Author's Note: Hello all you DDS fans!
(crickets chirping)
Aeris: Umm...
Cloud: Now that wasn't very nice.
Sephiroth: I bet there aren't any Nocturne fans either.
Aeris: -.-;; Please review.
Disclaimer: How can I own such a cool game?
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Inside the game...
"Shit, Eva, get the hell outta here!" A purple haired man shouted at a gray-haired girl. She was shaking badly, and a puddle of blood was beneath her. Various cuts littered her frame, and she still kept bleeding.
"It's okay...you need to get out of here!" shouted Eva. She checked her state, her light blue eyes widening at what they saw. Not good.
"There's only one thing to do..." the purple-haired man growled. His atma symbol glowed with a fierce blue light, blinding the monsters. The light dimmed to reveal a purple Varna. Drawing its scythes, the daemon began to slice away at all of the others, showers of blood raining all over Eva and himself. It only took a few minutes to get rid of all the creatures.
"Thank you." Eva whispered. Varna just growled and grabbed at the nearest carcass. He needed to feed. Razor-sharp fangs tore at the smooth flesh, and Varna felt replenished by eating the sweet meat. Eva's face held a look of distaste. "You know what? I've played for weeks and still can't get used to that."
Varna glowed again, and the purple-haired man replaced its form. He grinned. "I actually like it. Hyper-reality at its best." He walked towards the girl and picked her up bridal-style. "We gotta clean you up, you're a mess!"
Eva giggled. "This doesn't compare to last time, remember?"
The man laughed. "I know." His face grew thoughtful as he walked from the area they were. "Say, you're cute and never met your true form. Care to give me your address and go over dinner sometime?" He kicked off a corpse that was on his way.
Eva smirked. "Nice try, Adrian."
He shrugged. "It was worth a try."
Both of them smiling, they departed in a shower of light. In a few seconds, they were gone.
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"Sera! Time to wake up!" Jenna shouted across the room. Inside the bedroom, a bedraggled 18-year-old moaned, shoving the pillow over her head.
"Just a few more..." she pleaded.
"You'll be late for school, Sera, move it!" her mother shouted again.
Sera's eyes snapped up immediately. Oh, no, it's the first day of school!!
She immediately took a quick shower and had a hasty breakfast. Waffles and orange juice swished at her insides as she furiously brushed her teeth, nearly breaking them in the process.
"Bye mom!" Sera cried as she snatched her backpack from the kitchen table. She ran towards the school, breathing hard from the prolonged movement of her legs. While running, she caught a billboard sign that read "Digital Devil Saga: Take Gaming in a Whole New Level!" She saw a few weird-looking demons and a guy with a symbol on his forehead. She shook her head. Must...focus...on...school...
"Hey, you need a ride?" a voice shouted. Sera saw a car beside her. Inside was a girl around her age, with blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Hey Argilla! Long time no see!" Sera said, stopping her run. The car stopped too. Argilla quickly opened the door and Sera clambored in. They both laughed.
"First day of school, eh?" Argilla said, staring at Sera's uniform. It was a simple white shirt and a black skirt.
"Yeah...hey, you have the same uniform too!" Sera exclaimed, looking at her friend's attire. Argilla grinned.
"Yay, we can be together!" the blonde exclaimed. She looked at Sera's hair. "Did you cut your hair?"
The black-haired cutie fingered her short locks and smiled. "Yeah. Long hair turned out to be too much of a hassle."
Argilla shrugged. Her eyes sparked with excitement. "Hey, did you hear of the online game Digital Devil Saga?"
Sera remembered the billboard. "Yeah, what about it?"
"I signed up for it!" she said rapidly. "It's really cool, you get to meet people and you have to complete this mission and stuffs..."
"Slow down girl, you lost me there!" Sera laughed. Argilla playfully hit her friend's arm.
"It's a cool game where you can meet people, and you have to complete this task." Argilla looked fervent. "You have to save this person known as a Cyber Shaman and you have to take her to Nirvana. Here's the catch: your tribe, or the community you joined, needs to catch the Shaman, send her to a special location, and you automatically win! So you help out your tribe members and such to complete the task."
"Wow..." Sera whispered. She grinned. "Can you meet guys here?"
Argilla smiled. "Of course you can!"
The car stopped. Argilla flinched from the sudden stop. "Oh my gosh, we're here!"
"Let's go then!" Sera said, dragging her friend to the school entrance.
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"This is very depressing, I really don't want to go to effin' school." Heat complained. Cielo ruffled his friend's light-brown hair and laughed.
"If you don't go to school, you won't get a job, mon. Unless you prefer to pick trash, ya?" Cielo teased, his brown dreadlocks shaking cheerfully.
"He speaks the truth." David shrugged. His orange hair flowed freely as blue eyes stared in amusement at Heat and Cielo.
Heat growled. "Duh, I hate school, it's just that I don't HAVE to go! I'm a frickin' genius!"
"You have a big ego, Heat. That big head of yours needs to deflate." Serph stated, gray eyes twinkling.
"All in favor for da head of Heat to deflate, say aye!" Cielo shouted to the group.
"Aye!" They said in unison. Heat just pouted and crossed his arms.
"Ha ha, very funny." Heat muttered sarcastically. Suddenly, they laughed. Ah, good times.
"So Heat, I heard you started in that new online game." Gale said, walking towards the school entrance. Heat nodded.
"Yeah, I just started. Never knew someone would have noticed that." Heat flexed his arms, effectively showing his nice arms. "Guess that goes to show you that I am a popular man."
"C'mon, Heat, stop showing off to the ladies, we know they like you." Cielo moaned out, seeing that a few girls were giggling and pointing at Heat.
"That's right. If they start to date you, they'll land in a death trap." Serph said.
David smirked. "I agree."
"Hey hey hey, would you look at this!" Heat almost purred out loudly. The group turned to the direction he stared at and their eyes nearly popped out at what they saw.
Two girls wearing the same uniform, which consisted of a plain shirt and skirt, made their way to the entrance. One girl was tall and very sexy, her dirty blonde hair tumbling around her shoulders. Her light-blue eyes were scanning the area. The girl next to her was smaller in frame, but it seemed to match her perfectly. Her petite frame was adorable, and her short black hair and eyes were oddly alluring. The girls radiated different vibes: one was wild and daring, the other being calm and serene. The guys seemed to notice that the taller girl stood next to the smaller one almost protectively.
Heat grinned to the awe-struck guys. "Time to make my move."
They chuckled. Now this has to be fun.
"Hello, ladies." Heat said courteously. His gang seemed to struggle to keep thier insides from bursting. "You are very beautiful, and the minute I saw you two, I felt something I never felt before."
"Wait, let me guess. You actually felt 'love'." Argilla said. She rolled her eyes. "If this is your A game material, then you must not pick up girls, huh? Leave me alone before I kick your ass."
Heat's eye twitched. He heard his fellow comrades snorting with laughter. A random kid shouted "You got burned!"
"Come on, Sera, let's go." Argilla said, taking her friend's hand and tugging it towards the school. Heat saw the smaller girl up close and saw how pretty she was. Her innocent aura seemed to illuminate her fragile beauty. Heat immediately got in front of Sera and grabbed her hands. Serph, Cielo and David gawked at this action. Heat never did that to a girl!
"Baby, are you tired? 'Cause you have been running on my mind all this time." Heat said softly, staring deeply into her eyes. Sera sweatdropped.
"Umm, I'm sorry mister, but try that on a girl who actually cares." Sera said, breaking away from his clutch and making her way to a proud Argilla.
"You tell him, girl!" she cheered, laughing at Heat's dumbstruck face. Cielo shook his head.
"We gotta apologize, mon." Cielo said. Serph and David agreed. They made their way to the two girls. Cielo cleared his throat. "I am sorry ladies for the..."
"Another one of you sweet talkers?" Argilla grunted. Cielo waved his hands in a 'No I'm not' way, shaking his head rapidly.
"No, mon, jus' wanted to apologize for da knucklehead's behavior!" Cielo said hastily. The two others nodded in agreement.
"He's an idiot..." began Serph.
"...has all these raging hormones..." continued David.
Argilla held her hand up for silence. "Okay, okay, apology accepted, but can we get a move-on? Class is nearly starting!"
The group realized this and quickly made their way to their designated class. Along the way, Sera and Serph looked at each other, making eye contact. Sera blushed while Serph looked away with a weird expression on his face.
This was the beginning of an interesting school year...
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Author's Note: I know they aren't in the game yet, but next chapter they will. This was just an intro to see what's kinda going on and see if you want us to continue with this story.
Cloud: I'm working with Aeris on the whole 'guy' thing. Which is why Heat says those interesting things. In reality, Aeris is doing the girl speech while I talk back to her. Almost like a conversation except it's for the characters.
Virginia: I am also part of the sub crack team. I do what I can to improve sentences and the such-like. The things three people can do...
Aeris: This is sort of an unusual request, but if the people who review want to, they can add themselves in our story. All you have to do is create your own character for the game, say what demon you want to be, and submit it to us! So you could be eating others like crazy. (big grin)
Cloud: Please review, or send your own representative character!