A/N: Eep, I finally gave into my strong over whelming urge to write an Elk/Kite fic...^^; Yeah yeah I knew it would happen eventually... But yeah. I don't own .Hack//anything or the characters... ^^; If I did the story would have been quite a bit fluffier with lots of Elk/Kite moments. Actually screw the plot gimme shounen ai. *Snicker* Okie, maybe that's a bit much... But you get my point right? ^.~ Oh and, I haven't the slightest clue as to what the flash messages say in the actual game... As I'm always the one sending them. I wish Elk would send me one. *Pouts* Also, I don't even know if you can ignore them... But lets' pretend you can, mmmkay? BTW, was anyone else annoyed as hell, when Elk's response was all... Not... "I love you! Thank you sooooooo much!!!" When you give him aromatic grass?! *Sigh* Oh well. ^_^ He's so cute, you can't be mad at him... O.o; And yeah there's the ending of my rambling this chapter. Oh, one last thing... This takes place some time during //Mutation. Why? Because the Carmina Gadelica scenery is much more romantic than Mac Anu or Dun Loireag.
Chapter One
"Flash Mail... Flash Mail.... Message from Kite.... 'Want to join my party?' Flash Mail.... Flash Mail...." The familiar blinking words flashed before my eyes... The message I had been avoiding for at least a week. Actually I had been kind of avoiding the world in general. I mean what if I ignored his request, and then he spotted me? That would be one of the most awkward situations I'd been in a long while. And believe me I was the prince of awkward situations. I could see it now... "Hey, Elk!?! Why didn't you respond? I mean, you aren't avoiding me are you?" And I would be startled and blink at him looking like a total idiot. However that wasn't going to happen, right? Wrong.
I wasn't exactly sure why he kept sending me those Flash Mails... I mean, out of all the member addresses he had to collected I had to be the most useless and lost cause out of them. I knew I caused Kite and Mia as well as anyone else they brought along, a lot of trouble when my character died.
Ironically caught up in my own thoughts, I didn't see or notice as the familiar figure crept up behind me. "Elk! I've been looking for you. You must have just logged on, or been away from your terminal... You look out of it." It was Kite's pleasantly teasing voice and I turned around looking at the Twin Blade.
"Umm.... Yeah... What was it you wanted?"
"Well, Mistral found this area that has a really high level Wavemaster weapon in the Gott Statue... But the level's pretty high and she already has a high level weapon... So I thought you'd come with me instead?"
I had been trying to avoid something like this... But there was no way I would be able to decline a request from Kite while he was standing right in front of me. "Um... Okay," came my usual timid response. "Who else is coming?" I asked looking around uncertainly. I half hoped he was bringing Mia or BlackRose... Somebody else to cover for me if I died or something...
Kite shrugged, "Whoever else is on... :) Hold on lemme send out Flash Mail." I nodded, my hand relaxing it's hold on my staff, letting the tip hit the ground. He blinked, his face expressing his confusion, "No response... Not from anyone. Not even BlackRose or Piros..." He said, but shrugged it off. "At least I've got you... I really wouldn't want to go alone. The level's pretty high."
I shook my head giving him a meek look... At least he had me? Heh, he might as well gone alone. His optimism wasn't having an effect on me in the least, "But all I can do is heal and some low level magic! Not enough for a high level place! We'll never survive!" Why couldn't Mia have been on? Anyone... Even Marlo as much as I (And I'm sure Kite feels the same way) dislike him would have been a good addition.
"Yes we will! :) If you just hang back and use magic or heal while I attack we'll be fine. Have some confidence in our skills will you? ;)" He said, smiling cheerfully. "I'm going to go unload my stuff for the dungeon... BRB." With that he ran off, towards Elf's Haven leaving me alone and feeling not the least bit better about the situation. He had to be delusional. My character always died at least once! I knew I should check my inventory but I was to distressed... What if there was a Data Bug in there? You could never be sure... And then were were we going to be? Of course Kite-kun could Data Drain it... But it's not like I have unlimited SP! I did have a few Artisan's Souls... But otherwise... I sighed, shaking me head as I watched the green haired boy running back towards me. Worrying wasn't going to do us any good.
"So... You ready Elk? You have anywhere you need to go first?" He asked meeting my gaze, his usual friendly smile playing with his lips. It wasn't until he asked me again that I realized I was staring at him, and still hadn't responded. "Elk?"
"I.. Uh... Um... Yeah, I'm ready," I said although I wasn't sure if I was. I should have bought some scrolls or something...
"Okay," He said, heading off towards the Chaos gate and selecting the Key Words, me not to far behind. It was a rare jungle type field, which made it more convienant as the boundaries were set. Althouh I didn't see the point, he stopped and snatched every single Piney Apple, insisting it was for a good cause... He liked raising those Gruntys, I supposed as he won yet another battle in the field. He hadn't needed me to cast Ol Repth on him yet... He really was good at this, even without that braclet.
We finally entered the dungeon leaving behind the grassy scenery of the jungle field and entering the dark upper level of the dungeon. The battles were about the same, Kite doing pretty well, and only needing to be healed every so often, leaving me plently of SP to spare.
As Kite's twin blades encountered more barrels revealing more scrolls and items, he began to give them to me, to free up space... This only succeeded in reminding me of the time when I'd begged for that weird bracelet of his, in hopes to gain Mia's attention. She was my first real friend... Probably my only one. I mean Kite didn't consider me a friend, did he? And even if he did, what kind of friend was I avoiding his Flash Mail and all.
In the next room, we encountered a rather large high level Ogre and Kite winced at the sight of it. I wasn't sure whether that was because of it's supreame ugliness, or because it wasat least several levels above Kite. Anyways, he lunged at the Ogre, slashing non stop, until it vanished in defeat. "Good job, Kite!" I said, smiling at the boy who was looking rather proud of himself. But who could blame him? If I could defeat something like that... Well I'd be above proud... Of course my lack of hard core dedication to "The World" probably had something to do with that...
A few levels down we reached the Gott statue, and Kite received two Grunt Dolls as well as Great Elite wand. He approached me, and then to my surprise offered the staff to me! "But... Mistral... I thought...Umm..."
He shook his head, green locks swishing, "I thought I said that she already had a high level weapon! It's a gift, you wouldn't want to turn me down." He said laughing, as he once again held out the staff. Teneively I accepted, "I.. I... Uhm... Thank you... Thank you, Kite." My finger wrapped around the new item as I unequiped my previous one, and equiped the level 20 weapon.
"Glad you like it," He said smiply, before we headed back into the dungeon. "There's one last room... And I'm betting there's a high level monster in it, Elk... Ready?" He cast a glance back at me, who as usual was lagging behind... I wasn't nearly as fast at Kite. He entered the room, and charged at the magic portal, giving battle commands as he did so, "Elk, First Aid!" He said, slashing at the creature. It's name was scrambled, and I couldn't recognize it... And yet it wasn't a Data Bug, that much I was sure of.
I backed away from the battle, abandoning my proir thoughts as I watched his HP gauge.... I wasn't about to let him down this time. If I failed there was no one to cover for me, and who knows how many resurects Kite had brought with him.. I should have asked.
The boy repeatedly swung ignoring the damage he was taking, as he became shrouded in crimson flames. The creature was obviously of a fire element, and was effective at depleting Kite's HP to just a little above half. He was relying on me to heal him... It was apparent because his assault on the creature never faltered, even when his HP was dangerously low. "Ol Repth!" I designated my healing skill on Kite, as I was to far away from the scene to experience it myself, not that I needed it. He continued to attack, slowly but surely running the monster's hit points lower and lower.
Slash, dodge... Swing, magic... And... I had made a big mistake. I'd actually been watching Kite attack rather than his HP gauge. And his HP had dimished completely... I nervously began flipping through my inventory, praying to whatever god was out there that I had a ressurect. However, the god's don't seem to like me very much. Not at all in fact. Not one dratted resurect! And I didn't have the ability to ressurect with me equiped on my head armor.... This was really not good.
End.
A/N: ^^; I think Elk is a little OC... O.o; Kite probably is too. ^^ Oh well, tell me what you think! ^_^
Chapter One
"Flash Mail... Flash Mail.... Message from Kite.... 'Want to join my party?' Flash Mail.... Flash Mail...." The familiar blinking words flashed before my eyes... The message I had been avoiding for at least a week. Actually I had been kind of avoiding the world in general. I mean what if I ignored his request, and then he spotted me? That would be one of the most awkward situations I'd been in a long while. And believe me I was the prince of awkward situations. I could see it now... "Hey, Elk!?! Why didn't you respond? I mean, you aren't avoiding me are you?" And I would be startled and blink at him looking like a total idiot. However that wasn't going to happen, right? Wrong.
I wasn't exactly sure why he kept sending me those Flash Mails... I mean, out of all the member addresses he had to collected I had to be the most useless and lost cause out of them. I knew I caused Kite and Mia as well as anyone else they brought along, a lot of trouble when my character died.
Ironically caught up in my own thoughts, I didn't see or notice as the familiar figure crept up behind me. "Elk! I've been looking for you. You must have just logged on, or been away from your terminal... You look out of it." It was Kite's pleasantly teasing voice and I turned around looking at the Twin Blade.
"Umm.... Yeah... What was it you wanted?"
"Well, Mistral found this area that has a really high level Wavemaster weapon in the Gott Statue... But the level's pretty high and she already has a high level weapon... So I thought you'd come with me instead?"
I had been trying to avoid something like this... But there was no way I would be able to decline a request from Kite while he was standing right in front of me. "Um... Okay," came my usual timid response. "Who else is coming?" I asked looking around uncertainly. I half hoped he was bringing Mia or BlackRose... Somebody else to cover for me if I died or something...
Kite shrugged, "Whoever else is on... :) Hold on lemme send out Flash Mail." I nodded, my hand relaxing it's hold on my staff, letting the tip hit the ground. He blinked, his face expressing his confusion, "No response... Not from anyone. Not even BlackRose or Piros..." He said, but shrugged it off. "At least I've got you... I really wouldn't want to go alone. The level's pretty high."
I shook my head giving him a meek look... At least he had me? Heh, he might as well gone alone. His optimism wasn't having an effect on me in the least, "But all I can do is heal and some low level magic! Not enough for a high level place! We'll never survive!" Why couldn't Mia have been on? Anyone... Even Marlo as much as I (And I'm sure Kite feels the same way) dislike him would have been a good addition.
"Yes we will! :) If you just hang back and use magic or heal while I attack we'll be fine. Have some confidence in our skills will you? ;)" He said, smiling cheerfully. "I'm going to go unload my stuff for the dungeon... BRB." With that he ran off, towards Elf's Haven leaving me alone and feeling not the least bit better about the situation. He had to be delusional. My character always died at least once! I knew I should check my inventory but I was to distressed... What if there was a Data Bug in there? You could never be sure... And then were were we going to be? Of course Kite-kun could Data Drain it... But it's not like I have unlimited SP! I did have a few Artisan's Souls... But otherwise... I sighed, shaking me head as I watched the green haired boy running back towards me. Worrying wasn't going to do us any good.
"So... You ready Elk? You have anywhere you need to go first?" He asked meeting my gaze, his usual friendly smile playing with his lips. It wasn't until he asked me again that I realized I was staring at him, and still hadn't responded. "Elk?"
"I.. Uh... Um... Yeah, I'm ready," I said although I wasn't sure if I was. I should have bought some scrolls or something...
"Okay," He said, heading off towards the Chaos gate and selecting the Key Words, me not to far behind. It was a rare jungle type field, which made it more convienant as the boundaries were set. Althouh I didn't see the point, he stopped and snatched every single Piney Apple, insisting it was for a good cause... He liked raising those Gruntys, I supposed as he won yet another battle in the field. He hadn't needed me to cast Ol Repth on him yet... He really was good at this, even without that braclet.
We finally entered the dungeon leaving behind the grassy scenery of the jungle field and entering the dark upper level of the dungeon. The battles were about the same, Kite doing pretty well, and only needing to be healed every so often, leaving me plently of SP to spare.
As Kite's twin blades encountered more barrels revealing more scrolls and items, he began to give them to me, to free up space... This only succeeded in reminding me of the time when I'd begged for that weird bracelet of his, in hopes to gain Mia's attention. She was my first real friend... Probably my only one. I mean Kite didn't consider me a friend, did he? And even if he did, what kind of friend was I avoiding his Flash Mail and all.
In the next room, we encountered a rather large high level Ogre and Kite winced at the sight of it. I wasn't sure whether that was because of it's supreame ugliness, or because it wasat least several levels above Kite. Anyways, he lunged at the Ogre, slashing non stop, until it vanished in defeat. "Good job, Kite!" I said, smiling at the boy who was looking rather proud of himself. But who could blame him? If I could defeat something like that... Well I'd be above proud... Of course my lack of hard core dedication to "The World" probably had something to do with that...
A few levels down we reached the Gott statue, and Kite received two Grunt Dolls as well as Great Elite wand. He approached me, and then to my surprise offered the staff to me! "But... Mistral... I thought...Umm..."
He shook his head, green locks swishing, "I thought I said that she already had a high level weapon! It's a gift, you wouldn't want to turn me down." He said laughing, as he once again held out the staff. Teneively I accepted, "I.. I... Uhm... Thank you... Thank you, Kite." My finger wrapped around the new item as I unequiped my previous one, and equiped the level 20 weapon.
"Glad you like it," He said smiply, before we headed back into the dungeon. "There's one last room... And I'm betting there's a high level monster in it, Elk... Ready?" He cast a glance back at me, who as usual was lagging behind... I wasn't nearly as fast at Kite. He entered the room, and charged at the magic portal, giving battle commands as he did so, "Elk, First Aid!" He said, slashing at the creature. It's name was scrambled, and I couldn't recognize it... And yet it wasn't a Data Bug, that much I was sure of.
I backed away from the battle, abandoning my proir thoughts as I watched his HP gauge.... I wasn't about to let him down this time. If I failed there was no one to cover for me, and who knows how many resurects Kite had brought with him.. I should have asked.
The boy repeatedly swung ignoring the damage he was taking, as he became shrouded in crimson flames. The creature was obviously of a fire element, and was effective at depleting Kite's HP to just a little above half. He was relying on me to heal him... It was apparent because his assault on the creature never faltered, even when his HP was dangerously low. "Ol Repth!" I designated my healing skill on Kite, as I was to far away from the scene to experience it myself, not that I needed it. He continued to attack, slowly but surely running the monster's hit points lower and lower.
Slash, dodge... Swing, magic... And... I had made a big mistake. I'd actually been watching Kite attack rather than his HP gauge. And his HP had dimished completely... I nervously began flipping through my inventory, praying to whatever god was out there that I had a ressurect. However, the god's don't seem to like me very much. Not at all in fact. Not one dratted resurect! And I didn't have the ability to ressurect with me equiped on my head armor.... This was really not good.
End.
A/N: ^^; I think Elk is a little OC... O.o; Kite probably is too. ^^ Oh well, tell me what you think! ^_^