Review, review, review! Thanks for reviewing! Just a quick question, does
anyone know the date when .hack//Legend of the Twilight bracelet comes out
on TV? It doesn't really matter, but if you do know could you let me know?
I figure I haven't directly answered reviews in a while, so.
KatDrama: What I meant by the DVD thing was another story on Fanfic. with four chapters of .hack//VIRUS on them. It doesn't really matter though. As for if his brother is dead or not, you'll just have to wait until the end of the story.
Helbaworshipper: Thanks for sticking with the story!
Luthi: Thanks for letting me know. I'll try not to have characters do things without giving reason first.
Arctic
It was cold. It was very cold. Off in the far distance of the eternally dark, gray clouds, there were frozen cliffs that stretched far above to where the eye could see. Snow swept with the wind as it whipped across the frozen wasteland. Through all of this, Cheetra walked.
The Heavy Axeman began to wish that the administrators had programmed more then just a one-piece dress that ended just above the knees into her limited edition character design. Cheetra walked into the looming darkness. Her footprints stretched behind her farther then the girl thought.
"Where are they?" she asked herself, although completely unaware if sound had even came out when she spoke. The harsh wind had drowned out all sound she could make. She shivered a little harder.
All of the experience she had gained, all of the friends she had made, the powerful equipment she owned, was completely useless here. She stumbled aimlessly off into the darkness.
* * *
Aura sat on her old bed. It was pleasantly soft. She chocked on a little sob. Macha was her friend. Now the cat was probably going to be forced to do something awful. What if she used her old tricks? Would she possibly become Mia again to trick them as she did Kite?
The girl forced the thoughts out of her head. She blinked, and got an idea. Perhaps the hacker who had helped Kite could help her now? She liked the idea, and warped out of her field.
* * *
Kenshi stared blankly at the frigid winds whip everywhere but the small patch of flowers he was standing on with the others. A small tree grew in the middle, and this was the only sign of plant life for miles.
The blademaster had grown used to the idea of bumping into a friend when they landed in their new destination. However, no one was there this time. He sighed inwardly.
"Where.... Is there someone here?" called Sharie hopefully. A worried look soon rushed onto her face. "Subaru, do you think that someone might be in trouble out in that storm?"
"I think so. I doubt that a field would have no one on it," the girl replied.
"Then we're going to look!" Sharie said. Soon they left the safety of the circle, and walked cautiously out into the storm in search for whoever was missing, and Kenshi hoped against anything that it wasn't Cheetra.
* * *
"So, Macha has gone missing?" asked Helba. Aura had glided into her office only a little while ago. She seemed distressed, and as if something was wrong.
**FLASH BACK**
Aura hovered through the halls as quickly as she could. She slowly grew tired, but didn't stop. She knew that she couldn't. Macha was in trouble, and after how long she had deceived Kite; she knew that if her mind had gone awry, then she could easily cause serious trouble for Ryuoku and his friends.
Why was Varuchio doing this to the world that she had grown to love? Why would he poison so many players? From what she had gathered, at least a hundred players or more were being lead into a virus trap set by Varuchio at every second she wasted.
The plan he had set was horrible. He sent out a false message to all players advertising a mysterious limited time event with a rare item as the prize. Aura had looked into this event, and saw hell.
The entire field where the event was said to take place was a sea of blue virus. A lone island sat in the center, and the first player warped in. A wave of the virus knocked him from his standing ground before he could even realize where he was. A Blue moon flashed menacingly.
He swam to the surface and gasped for air. The realism of the virus was starting to take effect on the unfortunate long arm. He wheezed as he groped blindly for the rock. Another wave of virus pulled him under again.
Aura could stand this no longer. She warped out of the field, and to the online area of Helba's office, where she stood now. She knew that she would be in there. Macha had mentioned this place. But what if she just scoffed when Aura told her story and sent her out of the office?
She shook her head. Helba wasn't like that. She sighed, and pushed the door open.
* * *
Helba was slightly shocked when the door to her 'office' was pushed in. Had Varuchio learned of her whereabouts? Her mind went into a slight ease when Aura showed her face. A slight ease, but not a complete one.
Ryuoku had said that Aura hadn't made any contact with him, so why was she here now? Was the issue of this virus really worse then she had thought? Was this really such a serious matter that the daughter of "The World" had to be involved?
"Aura?" she asked herself.
"Please, listen and understand. Macha is in trouble, and as are the ones trying to stop this virus," Aura gasped.
Helba stared wonderingly, and then smiled a little. "Fine. What's wrong?" she said in her calm and collected voice, and Aura began her tale.
**NORMAL**
"Yes, she is missing, and I fear Varuchio has something to do with this," she said.
"I understand. I will set up and run a search engine. It will monitor "The World" for the Phase Six attack program. As soon as Phase Six becomes active again, I will know, and notify yourself." Helba informed.
Aura nodded her head in thanks, although she still seemed troubled. She hovered away silently.
* * *
Cheetra struggled to walk through the harsh climate. She stopped after a little while. She didn't even need to be told about the fact that she had learned. Her life from the game was like a hospital chart. If it dropped to zero, she would be gone.
The girl watched as it dropped below half. It didn't stop descending on its scale. Her high level had kept her alive thus far, but even she couldn't keep this up for much longer. She had used up her last Recovery Drink, and was out of healing items. She didn't even have any healing spells.
The land in front of her started to grow dark. She couldn't keep her eyes open anymore. She collapsed onto the ground. It was surprisingly warm as reality slipped from her grips. Nothing mattered anymore. Cheetra was finally going to have her first game over, only this one would be more then just a game.
* * *
Tsukazi had just cast Phal Repth for the fifth time, and watched his life be completely restored, and he even felt better. The others thanked him, and then continued their search for the missing ally.
Kenshi seemed very worried as he stumbled through the snow. Tsukazi knew what was on his mind. Cheetra was probably the one who was missing, and the boy knew it too.
"Kenshi I...?" Tsukazi stopped his words of encouragement as he stepped on a rather lumpy piece of snow. He looked under himself, and saw what looked like cheetah fur. "What the...?"
Kenshi looked at where he was standing, and saw what was unmistakably Cheetra's dress. The boy ran over to Tsukazi, and shoved him off into a pile of icy snow.
"Thanks," uttered Tsukazi darkly. When he saw what Kenshi was so upset about, he immediately could understand the boy's actions. He had dug up Cheetra from the icy wall that had buried her.
"Oh my god!"
Tsukazi heard Sharie cry this as she ran over to Kenshi's side. "Cast Phal Repth!" cried Kenshi.
Tsukazi didn't even think as he raised his staff in front of him. "Phal Repth!" he cried. Cheetra's cold eyes darted open shortly after the recovery spell.
"Kenshi?" asked Cheetra. She hugged him tightly. He smiled at her.
* * *
Bear looked at the clock in the bottom corner of his computer.
"Fifteen minutes left," he whispered to no one. Another mail flashed under his account. "What is it this time?" he groaned as he noticed that CC Corp. had sent it.
Sender: CC Corp. Staff / Subject: Apology.
=====To all players,
We apologize for the earlier message. It was merely a
glitch in our system and we urge all players to continue
enjoying "The World". Again, we would like to apologize.
Please continue playing.
================Signed, ==========================
===================CC Corporation=================
Bear couldn't believe what he had just read. Was that possible? Could they have truly just made an error? The man knew that something was wrong, and he continued counting down the minutes.
* * *
They had been walking for only a few minutes when they saw what looked like an ancient coliseum. It was the only place that wasn't snowing heavily, and although the group couldn't explain it, they didn't complain as they ran for shelter in its roofless area.
As soon as they passed through the doors, four of them felt immediate warmth, but the fifth, namely Cheetra saw static. It was so strange. She saw nothing but static until red letters formed the message: Phase Five: Strong Gorre: The Despair of Being Weak.
Cheetra was too troubled by the message to realize that the static had even cleared. When she looked up, she saw what looked like two floating heads with broad grins.
They immediately started to attack the others. Sharie thought that they would have been easy, but she was completely wrong. They tried all they had. Tsukazi kept up the health, until the heads tag-teamed him, knocking him out cold. Cheetra ran forward, and raised her axe.
She swung down with al of her strength, but barely put a scratch in the demon. To her horror, she saw that she hadn't done any damage at all. Sharie, who was at a much lower level, took out at least a hundred of the things hit points with a single strike.
Cheetra couldn't believe it. The battle moved away from her, and she watched helplessly as her friends were knocked out one by one.
"I'm too weak," she whispered. All that was left standing was Kenshi, but the demon turned away from him, and looked at Cheetra. She screamed as it charged at her. There wasn't any escape.
Kenshi jammed himself in front of Cheetra. "Don't hurt her!" he cried with his arms out.
"Don't!" cried Cheetra, but was too late as Strong Gorre knocked out her friend.
She suddenly felt mad. She couldn't believe what the thing had done! How dare he hurt her friends so badly! Cheetra felt a new strength pulsate through her body. She raised her axe, and slammed it through one of the two heads. It crumbled. She turned her sights on the other one, only to see it crumble too.
"They must've shared the same life," she whispered, before seeing Kenshi slowly get up.
* * *
Varuchio smiled. He couldn't help it, even with five phases defeated. The new mail he had just sent out. He used a system for forging letters constantly used by hackers. Every subscriber to the world had received one under the name of the CC Corp. staff.
The mail voided the entire previous message sent out telling his precious players from logging in. He even managed to stop CC Corp. from activating their plan from within a game.
His plan was working. He was going to win. Varuchio was finally going to be known by someone, and feared by all.
* * *
Tsukazi had managed to cast Phal Repth, and the others slowly climbed up. The stadium light blared even harder then before. When they all walked outside, to their surprise, they saw that the snow had mysteriously vanished.
"You fought a Phase, didn't you Cheetra?" asked Kenshi.
"Well, yeah. I did," she answered. "But how did you know?"
"I'll explain later," he said as a red gate appeared in front of them. He told Cheetra to warp here, and they were soon out of the field that had been so miserable, and heading towards the only remaining ally, Ryuoku. Just one more Phase to go.
**End**
Another chapter down! Just one more phase! Or is there? Just review and I'll get the next chapter up real quick!
I figure I haven't directly answered reviews in a while, so.
KatDrama: What I meant by the DVD thing was another story on Fanfic. with four chapters of .hack//VIRUS on them. It doesn't really matter though. As for if his brother is dead or not, you'll just have to wait until the end of the story.
Helbaworshipper: Thanks for sticking with the story!
Luthi: Thanks for letting me know. I'll try not to have characters do things without giving reason first.
Arctic
It was cold. It was very cold. Off in the far distance of the eternally dark, gray clouds, there were frozen cliffs that stretched far above to where the eye could see. Snow swept with the wind as it whipped across the frozen wasteland. Through all of this, Cheetra walked.
The Heavy Axeman began to wish that the administrators had programmed more then just a one-piece dress that ended just above the knees into her limited edition character design. Cheetra walked into the looming darkness. Her footprints stretched behind her farther then the girl thought.
"Where are they?" she asked herself, although completely unaware if sound had even came out when she spoke. The harsh wind had drowned out all sound she could make. She shivered a little harder.
All of the experience she had gained, all of the friends she had made, the powerful equipment she owned, was completely useless here. She stumbled aimlessly off into the darkness.
* * *
Aura sat on her old bed. It was pleasantly soft. She chocked on a little sob. Macha was her friend. Now the cat was probably going to be forced to do something awful. What if she used her old tricks? Would she possibly become Mia again to trick them as she did Kite?
The girl forced the thoughts out of her head. She blinked, and got an idea. Perhaps the hacker who had helped Kite could help her now? She liked the idea, and warped out of her field.
* * *
Kenshi stared blankly at the frigid winds whip everywhere but the small patch of flowers he was standing on with the others. A small tree grew in the middle, and this was the only sign of plant life for miles.
The blademaster had grown used to the idea of bumping into a friend when they landed in their new destination. However, no one was there this time. He sighed inwardly.
"Where.... Is there someone here?" called Sharie hopefully. A worried look soon rushed onto her face. "Subaru, do you think that someone might be in trouble out in that storm?"
"I think so. I doubt that a field would have no one on it," the girl replied.
"Then we're going to look!" Sharie said. Soon they left the safety of the circle, and walked cautiously out into the storm in search for whoever was missing, and Kenshi hoped against anything that it wasn't Cheetra.
* * *
"So, Macha has gone missing?" asked Helba. Aura had glided into her office only a little while ago. She seemed distressed, and as if something was wrong.
**FLASH BACK**
Aura hovered through the halls as quickly as she could. She slowly grew tired, but didn't stop. She knew that she couldn't. Macha was in trouble, and after how long she had deceived Kite; she knew that if her mind had gone awry, then she could easily cause serious trouble for Ryuoku and his friends.
Why was Varuchio doing this to the world that she had grown to love? Why would he poison so many players? From what she had gathered, at least a hundred players or more were being lead into a virus trap set by Varuchio at every second she wasted.
The plan he had set was horrible. He sent out a false message to all players advertising a mysterious limited time event with a rare item as the prize. Aura had looked into this event, and saw hell.
The entire field where the event was said to take place was a sea of blue virus. A lone island sat in the center, and the first player warped in. A wave of the virus knocked him from his standing ground before he could even realize where he was. A Blue moon flashed menacingly.
He swam to the surface and gasped for air. The realism of the virus was starting to take effect on the unfortunate long arm. He wheezed as he groped blindly for the rock. Another wave of virus pulled him under again.
Aura could stand this no longer. She warped out of the field, and to the online area of Helba's office, where she stood now. She knew that she would be in there. Macha had mentioned this place. But what if she just scoffed when Aura told her story and sent her out of the office?
She shook her head. Helba wasn't like that. She sighed, and pushed the door open.
* * *
Helba was slightly shocked when the door to her 'office' was pushed in. Had Varuchio learned of her whereabouts? Her mind went into a slight ease when Aura showed her face. A slight ease, but not a complete one.
Ryuoku had said that Aura hadn't made any contact with him, so why was she here now? Was the issue of this virus really worse then she had thought? Was this really such a serious matter that the daughter of "The World" had to be involved?
"Aura?" she asked herself.
"Please, listen and understand. Macha is in trouble, and as are the ones trying to stop this virus," Aura gasped.
Helba stared wonderingly, and then smiled a little. "Fine. What's wrong?" she said in her calm and collected voice, and Aura began her tale.
**NORMAL**
"Yes, she is missing, and I fear Varuchio has something to do with this," she said.
"I understand. I will set up and run a search engine. It will monitor "The World" for the Phase Six attack program. As soon as Phase Six becomes active again, I will know, and notify yourself." Helba informed.
Aura nodded her head in thanks, although she still seemed troubled. She hovered away silently.
* * *
Cheetra struggled to walk through the harsh climate. She stopped after a little while. She didn't even need to be told about the fact that she had learned. Her life from the game was like a hospital chart. If it dropped to zero, she would be gone.
The girl watched as it dropped below half. It didn't stop descending on its scale. Her high level had kept her alive thus far, but even she couldn't keep this up for much longer. She had used up her last Recovery Drink, and was out of healing items. She didn't even have any healing spells.
The land in front of her started to grow dark. She couldn't keep her eyes open anymore. She collapsed onto the ground. It was surprisingly warm as reality slipped from her grips. Nothing mattered anymore. Cheetra was finally going to have her first game over, only this one would be more then just a game.
* * *
Tsukazi had just cast Phal Repth for the fifth time, and watched his life be completely restored, and he even felt better. The others thanked him, and then continued their search for the missing ally.
Kenshi seemed very worried as he stumbled through the snow. Tsukazi knew what was on his mind. Cheetra was probably the one who was missing, and the boy knew it too.
"Kenshi I...?" Tsukazi stopped his words of encouragement as he stepped on a rather lumpy piece of snow. He looked under himself, and saw what looked like cheetah fur. "What the...?"
Kenshi looked at where he was standing, and saw what was unmistakably Cheetra's dress. The boy ran over to Tsukazi, and shoved him off into a pile of icy snow.
"Thanks," uttered Tsukazi darkly. When he saw what Kenshi was so upset about, he immediately could understand the boy's actions. He had dug up Cheetra from the icy wall that had buried her.
"Oh my god!"
Tsukazi heard Sharie cry this as she ran over to Kenshi's side. "Cast Phal Repth!" cried Kenshi.
Tsukazi didn't even think as he raised his staff in front of him. "Phal Repth!" he cried. Cheetra's cold eyes darted open shortly after the recovery spell.
"Kenshi?" asked Cheetra. She hugged him tightly. He smiled at her.
* * *
Bear looked at the clock in the bottom corner of his computer.
"Fifteen minutes left," he whispered to no one. Another mail flashed under his account. "What is it this time?" he groaned as he noticed that CC Corp. had sent it.
Sender: CC Corp. Staff / Subject: Apology.
=====To all players,
We apologize for the earlier message. It was merely a
glitch in our system and we urge all players to continue
enjoying "The World". Again, we would like to apologize.
Please continue playing.
================Signed, ==========================
===================CC Corporation=================
Bear couldn't believe what he had just read. Was that possible? Could they have truly just made an error? The man knew that something was wrong, and he continued counting down the minutes.
* * *
They had been walking for only a few minutes when they saw what looked like an ancient coliseum. It was the only place that wasn't snowing heavily, and although the group couldn't explain it, they didn't complain as they ran for shelter in its roofless area.
As soon as they passed through the doors, four of them felt immediate warmth, but the fifth, namely Cheetra saw static. It was so strange. She saw nothing but static until red letters formed the message: Phase Five: Strong Gorre: The Despair of Being Weak.
Cheetra was too troubled by the message to realize that the static had even cleared. When she looked up, she saw what looked like two floating heads with broad grins.
They immediately started to attack the others. Sharie thought that they would have been easy, but she was completely wrong. They tried all they had. Tsukazi kept up the health, until the heads tag-teamed him, knocking him out cold. Cheetra ran forward, and raised her axe.
She swung down with al of her strength, but barely put a scratch in the demon. To her horror, she saw that she hadn't done any damage at all. Sharie, who was at a much lower level, took out at least a hundred of the things hit points with a single strike.
Cheetra couldn't believe it. The battle moved away from her, and she watched helplessly as her friends were knocked out one by one.
"I'm too weak," she whispered. All that was left standing was Kenshi, but the demon turned away from him, and looked at Cheetra. She screamed as it charged at her. There wasn't any escape.
Kenshi jammed himself in front of Cheetra. "Don't hurt her!" he cried with his arms out.
"Don't!" cried Cheetra, but was too late as Strong Gorre knocked out her friend.
She suddenly felt mad. She couldn't believe what the thing had done! How dare he hurt her friends so badly! Cheetra felt a new strength pulsate through her body. She raised her axe, and slammed it through one of the two heads. It crumbled. She turned her sights on the other one, only to see it crumble too.
"They must've shared the same life," she whispered, before seeing Kenshi slowly get up.
* * *
Varuchio smiled. He couldn't help it, even with five phases defeated. The new mail he had just sent out. He used a system for forging letters constantly used by hackers. Every subscriber to the world had received one under the name of the CC Corp. staff.
The mail voided the entire previous message sent out telling his precious players from logging in. He even managed to stop CC Corp. from activating their plan from within a game.
His plan was working. He was going to win. Varuchio was finally going to be known by someone, and feared by all.
* * *
Tsukazi had managed to cast Phal Repth, and the others slowly climbed up. The stadium light blared even harder then before. When they all walked outside, to their surprise, they saw that the snow had mysteriously vanished.
"You fought a Phase, didn't you Cheetra?" asked Kenshi.
"Well, yeah. I did," she answered. "But how did you know?"
"I'll explain later," he said as a red gate appeared in front of them. He told Cheetra to warp here, and they were soon out of the field that had been so miserable, and heading towards the only remaining ally, Ryuoku. Just one more Phase to go.
**End**
Another chapter down! Just one more phase! Or is there? Just review and I'll get the next chapter up real quick!