Full Dive: Eternal Phantasy

A few days passed as Misaki and her team plus Sato and his guild members made their way back to base camp. The entire time Misaki and Sato had been talking and joking around. Misaki had a smile on her face the entire time she was talking with him. They seemed to be getting along pretty well. 

Chiho and Chizuru felt a little left out. This was especially true for Chiho who felt like her place had been taken. That was her best friend! Chiho could remember all the times she had spent with Misaki. Playing games together, bathing together, and just plain hanging around doing nothing. It was not that she was mad at Misaki at all. It was more like she was jealous because it had been a long time since she had been able to bring out Misaki's true smile like Sato was doing this instant! She had longed to see that smile. That smile that used to be directed at her. But now it was not her that was able to bring it out but a man Misaki had just met! Chiho let out a long sigh as she mumbled to herself: "Maybe I should find a way to sneak into Misaki's room tonight..."

"What do you need to find Chiho?" A voice rang out in her ear. Hearing this voice caused Chiho to blush as she looked up at Misaki who was standing next to her. "Mi-Mi-Misaki why are you here?"

At some point while she was lost in thought, Misaki had appeared next to her! "Where am I supposed to be if not here? Are you not my best friend, my sister?" Misaki said jokingly. Misaki got tired of picking on Sato and noticed Chiho standing by herself lost in thought. She got a mischievous idea of scaring Chiho but when she tiptoed over getting ready to scare her she heard Chiho mumble something about finding something. So instead of scaring her, she called out to her.

"That's not what I mean, I thought you were with Colorless." Chiho replied. Her ears were still a little red. 

"Well yeah, I do enjoy talking with him and teasing him. It helps me relieve my stress. His reactions make me laugh but nothing more than that. I would much rather spend my time leveling with you guys but we have not had much downtime lately… By the way, Chiho what was it that you needed to find?" Chiho started to tear up since it had been a long time since Misaki called her real name. She had missed being called Chiho by Misaki. 

Chiho blushed once again and became flustered. There was no way she would tell Misaki the truth! All she could do was try to change the subject! "You called me Chiho outside the base, are you not going against your own rules?" 

"Yeah, I decided to get rid of that rule since both game and real world are basically the same now. No need to keep up the character name things. We can just let people choose how they want to be called. Either they can take their in game name or their real name. I will have someone set up an office for human relations when I get back. I plan to do a few more things that Chief Takahara suggested to make Dark Front more structured. Although it still won't be a democracy any time soon, I do not mind setting up some kind of structure to make things more convenient for others. Plus this will also give us a measure of how many people are with us. Also, I decided to form the Dark Front guild in the system. It will allow us to have a better idea of who is who, in an instant. Since we will be able to see our guild name next to their name when we target them." Misaki started to chat away with Chiho about this and that and what her future plans were as she asked Chiho's opinion. Chiho felt like Misaki really had not changed one bit since she became a full diver. It was like the old Misaki was back.

Chizuru who was watching everything on the side smiled seeing Chiho and Misaki talking like they used to.  "Oh? Not going to run over and join in?" 

Chizuru jumped from surprise and hit the man who had just snuck up on her. "Shinji can you not do that!? And no I will not go join them. Seeing them back to their normal high school girl selves is a good thing. I will let Nagasawa have today." 

"Eh? I thought you were in love with Misaki to the point that you would stop at nothing to get her?" Shinji asked somewhat confused.

"I won't interrupt the girl I love's friendship. Whether Nagasawa is a rival or not Misaki still cherishes her very much. How could I cause problems for the girl I love? " Chizuru answered she would never get in between Misaki and her friends. Though at the same time she would not stand for anyone trying to one up here either. She started to ponder a few things in her head as she thought: 'I wonder if I can bribe Shu'la to let me sneak in MIsaki's bed one of these nights...'

"Oh... " Shinji suddenly felt very depressed. He has liked Chizuru since he first laid eyes on her but the girl was obsessed with Misaki! He wondered if there would ever be a day that he might be able to get his feelings across to her.

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