BATTLE NETWORK CYBERSYSTEM: The Manic Saga

Volume 2: Pokerface

Chapter 1: Hospital Outpatient #7

Beach Street was now experiencing the blossoming of Spring, love was in the air for all its inhabitants and the flowers were blooming in every place in which everyone could see. However, through this cheerful time of year, there lay a young man on a stretcher, in a coma after a grueling fight with his long lost brother, Shadow Grave. This young man's mind raced with anger, sadness and frustration constantly, but only for a brief moment as he soon fell unconscious from the strain on his body from becoming subject to a long-lost power, hidden for centuries, and a great power which very few knew about.

*Hey...*

*Mmm...*

*Hey!*

*Five more minutes...*

*Wake up, dammit!*

*...*

*...Fine, sleep...guess your body wasn't cut out for it yet...*

*...what?! Hey, who are you!? What happened back th--*

*Calm down, calm down! I'll explain everything! Man, you're harsh...*

*Ok... what happened? Last thing I remembered was...oh no…*

*For the love of... ok, look, for the last time, your brother died long ago. There was no way to bring him back, but I'm sure that if you keep bawling over him like this, it won't change matters...*

*...you're right, but it doesn't mean I'll forget about hi--wait, who are you!?*

Manic shot up from the bed and quickly glanced around the room, looking for the intruder who was talking to him. To his amazement, no one was around, but Manic was finally awake.

*I tell you one thing; calm down, and what do you do? You don't calm down!* the voice said in Manic's head.

*Who are you?*

*Yech, that's a long story... ok, you know that necklace your pops gave you?*

*Yeah...*

*Oh, good, glad to hear you're not an amnesiac again...*

*Watch it, pal... I still have control over my body, I can kick your a--*

*Fine, fine, sorry... anyways, that necklace was my crib for a while.*

*You still didn't answer my question...*

*Ok, ok... *sigh* doubt you'll even believe this... I'm the god of fire. There, happy?*

*...*

*...oh, come on, it's not THAT shocking!*

*...what the hell are you babbling about?*

*Ugh...Fine, Theology lesson 101, kid... There are two planes of life, the spiritual and the material, and instead of one god ruling over them, there are six ruling each... I just so happen to be a god of the material realm. We each have our own elemental styles, so we have to link up with those who have the same style as we do. So, I'm stuck with you. Hi.*

*...Wait, if you were in that necklace, then why didn't you come out at that time?*

*What time?*

*When my parents were killed by my brother, why didn't you help me then?*

*Ok, there are rules to this. I couldn't absorb into you because you were too young and even if I did, it wouldn't have changed anything about your parents. They would have still been dead and your brother would have still been controlled by those freaks...*

*Ok...*

*Also, because you were unconscious that last part of it. The reason I absorbed into you a week ago was because you had a capable enough material body and you were actually awake.*

*...then why did you appear in the cybersystem instead of the real world?*

*Man, you ask a lot of questions... ok, the reason for that is because the cybersystem is possibly the closest link to the spiritual and material realms available. That is why I was able to absorb into you because there must be an equal level for integration to work.*

*Ok... so do you have a name?*

*Well, I've had lots of names... Vulcan, Satan, the Devil... Ugh, Ifrit... you people suck for giving me THAT name...*

*So you don't have a set name?*

*Nope, that's a perk of being a god, you have no name.*

*Hmm... well, make up your own name, then...*

*Cool... erm... how about... Infernos?*

*That works. Nice to meet you, erm... Infernos... where are you, anyways?* Manic looked around the room again, taking his time to examine every aspect of the room this time.

*I'm inside your consciousness. I'm here, but I'm not. I exist in you.*

*Ok... why were yo--*

*Gah! Can you stop asking questions until we're out of here!? As much as I like the material realm, I hate hospitals! Get up, out of bed, get your damn clothes on and we're outta here!*

And thus, the beginning of a new start, between Manic Grave, an ONBA Official who has seen his share of blood in life, and Infernos, the deity of fire.

Volume 2 chapter 1 is done! Review, please?