A/N: Yeah! Time for a character-specific POV chapter! This time, we take a look inside many of the character's heads!
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(.hack//SIGN – Gentle Twilight)
I couldn't eat. I couldn't concentrate… Ryan was slipping away, it seemed. I couldn't take it. I sat down on a rock by the beach. I could feel the gentle autumn breeze grazing my blonde hair. I wanted for the wind to stop… I just couldn't take it. Life just couldn't and wouldn't go my way. If there was a God, he just wasn't helping me out. While I was lost in thought, someone sat down beside me. The girl had a fishnet shirt on, with a black T-shirt underneath. She wore baggy black jeans with chains on them, and she had black hair with red streaks on the side. She looked at me. "What's the matter?" I shook my head. "I don't wanna talk about it."
"Suit yourself." The girl began to get up. "My name's Nina, and I heard that you helped to fend off Skeith." I turned around. "How do you know about Skeith?" Nina looked at me. "Shut up and let me talk. My step-brother is in a coma, and I wanna help him… But I need a hook up to the .hackers, so I want you to meet me in Mac Anu in the world. My character name is Aki Michiru." I turned around, and she was gone.
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Chapter 4: Aki Michiru, Resident Snot
(This is in Ryan's POV)
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(Cowboy Bebop - Rain)
"Where am I?" I wondered. I had no idea who I was. I held up the blades in my hands. They were a shade of silver, unlike that I'd ever seen before. I remembered two things: I was inside a computer game, and I was 14 years old. I had no idea what to do, except explore the place I was in.
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(Emai Li's POV)
I hoped I could help Kelly. The way I could is to gather clues and possibly find Ryan's whereabouts. I didn't have to look too far, because a boy in street clothes walked up to me. First hint off. He had twin blades. Second hint off. He had short, gelled black hair. Third strike, it's out! The boy was Ryan. He looked at me. "Excuse me, but… I can't remember who I am…" I gave him my member address, and let him join my party. Then, I e-mailed Kelly, with the news. She came to my party.
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(Nina's POV)
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(FLCL – Funny Bunny)
I walked
down the street, alone. I walked into the Internet café, The Digital Brew. I
walked up to the computer, and typed in the website,
"www.TheWorldPortable.com."
As I logged in, some man slammed the back of my head, knocking me unconscious.
The man looked at me right before I was in La-La Land. He had eyes deeper than
darkness. This was a coma victim that Morganna had taken into control…
I watched, helplessly, as he logged into my character data and caused chaos with my character.
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(Sakuya's POV)
I had just logged in, and I met with Emai Li and Kelly. I also met another boy who I didn't recognize. I was told it was Ryan, and that he was under the effects of amnesia. I couldn't tell him what he did while under HER control.
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(Namie Amuro – Put 'Em Up)
"Hold up." Emily began to walk away. Then, the screen got fuzzy, and a weird Data Bug appeared. I wondered what it was doing in a town, but then it warped the 4 of us to a strange area.
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(Kelly's POV)
The Data Bug was here for Ryan… I knew it. No, I wouldn't allow for it to get him! I grabbed his hand, and ran with him. Sakuya and Emai Li stayed to fight. "Thanks you…" I whispered to them as I ran by. We ran to a hidden fortress. The thing was run down, but we sat there anyways. I laid my head on Ryan's shoulder. "Excuse me, Miss, but… what're you doing?" I said nothing, I just laid there. Ryan wouldn't leave… He was with me again! I wouldn't let him go! I heard a rumble, and without warning, the Data Bug, the Re&%^ber*^c#, reached for us. Sakuya and Emai were hot on its tail. I ran with Ryan, but I tripped. Ryan sat beside me, prepared to shield me. All of a sudden, I heard a voice from the heavens: "Eat this! Data Drain!" Kite revealed the true monster, The Remembrance. It lunged at Ryan and I. There was no escape. Ryan, however, jumped in the way of the monster, causing it to die. Ryan, however… His clothes turned black, and his Golden Yasha went into Emai Li's item inventory. He was in his ninja state, minus the hood. He looked down at us. "Fools… I'll kill you all!" He lunged at us.
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(Third-Person POV)
Kelly began to sob. "Ryan…" Kite got in the way, and fended off Ryan. All of a sudden, a girl in black attacked also. It was Aki Michiru. Emai Li fended her off, and Kelly and Sakuya escaped.
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(Nina's POV)
"Bastard!" I yelled. I awoke, and slammed the man's head into a wall, and regained control of my character. I began to help fend off the boy in black. I apologized, and gave them my member address.
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(Third-Person POV)
Ryan hunted out Kelly and Sakuya. Something was holding him back, however. He dropped, and sat still. He couldn't move. Kelly ran up to him, and tried to help him up. He looked up at her. "Not... much time… Morganna… taking me again!" He Gated Out. Kelly looked up at the stars. The field was silent. Kelly appeared to scream.
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(Akino Arai – Kanaete)
"Kelly… Come to the place we met…" Kelly heard Ryan say in her head. She did so. She walked to the old ruins of her Middle School. Memories flooded back.
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"You'll be working in pairs. Chris Marakon, you'll be with Arala Harako. Ryan Walker, you'll be with Kelly Paralay…" Kelly walked up to Ryan. "Hi! Let's get started!"
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"Ahhh! I forgot my lunch money!" Kelly freaked out. Ryan walked up to her. "Here, this one's on me." Kelly smiled.
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The graduation day had arrived. The awards had been given, and everyone was saying goodbye. Kelly walked up to Ryan and Chris. "Ryan, Chris…. You have to promise me something… That wherever we are, we'll always be together in heart, and we'll always remember each other." Chris and Ryan both nodded. Kelly nodded also. "Thanks." Also, if we ever get separated, and we lose track of each other, we'll meet at that old cherry blossom tree outside homeroom.
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(Cowboy Bebop – Call Me Call Me)
Kelly walked into an open space. She saw the lone cherry blossom tree near it. It was her old homeroom. "This place… It holds so many memories…" Kelly looked around. She found an old desk. She placed in front of the ruined right wall, where she Ryan, and Chris all sat in homeroom and English. She found two more, and set them by her. She heard footsteps. "Hey, what was our homework again? I need to finish it before Mrs. Krahe gets in here!" Chris sat down and chuckled. Chris… You always did procrastinate with your homework… "Chris… I don't know if what were doing is helping Ryan at all. It seems to be causing him more pain…" Kelly laid on Chris's shoulder. "Kelly, I don't think he'd want to be controlled. I'm sure he'd endure all the stress in the world to be with us. Now come on, I'll go buy you a soda. This one's on me."
What can I do?
To get me, to you?
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Next Episode Preview:
Aki Michiru: We go for Innis's he- uhh… whatever he thinks with!
Chris: And a group of us go to find Ryan, and are caught in a trap: a fight with Cubia!
Helba: The core! Aim for the Cubia Core!
Kite: Also, Lios is introduced.
BlackRose: Urgh! I don't like him!
Next Episode:
Mirage Master Innis
Lios: Great, my adoring fans. *sarcasm is evident*
Mistral: Bad! *clonks him on the head with her staff*