One World Apart

I turn around surprised, hearing this unfamiliar voice call out towards me. 

The little girl rubbed her eyes and sat up, looking fatigued and exhausted. As she tries to stand up, she trips and falls on her face. 

"Guhh~~"

I rush forward to help her, but a barrier appears and blocks my way. I remember that the three hearts were needed to her, so I quickly pulled them out, and held them towrads her. Each of the hearts slowly move towards her chest, and after she absorbed the hearts, the barrier cracked and I was able to reach her. 

I bend down and reach to help her up, but Momo suddenly jumps out in front of me. I fall forward, landing right ontop of the girl, right as she fully opens her eyes. I was staring at two large beautiful eyes, with my hands on the ground besides her head.

"Eh!!!!"

I hear the scream and suddenly find myself flying backwards. She kicked me right in the 'painful part' whilst covering her body with her arms, a wave of red coming up her face.

"W-What are you d-doing?!"

"I s-s-swear it was an a-accident!"

It was very hard to string together that last sentence, but it had to be done.

She looks at me, and then to herself, seemingly coming to the realization that I was the one who gave back her three hearts.

She looks away slightly, saying

"I'm sorry...about that kick..."

"I-It's fine", I say, still bent over, covering my stomach.

As I lay there, the menu pops up and says some new things.

After hearing these notifications, I hear more rumbling sounds, and notice that the caves are collapsing. 

"Hurry! We have to run!"

I grab the girls hand and run towards the entrance of the tunnel, narrowly escaping the rocks falling from the ceiling. I quickly grab onto the rope and climb up the hole, finally seeing daylight after a long time. I take a look at the time and realize that its already Day 5, and I have been in the hole for three whole days. 

I look back down into the hole, and see it get filled up with dirt, and in a few seconds, the hole disappears and is replaced with green grass.

I sit on the ground, panting, with the little girl by my side, and it was at this time that Momo decided to appear.

"Congratulations on finishing the tutorial! I knew you could do it! Also, you should probably get that young girl registered as your companion!"

With that, Momo lands on my shoulder and waits silently.

I look back at the girl, and send a companion request towards her. Surprisingly, she accepts it and the menu pops up,

 1. Transportation

 2. Fighter

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Now comes the difficult part,

Lets keep it similar to Momo...

How about Ranko?

It suits her perfectly!

I look towards her, but her reaction seems to be the same as Momo's when she got her name.

Eh, it doesn't matter...

But now that that's settled, I want to explore the actual region, not just the tutorial area. 

As I was about to walk away, I realize that I forgot about somebody else,

"Um, hello?"

I hear [FMC] say.

"Oh yeah, whats it like on your side?"

"It's only been like three minutes. And I also got a recording in the menu..."

"Yeah, you can probably watch the whole fight in my point of view, without seeing just darkness."

"Very nice...anyways, I'm tired, I will be taking a nap for now. I'll call you some other time."

And the line hangs up.

A gust of fresh air blows across my face, and the sun shines bright in the sky. I look around me, and all the trees disappear, replaced with hills of lush green grass. All of that weird goo goes away, and the air turns clean, with animals reverting back to their normal state. The once dense and gloomy forest clears up, replaced with a calming serenity that is similar to that of the first village I visited.

The feeling of completion after the defeat of the mantis finally hits me hard. As I lay in the grass fields, I begin reminiscing of the times where I played video games on computer, but no adequate feelings came to. The feelings of exhilaration in fighting bosses of this world cannot be found anywhere else. The beautiful construction of the world brings feelings that could not be experienced in any other online game played.

After thinking for a few minutes, I get up, and stand in the fields, facing the wind. I have decided to devote all my energy in playing this game, and almost as if she could read my mind, Momo starts flying, and I follow her, with the unconscious Ranko in tow, as we find our way towards the real Land of Pride.