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This fic will start right before the entire Chapel incedent in .hack//INFECTION, right before Kite first encounters Balmung. From there, the story might deviate from the actual game, such as Balmung joining Kite's party fairly early on, ect. The script will be changed slightly, as I have the worst memory in the world, but hey, it gets the general message across. Hope you enjoy! By the way, Reviews enhance my interest in the story instead of concentrating my efforts elsewhere, so iffen you be liking it, review!
Pairings: Kite x Balmung (apparent) / Balmung x Kite (not so apparent), One-sided BlackRose x Kite
Last Warning: This fic contains SHOUNEN-AI! That means BOYS LOVING BOYS. But not yaoi, not the hardcore kind...I can't write it...And it's not allowed here, anyway.
Disclaimer: I, in no way whatsoever, had any part in the making of the .hack series. Although any deviations in storyline belong to me, the original idea does not. If it did, Balmung would have been cuddling Kite long, long ago.
~~~~~ = Entering new areas, or time change
~~blah~~ = System Message
= Thought
~~~~~
"Come ON Kite...Aren't we going there?! To (Delta) Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, like I told you. I'm not going to tell you any more of these keywords if you aren't going to come with me...Sheesh, newbies are a pain."
The pink haired girl stood by the swirling blue chaos gate, looking at a green-clothed boy, Kite, with annoyance. The girl's sword dwarfed her own small size, and her even smaller clothing -- As a rather tiny heavyblade, she would always look like that, far undersized for her own weapondry.
"...Umm...Ok, let's go..." Kite said, accessing flash mail as he spoke, fumbling with the still unfamiliar controls.
~~Adding BlackRose to Party~~
"Ok! Let's GO!" the girl, BlackRose, said excitedly.
Without another word, Kite turned and touched the portal, the entire thing lighting up in golden streams of runes and unkown words.
Hidden, Forbidden, ...Holy Ground
Soon enough, they were both enveloped by the same golden strands of light, whisked away from the comforting town into the darkness of cyberspace.
~~~~~
"...Oh! This...This place is..."
The blue haired boy turned in question, looking at BlackRose while seeking an answer.
"Nevermind! Let's go. Aren't you going to escort me like a proper gentleman should?" she said with a slight shove at Kite to move forward. Obliging, he solemnly strode forward, taking in the massive Cathedral they had arrived in. Beyond the old, stoney platform they were on, Kite could only see rushing water and distant hills of green. But right before them, was one of the traditional old gothic cathedrals, spires shooting high towards the sky stained glass windows still remaining upon the walls. This wasn't a normal area, was it...
"We don't have time for this!" was the sudden half-shout that woke Kite from his observations. Shaking himself, they both continued forward, squeezing into the large building through the tiny crack the doors made.
~~~~~
A loud screech spread throughout the main room of the chapel, coarse yet somehow familiar to the young leader of the party. The girl, on the other hand, stepped back behind Kite, holding out her sword, eyes obviously wide with fear.
"...A...Ahh...Stand b...back..."
She rose her sword carefully, further retreating, when Kite jumped in and expertly dealed with the hidious yellow-gold creature. It was just a goblin, very low level, and easy enough for the boy to defeat without trouble. As the last of its digital life drained away, it faded and the girl jumped back up, saying something. Kite didn't catch any of it, and simply nodded before continuing towards the great stone statue at the end of all the dusty pews, cascaded by pure, white light from the window it stood before. It looked strangely...Sad...Chained by multiple links of iron. The blue-haired boy knelt and carefully read the inscription carved at its base, saying the words out loud.
"Skeith...Magus...I can't read any more of it though." he spoke as he stood, turning as BlackRose shyly shuffled behind him.
"Umm...Umm...It was pretty obvious I was a newbie too, back there..."
Kite simply smiled and nodded, turning back to watch the statue. "...Well...Yeah..."
Any thoughts were suddenly shattered as a loud crash echoed through the great hall. Both turned, to see a white haired, silver armed angel looking at them.
"What are you doing here?! This place..." the man had said, drawing his sword with familiarity.
"Same could be said for you!" BlackRose shouted back indignantly. Kite, on the other hand, was watching the man carefully. He seemed to be at a very high level, like Orca was, and had a very nice avatar. And the dim light from the open doors gently caressing the angel-man's figure didn't help him concentrate on retorting either.
"Get out! This place isn't safe! There's no time to explain, just GO!"
Right as the last syllable was uttered, a gargantuan figure suddenly materialized. Later on, Kite would recognize the armored beast as a headhunter, the skull it held in one hand a tell-tale sign. Even though the two newbies didn't know, the older man did, running forward. "It's not supposed to be here..." he murmured, before jumping up and slashing the headhunter violently. Instantly, the iron crumpled to dark ash, it knelt in its final actioins before death...
At their computers in the real world, their screens fizzed. The headhunter seemed to glow for a second, then stood again. Green light bursted from within it, encasing the creature in a gently glowing green shell, as it turned to face the human players.
"This one too..." the angel-man said knowingly. He was quickly shoved aside by a suddenly revitalized BlackRose.
"This...It k...It...Yaaa!" she said, running forward towards the creature.
"No! It'll kill you! Stay back!" the angel-man said, rushing forward along with Kite's partner.
The blue-haired boy, who had been silent and staring distantly the entire time, watched dimly. Images floated past him--Orca, drained before his eyes. The mysterious girl. Orca, found in a coma. The white-armored man, reaching the same fate, drained of life. His eyes widened. Time froze in that moment. The man was going to end up just like Orca.
BlackRose hadn't entered his mind at all.
The man was going to end up like Orca. Already, Kite felt a small tug towards him, something he couldn't quite describe. Just a pull towards the man, a connection although they had only known each other for mere minutes.
Maybe...It's fate...
A quiet, gentle voice suddenly spoke in his head, urging Kite in that moment of solace.
The book...Open the book.
The book?
The power it holds can bring forth either salvation or destruction at the whim of the user.
Maybe...I can save him...
The book the mysterioius voice was talking about seemed to have just appeared in Kite's hands.
Maybe...
He opened it slowly, looking up once more at the two fighting the creature.
I can.
~~You used the Installation Book, Book of Twilight!~~
Words. Numbers. He couldn't tell what they were. They fed into his body, into his legs, streaming up through his entire self, engulfing him into mere data. A bracelet formed. A mysterious bracelet, carved with runes, on his hand. It suddenly reacted with a life of its own, and he was surrounded by the white of cyberspace. Of true, untainted cyberspace. It wasn't black like he had expected, but bright silver with red and blue bits and bytes floating around. There, the bracelent enlarged, engulfed his hand in color, shot at the headhunter...Just like the mysterious creature had killed Orca. Eyes widened, he screamed, for there was a sharp pain. A pain that hurt his avatar, a pain that seemed to be eating away at the pure being that he was. Then it was over, and Kite was still standing in the Cathedral where he was.
Looking forward, he could see the man giving a final slice to the headhunter, and its crumpling away once again...Only this time, it disappeared for good.
"That ability...Now I understand..Now I understand perfectly." the angel-man, whose life Kite had just said, looked up angrily.
"You're just the same as the Data Bug...Lots of areas of The World have been turning up infected. And you, you have the nerve to spread the infection willingly for your own purposes!"
Kite stepped back just slightly, abashed. "I have no idea what this ability is! I-"
He was cut off by a suddenly stern look of the man as he stepped forward and pointed his sword at Kite. "Draw your sword. We shall end this."
"No! Fighting...I don't want to fight..." Not with you...
BlackRose suddenly stomped forward, acting like a rather pissed off young girl, which she probably was, going right up to the man and pointing a finger in his face. "Is that how you treat a guy that just saved your life!?"
Re-sheathing his sword, he turned away, thinking. Before long, he turned again to look at Kite. "I still do not trust you. I just need time to think. But, if I find that you really are the cause of the virus..." He turned to leave, stopping right at the threshold before glancing behind his shoulder rather coldly. "...I shall kill you."
Kite just stood, watching him until the man faded away into the background.
I'm still mad at him...What gives him right to do that!? But...He just seems so cool...
Again, the tug that pulled him towards the angel-man made itself apparent, but he simply brushed it aside. He must have just stayed on for too long. Everyone always warned him not too stay on for long periods of time...
~~~~~
"...I thought he would end up like Orca, and...And I panicked. That's when I heard her voice..." he continued, speaking to BlackRose and telling of his tale, "...It was the voice of the girl who gave the book to Orca..."
"I see. But what're you going to do if the Data Bug shows up again?" the pink haired girl asked thoughtfully, "That power put your friend...Um...Sorry."
"I don't even know what this power...Is..."
~~~~~
There we go! First chappie done! ^^ I'm hoping I kept the chars reletively IC...
This fic will start right before the entire Chapel incedent in .hack//INFECTION, right before Kite first encounters Balmung. From there, the story might deviate from the actual game, such as Balmung joining Kite's party fairly early on, ect. The script will be changed slightly, as I have the worst memory in the world, but hey, it gets the general message across. Hope you enjoy! By the way, Reviews enhance my interest in the story instead of concentrating my efforts elsewhere, so iffen you be liking it, review!
Pairings: Kite x Balmung (apparent) / Balmung x Kite (not so apparent), One-sided BlackRose x Kite
Last Warning: This fic contains SHOUNEN-AI! That means BOYS LOVING BOYS. But not yaoi, not the hardcore kind...I can't write it...And it's not allowed here, anyway.
Disclaimer: I, in no way whatsoever, had any part in the making of the .hack series. Although any deviations in storyline belong to me, the original idea does not. If it did, Balmung would have been cuddling Kite long, long ago.
~~~~~ = Entering new areas, or time change
~~blah~~ = System Message
= Thought
~~~~~
"Come ON Kite...Aren't we going there?! To (Delta) Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, like I told you. I'm not going to tell you any more of these keywords if you aren't going to come with me...Sheesh, newbies are a pain."
The pink haired girl stood by the swirling blue chaos gate, looking at a green-clothed boy, Kite, with annoyance. The girl's sword dwarfed her own small size, and her even smaller clothing -- As a rather tiny heavyblade, she would always look like that, far undersized for her own weapondry.
"...Umm...Ok, let's go..." Kite said, accessing flash mail as he spoke, fumbling with the still unfamiliar controls.
~~Adding BlackRose to Party~~
"Ok! Let's GO!" the girl, BlackRose, said excitedly.
Without another word, Kite turned and touched the portal, the entire thing lighting up in golden streams of runes and unkown words.
Hidden, Forbidden, ...Holy Ground
Soon enough, they were both enveloped by the same golden strands of light, whisked away from the comforting town into the darkness of cyberspace.
~~~~~
"...Oh! This...This place is..."
The blue haired boy turned in question, looking at BlackRose while seeking an answer.
"Nevermind! Let's go. Aren't you going to escort me like a proper gentleman should?" she said with a slight shove at Kite to move forward. Obliging, he solemnly strode forward, taking in the massive Cathedral they had arrived in. Beyond the old, stoney platform they were on, Kite could only see rushing water and distant hills of green. But right before them, was one of the traditional old gothic cathedrals, spires shooting high towards the sky stained glass windows still remaining upon the walls. This wasn't a normal area, was it...
"We don't have time for this!" was the sudden half-shout that woke Kite from his observations. Shaking himself, they both continued forward, squeezing into the large building through the tiny crack the doors made.
~~~~~
A loud screech spread throughout the main room of the chapel, coarse yet somehow familiar to the young leader of the party. The girl, on the other hand, stepped back behind Kite, holding out her sword, eyes obviously wide with fear.
"...A...Ahh...Stand b...back..."
She rose her sword carefully, further retreating, when Kite jumped in and expertly dealed with the hidious yellow-gold creature. It was just a goblin, very low level, and easy enough for the boy to defeat without trouble. As the last of its digital life drained away, it faded and the girl jumped back up, saying something. Kite didn't catch any of it, and simply nodded before continuing towards the great stone statue at the end of all the dusty pews, cascaded by pure, white light from the window it stood before. It looked strangely...Sad...Chained by multiple links of iron. The blue-haired boy knelt and carefully read the inscription carved at its base, saying the words out loud.
"Skeith...Magus...I can't read any more of it though." he spoke as he stood, turning as BlackRose shyly shuffled behind him.
"Umm...Umm...It was pretty obvious I was a newbie too, back there..."
Kite simply smiled and nodded, turning back to watch the statue. "...Well...Yeah..."
Any thoughts were suddenly shattered as a loud crash echoed through the great hall. Both turned, to see a white haired, silver armed angel looking at them.
"What are you doing here?! This place..." the man had said, drawing his sword with familiarity.
"Same could be said for you!" BlackRose shouted back indignantly. Kite, on the other hand, was watching the man carefully. He seemed to be at a very high level, like Orca was, and had a very nice avatar. And the dim light from the open doors gently caressing the angel-man's figure didn't help him concentrate on retorting either.
"Get out! This place isn't safe! There's no time to explain, just GO!"
Right as the last syllable was uttered, a gargantuan figure suddenly materialized. Later on, Kite would recognize the armored beast as a headhunter, the skull it held in one hand a tell-tale sign. Even though the two newbies didn't know, the older man did, running forward. "It's not supposed to be here..." he murmured, before jumping up and slashing the headhunter violently. Instantly, the iron crumpled to dark ash, it knelt in its final actioins before death...
At their computers in the real world, their screens fizzed. The headhunter seemed to glow for a second, then stood again. Green light bursted from within it, encasing the creature in a gently glowing green shell, as it turned to face the human players.
"This one too..." the angel-man said knowingly. He was quickly shoved aside by a suddenly revitalized BlackRose.
"This...It k...It...Yaaa!" she said, running forward towards the creature.
"No! It'll kill you! Stay back!" the angel-man said, rushing forward along with Kite's partner.
The blue-haired boy, who had been silent and staring distantly the entire time, watched dimly. Images floated past him--Orca, drained before his eyes. The mysterious girl. Orca, found in a coma. The white-armored man, reaching the same fate, drained of life. His eyes widened. Time froze in that moment. The man was going to end up just like Orca.
BlackRose hadn't entered his mind at all.
The man was going to end up like Orca. Already, Kite felt a small tug towards him, something he couldn't quite describe. Just a pull towards the man, a connection although they had only known each other for mere minutes.
Maybe...It's fate...
A quiet, gentle voice suddenly spoke in his head, urging Kite in that moment of solace.
The book...Open the book.
The book?
The power it holds can bring forth either salvation or destruction at the whim of the user.
Maybe...I can save him...
The book the mysterioius voice was talking about seemed to have just appeared in Kite's hands.
Maybe...
He opened it slowly, looking up once more at the two fighting the creature.
I can.
~~You used the Installation Book, Book of Twilight!~~
Words. Numbers. He couldn't tell what they were. They fed into his body, into his legs, streaming up through his entire self, engulfing him into mere data. A bracelet formed. A mysterious bracelet, carved with runes, on his hand. It suddenly reacted with a life of its own, and he was surrounded by the white of cyberspace. Of true, untainted cyberspace. It wasn't black like he had expected, but bright silver with red and blue bits and bytes floating around. There, the bracelent enlarged, engulfed his hand in color, shot at the headhunter...Just like the mysterious creature had killed Orca. Eyes widened, he screamed, for there was a sharp pain. A pain that hurt his avatar, a pain that seemed to be eating away at the pure being that he was. Then it was over, and Kite was still standing in the Cathedral where he was.
Looking forward, he could see the man giving a final slice to the headhunter, and its crumpling away once again...Only this time, it disappeared for good.
"That ability...Now I understand..Now I understand perfectly." the angel-man, whose life Kite had just said, looked up angrily.
"You're just the same as the Data Bug...Lots of areas of The World have been turning up infected. And you, you have the nerve to spread the infection willingly for your own purposes!"
Kite stepped back just slightly, abashed. "I have no idea what this ability is! I-"
He was cut off by a suddenly stern look of the man as he stepped forward and pointed his sword at Kite. "Draw your sword. We shall end this."
"No! Fighting...I don't want to fight..." Not with you...
BlackRose suddenly stomped forward, acting like a rather pissed off young girl, which she probably was, going right up to the man and pointing a finger in his face. "Is that how you treat a guy that just saved your life!?"
Re-sheathing his sword, he turned away, thinking. Before long, he turned again to look at Kite. "I still do not trust you. I just need time to think. But, if I find that you really are the cause of the virus..." He turned to leave, stopping right at the threshold before glancing behind his shoulder rather coldly. "...I shall kill you."
Kite just stood, watching him until the man faded away into the background.
I'm still mad at him...What gives him right to do that!? But...He just seems so cool...
Again, the tug that pulled him towards the angel-man made itself apparent, but he simply brushed it aside. He must have just stayed on for too long. Everyone always warned him not too stay on for long periods of time...
~~~~~
"...I thought he would end up like Orca, and...And I panicked. That's when I heard her voice..." he continued, speaking to BlackRose and telling of his tale, "...It was the voice of the girl who gave the book to Orca..."
"I see. But what're you going to do if the Data Bug shows up again?" the pink haired girl asked thoughtfully, "That power put your friend...Um...Sorry."
"I don't even know what this power...Is..."
~~~~~
There we go! First chappie done! ^^ I'm hoping I kept the chars reletively IC...