Sorry for the long wait... I I've been busy and was unable to finish it until now.

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Chapter 3: Coma

Written by: Chosen Paradise

Scene 13: Danger of the Data Bug

The roars got louder as I continued towards it. The wind became stronger and picked up more sand. I couldn't see anything. I slipped and fell. Sand entered my mouth and I spit it out, but more replaced it. I tripped and landed on my face first. I thought I was going to go blind and deaf. The winds noise and the enlarging roars were enough to wake the dead.

"Goddamn it…" I whispered.

: .hack :

Kammy had lost all but 1 of her HP, and she lost the ability to heal herself after every hit. Miroku ran out of SP so he is unable to use Phal Repth on himself and Kammy. The data bug walked slowly towards them, slowly raising his axes to kill them. Kammy and Miroku backed away slowly. The wind became stronger and picked up the sand again. Everything was disappearing in the sand storm. They couldn't see the data bug or each other.

"Oh, crap! I can't see…!" Miroku said.

"Miroku, where are you?" Kammy yelled out. The wind and sand drowned out their screams.

The data bug screeched, causing a sharp pain to its listeners. Kammy and Miroku screamed in pain. "YYYEEEEEEAAAAHHHHHHH!"

: .hack :

The sand became thicker and I became temporarily blind. The sand started to pile up on me. I wasn't sure where I was. I heard the screech of the monster and I yelled and shouted in pain. "FING MONSTER! SHUT UP!" I shook off the sand and wiped the sand off my eyes. Then I put on my goggles and continued forward. The screech was still in my mind and I can still feel sharp pains throughout my body.

I walked up a hill of sand and saw a giant creature with two axes. Then I saw what he was looking at; Kammy and Miroku! I ran down the hill, only to slip and fall in front of the monster. I spit out the sand and shook the sand out of my hair and ears. I looked up and the creature had raised its axes. "Damn…!" I thought. It struck me hard and I lost 2985 HP. I have only 7 HP left. I'm not sure what happens when you lose your entire HP count when you fight a data bug, so I had to be careful. I used one of my healing items to fully cure myself and then used a level 4 wood magic on it to deal heavy damage. It was Protect Breached, but Kite wasn't around to use data drain.

: .hack :

Kammy got up to her feet. The taste of sand was fresh and disgusting. She spit and the looked behind. She saw Miroku ling on the floor, being covered by the sands of time. She ran up to him and shook him.

"Miroku, get up!" She shook him violently. He opened his eyes and slapped Kammy.

"You didn't need to do that!" He told her. Then he got up and slapped her. "Get a hold of yourself!" She rubbed when she was slapped. They looked around and saw the monster and me. She wanted to help, but something caught her leg. She turned around and saw a Sand Crab getting a hold of her ankle. In its other pincer was Miroku. He was being shaken violently. Then it threw Miroku and he landed on the sand. He was almost out of HP. Kammy used a Healing Potion on him and one on herself. Then she used Orchid Dance on the Sand Crab. It died and both Kammy and Miroku leveled up.

: .hack :

Back at Lia Fail, Helba and Lios had contacted Kite and BlackRose. They got a mail that was labeled of great importance, so they logged on ASAP. They reached Lia Fail and ran to the Grunty Ranch. Then they saw them both standing at the entrance. "Kite, we need you to go to this area," Lios commanded them. "We have sent Cloud, Miroku, and Kammy there and they will need your help to defeat Skeith once and for all."

"Well get on it right away." Kite said. Lios and Helba soon logged out.

"Couldn't he at least say 'please'?" BlackRose told Kite. He laughed and they ran to the chaos gate. Then they said in unison, "Omega Distant Fertile Land!" A warning sign appeared that said:

PROTECTED AREA

"What the hell! It's protected!" BlackRose exclaimed. "How are we suppose to get to that area if it's protected!"

"I don't know…how many virus cores of each do we need?" Kite asked BlackRose.

She checked the hack screen. "We need 3 L Virus Cores, 2 K Virus Cores, and 1 W Virus Core."

"I have those cores. I will hack into the area now." He threw the cores into the Chaos Gate and used Data Drain. The area was now open. "Wait, let's call Balmung. Were going to need all the power we can get," Kite told BlackRose.

"Sure, why not," she told him. 'Even though I hate him…' Then she sighed.

Scene 14: Difficulty

I had almost lost MY ENTIRE HP when Miroku and Kammy used their sells to freeze the data bug in its tracks.

"Thanks guys," I told them. "You saved my life."

"No problem," Kammy winked. "Here, drink this Healing Elixir." I drank it and I was FULLY healed.

"Hey, let's go before that spell expires," Miroku told us.

"Right, we have to go a safe distance away from this creature." Kammy said. Then we ran at least ten feet away.

: .hack :

Balmung entered Lia Fail as soon as he got Kites message. "What's the trouble?"

"We got word from Lios that there is a problem in an area in this server. He has sent three newbies to destroy the data bug. Now he lost contact with them and he needs us to help them get out of there." Kite explained to him.

"Let's go already! They could be in a coma right now!" BlackRose yelled at them. They were both startled and soon went to the area.

: .hack :

Kammy, Miroku, and I were sitting on a barnacle, trying to gate out. We are still unable to log out.

"Great, I bet the data bug is now looking for us," Miroku said.

"Yeah, and we can't log out either," Kammy said.

"If only I can bring the Dragon back," I murmured.

"What?" Kammy said.

"Uh…nothing…heh heh…"

We continued to sit until we heard a rumbling noise. It was getting louder and the floor was rumbling. Sand picked up a little bit and soon we saw the data bug. Somehow, my weapons started to glow. A beam of light flew from my blades and hit the bug. Then a screen came up and had info on the monster.

Name: &&FRE

HP: ()

Tolerance: Fire

Weakness: Wood

Then the light faded.

"Son of a bitch!" I said aloud. "That was awesome! Everyone, I know its vulnerable spots! Then it will lose its Infinite Life! Go!"

"You sure?" Miroku asked.

"Positive. Now attack!"

Scene 15: "He's My Offering!"

Kite, BlackRose, and Balmung appear on a barnacle in the area. Kite slips and trips anime style on his face. BlackRose and Balmung jump off and land on Kite.

"EEEYAAHHH! Get off me!" Kite yelled at them.

Both look down and see Kite. Then they both jump off him. "Sorry," they both said in unison.

"Ow! Next time, be careful when you jump!"

BlackRose laughed and Balmung chuckled. Kite just got angrier.

"Don't make me use my bracelet!"

Then they just snickered. Kite sighed. "Let's just go and find the others." Then they started running south.

: .hack :

OFFLINE

My controller was soaked with all the sweat. I was starting to get woozy. I felt like I was about to faint from exhaustion. All of my plans weren't working. The info I had gotten wasn't enough to finish off this creature. Then I heard from the speakers in the headset, "Don't give up! Were almost there! Just hold on a bit longer!" I had no idea who was yelling that out. I couldn't think straight. My hands were numb and I got a headache. I was starting to wobble on my seat and mumbled something to them. I couldn't understand what I was saying. Then I fell off my seat and fell on the floor, soon fainted from exhaustion, sweat all over my face, arms and controller.

ONLINE

Miroku and Kammy were attacking the parts where I told them to attack, on his Iron ball Clubs and on his torso. It was Protect Breached. I felt woozy, as if I wanted to throw up. I put my hand on my head and walked around delirious. The data bug attacked me and I fell to the ground. That's when I heard somebody from a distance.

"Don't give up! Were almost there! Just hold on a bit longer!"

I couldn't hold on. I soon fainted.

Miroku waved his hands around and yelled out, "KITE! Hurry up! We need your data drain!" Kite and his party ran faster. Kammy was attacking the data bug and made sure is stayed Protect Breached.

The data bug then used its iron balls to push Kammy away. She hit a barnacle and lost a ton of HP. Kite then ran up in front of the data bug and BlackRose and Balmung behind it.

"Just like last time! Go!" Kite yelled out his command.

Kite and Balmung used a Speed Charm on each other and started to run around the data bug in circles. The monster couldn't follow them both at the same time and got dizzy. Then BlackRose came out of nowhere and used a skill to make the monster to fall. Then they stopped running.

While Kite was running, he went near me and his bracelet started to glow. When he finished running, the bracelet was glowing brightly and then a strong wind current started up. It picked up sand and circled both Kite and me. Then my PC body was lifted into the sky and started to glow. Then from out of nowhere, Skeith came out and absorbed the data bugs power. Then Skeith struck my body with his wand and I disappeared.

"Skeith!" Kite yelled out.

"Lets beat his ass down like a horse!" BlackRose yelled out.

"What happened to Cloud?" Kammy asked.

"He will be offered as a sacrifice to bring back my master, Corbenix!" Skeith told them.

Kite, BlackRose, and Balmung were surprised that Skeith was able to talk.

"Now, you shall now see the full extent of the Waves power!"

At those words, the land started to quake. All the barnacles and sand started to disintegrate. Skeith created a dark portal and went through it. Then everything grew dark. Kite, BlackRose, Balmung, Miroku, and Kammy were unable to see where they were. The shroud of darkness grew thicker as they became more frightened. Then the shroud lifted and found themselves in the Waves land. Then Skeith appeared in front of them.

Scene 16: Innus Resurrection

"Now, you shall pay the price for defeating me! Come to me, Innus!" Skeith raised his wand and the shroud of darkness surrounded the wand. He left the wand in midair and disappeared. The ground begins to shake violently and a dark fog begins to come out of the floor.

"What's going on?" Miroku asked.

"Innus…he's being resurrected!" Kite answered.

"Is that even possible?" Kammy asked.

"It is," Balmung told her. "Some monsters have the ability to resurrect other monster. It looks like Skeith has that ability."

"Then that means we have to fight all 8 waves again," BlackRose added.

"Exactly. Now we must destroy him once and for all!"

Then the wand exploded and absorbed all the darkness. Then Innus came out of the ball of darkness, but he looked…different. Almost stronger than before.

"There he is. Now lets get him!" Kite commanded. Then the five heroes charged at it.

OFFLINE

I was still lying on the floor until my roommate came in. "Holy shit!" He came up to my side and grabbed my shoulder. Then he removed the VirtuGoggle. Then he shook me. "Get up, man!" He checked my pulse. It was getting slower by the minute. He got up, picked up the phone, and called the hospital. My breathing slowed down and my heart beat slower. He picked me up and placed me on the bed.

A few minutes later, an ambulance, a couple of police cars, and a crowd of people. The police put up a barrier. Then I was carried out of my apartment on a Carrier and placed into the ambulance.

ONLINE

Darkness. It was all that I could see. Then I saw a light appear in front of me. Then I saw other characters on the other side. Then I thought to myself, am I dead? Then the light started to become stronger. I shielded my eyes with my hand and I closed my eyes. Then I heard shrieks and wails coming from the light. Then I became more frightened. Then it stopped. Everything was silent. All I could really hear was the wind. Then I sat down on the dark floor.

A/N-

What's going to happen to Cloud? Will Innus defeat Kite and his friends? I'm not going to tell you! You have to find out on your own!