.hack//Infection Expansion

Chapter 1

Log in

"Got any homework Yasuhiko?" I asked my fried.

"Come on, you know all my teachers are out to get me! Of course I have homework, and lots of it. By the way did you finally get it?" Yasuhiko has always been bothering me about getting this game called The World. Though it's the main reason that he's been lagging in work. I guess misery loves company. "You're thinking less of me aren't you?"

"Wouldn't think about it Yasa." I laughed weakly; we were so close we could almost tell what the other is thinking. "I promise I'll log in tonight as long as that first two months free thing holds up, my parents won't pay up like your do."

"Jeez you make me sound spoiled." Maybe a little. "I bet you think I'm spoiled…" Scary…

I booted up my computer. It's seven pm. Creating account. Starting character creation. Class? Uhh, what does the manual say? Uhh, Swordmaster? Wavemaster? Ah, geek lingo is so confusing! Okay just pick at random. Twin Blade, that doesn't sound bad. Okay, customized avatars, green travelers cloths, back pack, holster belt, I guess this looks cool? I know, a hat. Okay. Name: Kite. And Log in.

Loading: (Delta) Mac Anu

The sound of running water, and the town music came up. It's quite soothing. I can just stand here for hours. "Yo, noob!" I guess peace can wait…

"Who's calling who a noob?" I turned around and the guy behind me was huge! I felt like a mouse by comparison.

"It's me, Yasa. Only, call me Orca." Yasuhiko!

"When did you get buff! And your voice is way different." He looked at me like I was stupid.

"It's an avatar. I made it look buff. And the voice is a sound-morpher. You don't look too different from what you o in the real world, aside from the blue hair and the dorkish clothing. I mean come on, green?" I'll get him for that.

"You're covered in green tattoos!" The guy walks around without a shirt and half his body is green. In fact all he wore were leg, shoulder, and waist armor. He looked like something out of Scotland.

"Ya, well I can pull it off, you can't…besides no one would dare argue with me. I'm Orca of the Azure Sea! I'm famous and that makes you the friend of a famous player. Consider yourself paparazzi target number one." He made it sound like a good thing.

"Well then Mr. Sea, show me how to play the game." He smiled.

"Now were talking! Here, I'll show you how to operate the chaos gate. Just pick the words on the screen and based on your selection you can go to just about anywhere you want. Before we go we'll form the party. The place we're going to is Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field." He told me about registering member addresses and forming parties. Then I picked the words and we went.

Loading: (Delta) Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field

The field changed to a savanna. I saw a yellow floating glyph in front of me. "That's a magic portal, approach it and monsters appear. I'll show you how to fight." I walked toward it and a goblin appeared. Apparently my weapon are knives. Well, I did pick at random. I followed Yasuhiko's instruction on how to fight and use skills. "And there you have it. Hey, why did you choose twin blade? There not exactly the most popular class."

"I didn't know what I was picking, so I just chose randomly." He made one of those appalled gasps like I said something mean. He then went on about the workings of every class. Blademaster (what he is) are well-rounded swordsman. Heavyblades use two-handed swords and have good attack but less speed. Axmen use axes and have even more attack and less speed. Wavemasters are just magic-users. Long arms use spears and have attack and range in exchange for magic. And then there's me, the twin blade. No range, mediocre attack, just speed. "You done ranting?"

"Hardly, but I don't want to overwhelm you. So, let's take on the dungeon. Every field, except for event fields, have a dungeon, so let's get going." I swear he loves the sound of his morphed voice.

The dungeon had a whole different vibe from anything I've seen yet. It felt creepy and ominous. "Ready?" I answered meekly with a ya.

Inside Yasa went over the mechanics of treasure boxes while examined the wall in front of me. I could hear something. I looked down the corridor. I saw a girl in white just floating there. She was staring intently at Yasa. A fan? "Yasa?"

"I said call me Orca!" He saw the girl. She then ran off. We saw a monster chasing her. A golem carrying a staff crucifix.

"What a cool looking monster! Though what's with the girl Ya- I mean Orca?" He stared at me intently.

"Let's just get to the Gott statue room?" I look at him with confusion, he could tell I wasn't paying attention to his treasure explanation. "The room with the best treasure." Oh.

After dungeon crawling we made it to a room with a floating statue and a treasure box. I opened it. "I got Iron Blades."

"Better weapon then your current one. Let's go." We both walked out of the room. Ping. The next moment, we were somewhere completely different.

It looked like a graveyard. I could see a floating church nearby. Everywhere here seemed so hallowed. The girl in white appeared out of no where. She had long white hair and a long white dress. She looked at Orca. "Take this." She handed him a brown book. "The power it holds can bring forth either salvation…or destruction, at the whim of the user." Is this some kind of event?

"This is…" Orca looked surprised. The girl disappeared. She said that something is coming. The monster that chased her appeared.

At closer inspection, it did look like a golem, but some parts were not connected, like it was just a bunch of floating rocks that made a human like form. He had three dots for what could be eyes on its misshapen head that made a kinda-triangle. It had eight floating swords behind it. And two horns growing out of its heads that curved back, horns so devilish.

"You have to get out of here. Run Now!" Yasuhiko charged the monster, it nimbly avoided every attack and counteracted by hitting him with its crucifix staff. I could only watch, something about this field made me so scared. The whole tone of it, and seeing my friend slowly lose to this monster. Then I heard this sound, like glass breaking.

Yasuhiko slowly rose into the air. The staff of the monster appeared behind him as he was pinned to it. I saw him struggling, trying to break the invisible bonds, then the monster pointed it's palm at him, a blue bracelet appeared, and a beam of light shot at Yasuhiko, I heard him scream, telling me to run as fast as I can. His avatar disappeared, leaving only the book as it disappeared as well. The monster then pointed the bracelet at me. I could feel the sweat in my palm, as the controller slipped out of my hand, but I couldn't reach down and pick it up.

A white staff appeared out of nowhere, and shot out this wave that made me black out. The last words I was before coming to from it, were System Error.

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A non cannon re telling, however apart from the regular plot, their will be many changes, such as the phases. Skeith now has the floating sword thing from gu vol.3, however while his staff is the same (the q thing we got in America was a censorship of his real staff, an actual cross to crucify his victims). His body is sleeker in my version, however I can't properly describe it so bear with me. Next Chapter Kite will get his famous bracelet!