Disclaimer: Yu Wo owns all but Mei, my OC.

Edit: Hey, I'm sorry the chapter was so anticlimactic. I just deleted that chapter and reposted this. Here is the new and improved version! I hope it's better. I'm still not as happy with Gui's reaction... It was the hardest to come up with. Well, enjoy!

Doll woke up earlier than usual. She was probably more excited than she should have been, but she just couldn't help it. She was finally meeting her team today! Even though she already knew all but two people, she was still looking forward to seeing their reactions when they found out Prince's secret.

Setting her gaming helmet aside, she sat up in her bed and looked over at the queen-sized bed next to her. Mei was still fast asleep, sprawled out on her bed with her gaming helmet on. Doll had never actually seen Mei in Second Life before. Sure, they knew each other's names so they could message, but they had never trained together. Doll was always to busy with her own team, Odd Squad.

Mei's In Game name was EndlessLily, and she was an Elf Priest. She started her own small team called the Black Lilies. Her team consisted of herself as the priest, SkyGem, the human archer, AkaKage, the elf mage, Lightning Blade, the human warrior, and Cloud, the human thief. They weren't a very well known team, but they didn't seem to mind. Doll had talked to all of the team members many times, and loved them all. She was definitely going to have them come to Infinite City to visit Odd Squad someday.

Doll redirected her gaze from Mei to the digital clock next to her, noting it was only seven in the morning. They weren't going to breakfast until nine. She gave out an exasperated sigh before falling back down onto her pillow. It was going to be a very slow morning for Doll. Time always seems to slow down when you're excited for something.

Knowing that she wasn't going to get anymore sleep, Doll slid out of bed, her feet landing softly in the plush tan carpet. She quietly walked over to the metallic mini fridge in the corner of the hotel room and opened it, hoping the suctioned pop of the fridge door opening wasn't too loud. She reached into the cold box and pulled out a water bottle before silently closing the door and standing back up. She walked the short distance of the room to the glass door facing the city, currently covered by simple white curtains. Doll pulled the curtains aside just far enough for her to open the sliding door and step outside without blinding Mei in the brightness of the morning light.

Doll walked up and rested her arms on the railing, looking down at all the cars passing by below. She definitely loved the city. It was never completely quiet like it was at home. She shivered a bit as the cold morning breeze played with the bottom of her light pink nightshirt. She wished time could speed up so that she could see everyone. But of course, that wasn't going to happen. Taking a sip of her water, Doll's thoughts started to wander to her friend Xiao Lan. I hope she's not still as nervous…

~~~Xiao Lans POV~~~

Lan groaned as she set her gaming helmet on her bedside table. Not even looking at her digital clock she dropped back onto her pillow, face first, hoping she would just sleep all day and forget about the team meeting. But then she thought about what Doll had said. "It doesn't matter if you're a boy or a girl, Prince. You're still the same person that everyone on Odd Squad loves."

Rolling onto her back, Lan glared up at the ceiling. I need to be more positive about this! Doll and Lolidragon already know, and I bet Wolf has almost figured it out himself… It's all going to be fine. Feeling much better after her short mental pep talk Lan slid herself out of bed to get ready. She froze when she reached her closet. What was she going to wear? She started to search through her clothes, before leaning back to think some more. Should she dress more like Prince? Or should she just be herself? Once again she thought about Doll, and knew what she would say. I'm thinking to hard about this. In the end Lan picked out a dark red tank top and a denim skirt, nothing to fancy but still herself.

After tying her hair back in her usual ponytail, she left the room to go start breakfast before her brother could start complaining. As she was finishing up her first few pancakes, her brother entered the room yawning and stretching.

"Food ready?" He mumbled sleepily as he fell into the nearest chair.

Lan rolled her eyes before sliding a plate full of pancakes and eggs in front of her lazy brother. She then served herself and sat across from him, eating silently. Once Yang Ming had finished half his plate, he decided to break the silence.

"So where are you meeting your team today?"

"At the park near the University." Lan said before stuffing a pancake in her mouth.

"And do you know how to get there without getting lost?" At this Lan froze, before looking down at her plate.

"Umm…" She mumbled through a mouthful of food.

"…I'm going to take that as a no." Lan just glared back at him, and finally swallowed her food.

"I can't help it if I don't have any sense of direction! Anyways, I figured I would just take the bus to the University and then find my way from there…"

"I'll go with you then, just to show you the way. I'll go my own way when we reach the park so that you can deal with the reactions of your team mates." Yang Ming just went back to eating after that, knowing that his sister would be grateful for the help.

Lan stared at her brother as he finished his breakfast and went back to his room. He may seem like just a lazy annoying brother, but he definitely knew how to make up for it.

A few hours and a lot of nervous pacing later, it was eleven thirty. Lan was at a war with herself in her mind. She kept thinking of the worst possible outcomes of this day, and whenever she did, she tried countering them with positive thoughts. As she was pacing the living room, she hadn't noticed Yang Ming enter.

"So are we going or not?" Her brother said impatiently, leaning against the doorway with his arms crossed.

"Huh?" Lan spun around, startled. "Oh… Yea, I guess we're going now…" She then slipped on her shoes and walked out of the apartment, followed by her brother who closed and locked the door behind them. They walked together in silence down to the bus stop, and stayed in silence until they got off the bus at the University.

"Okay, so the park is down this way a few blocks." Yang Ming started walking but then noticed he wasn't being followed. "You coming?"

Lan's nervousness had been increasing the closer they had got to the University, and now she was contemplating whether to continue to her friends or pretend she forgot and go home. Yang Ming rolled his eyes at his sister before walking back and grabbing her hand.

"Hey! Wait a second—"

"You can't go back now, sis. Your friends are waiting for you and I bet they will care more about you showing up than the fact that you're a girl." Lan gave up her attempts of escape and let herself get dragged along by her brother. There was no way out of this now. She tried to distract herself by observing the buildings and people they passed by, but it was useless.

"Okay, we're here." Lan almost ran into her brother as he stopped at the edge of a small field with a few trees. They had finally reached the park.

"Look, I think I see some people over there." Lan looked in the direction her brother was pointing. Through the trees in the most secluded section of the park were Gui and Wolf. There were two women there too, whom Lan assumed were Yulian and Lolidragon.

"Well, I'm off. Good luck, sis!"

"See ya…" Lan mumbled as she watched her brother run off in the other direction. She just stood there watching her team through the trees, not planning on going over there anytime soon.

"You still nervous, Prince-dage?" Lan froze and turned around to find Doll looking up at her.

"Oh, hey Doll." Lan said, trying not to make eye contact with the little girl.

"If you're still so nervous, why don't we walk over together?" Doll spoke gently, as if talking to a little kid who was scared to go to their first day of school. Lan sighed and gave into her fate. She could only avoid this for so long.

"Okay… Let's get this over with." Doll giggled and grabbed Lan's hand, pulling her along through the trees. As they got closer to their team, Lan saw Lolidragon turn and notice them. The older girl smiled but didn't alert her team that they were coming. Lan smiled back mentally thanking her friend.

Doll let go of Lan's hand and ran up to her teammates. "Hello everyone! Doll is here!" The little necromancer called out as she came to a twirling stop next to Yulian. As everyone was greeting Doll, Lan decided to walk up next to Lolidragon, who poked her in the side and said, "Hey, Prince. Thought you would never show up!" She smirked when everyone suddenly went silent.

"Hey Lolidragon…" Lan mumbled as she tried to look anywhere but at her team. Right as the silence started to become unbearable, Wolf spoke up.

"I thought so…" Lan looked up to see the older man looking at her curiously.

"Really?" Lan spoke quietly, still not sure about the others reactions.

"Yes. Ever since that day you came to see me and called me Wolf-Dage."

I knew it… Lan thought, mentally slapping herself for her past mistake.

"I never would have guessed that you were a girl." Yulian calmly stated. Lan looked over at the woman, who still had a look of shock on her face. "Why didn't you ever tell us?"

Lan looked down at her feet, guilt finally taking the place of her nervousness. "I don't know… I just didn't think you would think of me the same if you knew…"

"You're always Prince to us, no matter what gender." Yulian reassured her, with everyone else nodding in agreement.

"So…" Lan started timidly. "You guys really don't care that I'm… a girl?"

"Of course we don't!" Yulian reassured. "It is a bit surprising, but that doesn't change anything."

"Doll told you they wouldn't care." Doll said.

Lan smiled at her team, before finally looking at Gui, who still stood there shocked.

"Um… Gui? You ok?" Lan asked.

"I can't believe it…" Gui mumbled to himself.

"What?" Everyone was now looking at the startled professor.

"The whole time… Prince was so close…"

"Gui…" Lan wasn't sure what to do.

"Why didn't I ever realize it…" There was a moment of silence, before Gui seemed to realize something as he suddenly grabbed his hair. "I've been on a date with Prince!"

"WHAT?" Everyone but Lan said before turning to look at the quiet girl.

"Uh… Yea… Jing set that up."

"But it was still a date." Lolidragon taunted, leaning up against Lan.

"So…" Lan blushed as she backed away from Lolidragon. The group once again fell into a silence, but this time, Lan met the eyes of Gui, and a silent understanding passed between them.

"So now that that's over with, who wants to go get some food? I'm getting tired of standing out here." Lolidragon stated bluntly, looking around at her group for an answer.

"Yea!" Doll agreed right away. The awkwardness of the situation was forgotten as everyone focused on their stomachs. As they started walking away to get food, Doll stayed near the back with Lan.

"So are you glad you showed up?" She asked. Lan didn't even have to think of the answer to that.

"Yes. You were definitely right Doll. I had no reason to be so nervous…" At that moment, Gui fell back to walk next to Lan. Doll smiled, knowing they needed a moment, and ran up to chat with Yulian.

"I can't believe I never realized that you were Prince, when you were right in front of me this whole time." Gui sighed, looking down at Lan.

"Well, you did get pretty close when you guessed it was my brother." Lan smiled up at Gui. They stopped walking and stood there together, neither wanting to break eye contact yet.

"You know… I was so worried that you only loved Prince, and not who I was in real life…" Lan was about to look down at her feet, but was stopped as Gui gently grabbed her chin, forcing her to continue looking at him.

"I never cared who you were in game or out, as long as I could always be with you." Lan just stood there shocked, as Gui bent down and kissed her.

"Hurry up you lovebirds! Now's not the time to be making out!" Lolidragon called back to them. The group had gotten pretty far ahead without Gui or Lan noticing.

"I guess we better go." Gui said, backing up and taking Lan's hand.

"I'm so going to kill her tonight…" Lan said, her face turning crimson. Gui just laughed, and dragged her along till they regrouped with their team. Doll smiled at Lan, mentally saying, "I told you so." I'm definitely going to listen to Doll more often. Lan thought as they entered a restaurant. I'm glad I came today.

Edit: Thanks for reading! Please review and tell me if this was better than before! Oh, and I'm probably going to start working on my 1/2 Prince/Alice In Wonderland crossover and I would love it if you went and checked that out. Well, until my next fic, Later! :D