It has been 4 days since the incident in the Omega Representation Tournament that resulted in Team Omega winning the said tournament. Alice and Richard were in a park admiring the scenery. It was actually the night and the stars were very bright.

"The stars are very bright tonight, isn't it?" The brown-haired boy asked.

"Yeah." Answered the red-haired dark-skinned girl as she looks at the boy that she had a crush on for years. She looks around to see that no one was on sight, no Aeris, and certainly no annoying purple-haired cowgirl. This could be it! "Um...Richard..."

"Hmm?"

"I...Um...I..."

"Yeah what is it?" The brown-haired boy tilted his head in confusion.

"I want...what I mean to say is..." She took a deep breath and with a look of determination she spoke. "For the longest time, I...I really l-l-l-o-v-love...IloveYou!" There she said it! Awaiting the answer she was surprised that after a few seconds the boy chuckled.

"I know." That caught the girl off guard.

"Y-Y-You Do!" The face of the red-haired matched the color of her hair.

"Well yeah...aren't we married?" Oh, I guess he is...wait a minute...!

"M-M-Married?!"

"Yeah, last week remember?!" Just then Alice was dressed in a white wedding dress, while bells were ringing.

"Congratulations!" a lot of people said.

"I'm so proud of you Rick!" Frederick said applauding. Heidi puts a hand on Alice's shoulder.

"I hate to admit this but...you have won this love war." Love war? What on earth is she talking about?! In fact, what is happening?! First, she was with Richard in the park and now she is outside of a church in a wedding dress?!

"Alice..." She heard Richard call on her. "Alice!" Was the voice changing? "Honey! Wake Up!" And just like that. Puff! Alice with a gasp opened her eyes wide.

"It was all a dream!?" Alice groaned but blushed from embarrassment. This is the third dream in a row that had involved the brown-haired childhood friend. The first one was on the beach. She saw him without a shirt...with those abs...She quickly shook her head and stop herself from drooling before putting the pillow in her head. She wanted to die right now. This is so embarrassing!

"Honey are you up? Are you okay? I'm coming in!" Came a voice from the door. It was male and was very concerned.

"Ah! No dad, I-I'm fine! I-I was just thinking about something right now."

"...Okay...just so you know breakfast will be ready in 10 minutes okay?" He told Alice.

"Okay, Dad!" Alice sighed after hearing the footsteps of her father fading away indicating that he must have gone downstairs to the dining room. It was a shocker for everyone with the exception of Richard and Frederick that Alice has a very rich family. With her mother working on a company and her father being a successful author of a best-seller, it was no surprise how huge the house was. A large dining room, maids, butlers you name it all a typical princess will wish to have. Her father was a loving caring one too, being able to be there at their celebration party...However, her mother...she didn't even get here until almost midnight. When she heard the news that Richard was here she just simply gave a weak smile and said that it was great that he came. Alice takes a look at her necklace that has her legendary piece dangling. It hasn't intensified ever since the tournament. The door opened and out came one of the many maids of the house. She was probably here to replace the bed and pillow sheets with clean ones.

"Milady your bath is ready." She informed her.

"Hm." Alice just responded. She somehow feels like the distance between herself and her mother was widening and not for the better. But...she understands, without the company, they will not be able to be here and they will have to go back to Japan, and she does not want that to happen ever! She starts walking and opened her drawer to get her clothes (Underwear included) in order to take a shower and proceed to get to the dining room.

()

In the big dining room, maids and butlers were serving breakfast to the Hishikawa family. This is the first time in months that the three of them have eaten together. Ayane Hishikawa is the C.E.O. Of her own company Hishikawa's enterprise, hence why she is not at home most of the time and other times she is overseas on business meetings. She was on her gray business suit meaning that she wouldn't be here for long. Alice came out dressed like a princess with a light blue dress with heels to match. Her socks were long and white while she wore her necklace. She also had a ruby ornament that tied her hair into a ponytail. If students of her school saw her they will definitely ask her hand in marriage.

"Here you go Milady." said one of the butlers as he gives Alice her breakfast.

"Good Morning, Alice."

"Morning Dad...Morning Mother."

"Good Morning. So, how's your week been?"

"I have been fine, We been thinking about who we need to complete our team for the Omega World Tournament." The red-haired girl was excited this could be the opportunity to join both Team Alpha and Omega together, however, that's only 7 members and they will need 2 more...Hmm, if they ask Emuna would she say yes to them? Then...there's Lahaska. She would not lie she felt that her friendship with the black-haired teen was betrayed when she discovered that she was the same person that had been hacking the game. However, she was mostly controlled by her legendary piece the Pentagon Of Manipulation so she really feels more sorry than angry at her. Lahaska made sure it will not happen again since she threw what remains of the legendary piece into the river near the Eiffel Tower.

"I see...that is great to hear my dear." There it is again...that smile. Alice doesn't know why but she feels upset whenever she sees it. They continue eating before Alice spoke again.

"Mom, I'm going to Richard's house with Frederick so we can discuss who we need to choose as our teammates for the upcoming tournament. It's great too, the tournament was announced to be in Japan!"

"Isn't that great dear!?" Ayane instinctively slams her fist into the table making Alice flinch. "Dear?"

"I must apologize. Alice honey, it is great that you have found something that you find to be fun and I am proud of you for being in a world tournament. However, I do not think you should be hanging with that kid a lot."

"Why?" Alice questioned her mother.

"How are your studies?"

"There...have been fine."

"Do not lie to me."

"I am not."

"Jessenia, my daughter's exam results from the last two months."

"Yes." A maid said. She was dressed more differently than the other maids in fact if it wasn't for her headband people will think that she is Ayane's secretary instead of her personal main maid. She pressed a button and a big screen appeared in the middle of the table. It showed Alice's name with a lot of grades from different classes, from math to even history.

"You usually will always have straight A's back in middle school but ever since you reach high school your grades have been deteriorating. Explain to me why is that?" Her mother awaited Alice's answer.

"They...There have been difficult classes."

"Difficult you say. You mention Richard a lot. You have been very distracted by him, don't you?" Alice's silence confirms it. "I see..." Ayane sighed in disappointment.

"Dear."

"My only daughter, in love with a Kurosagi. From here on you will not hang in that boy's house is that clear?"

"What?! You can't just do that! They need me!"

"Do not raise your voice to me, young lady." Despite her daughter raising her voice at her and being upset by this decision, Ayane remained with her calm and yet cold expression.

"Dear, I do not think that's a good idea. I mean I don't know about this grudge you have with the Kurosagi's but I met the boy, he seems like a pretty good kid. Even her friends seem like people that care about our daughter's well being."

"I am not against her hanging with other girls and she can have a few boys as her friends too. However, Kurosagi is an exception."

"Why? Didn't you and Richard's father met during..." Ayane slams her fist this time making even her husband flinch. Jessenia remains calm as her master.

"My decision is final and what happened with me and Him is buried in the past. She will not marry a Kurosagi. You can have your reunions in this house, however, Jessenia will be watching you when they happen." So she was going to be a prisoner in this house!? So now her freedom is no longer hers!? Why is it that her mother is trying so hard to now distance her from Richard?! Alice would've argued with her mother more but a ring-tone interrupt the family's conversation. One of the Maids hand over a light red C.C. to Jessenia in order to give it to Ayane.

"Milady." Ayane nodded before she composes herself.

"Hello? Yes, this is Ayane Hishikawa you're speaking to...Hmm? Yes. I see...I understand. Right now I am at home having a conversation with my family. No, no need to apologize I know this is important for both our companies. Yes, I will call you when I get to my office. Good Day, Mr. Mishimotto." The whole conversation was in Japanese so Alice and her husband assume it was one of Ayane's many businessmen that are partnered with Ayane's company. She looks at her daughter.

"We will discuss this later young lady. Jessenia makes sure to inform our guest about what I told my daughter. I entrust you with this task, okay?" The calm maid looks at her master before nodding.

"Yes, Milady."

"Good. I'm going, Dear have a wonderful day at work."

"Yes, you too. I love you." Ayane gave her husband a smile. Despite this situation occurring Mr. Hishikawa cannot hate her wife. She means well to her daughter he just wishes that she not only spends time with her daughter more but that she would not be very overprotective of her.

"Me too." Alice was upset with her mother and rightfully so. She is being treated like a princess that needs protection 24/7! And now she has the short lilac-haired maid watching her. Jessenia is a maid that takes her job seriously, in fact, she is mostly a bodyguard disguise as a maid. Expert in hand-to-hand combat, Info gatherer, even a great chef, Nothing will escape that woman's sight.

"Don't hate your mother. She cares about you. I know she can be very overprotective of you but...it is for the right reasons. You are the daughter of a big company after all." Alice sighed.

"Dad...I'm not a little girl anymore."

"I know, You are a very independent girl, however, it does not change the fact that many people will be after you if they find out. Your mother has kept you for years in secret." Alice somehow felt hurt by this. It's as if her mother was embarrassed about having a daughter, her own flesh, and blood. Their distance couldn't get farther even if they try anymore. Her dad sees this and puts a hand on her shoulder. "We love you, Alice. If someone were to kidnap you...we don't know what we will do. I'll tell you what, I will do what I can to convince your mother to change her mind about this situation. I cannot promise you that you will be able to go to Kurosagi's home but at least you can go outside without any worries or trying to sneak in the secret passage." Alice giggles.

"Dad, that was one time and I was 12. I was very curious I might add."

"Hehe, I know. So, my daughter will participate in a world tournament and in our home country none less. It makes me proud to have a very determined daughter."

"Thanks...Dad." He nodded.

"Anytime."

()

"So from here on, we need to do our reunions here?" Asked the brown-haired leader.

"Yeah." Alice sighed.

"Is okay, Alice. Thou this seems like you are grounded or something."

"More like imprisoned," Alice told Frederick.

"I didn't know Alice's mother was very strict." The pink-haired girl told.

"Milady is being very careful of Lady Alice's well being."

"Um, Alice I didn't want to bother but...Who is she?" asked the brown-haired boy. Ever since they were told by Alice that they have to talk about strategies here instead of his home the lilac-haired maid hasn't taken her eyes off him.

"She's...my mother's personal main maid. Her name is Jessenia Amberland she has been with us since I was a child."

"Oh."

"Oh yeah! Since we are in the world tournament we need to practice."

"But I can't go out. Didn't you heard what Jessenia told you early?" Alice pointed out to her childhood friend and owner of the Diamond Dragonite.

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that!" This confuses Alice and the rest. Jessenia was also curious about what the brown-haired boy was saying.

"Um, Rick you need to be more specific."

"Which is why all of you are here too," Richard told to Frederick and Team Alpha.

"Um, Richard I still don't get..." All of their C.C. rang at the same time with the exception of the brown-haired one.

"A message?"

"From The President?" They open it and a video appeared.

'A hello Team Omega, Team Alpha. I will like to apologize again for the incident that resulted in you, Team Alpha's profiles being hacked and to add ruining a spectacular match that could've gone either way. Now on to the message, Since Team Omega is the one representing France in the upcoming World Tournament I've decided to give you or more specifically your leader Richard Kurosagi our latest invention.' Kishima took something from his pocket. It was a bracelet with a number and a letter on it.

'This right here as you can see is a Dimensional Omega Bracelet Initiator. But, you can call it DOBI for shorts. Ahem, in any case with this one you can enter Omega at any time without the need to get out of your house. Isn't it incredible? Of course, you won't be able to play against other players as this is only for practicing between yourselves and other players that own these bracelets. They are only given of course to the winners of each Omega Representation Tournament. Now is simple how this work, you see this button over here in the middle that is colored red will turn on the program.' He proceeded to press the button and a voice came up

'Initializing Dimensional Omega Bracelet Initiator, please select one of these following stages.' A screen appeared very small for any of them to see.

'Now let's select this one.' Leos touched and his surrounding appeared and he was in a big grassy field with a Huge Gym from afar.

"Awesome." The brown-haired boy said in awe as everyone else.

'As you can see this is a replica of our Training Field. The number represents the number of the position you will represent. Core is 1, Powerhouse 2 & 3, Scouters 4, Sniper 5, Walls 6 & 7, Supporter 8, and last but not least Magical at 9. The letter right here is the group that you will represent the one I have is Theta that means I am in that group. Yours, Team Omega will be the fitting and obvious Omega letter. You can use this Bracelet as many as 4 times per day. Once the limit of time has been reached the bracelet will initialize its lock-down and you will not be able to access until the required 24 hours have been reached. You can change stages at any time but it will use one of your 4 uses so be wise when using it. Oh yeah! I almost forgot to tell you this. In order to use your battle class in Omega, you must say these words. DOBI initialize Combat Mode.'

'Initializing Combat Mode.' A Leos was encased in a black cube before it flashed. When the cube opened Leos was clad in a Golden Roman attire. In his hand, he had a sword that had fire surrounding it while his red cape had a Blue Dragon and a Black Hydra insignia that seems to be ready to clash with each other.

"That's so cool no matter how many times I see it!!!!" Of course, the brown-haired will like this. Thou, the others have to admit this was really advance, and only World Championship participants can use this? Will that explain why Richard was so versatile in Omega? Hmm, no wonder Alice and Frederick saw multiple people including the brown-haired itself having these bracelets. Richard is not the type to show up so they never knew what it did they just assume it was just a decorative ticket that recognized him as a participant nothing more.

'Now, this is a bit different once you initialize the Combat Mode you cannot, I repeat cannot change back until you log out of the system. In order to do that you must say this. DOBI end Session.'

'Ending session, login out of the world.' The voice said before a flash completely covered the screen before Leos was back in his office and in his normal attire.

'Now that I have explained everything in detail I hope that you take care of them. You will only have them until the end of the Omega World Tournament Opening Ceremony. So practice as much as you can and I will be seeing you all in the future. Take Care and Good Luck.' With that, the video ended.

"That was..."

"Awesome, Right?! Man, I remember the first time I got the message, Being in Omega without going to the Omega Arcade Station, I could be all day and never get tired of it!" The knew that the boy was telling the truth. There was no way that he will not be all day practicing with this bracelet. He then took out 7 bracelets from his backpack. There were all colored orange and had the Omega letter engraved on them.

"Hmm, they seem to be a bit big don't you think?"

"Oh don't worry I guess he forgot to say that they adjust to the size of our wrists." The brown-haired boy told Frederick.

"Oh, they do," Alice said as she put the bracelet on.

"It is very neat!"

"Is no problem right, Jessenia?" The red-haired girl asked the maid.

"As long as you do not get out of the house it is allowed," Jessenia told Alice.

"Don't worry we don't move from the spot we're in once we enter Omega."

"I was wondering, why did you call us to come here, Richard?" Asked his pink-haired childhood friend.

"Oh! it's because we wanted to ask you, girls, something. Since we need more people in order to complete all 9 spots We were going to ask, Will you four like to join our team?"

"Richard." That will explain why they received the video message! Did Leos somehow know that they will accept the offer? I mean he has the Hexagon Of Fate so it meant that they might meet Leos in a situation that the president is involved in the near future. Nevertheless joining her childhood friends in The World tournament...Is he making up for what happened four days ago?

"Is okay if you don't have the answers now..."

"We accept." That was fast! But Nevertheless, that made the group happy, now only 2 spots left to fill.

"That great!"

"Is the least we can do after you save us from the incident," Adel added a reason why they were joining.

"But if we're 7 we will need one more in order to train in groups of 2," Aeris said to the group.

"If that is the case...then allow me to be part of this."

"Huh?"

"Jessenia?"

"If it is to help Lady Alice in her training for the upcoming World Tournament, then it will be wise to let me join to train."

"Have you ever play this game before Jessenia? I mean you don't seem like the type to..." Alice said before trailing off.

"Milady always taught me to be prepared for any situation. That includes entering games such as this."

"Okay."

"Well, that settles it! Now..." Richard handed a bracelet to the maid before the brown-haired boy activates DOBI.

'Initializing Dimensional Omega Bracelet Initiator, please select one of these following stages.' A screen appeared.

"So which one we should choose."

"I think that decision should be more on who we pair up with. Each of us can choose a stage to train. It will be good so we can all share our flaws and our strengths." Aeris told him.

"She is right."

"I will choose Frederick, I need to learn how to have a better match-up against snipers." Adel pointed out. That was her weakest match-up since, unlike Scouters who need to get close to attack her snipers can be in an unreachable distance and still hit her.

"Sounds fair, It will help me to learn more about powerhouses better, No offense Alice."

"Oh...none taken," Alice assured him.

"If that's the case then...I will choose Genre."

"...Hm." Genre responded to the pink-haired girl who took that as a yes.

"That leaves the four of us," Richard said looking toward Yuma, Alice, and Jessenia. Hmm, He has never seen that girl before and he is always excited to fight new people. Then again he can fight against a fellow scouter but then again speed shouldn't be a problem. Then...there's Alice. Hmm, he hasn't been good as a powerhouse so she can give him tips on how to become a better one. But...does it really...well...then again...GAH! Why does his head hurt now!?

"I think he is undecided." Aeris sighed.

"Figures."

"If I may suggest, it will be wise if I..." Jessenia started speaking. Alice, on the other hand, could have an opportunity to be with the brown-haired boy...alone in a stage...Alone...just like...!

"Alice are you alright?!" Richard asked the now tomato girl who has smokes coming out of her head as she remembers her dream.

"Alice Rhythm...is unstable." The blonde stoic girl said before hearing a j-pop-music on her headphones. Unstable? Oh, now Yuma sees. So the red-haired girl is actually...

"Lady Alice I will like for you to..."

"If that's the case I will pair up with Jessenia."

"Huh?"

"Yuma?" Both the brown-haired boy and the pink-haired one confused by Yuma's suggestion.

"She is the wild card. I am just doing it as if we were in the game. If we don't know one of our opponents then it's wise to send a scouter to scout him or her."

"But I'm a scouter too!" The brown-haired told almost like a whine. He was really looking forward to facing the maid.

"I...I guess..." Aeris told.

"Aeris...Rhythm...very low...worry about something."

"N-No I'm not worried is just..." Aeris said before trailing off.

"Well...I guess we can go that way. After all, I need to talk to Alice about something." About something? What could he possibly think of asking the red-haired girl? But...if this is the way to make sure these two are alone and Alice gets her opportunity to get closer to Richard then Yuma's job was accomplished.

"Then that's that. You do not have any problems. Right, Jessenia?" The maid just stares at Yuma for a few seconds before responding.

"I am not against it. However, May I suggest a time limit?"

"Time limit?"

"Yes, this practice section will be limited to 40 minutes is that fair with all of you?" 40 minutes? Hmm, that is a pretty reasonable time. In fact, that is the amount of time that an average 9 vs 9 match takes, 40-55 to be exact.

"Fair enough," Yuma told the maid.

"I'm okay with it." Frederick agreed.

"...I-I guess so..." Said the pink-haired hesitant.

"Alright then let's not waste time and let's go! Alice, we're going to the training field!" The excited brown-haired boy before quickly selecting the stage and disappearing.

"Richard Wait!" It was too late and she sighed. "I'll see you in 40 minutes guys, Jessenia." She said before she too disappears before everyone follows.

()

"This is exciting!" The brown-haired boy said looking around. He hasn't initialized Combat Mode yet so he was still on his casual clothes of a blue with black on the sleeves shirt and dark blue jeans with white and blue on the bottom sneakers.

"Richard." He looks to see his partner still in her casual clothes. Red Shirt with a white kitten plush design along with a light blue skirt, and long white socks along with black sneakers.

"Alice. Hm, we should start practicing now since we have less than 40 minutes to do so." Richard told his red-haired childhood friend. "DOBI initialize Combat Mode."

'Initializing Combat Mode.' Richard is enclosed inside the cube and in seconds appears in his traveling outfit. He sees a cube in front of him and in seconds his childhood friend emerges with her priest attire.

"Alright let's get this started!" The boy said before activating his Core shift to change into the powerhouse class.

"Right!"

()

The others have started training on their own. Frederick is dodging the slashes of Adel before he distances away and shoots some arrows which the brown-haired girl cuts in half. Frederick being a sniper took this to throw one of his special arrows and froze the floor beneath Adel who had to keep herself balanced so she would slip and fall. However, she had to twist her body in order to dodge one of Frederick's incoming arrows before deflecting another with her katana.

"That wasn't bad." Adel complemented the elf archer on his unexpected freezing arrow shot.

"Thanks, you deflecting the arrows like that was incredible. Tho you're now in a very disadvantageous spot." He did have a point being in Western Omega does not help especially when she is standing in ice and a sandstorm can come at any minute, which will give the sniper an even bigger advantage.

()

Meanwhile, on another stage, Aeris and Genre were starting their sparing section. The pink-haired girl has been thinking about Alice and Richard sparing alone. That for some reason didn't seem right to her. It doesn't help that thinking about is very distracting and it showed as she barely could dodge Genre spike walls.

"Aeris...your Rhythm...is increasing." The blonde stoic girl simply said.

"I-I'm sorry."

"Don't be..." Genre continues her attacks. It seems that something was distracting the pink-haired girl and the blonde has a suspicion of to what that something is.

As this practice sections were happening another one was more...intense. Yuma was surprised to discover that the maid was more than just that. Jessenia held a huge war-hammer that made the black-haired Japanese teen wonder how on earth can she hold something that huge with her slim body? Her attire was similar to a Valkyrie with her dark blue battle skirt and chest plate. She was assuming she was a powerhouse because of the weapon but boy was she wrong!

"Your speed is lacking, As a scouter, you must always outspeed your opponent even scouter from other teams." The maid told Yuma as she dodges the kunai's easily with her speed and swung her mammoth hammer. Yuma dodges before smiling. This was all worth it.

()

Back to the Training Field level, the earth started to shake because of both childhood friend's blows. Richard however, since this was his weakest class had more of a struggle fighting in this class than the already used to it red-haired who had no problem struggling with the brown-haired boy's attack. Sure he will probably wipe the floor with her if he was in his default class but since this is to train the brown-haired boy how to be a better powerhouse there were no problems with her taking on her childhood friend.

"Richard you have to put more strength into your moves! Remember you can't chain your attacks easily while in this class. Powerhouse tends to finish their opponents in 2 to 3 hits and they really make them count." Alice told her childhood friend as he is backed off before the red-haired dark-skinned girl release the chain of her pole.

"Whoa!" Being sluggish the brown-haired boy barely dodged the attack. Man, being a powerhouse is a lot more difficult than he thought. He thought you just go there and power your way through the opponents but is more than that, you have to know when to strike and when you do, it has to be a sure K.O.

The two teens go at it for 30 minutes before they decided to take the last 10 minutes to rest.

"Hmm, maybe I went a little overboard," Alice told herself as she saw the brown-haired boy slumped, exhausted, and with hit marks all over his body.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow...." His childhood friend frowned out of pity but she knew that it will not be the same situation if the brown-haired boy fought against a core powerhouse who might be more skilled than Harry.

"Um, say let's go for a walk!" The red-haired suggested.

"Okay, Man, being a powerhouse is harder than being a scouter. How do you manage to hit people at that speed."

"Is normal speed, since Scouters rely on speed too much you already think you can chain a slash with another in which is not the case. Your giving speed for power and vice-versa so in hindsight you need to do more damage as a scout than when you are a powerhouse."

"Still..." Alice sighed.

"Richard."

"Yeah?"

"Back there...when you became what it looked like a dragon."

"Oh yeah! It was pretty cool! You see I met this girl somewhere and this big blue dragon!"

"A girl...w-what kind of girl?"

"Hmm let see. For starter she had long teal-colored hair, she was also less tall than you oh and her eyes were red with an Omega symbol on them." The boy explained as best as he could.

"Oh...Did she, um say something?"

"Hmm, well she did show me how to awaken the Omega Eyes."

"Omega what?"

"Yeah, I said that too. Anyway, She said to touch the dragon and that's how I had that cool form."

"Oh...Um, does anyone know about this?"

"Nope, your the first one to ask me that. Oh, say did something happen when I was doing all of that? I saw you sleeping on the ground." Alice blushed red.

"Oh, er, I guess I woke my legendary piece?"

"Really cool! So what does it do?!"

"I...really don't want to remember," Alice said with a distant expression.

"But isn't great."

"Eh?"

"Is like we were linked together by this," The brown-haired boy stopped at the bridge before holding the Diamond Dragonite in his left palm.

"Yeah," The red-haired agreed as she looks at her Ragging Sphere. Who knew that these necklaces will bind them together. Albeit it is for other reasons that are still not explained completely by the President and Richard's parents but...Hmm, she wonders if her mother knows about this. Her mother...if only she can understand...

"Alice..."

"What?"

"You're crying."

"Eh?" She puts her right hand on her right cheek and as he said there were indeed tears. "That's strange why...why am I crying? I..." The brown-haired boy frowned before he goes and hugs the girl in an attempt to comfort her. This, however, made Alice blush, even more, redder than her hair.

"R-R-R-R-R-Richard! W-What are you doing?!"

"Oh! Sorry if I hug you that suddenly I just thought that it will make you feel better so you know there someone you can talk to." The boy explained.

"W-Well..." She stuttered tho she has to admit she felt warm that the boy was concerned for her. This is one of the many reasons why she is...

"Hey, we are friends, right? So whatever troubles you let me know, besides is no good to ruin your face like that." He said before making funny faces to make her laugh which it did after a few attempts.

"Thank you, Richard, I-I Really need it that," Alice told her childhood crush as she wipes the tears from her eyes these ones were from laughter.

"Anytime." He then looks at the river. "Is nice, isn't it?"

"Eh?"

"The Environment, we never have any time to actually see it since we're constantly fighting but...this place looks really relaxing and beautiful." Alice looks around. He wasn't wrong the place looks very beautiful especially the two of them...alone...in this bridge...bridge...bridge...Wait, this bridge...isn't it look familiar. This scenery...Oh, my Omega! It is exactly the same as in her dream! The exception that it was not night but the middle of the day! "Alice?"

"Ep!" She turned very awkwardly toward the brown-haired boy she could have sworn that she moved like a robot.

"Are you alright?"

"Ah, Y-Y-Yeah nothing to worry about." She nervously laughs. ('Come on Alice get it together!') she took a deep breath before slapping her face twice.

"Er, Alice?" The boy was confused as heck. He wonders what was happening with Alice, tho he is glad she is back to normal...sort of.

"Richard!"

"Yes!!?" This is it! This time it will not be a dream! She will make it a reality.

"I...I for a long time...I-I-I..."

"Er, yes?"

"I-I-I-I-I- Really...L...L...L..."

"Live? Lost? Wait did you lose on one of your battles on Haruka War?!" The clueless boy said.

"Huh?! No! There's no way I will lose on that game! Wait that's not what I wanted to say!" Alice said to him. She is getting distracted, is now or never she has to say it now!

"Oh!"

"Would you listen?"

"Well, I am listening."

"Okay..." She took another deep breath before looking at him with a determined face. "Richard...We have been childhood friends for a long time. Since then I always admired how you protected me from those bullies when we met the first time. Because of that, I try my best to have more courage in myself. You and Frederick have always been there when I am in trouble. Also...um, you believe in me when I named our team after our parent's team name. Even more, you have saved me in Omega multiple times and for that, I am grateful to have a childhood friend as nice and caring as yourself. But...What I am trying to say is...Richard, I-I'm...I'm...I...R-Really..."

"Really what, Lady Alice?" Alice quickly looks to see the stern look of Jessenia.

"J-J-J-Jessenia!" The maid looks to the red-haired girl and then to Richard.

"Time's up." She sternly said.

"Already? Aw, man, and just when I was ready to have another round!" The brown-haired boy said disappointedly. "Oh well, DOBI end session."

'Ending session, login out of the world.' The voice said before a flash completely covered everyone and they were back to their world.

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"That's that. Thou I wanted to train more."

"We can train more tomorrow Rick, right now I have to go help mom with her shop."

"We have to go too Aeris needs our help arranging her home."

"Why?" Alice asked.

"My parents will come to visit and since we all live in the same house we need to do our share," Aeris explained. The pink-haired girl was worried that they did something but from the looks of it, nothing happens which somehow put her at ease.

"Oh, I see."

"Man...well I guess I can't argue with you guys. Anyway, I guess we will see you tomorrow then Alice!" They all left. Before the brown-haired boy took his leave Alice yelled at him.

"Richard!"

"Huh?" He looks behind to see Alice.

"Before you go, I wanted to tell you that I..." She pauses for a moment before she smiles. "I'm glad that I have the best childhood friend in the world!" Richard grins at that.

"Right!!" He left. Someday...

"Someday...I will..." The red-haired girl said to herself before she went back inside. Even if it takes this summer, or fall, winter, or even next year! She will find a way to tell Richard Kurosagi how much she loves him.