So, this is my first fan fiction, and it might not be very good, but I really liked .hack//G.U., so much that I had to create an original character and rewrite the story with her in it, for now there are no pairings (sort of, .Hack//G.U. is a huge harem in the end for those who have played the games.)

Disclaimer: I do not own .Hack//G.U. or any of the characters, well except for Haku, she's mine and no one can have her ^_^

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In the year 2017 the game "The World R2" has become very popular. For people who know the game though, it seems hard and boring. The people called PKs or Player Killers have infested "The World" and are killing all the beginners. There have been some who have tried to help the beginners like Kite of the Azure Flame, Balmung of the Azure Sky, and Orca of the Azure Sea. But now there is no one to protect the newbies. It seems like there is no hope, but there is a guild called "Raven" and they try to help the newbies, but they have an ulterior motive which is to recruit the players who are Epitaph Users. One of those players is "Haseo the Terror of Death" the PKK (player-killer-killer). Haseo is looking for Tri-edge who put the girl he loved, Shino, into a coma in real life. Another is "Haku Ninja of Shadows", who seems carefree but is actually quite a serious person. Our story begins while Haku is following Haseo:

"Huh. What a strange place The Terror of Death would be going. It's too peaceful for a PKK." Said Haku.

"You know, I can hear you…I thought you were supposed to be a Ninja." Haseo suddenly appeared in front of Haku and out of surprise Haku head-butted him. "Ow! Holy cheese Woman! You didn't have to head-butt me!" Haseo shouted

"Huh. Well it's your fault for suddenly appearing in front of me!" Haku shouted back. As the two were arguing a cat-like PC (Player Character) passed by them without attracting their attention. "Man! I don't know why you even bothered following me. I was just coming here to get some peace."

"You're a liar. You were probably here to find Tri-edge to avenge your 'girlfriend', Shino" Haku said mockingly.

"For your information Shino was not my girlfriend, she was just a person I knew until she got PKed." He sighed with annoyance. As the two were talking the cat-like PC came up to them and said "Haseoooooo! I've finally found you! I knew you'd be here because this is the place where Shino-san was PKed. By the way other-girl-san, I'm Tabby!"

"Huh. I knew it Shino was your girlfriend"

"? No, no Shino-san was just part of the guild 'The Twilight Brigade' and she filled in when Ovan, the guild master, wasn't here." Tabby corrected.

"Oh I see…where have I heard that name before, Ovan, Ovan…oh yeah Haseo, Ovan said that he knows where Tri-edge is and he told you to meet him at Hidden Forbidden Radiation." Haku said.

"Ovan said that? Well I guess that means that I gotta go." Haseo sighed.

"I didn't get to tell him the other message from the 'Raven' guild" Haku said after Haseo had logged out. "Huh? What was it? I could tell him for you." Said Tabby "Eh-heh-heh I really don't know you so I'll just wait for him to come back since this is the place where Tri-edge is going to appear.'

"Oh I see, well then I guess I'm no use here too." Tabby said sadly and logged out. "Hey you can come out now he's gone now…Ender." Haku whispered.

"I told you to call me Pai…Haku."

"Yes I forgot when there are still people from TaN wandering around like you and Yata. So what did you come here to tell me Pai?" Before Pai could tell Haku though, Haseo came back running as fast as he could toward the cathedral. Haku ran after him and when she overtook him she yelled "You fool! Don't you know, Tri-edge has power that you can't beat with brute strength alone! Like you are now, you'll only end up like Shino!"

"No I won't. I can't end up like Shino because I am a The Terror of Death. So get out of my way and come watch as I defeat Tri-edge!" Haku shook her head but she let him through and then followed him. When Haku got to where Haseo was she gasped as she saw Haseo get Data Drained which means that his Player Character loses all the strength, weapons, and items he or she has. As Haku saw this she sighed and thought "I knew this would happen, I told him but he wouldn't listen." When Tri-edge was done Data Draining Haseo he turned around about to leave and he saw Haku and then Haku panicked and said "Hey now, I'm not here to fight you. I'm just going to talk to Ovan so don't worry." And for some reason he lunged at her with his two tri-edged swords. When Haku realized this she ran to the Chaos Gate and logged out.

Haku went to the Root Town and then decided to contact Ovan so she sent him a message: "Ovan, I need to know what happened to Haseo. He's not on and in his fight between Tri-edge something strange happened to him, what was it? You better answer the questions and meet me at Δ Hidden Forbidden Radiation." For an hour, Haku waited very impatiently. When she finally got the reply she went to the place fast. When she got to Hidden Forbidden Radiation she saw Ovan and he said "Haku…Did you know that Haseo is an Epitaph User and that his Avatar is Skeith?"

"Hm? What are 'Epitaph Users' and 'Avatars'?" Haku asked

"Well," Began Ovan, "Epitaph users are special Player Characters that can use the powers of the Avatar, and an Avatar is a physical manifestation of the that special power, the one that Haseo has is called 'Skeith'" when Haku heard this she stopped short and sunk to the ground and breathed "So that's why Raven wanted him, for his player…" Ovan nodded slowly and told her the story of the guild he used to be the master of, what they were searching for, and why he and "Raven" wanted him, for Skeith's powers(for the long version, watch .Hack//roots). When he was done, Haku resolved to join "Raven", to get the answers she was looking for... The first thing Haku did was contact Pai and tell her she wanted to join "Raven" and that she knew their ulterior motive and that that she knew their name which is really "G.U." then she logged to go to school. Meanwhile Pai read Haku's e-mail and went to report it to her boss, Yata. "Yata-sama…this girl has become very insolent. She needs to be controlled."

"Pai don't worry if all she wants is to help Haseo then she can."

"Yata-sama! She knows too much about this guild!"

"My dear Pai if I was really worried about this I would have asked Kuhn instead because he is fairly new to our guild."

"Yata-sama…I trust your judgment but I hope you're not wrong." Then Pai logged out.

At Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground (the cathedral Haseo and Haku were at earlier), Ovan and Tri-edge are staring each other down. Ovan says "I know I can't destroy you but I can temporarily delete you until 'he' comes back…Azure Flame Kite." Then Tri-edge brought out his weapons and a blue flame surrounded him and then…nothing

Well, how was it? I'm not sure how much it will improve, but please keep reading.

-Tsuru