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Chapter 6

Infection Spreads

I hated The World. What was once a fun game had become a hell no Earth for me. AIDA was slowly growing in my body. I received several emails when I had returned home. They were from two people I had heard of from Shino's stories. The first was from Pi. It told the basic operations that would occur when inspecting my character and how we would treat the problem if anything happened. The second was from a player named Yata. Shino had mentioned him before but I still knew very little about him. The message was as weird as he was. I wondered if it had been filled with symbolism or if he was bull shitting me.

Subject: The World

8 years ago, the wave was defeated by the warriors of twilight. One year ago a legend was born and the world saved again. You see your existence as merely a human life. I think different or should I say, Fidhell, thinks different. A prophesy has come forth and I think you should read it.

Began the winds of time again, they know no bounds and fear no threat. They live in their lives, untouched by the dark on. They do not know what will happen when the Arbiter of Darkness comes at their souls. The Arbiter is quick and hates with all his being. He will walk among them and bring warmth and joy to their hearts. He will love them and give them peace. He will create a world worth living for them. They will except the lie and slowly be crushed. Time and time again, the Arbiter will reign on his throne. Even rebirth will not crush his lust for the dark. Not even a true sacrifice can seal his hatred. The arbiter will grow in his power and become a god. He will smite them and leave their bodies for dead. They will retaliate and Armageddon will begin. The Arbiter will hold his own and the fight will continue. The fight will be fought in the heavens and on the earth. They will fall to his power and cower in fear. The Arbiter will destroy all in his path but cry in doing so. Only these tears can bring redemption to this world, and the Arbiter's dark soul.

As you can see, Fidhell has prophesized something of importance. This is a prophesy of Armageddon, a destruction of all things. Luke, you are part of this prophesy but who are you in it. I will look more into his.

The email ended. I stared blankly at the screen. I was perplexed. What did this prophesy have to do with anything? It sounded like a piece from a fantasy movie. I shook my head in disbelief and tried to make out what it could mean. The Arbiter was the darkness that would cause the final battle but it was also the savior in the end. What was they? What could they be referring to? Was it me or was it all the people in The World? All of these questions filled my mind. Many more came into play as I read the prophesy more. Who was the Arbiter of darkness? That was the one question I wondered most. What if I was the Arbiter? No it wasn't possible. I wasn't a being of evil or darkness. Both Haruhi and Yuki could vouch for me. Maybe, Yuki was the Arbiter. I examined the prophesy one more time. The parts about giving love and peace made me think a little of Yuki. She had stuck by me for a long time but she never spoke or expressed her feelings. Could she be feeling hate? Did she hate me? I had figured it out. Yuki had to have been the Arbiter of Darkness. She was mysterious, quite, and already had strange things happening in The World. That means I had to be one of the people in 'they'. My headaches were the proof of this. It was all so strange. Yuki was now my enemy, if I followed the prophesy. I almost didn't want to believe it but the evidence was right in front of my face. What should I do? Maybe, I should destroy her once and for all? If I killed her in real life, there would be no problem in the game. The prophesy would die without the Arbiter. I couldn't harm Yuki. It would be too hard for me to walk in and kill her. It would also leave a mess and it could easily be pointed at me. I wouldn't do it. I'd just talk to her.

"Why shouldn't you go and stop her?" I clutched my head. A throbbing pain in my head started. The faint voice of a man was in the back of my head. I groaned a little and sat down in my chair. My head was throbbing more and more. I could barely take it all.

"You fight too hard. Why not kill her in The World?" I panicked. My head started killing me more and more. It hurt worse then the time at the soup place. I tried as hard as I could to keep myself from going crazy again.

"Listen, with my power you can crush the Arbiter with my power. The prophesy will end and all will be well." I tried to gain control of my thoughts. It was much harder then I thought. I felt like my body was being pulled away. I tried to fight and force who ever it was out of my head. He wouldn't budge.

"Who are you?" I asked myself. I didn't feel weird about talking to myself. The pain was too great to care. I struggled with my head a bit more before trying to reason with the voice. "What do you want with me?"

"I am you. You are only fighting yourself when we talk. You're so week." Now it was taunting me. The stupid voice in my head was making fun of me. I let out a faint scream. Was it AIDA talking to me?

"Get out of my head, AIDA!"I yelled. The voice inside me laughed. It had a cruel aura in its laugh. Soon its small chuckles became roars of laughter.

"Get out of you, fool, I am you." I started to regain control. I could feel it moving down my arm, through every blood vessel and under every bone. It hurt so badly I wanted to rip my arm off. "You see, Yuki will only present problems. Finish her and rid yourself of all of them. Listen, I can help." I cursed and hit myself in the head. A cut formed on my head and blood started to trickle down.

"Are you AIDA?" I asked. I could feel the voice grinning at me. Its teeth were a dark red color and its eyes were pale grey. How could I see a voice? It was like he was standing in front of me. The voice let out a small sound of pleasure.

"You should know that, I am you, I'll give you some of your powers. Use them as you see fit." My headaches faded. I collapsed to the ground and moaned. The wound on my head started to hurt. What power did he give me? I looked at my right arm. It was tingling and had a weird feeling power. My hand was stronger then it was before. I easily pushed myself up with it alone. I looked at it again. Black stops were forming on it but they quickly vanished. It was different. I held out my hand and conjured up a small black bubbly substance. I pointed it at a pencil in my room. The black bubbles left my hand and covered the pencil. A few seconds later, a pencil was in my hand. I looked at the desk and the pencil was still sitting there. Black spots formed then vanished on the pencil. It was a copy but it looked real. I went over and picked it up. It was real. There was no difference in the one I had gotten and the one that had remained on the table. I smiled as I looked at both pencils. This meant that I could have anything that I wanted. I would just copy it and it would be like it was never gone.

I had to see Yuki and Haruhi about this. Haruhi would go insane over it and Yuki might not care but I could make her care. She was my 'girlfriend' after all and I had never bought anything for her. I could get her a really nice gift. Something expensive and I wouldn't even have to pay a dime. I'd just copy it. It was a great idea. I ran out of the apartment and down the street. I flipped up my cell phone and quickly dialed Haruhi's number. She picked up.

"Haruhi, meet me at Yuki's apartment." I said still running. "I gotta show you something."

"What???" Haruhi asked with a sound of confusion. I told her it was a secret then hung up. I then called Yuki and told her that we were coming over and that I had something for her. Before, she could say anything I hung up. I was to excited to care what was going to happen. This was great.

The first store I stopped at was a jewelry store. I had no idea if Yuki liked jewelry or not but she was a girl so I figured that she did. I entered the store and an old man greeted me. His wrinkly face reminded me of my dead grandpa.

"Can I help you?" he asked. I nodded.

"I'm looking for a ring. It's for my girlfriend so, what's the most expensive thing you got?" The old man was taken back when I said most expensive. He took out two big gold diamond rings. One had 3 small diamonds and the other had one big one.

"These are my best and most expensive." He said. "I think they might be out of your price range. There around 2000 dollars." I thought he would have something more expensive but that would have to do. I pretended to look the ring over but I was actually coping it. The real ring went into my left hand and I quickly sunk it into my pocket. I handed the fake copy back to the old man. I refused to see the big diamond one.

"I need to check around and compare prices." I lied. I loved my new power. Maybe being infected with AIDA wasn't so bad. I thanked the man for helping me and walked out of the store. I ring I had gotten was very nice. It looked a lot like a wedding ring or something you would give for that type of occasion. I didn't care. I liked the ring I got anyways.

The next store I hit was the book store. Yuki loved to read so this was an easy target. I entered the books store and was greeted by the store clerk. I quickly ran to the back of the store and looked for a book Yuki might like. I found the perfect one. The title was 'Reading a Good Book: How to Pick One that You Like'. I made a copy of it and slipped the book into my jacket. That should be good present wise. Before leaving, I stopped and thought about Haruhi. She would be so mad if she didn't get a gift. What would Haruhi like? I walked around the book store and found a book on oddities in the universe. I copied the book and slipped it into my jacket. I slipped out of the bookstore and headed for Yuki's apartment.

It was obvious they had been waiting for sometime. Haruhi was pissed and threw a pillow at me when I walked in.

"Thanks for making us wait!" she yelled. "Well what is it?" I took out the book on oddities in the universe and handed it her. Haruhi gasped when she saw it. "Oh my god, this is great but it's not my birthday."

"A friendship present." I replied taking out Yuki's book. I handed it to her and she looked it over. "That's not all." I took out the gold ring and put it on her finger. Both Haruhi and Yuki gasped.

"Where did you get that ring?!?" Haruhi asked looking at it. "It's…wow!" Yuki looked at it. Even she was amazed and Yuki was almost never amazed.

"I used my new power to get it." I replied to Haruhi's question. I held out my hand and used my power to take and copy one of Yuki's books. When it was done, there were two books.

"That's amazing." Haruhi yelled. "So odd and supernatural, How did you do that." I explained that I had a weird run in with my headaches again and when it was over, I had that power. Haruhi eyes lit up bright. She asked me to do it again. I grinned and decided to show it top her again. Black bubbles left my hand and then went under her skirt. A second later, in my hand was Haruhi's red panties.

"See I can copy anything." I replied before getting punched in the mouth. Haruhi was standing over me furious. I guess she had never expected that. Her face was bright red like a Christmas tree and her hand was clenched in a fist. I grinned and waved my hand little more. A white bra appeared in my left hand. I wish I wouldn't' have done that because a foot came smashing down on my groin. I let out a quick yelp of pain before gasping for air.

"Luke, you are a fiend." Haruhi accused.

"So are you." Yuki replied. You have done some pretty bad things yourself." Haruhi glared at Yuki.

"So what." I tried to stand up but I hadn't completely gained the feeling back in my balls. I toppled over slightly and then tried again. I laughed a little and gave Haruhi the copy of her undergarments. I had no need for them.

"So you gave us copies of all this stuff?" Yuki assumed. I shook my head. I explained that the stuff I gave was the real deal and that it was very good quality. I also explained that the copies got left behind. Yuki looked slightly disappointed

"Isn't that stealing?" she asked me. I didn't know how to answer it. It couldn't have been stealing; I was leaving a copy behind. I shook my head in disbelief.

"It's not stealing a copy is being put there, right Haruhi." Haruhi shrugged and was too busy looking at her book. She seemed to like my power. Why didn't Yuki? I sat down in a chair. I didn't want to admit it but Yuki had to be wrong.

"But hat person is only getting a copy." Yuki replied. I could tell in her voice that she didn't approve. I let out a brief sigh then continued.

"But I got that ring for you." I said letting out a few emotions. Yuki took the ring off and handed it to me. She then handed me the book back.

"I'm sorry but I can't except them." She replied. I took the gifts back and slide them under my jacket. Why was she crushing me? I wanted to do something nice for her but I couldn't. It wasn't stealing, it couldn't be. Damn it all. I was done with what I needed to do so I left.

I ran down the hallway not even saying goodbye. Had I failed? No, the voice was right Yuki was Arbiter. I kept running. Tears were running down my face. I could hear Haruhi chance after me. She was much faster then I was and easily caught up.

"Luke, stop!" She said grabbing my arm. "Hold on a second." I turned towards her and wiped my face. Her soft eyes met mine and she parted me on the shoulder.

"Buck up you idiot." She ordered. "If you don't it's the Death Penalty." I didn't want to be forced to buy lunch again. I wiped my face again and tried to smile. "See that's better."

"Sorry about that." I apologized. "I really thought Yuki would like it. I must be the crapyest boyfriend in the world." Haruhi started laughing.

"I thought you weren't considering that a real relationship." Haruhi replied. I nodded. I explained that at first I didn't but I grew more and more to liking it. I wanted to do something nice for her but it backfired.

"I guess it fell apart when I found out she's the Arbiter." I explained. Haruhi cocked her head. She obviously didn't know what I was saying. I didn't really know how to explain it so Id decided not to. "It's nothing."

"Bull shit!" Haruhi yelled. She obviously wasn't happy with my answer. "This whole thing is something odd, that power and the way your acting." I shrugged. I wasn't acting any different then I normally do.

"I thought you liked 'supernatural things." I replied. Haruhi nodded.

"Just because I said your power was odd doesn't mean I like it." Did she consider it stealing too? How was any of it stealing? I created a copy, a perfectly good copy. Why were Haruhi and Yuki giving me such a hard time with this?

"Look, I only do what I feel is right." I replied.

"You're stealing, with a really sweet and odd power, but you're still stealing." Haruhi scolded. "Yuki is right, all the way." I groaned. This was the thanks I get for my gifts. I wanted to punch Haruhi so hard.

"Do it." Without even thinking, I created a fist and then punched Haruhi as hard as I could. It sent her backwards but Haruhi quickly caught her balance. Holding her face, Haruhi glared at me.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" she yelled slapping me across the face. My anger stopped and I realized what I had done. I had let the voice in my head control my thoughts and my actions. I broke out into tears and grabbed Haruhi's shoulders.

"What was I doing?" I asked myself. "I'm so sorry, what have I just done." I could barely make out what I was saying. Tears were filling my mouth. Taking a towel out of her skirt pocket, Haruhi let out a sigh. She handed the towel to mea and I wiped my eyes.

"Was it the voice again?" she asked. Her anger had turned to a serious wonderment. I nodded. "Do you need to rest or go to the doctors?" I shook my head. They couldn't do anything for me and my condition.

"Call Ryou." I told Haruhi as I walked towards Yuki's room. "Call Shino too, and tell them that it is time to start the investigating." I handed my cell to Haruhi and opened Yuki's apartment.

Yuki, as always, was reading quietly. The book she was reading looked like a thick based on space travel. She read odd books for being a girl.

"I need to use your computer." I said sitting down in one of the chairs. Yuki stopped reading her book and sat next to me. She brought up the second computer and stared at me. Her emotionless eyes met mind. It felt like see was reading my every thought and feeling.

"I will join you." She said putting the head set on. I followed and log onto The World.

I warped into Mac-Anu. Yuki followed warped in a few seconds later. I scanned over her character and noticed that she had gained a few levels. She was almost high enough to gain her second job. Before switching on the game volume, I heard Haruhi talking to me.

"Ryou is coming. I'll stay here in case anything happens." She said. I thanked her. Haruhi was odd but in the end she did at least care a little. I switched on the game volume and then looked over a Yuki. She was staring off at the town gate.

"What's up?" I asked. Yuki pointed at the gate. A second over two after that, it opened. Three men in thick black plate armor walked towards the Chaos Gate. They had thick helms on that covered their faces. The helmets resembled a different animal. The one in the center helmet resembled a goat, the one to his right resembled a bear, and the one to hi left resembled a bird. They had thick long swords equipped to their belts. They were moded characters created by CC Corp. They were better known throughout The World as GMs or the Game Masters. Many just called them the Eternal Death or The World's Judges. Haseo's name Terror of Death came from one of their nicknames. Their black armor gave away what squad the GMs were. They were the Black Sheep. The Black Sheep was the highest power a Gm could reach. They could do almost anything and not lose their position. Originally, they were created to debug The World R: 2 but in recent years they had become more and more powerful. Everyone hated them.

The Leader stepped forward and posted something on the Wall to Mac-Anu. A huge posting appeared and written on it was instructions for the different players. The leader turned around. I knew who he was. He was Maxim, the leader of the Black Sheep.

"To all players in Mac-Anu." He began. The order was being broadcasted all over Mac-Anu. This server will be closed temporally because of Guild moding. All players in Mac-Anu have 5 minutes to changed servers or else there characters will be deleted along with the mods." Different players started yelling and complaining. Everyone knew that it was a lie and the GMs were doing it just to piss everyone off.

"What about us beginners, who can't compete in the high level servers?" a low level Blade Brainder yelled. Maxim turned towards the low level player.

"Why does it matter to you?" he asked. "Low level player, you must be one of the moders." The Blade Bandier gasped and shook his head. Maxim stepped closer and the noob started to run. Maxim held out his hand and yellow rings surrounded the player. The group around the Black Sheep gasped. He had deleted the other player.

"You monster." A few players yelled. Maxim laughed and turned towards the crowd. They went silent in fear of being deleted.

"I thought so." Maxim said proudly. "You have 5 minutes to leave starting now." Yuki stepped forward. I tried to stop her but she wouldn't listen.

"Is moding a guild bad enough that you have to delete people over it?" she asked. Maxim looked straight at her. I knew he was scowling under his mask. Not a smart idea to piss of the leader of the Black Sheep.

"Do you really have a death wish?" Maxim asked Yuki holding out his hand. "Sorry but I must delete all who oppose me." The wanted to plead but it was too late. The yellow rings started around Yuki. They began going up her body but then they stopped. Maxim tried it again but it was the same outcome. He was really pissed. "Fine you moder, I'll kill you with my sword." Maxim drew his blade and charged at Yuki.

"He can't attack in a Root town." A player yelled.

"He's a GM he can do what he wants when he wants." Another yelled back. I shut my eyes hoping that Yuki might somehow be sparred death. I waited for the sounds of a character dieing but I was greeted with the sound of swords clashing. I opened my eyes. Yuki had drawn a Blade Bandier sword and had blacked Maxim's attack. When did Yuki use the Blade Bandier class? She never had picked it when we first started. Even Maxim was surprised. No normal player could attack in a Root Town.

"Damn it!" Maxim yelled. He stopped the Root Town closing clock. It had almost reached zero and Maxim didn't want his character to go with all the rest. He began cursing like crazy. "I don't know who you are moder but you better watch out. I'll pull back for now but next time you will die." With those words, Maxim warped out. Yuki let out a small sigh and then turned towards me.

"The data in this area was fine. There has been no moding." She replied. I shook my head in amazement. Yuki was not a normal girl.