With this it means is up-to-date. It also means I'll hopefully have enough time to get out at least one chapter per two weeks as I promised. Enjoy.

"Everything's happening fast, I gotta do my best to keep up,"Ryo muttered to himself as he waited in the front lobby with Data to greet Sakura.

"After Sakura gets settled we'll probably be going into the Deletion Zone,"Data said, yawning.

"But didn't Orion-...Eh, Kaiyen just suggest it the other day? Why are we taking action so quickly?"Ryo complained.

"Probably because the faster we can gather information the faster we can prepare our offense. You also have to remember that we're going into the AI's main territory, even if we aren't going to the mansion they created as their base, they still might try and attack us, especially you,"Data answered.

"And lemme guess, because we're moving so fast, the AIs won't be ready for our intrusion?"Ryo replied sarcasticly.

"Actually, yes."

A sweatdrop fell down Ryo's head. He checked his watch, it was still early, but Sakura seemed to be taking forever.

"Alright,"Kaiyen said, suddenly coming out from one of the doorways."Is my last member here yet?"

"Sakura still hasn't arrived, unfortunatly,"Data answered, putting his hands in his pocket.

Kaiyen grumbled."Hey Ryo, why don't you give her a call, you have her number, don't you?"

"Oh yeah,"Ryo responded, feeling like an idiot.

He pulled out his cellphone and scrolled through his saved numbers. He selected Sakura's and put the phone to his ear.

"Sakura?"Ryo asked once someone picked up.

"Ryo!"Sakura screamed happily into the phone.

Kaiyen took the phone from Ryo.

"Yeah, Sakura, we're waiting for, you what's taking you so long?"Kaiyen asked.

"Hey, I just realized she hasn't used honerables in a while,"Ryo said to himself.

"Anyways, I'm starting a team over here, Ryo's going to be in it, I want you to come as well. We have a mission already set up, once you get ready we'll be starting."

"Oh, that's right,"Ryo said suddenly.

"Need anything?"Data responded.

"When we were in "The World" yesterday, my body through intense pain, I tried to fight it off, but it still caused me to blackout. Do you or Code or anyone know what's happening? I think it's the same thing as when I was supposed to try out Oblivion for the first time, but I don't remember anything from it,"Ryo said, scratching the back of his head.

"We're close to figuring it out, after we head to the Deletion Zone, I'll explain it to you,"Kaiyen answered.

Ryo looked over, feeling relieved that he would finally know what's wrong with him.

"When's Sakura arriving?"Data inquired.

"Oh, she'll be here any minute, Code had someone pick her up a little over an hour ago, and the trip is around 30 minutes to get there if you hurry."

"Hmm,"Ryo said, bending his head down in thought.

"Now for rolls,"Kaiyen said, before Ryo could actually do any thinking.

"Rolls?"Ryo replied.

"Yes. The party going in-game will consist of Orai as Shot, Sakura as Miryo, and Ryo as Coinchii. Me and Data will observe the information from outside."

"Weren't you supposed to get someone else from the data phase as well?"

"Haven't found one yet, but we should more than enough for a quick trip to the Deletion Zone."

"How will we get there anyways? You know how to hack us into the Deletion Zone?"Ryo asked, curious.

"Yeah...well not completely, but I'll be able to figure it out as I go, and soon Code will probably have that 'gate' ready for whenever we need to access the Deletion Zone in the near future."

"Ryo!"someone shouted as the doors flew open, that someone obviously being Sakura.

"Hi Sak-"Ryo tried to say before glomped and nuzzled.

A sweatdrop fell down his head.

"Data, let's go get her bags and bring her to her room,"Kaiyen suggested, walking out.

"Sakura, get off me,"Ryo moaned.

"But I missed you!"Sakura responded pretending to cry.

"Yeah, well we have work to do. Around here we have to be more responsible."

Sakura pouted. "First you confess to me, then you return to normal, you're no fun."

Ryo had a sweatdrop fall down his head. What I get for getting lost in the moment he thought to himself.

"Alright, let's go,"Kaiyen said, walking past the two with some of Sakura's luggage.

Ryo noticed the Coinchii plushie on top of one of the briefcases. Sakura finally got off of him and the followed Kaiyen to the third floor. Sakura's room ended up next to Ryo's. The three then left Sakura to get settled, grabbing Orai on the way to the computer room. After entering, Orai and Ryo went to their seats.

"Well, this'll be my first time using the main computer,"Kaiyen replied, looking a bit wary.

He walked up and hit a few keys, causing it to start up. Code's seat was near-by so he grabbed it and sat down. Data went to his computer, and began setting up a program of some sort.

"Alright, just hang tight until Sakura gets in "The World", meanwhile I'll preparing your transfer sequence,"Kaiyen replied, taking a deep breath.

Orai and Ryo logged on.

Coinchii appeared in front of the Mac Anu Chaos Gate, Shot right behind him.

"So I guess now we wait,"Coinchii said, sitting on the stairs.

"What's the Deletion Zone, like?"Shot asked, sitting against a wall above the stairs.

"Huh, you've never been there?"Coinchii asked, looking up.

"The only people who've been there personally were the AIs, you, Kaiyen, Mohi, and that Zero guy."

"Zero...Zero...oh yeah, that guy. Well it's like a trash can, I guess. Whenever anything gets deleted, it appears there. Last time I was there it looked like a trashed version of Mac Anu, mixed with a trashed version of Dun Lorieg. It was like an entire town. I didn't get to see much though, since I was quickly forced to escape. But while escaping I saw a bunch of odd things. The data stream could be seen floating around, you'll see what looks like players, but with damaged data, there's also little light, it's like it's midnight there, almost,"Coinchii explained.

"Twilight...It's ironic,"Shot said with a chuckle.

"What's ironic about it?"

"Oh yeah, that's right, Kaiyen hasn't told you about it. I'll leave the details to him, but you remember the incident a few years back? You've been in the institute for awhile, I'm sure you know of it."

"Yeah."

Miryo suddenly appeared.

"Oh, I'll explain later,"Shot said.

"Explain what?"Miryo asked.

"Nothing,"he replied standing up.

There was a bit of static in the sound suddenly.

"What was that?"Miryo asked.

"Can you guys hear me?"Kaiyen said into their headsets.

"Oh,"Miryo replied.

"We hear you,"Shot answered.

"Awesome, I got it working,"Kaiyen replied. "Alright, get ready. I should be able to transfer you three now."

"Oh, Miryo were you filled in on the details?"Coinchii asked.

"Yeah, O-Kayine, told me,"Miryo replied, scratching the back of her head.

"Kaiyen, you mean?"Coinchii replied with a sweatdrop.

"Yeah,"Miryo responded.

Shot suddenly disappeared in golden rings.

"Sorry, it's a bit more difficult than I figured, I'll get better, but for now I can only figure out how to transfer one at a time,"Kaiyen apologized.

Coinchii saw rings surround him as he was transfered next. As the rings vanished he found himself by the gate he used to escape from his first visit.

"Interesting,"Shot said, looking around at the building which looked to a mixture of Dun Lorieg and Mac Anu buildings.

Miryo appeared next.

"Alright, we're all here,"Coinchii said.

"Good, I'm bringing the Deletion Zone up on my computer, if I see the AIs coming towards any of you, I'll warn you in advance. Until I get more data I won't know much about the map, so unfortunatly you'll have to split up and search for anything that looks like a field where a big battle took place,"Kaiyen ordered.

"But I don't wanna split up with, Coinchii,"Miryo said, grabbing Coinchii.

"C'mon, be more mature,"Coinchii said.

"Fine,"Miryo responded, sighing and giving in.

"Don't head west, that's were the AIs' mansion is. Any other direction should be fine,"Kaiyen said.

You can tell he's not used to this Coinchii thought to himself.

"I'll north east then,"Shot said.

"I'll go along this main road,"Miryo said, dragging her feet forward.

"I guess I'll go east, through those alleys,"Coinchii said, heading off.

"I said I would tell you what we've discovered so far, but make sure to keep looking around meanwhile,"Kaiyen said into Coinchii's headset.

"Will do,"Coinchii replied, looking back as everyone disappeared from sight.

"Remember the story Data told you awhile back? About that incident that took place in "The World"?"

"Yeah, I remember."

"We've come to the conclusion that when the map was broken off and deleted, three people were still on there. The two AIs, and the player known as Jugatsu. Because they were deleted, err, the rest is from Data and Code's analysis, but because they were deleted the three should've ended up here. This wasn't the case though, during the deletion, Jugatsu disappeared all together, and the two AIs seemed to have merged into one. They're still not sure how it all happened, but they believe that there's a second mind within yours and that the second mind is Jugatsu."

Coinchii stopped, midstep. The voice in my head was the voice of Jugatsu...and this eye is proof of my contract with Jugatsu. Jugatsu used to be in a group of three with Skyld and AnakinseZ...and I- Coinchii thought coming to the conclusion.

"Coinchii?"Kaiyen asked.

"The second mind, I've been aware of it for awhile,"Coinchii said, resuming his walk through the alleys.

"You have?"

"Yeah, it used to speak to me inside my head, but I thought I was just going crazy or something because of the events. Then around the time I was about to join Code it spoke to me, asking me if it could share my body. In exchange it said it would help me get revenge for all the trouble the AIs had caused me,"Coinchii answered.

"And that's were your gray eye with red streaks must have come from. Did you accept?"Kaiyen asked.

"Yeah. Wait! Does that mean the times when I blacked out Jugatsu took control of me?"Coinchii asked, piecing it together.

"Yeah, he's taken control of you twice, but because of it we've gotten a lot of information, we can barely keep up with it all,"Kaiyen responded.

"Do you know why he ended up in my head?"Coinchii asked, having his own theory in mind.

"All of us have a few ideas, but we can't say for sure,"Kaiyen replied.

"I think it might be, that I'm similar to him,"Coinchii replied, appearing on a street within Deletion Zone. He took a left and began walking North along the road.

"How so?"Kaiyen asked.

"Well, he used to be in a group with AnakinseZ and Skyld, right? I'm in a group with Suichi and Dylan. Also the first day I played "The World", I ran into Skyld and AnakinseZ who I ended up becoming friends with. I think that might be why,"Coinchii said, a serious tone in his voice.

"Coinchii...that's a horrible theory, here I was thinking you had some intelligence,"Kaiyen responded, with a disappointed tone in his voice.

"Hey!"Coinchii replied defending himself.

Kaiyen sighed.

"Anyways, I told you what I said I would, I'll be going over information if you need me,"Kaiyen responded.

"Don't you run away!"Coinchii shouted looking up.

He muttered to himself while folding his arms.

Now that I think about it, that would be a pretty lame reason. If only I could talk to 'Jugatsu' like I used to. Coinchii thought.

He continued walking the down street looking around. Nothing seemed to lead towards any hint of a field-like area. He stopped at the top of a near by hill and turned around, facing south. He was able to see the cut-off of the town, and off in the distance what he believed was the AIs' mansion. He looked south east, and saw nothing besides more buildings and a river. He turned north and continued walking.

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Shot slowly walked up to a door, looking around. He hadn't found anythings around the backroads. He had also observed that even though the town had traits of Mac Anu and Dun Lorieg it was several times larger, almost as if it was a real town. If it was the size of a real town searching it could take days.

He pulled the door open and walked inside. It appeared to be a normal house, if a bit abandoned. Beneath the dust and cobwebs there was everything you would find in a normal house; a television, couch, coffee table, through one doorway Shot was able to see a kitchen. He looked around for the staircase and went up stairs. With each step he took in the house creeking would echo through out. He went into a door on the right and looked inside, finding a bathroom. The window was a mess, but after finding a rag and running it under water he was able to clean it off.

Something about the Deletion Zone is wrong. If it's just supposed to be deleted data why is it like a normal town from the real world? The AIs would have no reason to do this... Shot thought, looking out the window at the house across the alley.

The house proved to have no clues so he left it alone.

"Kaiyen?"Shot said, closing the front door.

"Yeah, Shot?"

"I just checked in one of the houses, it resembles a normal house...as in a house from the real world. I can't think of any reason the AIs would adjust data to make it look like this. Also the Deletion Zone is way too big to be just deleted data. Something is going on here. Whenever Code finishes his current work -"Shot was saying, before getting interupted.

"I see your point, but Code made me an apprentice, the last thing I want to do is let him down. He left this task to me so for now let's just focus on the field. I'll see if I can look into your theory. Before I do so however, check a few more buildings see if they resemble real houses as well. If they do look for something like a store or library. Whatever happens though, remember the primary task is looking for the battle field still,"Kaiyen replied.

"Right, I'll remember my orders,"Shot responded.

He still couldn't shake the feeling that was bugging him over the town within the Deletion Zone. He continued up the block and chose a house at random to go in. The layout of the house was different, but it was still similar in the fact it was like a house from the real world. He walked over and picked up a remote from the dusty, glass-top table. The television came on, but he was only able to get static no matter which channel he tried. He gave up and turned it off, before walking into the kitchen. There was nothing inside the refridgerator, cabinets, or pantry.

"This is making me feel really uncomfortable,"Shot said to himself under his breath.

He shook his head, trying to remember his real task, the field. He closed the door walking out of the house. He continued down the street, if there was a field it would probably be in an area of the town where a park might be, or off to the outskirts, but from the looks of it outside of the town's boundries was nothing more than a virtual abyss.

"Kaiyen,"Shot said yet again.

"Yeah?"

"If this is set up like a town then the field might be in an area where a park might be,"Shot said, knowing Kaiyen would be able to realize where he was going with the statement.

"I had Data run a search to see if any towns have a similar layout to the Deletion Zone, but so far, nothing. If anything a park would typically be either off of the main road, or a road immediantly from a main road. Let me send you the map so you can see what we have so far."

"Alright,"Shot said, waiting.

A map suddenly appeared in front the archer. He seemed to have gone a considerable way from the main road. By the looks of Miryo's path she had been simply following the main road, Coinchii had run into another main road at some point.

"Let me know when you're done,"Kaiyen said into his headset.

"I've seen enough, thanks,"Shot responded.

The map vanished. Since the Deletion Zone wasn't a real place meant for playing in, it wasn't a surprise that the normal interface didn't have a map. Shot turned northwest and continued on his way.

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"I wonder what Coinchii is thinking about right now,"Miryo asked herself as she walked along the sidewalk.

She glanced back and forth between the shop windows, all of which were empty.

"This town sucks,"she moaned.

She sat down on a near-by bench. This whole thing seemed like a waste of time at the moment. She felt as though they had been looking for at least two hours already. There hadn't been any interesting finds and the broken player data that traveled along the main road usually just looped it's movement. The broken data seemed to avoid alleys for whatever reason, Miryo had noticed. She hadn't seen any of them in an alley since they began looking, only a few of them were on the road and touching them shattered their data causing a wierd sound that hurt her ears.

She wiped off her forehead, not that there was sweat, and got up to continue walking.

"Kaiyo-...whatever your name is. Has anyone even found anything yet?"Miryo pouted.

"Kaiyen...and not yet, but don't give up now,"Kaiyen mumbled.

Sakura sighed and continued walking down hill, along the sidewalk still.

" 'whatever you name is.' Pft.."Kaiyen muttered.

"Huh?"Miryo asked, not clearly hearing it.

"Err..."Kaiyen said, before his voice disappeared.

Miryo yawned and wiped some water from her eyes with her index finger.

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"Kaiyen!"Coinchii suddenly shouted.

"What?"

"We have a problem,"Coinchii said, drawing his weapon.

"Huh? Let me get a video feed up,"Kaiyen commented.

All of a sudden a player-shaped shadow carrying an axe slashed downwards. Coinchii brought his weapon up, blocking it then spun his sword in a helicopter fashion flinging it into the shadow, tearing it in half.

"What are those?"Kaiyen asked surprised.

Several character-like shadows were converging on Coinchii's location. Instead of being on the ground or a wall, though, they had a physical shape. Coinchii grabbed his sword.

"They might be from an old event,"Kaiyen said.

"But why are they only in this area?"Coinchii asked, slashing through another one, a heavyblade shaped one.

"Unfortunately the others are too far away. Coinchii you'll have to manage alone on this one,"Kaiyen said, a tinge of nervousness was barely audible in his voice.

Coinchii spun around, his sword out and took out three shadows. He brought his sword back and slashed downwards in front of him killing another one. With every shadow killed it was as though more appeared, no matter how many Coinchii took out they were still surrounding him and trying to mob him. He let out a howl and charged forward slashing the shadows in his path. He took a few hits, but managed to get out of the mob. He covered a wound he had recieved on his left shoulder with his hand and took off running away.

"Okay, Coinchii, the others are heading your way, but they won't be here for here at least 10 minutes or longer,"Kaiyen said.

A shadow suddenly jumped out from a house's window, but it was quickly taken out by a thrust of the sword. Coinchii kept running, the shadows following him. Up ahead was a river and there was no way the shadows would let him take ten minutes of their time to allow the others to come. He had no choice, though, and continued running towards the river. The houses were too close together and there wasn't any other roads he could've taken to get out.

"This is like some cheezy horror movie,"Coinchii said, letting go of his injury and holding his weapon as it dragged behind him.

He finally ran out of room to run, coming to the edge of the road. He turned around and the shadows were still heading towards him. Coinchii cursed under his breath, knowing there was no way he would be able to take them all out.

Wait a minute! Maybe Jugatsu can do something, but how do I get him out? Coinchii thought, holding his weapon up, even though he wasn't going to fight. The shadow people continued to close in. It probably hadn't been three minutes, let alone ten minutes, there was no way Shot or Miryo was going to reach him in time and those were the only two in the Deletion Zone that would help if anything. They were mere feet away now, in a few second they would be on top of Coinchii and he wouldn't be able to fight them off. Coinchii sighed.
"I guess we weren't prepared enough,"he said, kneeling down.

Suddenly a stream of fire appeared tearing through mass numbers of the shadow people. Scorch marks were left on the ground as the bodies of the shadow people began to vanish. All of them were wiped out. Coinchii looked back, seeing a snake-like dragon, probably about 20 or 30 feet long with a metalic look to it.

"That dragon...just saved me?"Coinchii asked, standing back up.

The dragon changed its direction of flight and charged towards Coinchii. Coinchii brought his sword up to sheild himself, but the dragon changed direction before hitting him and instead whipped him with its tail sending him flying. He dropped his sword upon impact and slid on the road a few feet.

"Why's it attacking me now?"Coinchii asked, sitting up.

He paused realizing who the dragon probably was. A glow suddenly radiated from above and he darted away. Looking back he saw a stream of fire from the dragon's mouth.

"Kaiyen, that's Jade, isn't it?"Coinchii asked, dropping to the ground to avoid a charge from the dragon again.

He picked himself up as soon as the dragon passed and made a grab from his sword. Once it was in his hand he began running down the road. He'd have a better chance of getting away if he could get inside an alley where the dragon couldn't reach him.

"Kaiyen?...Kaiyen!?"Coinchii shouted, still running.

"We jammed communication with your little friend,"Kiiro's voice said out of nowhere.

Coinchii glanced back over his shoulder seeing Kiiro appear in a yellow ball of light upon the dragon's back.

"What are the odds you came to us,"Pyro's voice suddenly said.

Coinchii looked ahead seeing her standing in the road. He brought his weapon out and attempted to slash at Pyro, but a red, rock golem-like monster appeared in front of her and took the hit instead. The sword bounced off, Coinchii now surrounded by something worse than shadow people.

"Kaiyen!? Miryo!? Shot!?"Coinchii shouted, knowing it would be futile. He dropped his sword. "Is this the end...?"

So, two weekends from now on will be between with each chapter (unfortunatly). And the next chapter will be released on the last weekend of christmas break. I'll make sure I have plenty of work done before then. Till next time.