Chapter Two-"Data bugs are back!"
After gating out of "The World", John and the others decided to meet up at a local arcade to talk about a few things in "The World." They all arrived at individual times, but Katherine was there first. Brandon was the second to arrive, then Luis, and lagging behind was the idiot known as John.
"So, what's this all about?" John asks when they see Katherine.
"Are you here to thank me for saving you guys from that Pk'er? No need to say anything! I know how great I am," Luis spoke with a tone of arrogance in his voice.
John rolled his eyes, "Yeah, great at being an ass."
"At least I did something!" he retorted.
"Something stupid," John replied with a low whisper.
Katherine shook her head as she listened to them argue, "Not now guys, I have to tell you something about 'The World.' Before I logged out last night, I talked to this player. Well, he told me that there's an unbeatable monster in Delta Plenteous Talisman Footstep."
"Your point?" John asked.
Katherine merely shook her head, "NO ONE has ever beaten it!"
"Oh," John chuckled ignorantly.
They all just looked at her blankly. Then Brandon decided to say something, "A monster no player can defeat? What's that supposed to mean?"
"Just as it sounds," Katherine sighed, "No player has been able to defeat this thing. I think it may be an event monster. Imagine what kind of experience a monster like that would give! He told me it's like any normal monster, but glows a strange green color."
"I hope you guys are thinking what I'm thinking," John gave a goofy grin.
"If you mean me killing that monster and gaining access to whatever rare item it may be.. Then yes I am," Luis, again..
The rest just shook their heads sadly and sighed.
"Hmm. Lets make this interesting! Lets all go to this place tomorrow and level up a bit. Lets say.. Oh, three levels at least? This'll be on the map, of course," John spoke enthusiastically "Then, once we achieve those three levels, we go into the dungeon and split up. Then, the first person to find this monster and beat it gets whatever item it drops!"
Luis shrugged, "Alright."
Brandon nodded.
"Great!" Katherine stood up as Brandon just kept nodding.
"Alright then!" John headed for the door," see you all tomorrow after school!"
"..Oh, and John.." Katherine, Luis, and Brandon glared at him. "..Don't be late this time you slow jerk." _______
The next morning.
Ding.. Dong.. Ding..
"ACK! NO!!! NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!"
John quickly ran out of his house with his bag in one hand and a shirt pulled halfway over his head. When he finally got the shirt on correctly, he put his glasses on and slung his backpack around so that it would be resting on his back.
"Whew!" John thought "Just in time! I can't.."
John just bumped into Inshu. Inshu simply shot him a malevolent glare. Blinking a bit, John wondered what his deal was; a simple mistake of running into him shouldn't have made him THAT mad. The bell rang again as John entered the class.. late.. yet again.
"Man," John thought, "why do I always bump into things that cause me to be LATE?"
The rest of the day seemed to fly by at school. This was a good thing, seeing as how John couldn't wait to fight that "unbeatable monster." On his way home he passed Inshu, but didn't pay any attention to him. Barging through the front door and to his computer, John hit the power button and watched as it started up.
Being tired from his long run, John went to the kitchen to get something to drink. Yawning, John sat down in the chair in front of his computer. He noticed there he had new mail, which was from Kira.
Kira
Dear Brat
If I were you, I'd watch you and your friend's backs. I can easily find out where you're heading next, and it's only a matter of time till Death catches up to you. I'll show you what being an "Assassin of God" is all about!
"Just great," John sighed, "Two days and I already have a Nemesis."
As John logged into the world, he thought about what Kira was talking about. An "Assassin of God"? What is that supposed to mean? The golden rings formed as Johns sprite appeared in Mac Anu. Razoraw, Tita, and Loki were already waiting for him.
"I got an E-mail from that Kira guy.." He told them.
"Yeah?" Razoraw asked.
"He said that he would eventually find us. Also, he said something about being the 'Assassin of God'. What do you think he means?" John asked again.
"Does he expect us to ph34r (Fear) him?" Tita smirked, knowing that leet annoyed Loki.
"Must you use leet in this game?" Loki sighed.
Tita smirked evilly. "PI-I34R /\/\Y 1337 511l_l_7_, 1_0l1" (Fear my leet skills, Loki.)
"Hmm. We should go ahead and go." John said, snickering at Loki's annoyance with Tita and leet.
Turning around to make sure Kira wasn't watching them, John turned around and walked up to the Chaos Gate. "Delta Plenteous Talisman Footstep!" Golden rings formed around their bodies and moved upwards, causing them to disappear along with the movement of the rings.
Stepping out from his hiding place, someone smirked deviously who followed them through the Chaos Gate.
Meanwhile..
"OH CRAP!!" Loki yelled as he and the others dove in a different direction. Why did they dive? A Scorpion Tank had charged at them the moment they appeared.
Tita readied her spear as she heard Mimics coming up from behind them. "Damn! This isn't going well!"
Three spider like treasure chests came at them from behind, soft thuds giving away their location the moment Tita heard them.
"Heh!" Razoraw readied his own weapons as he heard the Mimics. "I'll handle this!"
Turning around to face them, Razoraw dashed at them with immense speed, his arms flailing behind him as his speed became even greater. The Mimic attempted to knock him away, but Razoraw slid under the leg and cut it across its bottom as he slid underneath it. Standing up, he noticed the Mimic was still standing which caused him to growl. As he began to attack once again, the Mimic fell apart.
Razoraw merely smirked as the Scorpion tank charged at Loki from behind. Seeing the Scorpion tank through the corner of his eyes, Loki leapt up above it and down onto it as it missed its charge. Landing on top of the ST, Loki rammed his sword into its left eye, causing it to go into a mad frenzy. It used its tail to try to know him off, but Loki blocked the attack with the sharp side of his sword; the tail was cut clean off from the rest of the body as Loki leapt off.
John held his staff out in front of himself as he enchanted Vak Kruz on the scorpion tank that Loki had hurt with his sword. The fireballs punched through the beast, which caused the rest of its HP to be drained. John smirked from a distance away while blowing smoke from his finger. Little did anyone notice at that time, but an ember from the fireball landed in Loki's hair.
With two Mimics left Tita swung her spear, causing one Mimic to crash into the other. Walking over to the now stuck Mimics, Tita thrust her spear through both of them, killing them.
"..That's strange," John said as he looked at his stats, "we got three levels from that one fight!"
"Heheheheh," Razoraw pointed at Loki.
"What is it you idiot?" Loki asked him.
"OH MY GOSH!! LOKI, YOUR HAIR!!" Tita joined Razoraw in his pointing.
"..My hair?" Loki rolled his eyes up, looking at his hair. ..And that's when he noticed it was on fire. "AHHHH!!!!!! MY HAIR!! MYY HAIRRR!!!!!!!"
Loki began to run around in circles, his arms flailing around in the air. Grinning, John hits Loki over the head with his staff. The fire was out and it didn't take long, but now Loki has a major headache, instead.
"Thanks a lot.. you asshole," Loki said while rising up.
John went back to holding his staff with one hand, "All in a days work."
"You could've just used a water spell," Loki rubbed his head while he glared at John.
"And deprive myself of beating you senseless? Hah!!" John grinned.
"Anyway," Razoraw sighed, "its time to split up, right?"
They all nodded and ran across the dark, desolate terrain. This place has a funny feeling to it, a feeling of something deep and evil. John didn't know why, but it just felt so strange to feel something so evil in a game. Also, his screen kept flickering oddly, but he merely thought it was just his computer. Saying nothing of it, John continued until he got into the dungeon, then walked on ahead of them.
"..This is weird. There's no monsters, just a lot of treasures they left behind. I think I've gotten at least ten healing potions and five mage souls. ..I wonder what's going on?" John looked around again, then scratched the back of his head.
"John?" Tita came up to his right, "I can't find Loki or Razoraw, nor the monster. Perhaps this was a bad idea?" Tita asked in a worried tone.
"I'm over here," answered Loki as he slowly walked from the shadows. Deciding to team up instead, they all walked down to B3.
Meanwhile...
"Man! THIS SUCKS!" Razoraw complained as he entered the last room of B3, "I've searched every room in this dungeon! Maybe it was all a lie?"
"Possibly, kid," came a voice from behind him.
Turning around, Razoraw glared at the person he saw, "You!"
"You seem surprised!" Kira smirked, "I told you I could find you. And this time, you have no friends to save you.."
Unsheathing both of his twin blades, Kira smirked at him.
Fed up with Kira, Razoraw withdrew his own weapons. Backing up into a fighting stance, he glared at Kira with utmost hatred. But, before they could start their fight, a Scorpion Tank appeared behind them. Though it charged at them as soon as it appeared, it was unlucky as both Kira and Razoraw jumped out of its way.
"A data bug!" Kira yelled as he landed on a knee.
"A data bug!? What the hell is that!?" Razoraw asked as he landed next Kira.
"A data bug is a monster that's been infected by a virus. Because of he virus, however, the monster's data is messed up. Only data bugs have unlimited health, and that's why I came here. You see its name and HP? Its all messed up because of that virus! Only the kid with that 'bracelet' can stand a chance!" Standing up, Kira gripped the hilt of his weapons even tighter.
"Well, we've got to try something!" Razoraw replied, "It's not about to let us escape!"
Razoraw could tell Kira was thinking about something from the look on his face, "Alright. I think I'll help you guys. I won't any virus destroy this world! A world where fantasy collides with reality! I REFUSE TO LET IT DIE!!"
Looking over at Kira, Razoraw's attitude towards him changed. Odd, Razoraw thought, this Kira seems to want to protect "The World." Just then, the Scorpion Tank charged at Razoraw. Growling, Kira moved in front of Razoraw and met the Scorpion Tank with his "Twin Dragons" technique. Though it was not hurt, it was stopped by his attack. Spotting a very small advantage, Razoraw leapt onto its back and began to rapidly stab it with quick stabs. Annoyed by Razoraw's constant attacks, the Scorpion Tank swiped at him with its tail. With his left arm, Razoraw cut through the tail with a horizontal slash. Then, leaping off of the Scorpion Tank, he landed with a slight thud and a smirk. His good mood was immediately shot down as its tail regenerated. The only thing that seemed to have change was the gibberish on the life bar, which read: r123d%42,dasc.
"What are we supposed to do!?" Razoraw asked.
"If I knew that then I'd be trying it!" Kira replied.
"So your idea is to stab it and hope something happens!?"
Kira shrugged, "Could work."
Razoraw sighed, "..Could get us killed, too. But.. yeah."
The words "Protect Break" appeared inside a green barrier, but neither of them noticed. Seeing that speaking to Razoraw distracted Kira, it charged into him at full speed. Kira desperately tried to push it back, but it was futile. Slamming him into a wall, a loud cracking sound could be heard. As it backed away, Kira slid down onto the ground, unable to move. Though it tried to, it was impossible to even move his fingers. Kira watched the tank slam its tail into Razoraw's side, knocking him back into a wall with an even louder thud. Razoraw was in the same condition as Kira, except his HP was lower than what Kira's was. And Razoraw could still move, though it almost impossible
"Is this it?" Razoraw asked, his eyes focused on the tank.
But, as the tank was backing up to finish him off, John, Loki, and Tita ran into the room.
"RAZORAW!!!" Tita yelled.
"Damn it!" John growled, "There's nothing we can do!"
Then, without wasting anymore time, the Scorpion Tank charged at him. Its glow was becoming even more rapid.
"Damn it! Not like this!" Razoraw yelled.
Holding his wounded ribs, Razoraw closed his eyes tightly. Just at that moment, a glow that came from the right blinded them all.
After gating out of "The World", John and the others decided to meet up at a local arcade to talk about a few things in "The World." They all arrived at individual times, but Katherine was there first. Brandon was the second to arrive, then Luis, and lagging behind was the idiot known as John.
"So, what's this all about?" John asks when they see Katherine.
"Are you here to thank me for saving you guys from that Pk'er? No need to say anything! I know how great I am," Luis spoke with a tone of arrogance in his voice.
John rolled his eyes, "Yeah, great at being an ass."
"At least I did something!" he retorted.
"Something stupid," John replied with a low whisper.
Katherine shook her head as she listened to them argue, "Not now guys, I have to tell you something about 'The World.' Before I logged out last night, I talked to this player. Well, he told me that there's an unbeatable monster in Delta Plenteous Talisman Footstep."
"Your point?" John asked.
Katherine merely shook her head, "NO ONE has ever beaten it!"
"Oh," John chuckled ignorantly.
They all just looked at her blankly. Then Brandon decided to say something, "A monster no player can defeat? What's that supposed to mean?"
"Just as it sounds," Katherine sighed, "No player has been able to defeat this thing. I think it may be an event monster. Imagine what kind of experience a monster like that would give! He told me it's like any normal monster, but glows a strange green color."
"I hope you guys are thinking what I'm thinking," John gave a goofy grin.
"If you mean me killing that monster and gaining access to whatever rare item it may be.. Then yes I am," Luis, again..
The rest just shook their heads sadly and sighed.
"Hmm. Lets make this interesting! Lets all go to this place tomorrow and level up a bit. Lets say.. Oh, three levels at least? This'll be on the map, of course," John spoke enthusiastically "Then, once we achieve those three levels, we go into the dungeon and split up. Then, the first person to find this monster and beat it gets whatever item it drops!"
Luis shrugged, "Alright."
Brandon nodded.
"Great!" Katherine stood up as Brandon just kept nodding.
"Alright then!" John headed for the door," see you all tomorrow after school!"
"..Oh, and John.." Katherine, Luis, and Brandon glared at him. "..Don't be late this time you slow jerk." _______
The next morning.
Ding.. Dong.. Ding..
"ACK! NO!!! NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!"
John quickly ran out of his house with his bag in one hand and a shirt pulled halfway over his head. When he finally got the shirt on correctly, he put his glasses on and slung his backpack around so that it would be resting on his back.
"Whew!" John thought "Just in time! I can't.."
John just bumped into Inshu. Inshu simply shot him a malevolent glare. Blinking a bit, John wondered what his deal was; a simple mistake of running into him shouldn't have made him THAT mad. The bell rang again as John entered the class.. late.. yet again.
"Man," John thought, "why do I always bump into things that cause me to be LATE?"
The rest of the day seemed to fly by at school. This was a good thing, seeing as how John couldn't wait to fight that "unbeatable monster." On his way home he passed Inshu, but didn't pay any attention to him. Barging through the front door and to his computer, John hit the power button and watched as it started up.
Being tired from his long run, John went to the kitchen to get something to drink. Yawning, John sat down in the chair in front of his computer. He noticed there he had new mail, which was from Kira.
Kira
Dear Brat
If I were you, I'd watch you and your friend's backs. I can easily find out where you're heading next, and it's only a matter of time till Death catches up to you. I'll show you what being an "Assassin of God" is all about!
"Just great," John sighed, "Two days and I already have a Nemesis."
As John logged into the world, he thought about what Kira was talking about. An "Assassin of God"? What is that supposed to mean? The golden rings formed as Johns sprite appeared in Mac Anu. Razoraw, Tita, and Loki were already waiting for him.
"I got an E-mail from that Kira guy.." He told them.
"Yeah?" Razoraw asked.
"He said that he would eventually find us. Also, he said something about being the 'Assassin of God'. What do you think he means?" John asked again.
"Does he expect us to ph34r (Fear) him?" Tita smirked, knowing that leet annoyed Loki.
"Must you use leet in this game?" Loki sighed.
Tita smirked evilly. "PI-I34R /\/\Y 1337 511l_l_7_, 1_0l1" (Fear my leet skills, Loki.)
"Hmm. We should go ahead and go." John said, snickering at Loki's annoyance with Tita and leet.
Turning around to make sure Kira wasn't watching them, John turned around and walked up to the Chaos Gate. "Delta Plenteous Talisman Footstep!" Golden rings formed around their bodies and moved upwards, causing them to disappear along with the movement of the rings.
Stepping out from his hiding place, someone smirked deviously who followed them through the Chaos Gate.
Meanwhile..
"OH CRAP!!" Loki yelled as he and the others dove in a different direction. Why did they dive? A Scorpion Tank had charged at them the moment they appeared.
Tita readied her spear as she heard Mimics coming up from behind them. "Damn! This isn't going well!"
Three spider like treasure chests came at them from behind, soft thuds giving away their location the moment Tita heard them.
"Heh!" Razoraw readied his own weapons as he heard the Mimics. "I'll handle this!"
Turning around to face them, Razoraw dashed at them with immense speed, his arms flailing behind him as his speed became even greater. The Mimic attempted to knock him away, but Razoraw slid under the leg and cut it across its bottom as he slid underneath it. Standing up, he noticed the Mimic was still standing which caused him to growl. As he began to attack once again, the Mimic fell apart.
Razoraw merely smirked as the Scorpion tank charged at Loki from behind. Seeing the Scorpion tank through the corner of his eyes, Loki leapt up above it and down onto it as it missed its charge. Landing on top of the ST, Loki rammed his sword into its left eye, causing it to go into a mad frenzy. It used its tail to try to know him off, but Loki blocked the attack with the sharp side of his sword; the tail was cut clean off from the rest of the body as Loki leapt off.
John held his staff out in front of himself as he enchanted Vak Kruz on the scorpion tank that Loki had hurt with his sword. The fireballs punched through the beast, which caused the rest of its HP to be drained. John smirked from a distance away while blowing smoke from his finger. Little did anyone notice at that time, but an ember from the fireball landed in Loki's hair.
With two Mimics left Tita swung her spear, causing one Mimic to crash into the other. Walking over to the now stuck Mimics, Tita thrust her spear through both of them, killing them.
"..That's strange," John said as he looked at his stats, "we got three levels from that one fight!"
"Heheheheh," Razoraw pointed at Loki.
"What is it you idiot?" Loki asked him.
"OH MY GOSH!! LOKI, YOUR HAIR!!" Tita joined Razoraw in his pointing.
"..My hair?" Loki rolled his eyes up, looking at his hair. ..And that's when he noticed it was on fire. "AHHHH!!!!!! MY HAIR!! MYY HAIRRR!!!!!!!"
Loki began to run around in circles, his arms flailing around in the air. Grinning, John hits Loki over the head with his staff. The fire was out and it didn't take long, but now Loki has a major headache, instead.
"Thanks a lot.. you asshole," Loki said while rising up.
John went back to holding his staff with one hand, "All in a days work."
"You could've just used a water spell," Loki rubbed his head while he glared at John.
"And deprive myself of beating you senseless? Hah!!" John grinned.
"Anyway," Razoraw sighed, "its time to split up, right?"
They all nodded and ran across the dark, desolate terrain. This place has a funny feeling to it, a feeling of something deep and evil. John didn't know why, but it just felt so strange to feel something so evil in a game. Also, his screen kept flickering oddly, but he merely thought it was just his computer. Saying nothing of it, John continued until he got into the dungeon, then walked on ahead of them.
"..This is weird. There's no monsters, just a lot of treasures they left behind. I think I've gotten at least ten healing potions and five mage souls. ..I wonder what's going on?" John looked around again, then scratched the back of his head.
"John?" Tita came up to his right, "I can't find Loki or Razoraw, nor the monster. Perhaps this was a bad idea?" Tita asked in a worried tone.
"I'm over here," answered Loki as he slowly walked from the shadows. Deciding to team up instead, they all walked down to B3.
Meanwhile...
"Man! THIS SUCKS!" Razoraw complained as he entered the last room of B3, "I've searched every room in this dungeon! Maybe it was all a lie?"
"Possibly, kid," came a voice from behind him.
Turning around, Razoraw glared at the person he saw, "You!"
"You seem surprised!" Kira smirked, "I told you I could find you. And this time, you have no friends to save you.."
Unsheathing both of his twin blades, Kira smirked at him.
Fed up with Kira, Razoraw withdrew his own weapons. Backing up into a fighting stance, he glared at Kira with utmost hatred. But, before they could start their fight, a Scorpion Tank appeared behind them. Though it charged at them as soon as it appeared, it was unlucky as both Kira and Razoraw jumped out of its way.
"A data bug!" Kira yelled as he landed on a knee.
"A data bug!? What the hell is that!?" Razoraw asked as he landed next Kira.
"A data bug is a monster that's been infected by a virus. Because of he virus, however, the monster's data is messed up. Only data bugs have unlimited health, and that's why I came here. You see its name and HP? Its all messed up because of that virus! Only the kid with that 'bracelet' can stand a chance!" Standing up, Kira gripped the hilt of his weapons even tighter.
"Well, we've got to try something!" Razoraw replied, "It's not about to let us escape!"
Razoraw could tell Kira was thinking about something from the look on his face, "Alright. I think I'll help you guys. I won't any virus destroy this world! A world where fantasy collides with reality! I REFUSE TO LET IT DIE!!"
Looking over at Kira, Razoraw's attitude towards him changed. Odd, Razoraw thought, this Kira seems to want to protect "The World." Just then, the Scorpion Tank charged at Razoraw. Growling, Kira moved in front of Razoraw and met the Scorpion Tank with his "Twin Dragons" technique. Though it was not hurt, it was stopped by his attack. Spotting a very small advantage, Razoraw leapt onto its back and began to rapidly stab it with quick stabs. Annoyed by Razoraw's constant attacks, the Scorpion Tank swiped at him with its tail. With his left arm, Razoraw cut through the tail with a horizontal slash. Then, leaping off of the Scorpion Tank, he landed with a slight thud and a smirk. His good mood was immediately shot down as its tail regenerated. The only thing that seemed to have change was the gibberish on the life bar, which read: r123d%42,dasc.
"What are we supposed to do!?" Razoraw asked.
"If I knew that then I'd be trying it!" Kira replied.
"So your idea is to stab it and hope something happens!?"
Kira shrugged, "Could work."
Razoraw sighed, "..Could get us killed, too. But.. yeah."
The words "Protect Break" appeared inside a green barrier, but neither of them noticed. Seeing that speaking to Razoraw distracted Kira, it charged into him at full speed. Kira desperately tried to push it back, but it was futile. Slamming him into a wall, a loud cracking sound could be heard. As it backed away, Kira slid down onto the ground, unable to move. Though it tried to, it was impossible to even move his fingers. Kira watched the tank slam its tail into Razoraw's side, knocking him back into a wall with an even louder thud. Razoraw was in the same condition as Kira, except his HP was lower than what Kira's was. And Razoraw could still move, though it almost impossible
"Is this it?" Razoraw asked, his eyes focused on the tank.
But, as the tank was backing up to finish him off, John, Loki, and Tita ran into the room.
"RAZORAW!!!" Tita yelled.
"Damn it!" John growled, "There's nothing we can do!"
Then, without wasting anymore time, the Scorpion Tank charged at him. Its glow was becoming even more rapid.
"Damn it! Not like this!" Razoraw yelled.
Holding his wounded ribs, Razoraw closed his eyes tightly. Just at that moment, a glow that came from the right blinded them all.