Chapter 61

Doubling over, Toyo had to take several steps back as he tried to catch his breath.

"What the-" he began.

She glowered at him. "That's for your comment on the Portuguese Breakfast, you ass."

In spite of the pain, Toyo burst out laughing as he righted himself. He laid a hand on her shoulder.

"Which poor NPC did you break by asking what that meant? Please, I have to know."

Going red in the face, Naomi tried to punch him again, but Toyo continued sniggering as he batted her arms away. Fending her off was by no means easy. She was strong and quite fast, but he just couldn't stop laughing at the situation. Even as he defended himself, he silently praised the gods of perverse humor.

"You know," he said as he continued to block her strikes, "In my defense, it was you who brought up the whole thing in the first place, even if it was indirectly."

"Stop being a little bitch and just let me have my revenge!" Though she sounded determined to harm him, Toyo could see the smile on her face.

Jae, who had been standing there watching the whole thing, rolled his eyes.

"I'm not even going to ask."

Grabbing hold of Naomi's arms, Toyo held fast as he grinned wickedly at her. "I've got you now. Looks like you didn't think this revenge thing throu-"

Naomi kneed him in the groin.

Unable to cry out as the pain shot through him, Toyo let go of her and involuntarily clutched at his manhood as he toppled to the ground.

"Now I'm happy." She smiled cheerfully down at him. "That wasn't so bad now was it?"

Toyo attempted to smile back mockingly, but couldn't quite focus as he groaned in agony.

Straightening her sleeves, Naomi turned to Jae happily. "Hey, how's things Jae?"

Jae's gaze went from her cheerful smile to Toyo curled up in a ball on the ground, and then back to her.

"Hey Naomi! You just made my day."

She beamed. "Glad I could be of service." She rested a hand on her hip. "So, you gonna hang out with us?"

Jae shook his head sadly. "Can't. I have a meeting with the As-the raid party. I'll see you around though."

Stepping forward into the Portal, Jae gave Toyo a salute as he continued to writhe on the ground.

"Love ya bro, have fun."

Unable to speak, Toyo resigned himself to raising his middle finger at his brother.

Jae chuckled, then shouted the words. "Teleport, Fields of Gold!"

Stepping out of the Portal, Jae ignored his frustration at Toyo and instead took a quick look around. He was standing at a crossroads, where four dirt roads running out from several towns on Floor Two met, before continuing on to Urbus. Before him stood the reason for the name of the area: fields of golden wheat, stretching as far as the eye could see. Whenever the wind picked up, the wheat trembled in such a way that it almost looked like the gentle waves of an ocean's surface. He smiled as memories of Virginia Beach flashed in his mind.

Though Jae had lived in many places during his childhood, Virginia Beach had by far been his favorite. The beauty of the wide, sand swept beaches, the smell of the sea in the morning air, and the gentle calls of the seagulls had all but hypnotized him with their tranquility. Not to mention the tens of thousands of beautiful, bikini clad women wherever he turned. And then of course, there was the fact that that had been where he had met Toyo.

His small smile grew as he remembered the countless adventures the two of them had had together all those years ago. While Toyo thrived on being the troublemaker, Jae couldn't deny getting the two of them into a fair share of mischief himself. Albeit often with Toyo's constant encouragement. Still, for the most part it had been Jae's job to be the sensible brother. After all, Toyo had usually been too busy talking to girls and starting fights to worry about being sensible.

And now, though they were both several years out of high school, it seemed as though Jae was again playing the role of the sensible brother.

Some things never change. He sighed.

Walking along the dirt road leading west, deeper into the Fields of Gold, Jae shook his head bitterly as his thoughts began to race.

It's like highschool all over again, complete with life or death thrown in this time. Not that it bothers him. Here I am, risking my life to do what needs to be done, to save lives. And what does he do? He goes out on dates with Naomi. Jae stopped. No, no that's not true. What am I thinking?

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