Chapter 45 - Sugar's Boost

"So you got the test outfit ready?" Micro grinned.

The clones smirked and stepped aside. On a mannequin was a long red trench coat over a white T-shirt and grey jeans. On the collar of the trench coat were three metal stars.

"Perfect!" Micro said. "Hopefully he will be willing to try this out for us."

"Meanwhile," Chara said as she stretched behind him. She only had on a long shirt that had the words Mega Milk across the chest and came down to mid thigh. "I will enter a memory dungeon of those Spiders and get more Life Fibers for us."

"Just be careful. We don't know if going into a memory of a Panty dungeon will have the boss be the same."

"Got it." She switched her outfit to one mimicking her outfit from the game. "You taking the Pokemon along with you to meet Winter?"

"Yep. Hopefully I can learn how to communicate with them and teach you later." He hands the Chaos Auction laptop to another clone. "I ordered some items. I put some blueprints on here for what to do with them." He feels a pair of arms wrap around him from behind.

"Oh...you're planning something in secret?" She presses her breasts against his back. Micro grins as he uses blink to teleport close to the door as he switched his outfit to a black jacket over a blue muscle shirt and blue jeans.

"Sorry babe, but you'll see when it's completed." He left before he could see pout.

Meanwhile

Sugar sighed as he walked to school. His friends were off having adventures almost everyday. He did join in on occasion, but he couldn't help but feel like he was more of a hinderance. Heck, against Bowser, he couldn't do anything. Based on what Spike said, if he was with them yesterday, he would've been even less useful than Rainbow! That was part of the reason he agreed to stay behind with Applebloom. While he did like spending time with the girl, his main motivation was not being reminded how weak he was compared to his friends.

He gasped seeing a screen pop up in front of him.

Micro has invited you to join the Party

Force of Friends

Do you accept?

Yes/No

Sugar looked up and saw his friend approaching.

"Force of Friends?" Sugar chuckled. Micro winced.

"It's a working title. I just want you, Scoots, and Spike to have access to an inventory like me."

Sugar went wide eyed at that and hit yes before pulling up the inventory screen. He gasped when he saw that.

"This is insane!" He said. Then he noticed that one of the spots had something in it. "What's that?"

"Well," Micro smiled. "I came across a unique resource and I thought that out of everyone, you would benefit from the boost first."

"What do you mean a boost?" Micro smirked before looking around and pulling him into an alleyway before entering an ID.

"Tap the icon in the inventory and select equip."

Sugar saw the eager look on Micro's face and sighed.

"If this is some kind of experiment…" Sugar started and Micro sighed.

"I will admit I haven't tested it before but assuming it works the same as in the universe it is from…"

Sugar rolled his eyes and tapped the clothes. In a flash of light, his typical outfit was replaced by the trench coat and grey jeans. Sugar was about to question what he was supposed to be feeling when he suddenly fell to his knees.

"Sugar!" Micro cried out. "You ok?!?!"

"Ok…" Sugar said slowly. "Oh… no...I'm much better than ok!" Sugar stood up and grinned, looking down at his hands. "Holy...what is this outfit?"

Micro smiled at his friend.

"Three Star Goku Uniform," he said. "I have yet to see what the transformed version is so we can name that later."

"Hot damn!" Sugar said. He walked over to the one wall and threw a punch at it. The brick shattered and he stared at his hand, not feeling anything. "Now I can actually help out in the dungeons."

"I feel you were helping out before but I assume you mean less of a support role and more active." Raising his hand, Micro broke the ID and the two of them walked out of the alley.

"So, when are we giving this baby its first field test?"

Micro put a hand to his chin.

"Well, I have plans for training most nights this week and then dates on Friday and Saturday…"

"Brag some more why don't you?" Micro ignored his friend's comment.

"But depending on the time that each starts we could possibly do a quick dungeon dive beforehand or maybe even on the way."

"So I can try it out yet?" Sugar moaned in annoyance.

"Well, not the transformation...but since it boosts your physical abilities…" he grinned. "First one to the school wins!" He shot off as fact as he could run.

"Oh it's on!" Sugar said and he took off at a speed he would never have been able to reach before.

At School

"Anyone see Micro and Sugar," Spike asked as he walked up to Scootaloo, Sweetie, and Apple Bloom.

"Not yet," Scoots said.

"You don't think something's happened to them do you?" Apple Bloom asked. Usually those two were the first of the group here with Spike, but if Spike is here before them, then he didn't see them on the way in. She didn't appreciate the fact that Scoots gave a slight chuckle. "What!?"

"Trust me," Scootaloo said. "I don't think anything bad has happened to them, especially if Micro and Sugar are with each other right now."

Spike nodded. While Micro wasn't invincible, he knew his friend would've sent a message if he needed help. As for Sugar…

"Is that them?" Sweetie asked. The group turned and saw the two boys bolting toward the school.

"That...that's Sugar!?" Apple Bloom shouted. She watched him during gym class and while he wasn't too out of shape, he wasn't this active.

Before they could finish, the two boys leapt and both touched down right in front of the group. Panting, they looked at each other with smiles.

"Tie?" Micro asked. Sugar straighten up and stretched.

"Tie."

"Wha...what was that about?" Apple Bloom said. She looked at Sugar and blushed. He was standing with more confidence and seemed a bit more fit in all truth. She already found him attractive before but now… 'Wait!' she thought. 'When did I start thinking that!?'

"Micro and I just felt like a race today," Sugar said as he adjusted his collar. Spike saw the three stars on it and went wide eyed as he realized what that meant. Micro just gave him a nod as he looked at a message from Chara.

Can confirm the boss is the same. Going to rest before going in again.

Ok. Be careful. Goku Uniform works by the way.

"Well then," Sugar said grinning. "We don't want to be late do we?"

He walked up to the door of the school and held it open. With a wink, he motioned for Applebloom to go through. The young farm girl blushed but went on through. The others just stared open mouthed at the much more confident attitude in their friend. It wasn't a bad change, but it was shocking. Micro looked over at Scootaloo and held out his hand. Scoots smirked and took it before the couple walked into the school.

Sweetie looked off to the side and blushed.

"Well Spike...looks like you and I are the only ones left...would you like to-" She turned and saw Spike already walking into the school. A growl escaped her throat and she stomped her foot in anger.

{Written by Twistedphoenix1}

{Edited by SpedaHooves/KenKanekiTheCat/Me}