The rest of celestial guilds eyes widen and Touma for once loses his smile.

Yuko(In mind): So I-If I can't keep up...I’m as good dead for real for real this time huh, but I don't want to die...I DON'T WANT TO! If I think of all the screw ups I’ve made in Battle Frontier, I’d be dead right now….why am I so weak?! Why...

Akira: I need some proof or this is fake, it has to be some sort of Halloween prank!

Toki: Akira, here, look…

She shows her an empty 360° view of her room for her headset camera, it's empty in her room.

Akira: How do you get to that?

Toki: Start, camera settings, headset camera.

Akira: That could be edited footage!

Toki: Well the only other proof I have for you is to get killed yourself and see; you've seen what the strikers did right? I don't what that to be you or any us.

Akira: Oh yeah, haha I forgot, but the monsters are weak right now so there's nothing fear.

Rin: Regardless of that, what kind of a sick game is this? He's toying around with the lives of millions while maintaining a calm demeanor about it as if it meant nothing to him….tch!

Touma: I can see not a single ethic went to his mind to conclude on such a rash decision; but the real question at hand is..what’ll the real world do about the disappearance of large amount of people?

Toki: ...I can't bear to think of the image of my parents faces when they find out I'm gone and report me miss; I mean if he's gone this far I'm sure he'd be smart enough to figure something out; but why would Square do this when we've supported them for years? Why..why would Square do this to us?

Rin: We all need the time to accept our new reality, even I do, but we can't sit here and grieve about it forever either; heh we don't have much of a choice, the only way to survive...is to fight.

Yuko stands up.

Yuko(Sad): Why?

Rin: Unfortunately, this is a true fittest game now with things you and I couldn't imagine to even think about; we need to get stronger to protect ourselves and each other most importantly....we won't do that by sitting here waiting and then you have to factor in the weight of the army that will invade.

Yuko(Sad): Will I die?.....I know I'm usel-

Rin(Places hand on his shoulder): Yuko. Look. You can count on us to keep you safe, we're your friends after all right?

Yuko goes in to hug Rin, but unknowingly drives his claws into Rin's back.

Rin(in pain): Eek!

Yuko: Whoops, sorry!

He quickly lets go.

Rin(In pain): N..no problem.

Akira: Rin is right, the only way to survive is to fight, and yeah, poor suckers that'll sit in the cities safe zone.

Toki: It can't be helped; people were put into a world of uncertainty with a choice, be killed now or be killed later, it's understandable why people would fear both paths, even I do. We'll fight through this though, I just know it, and we have each other in times of need. I'm not saying this will be easy but….

She walks in the front middle of where they are standing and places her hand out for a team hand stack.

Toki(Serene): We're in this, together!

Rin places his hand down first and Toki begins to blush.

Rin: I'm always happy to have all of your company with me.

The others follow suit.

Touma: Most certainly, you are all such enchanting people after all.

Akira: Mage of prowess ready to destroy anyone who stands in front of us!

Yuko(In mind): I don't know what to say.

Yuko: I'll try not to get killed I guess.

Rin(Looks at Yuko): Yuko, please.

They all all laugh.

Yuko(Out loud): THAT WASN'T A JOKE!!

Akira’s stomach growls.

Akira: You have to manage hunger as well? Ughh, this really does suck…

Toki: Hmm, there's a smart NPC owned restaurant in the central area. We should check it out!

Touma: A bite does sound rather prominent right now; my lonely stomach has had no one to play with in hours, aww poor thing being deprived of succulent rich meat for hours, it'll be okay tum-tum.

Silence…

Rin: Right, let's go!

They walk off to the restaurant in the central area.

6:40 pm

Real world at Rin's house.

Ms. Abe is coming home from an afternoon party and she is holding some bags of food and goods, she opens the door through eye-d (eye scans basically.) She sets the bags down on in the kitchen for them to be assorted and placed by the futuristic house’s tools; but there is another bag in her hand, she heads upstairs to Rin’s room and opens his door, she enters while pulling of the items in the bag.

Ms. Abe(Walking in and pulling gifts out): Rin, I got you a new finger desk mouse sensor and some new LED. Oh. Umm, Jinko.

Jinko: Hello, Ms. Abe, how may I be of assistance?  To serve is the sole purpose of why my manufacturers created me.

Ms. Abe: Jinko, have you seen Rin anywhere around?

Jinko: Hmm. Strange, it seems I do not have memory recollection of the past time frame zone between 4:15 pm to 4:50 pm. I am sorry; I do not know where he may have went off too during that time period. May I assist you with anything else, Ms. Abe?

Ms. Abe: Hmm, thank you Jinko, that's all I wanted to ask.

Jinko: Aw, I wanted to talk more about girly things such as: getting my nails done, make-up, boys, and pedicures, but if you insist, enjoy your afternoon Ms. Abe.

Jinko leaves and goes back into the network system.

Ms. Abe(In mind): That Jinko sure is a handful. (She walks through his room) I wonder where Rin could have possibly gone, he didn't mention he was going out somewhere today especially on a big game day. Hmm, his headset is on the floor..

She picks it up and inspects it including the inside, it looks normal, she places it back on his desk; she leaves the gifts she bought on his desk as well and walks out to leave the room.