Soon, one hour passes and they group back up, reviewing their match histories...
"DAMN IT!" Chise lost.
Fen and Sakura looked at each other.
"It seems we have tied. Ready for our match Fenny?" Sakura was pumped to be able to see her lover's ability up close.
"mn!" Fen nodded and they got up to the PVP area to have their tie breaker.
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(POV: Chise)
I watched as the group went to the private server area.
'I see why Sakura likes them...' I thought looking at their chests.
"Hey! Ya gonna stand there or ya gonna watch?" Sakura yelled to me, snapping me from my daze.
"Fine, I'm coming..." I jog over and follow Mary to the spectator section as she was inserting the code to the private server.
"What's the spectator place like?" I asked her.
"Impatient are you? hehe" She giggled as she pressed the [confirm] button, "Look for yourself."
Inside was a panel showing the arena with a remote and no seats?
"Where can we sit?"
"Just think of a chair and it'll appear, I learned by accident, teehee." I stare at her as a comfy chair materialized under her, so I did the same and started thinking of what I should use.
'This one... no maybe this, no...' Soon I got one, 'My chair I use for marathons of anime!'
And so my chair appears under me.
As I slide my tail through the chair and get comfy, I ask Mary something that has been in my mind for a while.
"How'd you meet, Sakura and Fen, I mean."
"For Saki-chan, it was on accident, she appeared in my living room, but I was drunk so I don't remember much, and spent the night." She giggled to herself, "As for Fen, we met her today at a cafe."
"... That's a fast romance..." I glance to her as she looks to me.
"Jealous?" She asked.
"no." 'A little, I wanna have some romance too~!'
"hehe, well my life will be a lot more entertaining now, if maybe a little dangerous." She moved her gaze back to the video, "By the way, nice swordplay."
I have nothing to say to that.
"It's about to start." She unmuted the video feed.
I look to the screen and see them, Sakura with no weapon and Fen with a gun and dagger.
"Hey Fenny, good luck." She got scales.
"You too." She readied her stance.
[3... 2... 1... FIGHT]
*BANG BANG*
Fen started off with two shots and blitzed towards Sakura.
*ting ting*
Sakura blocked the bullets and incidentally blocked her own view? 'weird why'd you do that?'
Fen reached her and slashed at her abdomen, only for the hand to be caught!?
Sakura flashed a slime before quickly losing it as the was a gun pointed to her head.
*BANG*
'SHE CAUGHT IT WITH HER TEETH!' I was almost standing in my chair, 'also when did she get those sharp teeth?'
They retreated from each other
"ptoo, that all yo got?" Sakura spat out the bullet.
"..." Fen said nothing as they circled each other.
*swoosh*
This time it was Sakura who attacked as she changed her arms to bladed tentacles.
*shing~ shing~...*
Fen reacted fast enough to block each slash with her blade. 'How is she able to block such a flurry of attacks!?'
"haha... HAHAHA!" Sakura was getting into it, though, 'It looks like her arms are starting to freeze, that must be Fen's ability.'
"HAHA... huh?" she looked as her arms stopped responding and her legs were frozen to the ground.
"Moh~, no fun~" Sakura whined but was still smiling with her sharp teeth.
Fen walked behind her and put the gun behind her in such a way that she can't possibly react to it being shot. "Give up?" She asked, putting a hand to Sakura's back.
"hehe, nah!"
*RIIP*
'OH MY GOD! SHE BIT OFF HER OWN ARMS!'
A new arm grew in its place but before it could do anything she stabbed into her with her claws and froze her insides and the round ended with a frozen Sakura, still smiling.
'THEY WERE SO COOL!' I thought as I glanced to Mary, who looked concerned.
"That was super cool right, right?" I grabbed her hands.
"Yes, though I don't like it when she does that... it looks painful..." She look to the Sakura statue.
"Umu umu. This gives me an idea for helping them."
"I'm listening."
I leaned in further, "A fan club for when school starts! both are going to be popular so it's just a matter of when!"
"... I don't see and disadvantages..."
"Imagine Sakura wearing cute clothes and Fen leaning into the cool beauty." I said in all seriousness.
"I'm in." 'She agreed!' "Though you're a little close."
It was only then that I realized my position.
"Sorry!" I backed away.
"fufu, don't worry about it." 'She laught at me~.' "Also your little personal slipped~."
"!!!" 'Oh no! I wha- nooo~ my image!'
"fufu, don't worry about it, we could all tell, your ears give you away~"
"... Really?" I check my head.
"Yes," She smiled, "It's kinda cute."
"H-hmph... wait I just realized we've all got one point." I look back to her.
"That we can discuss when we return to them."
*thump* *thump*
'why is my heart going all doki-doki like this?' I thought to myself and putting my hand over my heart.
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(POV: 3rd)-outside the battle sim
"wuh!" Sakura woke first, "That was weird."
Followed by Fen and the others.
"Hey guys!" Sakura waved to Mary and Chise.
"Hey Saki-chan," Mary gave a smile but it didn't feel real at all, "We have a bit to discuss."
*gulp* "Wh-What is it?" Sakura asked.
Mary approached her... and grabbed her by the horns and started shaking her head back and forth.
"Iyiwa~ s-t-o-p i-t M-a-r-y~" She stopped, "Why are you mad?"
"Because of your reckless actions against Fen." She scolded her with a stern look, "Why don't you just change your body so it misses?"
"... I never thought of that!" Sakura was back to being happy.
"Also we have another task to discuss." Mary looked to Chise who got the signal.
"We all tied!" Chise explained, "What should we do?"
This earned her a confused stare from Fen and Sakura before they realized what it meant.
"Why don't we each get a prize from each other?" Sakura suggested, "I gambled the points I earned on Fen and won a lot."
"Good idea." Fen gave a thumbs up to her.
And so they went to a terminal to redeem their earned rewards seeing who should get what, hiding said item from the person...
In no time they regrouped with boxes in hand and put them on a table.
"Who wants to go first?" Mary asked before suggesting anyways, "How about you Fen?"
Fen nodded and approached her box and opened it to find...
Snowflake earrings making her happy as she put them on.
Now it was Chise's turn and she got...
An anime girl mouse pad... with the breasts as wrist padding... greatly embarrassing her and getting a laugh from the others.
Sakura was next and she got...
a pair of hair accessories, one being a hair clip with a sakura flower and a pink ribbon that she tied to her tiny horn making passerby's pass out from her cuteness.
Finally it was Mary's box, and she opened it to find...
A mini doll of herself but as she picked it up by the arm... it zapped her, earning a laugh from the others as she looked to see it was equipped with a taser.
And so she started chasing the others with it, having fun with her little revenge.
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Soon a week passed and it was time for the entrance tests for the academies and Sakura and co. quickly found each other.
"I guess it's time, huh..." Sakura looked around at the crowd.
"mn" "Yeah..."
Fen and Chise nodded as well.
(To be continued)