Chapter 26: The Trading Game

Zoey was checking the Board. Apparently, Midori sent her an email about some sort of trading convention by someone named Rachel. She found the thread called "Trading Convention" and the topic's name is "For those who want an item" and it read:

"Hey! We'll have an trading convention on the B1 floor of Lambda Collapsed Pagan Remains dungeon. People who can't find the items they're looking for or have problems trading, now's your chance! Instead of looking for it alone, let's just trade!"

"Hmm…" Zoey scratched her chin in thought. 'This trading convention sounds interesting. I'll email everyone about it so we can check it out." Zoey sent emails to her friends about the trading convention, including Sanjuro and Natsume. But minus Piros, Mia and Elk.

When she logged in, she sees everyone here. "I heard from Zoey about a trading convention. I dunno about this…" Sanjuro sighed. "Maybe we can get powerful equipment from this trading convention hosted by this Rachel character." Futuba guessed. Sanjuro looked at Futuba.

"And who might you be?" He asked politely. "I'm Flute. I met Kite and Zoey awhile back. I heard about their quest to save Orca and Bridge so me and my friends decided to help out." Futuba introduced herself. "Wait a damn minute! Orca… As in Orca of the Azure Sea?!" Sanjuro gasped. "You know my friend, Sanjuro?" Kite gasped.

"Who hasn't heard of Orca of the Azure Sea?! He's famous in The World for clearing the One Sin event, but he didn't do it alone. He has Balmung as his partner and together, they're known as the Descendants of Fianna." Sanjuro beamed. (A/N: Sorry if Sanjuro acts sorta out of character, but al least I tired. "Sweat Drop")

"Oh great… Sir Jerkalot is famous alright, famous my ass!" Ryouga growled, Mousse nodded in agreement with a frown. "Eh, you have a run in with Balmung too?" Natsume asked her friends.

"Y-Yeah… He doesn't like the way we used our Data Draining powers…" Zoey looked down in sadness. "You said you're using those powers to help people, so we trust you. Maybe Balmung needs time to think you're using these powers for good." Sanjuro encouraged. "Y-You're right. Sorry about that." Kite smiled softly.

"So, we heading to Lambda Collapsed Pagan Remains?" BlackRose asked as she adjusted her sword on her back. "You know it!" Kagome grinned. She invited Inuyasha and his friends from the Feudal Era to come to Lambda Server since it's more lively than Theta Server. "So let's go then! I want to see if they got good stuff!" Shippo beamed. Everyone nodded in agreement as they selected Lambda Collapsed Pagan Remains.

Inside the dungeon, they see a 19 year old woman who has blue eyes and light brown hair tied back in a ponytail. She wears yellow clothing that only covers her limbs, as well a brown band across her chest and brown tights on her lower body. Her wave symbol can be found on her clothing.

"ANNE has a Basin Shield and wants a Paper Cloak." The woman turned to the Twin Blade named ANNE. The woman then turned to a Heavy Axeman. "Bate has a Plastic Sword and wants a Mad Opener."

The woman Blademaster turned to the Long Arm and stated "Catherine has a Mad Opener and wants a Basin Shield." Next, the female Blademaster turned to a Wavemaster and stated "Dick has a Paper Cloak and wants a Love Archery." The woman then smiled and stated "Which means… Give ANNE's Basin Shield to Catherine, and… Give Catherine's Mad Opener to Bate. Take Bate's Plastic Sword…" A record scratch out of nowhere as the female Blademaster sweat drops as she realized something.

"Oh no! No one wants the Plastic Sword!" She muttered in shock. "So what now?!" ANNE growled. "Don't ya have any extras?" Bate demanded. "What a waste of time! This dirty cheap bitch just gathered us for no God damn reason!" Catherine growled, an anger vein on her forehead.

"This is all I get?! You gotta be kidding!" Dick frowned in disapproval. The female Blademaster noticed Kite, Zoey and the gang and turned around to face them. "If anyone ain't satisfied, you can't consider yourself 'pro'." The female Blademaster has an idea.

"Could you find a Love Archery somewhere in this dungeon? I'm Rachel by the way." Rachel smiled. "Hold on! Since when are we your delivery people?! You should get it yourself!" BlackRose snapped, an anger vein on her forehead.

"We'll do it!" Mistral volunteered. "WHAT?!" The parties of Kite and Zoey gawked as they turned to face Mistral. "You got to be kidding me! We're not helping this con artist!" Sango growled.

"But if we don't, those people who came here to trade will be sad…" Miharu pleaded as she looked at her friends with cute eyes. "I have to agree with Mistral and MiMi on this one. Let's help Rachel." Kite smiled meekly.

"You're too nice, Kite and Zoey…" BlackRose has a bored look on her face. "Way too nice…" Ranma added with a sigh. The parties head deeper into the dungeon.

As they were about to head into the next floor, Inuyasha's eyes perked up. "Inuyasha, what's up?" Kagome asked in concern. "…Show yourself!" Inuyasha draws his Tetsusaiga and pointed it at a Twin Blade.

He is about maybe 22 years old. Has light blue hair and an orange-red headband covering his eyes. Behind the hair covering his face, and under his headband, there is a purple tattoo stretching diagonally across his face. He wears red shoulder pads, but no shirt. He has black pants with the knees cut open. He wears sandals on both feet, but his right foot is completely tattooed purple.

"Who are you?" Yukinari gulped. The Twin Blade said nothing as he Gate Out. "That's it? He just ran away?" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow as he sheathed his Tetsusaiga. "I dunno…" Miroku scratched his chin. "It doesn't look like he's itching to fight… More like trying to test us."

"But it was strange, appearing out of nowhere like that. He's like an ninja." Sango added, Kirara mewed in agreement. "Well anyway, let's not waste any time and worry about that Twin Blade later." Zoey suggested, everyone nodded in agreement. Almost everyone head for the second floor, but Lisa and her bodyguards.

"That man was interesting, Liz…" Hayate commented as he pushed his glasses up. "Yes, he was. Like some sort of assassin." Kosame added. "He might be an ally of some sorts. But I'm not sure yet. Let's catch up with the others." Lisa stated, her bodyguards nodded as they got back to the parties.

Eventually, the parties found the Love Archery on the Gott statue room. They head back to Rachel's room.

"Alright! You got the Love Archery! I knew there's something special about you guys! Alright, now give the Love Archery to whoever needs it and give the traded item to the next person until you're done!" Rachel smiled. "Great… Now we're negotiators…" Kirie frowned as she kicked the floor.

"Ah, but it'll be fun, Kirie!" Wakaba stated cheerfully. "Yeah! Let's trade till everyone's satisfied!" Mistral cheered. It took them awhile, but the parties gave the desired items to the four traders and they left, pretty much happy with their items they got.

"You guys are really good! Hey, how about we exchange member addresses so we can keep in touch. And all of you will be my partners in becoming the richest parties in The World! And I won't take no for an answer!" Rachel grinned.

The parties sighed, they have no choice but to exchange addresses with Rachel. "Thanks a bunch, everyone! Let's get together sometime so we can rake in the moola!" Rachel grinned again as she logged out.

"God damn it… Now we got a greedy Blademaster in our parties." BlackRose sighed in frustration. "But we did help her, that's all it matters." Kite laughed. Zoey laughed also. BlackRose sighed in annoyance.

To be continued…

Next chapter: The Wolf and the Flowery of Bravery

A/N: Next up, our heroes will meet Koga, his pack and the main heroines of the Koihime Musou anime and they will join our heroes in their quest during Gardenia's quest, so stay tuned!