A/N: Hello hello! Once again, I'll be listing music for this fic, so I'd appreciate some people to play the specified music if they have it! It'll be listed in parentheses, like so.
(Artist – Title) ß-------------- Like that!
Well, sit back, and enjoy my fic. And the first chapter will be the main character's point of view, but from then on, it'll be third person unless I state otherwise! And, even though this is a .hack fic, I'll be using songs not indigenous to the series, as well as .hack tracks. Here we go!
(Naruto – Wind)
They say to keep your friends close. But what if you can't? What if you're close only through the net…? It happened last night. I was playing an online game with my friend Ryan. 'The World', as it was called, was all the rage the world over. We thought it was just a game, there for our amusement. What those… bastards at CC Corporation never told us was there was a virus in the system, the Deadly Flash from 2003. You know, the one that killed 7 people by affecting their brain cells or something. I have no idea. But, after last night, I knew that something was hidden. Two kids MY age were put into comas in Japan. Tomonari Kasumi and Yasuhiko Haramura. They were both put into comas after playing 'The World'. And they weren't the only ones… Ryan… was the newest... comatose person.
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(Trigun – Blue Funk)
The night before…
I logged into the world. I never bothered figuring a good name for myself out. 'Chris', like my real life name was fine for me. I was a Blademaster, wearing regular everyday street clothes. I had been sent an e-mail from my friend Kelly, who gave me the Tenkafuubu Sword, saying she didn't need it. She WAS a Wavemaster, after all. But, it was a little strange to have a level 40 Sword, as I was level 1 myself. I felt kind of proud, to be honest. Balmung, one of the most famous players, had this exact same sword. Maybe our paths would cross one day. Naw, it'd never happen. I checked my e-mail again, the one from Ryan. He said he would meet me and Kelly in Dun Lorieag, the Theta Server Root Town. I thought about going to the Item Shop to buy supplies, when I heard a familiar voice, that of Kelly's. "Chris! Change of plans! We need to meet Ryan at this Dungeon: Delta: Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground!" Kelly ran up to me. She had an embroidered purple robe on, and she held a staff that curled up at the top. She smiled, and pointed to the Chaos Gate. "Come on!!" I sent her a Flash Mail, and she joined my party. She was a nice level 7, compared to my level 1. We went to Mac Anu, the Delta Server Town, and from there, to the Keywords Ryan gave us.
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(.hack//Sign – The World)
The dungeon was a Cathedral. I wondered what kind of sacrilege decided to make the Cathdral an evil place. We walked in. Ryan was fighting off an evil monster. "Ryan!" I yelled. "What the hell is a monster like that doing here!" I was confused. The monster was looked like a bunch of sticks made into a vague image of a person, and it held a red wand. "Ryan! Suvi Lei!" Kelly casted a paralyzing spell on the Monster, named Skeith. The spell had no effect, but it did do one thing… Get the demon pissed. It shaped its arm into a green and blue gun, and aimed at Kelly. It shot a crossing beam at her. "Kelly!" Ryan jumped in the way of it. A yellow sphere surrounded him. "G-get out of here…. Chris! Take Kelly and Gate Out…" Ryan disappeared. The only thing that was left were his Twin Blade Daggers, the Golden Yasha. I picked them up, and instead of running, I stayed to fight. That bastard wouldn't get away with this… But he did, because Kelly pushed me out of the Cathedral, and forced me to Gate Out.
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I had no idea of what happened. Or why it did. But, I called Ryan's house, and his family told me that he was sent to the hospital. A coma, they said, from epilepsy. But, I knew differently. Skeith… I was going to delve into this, and figure out a way to get Ryan out of the coma.
