Mireille sat on the field of grass located on the the outskirts of the main town of The World, which was normally filled with newbies or others just dropping by and getting items. However, Mireille was just alone that Monday evening since no one she knew was on at the moment. She would have been searching for rare items, but she really didn't feel like doing that without Shugo and the rest of her friends.

She hadn't been in the field long since earlier she was traveling through town as people poked and bothered her about her wings. Many people asked her how much "money" she wanted for them, but she refused and kept telling everyone no. Some kept insisting her and that only sent them flying into the wall. Mireille was always a bit too protective about the rare items she collected. So when she says no, she really means no.

Mireille was getting really bored as her face was covered in a dopey expression, pondering if she stay logged in and wait a few minutes or sign off and come back on after dinner with her mother. She waited a while and was about to sign off when...

BING!

Her mail icon glowed above her head as she slowly got up. Should she read it? It could've been another spammer wanting her wings again which had already gotten a total of thirteen emails about which each time disappointed her, thinking that it could have been one of her friends. She sighed as she opened the email, opening her indox to find another email from Luke.

Subject: Promise! Sender: Lucas

Mireille, I'm glad I caught you online just now. I didn't think you'd be on Monday evening right after school. I was wondering if you'd like to meet up with me once more and maybe we'll be able to talk longer since last time you had to go without much notice. I promise I won't be late this time. I'll meet you at the tavern in "newbie town." See you soon!

You'd think the tavern at the newbie town would be filled with drunks and people who smoked with some guy singing the blues on a stage in front of everyone's table. Instead the tavern was covered in many different blues. The carpet of the ground was one the darkest blues close to the dark of the night time sky while the walls were a blue-green brick walls with pictures of the CC Corp.'s faces upon them. It was a lively place, the perfect place to meet up with someone new since you couldn't miss the big sign outside, hanging from the building that read TAVERN in capital letters with written below: Newbies! Come here for a free item pack!

Mireille blinked as she looked around, glancing at all the colorful characters that seemed to be with at least with someone. She couldn't see Luke as she continued to scan the crowd, standing in front of the door as she felt like she had butterflies in her stomach as she felt like a moron, standing there looking lost. She didn't want to call out his name in case he wasn't there. That's when the idea to send him an mail popped into her brain.

Subject: Trying to Find You Sender: Mireille

Are you even here yet? (nn) I just wanted you to know that I'm here.. uhh.. standing near the door. I don't see you anywhere. There's too many people here, Luke.

Mireille-chan!

She moved herself up against a wall as she leaned against the wall, slumping against it as her wings cushioned the wall's hard surface as she waited for some kind of reply. She had her arms crossed against her chest. He always seemed to be late when it came to her. Did he always plan on making her wait each time he wanted to meet?

Minutes began to go by as she looked idly at the ceiling. A few people, who seemed older than her, asked if she was lost or needed help with something. She frowned as she checked her list of her friends to see who was online.

Luke wasn't one of them, but Shugo and Rena were.

He stood her up? Left her the greatest rare item hunter ever? She gave a pout as she stormed out of the tavern as she had sent mail to Shugo on where to find them. She wanted to left off some steam and didn't want some guy ruining her afternoon.

After she found, Rena and Shugo she told them about Luke and how he set her up to go meet him while making her look like a stupid lost little girl. They told her not to worry about it and go have a rare item hunt with them which did brighten her day up quickly as they all set off to go find a "rare" phoenix feather, that was similar to the one that they found for Hotaru's grunty when it was dying.

So, there she was with her friends while Luke sat in the tavern alone as he just restarted his computer and found her mail, but not her. Did she stood him up?

Author's Note: I'm sort of not happy with.. how this came out, but this will be more interesting at chapter three.. Also, I'm only making this fives chapters long, I think. Also, I'm working on another fanfiction about Star Ocean if anyone will be interested. Chapter one of that will be up soon.