~Reunion~
I found you again. It's not a dream. I found you.
It had been a week since the incident. The July sun shined through the windows. The golden rays slipped gently into a small apartment and fell on a silver haired young boy sitting in the middle of a hardwood floor. He hugged his legs to his chest and stared pensively at the yellow wood, following the cracks with his fingers.
As far as Tsukasa understood, the genesis program had been a special program, developed by some of Japan's top scientists, meant to use computer code to control the genetics of humans. Harold tweaked it and developed a system where it could actually program proteins to make a body. Harold had been hoping to use it to give Aura a body in the real world. Of course he had died before that could happen. Tsukasa tugged at the jeans and T-shirt he was wearing. He had been so used to the robes of a wavemaster. Two years, two years since the awakening of Aura. During that while, the consciousness of Tsukasa had returned to the body of the girl in the real world, but a small bit of Tsukasa's consciousness had remained in the game. For an odd reason the bits of data that had been the character Tsukasa managed to retain a will and sentience. His mind was scattered throughout cyber space, but memories and images of Mimiru, Subaru, Bear, B.T even Sora. all remained within the bits of digital code. Tsukasa, the digital character in a simulated world, still existed. Tsukasa longed to see them again, to talk to them, to feel them. He believed that there was no hope of ever having a body again digital or real. That is until last week.
Now he had a body. Thanks to the miraculous technology of the Genesis program, Tsukasa had been reborn. He had been reborn in a flesh and blood body in the real world, in a tank of blue liquid protein he had been resurrected. Ken had been kind and allowed Tsukasa to stay with him. Ken even allowed Tsukasa to use the old clothes his son used to wear. He was interesting. He had a son and daughter who had grown to adulthood and were now living in Yokohama. He was a busy IT manager for a major company. Normally he was gone for most of the day, but today was his day off.
"Why are you sulking inside on such a nice day?" Ken asked kindly
"I guess I'm just not much of an outdoor person," Tsukasa mumbled shyly
"Well I'm going out for dinner. You want to come along?" Ken asked
"Alright," Tsukasa answered
He was hungry. Light pain in your stomach meant you were hungry. The sensations had been new to him, but he had learned to recognize hunger and sleepiness and all the other things that came with having a real body. Tsukasa considered it a marked, but interesting difference from his virtual existence. Dinner passed quickly. They ate some Chinese food at a nearby restaurant. Tsukasa and Ken looked at some of the shops as they walked home. The sidewalks were crowded. The crowds jostled him, and Tsukasa tried as best he could to avoid running into people. Despite his efforts a person bumped into Tsukasa and he fell.
"Oh I'm so sorry." A soft feminine voice called out.
Tsukasa instantly recognized the voice. He slowly looked up and found himself starring at two sapphire eyes. A hand was stretched out to help him up. A pair sapphires eyes went wide with recognition. Tsukasa climbed back to his feet. The girl who had bumped into him was stunned speechless. He looked back at her. His amethyst eyes locked into her sapphire ones. A soft breeze rustled her russet hair, which had grown to chest length since he'd seen her last. Aside from her hair she was almost exactly as Tsukasa remembered. Her face was still youthful and happy, the same face he had seen in his dreams during the past week. Time seemed to stand still and the world fell away. Tsukasa was the first to speak and shatter the stillness.
"Hi Mimiru," he said smiling
"Tsukasa," she answered
She took his hand in hers, not believing. The feel of his warm flesh proved it. Tsukasa was here. Tsukasa was in the real world. This wasn't some simulation; this was reality. Mimiru's eyes flashed with emotion and she flung her arms around Tsukasa. Tsukasa answered by putting his arm around her. He gently held her close.
'You're really here?" Mimiru asked with a shaky breath
"Yes," Tsukasa answered simply.
I do not own .Hack//Sign or any of the related characters
So what did you think? Was the ending too much of a cliffhanger? Of course I support Tsukasa/Mimiru so I'm making it a romance between the two. I couldn't resist growing out Mimiru's hair. It just seems like she'd look very cool that way. In the next chapter Tsukasa and Mimiru go to Shimokita just like in they promised in the anime. I'm wondering about what to do about the Subaru factor though. Any questions, comments, or concerns can be sent to Nkitpanich@msn.com
I know Tsukasa is a girl in the real world. Thank you to all of you, who are trying to help me, but I am well aware of that fact. The point of this fic is to bring Tsukasa's game character, who is male, into the real world and let him interact with his old friends in the real world.
Kat Drama, Mr. Horwick is Harold Horwick; the deceased creator of the game, The World. Digital copies of him exist in the The World. He was a great programmer and he programmed the Key of Twilight , an object that is believed to be able to overturn the entire order of the world, into the universe of The World. Ken is a made up character I'm using a convenient plot device. He was Horwick's top assistant and apprentice. Harold also trusted him the most.