Bliss was hers. For six years she enjoyed a beautiful world where her true, tainted self was an unknown mystery to almost all. 'And That WOMAN will get her due someday soon, as well; I will make sure of it!' As nerve wrecking as it was, it was also wonderful.

She had an entire city, and more under her command! She was powerful! For the first time in her life, she mattered! Was important. Was in control! The nobles adored her; the people knew not to displease her.

And her rivalry with 'Shiroe the Archmage' was great- he noticed her, looked at her and paid attention to her. He saw her! And without any 'escorting' required even!

Oh, what marry chases they led each other on! While not normal, it was quite the exciting courtship. Something straight from the books.

It was only a matter of time until she will win him-and she knew she must win him. Only her secret could stand in the way for long.

But no! Something had to ruin it for her! After six wonderful years in a fabled land of fantasy, something forced them back.

Just the thought of it made her growl at the back of her throat, a sound more foxlike then human, despite it being her second evening back in the accursed land of Japan, reality-and away from her refuge of dreams and hopes in Seldesha.

It took her some moments to remember herself, when she got back to her … 'family'. The girl was certain at first it was a nightmare-a terrible dream!

Only for the firm, strong hand of her father to knock the sense back into her head with a mighty strike of his hand.

It took all she had not to fall back on the old patterns, as he was about to continue with his 'educating', yelling at her, when her instincts, inevitably honed by her time in the Land Behind the Game, noted that she still had her fox ears, her knowledge of the role of a Courtesan from her sub-class, and somehow, her magic at her fingertips (that last one will be the most surprising afterwards, when she will think back on it).

Despite that insufferable woman, Indicus' hold over her, and manipulations, Nureha was a high level Enchanter, the most difficult class, comparable only Shiroe himself with her level 96.

She was formidable on her own merit.

And finally, she could show her dear father just how much.

She didn't even need to be physical-they were powerless in face of her illusions, and utterly at her mercy. The girl who was Nureha for so long didn't feel very merciful.

That was the first day.

As good as her revenge on her family was, she needed other things as well, and she needed time to plan for it, she needed to see how much, if any, of Shiroe Dearest was brought back.

It was just as she was walking the streets of Akibahara, in her favored illusion of 'Derielle' to hide her kitsune-like features, that she saw it.

A kid was causing mayhem, yelling back at screaming cops, and using a move she recognized as a low level skill for Monks, knocked an adult policeman.

'I haven't even thought about other Adventurers being back, with their game powers.'

Intrigued and unable to look away from the ensuing train-wreck of an incident, the once leader of the Guild Plant Hwyaden, and now a teenage girl in an almost adult avatar of a busty kitsune with a wavy black hair, and white skin observed it all.

She saw how the kid was clearly winning, until a cop started shooting, after seeing a snot nosed brat dropping in melee his coworkers and refusing to submit.

The kid got really angry after the first warning shot, but the second one hit him, and he ran away, displaying superior physical capability unnatural to his size, and successfully escaping.

Some minutes later an ambulance arrived to collect the downed cops (at least one had a concussion), and another kid, one that looked beaten within an inch of his life.

'That changes things! I will need a guild again, one without HER in it, preferably without her even aware of it. I need to organize a group of Adventurers to my side, and to be discreet, and careful. And with Shiroe at my side, nothing will stop us.'

"Who's a sweet girl-why yes you are!" Kanami cooed at her daughter.

While the little girl was still three years old here, her mother missed her for years.

Her husband was very glad at her return, and when she later revealed all about her going missing, and told all about the reappearance in the fantasy land of the game world, and having the items and skills of their characters, he was most understanding.

Even if it took some demonstrating of the Skills that she could do now.

Still he was accepting and enthused by it all.

It was wonderful to be back, and in the arms of her beloved. 'although I really wanted to show you the two of you the world of Elder Tales, this wasn't how I wanted it. You get to see the characters, not the places! I really how Shiroe will figure how to connect back to there. It would be a real shame if nobody else were to get to see the wonders of that, other world.'

"Dear, do you remember how you wanted something more challenging, after returning from the relief expedition to the middle east?" she suddenly asked the husband.

"Yes. What is on your mind, mine Frau?"

"Well, I was thinking, there are some nonhuman races to pick in Elder Tales for a playable character, so you will get the chance to be a doctor to some unusual people. Won't it be even more exciting to treat a foxtail, an elf or a werecat?"

"Why yes, it does seem somewhat exciting. Do you think I will see any orc patients?" He laughed.

"Well, I don't think orc was among the player races, but then again, I didn't stay long in the German server territory after the Transition, so who knows, maybe there is now."

She then turned to the three year old she bounced in her arms and asked. "Do you want to see an orc?"

The little girl laughed.

Sayuri drank a calming cup of tea, keeping half an eye on the teenage werecat beside her.

She didn't talk to the younger girl about her home anymore, and tried to keep the two of them distracted too much to think about their predicament, but she knew that it wasn't looking good.

With their no longer human looks, the only viable sanctuary where there will not be any strange demands would be by another Adventurer.

She was lucky Guildmaster Charasin was so accommodating and welcoming. She didn't have any other place anymore.

She knew some wouldn't as lucky as her, to find a Good Samaritan to shelter them. She could imagine what exploitation others could demand from someone unlucky enough to return home in a form too different. Some will seek to take advantage of such.

This wasn't Akiba in the gameworld, this was the real world, and here the people unfortunate enough to disappear while playing a game, and return as 'Adventurers', weren't the ones with the advantage.

They were Strange strangers here. And the real world disliked the strange.

She had firsthand experience with that.

Author Notes: I hope I did Nureha and her segment justice- reviewers were interested in seeing her, and I am uncertain if I managed to write her up well enough.

The Kanami segment seemed more promising, as I think I captured her happy go lucky personality in it, as well as revealed some things in her dialogue, both about her background, and the story.

the last POV is from an OC Adventurer that appeared earlier.

Read, Review, if you want someone to appear in the next chapter, tell me, and maybe they will, share any ideas and thoughts about this fic and chapter. I'm open to suggestions.