FIFTYFOUR- SPECIALIST AND SHOGUN

“I will tell them when it is the right time.” Minzy uttered as she dipped her toes onto the cold water of the stream.

“Ahhhh... it's cold... it's nice!” Minzy blurted trying to change the topic

“Don't you think, now is the right time to tell them... better now, that we are not yet in another battle than later when loyalty, trust and honesty is being tested!” Tao insisted as he clasped his hands behind him.

“He is a powerful player...” as Tao sat beside Minzy and joined her in dipping his toes in the water,

“Yah! This is cold really! How can you even withstand it?!” he immediately retreated his foot off of the water as he looked at Minzy

“Huh?” Minzy looked up at Tao with wonder in her eyes.

“The player you were with...” Tao started to explain as he stood up and brushed the dust off of his robe,

“...as you know I am a Monk and I like to keep my identity hidden since I am the renowned 1KPK... so I search for secluded places where I can level up and train myself... so I landed on the island of ISLA MISTERIOSA... that was where I saw you frequenting the place together with this guy... he is powerful... that I can say... cause I have never seen a player defeat an entire mob with just one swing of the hand.” Tao uttered remembering that particular scene.

“I'd rather explain myself to everybody than to repeat it over and over again...” Minzy trailed as she dried up her face and stood up preparing to go back to the camp.

“Let's go then... little missy” Tao stated with a smirk

~~~~~~~

Back at camp... everyone was starting to gather around the fire as it was starting to get cold.

“Are we safe out here?” Bom uttered as she looked around and saw nothing but darkness around them.

“They will fall into our trap first before they get close to us, heh!” Kai smirked confidently

“The nerve of them trying to ambush us, we will see about that!” Xiumin uttered getting all riled

“Just sit down and quiet yourself!” CL pulled Xiumin down beside her.

“You two are really a couple now, are you?” Suho smiled teasingly at the two

“Arasso... arasso... yes, yes we are!” CL shouted and then turned red in embarassment

“We are?!” Xiumin repeated with wide eyed amusement

“Of course you pabo! I wouldn't agree to go out and meet you if I didn't like you... duh!” CL uttered as a matter of factly

“Yah! She is my girlfriend! CL is my girlfriend! YES!!!” Xiumin jumped up for joy as CL just looked amusingly at Xiumin's reaction.

Then came from the dark, the two people who went towards the stream,

“Don't look now, but here is another couple coming our way! I envy them!” Bom pouted

“Don't worry noona, you have me by your side... kekekekeke” Sehun blinked his eyes in a cute way as Bom smiled and pinched his cheeks

“Arasso... you are such a baby!” Bom stated with a huge smile cuddling with the youngest male in their guild.

“Little Missy here has something to say.” Tao uttered in a serious tone as everyone's attention switched from Tao to Minzy.

Minzy stepped forward, drew a deep breath and then looked at each one of her members, she found a place to sit as she looked at Tao for confidence, which he then nodded.

“Arasso... hmmm... first of all I am very sorry for using you guys for my personal agenda.” Minzy stated with her head bowed down.

“I knew where you were headed and what you were after even before we met at the TICKTOCK EVENT in the DESERT... I had never found a group of players that were foolish enough to take on such a suicide quest... and I know I cannot make it on my own if I was to go there alone.” Minzy paused looking at Suho's affirmation, Suho smiled and nodded urging her to continue,

“I needed to go to that island in the hopes of finding someone dear to me... we were a tandem, him and I... more than that... we knew each other personally... he is a SHOGUN by profession...” Minzy was interrupted when Suho asked out of the blue

“What's his name?” everyone looked at Suho then back at Minzy for an answer

“His name is STYLE”

“Do you know him, Suho?” Lay asked while rubbing his chin

“Hmmm, I am familiar with the name, I have seen his name, he is on the top list of SHOGUNS... and if there is a SHOGUN who can farm in that island then STYLE is that player...” Suho explained

“If he is a high ranking player, then why isn't he that well known?” Baekhyun wondered

“He is well known alright... he is known by old players like me, Luhan-hyung, Dara, Chen, Tao... he was active in the PVP arena back then, but now he is very engrossed in boss hunting until he just went incognito... he just disappeared!” Suho stated

“Which is why I was so desperate to find a group who would help me and assist me to enter that island, that was the last place we went to... all the other players whom I have asked for help just brushed me off and deemed me crazy... they wouldn't risk their EXP to be lost for such an impossible quest to do... until I heard a talk from the town that a certain TRADER went off and took the quest... thus began my search for you guys... until we met fatefully during that BOSS EVENT.” Minzy exclaimed with her head lowered, not meeting any of the other's eyes.

“You know him personally... how are you related to him then?” Dara asked out of curiosity,

“W-ell... how should I put it without causing any misunderstandings?” Minzy paused to think for a while as she looked at Dara who was looking at her with a soft look on her face, which surprised the younger one

“Just say it as it is... we can understand it” Dara reassured her with a smile

“He is my boyfriend and we are step-siblings!”

With that answer, everyone was shocked and were scandalized with the revelation which brought out different reactions from everyone...

OMO!!! - Sehun

WHAT?! OUR BABY IS... I CAN'T THINK OF IT! - CL

ANDWAE!!! YOU ARE IN A FORBIDDEN RELATIONSHIP!!!- Chanyeol

URI MAKNAE IS CORRUPTED ALREADY!- Dara

YOU ARE ALREADY IN A RELATIONSHIP BEFORE YOUR UNNIES... I CANNOT!!!- Bom

LOVE LOVE LOVE IS IN THE AIR!!!- Baekhyun

O.O – D.O.

-_- Chen

SO WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY IS THAT YOU AND YOUR STEP BROTHER ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP?”- Xiumin

AND YOU ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT PLAYER... STYLE?- Tao

Minzy was quiet for a while waiting for everyone to calm down before she continue with her story.

“STYLE and I are step siblings yes... but we both have different set of parents, our parents were both widowers when they met each other and I was 10 years old when they married...and oppa that time was 14 years old...”

“...you can say we had an instant connection the moment we met and we felt something special for each other...years gone by our parents noticed how we were with each other, although our parents were not opposed with our relationship, my step-father asked oppa to live separately from us the moment he turned 18 years old...”

“...to avoid any misunderstandings, since I was still in high school... oppa was a hardcore gamer, and I always take the part of the support... when BLACK EXOTIC came out, he told me he wanted to try out the game and that was when he was very active in the PVP and hunting and levelling up until he got well known for his skills...” Minzy paused as she gathered her thoughts

“One day at the Tavern, we met a cloaked player and they talked in whispers, I was not interested with what they were talking about, but what caught my attention was Style's surprised reaction, he was shocked and his eyes were sharp with interest... then the next day, I saw determination in his eyes as we headed to that island Isla Misteriosa... we continued to farm there without me knowing what we were hunting or harvesting... as long as he was happy and I get to spend time with him, I was alright with it...”

“...we have been farming for a month on the same place... I was getting worried because I don't know what we were doing... what our purpose was... on the day, before he disappeared, he looked nervous, happy and excited, and then he gave me this MOD and told me something I won't forget...”

“It has always been my STYLE... now it's time for you to show your style...”