Moonlight Demon (GL LITRPG)

As Ash's training continued, she felt like she was picking up this new way of fighting, more and more. As the sun was starting to descend, and Ash's clothes, under her armor, were drenched in sweat, Yumi stood across from her with her naginata by her side. 
Ash narrowed her eyes and waited. Yumi nodded and instantly charged forwards. 
Ash thought as she waited for Yumi to get close enough. As soon as she was, she turned on her heel and stepped out of the way, before lunging forwards with a thrust of her gauntlet. Yumi ducked under it though, which Ash hadn't seen coming.
In a desperate, split-second decision, Ash hopped over Yumi's back. She ended up behind her and quickly, tried her hardest to turn around into an attack. Yumi dodged it easily, and Ash's arm ended up outstretched in front of her. Yumi grabbed her by the elbow and pulled her over her back, slamming her onto the ground, all with one hand. 
"Agh!" Ash cried out as her back hit the floor.
Ash looked up to see Yumi lightly place a foot on her chest. 
"A valiant effort, Savior," Yumi chuckled. "But it seems I got the better of you, yet again, though you are improving." 
"..." As Yumi walked away, Ash stood up a bit awkwardly. "Did I actually get better? Because every single one of these little fights has ended with me eating shit." 
"Improvement is a marathon, not a sprint, Ash," Keiko suddenly said, walking forwards. She had a bottle of water in her hands, along with a small towel. She handed over the bottle and reached up to wipe the sweat off of Ash's forehead with the towel. 
"What the fuck is a marathon?" Ash asked, between gulps of that water. 
"Uh, it's like a race. Anyway, the point is that improvement happens slowly," Keiko responded. 
"Gotcha."
Ash looked to her right and noticed that Kaori was being awfully quiet, sitting at a nearby table, alone. Ash walked up to her and sat down next to her. Yumi and Keiko followed. 
"So, since you're siphoning your stats into me, will you be fighting at all?" Ash asked. 
"Hm?" Kaori looked up at her. "Uh... I still need to be near you, so that the Mark of Love buff stays, but... I'm going to try to stay out of trouble." 
"Good," Ash nodded. She took a deep breath and looked down for a second. "I haven't forgotten, by the way." Kaori raised a brow as Ash told her that. "You know, what I said in the portal. Once this is done, we'll talk shit out. Just saying." 
Kaori nodded at that. 
"Thanks." 
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"Hi!" A voice called out to Luvine. She opened her eyes, her reminiscing stopping for the moment. She couldn't tell where the voice had come from, so Luvine had to look around as she sat at that pillar where Ash had given her the food previously. 
Right in front of her, there was a little girl with short reddish-orange hair and slightly dark skin who was looking back at Luvine with a smile. 
"W-What?" Luvine asked.
She looked to be right around her own age. The little girl was holding a cup of water. She extended her hands towards Luvine and grinned. 
"Water," the girl said simply. Luvine looked down at the cup and then back at her. 
"F-For me?" 
"Mhm," the girl nodded eagerly. "Mom told me it's good to share." 
"..." Luvine looked back at the cup and reached towards it. "Thanks." 
She grabbed it and took a sip. 
"My name's Opah," the little girl told her. "What's yours?" 
"... Luvine." 
"Ohhh. Hi Luvine!" Opah waved at her and Luvine basically gave her a look of awe. 
Almost immediately though, the girl ran away and Luvine's eyes followed her to where she was given something else by an incredibly strong-looking woman with a strikingly similar appearance. Then, she returned to Luvine's spot with a can of something.
"Here. Some food," Opah said. 
"Uh... I ate..." Luvine told her. 
"Oh. Okay," Opah replied and she ran off again, coming back with a book this time. "Let's read!" She said, pushing a book with a bunch of drawings right in front of Luvine's face. 
"I... I can't read," Luvine replied. 
"I can! I'll read for you." Opah responded and with that, she started reading from the book right in front of her. 
Luvine blinked as the girl kept going.