Pluto's Reincarnation
By: Ebil Chopsticks
A/N: Yeah yeah. I made a new fic. No one liked my old one. grump grump Or at least, if someone did, they sure didn't show it. Erm, this fic may twist some things in the .hack world that might/might not be talked about or disproved. Please don't sue me! Also, I will end up putting up another fic later, called hackMUTE. It'll be about a hacked, stuck in the game character that has real communication disorders and a not-really-her-daddy complex. What can I say? I come up with crazy ideas sometimes. Well anyway, enjoy the fic!
Disclaimer: I don't own .hack, a car, a skimpy outfit, 20$, or a lemonaid making factory.I do, however, own Pluto, Tamaku, this story, a pair of shoes, a shrimp ramen cup, 11$ and the ingrediants to make lemonaid. I am not liable for any side effects or damages cause by this story, including splurging on .hack merchandise, caffination, broken glass due to you being so hyper you run into it, bleeding from mouth/eyes/ears, or insanity. Contains 2 juice.
Chapter 1: Kiss of Death
Have you ever wondered how Pluto's Kiss came about? No not the virus itself…the name. It seems like an odd name for a deadly virus, once you think about it. Pluto's kiss…aren't kisses supposed to be good? A sign of affection? Trashing someone's data doesn't seem like it'd be a way to say "I love you." That's what that (now dead) 10-year-old kid thought. You know the one that made the virus?
It happened like this… He once was a part of a family. One with 2 kids and 1 parent. Yes, I said 2. There was him, and a girl, Fayre. But that's not what anyone called her. Oh no, if you called her her REAL name she'd throw a fit. She insisted to be called Pluto.
Pluto was the oldest by a year, though she acted like the youngest. Her hair was a stunning dark-purple-ish color due to hair dye, and she had wonderful ice-blue eyes. She was beautiful in very way, except maybe her lack of breasts, but only OLDER guys would want that, and she was only 10 when it happened…
She died from a mysterious flu-like virus. Suddenly. There where no symptoms until 10 minutes before she died, and it happened so fast, they had no time to think or cry until she was gone. Then their house nearly exploded due to massive amounts of tears.
The kid decided he needed to vent, somehow. He already was good as programming. Very good, better then most adults. So he programmed a replacement for his sister: a near AI person, which he named plutosrebirth.exe, or Pluto. It looked like his sister, only older. And, he made a "shell" character he hand controlled. So he could talk to his sister through that older shell character. They could play and everything. It was wonderful until…Christmas came
He had been in his room all year except for a bathroom breaks, and now it was time for Christmas carols and presents. As much as he struggled to go out for the festivities, he was dragged out.
Pluto was left all alone for a long time. She panicked. She had never not been without her brother talking to her for more than 1-3 minutes. And then, plutorebirth.exe glitched. It sent a virus file to EVERY computer in the world. And before it attacked, a little pop-up appeared on all screens, even if it was off, and it said:
"PLUTOSKISS.EXE INITIATE. message: pluto gives you a kiss "
Then your computer screen would simply shut off and not come back on no matter how hard you tried, in till it stopped 75 minutes later.
You know the rest. The backtracked the virus, blah blah, found the kid, blah blah, gave the kid the death penalty, yadda yadda yadda.
But did you know? There's a rumor that plutosrebirth.exe still exists, sleeping somewhere in the first ALTIMIT OS ever made. And guess what else? There's also rumor its data is connected to…
The World.
It seemed like it would be a wonderful day to play The World, an extremely popular MMORPG (Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game.) It was rainy and glum outside on a Saturday even! But in the game it'd be bright and as sunny as it can be, and, lots of people would be on. And to a certain 16-year old living in Tokyo, it was also a wonderful day to start playing the game as well.
He had just got it for his birthday on Wednesday, but couldn't start during the week because he had a report due Friday. But now was perfect. Slipping on the headset and inserting the software, excitement coursed through him. He had heard so much about the game from his classmates! Maybe he'd see some of them in the game. He then picked out his character design. He decided on being a Heavy Blade, one with no top, but some army-green pants with a simple gold crosshatch design on the sides. A belt-like strap that went over his chest held it up. He smiled. It looked good! He finalized some details (blue eyes, black hair, tanned skin) and then verified that he wanted to look like that. Then he put in a username, Tamaku. Hitting enter, the hair stood up on the back of neck as he logged in for the first time.
It was like a dark tunnel he was falling through in slow-mo. Suddenly he saw something. Something blue. He picked it up and everything went black.
When Tamaku woke up the first thing he saw was a azure sky, clouds floating in it. The first thing he heard was a Gaelic tune playing slowly. And the first thing he felt was…his sweaty hands on the controller in real life. It wasn't real, was it? He stood up gently and looked down at himself. Then he noticed—he didn't get the outfit he chose. He was wearing a leather sleeveless over a white long sleeve shirt. The overshirt had gold circular markings along the side, and there were obvious cuts in the undershirt. His pants had become olive green with the same gold circular markings on it, only this time more prominent. It was ripped at the bottom as well. His shoes where normal brown shoes. It looked NOTHING like the character he picked. Looking in the shop window, he noticed his face looked nothing like what he selected either. He looked about 16, when he wanted to look 18. He had light brown hair, not the black he selected, and his eyes where not blue but a vibrant emerald-green.
And that was only the beginning of his confusion.
"ONII-CHAN!" A voice yelled. Even in the game, it was VERY loud. "OOONNNNIII-CHHHHAAAN!" The voice repeated, even louder. It was obviously female. Age 17 probably. And it seemed to be getting closer. And closer. And closer until…
TACKLE! Tamaku was smashed to the ground, being held there by a person. He looked up to see a female, looking 17 years of age. She had cropped purple hair that was curled a bit at the bottom, curling at about her chin. Icy blue orbs glittered extravagantly, giving him a look of relief, pride, and happiness. She was scantily dressed, her top a bra-shaped blue metal thing that only was 3 inches long, a swirling motif in shiny dark purple near the sides. And her skirt—it was only to her upper thigh, but luckily covered everything important. It was like her top, only (importantly) longer and was a midnight blue with a light purple shiny swirl on it, witch was longer and plastered along the bottom edge too. Her boots where a shiny black with a reversed swirly thing on the other side. To top it off, she carried a shiny white staff with a floating sphere in it, and had a blue circle on it.
"Oh Onii-chan! I'm so glad I found you!" The girl said, wrapping her arms around Tamaku. He sighed. "Erm, look lady. I'm afraid you're mistaken, I'm not your brother." He said, trying to be polite. The girl just giggled. "Don't be silly, onii-chan. You can't fool me, I know it's you!" "Really, I'm not your brother." He said. "I don't have any siblings." The girl blinked, then looked back at him, then giggled. "Ooh, I get it, you're ROLEPLAYING! I understand! Let me try!" she said, then thought for a moment. "Hello, Tamaku." Her mock-serious voice was killing him. "How did you know my name?" he asked. She looked at him like he was asking what 2+2 was because he always wondered about that. "Silly, I knew that since I was one—I mean, I'm not sure." She suppressed a giggle. Tamaku had a headache by now. A BAD one. "If you know my name, you should tell me yours." He said. She looked at him and showed her smile.
"My name's Pluto!" she said, perky. Tamaku looked at her for a second, then finally smiled back. "Nice to meet you, Pluto."
"What are you talking about, onii-chan! We knew each other since you were a baaabby!" "I'm not your Onii-chan!"
Chapter 1 end.
A/n: Alright! That was hyperactive! LIKE ME! Even while not on a sugar-rush! In case you were wondering, onii-chan is Japanese for "brother."
Chapter Preview: After a while of provoking, Pluto convinces Tamaku to form a party with her. On their first battle in The World, they nearly lose, but a strong PC beats the monster for them! Who is this player, and he seems to know Tamaku as well…why? Find out in the next chapter!