Chapter 2
Phoenix looked around the green fields, his mind not really grasping anything but the white woman he had just seen. He took one last look around the field before logging out of the world and removing his headset.
"It was so.... Weird!" He whispered to his friend the next day, half way through their boring maths class. "She was just there one minute and not another." He looked back at the blackboard, seeing his teacher writing on it and sighed.
"Meet me on there tonight, I'll flashmail you." His friend whispered as he picked up a pen and started to copy down what the teacher was writing.
When he started up 'the world' he quickly checked the message boards, scanning for anything to do with this 'white woman' as he had started to refer to her. After searching for almost an hour he gave up with a loud sigh and picked up the headset, logging into the world.
The trademark golden rings of a character entering the world descended from the heavens before settling in front of a river. Immediately he noticed the flashing letter, signalling a flashmail, and opened it up. He scanned the contents immediately, reading the keywords he had only just used yesterday.
"You sure he'll show?" A female turned around, leaning heavily on a golden staff she held in her hands. She had pink hair which was pulled behind her head in 2 long pig tails and her long, baggy, pale yellow outfit was decorated with random orange shapes.
"If I said he will come he will come." A dark haired man turned around, sword resting on his shoulder as he looked at her. His blood red outfit was slashed with lines of black; the top having no sleeves what so ever.
The two characters were standing next to a windmill, the wind blowing its fans slowly, in a huge green field. Trees were scattered around the area and there was even a small lake. A few metres away 3 golden rings descended from the sky and started to disappear.
"That's probably him now." The red clothed man moved a few steps away from the windmill and watched as Phoenix stepped through the golden rings. "Yo dude. Over here!" He started to shout as he waved a hand, aiming to get the twinblade's attention.
"James?" Phoenix asked as he reached the dark haired blademaster.
"Dude the name's Kurenai in here..."
"Sorry," Phoenix looked around and spotted the pink haired wavemaster. He moved closer to Kurenai and whispered. "Dude who is that?"
"That's Sycho, she's a wavemaster."
"I know that, but why is she here?" Phoenix waved a hand at Sycho, smiling briefly before turning his attention back on Kurenai.
"She's here because I've known her for a while and trust her, she probably knows more about Aura than anyone else."
"Aura?" This time Phoenix's voice was louder than a whisper, his face slightly screwed up in confusion.
"Yes Aura, the mysterious white woman you, according to your friend, keep going on about." Sycho moved away from the windmill and stood near the other two. Her voice was flat, almost emotionless if it hadn't been for the hint of eagerness you would of thought her a robot.
"That was Aura...? Wait, that still doesn't mean anything." He smiled half heartedly, "I'm sorry but what do you know about her?"
"She has been here as long as the game itself, there isn't any positive facts though. Most of what anyone knows is all rumour, that or lies..."
"So do you know anything?" Phoenix asked, desperation in his voice, "She told me that I was the only one that could do something... What am I supposed to do!" He sat down heavily on the grass and looked around. "Sorry."
Sycho frowned at him for a second, then took on a 'know it all' pose. Her nose was slightly pointed towards the sky and she spoke to him like a teacher to a misbehaved student.
"I do know that the last time she was seen, many people ended up in a coma whilst logged in. 'The world' was almost destroyed..."
Phoenix's eyes widened slightly, and he whispered.
"All that because of one woman?"
"No, all that was stopped because of one woman. Apparently she gave some kid a one of a kind item, with it he was able to stop what was happening..."
As she spoke she looked at him, her eyes darting over his body.
"She didn't give me anything if that's what your thinking.... At least I don't think she did." He smiled weakly and shrugged. "So I must've dreamed it..."
"I don't think you did somehow... maybe its different or something. Who knows its all guesses in the first place." Sycho sat down on the grass and looked at the sky frowning. "Listen, I have to get going for a bit. There's someone else I have to meet.." Without waiting for an answer the golden rings descended and she left them standing there.
Phoenix looked around the green fields, his mind not really grasping anything but the white woman he had just seen. He took one last look around the field before logging out of the world and removing his headset.
"It was so.... Weird!" He whispered to his friend the next day, half way through their boring maths class. "She was just there one minute and not another." He looked back at the blackboard, seeing his teacher writing on it and sighed.
"Meet me on there tonight, I'll flashmail you." His friend whispered as he picked up a pen and started to copy down what the teacher was writing.
When he started up 'the world' he quickly checked the message boards, scanning for anything to do with this 'white woman' as he had started to refer to her. After searching for almost an hour he gave up with a loud sigh and picked up the headset, logging into the world.
The trademark golden rings of a character entering the world descended from the heavens before settling in front of a river. Immediately he noticed the flashing letter, signalling a flashmail, and opened it up. He scanned the contents immediately, reading the keywords he had only just used yesterday.
"You sure he'll show?" A female turned around, leaning heavily on a golden staff she held in her hands. She had pink hair which was pulled behind her head in 2 long pig tails and her long, baggy, pale yellow outfit was decorated with random orange shapes.
"If I said he will come he will come." A dark haired man turned around, sword resting on his shoulder as he looked at her. His blood red outfit was slashed with lines of black; the top having no sleeves what so ever.
The two characters were standing next to a windmill, the wind blowing its fans slowly, in a huge green field. Trees were scattered around the area and there was even a small lake. A few metres away 3 golden rings descended from the sky and started to disappear.
"That's probably him now." The red clothed man moved a few steps away from the windmill and watched as Phoenix stepped through the golden rings. "Yo dude. Over here!" He started to shout as he waved a hand, aiming to get the twinblade's attention.
"James?" Phoenix asked as he reached the dark haired blademaster.
"Dude the name's Kurenai in here..."
"Sorry," Phoenix looked around and spotted the pink haired wavemaster. He moved closer to Kurenai and whispered. "Dude who is that?"
"That's Sycho, she's a wavemaster."
"I know that, but why is she here?" Phoenix waved a hand at Sycho, smiling briefly before turning his attention back on Kurenai.
"She's here because I've known her for a while and trust her, she probably knows more about Aura than anyone else."
"Aura?" This time Phoenix's voice was louder than a whisper, his face slightly screwed up in confusion.
"Yes Aura, the mysterious white woman you, according to your friend, keep going on about." Sycho moved away from the windmill and stood near the other two. Her voice was flat, almost emotionless if it hadn't been for the hint of eagerness you would of thought her a robot.
"That was Aura...? Wait, that still doesn't mean anything." He smiled half heartedly, "I'm sorry but what do you know about her?"
"She has been here as long as the game itself, there isn't any positive facts though. Most of what anyone knows is all rumour, that or lies..."
"So do you know anything?" Phoenix asked, desperation in his voice, "She told me that I was the only one that could do something... What am I supposed to do!" He sat down heavily on the grass and looked around. "Sorry."
Sycho frowned at him for a second, then took on a 'know it all' pose. Her nose was slightly pointed towards the sky and she spoke to him like a teacher to a misbehaved student.
"I do know that the last time she was seen, many people ended up in a coma whilst logged in. 'The world' was almost destroyed..."
Phoenix's eyes widened slightly, and he whispered.
"All that because of one woman?"
"No, all that was stopped because of one woman. Apparently she gave some kid a one of a kind item, with it he was able to stop what was happening..."
As she spoke she looked at him, her eyes darting over his body.
"She didn't give me anything if that's what your thinking.... At least I don't think she did." He smiled weakly and shrugged. "So I must've dreamed it..."
"I don't think you did somehow... maybe its different or something. Who knows its all guesses in the first place." Sycho sat down on the grass and looked at the sky frowning. "Listen, I have to get going for a bit. There's someone else I have to meet.." Without waiting for an answer the golden rings descended and she left them standing there.