A/N: Ok this is gonna…YOU will see…Oh the humanity…

C/C: Cloud

Cloud is none other than Kite. Sadly the real character Kite was deleted three months ago after he forgot to pay the bill for a while. Same old Kite now searching for Aura to regain the bracelet, but has had no luck in finding Aura.

Chpt12: Wait? Who?

There he was. A BladeMaster. You can tell by the fencing sword at his side. He wore a suit of armor the color of amethyst. He had short shaggy black hair, and amber eyes.

He was standing with his arms crossed. Apparently he heard everything InuAcosta said.

He had a smug look on his face.

"How interesting… an A.I.D.A."

Every one became confused. They had no clue what that meant. He noticed.

"Artificial Intelligence Data Anomaly. It is when an AI is created by loose strands of data. Basically. I have no clue how they happen."

Now they were more lost, but nothing this stranger could say would fix that. In fact. He only seem to make them worse.

Iofiel started the whole greeting process. "Soo…Who are you?"

He took a step back and knelt down. "My name is Maxaminion. The Amethyst Knight." He followed up with a wink directed towards Iofiel. She blushed a little.

InuAcosta jumped a bit. He remembered the last time he met with an Amethyst Knight. "An Amethyst Knight? How do we know?"

Maxaminion raised to both feet. "Well Inu, as a system administrator under the employment of CC corporation. I have the power to do things normal users can't do. Hmm…I know."

Maxaminion placed his hand in the center of his chest. When he removed it the CC logo appeared. "Is that better?"

They all nodded. Then it struck them. How did he know InuAcosta's nickname. Azriel had to point out, and Maxaminion noticed without words.

"Well guys. Its me? Maxell. This is my job. I'm a hacker under the employment of the CC corporation, and Libra really had a zodiac core?"

It struck them who he was. Why else would Maxell just give himself up, so easily.

Za'Afiel was skeptical. "Ok lets say you are Maxell. Then what's a Zodiac core?"

Maxaminion nodded. "Ok this is the deal; meet me at the usual location in five. You never know who might be trying to listen in." He then walked away giving no one the time to question.

The six sat around not sure to go. Maxell always had them meet at Delta: Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground. So that was were they were to meet, but they weren't sure if it was a trap, but they decided to go.

Delta: Hidden, Forbidden. Holy Ground

The six warped to Maxell's usual hang out. They approached the church to he the familiar sounds of prayer. It was like what Maxell used to.

"Forgive me Aura, for I have done more wrong. I've brought those six into this. Now there in too deep. I think its time for an upgrade. it's the least I could do. Now the real battle is about to begin. Those Zodiac cores."

They walked in as Maxaminion was getting up. He really was Maxell. This proved it, and they trusted him the same as always.

"I see you are here. I need to run some diagnostics on Inu. Then I start the refitting. I'm giving you all an upgrade."

They nodded. Though they weren't sure of this upgrade. InuAcosta was first. It took Maxaminion a half hour before he finished.

"It seem that Inu has a viral AI in his character data. From the look of it. Hmm…It similar to Alaura, but a lot weaker. I can't remove it with out deleting Inu. Also the data bracelet Inu claims to have is almost a match for Kite's bracelet."

Everyone nodded like they knew what that all meant, but they dealed with it.

Azriel being the way he is had questions. "So what's this upgrade, and what's these Zodiac cores?"

That was a good question that everyone was thinking. But wasn't sure Maxaminion would tell them everything.

Maxaminion took a deep breath. "I'm upgrading your data. You'll be able to perform a data drain like the one I use to have. It still won't be strong enough to do the job. The job being how we need to weaken Alaura as so she could be deleted." He took a pause, and looked around. "Now the Zodiac cores. They are what we call an advanced viral data. Its what me and the Viziers used in experiments. There are twelve in total. When Ophelia and the other Viziers started there destroy thing. I took six of the Zodiac cores. Then after meeting you all. I implanted them into your character data. I need all six. It's going to be your job to track down the remaining Viziers and have…"

He started to laugh, and now they were really wondering.

"What?"

"I thought how funny it sounded in my head, but. InuAcosta is going to have to drain them. He's the only one has the power to. Funny aint it. The world as we know it lays in the hands of Inu."

Everyone but Inu was on the ground laughing. InuAcosta wasn't the brightest bulb in the shed, and was kinda lazy, plus absent minded. He didn't find it that funny.

Azriel got up and wiped away a fake tear. "This is too rich. You mean to tell me that the fate of thing as we know it rest in the hands of dog boy?"

Maxaminion nodded. "If I could get a hold of a Book of The Twilight, then I'd be able to give you all that ability. Till I can find Aura. Inu is our best bet…Kinda sad."

"Oh God! Were SCREWED!" Azriel just had to say it.

Everyone but InuAcosta nodded. He found it to not be a funny matter. Of course he couldn't blame them. He did do dumb things at times. So not much could be lost on his account.

Maxaminion began the process of the upgrades, but things were taking longer then expected. In fact Maxaminion had ran into some problem on the installation of the advanced program, but in time me managed.

"Finally! Complete. You now have a better version of the data drain."

Everyone checked there stats to find a bonus in their stats. A bonus that was much welcomed. It was a overall plus ten to everything but HP and SP.

Thing were in high spirits because finally things were going their way. Maxaminion is in the fold, plus he's an administrator. Now the bonus. Things seem well enough. That is, till a visitor enter the church.

The sound of slow steps caught everyone's ear. They turned to the newcomer. It was Cloud. At this point they had no idea of what to think. The guy helped them once before, and now he found them.

Cloud walked straight to the statue of Aura and paid no one a second glance. He stopped in front of it, and took a deep breath. He turned around.

"Welcome…To the world. I've always wanted to say that."

This got him a couple of odd glances. They had meet in a way before.

"So now. Your this Cloud the system has been watching, or maybe I should say I. My sources indicate that you are in fact Kite, but what's with the new character?"

Cloud started to push his fingers together and lowered his head. "Well…You see…Its kinda like this. I stopped playing for a while and I forgot my password, but that's not the worse part. I also forgot the password to my E-mail since I stopped checking it for a while, so my subscription was canceled, and the character was most likely deleted."

This it what Azriel and Dante called an Inu moment. It is when someone does something as stupid as InuAcosta's action. He was known for dumb things, and doing them often.

Azriel laughed. "Hey Inu! That's something you'd do!"

Maxaminion thought on what cloud said. Then it struck him. " The character know as Kite wasn't deleted. In fact. I have access to that data, but it is unplayable. I kinda tore it down in order to understand the data bracelet."

Cloud wasn't to happy to know that. "Gee…Thanks."

Now as this was going on there was a silent battle being waged in InuAcosta's mind.

"That Iofiel is hot…Let's rip her to shreds."

InuAcosta wasn't sure what to make of that so he whispered to himself. "Shut it, or we'll get in trouble."

"Render her flesh now!"

"Dude. No rendering anything! She's one of us."

"If you don't I will!"

InuAcosta's fingers became tense and he began losing control of his body. InuAcosta now under the influence of the blood AI as he called it. Slowly as Cloud, and Maxaminion debated what Maxaminion did to the character Kite. Because of this InuAcosta had made it behind Iofiel with out her knowing. That is till Makatiel caught glimpse of him from the corner of his eye.

Makatiel whacked the poor InuAcosta in the back of his head. InuAcosta fell like a ton of bricks. Everyone turned to watch as InuAcosta hit the ground.

They found this funny. He lay there twitching. Iofiel poked him with her staff.

"Is he dead yet?"

This brought a up roar of laughter, and it lasted only a few seconds. He got up slowly. He had a head ache.

"Wha the hell was that for!"

Makatiel crossed his arms. "I had the feeling that you; the perv. Was getting the wrong idea. Iofiel is not an object for your amusement."

Za'Afiel added something of his own. "Yeah! She's here for my amusement!"

Iofiel didn't like the way that sounded. She popped Za'Afiel in the face. "Hey!"

Dante and Azriel restrained Iofiel from further hurting Za'Afiel. She was huffing and puffing, and wanted to stomp Za'Afiel out.

Maxaminion looked at them with a look of fear. "Oh God! What have I done…"

Cloud was in the same vote. "You put the world in the hands of: an idiot, a ego freak, a smart ass, a loud mouth, a black robe smart ass, and a dangerous chick with a short fuse…Oh I see that were gonna make it…for thirty more minutes if lucky…"

After a while of Iofiel kicking Za'Afiel in the ribs. Things got back on track. Maxaminion was going over what must be done.

"Okay kiddies. Your jobs are this simple. D-R-A-I-N things. Stop the Viziers and get the last few Zodiac cores. Of course its up to Inu. God why did he of all people get that damn bracelet."

"Hey! What the hell does that mean! I also got a damn AI that can-" He lost control." RENDER FLESH! Lets start with the good looking blond!"

Makatiel came up behind InuAcosta and clubbed him again. InuAcosta was down again. He started to drag him by a foot. "I got it. I'll finish him off now if you please?" Everyone shook there heads, and he kicked InuAcosta in the side. "Hey! Get up!"

Azriel chuckled. "Someone get the dog a shock collar."

It was a good idea that wasn't possible at the moment. Cloud was really wondering if the world as they knew it was safe. They seemed to him that these people are nothing more then goofballs. He felt the world was doomed.

Well after things seemed to settle down Maxaminion finished up some loose ends. Nothing was too great. Though he was a little disturbed by the AI in InuAcosta's head.

He thought it to be a threat, but had no clue on how to stop it.

Things ended on a high point. InuAcosta's new friend kept everyone on their toes. There was no telling when and where the Blood AI would show up. It seem that InuAcosta began to act "sane". InuAcosta before was known to be odd and had wondering eyes. His eyes still wondered but now he had a strange calm to him. One that could be compared to a calm before a huge storm.

It was a week before anything happened. In this time each person did their own kind of training. InuAcosta and Azriel did mental training. The two worked on ways to control the Blood AI. They also did some leveling.

Makatiel and Iofiel worked with Maxaminion to better understand the situation. They studied various past data on the events involving Kite. In thus Cloud was there to help understanding more of all this chaos.

The Chaos was more than most understood. Alaura was toying with them. She had the ability to destroy this world and influence the real world. Alaura was looking for something. To her this was nothing more than a few kicks.

Maxaminion knew Alaura. She never did something without some meaning. She never fought a battle she didn't know she could win. She was holding most of the cards, and one of them was the Viziers.

Each were skilled and had in there possession a powerful virus. They could also bring both world into chaos, but yet they don't. It all made no sense. They knew something that seemed to delay them.

Maxaminion had his ways of gathering info, but all he came up with was Aura. What ever the Viziers were up to it involved Aura, and the same could be said about Alaura.

Maxaminion made a list of people to beware of. They were: Ophelia the Rai, Alura the AI, and the strangest was Ziggz. Though not much was known about him he- from what Maxaminion could gather was somehow involved. His sources have uncovered that Ophelia and him have been spotted on more than one occasion, plus the bit of Intel that Dante gave him.

Finally there was Za'Afiel and Dante. The two were on a high battle training. They leveled and gathered items. It was an easy task. Thanks to the upgrades given to them by Maxaminion. They had easy task. No real thought or planning. Just the two of them beating things down.

Of course none was more interesting then InuAcosta at work. He and his friend the Blood AI were having disagreements about most everything. The AI said render and InuAcosta say no. It would go a few hours and the AI take control, but someone was there to always slap him back to reality. Of course it got to the point that InuAcosta had some control. There was a trigger word. That trigger word would allow the Blood AI control.

Then of course InuAcosta got a flash mail from Luna. It said for him to meet her un the theta sever. The problem was he couldn't get there. He was still restricted to the Delta sever. So he paid a visit to his hacker.

"Hey, Maxaminion? I need to get over to the theta sever."

Maxaminion raised a brow. "What ya need there?" It seem to him a little odd. Yes they had mentioned it before, but never needed to. This must have been important.

InuAcosta shook his head as his right leg began to twitch. He also scratch the back of his neck. "Well see. I was invited by Luna to theta, but I can't go there. That is what the problem. I can't go and I want to."

Maxaminion stroked his chin. "I see. Then I'll lift your ban on the Theta and Lambda severs. Give me a half hour, and it'll be done." He waved InuAcosta off.

InuAcosta was escorted out the church by Maktiel and Iofiel. This was a necessary precaution. One InuAcosta understood well.

InuAcosta waited at the steps of the church. The attention span of a fly and the patents of a saint. So he twiddled his thumbs listened to the ranting of his friend the Blood AI. It went on and on about render flesh and who would be first and also how humanity would be its slave. InuAcosta didn't pay it too much mind. Then Maxaminion came out the church.

"Good news my freaky little friend. It is done. Go to the theta sever. Ha fun, cause from here on out…Its gonna be about the work. Got it." Maxaminion winked at InuAcosta. It kinda creepy, but InuAcosta wasn't gonna let that bother him. He was off to the theta server.

He hadn't seen Luna since she held him up. Luna was an odd job. She held him up and made him do her dirty work. It wasn't a bad day though. He got some good stuff.

Acosta made it to the Theta sever root town Dun Loireag. He looked around to find the Blade Master known as Luna. So he sat on his duff and waited. He waited for an hour. It sucked. InuAcosta watch people come and go. Then it happened.

"Stick it up, or I'll have to beat ya into a pulp!"

It sounded like Luna but when he turned around it was a career werewolf. A light brow werewolf. She sounded like Luna, but look different.

"What is it dog boy? I'm too hot for you?" She winked, and ruffled his hair. "So Bitch boy, what's shaking?"

InuAcosta started to stare at her a little too intense. Then the AI had its option. The whole rendering flesh thing, and InuAcosta fought with the whole thing.

"RENDER HER!"

InuAcosta started to whisper to himself. "Shut up dude. This is soo not the time."

Luna overheard InuAcosta, and now had a look of confusion.

"She's almost as good as the blond."

"What do you mean. She is!"

"The blond is better…"

"What! Wolf chick!"

"Grr…"

InuAcosta clenched his head, and grunted. Then his face color changed. The AI was in control. "I WILL RENDER YOU!"

Luna gave him a good glare and the AI back down in fear. InuAcosta didn't blame him. She was a bit brutal.

Luna raised a fist. "You wanna say that again?"

InuAcosta raised his arms to protect his face, and closed his eyes. He was waiting for the fist to fall, but it didn't. He opened up his eyes to see Luna hovering over with her hands on her hips.

"You done yet?"

He blinked. He wasn't hit, but he always got hit by someone after the Blood AI did its thing about rendering.

"Well you ready, or not?"

InuAcosta blinked. "For what?" He was kinda scared. Last time almost got him killed.

Luna smiled. "For an adventure. A moonlit stroll." She had an evil grin.

He figured it meant that he'd have to fight, and he was up for it, but he had one concern. What would he be fighting. He asked but got no answer. She added him to her party and the two were off to Theta: Plundered, Miracle, Remnant

It was a moonlit area like she said. Strange as always to be exact. It was dark and a low hanging fog. A little eerie, a little off, a little bit of everything really.

Luna grabbed InuAcosta's hand and started to lead him. "C'mon! You need to hurry up, or this is gonna get dull."

InuAcosta wasn't to sure about what was going on around him but he went with the flow. She dragged him to the dungeon. She wanted to get into some fights.

Fearsome they were. Since the area was lv.27. InuAcosta was only a lv.19. This made it a problem for him, and Luna was finding herself bailing him out. It wasn't that he was doing bad. With the high level weapon, he was giving as good as he got.

InuAcosta was panting. "THAT, was tough."

Luna looked at him. "Hmm? Now that's funny. It was kinda easy. This place gets harder the deeper we go."

InuAcosta took a deep breath. "What ever. Lets get to the statue and get this over with."

The two proceeded to the next room, and with it another battle. InuAcosta was running a little short on the medicines. He was running low, but didn't wan to bug Luna for some spares, if she had any.

They were up against a Mu Guardian and some Metal Goblins. It look simple enough, but the Mu Guardian proved a little bit more extreme the InuAcosta first thought.

InuAcosta weaved left as the Mu swung around it. Then it clicked in his head. Blood AI would be able to tear these enemies in no time so he decided to use the trigger. InuAcosta jumped back and uttered the trigger.

"Render!"

InuAcosta fell to the ground and the AI was in control. The first thing it did was drop its weapon. It preferred to fight without weapons. He turned in the direction of the group of Metal Goblins.

His hand extended towards them and a menacing grin on his face. He charged through them. As simple as 1,2,3. He ripped the all in two with one swipe. The Metal Goblins faded out as they fell to the ground.

InuAcosta on a turn of a dime shifted to the Mu Guardian. He shoot out at the Mu but decided to cut through the center. InuAcosta pierced through all to easily. The Mu flickered for a second but reformed and generated flakes. It went data bug.

InuAcosta grinned, reveling in the challenge. Ever so suddenly he turned and cracked his neck. Again with the head on attack he clawed at it. Quick and graceful.

Luna watched a bit impressed. She being the Werewolf, wasn't as quick or as powerful. The thing that puzzled her was how a Heavy Blade could fight with out a weapon.

Luna on a whim joined the fray. She charged in and tackled the Mu as InuAcosta came from above with a volley of fists. He came down as to go through the Mu.

The Mu Guardian's protection broke leaving it all to the Blood AI InuAcosta to drain.

The red bracelet appeared and he drained the Mu. He was rewarded with a virus core marked O.

After InuAcosta had the core, he simple shredded the Mu. No enemy had yet to survive The Blood AI's power, and InuAcosta was happy to have it from time to time.

After the battle was over he reverted back to himself. InuAcosta went to pick up his Hailstrum. He after retrieving his weapon turned to Luna and winked. "Sup?"

Luna blushed for a second. She raised her hand to her mouth. "Well if the bitch boy hasn't learned new skills."

He gave a weird grin in reply. "Well if it works then why get any new tricks."

The duo proceeded to the next chamber and so on and so forth. One-by-one the remaining rooms were cleared. It was enjoyable for InuAcosta. He was having fun. It had been a while since he had played the game for fun.

Then the moment arrived. They had reached the Gott. Now the debate of who will get to keep what, but first Luna opened up the chest. A weak prize of Thunder Boots and 2 rainbow cards.

Luna grumbled a second. "Here dog boy. You can have these. They're no use to me."

InuAcosta nodded. "Thanks, Luna."

"No problem. Lets get out here, Inu-boy."

Acosta nodded. "How?"

She pulled out a sprite ocarina. "No other way to go, but up."

She played the ocarina and they were back on the field. The two had bested the data bug and got to the Gott. Now what was left.

Luna looked up into the moon, and grabbed InuAcosta's hand. She pulled him along and forced him to sit with her. They were in the perfect position to view the full moon.

Luna looked up and howled. Once she was done, she turned her sight to InuAcosta. "Isn't it a lovely full moon?"

InuAcosta looked up at it, and then at her. "Yeah, just makes ya wanna howl?"

Luna giggled. "I did."

InuAcosta laughed. "I heard."

Luna moved in a little closer and rested her head against InuAcosta's shoulder. "Its been a great day, but I got to go." She looked up at InuAcosta and gave him a little peck on the cheek as she logged out.

InuAcosta was left in a light daze, grinning from ear to ear, and his head slightly tilted.

At Delta: Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground

Dante, Azriel, and Za'Afiel had joined up with Maxaminion, Cloud, Iofiel, and Makatiel.

It was nothing special. This place had become their home and base of operations.

Dante had just received a flash mail. It said: "Well if it isn't Dante. Ziggz here. If you want to learn the secret of my curse then come to Theta: Lost, Traveler's, Safe Heaven. Come alone."

It seem she had been invited by the great Ziggz. The strange part is how'd he get her member address. It was creepy and Maxaminion had put him on a list of enemies. Maxaminion didn't trust the fact he asked her to come alone.

Maxaminion didn't like the idea. "No dice. This is a horrid idea. He can't be trusted."

Dante crossed her arms. "But he defeated a data bug without drain! Its worth a shot to get more Intel from him!"

Cloud agreed with Dante. "She has a point. He could prove useful."

Azriel fell in line with Maxaminion. "We know next to nothing about him. We also know that he's been sighted in company with Ophelia. That in its self says something."

Though Azriel had a good point, Dante's decision didn't waver. It seemed thing are a bit out there. No one wanted for her to go, but she had a point. In the end she won. She had the ok, but what to expect.

"So, Maxaminion? I cant get to the theta server."

Maxaminion folded his arms. "It'll be a half hour."

She waited till Maxaminion was done, and by the time he was done, InuAcosta strolled on in. He was still a bit dazed. He sat in the back and no one paid him any attention.

"There were go. Your all set for the Theta and Lambda servers. Have fun." He waved her off.

Dante hopped over to the Theta server as fast as she could. Dante was at the Chaos Gate. She took a deep breath.

N/C: The Great Warrior