Hi! You know how I said this Login was gonna be Grunty devoted? I'm doing that! Don't be fooled by the beginning! Oh! Before you read the start of "The World" section, try guessing who's working at the Flower Shop. Here's the story before I forget what I'm doing…
Ryo-oki walked slowly home from school. "It's lonely without any friends."
A tall woman, about 22, walked up to her. She wore an apron with a rose pattern on it. "I see you walking by everyday. Is something wrong?"
Ryo-oki shook her head. "No… Nothing."
"Where's that on girl who always walked past here with you?"
"She's… In the hospital…"
"Oh really? I bet it feels awful. Why is she there?"
"Why should I tell you!"
"I guess I'm a little too curious. Are you on 'The World'?"
"Yeah."
"Ah. Your friend's in a coma, right?"
"What? How did you-"
"My brother, a long time ago, went into a coma while playing that game."
"Really? Who are you on 'The World'?"
"I'll meet you in Mac Anu by the Chaos Gate." She smiled. "How about that instead?"
Ryo-oki nodded. "Aw crap! I got homework."
"Well, I'll wait there, OK? Let's meet at," she checked her watch, "6, ok?
"OK! Bye uh…"
"Akira. Oh! Here. My flower shop's having a promotion. Give this flower to your mom or something. My boss'll kill me if I don't give these away."
"I'm Ryo-oki." Ryo-oki took the lily and ran home.
At 6 o'clock
Ryo-oki picked up the headset. "Well, I'll have to go on now, or I'll be late."
Topic: Grunties
Author: Hotaru
How come they say Grunties are hard to get when you can get them whenever?
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Author: MooGoCowMoo
They supposedly were harder to get when the game started, so they were 'rare.' Now, they're everywhere. They never reprogrammed "The World" to say Grunties aren't rare. That's all.
Mia ran up to Ryo-oki. "I've been waiting for you Ryo-oki!"
"Sorry. I had a ton of homework."
"They still are piling the homework on?"
"Yeah. I've been swiping yours before it got to your mom. I've been doing a little for you."
"So that's why you keep asking dumb questions, like what are the three colors in a TV."
"Hey. You Ryo-oki?" Asked a Heavy Blade. She had pink hair and tan skin. "I hope so. You're late."
"Sorry… WAIT! YOU'RE BLACKROSE!" Ryo-oki was dumb struck.
"Keep it down." She looked around. "Yeah. That's me."
"Wow! The legendary .Hacker…"
"Yeah. Meanwhile, I found out about a nasty area. 'Hidden Passed Over Cherry Hill.'"
"Then we should check it out."
Mia frowned. "What do you mean by 'nasty'?"
"A thing called a Data Bug is there. You wanna come?"
"Can't you ask Kite or something?"
"Kite is doing another desperate attempt of quitting 'The World' again, or that's what he told me. Knowing him, he has a mess with Shugo he has to clear up."
"Shugo?" Ryo-oki frowned. "That pervert?"
"I think everyone who meets him says that." BlackRose laughed.
"What kind of mess?"
"Shugo works at EB Games. Kite's his boss."
"You mean… The manager was Kite!"
"Yup! Anyway, are we going?"
"Let's go! 'Hidden Passed Over Cherry Hill!'"
They warped to a Forest area. Mia glanced around. "A level 7? Ryo-oki, think you'll be-"
"I've been training in secret with Kira. I'm a level 9. I'll be alright."
They wandered to the bottom level of the dungeon. "This is it. You guys ready?"
Ryo-oki and Mia nodded. "Let's go!"
They ran into the room. A glowing Chicken Hand appeared. "What the heck…" BlackRose sighed. "A mini Data Bug."
"Mini?"
"Data Bugs are usually huge monsters… This one's… Tiny…"
"What ever." Ryo-oki pointed the bracelet at the creature, already bored. "Data Drain."
The beam split into 2 shots. 1 hit the monster, the other hit Mia. "Mia!" Ryo-oki shouted.
"What the!" Mia vanished.
BlackRose sliced the Chicken Hand in 2. "Where'd she go?"
"I don't know…" Ryo-oki felt her stomach churn. What if Mia was deleted? "Mia? MIA! WHERE ARE YOU!"
They warped back to root town. "Where could Mia be?" Blackrose said, scratching her head.
A Grunty ran up to Ryo-oki. It had Saint Cross Armor around its neck as a collar. "Grunt! Grunt-Grunty! Grunter grunt gruuuuunt!"
"How cute!" Ryo-oki smiled as she petted the tiny Grunty.
"Must be a baby. It can't speak yet." BlackRose laughed.
"Hey! Mia had Saint Cross Armor!"
"Grunt Grunty Migrunt!"
"Cutie! It must just be a coincidence. This Grunty must have had an owner with Saint Cross Armor."
What had happened in the Grunty's point of view
Ryo-oki and BlackRose appeared at the Chaos Gate. "Where could Mia be?"
"Hey! Ryo-oki! You found meeeee!" Mia cried.
"How cute!" The very tall Ryo-oki smiled as she petted her head.
"Must be a baby. It can't speak yet." BlackRose laughed. They seemed a lot bigger now.
'What did she mean by "baby"? It's me, Mia!'
"Hey! Mia had Saint Cross Armor!" Ryo-oki's voice was too loud.
"But I'm Mia!" 'Couldn't they understand me?' Mia thought.
"Cutie! It must just be a coincidence. This Grunty must have had an owner with Saint Cross Armor."
'Grunty?' Mia looked at her feet. She had 4 stubby legs. She looked behind her. She had a tail that wouldn't stop moving. 'WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE! Wait… That Data Drain hit me and… AW CRAP! I'VE BEEN DATA DRAINED INTO A GRUNTY! It's bad enough that I got stuck here, but now I'll have to eat those creepy Twilight Onions, too!'
Ryo-oki's point of view
"She's so cute! Can I keep her?" She asked BlackRose.
"If she's here, she had to of had an owner. There aren't any Grunty ranches she could've escaped from."
"I don't think it does…"
"I'm Mia! Not a Grunty!" Mia cried. What everyone heard was: "Grunty Migrunt! Grumble Grumb Grunty!"
"I think you have a wacky Grunty there Miss Not-A-Hacker Ryo-oki." Mortal said sarcastically.
"Not you again. Go away."
He was riding an Iron Grunty. "Should we kill her? Clang!" the Grunty asked.
"Not now, PKG." Mortal said calmly.
"PKG?" Ryo-oki laughed. "What kind of name is that?"
"It sounds like a short name for a computer program." BlackRose agreed
"It does." Mia grunted. What was heard: "Grunt grunnt."
"It stands for Player Killing Grunty. I've been training it to help me kill people."
"That's illegal!" Mia cried. WWH (what was heard. Sick of typing that): "Grunt Grunt Grunty Grunt!"
"For a Grunty that can't speak, CLANG, it's pretty smart, CLANG."
"You can understand her, PKG?" Ryo-oki smiled.
"Yup, CLANG."
"Can you see if she has an owner?"
"Yup, CLANG."
"I don't! I'm Mia!" WWH: "Grunt grumble! Grunty Migrunt!"
"Her name's Mia, CLANG. She doesn't have an owner, CLANG."
"Tell them I was Data drained into a Grunty!" WWH: "Grunty grunt grunt grumble Grunta Grunted grunto grunt Grunty!"
"She was Data Drained, CLANG, into a Grunty, CLANG."
"Data Drain? What's that?" Mortal looked at them suspiciously.
"Why don't you leave them alone, you player killer." A Blade Master walked up to them.
"You keep out of this, or I'll sick PKG on you!"
"You can't fight in Root Towns."
"Damn! You're right. I guess a few people are smarter than they look. L47312!" Mortal logged out.
"Translation?" Ryo-oki looked at the Blade Master.
"He called us stupid."
"No, I mean the last part."
"Oh. That's Leet for Later." The Blade Master brushed his chin-length red hair away from his face to reveal blue scar-like marks on his cheeks. His hands and knees had them too. His steely blue eyes gleamed slightly.
"Um… OK… What's Leet?"
He brushed some dirt off his red gi. "It's a language where you replace letters with numbers. It can get confusing. I'm Tai, BTW."
"BTW?"
"Man, you're clueless. It's short for 'By The Way.'"
"HEY!" WWH: "GRUNT!"
Everyone looked at Mia. She had to think of a way to make them believe it was her. She ran off to her secret base.
"Where are we going?" BlackRose asked, an eyebrow raised.
"I think this Grunty's leading us to Mia's secret base." Ryo-oki said, following the Grunty as closely as possible.
"Grunties are smarter than people give them credit." Tai laughed. "I've heard of players who have abandoned Grunties, and the Grunty comes back to drive them crazy."
"Mia wouldn't abandon a Grunty!"
"I never said that."
'Just keep following me.' Mia thought. 'Only I can open my secret base. No one can enter unless I open it or I'm inside!'
They reached the base. Mia walked up to it, and the door opened. Everyone, except Tai, entered.
"Why can't I come in?"
"Cause I don't trust you!" Ryo-oki growled. "Mia?" She shouted into the empty base.
"I'm here! I'm HERE!" WWH: "Grunty grunt! Grunty GRUNT!"
"My Grunty's trying to talk again. What was her name? Oh yeah! Mia."
Mia pulled out a paper and a pen. She started writing with the pen in her mouth: "I am Mia. I was Data Drained into a Grunty. Ryo-oki, FIX IT!" The writing (thankfully) was legible.
"Silly Grunty!"
Mia glared. Ryo-oki wasn't getting it. She started writing again: "You're favorite color is pink. I have a pet dog named Rascal. Your cat's name is Luna. She enjoys turning your computer off when you're doing something and you're not looking."
"It is Mia!" Ryo-oki hugged the Grunty Mia. "How do we fix this?"
BlackRose laughed. "Kite might be able to."
Tai walked in. "I knew you were the Legendary BlackRose!" He laughed happily.
"Oh be quiet!" BlackRose snapped. "I told Kite to meet me at our base." She turned to leave Mia's base. "Follow me."
They followed her to… a wall… "This is your base…?" Ryo-oki laughed.
"Good one" Tai agreed.
BlackRose touched a Chaos Gate symbol on it. A panel appeared. She typed something on it. A green Chaos Gate appeared. ".Hacker BlackRose here!" They all warped into a large room. On the couch near the wall was Kite, fast asleep. "WAKE UP DAMN IT!"
Kite jumped. "Ack! Oh, BlackRose. You're late."
"That's cause we had a little Data Drain problem." She pointed at Ryo-oki and Mia.
"A… Grunty?" Kite laughed. "You're joking right?"
"No!" Ryo-oki shouted. "My Data Drain accidentally hit her when I was Draining a Data-"
"Calm down." Kite said in a serious tone. "Now, hit who?"
"My friend Mia!"
"Okay. And she turned into a Grunty?"
"Yeah…"
"What's Data Drain?" Tai asked, blinking.
"It's none of your business." Kite turned back to Ryo-oki and the Grunty. "I can fix it… I think…"
Ryo-oki's face lit up. "Can you? Oh thank you!"
"Put Mia down." He pointed at the Grunty.
Ryo-oki did. "What are you going to-"
"Virus Drain!" Kite's bracelet flashed and Mia was standing where the Grunty was.
"YAY! I'm human again! Grunt." Mia blushed. "WHY AM I STILL GRUNTING! Grunt."
"Probably because you just got turned back."
Tai's eyes widened. "Wow! That's Data Drain? AWSOME!" He turned to Ryo-oki. "Call me whenever you're going on a dungeon adventure." He gave Ryo-oki his Member Address. "Can I have yours, Kite?"
"No."
"Aw…" He logged out.
"Ryo-oki, Mia, do you want to join the .Hackers?" Kite seemed serious.
"Yeah… but," Ryo-oki looked at the ground, "I want to explore 'The World' without being someone special."
"Fair enough. Here." He gave her his Member Address. "If you have any problems-"
"-just call us." BlackRose gave Ryo-oki her Member Address too.
"Meanwhile, we heard that you can't Log Out Mia." Kite smiled.
"Really?" Mia looked down. She had finally stopped grunting.
"Yeah. Beware of Stagmar."
"Who?" Ryo-oki tilted her head in confusion.
"Balmung, .Hacker and administrator, has informed us of a virus protection league known as the Emerald Knights. Stagmar is the administrator that's leading them. If you're caught, they'll treat you like a hacker, Ryo-oki, and you Mia, as a virus. Be careful. They'll try to delete you both."
"We'll be careful."
"If Lios has anything to say about this, you're as safe as can be." Kite smiled. "Still, be careful."
Mia collapsed. "Ow… My chest…"
"Are you OK?" BlackRose cried in fright.
"Yeah… I'll be fine." Mia stood up weakly. She seemed very pale.
"Ryo-oki, check on her in real life."
Ryo-oki nodded and logged out.
Ryo-oki pulled off her headset. The phone rang. "Hello?"
"This is Mrs. Katami. Mia's condition has just worsened. I thought you should know."
"What! Is she OK? What happened!"
"Her heart stopped beating, but only for a second. It's beating again, slowly."
"Alright…" Ryo-oki stuttered. "Make sure if she's alright."
"She's still alive, don't worry. I know this must be just as hard on you as it is for me. Good night…"
'I have to hurry and figure out what's happening before it's too late! I have to help Mia!' Ryo-oki went to sleep.
Ok! Here are the credits! I won't repeat Mortal, because he was in the last one.
Tai: Zeldalover
Stagmar: Even if he didn't show up, my brother came up with the name.
Now, ending on that strange note, I said I'd make a Grunty one. I'll make more Grunty stuff later. I still haven't left for Horse Camp, so if this is the last thing, I'll be at Horse Camp for a week. As soon as I get back, I'll write more. For those Mia lovers who are worried, don't worry! I'm not saying why. Oh, if this sounds like MortalSora's one fanfic, sorry. I've read it, and thought it was funny… Sorry about that MortalSora. Well, later!