this!" Wave said laughing as Mike blushed.

"Hey, she was scary as hell…. She was covered in blood, she was darker, she had a dress made out of pony skin and horns…." He said with his blush as Wave giggled more "Mhmm….whatever you say….cupcake…." Wave said smirking and giggling as then a darker green novakid walked up in a waitress outfit "So how is your meal tonight?" She asked as Wave smiled "It's very good, how about you cupcake? Are you enjoying the meal?" She asked with a small giggle as Mike blushed deeply.

"I-It's good…. Thank you…." He said as she giggled "Aww! That so cute! You two make such a sweet couple!" The waitress said as Mike began to blush deeply and tried to speak up "We're not a-" He was cut off by Wave's hand.

"What my boyfriend was going to say is we're not that cute, but we certainly try, isn't that right cupcake? Tell the nice lady about how you wrote a love song for that one time…" Wave said smirking as the waitress smiled warmly and gasped

"A love song!? That is so sweet! OH! You should sing it to the whole restaurant!" She said with a warm smile, Mike was about to protest until Wave spoke up "That is a great idea!" Wave said as she leaned over to Mike and whispered in his ear "Do this, or i'll tell every girl in school you have picture from a dirty magazine on your phone." Wave whispered as Mike's blush deepened and he nodded vigorously.

"Y-yeah, t-that sounds great….." Mike said nervously as the waitress smiled warmly and pulled him out of his booth and to the front as she then ran to the bar and tossed him a mic. Mike caught the mic as the whole restaurant turned their attention to him as he tried to speak "H-Hello…. I-I'm Mike…. A-And well…. T-This is a song….. T-That I sang…. F-For my girlfriend Wave…. I…. I hope you all like it…. This is a song…. I learned from a "friend"."

He said as the restaurant clapped a bit "Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows, Fair is the lily of the valley, Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne, But my love is fairer than any." Mike began to sing as Wave began to blush a bit at the lyrics as he continued to sing.

"Come over the hills, my bonnie Irish lass, Come over the hills to your darling. You choose the rose, love, and I'll make the vow, And I'll be your true love forever. 'Twas down by Killarney's green woods that we strayed, when the moon and the stars they were shining. The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair, and she swore she'd be my love forever." Mike sang as the restaurant began to clap to the beat as Wave blushed even deeper as she spoke in her head 'O-Oh god….. T-This song is wonderful….. W-Why can't he actually be my boyfriend?!' She screamed in her head as Mike sang the last verses

"Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows, fair is the lily of the valley, clear is the water that flows from the Boyne, but my love is fairer than any. Come over the hills, my bonnie Irish lass, Come over the hills to your darling You choose the rose, love, and I'll make the vow And I'll be your true love forever." He sang as the lights came back on as the patrons of the restaurant were clapping and cheering as he soon tossed the mic back to the waitress, he then sat back down at the booth as Wave was still blushing very deeply while he gave a smirk "You enjoy the song? Sweetheart?" He asked as Wave nodded slowly "Y-yeah….it was….amazing…." Wave said awe struck as he chuckled a bit.

The waitress soon walked back "That was amazing! You two are so lucky to be together!" She said as Mike chuckled a bit as Wave nodded with a deep blush "Y-Yeah…. W-Were super lucky….I-I couldn't ask for a better boyfriend….." Wave said her mind still reeling from Mike's performance as she giggled with a warm smile

"Well you know, there is a couple's desert that you two are going to love!" She said happily as Wave was about to protest until Mike stopped her "We would love to have the dessert, ain't that right honey?" He asked to Wave as she slowly nodded "Y-Yes that…. T-That would be great…." She said quietly as the waitress clapped happily and soon ran into the back, Mike was snickering a bit as Wave had a deep blush on her face.

"So, you like my idea of a desert sweetheart?" Mike asked as he snickered a bit, while Wave blushed even deeper "I don't like deserts, they're too dry, but I would love a piece of that dessert the waitress offered…" She said as the waitress soon ran back with a heart shaped tiramisu squeeing a bit to herself as she put the dessert on the table

"Here you are, consider it on the house for such a lovely song." The waitress said winking at Mike as he blushed a bit and turned to Wave "W-Well…. We better dig in, sweetheart." He said taking a small bite of the dish as Wave nodded as well, taking a small piece with her fork and taking a bite "Mmmm…. This is really good."

She said as the waitress smiled warmly "Glad you two like it, have fun with your date!" She said happily as she skipped back to the kitchen as the two soon sighed in relief as they continued to eat "Can you believe she thought we were a couple? It's pretty crazy." Mike said with a small chuckle as Wave nodded a bit with her blush "Y-Yeah...crazy…" Wave said as she spoke in her head 'Son of bitch! I think my chances with Mike are blown now! Damn it Mike, if only you knew!'

Wave said in her head as she kept eating more of the desert at a very fast rate with tears in her eyes as Mike slowly kept eating 'Poor Wave, she must be really hungry and sad for those poor people, she's crying over her dessert.' He said in his head as they soon finished dinner as Mike soon set a bag of pixels on the table

"They can keep it all…. The people who had it don't need it anymore…." Mike said getting out of the booth as Wave followed behind "That was a good meal, thank you for that Mike." Wave said said while Mike smiled warmly "You're very welcome Wave, I thought it was a really great meal." He said as he held the door open for her, as she walked out into the cold, frigate night as Mike followed behind.

The two slowly walked through the snow, having a bit of fun and making a few jokes as they made their way back to the lodge, soon entering the place as the teacher was speaking to the students "Bad news everyone, since a man from the outpost attack was badly injured he was being taken back to our home planet to get medical attention, he is being taken by our ship to get medical attention, so we will be staying here for longer than we suspected." The teacher said as the class groaned a bit as Mike and Wave kept silent, and let the man drowen on.

The teacher was wrapping up what he said and told everyone to go to bed as they had a big day in the morning, Mike and Wave were in their bedroom as Mike shook his head "I don't trust that fucker…. Not one single bit at all…." He said as Wave was getting the bed ready "I hear ya, something about his whole attitude towards this seems off, plus i've always had a weird feeling about him since I started school here." Wave said as she fluffed the pillows as Mike nodded "I hear you…. That guy just…. He screams something evil about him….."

He said as he soon walked over to his jacket and tactical belt with revolver and put them on as Wave saw this and looked at him a bit confused "Mike? Where are you going?" She asked as he sighed "I can't just leave those poor souls rot in that place Wave…. So I'm going back to the outpost to give them a proper burial…." He said with a tone of sorrow as he was about to leave until Wave stopped him "Mike….i'm going with you. You're completely right, they deserve better than that."

Wave said as she grabbed her things. Mike smiled warmly as he checked his supplies "Alright, we got plenty of food and water to keep us active, 3 flares, a flashlight, a headlamp and about…. 4 revolver rounds and a few bullets for your gun Wave." He said as Wave nodded a bit as she zipped her jacket up and grabbed her backpack.

The two soon exited their room very quietly as the entire lodge was almost pitch black leaving only small amounts visible of the place, the two began to slowly walk out of there as Mike pulled his cellphone out as he used the screen to light their way until they saw the glow of the fireplace when Mike soon turned off his phone, stuffing it back into his pocket as the two slowly reached to the doorway to see their teacher sitting in an armchair, softly snoring quietly without a single care. Mike and Wave soon slowly made their ways past the doorway to the main area of the lodge as they quickly and quietly exited the lodge and back into the freezing cold winter night.

The two soon finally made it back to abandoned outpost as the same stench of blood and death wafted in the air where Wave was about to cover her mouth with her hand, however Mike soon wrapped his bandana around her nose and mouth and tied it "There, I can use my hoodie to keep the stench out." He said as Wave blushed deeply behind the bandana as they walked in, seeing it was the same that was until Mike grabbed a flare out of Wave's backpack and light it.

The room illuminated with a red glow, showing even worse damage of splatters of blood and claw marks all over the walls making Wave and Mike a little sick to their stomachs but tried to keep their dinner down, Mike kept the flare above his head soon finding a barrel filled with paper and cardboard as he soon dropped the flare in lighting the contents on fire giving the room a bit of warmth and even light.

Wave began to shake at the sight while Mike was making a few torches out of a few pieces of rebar and cloth from a closet, soon putting them on the walls and the floor "Alright, this should make it easier for us to see, now I am going to go get some gloves so I can start moving them outside, can you find a shovel please?" Mike asked as Wave nodded a bit

"Y-Yeah…. I…. I can…." She said as Mike nodded and walked back to the closet looking for a pair of work gloves. Wave walked down the halls of the outpost, slowly looking around in closets and other rooms looking for a shovel 'W-Where am I going to find a shovel in this mess? This place has been torn to hell and back….. I feel really bad for these people….' She said in her head with a solemn look upon her face as she entered another room and found it was a small area for people to stay if the weather got really bad.

She slowly walked around as she saw it had a few splatters of blood on the ground here and there, however what took her by the worse was a little baby crib, the bars were chewed up as the blankets were torn and stained with blood. Wave's eyes went wide but soon started to fill with tears as she realized what had happened

"N-No…. T-This can't be real…." She had said as the tears began to fall, soon falling to her knees and covering her eyes as she began to weep heavily, as the images of what could've happen to the people started to flood her mind making her cry even harder until she soon heard the voice of someone familiar

"Wave? Are you alright?" The voice called as she slowly looked over to the doorway with her blurry, tear filled vision, soon seeing Mike standing in the doorway. She sniffled a bit soon getting up from the ground and almost tackling him in a hug as she cried heavily into his hoodie, he soon slowly held her in a hug as he already took his gloves off and started to pet her head trying to comfort her as he spoke in a quiet yet calm tone "Shh…. shh…. It's okay…. I'm here, it's going to be alright…." He said trying to comfort her.

Wave continued to cry heavily into his hoodie, but slowly began to cry less and less as she soon sniffled a bit as he continued to pet her head, trying to comfort her soon she slowly lifted her head as Mike had a soft smile "Feeling a bit better?" He asked as she slowly nodded a bit but kept her head on his chest

"A-A little….. T-T-Though….. T-there was a baby…. A-A baby…." She said in a weak voice as she started to tear up again as Mike nodded a little "I…. I know…. L-Let's just find the shovel and give everyone a proper burial…." He said in a calming tone as she slowly nodded as she slowly broke the hug but did not want to, for she had felt very safe and even calm in his arms. The two soon exited the room as he closed the door behind them soon taking Wave back to the main area, seeing that all the body's and body parts have been moved out of the place but still saw the blood staining the walls and floor.

She still felt uneasy about the place as she saw Mike picking up and putting the gloves again, while Mike was putting his gloves on she was looking in the last closet as she finally found the shovel she was looking for "Hey Mike, I found the shovel you were looking for." She said taking the shovel out of the closet as Mike nodded as she handed it to him

"Thanks Wave…. Can you please make some crosses as I dig the graves?" He asked as she nodded "Sure…. I can make them…." She had said as Mike nodded and walked outside and started to dig the graves for the fallen people that died in vain. Wave sighed sadly as she tied another two pieces of rebar into a cross and set it next to the doorway with the others "I feel so sorry for those poor people….. All died for no reason…." She sadly said in a somber tone as Mike soon started to grab the crosses.

"I buried them Wave…. Come on, let's give them a proper send off…." He said walking back outside, she got back up and soon walked outside as she saw Mike putting in the crosses into the ground "Thirty seven….. Thirty seven had lost their lives…." He said in a somber tone, sighing a bit as he took the gloves off and dropped them to the ground as Wave walked next to him as they stood in front of the graves of the poor souls that have lost their lives, when Mike began to sing in a somber tone.

"Ave Maria, Gratia plena…. Maria, Gratia plena….. Maria, Gratia plena….. Ave, Ave Dominus….. Dominus Tecum… Benedicta tu imulieribus….. Et benedictus… Benedictus fructus….. Ventristui, Jesus….. Ave Maria…." He finished the small song as a few tears ran down his cheeks.

Wave had tears running down her face, as she soon pulled Mike into a hug while he soon slowly hugged her back and held onto her for dear life, standing there in the cold winter night of blackness while the snow gently blanketed them piece by piece. The snow soon started to get heavier as the two broke the hug as they wiped their eyes as they saw the graves, with the helmets or even personal items of the person on the cross as they soon walked away from the scene and towards the village again.

The two trekked through the snow trying to find the light of the village again "Damn…. I can't see shit Wave…. You see anything?" Mike asked as Wave shook her head "I can't find a thing…. Wait! I…. I think I see it!" She said as a light could be seen in the distance and pointing at it, the two began to smile until it began to move as Wave began to fear for her life grabbing the handgun out of her pocket. Mike saw this as he grabbed another flare out of her bag and light it, giving them enough light to see what was going on, as then the light had gotten closer to them while Mike grabbed his revolver and cocked the hammer when a primal scream was heard as a large purple creature came into sight.

It was a very large creature that had only legs as it had a large lure like bulb with a rod on the top of it's head like an anglerfish as it had a very large slit in the front of it's body with four large fangs on it's corners of it's slit as it had two large yellow eyes on the sides of the slit, until it soon opened it to reveal a very large mouth as it screamed again and started to launch small blue and yellow orbs at the two until they dodged the shots as they soon opened fire at the creature, one bullet hitting into it's eye, making it whale in pain soon collapsing onto the ground after Wave and Mike put around seven rounds into the creature.

The two were a bit scared as Mike walked up to the creature and kicked the creature's tail a little "I…. I think it's dead….." He said with a cautious tone as Wave nodded a little "I…. I think so as well….. W-We should get back to the village…." She said until she let out a very large yawn, making her blush deeply. Mike chuckled a bit until he yawned as well as his body started to feel like it was going to collapse.

"H-Holy shit…. I… I guess i'm more tired then I suspected…." He said as he leaned against the dead monster, until he got an idea "W-Wave…. I have an idea…. But you ain't going to like it…." He said while Wave looked at him a bit confused, until she saw what he was leaning on soon shaking her head "No…. no way I am getting in that thing!" She almost yelled as Mike shook his head "It's the only way Wave, the snow is getting heavier, and were going to freeze to death." He said while Wave thought about it, until she soon sighed and nods a little "A-Alright…. Let's do it…."

She said as Mike nodded a little and pushed the creatures to the side and forcibly opened it's mouth as they slowly got in "Ugh! I-It's so slimey!" She said in total disgust while Mike nodded a bit and slowly closed it's mouth, but only enough to be able to breath "I…. I know Wave…. L-Let's just try to get some sleep…." He said as he tried to stay calm while Wave sighed and held onto Mike, making him blush deeply as she snuggled in

"I-I'll try…. And Mike?" She asked as Mike looked towards her "Y-Yeah Wave?" He asked as she snuggled in more "Never make us sleep in a monster like this again…." She said while Mike nodded a bit "G-Got you Wave…." He said as the two soon fell asleep for the night.

The Next Morning…..

The two slowly began to wake up inside the monster's mouth as Mike slowly got out of the monster, helping Wave out of the creature soon dusting and wiping off the saliva off of their clothing as they turned on their flashlight and headlamp "Now, let's get a move on Wave…. We need to get back to the lodge." He said while Wave nodded a bit as she yawned a little "Got you…. I need to get something to eat…." She said as Mike nodded in agreement, as the two soon began to walk towards the town again, but soon Mike's headlamp began to die as it soon shorted out.

"Damn, I can't see…. Shit?" He said as his vision began to clear a little as he started to look around a little "Whoa…." He had said as Wave looked at him "What's up now?" She asked as Mike tried to explain "I…. I don't know…. I can see a bit in the dark…. It's really crazy…." He said as Wave nodded a bit "That's…. Kind of strange really…. Cause only the Feline can do that…." She said while Mike nodded a bit "Strange indeed…." He had said as he spoke in his head 'This must be what nurse Lana said of having a piece of each race in my DNA….'

He said as he followed with Wave over the hill as they saw the village lights again as they quickly made down the hill and back into the village. The two soon walked slowly back to the lodge and entered while the class and teacher were enjoying a breakfast as they walked in when the teacher and class spoted them "Well there you two are….. What happened to both of you last night?" He asked as they saw them covered in saliva and blood as they soon sat down and started to get breakfast.

"A long…. Long, fucking story….." He said as they grabbed some pancakes and potato grids. The class was eating and talking with each other as one of the students started to reach for Wave's pancakes as she was not looking until everyone heard a gun's hammer click "Le'go my eggo, mother fucker…." Mike said pointing his revolver at the student's face as he slowly backed away making Mike smile a bit as he soon aimed it at the ceiling and fired off the round "Morning mother fuckers, just making sure you're all awake."

He said with a small smile and putting his gun back in his holster. Wave giggled a little with a small blush as she spoke in her head 'Even after burying 37 people and sleeping in a dead monster, he still finds a reason to smile….' Wave said in her head as she rested her head on her hands with a small smile and her blush as Mike kept eating his breakfast as the innkeeper walked up to Mike "Can you please not put any more holes into my ceiling?" She asked as he nodded with a warm smile "Got you miss, sorry about that." He said with his smile as she giggled a little and poured him some more coffee.

Wave caught this as she soon lost her blush while her face became a small scowl 'Girl...don't you be stepping in my cornflakes….' She said in her head as she was close to growling quietly as she soon finished her breakfast and got up from the table when Mike soon finished as well, when the teacher then spoke up "Oh! As well, I got news from the school, we won't be getting the ship til wednesday, so we can get to know the area more, visit the second village not far from here, and even go spelunking."

He said with a warm smile as most of the students cheered a bit, but not Wave and Mike as they had enough with the trip soon leaving the table to get changed. Mike was in the room waiting for Wave to exit the bathroom as she was taking a shower, while she was in there he was counting their ammo count soon letting out a sigh "I only have two .357 rounds…. One shell…. Wave only has about five .32 rounds left…. We need to find more ammo…. Or even a bullet press with gunpowder and lead….."

He said, soon putting the ammo back into the revolver cylinders, and the other rounds into the magazine and pulling back the slide and flipping on the safety. He stood in the middle of the room contemplating what their next move was, until the shower turned off when soon the bathroom door opened slowly, letting the steam out of the room as Wave walked out, her hair was down as it was still dripping wet with a towel wrapped around her as it hugged her body well, making her D-cup breasts push up a little as the water was glistening off of her skin.

The sight before Mike made him blush very deeply trying to keep his gaze away when Wave soon spoke up "Mmmm….. Much better….. Showers open." She had said with a small smile and a blush while Mike nodded a bit and soon made a beeline for the bathroom and soon closed the door behind him, Wave on the other hand giggled a bit with her blush "I… I can't believe I just did that…." She said that as she soon walked over to the closet as she took the towel off to reveal she was already in her bra and panties.

She soon found a pair of her darker jeans and a dark green shirt as she giggled a bit "Good thing we asked to have our clothes washed with our jackets." Wave said as she got dressed soon giggling a bit as she started to think of what she did earlier soon blushing a little "I don't think he will be coming out of that bathroom anytime soon…." She had said with a blush as it soon became a bit deeper when her thoughts started to become plagued while she tried to shake her head of the thoughts.

"No…. No….. keep those thoughts out of your mind….." Wave said soon walking over to the little mirror on the dresser "He is your friend…. You care for him….. And he's a very kind friend…. That protected me…. And kept me safe….. And…. and I fell for him…." She said quietly as she slowly set the mirror down when there was a knock on the door.

Wave was curious at who was at the door as she soon laid her eyes on her handgun, she quickly picked it up and slowly walked to the door "Who is it?" She asked when then a familiar voice spoke up "Housekeeping with the clean laundry you requested." The maid had said as Wave smiled a bit, quickly pocketing her handgun into her back pocket and opening the door as the maid handed her the clothing

"Thank you mam, me and my friend really appreciate you doing this for us." She said with a warm smile as the maid nodded with a small smile "You are very welcome, as well I thought you two were together…. Huh, you two would make a great couple, anyway have a great day." She said leaving as Wave blushed deeply

"W-Were only friends…. E-Even though I wish we were more than just friends…." She said the last part quietly as the bathroom door soon opened, almost making her jump as Mike walked out in his normal clothes as he was putting his shirt on, giving small glimpses of his scars. Wave blushed a bit deeper as Mike pulled his shirt down "Ahh…. much better…." He said walking to the couch and sitting then leaning back on it as Wave kept her blush and soon sat next to Mike. The two sat on the couch in a bit of silence as Wave soon broke the silence "So…. Mike…. H-How are you?" She asked as Mike shrugged a bit "Pretty good I guess…." He said in a small tone while Wave nodded a bit with a small blush.

"I… I hear you…." She said with a small tone as well, soon noticing his hand on the couch. Wave began to blush a little deeper as she slowly crawled her towards his 'I'm gonna be his snuggle bunny, whether he knows it or not…' She said in her head as her hand slowly set onto Mike's hand and was close to holding his hand, until there was a knock on the door breaking her concentration as she soon brought her hand back to her lap and let out a small sigh. Mike heard the door knock as he spoke up "It's open."

He said when their teacher opened the door "Ah, there you two are, I wanted to let you two know we will be taking a trip to the other village in about an hour, so please be ready to go." He said with a small smile as Mike nodded a bit while Wave slowly nodded with a small glare, still upset over what happened yesterday "Alright, we'll be ready to go…" Wave said slightly gritting her teeth as the teacher noticed this and nodded a bit "G-Got you…. U-Uh…. Please meet at the main foyer please…." He said soon closing the door, Wave soon sighed with a small angry face soon turning to Mike as he just seemed distant.

'He seems really out of it...hmm, let me try something' Wave said as she smirked a bit "Mikey-poo, the girls messaged me on my bracelet and told me they want you to join us in our monthly orgy." Wave said smirking as Mike heard this and blushed deeply "Wait, what!?" He asked as Wave giggled madly soon almost falling off the couch "Oh man! You should have seen your face! That was priceless" Wave said wiping a tear away from her eye "I was just messing with your mind, you were giving that 1000 lightyear stare and decide to take advantage of the situation." Wave said trying to calm down from her laughter as Mike kept his blush.

Wave soon calmed down from her laughter and soon got back up on the couch "You done now?" He asked as Wave giggled a bit and nodded "Y-Yeah…. I'm better…." She said as Mike sighed a bit "Good…. Now what's up?" He asked as Wave calmed down and cleared her throat "Hi." Wave said said waving with a goofy smile as Mike chuckled a bit as he rolled his eyes "You're crazy Wave." He said as in his head 'She is so adorable…. I wish what we said yesterday in the restaurant was true…..'

He said as Wave giggled and nudged Mike "Ahh, there's a smile, glad I made you smile?" She asked with a small smile as he nodded with a warm smile "I'm very glad you made me smile, Wave." He said as the two soon got up from the couch "Well…. We better get ready." He said soon putting his belt back on while she nodded and walked over to the coat rack to grab her pack "Got you, Mike…. Hopefully this day will go better than yesterday…."

She said with a small hopeful tone as Mike nodded a bit as he grabbed his shotgun from under the couch "Yeah…." He said looking for his bag. The two soon got ready as Mike strapped the bag to his back while Wave checked their supplies a bit "Alright, everything looks to be in order, ammo, food, water, clothing, yup it's all there." Wave said she slung her bag over her shoulder. Mike nodded with a small smile as he spun the chambers in his revolver.

"Remind me when we get to the next village to buy more ammo, either normal ones or electro rounds." He said soon putting his revolver back in his holster and slinging his shotgun on his back, while Wave nodded a bit "Got you…. Though, have you ever thought of getting well…. Elemental ammunition?" She asked as Mike stopped "Wait….. Elemental ammunition?" He asked as Wave began to explain "It's kind of complicated, but basically it's ammunition that harnesses the 4 basic elements: fire, poison, ice/frost, and electricity." Wave explained as Mike nodded as mike smiled a bit.

"I understand, so three of the elements lived in harmony and everything changed when the fire nation attacked?" Mike asked smirking as Wave looked a bit confused but soon began to giggle and punched Mike on the shoulder "No you dork, now come on, let's get going before the teacher gets pissed and tries to leave us on another fake thing again." She said as the last part she gritted her teeth a little while Mike nodded and walked out of the room with Wave as they walked down the stairs to see the students and teachers were getting ready to soon leave the lodge.

"Alright everyone, it will be a somewhat short walk as it will be around three to four miles away, it's a fairly large village so be careful at where you go alright?" He asked as the students nodded while Mike and Wave were not really paying much attention.

The group soon left the lodge and into the town as they started to walk out into the black empty void, as it was lightly snowing while most of the group turned on their flashlights or head lamps, Wave turned on her light and stayed close to Mike as he kept his headlamp in his pocket. The group looked at Mike oddly as he just smirked a bit "I'll be fine, don't worry." He said with a small smirk as Wave giggled while the teacher soon began to direct the class into the darkness as they looked around a bit.

"Now class, what we will be crossing is the bioluminescence, it's a land of living lights, though do be warned for their maybe Angler's walking around." He explained as small orbs of white, blue and yellow began to glow starting to illuminate the area around them as it showed purple like vines that held the orbs as it started to show their path "Woah…. This is pretty cool…." He said as Wave nodded with a warm smile "Yeah, it's, ironically put, otherworldly…" Wave said looking around as Mike chuckled a bit with a warm smile.

The teacher soon spoke up "Now as you can see class, these orbs and vines are actual living vines, as they are like normal plants." He explained as he gently placed his hand on one of the orbs, the students began to look around and touch the orbs even started to study some of them while Mike and Wave were walking around a bit "This is nice…. It's very quiet really, and it looks really nice out here." Mike had said as Wave nodded and giggled with a small smile "Yeah, it's really calm here, kind of makes you…. Forget a lot really…"

She had said letting out a small sigh while Mike nodded "Yeah…." He said as the class soon began to move again as they soon started to hear a clicking noise underneath their shoes soon looking down to see a stone pathway when the teacher spoke up

"This is good news, it means we're on the right path class when the village sees us they will turn on the lights, since they know we're on our way." He said with a warm smile and kept walking with the group when a large row of street lights began to turn on illuminating the area as the group walked to the front area of the village, it was a large place as it was fenced a bit with large wooden and stone walls as some guards were walking around.

The class soon walked to the front gates as they were stopped by a guard "You must be the class from the school, am I correct?" He asked as Xochitl nodded with a warm smile "Yup! That's us, may we have access into the village please?" He asked as the guard nodded and opened the gates for the class letting them go in, until one stopped Mike

"Whoa there buddy, where's your collar?" He asked as Mike's eye began to twitch and tried to speak up until Wave stopped him "Sir, he is my friend, he is not a pet or an animal, he is part of our class." She said as the guard stopped while Mike pulled his ID out "O-Oh…. S-Sorry kid…. D-Did not know…. F-First day on the job…." He said as Mike shrugged and put his ID away "It's fine man…. Just don't let it happen again." He had said soon walking into the village with the rest of the class with Wave.

The class walked into the village to see it was a fairly large village, had many people walking around some with kids, as some kids were playing in the snow as the the place just felt calming as it brought a small smile to Mike's face while the class walked to the lodge they would be staying at for a few days "Alright, so here is where we will be staying for a few nights to help with our spelunking expedition tomorrow and the day after, so please enjoy yourselfs, explore the village and have fun."

He said as the class nodded and entered the lodge to put their bags into their rooms while Wave and Mike stayed behind as they soon walked into the village itself, beginning to explore the town. The two walked around a bit of the town, seeing different types of stores and street performers playing music or even performing magic tricks to tourists and kids, Wave and Mike smiled a bit at this making them feel a point of both peace and happiness, the two walked around to soon found themselves in a park as there was a large fountain in the middle of the park.

They soon walked up to the fountain and sat on the edge and began to people watch a little, making a few jokes and laughing a bit until Mike's stomach growled a bit "Shit…. I'm getting hungry, what about you Wave?" He asked as Wave nodded a bit "Yeah, we haven't eaten since breakfast." She said soon getting up from the fountain edge as Mike nodded and got up with her

"Yeah, you got a point, I think I saw a diner not far from here when we past it." Mike said while Wave nodded "Alright, that sounds pretty good actually. I hope it has coffee, and I mean the good kind you know?" She asked and Mike nodded in agreement as they walked out of the park and down one of the roads trying to find the diner that they saw.

The two soon stumbled upon a large metal building that read in large letter above 'Diner' as the two smiled a bit "Guess we found the place." Mike said with a warm smile while Wave giggled and nodded "Yup, now come on, I'm getting hungry and if we don't eat our stomachs are going to eat themselves."

Wave had said with a small smile while Mike chuckled and opened the door for Wave as she thanked him and walked in while Mike followed behind. They entered the diner as they saw it looked kind of like a fifties diner back on earth with a bar like area with stools in front of them, there was booths in many areas but what caught Mike's eye was they had a grand piano in the front left corner of the restaurant.

The two looked around a little when a hylotl waiter walked up to them "How many are in your party today?" He asked when Mike spoke up "Just us sir." Mike said as the waiter nodded and grabbed two menus "Follow me please." He said as the two followed behind the man soon bringing them to a booth when the two soon sat down and began to look over the menu "We have a wide variety of drinks, what would you like?" He asked while Mike was looking over the menu Wave spoke up "We will both have Moonchaser Sake please."

She said with a warm smile as Mike almost dropped his menu while the waiter nodded and wrote down the order "Coming right up miss." He said and walked away before Mike could even protest "W-Wave! W-We can't drink!" He said as Wave giggled and shook her head "Oh yes we can, we're not on your planet anymore Mike, at the age of sixteen we can drink anything we want." She said with a warm smile as Mike's brain began to malfunction.

The waiter soon walked back with a very large dark blue and white flowered Uri flask with two small ochoko cups of the same design, soon setting down the two cups as he poured a bit of sake into both cups and handed it to them "Please leave the flask sir." Wave had said as he nodded and set the flask down at the end of the table near the window, taking his notepad out again "So are we ready to order?" He asked as the two nodded "I will have the Coralcreep Curry, what about you Mike?" Wave asked as he looked over the menu real quick again to find what he saw.

"Yeah uh…. I will have, the…. Meat stew please." Mike said as the waiter nodded and wrote down the orders, soon walking away towards the kitchen and put the order on the clip "Order up!" He called to the chef as she grabbed the order and started to make the food. Back with Wave and Mike, Wave was taking a sip of her drink while Mike looked a bit uneasy at the thoughts of the alcohol, slowly lifting the cup to his lips and taking a small sip soon tasting a nice flavor of rice and small hints of sweetness but had a small burn on his throat making him cough a little.

Wave giggled at this as she set her cup down "Pretty good huh?" She asked as Mike nodded a bit "Y-Yeah…. It's pretty good actually." He said taking another small sip of the sake while Wave giggled and took another sip, when the waiter came back with their meals "One Coralcreep Curry for the lovely lady, and one Meat stew for her friend." He had said with a wink towards Wave making her blush a bit as he set the meals on the table.

Mike was quietly grinding his teeth a bit 'If he knows well, he better fucking leave….' Mike growled angrily in his head as the waiter soon left when they soon began to eat their meals, the meal was pretty silent as more people started to come in for a hot meal as the two just continued to eat their food and drink the sake, that was until Mike got an idea as he looked towards the piano again while a small smile crept onto his face as he soon slowly got up from the booth. Wave saw this and was a little confused by this.

"Mike? Mike where are you going?" She asked while Mike just kept his small smile as he turned back to her "Don't worry Wave, I will be right back." He said soon walking to the grand piano. He gently placed his hand on the keys, letting them run across gently feeling a bit of nostalgia from his family and his grandmother for she taught him how to play a little, he soon found the bench and sat down as he started to play a little, getting back in the groove of playing the piano soon starting to play a small song as a smile started to creep onto his face when he soon started to sing.

"Once I was seven years old my momma told me, go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely. Once I was seven years old…" He started to sing as a person was at the door of the restaurant and began to hear the music, accidently leaving the door open while Mike continued to play the song.

"It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger, pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker. By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor, never rich so we were out to make that steady figure." He sang as Wave watch in awe as a little kid soon joined into the song with their drum, she smiled a bit at this as she soon summoned a violin and walked up next to Mike and started to play with him, Mike smiled at this as he started to play the next verse.

"Once I was eleven years old my daddy told me, go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely. Once I was eleven years old…." He sang as more people came into the resturant hearing the melody of the song. "I always had that dream like my daddy before me, so I started writing songs, I started writing stories. Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me, 'cause only those I really love will ever really know me." Mike sang as the three began to play a bit louder as Wave smiled warmly at this 'I never knew he could play the piano…. It's so soothing….' She said in her head as she soon sat next to Mike on the bench as he smiled warmly at this.

"Once I was twenty years old, my story got told, before the morning sun, when life was lonely. Once I was twenty years old…. I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure, 'cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major. I got my boys with me at least those in favor

And if we don't meet before I leave, I hope I'll see you later." Mike sang with a bit of joy in his voice as the kid soon sat next to Mike, playing her little drum while Wave giggled a bit at the scene and continued to play.

"Once I was twenty years old, my story got told, I was writing about everything, I saw before me, once I was twenty years old…. Soon we'll be thirty years old, our songs have been sold, we've traveled around the world and we're still roaming. Soon we'll be thirty years old I'm still learning about life, my woman brought children for me so I can sing them all my songs, and I can tell them stories. Most of my boys are with me, some are still out seeking glory and some I had to leave behind, my brother I'm still sorry."

He had sang as Wave began to blush a bit at the lyrics as she kept playing as the little girl kept tapping her little drum while Mike started to play a bit more enthusiastically "Soon I'll be sixty years old, my daddy got sixty-one, remember life and then your life becomes a better one. I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once, I hope my children come and visit, once or twice a month! Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold, or will I have a lot of children who can warm me. Soon I'll be sixty years old….. Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold, or will I have a lot of children who can warm me, soon I'll be sixty years old….."

Mike had sang as he started to slow down a bit at the tempo as the little girl stopped tapping her drum as Wave followed when he sang the last versus "Once I was seven years old, momma told me, go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely, once I was seven years old….. Once I was seven years old."

Mike had sang soon letting the piano die out as the restaurant began to clap and cheer a bit at the performance, bringing a small smile to Mike's face as he slowly got up from the bench and waved goodbye to the small group as he walked back to the booth with Wave to finish their food. The group started to disperse as only left was the little girl and her father "Excuse me? Young man?" He asked as Mike turned to the father to see that he was a very dark blue apex with pale skin in a heavy winter coat, flannel pants and boots.

"Yes? How can I help you today sir?" Mike asked as the man spoke up "My little girl here wants to say thank you for letting her play in your song." The man had said with a small smile as he soon turned to little girl as she was a hylotl with somewhat short dark salmon fins with light peach and salmon skin with dark blue eyes and was wearing a little dark brown fur lined coat, with snow pants and boots as she was tapping her little drum a bit. Mike smiled warmly and petted the little girls head making her giggle a little.

"Anytime sir, she and my friend Wave here really helped with the song, since it did need a drummer and a violinist." He said with a warm smile as the little girl giggled a bit with a small blush while Wave smiled warmly "Hey, I seen you before….." She said starting to snap her fingers a bit trying to remember as the man spoke up "Igor miss." He said as she snapped her fingers "That's it! Igor Rolim! You own that hoverbike repair store on the planet we go to school." She had said as the man named Igor chuckled.

"Yup, that's me, you two are students at the Academy of the stars?" Igor asked as the two nodded "Yup, I'm Wave and this is Mike." She said with a warm smile as he waved while Igor smiled warmly "Well that's good to hear, this little one right here is my daughter Yoko Rolim." He said with a warm smile as the little girl named Yoko waved a little shyly "H-Hello…." She said very quietly as the father chuckled a bit "Sorry, she's very shy." He said as the two waved it off "It's fine, anyway what are you doing here sir?" Mike asked as Igor chuckled a bit.

"Just visiting family with my daughter, you two on a field trip?" He had asked as the two nodded "Mhmm, though things got really bumpy….. Just a word to the wise, be careful out there, for your daughter's sake….. Make sure to leave this planet safely." Mike warned as Igor nodded "I hear you, Oh! As well if you go back to the school, go to the cafeteria and asked for a women named Yuyuko, that's my wife." He smiled warmly as he said this as the two smiled warmly and nodded while Igor soon picked up his daughter "Alright sweetheart, let's get back to grandma's house."

He said with a warm smile as Yoko nodded "O-Okay daddy…. A-As well daddy? I…. I think I found the person I want to marry….." She had said with a small blush as he gave a hearty chuckle "Really now sweetie? Who's that?" He asked while Yoko blushed deeper and pointed at Mike, making him blush a bit as Wave giggled with a warm smile as Igor chuckled hearty "Aww, that is very sweet, sweetie. Better look out kid, you have an admirer."

He said making Mike blush even deeper as Igor soon said goodbye with Yoko as he carried her out of the diner, leaving Mike and Wave to their meal as Mike kept his blush and started to drink even more sake while Wave just giggled with a warm smile "You feeling better?" She asked as Mike kept drinking sake and eating, not responding as Wave just giggled and finished eating as she took the flask of sake.

"Can we take this to go please?" She asked as the waiter nodded "Sure, but do pay for the flask and cups please, we only have a limited supply." He said to the two as Wave nodded and set down a small bag of pixels "That should cover for everything sir, have a great day." She said as she picked up the flask and put a cork in the hole to cover it while then Mike took the flask.

"I got it…. You can grab the cups…." He said a little slurred as he started to walk to the diner's front door. Wave giggled a bit and grabbed the cups as she helped Mike out the door and back to the lodge, as they entered and saw that the students and teacher had turned in for the night, she soon helped Mike up the stairs and to their room as she took the flask of sake and set it on the table with the cups, when Mike then crashed on the bed and fell asleep.

She giggled at this and got changed into her pajamas and pulled the covers over Mike, but soon slipped into the bed next to Mike until she was soon grabbed and pulled in close by Mike, soon nuzzling his head into her neck making her blush deeply however with a warm smile on her face as she let her eyelids slowly fall and drifted off to sleep.

The next morning….

Wave slowly began to shift in her sleep a little, starting to slowly crack her eyes open soon finding that she was still in Mike's arms, making her blush a bit but soon began to smile a little as she snuggled into Mike again relaxing in his arms, but it was soon interrupted as there was a knock on the door making Mike groan in pain as he started to wake up "Mmmmm….. D-Damn it….. S-Shut up Marcus….." Mike groaned in anger as the door slowly opened to reveal their teacher.

"Oh, sorry to wake you, but it's time for breakfast, so please make it down so you can eat." He said with a small smile as Wave groaned a bit as she started to grind her teeth a little "Well be right out, give us a minute…" Wave said as she spoke in her head 'Note to self, buy portable padlock for door…' Wave said as her gaze turned to a glare as the teacher started the shake a bit as he slowly nodded "O-Okay…. P-Please join us soon…." He said quickly closing the door and almost bolting down the hall.

Wave sighed a little as she turned to Mike as he was still sleeping soundly a bit, she giggled softly with a small yet soft smile as she slowly started to nudge awake "Wakey wakey, sleepy head, breakfast isn't going to eat itself." Wave said as she continued to nudge Mike. Mike slowly began to wake up soon cracking his eyes open "W-Wha….?" He said slowly getting up before he quickly clamped his head from the oncoming headache

"F-Fuck….. W-What happened last night?" He asked quietly as Wave gently placed her hand on his shoulder "You got really drunk last night, punched our teacher hard in the face, started a riot in town, and made passionate love with me last night, and I even let you do me up the ass." She said with a straight face as Mike blushed deeply as he started to freak out badly, soon falling out of the bed trying to keep himself calm while Wave soon started to snicker before bursting out laughing falling back on the bed

"Oh man! Screwing with you never gets old! I thought you were gonna faint this time." Wave said laughing as Mike soon looked towards Wave and sighed in relief "O-Oh thank god….." Mike said with a small smile, until Wave spoke up again "Yeah, you didn't punch our teach or start a riot but you did give it to me, even up the ass." Wave said as Mike's eyes rolled back as he fainted on the bed.

"Oh Mike, you need to eat more carrots, they're good for your eyes. And if Izzy asks, yes they can dial a phone." Wave said as she slung him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and walked out of the room. She carried Mike down the stairs as the class was eating breakfast with the teacher.

She soon got to the main floor as she soon sat Mike next to her as his head slammed onto the table while Wave giggled a bit as she tried to keep his head up "Mikey, it's not polite to slam your face on the table." Wave said as she lifted Mikes head up and slipped a pair of sunglasses on his face.

The class looked towards Mike as one student eyed him oddly "Hey Wave…. W-What's up with Mike?" She asked as Wave started to think a bit at what to say as she spoke up "Oh he's just recovering from last night, he had a bit too much Sake." Wave said giggling as the student nodded a bit going back to eating as the host came back "Ahh, don't worry. We have a good amounts of alcoholics in this village."

He said as Wave nodded a bit with a small smile while one student was poking Mike's arm "Mike? You okay man? You look like you're dead from the neck up." He said as Wave waved his hand away "Yes yes, I am fine, i'm just very tired." Wave said imitating Mike's voice as the student nodded "Alright then man, oh! That reminds me Austin and Layla wanted to know if you're going to join the school's battles, they said they wanted to see how well you can fight man."

He said as Wave started to think of an answer 'What am I supposed to say here!? Do I say no and have him look like a coward, or do I have him say yes, and have him join in?' She asked herself as the student started to grow suspicious until she soon spoke up again in his voice "Let me sleep on it man, I have a big fucking headache and I need to relax a little." Wave said in Mike's voice as the student nodded.

"Alright then, I'll tell them man." He said going back to eating as Wave sighed in relief 'Thank god...wait...how's he going to...eat…?' Wave said in her head coming to the new realization until she accidentally let go of Mike's head as he went head first into his food, gaining the attention of everyone as Wave soon spoke up "He is very hungry, and you should all let him eat." Wave said as the class nodded and went back to doing what they were doing.

Inside Mike's head…..

Inside of a large office was a bunch of little Mike's working on computers until one came up with a green visor "Just got an order from the boss: Find the file of what happened last night, and that means check everything!" He yelled as the others spoke up "Everything?" They all said as he nodded "Everything." He said simply as everyone started to search for the file dumping filing cabinets and searching on computers as the head Mike walked into another Mike as he spoke up.

"Hurry up! What do you think I'm paying you for?" He asked as the other Mike spoke up "You don't pay me. We don't even exist. We're just a clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought." He explained as the head Mike crossed his arms "One more crack out of you like that and you're out of here." He said simply as the other Mike fell to his knees and started to beg.

"No, please! I have three kids!" He said trying to keep his job as the office soon went into a panic as one Mike was looking through the cabinets again "Where is it? Where is it!?" He yelled as another was on a computer looking it up "Come on, come on, tell me what happened last night!" He yelled until the computer set ablaze as a bunch of Mike's were running around with huge stacks of papers as the papers were flying everywhere, until one ran up out of the crowd "WE HAD SEX WITH HER LAST NIGHT!" He screamed as the office was soon ablaze as the Mikes were running around.

Outside in the real world…..

Mike's head was still on the plate as Wave started to sniff a little "Something's burning…." She said as she kept eating as the students looked towards Mike "Uh Wave? Are you sure he's okay? I can smell bacon, was he cooking bacon earlier?" The student asked as Wave soon spoke up "Uh…. Yeah, yeah he's just thinking really hard right now…. You know late night cramming sessions." Wave said trying to keep the whole thing covered up for now hoping for Mike to wake up

'Jeez, he's really out of it….. Maybe it was a bad idea to tell him that….. *giggles internally* Though it was so worth seeing his reaction….' She said in her head while Mike soon began to shift a little on the plate, slowly lifting his head up with a pancake on his face, soon slowly falling off taking the sunglasses with it as his eyes were bloodshot and squinted a bit at the bright lights, while his vision soon began to clear while he started to look around the room.

"W-Wha…? H-How did I get here?" He asked himself quietly when Wave noticed this and turned to him "Already forgetting things now? I helped you down the stairs Mike." Wave said as he nodded a bit, until his eyes went wide from what Wave had told him soon shooting up from the table gaining the attention of everyone as the teacher spoke up "Mike? Are you okay? You look like you seen a ghost." He had said as Mike nodded a bit

"Y-Yes i'm fine sir….. I uh….. N-Need to cool my head…. Be right back!" He said soon running out the lodge front doors and slamming his head into the snow. Wave giggled a bit, but also felt bad for Mike as she slowly got up from the table and walked out the front doors and slowly closed them soon seeing Mike head first in the snow, she slowly walked up to him "Have fun in the snow?" She asked as Mike did not respond, until he soon slowly removed his head from the snow, showing a very large blush "K-Kind of….." He said trying to keep his gaze away from Wave. she saw this and began to worry "A-Are you sure you're okay Mike?" She asked when he then slowly shook his head

"N-No…. H-h-how can I be okay…. Finding out that I accidently slept with my friend/roommate…. I…. I feel horrible Wave…. I….. I never meant to have sex with you….." He said in a low tone when Wave saw this she let out a small sigh "You never did…." Wave finally admitted, which grabbed Mike's attention "W-What?" He asked as Wave lowered her gaze towards the blankets of snow "You never slept with me Mike…. We never had sex…. I was just messing with you….. I'm sorry…." She said as a small amount of tears began to form in her eyes as Mike's blush soon started to go down, soon slowly walking towards her as he then pulled her into a hug

"I forgive you…." Mike said in a hushed tone. Wave was caught off guard by this "W-What?" She asked meekly as Mike held her in the hug "I forgive you Wave…. I know you were just playing a joke….. But please…. Don't ever do that again….. I want my first time to be with someone I love….." He said calmly while Wave nodded a little as she slowly wrapped her arms around Mike and hugged him back.

The two stood there in a hug for what could feel an eternity they slowly broke the hug as Mike wiped Wave's tears away giving a soft smile "Come on, let's go eat breakfast." He said in a calm, quiet tone while Wave nodded with a small smile "Alright, as well i'm starting to get cold." She had said giggling a little as Mike nodded but soon took his hoodie off and wrapped it around Wave

"Here, maybe this will help." He said with a warm smile as she giggled a bit with a small blush "T-Thank you…." She said with her blush 'H-He's so sweet…. Even after I played such a bad joke….. A-And this hoodie feels really warm….' She said in her head as she followed Mike back into the lodge as the class was finishing up breakfast, the two sat down at the table and continued to eat breakfast.

Time Skip: About An Hour Later…..

Mike and Wave were in their room getting ready for the spelunking trip "Hey Wave, remind me to stop by the general store when we get back, so I can pick us up some more ammunition, were kind of running low." He said with a bit of a cautious tone while Wave nodded in agreement

"I hear you, if you can see if you can pick me up some frost rounds, I want to test them out on the schools range, see how well they work….. But we got to be secretive about this stuff, since they won't allow certain things on school grounds." She explained while Mike nodded

"Got you…. And don't worry I won't say a word about it." He said with a small smile as Wave smile warmly and nodded "Thanks Mike, now come on, we better get going." She had said while Mike nodded and opened the door for her as she smiled warmly and walked out of the room after thanking Mike, he soon followed behind her and walked down stairs as the teacher was giving out instructions

"Alright class, today is our giant spelunking trip, so where we are going is in a cave about a mile and half away from the village, where we will be exploring the cave system. But before we go, I will be passing out a few more flares for each pairing, to make it easier to see in the caves, but as well if you get lost light one and we will come find you, alright?" He said as the class nodded, where he was then handing out a few more flares to the groups while Wave and Mike checked over their supplies once more, making sure that they had everything they needed.

The group soon was ready as they then left the village and back into the freezing, dark winter of the planet trying to be extra careful while the snow began to cascade across the plane more heavily. The class kept moving while Wave began to shiver, until Mike took his hoodie off of himself and wrapped it around Wave

"Here, this should help keep you warm." Mike said with the cold vapors appearing as he talked, Wave began to blush a bit "T-Thank you Mike…." Wave said quietly while they continued to move but in her head she was starting to freak out 'H-He just gave me his hoodie…. And….. And he's out here in the freezing cold in just his normal clothes….. W-Why did he do that for me?' She asked herself in her head when the class soon reached the cave system

"Alright everyone, we're here now do please be careful, these caves are a little un-explored so do please explore with caution, we don't want to lose anyone." He had said with caution as the students nodded while Wave and Mike just simply nodded without a word, but knew something was up with the teacher. The class soon walked into the cave and began to split up as Mike and Wave kept close together walking down one of the cave tunnels

"Damn…. Look at this place…. It's like a really reflective crystal mine…." He said looking around a bit while Wave giggled with a soft smile "Maybe it is Mike, we could make lamps and chandeliers out of crystals and sell them to the people back home, maybe even run our own business." She had said with a soft smile as the thoughts of running a family business with Mike made her blush a bit, but still let her keep her smile.

The two walked down a little more of the cave, but soon stopped as they heard something striking ice, without thinking the two pulled out their weapons out and slowly began to move towards the sounds when they soon saw a hylotl explorer chiping away at the ice "U-Uh excuse me, sir?" Mike spoke up as the man slowly turned around to show that his eyes were a bit milky, showing that he was blind or was close to it

"H-Huh? Who's there? Speak up…. Are you here to steal my mushrooms?" He asked as Mike snickered a bit "Hey man, no need to harsh the mellow of the buzz man, you know? We just came here to have like, a radical exploration of our inner selves." He said in a hippy like voice making Wave snicker a little as the explore stopped

"Oh, sorry about that ma man, guess we are all on a spiritual journey, keep on keepin on, you feel me? I still remember ma first shroom, it was far out. So you doing your thing, the celestial being blesses you starchild." He had said while Mike nodded "Got you ma friend, may they smile warmly for where you walk." Mike said to the man as he kept going at his exploration and mining when Mike soon spoke up

"Vonos Mus Monos." Mike had said as the miner stopped and smiled warmly "Alla La Blah Blah to you too man." He had said going back to mining, until he then stopped and tossed the two a bag of glowing mushrooms, "Here my starchilds, having a bag free on me, and may your journey lead to happiness." He said soon going back to mining as the two nodded, soon going down another tunnel

"Nice guy that guy was." Mike had said as Wave nodded "Yeah, as well it was really nice of him giving us this bag of mushrooms." She said holding the small baggie filled with glowing mushrooms. The two smiled a bit and gave a small laugh and kept exploring, until they soon found themselves at a large, dark bricked shrine "What the?" Mike asked as Wave shook her head "I…. I don't know….. I…. I never seen anything like this before…." She said with a bit of a worried tone as the two slowly entered the shrine.

The mansion itself was really dark, but had vases, tables, chairs and doors with red insignia's made from the same material as the shrine, however except there was wind chimes hanging from the ceiling that were made of a metal, that shined dimly but gently chimed while a small low breeze blew through the door sending a small chill up their spines. The two slowly began to walk around the shrine, Wave began to slowly look into the vases to only see nothing but dust inside soon letting out a small sigh "

Thank god…. I thought it would be filled with blood or something…." She said while Mike looked through a small bookshelf to find books, filled with an odd language he could not really understand soon closing the book and setting it on the bookshelf

"Fucking weird….. This place makes no sense…." He said while Wave nodded a little as she started to walk a bit towards Mike, until she then tripped over a chair and falling on top of Mike, as he then tried to catch her but soon fell backwards and through a secret door with Wave.

The two tumbled a little into a dark room as they soon slowly got up and got their bearings as Mike grabbed a flare from his bag and light it soon seeing a fairly large room, the two looked around a bit until Wave soon gasped in terror as she clung to Mike "O-OH MY GOD!" She screamed when Mike looked towards to what she was screaming about, as he saw sitting against a wall, was a raggedy clothed skeleton.

It was wearing what looked to be adventuring gear, but what took the cake was it had a third eye socket in it's skull "A hylotl skeleton? What's this person doing here?" Mike asked in a quiet tone while Wave continued to shake and held onto Mike's arm tighter "I should be answering the same question...what brought him here….better question is...where is here…." Wave asked as she sniffled a bit

"Oh my god we're gonna die down here! Were never gonna make it out! We're gonna being doing the bone dance with skully over here!" Wave said breaking down as Mike took a hold of her "Wave! You need to calm down! Were going to get out of here, I will make sure of that." He said trying to calm her down as she kept breaking down and started to sob

"How? We don't even know where we are, he didn't get out of here and he looked like he knew where he was going!" Wave said as she cried harder Mike sighed a bit as he wrapped his hoodie around her and soon set her against the wall.

"Just please, try to calm down…. Let me see if I can find anything on this person…." He said as Wave continued to cry into the hoodie sleeves, Mike walked over to the skeleton, soon spotting a backpack on it as he then removed the pack from the boney arms, Mike slowly opened the pack and began to look through it

"Let's see…. A bag of pixels…. Medical supplies…. Most likely gone bad by now….. What's this? A journal?" He said to himself slowly pulling out a red and white flowered bound journal, soon opening it and started to read through it, until he read the final page

'Trapped in a Tomb by Hiraki Corale, Hylotl Adventurer…. Oh boy…. So I'm trapped in a tomb. Been here for a couple of weeks, by my count. I can't find the way out. I triggered a secret door and, because secret doors are super exciting, went inside. It closed behind me, and now I'm stuck in some dusty set of tunnels. I'll find my way out eventually, of course, I always do. I'm surprised nobody's rescued me though; I've certainly been making a lot of noise….' He read in his head slowly looking towards the skeleton

"So you got trapped down here for so long….. Such a sad end for you Hiraki…." He said as Wave overheard the name "Hiraki? As in the great hylotl adventurer?" She asked with tears running down her cheeks while Mike slowly nodded "Yeah…. This guy must have been trapped down here for years….." He had said as Wave sniffled a little

"G-Guess so…. That would make him…. Over a hundred years old….." She said while Mike nodded a bit soon pocketing the journal soon looking around a bit, till he spotted the wall again "Hmmm….. Wave…. I might have an idea…." He said while Wave wiped her eyes a little "R-Really? W-what is it?" Wave asked sniffling a little as Mike walked to the wall and examined it a little

"Wall seems to be very weak….. We can try blasting the wall down." He said as Wave slowly got up as she held onto the hoodie "B-But we don't have enough explosives, and our guns won't do anything." Wave said as her hope started to flee again until Mike smirked a bit "Who said we were using normal explosives." He said as he soon summoned some fruit and placed it next to the wall.

Wave was a little confused by this, until she remembered that one day in guerrilla warfare training "Y-You don't mean…." Wave asked as her eyes began to widen, when Mike soon nodded and took out a small container of cooking oil "Izzy's five second fruit salad…." He said as he started to pour the fluid onto the fruit and a small trail towards a rock, Wave wasted no time in hiding behind it as Mike held the flare up

"¡Hasta luego!" He yelled as he dropped the flare on the trail and hide next to Wave, as the trail soon ignited and ran towards the fruit, soon lighting on fire as it then exploded taking most of the wall with it, leaving a hole big enough for them to get out of there Mike and Wave soon got up as he chuckled a bit "It worked!" He said happily while Wave shook a bit and sniffled with a small smile

"Y-You d-did it!...y-you fucking did it Mike! Remember to give Izzy a kiss when we get back." Wave giggled like a little school girl, making Mike blush a bit "I…. I will…. On the cheek…." He said as the two soon got out of the area and out of the shrine. Wave was happy to be out of there and Mike was too, still keeping his blush at what Wave said but she soon began to slow down a little, he caught this and stopped as he turned towards Wave

"Wave? You okay?" He asked as Wave sniffled a bit and shook her head, wiping her eyes again "Y-Yeah…. Just still feel bad for Hiraki though…." She said as Mike nodded "I know…. And I feel bad that he died in such a tragedy…. But we can still tell the people where he is…." He said while Wave nodded a little "A-Alright…." She said very quietly, but her mind began to race a little

'H-He just saved me…. And…. he's letting me wear his hoodie…. And…. he wants to help let people know what happened to Hiraki's remains…. H-He's really sweet and…..' She said in her head as she started to blush and staying still but soon began to slowly move towards Mike, he saw this and became a little confused "Wave? Are you ok-" He was cut off as Wave soon grabbed his head and pulled him into a passionate kiss.

Mike was caught by surprise by the kiss, but soon he slowly melted into the kiss and began to kiss back, he then closed his eyes slowly and gently wrapped his arms around her waist, Wave began to blush at what was happening but she felt at peace slowly wrapping her arms around his neck soon slowly breaking the kiss, looking deep into each other's eyes while the area was filled with silence until Mike was the first to break it

"T-That was….. Well…. You know…." He said with a small chuckle while Wave nodded with a soft smile "Mhmm…. D-Does this mean…. Were…. Well….?" She asked as Mike gave a warm smile "If you want." He said in a peaceful tone as Wave mirrored his smile and nodded planting another kiss on his lips "I would like that…." She said with a small giggle.

Mike kept his smile as he held Wave close to him in a hug and hummed a little but they soon broke the hug, when Wave then took Mike's hand and started to walk out of the tunnel system "Come on, let's get out of here, maybe even go back to the lodge and snuggle up by the fire." She had said with a soft warm smile as Mike nodded "I would like that, with a nice, warm blanket." He said while Wave giggled softly

"Sipping hot cocoa and watching movies, even playing games….. I can't wait till we get home….." She said soon stopping and wrapping her arms around Mike, laying her head on his chest as they continued to walk "I'm so happy that we fell down that trap door...without you breaking out I don't think I would have been so moved." Wave said pecking Mike on the cheek, forming a small soft smile on his face

"I am too Wave…. I'm happy that happened….." He said while he held her hand. The two soon made it into the tunnel systems as the class was already there when the teacher spoke up "There you two are, we have to get out of here, there was an explosion heard earlier and….. W-what happened to you two?" He asked when the two looked at each other but only gave a small smile

"A lot happened really sir…." Mike had said as Wave nodded with a small smile "Yeah...and that explosion was Mike breaking us out of a tomb. Oh I forgot, I found this." Wave said as she pulled out an amulet covered in dirt as Mike took it and put it around Wave's neck

"It looks beautiful on you." He said while Wave giggled with a warm smile as she brushed the dirt off the amulet, to find it was made of gold and a dark blue stone "O-Oh my g-god...M-Mike, this must be part of what Hiraki was looking for when he ended up in that cave we were in! That means there could be more!" Wave said with shock and excitement, while Mike chuckled with a warm smile "Well, we can always come back again next time and find the rest, what do you say?" He asked with his arms around her, pecking her on the cheek making her giggle

"I say we that would be amazing, and do you think we should do something about Hiraki's body?" Wave asked glancing back at the class who was listening to everything they were saying "Hmm…. I say we should give him a proper burial." He said looking towards the class as they were listening a bit "Do any of you have anything else better to do?" He asked while the class shook their heads and all said no, making the two snicker a little

"How about we all just go back to the lodge okay?" Mike asked as the class nodded and started to leave while Mike kept a hold on Wave "So what do you want to do?" He asked while Wave started to think a little "I say we give him a burial and quickly look to see if anything else is there. Then we take a dip in the hot springs in the village." Wave said smiling while Mike chuckled and nodded with a warm smile

"Sounds like a plan, as well i'm just going to take a wild guess is because you want me to see you in a bikini huh?" He asked while Wave giggled "I certainly thought so, and maaayybeee, you'll just have to wait to find out…" Wave said in a sing-song voice making him blush deeply.

She giggled more and walked back down the cave tunnel again and into the shrine with Mike when he then took the person's bones out of the shine and towards the entrance of the cave "I'll be right back, good thing I kept that shovel." He said taking the bones towards the entrance.

Wave smiled a bit as she started to search around the room, finding small gold coins and a few bracelet's, a couple necklaces, even a small ruby ring when she then held it up close "Woah...that is one helluva rock, at least 20 carats…" Wave said as she took a few items to Mike to see him about to fill in the grave

"Mike, before you bury him, I thought it only be right that he be buried with what he suffered so much for to find." Wave said holding a bracelet, a few coins, and necklace. Mike nodded with a small smile "I think that would be the right thing Wave, he sacrificed his life to find these treasures, I think it would be right if he kept some of them." He had said while Wave nodded with a warm smile as she placed the items in the grave then giving Mike the go to on the burial.

They gave a small prayer after Mike had buried the explorer, soon leaving the shovel in the snow as a makeshift cross "Sorry we could not make you a proper cross sir….. But hopefully you're now at peace." He said as Wave nodded when the two soon left and walked back to the village.

Time Skip: About an hour later….

Mike and Wave were back in the village and at the indoor hot springs as Mike was getting ready in one of the booths, soon letting out a small sigh with a soft smile "Man…. it's going to be nice to relax finally…. Been a very fucking crazy ass week…." He said soon changing into his swim trunks and walking out as he looked around a bit "Wave? Where are you?" He asked when her voice soon spoke up from behind him

"Turn around big boy…" Wave said swaying her hips, when Mike soon slowly turned around as a very large blush began to creep across his face, as Wave was wearing a dark green bikini that hugged her chest and hips perfectly "W-Whoa…." He could only say as she giggled softly and placed her hand under his chin "See something you like?" She asked with a soft smile while he slowly nodded a bit as he started to feel a small amount of blood dripping from his nose, making her giggle more

"Play your cards right and you just might see a bit more…" Wave said in a slightly seductive tone as even more blood started to drip from his nose while his face became an even darker shade of crimson.

Wave smiled softly, soon gently letting go of his chin then turning towards the hot spring, swaying her hips with every step she took slowly walking into the water and turning to Mike slowly motioning for him to join her "Come on in….. The water is perfect…." She said while Mike slowly started to walk towards Wave, soon tripping and falling into the water making her giggle madly

"O-Oh my god! Y-You just fell right in!" She said almost falling backwards laughing her ass off while all that came up from the water was bubbles and dark crimson blood. Wave continued to laugh as Mike soon slowly began to rise from the water while she sat down on a small edge in the water "Have fun with your nap?" She asked while giggling a little while Mike kept his blush and nodded a little, soon sitting next to her as she then smiled warmly and laid her head on his shoulder

"Mike…. I'm so happy right now….. It's almost like a dream really…." She said as Mike's blush started to go down while a small smile crept upon his face as he kissed her forehead gently "I hear you….. And if this is a dream…. Then I don't want us to wake up….." He had said. Mike then started rubbing Wave's side under the water, and she snuggled into him more. "Neither do I, Mike." She had said as her eyelids slowly fell, slowly drifting off a little as she relaxed peacefully while Mike held her close leaving him with his thoughts

'It's been a very crazy two weeks…. And field trip….. But, I'm glad this all happened.' He spoke in his head, continuing his inner monologue soon looking towards Wave as he gently placed a small kiss on her forehead while she relaxed, until she began to slowly fall asleep letting out a small soft snore. He chuckled a little as he gently nudged Wave back awake "Wave, Wave…. Come on sweetie, don't need you falling asleep in the hot springs." He said while she slowly woke up

"Mmmmm…. W-Wha?" She asked as Mike chuckled softly and planted a small kiss on her lips "Morning sleepyhead, enjoy your small nap?" He asked while she slowly nodded and nuzzled into Mike's shoulder "Mhmm….." Wave had said very quietly in a tired tone soon giving him a small, soft smile on his face slowly helping her onto her feet and out of the water "Come on, let's go get dressed and head back to the lodge." He said while he kept his smile as she smiled a little and nodded "T-That sounds great…." Wave had said trying not to fall asleep in Mike's arms.

Mike chuckled softly as he helped her to the girls changing booth and gently set her on the small bench inside, soon pulling the curtain closed and walking the other one as he then dried himself off and got changed into his normal clothes and put his trunks in a plastic bag, he then walked out of the booth and towards the other one

"Wave? You okay in there?" He asked as he heard something fall with only a small groan as he quickly drew back the curtain to see Wave struggling to put her clothes on as her shirt was somewhat past her head while her pants were around her knees as Mike blushed a little, but was relieved she was okay and was wearing her underwear.

"You need some help there?" He asked with a soft smile, while Wave blushed a bit as she yawned a little loudly "Y-Yes please…." She had said with her blush and trying to get up from the ground slowly, Mike chuckled a bit as he helped her onto her feet and pulled her pants up and buttoned them soon pulling her shirt down revealing her very tired face. Mike helped her onto the small bench and helped put her shoes on while she was slipping in and out as she was ready to fall asleep, Mike soon had a small yet soft smile on his face as he tied her shoes when he then gently picked her up in a bridal carry

"Come on, let's get you to bed." he had said in a very quiet tone while Wave only yawned loudly in response as she nuzzled into him. Mike chuckled softly as he grabbed her bag with her wet clothes in as he soon carried her out of the hot springs while she snuggled into his hoodie for warmth, the town looked upon Mike and Wave as most were happy and thought the scene was adorable, as others were indifferent about it and kept on with their business.

Mike had soon reached the lodge when the students already had their stuff packed up as the teacher turned around and saw them "Ah! Mr. Reith and Ms. Kumiko, so good to see you two, we have great news, our pilot is going to be here in about twenty minutes, so please pack your stuff and get ready to leave." He said with a small smile as Mike nodded and Wave remained asleep, snoring very softly.

Mike carried Wave upstairs and towards their room, soon entering when he then gently laid Wave on the bed and started to pack their bags. Mike had soon packed all of their equipment and strapped it to his back while Wave continued to sleep softly, he smiled a little as he gently sat next to her slowly extending his hand and gently petting her cheek "You are so precious…." He had said with a very quiet yet gentle tone as he continued to pet her cheek gently, until the teacher lightly knocked on the doorway gaining his attention

"Mike? It's time for all of us to leave, can you get Wave please?" He asked quietly while he nodded "Sure, we will be down in a minute." He said as the teacher nodded and left the doorway, Mike looked towards Wave as she was still gently sleeping.

He chuckled softly soon slowly picking her up gently in a bridal carry again soon slowly carrying her out of the room and down the stairs, to see the class ready to leave when the teacher saw them and nodded, soon starting to direct the class out of the lodge while Mike followed behind the class as they started to go towards a small air strip while the ship was waiting there for the class.

The class entered the ship and putting their stuff in the hold while Mike carried Wave into the main area of the ship, gently placing her in a chair while she tried to keep a hold on him but he gently got his grip from her and walking to the back of the ship again, soon taking the bags off his back and placing them away in the area where everyone else's was located and walking back to the main area.

Wave was still sleeping quietly as Mike soon gently sat next to her, when the ship soon began to take off when she soon fell towards Mike and grabbing him, snuggling into Mike while a small, yet warm and happy smile formed while Mike may have been blushing a bit however he did not care as he gently petted her head, relaxing to the sounds of the ship as it soon took off and back into the endless void of the universe and back to their home.