Not so Digital
A/N: Gahh, it's been forever... I know, I'm uber uberly sorry... I just... stopped playing .Hack in the middle of the third game.... I dunno why, but I did, or at least I can't remember why, but it doesn't really matter... Gahh... I'm sooooorrrryyy... I'm such a bad person.. ::Sniffle:: How am I ever going to become a real writer if I can't even finish a Fanfic? Gahhh... ::sob:: I need motivation.. anybody know of any pretty Elk/Kite fanartttt? That could be motivating. ;D
Chapter Four
A week later, I was fondly reminded of the ride with Kite by the E-mail I received inviting me to the race. Apparently the Twin Blade had actually made it past the three entrance races to see who would be in the final match... Maybe riding around the planes saving Wave Masters really did pay off, I thought a small smile creeping onto my face.
I reread the E-mail, before following it's instructions of logging into the newest server... An odd place for a race to be held if you were to ask me, but then again nobody was... Nobody ever had either. I sighed, once again my negativity taking over... But this wasn't the time nor the place to be all depressed... Kite was going o race here! He needed all of the encouragement and support that I could muster up... Besides he'd said himself he wasn't that experienced, which made me absentmindedly wonder why he would even bother doing this... Maybe as a break from the world, which I'd already told him he needed... Kite needed to have some fun like the rest of us.... Just because for some mysterious reason he had been chosen to be the bearer of the bracelet... It wasn't fair he had to be the only one who missed out.
Shaking those thoughts from my mind I looked out into the city...The city that was always dark. It was absolutely packed with people... So, yea, I knew it was a race everyone knew about... But still, I hadn't been expecting to have to shift through crowds looking for any familiar face I could cling too. My first thought was to find Kite, but the race would be starting soon so that was obviously out of the question.
My next thought was Mia, but it was doubtful that she was even here... Besides, her strange character design would have been easy to spot... and spotting it I was not. "Elk! There you are! Kite was worried you weren't gonna make it!" Black Rose's peppy voice caused me to spin around in a rather klutzy circle before spotting her with the usual cheery grin on her face.
"Kite... was worried?" I blinked, confusedly... Why would Kite care all that much if I showed up or not? I mean after all, we weren't like the best of friends... Not like him and Black Rose or anything... In the beginning I'd been extremely jealous and wanted that cursed bracelet from him... So why would he care? And to actually want me around... I was shocked, and in that state I allowed Black Rose to pull me to the front of the crowd, where we saw Kite atop his rearing Grunty.
"Kiiiteee!!! We're hereee!" Black Rose exclaimed waving her hand in the air and cheering excitedly. Kite glanced over, and a huge smile lit up his entire face as he gave us thumbs up before refocusing his attention on the flag that would signal when it was time to go.
"How important is this race anyways?" I asked glancing up into Black Rose's large crimson eyes. The girl shrugged her small shoulders, "I'm not sure... But it's the first race that so many people have bothered to come to, and Kite seemed really jazzed up over it... But, oohhh, it's starting!" She nearly squealed at the flag waved and the players were off.
Kite's vivid green-blue eyes were narrowed in concentration as his body went up and down with the motions of the running Grunty... He was hunched forwards, pushing with all his will as he passed several players. Kite was IfastI.
"He might just win," Black Rose said, though she didn't look as surprised as she sounded... She had faith in Kite, anyone could tell just by how she acted around him... She'd follow his orders anytime, because she could trust him. Everyone could trust Kite. He didn't hurt people.
As the racers neared the end, you could tell Kite was trying to hard to get past the final competitors... He was so close when they crossed the lien I honestly couldn't tell who had won... And frankly it didn't matter because Kite fell right off of his Grunty collapsing onto the cold hard ground.
"Kite!" I yelped and Black Rose and myself shoved our way through to his side. He had a giddy smile on his face, his childish nature showing as he help up a small trophy with a golden grunty on the top. "I won." Was all he said as he grinned up at us... And we both smiled back, Black Rose's smile easy going and amused, and my own tentative as always... Why couldn't I be like them and just relax around people? Why was it that I was scared to be friends with anyone but Mia?
"...Uhh...Congratulations..." I said offering Kite a hand up which he quickly took, using my body to pull himself to his feet. ((Teehee that sounds swell... ;D))
"Thanks!" Kite said grinning, "I have to go get my prize now though... How about I meet you guys over at the ledge?" He pointed all the way near the Chaos Gate to the small wall that kept players from falling into the beautiful ocean that lay below...
We both nodded and started off in that direction but when we reached the Chaos Gate, Black Rose stopped and smiled sadly. "I think I'm going to go... After all, Kite really meant for you to stay."
"...Umm... Black Rose? What are you talking about?" I inquired, confusion filling me. Why would Kite want her, the girl he was closest to, to go away, while I the useless Wave Master to stay behind?
She smiled, "You'll see soon enough, why he wanted to win this race so badly." And with those words she logged out, leaving me alone with my thoughts. What was she talking about...?
A/N: Dun dun dun!!! What is Black Rose talking about? What does she know that Elk doesn't? And what is that prize that Kite wanted to badly? XD Wanna find out? Review!!!
A/N: Gahh, it's been forever... I know, I'm uber uberly sorry... I just... stopped playing .Hack in the middle of the third game.... I dunno why, but I did, or at least I can't remember why, but it doesn't really matter... Gahh... I'm sooooorrrryyy... I'm such a bad person.. ::Sniffle:: How am I ever going to become a real writer if I can't even finish a Fanfic? Gahhh... ::sob:: I need motivation.. anybody know of any pretty Elk/Kite fanartttt? That could be motivating. ;D
Chapter Four
A week later, I was fondly reminded of the ride with Kite by the E-mail I received inviting me to the race. Apparently the Twin Blade had actually made it past the three entrance races to see who would be in the final match... Maybe riding around the planes saving Wave Masters really did pay off, I thought a small smile creeping onto my face.
I reread the E-mail, before following it's instructions of logging into the newest server... An odd place for a race to be held if you were to ask me, but then again nobody was... Nobody ever had either. I sighed, once again my negativity taking over... But this wasn't the time nor the place to be all depressed... Kite was going o race here! He needed all of the encouragement and support that I could muster up... Besides he'd said himself he wasn't that experienced, which made me absentmindedly wonder why he would even bother doing this... Maybe as a break from the world, which I'd already told him he needed... Kite needed to have some fun like the rest of us.... Just because for some mysterious reason he had been chosen to be the bearer of the bracelet... It wasn't fair he had to be the only one who missed out.
Shaking those thoughts from my mind I looked out into the city...The city that was always dark. It was absolutely packed with people... So, yea, I knew it was a race everyone knew about... But still, I hadn't been expecting to have to shift through crowds looking for any familiar face I could cling too. My first thought was to find Kite, but the race would be starting soon so that was obviously out of the question.
My next thought was Mia, but it was doubtful that she was even here... Besides, her strange character design would have been easy to spot... and spotting it I was not. "Elk! There you are! Kite was worried you weren't gonna make it!" Black Rose's peppy voice caused me to spin around in a rather klutzy circle before spotting her with the usual cheery grin on her face.
"Kite... was worried?" I blinked, confusedly... Why would Kite care all that much if I showed up or not? I mean after all, we weren't like the best of friends... Not like him and Black Rose or anything... In the beginning I'd been extremely jealous and wanted that cursed bracelet from him... So why would he care? And to actually want me around... I was shocked, and in that state I allowed Black Rose to pull me to the front of the crowd, where we saw Kite atop his rearing Grunty.
"Kiiiteee!!! We're hereee!" Black Rose exclaimed waving her hand in the air and cheering excitedly. Kite glanced over, and a huge smile lit up his entire face as he gave us thumbs up before refocusing his attention on the flag that would signal when it was time to go.
"How important is this race anyways?" I asked glancing up into Black Rose's large crimson eyes. The girl shrugged her small shoulders, "I'm not sure... But it's the first race that so many people have bothered to come to, and Kite seemed really jazzed up over it... But, oohhh, it's starting!" She nearly squealed at the flag waved and the players were off.
Kite's vivid green-blue eyes were narrowed in concentration as his body went up and down with the motions of the running Grunty... He was hunched forwards, pushing with all his will as he passed several players. Kite was IfastI.
"He might just win," Black Rose said, though she didn't look as surprised as she sounded... She had faith in Kite, anyone could tell just by how she acted around him... She'd follow his orders anytime, because she could trust him. Everyone could trust Kite. He didn't hurt people.
As the racers neared the end, you could tell Kite was trying to hard to get past the final competitors... He was so close when they crossed the lien I honestly couldn't tell who had won... And frankly it didn't matter because Kite fell right off of his Grunty collapsing onto the cold hard ground.
"Kite!" I yelped and Black Rose and myself shoved our way through to his side. He had a giddy smile on his face, his childish nature showing as he help up a small trophy with a golden grunty on the top. "I won." Was all he said as he grinned up at us... And we both smiled back, Black Rose's smile easy going and amused, and my own tentative as always... Why couldn't I be like them and just relax around people? Why was it that I was scared to be friends with anyone but Mia?
"...Uhh...Congratulations..." I said offering Kite a hand up which he quickly took, using my body to pull himself to his feet. ((Teehee that sounds swell... ;D))
"Thanks!" Kite said grinning, "I have to go get my prize now though... How about I meet you guys over at the ledge?" He pointed all the way near the Chaos Gate to the small wall that kept players from falling into the beautiful ocean that lay below...
We both nodded and started off in that direction but when we reached the Chaos Gate, Black Rose stopped and smiled sadly. "I think I'm going to go... After all, Kite really meant for you to stay."
"...Umm... Black Rose? What are you talking about?" I inquired, confusion filling me. Why would Kite want her, the girl he was closest to, to go away, while I the useless Wave Master to stay behind?
She smiled, "You'll see soon enough, why he wanted to win this race so badly." And with those words she logged out, leaving me alone with my thoughts. What was she talking about...?
A/N: Dun dun dun!!! What is Black Rose talking about? What does she know that Elk doesn't? And what is that prize that Kite wanted to badly? XD Wanna find out? Review!!!