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Chapter 3

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"My apologizes for the late introduction." I ignored the fact Merlin and Miwa were fighting to my left. "My name is Yue, a Kitsune and a warrior. I am also a friend of Miwa in RL." I said giving the three a slight bow.

"It's not a problem. I'm Black Lily." The female priest of the Celestial race smiled at me with a blush, returning my bow. "You're rather beautiful, Yue." Black Lily said staring at me with hearts for eyes.

"Ambusher, archer." Ambusher said giving me a nod of his head.

"Playboy Lord, thief. So, how are you and Miwa friends?" Playboy asked quietly to not alert the mage.

"We go to the same school." I answered calmly.

"Don't think I won't burn you to a crisp just because Yue likes cats!" Miwa shouted, scratch marks on his face.

"Bring it on, girly boy!" Merlin hissed his claws ready.

"Okay, stop." I grabbed Merlin by the scruff of his neck, just as Miwa lunged for him. My tails blocked the shorter male, engulfing him in soft silky fur. "If you two can't behave yourselves, I'll gladly use you two to tests some poison I've been making"

"For god's sake, Yue! Stop with the poison!"

"You mean that weird concoction you made that made the smoke look like a skull and crossbones?!"

"I said..." I lightly threw Merlin up and I grabbed him by his throat when he was in reach. I quickly used my free hand to grab Miwa's throat as well. "Knock it off! I don't care if you are my friend or a cat. I'll send you to the Rebirth Point if you keep annoying me. So." I stared coldly at the two, my tails flickering about in annoyance. "Are you two going to behave yourselves?"

"Y-Yes..."

"Fine..."

"Good." I released Miwa's neck and I put Merlin down on the table in front of him. "Merlin, heal Miwa's injuries. Miwa, shake Merlin's paw."

"Wha-No way!"

"Not happening!"

"..."

"F-Fine...Heal."

"...Hmph!"

"Miwa."

"Grr...Fine!" Miwa shook Merlin's outstretched paw...Ah, this is kind of cute. Miwa dropped the paw as if it was poison and then turned to me angrily. "Happy?!"

"Very."

"Hhhoooo! I had no idea that someone could actually control Ming Huang." I looked at Playboy and he gave me an impressed look. "You're one impressive man, Yue. Not even Wicked, who is his brother, can control him so well."

"The only reason why Wicked has so much trouble is because he's not willing to threaten him like I do. Also, I'm not a man." I waited a few seconds before there was a simultaneous reaction from Black Lily, Ambusher, and Playboy. "Despite how I look, I am biologically female."

"No way...!"

"Female..."

"You're pulling my chain...right?" Playboy stood up, pointing at me with wide eyes. "How can a girl be handsomer than I am?!"

"Sir, your order." The waitress came by, giving Playboy an odd look for his words...clearly not hearing what I just said. "Is that all for you today, sir?"

"Yes, thank you." I gave the woman a nod of my head. "That is all."

"Y-Yes..."

"The way you act is just so...manly..."

"Ming Huang, tell me that Yue is joking when he says he is a man."

"No, Yue is a girl." Miwa was glaring at Merlin seeing the cat player returned to my lap and I absentmindedly began to stroke the cat's back. "She just has a manly face."

"So, what level is your team at?"

"In the 20s." Miwa broke his gaze from the cat to me. "So, what do you plan on doing now?"

"Hm...In truth, there is this place that I want to go to, but I can't since I don't have a group over four."

"Don't tell me..."

"That's why you have some really good timing with teammates." I began smiling, my tails happily flickering about behind me. "Don't worry, don't worry. The monsters are all within the 30 to 35 range."

"No explosives."

"Eeeh? But..."

"No explosives! I had enough of your bombs in the World."

"Fine, no explosives." I rolled my eyes. "I wanted to test my poisons anyways."

"No poisons either."

"Why?"

"If I let you do as you please then we'll be there forever."

"Tsk."

"Don't click your tongue. So, what kind of place is it?"

"A cave. To access it you need to accept a quest first."

"...There is something more to this then what you're saying."

"Well...It's a nest for the Great Tarantula..."

"I knew it! No way!"

"Come on! I really, really, really need to collect some poison from them!" I clapped my hands together and I smiled at Miwa pleadingly. "Please, Miwa! The experience is pretty good and you're the only person I can ask to go inside with me!"

"No way."

"Grr...Wicked!" I turned to the man and he gave me a blank stare, indicating he was listening to me. "If I ask you to go with me, will you?"

"I don't see the problem."

"Good! Then I'll borrow Wicked and find someone else to come with us!" Miwa only huffed, crossing his arms looking away and I began to slyly smile. Merlin looked up at me, obviously curious what I was going to do. I lifted him up and placed him on my shoulder. "Since Wicked is obviously such a gentleman, unlike a certain someone." Stab. "It makes him so much cooler." Stab. "Dependable." Stab. "Not to mention a real man." STAB. "It's a relie-"

"We're going!" Miwa grabbed my wrist, pulling me to my feet. Merlin was startled by the sudden pulling and had jumped off my shoulder. He landed onto the table and began to watch as Miwa dragged me away. "Come on! You and I are going to accept the quest now while the others deal with supplies!"

"Get plenty of potions and antidotes! Don't worry about things to make fire! I can handle it!" I waved my hand at Miwa and his team. "Merlin, lead them to the apothecary shop we heard the quest from! We'll be there in half an hour!"

I heard something strange from Playboy to the rest of his team, something about jealousy. I don't really know since I was too far away to hear the rest of the conversation. I took the lead once the two of us to the shop. I began to Miwa about the walk there and how I already scouted out the monsters in the area near the cave. I still couldn't enter due to fact the quest wasn't accepted since many spiders came out at once when I tried entering alone. I told Miwa the horrors of what happened. When I attempted to enter the cave, thousands of spiders the size of my hand came out and I attempted to leave...only for a Giant Tarantula to come back and block me on both sides. I ended up dying with thousands of baby spiders biting and crawling all over me. Miwa laughed at how stupid I was and I only gave him a weak smile. In truth, I plan on getting my revenge...big time. I'm going to destroy the eggs! That death was not only embarrassing, it was absolutely horrifying! I shall get my revenge!

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"Anna!" I walked into Little Witch Apothecary and I immediately headed for the counter. Anna took on the appearance of a small 10-year-old human girl with wide green eyes and black hair done in a bob cut. "Anna, the usual!" I said with a wide smile.

"Ah, Yue!" Anna met me halfway...and she immediately went for the tails. "Awaaahh...This feeling of fluffiness is so wondrous...!" Anna said rubbing against my tails.

"So, who is this brat?" Miwa asked pointing at the NPC.

"I came here looking for poisonous plants that are used to make antidotes and such. Anna was the one who told me about the cave. She wished that a strong party would be able to get her some poison from the tarantula. I said I would take the quest, but she said she would worry if only two people went inside, but if it was four or more then she wouldn't be as worried."

"So that's why you sent me that PM."

"Yup." I tugged Anna off. "Come on, I asked for the usual so go fetch them before you can indulge yourself in the fluffy feel of my tails."

"Fiinnnneee!"

"We're not asking her?"

"It'll take half an hour until she's done. By then, the others would have arrived and we can take the quest."

"So, what is the 'usual'?"

"I use it to make various things." Miwa gave me a look and I rolled my eyes. "I use them to make perfume, creams, and poisons."

"What's with the first two...?"

"Women like them, I sell them. Unlike the one in normal stores, mine are of a much higher level and gives minor buffs. Plus the scents are things I like."

"Heeh..."

"Ah, that's right." I pulled out one for the perfumes and I took Miwa's wrist. I sprayed a bit on his wrist. "What do you think of this? I intended it to be used for mages. It grants a slight boost to one's Intelligence. The effects last for an hour, the scent will also disappear by that time as well."

"This is...vanilla, mint...lemon?" Miwa had his wrist up to his nose. "Smells like a dessert."

"I was craving something sweet."

"It's not half bad. Wait, this is for women isn't it?! What are you putting this on me for?"

"It's a bit of a shame I can't use this on myself."

"It's perfume. You're a woman. I don't see the problem."

"I can't. Merlin and I both have sensitive noses due to the races we chose. Hm...? It mixes with your natural scent quite well."

"You're too close!"

"Geez, you're too touchy about your personal space."

"Yue~! I got everything done~!"

"Thank you, Anna."

I moved away from Miwa and I began to discuss with Anna about other things that I may need in the future. Little Witch is a apothecary, but it sells plants grown in the greenhouse in the back. I came regularly when I discovered this place and I often talked with Anna about poisonous plants and where I can find them. Well, I quickly became her best customer after I agreed to share whatever plants I find that she doesn't have yet. That's why I get all my stuff at a discounted price!

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"I TOLD YOU NO EXPLOSIONS!" Miwa shouted at me after I finally dealt the best and biggest kill ever!

"Ahahaha! That one burned really well!" I was smiling happily, covered head to toe in soot and dirt. "I got my revenge so I'm more than happy!" I said my tails happily flickering about.

"I can't believe she almost did a suicide kill." Black Lily said wiping away the dirt on her face.

"I can't believe she planted all those bombs in the nest without us noticing." Playboy said looking just as exhausted as the rest of his teammates.

"Well, she did save us. If she didn't plant those bombs and set them off as we were running. The Queen Arachne would have caught us and killed us." Ambusher said adjusting his hat.

"Yue..." Wicked stared at me blankly, obviously noticing the others didn't. "The Queen Arachne didn't aim to kill, why?"

"Ah, her aim is to catch, not kill. If we did get caught, we would have been used as food for the baby spiders. From what Anna told me, if you get caught by the Queen Arachne...she would have left you just barely alive...tie you up in the nest...and you would become food for the babies the moment they are born!"

"What the hell?!"

"So we would have ended up spider food if we were caught?!"

"No waayy!"

"YUE!"

"Miwa!" I hugged the shorter boy with a wide grin on my face. "That lighting spell was really well timed!"

"What lighting spell?"

"The one you missed as we ran out the nest. You missed, but you hit one of the bombs and set off a chain reaction in the nest. We were saved since the Queen Arachne ended up taking the brunt of the explosion and dying."

"You...! What the hell did you plan on doing if I didn't miss?!"

"Well, I would have used Fox Fire and set it alight from a distance. You got to it before I did."

"You damn Mad Bomber!"

"Really, Yue." Merlin jumped back onto my shoulders. "You ended up tossing me off in that explosion. Look at me, my fur is ruined."

"Should I bathe you then?"

"No thank you, but I would like some more petting behind the ears."

"Alright."

"Don't go ignoring me, Yue!"

"Hm...I think I can cross this place off my list of interesting places. We made it to the end of the cave, but it didn't have any rare items. Ah, right." I lifted up a staff. "Here. The drop from the Queen Arachne."

"When did you pick that up?!"

"When I almost died."

"Give me that!" Miwa snatched it from me and he smacked me between the ears with it. "Listen to me, damn it!"

"That hurts...!" I held my head with my hands. "Hey, I'm almost dying here, don't go killing me off!"

"I'll heal you up, Yue."

"Thanks, Merlin."

"Get off!" Merlin was ripped from my shoulder and Miwa pointed the tip of the staff at his throat. "Just because Yue doesn't do shit, doesn't mean I'll let you do as you please with her."

"Childish jealousy is uncalled for. I'm not into flat chested brats."

"Flat?" I patted my chest and I glanced at Black Lily's chest. The woman in question gave me a nervous smile and I dropped my head. "I wonder if I should just change how I dress..."

"I think you look fine, Yue."

"Black Lily, you can only say that because you have a nice body..."

"That..." Black Lily looked at me and she nodded her head. She grabbed both my hands, giving me a bright smile. "Then let's do it! I planned to change my armor anyways, so let's go together! It'll be a girl's day out!"

"A girl's day out...?" I began to blush and I nodded my head. "I would like that..."

"That's great! Then let's meet here tomorrow at ten!"

"Un!"

Black Lily and I smiled at one another. This was the first time I had a female friend who wanted to hang out and try on clothing...even if it is in a game. In real life, most girls preferred to go shopping, but it felt more like a one-sided date rather than a girl's day out. That's why I preferred to hang out with Zhou Ming, he is the only one who doesn't try to force me to change how I look or act.

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Chapter 3 Ends

Yue is somewhat mad. Since it is all a game, she is more than willing to do whatever it takes to get revenge for anything she deems humiliating. That's why she ended up dragging Dark Phantom with her when she wanted to get revenge on not only the little spiders that killed her, but the boss too! Yue is quite sensitive to comments about her appearance even if she doesn't say or act as if it bothers her, but it does. No girl would want to hear 'you're so cool and manly' even if it is true. This is your extra chapter for the week so that's it for today as well! Until next time my dears~! Bye-bye~!