"One night while she was talking to someone online."

(chapter originally by undeadclown on writing.com)

"Eh heh heh, and that's and that's another win for me! How do you like them apples?" Futaba giggled at her computer as she won yet another match of her favorite online RTS. A look of smug satisfaction flashed across the redhead's face. She always loved beating her rival, PricklyPrincess4729. As her (Futaba assumed) name ironically implied, she was always quite salty every time Futaba won, which was most of the time. The chat client lit up.

PricklyPrincess4729: you cheated.

GoGoFeatherman88: no i didn't.

PricklyPrincess4729: i know you did. you're a hacker.

GoGoFeatherman88: i'm the BEST hacker. but i don't need to cheat to beat the pants off you.

PricklyPrincess4729: is that so? that gives me an interesting idea.

GoGoFeatherman88: that would be a first.

PricklyPrincess4729: always ready with a snappy remark, aren't you futaba?

Futaba froze and she felt a knot from in her stomach. She knew she had never told PricklyPrincess her name before.

PricklyPrincess4729: what's wrong? no comeback this time?

GoGoFeatherman88: i don't know what you're talking about.

PricklyPrincess4729: wow that denial was so clumsy you might as well have told me i was right. what do you think about that, futaba sakura?

GoGoFeatherman88: you're talking nonsense.

PricklyPrincess4729: don't like that one?

PricklyPrincess4729: how about medjed?

PricklyPrincess4729: or maaaaaybe

PricklyPrincess4729: ms. phantom thief :^)

"There's...there's no way..." Futaba felt ice creep into her veins. This couldn't be happening. She felt like turning off the computer. She had to get away and figure out what to do.

PricklyPrincess4729: i wouldn't leave the computer if i were you.

GoGoFeatherman88: how?

PricklyPrincess4729: it was pretty easy. at first i just thought were some phangirl, but then you said something weird.

PricklyPrincess4729: you said "they" changed the heart of some loan shark. but i looked him up and saw nothing. then two days later there's a little article about how he turned himself into the police. funny story, huh?

Futaba slapped her head. How could she do something that stupid? That was a Ryuji-tier mistake!

PricklyPrincess4729: i never cared who you were before that, but then i got interested. so i hacked the game server and found some breadcrumbs of data that lead me to your house. a little digging later and i had your power word. the medjed stuff was just a guess because medjed never would have acted like that normally, but i guess i was right on that too.

GoGoFeatherman88: so what if i "predicted their next target." that's not exactly substantial evidence.

PricklyPrincess4729: maybe not. but i bet it's enough to interest the police. even if they don't arrest you, i bet they start watching you. that would be a pain, wouldn't it?

GoGoFeatherman88: what do you want?

PricklyPrincess4729: now we're getting to it.

PricklyPrincess4729: i want another game.

GoGoFeatherman88: you want me to beat you again? or do you want me to throw the game for the sake of your fragile ego?

PricklyPrincess4729: i'm not that pathetic. i'd rather get some satisfaction out of this. i'm going to give you the chance to...what was it? "beat the pants off me?"

GoGoFeatherman88: ...where are you going with this?

PricklyPrincess4729: we're going to stream a game for the community. you're going to turn on your webcam and i'm going to turn on mine.

GoGoFeatherman88: w

GoGoFeatherman88: why do we need to use webcams?

PricklyPrincess4729: because every time i win a match you're going to take off something you're wearing.

GoGoFeatherman88: WHAT

PricklyPrincess4729: and, obviously, the same goes for me every time you get a match on me.

PricklyPrincess4729: first one totally naked loses and they have to do what the other says.

GoGoFeatherman88: this ha

GoGoFeatherman88: s to be a joke

GoGoFeatherman88: do you really want to get naked in front of the whole community that badly?

PricklyPrincess4729: i feel pretty good about my chances, actuall.

PricklyPrincess4729: you're trying to talk tough, but i think i've rattled you. and i think being on camera, especially with nudity on the line, is going going to trigger that 'tism of yours and give me the advantage.

Futaba couldn't believe what she was reading. The only way out she could see was stealing this girl's heart.

GoGoFeatherman88: fine. when do we do this?

PricklyPrincess4729: now.

GoGoFeatherman88: WHAT

PricklyPrincess4729: do you think i'm retarded enough to give a phantom thief a deadline? i watch the news, you know!

PricklyPrincess4729: you've got 5 minutes. at the end of those 5 minutes you better be ready in the lobby and have that webcam on.

PricklyPrincess4729: and if you show up with like 50 sweaters or something, i'm sending this to the cops right away.

GoGoFeatherman88: fine FINE

GoGoFeatherman88: i'll be there. just give me a second to get ready.

Futaba had to be fast. Hacking the game servers was easy. She had never cared about Princess before either, but this was life or ****! Or life or nudity, at least. It took her less than a minutes. Nozomi Kuruda. She quickly grabbed her phone and opened the chat program.

Oracle: Guys! Nozomi Kuruda. You need to get to mementos and steal her heart pronto!

Queen: What? Futaba what is it? This is extremely sudden.

Oracle: No time! I can't really get into it, but if you don't then there's a decent chance we're going to get busted. Our identities are on the line! And probably my dignity too!

Fox: This is highly irregular. I know you are typically undisciplined and awkward, but these things need to be discussed first.

Oracle: Shut it, Inari! We're on a really strict time crunch here!

Skull: Well, I'm all for some action but this is kinda weird.

Panther: You sure you're ok, Futaba?

Oracle: Oh, I'm not, but I can deal with it.

Noir: Would you like one of us to come get you?

Oracle: I can't go with you this time. Let's just say my part has to be from here. Just get Mona to do the scany stuff. I'm sure he can still manage that at least kind of.

Joker: He was offended.

Oracle: I don't care!

Queen: Okay, I'm still worried, but we'll go.

Oracle: Good. Keep me posted.

Futaba put her phone down. She only had a minute left. She looked at herself. Jacket, boots, stockings, shirt, belt, shorts, tanktop, bra and panties. She doubted she could get away with any more anyway. The RTS games weren't exactly fast, but they were streamlined and not super long either. She'd have to try and drag things out to buy time for her friends to come through for her. Hopefully before she'd shown anything that bad. Not that she was going to lose, of course. But...better safe than sorry.

Letting out a sigh she logged into the game server and, for the first time, activated her never-before-used webcam. Princess, or Nozomi, appeared on the screen. She wasn't exactly unattractive. She had dark hair with a blue streak of dye through it. She was chubby, but not overly fat. Most of her weight seemed to have accumlated, as Futaba noted with a little envy, in her rather sizeable breasts and butt. She wore a confident sneer that was simply irritating.

"Is that you? Oh wow, you're actually pretty cute!" She said with a giggle. "Don't you guys think?"

Futaba suddenly remembered they would have an audience and looked nervously at the chat.

PimpsNHeeHos: is that really them?

kekisreal: they're actually grills?

PhantomReefer: she's a kid now. she's a squid now.

SamHydeDidIt: >girl gamers

THOTpatrol: princess is thicccccc

'Oh, boy. This is going to be an experience.' Futaba thought to herself.

"Anyway, me and Feathers here have decided to finally put our rivalry to bed once and for all," Nozomi chimed in.

kekisreal: >rivalry

THOTpatrol: you mean: you won a couple of games once or twice

"Fine, fine. But we'll see how well she does when the pressure is on, because this...is going to be a strip match. And by the end the loser will be...bared for all to see."

PhantomReefer: theres a 0% chance this is not clickbait

PimpsNHeeHos: bullshit

KenpachiRamasama: i somehow doubt this

"Don't believe me? Why don't you just wait around and find out," Nozomi said confidently.

Futaba bit her lip. She looked at Nozomi. She had a hoodie on, but it was zipped up. It looked like some kind of shirt below it. From what she could see she had jeans on too. She couldn't see her feet. She had to assume some underwear too. They were probably fairly evenly matched, maybe give or take a bit. In theory, she knew she could beat Nozomi. Easily even. But Nozomi was right. Futaba could feel the webcam on her like a spotlight. She could feel the eyes of the guys watching. Maybe they didn't believe it now, but she knew Nozomi wouldn't back down and once things started getting serious they'd start believing it. She tried to tell herself that this was just like every other time, but deep down she knew it wasn't. She could feel the anxiety welling up. This was exactly what Nozomi wanted. Her to panic and make mistakes, and the more she lost the more she'd panic. Futaba had to try and play her best while buying time for her friends to change Nozomi's heart and put an end to this.

For now, all she could do is play like she'd never played before.