A little note to the readers: 1) I don't own .hack, only the games. 2) Some of these names are names from a message board RPG that was abandoned by its owner; so give them credit for good names. 3) I came up with the character name Seraph after looking at a picture of a seraphim in my church (Hence Seraph the Forgotten Angel). I didn't take it from Matrix: Reloaded (I'd never even seen half of the first one before I began writing this) 4) This story occurs exempting the fact that Kite got the bracelet. This is as if Kite never existed.
The Chaos Gate, in the midst of the buildings, swung around as three golden rings revealed a tall man wearing a black trench coat over a black shirt. He wore long black pants, along with large multi-buckled, black boots. A scar-like mark was on his right cheek, spaced under one of his deep blue eyes. He moved his long, black hair from out of his face, scanning the area. His sword was sheathed diagonally behind his back, at an angle to where he could easily wield it with his right hand. He walked forward a few steps and stopped.
"Mac Anu... I remember it well... Too well..." He shook his head and looked down the small steps. "No need to get nostalgic. Let's find someone who needs to level up as much as me..." The man said as he walked down the remaining steps from the gate and moved slowly towards the bridge. He looked to one of the railings and saw a Wavemaster leaning against it towards the middle. She was wearing a large light blue hat decorated with a darker blue and orange, also with a small red jewel at the middle. The hat split into two ends that fell down the sides of her face and went down to her stomach. She had on a light blue shawl around her neck and shoulders and over her long-sleeved light blue top, and also decorated with a darker tone of blue. Her pants were the same as her top, long and light blue with different decorations of darker blues. An orange bow went around her waist and tied up into an actual bow at the front. Her shoes were light blue as well, and the bottoms were dark blue. She had a basic Wavemaster wand under her arm, and was staring off into the water. Suddenly, she got off the railing and fiddled around with her wand, her dark red hair swinging around her neck.
"I wonder if anyone'll let little old me go with them..." she said under her breath. The man walked up to her and cleared his throat. She turned and looked up, her passionate red eyes beaming at him.
"Well, looking for a partner?" the man asked, his sword clinking on his back. The little girl moved her wand to her right hand and nodded her head.
"Yup. Sure am..." she replied. The man looked silently at the surrounding players, who were paying no attention. Confused, the girl tilted her head to the side, staring strangely at the man.
"Okay... Well, I don't usually do this kind of thing, but are you willing to join me in getting some experience?"
"Sure!" she replied, straightening her head and smiling at the man. Surprised at her exuberance, the man half-smiled for a second and immediately reverted to his cold look.
"Well, do you have a specific place you want to go..?" he asked, a hint of expectation in his voice.
"Nope. You choose..." she responded, still smiling. The man smiled again, but not as badly as before. He shook his head and turned around, waving his hand at her. As he moved on, she hastily followed, both heading toward the chaos gate. "By the way," she broke the silence as they went up the steps, "My name is Solange. What's yours..?"
"It's... Seraph..." he said silently, adding in with a bit of sadness, "The Forgotten Angel..."
"Wow... that's too bad..." she replied, looking down at the ground as they got to the gate. He stopped before the swinging blue portal and looked back at her, wondering about what she meant. "So where are we going?" He turned again, facing the gate.
"A place that's good for beginners... Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field." He replied. She looked up at him. "I went there once... with a friend..." She smiled at hearing this new info.
"Was this a good friend..?"
"Yeah, but that was a long time ago..."
"Is there a rare item!"
"Who knows... Only one way to find out, though…" He walked closer to the gate and looked at Solange. "Well, let's go." He faced the gate and said, "Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field." When he finished, they both disappeared from the town and appeared in a vast grassy field, populated by some scattered trees and strange stone landmarks. Four large, yellow discs were rotating slowly in place around them. "Do you know the basics of fighting?"
"Yup! Sure do!" she replied, and began to walk towards one of the discs. Smiling with a 'Thank God' face, he followed her. The disc began to spin rapidly and two goblins appeared. Solange stood in place, chanting, while Seraph drew his sword. "It's time to rumble..! Gan Don!" she said as a large boulder came from the sky and smashed one of the goblins. Seraph dashed forward and took one swing at the goblin, tearing it in half.
Seraph walked over to Solange, asking, "Where did you learn that one..?" She held her wand up.
"It's a wand that teaches two earth magic attacks." She responded. He chuckled quietly.
"So, you like big items?"
"Rare and powerful items." Seraph laughed again and began running to another portal.
"Let's kick some ass!" He yelled as the second disc revealed three goblins. He positioned his sword in the air and slammed it down. "Revolver!" he yelled as he cleaved the goblin in two. Solange summoned another boulder that took out the other goblins. After finishing, she ran to the other disc, revealing two goblins and a large crab-like monster. Seraph ran to the crab, using the Revolver on it as well, while Solange slammed the goblins with her wand. The fourth disc revealed only one goblin, which Solange defeated with two swings of her wand. She looked at Seraph and smiled.
"That was fun! Now let's go to the dungeon!" she yelled exuberantly. She ran towards the entrance to the dungeon, Seraph following behind. Room after room, they took down each monster, getting minor treasure from each one, until the got to the last floor. They reached the Gott statue, both with half of their health left. Seraph opened the chest and found two Grunty Dolls. Seraph gave the dolls to Solange, who took them happily.As they left the statue,everythingaround them flashed into inverted colorand, after a few seconds, became black. Then, they appeared on a floating island, with smashed parts of towers and castles floating around it. They looked around.
"What the hell..?" Seraph exclaimed. Just then, the place flashed and a white monster appeared. It was holding a large red wand and looked human-like.
"What is that thing, Seraph..!" Solange asked, shaking in fear. Seraph looked down, clenching his fist. Then he looked back up, drew his sword, and dashed at the monster. Slashing at the beast, he yelled, "Damn you! Because of you..! I lost her..! DIE!" All of his slashes either missed or had no effect. He used his Revolver on it, but still didn't land a hit. It then blasted him back, past Solange. Solange, thinking maybe she could help, summoned a boulder to hit the beast, but caused no harm to it. The demon flew over to her and slashed her with its wand. She fell to the ground and floated into the air. The red wand appeared behind her as Seraph got up. Seeing what had happened, he charged at the monster.
"No! Not again!" he yelled, still sprinting. At once, he heard a loud ringing noise in his ears. He stopped, holding his ears. "No, damn it! Not this time!" he yelled as he threw his sword at the wand, knocking it to the ground, and dropping Solange to the ground. The ringing stopped, and he ran to Solange. He held her up on his leg. She slowly looked towards Seraph.
"What... happened..?" she asked weakly. He smiled, laying her on the ground slowly.
"It'll be okay... I'll take care of it..." he responded. She turned her head, facing the monster, which had just picked the wand back up, pointing it at Seraph. Seraph noticed that a ring had suddenly appeared on the ring finger of his right hand, glowing a white light. He stared at it as a strange bracelet formed around his wrist. Instantly, a girl's voice resonated in the air, saying, "Use it. Save her." Seraph looked around, trying to find the sound. He then looked back at the beast. It had formed a blue bracelet around its wrist as well, which grew larger each second. Seraph, finding it as a last resort, held up his hand. His arm began to shake as it was pulled into the air, the ring shining a deep blue color. The bracelet began flashing, and symbols appeared all over him. Seraph's clothes started flashing ones and zeros, and shaded into a deep blue. His coat became a pure white cape, his pants an ocean blue, and his shirt a lighter blue. His body then sprouted two large wings in the back, which folded outward and opened up. He then flapped his wings and floated into the air, the bracelet around his wrist enhancing and growing, just like the demon's. It grew larger, and finally pointed at the demon, firing a strange beam towards it. The demon, barely managing a dodge, fell to the ground and got back up. Seraph slowly descended, landing on his feet, the bracelet still around his wrist. He looked at the bracelet and then looked at the fiend.
"Now, you will leave us be, or get a taste of your own medicine, you bastard." As if understanding, the demon disappeared into a large void. Seraph walked over to Solange, who had fainted, picked her up, and lifted his left hand. He fiddled his fingers around a bit as if on a keyboard and three gold rings surrounded them, taking them back to the field. As soon as the rings disappeared and they were back in the grassland, he slowly laid her across the grass. She woke up, looked at Seraph with her eyes halfway open.
"Thank you, guardian angel..." she said as she closed her eyes again, chuckling softly. Seraph stood up and took off the ring. When the ring slipped off, his clothes turned black again, the cape turning back into a trench coat, and the bracelet disappeared. Solange opened her eyes completely again and got up. "What happened to him..?"
"To who..?" Seraph asked, enclosing his hand around the ring, keeping it from her sight. Solange looked around for a few seconds and then looked at Seraph.
"Hm..." she replied, "Well, that was a strange event."
"It's not an event. It's something that doesn't belong in this game. But we'd better get out of here before it returns."
"Yeah, let's go now…" she agreed as she gated out. Seraph nodded and looked around slowly, his sword loosely hanging in his right hand. He sheathed the blade and sighed.
"I'll find you... I know your still in the game... Kathleen..." He looked at the small ring and moved it about in his palm. After a minute, he pocketed it and scoffed, gating out.