Disclaimer: I don't own Dot Hack, Mew Mew Power and other anime in this fic! Their respected owners do.
Main Theme: Silly Go Round
Yume kara samete mo
Kono te wo nobasu yo
Even if we wake from this dream,
I will extend my hand...
Onaji tsuyosa de yobi au
Kokoro ni nareru no naraba
Nanninbun no kizu demo
Boku wa uketomerareru yo
If our hearts could be called together
By the same strength,
I will be able to
Take on everyone's wounds.
Mou sukoshi datte ki ga surunda
Kono kabe ga kuzureru
Reimei
If we just care a little bit more,
This wall will surely crumble
Before the dawn.
Yume kara samete mo mada minai yume no hou made
Bokura wa hitori de hashiri tsudukeru shika nainda
Korogari mayotte tsukuridasu boku no inryoku ga
Itsuka
Kimi e
Even if we wake from this dream, we have no choice
But to keep running alone toward the next unseen dream.
Even though we are lost, this gravity created between us will
One day pull me
Back to you.
Sabishi sa ni nagasaretari
Uso wo uso de kakushitari
Nandomo machigaeta no ni
Mata "Saigo no koi" wo shite
Floating in loneliness;
Lies hidden within lies;
No matter how many times I've been mistaken,
This is the "last time I'll fall in love."
Miakita hazu no tasogare ga
Konna ni kirei dato naita
This twilight we should have grown tired of seeing
Is still so beautiful that it makes me cry.
GOORU no tsumori de
RISETTO BOTAN ni tobikonde
Bokura wa guruguru onaji basho wo mawatterunda
Ikioi makase de itsuka wa kinou no inryoku wo
Koeru
Kimi to
With this goal in mind,
I press the reset button.
We just keep going around in the same place.
With this great responsibility, someday the gravity from yesterday
Will pass over
With you.
Boku wa kimi ni deau
I will meet you.
Yume kara samete mo
Bokura wa yume wo noritsui de
Mada minu dareka ni korizu ni
Kono te wo nobasunda
Tari nai kokoro to karada ga ai wo sagasu inryoku ga
Todoku
Kimi ni
Even if we wake from this dream,
We are still connecting our other dreams.
Still without being seen by anyone and without learning,
I am extending my hand.
The gravity of my heart and body which seek more love
Will reach
you.
Yume kara samete mo
Kono te wo nobasu yo
Even if we wake from this dream,
I will extend my hand...
Prologue: Epitaph of Twilight
"Yet to return, the shadowed one.
Who quests for the Twilight Dragon
Rumbles the Dark Hearth,
And Helba, Queen of the Dark,
has raised finally her army.
Apeiron, King of Light beckons.
At the base of the rainbow do they meet
Against the abominable Wave,
together they fight.
Alba's lake boils.
Light's great tree doth fall.
Power- now all to droplets turned
in the temple of Arche Koeln.
Returns to nothing,
this world of shadowless ones.
Never to return, the shadowed one,
Who quests for the Twilight Dragon."
"Epitaph of the Twilight" - Emma Wielant
Arc 1: Infection
Chapter 1: The Girl in White
(Tokyo 2013)
"The World has been successfully installed."
Zoey Hanson smiled as she saws the pop up screen on her ALTIMIT computer. "Finally, it's done."
The girl looked at the box where the game originated; it was aptly called "The World."
But where, pray tell, did Zoey discover this in the first place? Let's flash back to the day she first heard of… well, "The World."
(Flashback, 2 days ago…)
Zoey and Bridget were walking down Shinjuku Gyoen home. Bridget turned to her friend with a smile and asked "Hey Zoey? Did you hear the news about the latest new thing?" She stated cheerfully.
"No… What?" Zoey asked her friend and fellow Mew Mew.
"The World." Bridget replied flatly. Gee, what a shock.
"You mean Earth? Yeah, it's beautiful in our world." Zoey has a bored dot-eyed smile on her face… She's a bit air-headed.
Bridget giggled and corrected her. "No, silly; The World! I mean the MMORPG. They said The World was deemed popular after that Pluto's Kiss incident. I heard it's up to 20 million copies."
Zoey gasped in utter amazement. "Whoa! That must be a really popular game!"
"Yes. I'm thinking of playing that game, seeing how popular it is. What about you, Zoey?" Bridget smiled at her friend.
"Hmm…" Zoey puts her pinky on her chin and 10 seconds later, she smiled and replied
"Okay. I'll try it."
"Great! I'll meet you on The World!" Bridget gleamed, and the two went their separate ways.
(Present Day)
"Ok. Now that installation is complete, let's make my character." Zoey clicked through the startup menus and saw the class selection menu. She eyed the six possible classes: Twin Blade, Heavy Blade, Blademaster, Wavemaster, Long Arm, and Heavy Axeman.
"Hmm… I seen Mark uses kendo, so I will go with Blademaster." Zoey smiled as she selected Blademaster. She created her character, which ended up looking like her real world self; her avatar wore pink clothes with standard symbols, blue shorts with runic symbols, brown boots with buckles, and a silver blade with a red handle. She entered her name (her real world name) and clicked OK.
Another pop up. "Character creation complete. Welcome to 'The World.'"
"Awesome." Zoey grinned as she stared at a headset that rather resembles the ones from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is called a Face-mounted display, or FMD, and this set is called Neuro Goggles. She placed the Neuro Goggles on her head, picked up her controller, and selected The World from her desktop.
The girl appeared in Delta Root Town. She looked around in awe. "Amazing… I feel like I'm in the game!" Zoey looked at her virtual world body.
"Hey! You made it, Zoey!"
She spots a girl who looked like Bridget (clearly also based on her real world form), who wore a green robe, a beret with a green jewel on the top, purple gloves, green pants with strange symbols, and white shoes… oh, and she also had a gold wand! It's Bridget… as a Wavemaster.
"So, what do you think?" Bridget smiled warmly at her, hoping to achieve a response from her longtime friend.
"It's sooo cool! It feels like we're inside the game!" Zoey laughed cheerfully.
"That's because CC Corp has made it possible for virtual reality games. Since you're a Blademaster, and I am a Wavemaster, let's use the Chaos Gate to go to Delta Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field. It's a good place for beginners like us." Bridget suggested.
"Sounds good, Bridget. Le-" Zoey nodded, but Bridget held a hand in the air, interrupting her.
"Please, call me Bridge in The World." Bridget closed her eyes and smiled. After using the Chaos Gate to type in the keywords, they warped to Delta Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field.
2 minutes later.
"Hiyaaaaaa!" Zoey slams her blade down on the final Goblin, killing it. She gains 50 EXP, as did Bridge.
"Whew! Feels good fighting monsters in a MMORPG!" Zoey virtually wiped some virtual sweat from her virtual forehead.
"The real fun is the dungeon where a Goti Statue is; if we get to that, we can get a rare item! Ready?" Bridge asked cheerfully.
"Of course!" Zoey grinned as the two friends entered the dungeon.
…
Upon reaching the second room, Bridge stopped her friend. "What's up?" Zoey asked her friend in concern. Both eyes narrowed to the hallway. Suddenly, a girl with white hair, and wearing a white robe, was being chased by something with a red wand! It had horns and looked like it was made of stone. However, there was something… odd about this girl: she had no legs and was floating on her own.
"W-Wha… What was that?!" Zoey's eyes widened in shock.
"I don't know… I've never seen a player like that before…" Bridge was also in disbelief.
"Well, what about that thing with the red wand? Is it a monster?" Zoey asked Bridge in confusion.
"I have never seen a monster like that. Maybe CC Corp created that monster for entertainment." Bridge guessed, still not enjoying the thoughts that plagued her mind.
"Well, let's not worry about it for now. Let's find some treasure." she reassured her friend. Bridge nodded as they pressed on.
After activating all magic portals and defeating the monsters, they made it to the end and saw a floating statue with a yellow symbolic ring around it. "There's the Goti Statue." Bridge whispered. Zoey nodded to her friend as she walked up to the treasure chest and opened it. She got a Brave Sword, and 2 Yellow Candies.
"Sweet!" Zoey smiled as she equipped her new weapon. "But… I feel bad for those who might come here for the rare items…" Zoey looked down shamefully.
"Don't worry Zoey. The Goti Statue will reset after we exited the dungeon… Oh, I forgot to get a Sprite Ocarina… But that's okay. We defeated all the monsters, so we can get out and Gate Out." Bridge smiled. Zoey nodded with a smile as the two of them left the room.
However, just as they were about to leave the dungeon, a rumbling occurred and the screen fizzed for a moment.
"Whoa! What's going on?" Zoey gasped, regaining her footing.
Then, the dungeon disappeared, and Zoey and Bridge found themselves in an eerie-like battleground with many strange… er, things.
"Where are we?" Bridge wondered. Suddenly, the Girl in White appeared in front of the two. "Who… are you?" she asked as she walked up to the Mysterious Girl.
The Girl in White smiled sadly, and she somehow caused a book with a strange symbol on it to appear out of thin air. "Take this…" she solemnly stated.
"Huh?" Bridge asked in confusion as the book floated towards her. The mysterious woman looked at her with concern in her beady eyes.
"Please take this, there's no time. Please!" The Girl in White pleaded as Bridge grabbed the book.
Zoey walked up to the stranger and asked "What's this?"
"A great force… The power it holds can bring forth either salvation or destruction at the whim of the user…" The Girl in White stated calmly. The screen showed a little bit of static. "It's coming!" The girl's eyes narrowed; she's serious now! Without much fanfare, she vanished.
Suddenly, a rainbow data-like portal appeared in the back and the two friends turned to see the monster with the red wand appear. "We…We can't handle a monster with a high level like that!" Bridge panicked.
"Yeah, but look at its HP!" her friend gasped. The HP bar indeed looked like it was endless.
"Run!" Bridge screamed as they made a run for it. The monster with the red wand cast a spell and hit Bridge. She screamed in agony as data appeared around her.
"Bridge!" Zoey gasped in horror. Then the monster used his red wand to hold Bridge as if she was cruxified… and then, the monster's left arm clearly displayed its mysterious green data-like bracelet, firing it at Bridge; she screamed in agony as she fell to the ground.
"Nooooooooooooooo!" Zoey screamed as she rushed towards her friend's aid. Even though her data-like manifestation was fading away, she still brought a smile to the canvas of her downed friend's face.
"I'm… sorry… Zoey… I… only wanted… to have fun… with you…" Bridge said weakly. As she disappeared, the book she got from the Girl in White flew up into the air and disappeared… it seemed.
Zoey stammered, as the monster was about to use its bracelet to do the same thing to her, but then, a white fork like staff crashed into the ground and the monster was interrupted as Zoey groaned as she gated out.
The blackout screen appeared and the red words SYSTEM ERROR appeared for a moment.
Zoey's avatar's unconscious body remained on the floor as the book the Girl in White gave to Bridge hovered down and went into Zoey's body.
All the while, a mysterious woman in revealing white clothing, dunce headwear similar to a priest's cap that covers her eyes, and holding a weird white wand, watched the process unfold….
(The Next Day)
Zoey learned that Bridget was hospitalized, and now in a coma. Doctors were still determining the source of the reason she was comatose… But… what happened? Did that monster with the red wand do this? And who is that girl in white who gave Bridget that strange book? These are the questions.
Zoey decided not to visit Bridget, figuring it was for the best while she was in her weak state. But… how did Bridget get into a coma? Maybe, just maybe… The answers lie in The World?
Zoey needs to find out what's going on… and save her friend!
To be continued…
Ending theme: Gentle Dawn from Dot Hack Sign
eien sagasu kimi wa utsurigi na yumemibito
uwaki na yume ni sugari anata wa doko e yuku
You, who seek eternity, are a capricious dreamer
As you cling to a fickle dream, to where shall you go?
tasogare hiraku kagi wo sagashite tsuki no kage
todokanai mama naita watashi wa doko e yuku
I, who wept because I sought the key to open twilight
But could not reach the moonlight-to where shall I go?
futari hitomi ni himitsu nakushite mo
kasaneta ude wo hodoki wa shinai wa
Even if the two of us lose our secrets in the other's eyes,
We won't unclasp our layered arms
ichigatsu no aoi tsuki asayake kakushite yo
owaru hazu no nai yoru ni yasashii yoake
Pale moon of January, hide the morning glow
To a night that should have no end will come a gentle dawn
chikadzuku hodo ni itamu koi no omosa no sei de
hanaresugiteta mune wo jiyuu to yondeita
Because of the weight of love, which hurts the closer one gets,
When our chests were separated too far, I called it freedom
kurai basho ni dake hikarumono ga aru to
chiisa na mado no tooku mitsumeteta
Saying, "Only in dark places are there things that shine,"
I gazed into the distance from my tiny window
ichigatsu no aoi tsuki doko made ochite yuku
owaru hazu no nai koi ni yasashii yoake
Pale moon of January, how far will you sink?
To a love that should have no end will come a gentle dawn
ichigatsu no aoi tsuki asayake kakushite yo
owaru hazu no nai yoru ni yasashii yoake
Pale moon of January, hide the morning glow
To a night that should have no end will come a gentle dawn
Next time: Data Drain
A/N: Next time, Zoey will meet our heroes, Kite and BlackRose and both Zoey and Kite will harness the dangerous powers of Data Drain and join forces to save their friends. Also, Mistral will make a appearance as well and joins the quest.
Finally, here is a list of 12 anime to appear in this fic:
Inuyasha
Akkian
Ranma ½
Love Hina
Green Green
Fruits Basket
Ai Yori Aoshi
Toradora
Galaxy Angel (They appeared by Morganna's evil and will be trapped in The World till the end of the story. I will be using their anime versions)
Queen's Blade (Same with Galaxy Angel)
Koihime Musou (Also with those other two)
And finally, Card Captor Sakura
So I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of the first ever Dot Hack x Mew Mew Power crossover! See you soon!
Update: Special credit to my new friend from the Nisa forums named Ghost for helping me edit this first chapter. He and I are gonna reedit chapters in both my Dot Hack fanfic and HDN fanfic. So stay tuned for reedited chapters of Dot Hack Mew Mew!