Chapter 44

Good freaking god I hate anything that has to do with Geometry. It is my absolute worst subject of study that I have to take at this school. I can't believe it's even legal, this is the kind of stuff interrogators tell terrorists to give up info about their countries.

It's been a while since I talked about my school life actually. For the most part it's just been my adventure outside of school. It's a nice change of pace from the norm, might as well slow down a bit.

Looking to my right, Blanc is ignoring the lesson by reading a book. Looking to left, Vert is doing the same thing, except with manga instead of a real book.

A few days into November and school is already this boring. Let that sink in, maybe people will learn something from this and finally make school start an hour later.

The worst part is Martin's not here today. Last night he told me he was feeling a little under the weather and would probably not make it today. That sucks because he's my only guy friend.

I could go to sleep, but the punishment for doing that is greater than getting caught reading. Plus I get enough sleep as it is.

"Jack," my head perks up from the teachers call.

"Would you kindly answer the question on the board?"

Damn, and just when I thought I was going to get out of here without answering a question. Looks like I used all of my good luck over the weekend and now it has to recharge.

I draw a blank, how the hell am I supposed to know Geometry? I'm good with Algebra but nowhere near as good in Geometry.

"Well… um…"

*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*

Phew, saved by the bell. So my body did retain its good luck. It just took its sweet time getting to me is all.

"*Sigh*, that was a close one."

"I'll say…" Neptune chimes in. I forgot to mention but she sits right behind me in our first class. It has its advantages like never getting peace and quiet on most days, but its still something I don't like.

The eight friends that I have with me today gather in a circle of sorts. We travel as a group mainly so it might feel weird to go on ahead. Right now we're waiting for Blanc to put her book back.

Once that's done with we head out the classroom door. I have a few tasks to accomplish right now so I won't be joining the group for a bit.

I start to walk the other direction, this catches the eyes of my group members and they look at me with puzzled expressions. I should've seen that coming to tell the truth.

"Where do you think you're going?" Ram asks with childlike curiosity.

"Martin text me and asked me to get something from his locker to turn into a teacher."

Everyone lets off an "Oh" before moving on. We walk separate paths for now. I'll be returning in a minute or so. Hopefully they don't think it's the end of the world if I leave.

Walking down the hallways of this godforsaken building, I'm able to catch pieces of conversations here and there. At the beginning of the year I would've heard negative things about me.

Such things included that I'm a freak that never gets out. Well that last part was true. But did anyone actually get to know me enough to prove that I was a freak?

Sure I was a little reclusive since the death of my best friend about eight years ago, but that doesn't mean I'm a freak. All that means was I took the mourning a little too harshly.

But now I hear completely different things than from the beginning of the year.

"Did you hear? I heard that Jack guy beat the living shit out of Andrew."

"Bullshit, I saw Andrew walk around town this morning and he didn't have a scratch on him."

"Even so, I never realized how cute he is."

That last one made me jump back a little bit. Even though someone finds me cute I won't think anything of it. I'm loyal to one girl and one girl only.

But those other parts… my exploits are already being spread around. And yet people say that Andrew is perfectly fine. Probably just covering for him but at this point I better keep my guard up.

I finally stop at Martin's locker. It's good that I did, if I continue to think about current events while also remembering past ones I might have a mental breakdown.

There's one particular memory that I don't like to talk about. That one is for another day though. Probably when I feel like crying again and getting something off my chest.

"I hope I'm not interrupting any personal recollections." Vert appears out of nowhere to my side.

I jump back at first but calm down after a second when I can observe my surroundings again and determine friend or foe.

"No… you're not."

Vert's expression changes to a serious one. She looks me dead in the eyes without her usual smile. Now she's starting to scare me.

"I've noticed how your demeanor has changed recently. Is everything alright?"

So she's noticed how I've been kind of on edge today? I'm impressed at how good Vert is at reading me. The real question is what do I tell her?

"I'd be lying if I said there was nothing on my mind. Just some weird dreams lately. They probably mean nothing though."

The last dream I had was the confusing one. But the one before that is the one that made me afraid to go to sleep. I don't know if I can tell Vert about that yet. I only trusted it with Nepgear.

"If that's the case then there's nothing to worry about."

She smiles at me like she usually does. But she was really good at seeing something change in me. I have to ask her how she did that.

"How did you know by the way?"

"It came naturally. It must be my motherly instinct."

Her boobs bounce slightly afterwards. She prides herself in those… things. They're just so unnaturally large for someone her age. Hell it's unusual for someone older than her. In the words of the wise, she has a nice bounce to her chest.

I step back afterwards. Me talking in my mind about someone else's boobs feels like I'm cheating on my girlfriend. It may feel weird for me to think this but I have to do it to balance it out.

Nepgear has a nice rack even though I've never seen it.

I've only felt it through hugs. From the first hug she gave me to her cuddling me in her sleep.

I'll admit that I'm curious about this kind of subject, but it doesn't matter yet. Nepgear and I are far away from ever getting like that.

"Hm? Overwhelmed by my maturity?"

Once again I step back, this time blushing a little. "No… I was just wandering if you wanted to finish the dungeon that we started…"

A total lie on my part, but something in the back of my mind told me to say that. Maybe it was just my urge to have some fun and that's one way Vert and I connect.

"I would love too, but I'm afraid I won't be available until Wednesday."

"That's fine, I'll just level grind and map out the place."

"That sounds wonderful."

Again with the chest bounces. It's almost like she's trying to tempt me as Adam and Eve were. For the love of god could she please put those things away?

"Oh wait…" I had completely forgotten why I was out here. I still need to get into Martin's locker. If I want to get back to class on time I need to hurry.

Entering the combination that he text me his locker door opens. Inside are various books, papers, and folders. He told me the paper is in the grey folder to the right.

After finding the folder I see the document that he told me about. Once I grab it Vert and I head off to get back to class.

Once again things in my life are going to get busy. But it's alright, it just means more adventures for me along the way.

Another thing I need to do is ask Martin if he wants to join in on Wednesday. He should be feeling better by that time. And more importantly it'll give us a chance to grow on each other more.

And at this time of my life, bonds are the only thing keeping me going.

Around the time we finished all of our assignments in fourth hour there was still close to half an hour left. Which means I'll be able to get some experience in before the bell rings.

Since Vert forgot her computer today I'll be the only one playing. She could've helped today at least but looks like I'll be doing it solo.

Logging on takes hardly anytime at all. And when the world finally loads my character stands in the hallway he stood at before. Still wearing his light armor with a sword to my side.

It's hard to tell but my sword seems to have gotten brighter and has more red lightning come off of it. I don't know and I don't care, probably because I haven't seen it in a while.

Everyone else is still working so I won't be getting any outside help for this. Enough talk, I've got a dungeon to mostly clear right now.

Taking one step forward, a pressure plate is triggered. Great, now some fancy trap is going to string possibly ending my life.

*Crash!*

The ceiling started to collapse. With the power of my swiftfoot boots I'm able to jump out of the way in time. However that's not the end of it. The rest of the ceiling is starting to collapse on me.

Getting up as fast as I can, I run out of the way of another piece of rock. Looks like the entire ceiling of this hallway is going down. Let's see how fast my guy can run.

My avatar runs out of the way of another piece of the ceiling above, just barely making it. I have to go faster. Fire forms around my boots now, a sign that I can move extremely fast now.

More of the ceiling continues to barrage towards me, this time me being able to get out of the way with time to spare.

Due to the length of this hallway, it's taking more time than I'd like for me to get through. The worst part is the falling rate is getting quicker.

I have to go even faster. Now my boots have lightning coming off of them instead of fire. This is the fastest that I've ever pushed my boots. Anymore speed and they may just break.

*Crash!* A piece of rock is about to fall on top of me.

Reaching to my right side, I unsheathe my blade and slice upwards cutting the rock in two. The halves go off to my side without injuring me.

The dungeon is almost testing my ability to survive and adapt to new dangers. By making me go faster to avoid certain doom, but now the wall at the end of the hallway is launching darts at me.

*Clang* *Clang* Clang*

Using my sight as best I can, I take my sword and knock the darts away with my blade. In a dark area this is proving difficult. I think a few darts just hit me.

"Ah!"

My health bar went down by a little, but it's gradually going down after that. Great, the dungeon is using poison darts. My one weakness.

Some more darts continue to pierce my flesh which slows me down a little while rocks still fall near me. From the looks of it, the end is almost near.

*Clang* Clang* *Clang*

More darts are deflected by my swords as I make my final push forward. I can see bright torches at the end of the hallway. Just a few more seconds and I'll be free for now.

As before, more darts continue to slip past my defense and injure me more. But it won't matter soon. Making one last effort I jump forward.

Once I get to the border, spikes come out of the ground and glare at me menacingly. Even though I make it across them, my leg hits one of the spikes and leaves an unsightly gash on it.

"Son of a whore that hurt!"

My breathing is ragged. It looks like I made it out of the hallway just in time. The falling has stopped and the darts have ceased. That bad news is I'm terribly injured and I only have limited healing supplies.

"I'll… just wait… for my health to replenish…" I might need those items for the boss at the end.

Looking to my left I see a familiar creature. It's the same wolf that I met the last time I was here. Still gold with a single red eye.

"Grrr…"

"Ah shit…"

"*Howl!*"

The wolf jumps on me, and the screen goes white.

A/N: To the people who still read this story, thank you for every bit of support. The snow has finally got to me, hints why I can't write as long anymore.

But enough about the bad weather that reminds me of Lowee, I want to know what everyone's favorite landmass is. Mine is either Lastation or Lowee, what is yours?

As always please leave a review and make your voice heard. But until then, see you in the next update.