Mimiru leaned against a tree. She looked at the tall blonde woman beside her. She had returned from the fruitless quest with Tsukasa weeks ago. Yet only now had she summoned up the courage to talk to BT about her feelings. Despite BT's annoying ability to always act like an adult, She could always be counted on for good advice.
"I think I love him," Mimiru blurted out
"Tsukasa you mean? And you e-mailed me just so you could tell me this?" BT said calmly
"No! I mean," Mimiru sighed," How do you know if you love someone and how can I love him if he's just in a computer?" BT smiled. She was glad for Mimiru.
"There are signs if you love someone. Your heart flutters, your mind wanders, and you smile a lot. Because a person is in the computer you don't really know what they look like and you can't touch them. What you find out when you're with a person in the world is their self. How they react to things, and how they treat people. In truth though you're only seeing the self they want to present. How their character acts might not be how they act in real life. You also usually don't find out personal things like money, family, and habits. In the end you fall in love with a character in the game. So you should keep your relationship in the game. If you want something more you might get disappointed,"
Mimiru considered BT's answer. Her heart did flutter a little whenever Tsukasa smiled. Her mind wandered to him constantly. She normally smiled a lot so that last sign didn't mean much. Keeping the relationship in the game seemed easy enough. Other thoughts came to Mimiru though and she voiced them too.
"BT do you think Tsukasa's player might be a girl?" BT frowned upon hearing this. Despite Tsukasa's denial Bear had investigated a little more. He had found the truth and sworn BT to secrecy.

"I don't know," she answered simply
" BT what do I do if he doesn't love me back?" BT smiled again at this. Mimiru was still a young girl.
"You cry a little, but eventually you learn to move on," BT answered Mimiru then thanked BT for the chat and ran off to meet A20 at a dungeon. *****************At the dungeon********** Mimiru slashed the red crab monster and he disintegrated.
"Yay!" A20 cheered happily
"C'mon lets get the treasure," Mimiru said She was smiling proudly. They opened the chest to find that it contained some useful potions.
"Well it won't bring much in trade but it's still useful," Mimiru said They went outside and split their prize. Mimiru decided she was tired from all the fighting, so they sat on the grass and talked for a bit.
"That was cool how you killed that last monster," A20 praised
"It was nothing," Mimiru replied sheepishly
"I was scared to actually start playing the game, but now I'm a lot stronger thanks to you,"
"Why were scared?" Mimiru asked
"Well there was a big news story about this girl who collapsed while playing the game. She's still in a coma from what I've heard," A20 explained
"Collapsed during the game why?" Mimiru asked
"Noone's been able to figure it out. All I remember is her name was Tsukasa," A20 explained
"A girl named Tsukasa?" Mimiru gasped
" Yeah," Mimiru didn't watch the news that much. If she had just paid more attention she could have known all this already. She could hit herself for missing such an obvious lead
"Thanks A20. Listen I gotta log off now,"
"Okay bye," A20 said politely Mimiru logged out quickly. As she went to sleep that night she thought about the conversation with BT and with A20. ************A few weeks later*****
"Hey there she is!" Bear said
"Hey Bear," Mimiru greeted
"You haven't been logging on for a while," Bear said
"Yeah I was just busy," Mimiru lied. She had purposely not logged on in weeks.
"You know he was asking about you," Bear said
" Who?" Mimiru asked pretending not to know the answer
"Tsukasa," Bear answered smiling
"Listen Bear, I'm tired. So I think I'm just going to walk around today," Mimiru told him
"Sounds good," Bear replied Mimiru walked around Mac Anu until it began to get late. In spite of herself she headed for a place. She went to the pier near a chaos gate. It was at that pier she had waited for Tsukasa that time. It was their place. Mimiru heard someone appear behind her, but she sat still.
"Mimiru you're here," Mimiru recognized that voice and turned to the silver-haired, amethyst-eyed Wave master.
"Tsukasa" she said shakily Her eyes watered
"Mimiru what's wrong?' he asked. His voice was concerned The tears spilled over and, Mimiru cried into her hands for a while. Finally she found the strength to speak.
"You're a girl," Mimiru said
"I've told you before I'm a guy," Tsukasa replied
"No you're a girl. A friend of mine said she heard it on the news," Mimiru argued
"Mimiru I.." Tsukasa He couldn't argue with her. Lately the sneaking suspicion that he was a girl in the real world had crept on him. He had seen more visions. In some of the visions he saw very feminine situations.
"But I'm a guy here," Tsukasa finally said Mimiru looked up at him. Tsukasa reached out and put his hand on Mimiru's cheek.
"I'm a guy here. Can you accept that?" Tsukasa asked
"Okay," Mimiru answered Guy or girl it didn't matter she loved him. The two sat together and watch the digital sunset. Mimiru realized that it didn't matter about events in the real world. She could be with Tsukasa here. She realized that she would rather be with Tsukasa only in the world than not at all.
"Tsukasa, if I ask you something will answer truthfully?" Mimiru asked
"I think so," Tsukasa answered
" Do you love me?" Mimiru asked Tsukasa smiled and put his hand on hers.
"Yes," he said simply He waited expectantly for Mimiru to say something.
"If you love me does that mean your player loves me as well?" Mimiru asked
"I don't know. I don't remember much about my player. I don't know what will happen when I log out." Tsukasa answered
"Even if I can't love you out in the real world, I love you here and now Tsukasa. I don't want to lose that," Mimiru stated Tsukasa replied to this by tightening his grip on her hand.
"Then I promise that even when I log out, the me that's in here will still love you," Mimiru kissed Tsukasa softly She realized that even though it was a virtual kiss in a virtual world she would remember it as if it were real. She realized that would be enough for her.

The End

Right. I don't own .hack/sign or any of the characters. Well some people wanted me to continue and deal with the gender issue so here it is. I think I'm too sappy for my own good. Anyway I got inspired while watching The Declaration and Recollection episodes. I realize the ending is anticlimactic. I still can keep Tsukasa in character and in love oh well here you go. Thanks for reading this and reviewing it means a lot to me. Any questions, comments, or concerns can be sent to Nkitpanich@msn.com