AN: CRAP! I forgot to write the disclaimer last chapter! So I'll say it twice now.
Disclaimer: I do not own ½ Prince. The rightful owner of ½ Prince is Yu Wo.
Disclaimer: ½ Prince is not mine. If it was, there'd be more Gui x Prince scenes (not Gui x Lan. Me is a yaoi fan shhh)
Another disclaimer: I do not own the song that Layla sings. I DO NOT OWN IT. All rights go to the band Breaking Benjamin. I DO NOT OWN IT. Got it? Good.


Sam's PoV (hehe)

Having your entire team taken out by one gnome is quite embarrassing.
I'll admit I'm impressed that she could take us all out. She didn't seem that high of a level.
I had seen her in the bakery, and I had seen her around Sara. Maybe that gnome is a teammate of hers?
Curiosity began eating away at me, and I sighed.
Sara.
The woman behind the character was stunning. Emerald eyes, caramel hair… Beautiful.
That's the only word that comes to mind when I see her.
I remember when the gnome saw me with my team and how her gaze hardened into a glare.
Does she not like me?
The questions spun in my head and I found myself with a headache.
"Oh dear god, I don't need this much confusion…" I thought taking the holy demon would be easy. Hard on the outside, soft on the inside like all the others.
Maybe her shell was harder than most? What if she keeps everyone at arm's length?
If so, I don't want to get close to someone like that.
Those types of people are depressing. I closed my eyes and sighed again.
Deciding to get rid of all these pent-up emotions, I found my feet wandering to Ghoul's Rest.
I have no clue why.
Then, I saw her. Sara with eyes half closed, humming a song I had never heard before.

If I had to,
I would put myself right beside you.
So let me ask,
Would you like that, would you like that?

And I don't mind,
If you say this love is the last time.
So now I'll ask, do you like that?
Do you like that?
NO!

Something's getting in the way,
Something's just about to break.
I will try to find my place,
In the Diary of Jane.
So tell me how it should be!
(AN: The song is "Diary of Jane" by Breaking Benjamin)
Her voice was soft and unsure, as if she didn't believe she wasn't a good singer. She stopped singing and looked into Ghoul's Rest and snickered.
"I guess I should massacre them all again," she said to herself, drawing her bow and confidently strutting into the thicket of withering trees. I sighed and promptly followed.
I hope she doesn't steal all the kills.
Watching her shoot the undead was like looking at paintings in a museum. Her aloof eyes and her lips set in a small smile as the arrows flew.
I was clearly gawking at her figure. Her hair was freely flowing down to her back, fluttering around whenever she moved. I noticed her tapping her foot to a beat I could not hear.
Maybe her head had a song playing endlessly in her head?
Suddenly, tears flowed onto her face. She seemed shocked and then began chuckling as she wiped them away.
"I'm still weak," she murmured.
And that's when I realized. Right now, she was vulnerable. A nice, emotional mess I could easily take advantage of. I took a step out of the shadows concealing me, but someone beat me. I narrowed my eyes at the intruder. He looked at me and smirked. 'Scum,' he mouthed to me. I sighed, knowing he was right. I took my place in the shadows again as the man approached Sara. I frowned as I took in his appearance. He was an elf priest, in black and red robes. He had long black hair that he tied back into a low ponytail. His eyes were red. They weren't bright and bloodthirsty, but instead calming. I smirked.
Women could easily call his eyes 'alluring,' but since I'm male, let's just leave it at 'calming.' Sara turned to him and greeted him, not bothering to hide her suspicion. He smiled and assured her he was no harm.
Scoffing, I turned away and left to Dark City.

Yuki's PoV (yess!)

I ran my hand through my hair, wondering why I put up with this crap.
Sam was off stalking women, Sasori was being sadistic, and the rest were just drinking in a pub.
Smiling sickly sweet, I walked into the pub and to their table.
My teammates instantly froze, knowing what my sweet closed eye smile meant.
"I'M SORRY!" The three of them all stuttered simultaneously. I opened my eyes and let my expression fall into a furious one.
"We get taken down by one gnome, ONE GNOME, who obviously is a skilled player who we underestimated, but that was OUR mistake. YOU need to get your act together and understand that mistakes are simply a pathway to success!" I ranted, "Loki, you need to live up to your responsibility as my meat-shield. Ciel, you need to start working on your spell-casting and mana conservation because you suck at it. Raven… Well, you need to put a few points in agility. You're a little unreliable." They all gulped and ran out of the pub.
Damn them! They left me to pay the bill!

***

Sighing, I trudged through Dark City. It was the complete opposite of Light City. Light, Dark, and Blood Cities are the major cities of the Southwestern Continent. Dark City was for teams who didn't enjoy reputation. Blood City was for the teams who adored watching blood spill and devotion to the game. Light City was for the few good-natured people on this continent. This continent had quite the reputation for scum. I shook my head.
Why had I bothered to come here from Central? It was so much nicer there.
"Yuki," Sasori's monotonous voice greeted me as he stepped out of the shadows. A smile found its way to my face. Ah, this man. He has no clue what he does to me.
My heart fluttered. Sasori and I have known each other since childhood. He had not changed his appearance, while I simply changed the color of my hair. My icy blue eyes hadn't changed. That was something I'd never change.
"Sasori," I replied, giving him a genuine closed eye smile. There was a ghost of a smile on his face, but disappeared soon after.
'Sasori…'
"Yuki, did you know?" A ten year old Sasori asked me whilst smiling.
"Hm, what?" I asked him.
"Your eyes are really pretty! They're one of my favorite things about you!"
"Lecturing the team again?"
"Of course, they never change." We began walking aimlessly; talking about pointless things I don't care to remember. I just remember the way my heart skipped beats whenever his eyes met mine.
'Sasori… What happened to make you so cold?'
"So, where were you?" I dared to ask. He chuckled, making me subtly shiver.
"The usual."
'Ah yes, the usual. The usual I don't know about. The usual you never tell me anything.'

Layla's PoV (I should make this book about Yuki, I find her more fun to write XD)

The man who stood before me was… Attractive.
I'm not going to lie. He was a true bishie.
Sam's bishie-ness paled to this guy. He was the king of bishies.
Strongly resisting the urge to glomp him and scream 'HOTTIE!' I talked, lacing my voice with suspicion.
"Who are you?" He had walked in on my weak state. No one sees my weak state.
No one.
"My name's Ritsu." He grinned in good nature.
"I'm Sara."
"Hey, I'm looking for the boss. You know where he is?"
"Uhmmm he's not going to respawn for another five days…"
"Why not?"
"Er, well I may have killed him…"
"… What?"

Ritsu's PoV (I really like him already XD He was made up on the spot!)

"… What?" I asked, not believing the melodic words that floated to my ears. "Your team must be pretty good to take down the boss..." She shifted her weight awkwardly to her other foot.
"Well the thing is my team is still incomplete and I soloed him…" She spoke, keeping her gaze on a blue butterfly.
"Yup yup! Milady is cruel, sadistic, bipolar, and a bitch, but she's powerful!" A voice spoke. Ah, so Sara is cruel, sadistic, bipolar, and a bitch, but she's powerful.
Wait, what?
"Sourire shut the fuck up." The demoness glared at the butterfly.
"Won't you introduce me to this HOTTIE?" The voice spoke in a teasing manner. Sara rolled her eyes.
"Ritsu, this is my annoying rare butterfly pet, Sourire Bleu. She can and will easily kill you."
"Really? A butterfly?"
"Well… It all happened when Cati told me this annoying thing was a rare level ninety butterfly pet… I found out she can do some terrible things…" Sara mumbled.
"I've seen some pretty crazy things in this game, but that's the craziest one yet." I shook my head in disbelief as I spoke. "The game developers must be on drugs."
"Those must be some good drugs." She grinned. I took in her appearance and came to the conclusion: she's ethereal. Obviously, she used beautification. The demoness looked at me before smirking, "And no, I didn't use beautification."
I could only gawk. "LIES!" I exclaimed. She giggled.
"I don't lie!" Her smile made me think she was an angel, even though she was a demon. I mentally slapped myself.
Come on, Ritsu, you just met her… Don't fall for that smile…
Who am I kidding?
"You said your team was incomplete?" She nodded. "You guys need a priest?" Her eyes lit up and she nodded furiously. That… Was ridiculously cute. "Then I'll join your team!" She let out a happy cheer and danced around. I noticed the elf from before was gone.
"Hey, do you know an elf with brown hair and silver eyes? A thief?" I asked, genuinely curious. She immediately scowled.
"Yeah. Jackass won't leave me alone. His name's Sam." There was more to this story; I could see it in her eyes. I felt a pang in my heart.
Jealousy.
Damn it Ritsu! I mentally slammed my head against walls. There was a small snap of twigs and I whirled around to face a giant ghoul with a blindfold.
"Oh shit."
"Fuck, I thought I killed him! Cati said the respawn timer was a week!"
"We're fucking screwed."

Lavernna's PoV (IRL Lav, I know you're reading this! I think!)

"Hey, Cati?" I started a conversation with the mage.
Where were we?
Where else?
In a bar.
"Hmm?" The mage looked up from her drinks.
"Is there a case of bosses ever respawning before they should be?"
She went deep in thought.
"Nah, but the producers often change respawn timers for the hell of it."
"What if someone kills the same boss?"
"Unlikely; every time a boss is killed, they gain a level. Say, the ghoul boss. He's now level ninety. But the producers love screwing with people, so his strength is that of a level one hundred and fifty now."
"Do you think Sara could kill him again?" She shrugged.
"How'd she kill him last time?"
I recalled the potions.
"She took a ton of potions, starting with I think a Flask of Four Winds and then a rage potion…"
"Sara won't be able to take him down again."
"Why not?"
"Because she's out of potions. She'd need an insane amount of luck to even run into him again. She'd run out of it as soon as she sees him. To find a boss is one thing, to see him again is another thing entirely."
Cati slammed her drinks down on the table, a worried look on her face.
"Fuck, Sara loves Ghoul's Rest. She goes in there to kill undead all the time!"
"There's no problem, since the ghoul boss isn't respawning soon, right?"
"Ah… Well, there is one problem… They changed the respawn timer on him…"
"Well, fuck."

Ginger's PoV in the real world.

I stared at myself in the mirror. It was the middle of the night. Everyone was playing Second Life and I was staring at myself in a mirror.
Those robins's egg blue eyes, pale skin, brown hair with pink streaks adorned my face.
I couldn't help but wonder.
People at some point or another called me beautiful. A playful and sadistic smirk came across my face.
Those people all ended up betraying me.
Sighing and deciding not to mull over the past, I stumbled into the kitchen, hungry.
Eventually I gave up trying to find anything edible in the fridge, and I made six scrambled eggs with mushrooms and sweet peppers.
While I ate, I couldn't help but think.
Am I really that good at Second Life that they'd just give me a letter of recognition and a pet?
I tapped my fingers against the table.
There's something more to this. They want something.

AN: Well there it is, Chapter 12. Enjoy.
By the way, feel free to send me OC's. I'll use them. Just don't give me a personality along with the OC because they'll become all twisted and whatnot. I'll give them a personality as I see fit X)
Ginger, Ginger, Ginger. She's so flippin' badass I have no words for it.
Maybe she's actually an IRL assassin working for the government?!
Lol I'd never do that.
The idea IS tempting…
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I start writing.
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