A/N: In these following chapters, the gang will be meeting the phases from The .Hack games. I'll be making everything simple for them, finding the Data bugs in random dungeons...but just read, you will find out more if you just follow the story.

Carmina Gadelica, the dark, city metropolis was almost silent, it was very eerie to Ada. She and Tsukasa were walking, side by side on the streets. I wish Subaru would have gave us directions were to go... Ada thought. They turned a corner, Ada taking a glance at Tsukasa's face. Emotionless. She knew he didn't want to be here, he was still convinced this was a terrible trap to arrest him.

"There she is!" Ada said, pointing at the figure in the distance. The blue haired Heavyaxmen stood in the middle of the street, with 2 people. One was a blademaster, with slicked back dark honey brown hair and almost red-tinted eyes. The other was a wavemaster, with long, platinum blonde hair and dim blue eyes, her scarlet lips stuck out to Ada the most. The 2 apporached them and Subaru said, "Ada, Tsukasa. This is BT and Bear." Introducing the two with her. Subaru kept her eyes on Tsukasa, which made Ada look away.

Someone appeared next to them from a Chaos Gate. "Mimiru, your here finally," The one know as bear said. This girl was a heavyblade, A brunette who looked as thou she had an attitude. "Dont worry, I'm here. So lets begin!" She said, merrily. Ada could tell she was a typically happy person. Subaru introduced everyone over again and said, "Now. Lets get to the point, why we are here. To help Tsukasa log out."

Tsukasa, in Ada's point of view, looked embarssed to be alienated in front of people he hardly knew. "Now, i've recieved e-mails about these Data bugs from the superhacker, Helba. I've yet to meet her, but shes been a big help. These Data Bugs are highly difficult to defeat, as there are 8 of them. She has given me names of dungeons in which these bugs might be located. They are protected, but she tells me she can provide us with the virus cores to get through. Now, defeating all of these monsters should enable Tsukasa to log out." Subaru simply stated.

"Sounds easy enough, but when will this Helba provide us with the virus cores?" BT said, placing her slim hand on her hips, "In real life, Tsukasa is in a coma, we can't wait forever"

"Of course you can't, dont worry, I'm quite reliable." A voice said, out of nowhere. A woman appeared before them, a wavemaster who had pure blonde hair with determined, purple lips. She wore a crafty outfit of white and purples, her forehead and eyes covered with a red-jewled headdress. "...Your Helba, aren't you?" Subaru said, softly. It was clear that Subaru wasnt exactly afraid of anything.

"Correct. The virus cores you need, I have them," Helba said, handing Subaru oddly shaped, colorful items to her, "Tommarow, there will be a worldwide event. A day after this event, you should attack the first Bug. It should be located at Theta Chosen Hopeless Nothingness." "Why are you helping us?" Ada said. Helba's purple lips smirked and said, "To help those in comas." She disapeared.

"Well. I guess we should all meet her once again, in two days." Subaru said. She was the leader in this outcast group, so far. Ada nodded and looked at Tsukasa. He seemed happier, no smile played across his face, but she could just tell. They all exchanged Member Adresses and they all went their seperate ways.

"Im going to have to leave," Ada said, knowing her mom would be mad at her for playing some "stupid video game" all day. Tsukasa looked away, she knew he didnt want her to leave. "I wonder what the event is going to be like, "Ada said, trying to make small talk to him. He was silent thou. "I'll vist you in the hospital soon." Ada said, trying to get any glimmer of happiness out of him. It was useless.

"You'll be out of here soon, you'll be so happy to see the real world again. You can go to school." Ada said, grabbing his hand in hers. His gray eyes looked into hers. She smiled and she gated out.

Disarm you with a smile
And leave you like they left me here
To wither in denial
The bitterness of one who's left alone-Disarm, Smashing Pumpkins
Ada logged off and looked at the time. 5pm. She got up, out of her computer chair and streched. Ada headed down the stairs and in the kitchen, her mother was smiling on the phone and said, "Great. I'll tell her. Goodbye, sweetie." Ada's mom looked at her and hugged her. "Whats going on?" Ada asked, suprised.

"Your father got a raise!" she said happily. Her mother was soon making dinner, leaving Ada sadly only. She put her head in her hands and thought Maybe i'd better lay down. Her head was killing her. She walked up the stairs and trudged into her room, falling into bed and wrapping the covers of her head.

The 8 bugs...I wonder how difficult they will be...I'll do some training tommarow, I will be needing it. That Helba...is this why she is truely helping us? Or is she just leading us to danger and trouble? A wild goose chase?

Ada slipped off into an uncomfortable sleep.

The strange woman laughed, she placed her fingers to her face and laughed some more. "We'll make sure she doesnt wake up...Numerious times we have moved her. He'll never awaken my precious," she said to herself. Maha looked down at the angelic girl, her white hair flowing in the air, like magic. "He'll never escape as well"
Ada awoke the next morrning, her head pain had disapeared, which made her happy. She looked out the window as she got out of bed, a rainy Friday. She sighed and got dressed into a pair of jeans and a black sweatshirt. She went downstairs and her father was just pouring himself a cup of steaming hot coffee. "Hi daddy," She said as she came in, grabbing an apple from the ornamental fruit bowl on the counter.

Her father smiled at her and she went into the living room, turning on the TV. It was on a kiddy cartoon channel, something her twin sisters would like, she switched it to the local news station. It was a male reporter, someone diffrent than Akinsa Chan. "Natsu Amoruo reporting. In late breaking news, 2 more people have been reported comatose today." Ada's blue eyes widened. She turned up the TV volume, dropping her apple to the plush carpet floor. Not again...!

"Mrs. Saduwa Hwang had found her daughter, unconcious playing a computer game early this morrning. It seems she had been unconcious for hours. She was hospitalized just moments ago. In Osaka, Japan, a boy by the age of 17 was found unconcious by his friend. Hes been reported to have been playing the world video game." Ada shook her head.

She turned off the TV and rushed up the stairs and booted up her computer. The rain pelted against her glass windows, she looked up into the sky. Dim blackness, cloudy. She sighed and checked for emails. None. She hadn't had any since she talked with Swan and Sarine. She logged into the world.

Ada appeared in Carmina Gadelica, a huge crowd of people stood around her, scanning the distance. She turned around and seen a platform standing above everyone. Someone with a megaphone said, "The Worldwide event will be starting in exactly 20 minutes! A worldadimstrator shall be speaking in just a few moments!"

Ada was excited. She warped to Hidden Forbidden Holyground and ran through the heavy doors. Tsukasa was looking at some of the stained glass windows as Ada said, "Tsukasa, will you come to the event with me?" She knew he didn't want to leave this sanctuary, but, it was better than staying in this musty old church. "C'moooooon, it will be fuuuuuun" Ada said, as she took Tsukasa's hands in her own. His pale cheek's slightly turned pink and he said, "Sure."

They warped back to Camina Gadelica, the crowds had grown bigger and pushier, Tsukasa and Ada being pushed to the left and then roughly to the right. The person with the megaphone said, "The Event will begin in exactly 5 more minutes!" Wild cheers from the crowd roared as Ada laughed to Tsukasa's confusion.

As the five minutes slowly crawled by, many people were trading expensive rare items around them and many of them were still shoving people to be in the front row. The person with the megaphone, finally, said, "And now! Lord Balmung!" The crowd clapped wildly, and all turned silent as someone warped onto the rised platform.

Lord Balmung was a tall, white haired fellow, he wore fancy armour. All the girls cooed as he stepped up to the mircophone. "Welcome, everyone," he began, his voice deep and melodic, "Tonight's event will be placed at Sigma Gaia Fated Circle. The following event will be a maze. There are monsters hidden in the maze and puzzles to complete. To whoever gets to the end of the maze will recieve a rare item."

A maze hmmmm... Ada thought as she and Tsukasa warped to Sigma server. It was very crowded with tons of people. They once again warped, this time to Gaia Fated Circle.

They appeared in an area, the sky appeared to be dusk like. Mist slowly rose from the ground. Lord Balmung was standing at the wide entrance of the maze, many people began warping to the area. The maze walls were made of a hedgy grass, at least as tall as two houses put together. As soon as a huge crowd appeared, maybe ten thousand in the crowd, Balmung began to speak once again.

"Now, in the maze, you can't escape. If you defeated by an enemy, you wont die. You will be transported to the outside of the maze, but you will then be eliminated. Now, there will be some puzzles. They shouldnt be toohard for you. now, on my mark."

Thousands of people began lining up into rows, Ada glanced over at Tsukasa, he looked a bit uncomfortable being around lots of people. But he seemed determinded, his staff set tightly in his hand, Ada readied her axe. "Ready...Set...Go!"

The thousands of people began to sprint, run, jog towards the gaping mouth of the grass maze. Ada and Tsukasa ran into the maze. The mouth of the maze slowly began to close as the final players ran into the maze. The sky turned a dark black, the stars and crimson moon shimmering down upon them.

There was three paths, the middle, left and right. Tons of people headed towards the middle path, a few going right, a few going left. "Which way Tsukasa?" Ada said. "Right" he said. They sprinted right and then they look a left. They came upon a pack of hellhound, pretty easy. Tsukasa, reluctantly, cast a few spells on them and Ada did most of the attacking by slashing and slapping the dogs with her axe.

once the doggies were defeated, they came into a fork in the path. They took a left and they seen a girl leaning against the walls. The girl looked up and began to ran, but then the grassy maze walls outstreched before her, Ada and Tsukasa, wide-eyed, looked on as the maze walls engulfed her in a grassy tomb.

"Lets stay in the middle of the path..." Tsukasa whispered, his voice shaking. Ada nodded, eyes still wide. Running, they took a left and came upon a clearing, maybe a handfull of people standing before a grass wall which looked like it could retract to let people by. Ada and Tsukasa walked towards them and said, "Whats wrong?" "The maze. This is a puzzle...But we cant figure out how to get in there..." A blademaster said. Ada looked around and began feeling the grassy walls, maybe there was a button somewhere in the walls. She had seen that in Movies before.

She felt something click as her hand brushed against a large branch.Branches rose from the mazes roots below her, wrapping and tangling her legs in a bind and pulling her under. "Ada!" Tsukasa shouted, dropping his staff and running foword, skidding to a hault on his knees and roughly pulling Ada's hand into his, trying with all of his might to untangle her from the branches.

Ada scaredly started ripping at the branches, but they werent as flimsy as normel twigs. She cried out as the blademaster ran forword and took out his sword to try and cut the branches. The roots began to pull her into the hedges.

"Tsukasa!" She cried as she was completely pulled under.