Angelo soon got up when he noticed the sun was up, it was time for a day of training. Angelo grabbed his spear and left out of the inn that he was staying which thankfully was pretty cheap for Angelo. Angelo went and bought some health potions and a teleport crystal as Angelo walked out of tolbana and went to the spawning area that paka took him to yesterday to train, Angelo knew he needed to get stronger quicker but Angelo didn't know the howl maneuver that paka used to get the monsters attention so Angelo was forced to walk around the spawning area till he found a boar so Angelo grabbed a rock and threw it to get the hogs attention. Once it got enraged Angelo got ready as it charged at him and Angelo waited for the right moment before using his superior agility and dodging to the right of the hog and before it could change its course Angelo used <<Pawāsutoraiku>> and used the powerful spear thrust through the boar making it go to the red but still not an instant kill even with his enchanted spear. Angelo then jumped away as the boar charged for Angelo again and this time and simply stood their and he activated <<stab>> and killed the boar with that attack seeing the amount of col and xp he got from the boar Angelo went back to walking again looking for his next monster to kill...

Ayame tapped her fingers together nervously as it seemed to be that the performers were lost in thought. Sighing, she glanced at the time and outside the inn before noticing that Suki and Umichi had returned to the inn, declaring that sleep would probably be the best thing to do.

"Well... Time passed by quickly..." she said to herself as she glanced out the window once more. "I sure hope Hideki returns soon..." she said quietly before walking up to her room and tried to rest for the night.

---

Ayame stretched as she woke up the next morning, the early time that she had slept definitely having an effect of her. Of course, that wasn't the only thing that worried her- Hideki's strange exit had kept her awake for most of the night. As she got out of bed, Ayame carefully exited her room and, as quietly as possible, walked over to Hideki's room. As she tried to knock on the door, however, it seemed to simply part and show nothing more than an empty room, cleanly made almost as if nobody had been there in the first place. This unnerved her immensely; it meant that Hideki hadn't returned from yesterday's little trip, which was by no means a good sign to her. Keeping her worries down as well as she could, Ayame noticed Suki heading downstairs. Fully awake, Ayame swiftly bounded down the stairs and quickly ran up to Suki, her usual smile replaced by a worried frown.

"Suki, did you by any chance see Hideki anywhere last night? His room was completely untouched from what I saw last night, and I'm afraid that..." she trailed off before shaking her head. "No, it couldn't be. A-anyways, I'm worried about him. Could we try looking for him as soon as everyone's awake?"

---

Fujiwara sighed as he leaned against the labyrinth wall. A bunch of people had dragged him into trying to clear deeper areas of the dungeon when he went out to train, and for some reason he had decided to go along with them.
Oh, how badly things went... And at the same time, how miraculous things were.
The people he had been tagging along with were swarmed by dozens of monsters, which to him weren't that troublesome. However, the people he had been escorting weren't as... adept at fighting as he was, so to speak. Though it had taken him what was more or less his entire stash of potions and crystals, he had by some miracle or another managed to stall the monsters from getting to that party in order to let them escape. Sadly, that meant that he was stranded in the dungeon, too tired to make his way back to town. To make matters worse, he had given his teleport crystals to the heavily wounded in that party in order to make sure they all got out safely. By making his way to a small crevice withing the dungeon, he had managed to survive, but two questions remained, weighing heavily : Would he manage to make it out alive? Was what he did really worth it?

"Geez, Paka's lecture really did a ton to me." he sighed, leaning against the nearest wall. "You know, maybe I should have done this earlier..."
Opening up his menu, Fujiwara sent out a PM to the rest of the party, carefully monitoring the area around him for any sign of trouble. Noticing a pack of Ruin Kobolds moving towards him, Fujiwara quickly sent out a single word in his message before griping his katana and preparing for battle. Exhausted and sleepless, Fujiwara gritted his teeth and prepared for a fight, sincerely hoping it wouldn't be his last.

---

As Ayame asked Suki for help, the PM notification sound rang out. Ayame quickly opened up the inbox and saw a message from Hideki. She breathed a sigh of relief as she noticed his name, but that relief turned into even more worry as she saw the message. It was blank, save for a single word in the title of the PM itself.

SOS.

Suki looked up as Ayame asked about Fujiwara, although she kept on using what Suki thought was his real name "I'm sure he's fine. You have to get use to calling him by his game name Ayame-it's safer outside of the group, okay?" She said "we can go look for him soon. Pakas awake" she said, sitting down, then looking up as there was a PM notification.

She rose, knowing they had precious time, so instead of rushing up the stairs, and trying to wake the others, she grabbed Ayames hand, and began to run "come on! Let's hurry!" She opened up her messages, sending a message to the others, hoping that they would wake soon. gone to help Fujiwara. Didn't want to waste time, hurry if you get this soon as she ran she typed, and then brought up Fujiwaras name, trying to track which way he had gone.

She figured he was in the labyrinth, so she started that way. Suki had the ability <<sprint>> and she stopped at the end of the street the inn was on "Ayame, go see if you can wake the others and come as fast as you can. I have the sprint ability, and I've been training it, so I can run fast to get to him" she didn't wait for a reply, equipping the skill, she began to run, at double the speed she normally could, running to the labyrinth. She stopped a minute outside of it, catching her breath. She took her Rapier out and began to search for Fujiwara, hoping she wasn't too late to help.

She found a large group of ruin kobolds, and she began to attack, knowing that if there's was such a large group, someone had to be there. "Fujiwara?" She called as she began to attack, moving quickly, trying to damage as many as she could.

????

Finding a person being approached by a pack of Ruin Kobold Troopers on his map, the man in black approached the same spot. Before the Ruin Kobold Troopers were close enough to attack the person, one of them could be seen flying above the rest, crashing down into the others. Most of them suddenly shattering into polygons from the attack. The rest turned around to attack. Before they could get close to the man in black they shattered as well. The man walked up to the man with a katana that was clearly worn out, it was Fujiwara. The person wearing black, with his deep voice spoke, "Here, you should not spend all night in such a place." tossing over a random town teleportation crystal to Fujiwara. Turning his back to Fujiwara, he started to walk away.

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Umichi

Taking Suki back to the Maiden Inn, she then begged for Umichi not to go out tonight, kissing him on the cheek. After she got inside, he ran his hand through his hair, thinking That's a bit unfair damn it. Going into his room, he decided to randomly use some of the other skills available to try get some levels in them in case, such as appraisal, and hearing, although he didn't get much into them. Before going to bed, he re-equipped his skills, <<One-handed Straight Sword>>, <<Blade Throwing>> and <<Acrobatics>> and went to sleep.

It was unusual, he woke up early for once, and wasn't really falling back to sleep. He had got more sleep than he normally did. Umichi looked around, and then looked through his items, to see if there was anything different he had found. Nothing, except a spear and a shield of no use to him and ... another Little Nepent Ovale. I can sell those later. But how the hell did I get that .... oh right, it was probably in that hoard. Whatever. It seems to be a trade-able quest item, so I should be able to sell it to someone for a decent price he thought, before getting a message.

They found the twentieth floor ... but isn't that the largest and most complex? They didn't say they found the boss room. I wonder if we will find it. Umichi thought, before getting another message ... from Fujiwara. It read SOS ... That idiot didn't come back? he thought, opening his window and jumping out onto a rooftop. He left the same way he did yesterday. Noticing that Suki was running ahead. How .... oh right ... Sprint he realized how come she was faster than him, and she left his sight. While running, Umichi swapped <<Acrobatics>> for <<Detection??.

Reaching the Labyrinth, still on the first floor, he found that Suki was attacking a bunch of Ruin Kobold Troopers. Jumping flipping over the group of Ruin Kobold Troopers, he had found at the end of his jump, two people. Neither was Fujiwara. Landing, he slashed forth, using the sword skills and killed most of the Troopers. Looking at Suki, he said "Not him, but his HP gauge is still fine, it's not dropping, for now, let's hurry." Grabbing her hand, Umichi turned to the two they saved and threw two crystals at them. "It will take you to a random town, use it." He had been a couple of crystals per town so far, and a few random town ones which were cheaper. Running again, with Suki in tow, he searched for Fujiwara.

As Fujiwara braced himself for what could possibly be his last fight, he saw a mysterious figure come up to him and simply annihilate all of the Kobolds coming at him before tossing him a teleport crystal. Fumbling to catch the crystal, Fujiwara breathed a huge sigh of relief before slumping down against the wall and leaning back on it as the figure walked away.

"Thanks, but..." he trailed off before opening up his menu and checking the dungeon map. As it popped up, he scrolled through the floors and noticed that two of his party members (whoever they were) were already on their way up. Laughing at himself for his stupidity at scaling the labyrinth to the eighth floor, Fujiwara sighed before adding the crystal to his inventory.

"I've been stuck in here all night watching the same corridor for any hostile units. It's at the point where I can predict monster respawns and movements accurately enough. Next group should be spawning in an hour and make it here 10 minutes after that, so I'll give them until then. They'll make it, I'm sure."
Smiling a bit to himself, Fujiwara finally passed out and went slack against the wall of the labyrinth.

---

Ayame looked at Suki with worry before nodding and dashing up the stairs to the inn's second floor. She quickly knocked on Paka's door and, without waiting for a response, opened it up. If Paka was awake, then surely he must have gotten the message as well.
"Paka, did you get the message too?" she asked hurriedly, wanting to get to waking up Yui as well so she could head out and join the search party for Fujiwara.

Suki grimaced, looking at Fujiwara's HP, "I think he's on a floor above...what if we don't get there in time?" She asked softly as they ran through the floor She should have made sure everyone was back, and that no one went off into the labyrinth alone during the night. The kobolds were tougher then the other monsters they had fought, but they shouldn't be too hard, yet from what she had seen, they came in larger swarms then the other monsters throughout the floor. They had no idea how long Fujiwara would be safe, and no idea if they would get there in time.

"There has to be some way of tracking him easier then looking through the floors" She said as they continued to run. She kept her Rapier in hand. She was worried, fearful, and she looked about, as if she could just make Fujiwara appear.

Paka was already equipping his items when Ayame knocked on his door and came in. "I know. I'm going. Don't bring the kid. On a rescue mission we don't need to worry about Timi" he said, "I'll head out now" He said, his Katana by his side, "Don't worry. It will be fine" He told Ayame, beginning out the room, and jogging down the stairs, heading towards the Labyrinth. He couldn't help but feel as if this was his fault. Would Fujiwara have gone in, if he hadn't continual fought with him?

Ayame silently nodded as Paka headed out towards the labyrinth, following closely behind and as swiftly as she could. The anxiety of not knowing if Hideki- no, if Fujiwara was okay was eating away at her. The thought of never seeing him again was one she didn't ever want to have to face, so she sped up her pace as she tried to keep such thoughts out of her head.

"There's no way he could simply die like that, of course. He's been playing games all his life, so he must have been in a situation like this before..." she reasoned to herself as the dungeon came closer and closer into view. Equipping her scythe, Ayame bit her lip as the towering structure seemed to grow taller with every passing step. Could they really find Fujiwara before... That happened?

????

The black cloaked figure sighed, throwing behind him a potion. He left his hand up, his fingers twitched a little. The potion arced over and started to fall to Fujiwara. In front of Fujiwara, it started to move slowly, and landed safely on the ground without breaking. His hand was still making movements. Odd noises could be heard around Fujiwara. After the man put his hand down, the noises stopped, and he walked away, towards another cry for help.

---

Umichi

"It should be no problem." Umichi said. Having reached the seventh floor with ease, he noticed how complex the Labyrinth became. One could probably wonder days and get lost if it wasn't for the maps. With the use of <<Detection>> he could guide himself towards Fujiwara. There were only a few enemies that had to be dealt with along the way, and they were taken care of with ease. "This way." He continued to run ahead of Suki, holding her hand tight. Due to the number of turns in the place and enemies, it was harder to navigate. Picking a route with the least groups that would also be not so roundabout to get to the next level, Umichi let go of Suki's hand, cutting through a group of Giant Spiders. Some had tried to pin him down with spider silk, but he reacted to each, deflecting the silk away. Another group of Ruin Kobold Sentinels were waiting ahead, without much thought, he slide under them, cutting their backs, which could not guard against his blow.

"Almost there." He called out to Suki. There may have been a few in the groups he had missed, which if he did, Suki probably handled. If not he went back to cut them down. Grabbing her hand again, Umichi continued on, going up the stairs. Luckily, Fujiwara wasn't far from the entrance of the 8th level of the Labyrinth. "Found him." he called out, rushing to the area Fujiwara was, before stopping suddenly. "Hm... So he came ... huh ... Guess I have to thank him, next time I see him." Before Suki could question anything he said or did, Umichi brought his Anneal Blade up, it started to glow, and he cut down to the ground, making a thud and a pop up that declared the ground an immortal object. Walking up to Fujiwara, Umichi kneeled, "I told you not to go too deep. *Sigh* giving us so much trouble in the morning. You alright?"

Fujiwara groaned and massaged his forehead as Umichi woke him up. The loud clang of metal meeting the cold stone floor had somehow managed to cut through the tiredness that he was currently experiencing, even if only for a split second.
"Ah... Umichi. Sorry... 'bout makin' you guys worry like that... It's... Complicated." he said sleepily as he tried to force himself into wake up. As he spoke, Fujiwara struggled to pull himself to his feet.
"I think... I'm okay now. Stranger in a cloak came and saved me who knows how long ago. Don't remember when, too tired." he said, sighing. "God damn I'm tired. Stuck in this place for eight hours, no sleep, paranoia... Dude handed me a random town TP crystal, but that'd probably put me in a weird situation. You mind if I borrow a Tolbana TP crystal so I can get some actual sleep? I'm dead on my feet... And I'm fresh out of them right now..."
As he said that, Fujiwara dropped back down to the floor and frowned. Did he just get lucky on that grinding trip on his first few days, or did his stamina just get worse? As he was about to pass out once more, Ayame (who had been trying her hardest to keep pace with Umichi and Suki) finally made it to the eighth floor. The path paved with shattered polygons meant no fighting for her to have to worry about, so she had run with all her might to get to the two lovers that were making their way through. As she saw Fujiwara about to pass out again, Ayame sprang to his side, on the verge of tears.
"You idiot! What were you thinking?!" Ayame asked as Fujiwara laughed a bit as he noticed her presence.
"Ah... Ayame... Sorry for... Making you worry again."
With that said, Fujiwara passed out once more. Unsure of what to do, Ayame turned to Umichi and Suki.
"Should I bring him back to town? He's a bit too heavy to carry..." she trailed off as she attempted to lift Fujiwara's unconscious body. "Teleport crystals work for more than one person, right? I don't want to leave him here in a place like this..."

Suki followed along with Umichi, looking about, she attacked monsters that he missed, keeping an eye on their health and fujiwara's, she maintained her attention, wishing she knew where they could find Fujiwara, worrying that no matter how fast they went, they would be too late, but nothing seemed to be attacking Fujiwara. She took out the remaining Spiders that Umichi left, as well as any lingering Ruin Koblods.

She followed Umichi upstairs when they reached the eight level, and let out a soft breath of relief when they reached Fujiwara, watching as Umichi stabbed the ground with his Annael blade. She blinked, wondering why he did that, but followed as he walked up to Fujiwara, looking about warily for any monsters nearby.

She opened her inventory, taking out a Tolbana Teleport crystal, but before she could hand it over, Ayame had appeared and Fujiwara had passed out. She hesitated "I don't know if you can teleport with more then one person or not" she said "I think he has to be conscious to make it work...I don't know, give it a try" Suki said, as Paka came up onto the level, looking about, seeing them.

He sighed softly, seeing that they were all okay, coming up "if it doesn't work, I can carry him" he said wearily, "Umichi's a better fighter and we might not get out of here without coming across a horde of monsters, and I can probably carrying him for a longer period"

Putting his hand into his shirt, Umichi grabbed a Tolbana crystal for quicker access. He tossed it to Ayame, "It should work while his unconscious, but it's one crystal per person teleported. That's how it is with the people I've saved. And the unconscious thing, I did it for someone once. That random quest came up out of nowhere, and made everything dangerous. Well, anyway, it should work, but if it doesn't, then I guess Paka here can carry him while I detect and kill, with Suki cleaning up." He then waited to see whether Ayame and Fujiwara were teleported or not. Luckily he had spare crystals, so he should be able to teleport himself back if they did end up going back.

Ayame managed to barely catch the teleport crystal that Umichi tossed to her as she struggled to bear the weight of Fujiwara's unconscious body. As the group debated about whether or not teleport crystals worked for multiple people and the requirements for doing so, Ayame thought for a second and, using Fujiwara's hand, activated the Tolbana teleport crystal. She watched as the crystal did its job, quickly teleporting Fujiwara's body back to town. Quickly pulling out her own telport crystal, she looked at everyone else there before speaking.
"I think the crystal teleports us to the town square, so I'll warp over and bring him back to the inn. It's still early, so I don't think anyone will notice anything strange..." Ayame trailed off as she activated the crystal. "I'll get him to his room ASAP."
As she finished, the crystal in her hand dissipated into nothingness and she teleported back to town.

---

Ayame winced a bit as she returned from the dungeon, slightly disoriented from the teleport. Looking around, she spotted the unconscious Fujiwara lying on the ground and ran over to him. Barely picking him up once more, she trudged back to the inn and carefully carried Fujiwara upstairs to his room. Noticing that the door remained open from when she had checked earlier, Ayame slowly brought Fujiwara into his room and released him on the bed within. Breathing a sigh of relief, Ayame dropped to her knees and looked at Fujiwara, a mix of emotions swirling through her mind. Shaking her head of those thoughts, she got up and sent a PM to the rest of the party.

"I managed to bring Fujiwara back to his room. He'll probably be out cold for the next... Seven to nine hours, I think. It's still early, so I'll cook something up for breakfast."

As she sent the PM, Ayame walked out of Fujiwara's room and closed the door as silently as she could behind herself before walking down the stairs and to the inn's kitchen.
"I think that something hearty should be fine this morning..." she said quietly to herself as she pulled some ingredients from her inventory and started the cooking fire up. Looking over what she had, Ayame smiled a bit to herself as she began to cook.

Sanshain sighed at the fact everybody was trapped in the game. No matter what anybody said he was a solo player. It's not that he didn't like other people's company, it's the fact he didn't talk much. He found people preferred to be with other people that talked and show emotion. Those are things Sanshain didn't do often.

Sanshain was sitting on a rock over looking a cliff in the spawn area. He had nothing better to do. Then he heard a small squeal from one of the boars that wanders around the area. Sanshain looked around and noticed another player. The player had just killed the boar and then went on walking. Sanshain stood and began walking over to the player.

Suki let out a sigh of relief when the teleport crystal worked, relaxing. She felt better knowing that none of them would die today. She looked about, the labyrinth seemed complicated, wide, a maze of floors and levels that hide monsters and dangers. She could only wonder how tough the boss would be, but she didn't think they would conquer it today, and she wanted to get back to Tolbana, and Timi.

"Well, I'm glad that worked out" She said, seeing the time was closing in on 0730, "I want to get back before Timi wakes. I don't want her to worry, or fear that we left her or something" She said, taking out a Tolbana crystal. "See you back in town" She said with a relieved smile, activating the crystal.

she teleported back to the town, and made her way back to the inn, slipping into her room, just as Timi began to stir. "Hey" Suki said with a smile, "Did you sleep well?" She asked, setting down on her bed for a moment.

Timi nodded, rubbing her eyes, looking around sleepily. "Is Fujiwara okay? There's a message here saying SOS" She said groggily. Suki nodded, "Yeah, I just got back from finding him with the others. Its all okay. We can go down for breakfast whenever you're ready" She said, rising.

Timi nodded, crawling out of bed, and rising. "Okay" She headed to the door, and Suki followed her, heading downstairs.

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Sanshain sighed at the fact everybody was trapped in the game. No matter what anybody said he was a solo player. It's not that he didn't like other people's company, it's the fact he didn't talk much. He found people preferred to be with other people that talked and show emotion. Those are things Sanshain didn't do often. Sanshain was sitting on a rock over looking a cliff in the spawn area. He had nothing better to do. Then he heard a small squeal from one of the boars that wanders around the area. Sanshain looked around and noticed another player. The player had just killed the boar and then went on walking. Sanshain stood and began walking over to the player.

Angelo walked around looking for another boar to kill as Angelo looked through his stats to see how much longer he had till he could level up again but Angelo looked around to see another player going towards him then Angelo waved to him "hey dude what's up?" Angelo asked as he looked through his inventory to make sure he had everything he would need for another attack as Angelo waited for his stamina to replenish knowing that spear skills take a lot of them.

Sanshain gave a little nod in return to the other player's hello. Once getting next to him he said "I need some help. Do you know where I can buy any of those crystal things." Sanshain knew where to get them and what they did. He had saw a couple players use them to teleport after one of their team mates were killed by a dire wolf. Also he was a beta tester. He may not have fought much while beta testing but he knew what the crystals did. Before the other player had time to answer a growl Appeared. It was a low toned growl and Sanshain new what it meant.

Sanshaim looked up to see a set of red eyes peak over the rocker that were above him and the other player. Then the creature pouched, Sanshain Tackled the other player to the ground. The creature which now showed its self to be a wolf landed exactly where the other player was standing. Sanshain got to his feet and drew his Katana. He widened his stance and got the blade ready. Then went forward activating his sword skill Hiōgi. The blade went up, down and then did a thrust into the wolf. It was a neat little combo. But, still wasn't enoughj to kill the wolf.

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Sanshain gave a little nod in return to the other player's hello. Once getting next to him he said "I need some help. Do you know where I can buy any of those crystal things." Sanshain knew where to get them and what they did. He had saw a couple players use them to teleport after one of their team mates were killed by a dire wolf. Also he was a beta tester. He may not have fought much while beta testing but he knew what the crystals did. Before the other player had time to answer a growl Appeared. It was a low toned growl and Sanshain new what it meant. Sanshaim looked up to see a set of red eyes peak over the rocker that were above him and the other player. Then the creature pouched, Sanshain Tackled the other player to the ground. The creature which now showed its self to be a wolf landed exactly where the other player was standing. Sanshain got to his feet and drew his Katana. He widened his stance and got the blade ready. Then went forward activating his sword skill The blade went up, down and then did a thrust into the wolf. It was a neat little combo. But, still wasn't enoughj to kill the wolf.

Angelo was about to yell at the guy who just tackled him to the ground until he saw the wolf he was protected from. Angelo started thinking maybe this guy isn't half bad after all if he tried to save Angel from a first strike that would have really hurt his health bar. Angelo watched as the guy pulled out his katana and saw the skill he used and seeing the health bar of the wolf barley go down he decided he needed to team up with him to survive this attack so Angelo sent the guy a <<party request>> before he called out "switch!" then Angelo charged him so he could give the new guy space and so Angelo could take on the dire wolf and use <<jab>> on the wolf before it started its charge to bite Angelo knowing that jab was uninterruptible he was able to stop the bite attack and dish out some good damage to the wolf making it jump back a few feet from being interrupted....

With a sigh of relief, Umichi nodded as Suki teleported back to town for Timi. Looking at his exp bar, he needed about 15%. That was about a dozen Ruin Kobold Troopers. He was pretty used to taking on groups in short periods of time. But he was also good with killing single target enemies one at a time. It just depended on the situation. "Hey, I am going to quickly kill a group or two of enemies and then head back. You can go back first Paka. After breakfast we will probably have a meet up with the others who want to beat the boss. There's still a couple of hours till the meet up, so it should be fine." Umichi spoke to Paka, checking the time, being still early, just a little past 0830.

Going back through the Labyrinth, towards the exit, it seemed that some had yet to respawn. Going through all the way to the 3rd level, he finally found a group of Troopers. Using a <<Sonic Leap>>, Umichi got into the group and cut them down. What he didn't notice was they were actually guarding a chest. Has no-one discovered this yet? he thought to himself. He was not sure how chests worked, since he could not be sure if they eventually came back, or not. Unsure if they had rare items the first time, or if they had rare items the longer it wasn't opened for. There was no such information anywhere. Using his <<Detection>> Umichi could identify no traps. Opening it, he found an item he had not heard of yet. It was an Agility Shoulder Pad. They have shoulder pads in this game? Completely dumbfounded, Umichi equipped the shoulder pad.



It gave him two extra agility and 5 HP. He was surprised he found such a thing. Checking his map, he found he could make a mark in this spot. He wanted to check back to see if other items were available. The shoulder pad was equipped under his Wolf Fur Jacket. Looking for another group, he found another lot of Troopers near the entrance of the Labyrinth. Taking them down with ease, he leveled up. With the extra agility, he decided to place more points into Strength this time. Giving him 18 Strength and 30 Agility, with a total of 2365 HP. From there he headed back to town. It was a little after 0900 when he got back to the inn. "Ayame, made breakfast yet?" Umichi asked as he walked in, taking a seat at the table.

Paka nodded and headed back to town. He didn't use his teleport crystal, preferring to save it for an emergency. He left the labyrinth without any trouble, but still had his katana held by his side just in case. He was deep in thought, but still managed to keep his attention around himself for monsters.

Had this been his fault? Was he just holding the team back? Suki back? She hadn't even hesitated, he was sure, before running off to go save Fujiwara. She hadn't been afraid, but just concerned for their team mate. Paka sighed. He didn't run into any difficult heading back to town, arriving safely. He reached the inn, but Suki and Timi weren't there. He claimed a table, frowning and clearly in thought , looking up as. Umichi asked about food "soon, I think"

Suki had taken Timi outside, heading to the market place to buy some more supplies for health potions as well as a couple more crystals. She walked with Timi quite happily, talking with her and coaxing the girl to tell her something's about her, right up until Ti made a squeaking sound, and started to shake, pressing herself behind Suki, and Suki looked about.

They were near the inn, and even a minute early, hey would have reached the inn without delay, but it wasn't to be. Suki could see what had caused Timi to be so frighten, a young group of boys probably early teens was loitering about, and when they saw Timi they began to laugh, and tell things

"Hey! Runt, thought we had you run out of town!"

Things like that and Suki glared at them. She marched right up to them, despite the fact that she was outnumbered. "You arrogant, heartless evil little monsters!" She yelled at them, "what, you got nothing better to do then torment a little girl? You are worthless kids, who think you can just sit on your butts as other people try and help to get us all out of here! You think this is all fun and games? Harm Timi in anyway again, and I swear to go, you'd wish you were still sucking up to your parents! Now get out of here, go on, scat!" Without waiting to see if they did, Suki took Timi's hand, and led the way into the inn.

Sanshain swiped down and accepted the invite. "Switch!" He yelled as the other player finished his attack. He activated his sword skill again and this time killed the wolf. With the last thrust of his sword the wolf burst into shards and disappeared. the menu popped up telling Sanshain what he got. He sighed and accepted it. He looked at the other player and smiled. "I'm Sanshine. My real name is Ritchi." He put out his hand.