This story will be off a lot from the original dot hack for I do not own any dot hack (also will include new weapons).
Hack/Sign: Legend of the dark hacker
Chapter one: Takum's gift
The sun set over the small city of Gaesoki as a young boy carried a box set of the virtual reality game: THE WORLD. When he got into his room he excitedly set up the game system to his computer. When it was all finished he picked up the headgear for the game, placed it over his face, jacked it into the computer, and started the game.
The computer spoke: WELCOME TO THE WORLD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN NOW OR READ MAIL?
The boy said ,"begin now", and the game started. As it began he could feel his body changing into some other person's body. He didn't like this feeling it almost hurt, when it was complete a shock went through his head and to his brain. This shock mixed in with the brain waves and created the alternate world where he would play the game.
"Awesome!" The boy said as he started to walk around in this new world.
Then other players appeared and moved as they pleased, markets thrived with business, player's teleported in and out from the chaos gate, and small boats sailed under a bridge in the center of the city. The city was the Aqua Capital Mac Anu. He looked down at his clothes and noticed that he had on dark blue paints, a dark blue shirt, white long under sleeves, and dark brown gloves (basically he has the kite outfit just in blue and none of that weird design he got from the book of the Twilight). In his hands were a pair of simple daggers, he was what is called in the world a twinlade.
After awhile of running around and searching of the city he decided to find someone to join his team. He noticed a tall girl with blue short hair buying a broad sword called Keirosami from the weapons store.
"Uh would you mind if I asked for your name," the boy asked.
"Me, oh I'm Ginger. What's your name?"
"I'm Takum and I'm a..." she interrupts him.
"A noob right," she asked.
"No, yeah, wait that's not what I was going to say. I was going to say a twinblade!"
"Duh I know that, it's not like I just started playing," she told him.
"Well any way I was gonna ask if you wanted to team up."
She paused for a moment then said o.k.
"But we're gonna need to get you another stronger pair of blades," she pulled him up to the store keeper.
"I don't have any money Ginger," he told her ashamedly.
She said he could use her money to buy the weapons and he did. He bought a pair of level five blades called Rac Dras.
As they were walking across the bridge towards the chaos gate Takum ran into a tall man with long black hair, he was a wavemaster, and he wore a long grey and green colored robe.
"Oh I'm sorry sir for running into you," Takum said to the man who looked at him angrily.
"Just don't let it happen again," the man picked Takum up by the collar, "'Cause if it does happen again I'll kick you're as..." he was interrupted by a group of soldiers and their leader, a woman by the name of Kamui.
"Excuse me! Are there any problems here?" The leader asked them.
"No ma'am just playin around with my friend here," the man put Takum down.
Ginger and Takum walked on to the chaos gate and warped off to a place selected by Ginger. Takum asked why she had picked the place when they arrived there.
"Don't you read your mail, this place is just open for today and it's very special. In my mail it said that the girl named Aura sometimes appears around hear to look at the grace of the Olympth statue: one of the most magnificent things about the world. They say that if you look at it and accept its true grace you'll be given a special gift from Aura," Ginger told him.
"Aura..." suddenly Takum froze and suddenly rembered that he'd already played this game sometime before. Then he remembered completely: A pale girl in a long brilliantly bright white dress floated in front of a blademasterwho's face was fuzzy and unrecognizable. Takum was on the ground crying, "B-b-b-brother please don't go with her... I want you to stay with me in the real world, not this game!"
"But it's not a game, its reality. The world you know is fake I don't believe in it, I-I-I won't believe it! Goodbye brother, I must go with Aura now, I'll see you later huh bro?" The blademaster walked over to Aura and started to fade away.
"NO BROTHER DON'T, PLEASE DON'T GO," Takum ran towards his brother trying to catch him but was too late, then heblacked out.
Takum awoke from the flashback when Ginger pushed him.
"C'mon lets go," she started down a long corridor to a huge double door entrance made of wood. Takum slowly followed her to the door; they opened the door and walked into the building. Inside was what looked to be a chapel with several rows of pews, at the front of the room was a huge statue of a warrior; Olympth, he was a heavy-blade like Ginger, in his hands was a huge broad sword that had a black zigzag design in the center of the blade.
"Was he a good warrior?"
She laughed at the question as they stepped in front of the statue. Takum asked why she laughed but she didn't answer him. In fact she never answered his first question, he just guessed the answer was a yes.
"Ginger I want to tell you something."
"Okay what is it?"
"Three years ago when the incident occurred with the girl named Aura."
"Yeah, I knew you weren't really a noob."
"I was involved and so was my brother Takuna, he fell into a deep coma that night and he still hasn't recovered I think it's because he went with Aura and stayed there, and I also fell into a coma for a long time after the incident, so that's why i thought this was my first time playing."
"What! You think he's with Aura, that's crazy I mean how'd you come up with that?"
"I didn't make it up, it's true. He went with her, I saw him fade away with her."
"Huh, you're serious?"
"YES!"
"Oh my goodness I'm so sorry about your brother being in a coma, oh and your coma"
"Thanks Ginger. I think I can save him though, if I can ask Aura for him back then he'll snap out of the coma!"
"Maybe, maybe," she said to him then returned to gazing at the statue as did Takum.
Suddenly a light illuminated from behind them, they turned to see Aura floating towards them. They both looked worried at her. She stared at them as she approached, then she stopped in front of Takum.
"Aura I'd like to ask you about my brother Takuna, I'd like to have him back please," he asked her, she ignored then changed her glance to Ginger.
"What?" She asked as Aura came closer to her.
Aura stopped in front of Ginger and stared into her eyes. Ginger stepped away and Aura followed.
"Get away," Ginger pulled out the Keirosami and pointed it at Aura. She drifted away from Ginger then and stared at Takum.
"I said I want my brother back"
"Your brother Takuna is here in the world as we speak",she told him as she came closer.
"What? How can that be Aura?"
Aura turned to the statue and stared directly at it. Takum turned to the statue and really closely observed it.
She began," Takuna was infected by a viral infection, I took him with me only to cure him, but the infection had spread completely through his body. It drove him crazy and whenI healed him my power and then infection caused the coma. Takum I am sorry, but he is alive and well in the game for reasons I cannot explain."
"So you only wanted to help my brother?"
"Yes and now I have a gift for you to show my apology", she floted up to the statue.
"A gift", Ginger woddled over slowly to him.
"What's happening", Takum asked as a light came from Aura and flew into the statue, a few seconds later a bright light shot out and flew into Takum.
"AH, what is this," Takum fell to the floor as a pain swept through him, "AHHHH THERE'S SOME KIND OF ENERGY SURGING THROUGH ME IT HURTS SO BAD AHHHHHH!" A light shot out of Takum and blinded him and Ginger. Then everything and everybody stopped for a split second and the entire WORLD'S areas and inhabitants colors all inverted. Then everything returned to normal and Takum lost consciousness.
"Takum wake up! Takum wake up", shescreamed and screamed for him but he didn't answer.
"Hmm... wha... what happened", Takum got up and rubbed his head after a few seconds.
"A bright light from the statue shot into you and you fell unconscious and that's all", she explained to him.
"I wanted to ask her where Takuna is in the world but I guess I'll just have to search for him myself", he said while looking around and seeing that Aura was gone.
"Well you've still got me to help you"
Takum thanked her then they started for the exit then stopped when they heared a roar from behind them, they slowy turned to see a gigantic data bug.
"Wha... what is that?"
"It's a data bug and a huge one at that", she answered him
Takum pulled out his pair of Ras dras and got into his battle position.Ginger readied her Keirosami as the data bug got closer.
"RRRAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH", the data bug roared.
They both darted towards the data bug, she slung her blade forward as she neared the creature, Takum ran up a wall, jolted off of it and landed on the creature, then he stuck both blades in its back. Thedata buglet out a moan then shook frantically to get Takum off.He pulled out his blades and jumped off its back.
"Take this!" Ginger slashed and missed it, "WHAT!"
Then the data bug grabbed her with its giant claw and squeezed her as hard as it could. She screamed in pain as it squeezed her.
"TAKUM!"
When he heared this he charged at the data bug, pulled back one arm as a bracelet appeared on his wrist, it glowed bright green.The light grew brighter as he neared it, then he thrusted his hand forward and, "HACK!"
Ginger was blinded for a second and fell to the floor as the data bug broke and was reassembled. When she could see again she saw a small scarecrow running away. Takum quickly caught and killed it.
"What was that called?"
"I don't know, I just knew that i had to save you or it would've been over and then it just happened", he explained to her.
As they made it to the exit they heard another roar, turned and saw another data bug. They quikly ran out the doors as it chased them. They closed the doors and ran down the corridor but stopped when they saw a man. He was wearing armor, had a long white cape, white hair and blue eyes, and a long silver sword.
"Move now!" The man said to them and the data bug broke through the doors and after them.
They jumped to the side and watched as the man unsheathed his sword and slashed down to the ground, a silver wave blasted through the data bug and it exploded before it reached him.When this was over the man walked over to Ginger and Takum and helped them up.
"I am Balmung and you two are?"
They stated their names to him.Then Ginger asked if he was "the Balmung". He answered with a yes and she bowed, pulling Takum down with her.
"Thank you, but I want to ask you something", he directed his last words at Takum.
"Yes", they answered as they stood.
"What happened inside their?"
They explained everything to him thoroughly and then Balmung said to himself, "Data Drain."
"Takum you might want to get back to the root town and log out for a while, because if the cobalt knight brigade finds you then you'll be deleted."
"What, who are they Balmung", he asked him.
"Remember in Mac Anu when you ran into that bully wavemaster, those knights that saved your butt are the cobalt knight Brigade", she told him.
"Yeah Balmung you're right I should keep away from the game for awhile, see ya later Ginger", he gated out and she quickly followed.
"Ha so Aura gave that boy a gift, just like Kite and Shugo who were both twinblade as well", a man's voice came from behind Balmug.
He turned around to see the wavemaster from Mac Anu crossing his arms and nolding a long black staff in one hand. He had no expression on his face and he stared at Balmung.
"Who are you?"
"Ha, I'm the notorious hacker Ezra. You know the one creating special costumes and weapons and selling them at high prices, and the one who's been making all those wild NPC's for the Cobalt knights to have fun with."
"I do not associate with hackers", Balmung walked away.
"Even if it is about the dark hacker."
"What! The dark hacker?" Balmung turned to him.
"The greatest hacker ever known, word is that he uses some kind of secret weapon to do his dirty work, but this guy is serious, he's responsible for putting ten people in a coma as of today."
"Hmm... I wonder if I should tell Kamui or... no I will take you into custady of CCcorp. for questioning", he said to Ezra.
He laughed, "Na, I'll just work on this with some of my men, ha, ha, ha", he gated out.
"Ezra, Dark hacker, and Data Drain, hmm... they must be connected but how?" Balmung pondered then gated out..