.hack//Gathering of the Unwilling
Chapter 25
Started Chapter: 24-December-2008
Finished Chapter: 25-December-2008
First Post: 26-December-2008
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This story ignores the existence of .hack//LINK, the deletion of The World R:2 and the release of The World R:X. Characters from .hack//LINK may or may not appear.
Chapter 25
- Omega Root Town, Warring City Lumina Cloth – Game –
- 04:21 PM, Saturday September 30, 2017 -
The gathered group glanced in desbelief at the smirking PC in front of them. Kite could swear he heard people cursing, yet none of his companions had done so, making him conclude it was the source had been his friends at Kuro Bith's warehouse. He vaguely heard Kuro Bith bark orders, but he decided to tune him out. It would be very inconvenient getting distracted at the moment with their current foes in front of them. He saw as Balmung and Orca readied their swords while BlackRose pressed a hand over her mouth, in desbelief. The other two players, Shino and Alkaid, had their attention divided between Haseo, who still pursued Sakaki, and the self-proclaimed Cubia. Alkaid's words brought him back to reality.
- "Cubia? As that big monster from several weeks ago? You?" - The read head asked.
- "The very same." - Cubia smirked.
- "I do not believe you... how can a normal player be Cubia?" - Balmung retorted from his place, glaring at the purple clothed PC.
- "Its quite simple really... this is the form 'he' intended for me..." - Cubia answered.
Morganna, meanwhile, grimaced as she healed herself. - (So my daughter has given them their blessings... so they can hurt me? Damn her... I shall erase her soon...)
- "He? Who is he?" - Orca questioned.
- "Fight me... and I may tell you...!" - Cubia summoned a pair of twin blades and run towards Orca, only for Kite to appear in front of him, making their twin blades clash, creating sparks.
- "I will take care of him! Go and free Haseo!" - Kite ordered. - "Now!!" - He shouted when Orca and Balmung tried to protest.
- "Uh, uh... I can not allow that..." - Cubia said as he kicked Kite's stomach, making him double in pain. Cubia jumped back and rose his arms. - "Come forth! My Gomorra!!"
Dozens of Gomorra's emerged, from the land, surrounding the group. Kite clenched his teeth, in anger, as he saw them. They were definitely different from the ones he had battled during the Twilight. They seemed to be smaller, yet their numbers were greater. A fast checkup of stats revealed them all to be of the same type, unlike those he fought which held diverse ablities likes healing or magic. Seems this new Cubia preferred the usage of numbers than of abilities.
- "Those things again?" - Alkaid yelled as she destroyed one that tried to attack Shino, who begun casting protective and boost spells over the group.
- (So this are the same she fought? The same those girls told us about at Akira's exhibition match?) - Kite thought as he slashed one as well. He had no time to dwell on this since Cubia once more launched himself at him. - (Damn it... at this rate Morganna will go after Haseo...)
- "Death Bringer!!" - BlackRose yelled her ability as she fell in front of Kite, slashing at Cubia. - "Go Kite! You must help him! Get Haseo back!"
- "BlackRose!!" - Kite yelled as he saw Cubia press his twin blades over BlackRose's heavy blade.
- "Leave this to us!" - Balmung screamed as he and Orca used their combined techniques to squash several more Gomorra.
Kite nodded at his comrades and ran towards an opening among the monsters, who, noticing him, began to fly towards him. He was about to attack when a yell, from Shino, made him jump to the side. He saw as a Light Spell, the Lei Zas, pierced through the number of Gomorra. Kite nodded his thanks and ran towards the opening. Hearing running steps behind them, he saw as Shino and Alkaid ran behind him. Seeing the determination on their eyes, he nodded at them and ran towards the place he saw Morganna was flying.
- "Tiger Claws!" - Kite jumped through a new wave of Gomorra. He heard as Alkaid also yelled a technique, the Gale Blade, breaking through the onslaught of enemies. Reaching the abyss between the arena and the stands, the three players jumped, seeing Haseo corner Sakaki at the commentator's booth, with Morganna descending towards them. Kite was about to jump towards her when a body crashed over the stands. His eyes went wide upon seeing it was BlackRose.
- "Akira!!" - He yelled her name withouth thinking, running towards her.
- "I... I am sorry Hiro... he is powerful..." - The Heavy Blade girl whispered as she coughed from the impact.
Kite turned around and glared at Cubia, who had fallen nearby. He was a bit unnerved upon seeing his dark AIDA eyes. - "So you posess AIDA as well..." - He felt as Shino kneeled besides BlackRose and began casting healing spells. Alkaid stood by his side, with her attention divided upon Cubia and Morganna. Risking a glance, he saw Orca and Balmung still battling the Gomorra in the middle of the arena. Sakaki was just a hair out of the wolf's den, literally, for he was holding Haseo's jaws away from his head with all his might.
- "Like I said... this is what he intended... too bad he can not see it anymore..." - Cubia laughed.
- "Just who is 'he'?" - Kite yelled.
- "Why... no one else but our creator!" - Cubia smirked. "Too bad you will not hear more... since you failed to entertain me..." - Kite was about to retort when they heard a scream of pain.
- "Haseo!!" - Alkaid and Shino yelled. Kite later learned that Morganna had used an attack over Haseo, pressing him hard to the floor, allowing Sakaki to stand up, who in turn had begun transferring more AIDA particles over the possessed boy.
- "Time to die... Kite..." - Cubia gathered dark energy on his left arm, which began to form the shape of a flower. A Data Drain. - "Too late for you to react..." - He smiled.
- "Vak Don!!!" - Two voices yelled. One fire spell crashed over Cubia's back, while the second sent Sakaki flying away from Haseo. Before Kite could locate the source of the spell, a pair of new arrivals jumped over Cubia, making him blink in confusion.
- "Saber Dance!" - "Calamity!" - Cubia, having received the three attacks directly, grunted in pain, glaring at those who hurt him. A short green haired player in orange clothes, alongside a short tanned pink haired girl.
- "Shuugo! Rena!" - BlackRose shouted.
- "What?" - Alkaid received a wink from Rena. - "Excellent!" - She grinned.
- "Do not forget us! Nya!" - Mistral emerged besides a tiny copy of herself, Mireille.
- "You got that right!" - Mireille grinned.
Sounds of battle filled Kite's ears and he saw that Orca and Balmung were being helped as well and by some unexpected but not despreciable friends. - "Double Sweep!!" - "Repulse Cage!" - "Revolver!" - "Brandish!"
- "Take that you bastards!!!" -
- "Hell yeah!!!" -
- "Wohoo!!!"
- "..." -
- "Oh my... such language..."
- "Like old times..."
- "Indeed..."
- "Let me at em!!"
- "Mou!!! Wait!! Let me heal you first!!"
Marlo, Nuke Usagimaru, Rachel, Moonstone, Terajima Ryoko, Sanjuro, Gardenia, Ouka and Hotaru had arrived likewise.
- Hacker's Hideout, Old Warehouse, Japan - Real Life -
- 04:21 PM, Saturday September 30, 2017 -
Kuro Bith cursed as soon as he saw Cubia present himself in front of the dot hackers. His companions saw him in shock for having acted so out of character making him cough trying to hide his embarassment. He began barking orders of preparation to his companions all while typing a text message on his cellphone. After pressing the 'send' button, he saw as Culhwch approached.
- "Got any informartion?" - Ichiro asked.
- "Yes. We have located the computer were Misaki logged in before being infected with AIDA. A team is being prepared to retrieve him at this moment." - The hacker's words attracted the attention of Salvador and Tokuoka.
- "You found him? Just like that?" Wow..." - Salvador whistled in admiration.
- "That is why I wanted to contact him earlier. But the guy's number is not the same." - Tokuoka grunted.
- "Please Tokuoka-san... I have changed my number over thirty or forty times since the Twilight. Maybe more." - He said while taking hold of his chin.
- "See?" - Tokuoka sighed while Salvador sweatdropped.
While the two men talked with Kuro Bith, three other hackers approached them. One of them, the shortest, coughed to gained their attention. - "Plaird, Sconk and Sheradon ready for the mission sir." -
- "Excellent Sconk. You shall lead the team." - Kuro Bith answered. Sconk was a plump short man, Plaird was a slender woman whose hair was tinted blue and Sheradon was a tall and muscular man, wearing a dark suit, whereas the other two were wearing white lab coats. - "Find Misaki and take him to the Takeguma University Hospital.
- "Takeguma?" - Mai walked forward. - "You are taking Misaki there?"
- "Correct. He must be injured and unconcious right now because of Atoli's attack. Takeguma is nearest to the position where we located him." - Kuro Bith explained.
- "Let me go. Kasumi-kun is also on that hospital. I want to help as well, not staying here being useless." - Mai replied.
- "Mai, you are in no way useless..." - Tokuoka began, but Mai interrupted him.
- "I am. I can not aid here. I know nothing of computers and I never played the game for more than half an hour. This is something I can do." - Mai replied with determined eyes.
- "Okay... I understand. I will go as well then." - Tokuoka answered.
- "Sorry Tokuoka-san, but I need you here. Your expertise can be helpful." - Sato Ichiro said. - "You too Salvador-san. We may need your connections with the media to fix this problem."
- "But..." - Tokuoka and Salvador tried to argue, but Michiru stopped them.
- "I will go with her. Do not worry." - Michiru stated and the three men nodded. Yuki, Junko and her mother, Kyoko, approached and stated their intention of going as well.
As Kuro Bith gave his instructions to his men he took out his cellphone and grinned. He walked away towards Fili and Jinn's group. Tokuoka meanwhile hugged his wife, while Salvador placed his hands over the head of Yuki and Mai.
- "Be careful, all of you." - Salvador said.
- "We will." - Mai answered the man before being enveloped in a hug from Tokuoka.
- "Relax. Our van is protected from outside intrusions. Helba-sama's instructions." - The woman, Plaird, explained.
When the black van left the hangar Kuro Bith approached Mayumi and touched her shoulder. - "Yes?" - The woman asked.
- "Prepare yourself and gather those in this list. Your characters are ready to enter." - He whispered leaving Mayumi wide eyed.
As she scanned the list her mouth fell open. - "Is this list correct? I mean... my daughter has my character... I mean..."
- "Worry not. We are hackers... remember? You and Mireille-san shall be able to return. Now, get the twins. Mistress has mailed those others that you shall meet on The World. Your comrades." - Kuro Bith said as he took out his pocky box, offering one stick to Mayumi.
- "Got it." - She took two pocky, one for her and the other for her daughter.
- Home of Sanjuro's Player, South Dakota, USA - Real Life -
- 04:29 PM (Japan Time), Saturday September 30, 2017 -
- 01:29 AM (South Dakota Time), Saturday September 30, 2017-
For the past two hours, the Japanese Professor stood watching the events unfolding on the TV. He got the shock of his life when he saw his friends, the Azure Knights, appear just twenty minutes ago. He clenched his fists, hoping he could be there aiding them. Specially since their opponent was none other than Morganna herself.
- "Damn it... why is that witch back? What the hell happened?" - Sanjuro clenched the empty beer can.
A sudden vibration made the man jump, clenching his chest. - "Who the hell calls me at this hour?" - He grunted as he took hold of the cellphone, which had been left on the sofa the night prior.
- "What the hell?" - His eyes widened. - "Helba..." - Standing abruptly, he turned off the television and walked into his studio, intending to dust off his old FMD.
- Home of Hotaru's Player, Boston, USA - Real Life -
- 04:29 PM (Japan Time), Saturday September 30, 2017 -
- 02:29 AM (Boston Time), Saturday September 30, 2017 -
Hotaru kneeled on her bed, wideeyed, as Kite and company appeared on the screen. Her abrupt movement caused her popcorn bowl, forgotten for a few hours already, to fall on the floor, spilling its contents. A beep to her left made her glance at her computer, which she had left on downloading some videos from the peer to peer service.
- "An email? But wait... why did it beep? I turned off all the sounds... what is going on?"
Fixing her top, which had slipped down leaving her left shoulder bare, Hotaru left the bed, wincing as her bare feet stepped over the popcorn. - "Ow... damn..." - Ignoring the discarded junk food, Hotaru sat on her chair and turned on the monitor, giving a side glance to the screen, where the original dot hackers kept fighting. - "Huh? This is...!!!"
- New Creatures Studio, Tokyo - Real Life -
- 04:29 PM, Saturday September 30, 2017 -
Rei-chan held the hand of her partner, and boyfriend, Mr Usagimaru, as they watched the battle in the studio's television. Their companions at the studio were unnerved at the serious faces the pair had as they watched the unsual program. After all, it was not a good sign seeing the normal joyous and crazy duo acting as if they had been told someone had died. Even their director stopped complaining upon seeing the unusual serious faces of the pair.
- "Um... Rei-chan... Usagimaru... we will not be able to film... why do you both not go and get some rest?" - The director told them yet again.
- "Not now director... this is a matter of life or death..." - Rei-chan answered.
- "But... its just a game... and a bad joke at that!" - The Director exclaimed.
- "Seven years ago I would have thought that... but things are different from what you may think..." - Usagimaru replied as he rested his chin over his free hand.
An attendant suddenly came running, almost crashing unto the director. - "Rei-chan! A weird email just arrived to the studio's address!! It opened by itself as soon as it arrived and started to make weird noise!!"
- "You idiot! That must be some virus! Do not open those things!!" - The director yelled, but Usagimaru motioned him to shut up.
- "What kind of email?" - The blonde man asked.
- "It was directed to you both... it said something about Twilight... it was signed with a weird name... Helga or something..." - The attendant jumped back as both actors stood up.
- "Helba!!" - Both shouted before running towards a computer.
- "Look Rei-chan!" - Usagimaru stated after reading the email.
- "So its our turn huh?" - The brunetter smirked as she saw The World software already halfway through its setup.
- "Get us a pair of M2D!" - Usagimaru roared to the attendant who ran looking for them.
The staff watched them in confusion as the pair grinned at each other. - "Ready partner?" - Rei-chan asked.
- "Totally. Dot hacker Nuke Usagimaru ready to rumble!!!" -
- "Dot hacker Rachel, ready for business!!" -
- "Lets give em hell!!" - The pair high-fived, ignoring the questioning glances.
- Moon Gym, Ikebukuro - Real Life -
- 04:29 PM, Saturday September 30, 2017 -
The ever silent administrator of the Moon Gym had stopped his routine at the bars as soon as the dot hackers appeared on screen. He stood watching the screen, grunting as he saw the events unfolding. Another young man, one year younger than him, stood watching the televion as well, cursing every two minutes. Both had been friends for a while, after meeting by chance when the second one had bought a membership to the gym. Despite the man's previous belief of keeping the online life separate from the offline, Marlo's player had taken MoonStone's friendship well, specially since their online life was practically unexistant at the moment.
- "So the bitch is back huh? Never expected this crap to be pulled off..." - Marlo stated.
- "Affirmative..." - Moonstone answered.
- "Tch... those fuckers better know what they are doing... if they lose to the witch, I will personally kick their asses..."
- "Agree..."
- "So... whose the pussy in purple anyway? I did not catch what he said." -
- "He said... Cubia..."
- "You serious? What is this shit? Revival of the AI? Are they zombies or what?"
- "Unknown..."
- "I really hate when you use one word answers damn it..."
- "Amusing..."
- "Fuck you..."
Moonstone was about to give a finger to his friend when he felt his cellphone vibrating. Checking the incoming message he saw Marlo copy his movements, having received a message as well. Their eyes widened... correction... Marlo's eyes widened... for Moonstone remained unmotivated as always.
- "Tch... nice... any cyber cafe nearby?" - Marlo asked.
- "No need... office..." - Moonstone motioned his friend to follow.
- "What about the M2D?" - Marlo crossed his arms.
- "Floor above... cyber cafe... mine..."
- "Damn it you bastard... next time you are telling me your family owns all the fucking building..." - Marlo cursed. Upon Moonstone's silence he spoke again. - "You do right...?"
- Terajima Mansion, Kyoto - Real Life -
- 04:29 PM, Saturday September 30, 2017 -
- "Ryoko-sama... are you and your friend okay?" - A maid asked as she saw Ryoko holding her hands together in front of her mouth, as if she was praying. Her friend looked enraged, as she clutched a cup of tea.
Terajima Ryoko, the sole daughter of the Terajima family, owners of the Terajima Corporate, sat on the terrace, alongside a friend, watching the 60" TV inside her room. By mere chance they had meet several days prior and Ryoko had invited her old friend to have a cup of tea, at her house, so they could discuss what they had done in the past years. Never had she expected their reunion would be interrupted like this. Her friend, the old user of Gardenia, had wanted to watch Akira's match on TV. When the match had ended they just forgot to turn off the set when the signal had been hacked. A feeling of uneasiness had made them watch the events. When Morganna appeared they had been shocked... but not as much as when they saw their old friends appear.
- "Is it really them? I mean... we saw Akira on her match just some hours ago..." - Ryoko commented.
- "I know... but... I am sure its them... why is this happening... I ignore that..." - Gardenia replied. The girl, several years ago, had been a silent one, until she had joined Kite's party, and became friends with most of the group.
- "Morganna... Cubia... and that virus from several weeks ago... AIDA..." - Ryoko murmured.
- "AIDA... you said that virus caused big problems at your father's company." - The older girl said.
- "Yes... several servers were destroyed... I never thought that could be related to this..."
Further conversation was stopped as their cellphones rang. Checking the emails, Ryoko motioned her friend to follow. - "Good thing Papa likes to have everything at home... we can find a pair of M2D on his studio..."
- "What about the software of the game?" - Gardenia asked.
- "Knowing Helba... she is already installing it here..."
- "Talk about invasion of privacy..." - The pair chuckled.
- Hacker's Hideout, Old Warehouse, Japan - Real Life -
- 04:29 PM, Saturday September 30, 2017 -
Five more laptops had been setup by Saya and Lilith. The pair of women, aided by other three women, gave M2D to Rena, Shuugo, Mireille, Mayumi and Sayu. As the preparations were being ended, Kuro Bith approached them.
- "You will be appearing at Mac Anu. Wait for Aura's envoy. Then go aid your friends. Cubia's appearance has complicated things." - Sato Ichiro stated.
- "Can that thing not stay dead? Geez... this is the third time..." - Shuugo sighed.
- "That thing must be like a cockroach... always returning..." - Rena muttered.
- "Well... then let us kick his ass and remind it to remain dead this time." - Sayu grinned as her boyfriend placed his hands on her shoulders.
- "Wish I could go with you guys..." - Fumikazu sighed.
- "Worry not. I will be there!" - Mireille grinned.
- "I will take care of them. Relax." - Mayumi smiled at the young man.
- "Yeah I guess..." - Fumikazu sighed, glancing at the screen were his sister kept fighting.
- "Okay people!! Log in!!" - Kuro Bith yelled as the software began.
- Delta Root Town, Eternal City Mac Anu - Game -
- 04:35 PM, Saturday September 30, 2017 -
Most of the players gathered at the Chaos Gate had logged off to watch the events unfolding at the TV. Many argued that if they were filming some kind of reality show within the game, while others argued they had wanted to see the events live, while a few others just made a mess because they were bored. A selected few, who had remained, still argued they wanted to access the closed server, and among these stood the self-proclaimed noob helpers, Silabus and Gaspard.
- "Please! Our friends are there! Allow us to enter!!" - Gaspard cried.
- "Haseo is out GuildMaster and Alkaid our friend... they are in trouble... do allow us to help!!" - Silabus pleaded.
The GameMaster shook his head, denying them access, making Gaspard cry in despair while Silabus frowned. Both had just found out about the situation after re-entering Mac Anu, after finishing the long quest "Capture All of the Lucky Animals that live on The World". A sudden pull or energy made both friends slip towards the wall, alongside the GameMaster, who did not seem to be surprised at this.
Five pillars of data appeared on the middle of the room, signaling a teleportation. From the pillars emerged a short orange suited boy, a short tanned pink haired girl, a girl whose race seemed to be similar to a Lei tribe, a short red haired girl and another red head white suited female, who looked to be a taller twin of the short red head.
- "So we are here..." - Shuugo grinned.
- "This is nostalgic... even if Mac Anu is not the same anymore... but its nostalgic being here..." - Rena replied, with a slight blush on her face.
- "I wonder how many rare treasures I can gather this time! Nya!!" - Mireille danced around Ouka, who chuckled.
- "So what do we do now?" - Ouka asked the group, who glanced at her.
- "We wait." - Mistral spoke, as she placed her hands over Shuugo and Rena's shoulders. - "Kuro Bith said more of our comrades are on their way. We wait for them. Plus... we also have to wait for Aura's envoy."
- "I just hope Chi... err... Alkaid can hang in there..." - Rena sighed.
- "Do not worry Rena. With Kite and the others there, she must be okay. I worry more about Haseo... being infected..." - Shuugo said.
Silabus and Gaspard gaped at their unusual PC but blinked upon hearing the names of their friends. They tried to approach, but something kept them back, so Silabus decided to yell. - "Hey! You!! Are you friends of Haseo and Alkaid?"
- "What of it?" - Ouka questioned.
- "Ouka! Be more gentle!" - Rena scolded her friend. - "We are. Why?"
- "Please! Bring us with you if you are going to help them! We want to help them as well!!" - Gaspard pleaded making the group glance among them.
- "I am sorry... but we can not bring you..." - Mistral spoke.
- "Why not!? We want to help!!" - Silabus argued.
- "Only those who have been blessed by Aura may help... Nero!" - The voice of a grunty reached their ears. It was wearing big swirly glasses. Wise Grunty.
- "That is correct! Haha!!" - A second grunty appeared. Its skin was red and it had massive eyebrows. Gao Grunty.
- Grunties?" - Gaspard questioned. Before anyone could speak anymore, six more pillars of light manifested.
- "Wow... this place really has improved..." - A pink haired tall man wearing blue and yellow clothes exclaimed.
- "I heard this place now allows you to open your own business... wish they had done that on the previous version..." - A brown haired girl wearing yellow spoke.
- "Ugh!!! Unbelivable!! I just get here and I find myself in front of you two idiots!! Do you think of anything else than money??!" - A man wearing a dark demonic armor grunted.
- "Expected..." - A blue hair man, with a red bandana over his eyes, spoke.
- "You see? I knew Helba was contacting everyone else." - A blonde girl with a white angelic suit spoke.
- "Whatever." - A girl with long blonde hair wearing armor spoke.
- "Everyone!!" - Mistral jumped over the surprised group making them fall to the floor. Everyone got tangled on a sea of limbs as they tried to get up.
- "Damn it woman!!! Get a grip!! Geez!!!" - Marlo yelled from the floor. He glanced at the others who watched them. - "Huh? What are you doing here Kite? BlackRose? Were you not fighting? And... did you get shorter?"
- "Silly! Its not them!" - Mireille kneeled in front of Marlo's head.
- "Huh?? Another Mistral?" - Marlo gaped.
- "Oh my... is this your daughter, Mistral? Is she Mireille-chan?" - Ryoko asked as she stood up.
- "Yeah! Nya! Its her. And those two are Shuugo and Rena. Guess you guys never meet them like this." - Mistral said, as she stood up, helping Gardenia.
- "Ehh... the second Kite and the second BlackRose... cool." - Rachel said, as she sat on Nuke's stomach.
- "Hey... Rachel love... care to stand up?" - Nuke yelped from the floor.
- "Nope." - Rachel smirked.
- "As interesting as this reunion is... should we not move? I mean... Kite and the others need our help..." - Gardenia suggested and the others nodded.
- "Two others should be arriving soon." - Mistral spoke, losing her playfulness. - "Kuro Bith told us eight allies would appear here."
- "You are with that hacker?" - Ryoko questioned. - "What has been happening anyway?"
- "Lots of things... we can not explain currently..." - Rena sighed.
- "Story short... the Phases you guys fought fused with several players. Morganna somehow returned and is trying to steal them back. She already acquired seven. If she drains Haseo she gains the last one, Skeith." - Shuugo spoke making the group blink.
- "What...?" - Moonstone's sole word reflected the question in everyones face.
- "Yes... kinda hard to swallow... we will explain further when this mess is over..." - Mistral sighed. Her attention shifted towards the center of the room where two new pillars of light appeared. - "Seems they are here..." - From the light emerged a brown haired samurai and a short girl wearing cleric robes.
- "Sanjuro!" - Nuke exclaimed.
- "Hotaru!" - Rena yelled.
- "So we gather again..." - Sanjuro grinned.
- "Rena-chan! Shuugo! Mireille-chan! Ouka-san!" - Hotaru ran to her friends.
- "Are any of the others coming? Wiseman? Elk? Piros? Natsume?" - Rachel asked.
- "Wiseman and Elk are comatose... the two beared an Avatar... an ex-Phase." - Mistral said stunning the group. Sanjuro blinked, not understanding. Gardenia explained what little info she knew. - "Piros is currently working at CC Corp alongside the admins, trying to stop this mess. Natsume... I do not know anything about her." - Mistral explained.
- "If you are ready, Nero... step forward." - Wise Grunty said.
- "What the heck are those things?" - Marlo exclaimed.
- "Grunties..." - Moonstone stated.
- "How cute..." - Ryoko blushed.
- "You can hug me if you want, Haha!!" - Gao Grunty stood besides Ryoko.
- "Stop that! Nero! And help me give them the Virus Cores!! Nero!!" - Wise Grunty punched Gao Grunty. - "Access via Gate Hacking, Nero!" - he told Shuugo.
- "My Bracelet has the same function as Kite's? I never used that one..." - Shuugo questioned.
- "Just do it. Nero!" - Wise Grunty punched Shuugo on the head.
- "I like his attitude." - Marlo laughed.
- "Ugh... okay... stand besides me..." - Shuugo spoke. As everyone prepared he spoke to Silabus and Gaspard. - "Do not worry... we will aid them..." - He smirked as he activated the gate hacking, making the group vanish.
- "Good luck..." - Silabus sniffled.
- Omega Root Town, Warring City Lumina Cloth – Game –
- 04:50 PM, Saturday September 30, 2017 -
Cubia smirked as he clutched his shoulder. He jumped away from the group, falling in front of the enraged Morganna, who held Haseo's BST form back, by taking hold of his hair. Sakaki glared daggers at them. Cubia, not holding it anymore, began laughing.
- "How amusing! Two of you!! And its not even the copy Aura made!! How amusing!!" - Cubia snickered.
Kite prepared his weapons besides Alkaid and Shuugo. He felt as BlackRose stood up, aided by Shino and Mistral. Mireille and Rena stood by their side, also ready for battle. - "So it seems you are amused..." - Kite said.
- "Quite a lot my dear Kite. Quite a lot." - Cubia smirked.
- "You said... that if we entertained you... you would tell us who created you..." - Kite said.
- "That... I did..." - Cubia crossed his arms.
- "Cubia! Stop that nonsense and finish them off!" - Morganna yelled.
- "Do not order me around woman." - Cubia glared at her. - "Do what you came to do, and weaken him. I will do what I must do." - Cubia yelled. Immediately he kicked to the right, hitting Marlo on the stomach, sending him flying to the abyss. Ryoko's prompt help avoided him to fall, as she catched his arm. Gardenia aided her to bring the black armored man up, as he complained about having felt the kick offline.
- "Want to know Kite? Why this AIDA manages to hurt you offline?" - Cubia said, making the group stop their movements. Balmung and the rest stood besides them, having finished off the Gomorra. For the time being, the battle had stopped. Cubia's words held the attention of everyone online and offline.
- "Cubia!" - Morganna roared, but the PC ignored her. Sakaki himself was interested in this words, so he listened as he kept pressing AIDA over Haseo.
- "Its simple actually... its because this is what AIDA was intended from the very beginning... to be infused with Morganna's power... alone its a virus... fused causes this reaction offline..." - Cubia chuckled. - "Do you know what AIDA stands for?"
- "Artificial Intelligence Data Anomaly..." - Alkaid spoke, earning the attention of the group. - "That is what Haseo told me..." -
- "Wrong... that is the meaning those of you, who not know the truth, gave it..." - Cubia said. - "Its actual name was given during the RA project... by its creator... by our creator... Amagi Jyotaro..." - In the real world, Iwazaki Ken stared in desbelief at the screen. - "He wanted to re-create god... so he created the Cubia Dummy Factor... me... and the Morganna Dummy Factor... AIDA was intended to empower this factors... but when his expermient failed... it escaped to the net... I remained behind wandering... while the Morganna Factor remained dormant... until a certain event..."
Morganna herself watched in wonder at what Cubia spoke. She had not known about this and wondered how Cubia knew, and why it had held back the precious information from her.
- "The event which woke me was AIDA's purge... whereas Morganna's Factor came around when I was destroyed..." - He snarled. - "But no matter... since that event allowed me to awaken fully... as I merged with AIDA... with the power that could challenge the old goddess... the power to challenge you who were blessed by Aura... AIDA... the Anti Intrusion Device for Aura..."
To: Mr Usagimaru at NewCreatures dot com, Rei-chan at NewCreatures dot com, Marlo at G dot com, MoonStone at HMAIL dot com, Ryoko at TerajimaCorporate dot com
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Sender: DQH at encrypted
Subject: Hello there Dot hackers...
Gather at MacAnu... your leader needs your aid...
Worry not about access... your old accounts have been reestablished...
I also took the liberty of installing the software in your computers...
Best of lucks...
Helba
Sender: Mailer Daimon
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-To: Natsume at TheWorldR2 dot com
-Sender: Piros The 3rd at TheWorldR2 dot com-
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-Where are thou!!??
-Piros The 3rd
- "Therefore, those who wish for happiness must have a dream. That is why dreams are as important as the entire universe."
- Forest of Pain, Sigma Hidden Forbidden Sin Realm, Floor 63 - Game -
- 04:00 PM, Saturday September 30, 2017 -
Natsume sighed as she rested besides a tree. She had decided to take the Forest of Pain alone, hearing a rumor that she could get whatever she desired if she did so. As per the rules, she was unable to send or receive emails or flash mails while inside the Forest. Not wanting to be bothered, she had turned off her cellphone and television set hours ago.
- "Come on... I know I can get that Tri-Edge here..." - She stood up and walked away.