Dot HackThe Twilight Dragon
Chapter 2: Sanjuro the heavy blade
Hey everyone! I hope you all liked chapter one of my story. Sorry for not giving a clothing description for Zansa and Reina I changed Reeni's name to Reina, but I had my reasons. Well one: Your about to find out what they look like in this chapter and two it's good to let a reader think up their own clothing and that for the characters. Doesn't make much sense I know but it will get better I promise. Well here's chapter two, Sanjuro the heavy blade. Enjoy -
The whole cannot be changed. We have already lost that chance. Because the time left to us was short, we were mistaken in our path, but now do we realize, we should change not the whole, but the parts…
Wave soars and shrouds the eyes. No means to fight an omnipresent force, the shadow less ones just grieve. Why must it be a wave? Divide, if it would just…Then retaliate, we may…
Reina is still frozen in fear; damn what to do! There's only one thing I can do. "Ready or not here I come, monster." I cried out blindly running into battle with the pumpkin like ghost. I made three swift slashes at the monster, but none of them seemed to have any effect at all. The monster just stood there as if I was giving it a break from our battle. "What the…how can that be. Not a single point of damage. T-that's not possible; I should've at least done some damage to it!" I growled, terrified of what might happen if I got deleted by the monster. I heard rumors of people being comatose by monsters that couldn't be destroyed, but their only rumors right? I thought to myself keeping my eyes glued on the monster.
I was about to make my next attack on the monster, but four gold rings appeared before me revealing a character that looked exactly like the legendary Sanjuro who traveled with Kite and Blackrose. Reina's character looked like Blackrose but her armor was blue and silver instead of violet red. She also had markings on her face but they were green not light orange. I looked like Kite the legendary twin blade, but my costume was black with silver yin and yang crests all over my costume. My hair was a shaggy white much like a character who went by the name of Balmung. He was also a companion of Kite and Blackrose.
"Don't just stand there you two, hurry up and gate out! It's to dangerous here!" The Sanjuro look alike character yelled out charging at the monster like I had done before, but he was much faster at it then I.
"Right! Reina lets gate out now!" I yelled to Reina. She snapped out of her day dream and nodded hesitantly. We both had gold rings surround us, but they disincarnated like a destroyed monster would do or a deleted character. "What the heck is going on! I-I cant gate out!" I stuttered looking as terrified as Reina was moments ago before this look alike character came.
"Zansa! I-I cant gate out! What's happening?" she cried falling to her knees with tears in her eyes. Reina kept on crying and saying "I cant gate out…why cant I gate out". she was in a total state of shock. There was nothing I could do about it. All I could do was stand there blankly waiting for our doom.
"Why haven't the two of you gated out yet. Don't tell me you cant! Damn were to late!" he screamed getting hit by the monster and plunging into the ground like a rag doll. He quickly picked himself up from the ground and ran to Reina and I to defend us and get some sort of support as well.
The monster began to attack us with its two blades. The Sanjuro character and I both got out of the way, but Reina didn't even move a muscle. She was to scared to move or breath for that matter. I quickly stopped and ran to Reina pushing her out of the way from the on coming attack. Reina and I both fell to the ground just barely dogging the attack. "Reina are you ok?" I asked somewhat lying on top of her; shielding her from any attack that might come our way. "Z-Zansa!" I turned my head back at the monster who was coming back for round two. I was to afraid to move or even scream.
"Watch out you two, he's coming back!" The mysterious character cried out trying to quickly get up off the ground and save us, but Reina and I knew he wouldn't make it in time to make any difference. Reina and I just stood there knowing we were dead where we stood, but we weren't afraid of our character data being deleted; we were more concerned that we would become comatose like so many other characters.
Reina and I were about to be deleted by the monster, but all of the sudden the monster completely froze. It was like time had completely stopped for the monster. From out of nowhere a strange looking character appeared above the monster. This character was unlike anyone I've ever seen before. The mysterious character had no legs, and she was transparent. She had a white long dress that floated around like a phantom. Her face was pale and her eyes were a light-blue color. Her eyes looked much like the ocean in a mysterious way. She was really gloomy and ominous looking. I had never seen a character quite like her, but I was uncertain if she was a friend or foe.
"Aura," the Sanjuro look alike whispered, but not quite enough where I couldn't hear it.
"Sanjuro, you must take the children out of here at once! I wont be able to hold the data bug back for long." the girl in white warned, struggling to hold the monster where it was. "Aura, the data bug has made it impossible for anyone to gate in or out." The monster was beginning to slowly break free from the spell the girl had cast on him. "I'll handle that Sanjuro. Right now the safety of these children are more important. Good bye again…My friend. May the grace of the twilight dragon be with you." The girl in white began to glow a passionate light red and with in that light she began turning into a red orb like spirit. Four gold rings warped around all three of us gating us all out of the now falling apart dungeon.
Reina and I found our selves back in 'Mac Anu' where Reina and I first began our dungeon adventure. Reina glanced around hopping what we saw was nothing more than our minds playing tricks on us. "That girl…she must of did something to gate us out." I thought out loud still lying on top of Reina. My face began to turn a little red as I quickly got of her. "sorry…I was…Are you ok Reina." she looked up at me with a little blush and nodded with out even a word.
"Huh? Where's that heavy blade, Sanjuro, I think that's what the girl called him?" she asked, but knowing her guess was as good as mine.
"I'm not…wait a minute, I got an e-mail." I replied, not quite finishing my sentence.
"Who's it from Zansa?" Reina asked curiously. "Huh? I've got an e-mail too." she added as she herd a ping like sound that signified that she got some new mail. "Mine says to go to the Mac Anu bridge ASAP, but it doesn't say who it's from." she looked at me as if she was wondering if I had got the same e-mail.
"How strange; mine says the same thing. I wonder if we should go. What do you think Reina?" I answered as I snapped out of my daze of checking my e-mail. "I don't see why not, who knows…maybe it's from that girl or someone we know." I nodded and Reina and I both headed on towards the bridge of 'Mac Anu'.
Reina and I began to make our way to the bridge, but before we went on we needed to get a few potions and scrolls just in case the e-mail was a set up by some character looking for a fight. Reina went to the potion shop and I decided to go to the scroll shop. I soon after realized that Reina and I should've gotten some before we went on our dungeon adventure. I couldn't help but wonder if the heavy blade from earlier was really the legendary Sanjuro that traveled around with Kite and Blackrose. Another thing that bothered me was the girl in white. The heavy blade called her Aura. That name sounded very familiar to me, but I wasn't really sure.
As I finally came to the scroll shop I was stopped by a wave master character. He grabbed on to my arm kind of gently but strong enough to stop me dead in my tracks. He was wearing a dark light blue wave master robe. His hat was also blue and the very top light blue. He also had green zigzag crests on his cheeks as well as on his clothing. He was also carrying a wave weapon, but I wasn't sure what kind. He actually looked really cool looking and it made me want to be a wave master instead of a twin blade.
"Hey, your wearing a really rare color of clothing aren't you. Yin and yang crests are really hard to come by, especially for a beginner." he announced as he tugged on to my arm. "Do you have a Bubble Rod? It's a level 16 wave weapon!" he asked letting go of my arm. "Hey, I know…how about we exchange member addresses! You can put me in your party when ever you need me, just give me a call. Also if you get a Bubble Rod please give it to me and I'll give you something good in return." we both exchanged member addresses. A few moments later I heard Reina calling out my name. I turned around and waved to her. When I turned back the wave master was gone as if he was never there to begin with.
I looked at the member address and it read 'Kazasumi'. I figured that was the wave masters name. Huh? What a strange player. Bubble Rod…I guess I better keep an eye out for one. I thought curiously as I purchased three types of scrolls. I purchased Three 'Lightning bolts, Fire tempest, and health charm'.
"Hey Reina I got the scrolls; did you get the potions?" I asked as I ran up to her.
"Yeah, I got the both of us five health drinks and soul mages each." she answered back, standing by my side patting me on the back with a friendly smile.
"Great! Lets head on to the bridge now. I'm dieing to know who sent the e-mail."
Reina gave me my share of the potions she had bought and I did the same with the scrolls I had bought for the both of us. After our little exchange we both headed on towards the bridge of this town once more to find out the identity of our mystery e-mail character that asked us to come to the bridge.
After about five or so minutes of jogging our way to the location we were asked to go to we finally made it. The bridge was huge! It was at least half a mile long. Underneath it was a huge river like stream that ran through the entire town. No wonder why it's called the Aqua capital. I thought as I gazed at my surroundings. There were some town boats for players who just wanted to talk and relax on the water. Reina and I glanced around for a few moments looking for the player who e-mailed us. At first there was no one on the bridge but us, until we saw a heavy blade in the distance. It was the look alike Sanjuro from before when we were in the dungeon. We were both surprised to see him yet again, but I had a feeling we would of ran into him sooner or later. Could he be the one who sent the e-mail? I thought in confusion.
"I see the both of you got my e-mail." he announced as he walked to the edge of the bridge. He just stared at the water and sighed deeply. "The two of you should've never have gotten involved." he grumbled.
"Who was that girl who saved us in the dungeon? And more importantly who are you?" I asked still confused on why he sent us the e-mail.
Reina leaned back on the railing of the bridge and closed her eye's as she started to prepare her self for the explanation on why we called here. I followed and leaned over the railing looking at the water that the heavy blade was looking at.
"The girls name is Aura. What you saw was a segment of Aura. I have been looking for it for quite some time now." he answered my question like I asked, but it only lead to more questions. "My name is Sanjuro. Sanjuro the heavy blade." He answered another one of my questions, but this time it left me speechless. Reina quickly jumped away from the railing with a shocked look on her face.
"You're the legendary Sanjuro who traveled with Kite and Blackrose!" Reina cried out in amazement.
"Yes I traveled with Kite and Blackrose, but that was a long time ago. A lot has changed since then." he replied still looking at the river.
"Where's Kite and Blackrose now?" I asked with a million more questions running through my head.
"I'm afraid I cannot answer that. Its not that I don't want to, its just really complicated and hard to explain." he answered kind of sadly as if they weren't friends anymore or something like that. "Since Aura has chosen you two for the final battle; I'll try to explain all that has happened and what the current situation is." Sanjuro added now leaning his back against the railing like Reina had done before.
Reina and I just leaned back and gave Sanjuro our full attention, getting ready to hear the truth behind "The World" and what lurks with in it.