Once again thank you to everybody who reads and reviews my story (remember no flames please). I do plan to make a sequel to this one as soon as I beat .hack//quarantine. And once again I do not own .hack or any of its characters they belong to Bandai Entertainment. Kites POV (point of view)

Chapter 3: "Feelings revealed"

It had been only a day since that battle against the monster who put Orca into a coma, and the appearence of a new, even more powerful enemy. I had recieved e-mails from both Blackrose and Elk asking if I was alright. Luckly, I was. I explained in my e-mails to both of them that this new monster did knock me unconscious, but it had only been for a few minutes and that I was alright now. But even after my reasurance, Blackrose still wasn't convinced and asked me to meet her in Mac Anu. I logged on and found myself in Dun Loireag. I turned to face the chaos gate, selected the Delta server, and in a matter of seconds was transported to Mac Anu. As I walked through the root town, I spotted Blackrose standing on the bridge that connected the two halves of the town, staring out over the water.
"Hi. What did you want to see me about?" I asked in a rather cheerful tone.

"Oh, Kite, you made it. Thanks for coming."

"So, what did you want to talk about?" I asked again.

"Ummm, Kite, can we go somewhere a little more private?"

"Sure, I know just the place" I said, taking her hand and leading her to the chaos gate. I selected Delta - Bursting, Passed Over, Aqua Field; a nice low - level area where we could talk, without being bothered by any strong monsters. We warped into the field. The warm sun and gentle breeze made for a wonderful area for players to come and and just talk or hang out if they got tired of the busy root towns.

"Hey Kite come sit down with me" Blackrose called out. I hadn't even noticed she had walked over to a nearby tree, one of the few that dotted the landscape.

"Sure," I replied as I strode over and took a seat beside this beautiful warrior, "So we're here, we're alone. What did you want to say to me?".

"Oh yes, well Kite, even though a lot of battles together and, well, I was wondering where we..." her voice trailed off.

"Where we stand on our relationship," I said, with a gentle smile on my face.

"Well, yeah," Blackrose said, rather sheepishly, again trying to hide a blushing face.

"Well, Blackrose, why don't you just tell me how you feel about me".

"OK. Here it goes," she said, taking a deep breath. "Kite, I ... I love you". It took a few moments for those words to sink in. I had hoped to hear those words from her for quite some time, but now that I had, I still found it hard to belive. But before I had a chance to respond, a bone - chilling roar echoed across the field. "Wha... what the hell was that!" Blackrose exclaimed as she jumped up, grabbing her sword that had been resting against the tree,

"I don't know, but whatever it is, it doesn't sound very friendly," I said, while drawing my Masterblades. It didn't take long for the source of the roar to appear. Blackrose saw it coming over one of the hills. As I stared at it, I could easily tell it was a data bug, glowing that green colour like the rest of the data bugs I had faced up until now.

"Kite, what do we do? That thing is of a much higher level than us".

"What do we do," I thought to myself. "We fight," I shouted as I rushed toward the data bug that had once been, or at least looked like, an Armour Shogun. The monster raised both of its arms, which was nothing more than two large swords, and brought them down hard where I had been only moments before.

"Heee - ya," Blackrose yelled as she brought her large sword down on the creatures right leg, causing it not only to roar in pain, but also to lose its balance.

"Now's my chance," I thought to myself, "now, while it's distracted". "Twin Dragons," I shouted, and my character began to strike the monster with multiple, powerful hits. But before I could finish my attack, the monster hit me in the stomach with the blunt end of one of its swords and threw me against the tree were Blackrose and myself had been sitting before.

"NOOO, KITE," I heard Blackrose scream, which was quickly followed by an enraged scream, as Blackrose ferociously attacked the data bug with her most powerful attacks. "Vak Drive," I heard Blackrose yell as she continued her assualt on the data bug. I struggled to my feet, picked up my blades, but before I could even begin attacking again, Blackrose had brought the monster to protect break.

" Now Kite."

"Right, DATA DRAIN,". With those words, the bracelet activated and shot out its stream of code, rewriting the data bugs program and turning it back into a regular Armour Shogun, which was easily dispatched with Blackrose's Vak Drive and my Twin Dragons skill. The monster collasped and vanished like all enemies did after you defeated them.

"Kite, are you alright," Blackrose asked as she ran up to me.

"Yeah, Blackrose, I'm alright. I just had the wind knocked out of me, that's all".

"Thank goodness. For a minute there, I thought the data bug had you".

"Don't worry, Blackrose, I'm too stubbern to go down that easy," I said, with a laugh.

"Yeah," Blackrose replied, with no emotion in her voice whatsoever.

"Is something wrong?" I asked, in a somewhat confused tone.

"I'm so sorry, Kite. I asked you out here to tell you how I feel and you almost got hurt".

"But, Blackrose, I ..."

"Kite, I'm sorry." With that, golden rings surrounded Blackrose as she logged out, leaving me alone and utterly confused about what just happened.

End of chapter 3