.hack//CHAOS

Imagine a world where reality and fantasy collide. A gamer's true wish.. right? Well, what if no gamer could save reality like they could a fantasy? ..What fate would befall the worlds of fantasy and reality then..?

The screen of the computer came to life as someone sat down in a chair in front of it. White letters with a blue background appeared moments later. The screen read: "Altimit" (SP?). Then, a screen full with a few icons replaced the other screen, and the person sitting in the chair smirked. Double clicking on the icon at the upper left of the screen, he watched as the screen changed again. This time, there were only 3 words:

Enter "The World"?

/Yes.

Please enter your name and your characters name below.

User: John Tsukamoto.

Character: John.

Character Development Phase.. Please wait.

Character Class Selection: Heavy Blade, Blade Master, Wavemaster, Twin Blade, Long Arm, or Heavy Axeman? /Wavemaster.

Character Sprite Description: Light blue hair that falls within his emerald eyes. White complexation with a light silver robe and silver Wavemaster helmet. Is this acceptable?

/Yes.

Thank you for registering John Tsukamoto.

Are you ready to play "The World"?

/Yes.

John's character appeared at the chaos gate at the Delta root town. As he took a step forward, his robe billowed behind him and his light blue hair flowed with his movements, as if it was actually real.

"Wow, this place is amazing! It's so huge. ." He spoke with excitement in his voice.

John clenched his staff slightly, taking another look around his surroundings. His robe brushed against the wind and realized how real it felt.. But this was only a game, right? He took another step forward, trying to familiarize himself with his surroundings. Would there be any monsters in this world? There shouldn't be, seeing as how it was a root town. His grip on his staff became tighter.

"Hmm, the board said the current areas of "The World" are under maintenance. Ah, well.. it's time for school anyway.."

Logging out of the word, golden rings appeared around his character. As they moved down on his character, it disappeared as the rings moved downwards.

Ding Dong Ding..

John Tsukamoto, age 16. He was 5'4 and had light brown hair with bangs that covered his blue eyes. Thin glasses were slanted down his nose. He was a natural gamer, and an um.. How should I put this? ..not too hard working guy. Waitaminute.. Those ding dong sounds.. THAT WAS THE BELL!!!

"Crap! I'm late AGAIN! I spent too much time on that damn game! Ugh!" John took off in a dash through the door and towards his classroom.

"Alright," John spoke while trying to breathe in more air, "made it just before the door sh-"

But before he could finish that sentence, the door slammed in his face. Turning the knob slowly, he glared at the teacher as he walked in. Walking to the back of the room, John sat next to his friend, Luis, who was 16. Luis looked over to John, who looked back. The black hair that fell into his eyes shielded his face from sun and from a perfect view. It made John wonder if Luis always had his hair in his eyes. He was about as much a gamer as John, but his grades were a lot better.

"So, did you make character?" Luis whispered as he leaned over a bit.

"Yeah, Wavemaster all the way. You know how I get entranced by those magic users," John whispered back.

"Its Twin Blade for me. I love how bad I can own with those guys," Luis replied.

"Hey!" The teacher looked at them, "you two in the back! BE QUIET!!! Oh, and you."

Seeing that someone back there was asleep, she walked to his desk and dropped a book on top of it. The thud of the book woke up the sleeping student, who glared at her.

"..."

Seeing that he was awake, she walked back up to the front of the room. Leaning over again, Luis watches the teacher.

"Hey, John. Lets log onto 'The World' and level up a bit."

Finally, the last bell of the day rang. It had been a long and boring day, but John and Luis couldn't have been in a better mood. It was now the weekend and all they wanted to do is enjoy it. Walking out the front door, they were approached by two of their other friends. Katherine Tsunami and Brandon Esparota. Katherine was 15, but was still a few months older than John and Brandon. Her long black hair ran down her back, reaching to the mid-point area. Her eyes were a chestnut brown. Katherine was an anime lover, but not as big as a gamer as the rest of the group. But, she still played games, but not as much as the others. Brandon's short, blond hair brushed in the wind as he yawned. His clothing was usually black and on each wrist he wore a spiked bracelet. His eyes were blue and looked as if you could get lost in them. Slung over his shoulder was his backpack. and the sag thing is, they're both making better grades than John.

"Hey. Have you guys heard about that Pker in "The World?" Brandon asked while looking at all three of his friends. John's attention was pulled away from Katherine and was focused on Brandon.

"A Player killer? Aren't there a lot of those?" John asked.

"But this one is different! It's said that he goes to OUR school!" Brandon told him.

"That's odd.. I thought we were the only people who played 'The World'?" Luis thought aloud.

Katherine sighed, "That's kind of hard to know.. we have a considerable amount of students that go here."

"Well, I'm not afraid of any player killer," John said, "But I don't want to die so soon within the game.. So how about we all head home now and meet in Delta in front of the gate at root town? See you!"

They each say their farewells and go to their homes. John walks into his room and turns on his computer, the notice of new mail flashing on his screen.

C.C Corporation Welcome!

"Thank you for joining "The World." We would like to take this time to describe a few of the added features of 'The World'."

Sighing, John took the time to read over the basics.

Razoraw:

"Hey! Where the heck are you? We're all waiting for you at the Root Town. Oh, by the way, it's me, Luis. This is my in-game name, so you know. I'm a twin blade and Katherine is Tita. She's a long arm. Brandon is Loki, the heavy blade. Hurry up!"

John glared at his screen, then typed up a reply.

"Stop rushing me you jerk! I just got home and you know I live a lot farther away. SO SHUT UP!!"

Clicking send, John logged into the world, annoyed.

Tita, Loki, and Razoraw stared at him as he entered, "..Finally."

"Shut up!" John yelled.

John looked at his friends angrily, but at the same time he noticed they looked different. Tita held a spear, which rested upon her right shoulder. She was a bit taller than Razoraw, but about the height of Loki. Returning Johns look with a glare, her crystalline eyes shined in Mac Anu's sunlight. Her long, black hair moved along with the caresses of Mac Anu's wind. Standing in the middle of this group was a Heavy Blade, but John already knew it was Loki. He was leaning back against his sword, which was stabbed in the ground. His arms were crossed at his chest as he gave John a devious grin. All of Loki's clothes were black, as was his armor. His hair was white and his eyes were red (I lost his original description. X.x.) Then there was Razoraw, who was shorter than them, but was still the same size as John. Being a twin blade, he had two short swords in each hand. His clothing was that of a basic ninja gi, and around his mouth was a thin, black cloth.

"What levels are you guys?" John asked.

"Three," Loki told him.

"Four," Razoraw said after Loki.

"Same as Loki," said Tita.

John paused, "..."

They looked at him, "..What about you?"

"*Coughonecough. *"

They all began to point and laugh at John, who glared at them.

"Hah! Newbie!" Razoraw laughed.

"Shut up!" John gave them a mad glare.

"Alright, so where are we going exactly?" Tita when she managed to stop laughing.

Loki was now snickering, "Delta Blooming Confused Far Thunder."

"Alright. See you there, and expect a long load from you-know-who," Razoraw smirked.

"..." John glared.

"What else is new?" Tita asked.

"..." Then growled.

"Not a real big shock," Loki yawned.

"..SHUT UP!!!!" Then yelled.

Stepping into the Chaos Gate, they all warped to Delta Blooming Confused Far Thunder. The landscape of the area was a massive jungle. All they could see was trees, just, trees. It looked as if they weren't going to go just anywhere around here.

"A forest?" John asked.

"Yup. Its a decent place with all of us," Loki replied.

"Ack! Goblins," Tita readied her spear.

Goblins had spawned to their right, but Razoraw had noticed them the moment they appeared. Running up to the first one that he saw, he jumped above the Goblin and landed behind it. Turning around, he cut into the goblins back with his right short sword as he spun. Another goblin ran towards Tita, but its chest met a new friend: the blade of Tita's spear. Raising his arm into the air, she flung the goblin on her blade into another Goblin. This sent them both into a nearby tree, killing them both upon contact. Holding his staff out in front of him, John enchanted Vak Kruz upon one of the last goblins. As John finished casting the spell, a couple of fireballs punched through the goblins body, killing it instantly. (Please correct me if I'm wrong about this.) Loki gracefully dodged a punch from the last and goblin and with a swift movement of his arm, separated the goblins upper body from its lower body.

John grinned, "Level up!"

"Bout time," Razoraw smirked annoyingly.

John glared at him again while resisting the urge to hit Razoraw after the head with his staff, "..I really hate you, Razoraw. Lets keep going."

They continued on through the forest, slaying Goblins and Swordmanoids on their way to the dungeon.

Walking through the entrance of the dungeon, John stuck his foot out in a vain attempt to trip Razoraw. Smirking, he stepped to the side of John's foot and snickered as he walked by. As they continued to walk through the dungeon, they noticed their feet were beginning to stick to the ground. Stepping through the final room that let to the treasure room, John tripped over Razoraw's foot. Standing up, John brought his staff back above his head and with a mighty swing, hit Razoraw over the head with it as hard as he could. Holding his staff with one hand, John walked on the fallen Razoraw's back, as did the rest of the team. The fast sound of flapping wings reached their ears, which told them to ready their weapons.

"Stay in the back John," Razoraw told him, "we've come too far for you to die here."

Growling, John began to enchant Vak Kruz onto a Swordmanoid. As the fireballs pierced its body, it was dealt around forty damage. Seeing it was hurt, Loki ran up to it from behind and cut it down with a swift diagonal slash. The Deadly Moth spread its spore as Loki and John finished off the Swordmanoid. Because of that spore, the entire party was poisoned. Searching the field, the Deadly Moth decided to concentrate on John. But, Tita wasn't going to let that happen. And to prove it, she rammed her spear through its body and with a powerful swing, sent the Deadly Moth into a wall. Razoraw finished it off with a staccato from below as it fell towards the ground. This battle had caused John to level up, which caused him to smirk as Tita cured them of their poison with antidotes.

"How do we decide who gets the treasure?" John asked.

Razoraw held up his hand, "How about I take it since I'm the highest level character here?"

"Not so fast!" Tita told him, "You don't need it as much so you shouldn't get any of it! So hah!"

"Then I'll take it," Loki shrugged, "I'm the smartest, you know."

"That's not a fair way to judge," John said.

"Maybe not for you, stupid," Tita smirked.

John glared at her, "Ugh.. I'm growing tired of that! How about Ro-sham- bo?" (Rock-paper-scissors.)

".. Fine," Loki and Tita responded.

RO-SHAM-BO

RO-SHAM-BO

RO-SHHAAAM.... -BO!

"Rocks!"

"Scissors!"

"Scissors!"

"Hah! Its mine!" John yelled, then ran over to the chest.

"Damn!" Loki snapped his fingers.

"I guess that's one thing you are good at, John," Tita sighed.

John opened the treasure chest and gained a Silver Scrab to sell, a Paralyzing scroll, and a Fire rod, which he equips.

"See? It would've been best for me anyway. And here you go, Loki, you can have this. I don't need scrolls," John handed Loki the Paralyzing Scroll.

".. I have better idea, kids.."

"Who the hell?!" They all turned around to look at the one behind them.

"Oh, excuse me for being so rude! My name is Kira Tonogata and I'll be the one that'll be taking all of your money and valuables now."

"Its.. him.. the level 30 playerkiller that goes to our High school!" Loki told them.

"Hah! I'm glad I'm so famous! Now then, please hand over your money and valuables before I have to kill you. Oh, no, wait. I'll kill you, THEN take your stuff!"

John slowly examined this "almighty" playerkiller. Kira appeared to be a Twin Blade like Razoraw. In his hands were two rare short swords. His appearance was that of a ninja, except he had a long scarf that covered most of his face. Covering his ninja gi was a black cloak. Kira was WAY out of their league, especially for John.

"I don't think so, pal!" John held his staff out in front of him, "I'm not getting killed here! VAK KRUZ!!"

Casting Vak Kruz on Kira, John smirked for a moment until he saw that it had missed.

"What the!?"

Kira grinned, "I can't be hit by such weak magic! NOW DIE!"

Without warning, Kira swiftly ran through Loki and Tita with immense speed. Leaping quickly into the air, he held both of his blades above his head and spun them with his fingers causing a rapid wind cutting sound. As he neared John, Razoraw leapt in front of him and held his short swords above his held, blocking Kira's slash. With a smirk, Kira turned his body in a full circle while kicking Razoraw in the head as he spun. Because of Kira's higher level, Razoraw was sent skidding across the ground as almost every bit of his HP was drained.

"Razoraw! Don't do something so stupid!" John yelled at him as he struggled to stand up.

"Shut up you idiot! I saved before we all met in Root Town.."

"Hmph! Idiot. You've got determination; I'll give you that. BUT NOW YOU DIE!" Kira readied his blades for another attack, but he was forgetting about one thing..

"Sorry, but I don't think so," Loki told him.

Withdrawing the Paralyzing Scroll from his inventory, Loki held the scroll out in front of him with both hands, activating the effects of the scroll. The scroll ignited in blue flames as Loki finished, freezing Kira in place as he was about to attack.

"Whew. Good job, Loki," John said as he looked at Kira.

"Lets get out of here before the effect cancels out! We cannot hit him at our current levels. Lets just get out of here before he can get the chance to attack us again," Tita said as they turned away and ran out of the dungeon.

"Grr, I'm paralyzed.. YOU LITTLE BASTARDS!!! WHEN I FIND YOU I'M GOING TO RIP OFF YOUR HEADS AND SHOVE THEM SO FAR UP YOUR ASS THEY COME OUT THROUGH YOUR NECKS!!!" Kira sighed as he stood in his paralyzed position, waiting for the effects of the scroll to wear off. _____________________________

Yeah. Ryan here. I forgot to put the disclaimer. Neither me or John own .hack//SIGN or anything else that has .hack on it. If you try to sue us, you will get the following: Two buttons, a battery, and a plate thrown at your head. Good day!