Atem, Yugi and Tea stuck together as they found a tailor's shop and began browsing. Tea tried on a lot of different robes with managers regeneration on them and got them both to tell her what they thought. All of them were flattering on her but they honestly weren't sure how to tell her without feeling embarrassed about it. One in particular they both liked a lot: a silken red robe, high in the neck and with a gold trim, form fitting around her stomach and hips and a single high split up the thigh. It made them both blush heavily upon see her but she didnt feel comfortable with how high the split went and decided not to get it.

Atem purchased a new outfit for himself: a pair of dark purple satin pants and a matching tunic that had attached to it a long skirt at the back. It was like a robe only his legs were free from a full skirt. He looked very sharp in it and a lot more formidable now too. Unfortunately only Sorcerers could wear it so Yugi politely declined his own pair and held onto his money.

Instead he chose to purchase a spell casting sword from the blacksmith. It was a one handed steel sword with enchantments along the blade to increase spell power and critical damage. It felt light in his hands and easy to use which he liked.

"It looks awesome Yugi just dont go swinging it around us okay?" Tea joked.

"I'll be careful. Besides I wanted to try something when we set out again."

"Yeah?" Atem asked.

"Yep." Yugi smiled.

They left and soon found Joey with Mai as she browsed jewellery.

"Hey guys!" He said excitedly as he saw them approaching. "Nice get up Atem." He added.

"Ooh very snazzy." Mai winked at him.

"Thank you. What are you up to?" Atem asked.

"Looking at Trinkets. Deciding which one to go for is difficult without knowing my class too well. But I think I might go with this one. It's supposed to increase agility and speed." Mai said as she held up a large pendant the size of her palm in the shape of a cats head.

"Good choice ma'am. Would the lady like anything else?"

"Why did you say ma'am? Do I look old to you?!" Mai asked angrily.

The shop clerk blinked and bowed to her. "No ma'am you look lovely. I meant no harm." He stammered.

She gave him 2 gold pieces and snatched up her new cat trinket and turned from him.

"Good! Now… where does this go?"

"You bought it without knowing where to put it?" Joey asked.

"Joey if you dont help me out I'll show you where to put it." Mai said as she shoved the cat in his hands.

"Alright… here. Why not…. Here?" He asked as he clipped it onto her belt where it hung on her hip. She smiled, satisfied.

"Thank you." She said sweetly.

"Tea did you want to check out the trinkets?" She asked her then.

"Yeah! Anything for priests?" She asked the clerk. He promptly showed her his healing wares and she began browsing.

"I see you got a fancy sword Yugi." Mai said to him. He smiled and took it off his hip to show them properly.

"Yeah it's for spellcasters. Its light too, here feel it." He said as he offered it to them.

"Wow! That's so cool." Joey said. "I want a sword!"

"The blacksmiths just over there, we can go take a look." Yugi suggested and he sheathed his sword again.

"Yugi, look at this." Tea said then as she took his arm and dragged him over.

"Why dont we go look at the weapons for Joey while Tea decides what she wants." Mai suggested and she began to push Joey away.

"Uhh… yeah. Hey Atem, come help me pick." Joey said quickly as he took his arm before he could protest.

"I like this one, but this one helps with mana regeneration. What do you think?" She asked as she held two necklaces to her neck. One was silver with an opal jeweled owl on it. The other was also silver but had a bright red ruby pendant. That one hung lower on her, almost down her cleavage. He blushed heavily and looked away so he wouldnt be caught staring when she bent over to get his attention. He could almost see down her dress now which made him feel very hot and awkward now. He was glad the others weren't here to see him squirm like this.

"Umm. Mana regeneration seems good to have. I mean, I dont know how quickly you'll go through mana but being the only healer in our group I'd say it couldnt hurt to have." He said stiffly.

She beamed and placed the ruby necklace back down.

"I'll take the owl one please." Tea said happily. She paid the man and they walked away.

"Can you put it on for me?" She asked him, gently holding her hand out for him to take the necklace.

"Sure. Turn around." He said.

She turned and bent down so he could reach her neck. As he was clipping the necklace though he still felt warm and rigid being behind her like this, with full view of her bare neck. Hed never felt this flustered around her before, he wasnt sure why now all of a sudden he did. But he hid his feelings, clipped the necklace and smiled at her.

"Looks good on you." He said happily

Her eyes sparkled as a blush crept onto her face.

"Thank you Yugi. Let's go see how Joey's doing." She said happily.

"Hey!" Duke called to them then.

"Oh hey Duke!" Yugi said happily as he reached them.

"So I found out the next town is about 4 hours north by foot."

"Four hours?!" Tea complained.

"We can do that. We'll rest when we get there." Yugi said confidently.

"I also picked up a quest for us on the way."

"Oh yeah, what do we need to do?" Yugi asked.

"Investigate a cave just off the road. Apparently some kids were playing near there but one of them got lost."

"Oh no! We have to go look!" Tea exclaimed.

"We will. Let's get the others and head out." Yugi said.

They didn't take long to find the others and leave. They were all conveniently finished with their business in town by the time they found Tristan talking to some women. They followed Duke out of the village as he told them what he had learned. The cave was supposed to be about 15 minutes up the road but off the beaten track a little so they would need to find it.

Along the way Yugi walked with his sword out, hand over the blade as he thought. He remembered seeing on his screen that he had the ability to enchant weapons with Pheonix fire. He didnt know how to do it but he wondered if it would come to him if he just thought about it. Sadly nothing happened for a while.

"What are you doing Yugi?" Atem asked.

"I read that I can enchant weapons. I wanted to see if I could figure out how to do it." Yugi asked. "I kept it quiet in town because the enchantment I can use is called Pheonix fire."

"Nothing seems to be happening." Tea said.

"Yeah… I guess it's not like casting a spell."

"Maybe you need to use fire on it?" Atem suggested.

It was worth a shot so he brought to his fingers little licks of fire and ran his touch down the blade. The symbols burned and glowed until he reached the tip when the whole blade glowed with an eternal flame.

"Wow!" They said in awe. The flame didnt go away but nor did it feel hot.

"I guess that did it!" Yugi said happily.

"What does it do?" Tea asked.

"Umm… I dont know."

They all laughed.

"What?" Yugi asked as he too laughed with them.

"You. I love that you just enchanted your weapon without knowing what it does." Joey laughed.

"I guess he's got to find out some how." Atem giggled.

"Exactly. We wont find out anything if we dont embrace what we have." Yugi said.

"Well said Yugi." Atem said in approval.

"On that note, I cant wait to get into combat! I wanna try out my abilities!" Tristan rejoiced as he punched the air.

"Actually I'm looking forward to that myself. It'll be nice to see what we can all do." Atem agreed.

"We wont have to kill anything right? Just knock them out maybe?" Tea asked.

"I guess we'll find out. But remember Tea everything here is virtual. Only the players are real." Duke reminded her.

"Yeah… your right."

"Hey is this the path?" Mai asked. They stopped at a smaller dirt path branching off the road into some dense trees. No other paths were near and it looked like there were none up ahead.

"Must be it. According to the map we're kinda close. Let's check it out." Duke said as he lead the way.

"Wait. Let me and Joey go first. We're the tanks after all." Tristan said as he pushed himself first.