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Darkness
Ryu stared at his computer.
Should I log back in? he thought. To try and find out why that goon was after me? Could the answer be what my mother found? Maybe it's about that virus.
Ryu slid back in his bed, and flicked on his TV set. He thought more about it.
Maybe I- Before he could even finish his thought, the dull drone of the newscaster's voice had put Ryu out; into a dark sleep.
* * *
"Ugh!" cried Sharie in frustration, "What's going on? He's never late like this! It's so not like him."
Sharie was still standing in the middle of the dark forest. She had been trying to contact Ryuoku for the past hour. He hadn't even given a response.
Maybe something's wrong? Maybe, by some freak accident, he was infected by the virus? Her thoughts changed from worried to annoyed. Or he could just be being an ass.
She chanced a glance at the mysterious girl, and warped off the field; feeling utterly defeated.
* * *
Dain ran through the deserted rocky field. Sweat dripped down off of his forehead.
Whoever's chasing me is just trying to piss me off. His thoughts turned into a blinding rage.
"And it worked!" he bellowed, as he turned to wait for the coming attacker. He readied his spear, and waited.
* * *
Ryu was in "The World." Only, he was in that place again. The place where he had met that weird little girl, the wavemaster, and Macha.
"Wait a second," he thought as the glimmering glass test tube in front of him sparkled.
**FLASHBACK**
Helba sighed, "I believe that you have been in contact with a young girl named Aura."
"Aura? Am I supposed to know her?" asked Ryuoku puzzled.
**PRESENT**
"I did know her. A girl with a mass of hair; it's her," gasped Ryuoku.
"Now you know who I am," the girl said, stepping into view, "But now I must meet you in person,"
"Wha-?" choked Ryuoku.
"I must se you in "The World," Aura said with more strictness in her voice.
"Uh, okay?"
"Please listen," she started to explain, "You need to reach me at the place where I was asleep. Go to Ominous, Scorching, Sea of Sand. Touch the wall directly behind the got statue,"
The chamber with the wavemaster in it bubbled, and Ryuoku thought that he heard the word, 'eternal.'
Ryu shot up in bed. He stared at his laptop. He knew what he had to do.
* * *
"Yoink!" cried the oh too happy face of Zeph, the male heavyblade, "Chasing pray is so much fun!"
He jumped to another rock, and laughed as he saw the running figure of the young longarm he was chasing.
"Chasing down these losers and getting their money is just too much fun!" He laughed as he drew his nimble sword. Quite a find, a weapon for all classes, the let even a heavyblade run faster then any other class!
"And if he doesn't cooperate, then; Ziyoink!" here he moved his sword swiftly just away from his neck; "He'll be dead before he knows what's what. But even if he does cooperate, it's still a death sentence for our poor defendant!"
"And it worked!" The cry of his soon to be victim startled Zeph so much that he nearly fell off of the rock he was standing on. He looked down, and saw that his prey had stopped.
Just jump a few more rocks, and you'll be able to jump down on him! His mind told him.
"Works for me," he lipped, and then started jumping to the next rock.
Shwish! Zeph watched his HP go down before he even realized what had happened. The brat's spear had gotten a hit on him, taken out a chunk of his HP, and sent him hurtling to the ground.
"Stupid mind. No wonder I stopped listening to you!"
* * *
Subaru sat on the edge of the walkway for travelers in Mac Anu. This spot was just a common walkway for other players, but to her it was much more. This spot, was where she first laid eyes on Tsukasa.
Back then, she probably couldn't have cared less about a wavemaster in the game, but she was changed since then.
She remembered when Silver Knight had laid his eyes on him. He was a criminal back then; or so everyone thought. Ah, good times.
She watched the water swim in front of her. A virtual fish seemed to almost be beaming at her.
"Maybe," she started, "Aura would, be able to help. I should, ask her, or at least attempt to. Huh?"
Subaru noticed Ryuoku warping out using the town gate.
"Maybe, he knows? I shall follow him." With that, she pushed herself off the ground with her axe, and arrived just in time to hear his words before he vanished in a swarm of yellow rings.
"Ominous, Scorching, Sea of Sand? Why does that sound so familiar......?" Subaru questioned, and warped to the desert field.
* * *
His arm acted before he had made any logical sense out of what was jumping.
No time to think, just aim. This could be your attacker.
The spear went hurtling through the air, and struck the creeps side. He heard a gasp, dodged the falling heavyblade, and made a grab for his spear; which he caught neatly.
"Would you mind telling me who you think you are?" growled Dain, "I'm not some low level twit that you can just chase around, now talk!" The goon seemed more happy then shocked. "What are you-!"
The freak had managed to scramble to his feet, and lock Dain in a hold, before he could even react.
"Your money please!"
"What? How'd you-?" Dain stopped when he saw him wave a long, rod- like sword in his face.
"This," the goon answered in glee, then he got more serious. "Your answer?"
"You're going to kill me any way, so,"
"Oh! Your good! Now then, will you give me your money? Or your data?"
Dain struggled to get free, but failed miserably. "Never will you get my-!"
His throat was slit, and his character hit the ground.
* * *
"Subaru? Why are you following me?" asked Ryuoku, slightly frustrated.
The girl blushed. "You noticed then?"
"Let's just say that sneaking around isn't your forte. Now, why are you here exactly?" asked a puzzled Ryuoku.
"I was just seeing if you knew who Aura was." Subaru looked at her feet, and already knew the answer. It was-
"Yes, I do actually."
The young Subaru looked surprised. "Really?"
"Yea, you might as well come along." With that, Ryuoku walked down into the dungeon, and out of the scorching oven that was the desert.
* * *
"Huh? Mail for me?" Sharie was back in the highland city. "Whoa, he actually answered! It's from Ryuoku!"
The letter told Sharie that he got her mail, and would meet her in Mac Anu the next morning at 10:30.
"Works for me!" exclaimed Sharie, and she logged out for the day. That girl would probably give her nightmares though.
* * *
"Wow. What a place!" gasped Ryuoku.
Subaru stared at the familiar bed, and knew at once that this was Aura's old home. A rustle in bushes behind them, as Aura came out into view.
"Nice to see you again, Subaru, and nice to meet you in person, Ryuoku." Her words were a whisper, as ever, but her voice echoed, like always.
"You're, Aura. Aren't you?" asked Ryuoku.
"Please, kind Aura, I need to ask you if-?" started Subaru, and Aura finished.
"If I know where Tsukasa is? No. In truth, I don't. But the answer, is somewhere inside of that boy," said Aura, pointing at Ryuoku.
"Tsukasa has been generating dreams for you to find him, and you now hold two parts to the finale keywords to generate Tsukasa's field." Aura's calm details suddenly grew grave.
"What is it?" asked a concerned Subaru.
"You have five minutes to escape before the virus storm comes."
* * *
Ryuoku stared in horror at the girl.
"V-Virus storm?" he managed to choke out.
"Yes," said Aura, hastening her words, "A lethal storm that could easily infect you and Subaru. Please leave now!"
"But," gasped Subaru, "How do we find Tsukasa?!?"
"There is no time! You must go. I will tell you again, later! Now go!" shouted Aura, and Ryuoku's feet slowly left the ground, as his terminal went black.
* * *
Subaru stared out into the vast blueness of the ocean of the field she woke up on. Ryuoku was gone, but that didn't matter. If this continued then-
"I'll never find him. Maybe this is all useless. I don't know how much more of this I can take."
She began to sob, and rested her head on her knees, hoping only for Tsukasa.
**END**
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Darkness
Ryu stared at his computer.
Should I log back in? he thought. To try and find out why that goon was after me? Could the answer be what my mother found? Maybe it's about that virus.
Ryu slid back in his bed, and flicked on his TV set. He thought more about it.
Maybe I- Before he could even finish his thought, the dull drone of the newscaster's voice had put Ryu out; into a dark sleep.
* * *
"Ugh!" cried Sharie in frustration, "What's going on? He's never late like this! It's so not like him."
Sharie was still standing in the middle of the dark forest. She had been trying to contact Ryuoku for the past hour. He hadn't even given a response.
Maybe something's wrong? Maybe, by some freak accident, he was infected by the virus? Her thoughts changed from worried to annoyed. Or he could just be being an ass.
She chanced a glance at the mysterious girl, and warped off the field; feeling utterly defeated.
* * *
Dain ran through the deserted rocky field. Sweat dripped down off of his forehead.
Whoever's chasing me is just trying to piss me off. His thoughts turned into a blinding rage.
"And it worked!" he bellowed, as he turned to wait for the coming attacker. He readied his spear, and waited.
* * *
Ryu was in "The World." Only, he was in that place again. The place where he had met that weird little girl, the wavemaster, and Macha.
"Wait a second," he thought as the glimmering glass test tube in front of him sparkled.
**FLASHBACK**
Helba sighed, "I believe that you have been in contact with a young girl named Aura."
"Aura? Am I supposed to know her?" asked Ryuoku puzzled.
**PRESENT**
"I did know her. A girl with a mass of hair; it's her," gasped Ryuoku.
"Now you know who I am," the girl said, stepping into view, "But now I must meet you in person,"
"Wha-?" choked Ryuoku.
"I must se you in "The World," Aura said with more strictness in her voice.
"Uh, okay?"
"Please listen," she started to explain, "You need to reach me at the place where I was asleep. Go to Ominous, Scorching, Sea of Sand. Touch the wall directly behind the got statue,"
The chamber with the wavemaster in it bubbled, and Ryuoku thought that he heard the word, 'eternal.'
Ryu shot up in bed. He stared at his laptop. He knew what he had to do.
* * *
"Yoink!" cried the oh too happy face of Zeph, the male heavyblade, "Chasing pray is so much fun!"
He jumped to another rock, and laughed as he saw the running figure of the young longarm he was chasing.
"Chasing down these losers and getting their money is just too much fun!" He laughed as he drew his nimble sword. Quite a find, a weapon for all classes, the let even a heavyblade run faster then any other class!
"And if he doesn't cooperate, then; Ziyoink!" here he moved his sword swiftly just away from his neck; "He'll be dead before he knows what's what. But even if he does cooperate, it's still a death sentence for our poor defendant!"
"And it worked!" The cry of his soon to be victim startled Zeph so much that he nearly fell off of the rock he was standing on. He looked down, and saw that his prey had stopped.
Just jump a few more rocks, and you'll be able to jump down on him! His mind told him.
"Works for me," he lipped, and then started jumping to the next rock.
Shwish! Zeph watched his HP go down before he even realized what had happened. The brat's spear had gotten a hit on him, taken out a chunk of his HP, and sent him hurtling to the ground.
"Stupid mind. No wonder I stopped listening to you!"
* * *
Subaru sat on the edge of the walkway for travelers in Mac Anu. This spot was just a common walkway for other players, but to her it was much more. This spot, was where she first laid eyes on Tsukasa.
Back then, she probably couldn't have cared less about a wavemaster in the game, but she was changed since then.
She remembered when Silver Knight had laid his eyes on him. He was a criminal back then; or so everyone thought. Ah, good times.
She watched the water swim in front of her. A virtual fish seemed to almost be beaming at her.
"Maybe," she started, "Aura would, be able to help. I should, ask her, or at least attempt to. Huh?"
Subaru noticed Ryuoku warping out using the town gate.
"Maybe, he knows? I shall follow him." With that, she pushed herself off the ground with her axe, and arrived just in time to hear his words before he vanished in a swarm of yellow rings.
"Ominous, Scorching, Sea of Sand? Why does that sound so familiar......?" Subaru questioned, and warped to the desert field.
* * *
His arm acted before he had made any logical sense out of what was jumping.
No time to think, just aim. This could be your attacker.
The spear went hurtling through the air, and struck the creeps side. He heard a gasp, dodged the falling heavyblade, and made a grab for his spear; which he caught neatly.
"Would you mind telling me who you think you are?" growled Dain, "I'm not some low level twit that you can just chase around, now talk!" The goon seemed more happy then shocked. "What are you-!"
The freak had managed to scramble to his feet, and lock Dain in a hold, before he could even react.
"Your money please!"
"What? How'd you-?" Dain stopped when he saw him wave a long, rod- like sword in his face.
"This," the goon answered in glee, then he got more serious. "Your answer?"
"You're going to kill me any way, so,"
"Oh! Your good! Now then, will you give me your money? Or your data?"
Dain struggled to get free, but failed miserably. "Never will you get my-!"
His throat was slit, and his character hit the ground.
* * *
"Subaru? Why are you following me?" asked Ryuoku, slightly frustrated.
The girl blushed. "You noticed then?"
"Let's just say that sneaking around isn't your forte. Now, why are you here exactly?" asked a puzzled Ryuoku.
"I was just seeing if you knew who Aura was." Subaru looked at her feet, and already knew the answer. It was-
"Yes, I do actually."
The young Subaru looked surprised. "Really?"
"Yea, you might as well come along." With that, Ryuoku walked down into the dungeon, and out of the scorching oven that was the desert.
* * *
"Huh? Mail for me?" Sharie was back in the highland city. "Whoa, he actually answered! It's from Ryuoku!"
The letter told Sharie that he got her mail, and would meet her in Mac Anu the next morning at 10:30.
"Works for me!" exclaimed Sharie, and she logged out for the day. That girl would probably give her nightmares though.
* * *
"Wow. What a place!" gasped Ryuoku.
Subaru stared at the familiar bed, and knew at once that this was Aura's old home. A rustle in bushes behind them, as Aura came out into view.
"Nice to see you again, Subaru, and nice to meet you in person, Ryuoku." Her words were a whisper, as ever, but her voice echoed, like always.
"You're, Aura. Aren't you?" asked Ryuoku.
"Please, kind Aura, I need to ask you if-?" started Subaru, and Aura finished.
"If I know where Tsukasa is? No. In truth, I don't. But the answer, is somewhere inside of that boy," said Aura, pointing at Ryuoku.
"Tsukasa has been generating dreams for you to find him, and you now hold two parts to the finale keywords to generate Tsukasa's field." Aura's calm details suddenly grew grave.
"What is it?" asked a concerned Subaru.
"You have five minutes to escape before the virus storm comes."
* * *
Ryuoku stared in horror at the girl.
"V-Virus storm?" he managed to choke out.
"Yes," said Aura, hastening her words, "A lethal storm that could easily infect you and Subaru. Please leave now!"
"But," gasped Subaru, "How do we find Tsukasa?!?"
"There is no time! You must go. I will tell you again, later! Now go!" shouted Aura, and Ryuoku's feet slowly left the ground, as his terminal went black.
* * *
Subaru stared out into the vast blueness of the ocean of the field she woke up on. Ryuoku was gone, but that didn't matter. If this continued then-
"I'll never find him. Maybe this is all useless. I don't know how much more of this I can take."
She began to sob, and rested her head on her knees, hoping only for Tsukasa.
**END**
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