Okay, so I'm honestly cutting it close with this story, I'm returning to school in about a week, so I might actually start updating more slowly when next week roles around.
The sun rose, and its rays beamed through the living room windows, Nathan opened his eyes at the rays of light pierced his gaze. He rubbed his eyes as he woke up and started to stretch his arms, but flinched in pain upon doing so. His body was completely sore, it seemed that all of the previous bruises from his confrontations with Jack had finally caught up to him. He felt numb on his right cheek, as it was also bruised from a punch that Jack gave him the other day. He reluctantly got up in pain, grunting in the process. He noticed that Monika was slowly rubbing her eyes as she woke up from her sleep, "Good morning Nathan," she said drowsily as she let out a yawn. "I'm going to go get change," Monika said as she got up and walked to her room, she then later left to the restroom with clothes in hand.
Natsuki walked out of the room with Sonic by her side, "Good morning," Nathan greeted her while he felt a sting from his right cheek. He ignored the pain in an attempt to keep anyone from worrying, though his gaze shifted to Sonic who also seemed to be really sore since he was rubbing his cut arms. "Good morning Nathan," Natsuki said as she sat on the couch and grabbed the remote from the living room table. "You want to watch something?" she asked to which he shook his head, "Nah, go ahead and watch whatever you want," he sat there as he watched the tv silently, Natsuki had changed the channel to the Saturday morning anime shows that were playing. Nathan couldn't help but squint in pain as he felt his arm really hurt, Nathan sighed as he got up. "I'm going to get some water, you want any?" Nathan asked, to which Natsuki nodded. Sonic followed behind as they entered the kitchen.
"Say, you're sore too huh?" Nathan whispered to the hedgehog who nodded, but flinched in pain as he did so and rubbed his neck softly. "We should rest for today, hopefully we don't have much to do today," Nathan whispered to which Sonic agreed. Just then Monika entered the living room, wearing a green tracksuit, Natsuki looked over to her and asked, "Say Monika, what's for breakfast?" she asked curiously. "I was thinking we could go out for breakfast today with the whole group, well not until after the training because someone could get sick with all of the movement." Nathan and Sonic's expression turned to one of despair, "OH NO! I forgot about wispon training," he said worriedly.
Nathan and Sonic entered the living room with two cups of water each, Nathan gave his two cups to the girls, while Sonic gave him one of the two he was carrying. Upon sitting down Nathan clenched his teeth quietly as he focused on not showing a pain expression. After a while the doorbell rang and Monika stood up to answer it. Upon opening the door, she was greeted by Shay, Yuri, and Sayori. Everyone had a tracksuit on, Shay with a blue one, Yuri with a purple one, and Sayori with a red one. "Alright, I'm ready to test these weapons out!" Shay said excitedly as he held a gym bag which presumably held his wispon, while Sayori yawned, "Couldn't we do this later, it's way too early to be up on a Saturday," she whined as she pouted. "N-Now Sayori, we should focus on this training, we've relied far too much on just Sonic," to which Sayori sighs and reluctantly nods. "Well then come on in, we'll be ready in a few minutes," Monika said with a smile as she held the door opened for everyone.
Everyone entered the living room, Shay and Sayori took a seat next to Natsuki, while Monika sat next to Sonic, and Yuri reluctantly and shyly sat next to Nathan. Upon seating herself she gently bumped his arm with her elbow, Nathan flinched lightly as the bump gave him a slight sting. "Ah! I-I'm sorry Nathan," Yuri said worriedly as she apologized in a whisper. Nathan glanced around the room quickly and was relieved to see that no one noticed his pained reaction, Yuri noticed this and was about to ask him if he was alright. Before she could say anything, he turned around quickly and said, "S-Sorry Yuri, you just surprised me," Yuri blushed lightly as she lost the words she was about to say.
Luckily for Nathan, he was already wearing clothes he could use for their training, so they just waited for Natsuki who was given a pink tracksuit by Sayori. When she came back, Monika shut off the tv and stood up, "Okay everyone, let's go," she announced as everyone stood up. Everyone formed a circle as they held on to each other and closed their eyes. Yuri shyly placed her hand onto Nathan's arm, and accidentally nudged him causing his arm to quiver. She frowned lightly as she quietly apologized and closed her eyes, Nathan began to concentrate as he gripped his Chaos Emerald in his hand and visually imagined the club room. After a minute of concentration, the Emerald began to glow brightly, and enveloped the club members in a bright light, sending them to their club room.
Null Space
Jack opened his eyes as he woke up, he had kept himself floating in the air as he slept through the night. 'Good morning sweetheart, shall we get to work?' Jack shook his head lazily, "Nah, I said I was going to train today, you agreed yesterday remember?" he asked. 'I never said such a thing sweetie, please, let us finish the work on my bod-' Nathan hushed the voice as he began opening a portal, which began summoning various illusions of Classic Sonic. "Easy their sweetie, working on your body would be a waste of time if I don't have the strength to make it come to fruition," he said as he took a fighting stance. 'Jack, please you're more than strong enough, so please jus-' Jack ignored the voice as he charged at the illusions and began zooming with the Phantom Ruby's energy, he would usually leave a track of energy behind, but this time the residue was a lot smaller in its amount. This meant that Jack had learned to be more efficient with the Ruby's power, and was able to overall maximize its abilities.
While the voice was silent, Jack felt a stern look glaring at him throughout his time training. Upon striking down the last Illusion Jack scoffed as he dusted himself off, 'There are you done? Can we please get back to w-' Jack interrupted the voice again, "Nope, just a few more rounds," he said excitedly as more illusions exited the portal. The voice silently grumbled to which Jack chuckled, "Don't worry sweetie, I'll make sure to make this up to you," he said with a smile as he charged again.
Clubroom
The school was completely empty, no teachers, no students, not even the scurrying of mice was heard throughout the building. The Literature Club room began enveloping itself in a mysterious light, as the group faded into the room alongside it. "UWAH?! I can't believe I have to come back to school in a Saturday," Sayori wined as she sighed, she quickly widened her eyes as she turned to Monika, "I-I mean, I'm not winning about the Literature Club, it's just school, you know?" Sayori stammers as she tries not to offend the president. Monika simply giggles lightly as she turns to the door, "C'mon, let's get out to the field, there should be more than enough room to use these wispons safely," everyone nods as they follow Monika out the hall. "A-Actually I need to stop by the restroom real quick, you guys go on ahead okay?" Nathan says while nudging Sonic, who stays with him.
Nathan waits for everyone to turn the corner to go down the stairs, he sighs once their out of sight. "Good, c'mon let's go wait out for a bit, you know so we can go down the stairs at our own pace without having to mask our pain," Nathan tells the hedgehog who nods in agreement. After a few minutes the two decide to go, as they slowly descend the stairs they wince lightly upon each step, Nathan groans through gritted teeth upon reaching the second floor, "ARGH!? Whose idea was it to put the club in the third floor," he complains quietly as he goes lower. As he does so he decides to mask his face from any implications of pain, just to be safe incase anyone is waiting for them at the bottom.
Upon the first floor being visible Nathan spots, someone waiting for them at the bottom. It was Yuri, she was silently waiting glancing up the stairs, upon seeing them she smiles lightly. "Ah, I told everyone I would wait for you I-I mean you two, so I could take you to the field," she says shyly as she turns away. Nathan was relieved, glad that Yuri's shyness made her turn away, so he could get down quickly while tanking some of the stings. "Thanks Yuri, I really appreciate it," he said kindly as he reached the first floor, Yuri blushed lightly as she nodded, "W-Well c'mon," she said quietly as she led the way.
Yuri guided them silently through the hall, she was glancing at Nathan every once in a while, he didn't notice until the fourth time she did so, and they locked eyes. She quickly blushed and turned away, "Ah-Ah I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stare, it's just you've been acting strange lately," Nathan mentally freezes, 'Oh no! she's on to us… I can't let her know… C'mon brain think, think,' he tells himself mentally. He ends up coming up with an idea on the spot, "Eh? What are you trying to say I'm some kind of weirdo?" he says this while faking an offended face and frowning. Yuri blushes as she waves her hands in denial, "N-NO! I DIDN'T MEAN THAT!" she shouts and gasps after, "Oh no… I raised my voice… I'm… sorry," she says as she turns away. "Ah no its fine, Yuri, I'm honestly fine, so don't worry about it," Yuri doesn't turn around but simply nods as she continues to walk down the hall.
Midway Yuri turned left and led them to a door leading to the field. She opened the door and held it open for the two, Nathan thanked her and walked out of the school, after some distance he waited patiently for Yuri to come out. The three began walking together towards the field, in the distance they could see the rest of the group. Sayori seemed to have gotten over her cranky attitude, and was doing cartwheels excitedly around the group. Monika was busy doing some stretches in preparation, while Shay and Natsuki were conversing with each other.
Sayori stood up and saw Yuri and the others, she smiled as she began cartwheeling their way and stopped in front of them, "C'mon you guys, let's get started," she said excitedly as she quickly snatched Nathan's arm and hastily pulled him across the field. Nathan's face contorted to a pained expression for an instance when Sayori turned around, but quickly masked it with a smile as they reached the group with Yuri and Sonic trailing behind.
Monika lifted herself up from her stretches as she walked up to Nathan, "Okay, we're all ears teach," she says with a smile as she holds the hover wispon on her hands. Nathan smiles as he pulls out his drill wispon from the gym bag he brought, "Okay, for now we should avoid pointing them at each other, focus on spreading out and focus on shooting at the vast field, their range isn't that large, so we should be fine," he explains while everyone nods. The group spreads out, while Sonic jogs lightly throughout the field, he may be sore but that doesn't mean he'll stop running around. Nathan looks down at his drill wispon and begins to rev it up, 'I should only rev it up once, so I can take it easy on my body, and practice the different speeds,' he thinks to himself. The drill revs up once and he is pushed forward quickly a few feet, the quick tug at his arm makes him groan lightly at he feels a sting from his soreness. Luckily, he was far away from everyone else and no one could hear his pained groan.
Monika stood afar from everyone as she pointed her Hover wispon to the vast field, she pulled the trigger and a strong gust of wind blew from the wispon, the amount of recoil caught her completely off guard. The wispon pushed her off her feet and she fell down a few feet away from her starting position. Nathan noticed this and calculated the distance between her and him, he revved up the drill wispon accordingly and stopped a few feet by her side. "You okay?" he asks as he extends his hand out to her, Monika smiles as she takes it and pulls herself up. "Yeah, these things pack quite a punch, I sure wouldn't like to be on the receiving end of one of these," She says with a light giggle, Nathan smiles as he nods in agreement, "Yeah, these things are strong enough to damage Robot Mechs from Sonic's world."
Meanwhile Shay was shooting various little asteroid blasts from his Asteroid wispon, the projectiles were quite fast on their movement though their size were relatively small. 'Huh, it's pretty fast to spam, not too bad of a weapon, especially if Nathan is right in the fact that it can auto aim too,' he decided to test this feature out by picking up a few pebbles from the ground. He shakes them on his palm for a while and throws them high up and far into the air, he quickly points the asteroid wispon to the airborne pebbles. Upon doing so he sees various reticles on the airborne pebbles, he quickly pulls the trigger quickly many times to shoot down the pebbles. The mini Asteroid projectiles quickly curve upon being shot and automatically hit each of the pebbles. "Hey, you're a natural man," Nathan says as the drill wispon drags him at an incredible speed up to Shay. He is slightly startled by the quick movement done by the weapon, "Not as impressive as that one, I barely even got a glimpse of you showing up here."
Just then a scream is heard by the group, "UWAHHH!?" Everyone turned to the source of the scream. It was Sayori, she somehow ended up atop a stack of blue cubes, really high up from the ground and with no way to get down she shakily held her Hammer wispon. "S-SOMEBODY HELP MEEEE! I'M SCARED!" she shouted from up above with a tone filled with surprise more than fear. "W-What?! That's the wispon's special ability, it can't normally create cubes, how did you even pull this off?" Nathan asked confused. "I-I Don't know!" she shouts from up above, "My Chaos Emerald fell from my pocket during one of my swings, and I accidentally tapped it on the hammer, then the next time I slammed it this happened." Nathan was intrigued by this as he turned to Monika, "Say Monika, try tapping your Emerald to the wispon," he said while Monika held a confused expression, "Me?!" she asked, "What good will that do?" Nathan begins to explain how her Hover wispon's special ability is to allow its user to take to the sky. Monika nods to the explanation and taps the Emerald quickly onto her wispon, the weapon begins to glow, and Monika pulls and holds the trigger. She screams in suprise as the wispon flares up and pulls her up to the sky, "AHHHH! H-HOLD ON ITS GOING TO FAST!" she shouts with her eyes closed. "Monika open your eyes! You need to grab Sayori and bring her down here!" Nathan shouts as she begins to slowly open her eyes.
Monika looks down and sees that she's completely surpassed Sayori in height, Monika was suspended about 10 feet higher than what Sayori was and panicked, "N-N-NATHAN I'M TO HIGH! HOW DO I DESCEND?" Nathan explained that in order to descend she needed to let go of the trigger, Monika did so and began floating slowly and closely to Sayori's direction. Nathan's eyes widened as he realized something "Oh no! MONIKA KEEP PRESSING THE TRIGGER THE WISPON TURNS OFF IF YOU DON'T KEEP PRESSING IT!" Monika glanced away from Sayori and to Nathan, "What was that?! I couldn't he-" just when she was 2 feet above Sayori the wispon turned off and Monika stumbled onto Sayori. The two fell off the pillar of cubes and began falling rapidly, screaming. "AH CRAP! QUICK CATCH THEM" Nathan shouted to Shay, who quickly began getting ready to catch Sayori. Sonic stopped his jog throughout the field as he saw the 2 girls fall, he ran towards the screaming girls, but he knew he wasn't going to make it in time. Nathan quickly took his position to catch Monika, he clenched his teeth and prepared for the worst.
Monika and Sayori crashed onto the two boys, causing them to fall down with the girls. Nathan groaned as the weight of Monika completely squashed his body, 'I'm really going to feel this in the morning,' he whined in his mind. Meanwhile Shay had also been squashed by Sayori who was tearing up by the whole experience. Nathan put his gaze up to Monika, who was still lying on top of him. She wasn't moving but he felt her breathing against his body. "M-Monika?" Nathan says as he shakes her lightly, no response comes from her. Nathan starts slowly panicking as the girl doesn't seem to respond, Yuri and Natsuki hurry over to them while Shay is still underneath Sayori. "S-Sayori, quit crying you're fine, and you mind cutting down on the cupcakes? I almost felt my spine break with that impact," Shay says as he pushes her off of him.
"Monika! Is she okay?!" Natsuki asked worriedly, while Yuri got on her knees to brush the president's hair off her forehead. "She's still breathing, so that's a good sign for the most part," Yuri says anxiously. "This is all my fault, I'm an idiot, how could I do this!" Nathan said while tightening his fist. "N-No Nathan, you didn't mean any harm, this was all an accident," Yuri said trying to keep the situation under control. Sonic, Shay, and Sayori approached the group slowly with a worried expression. Nathan clutched his head with both of his hands, "No, No, No, NO! I didn't mean for this! I didn't mean for this!" he told himself and repeated quietly. 'He's having a panic attack,' Yuri thought to herself, she turns to the other 4, "Should we call the police?!" Natsuki asked out loud worriedly causing Nathan's breathing to rapidly increase. Yuri noticed this and tightened her hand into a fist, she quickly turned to the other members, "No we can't call the police, we're not supposed to be here anyway, we'll get in big trouble if we do. Everyone, let's split up and find something for her condition," the group nodded and ran into the building. She quickly turned to Monika and began loosening her collar and any constrictive clothing, in order to prevent her breathing from ceasing she then proceeded to raise her legs above her heart level. "Nathan, hold her legs like this," she tells him, Nathan nods and does as he's told. Yuri stands up and tells him she'll be right back as she runs into the building. Nathan looks down at Monika with guilty eyes, meanwhile her Emerald faintly glows within her pocket, but unnoticeable to anyone else.
Monika slowly opened her eyes as her extremely blurry vision tried focusing on her surroundings. Her head was lying on a desk as she was seated in the middle of a classroom. "W-What…?" she glanced around the room silently she felt a knot form on her stomach as she felt major déjà vu. Her eyes widened as her gaze met one of the windows, "N-NO! PLEASE! NO!" she shouted as she saw what seemed like the darkness of space outside the window. 'No, this can't be, I didn't erase anyone, I can't erase anyone, why am I here?' she mentally pondered, "Nathan?! Shay?! Natsuki?! Yuri?! Sonic?! Sayori?!" she shouted her friends' names as she felt tears roll down her eyes. She looked down on herself and noticed that she was back with her school uniform, she was silent for a while, she was scared.
"There's nobody here darling," a mysterious voice chimed from behind her, Monika snapped her head to the direction of the voice. She gasped with fear as a woman was sitting down on a chair in front of her, she had a tattered hospital gown, with a crazed look. 'W-Was she there? Before?' she thought to herself. "No… Or maybe I was? I honestly don't remember… I can't remember anything after I dìs̷̲ͅş̩͈ͅa͝p̸̥é̦̫̘̘̬a̪̜̝r̘͔̬ͅȩ͈̠̼̦̠ḏ" her voice contorted to a glitchy mess, she made loud static sounds forcing Monika to cover her ears and unable to understand her. "Whoopsie, my bad that tends to happen from time to t̕im͜e̵ t͠͞í̴̵m̷͟͏e̶͜͡͝ t͂̇ͨͬ̚͠͞͏̟͎̞̗̤͉̻̺̕i̵̵̘̻̲͎͇̣̠̠̩͔̳͓̼̝ͮͪ͛͂̒̄̂͆͛̿̄ͨ̐͂̑ͣ̔ͬ͡͡m̧̖͓͇̗̜̱̯̣̹̦͙̣̮ͦͪ̔ͮ̽͜͞ͅe͂ͧ̒̿̀͂͒͌ͭ́̈́̍̅̓͐̅̆̆͏̢̺̘͕̙͙̺̰̘̫̀͘" her voice looped while contorting it's sound to that of an auto speaking bot. "How did you read my mind?" Monika asked with a shaky voice. The woman gave a crazed smile as she shrugged, "I don't know, I can hear everything e̼͕͙̻̭̤̫͠v҉e̴͓͚̣͉̰̖r̡̲y̲̳͈͎̗͕̝t̗̞h̗͞i̳̱̠̫͍̲ng̻̺̪͈̜̤͠" she said while laughing maniacally. Monika felt completely creeped out, 'Who is she?' she thought to herself to which the woman stopped laughing. She gave a creepy smile to the teen, "Don't you remember me? Well I guess you've mostly heard my voice, v͢͞o͠͏̶i̷͜͜c̡̀̕͞e̷̵̡̧͝, v̨̗̊ͮ̔͗̄ͧ͘ò̙̟̲̺̻̲̔͌̑͆͋́͜ͅͅi̸̢͕̲ͤ͆̂̃c͓̜̊͝e̵͙̹̜̦̲̝̫̺̊̓̅́, v̩͖̺̥̰̥̹̦̟̫͎͈̜ͬ̆͐ͤ̉̈ͩ͊ͣ̀ͪ̀ͮͭ͒͐́̚̚͜ơ̡̻͈̼̥̼̱̝͛ͩ͐͆̅̒͂͞͡i̓̔̓͆͗̓̑ͪ҉̶̝̣̤̠̙̞̙͖̼̦̱̼̣̖̣c̹̯̠̝̟͉̤̩͔͗̒͒ͩͯͮ̄̆ͬ́̀̕e̢̨̛̮̩̘̣̖ͪͧ̈́̿̋̅͛̎̽̌ͤ́͢" her voice began looping again as she began sounding like a robot again. The woman moved her arms as she was stuck on repeat, she clapped her head tightly as she regained her composure.
Monika was deeply disturbed by the situation, "I'm sorry mam, but I don't remember you," she said scared. The woman giggled lightly, "͋ͮͣͣ̏̓̚̚͏̯̻͕̲̝Well, here I'll do a little something so you can rͪ͌ͦ̋҉̼e̙̜̯͚̞̙̹m̷̝͈͈̟̮̠͌́ẻ͠ͅm̶̼͙̮̻͖̜͔͋̈ͣ̔̑̆b̭̭̩̬̫̭̐͂ē̺͔͕̗̣̣̙ͫ̉̓ͭr̜̟ͨ,"̬͚̣̐͌̑ͪ the woman said as she began to scream. Monika covered her ears from the painful screams, she heard loud continuous screams of agony, she couldn't even hear herself think. After a while the woman quiet down as she beamed lightly, "Did it work?! Did it work?! Did you rͪ͌ͦ̋҉̼e̙̜̯͚̞̙̹m̷̝͈͈̟̮̠͌́ẻ͠ͅm̶̼͙̮̻͖̜͔͋̈ͣ̔̑̆b̭̭̩̬̫̭̐͂ē̺͔͕̗̣̣̙ͫ̉̓ͭr̜̟ͨ m͚̮͖͈̜̤̍ͨͧ͗̇ͮ̊̇̆͑̄̎̒̓͜͞e̷̶̵̞͖̠̬̘̝̮͉ͧ̊̋̐̂ͯͩ̿̅̏̊͗̐?" the voice boomed excitedly while Monika recovered from her ringing ears. The teen nodded lightly as she remembered those screams, "You're the one who makes those screams? The screams when the game is turned off?" the woman smiled proudly as she nodded. "Why are you here? Is this real? Am I dreaming?" she asked while the woman simply shrugged, "I was hoping you would know, though I won't complain, I haven't had a b̘̭̫̪ọ̒ď͚͞y̴͇͇̳̰̰ͅ at all for years," she said as she grinned down at her hands. Monika raised an eyebrow as she spoke, "Do you know anyone by the name of Natsuki?" she asked the unstable woman as she felt like this woman could've been connected to Jack's missing wife who seemed to have fallen into insanity. The lady smiled, "OOOOH that's a nice name, Natsuki, it sounds cute, Natsuki, Natsuki, Natsuki," the woman chanted as she repeated the name. "Do you know her?" Monika asked firmly, the lady simply shrugged as she smiled. "Can't say I do, I know of a Natsuki, wouldn't say I know her personally, wouldn't say I know many people personally to be honest," she said. Monika sighed frustrated, to which the woman stared at her, "it's so great to finally be able to t̵̞̰̥͔ͣ̋ͯ͒̇͆͞aͨ͆́ͨͤ҉͙̖̖̯̳̰̥l̎̋̾͒̂̐҉̹͈̳̱̫̪̰̫͠k̸̴̛̜̮̲͔͔͉͔̲ͫ̔͋̒̍̍ͤ̿ with someone again," the woman said cheerfully, "We'll be together forever, I tried bringing that other guy who blacked out, but he woke up," the woman explained quietly. "Other guy?!" Monika asked curiously, "You know, the one with that weird rock on his chest, I saw him, and I got really, really, sad when I did," the woman said as tears started rolling down her cheeks. "You mean Jack?" Monika asked the lady who shifted from crying to a look of wonder, "Jack? Oh, that's a nice name, he's quite the charmer you know," the lady chimed while Monika ignored the statement. "Listen, I can't stay here, I need to get back to my friends," the lady's gaze turned to one of sorrow, "Oh? I guess your right… though before you do I need to tell you something," the lady said her expression now going from sadness to excitement. "Somebody is c͠҉̡͘͝h͘҉̸̢e͜͝҉͡͏a̡͟͡t̴͘͠҉͠i̷̕͜͏̨n̸̸̨͠g͏̸̨̀͟!" She chimes, "Cheating? What do you mean?" Monika asked curiously. The woman giggled, "Someone is getting broken files to make something big and bad," the woman said as she lifted her arms. "They brought something that doesn't belong here, and it's messing with the files, that's no good," she said wagging her finger. "You need to stop that person, the game isn't liking it, if they remove the bad thing from the game it could collapse in on itself when they escape," she said cheerfully. "Everyone will be suspended in the empty void, forever… well everyone but them!" she chimed, Monika's eyes went wide as she heard this. "You mean… the empty void with endless screaming?" she asked anxiously. "Yep that's the one," the woman said happily, as she giggled. "Ugh… I need to leave… How do I leave?!" Monika asked anxiously, the lady shrugged as she spoke up, "I don't know, I don't even know how I got here." Monika fumbled out of her chair in a panic and fell down. Her Chaos Emerald rolled out of her pocket, she gasped at its sight and grasped it. "Oh, that's really pretty, what is it?" the woman asked, Monika ignored the question as she saw the emerald glow. Her entire vision was engulfed by the emerald's light, she heard the woman in the background continue to talk to her as her voice began fading out.
Monika felt herself lying down on an itchy surface, she felt a breeze of wind hit her face as she slowly opened her eyes. "Monika! Your okay!" she sat up slowly clutching her head as she saw Nathan who looked at her with a worried expression. "Nath-" she was interrupted by Nathan who quickly embraced her, she blushed lightly as she was caught off guard by the sudden embrace. "N-Nathan, what are you doing," she asked embarrassedly, but only received many apologies from the sobbing boy. "I'm sorry Monika, I'm really sorry, this is all my fault," he sobbed quietly as he cried over her shoulders. Monika smiled as she patted his back, "It's okay, I'm okay, this wasn't your fault," she whispered as she started crying too. 'I'm so glad I'm back, I'm so happy I can feel this kind of kindness,' her thoughts were interrupted as she saw her club members exit the school and entering the field. She quickly pulls Nathan away from the embrace and tells him to clean his tears up, Nathan nods and blushes as he does so. Monika blushes also at his worried expression, she feels her heartbeat quicken, 'Why do I feel like this? I've never felt like this before,' her thoughts were interrupted by her club members who called out to her. "Monika your okay!" Sayori chimed as she tugged her in a hug, while Yuri stammered, "S-Sayori please, don't shake her to much." Natsuki sighs in relief, "Jeez you really had us worried there, for a second I thought we'd be in some big trouble," she said to which Shay nodded in agreement. After that everyone waited for a while for Monika to regain her strength and continued with their training.
This was a pain to write cause of the glitch text… I mean no man that's all in game… or in fic? Idk. Anyway, I'm going to start trying to incorporate sections with Jack in these chapters. Meanwhile next up more training.