Power. Abused, glorified, vilified, painful, helpful, confusing, overwhelming, overtaking, mysterious, or misused.


.hack//SIGN: The Virus Story

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A power, a mysterious power. Revenge, revenge indeed.


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Episode 04: Jyouhoukouga



The feeling took over...the rage, the sadness, the pain, the anger... They are all put into one feeling. And now what of the others that made this? I wanted to show them all now my power and my strength. Even if it is in a game.


I emailed Umi and he should be coming soon.

"You called? Shrimp."

I smiled.

"Ah I see that you have grown up, Char."

"Yeah, and you grew down? You pick on the small and weak. I am here to teach you a lesson!"

'Crud.' Umi thought. 'What has gotten into him? Wait was it the virus I installed in his terminal? It must have been the wrong one...I am going to have to get on his side...'

"Hey, come on, I can be your friend now."

"I see that you are scared. What a coward."

"I AM NOT A COWARD!"

"Then fight me..." Char started to glow red.

'It was the wrong virus and now I am going to pay, me and everyone else he hurts...including himself'

"YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS CHAR! IT'S DANGEROUS! YOU COULD SERIOUSLY DO REAL DAMAGE!"

"What to your poor character? Why should I care?"

"I don't mean my character Char, I mean me and who ever else you're after."

"Lies!"

"Listen to me, I know what this is. You have to trust me."

"Why do you know all of this?"

Umi looked away. "Because I was the one who snuck into your house and installed the Virus." There was a pause.

"Then I should destroy you."

"This Virus will take you over, you don't understand...soon you will start attacking anyone, even that girl you hang out with. You will kill her!"

Char stopped and thought. "She is not around anymore, she doesn't care, I haven't seen her at all today."

Char started to glow more red. "It's time to end your reign of hurt upon me!"

Char ran towards Umi. Umi cast a wall of protection and held out a guarding stance. Char swung his sword at Umi, it hit Umi's staffs and they both cracked. 'oh no, his power is getting worse already...' Umi thought.

Unarmed Umi said, "Please stop...trust me this time."

"Never..." Char slashed Umi and he fell, turning black and white. It was over. I finally won. I..won...

I turned around to see that Feather saw the whole thing.


"So your saying Umi was telling the truth?" I said.

"Yes, I know he was. You see I also know Umi...he lives next door. I am not sure, but if he is telling the truth then he is in danger. You have to understand, you might have killed him."

"NO, that's not possible, it's only a game!"

"Yes, but what happens when there is a glitch in the system, something bad..."

"I won't believe it...I JUST WON'T BELIEVE IT!"

*Feather signed off*

"Fine if it has to be that way..."

*Char signed off*


*The next day at school*


"Did you hear what happened?" the gossip went around. "No, what?" "Fudo was hurt last night, really bad" "How? What happened?" "He was playing a game, I don't understand it. How could someone shed blood just because of a game...?"

Everyone left me alone today, they were all too worried about what happened to Fudo a.k.a. Umi on the game last night. Well, at least I get a day off.