As "The World" turns, or maybe just exists, there comes times when players go sour...a time where the real world, the world that we exist in...makes one player effect everyone around them...


.hack//SIGN: Virus

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A boy, a fourteen year old boy. A classroom. An attack of one's feelings. A hurt fourteen year old boy...

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Episode 01: Itamidome


The scenery of moutians come into view. The trees, the monsters, the grunties, they were all waiting there for me. I can't believe it at times, but...here I am. I wonder what I would do without it. My painkiller...


"Hey!" A girl walked up to me.

"Not again..."

"What are you doing?" she stared.

"Ignoring you."

"Oh what manners! What's bugging you?"

"You. Look just tell me something I need to know then be on your way, unless you want to trade...or fight."

"Your really ticking me off."

"It's your fault your mad, you talked to me first."

"Ugh! Thats it I am outta here."

"You bothered me for nothing?"

"Oh well here is my member address..."

"You want to give me your name?"

"Feather"

"Well I'm Char"

"Nice to meet you"

"Yes...I guess it was nice meeting you"

I walked away...Feather, huh? What a nice name, and she took the time to talk to me...ah who cares its just a game, they are supposed to be nice, I guess. *goes out into the field and starts battling monsters*


*2 hours Later*


"Well I got alittle stronger today..."

"Hey!" Feather ran to him.

*oh great what a idoit* "Hello."

"So what did you do today?"

"Nothing important."

"Thats ok, I trained. Wanna train together sometime."

"I don't see why not- Hold on I have an email...Oh crud not again. It's Umi, he wants to talk to me, all he ever does is just bother me."

"Who's Umi?"

"I guy I know from school, in real life that is."

"Oh, so I guess your not that popular..."

"Yeah well thats not your buissness..."

"True, it doesn't who you are...but you are my friend you could always come to me."

"It doesn't matter, cause who knows if I will run into again, besides I have never had any friends why start now?"

Feather looked away. "Because I have been where you are now, it's dark and scary. I don't believe people have to stay there forever, most people are still stuck situations like this...."

I got up... "Listen I am glad you are interested in my so called life, but I don't need another person picking on me."

"But I am not...don't you understand, I am here to help!"

I left.


*Logs off*


"I hate people..." Alone in my house those words echoed off the wall, Mother was at work, while Father was out drinking. "No one wants to help, and when I think they will, they find some other friend because they lose hope in me." I kicked my drink over... "Forget people...did Feather actually want to help?" I looked back at my terminal. "No...thats not really going to happen. It's just going to be some empty void made bigger."


*Logs back on* Who cares?


*Sends email*: Feather, Listen, your my only hope of having personality again. I was young when I lost every hope of being. I found this game one day. "The World" Sounded like a new chance at life to me. All I found was rude users and people I know from school. Till I met you. If you want to help, find me at my favorite field... Sincerly, Char