Chris: Wow. I'm updating this faster. Well, just because this is easier to type since I'm getting most of the stuff from the manga. But it's an FE version. Review responses then it's on with the story! And Lyn, I mean Ouka, comes in! Yay! And I miss my muse peoples...Stupid
SamMas666: Well, since took off my Fire Emblem Training Camp, I can't really update it. I doubt you'll see it again. Maybe the Mole stories will be up in story format, but as to the Training Camps, that's a little iffy. I doubt it. I might, if enough people annoy me.
Maniac-Miko: Wow...Thanks for all of the compliments. They really made my day, you know.
Picup: Hehehehe, thanks for the review. And yeah...Uh. Go FFX! Blitzball is fun.
Kiyoko-chan: Yep. It did take me a long time to get this chapter up...Really.
Silver Shadow: Well, you'll just have to find out who Ouka is going to be! Wait, I already said it...Oh well! And yeah, Farina fits Mireille really well...It's kind of scary.
Alice Kaiba: Thanks for the compliments and the stuff about my casting. And Erk is good as Reki. They're both very obedient and strict, and they both get embarrassed a lot.
Black-D: Thanks a lot! And you're just going to have to find out who Kamui is! Let me give you a hint. The person playing her has blond hair, just like Kamui does in the anime...Which is kind of weird...But, oh well!
Chris: And before I forget, this is the sake quote one! Woo hoo! The Sake Quote rules! Oh, and I don't own Fire Emblem, .hackLegend of the Twilight, and the Sake Quote, although I wish I owned the Sake Quote. That quote is so cool...
italics - Sain's note and announcement in the story and ending e-mail thing
""- dialogue
' ' - thoughts or name
-= =-- location
bold - Character class
underline - note usually some comment or action that appears to explain stuff
-=Pherae=-
My name is Sain and I'm 17 years old. About a month ago my sister Rebecca introduced me to the online game, Elibe. We're playing as the legendary heroes, the dot heroes. Hmm...Needs a better name. I'll think of one later. Anyway, a generation ago those characters went on a great adventure--now we have a major adventure of our own!
"So, Sain, are you getting the hang of the game?" Rebecca leaned towards her brother as they walked through the streets of Pherae with Farina.
"Haha! You bet! It's a lot more fun than I expected!" Sain was exceptionally happy, part of it due to the fact that he thought the game was a blast. The other part was that he had gone on when Rebecca wasn't around and got the phone numbers and e-mail addresses of some girls in Elibe and found out a few of them lived close to him. Whistling a happy tune, he imagined what those girls looked like in real life.
"I told you so!" Rebecca clapped her hands together and faced Farina. "So, where should we go?"
"Ooh! Ooh! I know the perfect place, guys!" Farina twirled in a little circle and pointed at them. "I paid a little money, but I've got the inside scoop! It's time for the Annual Cherry Blossom festival! Word is, something big is going down this year! Come on! Let's get to the Dragon's Gate and go!" Farina sped off and dragged Rebecca and Sain with them.
-=Caelin Cherry Blossom Maze=-
After Rebecca and Sain brushed themselves off, they gazed around in wonder of the cherry blossoms hanging from the trees. Well, except for Sain. He just looked bored with the surroundings and he cleared his throat. "I don't see what's so special."
The other two ignored him and started chatting with each other. "Wow, Farina! This is great! It's so pink!" Rebecca continued to walk around, her eyes shining as she saw all of the cherry blossoms falling around her.
"Yeah, of course! The cherry blossoms here are said to be very famous! And very valuable in some areas, too. Heh heh heh..." Farina was busy picking up the cherry blossoms that had fallen down and were stuffing them in her bag when Sain continued his criticism of the area.
"I mean, it's all just CG. The poly counts totally suck and the area feels a little laggy." Sain brought his hand up to his chin and closed his eyes like he was thinking. However, at that moment, a fierce wind blew up.
"Eeek! The wind!" Sain spun around and saw two girls having trouble keeping their dresses down in the wind. Blood spurted out of his nose as their dresses flew up again and he caught a glimpse of their panties. He continued to ogle at the girls.
'Ooooh! Bump Mapping! Now that's good use of technology!" Sain was smiling happily, even though blood was streaming down his face. Rebecca glared at her brother and shook a finger at him.
"Don't be such a perv, Sain!" Rebecca continued to glare at her brother. Farina turned away and shrugged.
"Hey, he's a guy. What'd you expect? Anyway, you two enjoy the scenery! I'm going to go check out the shops! New shops mean new items! Stake out a good spot for us at the festival, okay?!" Farina dashed off to the nearest item shop, which was labeled, 'Rare Items 'R Us!'
"That's so like her...What a pair of one-track minds." Rebecca turned away from Sain and watched as Farina rummaged through the items that were in that store. Another breeze blew through and the two girls blushed as their dresses flew up again.
"Oops! There goes the wind again. Hee hee." The girls walked off while Sain was gazing at them. He continued to gaze at them, blood still pouring from his nose.
"Duh huh....Panties...Duh..." There was some drool falling out of Sain's mouth as he watched them leave. Rebecca let out an angry sigh and clenched her fist.
"Let's get moving, panty-boy." She smacked Sain on the head and proceeded to drag him away. Grumbling, she dragged Sain to where she had chosen a spot for the festival and plopped him on the ground. Then she proceeded to lecture him as Sain rubbed his head. "Seriously bro, we're supposed to be heroes! Can you try a little harder to act like one and fulfill your legacy?! That means no more peeking! Got it?!" Rebecca unfolded the blanked they had brought. "Come on, grab a corner, peeky Mc. Staresalot!"
"Yeah, yeah." Sain grabbed a corner and helped Rebecca set the blanket on the ground. When that was done, Rebecca continued to lecture him.
"And it's not just about looking the part. You have to feel the part, also! You need to become a hero from the inside out!" Rebecca thought of Sain as how she wanted him to look like. Dashing, handsome, and typical hero-guy like.
'Hey, even heroes were perverted, right?' Sain caught a glimpse of Rena's vision and grumbled. "Who's that supposed to be?"
"PROMISE?!" Rebecca stood over her brother and glared fiercely at him. Sain stared at the ground and nodded.
"Okay! I get it!" Sain continued to look at the ground, slightly ashamed of himself. "You know, the ground is really well-rendered. Nice texture, too." He mumbled under his breath about the ground and how it was unfair how he couldn't act like he always did. 'I just wish she'd lighten up some of the time. She takes this hero thing so seriously...'
While he was moping, he noticed that there was a paw on the blanket. Turning around, he saw a dog with small tattoos on its legs. The dog had green fur, which was slightly unusual, considering they were in a game, and also had teal colored eyes. Sain's eyes widened and they sparkled a bit. "Hey Rebecca! Look at this!"
"What?" Rebecca turned around from setting the food and spotted the dog as well.
"A DOGGIE!" Almost if it understood Sain, the dog's ears flattened and it adopted a sort of irritated gaze in its eyes. Sain leaped for the dog and began rubbing noses with it.
"Where'd you come from, boy?!" Sain continued to play with the dog and Rebecca answered his question.
"It doesn't look like a monster...Maybe it's an NPC? And I think it's a girl. By the way--"NPC" stands for Non-Player Character. It's a computer-controlled character." Rebecca adopted a teacher like pose, but then noticed that Sain wasn't paying any attention to her. She dropped her head in defeat. "He wasn't listening..." Sain was busy playing with the dog in his lap and didn't hear that either.
"He's so cute! Can we keep him, 'Sis?! Oooh, thasa a good boy. Who's a good boy? You're a good boy!" Sain was busy petting him and letting the dog lick him in the face. Sain was laughing while he was petting the dog and Rebecca looked at him with dismay in her eyes.
"Well...I don't think you can raise dogs in Elibe. I don't think they've introduced a dog trainer class." Sain didn't seem to hear her again, so she let out another sigh and looked at him again. "I know Sain likes dogs, but c'mon! Are you listening to a word I'm saying, 'bro?!" As she finished that sentence, the dog leaped over Sain and crashed into Rebecca and started to lick her repeatedly. Rebecca sat on the ground, surprised, but then opened up to the friendly dog and began to pet the dog as much as Sain had. Soon she was laughing while the dog continued to lick her.
"D-Doggie? I'm jealous!" Sain stood to the side, surprised and saddened that the dog decided to play with his sister instead of him.
While Sain and Rena were playing with the dog, Eliwood was sitting besides a tree near them. He had a small wine glass and a bottle labeled, 'Elibe Premier Sake'. He took a big sip and looked at the scenery. "Ah, the cherry blossoms look even better this year. I'd better give the programmers a bonus."
"Eliwood-san! I've been looking all over for you!" Erk appeared next to Eliwood, leaning on the tree and holding a book in his hands. "The suits are looking for you."
"Just ignore them. You shouldn't take everything to seriously, Erk." He gazed into his wine glass and then back at Erk.
"Have you been drinking, Eliwood-san? I didn't know they had programmed sake." Erk let out a small sigh and shook his head. "What's the point? It's not like you can get a buzz from virtual sake anyway."
"Don't spoil my fantasy!" Eliwood rose up and suddenly became very serious. "I always drink sake at the Cherry Blossom festival! I don't care if the buzz isn't real--I CAN ROLE-PLAY BEING DRUNK!" [1] That being said, he sat back down and drank more of his virtual sake. Erk rubbed the back of his head and turned away from Eliwood.
"If this is so important to you, then why don't you just go to the festival in the real world?" Erk shrugged and turned back to Eliwood.
"You don't have to rub it in. I'm just killing time before I hand my report to the suits." Eliwood leaned back against the tree and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "I wonder what will happen today."
Back with Sain and Rebecca, they were still busy playing with the dog. Sain grinned at his sister while she was scratching the dog's neck. "See? I knew you would have more fun if you just loosened up!"
Rebecca smiled at her brother has began to play a new game with the dog. Sain held out a hand in front of the dog and shook it around a little. "Shake!" The dog put its paw on top of Sain's hand. Sain gave a happy laugh and repeated the command again.
"Oooh! You're so smart, you! Oh yes you are! If you were a real dog, I'd give you a bone right now!" Sain reached out and gave the dog another big hug around its neck. The dog made a little choking sound and Sain released it, blushing slightly.
"Heh heh...Yeah." Rebecca looked at her brother and smiled. Sain was rummaging through his pack to see if there was something that he could give to the dog.
"There must be something in here I can give you! One of these? Or maybe this? Do dogs like health drinks?" The dog looked quizzically at Sain as he looked through his items and then let out a big yawn. Rebecca suddenly remembered something and clapped her hands together.
"Oh yeah! That's it! I've got just the thing! Wait a minute." She took out a small collar from her pocket and held it out. "Farina gave this to me! It's perfect for the dog. Why don't you try it on?" She handed the collar to Sain, who placed it around the dog's neck. It fit perfectly, and Sain and Rebecca let out appreciative gasps of surprise.
"Oooh! It's a perfect fit!" Sain smiled and clapped his hands together.
"Kawaii! So cute!" Rebecca was also happy that the collar looked so good on the dog, and let out an appropriate squeal of happiness.
Sain went up to Rebecca and whispered in her ear. "What was Farina doing with a collar anyway?"
"I have no clue." Rebecca answered Sain back and imagined what Farina would say. 'Hey! That was pretty expensive collar you know!' Rebecca nodded at her thought. That sounded like Farina to her. Sain went back to hugging the dog and Rebecca smiled again.
"Aren't you a handsome doggie?!" Sain was back to rubbing their noses together as he hugged the dog.
'Sain looks so happy. It's too bad mom won't let him keep a real dog. I shouldn't have snapped at him earlier. Now that I think of it, when we were little, I remember him bringing home a stray dog and taking care of it in secret. I really love my brother...He has such a good heart.' Rebecca grinned at her brother as she looked at him. Sain noticed her and turned to her.
"What are you looking at?" Sain looked puzzled, but Rebecca just grinned and shrugged it off.
"Ah...It's nothing." Rebecca smiled at her brother again. Suddenly, the dog sniffed the air and started to dig into the ground.
"Hey, whatcha got there, boy? You want us to dig?" Sain looked interested. The dog pointed a paw into the hole it had dug, and Sain suddenly whipped out a shovel.
"Right here, you say? I'm an expert digger! I'm a digging machine!"
"Maybe we'll get a rare item, Sain! But if this is a treasure-finding dog, we'd better not let Farina find out or else we'll never get a moment's peace. And where'd you get the shovel?" Rebecca looked joyful at the prospect of getting another rare item, but she dreaded what would happen if Farina found out. Finally, after some digging, Sain's shovel finally hit something.
"Hmm? Something's here!" Sain dug a little more and uncovered what he had found. It was a pile of bones, and Sain and Rebecca leaped in surprise of the discovery. Well, surprise or horror. One of those two...Probably horror.
"It's a dead guy! Quick, call the cops!" Sain stood horrified as the dog sniffed at the bones.
"T-Take it e-easy, S-Shugo! I-It's j-just a g-game!" Rebecca stuttered out a couple of reassuring words, but they didn't help much. The dog stopped sniffing at the bones and got on in its mouth. It slowly walked away, chewing on the bone happily. Sain spotted it and reprimanded it.
"N-No! Bad doggie! Don't eat dead people! Come back here, boy! Put that bone back!"
"My bone....Give me back my bone!" Suddenly, the pile of bones formed together to form a skeleton that leaped at Sain.
He dodged out of the way, screaming, "Bwa! Dead skeletons!"
Erk and Eliwood were watching this occurrence from behind their tree. "It's actually quite common for dead skeletons to be buried under cherry trees." Eliwood sipped more of his sake as he grinned at Sain and Rebecca.
"Uh...Yeah, but do they usually attack the picnickers? Geez, only you would plan an event like this..." Erk looked at the ground and sighed. 'I really hate my job...'
"Sain! We're surrounded! Help!" Rebecca looked for a way to escape as more Skeletons popped out of the ground and faced them. Sain raised his left arm and held the bracelet.
"There's too many of them! I'll have to use the bracelet!" Sain got ready to use it, but Rebecca clonked him on the head.
"NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! What if you fail again?! Who knows what might happen?!" Rebecca yelled at Sain, explaining the reasons why they would be doomed if Sain tried to use the bracelet.
"But there's so many of them! We've got to try something!" Sain tried to persuade Rebecca to let him use it. Actually, he had gotten to like the little shaft of light that appeared earlier so he hoped it would happen again.
"It's not worth the risk! Remember what happened last time? If you jinx our character statuses, we're as good as dead!"
"Oh, boo hoo...Don't tell me it's cursed...It's the mark of a hero and its super rare...Why does it have to be cursed?! Without this, I'd be nobody! I'm only level 2! Without this, I wouldn't get babes, I wouldn't get dates, and I wouldn't get e-mail addresses. Boo hoo..."
"Shugo! Watch out! Behind you!" Sain dodged just as a skeleton's sword crashed right next to him.
"On your right!"
"I've got it!" Sain dodged again as another sword missed him by inches. Sain jumped out of the way, and landed safely nearby. "Thanks Rebecca!"
"Uh...It wasn't me..." Rebecca pointed downward at something as Sain turned around.
"Huh? Then who was it? It sounded like a girl....Was it Farina?" Sain turned around and spotted who Rebecca was pointing at.
"Er...It was me." The dog spoke as it raised a paw in the air. There was a second of stunned silence, and then Sain jumped backwards.
"The doggie talked! And he's a girl!"
Rebecca waved him off a little and replied. "Well, we are in a game, remember? It's not that unusual to meet a talking dog. And I told you it was a she." Rebecca turned back to the dog. "But, if you can speak, does that mean you're a player character? Or an NPC?"
The dog smiled and grinned at them. "I'm sorry, but it was too much fun to see what you guys would do. I couldn't resist. But enough chit-chat. Let's take care of these monsters, shall we?" She placed her paws on the ground, and soon she transformed from a dog to a woman with short dark-green hair, a short green skirt, a white fur stole around her shoulders, and bandages around her breasts. Sain gaped at her clothing and soon more blood was spurting out of his nose. Rebecca conked him on the head again and turned back to the woman. Sain shook his head and stared again.
"Doggie transformed?! Doggie's a babe?!" Sain gaped at her again. Meanwhile, some more of the skeletons had arisen and were rising up behind the doggie-woman.
"Give back...my bone!" The skeleton launched his arm at the woman from behind. She turned and held the skeleton's arm.
"...Is this the best you boneheads can do?" She grinned and squeezed down on the bone, which snapped into tiny shards. "Pretty fragile, ain'tcha?" She then leaped up into a kick and knocked the skeleton into a tree. "Hi-ya!"
"So strong..." Rebecca stared in awe and the woman beat up the skeleton into tiny bits.
"M-More like...so scary!" Sain was shaking in fear as he watched her. The woman stretched her around a little and walked up to the rest of the skeletons.
"Enough playing around. Let me show you what I really can do!" She cracked her knuckles and leaped into the fray of Skeletons. Bones, skulls, and various other body bones flew into the air as the skeletons were defeated and crushed into bits by this unknown woman. Sain shuddered in fear again as he watched the gruesome demise of the skeletons.
'I don't know what's scarier...The dead skeletons or doggie girl!' Moments passed as the woman finished beating the other skeletons into submission. Soon, Farina came back and was singing a little song about this new item that she bought.
"My new treasure has a first name, it's R-A-R-E!" Then she came upon the remains of where the woman was fighting. There were bone remains everywhere and all of the cherry blossoms were either destroyed or they had fallen to the ground. Also, a small pyramid of skulls had been built near a tree.
"Hmmm? What's this? Somebody upload a Nightmare before Christmas mod?" Farina stared at the remains of the skeletons and the cherry trees with a blank look on her face. The woman who had killed all of the skeletons turned to Farina.
"Oh! Farina!"
"Lyn! Long time no see! You just get here?" Farina rushed up to Lyn with her new item in hand.
"Well, you've been bragging so much about your new friends that I just had to come and check them out! I've missed you too!" Lyn grinned at Farina. Sain stared at Farina, dumbfounded.
"Farina...That dog...I mean, dog-girl...She's your friend?!"
"Yup! Lyn and I go waaaay back!" Farina turned to Sain and smiled.
'Well, that explains a lot.' Rebecca stared at Farina, a mixture a learning and awe in her features.
"Aren't you going to introduce her?" Sain looked at Farina, who nodded.
"The name's Lyn! I'm a career Werewolf! Pleased ta meet 'cha!"
Lyn - Level 73 Werewolf (Hey, she's uber. This is pretty much accurate.)
"A Werewolf?! I didn't know you could choose that as a career!" Rebecca looked at Lyn in surprise.
"It's part of the Elibe Expansion Pack! It's a special edition class for high-level players!" Farina gave Lyn a big hug. "My ultra-rare friendy-wend!"
"There are a lot of requirements so not a lot of people qualify. That's why you don't see much of us." Lyn grinned at Rebecca and let out a small squeak of surprise as Farina hugged her. "Oh, my!"
Rebecca scanned her memory of where she had heard the name Lyn before. "Oh, now I remember! You're Lyn, the Blade Lord! You're one of the most powerful fighters around!"
"Just call me Lyn. Any friend of Farina's is a friend of mine!" She winked at Rebecca then turned to Sain. She walked up to him and grinned. "Ah, so this is the lucky boy whose face I licked! It's always nice to meet a fellow animal lover!" Sain started in surprise as she addressed him. Lyn moved closer to Sain and moved her face close to his. "But you know, I'm a wolf, not a doggie." Sain blushed fiercely and a cold sweat slowly formed over him. Lyn reached her hand to Sain's hat and brushed it with her hands. "What's the matter? Wolf got your tongue?"
"..." Sain's eyes started to glaze over, and he looked extremely nervous. Lyn moved back from him and grinned.
"Tee hee hee...Didn't you mean it when you said you wanted to keep me as a pet?" The moment Lyn said this, Sain's face turned completely red and he looked horrified when he remembered that he had said that. Lyn smiled and pointed a finger to her collar. "As I recall, you gave me this pretty collar, we rolled around in the grass, and if I remember correctly, you let me lick you on the mouth." Sain went even more red as she stated these, and Farina gave a little chuckle.
"Oooh! Is this true?!" Farina looked at Sain, grinning.
"B-But she was a dog---I mean wolf! I-If I knew she was a human, I would have taken it a little more slowly. Starting with the e-mail, then a small kiss, and then..." Sain continued with his little list of what he would have done if he knew Lyn was a human. Rebecca's shoulders started shaking with rage, and she glared at Sain with a mixture of disgust and rage.
"..." Rebecca glared at Sain again, pointing a finger at him. "Wow Sain, I never knew you had it in you! I'm sorry I missed it!" Rebecca scolded Sain, sarcasm plain on her every word. Sain turned back to Rebecca, trying to calm her down.
"N-No! It's not--"
"I can't believe this, Sain...I take it back..." Rebecca was trembling with rage and she took out her sword. "You'll never be a hero!!!" She threw it at Sain's head, and it smacked him cleanly, and lodged in his hair and hat.
"B-But...But...Rebecca!" Sain tried to rectify this situation, but Rebecca was too angry to care.
"I'm not listening!!" Rebecca stormed off with Sain chasing her. Farina and Lyn were talking behind Sain, laughing at his antics.
A few more hours passed, and Eliwood and Erk stood in the ruined Cherry Blossom Maze. Eliwood pushed aside a few fallen cherry blossoms with his foot.
"What a mess...I guess this area won't be usable for a while...Should we close it down for repairs?" Eliwood sweatdropped as he stared at the destruction and mayhem.
"My cherry blossoms....I worked so hard on this program!" Erk was just too stunned to shout or cry. He just stared at the vast destruction that was around him.
"So, dot heroes. Where will journey take you next?" Eliwood shuddered and looked at the ground. "I didn't think they would cause this much destruction..." Erk just let out a big sigh as he stared at his ruined program.
Today's Adventure
Lyn's experience points are up!
Lyn obtained the "Collar"!
Sain's reputation went down.
Sain - Level 2 Twin Blade
Rebecca - Level 2 Heavy Blade
Farina - Level 32 Wavemaster
Lyn - Level 73 Werewolf
Later, Rebecca and Farina were petting Lyn, who was back in her wolf form. Lyn was smiling and Sain tried to come closer to bet Lyn as well. Rebecca continued petting Lyn, but scolded Sain.
"You're not allowed to touch, Sain." San stopped in his tracks and left, hanging his head in sadness.
Sain,
It was fun meeting you at the Cherry Blossom Festival! I hope you don't mind my breaking up the picnic with a little combat. I wish we could have fought something tougher. Oh well. The day wasn't a complete loss--I got this great new collar. (I really do like it, Sain!)
I really want to be strong--Can you relate? Guys can really understand that. If you ever want to level up quickly, come hang out with me and I'll help you rack up mega experience points!
Bye! -Lyn
Chris: You know what? I actually don't know what poly counts are. If any of you readers know, can you tell me? It'd help me out a lot. Oh yeah, and I would have changed the pile of bones to a pile of armor, but then it wouldn't make sense as to why a dog would try to eat one. Granted, the dog was Lyn, but still. It makes much for sense for them to be bones. And I found out some very disturbing stuff. Volume 3 is delayed to early November! Come on, it's so far away...Oh well, it's close to my birthday...Maybe I can get my dad to buy it for me and some more manga. Dammit...Still...November? Man...
And I don't really care about the no script-format in author notes rules. I'm going to have my muses back in the next chapter and no one can stop me! MWAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, and I have some .Elibe fan-art. Actually, I annoyed some of my friends and they drew them for me. The links are up in my profile if you want to see them.
[1] Sake Quote! Remember it! It'll be on the quiz!