Disclaimer: I do not own .hack//SIGN or any of the characters from it. I only own my own character Lain Auska X and my ideas.

.hack//SIGN

Chapter one: Enter the World

Saga: Born from Darkness

A young girl around the age of sixteen looked around in the video game she had just logged on too. She was in a town called Fayon. The game she was playing was called 'The World'. She had gotten the game from her birthday, which happened to be today.

She had spent an hours trying to download the game into her computer.  When the game had finally uploaded right she spent another hour customizing her character to make it just how she wanted. Unfortunately they only had half of what she wanted her character to look like, so she spent another hour hacking until she was satisfied with her character.

Her own character for the RPG's name was Lain Auska X. Her weapon was a five-foot long katana. She had pitch-black hair that was very short. It curved around her face a little. It was only as long as the side of her face. Her hair was also parted a little off to the side so you could only see one of her eyes and a quarter of the other. Her eyes were a sad blue. Her skin was very pale which gave her the look that she didn't get out in the sun much. Her clothes consisted of a plain black short sleeve baggy shirt. Along with the shirt she had on a pair of one size to big levi jeans. The jeans were being held up by, a three-rowed studded belt. It wasn't very visible. Her shoes were actually steel-toed boots. Around her arms and legs she had assorted miniature black belts. The belts gave off how skinny she was. And finally she had a plain black leather sheath on her back the held her five foot long sword.

Lain was still looking around her surroundings for the man she was supposed to meet up with. But she saw no one. But maybe she had looked past him? He never told her what he looked like or his name. She was only told the meeting spot. At the chaos gates.

Well she was standing there now, a little impatient, but she was there! Waiting for him. Lain tapped her foot on the ground still impatient but somehow managed not to turn around and just log off. Who ever this guy was. He was late. And besides she needed him to teach her how to use the game. She didn't want to just wander off into some unknown field and just get herself killed.

A minute went by and then she sighed and threw her hands up in the air. "I'm leaving!" Lain yelled out to herself. As she was about to log off she saw a man running up to her. Was he the one that was supposed to teach her about the game?

He had brown hair and brown eyes. He was also a swordsman with a  sword at his side. He wasn't wearing a shirt, which showed the colors that he had on. It looked like a cross was on his chest and face. The outline was white and half of the cross on the outside of the outline was blue. He had on golden boots that went up to his knees, she guessed it was some type of armor. Around his waist he had on a brown loincloth that sort of resembled a plain brown kilt. 

He finally slowed down when he was right in front of her. He was breathing heavily as he tried to catch his breath. This game had pretty good effects. Like real life.

"I'm sorry I'm late," he said straightening up. "I was sort of tied up at the moment."

"Oh," Lain replied putting her hands on her hips and then sighed. "That's alright. Just as long as you showed up."

He grinned at her. "My name is Bear," Bear said to her. "I guess I'm the one you asked to show you around 'The World'?"

"Yep," Lain said nodding her head. "And my name is Lain."

"Okay Lain," Bear said. He looked at what she was wearing and then frowned. "You don't look much like a swordsman. You have no armor on."

"I didn't like it," Lain replied sighing. "I had to go through so much to get this. I'm not changing anything now!"

"Never said you had too," Bear replied to her. "You do know how to get into fields right?"

"Yep," Lain said nodding. "The only I don't understand is the battle system."

"Well then," Bear said crossing his arms. "The best thing we can do is put you in a real battle!"

"Huh?" Lain said looking at his a little confused. "I just started this! What happens if I die?!"

"You won't don't worry!" Bear replied still grinning at her. "I'm experienced enough to keep you alive."

"Good!" Lain cried out happily jumping in the air. "Lets get a move on!"

Bear sighed at her and then they both disappeared onto another serer. As they reappeared they were in a dungeon. Lain looked around and grinned. Bear looked back at her a little confused and then had a worried look on his face.

"We shouldn't be in a dungeon yet," Bear told her. "Your not experienced enough. You're sure to get disconnected here. The monsters in this area are tough. I even have trouble with them!"

"I'm here though!" Lain cried out as she pulled out her sword form it's sheath. "I mean how hard could it be?"

Before Bear had a chance to answer Lain had began to charge down the hallway with her sword in front of her shouting, 'come and get me!'. He sighed and then chased after her.

"You should save first!" Bear called out to her. He kept running but he couldn't see her. The torches all seemed to be going out for some reason. He stopped running and then started to get nervous. "Lain! We should leave now. Something is wrong."

He didn't get an answer so he began to walk down the hallway again. As he rounded a corner he saw Lain engaged in a battle with something he couldn't see. She was swinging her sword around but seemed to be missing because of her cries of frustration.

"What are you doing Lain!?" Bear said calling out to her.

"Run!" Lain screamed at him. "This player! She's a virus!"

"What?" Bear said looking confused. Lain had dropped her guard as she had called out to Bear. She screamed out as if she was in pain as something went right though her middle. She dropped to the floor. Something red was coming out of her. Could it be possible? Was she bleeding? No it couldn't be! This was a game! Nothing like this could happen!

"Get out of here," Lain said weakly to him. She dropped down into her puddle of blood.

She still seemed to be breathing. He was about to run towards her but something stopped him. A shield of some kind? He couldn't see it but as soon as he touched it blue sparks shot out. He backed away from it and saw that something on the other side was trying franticly to get though. Blue sparks were shooting everywhere.

What was going on!? Could she be speaking the truth that something was in there!? How could this be possible!? Players couldn't die! This was all just a game! What is going on!?

Bear took one last look at her and then began to run with all of his might down the hallway and then exited the dungeon.

-A girl by the name of Lain Auska X went into a coma. Her parents found her bleeding to death at her computer on the day of her birthday. She had just been playing her new video game. "The World".  She is now being hospitalized, we do not know weather or not she will wake from her coma. How could this have happened?

--Zero Kusanagi

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