Yep. Here it is, chappy five, as promised. So, let's get on with it! WOO!
Kai : I swear you've discovered Max's 'secret stash'…
Max : No! When will the irony end? THAT WAS MY SUUUUUUUUGAR!
Me : …
Kai : I wish I was somewhere else…
Chapter 5: Pig
"Here you go."
Okay. Let me fill you in. Rei, Max and I have gated out from the field and returned to the Town. I've been stared at like I'm some kinda freak. (A:N/ Someone please tell me that wasn't one of Britney Spears' lyrics! I hate that slaaaag…). I am, however, getting used to the wings.
Right now, Rei's bought Maxie and me some items to help us on our 'journey', and we've 'saved the game'…
"So. I guess there is something major going on in this game…" Rei says, twiddling with the bells on his hat. I notice his stick has vanished. Max's blades and my sword have gone too.
"But what?" Max asks.
I just groan and let the two of them tire their brains out.
"Whatever is happening, I think we should get to the bottom of it!" The neko-jin says triumphantly. "I'll bring some of my friends over to meet you guys."
"Cool. Can't wait!" Max smiles. His smiles can sometimes be a little creepy. Strange how he reminds me of an elf when he smiles like that.
"Well, I gotta go. My cat is desperate for attention and I'm starving. I'll see you guys later! Keep in touch!" Rei waves, then disappears!
"Huh!" Guess what…I'm confused again.
"When you log out of the game, you just disappear." Max tells me after seeing the expression on my face.
"Oh."
So, we walk around town 'looking for new friends' as Max put it, when…
"Hey!" I walk into something. "What the hell is this ugly little pig thing? Another character?"
"KAWAII!" Max sees the thing I just bumped into and pulls it into his arms in a big hug. "This isn't a pig, Kai, it's a Grunty!"
Pig.
"A Grunty…?"
"You raise them in the World! Isn't he adorable?"
No, Max, not really.
"…"
"I wonder if he has an owner…? Oh, I really wanna keep him!"
"Max, grow up and put that thing down. It might be diseased…"
I look into the large eyes of the Grunty. I see why Max loves it so much. His own big blue eyes are the size of dinner plates…
"Awh…he's fine, Kai, here! Hold him!" Max thrusts the ugly Grunty thing into my arms.
It squeals and then it clamps onto my arm.
"What the…? Get off me!" I shake my arm but the flipping thing doesn't want to let go. I decide that drastic measures have to be taken…
I start to pull the Grunty's tail. It squeals again.
"Stop it Kai! You're hurting him!" Max gently pulls the Grunty back into his arms and rocks it gently.
I swear it smirked at me.
That Grunty is pure evil…
"Kai! You might have injured Kukki!"
"It was trying to bite my arm off!" My turn to be over dramatic. "I can't believe you've named the brute!"
"Anyway, we'd better take him to the Grunty farm. There must be one here if there's a Grunty on the loose, though I always thought that you had to be in a better town to visit a Grunty farm…"
Hell knows what a Grunty farm is like, but I follow Max as he asks for directions, and finally we end up at a large stone building with a butch man stood outside.
"Yeah, CC Corp decided to build another Grunty farm 'ere. And that Grunty yer holding is a right nuisance. You can keep him if ya want."
"Really! Thanks!"
No! That pig is one of my few enemies. I hate it! Of all the rotten luck I had to find it…
"Would you please look after Kukki whilst my friend and I finish sight seeing the town?" Max asks whilst I look at the farm.
It's large, with many pens containing those ugly Grunty creatures scuffling around in the mud.
"Sure. But you have to come back and feed him ya know."
The man fills Max in about Grunty care.
I couldn't care less.
So I decide to think about where my wings came from…and Maxie's bracelet…
Not that it did any good. I'm still stumped…
We finally leave the farm without the Grunty, thank heavens, but I notice the guy staring at the bracelet on Max's wrist. There must be something special about it, but what…?
"Hey! You've got another flashing letter." I tell Max. "So who's it from?"
"…Err…my Dad! He says it's about time we logged off, and that you can stay with us tonight. Apparently we've been playing for six hours!"
"Six hours!"
This game IS addictive! I've never played a game for more than four hours a day!
"Time to log out then, Kai! I guess we can go on it again tomorrow!"
And with that, The World disappears with a flash, and I'm back to reality.
I actually wanted to keep on playing…I mean, there's so much going on…
Max and I are going to have a real adventure!
Rei too! And possibly all his friends!
I have a feeling it's gonna be great!
I just wish we'd got rid of that flipping pig…
TBC
Yey! Kai is having fun after all! I dedicated that chappy to all the Gruntys in .hack 'cos I love them! They are so cute! I liked the other chapter better though. Expect another dose of weirdness in the next chapter, where we might meet someone new…
Kai : Minako's making me do this…plz review for free Grunty plushies! Whispers The things I do…never thought I'd be doing gimmicks…keeps on muttering about life in general…
Byezies for now!
Minako Angel out xxx
A:N/ I will do my best to update again as quickly as possible, but plz don't be mad if ya have to wait a while, k? Thanks!
A:N/2 Max's Grunty's name Kukki is Japanese for Cookie. Max is a sweetaholic after all!