A/n: Wow. Am I updating? Amazing. Now where was I...? Oh yes the Twin Blade and Skeith. Very Interesting...ON ON ON!!

.hack//ANVERIOUS

Chapter 5: Battle

Mimiru stared at the beast in shocked disbelief. Zaber didnt seem to be shocked at all though...just mildly surprised. The Twin-blade had brown hair amd a greenish pair of pants. His shirt was a greyish-blue. He had the beginners blades and many used scrolls lay on the floor, instead of their brown, they were an ashen black. He jumped at the monster, slashing his knifes wildly. Skeith took all the hits and didnt seem to be affected at all.

"Damn it!" He yelled. Skeith raised his staff and struck the Twin- blade to the ground.

"What the hell is he doing!? Hes gonna get killed!" Mimiru yelled.

"Ill save him." Zaber ran towards Skeith and drew his blade. Skeith was about to crush the Twin-blade with the rounded part of the staff. He brought the staff down with amazing force. There was a clang of metal. A shower of virtual sparks. As Mimiru and the Twin-blade watched Zaber block that attack miraculously, everything around them seemed so real. They could feel time slowing down and a breeze pass by them. The Twin-blade could feel the heat of the sparks as they landed on him. Zaber could feel the weight of the staff on his blade and arms. "The World" had been upgraded so the players could feel, but this was to real. It felt like they werent at their house, with the headset over their eyes. It felt like they were in a dungeon, fighting for their lives against a creature that they couldent hope to defeat. Zaber turned to look at the Twin-blade.

"RUUNN!!!" He screamed. At that moment everything sped up. The Twin- blade got up frpm the ground and ran towards Mimiru. Skeith lifted the staff for another attack. He swung the giant red rod at Zabers left. Zaber jumped backwards, barley dodgeing the rod and ran towards the door. He could see Mimiru and the Twin-blade ahead of him. Not to far...about 20 feet. He urged his legs to move faster and he caught up with them. They ran up the stairs to the next floor and into the room after the stairs. They caught their breath and Mimiru gave the Twin-blade a look of death.

"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING!?!?" Her voice caused a few more cracks in the ceiling of the dungeon. The Twin-blade had a look of pure fear in his eyes. From Mimiru or Skeith was the question however...

"I-I came to the d-dungeon to level u-up. I th-thought that thing w- was a b-boss."

"That thing isnt a boss. Its a virus. Its here to destroy "The World." Zaber stated. There was an akward silence. Then the ground shook.

"Its moving..." Mimiru whispered.

"Lets go. Hurry. To the entrance of the dungeon." Zaber ran towards the next room. The pounding from the ground below stopped and a red pillar shot out from under Zaber. He swerved to the side and screamed for the others to run. They broke into a sprint towards the door. The red staff jabbed out of the floor near all of them, but never hit its mark. They ran into the next room. It was a long hallway. The room behind them exploded and Skeith was floating there. He stretched out his hand and shot iclicles at the fleeing fighters.

"GET DOWN!!" Zaber yelled as he dove. The other two dived and the icecles flew overhead. An item fell out of Zaber pouch when he dove. He grabbed it when the icicles were flying overhead. An orcarina sprite...? THATS IT! Zaber got to a kneeling postion and ran untill he was at Mimiru and the Twin-blade. He tripped over them and used the sprite. The next thing he knew, they were on the field. He got off of them at once, then ordered them to gate out. They all stood up and dissapered in a flash of gold. They arrived in Mac Anu. The streets were empty and cold. Zaber pushed a strand of silver hair out of his eyes and turned to the Twin- blade.

"What is your name?"

"Ryuu."

"Well then Ryuu. I would like to ask of your member address." Ryuu handed him a slip of paper. "Thanks. Now, I suggest we all log-out and get some rest." They did just that.

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Zaber pulled the headset off of his eyes and looked out the window. It was early night and the stars were just showing. He looked into his telescope and admired some stars. He was moving to a star when he spotted something strange. He zoomed in on it.

"What the hell..." It was a crack. A little crack in the depths of space. The crack was a splendor of colors mixing and churning inside. Then, a red staff shot out of the crack.

Look a major cliffhanger. This was my next chap and it took alot of plotting and rewriting. REVIEW!!