A/N: Kaley: (eyes sparkling with joy) 9!! 9 reviews on the first chapter?! You guys are so awesome!! I'm so happy!!!
Bakura: People actually like this story?! Scary…
Sage: Well, it's more like 8 reviews and one insult but take them as they come right? I'm glad everyone likes the story…so glad in fact that-
Elk: I get to go see Mia?!
Sage:…no…I'm so glad that I'm going to respond to reviews. I usually don't. Anyways, I'll do that now I suppose…
Dark_Fox- Sage: Who doesn't love a good yaoi right? (grins)
Kaley: I dunno if this is that great though…thank you anyway ^_^
Shion Uzuki- Sage: Glad you like it. It's nice to be appreciated sometimes.
Kaley: I like your name!! (runs off to tackle hug Xenosaga characters) I love Xenosaga!! Can't wait for the next one!
Sentoo- Sage:…(slowly reaching for frying pan of doom)
Kaley: Sorry, but this issue drives Sage up the wall…Tsukasa and Elk are two separate people. As this is a MMORPG world, you will run into those who look like you. Example: Orca and Bear, Mimiru and Blackrose. Tsukasa is a female player with a slightly bad attitude towards people (which is understandable). Elk is a shy young boy who has no friends at school who turns to the World to find friendship (Again, can't blame him) And Sage don't kill him! So no, I don't think I am stupid but I do feel that you should err…be a bit more careful with what you say.
Sage: Or else…(sadly puts frying pan away)
Goblin-Goon- Sage: Yep, I know that most people like the joke that Elk is a pothead but really he's not.
Kaley: Yep! He just collects grass for Mia since it reminds her of Tsukasa!
Sage:…(sweatdrop) You're about to blab spoilers again…
Kaley:…(covers mouth)
Sage: Better
Eternal Future- Sage: I agree! We must make more Elk fics! I mean, Kite and Blackrose have thousands so why not him?
Kaley: Hee hee, he's just so cute…shonen-ai is especially cute!!
Asukas-Doll- Sage: Yep, you are correct! Tsukasa and Elk are two separate people. Gender, personality, tattoo thingys…
Kaley: But I swear they have the same voice actor…anyone want to confirm or deny that for me?
Objectivist- Kaley: Really?! It's adorable?! Better then cute?! (hugs)
Sage: Err, yes well…I'm glad to see you like the fic and I hope it will continue to please you. I'll pry Kaley off you now…
Reki Strife- Kaley: .hack digimon crossover? I'll have to look at that…it sounds good! I know about the .hack duskness but I need to go two hours just to get to a halfway decent bookstore!
Sage: We'll do a manga run soon, as Pet Shop of Horrors vol. 3 is out soon, as is Samurai Deeper Kyo and the last vol. of Chobits…
Kaley: Anyways, of course little cute Elk is Uke!!
Elk: (blushes deeply) Kaley…
Kaley: What?! You want to be seme?!
Elk:…no…
Sage: And thanks also for coming to our defense about the Tsukasa/Elk thing. I was actually waiting for someone to say something…
Songstress Lenne of Zanarkand- Kaley: ALL HAIL LORD ELK!!! (Also gives him grass)
Sage: (rolls eyes) Anyways, you think I've got their characters down to a tee huh? Thanks! ^_^ Sometimes it can be hard to write characters out like this…this story's already better then what I thought it'd be. Is the title ok?
Kaley: Yes, one can only wonder what that cute pk wants from Elk…
Sage: As for spelling…(grins) You know me! But I think it's spelled right…it's a math term so I could check later too…(shrugs) anyways, thanks for reading it!
Kaley: That everyone?
Bakura: I hope so!! Damn, 9 people…are you going to do this everytime?!
Sage: (shrugs) Maybe…if they still like the story after this chapter…
Elk: (eyes widened) What do you mean by that?!
Kaley: Read to find out!!!
Bakura: START GAME…I mean…START FIC!!!
Tsukasa looked around the empty field, the empty sky above him shining its empty rays of sunlight down on him. In fact, everything about this field was empty. After roughly an hour of waiting, it had become clear to the Wavemaster that Sora wasn't coming.
"And why do I have to talk to him anyway?" He grumbled. It was Bear's idea. He wanted Sora and Mimiru to kiss and make up (so to speak) about a fight they'd had. It was ruining the teamwork factor of their party. So Bear asked Tsukasa to talk to Sora while he talked to Mimiru. Tsukasa had agreed but now he regretted it. "What a waste of time…" He muttered as he stood, brushing himself off.
After one last look around the field, to make sure Sora wasn't playing some stupid trick on him, the mage sighed and left to go tell Bear that, once again, Sora had stood them up.
Balmung's eyes grew wide and he drew his sword immediately. Elk looked terrified, his body trembling slightly under the twin blade's grasp.
"Unhand him this instant!" Balmung shouted, pointing at Elk with his sword. The twin blade laughed.
"Oh, I'm so scared of the big bad blademaster." He grinned as he pushed his blade closer to Elk's throat. "I don't know what you think you're doing but this is between me and him!" He moved his head until his mouth was right next to Elk's ear. "Isn't that right?" Elk made a strange, frightened noise that caused Balmung's eyes to narrow.
"Stop scaring him! I'm giving you fair warning player killer!" Balmung moved closer to Sora. "If you hurt him then you shall forever regret this day."
"P-please…let g-go of m-me…" Elk begged softly. Sure, it was only a game but that didn't change Elk's feelings towards dying. Nobody liked dying, real life or game life. The man laughed again at Elk's plea.
"But why should I?" His voice was growing more and more excited. "I'm having so much fun with you! I've been waiting out here for an hour you know! I missed a very important date just to get your member address!"
"Then leave now and you can still catch your date." Balmung glared at Elk's captor.
"W-wait…I'll g-give you my address…" Elk muttered sadly.
"Elk, don't!" Balmung yelled. "He'll kill you anyways! Let me handle this! We're friends now remember?" Elk looked up at Balmung, confused but somehow relieved. He even gave the winged man a smile.
"Aw, well isn't that sweet?" Sora grinned. "But I have other things to do so I think Elk and I will leave now!" Golden circles came down around the two and they disappeared. Balmung's hand balled up into a fist and he quickly left the field as well.
When he arrived in town, he saw the briefest figure of Elk and the twin blade going to another field, Elk obviously by force. Balmung barely opened his mouth before the two vanished.
"Damn it no!" Balmung cursed and kicked the wall. Poor Elk was in the hands of a mad player killer and he could do nothing to now to save him. After a few minutes of kicking things and glaring at the chaos gate, Balmung finally leaned against the wall. "Some friend I am…" He tilted his head back and looked up at the night sky above him. "Isn't there anything I can do?" He wondered out loud.
"Actually, there is you know…"
Elk hit the ground hard as the twin blade let go of him. He stood over the boy, smiling and humming cheerful. Elk looked away from him, waiting for the man to impale one of his long blades into him but it didn't come.
"I'm Sora." Elk looked up and saw the twin blade sitting down next to him. "Bedtime is so stupid don't you think?"
"I-I guess…I guess it is…" Elk stared at the man in confusion. What was going on?
"I know…mother thinks I shouldn't play this as much because it cuts into my sleep time." Sora laughed. "Mothers can be so worrisome can't they?"
"Yeah…my mom makes sure my homework's done before I get online…" Elk said, deciding he may as well answer the man's questions. "But she's not home right now so…I got on anyway…"
"Hm, your mother and mine would get along then." Sora smiled. "What grade are you in?"
"Huh? I…" Elk looked away again. Somehow he knew Balmung wouldn't want him talking to a player killer like this. "I don't think it's any of your business…"
"Oh really?" Sora laid down on the ground. "Is that what Fruitypants told you to say?"
"Who?" Elk asked, swiftly turned to see Sora.
"That annoying blademaster…his pants are ridiculous…fruity." Sora shrugged. "So I've decided to call him Fruitypants."
"Oh…" Elk grinned as he got a mental image of what Balmung's face would look like when he heard what Sora had called him. "Well, I don't think he looks silly…"
"Well, you're his friend so of course you'd think that." Sora sighed. "Must be nice to have a friend."
"Don't you have any friends?" Elk asked.
"Nope, I'm all alone." Sora said, sitting back up. "You're nice. I like you."
"What?" This took Elk aback. "Um, um…S-sora…"
"Elk, I like you, want to be friends?" Sora asked, a curious smile on his face.
"Um, um, w-well I…" Elk stared at him. He didn't have any friends…and as a player killer he probably wouldn't make any…if all he wanted was a friend…then… "I guess so…sure, we can be friends…"
"Oh really Elk?!" Sora grinned and grabbed Elk's hand. "C'mon, then let's go to a dungeon together!"
"Wait Sora!" Elk pulled back. "I need to go to Balmung! He must be worried about me…"
"Aww, does Fruitypants have to ruin our fun?" Sora pouted at Elk. "Well, fine then, let me have you member address then ok?" So Elk and Sora exchanged addresses and Elk warped out of the field, just as Balmung and Wiseman warped in. Balmung spotted Sora and ran up to him.
"Where is Elk?!" Balmung yelled as he got to the twin blade.
"Hm, Elk…Elk…I wonder where Elk is?" Sora grinned. "Tell me Fruitypants, are you Elk's friend?"
"Fruity what?!" Balmung yelled angrily. He made a grab at Sora but the green haired man jumped away easily.
"So are you or aren't you?" Sora smirked.
"I came here to save Elk, not to play your stupid games!" Balmung glared at the man.
"Well…I guess you aren't…good thing too." Sora smiled. "By the way, isn't Elk's member address cool looking? I think it is." Balmung's eyes widened.
"He gave it to you?" Balmung asked.
"Hm, gave, yep he gave it to me!" Sora grinned. "Right before he disappeared anyway…poor Elk huh?"
"Disappeared?!" Balmung growled. "You killed him?!"
"Hm, you know you aren't very nice." Sora crossed his arms. "I think I'll leave if you're just going to yell at me!"
"Wait!! You bastard get back here!" Balmung lunged at Sora but Sora jumped back again.
"See you later Fruitypants!" Sora waved as he left the field. Balmung shook with anger as he stabbed his sword into the ground.
"Damn! I didn't get here in time!" Balmung yelled.
"Balmung, Elk isn't really dead you know? I'm sure he'll log back on in a few minutes." Wiseman stated. "It's not like the PK actually killed him."
"But the grass…" Balmung looked down sadly. "He gained two levels in that field and he got grass for Mia…he lost all that and it's my fault…"
"That's not true, they went to a random field. It's hard to track people when they do that. You did the best you could." Wiseman, noting that his words weren't helping, shrugged. "Well, I promised I'd meet with Nuke so I must leave now." He left, leaving Balmung to mope by himself.
"The least I can do is go find something to give Elk…to apologize…" Balmung stood and thought it over. "There's always that dungeon…the treasures there…I know he'll like them…" With that Balmung left, knowing exactly what to do.
Elk looked around the Sigma server. Mia wasn't here either. After checking all the servers and sending a few flash mails, Elk decided Mia wasn't online today. He sighed and decided to store the Aromatic Grass away to give her later. After all, other then giving it to Mia he really didn't have much use for it. He dropped by the Elf's Haven and handed the item over to the man at the counter.
"Oh, your name is Elk correct?" A female voice came from behind. Elk turned and saw, to his surprise, an angel. However, he knew this angel personally.
"Oh…hello…Ryoko right?" Elk said slowly. The girl nodded happily.
"Yes, I was worried that I'd gotten your name wrong." Ryoko smiled at him and readjusted herself. After all, her weapon was bigger then she was so she always needed to fix herself.
"Me too, but I remember your name pretty well." Elk smiled. They had only been to a few dungeons together and were more acquaintances then friends. "So what are you doing?"
"Oh, I need to get a better weapon so I was going to withdraw one…" Ryoko handed her axe over to the man in exchange for, if possible, a larger one. "This dungeon I'm at has beaten me three times today. I think it's my weapon." She smiled again. "What are you doing?"
"Having a very weird day." Elk answered honestly. Ryoko giggled.
"Really? What's so odd about it?" She asked. So Elk told her everything that had happened so far.
"Oh dear, that sounds terrible!" She cried as he told her how Sora had threatened to kill him.
"It was really scary…" Elk agreed. "But I guess…Sora wasn't really that bad after all. He only wanted a friend."
"Yes, friendship can make people do silly things sometimes." Ryoko nodded. "So then you're going to log off now?"
"Maybe…" Elk paused. "I really should do my homework…"
"Oh what kind of homework?" The angelic girl asked.
"Um, it's biology homework…"
"Oh, I'm very good at biology." Ryoko said thoughtfully.
"Really?" Elk looked happy. "Um, d-do you think you could um…help me…a bit?"
"Of course! I should take a break from that dungeon anyway." Ryoko smiled again. "So let's meet up behind the Grunty Farm ok? Bring your work."
"Ok! I'll be back in a few minutes!" Elk logged off to get his work while Ryoko went back behind the Grunty Ranch. She didn't even notice Balmung run by, muttering about grass and grunties…
A/N: Sage: Fingers…hurt…
Kaley: Yay!! Another chapter done! I hope you guys like it…I mean, you gave such good reviews so…
Bakura: Heh, I like this Sora person…he's odd.
Elk: He's weird…but at least my homework will get done!
Kaley: Poor Balmung, he thinks Elk is dead.
Sage: Yes well, anyways, review ok? I hope you guys liked this one…