Emotion

Leaning back on his bed against the wall he looked out the window smiling slightly as he saw the half moon. The reflection of the moon was mirrored in his grey eyes that seemed to show no emotion. Many people use to tell him his eyes were grey because he was emotionless, but they were very far from the truth.

"...tsukasa?..."

Tsukasa turned around and smiled seeing his father. After being able to log out bear had adopted him and he then moved in with bear around a week later. Even though he hadn't heard what his profession was from him, mimiru had told him something about being a novelest. Even when he had moved in it had taken him awhile to call him Ryo, which was his real name, although he still sometimes liked to call him Bear.

"...nothing's wrong dad...just a bad dream..."

In Tsukasa's eyes bear looked just like character. He wad very tall around 6 with olive colored eyes and brown hair that had a few streaks of white due to his age. Although he had tried to get him to tell him his real name bear always made sure that he wouldn't find out, but he had decided if his father didn't want to tell him it was okay and that he would not trouble him anymore about it.

Ryo (Bear) walked over to tsukasa's bed and sat down while looking at him with concerned eyes, "...now are you sure there is nothing wrong?..."

Tsukasa hated to lie to him but ever since he had logged out of the world, which was around five months ago, he had the same reoccuring nightmare where he and all the others were killed. Shaking his head he smiled slightly at him, "...nothing's wrong dad....just alittle nervous about metting the others." He sighed shaking his head. Since he had logged out he had been to scared to see any of his friends from the world in real life. Although Ryo did think he needed to meet the rest he made sure not to pressure tsukasa into anything he did not want to do, "...its been so long since I last saw them in the world...I...I'm afraid...but I want to meet them."

Bear smiled kindly and hugged his adopted soon while gently rubbing his back, "...they will like you tsukasa...I'm sure they will." With those final words he got up patting his son on the head and walked out of the room.

Hearing his alarm clock he quickly turned it off and walked over to the window slowly with his hands in his pockets. His mind had been filled with questions the past few days. Closing his eyes slightly he smiled feeling the icy cold night breeze hit him. Ever since he had logged out he remembered how much mimiru and subaru had wanted to meet him. He had made a promise to himself that one day he would see them outside of the world. Slowly he walked into the bathroom letting his clothes fall down onto the ground as he got into the shower. He trembled suddenly as the icy water ran down his pale skin. Leaning back against the tiles he sighed peacefully.

As an image of his friends ran through his mind he opened his eyes slightly. Slowly his body began to shake as quiet sobs softly escaped his lips. Tears slowly ran down his eyes as he pressed himself back harder against the tile wall. His hands clenched as blood slowly ran down his hands. Just because he had thought of his friends all the tears of sadness that had built over the years had finaly broken out. Tsukasa shivered as he moaned in pain feeling the soap and water drip down onto his hand sliding over the cut flesh.

Tsukasa wrapped a towel around his waist and walked back into his room. The room was painted navy blue with a scene of a rainy day drawn up on the ceiling. The tears slowly subsided as he smiled very slightly. Slowly he opened the closet door looking for some clothes as he gripped onto the towel covering his waist. Most of his clothes were either black, grey, or white. There was an occasional navy blue shirt or dark green shirt but other than that he had never cared much for colors. Picking out some black pants and long sleeve grey shirt he let the towel fall onto the ground as he began to change. He smiled slightly as he felt the fabric of his clothes against his porcelin skin.

Running a hand through his damp wet hair he closed his eyes feeling the water droplets run down his hand slowly. Walking around his room he finaly found his black boots and quickly put them on. The rays of sunlight started to hit his face quickly warming his skin. Today was the day he was suppose to meet the others. They had all agreed they would meet by the fountain in the middle of the park. Walking down stairs he was greeted by the sight of Ryo cooking breakfast and the fresh smell of coffee. He smiled slightly as he looked over at him.

"...morning dad..."

Ryo turned around and smiled with his eyes showing the same warmth that tsukasa had gotten used to, "...Good morning tsukasa...so todays the day...still nervous?..."

He nodded slowly while sitting down by the table, "...yes...but I want to meet them..."

Ryo smiled slightly and then looked at him while grinning..."...or maybe it is more like you want to see a someone?" He chuckled seeing tsukasa's blank expression, "...I'm just kidding...geeze can't an old man make a joke every once in awhile."

Tsukasa closed his eyes as he smiled slightly enjoying the smell of the fresh pancakes and blueberry jam that was placed over them, "...wow this smells great dad." He quickly began to eat savoring the taste as he quickly finished eating. Ryo chuckled while looking at him, "...woah tsukasa...didn't think you were that hungry." He chuckled when tsukasa blushed slightly, "...aww I'm just kidding..."

Looking down at his watch Ryo looked over at him, "...its time to go tsukasa...we are going to meet the others in an hour...we should be early."

Tsukasa nodded as Ryo drank down his coffee and started to walked outside. He smiled slightly at him as he noticed bear start to walk down the street and chuckled catching up, "...you want to walk there?...I thought we were gonna take the car....but but them again someone did something to the car now didn't they." Tsukasa couldn't help but grin and Ryo's face showed complete embarassement. A few days ago Ryo hadn't been looking where he was driving and had driven right into someones yard hitting a tree. Although Tsukasa knew that it was a complete accident he couldn't help but chuckle every time he thought of it.

Putting his hands in his pockets he tilted his head back looking up at the morning sky. Smiling slightly he could hear the sound of car horns and the sound of the children laughing and playing on the sidewalks. Thoughts of the World still ran through his mind. Ever since he had finaly logged off the World he had never logged back in. He knew that there were still those players that blamed all the troubles on him even though he had done nothing wrong.

Seeing something infront of his face he almost fell down backwards. Hearing someone chuckling he looked up seeing Ryo, "...don't scare me like that." Tsukasa then smiled slightly, "...I'm going to get you back for that some how dad." Ryo chuckled while walking as Tsukasa walked a few feet behind him. Soon both reached the park. Tsukasa had come to love the park more than any other place in the city. Large trees were scattered through the park along with an abundant amount of sakura trees. He closed his eyes as some of the pink flowers slowly floated to the ground because of the strong breeze.

Both walked to the middle of the park seeing a small group of people that were already there. Looking to the side he saw his dad smiling while looking over at the people. It must be them. putting his hands in his pockets he stood next to Ryo as the people looked over at them.

"...Tsukasa!..."

Realizing the voice suddenly as Mimiru he looked over at her and smiled while closing his eyes. Mimiru didn't look that much different from her player character. Her skin was a light tan, her eyes were a jade green, and her hair was light brown. She was only around an inch taller than him like in the World. He couldn't help but grin slightly as he saw her blush slightly. She then looked over at Ryo and quickly hugged him since she had never seen him outside of the world before. Ryo smiled down at her and huged her back. Tsukasa then looked back at the group seeing a tall woman with blue eyes and long dark brown hair. He saw her smile and walk over along with a tall man with short spiky hair and dark brown eyes.

He hadn't noticed that Mimiru had hugged him and blushed slightly while looking into her eyes, "...um...ugh." She smiled slightly and held his hand as the rest of Ryo and the two other adults started to talk amongst themselves. He looked down at his hand that she was holding and smiled slightly while blushing. She quickly let go of his hand and chuckled nervously.

"...its been so long since I saw you last time Tsukasa..."

Nodding he sat down on a bench as she sat down next to him while looking at him, "...you know you said that we would meet one day...you owe me tsukasa." She grinned a bit while crossing her legs and putting her hands in her lap. Tilting her head back she looked up at the sky, "...Mimiru." Hearing him she looked at him, "...hm?..what is it tsukasa?"

"...Who were the others that were there with you?..."

"...oh." She giggled while looking at him and closing her eyes, "...that was Crim and Bt...they sure don't look anything at all like their player characters do they hehe..."

"...and why wasn't subaru with you guys?..."

"...she couldn't make it today because she is out of the city....although she really wants to meet you though."

Smiling slightly he crossed his arms over his chest, "...I really want to meet her too.." looking at her he smiled slightly, "...and I'm glad that I got to meet you Mimiru...I had always for awhile now...its just that I was alittle scared..." He blushed from embarrasment as he said that and saw her look at him with a questioning glance, "...its not that I didn't want to meet you...its just...I was scared what you guys would think of me." He looked at the ground as she put her hand on his knee and squeezed it gently, "...tsukasa...you know that we wouldn't ever think anything bad of you without having some sort of reason...so don't worry okay."

Nodding he looked at her and smiled slightly, "...thank you." She grinned a bit, "...hey see I am good for something aren't I." Both chuckled while hearing Ryo, Bt and Crim walked over to them. Bt smiled warly while looking down at them, "...my my...I didn't know you two were an item...so when is the wedding?" She chuckled as both of them blushed a dark scarelet red. Mimiru looked up at her while still blushing slightly hearing Crim and Ryo chuckle, "...hey its not funny!." Tsukasa smiled slightly at her, "...would I be that terrible to be with mimiru?..."

"...what?!...no!...ugh...I mean." She suddenly blushed again and Tsukasa couldn't help but chuckle himself. They all talked for awhile, mainly what they had been up to and about their lives. Tsukasa had learned Crim was a business man that owned his own computer company and Bt worked as a teacher. He wasn't too surprised when Crim and bt had told everyone that they were dating. He was very happy for the two of them and also had made a joke about when they would get married. Tsukasa chuckled when he heared them say that they hoped realy soon.

"...well we have to go...it was nice metting you tsukasa," Bt smiled at him as Crim shoke his hand and soon they both got into their car and drove off. Ryo then looked over at Mimiru and smiled slightly at her, "...Mimiru why don't you stay with us tonight...its getting dark and I'm sure your parents wouldn't mind." Looking over at Tsukasa Ryo smiled slightly, "...how about it Tsukasa?"

Nodding he smiled a bit, "...sure...I think its a great idea."

Mimiru smiled at both of them, "...really?...yay!" Tsukasa chuckled as the three of them walked along the sidewalk heading back to the house.

~Well tsukasa had met everyone except for Subaru...as for putting sora in the story I will..though I don't know if he will be 10 like he is suppose to be or older...also to wheather if Subaru will be in a wheel chair like in the end of .hack//SIGN is still undecided...well I hope you enjoyed this chapter...

~Next chapter: As tsukasa and mimiru get to know eachother better feelings start to grow inbetween the two...but what will happen when he finaly gets to meet subaru....

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Kowaru: *pops out and appears infront of you*....well I'm here for the disclaimer...my friend forgot to write it down ^____^ *gets pulled by the fangirls of Neon genesis* ahh no! ....we don't own .hack//SIGN or any of its characters ^__^ *clothes get ripped as he is thrown back into the mob* ah!