Last Time in Pokemon Virtual...
Player Shane logs in for the first time, to find himself in a Virtual Pokemon World, starting off with an Absol whom he nicknames "Shin". Meanwhile, the CC Corporation have decided to use Balmung of the Azure Sky toplant their virus, and to observe its happenings. Has Balmung really turned evil?
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or .Hack
Hey-lo! Quick update, huh? Well, I have nothing better to do... so yeah. That and I write quickly. Go me! Anywho, please enjoy this chapter. Just a note before you start though; Balmung and Azurian is the same person. Just so you don't get confused.
Chapter Two: Virus Implant
"… I name you, Maybe." Balmung said, his eyes looking surprisingly harsh towards the 12 year old looking girl. The CC Corporation was sick. Maybe tilted her head towards Balmung, who looked remarkably different from how he did in "The World". In this world, his hair was brown, and spiked up from the back to the front, and he had brown, almost black eyes. He wore a brown shirt, a black vest over the top, and brown slacks. "I'm Azurian."
"Azurian." Maybe repeated. Her voice was quiet, and almost like a whisper. Maybe's sky blue eyes looked up at Balmung – now Azurian – questionably. Everything was so new to her.
Azurian sighed. Why, why did he make her almost identical to Aura? Other than her hair and eye colour – which were sky blue – she was almost identical in stature… in everything! She even wore a single, light blue dress. God, the Nintendo Staff would pick it up almost immediately. Of course, Azurian knew that when Maybe started to cause Twilights, she wouldn't have a clue as to what she was doing. She was going to be pursued by… well, more people than she could imagine…
Maybe tucked on the base of his vest, and his eyes softened. She was a virus, yes, but she… Azurian stopped thinking. Watching Maybe, as she was now bent down, looking at the juvenile Mawile that the game had given her. No, he thought with much to his surprise – relief. She won't be suspected. The Nintendo Staff is too stupid to think about it.
Sighing, he watched as, lead by Mawile, Maybe headed out into the world of Pokemon Virtual version Kanto. He'd keep an eye on her of course, but only from a very safe distance.
"Okay, Absol, tackle that Sentret!"
"Sol!"
Absol propelled itself forward, before ramming almost head first into the fire dragon, pinning it down to the ground.
"SENTRET!" The opposing newbie trainer screamed, trying to think of a way to get out of the situation.
"Bite it, Shin!" Shane screamed, his hand turning into a fist. God, Pokemon battles were really fun! This was his second battle, and considering he'd lost the first one but gained valuable experience, he was keen to win his second.
Shane was currently logged into Pallet Town's famous "Newbie Battle Arena", a place for newbies to test out their new Pokemon in a one-on-one match with another newbie trainer who wanted to do the exact same thing. The small outside building betrayed how big the centre was inside, and Shane had considered that the great thing about computer programming, squishing such a huge place in such a small building. The battle fields were separated by elements, and there were four different battlefields in the one room, and Shane had no idea how many rooms there actually was.
This was Shane's third day in Pokemon Virtual, and he was getting used to it. He'd already become quite attached to Shin, and he figured after he had battled a few times, he'd leave Pallet with his new supplies, and attempt to get some badges himself.
"SENNN!" The Sentret shouted, using its head to break the bite. Shin whined, somersaulting backwards, and flinching on the impact that had almost dislocated his jaw.
"Shin! Are you okay?"
Shin was glaring now. It's eyes focused solely on the Sentret that was looking all 'high and mighty'. Shane sighed – a new strategy was needed. Bite, Tackle… any Pokemon could do those attacks. Untrained bites and tackles would just be weaker, that's what Shane supposed.
I wonder how sharp Shin's scythe is… Shane thought offhandedly, before coming up with – what he thought was – a brilliant idea. "Shin! Run towards Sentret's right side, but don't hit it!"
Shin, who had no idea what was going on, replied with a "Sol!" but did the manoeuvre anyway. It worked. Instead of Shin's body ramming into Sentret, a majority of Shin's scythe rammed it instead, sending the Sentret flying backwards into the back wall. The Pokemon slid down the wall, stars in its eyes, obviously fainted.
"Yes! Go Shin! We did it!"
"Sol!" Shin stated, obviously pleased with himself. He paraded back to Shane, who knelt down to get a better look at him. Yes, Shin was hurt, his jaw was slightly askew, but he was sure that something like that could be fixed. After all, Nurse Joy was just down the hall.
So, giving Shin a final pat, he returned it to its Pokeball, collected his prize winning from the opposing trainer, and headed towards the inbuilt Pokemon Centre.
"Hello I am Nurse Joy. If you are here, it is because you have either won or lost a Pokemon battle. If you won, congratulations, if you lost, better luck next time. How may I be of assistance?"
Shane sweat dropped. They could have done a better job on Nurse Joy's personality and speech… God, she didn't even seem realistic.
"Uh, thanks. Would you heal my Absol for me?"
"Of course. Better luck next time – I'm sure you'll win."
"What're you talking about! I won my match!"
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"Stupid Nurse Joy…" Shane muttered, glaring at the dirt road that he was walking on. He was about twenty minutes out of Pallet, stocked up with Pokeballs, Potions, Pokemon Food, and just about everything he needed. Shin was comfortably in his Pokeball, hanging from Shane's belt. "Stupid Nurse Joy, saying that I lost."
Shane had been brooding over the rudeness of Nurse Joy for the entire time he'd actually begun his journey. Still, it was good that Shin had levelled up a bit in the Newbie Centre, even if only a little bit. He was also surprised at how quickly Nurse Joy had healed Shin. It had taken probably only five minutes.
Shane sighed. According to the map, the next town was Viridian City, and that had a high level Gym. No chance of winning there for beginner trainers, well, that's what the Pokenav said anyway. Of course, before he got any badges, he'd probably have to catch more Pokemon. Sighing again, Shane continued to trudge down the road.
As luck would happen, Maybe was chasing her Mawile in the direction of Pallet Town happily. Both were concentrating on other things, and both collided.
"Ow… Man… my chin…" Shane muttered, rubbing his chin, where it had collided with the top of Maybe's. Both newbie trainers were directly in front of each other, rubbing where it hurt.
"Uh… Sorry about that." Shane said, smiling, as wide as he could with his sore mouth. "I wasn't concentrating."
Maybe didn't reply. She simply store at Shane with wide eyes. Her Mawile had plonked itself down beside her, and was also staring at him. Shane sweat dropped.
"Um… do you speak English? I said I was sorry. So-rr-ie."
"Sorry." Maybe repeated, as if adding the word to some sort of database. "Sorry."
"Uh… yeah, that's okay. Um, I'm Shane."
"Shane." Maybe repeated again.
"And you are…?"
'… I name you, Maybe.'
"Maybe."
"Nice to meet you, Maybe."
"Nice… to meet you."
"Hey-lo Kai! Bestest buddy in the whole entire universe and beyond!" The man said, flinging himself at the purple haired other, who was currently sitting on a bench in Pallet Town. Surprisingly, Kai didn't try and reflect the hug.
"What in the hell do you want."
"You're being rude again." The man sighed, letting go of his friend, "It's never 'Hello Uen, how are you?' No, it's always something like 'What the hell do you want'. God, your so mean."
"What the hell do you want, Uen?"
Uen sighed in defeat. Brushing his dark blue hair away from his eyes. The pair couldn't be more different. Uen had dark blue hair that fell just above his eyes, as well as a lighter shade of blue for eye colour. His clothes were typical, a white shirt with brown slacks, but a holder sat on the other side of his Pokemon belt. Bug eradication tools.
Kai, on the other hand, had dark purple hair that was strung back in a black band. His eyes were yellow, and were always half closed, giving him a bored expression. His clothes was a single black jacket, no shirt, and black slacks with huge rings of silver metal attached at various places.
"We've got orders!" Uen said happily, sitting beside the other man, crossing his legs on the bench.
Kai and Uen were old team mates. They handled the rather hard eradication of bugs. Uen destroyed. He was team leader of the Bug Eradication unit. Kai rebuilt. He was the team leader of the Programmers. Both were considered admin in the game.
"What kind of orders?" Kai asked offhandedly, not even bothering to look at the hyperactive man beside him. Uen handed him a piece of paper. It read:
To Admin Member Kai Psyche, and Admin Member Uen Tsumono.
It appears that somebody somewhere has mixed a holo character with our users. We currently don't know anything about the character, other than he or she contains a virus, capable of destroying our system. We currently only have one hint as to how to find them – the band of tear drop markings that are present on all holos. Find and eradicate the problem.
The note wasn't sighed. Kai sighed, scrunching it up in his hands. It didn't need to be signed. Nobody but the Nintendo Staff Board ordered Kai Psyche and Uen Tsumono around.
Uen grinned, blinking in Kai's direction. "Well, what do you think?"
"I think we have some work to do." Kai said, "And I was enjoying my time off too."
"Aw, don't be like that, Kai. It's funner when we're on these kind of missions!"
Kai side glanced towards Uen. He always attempted to light up the situation, always. Even if he was frightening to the users.
Bug Eradicators were legend. They weren't known for the Pokemon Training skills, but rather for their blade knowledge and use. Their online base was right in the middle Viridian Forest, that was equally famous for its bug Pokemon. Still, normal users stayed clear of the base, lest they get involved with some angry Beedrill.
"But this bug isn't like the monsters we've fought before." Kai said, looking up at the virtual sky, "It's got a human shape."
"It's still a bug." Uen pointed out. "The virus has to go to keep the users safe."
"… You already know what the virus is going to bring too, don't you?"
"I have some idea yes."
"Damn CC Corporation…"
Well, I hope you enjoyed that chapter nn; For future reference, yes, the characters that you submit will be added, but in the early stages of the story (meaning probably chapters one, two and three) I'm focusing on setting up the basic storyline.
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