Chapter 1 The Calm Before The End

1:00 pm, Mac Anu Train Station

Shugo pushed through the crowd of people as they squeezed out of the subway and into the train station. He walked to an empty spot by the corner and looked around for Rena, who had just promised to meet him on the cell phone. After several minutes, he decided to look into his pack for something to drink, but all he found was some fruit juice. When he looked up, he had found that there were no more people in the train station, and the constant buzz of chatter and life has suddenly come to a stop. "What's... going on?? Where is everybody??" he questioned as he walked around, only to receive an echo for an answer.

Before long he decided to look above ground, thinking that maybe they just had an evacuation and he just hadn't noticed that had been blowing into the station has not turned into a December breeze. "Helllooo..?" he cried, as he wandered the streets looking for a single trace of life, but he had found none. Just as. When he reached the top of the stairs, he found not people, but an empty square. The warm summer breeze he was about to give up, the ground suddenly started to pulsate and the sky cracked and shattered, turning into a colorful black hole which sucked up everything, leaving blackness.

Surprisingly, it had not sucked up Shugo, leaving him standing alone. Dooonnnggg an eerie sound rang throughout the emptiness, sending chills up his spine. He looked around for the source, and when he turned around he found himself face to face with the mysterious Aura. "Aura..? Thank god I found you!! What's going on Aura??" He questioned her, but he received no answer. Suddenly, Aura held out her hand, and in it appeared a dagger, with held similar markings to the Twilight Bracelet. "Twilight... Dagger...." She whispered softly, glaring down. "What?? The Twilight Dagger?? Aura what's tha-" he asked, but he was cut off when Aura stabbed the dagger into his heart, spilling out deep red blood onto the nonexistent surface.

"Gasp! Aura.. gasp..why??..." he hoarsely gasped, as he fell back into the enternal black abyss. "He he he.." the little girl silently laughed, as her shape deformed, revealing Morty, the vagrant A.I., "I always complete my wishes.. and I wish to understand the true meaning of death.. and with this dagger.. I can finally fulfill my wish." She said, as the real Shugo fell comatose and the screen darkened...

Author's Note

Hey all! Welcome to the fan-fiction .hackDESTINY!!! In this fan-fiction, we will mainly feature he anime show/manga, .hackDUSK(udeden, Legend of the Twilight Bracelet, whatever you want to call it.) and maybe some characters from other anime, and my own personalized characters! And if you liked this story, you will also like the other fan-fiction, Blue Rain, posted on the Saiora Network, at !! (this story has not yet been implemented, and is scheduled to be implemented on maintenance day, Saturday 4:00- 8:00, between those hours the Saiora Network will be closed.).

Your charming author, Saiyuki