=^. ~= I wish 'The World' were a real RPG that I could play! Bolded things are E-mails or computer graphics.

Narrator's POV

[X_Dark_Data_Chrome_Y7Z/893_Black_Velvet_Death_X]

5/28/14

0:57 A.m

FROM: Black_Velvet_Death

TO: Dark_Data_Chrome

Look, I know what you have been up to the past few weeks.

I demand that you stop doing it, or at least do it proper. Right now you're being too messy and we wouldn't want to have any mistakes now would we?

The man smiled evilly, if BlackVelvet thought that he was being messy for no reason, he was wrong. He had a plan, he always did.

"And now for the finishing touches" he chuckled darkly as he typed in a computer code, a black box came up, he clicked on it and resumed the encoding half of his hacking job.

"Oh won't they just be pleasantly surprised?" he said with malice.

Misaki's POV

I walked around the square nervously, I wasn't really sure where I was or what this place was… still I stayed, it seemed like a safe place.

"Hey!" someone called, I almost bolted, but he came up to me before I could finish deciding whether or not to. He had cerulean blue hair and emerald eyes.

"What do you need?" I asked suspiciously, he shrugged

"Nothing, I just figured, you might want some help, and I mean you've been hanging around the Theta Server for ages.

"Doesn't that mean you've been hanging around her for hours, I mean if you've been watching me all this time." I said

"Well…" he trailed off awkwardly at a loss for words. I smiled, I liked this guy… he was nice

"I was teasing silly!"

"Oh, uh yeah" he blushed deeply "By the way I'm Tasuku"

"I'm Misaki. Also, you mentioned that this was the theta server… does that mean that there are more towns like this?"

He looked startled "How could you not know? I mean when we start playing The World, we don't start on this server"

"Playing it?" I said bewildered

"Yeah, you know The World; it's like the biggest online RPG right now."

'RPG? Online? What is he talking about!' I thought frantically then spoke as if I had been kidding

"Oh. Yeah of course! Heh silly me, how could I forget a thing like that!"

He looked like he hadn't bought that completely.

"Anyway, I'm going to head out to∑ Dark, Soulless, Sea… Do you want to come with me? I mean you're a high enough level for there."

'I'm a level?' that's when I realized, if I looked a certain way computer coding would show up with different sets of data, above Tasuku's head was a small character description.

User: Tasuku

Weapons class: Blade master

LV: 48

Exp: 17453/18000

Hp: 243/243

Character code 2 9083 014166 4

There were more detailed descriptions that continued on, but I didn't bother to read them, instead I glanced above me,

User: Misaki

Weapons class: Heavy blade, Wavemaster

LV: 45

Exp: 9823/10000

Hp: 257/257

Character code 2 9083 01542090 7

But for some odd reason, every time I looked at my data, a different set of numbers would flash behind it. These numbers were

XX_Error_System_Y7Z_DDxX M154k1

System_Error_Error_W4v3Bl4d3_

_C80_1010011010_45

X_YK3_0110010100110_3289_00001_ErRoR

_Warning_System_Error!_710015110021011

I had no idea what those code-like words were, but I had a feeling that I shouldn't ask about it.

So I smiled at him

"Yeah, I haven't been to Dark, Soulless, Sea, yet. And it would be fun to go with you!" he had looked unsure for a minute when I had hesitated while looking at the odd codes, but then he grinned.

"Alright, so are you ready to go out to a dungeon or do you need supplies?"

"Um, let me check" I asked embarrassedly

I looked into the bag I was holding, for being so light it held many items. There were red vials as well as green and blue, there were also different weapons and armors, and if that wasn't enough there were books and other items that I was sure were magic inside.

"I never realized that my bag could carry so much!" I exclaimed to Tasuku

"I take it you have enough supplies then?" he asked, I nodded

"Then let's go" he said

"Hey Tasuku!" another boy called running over

"Hey Wiseman what's up?" Tasuku asked

"They ditched me again!" Wiseman complained

"Who ditched you?" I asked

"Stupid Kite and BlackRose, I mean I helped save 'The World' with them, and then they go off on their like it's their own love fest, and they don't need anyone else any more, I mean I am not just a tool!" I said angrily

"Damn them. are you the only one they ditch, and how many times has this happened to you?" Tasuku asked

"Argh! Too many times to bother trying to keep up! And today they promised me and Minstral that we would go together today!" he said

"That's horrible!" I told him, he seemed to calm down a bit and finally notice me

"Hey Tasuku, do you have a girlfriend? Are you d=gonna ditch me for her now?" he accused

"NO!" we both exclaimed back

"I'm new to the world, he's showing me around" I explained

"How can you be new? You're level 45!" he asked

"I just am, okay!" I snapped,

"Hey Wiseman, do you want to come with us instead?" asked Tasuku feeling the tension in the air

"Sure if it's alright with her" He answered

"Yeah, its fine we're going to ∑ Dark, Soulless, Sea. And I have a name you know, it's Misaki" I replied, then I turned away from him and followed Tasuku to an odd looking light thing in the middle of the town, when I tried to see what it was, the coding said it was something called a 'Chaotic gate'.

Tasuku and Wiseman walked straight into it so I supposed it was safe.

When I got into the light I was transported into somewhere all black, somehow this place was oddly familiar, but I couldn't place why.

Then something appeared before me prompting me to select three different area codes and the server, I chose ∑ for the server (A/n sorry if the symbol doesn't show up) and Dark, Soulless, Sea. For the area, after a few moments the blackness melted away to reveal a landscape.
The sky was deep crimson with dark purple clouds obscuring most of it. There was also a forest, but the trees were coloured odd, pine trees had black, almost burnt looking, trucks with their normal looking dark green needles, the other trees had pure white trunks with black and dark purple leaves that looked almost oily. I shivered this place did not feel welcoming at all.

"Hey! Misaki!" Came the shouts of my only friends, I whipped around to see Wiseman and Tasuku

"Tasuku, Wiseman! What took you so long?" I asked somewhat accusingly

"I'm sorry Misa, the only reason we didn't arrive together, was that I forgot to form a party" Tasuku explained

"Misa?" I commented with a raised brow, he blushed

"Uh sorry, do you mind if I call you that?" he asked with all the confidence of a dead squirrel

"Its fine, you can call me that too if you want Wiseman, anyway let's form a party now" I told them, Tasuku nodded eagerly, happy at being forgiven, Wiseman answered with a 'Kay'.

A few seconds later and a window only I could see appeared before me.

Tasuku wants to form a party! Accept?

I mentally agreed, and it seemed to work, because all of a sudden I could see his data and most of his stats without having to decode the data from him directly.

What I saw was similar to what I had seen earlier except it didn't show how much experience points he needed or his Character code, what it did show was his hit points, skill points, his level, weapons class and his status, which was currently regular.

Wiseman's Stats also showed up, but before I could inspect them he turned to me

"Misa, how are you a Heavy Blade and a Wavemaster?" he suddenly asked shocked

"I dunno, I just am" I told him shrugging

"But, you aren't supposed to be able to choose two different weapon classes" he said still mystified

"I guess I'm just special then" I said, getting irritated at his speculations. Wiseman must have heard the tone of my voice because he stopped questioning me about it and instead asked where my blade was.

I drew my blade out from the simple gold bracelet around my wrist, it was an impressive weapon, it was large like all of the other heavy blades, and was two-handed, its metal was gleaming and coloured silver with gold on the edges of the blade, there was a V cut out just below the edge of the blade with the point in the direction of the blade tip and the ends facing towards the ornate hilt.

The hilt looked like two Asian dragons twisting together fighting each other for a pearl that served for the end of the blade. I grasped my sword with both hands.

"So what do you think?" I asked

"Impressive" both of them commented looking it over again, "anyway, I think the dungeon is on the other side of the forest" Tasuku said

"So we have to go through it?"

"Yeah" he told me, used to my questioning of everything already, although Wiseman still gave me a slightly odd look.

We went through the forest together hitting only a few magic portals on the way. All of the portals had been monsters with varying difficulties in level. The last magic portal we triggered left us with a chest

"It's a trap!" I exclaimed, I hadn't been afraid of the monsters, but this was different, this was a trap and I was sure of it.

"It's not a trap silly, it's a treasure chest, meaning we get an item" Tasuku told me

"I still don't want to touch that thing" I told him

"Oh come on don't be a wuss just open it" Wiseman said

"I'm not a wuss but I ain't stupid, that's a trap" I persisted, he rolled his eyes

"Alright, if you're just too chicken, I mean you are a girl" he said provoking me well

"Damn you" I said kicking the chest open.

Somewhat of a cliffy, plus I'm too lazy to write anymore… wow I cannot write well for .hack T.X … … … … I'd train, but I don't know how… gawd that's depressing, anyways Please Review! I would love to hear some feedback, FRIENDLY CRITICISM IS LOVED! PUT DOWNS ARE NOT!

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