Author: Okay, so yeah, now that your boring tutorial is over, come into the world of Pokémon reborn as a virtual paradise. Just try not to lose your mind, it's quite...easy :smirks: As a side note, I got my respective idea for this after too much .Hack and Pokemon. Just be warned. Also Pokemon is copyright Nintendo, \.hack is copyright...:blinks:I forget...but I don't own them ;;
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Chapter 1: Just a Minor Problem
The young boy sighed heavily, closing his door behind him and letting his backpack slump to the floor next to him. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and his dark brown hair was quickly righted back into place as he walked further into his room.
"Ah, sanctuary..." He said falling prostrate onto his bed, enjoying the cool feeling of his sheets, "I hate this weather."
He paused for a moment, his deep brown eyes drawn over to the computer resting in the corner of his room. He smirked and sat up straight, moving over to it and sitting down, placing a small antenna like object to his temple, then slipped on a pair of goggles over his eyes and a pair of form fitting black gloves with teal lines running along them.
"Just what I needed after a long day," He said to no one in particular, as he started typing in his username "Janus". To the outside world, when he hit the enter button, his body jolted and then relaxed. In his mind though the shock brought on a refreshing feeling as his mind entered a new world.
The sights. The smells. Filling his senses as he looked around, a smile creeping along his face. His surroundings were a deep forest, though he knew the name of it, Viridian Forest, his last resting spot. He smirked lightly, reaching for his belt and tossing up a red and white ball that opened and released a bright flash of light.
"Hey Blaze, how about some fresh air?" He smiled lightly at the reply roar from the reddish orange dragon, "My sentiments exactly."
He smirked lightly as he pulled out a map and opened, looking over the area, "Right, we'll take this road up to Pewter City and continue our challenge, just a few more battles to go Blaze," He looked up to the dragon and smiled happily, as it gave an affirming grunt and nuzzled him affectionately, although it also effectively knocked him to the ground.
"Whoa Blaze, watch it boy," He said to the dragon with a light chuckle. He started down road, stretching languidly, as they walked, the dragon following closely next to him. It wasn't long before a buzzing in his pocket made him stop, and he withdrew the PokéNav.
"Hunh?" He blinked at the message on his device for a moment, "Let's go Blaze, something's up, and the Admin's about to tell us, man I hope it's a new update coming along, we could do with something new, don't you think?"
The Charizard nodded, with a deep grunt, causing a chuckle to rise from the boy. The walk to Pewter City didn't take long, and by the time they'd reached the city, their was already a large crowd growing in the center of the town, a man on a podium nodding slightly to someone next to him.
"Hey Blaze, gimme a lift, I can't see above this crowd," Janus said, the dragon let out a soft grunt and bent enough for the boy to climb onto his neck and see over the crowd. At that moment, the man tapped his microphone, the feedback, drawing everyone's attention to him.
"Alright...everyone...settle down please, we have an important announcement!" The man started, "Earlier today, an error occurred in the Imayou region, and though rumors may be flying about that there was an explosion on the continent. This accusation is false, and those spreading these wild rumors have been dealt with accordingly, but as such, the area in question is being fixed as we speak, as such Plushtra Town is now off limits to all players till further notice, we apologize to you for this inconvenience...thank you..."
He blinked and watched curiously as the man left the podium, the crowd around him becoming slightly unnerved and boisterous, pushing and shoving as they began to rebel, shouting insults towards the administration.
Janus just paused and blinked. Letting out a curious noise, he took out his map, examining the different areas of the world.
"Hmm...but, the starters Gym for that area is there...," He said scratching his head in slight confusion, "Blaze, it's not like the admin to do this...we're going to go pay Imayou a visit, and find out ourselves what happened."
The dragon nodded in affirmation, as the boy climbed off his shoulders onto the ground, starting to run out of town, and get out of the crowd of angry trainers.
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Author: Yeah they're short, but just for now. They'll get better, I promise.:grins: Tune in next time, for as we delve in deeper into the problems that come up when Janus goes to Imayou, and makes a disturbing discovery.
