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Really people, I can't just sit here and make this all up… oh wait, yes I can! Evil Laughter
Chapter 10 "Battle Of Good And Evil"
"Saigi!
Are
you
even
listening
to
me?"
Sometimes
I
get
annoyed
with
his
attitude.
"Ok,
ok…
I
promise
will
lock
the
door
before
I
leave…"
he
put
on
his
FMD,
and
logged
into
The
World.
"Hehehe…
now
I
can
see
his
character…"
I
thought
to
myself.
The
Saigi's
hand
went
flying
back,
and
he
spilled
his
orange
juice
all
over
me.
"HEY!"
I
screamed
at
the
top
of
my
lungs.
Then
he
took
off
his
FMD.
"What's
going
on?"
He
looked
at
my
shirt
that
was
covered
with
orange
pulp.
"Why
is
your
shirt
soaked
in
orange
juice?"
he
poked
my
stomach.
"I
would
like
to
ask
YOU
the
same
thing?
What
are
you
thinking
spilling
your
stupid
juice
all
over
me?
I-
oh?"
Our
door
was
open,
and
I
just
saw
Enn
walk
by.
Enn
was
the
name
of
Murakami
player.
"Go…
tell
him
you
are
sorry!"
Saigi
pushed
me,
then
went
back
to
his
computer.
"Umm…
Enn?"
I
followed
him
down
the
hall
until
he
stopped
and
looked
at
me.
"Okimi…
why
are
you
covered
with
orange
juice?"
He
tilted
his
head
in
confusion.
"Grr"
I
twitched,
"I
wanted
to
tell
you
that
I
am
sorry
about
the
other
day…
I
hope
we
are
still
friends…"
I
was
so
embarrassed,
because
I
usually
don't
apologize
that
much…
He
smiled
and
nodded.
"Kurumi!"
Murakami
ran
toward
me,
"Do
you
want
to
train
a
little?"
"No…"
he
seemed
a
little
confused
when
I
said
that,
"I
am
waiting
for
someone."
"Ok…
I
understand.
See
you
around!"
He
walked
away.
Balmung
walked
passed
me,
and
threw
me
a
smile.
"Balmung…"
I
followed
him.
"What?"
He
seemed
happy
today.
"Maybe
we
can
teem
up
and
train
a
little?"
I
smiled.
"No…" He answered me back, "I have to do something!"
I
stopped
and
looked
down.
What
goes
around
comes
around.
"I
see…"
The
looked
up
to
see
him
walk
away.
"Take
care
of
yourself,
Okimi…"
He
teleported
out
as
he
said
that.
"Maha?
Where
have
you
been?"
I
was
sitting
on
my
'thinking
rock'
again.
Maha
flew
up
to
me
and
sat
beside
me
handing
me
a
lycolis.
Then
he
laid
back
and
stared
at
the
sky.
It
was
almost
night
time,
and
the
stars
were
out.
He
pointed
at
the
sky.
I
laid
down
with
Maha,
and
looked
to
where
he
was
pointing.
"That
looks
like
my
roommate
Saigi…"
I
said
it
blushing.
Right
as
I
said
that
Maha
stood
up
and
looked
at
me
weird.
"What?"
Then
he
pointed
at
the
same
group
of
stars
again.
"What
about
it?"
I
looked
up
again,
this
time
closer,
"Balmung
of
Azure
Sky?"
I
jumped
down
from
the
rock.
All
of
the
sudden
everything
became
clear
to
me.
"He
called
me
Okimi…"
I
gasped.
"There
you
are…"
Murakami
approached
me
with
a
strange
catlike
creature
that
looked
like
kind
of
like
Maha.
"Were
you
looking
for
me?"
I
tried
to
smile.
"Where
is
Maha?"
He
sounded
demanding
all
of
the
sudden.
I
looked
at
the
cat,
and
then
back
at
him,
"Why?"
Murakami
looked
around
to
see
if
Maha
was
around.
"He
is
using
you!
Maha
is
evil…
some
say
that
he
is
Morgana
itself…"
"What
is
Morgana?"
My
head
started
to
hurt.
"Forget
it…
Where
is
he,
where
is
Maha?"
I
could
tell
this
wasn't
good,
"I
don't
know…
I
haven't
seen
him
since
that
time
you
rescued
me
from
the
giant
bird.
"Alright… I'll trust you on that, but if you find him, please tell me… I don't want you to disappear like my brother…" he teleported out with a loud sigh.
"Maha…"
I
flopped
down
on
the
grass,
"Is
it
true?
Are
you
really
evil?"
I
didn't
know
what
to
think…
Maha
can't
be
evil,
he
is
helping
me!
But
Murakami,
he
also
can't
be
evil,
because
he
saved
me
many
times.
I
buried
my
head
in
my
hands
and
sat
there
for
a
while.
"Weeping
in
despair
I
see…"
"B-Balmung?"
I
looked
up
at
him.
"I
had
some
spear
time,
thought
maybe
we
could
train
a
little."
I
smiled
and
nodded.
He
helped
me
up,
and
we
went
off
to
kick
some
monster
ass!
Kurumi has gained a level: (Level 17)
"I
had
great
time,
but
I
must
go
now."
he
put
his
hand
on
my
head,
then
started
at
walk
away.
"Alright…
I'll
see
you
later,
Saigi!"
Maha
and
I
teleported
out,
right
as
Balmung
was
about
to
say
something.
So
what
if
I
knew
his
secret…
I
wouldn't
tell
anyone.
I
decided
to
call
it
a
day,
and
log
off
to
see
what
Saigi's
reaction
was.
I
hit
the
log
off
button,
but
it
didn't
work.
Maha looked at me with an innocent look as if he was saying "Are you going to leave me here all by myself?". I just thought that it was a little bug in the system, and didn't make a big deal out of it.
I
went
to
the
pond
again,
and
dropped
in
a
low-level
short
sword.
"Did
you
drop
this
gold
ax,
or
this
silver
one?"
The
giant
sweat-drop
appeared
to
me
for
the
second
time.
I
hit
neither.
"What?
Neither?
Well
just
take
this
in
return…"
Item found: Tnemgarf.rom
"Since when did they start having items with an extension code at the end of it?" This day was getting weirder and weirder by the minute.
Then Maha took the item from me and put it around my neck, it seemed to fit perfectly. "It's a magical item found in a quest." Maha spoke in my mind, and then pointed towards two figures that approached us.
"Kurumi… I see you've found Maha…" Murakami took out his katana. It looked like it had some kind of a code on it, "Please step aside… Maho, her ready!" A strange looking cat that looked kind of like Maha summoned a blue Dumbbell monster. I was ready to stop everything that was going on and get some answers, but instead I turned to Maha… by my facial expression he could see that I was very dumbfounded.
Maha flew around me, and settled in front of me, blocking my view.
The cat that stood in beside Murakami dashed towards Maha, aiming a strike. "No!" I ran in front of Maha, blocking the cat from attacking.
A
bright
flash
of
light
filled
the
area,
and
everything
became
silent.
I
couldn't
hear
the
wind
anymore,
nor
the
rustle
of
the
grass.
When
everything
came
into
focus
again,
Murakami
stood
by
himself
in
amazement.
"The
Fragment…"
He
dazed
into
the
empty
space,
"Kurumi,
you
have
a
piece
of
the
Fragment?"
I remembered the collar that Maha put around my neck. It looked like a normal chain, but it was its name what caught me offhand. "The Fragment…?" I touched the necklace.
Murakami pushed me aside knocking me off my feet, and making his way towards Maha. "You will pay for this, you miscalculated piece of hacker's code" He ran towards Maha with full speed.
"Stop!" Right as I said that, he did. "Is he paralyzed? Did I do this?" I was stunned. I looked in my spell book and saw 'Bind' attack. And a description under it.
Bind
Paralyzes a character or a monster for 30 seconds.
I
ran
to
Maha
and
asked
him
to
teleport
someplace
safe,
where
no
one
could
find
us.
And
before
we
left
the
area
I
turned
to
Murakami.
"Stay
away
from
me
and
Maha…
I
trusted
you,
you
know…"
I
looked
down
and
left
the
area
with
Maha.
I tried logging out again, but it still didn't work. I looked at Maha, "I will go rest for a while… will you be ok here by yourself?" He nodded, and flew around the area to investigating the area, I'm guessing to see if anyone was here and left any marks or pieces of codes behind them. Then he came back and nodded once more telling me that it was ok for me to leave.
I
took
off
my
FMD,
and
walked
to
my
bed.
On
the
other
room
Saigi
was
asleep,
then
out
of
nowhere
I
sneezed
loudly.
"Okimi…?"
Saigi
must
have
awakened
when
he
heard
the
sneeze,
"I
wanted
to
ask
you…
how
did
you
find
out
about
Balmung?"
I
smiled
even
though
he
couldn't
see
me
in
the
dark.
"I
somehow,
always
knew…
And
also
you
called
me
by
my
name
in
The
World…
Good
night!"
I
dived
into
my
bed,
and
fell
asleep
right
away.
Well, who would have guessed that Saigi is Balmung? Shaney… good job on guessing, you won the first place! And your prize is… (drum roll) ANOTHER CHAPTER TOMORROW! Hehehe I'm so mean…
