Sea Sphere
Chapter I The Azure Orb
Disclaimer: har har blip foora zip zap poof!
Translation: teehee, I do not own .Hack/Sign, though if I would……. Well I'd seriously make A LOOOOT more episodes than just what they have. Poof!
A/N: BT all the way! I personally like BT with Crim best but, you guys get to choose who's she's gonna end up with! Teehee.
"Boing!" his obnoxious voice rang through the clearing.
"Can't you leave me alone for once?" sighing, BT tried to ignore him as the PK landed a few meters away from the wavemaster.
"Not until you tell me about that rare item you get in the Skyway dungeon," he whispered.
"How many times do I have to repeat myself? I do not know what is hidden in that dungeon. Besides, it is a new place, and from the boards, they say it is one of the hardest yet. I've also heards nasty rumours from it."
Sora exhaled in anger and brusquely turned her around, "Looky here miss prissy. I SAW you enter that dungeon, and I SAW you carry something out! Hard dungeons always have rare items!"
BT's mesmorizing deep forest green eyes studied him. She then raised an eyebrow and shrugged, "that must've been someone that resembled me."
The PK unsheathed his blade in frustration but she had logged out making Sora slash an empty clearing in where the wavemaster stood before. Dust flew about. Sora withdrew and rubbed his eyes, now burning by the tiny specs of ground, "Damn her……"
"Bear!" a young Heavyblade bounded down a meadowy hill, almost tripping on the way. The soft and dewy grass blew along with the wind releasing specs of dew onto passer by's. The sea held a beautiful, azure glow adding a perfect scenery to a console.
"Hey Mimiru, has Tsukasa spoken to you yet?" a muscular Swordmaster joined Mimiru on the foot of the hill.
"Yah, he's meeting us here soon! I can't wait to go to the dungeon with him," she seemed to be in a good mood today, to Bear's relief.
The older man took his sword and gave it a swish, "Which dungeon shall it be?"
"Destination Skyway!"
Bear seemed taken aback by the name. Mimiru's smile faltered, "What's wrong? Oh is it the getting-there part? Well there's this man that sells tickets to ride dragons! That's going to be fun. I hope you brought enough money!"
"No, it's not that," the old man looked up and observed the sky. The cotton-like clouds seemed to observe him back with the same solemn emotion he held. Somehow, worry crossed his features, "The boards…… haven't you been checking them lately?"
Seemingly a bit deceived by Bear's serious behavior on this fine day, the young student sighed, "Yeah, I have. Those rumours? You don't believe them do you? It's just gossiping, besides, everyone that entered that dungeon never reached the end. Being hard truly stand up to their reputation eh?"
"Those rumours…… a group that HAD entered it have said that the walls are covered of carvings. One of the monuments did seem very disturbing to their liking. They said it was a figure of a gory demon. There was even real blood oozing out of its mouth."
"Real? Aha, you really think they meant it? Look here Bear, we're going to be first to defeat that area! And heeelllloooo rare goodies!"
The father sighed in defeat, putting his sword away. Just then, golden rings appeared signaling a new arrival. Pale robes drifted in the wind as brown leather shoes stepped up. The figure held a staff holding a garnet orb.
"Tsukasa!" Mimiru waved to the new arrival, "We're going to Skyway!" Tsukasa let out a small gasp at the mention of 'Skyway', "Oh no…… not you too! What is it this time? Don't tell me you saw the boards…… Oh you can log out now!"
The wavemaster shook his head. Mimiru had been in friendly terms with him lately, and so they sought each other more often, as well as Bear, "It's not that…… I visited that place one day…… And everyone that waited outside were all muttering things about that dungeon, and how it is cursed."
"Aww great, now it's CURSED!"
"They seemed to be waiting for someone," he paused, pondering on the vague memory, "as I remembered, it was a female wavemaster. There were too many people there, and considering that I'm not the tallest person, I could get a glimpse of her face. She seemed gravely wounded…… Though I do not understand, but they were real wounds."
"What? You mean, REAL bloody wounds?" Mimiru gaped while he was revealing his memories. He simply nodded.
"When she exited the dungeon, swarms of people rushed to her side, and by the looks of it, she has found a very…… peculiar item."
The only female sighed and plopped herself on the grass. Not caring about the moisture it gave her skin, she looked up, "So are you guys wanting to back off to another dungeon?"
Bear chuckled and rested his hand on her shoulder, "We will go," Mimiru's eyes lit up, "But on one condition."
"What is it?"
"That we gain reinforcements."
A certain Long arm, or might I add, shirtless Long arm, (teehee) hacked several wooden boards to ashes with swift movements. Panting from the hard day of training, he wiped his brow and extended his arms to feel the breeze of wind, passing by.
He jumped out of surprise when an email arrived. Catching his breath he opened the email,
Crim! It's Mimiru!
Please come and meet us up at Skyway! Hey, stop gapping and get over here. Yes, yes, I know, bad dungeon, evil monsters, and a curse. But what the heck, let's be the first ones to conquer it! I already have Bear and Tsukasa by my side. We're making a team! Please come.
Signed: Mimiru
Crim closed his mouth when the Heavyblade told him to in the letter, 'Skyway huh?' he thought to himself, 'why not. It's been boring all by myself lately anyway,' with those last few words, he slipped his thin-layered sweater back on and played the Ocarina.
Jumping from one high mushroom to the other, casting a small shadow upon the gloomy grounds of (ack, can someone help me with places?). He smiled to himself after receiving Mimiru's email:
Ugh, I can't believe I'm actually inviting YOU of all people.
But Bear insisted, so here I am, inviting you to come along on our little trip in Skyway. If you can't come, it's just FINE with me! Or more than fine.
Anyways, I can't guarantee that your life is safe with us. Besides, curses, evil monsters, you name it, are on the loose in there. Bring a lot of super potions. Meet us at Skyway entrance, pronto.
Signed: Mimiru
'What a naïve girl. Out to go find what in that cave lurks. I sure hope they invited BT……'
Dear Subaru,
This is Bear, and we hope that you would like to come and join our adventure in Skyway. This might be risky, so I advise you to bring many healing ailments. If Ginkan would like to come along, he may, as well as other knights. You are not forced to join us.
Bear
Double-checking if this letter was read correctly, Subaru nodded to Ginkan as she would be known as doing more than "nothing" all day.
Hey A20,
I still figure that you should change your account name to something more special. Anyway, you are invited to come along in our little quest in Skyway! Please come with us, you might've heard bad rumours about that place, but you're safe with us!
Come ASAP!
Signed: Mimiru
A20 looked around before wondering what she should do. Skyway IS a very dangerous place…… but on the other hand, it would be a great time to show off to her friends about being in such a famous group and travelling in the most dangerous places of all times, "Might as well give it a try!"
She giggled and departed off to the nearest potion store.
"Wow…… so far everyone that got invited accepted!" Mimiru smiled.
"How about BT? Has she sent back an email affirming her arrival?" Bear waved at the new arrivals that were making their way towards them.
"Oh……. Yah her……. Well no not yet."
The older man frowned as he too, tried to email her.
"Boing!" Sora gracefully landed beside Mimiru. The girl ignored him and took off herself to a store, stocking up on potions.
"Tsukasa," Subaru made her way to him. They both smiled warmly to each other, both starting a conversation. Meanwhile A20 tagged along with Mimiru as Crim glared solemnfully at the couple.
"C'mon BT, where are you?" Bear muttered to himself. This was very unlikely of BT not to show up on such an occasion.
The wavemaster sighed as she got, yet again, another email from her older friend Bear. It read:
BT, this is very dissimilar from you.
Is there something bothering you so you wouldn't show up to travel with us? We've got a whole party waiting. Please email me back if there is something you wish to discuss with me in private.
Bear
This wasn't just a little thing BT had to decide upon, but something rather large. BT was mindlessly drawing squiggles on the ground with her staff's end, not knowing what to do.
'I can't go back in there…… what would happen if I do?' she sighed and emailed Bear back, having to decline the offer, 'what a shame…… they'll now recognize me as fearful BT.'
"What's up?" Sora poked the Swordmaster with his elbow, "Any news from miss prissy?"
Bear sadly shook his head but then stood up swiftly, "It's an email from BT! And…… oh. She declined the offer."
Crim looked away from the couple and stood up, "I'll go look for her. This isn't like BT, there has to be something wrong," anything was better than staring at Tsukasa and Subaru having a peaceful conversation he thought.
"Crim wait!" the older man tried to stop him but the Long Arm had already logged out, "She might've wanted to be alone……"
(sorry for switching scene to scene to fast)
Hurrying to wherever the wavemaster, or should he think, wavemistress, Crim looked around only to spot the elegant woman with long green robes shimering in the sunlight. She was sitting on a almost worn-out wooden fence that led to an amazing view of the green fields of golden and luch weat. Something caught his eye, there was a long rip in the gown by the side that was hard to spot since her arms seem to cover them all the time.
"BT!"
BT seemed surprised as she clasped her arms to her side swiftly and turned around to face the man.
"C-Crim…… what are you doing here?" she tried to sound as normal as possible, though it didn't work.
The handsome man decided to ignore that fact before he would distress further more. Her golden headband and wrist circlet pricked his eyes, blinding him, but even so, he looked at her straight in the eyes, "Hey, Bear sent you-"
"I know."
"Then come?" it was more of a demand than a question.
BT looked away. She had already asked him to meet her offline twice, but he declined every offer. Even so when she had the wits to ask him if he would do the same for Lady Subaru, the Long Arm would only stay hushed and log off.
"Look is there something wrong? You know we're great friends right?"
She remained silent, as to answer his question. Crim sighed as he sat beside her on the old, wooden fence.
"Last time you said that, this became an argument."
Running his fingers through his hair he got up and extended his hand, "Look, I don't want to talk about that. I came here to get you, and if I'm not, I am to be expected with a good reason from you. It could be the Key of the Twilight Jr. in there for all we know."
Not bothering to pick up Crim's joke, she responded in a rather aristocratic voice, "I highly doubt that. A dungeon that will eventually be conquered, would be unlikely to hold such an item. Just tell Bear I'm not up to it, and that they should reconsider that dungeon."
Momentarily forgetting about BT's ripped robe, he asked, "It isn't about me, is it?
"No Crim, it isn't."
Sighing with relief, afraid to get whatsoever blame or guilt coming his way one day or another, he gazed at those green eyes once more then changed servers. Leaving her like this feel a little guilty though. He wasn't an expert at detecting sadness behind one's eyes, but those eyes seemed almost instant to read, and they did hold a hint of dispair and hurt.
"So?" Bear asked as Crim advanced towards the group.
"She said she's not up to something that highly dangerous. BT also told you to reconsider the plan to Skyway."
"…… did you ask her what was wrong?" The older man rubbed his chin thoughtfully about their last conversation. She didn't seem to be in a bad, nor sorrowful mood, "Did…… she mention something that bothered her?"
"Nope, none, didn't want to reveal anything to me. But I'm sure something's wrong."
"HEY! Are we GOING or NOT!" Mimiru asked impatiently as she just arrived from the store, packed full of potions along with A20.
Sora eavesdropped on their conversation. It looked to him as he could visit that little blonde girl sometime after the adventure.
Tsukasa seemed to be getting even closer to Subaru, as she too, seemed to be getting more comfortable with him.
Soon after, everyone got up and departed off to the server of Skyway, where danger awaited.
"BT…… what a funny name," a distant voice mocked the young wavemistress from inside her mind, "taking out the lettuce. Sure makes me hungry, if only I can eat," it wasn't her own voice, but another cool, male tone. Almost seductive.
'It's just a matter of time…… please wait," BT mentally smiled to herself. Grasping the cold aquamarine orb with her soft hands. The voice seemed to moan at the touch.
"You sure have some graspy touch here," it mocked once again.
'Well if you want me to shatter you into a thousand pieces, then keep on mocking me.'
"Now, now. I am your guardian now."
'Please, tell me what the next step is. To make you…… solid once more,' having said those words, the cook male voice chuckled. That laughter made BT almost instantly melt.
"Well first off. You need to go back in. Yes, I'm sorry. But don't worry, I'll be by your side soon. Shall I go on?" BT nodded, "very well. Then, from the person who enters, you must fight them and draw a bit of blood from their wound."
BT gasped. Draw blood? But no one dared to enter a part from……. Her friends. Or atleast she hoped they were her friends. This would be considered betraying……
"Is there something wrong? Oh I see, is it your friend that are entering the Skyway next?"
She solemly nodded.
"Then in that case, do you not hold a grudge against Crim?"
She hesitated, but nodded once more, 'he…… he loves Subaru. It's so obvious.'
"Oh, so you love him?"
'No please…… Not anymore…… I……. I love you now.' the voice had chuckled once again. Before telling her how much he loved her too, making her blush crimson.
"So, it seems like your group of friends will be the only ones to enter that cave in a million years. Do you want to go now?"
BT got up and gently placed the orb in the orb-crater in her staff. It blazed a bright, relaxing blue, unlike that dull red glow, "I've already got my next victim in mind……"
A/N: Teehee. Evil-ness rawks, but have no fear, she shall not be stuck in that state for long. Ya know, kinda manipulated? Please, pleeeaaase review!