Konnichiwa, minna. We just finished watching vol. 3 of Lain, and decided to work on this a bit. Just thank Taro-chan for it; he's the one who inspired us… ^-~ Taro is a character from Lain… Well, enjoy!

                                                                                    ~ Ko-chan to Ya-chan

Disclaimer: We dun own Yuugi-tachi or Lain. If we did, there'd be shounen ai galore! XP

Warnings: More creepy anonymous e-mail, more mystery, more foul language… MAYBE we'll get around to the actual shounen ai… The usual…

The Wired: Lain

"Present day…"

"Present time… Ha ha ha ha ha….!"

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Who is she? Is she really Lain, of the Wired? She seems too innocent to do such things… Demo…

…She could always just be leading people on. Using guile and trickery to fool those around her… Perhaps that is why she transferred here…

Still, one should not judge a book by its cover. It could just be some big misunderstanding, after all. It's not like she's the only one to have the name 'Lain', right? I mean, there must be plenty of girls with the same name…

//Just like how there are so many Yuugis?//

Na- nani?! Who said that?!

//I did. Who else could it be?//

That's not what I meant… I mean, that is to say, who are you? What is your name?

//I am the one you are speaking to, of course! Silly Yuugi…//

You didn't answer my question. Who are you?

//…..//

//My name, is Lain…//

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"La…"

"Lai…"

"Layer 0-2: Lain"

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L- Lain?! Masaka…!

//Heh heh…. Oh, but it is… This isn't a dream, Yuugi. I really am talking to you…//

Then… How come no one but me can hear you? Why are you speaking to me, of all people?

//Tsk, tsk… So many questions… You're too nosy, Yuugi…//

Answer me!

//Why, I choose to because you've seen my world, Mutou Yuugi… You've entered the wired, and had met someone who plots against me…//

Do you mean… Gemu-kun?

//Oh- on friendly terms with him, are you? Then you must know a vast assortment of his secrets… And I do so love secrets… heh heh heh…//

All he told me was to be wary of you! I don't even know his real name!

//Usotsuki. He has told you of the Digital Ghosts, has he not? And of my followers?//

Digital Ghosts? Ha! You must be joking! Who would ever do such a thing; kill themselves so they could live freely on the WIRED?

//You'd be surprised…//

……look. I don't want any part in this thing cooking between the 2 of you. I never wanted to meet either of you, and I sure as hell don't want to get in either's way. So just leave me alone already, got it?

//Foolish little boy…. You know too much already. You can't possibly get out now… You're in too deep. We'll haunt you till the end of your days! Ha ha ha ha ha!!!//

Iya… IYA~! Leave me alone!

"LEAVE ME ALONE!!"

Wha? Everyone heard me? Did I… say that out loud? I must have… Why else would they be staring…?

-BAM-

Eh- Na- nani?

"Why, Mutou-san! Such lack of respect for your teachers!"

S….sensei?

"Out into the hall… Move it!" she orders, pointing to the door.

"Ha- hai…!" I reply, getting up from my seat and heading out of the classroom.

They're staring again… Had their eyes ever left me…? And among them… solumn, chocolate eyes… Her eyes… Lain's eyes…

~…Promise me you'll stay safe. That you won't let them take you. That you won't let her take you, the one with the dark smile and cold eyes…~

Funny… Her eyes don't seem cold… But wait- someone else's does

…There- in the far right corner; by the window…. Crimson eyes. Glaring eyes… Eyes that…. That I've seen somewhere before… Somewhere else, before now….

Eyes I've seen…in the wired…

The eyes, of Gemu-kun….

END CHPT. II

Who is the mysterious GemuNijuichi? Has he been in Yuugi's class all along? And was it really Lain whom Yuugi heard in his mind? Is the quiet new girl not at all who she seems to be?

Find out next time in The Wired…. Sweet dreams…

                                                                                    ~ Ko-chan to Ya-chan