Another disclaimer! (Whoo, I'm on a role…) .hack/G.U. and all of its characters don't belong to me. Duh…
Axel and Hikaru belong to Miffin/Pudding Fiend, as well as the new characters Ginny and Aurum.
Eon and Shiruba are the only one that belongs to me in the chapter, other than the story itself, and all of the insanity and that may follow in later events…Those are mine as well…
Also, thanks for all of the reviews...other than you, Miffin… XP It's called sarcasm… (Just kidding)
I'm currently trying to make it better; though the stupid spell check disagrees with me too much, which makes it a lot harder.
A few specific words that are wrong are purposely used though:
Spoot = Shoot
Now, to the story!
Chapter 4: Epitaphs?
"Get away!"Pi repeated, slashing her arm through the air diagonally.
"Wha…?" Axel asked, turning to look behind him, the other two copying.
Eon and Hikaru gaped at the large black bubbles that were now materializing around the Gott Statue at an amazingly fast rate. Axel, on the other hand, only said one word:
"…Crap…"
-Eternal City: Mac Anu: The Serpent of Lore-
Yata watched his monitor carefully. It was true that he wished to witness one more AIDA attack on the girl, to see if she really was an Epitaph user…but not like this…
It was too soon. Only a day since the last attack, and with two other players no less! This was not turning out as planned.
Yata moved his hand over the floating sphere, making a smaller, light blue screen appear.
"Pi," he said, eyes fixed on the multiplying AIDA. "It is too soon to test the theory."
-Delta Hidden Beast's Attack-
Pi had trouble not shouting 'you think?' into the mic.
"Yes, Master Yata," she replied, watching the three players as they starred up at the AIDA like idiots. Did they not understand how dangerous it was here right now? With the rumbling and creepy flickering lights, you'd think it'd be pretty obvious. "What are your orders?"
"Use Tarvos. I will call Haseo, Atoli and Endrance for back up," he said, his voice cutting out quickly.
Pi nodded to the mic before holding her right arm in front of herself; pink symbols surrounded her body.
"Come to me, Tarvos!" She announced, and within an instant the pink 'Avenger' had appeared around Pi, ready to fight.
Eon gasped when she saw the pink Avatar appear.
"Not another one!" She covered her head with her arms as Tarvos flew overhead and into the manifesting AIDA.
Axel and Hikaru only looked up in awe at the appearance of it.
"That…wasn't always there…was it…?" Axel asked, pointing at Tarvos. It was now attempting to find the core of the AIDA.
"No…" Eon muttered.
"Pink…" Hikaru said calmly, pointing.
"Oh my God, it's pink! 8O" Axel squeaked. Obviously the fact that they were all in danger had still not set in…
-Eternal City: Mac Anu-
Haseo let out a low, furious growl as he ruffled his PC body's hair. Some 'shadowing' they were doing, when they couldn't even find the one that they were supposed to shadow. Atoli and Endrance didn't help matters either. Atoli would easily get distracted; talking to shop keepers and players instead of asking for information. Endrance, on the other hand, continued to proclaim his love for the Adept Rogue every moment that Atoli had been distracted.
Haseo sighed as he looked up to the bright Mac Anu sun. This was not going very well…
"Haseo, can you hear me?" Yata's voice came in through the communication function, making Haseo jump.
"Y-yeah. What is it…?" He asked, noticing Atoli and Endrance now paying close attention. Now…
"You, Atoli, and Endrance are to go to Delta, Hidden Beast's Attack and destroy the AIDA in that area," he explained curtly before cutting out like he had done Pi.
Haseo listened for a moment more before looking up to Endrance and Atoli.
"Alright, you heard that, right? Let's get moving!" Haseo ordered, racing towards the Warp Panel next to the Quest Shop.
-Delta Hidden Beast's Attack-
Where is it…? Pi wondered, scanning through the AIDA, which had by now spread beyond the Gott Statue and onto the back walls of the Treasure Room. Her gaze flickered from one dense area of bubbles to the next, before noticing the three players looking up at her, the blonde one pointing.
"Wow…" Axel murmured, rubbing his chin. "Is this some kind of quest?"
"No, you idiot!" Eon yelled, hitting him hard, quickly pointing back up to Pi. "The same thing happened yesterday to me! A big white monster came and saved me from a big purple monster after this happened!"
Axel laughed.
"Don't be silly, Eon! That monster is pink! And those bubbles are black! ;3" He explained, earning a new whack to the head.
"Is that not Miss Pee up there?" Hikaru asked, pointing at Pi who was finally looking down at them.
"Yeah, it's Pee." Eon said, nodding. "But the one that saved me yesterday was a 'Haseo'. XP"
"I see," Hikaru noted, looking at the AIDA. "Axel and I had a similar run-in."
"Yep-yep!" Axel said cheerfully. "But no one came to save us. :( Nope-nope! We were attacked by some goat monster, that kept yelling 'become', and then we died! :o The next thing that Hikki and I knew, we were in a dark room with a girl in white….and poof! We were like this!" Axel shot his arms out, as if showing himself off.
"How did you get away?" Eon asked, remembering that she returned back to the battlefield after Aura had tampered with her PC body.
"We just were," Hikaru explained. "We woke up in our room; the game was off."
Lucky… Eon thought, soon noticing a small, pinky-coloured thing begin to emerge from the mass of bubbles. Great…
Pi saw it too and charged towards it with Tarvos. As soon as the nail in Tarvos' stomach hit the manifesting beast, there was a loud scream of agony. The AIDA bubbles retreated instantly to their master, revealing the beast.
This one had two large, spiralling horns on a more pronounced head than the last AIDA beast had. It stood on four legs, three long claws on each and spikes coming out in random spots. There was a long, thin tail, black AIDA bubbles pulsing from the end of it. A blackish core remained just below its neck, inside of the chest of the monster. Its yellow eyes glared at Pi viciously.
"Become…" The beast ordered, waving its tail and instantly creating a Cyberspace battle zone. "Become…"
Axel and Hikaru stared up at the monster in horror. Axel was the one to speak.
"Aw, shit… XP"
-Delta Hidden Beast's Attack: Second Floor Entrance-
Haseo swore as he looked at the map. Where could they be? This floor was huge!
"Do you think that they're at the Beast Statue?" Atoli asked, looking at the map over his shoulder.
"Yeah," Haseo answered, trying not to lose his temper. "But where, may I ask, is the Beast Statue?" He shook the map, showing that all of the treasure chests in the area had been opened, therefore no longer showed their locations.
"Um…" Atoli murmured, unable to answer.
"Shall we try this room, Haseo…?" Endrance asked, pointing to a room with a little blue circle in it. "The Treasure Room always has a Warp Panel to the left of the room, once entered…"
Haseo had no time to argue and only nodded quickly, racing farther into the dungeon at full speed.
Endrance followed quickly, but Atoli was falling behind fast. As usual.
Why are Harvest Clerics so slow…? She wondered, attempting to speed up, but failing miserably.
Pi charged at the beast again, but it dodged swiftly before shooting some black AIDA bubbles at the Admin. Pi dodged the bubbles, but not nearly as swiftly as she flung herself into the wall right above the three players below.
Eon ducked her head and covered it again. This was the last thing that she needed at the moment.
"Hey! Watch it, pinky! :O" Axel ordered, shaking his fist at Pi and the Avatar.
"Yes. Watch out." Hikaru repeated rather unnecessarily.
Pi was shocked as the blonde and freaky player (Axel) said that. Could they see her Avatar as well?
The AIDA beast roared and swung its head around, charging full-force at Pi yet again. She just barely had enough time to fly upwards, making it slam into the wall that she had just hit.
Pi sighed in relief, slowly floating away from the beast, but it did not follow. The monster had turned its attention down to the three players below, eyes almost glowing with satisfaction.
"Oh spoot, spoot, spoot!" Axel yelled, backing away from the monster, but there was nowhere to run. The few white tiles that remained in the room were in a circular pattern. Unless he planned to race in circles all day, there were very few options... Then again, knowing him, that wasn't too unlikely.
"This is bad…" Eon mumbled, also backing away.
The monster howled, lowering its neck and aiming itself downwards at them.
"Run! O.o" Axel ordered, the three of them scattering.
The monster seemed confused, swinging its head from side to side as if trying to pick the one that it was going to chase. After a moment more of 'thought', as it seemed, the monster chose to chase the Twin Blade, Axel, over the other two and dashed in his direction.
"What the hell? Why meeeeeeeee! .;;"
Pi swore as she pursued the AIDA. Tarvos rammed into its side, but it didn't even seem to notice her anymore; it was too intent on chasing the kid.
She swore one more time before speeding up, dropping right in front of the beast in an attempt to halt it. It didn't work. The beast continued to charge straight at her.
She gritted her teeth as it collided with her. The thing was surprisingly persistent. It was still able to push her, inch by inch.
Axel looked up, noticing the pink Avatar stop the monster. He slowed down, then stopped.
"Yes! Go Pinky go!" He cheered, shooting his arm up…until the monster shook its head ferociously and shook Pi off of it.
Axel's expression went from cheering to horror in an instant.
"Not again!" He yelled, racing off in the opposite direction of the monster yet again.
"Piiiii!" Haseo yelled, entering the Cyberspace at full speed, Endrance on his heels, and Atoli racing in last.
Pi looked down the Adept Rogue, relief rushing over her like a spring breeze.
"Haseo!" She yelled, then pointed at the AIDA beast chasing Axel.
Haseo nodded, waiting for Pi to dismiss Tarvos and land next to him.
"We need to stop that thing!" She said urgently, watching Axel run from the beast at an amazingly fast speed…much faster than a normal PC body. Had Aura tampered with that one as well…?
"Understood," Haseo turned to his party. "Atoli, Endrance!" he called, but the other two were already waiting to give his Avatar their power.
Haseo shut his eyes and held his arm in front of his body.
"Come on…" He murmured. "Come on…" He could hear the black haired player racing their direction, AIDA not far behind. "I'm right here!"
"SKEITH!"
Red symbols flashed around his body as Atoli and Endrance glowed green and pink, releasing their Avatar's into Skeith.
"Take our power, Haseo!" Atoli called to him, watching Skeith charge at the on-coming AIDA.
"It is yours to use!" Endrance announced as Axel raced towards them before attempting to stop in an instant.
Total wipe out… D:
Axel went flying, tripping over his own two feet into the white wall right next to Pi, who jumped away in shock.
"How do you do, mister bunny rabbit…?" He asked, dizzily.
Eon shut one of her eyes and winced as she watched Axel go flying and slam hard into a wall. She slowed to a stop,and turned to look behind herself at Hikaru, who had surprisingly walked the whole time.
Does he EVER run? She wondered as he finally caught up.
"Axel is hurt." Hikaru stated bluntly.
"Wow, I wonder why?" Eon answered sarcastically.
"Because he has slammed into a wall." Hikaru answered, not getting the sarcasm.
Eon fumed for a moment before looking up to Skeith.
"That was the guy that saved me yesterday." She pointed.
"I see…" Hikaru didn't seem to be paying attention, keeping an eye on Axel's still form.
"Do you really…?" Eon asked.
"No, my eyes are shut," he said calmly, not even looking in the general direction of Skeith.
Eon fumed once more then attempted to pry one of his eyes open. It did not work.
"That hurts," Hikaru stated, though there was no pain in his voice.
"Then open your stupid eye!" Eon demanded.
"What if it is not stupid?" he asked.
"ARGH!" She yelled and jumped off of the tall Lord Partizan. Hikaru was driving her nuts, but it couldn't be helped; that was how he always was. The calm and silent voice of reason.
"Are you alright?" Pi asked, shaking Axel's shoulder.
"Huh…?" He shook his head and squinted up at her. "What happened, Pee…?"
A red pulsing vein appeared on the back of Pi's head.
"My name is Pi," she corrected, attempting to keep her cool. "As for what happened, you went flying and hit this wall." She pointed at the wall that Axel had just slammed into. It was missing a good chunk from where his head hit.
"No!" Axel said angrily. "I meant, what happened to the big pink monster!"
Pi stared at him. So he really could see Tarvos back then!
"What pink monster?" She demanded. She had to be sure; she had to know what he had seen. Could he just be meaning the AIDA…?
"The pink one!" Axel clarified, waving his arms above his head. "The one with the nail and wings! The one that ate you!"
Pi couldn't help but stare.
"You saw Tarvos…?" She asked, though mostly to herself.
Atoli had just approached when she heard Pi say that and gasped.
"You can see them too?" Atoli covered her mouth with her hands.
"See what?" Axel got to his feet. "The big floating monster! You know, like that one?" He pointed to Skeith. "Because, if that's what you mean, then no freaking duh! :("
"Axeeeeeeeeeel!" Eon yelled, racing towards him, Hikaru in a slight jog behind her.
"Oh, Eon! HIKKI!" He yelled enthusiastically, waving back to them, completely forgetting about the fight between the giant creepy monsters behind him.
Eon was panting when she reached him.
"You. Okay?" She asked, breathing hard.
"She saw you hit the wall." Hikaru explained.
"You didn't, Hikki…?" Axel asked.
"No. My eyes were closed. As they are now." He smiled.
Axel laughed cheerfully.
"Okay, Hikki!" He said cheerfully, glomping the blonde.
Eon finally caught her breath and looked back up to Skeith.
"So…how's he going to win this one?" She asked, pointing at the large, yellow eyes of the AIDA. "This one can see."
"Yeah-yeah!" Axel agreed, hopping up and down. "This is the one that got us yesterday! He's gotta kill it! REVENGE! :O" He yelled, shooting a fist into the air.
"Y-yesterday?" Pi asked, surprised.
"Yes. Yesterday. The previous day before this current day. Two days before tomorrow," Hikaru explained blandly.
"I-I didn't need a definition!" Pi shouted, "What do you mean, 'yesterday'?"
"Yesterday. Simple as that. We. Were attacked. Yesterday." Axel said as if talking to a three year old.
Another red vein appeared on the back of Pi's head. These kids were going to give her an ulcer at this rate...
"So, you mean to say that you were attacked? If so, what happened?" She asked.
Eon shot Axel a quick look, which said 'don't give anything away!'
"The same thing that happened to Eon," Axel answered calmly.
Atoli turned from Eon, to Pi, to Axel, and back. It seemed that they liked this…
Pi turned to Hikaru desperately. "Can you explain what happened?"
"The same thing happened to Eon," he answered. "Then we woke up in our room, Ms. Pee."
Pi sighed. This was not what she had hoped for. The three of them seemed to enjoy conspiring against her, and what's worse, they all enjoyed messing her name up royally to boot.
Haseo grunted as the goat-like AIDA rammed into him once more. Its head was quite hard, considering how much it appeared to be nothing more but purple jelly. He quickly flipped Skeith's scythe around and jabbed it into one of its eyes with the back of it.
The AIDA screeched in agony as he yanked it out. It swung its head about, temporarily stunned. Suddenly though, it dashed towards Haseo, who easily dodged, only to hit a wall. The AIDA howled angrily as it pulled its head back and glowered at Haseo furiously, the yellow eye reforming from the black and purple mush.
Haseo flinched back in surprise. Regeneration?
"KILL DEATH!" The AIDA screamed and lunged at him once more. Haseo quickly shifted his scythe diagonally as the AIDA smashed into him again. The scythe took most of the damage for him, but this was not going so well. Just like the last AIDA, Scorpio, he couldn't find a weak point or paralyze it, no matter how many times he shot or hit it. He swore as he flung himself backwards and away from it.
"It's not working!" He announced to the others, slowly floating their way.
"Not working?" Pi demanded, gritting her teeth together hard. This couldn't possibly get any worse. Even if she were to use Tarvos again to help Haseo, there was no guarantee that she or he wouldn't go berserk. She quickly started to think of things that they had not tried. Maybe if she were to give him Tarvos' power, it would help? But then, what if that was not enough either? He already had both Macha and Innis' power inside of Skeith.
She swore silently, and closed her eyes tight in thought. Why was it turning out like this?
"Haseo, watch out!" Atoli cried, alerting Pi instantly. She opened her eyes only to see the AIDA. Instead of charging at him, it was now charging an attack with its glowing, yellow eyes.
"Haseo!" She called, but it was too late. The monster had already finished charging and shot a large, golden beam out of both its eyes.
Haseo had no time to defend both himself, and his companions. Skeith was hit head-on by the attack. The force of it shook him violently, as Skeith slowly floated towards the white tiles that Pi and the others were standing on before disappearing completely, red sparkles floating off of him.
"Haseo!" Pi, Endrance, and Atoli all seemed to call in unison as they raced towards the Adept Rogue.
"Well…this sucks… -. -" Axel said, crossing his arms and looking from Haseo to the AIDA. "Yep, we're screwed."
"Don't say that!" Eon retorted angrily, hitting Axel on the head hard. "So what if he's down! There's gotta be another way!" The truth was, she was terrified beyond reason right now. Last time Haseo had been able to beat back the monster for them; now that he had lost, she didn't even know what they could do.
"What should we do?" Hikaru asked quietly; even he looked a little concerned.
"Well, we can't run, unless we know how to run in circles for infinity…so…we fight?" Axel shrugged.
"But how?" Hikaru looked rather unconcerned considering their situation, only a small frown on his face.
"I dunno. Any ideas, Eon?" Axel scratched the back of his head. Hmm, I wonder if I already made a will? Wait, don't I need a lawyer for that? Crap.
"…No…" She murmured.
"Well," Hikaru mumbled quietly. "What if these new characters have some special abilities…like theirs?" He pointed at Haseo, who was barely moving on the ground, and the three Epitaph Users surrounding him. "We already know that these characters have a few abilities that are not in the game. Such as Axel's ability to change from the small player, to this one." Axel and Eon gawked at him, mouths open.
"He…He just said something…Smart!" Eon gasped, pointing at him.
"That is not very kind," Hikaru said, although he was smiling.
"All right then! Okay! HRRRMMM! ." Axel grunted, appearing as if he were constipated.
Eon couldn't help but laugh at his face: all scrunched up, and his cheeks puffed out like a fish.
Axel stopped and took a deep breath.
"Man…concentrating is hard work. Thank Aura I don't do it much," he rubbed his head.
Eon finally managed to calm down from her laughing fit, turning to look towards the AIDA monster. It was slowly advancing towards them, walking towards them at a casual pace, as if it had nothing more to worry about.
"Alright," She said, turning her attention back to Axel and Hikaru. "We need to do it now!" She explained, pointing back at the ADIA without looking at it.
For once, Axel looked semi-serious and nodded, Hikaru copying him.
"Okay, so…to call one of those big monster thingies…I don't think that t involves a weird face." She explained, looking at Axel. "So…what do you think that we need to do…?" She asked.
"Concentrate, and ask them to come forth." Hikaru answered simply; again, Axel and Eon looked at him in horror.
"Who are you, and what did you do with Hikaru?" Eon demanded, before closing her eyes in concentration, Axel doing the same. Hikaru's were already closed.
Eon pinched her eyes shut tighter, thinking of the strange monsters that the Epitaph Users had summoned. The big green one, the first one that she saw, back in Aura's domain. The pink one with the nail stuck in its gut….and finally, the white one, Skeith. She remembered how Haseo had said something to call Skeith.
'I'm right here…?'
She clenched her teeth together as she tried to concentrate harder.
Come on…
The picture of the Avatars that she had currently seen burned brightly in her head.
Come. ON…
She imagined the Avatars in greater detail, but something seemed off. It was getting a little fuzzy.
What…?
The image of the Avatars was beginning to fade away quickly.
NO! Come back!
The picture was almost completely gone as she tried to reach towards it. Why was she forgetting it?
Come here!
Suddenly, the picture of the Avatars vanished completely, and the picture of the Gott Statue's of Breg Epona's server filled its place.
What…? She wondered, before a horrible, painful pulse came from her chest. She grunted in pain. What was going on?
Eon wrapped her arms around herself as the picture in her head grew clearer. She then noticed that it wasn't the statue that she was looking at, but some large, four-legged beast similar to it. She grunted as the pulsing increased and grew even more painful. She dared to open an eye to look at Axel and Hikaru. The same thing was happening to them too.
"Haseo?" Pi called.
He grunted as he pushed himself from the ground. His whole body ached.
"What happened…?" He forced himself to ask.
Pi looked to Atoli and Endrance, before answering.
"You were hit but the AIDA, and Skeith was dismissed." She answered. "Are you alright…?"
"Peachy." Haseo answered as he put his hand over his face and sighed heavily. "What about the AIDA?" He asked.
"It is approaching." Endrance answered before Pi had a chance to.
He swore. This was bad. Skeith was out of commission for the moment, and he was too tired to move to boot. What a lovely day. He lifted his gaze up to the AIDA, and watched it approach, step by step. Another swear. He flung his head into his hand, before looking up slightly to see the other three clutching their stomachs and chests, as if in pain.
"Wha…?" Haseo asked himself, as he motioned them. The other Epitaph Users moved their gaze from the Adept Rogue, to the players slowly.
"What?" Pi asked, getting up from her knees.
"What's happening?" Atoli asked, as black symbols surrounded Axel, white around Hikaru, and crimson for Eon.
Haseo starred in disbelief. So it was true. They really did have…
"Epitaphs…"
Okay, maybe this was a BAD idea… Eon thought as she shut her eye with another pulse. Was it her own heartbeat that she was feeling? Was she having a heart attack?
Axel cried out from beside her.
Nope, unless they were all having one…
Suddenly, there was one final, large pulse, and everything went black.
-Unknown: Realm of the God's-
Eon grunted as she opened her eyes. Everything was black.
"Great…" She mumbled quietly. "I died again…"
"Wake up, genius." Came a sharp voice.
Eon flinched as she pushed herself up. She blinked a few more times, before noticing that Axel and Hikaru were there too, but they weren't looking at her.
"Did you say that…?" She asked Axel, rubbing her left eye.
Axel shook his head, still not facing her.
Well I bet Hikaru didn't… She thought, stepping up to Axel.
"What are you looking at?" She asked.
Axel only pointed a finger.
"Huh…?" Eon murmured to herself.
"I think that she said that…" He finally managed, pointing to a giant, silver dog, two large dragons at its sides.
-Delta Hidden Beast's Attack-
"Where'd they go?" Haseo demanded, forcing himself up.
"Take it easy, Haseo…" Atoli ordered, trying to stop him from standing. She failed miserably.
"They vanished." Endrance muttered, mostly to himself.
Pi was still gawking at the spot that the three were lying in a moment again. She felt a pulse coming from them. There was no mistaking it. The moment the pulse had gone, so had they. What was going on with 'The World'?
Haseo looked up to the AIDA, who had stopped completely, and started to swing its head around, looking for them.
"Maybe it's a good thing that they vanished…" Haseo whispered, pointing at the monstrous AIDA. "It seems to only respond to them."
"True but…we can't just overlook this!" Pi said urgently.
"What if we don't need to look for them…?" Endrance said thoughtfully.
"What…?" Pi asked.
"It seems that they have Epitaphs, but, we are the only Epitaph users in 'The World'. Could it be that they are receiving a similar power, elsewhere…?" He explained.
Haseo stared at Endrance. Yes, at times, Endrance had saved his butt from total destruction and humiliation, but coming up with something like this? It seemed way out of character, for the lovey-dovey Blade Brandier.
"I…I see…" Pi muttered, "But, I hope that they are all right…"
-Unknown: Realm of the God's-
Eon gaped at the giant beasts.
"Please don't eat me!" Axel begged, making a cross with his fingers.
The silver dragon, to the left of the giant dog snorted angrily.
"Keep acting like that, you imbecile, and I will!" She snarled, licking her scaly lips, some large, triangular teeth showing.
Axel whimpered before the dragon on the right side of the dog, gold and slightly larger, flicked its tail in front of the silver dragon.
"Enough, Ginryuu." His voice boomed, though only because of his size.
'Ginryuu', as he called her, snorted angrily and glared sharply at Axel, who now cowered behind Hikaru.
"All right, listen up, losers." The dog said, glaring down at the three of them. "You three have been born of the Gods." It explained, making Eon, Axel and Hikaru look from one another confused.
"That means that you the power of the Gods." Ginryuu explained angrily. "Right, Aurum?" She asked to golden dragon.
"Correct." He answered simply.
"Got it?" The dog suddenly demanded; the three of them nodding instantly. "Good," She said, motioning towards Ginryuu. "You there!" She yelled, her golden eyes fixed on Axel, who let out a small squeal of terror. "Ginryuu will aid you in your times of need!" She announced, Ginryuu stepping forwards.
"Better be worth my while." She snorted angrily, before vanishing into a small ball of silver light and flying into Axel's chest. He let out another squeal of horror, but nothing horrible happened…yet…
"You there! Blondey!" The dog howled, snout pointed at Hikaru.
"Who…me…?" He asked, looking around for other blondes.
The dog growled angrily and looked to Aurum.
"You will receive Aurum for times of need." She said, attempting to keep her tempter at bay.
The large dragon stepped forward and bowed his head slightly.
"Pleasure to meet you, Child of the Gods." He said before vanishing into a golden ball of light, and like Ginryuu, flew into Hikaru's chest.
"And you!" The dog suddenly growled the moment Aurum vanished completely.
"Y-yeah?" Eon asked, shaking hard.
"Lucky you, you get me!" She said sarcastically. "Don't you dare call me for nothin', got it?" She demanded.
Eon nodded her head quickly, afraid to disobey the monstrous hound.
"My name's Shiruba; and don't you dare forget it!" She howled and vanished into a crimson ball of light, and like the others, entered Eon.
After seeing that all of the monsters were gone, Axel shook.
"Okay…creepy much…? ." He asked.
"Indeed." Hikaru stated calmly.
"So…now what…? We 'have' weird creepy giant monsters…so now what?" She asked.
Weird creepy monsters? Shiruba's voice echoed from seemingly nowhere. I'LL show you weird and creepy!
Axel squealed in terror once more and hid behind Hikaru again. The giant talking animals were not good for his zoophobia…
"Th-they talked!" He exclaimed, shocked.
OF COURSE WE TALKED YOU MORON! Ginryuu's voice boomed. SO LONG AS YOU ARE IN OUR WORLD, WE'LL TALK HOWEVER MUCH AS WE #$%ING WANT!
Ginryuu… Aurum's voice came now. That is enough.
IT WILL BE ENOUGH WHEN I $#*ing think it's enough! She swore.
ENOUGH! Shiruba's voice spoke. We will send you back to the battlefield. Try to summon us there. She barked more calmly.
"Wait, what?" Eon called, but before she could even ask how to summon their new 'Avatar's', there was a horrible spinning motion, and the three of them were flung into a spiralling mess of colours…
-Delta Hidden Beast's Attack-
"OW!" Axel complained. "That #$%ing hurt!"
Eon hit him hard while attempting not to vomit. "Don't. Swear." She breathed before toppling over onto her butt.
"Ugh…" Hikaru moaned as he fell over as well. Eon was surprised that he of any of them didn't barf, considering his motion sickness. He couldn't even bare to watch the Chim Chim train!
"Eon?" Haseo called, surprised by their sudden appearance after they'd pulled a Houdini.
"Five more minutes…" She murmured, her eyes still spinning from their sudden 'disembarkment'.
"I don't think that we have five more minutes." Axel said, pointing up at the AIDA-goat, which had noticed their arrival as well. Without a moment to lose, the monster had started to charge their way, no hesitation at all.
"Awww…why now?" She demanded, slowly pushing herself to her feet. She turned to Axel, most of the dizziness now gone. "What are we going to do now, oh idiotic leader?" She asked.
"Summon…?" he asked, apparently unfazed by his new nickname.
"All right. Then explain how to then?" Eon asked angrily.
"I dunno! Hey! PEE!" Axel called to the Admin, whose eye started twitching instantly.
She raced over to the three of them, Haseo, Endrance and Atoli behind her.
"Yes…?" She asked, giving up on correcting them.
"How do you guys summon those big scary monsters…?" He asked, before noticing at the AIDA closing in fast. "!" He yelled, and shut his eyes in concentration.
Okay…Ginny…? Come on! We KINDA need you right now…
WHAT. Did. You. Call. Me…? The dragon responded in his head.
Ginny. Now…appear!...become!...Whakchikaboom! Axel tried.
WHAT IN THE NAME OF HELL DO YOU THINK THAT I AM? 'Ginny' demanded.
Axel winced and stuck his pinky in his ear. This wasn't going as expected…
Eon's eyes were shut tight.
Okay…come on…we REALLY need you right now, Shiruba! She begged.
Is that so…looks like my time t' shine! The hound growled in her head. All right, just call m' name and concentrate. Simple as that, squirt. She explained.
"O-okay." Eon muttered, ignoring the 'squirt' comment, and opening her eyes, only to see all of the Epitaph users giving her an odd look.
"You…okay…?" Haseo asked, but was silenced with roundhouse kick; courtesy of Eon.
She shut her eyes tight again.
"Okay… come on…" She mumbled to herself. She could now hear the galloping steps of the charging beast, even though it was in thin air.
"Come on…" She muttered again, picturing the large, silver dog.
"It's time…!" Eon growled, opening her eyes and extending her arms away from her body.
"SHIRUBA!"
Crimson symbols surrounded Eon's body as she called the name of her 'Guardian'. Triangles facing downwards appeared in the middle of her forehead, shoulders and knees. A large diamond, the mark of infinity cut out in the middle, appeared on her stomach, and on her wings appeared a series of long, thin diamonds; triangles at the feather tips.
The symbols shined brightly, and within another instant, disappeared completely as Eon was hoisted into the air, Shiruba materialized behind her.
This was the first time that she could actually see the dog clearly. Most of the fur was silver, but on the top of the head, all the way down her neck to her mid-back was a flame coloured mane. Her eyes were gold, like Eon's PC body's, and she had two large, dark silver wings plastered into her back. There were five navy stripes on her back, all under her wings, and seven long, thin tails, blue flames sprouting from the tips of each. A thick golden collar of spikes circled her neck, apparently attached right to her skin. Her shoulders had the same navy as the stripes, only in a diamond shape, and long claws grew from each cyan-coloured paw. Above each paw was a tuft of red fur, the same type that composed her mane. Her stomach, lower neck and muzzle were all navy blue.
Eon floated there, dazed at the appearance of her Guardian, but not nearly as much as the Epitaph Users below.
Haseo starred in disbelief. Was this an Avatar? It looked too…too different to be one. It was like a monster from the 'The World'; just one that he'd never seen before. He turned to the others, all wearing a similar expression. Haseo looked to his side, to see the black-haired player now beating his head continuously and yelling things to thin air, and the blonde lying on his stomach, looking positively green.
Did all of those characters have that ability…?
-Eternal City: Mac Anu: The Serpent of Lore-
Yata crossed his arms as he watched the monitor calmly. So this was what Aura created…? How interesting…
His gaze shifted to the one with a lightning bolt tattoo through their eye; yelling and screaming at nothing. It seemed that there was more to this than it appeared.
A small, interested grin appeared on Yata's lips. Just when 'The World' seemed to be figured out, Aura had yet again, reset that thought, and made yet another creation.
This game seemed to get more interesting every day…
So…what did you think…? I personally liked using Axel in this chapter, (Thank you Miffin!) his…weirdness…made it all the funnier…no?
Again, Please R & R! After next chapter, I'll be able to add even more humour! W00T!