Disclaimer: Not mine

AN: Here it is... Some people seem to be forgetting that this is 10 years after .hack.... Sora is 19

in this book. Thanks!

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Chapter 3: Party

The two of them rolled across the cliff side, their childlike glee egging them on, as they let out

their frustration and stress on the opposing characters, though for the first time, neither of them

held any malice for the other.

They paused in thier mad rolling at the edge of a cliff, Sora couldn't help but smirk at the position

they were in, he had her arms pinned above her head and her legs were splayed out on either side

of his. Were this any other girl, he might have been tempted to take advantage of this position,

but never Mimiru.

" I win, now kindly give me your member address...or....else...."

" Never!" She hissed, trying to break his grip, but, to put it bluntly, her stats were really crappy

next to his, and it took no effort to keep her pinned.

He leaned in, and gently nibbled on her earlobe a moment, sending shivers through her, then said,

" I don't want to lower myself to make you say uncle...."

"Sora!" Mimiru growled, " Oh fine, let go and I'll do it.."

" That a girl!" He laughed, sitting up, and letting her stand, carefully making sure she didn't

make a break for it.

Mimiru noticed his caution obviously, but seemed unconcerned by it.

She turned and clicked something on her weapon, and her address was instantly transferred to

him....after years of waiting...finally.

He smirked his usual smirk, to hide the genuine smile behind it, and stood up, brushing off his

knees, and bowing slightly, managing to keep his disrespectful demeanor as a facade over his

joyful thoughts bubbling up.

' To think, all these years.....and it really wasn't that tough to get it!! And now....We--just the two

of us! Will be adventuring!!'

" Then let the games begin!" he laughed, and leapt off the cliff, warping to a random dungeon.

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" How could I.....have been so tempted by him?" Mimiru thought to herself in desperation, ' It's

those bloody WonderGoggles fault!!'

" Mimiru?" Sora said suddenly.

" Huh?" She said, snapping back to reality, " What?"

" Oh, where you here? Or away from the console?"

" Oh, sorry.....I was just spacing...." She laughed nervously.

" Well...let's try to focus....or we can't beat the dungeon!" Sora said, smiling goofily at her.

" Uhh...which was it again?"

" Mimiru...!" He clicked, though his annoyance was feigned, " Delta, Hidden Pagan Twin Hills."

" Tsh... THAT's awfully low level!!"

He shrugged nonchalantly, and said, " Well...we old timers need warm ups..."

" Haha, what ever you say!" She laughed, old timers indeed!

As she looked around at the stormy area, she shivered at the icy-cold rain sliding down her back,

and yet, the biting cold breeze carried with it the scent of adventure....perhaps this would be good

for her after all...

She couldn't help but smile at the dark, rainy plains, for once....this game did not induce painful

memories in her....

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Sora looked over at the beautiful heavy-blade, she was leaning against a flesh wall, panting

heavily as she rested up from her last battle.

Man he was rusty at this stuff these days!!!

" Ready to go on yet?" He asked, scrounging up his usual chirpy voice.

Mimiru sighed, and looked over at him, " Yeah...Why not?"

This was already the 3rd floor, so he doubted there was much more to see . . . . . then . . . finally. .

. . rest . . . .

He couldn't help but laugh.

Soon, they came upon another monster portal, it was made up of several spinning rings, and a

glowing light emanated from the center of it, which exploded in a low whine.

There it stood, a headhunter, Sora had always gotten a kick out of that name when he was

younger, being as they were basically just stone golems missing only their heads....thus it's

name....so it was always searching for it's head, or anyone's elses.....so the monster bio said.

" Awright!! Let's rock!!" Mimiru exclaimed happily.

" Yes, please do!"

The lumbering giant tried to clumsily swing at Sora, but he deftly dodged it, leaping agilely at the

opposite wall, and bouncing off, blades drawn.

The giant's errant swing connected solidly with the wall, it's fist sinking slightly into the fleshy

substance, but it did not appear to do any damage to the terrain.

The giant did not get a chance to swing again, as both Sora's and Mimiru's attacks connected

from either side, slicing the golem into thirds.

" Oooh yeah!" Mimiru cheered, pumping her first into the air triumphantly.

Sora smirked softly at her, admiring her spirit, then, without warning, bolted into the next room.

His emerald eyes lit up at what lay in the next room.

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" Oooh! The Ziet statue!! I TOLD you we were almost there!" Sora announced from ahead of

Mimiru.

" About time!!" She sighed, still slightly irritated at the length of the dungeon, it had been hours

in the finishing!

" Easy dungeon my FOOT!" she grumbled to herself, shaking her head.

" OOOhhh! And look what's in it!!" His voice chimed from ahead.

Hurredly, she ran up to the treasure chest, knowing Sora would try to hog everything there, given

a chance, and peered into the gilded box Sora was leaning over.

Inside lay a beautifully crafted Silver Scarab, A mouth-watering, delicious-looking, Yellow

Candy, and a brilliantly colored Rainbow Card.

" Dibs on the Scarab! Dibs on the Scarab!!" He cheered, snagging it deftly from the chest.

" Grr, Your so childish!" She pouted, hurting from the loss of the Scarab....she could have made

some really good trades with that!!

" Aww, You can have the rest!" He sad enthusiastically, obviously that had been all he'd wanted,

either.

" And who exactly are you two?" Came a feminine voice from behind them, " Few people swing

by my dungeon anymore, and even less have the patience to finish it."

Caught off-guard, Mimiru jumped, and spun around to face her new opponent, only slightly

slower than Sora.

Standing in a cocky posture in the middle of the doorway, their only escape, was a strange-

looking woman, she had long, blue, slash-like tattoos on her cheeks, running diagonally across

her face from just below her eyes, to the corner's of her smirking lips. She had large, auburn

eyes, and she was holding a red-streaked wand, most likely a Blaze wand, but Mimiru might have

been mistaken, one flame wand was pretty much like another to her.

But, the outfit she wore was made extremely strange by her obvious class: She wore a long,

midnight blue skirt, that fell to just below her knees, and her sky-blue tube-top like shirt had

steps that seemed to circle around her neck, leaving a large amount of cleavage showing, but

even that outrageous suit could be overlooked, if not for the heavy-looking blue bracers

encircling the woman's forearm. Mimiru would've swore she looked like a heavy blade, if not

for the wand the woman hefted in a very experienced manner.

" And who are YOU?" Sora asked, sounding quite intrigued at the appearance of this strange new

Player Character.

" The name's Alpha, I'm a level 60 Wavemaster, from that golden time Waaay back when." She

said confidently, pointing her thumb to herself, and nodding, before adding, " And the two of you

appear to be from that prehistoric time when the CRIMSON KNIGHTS were still in power!!"

Mimiru couldn't help but scowl at the girl's teasing tone, she made it sound like they were

fossils!!

" Ah...Now I know you...you must be that silly wavemaster that every one used to talk about,

trying to figure out how you got such an ABSURD model!" Sora commented lightly.

" Guilty." She said sheepishly, then smiled broadly before saying, " Okay! Since you guys bested

my dungeon, I'll give you my Member Address, and we can group sometime!"

With that, she clicked her weapon, and ran off down the hall.

"Hmm....But I didn't get the address..." Mimiru mused, confused.

" Oh, But I did!!" Sora chirped, smirking devilishly.

Figures.

" I guess I am still a ladies man, huh?" Sora laughed, tauntingly.

" Get your head outta the clouds Sora, You used to have to threaten girls with PKing, to get their

address'!!"

" Ah. So true. And yet I believe BT was the most fun." Sora smiled, then stretched, and

announced, " Well! I'm pooped! I think I'll log out, nice groupin' with ya!"

" Yeah, You-" Mimiru started, but he waved and gated out first, "...too..."

**********

Sora sighed contentedly as he took of his new Wonder Goggles, perhaps playing the world WAS

just what the doctor ordered!! With that, he turned off his Computer, and walked out of the room.

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Mimiru sighed as she took a final glance at the city of Mac Anu, at least today had been an

escape from the pain that constantly haunted her, from the ghosts of her past....

Sora tended to do that to a person though, distract you from everything going on but what he

wanted you to see....or was it just that he could do that to HER?

" Hey! Aren't you that legendary player that was a partner with that Wavemaster, Tsukasa?"

Came a woman's voice from behind her.

Mimiru flinched at the name of her beloved, why couldn't this world allow her to forget, just for

a while?

" Who are you?" Mimiru asked, turning to look at the girl.

She was a tall, tanned woman, with a short blue -hemmed, red skirt, making it barely to her

thighs, and a tight red shirt, wrapping around her torso and shoulders, partially covered with a

sailor-like collar, hiding most of her shoulders, as if in mock-modesty. Her hair was a brilliant

sapphire, and shoulder-length, curving slightly upwards at the tips, as if afraid to brush her

shoulders, and her deep brown eyes seemed empty, devoid of intelligence. But Player Character's

in 'The World' rarely reflected upon their creator's intellect.

" You can call me Dark_Century!!" She chirped.

Oh, so she had an UNDERSCORE in her name, too?

" What do you want? Can't you tell I'm logging?" Mimiru said irritably, Sora was probably

relaxing on his couch, drinking coffee by now!....Not that Mimiru had anything but an empty

house and silent, taunting ghosts to return to, anyway....

" I just want to be able to group with some one as awesome as you!" She smiled, " SO, here is

my member address! Ciao!"

The girl clicked her thin bracelet, and ran off.

Mimiru sighed, but couldn't help the small smirk that played across her face, " Looks like it's 1-

1...Sora."

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A young woman watched in silence the two girls talking at the Chaos gate, from a rooftop above.

Her long black hair fell slightly into her face, but she did not bother to brush it away, she smirked

softly and stood up silently, running along the rooftops of the abandoned city, her lithe form

causing no sounds as she landed lightly in a dark alley, and walked casually out.

Soon, it would all begin....oh yes, soon....

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AN: And we find ourselves at another end.

Stings doesn't it ? ^.^

So, a couple of added things about the OC generator...

For Newbies:

the 'new' classes are:

Ranger ( medium only class that can wield two types of weapons, both a sword and a long bow)

Cleric ( exactly like a Wavemaster, except that she ( that is the usual gender of the class) weilds a

war hammer, and can only use a limited amount of attack spells, concentrating instead on

healing)

Beast Tamer ( heavy, uses whip, can summon creature to aid him, works just like a D&D

familiar, except no harm comes to the owner if beast dies.)

Bowman ( light, uses Bow/crossbow)

I can't think of any others.....^.^''

Notes about 'Key'

The 'bracelet' is off-limits, but you CAN instead have one of these for your char( first come, first

serve) These ALL have data drain, and the date-protect that the bracelet gives

Tsukasa's Guardian (only 1) Powers: Gate Hack, Must be a Wavemaster/Cleric to use, has a

personality of it's own.

Morganna's "guardians" (several) Powers: identical to tsukasa's, except all classes can use, and it

is weaker than Tsuk's, it is also a diff. Color ( note: Tsuk guardian is not defeatable, but this is)

"Key"...the sword you see on the title,(1) ( only blade-users, no Twin Blades, a wavemaster may

use the power to unlock, but other than that, no.) Powers: Unlock doors, will kill a Data Bug in

one slash.

Important Note: The wielder of Tsuk Guardian cannot log out.

OK....

Now for my schedule:

Second Chance CH3(done)

Fate CH.5

AlonePT2 ( ok, here's the deal, you give me the title for this, I give you credit, you give me

inspiration for title, I give you partial credit, you give me insp. For an entire PLOTLINE....for any

fic, I email you and say thanks, and of course, credit you in the actual fic...So hurry up and give

me the name for this title, I can't write it till I have it!)

Some FF7 poems probably

After that...who knows?

~Yusagi