Login 1: New legend

Just so people don't get confused, OK? Ryo-oki has a character design similar to Subaru's. Now, another note, Mia is NOT the cat character from the games. She's just... There. You'll see what I mean in a minute.

Ryo-oki sighed as she sat by her computer. She was the laughing stock of her school, but not for long! She had heard of an online game called "The World." It was all that her classmates could talk about. Sadly, she was not on it, yet.

"Everything's installed. Great! Now I can finally see what everyone goes on about." She smiled. This was her first online adventure!

BLEEP! There were new emails for her. She clicked on it. One was from her friend Mia.

"Hey!" It read. "I heard you got the software for "The World" finally. I'll meet you at the Delta Server's Root Town, OK?"

Ryo-oki frowned at the other message. "CC corp.? Man... These guys actually email you... How annoying." She deleted the message. It was just a message saying "Welcome to 'The World!'" She put the headset on and logged into the game.

Ryo-oki touched the ground in front of a giant blue portal. She had blonde hair, blue eyes fair colored skin, just like in real life. She was wearing a belly shirt and a long skirt. She had beautiful angel wings, too.

"This is a net game?" Ryo-oki said bewildered. "They sure are getting more realistic."

"Hey!"

"Huh?"

"You're Ryo-oki, right?" A Heavy Blade asked calmly. She had green battle armor that hung to her knees. Her black hair was in a ponytail. Her green eyes focused on Ryo-oki's confused look. "It's me! Mia!"

"What? You look way different from the real Mia!"

"Ah... Well, that's the point. You look exactly like yourself outside of the game, except for the wings. Hey! You're a Heavy Axmen? I saw you more as a Wave Master."

"I thought this design was cuter than the Wave Master one. The only thing I don't like about this is the belly shirt."

"Get used to it. Most girl character designs are like that. Mine's one of the few that isn't." Mia smiled. "Let's go on a dungeon adventure! I know the perfect keywords!" She turned toward the portal. "This is the Chaos Gate. You say Keywords here and teleport to a field. Look at the board on your free time to learn new Keywords. We're going to 'Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field.'" As Mia said this, they warped to a large field with windmills.

"Where are we?" Ryo-oki asked, looking around at the field.

"This is the field level. It's the easiest part of an area." Explained Mia with a smile. "Supposedly, the Legendary .Hackers are hanging out around here."

"Who are the .Hackers?"

"What? You don't know? They're all my class talks about. They're a group of players who solved the Final Mystery in this game. There were 2 original members, a male Twin Blade, Kite and a female Heavy Blade named BlackRose. After they completed the game, they became legends. The truth is, no one knows if they actually exist."

"Whatever. Let's fight some monsters!" They ran to a glowing gold symbol. "This is a Magic Portal. Monsters are in them, right?"

"Yup."

The portal opened. A large Golem appeared. It roared and attacked.

"AH!!!" Ryo-oki dodged. "What's this doing here?!"

"That shouldn't be here! Let's get outta here!"

The monster hit Ryo-oki with a ton of force. "Damn!" She cried. "I'm dying after that?"

"Ryo-oki! Look out!" Mia shoved Ryo-oki out of the way. She sliced the creature in half. "That shouldn't be here."

They ran to the dungeon. "That was a close one..." Ryo-oki sighed.

"Let's just grab the treasure and get outta here!" Mia said as they reached the treasure room. Mia opened the box. "AH!!!!!!!!" She screamed.

The box flashed. It was too bright to see anything. "Mia!" Ryo-oki called blindly. "Where are you?"

"You OK?" A boy voice asked.

Ryo-oki opened her eyes. A red male Twin Blade was carrying her. "Kite?" She asked with wide eyes.

"I'm Shugo, not Kite." The boy said calmly.

"Where's Mia?"

Who's Mia?"

"If you put me down, you damn pervert, I'll tell you."

Shugo glared. "I'm not a pervert!"

There was a rumble. A girl in all white appeared. "Ryo-oki... You must help."

"Aura?" Shugo said bewildered.

The girl nodded.

"Need my help? With what?"

"Your friend is safe, but she won't be able to logout of 'The World.' If you want to help her, please help me."

"What? I'll help! Just help Mia!"

"Only you can help her." Aura took Ryo-oki's wrist. "Take this."

A gold bracelet appeared on Ryo-oki's wrist. Her design glowed. She now was wearing a pure white dress and was holding a Wave Master's staff. "What the?!"

"The power it holds can bring forth either salvation or destruction at the whim of the user."

"But how am I a Wave Master now?"

"Your character class will change. Please help." The girl vanished.

"What was that all about?" Shugo said with a glance at where Aura had been.

"I'm leaving!" Ryo-oki cried as she used a sprite ocarina and left.

"You should have been nicer to her." Kite said calmly. He looked identical to Shugo, but a little taller.

"I didn't do anything!"

"Exactly."

Ryo-oki sat at her computer again. "What was that?" She asked. She had logged out as soon as she had saved. "That girl... Aura... Was she telling the truth?"

The phone rang. "Hello. Pigoni residence, Ryo-oki speaking."

"Mia just passed out while playing 'The World!'" It was Mia's mother. She sounded worried. "She was with you online. Did anything happen?"

"I don't know, Mrs. Katami." Ryo-oki sighed.

"Oh, alright." She seemed extremely scared. "If you find anything, tell me." The phone clicked.

"I have to help Mia..." And with that, Ryo-oki went to sleep.

Author's note

Hi! I always do an author's note at the end of anything I submit. I love talking to the readers. I'm sorry if this was a little confusing. Everything makes more sense in my stories after the first chapter. If you've ever seen .hack, you'll understand this (I hope). I tried to make it as detailed as possible about things. Anyway, Bye!