Disclamer: I do not in any way shape or form own .hack or its characters.

Notes: Ages- Tsukasa- 17

BT- late 30's

This is my first fan fic ever written, so review with constructive criticism. FYI, constructive criticism is when you tell the person what they are doing wrong and how to fix it; not just telling a person that they suck and have make a bunch of mistakes.

Summary: An alternate universe where the game characters from dothack are not game characters, but real people. It is not part of a game, but reality itself. Tsukasa is a parentless child living in the city of Dun Loireag. After having an unusual field adventure will his classmates, his boring life starts to change, but will it be for better or worse?

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DotHack: Reality (part one)

By: TsukasaTheFoaminian

Tsukasa walked down the road of Dun Loirage with the wind blowing through his hair. He knew he was supposed to go to class, but he didn't really care. He was already more powerful and more skilled then the others in his class combined. There wasn't anything that the instructor could teach Tsukasa that he didn't already know, or couldn't find out on his own. The only reason Tsukasa occasionally went to his classes was to just kill time and to keep up the act that he doesn't know as much as he does. The Administrators, the rulers of The World, don't like people having more power then they do. When ever they find someone with unusual skills or extraordinary power they always removed the child (or occasionally the adult that some how hid their ability).

Well he didn't have to think of that, he was almost at the Chaos Gate, and he should be focusing on where he was going to go today. I could go another city, he thinks. Mac Anu, the city of water, is always pleasant, but Carmina Gadelica is the city wrapped in eternal night, and very beautiful to look at with all the lights there. No, not another city right now. How 'bout warping to a dungeon. A fight for your life can really be a good pick-me-up. As Tsukasa reaches the Gate, he's made his decision. No cities, no fields, just some quiet time in "his place." Yes, that's the right choice, he can also see if "she" has awakened. As Tsukasa summons his warping powers someone yells at him from the other side of the Chaos Gate area,

"Tsukasa! Where do you think you're going?! You know that your supposed to be in class right now!"

Tsukasa looks up and his heart sinks. It's his instructor, BT, she may be nice outside of class, but she is the hardest teacher in the world. It really interferes with Tsukasa's tendencies to just go and do what he wants to have a teacher who really cares about how you do in class, but expects you to show up and do the work that you need to do. She isn't lenient and she won't change due dates no matter what. Tsukasa faces BT as she walks up to him and stands before him.

"And where were you going to go just now Tsukasa?" BT asks angrily, while looking down at Tsukasa.

"Out," says Tsukasa in his usual short, vague style.

"Out to a field, or Out to another city?"

"You know that under age people can't warp to different cities by themselves," answers Tsukasa in a flat, uncaring tone.

"And I know you a lot better then some people do. I also know that a friend of mine saw a Wave Master who looked just like you over in Fort Ouf just yesterday," BT says with a smug look on her face.

Tsukasa is inwardly worried; he had skipped class to go to Fort Ouf. He had wanted to look at the only ancient fort left, and it had been cool to see it, especially since the city was built right on top of the wide walls of the fort. But he wasn't about to let BT see his worry, he had been a master of keeping a secret for a long time. "Then it must have been someone else," he said without showing any worry or concern.

"True, there are some look-a-likes," BT admits. "But not too many. And it doesn't matter where you were yesterday, or where you were going today. You still skipped class and were going to skip class today. I know your old instructor didn't care where you were as long as you turned in your assignments and passed the skills exams, but I'm different. I expect you to be in class everyday and paying attention, and not to do so will mean punishment." BT drags Tsukasa from the Chaos Gate and herds him toward the school area.

The school was one of the biggest areas in Dun Loirage, complete with a large building for study, and a huge area for training. Since there are 6 different types of classes a person can turn out to be, there has to be a lot of room for everyone. When a child turns 8, he or she is given a series of tests to see what class is best suited for, and what a person is best suited for usually counted on what skills he or she could learn. The skills and abilities that a Blade Master could learn are extremely different from those of a Heavy Axeman or Twin Blade. The Blade Masters use a one-handed sword that has semi hi attack power. Heavy Axemen use an ax, usually a 2-handed ax, which is powerful but is slow moving. Heavy Blades use 2-handed swords that are very powerful. Long Arms use 2-handed spears and are usually quick and powerful, but not much on the defense. Twin Blades use 2 shorter swords or blades mounted to the wrist, and have grate agility and speed. The Wave Masters usually only use magic. They carry only a staff, so their physical power and defense are really low, but they are adept at healing and using their magic.

Since they are so different, there's a lot of room for physical and mental training. But there are still some mixed classes where the different groups get together, like history. Tsukasa was one of the "lucky" ones who have their skill teacher also be their history teacher. The old instructor, Thunderclap, was a Long Arm who didn't care how Tsukasa learned, just as long as he turned in assignments and proved that he could use his skills. Two days ago, Thunderclap had gotten really sick and had to quit teaching, so BT was put in as the new instructor. Tsukasa thought since they were friends outside of school, he could still act as usual, but it now seemed that he could not, and he should have known. BT always took her job seriously, and never let anything come between her and doing her job right. They went past the courtyards and went into the building, into the history room. There BT shoved Tsukasa into his seat and began her lectures. A few people laughed when Tsukasa was dragged in, but Tsukasa was just bored with the idea of sitting and listening of 2 hours in this one class. BT had started off where Thunderclap had left off, at the end of the Age of Spirits and the beginning of The World.

Tsukasa knew all this, how some unknown force, simply called the Abominable Wave, had descended on the world of humans and sprites. It slowly consumed everything and nearly destroyed everyone, until the forces of Helba, Queen on Dark and Aperion, King of Light joined forces to save what was left of the human race, since the sprites had all been killed. The only sprites left were 2 half sprites who had gone with a human to find the Twilight Dragon. They never returned, and it wasn't needed, since the power of the combined forces of Helba and Aperion had fought back and defeated the Accursed Wave with the help of the great Wave Master, Herald. After the battle, Helba and Aperion had been too weak to go on living so they died. Herald then used his power to recreate the world into The World. Herald died soon after the reforming of The World, so not much is known about his past. The remaining people of the city Mac Anu had too weak of power to do much than just live, so they had created the Administration to oversee everything and to keep everything in check. Over time, people grew stronger and started journeying outside the city, and eventually founded the other five cities.

Tsukasa already knew all of this, so he didn't know why he needed to listen to the lecture, especially when he had already turned in a three page report about this topic to prove it. He found out at the end of class.

"All right class," BT announces. "Your first assignment is a three page essay on the war, and the aftermath of the war, courtesy of someone who gave me the idea."

Half the class glares at Tsukasa because they know it was him who turned in an unneeded three-page essay yesterday.

"Except," she announces "for you Tsukasa. You will have to turn in a six page essay for skipping class yesterday and trying to skip class today."

"SIX! BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Tsukasa shout as he jump out of his seat.

"Fine, if you don't think six is enough, then perhaps eight will do," she says uncaringly.

"EIGHT?!"

"Ten then, would you like to go higher?"

Tsukasa sit down and holds his tongue, since not even he wants to go over ten pages. A couple of kids laugh at him, but BT hits them with a five-page assignment for laughing at a classmate. BT sets the due date in three days, then releases the class. Tsukasa only sits in his chair and think numbly, Ten pages, how can she do this to me. Now I won't even have time to see the sleeping girl today.

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