.hack//STUPIDFRIGGINGLITCH

DISCLAIMER: I don't own .hack. Really, I don't. No, this is NOT the deed of ownership to

.hack that I stole from Bandai, what are you talking about!? You and your silly ideas...

Skeith walked about Mac Anu, looking up at the sky and thinking deeply. Until he ran into

someone wearing a nice, thick suit of armor. He grumbled and stood up, putting his hand to his

face to make sure his nose wasn't bleeding or anything. When it was confirmed that all was well,

he noticed the guy he ran into was part of a large crowd that had gathered in front of a big,

floating TV screen...thingamabobber. Above all the random chatter here and there in the crowd,

one voice was audible through the crowd, and probably through the entire Root Town. It was

high-pitched and girlish.

"YAY! YAY! RARE GOODIES FOR ME, FOR ME!"

Skeith began to walk around, asking people what was going on. Nobody would answer him.

Nobody, that is, except the small girl wearing a jester-like outfit. She poked Skeith and grinned.

"This is an event announcement, silly! With rare items galore!" Her eyes became little hearts as

she began to twirl around in excitement. Her voice was the same as the one that he heard above

the talking of the crowd. The girl stopped, then politely bowed. "Uhh, Whoops! Sorry about that.

My name's Mistral, and I am the best Rare Item Hunter in the entire world! Yeah!" Skeith

blinked, confused. "Uhm..Well, my name's Skeith." Mistral blinked. "Skeith? That name sounds

a little familiar..Oh well! Y'know, you look like you could help me. Wanna be my partner in the

event? All you have to do is help me look for a special blue statue of a Grunty hidden around this

certain field. If we find it, then we get a priiiize!" Skeith thought for a second. "Well, I've got

nothing better to do with my time. So I guess I could help y-" Skeith didn't have time to finish

his sentence. He was interrupted by a gigantic glomp from Mistral. "THANK YOUUUU!"

"No..problem..just get off of me..you're crushing my spleen.."

Later that day, Mistral and Skeith warped into a field where tons of busy players checked under

rocks and such, looking for the illusive statue. Mistral immediatly began to check around trees,

and use her staff to dig away at the ground. She saw something sparkle and gasped. "I FOUND

IT! I FOUND IT! YAAY!" and she pulled out the Blue Grunty Statue! Or so she thought.

"Waaaiiiit..This isn't a Grunty Statue! It's just the helmet of one of those dumb Scarlet Knights."

And with that, she tossed it randomly to the side and ignored the "OW!" that came from the

random player she hit.

They looked and looked, but the Wavemaster and Phase duo could not find that statue! They

looked everywhere in the field, but it was nowhere to be found! "Do you think someone could've

gotten it already?" Skeith asked Mistral. "Nooooo way! That isn't possible! I'm the only one who

is worthy of getting the rare items!" and with that she stood up. "C'mon, Skeith! I'm not going to

let some random person take MY treasure! Let's go search in the one place I haven't seen anyone

try The DUNGEON!" Skeith stood up and sighed. "It's probably not in there, Mistral." "But it's

GOT to be in there! I know, I know, the event thing said it wasn't going to be in the dungeon, but

maybe that's just so to cover up the fact that it probably IS in there! Bwaha! Nothing can get past

the great, almighty Item Hunter MISTRAL!" And so, she paraded off to the dungeon, Skeith

following afterwards.

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Will Mistral find the Statue? Or has she lost the event? Find out in the next chapter. YES,

THAT'S RIGHT. I'M MAKING YOU WAIT. In the meantime, review, please. =D