chapter 5! Yay! And its quite a bit longer than normal!

Anime-Crusader: yeah, in .hack//sign I would never imagine her giggling, but this story implies that it is quite a bit after that time, and Tsukasa's avatar is now female

Also, about my lack of updating.... School has been evil to me, and although I am currently in spring break, but we've had family over since it started and I am going out of town soon.

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*in the field*

Renzoff and Ryoko appear in the field, the familiar volcanic atmosphere greets them at the fire field

"So Ryoko, what were you doing in Mac Anu if you're a level ninety two? I kinda already said why I was" asked Renzoff

"oh, well... I heard someone was there that I haven't seen in a long time, and I was really hoping to see him, you could say he was the leader of a group I was once in"

"ah, a group of friends or something, I can understand that... there was this high level Wavemaster I used to spend quite a bit of time with, his name escapes me though... it must have been a year since I last saw him and he doesn't seem to log on to the world anymore, well lets head off to the dungeon!"

"OH! Wait... could we look for the magic spring first? I need to try and upgrade an axe, and this is one of the few places I could still do it, do you mind if we look for one?"

"oh sure, let me just use a fairy orb" *Renzoff uses the fairy orb, and to his surprise only sees 5 magic portals* "Wow.... only five portals and none of them near the well at all, that's rather lucky"

fairly soon Renzoff and Ryoko arrive at the magic well, however Renzoff sees a person at the well

"hmmmm, does that wavemaster look familiar... I think I saw it when we entered or something"

"Hmm? That wavemaster by the spring? Nope, I don't think so, maybe they will join us!"

Ryoko runs off to the spring and taps the wavemaster on the shoulder, and waves cheerfully

"HI! Im Ryoko, do you want to join us? Any help would be loved in this field"

the wavemaster looked up, she is now obviously female and looks kindly at Ryoko

"I see no reason not too, my name is Tsukasa.... And who is your leader of this party?"

Renzoff walks up to Tsukasa

"that would be me, my name is Renzoff, nice to meet you Tsukasa"

Tsukasa stands and gives Renzoff her member address, and is quickly added to the party

"Shall we head for the dungeon and the gott statue my dear ladies?" Renzoff says, bowing like a knight

both the girls giggle and simultaneously agree

Renzoff, Ryoko, and Tsukasa walk down the dungeon, floor after floor they travel, and by the fifth everyone seems slightly worried by the utter lack of monsters.

"this is weird, not a monster at all" says Renzoff eventually

"yeah, this is creepy.... I'm using a fairy orb to make sure we are not insane or lucky" says Ryoko

*Ryoko uses the orb and almost sighs in relief as she sees a magic gate at the end of the floor*

The party advances carefully towars the portal and it fluctuates showing a Stone Mountain, a new level 98 monster. It inherently carries physical tolerance.

Renzoff looks at it calmly. Ryoko and Tsukasa shudder a bit since they have never seen this creature before.

"Okay...Tsukasa and Ryoko, use Wooden elemental spells if you can, if not then use other spells. Status spells are going to be useless for this. I will draw it's attention and use banes on it until it's physical tolerance breaks." Says Renzoff

Tsukasa nods since magic was her specialty and Ryoko also begins casting.

"Magic...so boring!" Ryoko said as she changed her gear slightly to have a good wood spell.

Renzoff runs using his enhanced twin blade speed towards the monster and jumps onto it's head almost teasingly. The girls laughed a little at this but continued to prepare their spells.

Tsukasa began channeling energy though her staff to cast Krake Pha and a green glow surrounds her.

"MeJuk Kruz" Ryoko said casting the wooden converge spell on the Stone mountain causing some damage. Ryoko prepared to cast another spell.

"Come on big boy, what you got?" Renzoff snickered and he threw a knight's bane and a beast's bane onto it negating its tolerances.

The Stone Mountain swung its arms at its head making Renzoff obligated to move, but Renzoff moves a little to slow and flies into a wall taking off a fourth of his HP.

Ryoko notices the physical tolerance is gone and runs over to start attacking with melee.

"Krake Pha!" Tsukasa yelled and a forest full of blazing leaves shoots up around the sand mountain causing some big damage. Tsukasa prepared to cast the spell again as Ryoko dived at it with her axe. Renzoff gets up and barely dodges the Stone Mountains attack going into the wall.

"Hya!!!!" Ryoko shouted and struck with her axe towards the Stone Mountain's head diverting attention from Renzoff. The Stone Mountain lifted its arm to come crashing down on Ryoko...Ryoko is unable to move.

A flash flies by and Ryoko appears out of harm's way in Renzoff's arms. Renzoff had used a speed charm to increase his speed allowing him to prevent Ryoko from taking damage.

"Krake Pha!" Tsukasa yelled and Krake appeared again causing more magical damage to the Mountain King.

"Okay everyone watch out...Infinity Vortex!"

Renzoff's twinblades begin to glow, one white and one black as he loses control of his body again, and spins around in a circle and flies in the air. At his peak height his body angles downwards at the enemy, his body spins rapidly, creating a vortex as he dives at the enemy as if freefalling. Renzoff lands on the Sand Mountain's head again and makes it swat at it's own head. This time the Mountain King damages itself and the winblades finish charging. Renzoff jumps down to the now unguarded front of the monster and finishes the battle with Ryoko as they both attack once more.

"YAY!", shouts Ryoko as she hugs Renzoff in joy and they both jump in happiness of defeating the amazingly though opponent. Renzoff blushes in his nature of being of being really shy and Ryoko lets go when she sees this, giggling with Tsukasa.

"oh stop it girls.... I'm just really shy" Renzoff says, a bit pink in his cheeks still "I bet the gott statue is past this guy"

Renzoff walks into the room, followed by the two girls, inside sits a wavemaster slumped over his staff, water is apparent on the ground

"oh my.... Are you alright?" Tsukasa moves over to the wavemaster and touches his shoulder, Renzoff sees the cloak and staff, and the memory of the Azure Flame floods into his mind

"Tsukasa, watch out, he's dangerous and hates to be touched!" Renzoff screams

the wavemaster turns as soon as Tsukasa touches her and looks at her in anger, but a second later begins to blush and turns away, he stands up clumsily and grabs a sprite ocarina, disappearing

"huh, dangerous? I didn't see anything of the sort.... He reminded me of... oh never mind" Tsukasa says, brushing her hair aside nervously, "but how is he dangerous?"

Renzoff sat and begin to speak "I met him in a protected field... I tried to protect him from a guardian..... but the second I touched him he glowed at me in anger and made these evil leech things appear on me, they sent terrifying images into my mind...."

Ryoko walked up to the chest and grabbed a new high level axe "AWEEEE! My lucky day! A new axe for me! I have to party with you again Renzoff, you much be lucky for me, and I could enjoy making you blush *giggles*" goodbye for now, dinner is ready!

Ryoko uses a sprite ocerena and disappears

"if you see that wavemaster again... please tell me, I want to see him again, see if he might just be what I think he is" says Tsukasa as she exits the room and disbands from the party

(might as well go see if Taya is at Mac Anu yet...)

*Renzoff uses a sprite ocerena and exits the dungeon, then logs out back to Omega and then goes to Mac Anu*

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how will things go when Renzoff sees Taya? And will she even be found? R+R and suggest if you wish