(Here's chapter 2, I hope you guys like this story and please review. BTW I
DO NOT own Kingdom Hearts, Everquest, .hack sign, or any other games I
might mix in. I'll have more up soon^^)
They sat huddled close together to try and keep warm. It didn't help much. Wheresklosh. "What was that?" Mingna asked. "How should I know, I cant see the nose in front of my face." Neokogine snapped. "Wait a minute," Neokogine said as a thought crossed her mind. Quickly she stood up and shoved her light sword into the air then made a few slices in the air, which would have formed an x. Her sword lit up and gave them plenty of light. "How did you do that?" Mingna asked amazed. "I'm not sure. It was just an instinct," Neokogine said looking at her now bright sword. "What's that," Mingna asked motioning toward a distinct path of chopped down trees. "Not sure, but lets find out," Neokogine said as she walked down the path. "Stay close, it could be dangerous," she added, wielding the lighten sword. "Hey, there's a light up ahead," Mingna said with a mixture of excitement and nervousness. "I see it. Don't worry," hissed Neokogine, she wasn't nervous at all, just curious beyond belief. It was getting warmer the closer they got to the light, and they saw that it was a small roaring fire. The two were so close to the person they could hear him snoring. "Oh my god, its Patrick Willis," Mingna said excitedly as they walked closer. She had a huge crush on this 14 year-old, over hair gelled jock boy that hated Neokogine. He was wearing a red t-shirt with a black short-sleeve jacket, red baggy shorts, white gloves, a chain hanging from his belt and yellow shoes. His brown short brown hair was slightly matted and he looked almost the same way he did in the real world. His eyes fluttered open and he sprung up. Quickly he grabbed the fire, which was really his flame sword. "Who are you," he said sleepily. Bellow his eyes he had the symbol of fire. "Um, hello. I'm Nina, remember? From school. Oh and this is Amanda. Now I'm Mingna, and she's Neokogine," Mingna said sounding like she had always wanted to say it. He yawned. "Okay, the names Garnox, goodnight." With that he fell to the ground and went back to sleep. "He is so cute," Mingna said with no cares. Neokogine was laughing in her head; she had never been in love and quite frankly didn't care what she was missing. If it made girls act like that she wanted no part of it. Mingna drifted off to sleep, but Neokogine stayed up and stared into the fire. There would be many challenges ahead. Some easier than others, some harder. Could they make it through all of them? Whatever happened she knew Mingna would keep them together, Garnox and Neokogine hated each other and if given the opportunity, Neokogine would tear him apart. These thoughts drifted her to sleep. The next day Neokogine was the first one up. One thing Garnox and Mingna have in common; they both are extremely deep sleepers. But at least Mingna didn't snore. Neokogine was glad they had brought apples; apparently you can get hungry in this game too. The rain thudded even harder and when it hit the tree leafs it made a raspy splattering sound. It would be best to explore the forest further; she knew there would be no objections to that. After eating half an apple she got up and lit her sword. Strange, the sword seemed to shine even brighter when she was closer to Garnox and Mingna. Wheresklosh. There was that sound again. Neokogine followed the sound to the edge of the forest, and just as sudden as it started the sound stopped. 'Probably just my imagination,' she thought to herself putting her sword on her shoulder. But the sound, like everything in this world, seemed so real. "Is any of this for real?" she constantly asked herself that. When she got back to the others they were still asleep. Now Neokogine was mad, she knew that Mingna knew they had to keep walking. She tried waking her up but the distant voice said, "Mingna is currently logged out." Great. Had Mingna decided to quit?! She was furious. Quickly she saved and logged out, swearing under her breath the whole time. Amanda grabbed the phone and punched in Nina's phone number. Now her line was free. "Hello," Nina said sleepily. "Why did you quit?" Amanda shouted waking her up. She could tell Amanda was mad and explained, "I didn't quit, and I just logged out to get my breakfast." How embarrassing, "I'm so sorry. Why didn't you try the apples?" "You can't eat food in a game. can you?" Nina asked. "Apparently in this one you can. Come on lets go back to the world. Its still raining here so my parents wont be back for a while." Amanda concluded, hanging up the phone and returning to the 'game.' Neokogine was back online, and Mingna shortly followed. "You wake up Garnox and I'll put out the fire," Neokogine said as she stomped out the fire's embers. "I'm already up," Garnox said with a big yawn. "Took you long enough," Neokogine said crossing her arms and leaning against a nearby tree. He scowled at her, but this was just part of their daily routine, annoy each other beyond belief. While Mingna explained to Garnox where they were going and what to look for, Neokogine estimated they should be at Nevranda by noon. "I don't mind working with you," he said politely to Mingna. Then he shot a glance at Neokogine, "Its her that I have a problem with." At least he had no objections to the distance. He later told them this was where he first started, but since it was raining he just stayed here. They proceeded through the forest silently with only Garnox's celebrity imitations to keep them amused. Once they reached the end of the forest the rain had let up a little and the sun was peaking over a mountain in the distance. He jumped up and cut off a large tree branch, then he held it up and it sheltered them from the rain. Mingna looked at him and smiled mysteriously. She had a very strange way of showing a guy she liked him. Why didn't she just tell him she loved him and worshiped the ground he stepped on? Neokogine had never been in love so she didn't know exactly how hard it could be. Finally the rain had stopped, and the sun beat down upon the land. Neokogine would have to leave soon because her parents would be back. "All we have to do is follow the make it over the mountain," she said, sounding a little pleased at their progress. "That's all," Garnox said sarcastically with an edge as he tossed the branch down. Lets just say a mountain looks a lot smaller from a distance, because once they got to it the peak went through the clouds, and there was no way around because this was a mountain range. Neokogine grinned and said, "Lets get started. Race ya!" She quickly jumped to the nearest ledge and then to the next. The others followed but not nearly as quickly. Neokogine saw them struggling to keep up and how quickly they were getting tired, and decided they should rest at the peak. Neokogine was the first to make it to the top and stood there, looking in the town's direction with her arms crossed. Once Garnox made it to the top, he dropped down beside Neokogine and looked up at her. "You're a lot different in school," he said, trying to say something that wouldn't sound too stupid. Neokogine was use to people saying that and replied without looking at him, "You've never seen me outside of school." Apparently Garnox found this a little offensive because he jerked his attention away from her and started flicking ants off the mountain. Mingna pulled herself to the top with the others and sat between Garnox and Neokogine, mainly to keep them from fighting again. "How much further?" she asked, sounding a little out of breath. Neokogine strained her eyes into the distance, "Its that little dot way over there." She said, pointing to a large gate in the distance. She waited till Mingna caught her breath then jumped down to a ledge and started down the other half of the mountain, motioning for the others to follow. Now the sun was directly above them signaling it was around noon. "Cool, the time of day changes too! This game was in key with the real world," Garnox said looking up at the sun. Neokogine shook her head a little thinking, 'it took him this long to figure that out?' Neokogine was the first down the mountain and started running towards the town gates, halfway there the ground shook rapidly. She braced her legs to keep from falling but Garnox fell backwards and Mingna fell on top of him, thought Neokogine couldn't tell if it was an accident or not. A large dinosaur like creature appeared, and Neokogine learned something from this monster's entry. Garnox can scream like a sissy girl. They had made it this far and Neokogine was not going to let this over- grown lizard stand in their way. She gripped her sword tightly and speed ahead. The dinosaur roared loudly and swung its claws at her. With a smirk Neokogine jumped high into the air, dodging all the monster's blows. As she fell back to the ground she gave the dinosaur a quick, yet critical, slash. When she landed upright on the ground, still smirking, the dinosaur let out a howl of pain, as she had sliced him in two. It fell over and both halves disappeared into data particles. As for Mingna and Garnox, they at there sort of dumbfound, watching the remains of the dinosaur disappear. "Well, lets keep moving, were almost there," Neokogine said as she swung her sword over her shoulder and started walking in the town's direction. To her it was if nothing had happened, to her that was just an everyday adventure. Garnox helped Mingna to her feet, and she blushed slightly. She and Garnox exchanged a look and followed after Neokogine. They approached the gate and the quiet was almost nerve racking. 'Nevranda, to where law keepers be and spirits flee' was written across the gate in bold lettering, before they could get to the town they had to get through the gate. "Spirits flee? What does that mean?" Mingna asked quietly. "Who goes there?" shouted a knee-high lizard guarding the entrance. Neokogine was tired of people asking questions and blurted out, "Why do you want to know scaly boy?" The lizard clearly did not want to be guarding the gate. "Take it easy sister, the azul guards told me to come out here and look for some spirit kids he wants their spirits. Ya'll seen any?" Uh oh apparently, some freaks called the azul guards, had a grudge on the three. There had to be others who wanted their spirits. Mingna was great in drama, and faking things, so she said, "Spirits? We don't even have school spirit. I am Chihiro, this is my best friend Riku," she said putting a hand on Neokogine's shoulder. Neokogine shot her a glance, but she had always acted like a boy so she guessed she deserved that. Then Mingna hugged Garnox and said, "And this is my boyfriend, Irvine." Neokogine could see Garnox embarrassed but he had to play along. The lizard checked the names on a small computer and the gate began to glow a deep green the lizard sneered slightly then said, "Go on in." The three exchanged a look as the gates opened revealing a huge town filled with floating black ghouls. As soon as they stepped through the gate, just as they stepped through a high-pitched whistle was heard, and the ghouls turned to face them "Split up," Neokogine said quickly, as she turned and ran down an alley. Mingna ran behind some shops while Garnox looked after Neokogine. 'Who made her leader,' he thought to himself as he jumped down into an open sewer.
They sat huddled close together to try and keep warm. It didn't help much. Wheresklosh. "What was that?" Mingna asked. "How should I know, I cant see the nose in front of my face." Neokogine snapped. "Wait a minute," Neokogine said as a thought crossed her mind. Quickly she stood up and shoved her light sword into the air then made a few slices in the air, which would have formed an x. Her sword lit up and gave them plenty of light. "How did you do that?" Mingna asked amazed. "I'm not sure. It was just an instinct," Neokogine said looking at her now bright sword. "What's that," Mingna asked motioning toward a distinct path of chopped down trees. "Not sure, but lets find out," Neokogine said as she walked down the path. "Stay close, it could be dangerous," she added, wielding the lighten sword. "Hey, there's a light up ahead," Mingna said with a mixture of excitement and nervousness. "I see it. Don't worry," hissed Neokogine, she wasn't nervous at all, just curious beyond belief. It was getting warmer the closer they got to the light, and they saw that it was a small roaring fire. The two were so close to the person they could hear him snoring. "Oh my god, its Patrick Willis," Mingna said excitedly as they walked closer. She had a huge crush on this 14 year-old, over hair gelled jock boy that hated Neokogine. He was wearing a red t-shirt with a black short-sleeve jacket, red baggy shorts, white gloves, a chain hanging from his belt and yellow shoes. His brown short brown hair was slightly matted and he looked almost the same way he did in the real world. His eyes fluttered open and he sprung up. Quickly he grabbed the fire, which was really his flame sword. "Who are you," he said sleepily. Bellow his eyes he had the symbol of fire. "Um, hello. I'm Nina, remember? From school. Oh and this is Amanda. Now I'm Mingna, and she's Neokogine," Mingna said sounding like she had always wanted to say it. He yawned. "Okay, the names Garnox, goodnight." With that he fell to the ground and went back to sleep. "He is so cute," Mingna said with no cares. Neokogine was laughing in her head; she had never been in love and quite frankly didn't care what she was missing. If it made girls act like that she wanted no part of it. Mingna drifted off to sleep, but Neokogine stayed up and stared into the fire. There would be many challenges ahead. Some easier than others, some harder. Could they make it through all of them? Whatever happened she knew Mingna would keep them together, Garnox and Neokogine hated each other and if given the opportunity, Neokogine would tear him apart. These thoughts drifted her to sleep. The next day Neokogine was the first one up. One thing Garnox and Mingna have in common; they both are extremely deep sleepers. But at least Mingna didn't snore. Neokogine was glad they had brought apples; apparently you can get hungry in this game too. The rain thudded even harder and when it hit the tree leafs it made a raspy splattering sound. It would be best to explore the forest further; she knew there would be no objections to that. After eating half an apple she got up and lit her sword. Strange, the sword seemed to shine even brighter when she was closer to Garnox and Mingna. Wheresklosh. There was that sound again. Neokogine followed the sound to the edge of the forest, and just as sudden as it started the sound stopped. 'Probably just my imagination,' she thought to herself putting her sword on her shoulder. But the sound, like everything in this world, seemed so real. "Is any of this for real?" she constantly asked herself that. When she got back to the others they were still asleep. Now Neokogine was mad, she knew that Mingna knew they had to keep walking. She tried waking her up but the distant voice said, "Mingna is currently logged out." Great. Had Mingna decided to quit?! She was furious. Quickly she saved and logged out, swearing under her breath the whole time. Amanda grabbed the phone and punched in Nina's phone number. Now her line was free. "Hello," Nina said sleepily. "Why did you quit?" Amanda shouted waking her up. She could tell Amanda was mad and explained, "I didn't quit, and I just logged out to get my breakfast." How embarrassing, "I'm so sorry. Why didn't you try the apples?" "You can't eat food in a game. can you?" Nina asked. "Apparently in this one you can. Come on lets go back to the world. Its still raining here so my parents wont be back for a while." Amanda concluded, hanging up the phone and returning to the 'game.' Neokogine was back online, and Mingna shortly followed. "You wake up Garnox and I'll put out the fire," Neokogine said as she stomped out the fire's embers. "I'm already up," Garnox said with a big yawn. "Took you long enough," Neokogine said crossing her arms and leaning against a nearby tree. He scowled at her, but this was just part of their daily routine, annoy each other beyond belief. While Mingna explained to Garnox where they were going and what to look for, Neokogine estimated they should be at Nevranda by noon. "I don't mind working with you," he said politely to Mingna. Then he shot a glance at Neokogine, "Its her that I have a problem with." At least he had no objections to the distance. He later told them this was where he first started, but since it was raining he just stayed here. They proceeded through the forest silently with only Garnox's celebrity imitations to keep them amused. Once they reached the end of the forest the rain had let up a little and the sun was peaking over a mountain in the distance. He jumped up and cut off a large tree branch, then he held it up and it sheltered them from the rain. Mingna looked at him and smiled mysteriously. She had a very strange way of showing a guy she liked him. Why didn't she just tell him she loved him and worshiped the ground he stepped on? Neokogine had never been in love so she didn't know exactly how hard it could be. Finally the rain had stopped, and the sun beat down upon the land. Neokogine would have to leave soon because her parents would be back. "All we have to do is follow the make it over the mountain," she said, sounding a little pleased at their progress. "That's all," Garnox said sarcastically with an edge as he tossed the branch down. Lets just say a mountain looks a lot smaller from a distance, because once they got to it the peak went through the clouds, and there was no way around because this was a mountain range. Neokogine grinned and said, "Lets get started. Race ya!" She quickly jumped to the nearest ledge and then to the next. The others followed but not nearly as quickly. Neokogine saw them struggling to keep up and how quickly they were getting tired, and decided they should rest at the peak. Neokogine was the first to make it to the top and stood there, looking in the town's direction with her arms crossed. Once Garnox made it to the top, he dropped down beside Neokogine and looked up at her. "You're a lot different in school," he said, trying to say something that wouldn't sound too stupid. Neokogine was use to people saying that and replied without looking at him, "You've never seen me outside of school." Apparently Garnox found this a little offensive because he jerked his attention away from her and started flicking ants off the mountain. Mingna pulled herself to the top with the others and sat between Garnox and Neokogine, mainly to keep them from fighting again. "How much further?" she asked, sounding a little out of breath. Neokogine strained her eyes into the distance, "Its that little dot way over there." She said, pointing to a large gate in the distance. She waited till Mingna caught her breath then jumped down to a ledge and started down the other half of the mountain, motioning for the others to follow. Now the sun was directly above them signaling it was around noon. "Cool, the time of day changes too! This game was in key with the real world," Garnox said looking up at the sun. Neokogine shook her head a little thinking, 'it took him this long to figure that out?' Neokogine was the first down the mountain and started running towards the town gates, halfway there the ground shook rapidly. She braced her legs to keep from falling but Garnox fell backwards and Mingna fell on top of him, thought Neokogine couldn't tell if it was an accident or not. A large dinosaur like creature appeared, and Neokogine learned something from this monster's entry. Garnox can scream like a sissy girl. They had made it this far and Neokogine was not going to let this over- grown lizard stand in their way. She gripped her sword tightly and speed ahead. The dinosaur roared loudly and swung its claws at her. With a smirk Neokogine jumped high into the air, dodging all the monster's blows. As she fell back to the ground she gave the dinosaur a quick, yet critical, slash. When she landed upright on the ground, still smirking, the dinosaur let out a howl of pain, as she had sliced him in two. It fell over and both halves disappeared into data particles. As for Mingna and Garnox, they at there sort of dumbfound, watching the remains of the dinosaur disappear. "Well, lets keep moving, were almost there," Neokogine said as she swung her sword over her shoulder and started walking in the town's direction. To her it was if nothing had happened, to her that was just an everyday adventure. Garnox helped Mingna to her feet, and she blushed slightly. She and Garnox exchanged a look and followed after Neokogine. They approached the gate and the quiet was almost nerve racking. 'Nevranda, to where law keepers be and spirits flee' was written across the gate in bold lettering, before they could get to the town they had to get through the gate. "Spirits flee? What does that mean?" Mingna asked quietly. "Who goes there?" shouted a knee-high lizard guarding the entrance. Neokogine was tired of people asking questions and blurted out, "Why do you want to know scaly boy?" The lizard clearly did not want to be guarding the gate. "Take it easy sister, the azul guards told me to come out here and look for some spirit kids he wants their spirits. Ya'll seen any?" Uh oh apparently, some freaks called the azul guards, had a grudge on the three. There had to be others who wanted their spirits. Mingna was great in drama, and faking things, so she said, "Spirits? We don't even have school spirit. I am Chihiro, this is my best friend Riku," she said putting a hand on Neokogine's shoulder. Neokogine shot her a glance, but she had always acted like a boy so she guessed she deserved that. Then Mingna hugged Garnox and said, "And this is my boyfriend, Irvine." Neokogine could see Garnox embarrassed but he had to play along. The lizard checked the names on a small computer and the gate began to glow a deep green the lizard sneered slightly then said, "Go on in." The three exchanged a look as the gates opened revealing a huge town filled with floating black ghouls. As soon as they stepped through the gate, just as they stepped through a high-pitched whistle was heard, and the ghouls turned to face them "Split up," Neokogine said quickly, as she turned and ran down an alley. Mingna ran behind some shops while Garnox looked after Neokogine. 'Who made her leader,' he thought to himself as he jumped down into an open sewer.