.hack/DELETION

A .hack fanfic by Timothy Meier

Story by Tim Meier and Matt Burrell

Character Designs by Katy Robles Edited by Matt Burrell

Written by Tim Meier

Disclaimer: I do not own .hack, or any of it's characters, however, I do own this fanfic, so please don't steal it from me, thank you

Chapter One

.hack/CREATION

Tiro stumbled out of the Chaos Gate, dizzy and disoriented. Is this normal? he thought, Probably, because it's so real. He was an average looking WaveMaster, wearing a red hooded cloak and a red, jewel studded cap. He brushed his brown hair out of his eyes, showing the green tattoos on his face and his icy blue eyes. Wow, this looks more realistic than I thought, I can even smell the air. CC Corp. recently came out with the new goggles that have a scent emulator in them. He looked around at what looked like a town square, with a river flowing through the middle of it. This must be what Venice looks like, he thought.

"So this is Delta server," he whispered to himself. He stood there for a moment, looking out at the Root Town in amazement. "Okay now, lets check out the adventure areas."

He walked over to the Chaos Gate, looking at it for a minute. "Uh, how do you work this thing?" He realized he had no idea how to use the Chaos Gate. The WaveMaster figured that he wasn't going to get anywhere by just standing there, so he went out on a limb.

"Gate! Take me to an easy area!" he shouted to the gate, but nothing happened. He stood there, dumbfounded, before he gave up on that idea. He dropped his head in shame, "It's no use…"

A woman's laugh came from behind him, "You must be new to The World."

He lifted his head and chuckled at the voice behind him, "You can tell?"

"Of course I can. You're using the Chaos Gate all wrong." She said, still laughing.

He turned around to see who it was. It was a Twin Blade, a little older than him, maybe 18 or 19 by the looks of it. She had long brown hair and two red lines going up her cheeks. She was a female Twin Blade, but was dressed like a male of the same class. She smiled at him, "I'm Riu, and you are?"

"I'm Tiro, I just started today, but you probably already know that," he chuckled, embarrassed.

She stood there, as if pondering something, then: "I see. Well, what the hell. I have some free time on my hands, and if you want, I can teach you how to play."

"Really! You're willing to do that for me!" His smile widened.

Riu nodded at him, "Yeah, but there it'll cost you."

Oh no, he thought, "There is? What is it?"

"Well, I don't have any WaveMasters on my member list, so if I teach you how to play, you have to come with me to areas when I ask you to." She said it as if it would be an inconvenience to him.

He nodded, well that's not so bad, "Sure, why not?"

"Okay, it's settled then, from now on, you're my WaveMaster. Now hold out your hand."

"What?" He looked at her, confused.

"You heard me! Hold out your hand!"

"Okay." He hesitated for a second, lifting his arm and holding out his hand.

She put her hand out right above his, and a small light emanated from the spot in between them. "There, we exchanged Member Addresses, now I can call on you any time, through flash-mail."

"Wow, that's pretty cool." He smiled at her, making his first friend in this game.

"Okay, now I'm going to add you to my party, when you see the window ask you if you want to accept, say 'Yes'."

"Alright." A few seconds later, the window flashed before his eyes, asking him if he wanted to join Riu's party. He selected 'Yes', just like she said instructed.

"Cool, now since you're new, I guess you'll want to go to an easy area?"

He nodded to her, "Yes please."

"Okay." She stood in front of the Chaos Gate with her hand out. She paused for a second, before breaking the silence, "Delta, Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field." His vision blurred as they vanished through the gate.

((Delta, Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field))

Another moment of dizziness struck Tiro. Riu experienced the same thing, but was more used to it than him. He looked up to see a grassy plain, with a bright blue sky. It looked so calm. There was even a light wind blowing. He looked over at Riu, "May I ask you something?" She looked back at him, "Sure, what is it?"

"What level are you at?" he asked, curious.

"Well, to be honest, I just started with this character a few days ago, but I'm no n00b. My previous account was deleted so I had to start over."

"I see, I would have guessed as much. You're at a low level but you certainly seem to know what you're doing."

"Okay, okay, enough with the ass-kissing, I need to teach you how to play."

He laughed nervously at her bold statement, "All right."

"Okay then. So far it seems you have your movement down, so we'll just skip that and move onto advanced movements. In this version of 'The World' you can apply your real-world skills to your player-character's skill set. So for example, if 'FistFighter' was a class, and the person knew some form of martial arts, than he or she could apply their knowledge to their character's attack style."

Tiro nodded, starting to grasp the concept, "Oh I get it, so any moves you know in the outside world, you can use in the game."

"Exactly, so if I were you, I would go practice some melee moves with a broomstick or something."

"Uhh, yeah sure." He said, not sure he was willing take his commitment to the game that far.

She nodded, "But you should also train with weapons from other classes, because in this version, you can fight using any weapon from any class. For example, if I were to drop my blades, then you could pick them up and fight with them."

"I see, so I'm not limited to the WaveMaster skill set?"

"Well yeah, but odds are that right now you wouldn't be all that great with other weapons, so you should probably stick to your staff."

"Got it. So anyways, let's move on." Tiro said enthusiastically.

"Next is attacking. Seeing how you're a WaveMaster, you probably wont be doing too many physical attacks, so let's focus on how to use magic attacks. Magical attacks Require SP. No SP, and you're S.O.L. In order to attack an enemy, it has to be in your your Line Of Vision, or LOV for short." She paused, then, "Quick! Name off your magic attacks off to me!"

Tiro closed his eyes, listing his current skills, "Gan Zot, Rue Kruz, Vak Rom, Juk Zot, Rai Don, Ani Don, and Data Demolish."

"Wait, wait, wait. Say that last one again!"

"Um, Data Demolish," He said matter-of-factly, "Is something wrong?"

"Nah, it's probably nothing. It's just that I've never heard of that before."

"Neither have I, but hey, what do I know?"

She sighed at him, "Oh well, whatever. Anyways, you seem to have a well-balanced skill list, so let's enter a battle. You do that by approaching one of those portals." She said, pointing to something off in the distance. He looked at where she was pointing, and saw a shimmering gold circle spinning about. Doing as Riu ordered, he approached the portal. "BATTLE MODE ON" flashed in big red letters at the top of his field of vision as high-speed techno music started playing out of nowhere. The portal collapsed and in its place stood a small, yet fierce looking goblin.

"Go on. I'll let you take the first kill." Riu said, grinning.

Tiro sighed. Oh what the hell, he thought as he sprinted full speed at the monster, staff raised over his head…