Note to all: I've only seen about two or three episodes of .HACK/Sign :sweat drop: so there isn't going to be much mention of the characters from that particular version. I've read all three volumes of legend of the twilight manga and have seen most of the anime of that version, so the fanfiction's mostly going to be based on that. I apologize to all of you that were hoping to see Tsukasa or anyone else from Sign, but I may mention them in the future if I ever get around to watching more of it. SORRY! Anyway, ON WITH THE STORY!
"VAK DON!" Called Al's voice as a monster fell before disintegrating into an infinite number of pixels.
"Good Job, Al!" Winry congratulated, patting the boy on the back.
"Thanks Winry." Al said, proud of his accomplishment. He didn't play The World for battling, only to meet others and collect items. He only battled when he had to, therefore his level was still quite low. But this time, he had actually defeated a mid level monster, even if it had been with Winry's help.
"Um yeah, that's nice for you guys, but I COULD USE SOME HELP OVER HERE!" Ed shouted at the two. Al and Winry looked over see Ed being attacked by two monsters at once. He clapped his hands together and kept trying to transmute weapons out of the ground, but as soon as he got one in his hand, a monster would destroy it.
"Hang on Ed. We're coming." Winry laughed. She seemed to find Ed's situation funny. Al, however, didn't.
"I'm coming brother!" He shouted. But before he took five steps, both of the monsters had disappeared. Al and Winry's jaws went slack.
"Wow Ed! Just one week and you can already defeat two mid level monsters at once!" Winry congratulated.
"That wasn't me." Ed told her, staring at a figure behind the disappearing pixels.
"It was me!" said a female voice. As the pixels disappeared, a girl was revealed. She had brown hair that went down slightly below the shoulders. Below her green eyes were upside-down blue triangles on each cheek. She had a blue tee-shirt with a long-sleeved lavender shirt underneath. Her long, white skirt had a lavender pattern at the hem and her blue shoes became baggy at the ankles. In her hand, she held a spiky ball that hung on a chain that was attached to a wooden stick.
"And who are you?" Winry asked, a hint of jealousy in her voice. How dare someone be better than her!
"My name's Inu the macer!" The girl said, holding up her weapon. "And judging by your appearances, you are a wavemaster," she said, pointing to Al, "a heavyblade," she pointed to Winry, "and an alchemist." she pointed to Ed, then ran up to him. "You know, I haven't seen an Alchemist before." She told him, circling and looking him up and down. "In fact, I'm the only one I've met that's one of the three new classes."
"Three new classes?" Ed asked confused.
"Yeah, you should know, considering you're one of them." Inu told him, putting her hands on her hips.
"Please forgive my brother, Inu. He only joined a week ago." Al said, running up to the girl and bowing.
"Well then, I guess I'll just have to tell you, so you know about your own character class." Inu cleared her throat authoritivly. "You see, CC corp. had been getting complaints for awhile about how boring the character classes were. Before the legendary Balmung of the Azure sky had been fired, he had confided in his underling, Reki, that he thought of three more classes that might be a good idea in the future. After getting the complaints, Reki had told the people there about Balmung's ideas. After many months of planning and rumors, the classes Alchemists, Gunhands and Macers were born."
"I see." Edward said, stroking his non-existent goatee yet again. "And how long have the new classes been around?"
"Only a couple weeks." Winry blurted before Inu could say anything. She shot an ugly look at the girl before turning around. "Now if you don't mind, I have to go. Ed, Al, I'll catch up with you two later." And in a flash, Winry had logged out.
"What crawled up her ass?" Inu said rudely.
"Eh, she doesn't like to be shown up." Ed told her. "By the way, my name is fullmetal. My real name is Ed, though. You can call me that if you want."
"And my name is Catman!" Al said enthusiastically. Inu looked at him and cocked an eyebrow.
"Call him Al." Ed whispered to her.
"Okay! Ed, Al. I got it! But what about the other girl?" Inu asked.
"Oh, that's Rockbell. Her real name is Winry though." Al informed her.
"Got it!" Inu gave the brothers a thumbs up.
"HEEEEY IIIIINUUUU!" came a voice.
"Hm? Who's that?" Al asked, looking in the direction where the voice had come from.
"Oh, just a couple of friends of mine." Inu told them.
"That's suspiciously vague." Ed said to himself.
MEANWHILE!
How do I always get myself into these things? Hawkeye thought to herself. Roy always gave her the odd jobs that he claimed to be to busy to do himself. It was always "Oh, Riza, could you do this for me?" or "Hawkeye, this needs to get done, do you have time?" and then the man would go to lunch or out with a new girlfriend. And although this assignment seemed rather normal, she still didn't know why Mustang couldn't do the job himself. Today she was sitting at a table in a virtual restaurant, waiting for someone. And she had been, for the past hour.
"Um, Hawkeye?" came a small voice. Hawkeye looked up from her table to see a girl. She had beautiful chocolate-colored skin and her long black hair was in a braid that ended just past her shoulder blades. Her eyes were bright yellow and resembled a cat's. There was a black crescent on one cheek and another on her left arm. her snug top ended halfway down her arms and exposed midriff. her black pants were ripped down the left thigh and her ankle-high boots had rather thick heels. On her back there was a large sword.
"Ah, Dianva, the heavyblade." Hawkeye said, motioning for the girl to take a seat at her table. "You're over an hour late, do you know that?" She sent a warning look at Dianva. "If you want this job, you'll have to realize that excessive tardiness will not be accepted. I don't care how accomplished you are for your age." Dianva bowed her head.
"Yes ma'am." She said quietly. But then she looked up with a large smile. "But Mr. Mustang said that I already have the job."
"Yes, he was right. You do. But we still need to show you your partner." Hawkeye reminded the girl.
"I'm ready!" Dianva said enthusiastically.
"That's a good attitude. It'll do you well with your partner."
"Thank you ma'am!"
"Okay then. Excuse me for a few minutes while I go tell your partner that you're here." And in a flash, Hawkeye's character was gone, leaving Dianva alone for the time being.
MEANWHILE! (AGAIN!)
"I'm back sir!" called a male's voice. The player character of a man appeared in a flash of green lights. The wavemaster had black hair and wore glasses. On his forehead he had a turquoise diamond shape with a circle in the middle. He wore a deep red robe with a golden symbol on his chest. The ends of the sleeves folded up to reveal gold fabric underneath. He had a deep green belt around his waist in which he held about every battle item available in the world. Standing behind him was a baby grunty.
"Finally Fury. It's about time." said another man impatiently. "Did you get the information I asked for?
"W-well, I couldn't find much else than what we already know." Fury said meekly, trying to stand in front of his grunty so that his partner wouldn't notice the thing. Unfortunately, though, he did.
"Oh for god's sake Fury! That thing is just a bunch of pixels! It doesn't need to be taken care of, especially when you're supposed to be working!" The man scolded his partner. "But then again, what should I care. you're the one Mustang's going to be mad at when he finds that you didn't get the information on that fullmetal character that he wanted."
"I-I'm sorry Havoc sir. It won't happen again. But it's not like I can ignore the poor thing. It makes little noises when it's hungry and it makes me want to feed it and-"
"Just... shut up." Havoc cut his partner off. The man had blonde hair that spiked up in the front. On his forehead he had a red circle with a diamond in the middle. Hanging from his mouth was a virtual cigarette complete with virtual smoke. His clothes were made of armor, plain and simple. At his side he carried a long sword, signaling that he was a blademaster.
"Sorry sir." Fury mumbled, looking at the ground. He felt his face going red in the real world and he figured it was probably doing the same in the game.
"But then again, what can I expect from a man who wears a dress?" Havoc sneered at his partner, causing the other man's face to turn an even deeper shade of red.
"It's a robe." Fury managed to squeak out almost inaudibly.
"I know Fury, I was only kidding." Havoc laughed, patting his partner's back. "Now, let's go and dig up that information on fullmetal before mustang fires us." and just like that, they were both gone.