"Vak Don!"

A rain of fireballs crashed upon the poor monster as it sprawled lifeless on the ground, vanishing soon after.

"So easy…geez," Zero said, rather bored.

"W-wow, you're really good! Even though this Area is five levels above you…" Silabus said in awe.

They had been playing for only 20 minutes, and Zero was already at level 14. Silabus and Gaspard originally intended to take him to a level 3 Area, (Delta: Peaceful Leading Freedom. Sound familiar, anyone?) but he refused and requested a level 6 Area. With that, his level grew at an astounding rate, and afterwards they only used Areas with five levels higher than his.

"Yeah, I was pretty good when I was still playing. Guess I haven't lost it…ha ha."

"Hey, why didn't you fight in the Arena? You might've been really good!" Gaspard remarked.

"Not interested. I play for my reasons, you know?"

"Heh heh heh heh" the two guild members started snickering.

"…hey, what's so funny?" Zero's curiosity piped up.

"Nothing. It's just that you remind us of our Guild Master. …well, ex-Guild Master…" Silabus looked down.

"Oh? Who's that?"

"He's the PKK Haseo!" Gaspard said with excitement.

"Seriously? The great Terror of Death leading a noob support guild? Awesome!" Zero responded happily. "But…he left? Why?"

Silabus stepped forward. "Well..."

Flashback: Canard's Home, Breg Epona

"Hey, guys…Silabus, Gaspard. I gotta talk to you guys." said the silver Rogue.

"Uh, sure. What's up, Haseo?" Silabus replied.

"Silabus, you're a reliable guy. I knew that from the start. So, starting today, you're the Guild Master of Canard."

"Wh-what?! What are you saying? You're the Guild Master!" Silabus started stuttering.

"D-does that mean you're leaving, Haseo?" Gaspard cried out.

"Yeah. …say, have you guys heard of the Twilight Brigade?" Haseo started beaming.

"Oh! That guild who got in a guild war with TaN, right? They searched for the Key of Twilight…" replied Silabus. "But, what does that have to do with anything? It got disbanded a while ago."

"I'm gonna start it up again. But instead of the Key of Twilight, we're looking for our ex-guild master, Ovan." Haseo said with a determined voice.

"So, that's why you're leaving?! Haseo!!" Gaspard started sobbing.

Haseo walked over and petted him. "Gaspard, don't be like that…I gotta do this. It's…what I wanna do. I can't just leave this be."

Silabus smiled. "I understand. Do what you gotta do, and leave Canard to me!"

Gaspard gawked at him, shocked. "Silabus! Wh-what are you doing?!"

"It's okay, he has to do this. You understand too, right Gaspard? It's why he wants to play 'The World'".

"I-I guess…" Gaspard sniffled. "But you gotta come adventuring with us again!! You promise?!"

"I promise, guys! Silabus, take real good care of Gaspard and the guild…"

End Flashback

"So, that's why he left." Silabus looked sad.

"…I see. Noob-support guild, huh…?" Zero said, deep in thought. He crossed his arms.

"What is it, Zero? What's on your mind?" Gaspard looked up.

"…I wanna join!"

End Chapter 2: My Destined Path

And now the story starts rolling. Don't worry, Zero will definitely meet up with Haseo. And the other characters from .hack/G.U. will start pouring back. I think Kuhn, Atoli, and Shino would be introduced next time. And the story will take a very interesting turn…

For the purposes of this story, Silabus and Gaspard are each level 101. However, in the leveling up that Zero is going through, they are contributing very little to the battles.

I will give the Areas for more important story purposes. However, the Area that they are in right now is irrelevant.

Tell me if I'm capturing the personalities of these guys correctly. I might have to rewrite the story (especially Chapter 1) if there are major problems.