It was just the beginning of summer vacation, and all CHS students could not be more grateful for that, although the male (and some female) students would miss seeing certain teachers. However, at Crystal Prep, with the exception of Vice Principal Cadence, the rest of the staff, and especially the still-director, do not have that same appreciation.

When the girls wanted to spend time together, they usually go to Sugar Cube Corner. From time to time to the house of Twilight or AppleJack to have fun (sometimes to drink cider, but that was not very often) or to have more space to practice their musical skills.
Rainbooms usually give small concerts at school at school festivals, but only in those days. Twilight was still impressed by her talent, especially by Sunset, (for whom she was in love since Friendship Games) because she was the only one capable of playing almost all the instruments they use, and besides that, she had a beautiful voice.

Since Princess Pony left, the role of the lead singer now fell to Shimmer, and she did not mind, but there are times when she paired with Rainbow Dash or Pinkie Pie.
Twilight had been offered to be a singer in the band, and although she rejected the first time, it was Sunset who managed to convince her to join the band after several attempts, and after that, the scientist girl sang, but that's not common, She is too shy to spend too much time on stage.

The last weeks of the young Sparkle have been very exhausting, and although she claims to be fine, occasionally she still has nightmares about Midnight, and other times, dreams somewhat ... "romantic" with Sunset and / or Daydream. .. sometimes even with both forms of Sunset. However, she manages to disguise it and concentrate on her studies.

Today they went to Twilight's house to have fun. Her room, although large, is not large enough for an improvisation session, but to have the 7 girls and also her former Crystal Prep classmates, it was enough. The shadowBolts would start visiting her shortly after the Friendship Games, and all of them gave an apology for their attitude months ago.

Even so, all the girls (Spike dog included) were having a good time. Some of them were eating, others talking about their activities these days, and sharing tips on fashion issues or pet health ... But a special group of girls were playing video games. A fighting game to be more precise. One with amazing music, charismatic characters and a surprisingly good story. As soon as Sunset and Pinkie were cheering on a couple of girls, the whole crowd is approaching the big wide screen.

"Wooah, this game is absolutely 20% cooler than the last one I brought" *BlazBlue CF -said Rainbow Dash, who was watching a game between AppleJack [Slayer] and Lemon Zest [Leo WhiteFang].

"And the music is AMAZING," -said Sunset excitedly.

At this moment Twilight got up and approached the group, hoping to get a new topic to talk to her in their rare moments alone.

"You really like the music of this game, right?" -Twilight asked and focused his attention on the song *Stolz.

"You're kidding?, We love it! even Fluttershy likes music ... Fluttershy, and you know she does not like rock or heavy metal music, you should give her a try, Twilight," -Dash said without turning around, since it was the third and last round.

"Were you really serious enough to make this a * Money Match *? What was the bet and how many rounds * First to * are you going to play?" -Sunset asked, and that drew Twilight's attention even more. that she does not know many of the terms they were using.

"What is a *Money Match, and a *First to?" -Twilight was confused about the language they were using.

"Oh, that's right, you do not play this kind of games with us, right? Well, a *Money Match is a hand-to-hand bet between two people. You can use almost any game that is 1 on 1, but the term it is used more frequently in the Fighting Games, and the *First to is the number of rounds that they play, and whoever arrives first at that amount of winning rounds wins, both parties bet exactly the same amount of money. it was the explanation that Sunset gave to Twilight.

"She's right, and in this case, it's a set from First to 7, if Applejack wins this, they'll be tied with 6 wins each, and the seventh round will decide the winner, but if she loses here, well, Lemon Zest will gain 20 bits." -Sugar Coat gives him the rest of the explanation.

Since Twilight moved to CHS, the girl who missed her the most in Crystal Prep was Sugar Coat, and now, she'll do anything to draw Twilight's attention to her, but soon she began to notice how nervous Twilight was when Sunset was close. Both girls are respectful of each other, but the "friendship" ended there. The funny thing is that both began to attract Twilight, however, try not to be surprised by the other, so there was always a very small, but noticeable *tension.

In the end, Lemon Zest won the battle, with only a pixel of life, and after giving a slight handshake to each other, AJ gave him the money in hand.

"Wow, that was a really tense round, but a bet is a bet, you won Lemon Zest, good game." -Then Applejack yawned- "Whoooa, I'm tired, does anyone else want to play?"

"I'm hungry too, what about you Twilight? Do you want to try to play? You can practice with the other *DareDevils here, I lend you my control" -Lemon Zest offers to use his own *Fightpad. Twilight was not sure about that, but she really wanted to share more interests in common with her friends, and especially with Sunset.

"Thanks, but I do not even know how to play it, and that may take a while to learn, right?"

"I can teach you if you want" -Sunset and Sugarcoat said at the same time, and it was a little surprise for the rest of the gang, but above all, for themselves, while they looked strange and a little serious.

"Y-yes, if you two teach me how to play, I'm pretty sure I'll learn fast. Ok."

"I- I also want to learn- well, if that's okay with you" -Fluttershy asked her to join "the class" while hiding her face in her hair.

"I can show you all my incredible movements in my house, Shy" -Rainbow whispered in her ear, causing the shy girl to feel a shiver all over her back, and then told Sunset and SugarCoat to focus on Twilight.

That left Twilight as the only student that afternoon. Rarity then approached his girlfriend to cheer her up, while Sour Sweet did the same with Lemon Zest.

"Do not be sad, honey, it was an amazing fight, I was definitely hooked to my seat, and they all sure felt the same." Then she hugs her, resting her neck on AJ's chest.

"For a moment, I thought you were going to lose! It was very exciting to see it!" -Sour Sweet embraced Lemon Zest affectionately.

"What surprised me was that neither of them tried to use the *Instant Kill in that round." -Now it was the turn of the always-energetic Pinkie Pie to comment on the final round.

"Well, that's not uncommon, I mean, you know what happens if you can not connect that movement... and the price for failure is very high in a final round."

"It seems that you all know very well how to play this game" -said Twilight with a little envy and sadness.

"Not all of us Twilight ... Yes, well, all of us, except you and Fluttershy, know the basics, but the ones with advanced technology * here are Sunset, Dash, AJ, Pinkie Pie, SugarCoat, Indigo, Zest and Sunny, we enjoy more the story, or the music, and I personally, the design of the characters "-It was Rarity's turn to speak.

You see, so do not feel bad, Twilight, I mean, we're going to teach you, "-Sugarcoat corrected herself, but then quickly calmed down." So, what do you want to learn first, Twilight? "

"Well, while watching Aj and Zest play, I noticed that they used only 5 buttons to attack and the commands were familiar to me for other fighting games that my brother used to play in our house with his friends. Is that correct?"

"Yes, you are almost right, however, there is a sixth button, but it is respect / taunt and well, there was money at stake, so it was not going to be so easy to use" -Aj gave more information, before to open a can of apple flavor drink and drink it.

"But first, before these two girls throw you into middle or high lessons ... Please show us on the pad, the commands you know please."

Twilight proceeded and then marks both the *QCF, *QCB, *HCF, *HCB, as the *DP, *RDP and the most basic *charge moves. Twilight was happy that she remembered the commands she had seen in her friends's hands well, but Sunset and SugarCoat were a little disappointed as they missed the opportunity to touch her hands as they taught her the movements step by step.

"Well, that really saves us a lot of time with the basics, now we're going to show you the unique mechanics of this game and the unique uses of certain buttons." -Sunset was the first to speak.

"First you'll learn that, and only after that, will you finally choose 1 or 2 characters that you find more comfortable to use, okay?" -now it was SugarCoat's turn.

"Yes, please be nice to me, okay?" -Twilight begged the two girls with such an adorable expression, that it made their faces painted in a very soft red tone.

Meanwhile among the spectators, two girls in particular, looked at the pair of teachers like eagles to their prey all the time, and thought about a private talk with them in their respective schools ...

Author's Note

QCF= Quarter Circle Forward
QCB= Quarter Circle Back

HCF= Half Circle Forward
HCB= Half Circle Back

DP= Dragon Punch... SHORYUKEN!!!
RDP= Reverse Dragon Punch

BB CF= BlazBlue CentralFiction .

Tension= In the Guilty Gear series, is the meter that allow players to do a lot of offensive and defensive options (such as Roman Cancels, Flawless Defense, Force Breaks), and special moves like the Overdrives and the Instant Kills.

Daredevil= Is the name that the game gives to the 2nd player in versus, arcade and some special enemies in certan game modes.

But as you can see, there will be many music references that the Rainbooms and Shadowbolts will catch and make some jokes about them.

I try to explain some of the terms used in the FGC in general for those unfamiliar with them.

And yes, the main 7 and the shadowbolts, all of them main at least 2 characters (a main, and a sub-main).

Because I have not been able to see Legends of Everfree, nor Rainbow Rocks, and more the fact that in MLP I stayed until the 5th season (if I remember correctly), I may take some liberties for purposes of this story ...

About the plot of Guilty Gear, this story would cover up to Xrd Rev 2. And because in this series there are many, I repeat, MANY musical references (bands, names of singers, very popular songs) that may also encourage me to put them.

References to Fighting Games in general, but mostly to Arc System Works and for practical purposes, to many of the terms used among fans of the fighting genre.