Disclaimer- none of the characters are mine save for Raven. Pweeeze don't
take him...
CHAPTER 9- POWER HACK
"Tsukasa!!" Subaru cried when she saw him standing there in the snow ahead of her. She did not stop in time to keep from stumbling into him and her momentum nearly toppled them both into the snow. He tensed slightly, but did not reach to steady her. Even with the threat of the assassin prowling through the snow close behind, Subaru keenly felt the new difference in height between her and Tsukasa and felt a pang of sadness for some reason.
Tsukasa held her gaze for an instant, concern on his face. "...be careful," was all he said. Then his features grew serious and he looked past her towards the dark assassin not too far away.
Raven did not know the other man behind Subaru, did not care. All that registered in his mind was that his target had her back to him, an easy opening that his mind could not dismiss. He lunged forwards, swords shining.
Tsukasa's eyes widened and he jumped back away from Subaru and she looked at him in confusion. She did not feel the blades as they penetrated her torso, but she did see the look of horror on Tsukasa's face. Then she could only see blackness.
Tsukasa froze, his mind coming to a stuttering halt. In front of him, Subaru slowly sunk to the ground and greyed out. Her character skin would remain there until she logged back in but to Tsukasa, who saw the World as a real place and not a game, only registered the fact that one of his closest friends was gone.
...and this dark man in front of him was the one responsible.
Raven wiped his blades on his pants and replaced them in their sheaths, not caring in the least about the man standing in front of him. His mission was completed, and that was all. He turned to leave.
A ripple of energy swung out from behind him and Raven turned, bending his body almost parallel to the ground as the arc passed him by above. Looking at the pale man before him he realized that he would not be let alone. With a resigned sigh he brought his swords back out of his belt and said, "This is something that I really have no want to do."
Tsukasa let loose two more attacks, one after the other, with a wave of his hand. He was quite proud of this feat that he had learned with time. The arcs were actually waves of anti-data clusters that bent the reality of the World and could hack into a player's information and push them out of the World without actually hurting them.
All in all, Tsukasa did not enjoy fighting.
Raven easily avoided the first wave but was off-balance after and could not react in time to dodge the second. He let out a cry as the arc passed through him, his form instantly turned back into the binary that kept him in the World...
...but then it stopped, and Raven stumbled and glared at Tsukasa in anger. He was still in the World.
Tsukasa's eyes widened. This assassin was no normal player. "What are you?" Confused and a bit frightened, Tsukasa fled back to the Church of Twilight to work out what had gone wrong.
Raven stood there in the snow, alone, also wondering. No player he knew of could actually directly twist another player's base code before. He shook his head and began walking back the way he came.
CHAPTER 9- POWER HACK
"Tsukasa!!" Subaru cried when she saw him standing there in the snow ahead of her. She did not stop in time to keep from stumbling into him and her momentum nearly toppled them both into the snow. He tensed slightly, but did not reach to steady her. Even with the threat of the assassin prowling through the snow close behind, Subaru keenly felt the new difference in height between her and Tsukasa and felt a pang of sadness for some reason.
Tsukasa held her gaze for an instant, concern on his face. "...be careful," was all he said. Then his features grew serious and he looked past her towards the dark assassin not too far away.
Raven did not know the other man behind Subaru, did not care. All that registered in his mind was that his target had her back to him, an easy opening that his mind could not dismiss. He lunged forwards, swords shining.
Tsukasa's eyes widened and he jumped back away from Subaru and she looked at him in confusion. She did not feel the blades as they penetrated her torso, but she did see the look of horror on Tsukasa's face. Then she could only see blackness.
Tsukasa froze, his mind coming to a stuttering halt. In front of him, Subaru slowly sunk to the ground and greyed out. Her character skin would remain there until she logged back in but to Tsukasa, who saw the World as a real place and not a game, only registered the fact that one of his closest friends was gone.
...and this dark man in front of him was the one responsible.
Raven wiped his blades on his pants and replaced them in their sheaths, not caring in the least about the man standing in front of him. His mission was completed, and that was all. He turned to leave.
A ripple of energy swung out from behind him and Raven turned, bending his body almost parallel to the ground as the arc passed him by above. Looking at the pale man before him he realized that he would not be let alone. With a resigned sigh he brought his swords back out of his belt and said, "This is something that I really have no want to do."
Tsukasa let loose two more attacks, one after the other, with a wave of his hand. He was quite proud of this feat that he had learned with time. The arcs were actually waves of anti-data clusters that bent the reality of the World and could hack into a player's information and push them out of the World without actually hurting them.
All in all, Tsukasa did not enjoy fighting.
Raven easily avoided the first wave but was off-balance after and could not react in time to dodge the second. He let out a cry as the arc passed through him, his form instantly turned back into the binary that kept him in the World...
...but then it stopped, and Raven stumbled and glared at Tsukasa in anger. He was still in the World.
Tsukasa's eyes widened. This assassin was no normal player. "What are you?" Confused and a bit frightened, Tsukasa fled back to the Church of Twilight to work out what had gone wrong.
Raven stood there in the snow, alone, also wondering. No player he knew of could actually directly twist another player's base code before. He shook his head and began walking back the way he came.