The Azure Orb

Chapter II: Crimson Blood

Disclaimer: Oh psh, if I owned it, you'd see a .Hack/Sign game.

A/N: o-o geez, I always look back at my writing and bleh, ugly.

Steeple333: Ohhh I like the idea of SoraxMimiru! Teehee, well that's going to develop throughout the chapters, so look forward to it! I also like the CrimxBT pairing, so I guess I'll stick to that! Teehee.

Oh and thanks for the places dilemma!

As for the, "Woah, Obachan became Ojichan." I do not get that (O.o). :huggles: THANK YOU for encouraging meeeee!

Lady Azura: OMG Thank youuuuuuu :huggles: teehee, I feel speeeecial! As for the feelings of either Crim, Sora or Subaru:giggles stupidly: you shall see!


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"Sure is pretty dark in here…… Tsukasa, mind making us some light?" Mimiru complained as she bumped, or more like ran into, a pillar supporting the ceiling. The young wavemaster held his staff up high and muttered some incantations as every dark spec illuminated into their real colours.

Everyone held their breath at the amazing scenes. Each walls were carved, and each carvings seemed to be almost real. The statues which seemed to guard the next door to the other chamber were half-shrouded in darkness, yet held a tint of grey-stone to it's texture with it's demon-like appearance. The menacing face glowered down upon whomever dared to enter and somehow seemed to stare at the ones passing by.

They both held black orbs of glass containing a dark substances in their jaws which were too dark to recognize.

"H-hey, look at this!" A20 pointed to a wall at the other end of the hall. They bared identical indents as the others…… but the storyline has seemed to change in this one. Sora observed something closer…… it seemed to gleam at the touch of a finger.

"Bope," he muttered, pressing it gently. At the contact of skin, the room started to tremble with incredible force as the statues of the great demons rose to their feet.

"SORA? WHAT DID YOU-" the Heavyblade swiftly dodged the tail that had whipped her way.

"There's no time. Crim, Ginkan! Head for those fallen pillars!" Bear instructed the closest men to an area of ruins, "Tsukasa! Cast a fire spell on my sword when I wave!" Tsukasa nodded as the group headed their way towards those motionless pillars, lying on the marble floor.

Swiftly climbing them with force, Crim looked over to Bear, asking for the next move.

"Ginkan! Throw your sword to Crim!" the swordsman looked over at Bear with a hint of hesistation, but obeyed, "Now Crim…… wait until they see you! Distract them. Once it's time, break those orbs in their mouths!"

Fully understanding the Swordmaster, he waved his spear frantically, "Hey! Ugly, canary, extinct dinosaurs! Over here!"

Dumbly raising their noses in the air, sniffing the whiff of whoever insulted them, they turned around facing the Long Arm. They gnarled and let a muffled roar indicate their anger then charged blindly towards Crim.

"NOW!"

Bear had waved to Tsukasa as Crim struck the orbs forcefully, shattering them into a million pieces. The liquid that was held inside splattered everywhere, revealing it's true color as dark crimson. The Long Arm had already jumped out of the way, though receiving droplets of that liquid.

The fire had caught the fluid in a matter of seconds and caused a big explosion to issue in those demon's mouths.

They froze and howled in pain, though turned to dust a split-second after.

"Tsukasa, are you alright?" Subaru held onto his arm as he just smiled. Crim however sighed. He was the one who did the dangerous job here……

Sora on the other hand, smiled sheepishly at the furious Mimiru then backed away and tried to defend himself, "Uh, well, ya know…… there could've been…… Oh look!"

Mimiru exhaled in frustration and turned around. She gasped as the carvings had come to life…… they seemed to move all at once, re-enacting the story held within each dent.

A cool male voice then echoed along the walls of that room, "This is my lair…… who dares disturb me?" his voice resonated through the walls.

"We are here to prove no such danger from this dungeon to the others. Let us through," Bear called out to no one in particular, echoing in his turn.

The voice chuckled, "How foolish to think you can prove that. Well, I would be more than glad to kill each one of you…… and destroy you from the real world completely as well," the tone in the individual's voice became more menacing within the word.

'I knew this was a bad idea……' Crim thought to himself.

"Your last friend, or whom might I say, former friend……. has bravely entered here as well. She was the first one to conquer all those traps with acurate intelligence just like you, Swordmaster. It does not take brute force, but sheer intellectual thoughts."

"I'll take that as a compliment……" muttered Bear.

"And who might that, 'she' and little friend of ours be? Hmm?" Sora inqueried.

A shadow totally hidden by darkness had stepped up, careful not to reveal herself yet.

"Oh, she's someone I now care about. Care more than you can imagine. And, she is also here to free me from this prison I oh-so-hate. But first, one's blood must be shed…… and that descision……. Will be up to her………."

A tall, curved body was revealed by the light emitted on Tsukasa's staff. She wore a long emerald robes and held a magical staff herself, with a blue, glowing orb. The Wavemistress's golden hair shone brightly as did for the silver material of her rod, but somehow, her eyes weren't hers.

"B-BT!" Crim stuttered. Her gapped but then shook it off, "You told me you that you didn't want to come!"

All he got a was a soft feminine chuckle as a response. Bear's eyes flew wide open as he looked at her. Something seemed different…… instead pf those gleaming emerald, warm eyes, an icy blue tint had overwhelmed them.

Mimiru gave a small growl, "I knew you were always up to no good. Betraying us once could always lead to hundreds of times more!"

BT's cold gaze fell upon Mimiru. The Heavyblade had to admit that, that look made the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end.

"I personally had my eyes on Sora, since he's such an obnoxious brat. But I think I've changed my mind," the woman with a piercing blue gaze pointed her staff at Mimiru, who took several paces back, "you've always acted like you knew everything. Everything including on my account, how I only act for myself, well…… from your point of view that is," Sora's eye twitched.

"Hmph, what did I piss you off that much when I PK?"

Bear suddenly stood in front of the Heavyblade, outstreching his arms, "BT! Stop this at once, this is ridiculous. We are your friends, we would never hurt you, that voice is manipulating your soul!"

"Talk for yourself," she shot at him, returning the staff by her side.

Subaru's eyes narrowed as it was her turn to speak, "BT, this isn't you. You would never do such a thing. Please, fight the voice within."

BT just shook her head while chuckling, "So pure inside. So tender, so gentle, so nice…… That why everyone loves you. No one is perfect, but you seem to hold it at the brim of you finger. Something to gloat about, yet I don't see what's so good in you," her eyes gleamed murderously, "Why, all of a sudden it's hard to choose amongst all of you!"

Her laugh rang through the chamber. Crim's eyes narrowed, he knew it wasn't BT at all….. This was possibly all of his fault. If he hadn't turned her down like this…… but it wasn't his fault either…… he didn't hold the same emotions she did towards him…… or did he?

BT swiftly ran towards the team in an amazing speed and tackled down Ginkan. She then took her staff and hit Mimiru in the stomach winding her. The young Heavyblade gasped as she fell to the floor with several waves of pain shooting up from her abdomen.

"Ack! Wha-how…… But this is just a game!" she yelled. BT smirked, standing above her. A blue dagger had appeared in her hand as she readied herself to plunge it in flesh.

"BT STOP THIS AT ONCE!" Bear yelled. He didn't want to hit his friend but when he had no choice…… The Swordmaster unsheathed his blade and tried to pin the Wavemistress to the wall with it's gigantic width. Promptly dodging his attempt, she slashed his shoulder with her own blue dagger. He froze at the contact of the cutting edge piercing through his bare skin. Crimson liquid trickled down his wound as unbearable burning sensations filled that area.

Smirking at her success, she dodged at Sora's quick witted attack. The PK looked at Bear who was being helped by Mimiru, then turned his attention back to BT, with a serious gaze that she had never seen before.

"BT stop this! This is insane, you might kill us in real life! We're your friends!" his voice held so much serenity that the Wavemistress looked at him in a whole different way. Though this wasn't about to change her mind.

"Friends. Friends who push me back, who wouldn't care if I got hurt, who wouldn't care if I ever LIVED!" tears started to well up in her eyes, though she seemed as monotone as ever, "If you cared, you would atleast help me this one bit by letting me do what I want!"

"What are you talking about!" yelled Tsukasa, stancing protectively at Subaru's side, staff held up high, "So you're going to run away from your problems! This is cruel BT! Cruel to yourself, you're making life hard! And if we weren't your friends, do you think Bear would've kept that sharp blade away from your heart!"

"T-Tsukasa is r-right!" The Swordmaster tried getting up with Mimiru supporting him, "BT, whoever is doing this, manipulating you is plaguing your m-mental health as well!"

"NO one understands how I feel……" forcefully throwing Sora out of her way, she rapidly thrusted the dagger into his leg, mobilizing him. He screamed out in agony as blood gushed out through his wound.

"SORA!" Mimiru cried out.

Crim couldn't take it anymore, standing there uselessly wasn't going to improve the situation any further.

He closed his eyes and charged towards the betraying friend he used to trust, "I'm sorry BT……" Crim muttered.

BT was too busy fighting off the enraged Mimiru to notice the approaching menace.

"Oops, don't want to make a mistake while fighting me, now would you?" The older woman seemed to be enjoying this like a game, dodging easily every attack the Heavyblade desperately tried on inflicting. Mimiru's breath started to rag, as she felt real sweat forming itself over her brow.

"I get it……" she thought, "This dungeon turns this into real life!" spotting the fast approaching Crim, she jumped out of the way, unsure of Crim's action.

BT smirked, thinking that the Heavyblade backed off, but when she turned around, her eyes flew wide-open as a spear had flown in, stabbing her right into the heart. Gasping out of surprise yet agony, BT's eyes weakly drifted to Crim's. His eyes bore into hers and her staff had flown out of her grasp and landed with a dull clang, though the orb that was held in the middle shattered in a million fragments.

"C-Crim……" she whispered softly. Almost like a whimper.

To the Long Arm's surprise, it seemed that BT's eyes had returned to their usual emerald sparkle. They held sorrow and mistrust and this shattered his heart…… He had done something seriously wrong……. He should've known she was being controlled!

Quickly drawing out his weapon from her chest, Crim held BT's limp body close to him. He ignored the fresh blood pouring out freely, staining his own clothes and torso.

"BT…… I'm so sorry……"


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"See? Even if you used to be his friend, he still hurts you in the worst way possible. Not only does he try and kill you my dear BT, but he crushes your heart by protecting Subaru, thinking you're a threat to her."

A dark figure loomed close to her side, then wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. Feeling numb and lifeless, she made no effort to pull away, or see whom it was…… It felt like she was drifting onto nothing-ness, in a maze of darkness that was comdamning her for a life-time.

Shivering and tensing her muscles at the touch of that deadly wound, in which BT had mysteriously not succumbed to, the figure's grasp hand glowed blue. Suddenly, the Wavemaster felt as if energy was returning to her, yet not enough to move.

Gasping at the sensation of burning skin, BT touched the wound. Though there was no blood, no gapping hole, no nothing…… Quickly blinking, and looking up, the figure was gone, instead Crim's concerned face held her tightly.


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The Long Arm also gasped of amazement, while seeing the damage he's done close up.

BT's eyes fluttered open, but instead of a warm smile, she pushed him away brusquely and fell on her own back.

Everyone's gaze fell on the bubbling slimy liquid, now oozing out of the broken orb. It seemed like blue maple syrup at first, but then the fluid had taken shape of a tall, male figure.

"It…… It's like Tsukasa's guardian!" Ginkan yelled, unsheathing his sword.

"Everyone, stay back!" Bear immediately tried to stand up, but failed due to his own wound.

The slimy figure's visage turned to Bear. He held his arm up at him extended towards the Swordmaster in such great speed that it pierced through his wound in a blink of an eye.

"Bear!" everyone held their breath. Slowly drawing back its own hand, he observed the blood that was merging itself with the slime. Soon after, the monster had taken shape of a young man, bare chest with similar amour as Bear. His black, side-spiked hair held much volume as for his broad chest bared markings of swirls.

His eyes held countless sins and pure wrong-doings. Unsheathing his sword he swung it around a couple of times, but shook his head. Now extending his hand to Crim, a large slimy strand that used to be his finger had shot out in Crim's direction, pirecing his forearm. The Long Arm held back his yell of agony as he clenched his fist tightly, trying to hold BT as most comfortably as possible.

Tsukasa seemed to snap out of it, realizing this was his chance to attack. Raising his staff up in the air, a strong light emitted from his own magical orb.Chanting another spell, the light got more intense by the second.

The figure now turned to Tsukasa, with his cold, bright blue eyes, Crim-like clothing and a spear-like weapon. Soon becoming conscius of the spell Tsukasa was intending on unleashing, he quickly kick Crim hard in the chest, sending him sprawled on the cold floor. Taking the now protesting BT, he gazed at her with his cool eyes as she immediately ceased to struggle. Instead, her head was resting on his chest, as they logged out of that server………


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A/N: .-. yes, it may seem like a fic REALLY putting the world on my favorite characters, but that won't be the case. More romance and other couples on the way! Who votes Tsukasa/Subaru? (And whomever you think, is a GUY! Okay? X.x)

This is a short chappie, I apologize………. Review:D YES! REVIEW! :twitch: