Hello everyone to the first chapter of Fanfiction World! First I like to thank everyone who sent in their own characters it hard that I had to choose through interesting and unique characters but it had to be done. All of the people who are not in the main group or villains will have a cameo chapter. Now after a few announcements the story will begin.
Announcements:
I will start writing as soon as I can I just lost motivation to write until this story popped into my head in a dream.
Some stories may get deleted or put on hiatus, I may need to clear room and focus on certain stories more than others.
Now that this is done ON WITH THE SHOW!
"aaaa"-Speech
'bbbb'-Thought
'cccc'-Flashback
"dddd"-Attacks
Disclaimer: I own the plot, the locations, and some of the characters. What I don't own are things taken from anime, shows, movies, games, books, online RPGS, etc. I also don't own any character I didn't create. Put your lawyers away!
"If my Imagination is my power, then my power is limitless"-Shadowlight0982
CH. 1: The Adventure Begins
Fanfiction World, or FFW for short, is a virtual world created from the old Fanfiction site. While FF existed as a place for fans to post stories about their favorite shows, movies, and books FFW offers much more. Users from all over the world now have the ability to travel to worlds inspired by their favorite shows, movies, and books. FFW was created to be a new world, a haven for authors and otakus alike, however what happens when a presence threatens this world and possibly the world outside.
(Dream)
Shadow opened his eyes to find himself floating in a white space. Shadow looked around and tried to survey his new surroundings. Shadow then saw how he was dressed, a black hooded jacket, midnight blue shirt with a black crescent moon, black baggy pants and a pair of steel toed shoes.
'Just like my avatar in FFW.' Shadow thought as he examined his attire. Shadow then continued to look for signs of life.
"Where am I?"
"What am I doing here?"
A luminous glow soon appeared and Shadow had to cover his eyes from the harsh light. When the light died down Shadow looked and saw a girl floating with him in the white void. The girl must have caused the light because she had a white almost ethereal glow around her. The girl's light almost gossamer silver dress and silver hair blew in the nonexistent wind. The girl looked at Shadow with happy gold eyes.
"You've finally came. You are the one." The girl said.
"The one? What are you talking about the one to what?" Shadow asked.
"The one who will restore this world. You are the one who can save this world." The girl then began to vanish in another blast of light.
"Wait!" Shadow tried to reach after her but the dream had already ended.
(Dream End)
Shadow then suddenly woke up in his bed. After taken a minute to catch his breath Shadow started thinking about the dream he had.
'The one who will save this world. What could she mean by that and why was I dressed like my FFW avatar.' Shadow then decided to question it in the morning after finishing his sleep.
In the morning, Shadow (To not name names characters will still be called their user names outside of FFW) finished his Saturday routine and was checking his messages. While the dream left Shadow with a lot of questions he still had to check his second favorite world FFW. Shadow then saw a few of his friends and sent them invites for a small chat room.
Shadowlight0982: Hey guys, what's up!
Keybladedude: Nothing much, I still have … in a few minutes so I have to make this quick.
DrummerBoy4Life: Well you're lucky you I'm stuck on a camping trip! I have a few miles before I completely lose service.
Shadowlight0982: How'd you get stuck on a camping trip on a Saturday? You hate nature.
DrummerBoy4Life: My mom made me go. She made it a compromise…I get the new drum set that I wanted if I spend more time with the family.
Keybladedude: Well that sucks, though I can't really talk seeing as I still have to leave with my family in five minutes.
Shadowlight0982: I guess I'm going in solo then. I'll see you guys later today.
DrummerBoy4Life: Solo? Where are you going?
Keybladedude: You know Shadow; it's always about rare items or something like that.
Shadowlight0982: You weren't complaining after fighting those fields of heartless.
Keybladedude: True. True.
Keybladedude: Well it's time for me to leave. See you guys online hopefully.
Keybladedude exited the chat room. Keybladedude logged out.
DrummerBoy4Life: Yeah I got to leave now too. See you later Shadow!
DrummerBoy4Life exited chat room. DrummerBoy4Life logged out.
Shadow saw that both of them had logged off and then readied his virtual band. After typing in his password and setting up his avatar Shadow got ready to log in the server.
'I didn't want to tell them about my dream. I can tell them later and hopefully I can avoid Hyna until then.' Shadow then launched FFW and was pulled into the virtual world.
(Login Station: Tokyo City)
Several rings began to form in a large check-in station. Shadow then appeared out of the rings as they disappeared. The reception ladies then repeat the same phrase they say to all entering FFW.
"Welcome to Fanfiction World. Please enjoy the experience." The two receptionists spoke in unison.
Shadow shrugged off the normal greeting and started to check his gear. Shadow was dressed the same as his dream except he had a single strap bag along with a large scythe on his back. Shadow checked his right hand and saw the familiar sealed Azure grimoire.
'One last thing for me to check.' Shadow then looked around for a mirror until he settled on a fountain just outside of the station. Shadow saw his reflection, same black hair and brown skin but he focused on his eyes. Shadow's eyes were heterochromatic; his right was a deep brown while the left was an almost pure white.
'I still have my Byakugan, okay time to head out.' Shadow then walked into the small little city. While walking Shadow saw the same thing as always; new players entering and being blown away by the sites, several people involved in public battles, people trading items or just showing off their powers.
"Some things never change; to be honest it's almost boring." Shadow comment as he continued to walk through the city.
Shadow kept walking until two hands began to cover his eyes from behind. 'Damn! I was hoping to avoid her for just a little longer.'
"Well well, where do you think you're going Shads?" A girl's voice spoke up.
Shadow quickly pushed the hands away from his eyes and looked to the girl. "I was going to check the messages on the board and what's with sneaking up on me like that?"
"It's not my fault you weren't paying attention. Speaking of which that's not like you, did something happen before you logged in?" The girl asked.
Shadow thought back to his dream for a second but still kept a calm look on his face. "No, it's nothing. So what have you gotten yourself into now Arabella?" Shadow asked.
"Only a minute in a conversation and you're already asking if I got in trouble. Typical Shads," Arabella commented.
Arabella Hyna or GeneralHyna as she is known was another of Shadow's friends. Arabella was the group's wild card if they ever needed one. Arabella was a tall girl, brown eyes with brown hair with blonde streaks wrapped in a ponytail. Arabella wore a chunnin flask jacket over her black shirt, camouflage pants, and brown combat boots. Arabella had a satchel that carried most of her things except for her dog tag necklace she wears and the omnitrix which was sitting over the bandages on her right hand. While she was friendly and trustworthy Arabella had one weakness.
"I wouldn't have to ask every time if I didn't always find you beating up a random player or destroying property." Shadow said with a sweatdrop.
"ONE TIME! Do you hear me, one time! And those guys shouldn't have made fun of my…" Arabella paused as she struggled to finish.
"Your "condition"," Shadow offered which Arabella nodded too. Shadow wasn't about to mention that she was near to flat chested, at least out loud.
"Well enough about me what are you up to?" Arabella asked.
"I'm going to check the bulletin boards; I need a treasure hunt to help clear my head." Shadow said.
"Clear your head, did something happen?" Arabella asked.
Shadow continued on his way to the message board. As he kept walking the dream continued to play in his head. Shadow began to groan in frustration.
'I really need for something to happen and soon.' Shadow thought.
As if someone above granted his wish Shadow soon bumped in to someone coming out of an alley. As they both hit the ground Shadow took the time to see who he knocked over.
"Hey! Are you alright?" Shadow asked.
"Yes I'm just fine, thank you for asking." A girl answered back.
Shadow then helped the girl to her and observed her at the same time. The girl had long silver hair with a crescent moon hair pin and blue eyes. The girl was wearing a silver tank top, white pants and black sneakers.
'She looks almost like…' A vision of the girl from his dream flashed in his mind before he sent the image away. Shadow then helped the girl to her feet.
"So why were you running anyway?" Shadow asked.
"I'm late for a really important meeting, I just lost track of time and I have to hurry. I'm sorry for bumping into you." The girl explained.
"Don't worry about it." Shadow said before he started walking again.
The girl was about to take off again before a question popped into her head. "Wait! Are you walking towards the bulletin board?"
"Yeah why?" Shadow asked as he was surprised by the question.
"Oh…no reason. Well I have to leave; I hope we see each other again!" The girl then took off leaving Shadow confused in the streets.
"Well this day is off to a surprising start." Shadow commented. Shadow then continued towards the bulletin board. When Shadow arrived he saw a crowd of players standing in front of a large stage in front of the bulletin boards. On the stage were ten people men dressed in armor, these men were Admin Guards.
Admin Guards are the police of FFW, they are given orders by the administrators to find and prevent any problems happening around FFW. The A.G. are easily identified, they wore a silver blue jumpsuit under what appeared to be futuristic armor. The armor covered then from the neck to the feet, the breastplate, gauntlets, and boots were all white with blue lights on the sides and many gold accents. To cover their face A.G's worn see-through visors that covered their faces; they can see anything but no one could see their face. All the guards had shields attached to their right left gauntlets and broadswords at their sides. One of the guards had bull horns on the sides of his visor and appeared to be the leader.
'Admin Guards, what are doing? They can't be here if this is for a normal event at least, not this many.' Shadow thought as he listened to the murmurs of the crowd.
"I heard they are about to show a new area!" A boy said to his friends.
"I here they are offering a special quest!" A girl gossiped with her friends.
"I heard a criminal is on the loose and they are scavenging the servers to find him." A group of boys said as they chatted.
Shadow decided to tune all the others out and began to watch the Admin. Shadow silently activated his byakugan as he watches the leader begin to speak.
"Players, we have received message that several hacks have taken place over this month. These hacks have started the dematerializing of several areas in this server!" The lead Guard began. "Let me remind you that all forms of hacking are prohibited and will lead to probation, but tampering with the server is a huge violation of FFW Administration rules and will result in immediate expulsion from FFW!" The Guard paused to let the information reach the crowd of confused players before continuing. "If anyone had any information on these hackings or the areas inform one of us or message the Administration, you're cooperation will be rewarded!"
The talk of rewards immediately got the crowd talking, many talking about finding the hackers. As the Guards began to leave the area Shadow reviews all the information he just heard.
'If it's affecting just the areas maybe it could just be a bug, but the talk of hackers and rewards…something's going on and they don't want us finding out what it is.' Shadow thought. As the crowd began to clear Shadow then looked at the bulletin board to try and find anything worth his attention.
"A moon shard in the Crystal Caves must be my lucky day." Shadow said.
"Crystal Caves! I heard that was one of the areas affected." Shadow turned around and saw the girl he had bumped into only a few moments ago.
"So we meet again, not to be rude but are you following me?" Shadow asked.
"OH, no I was also watching the Guards when you started to walk to the board. I wanted to thank you once more for your help when I heard you talk about the Crystal Caves." The girl explained.
"That makes sense, mind if I ask you for your name?" Shadow asked.
"Cast49, but most call me Cast." Cast said.
"Well Cast, I thank you for your advice but I think I can take care of myself. Besides if the area is really that bad then the A.G. would have shut it down, and no hacker ever stopped me from treasure hunting before." Shadow then walked away to find a warp station.
"Wait! Can I at least know your name?" Cast yelled out before Shadow could walk farther.
Shadow stopped mid-step and turned back Cast. "Shadow, Shadowlight0982" Shadow then turned back around a waved a good bye while he started walking. "So long."
Cast watched him walk until he was out of site; Cast then walked into one of the alleys and then pulled out what looked like a phone. After a few taps on the touch screen the Admin Guard with the horns appeared next to her.
"You call Princess?" The Admin Guardian asked.
"Yes, Leon, I need for you to take and team and investigate the Crystal Caves." Cast said with a peremptory tone.
"As you wish Princess, but may I ask why?" Leon asked.
"I just want to make sure that area was safe, I don't want another area fading away while players could be there." Cast answered.
"As you wish" Leon then left in a flash of light, Cast stayed in the alley for a few minutes after he left before leaving to a tall tower in the center of the city.
(Crystal Caves)
A few shining rings gathered on the grounds in front of a large ominous cave. Shadow then appeared between the rings and allowed them to fade away. Shadow looked around the area to try and find any problems.
"Looks alright to me, of course who knows about the inside." Shadow then walked inside of the cave and began his journey. Outside the cave where he was just standing the land briefly faded in static before reforming.
Inside the cave where many crystals and minerals sticking out of the cave light spheres on the cave ceiling let light bounced of the crystals and helped illuminate the dark cave tunnel. Shadow continued walking through all the while examining all the crystals around him.
"Lots of crystals, too bad none of these are rare." Shadow then saw a few sphere shaped crystals around the ground. Shadow picked up the spheres knowing what they are and pocketed them.
"Can't let things go to waste."
Shadow then continued walking ahead, after minutes of walking he saw a bright light from an entrance a few feet ahead. "Bright light, either something good or something bad...let's find out." Shadow then ran into a large clearing which showed various other paths. Shadow whistled as he counted the many ways to get lost.
"Well it wouldn't be a challenge if it was too easy. BYAKUGAN!" Shadow's left eye then became focused and various veins became visible around the edge of the eye. Shadow looked around the room and saw what looked like a weak signature.
"Must be a newbie in way over their head, I shouldn't interfere it would be a good lesson for them." Before Shadow could stop sending chakra into his eye he saw the large monster moving towards the signature. Shadow struggled with his decision before running towards the signature. "Sometimes I'm just too nice."
In another cave a young player backed away as a Grand Cave Python continued closing in on its prey. The snake was large as its body took up most of the room, its sandy brown scales reflected the light around it and its hungry yellow eyes stared down at its newest victim. The boy kept backing away before he hit one of the cave's walls; panic then began to set in as he saw there was no way out. The snake then raised its head to swallow the boy whole. The reptile opened its jaw began its descent but its fangs was met the blade of a scythe.
"I try not to be much of a hero but people like you make it very hard to ignore your cries for help." Shadow said as he slashed and sent the snake sliding a few feet away. Shadow then put a hand into his bag and gave a small blue sphere to the scared player. "Use that to get out of this area." Shadow then got frustrated when he saw the boy's hesitation. "You heard me and if you didn't I'll type it too! GET OUT OF HERE!"
The boy then followed instructions and used the return core to teleport away from the cave. When Shadow watched rings rise from the ground and send the boy away he turned back to his opponent. "Scare tactics, works every time. Now get ready you oversized snakeskin belt!"
The Python registered the insult and began its second strike. Shadow jumped away from his previous place on the ground. When the snake hit the ground Shadow began to run up the snake and jump higher in the air.
The snake then raised its head and then hissed madly at the vermin who used it as a jump post. The snake looked up and saw Shadow slowly rising in the air with a large amount of energy around his scythe.
"Sorry Snaky, thanks for the warm up though. You really helped me clear my head." Shadow said as and let a large crescent moon form around the blade of his scythe.
The snake then shot upwards to catch its floating prey. Shadow smirk as the moon finished its devilish laugh. Laughter filled the cave as the technique finally finished.
"Take this! WITCH HUNTER!"
The snake reached Shadow right as he slashed the scythe. The witch hunter began its travel through the snake, through the jaws and the body. Shadow landed on the ground and flicked the blood off his scythe as the snake's remains crashed into the floor.
"Well that's over" Shadow then placed the blade on its resting place on his back. Shadow started to move until he felt the cave rumble. Shadow stopped and watched as the ground began to fade around him. "What the…what's happening?" The ground then disappeared and Shadow began his descent down into a void of data.
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Shadow yelled as the ground reformed and swallowed him in darkness.
The scream echoed throughout the cave and into the ears of one of the Admin Guards, Leon.
'Maybe were close to the hackers.' Leon said as he stopped his team. "Alright I want two of you to warp outside and close off the area. The rest of us are going to separate and survey the area. Whatever keep you guard up, the hackers may be in the area as the caves are becoming unstable."
(Forgotten Altar)
Shadow's eyes struggled to open as he as he rose from the ground. During the fall through the network he must have fallen unconscious. Shadow opened his eyes and looked at the area. He appeared to be on the ground in front of a large altar, after looking around he saw there was nothing else around but the altar. After a while of searching for a warp station he started to check what area he was in.
"That's weird, area unknown, where am I?" Shadow asked. A bright light appeared in front of him causing Shadow to cover his eyes. When the light diminished Shadow opened his eyes and his eyes flew wide. "No way, it can't be you."
In front of Shadow, was a girl, the same girl who continued to appear in his dreams. The girl looked at Shadow with an apologetic look. The girl then offered Shadow a hand up off the ground. Shadow was hesitant to take the hand but reluctantly took it and was helped onto his feet.
"Are you alright?" The girl asked with concern.
"Just recovering from long fall but other than that I'm good. Where are we?" Shadow asked.
"This place has no name; I liked to call it the Forgotten Altar." The girl said as she turned to look at the altar.
"Forgotten Altar?" Shadow asked as he too looked at the altar. After a few seconds the two then regained eye contact.
"I have been waiting a while for you to come here Shadow." The girl said.
"How do you know my name?" Shadow said as he reached for his scythe.
"I know you for a while, I know you from the times we met inside your dreams." The girl said.
"Then those dreams were…" Shadow then let go of his scythe and let it drop to the ground. "Those dreams were…visions." Shadow realized.
"Yes they were. I couldn't contact you before any other way. But now we have the chance to talk face to face." The girl said.
"Yeah let's talk, first who are you and how were able to appear in my head." Shadow asked seriously.
"I guess it is fair if I answer your questions first. My name is Izanami." Izanami said as she did a small curtsy. "As to how I was able to speak with you…I don't really know that answer myself. The first time we talked was five years ago at…"
Shadow eyes opened as an old memory played in his head. The voice that helped comfort him from years ago belonged to the girl in front of him. Shadow then shook the memory away and looked back at Izanami. "One more question, what are you?"
"What am I? I guess you can call me an NPC. I don't really know. I have been here since the creation of this world. Always watching but was never able to interact with anyone." Izanami said solemnly. "It was fine as I had two others with me, but then they disappeared and now I am alone. Maybe I'm what you would call a god?"
'A god, well there is something special about her.' Shadow thought.
"I suppose you may want to know why I was calling for you or what happened to you in that area?" Izanami asked.
"Yes, what is happening? Does this anything like what's happening around the server? Parts or even whole areas do not disappear without reason." Shadow said.
"To answer all that I will need to start from the beginning." Izanami said.
"I don't have anywhere to be, not that I'm going anywhere anytime soon." Shadow joked to lighten the mood.
A few giggles exited Izanami's mouth before she began her explanation. Izanami then looked at the altar with a serious and maybe mournful look. "Like I said before there were three of us, me, my sister, and my best friend Izanagi. Together we traveled and watched as the world slowly begins to form. Izanagi saw the growth as too slow and then used his power to speed up the creation of the world, he used his powers to create lands, oceans, mountains, everything!"
Shadow remembered that many years ago the developers of FFW found a miracle program that helped create FFW. 'Izanagi must have been the one to literally create FFW.' Shadow then listened as Izanami continued with the story.
"Izanagi created everything" Shadow said.
"Yes, Izanagi took the name as god of creation and created the world. Soon, Izanagi, my sister, and I began to explore the world and we all agreed that it was too lonely. Soon Izanagi found many people and we all began to live in this new world. It was a lovely time until something happened…soon the lands began to change and cities start to build and soon we were all sent away into places like this or went into hiding."
"I'm sorry." Shadow apologized for no reason.
Izanami gave him an amused look. "There is no reason to be sorry, you didn't cause this and soon we learned that people from outside our world caused this. Anyway, after all the buildings were made people began to appear, first there were a few, then hundreds, and now I know millions of people come to this world daily. Soon we were able to come out of hiding, me and Izanagi wished to live with these people, the players, to live in peace but my sister didn't see it that way. My sister saw the players as an infection, coming to ruin our world and take it from us. Soon my sister did something unforgivable…"
"What did your sister do?" Shadow asked.
"My sister caused a revolt. She gathered all those loyal to here and started to attack and conquer areas. Izanagi and I tried to reason with but saw us as enemies for siding with players. Izanagi soon had no choice but to fight her. They fought for many days until that fateful day." Tears started to form in Izanami's eyes. "Izanagi was forced to seal my sister and her army away, and then he faded away."
"Faded away?" Shadow asked.
"He simply vanished; he must have been heavily injured in that battle. Izanagi sent me here and told me what must be done in the future. After that, Izanagi flew into the sky and turned to dust."
Shadow was stunned by all that information. One god tried to remove players and was stopped but it caused another god to disappear. Shadow then looked sadly at Izanami before helping wipe her tears away.
"Girls should never cry especially pretty ones." Shadow said as he pulled out a cloth from his bag and gave it to Izanami.
Izanami looked at Shadow with thanks and a small blush before wiping her tears away. "Thank you."
"Don't worry about it, wherever Izanagi is I'm sure he doesn't want you here crying." Shadow said.
"It seems I made the right choice then." Izanami said.
"The right choice?" Shadow said confused.
"You have seen firsthand what's happening around the world. I am certain it is my sister somewhere stirring." Izanami said. "Izanagi knew that my sister cannot be sealed away forever, so he told me of a way to stop her." Izanami then pointed to the top of the altar. "Izanagi left something that can, the last thing he owns that contains all of his power. He said that in the altar a special player will use his power of creation and save the world."
Shadow was shocked and looked at the altar with awe. "Something that contains the powers of a god, power of creation…Then why do you think I'm the one?" Shadow asked.
"Like he said, a special player. Not only must a person be courageous, reliable, and powerful, but he must also have good judgment and will power." Izanami explained.
"I can name a few people more special than me that have all that and much more. Are you sure you didn't choose wrong?" Shadow asked.
"And humble too, like I said no one is more special than you to use Izanagi's power. All you need to place your hand into the light and it will do the rest." Izanami said.
Shadow took a minute to think about the situation. "I know I'm not much of a hero but let's see if I'm the one then."
"All you have to do is believe in yourself." Izanami said.
Shadow was about to walk towards the tower before Izanami put a hand on his shoulder. In a burst of bright light Shadow saw he was now standing on top of the altar. In the center was a thin pillar of life that seemed to reach even beyond the sky. Shadow then walked towards it and then stopped right in front of the light.
"Well, here goes nothing." Shadow then placed his right hand into the pillar. The pillar then reacted and then began to expand until Shadow was completely enveloped. Shadow then saw he was floating in a white void, the same from his dreams. Shadow then saw what appeared to be a giant bird flying towards. Shadow then braced himself as the bird soon collided with him. Shadow saw the bird's golden eyes before everything whites out.
The pillar then disappeared and then was replaced with radiant white wings. Izanami then watched in awe as two wings formed from out of Shadow's back and a golden bracelet with diamonds and runes over it. Shadow stood admiring the item before he suddenly loses consciousness. Izanami then caught Shadow and looked at his face with a smile.
"I knew you were the one, you're just like…" Izanami then placed Shadow down then pulled her hands together as if to make a prayer. Izanami then closed her eyes and Shadow's form began to glow, Shadow then was swallowed by a ball of light that shot into the sky. Izanami looks at the sky with a small smile.
"So it begins…" Izanami said to no one but the wind blew as if it agreed.
(Crystal Cave)
Shadow woke up and saw that he was once again in the cave from before. Shadow shook the cobwebs out of his hands and stood back up. "Was that a dream?" Shadow looked at his wrist and saw the bracelet secured. "Guess not."
"Hold it right there." A voice sounded from the entrance.
Shadow turned around and saw an Admin Guard entered the cave. Leon looked at Shadow as he pulled out the blade from his side.
"How are you here? This whole area was evacuated and closed." Leon stated rather than asked.
"Calmed down, I just woke up here." Shadow said in a bored tone.
"Woke up here, you expect me to believe that." Leon then got into a readied stance. "Give me one reason to believe why you're not a hacker and that you're the one messing with this area." Behind the visor two ominous eyes glowed red.
Shadow then pulled out his scythe and got into a stance of his own. "I can tell you many things but it looks like you aren't going to listen to anything I got to say. I'm not a hacker; I'm not the one doing all of this."
"Well then tell me how you got into this area?" Leon's eyes met Shadow's.
"I can't tell you that." Shadow said.
"Then prepare yourself." Leon then charged with his broadsword raised.
Shadow blocked the strike but with much difficulty. Leon then pushed Shadow away with forced and prepared for another strike. Shadow then dashed with his left fist raised surrounded by a dark power.
"HELL'S…"
The fist met Leon's armor and stalled him for a few moments, Shadow then raced his right arm and the aura formed a large claw around it. The claw then sliced Leon and sent him back a few feet. Several red orbs flew from Leon and into Shadow.
"…FANG!"
Shadow then charged up his Scythe to use Witch Hunter and ran towards the sliding soldier. Leon saw the attack and raised his shield in front of him. The shield began to glow blue and expand. Shadow then raised the scythe and then unleashed his attack point blank.
"WITCH HUNTER!"
Shadow's blade met the shield and the two fought for dominance. The more force Shadow tried to force onto the shield the more it tried to push him back. Soon the shield released a shockwave and sent Shadow sliding across the cave.
"What?" Shadow said as he tried to understand what happened.
"Do you honestly think you can defeat an Admin Guard? Our armor is designed to deal with any situation across the server." Leon then raised his shield. "These shields can take any force directed at it and send it flying, it is said to be unbreakable. Also…"
Leon then stood firmly and then started to raise his right arm. The gauntlet then began to glow and then Shadow then was covered in a red aura. Shadow then landed on his knees unable to get up.
"What's happening? I can't get up!" Shadow said.
"Our gauntlets are special as well, while it's something given to most Administrators but some high ranking Guards are given permission to use these. They are called Remissionem's Gauntlet." Leon said.
"Remissionem's Gauntlet?" Shadow said as he struggled trying to rise up to his feet.
"Remissionem's Gauntlet or the Gauntlet of Forgiveness. It forces any target to bow down with their head down, as if begging for forgiveness. My favorite for dealing with criminals like you." Leon said with an arrogant smirk at the end.
"Bastard" Shadow said as all he can do is keeping his head up. "No matter what, I will not bow my head to you!"
"Famous last words, after this...you will be removed from FFW completely." Leon then slowly as if dramatically walks towards Shadow dragging his sword.
'What do I do?" Shadow thought to himself. 'Not even a few minutes into this and I already failed. Izanami, I'm sorry but like I said…I can't be a hero.'
"That's not true."
Shadow then saw an image of Izanami before him. Izanami looked at Shadow with a kind and knowing smile.
"You are the person I have been looking for; you will be the one to save the world. Shadow all you have to do is believe in yourself." Izanami then faded away.
'Believe in myself? Or maybe…' Shadow slowly looked at the bracelet on his arm. Shadow then closed his eyes and focused. 'Believe, believe in Izanami's words, believe in Izanagi's power, and believe in myself!'
"I'll give you a moment to pray." Leon said as he raised his sword. Leon then stopped as the bracelet on Shadow's arm began to shine a brilliant white. Shadow's body then glow with a shining white aura.
"No I think you need a moment to pray." Shadow said as he slowly rose to his feet.
"Impossible! This proves it even more…you are a hacker!" Leon screams outright.
"I'm no hacker" Shadow then raised his scythe as if to slash Leon. "I'm just your normal guy on this server."
Leon then rushed to try and stab Shadow through. Shadow then slashed the air and a white arc slashed through the area. Leon tried to raise his shield to block the attack. The arc the swallowed up Leon as his shield was no match for Shadow's attack.
"Aaaaahhhhh!" Leon then faded away as the attack ate away at him until he disappeared.
The light died down and Shadow saw a deep trench where he had slashed Leon. "Aw man, now how am I going to fix this?"
As if to answer his question Shadow's bracelet glowed and a beam shot from it into the ground. The whole area then began to faintly glow. All the damage was being fixed, from the places where the ground disappeared, to the trench in front of him. Shadow looked at awe as the bracelet restored the area to perfect condition.
"I guess it really is the power of creation." Shadow said. Shadow then pulled out another return core and he was sent back to Tokyo City.
(FFW Headquarters)
A middle aged man pulled off his virtual gear and ran through the building. The man then ran into a large room surrounded by ten men and women who were looking at a large map of FFW.
"Leon, what brings you here?" A male Administrator asked.
"I'm sorry to barge in but I believe I found the cause of the problems around the server!" Leon said.
"The causes…explain please." Another Admin ordered.
Leon began the story. "I checked the area of Crystal Caves as instructed by Cast, after me and several guards closed down the area I found a player still in the area. He claimed not to be a hacker but with appearing in a closed down area and not explaining how made me think otherwise."
"Interesting." A female Admin said.
"After that we began to battle, I had him under Remissionem's Gauntlet when he suddenly glowed with a white aura. HE broke through the Gauntlet's power and defeated the shields that were said to block all." Leon said.
"Crystal Cave, someone put that area on screen." An Admin ordered.
The map of FFW then only showed Crystal Caves. "Scan the stability of the area." The Admin ordered.
After a few minutes of deep scans, all the scans showed clean. "Crystal Caves is all green, 100% stability which is unusual considering it was nearly 58% stable five minutes ago."
"100…but how?" Leon asked.
An elderly Admin then filled the room with a hearty laugh. "Well if this is a hacker than maybe he's working to fix our problems."
"Regardless, all forms of hacking whether hazardous or not is unacceptable. What is the player's name that you encountered?" The female Admin asked.
"Shadowlight0982" Leon said.
A small gasp filled the room but nobody seemed too noticed. The Admins then asked for scans to see if Shadow did hack the system at anytime.
"Scans show that Shadowlight0982 has not hacked into the system, his signature was reported MIA for a few seconds before showing up again. Maybe a glitch in the server caused the order to miss him."
"I could have sworn…" Leon started.
"Enough of this" All eyes in the room focused on the young boy in the room. "We can't prove that he's a hacker so we'll let this situation go. Leon, go take a break you have been working hard and your player is now in the Astral Realm."
"Yes sir" Leon bowed to the Admins and then left the room. The Admins then went back to looking at the map of FFW and try and fix the problems on the server.
One of the Admins looked at the map with one small thought. "Shadow, Shadowlight0982"Shadow's voice rang though her head.
"Shadow, we may meet sooner than you think." The young Admin thought.
TBC…
So what do you guys think. Considering this took me a week after getting all the characters, researching things, sorting and having almost lost all this data after my old flashdrive broke down. I think this turned out very well. Of course it's not my decision to make. Well now that this is done it may take a while for me to update but I will soon so all of you have faith in me. So all of you better:
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