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Sorry I took so long guys. I hope this chapter will help make up for it.
Chapter 6
In summer, plants flourish in the sun. In autumn they turn ripe, and change colors. In winter they wilt and die. But, they all are reborn in the gentle breeze of spring.
Winter Flower
Sakura sighed as she stood up from her resting place under a large tree located somewhere in the middle of a large grassy plain. "When are we going to get there Lyall," she whined.
Lyall, who was taking a nap just glared at her and said, "We'll get there when we get there Sakura."
Sakura sighed again and turned to Syaoran who was busy looking over the map they had received as a prize for winning the tournament. "Syaoran is there a town or some other place where we get some decent rest that is nearby," she asked him.
Looking up from what he was doing, Syaoran looked at her and replied, "Well, there is the dragoon village that is somewhere not far north of here, set at the base of Salamander Summit."
Lisa who was sitting quietly the whole time jumped up eagerly at this and exclaimed, "So what are we waiting for?"
Lyall gave in finally after a little bit of debating, because he was not too fond of dragoons.
Salamander Summit:
A young man with unkempt ginger hair and hazel green eyes stumbled in a southwards direction, cuts and bruises covering his body. The boys name you ask? Why David of course.
Name: David
Race: Half-Elf
Job: Mercenary
Age: 14
Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 137 lbs.
Hair Color: Ginger
Eye Color: Hazel-Green
Experience Level: 38
Equipment:
Ruby Katana (Right Hand)
Sapphire Katana (Left Hand)
Dragon Scale Tunic
Diamond Gauntlets
Traveler's Boots
Traveler's Cloak
Wolf Medallion
David finally stopped when he reached a small town that was sitting at the base of Salamander Summit, he just dropped right where he was standing, finally succumbing to fatigue. A young green haired dragoon girl spotted him and immediately rushed over worried about the stranger. This girl's name is Flora.
Name: Flora
Race: Dragoon
Job: Student
Age: 7
Height: 3' 5"
Weight: 56 lbs.
Hair color: Light Green
Eye color: Forest Green
Scale Color: Green
Experience Level: 3
Equipment:
Wooden Staff
Cloth Dress
Star Amulet
Flora proceeded to drag David to a nearby building.
Some Unnamed Forest:
A young man stood in the shadows, deep in thought as he watches our young adventurers. He sighed and said, "Those fools. Can't they see that they are walking right into a trap? Oh well, guess I'll have to try and do something about it."
He then started walking after them.
Salamander Summit:
Sakura nearly screamed at what she saw; a cold barren wastelands with signs that it was once a scorching desert like area. "This is supposed to be Salamander Summit," she complained to Lyall.
Lyall looked out at the icy terrain and said, "Yes, or at least it's not supposed to be exactly like this."
The four of them quickly walked towards the town and entered the inn, thankful for its welcoming warm feeling. Syaoran looked around and his jaw nearly dropped when he saw a familiar ginger haired teen sitting up at the bar, talking with a young green haired dragoon girl that sat next to him. "David, what are you doing here," Syaoran inquired, making the other three turn their heads towards the person that he was talking to.
David turned towards them, smiled and said, "Hey guys. Fancy meeting you here."
The five of them proceeded to talk for awhile, and then Lisa asked, "Say David; who was that little girl you were talking to earlier?"
"Who? You mean Flora," he replied, "She helped me when she found me unconscious on the border of town."
Lyall, who during this whole time had been sitting silently finally spoke up and asked, "Say David, do you know why it is so unnaturally cold? If I remember correctly, this area was once a desert sitting at the base of a volcano."
David's cheerful expression turned serious, "I know what you mean Lyall, and I also know why."
David leaned towards Lyall and whispered something in his ear. Lyall jumped up and exclaimed, "You can't be serious!"
David's expression was grim as he replied, "I am very serious Lyall, and unfortunately he did this for the one reason we were hoping would not come into play."
Sakura was now very confused. "Umm, excuse me David, Lyall," she inquired, "Who are you talking about?"
Before either of them could reply, the answer just seemed to come knocking at their door, in the form of an alarm. "Attention this is not a drill. I repeat this is not a drill," a voice boomed out over the entire village, "please lock your doors and stay inside!"
Of course, Sakura, Syaoran, Lisa, Lyall, David, and Flora did just the opposite by going outside only to come face to face with; you guessed it, Gora.
"Hello there," Gora said pleasantly to them, "Have you come to play?"
Name: Gora
Race: Human
Job: Dark Wizard
Age: 17
Height: 5' 7"
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Emerald
Experience Level: 50
Equipment:
Bone Staff
Black Robes
Black Gauntlets
Black Cloak
Black Circlet
Ice Medallion
Character/exp. Level
Sakura/13
Syaoran/13
Lisa/13
Lyall/26
David/38
Flora/3
Vs.
Gora/50
"Fireball," Sakura cried out as she threw a handful of fire at Gora.
"Sonic Slash," Syaoran cried as he sent a huge shockwave towards Gora.
"Luna Stab," Lisa cried out, sending a silvery blast towards Gora.
"Stalagt-Ice," Lyall cried out as a barrage of sharp ice shards out of his mouth.
"Fire Ruby," David cried, holding up a red gemstone which emitted a large stream of fire.
"Spark," Flora cried while shooting small fireballs at Gora.
Gora however just stood there, taking each blow like as if it was nothing. "Are you through," he asked, "If so then it's my turn. Frigid Death!"
A large blast of cold air swept over our young adventurers, knocking them over like pins in a bowling alley. "Ugh," Sakura moaned as she sat up slowly, "how can we beat someone who takes all our attacks and just knocks us away like we're mere insects?"
Someone behind her replied, "Simple, like this. Brim-Storm!" Suddenly, large fireballs started to rain down upon Gora.
Sakura turned around but immediately fell back again when she saw who it was. "I must be seeing double," she muttered.
Name: Gora
Race: Human
Job: Shaman
Age: 15
Height: 5' 5"
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Green
Experience Level: 15
Equipment:
Black Staff
Grey Robes
Black Gloves
Tattered Cloak
Silver Circlet
Dark Medallion
"Damn," said the older Gora, "I never expected you to show up. I'll retreat for now but I will be back." Gora then teleported off somewhere.
Younger Gora's POV:
Sighing, Gora turned towards everyone only to get clobbered on the head by David. "You idiot," David exclaimed, "What could you have possibly done to have this happen?"
Gora looked at him and replied, "First of all David, don't you think it would be a good idea to explain all this to your friends over there?"
David sweat dropped and said, "Oh right."
10 minutes later:
"Let me get this straight," Lisa said, "Your saying that this guy has three different forms. His oldest 19 year old form, the form we just fought, and the form he is in now. Also you're saying that Gora is short for Game Originated Reality Actor which would make him the rumored ultimate program that this game is supposed to have. Finally you're saying that some crazy lunatic hacked the system and has rewritten the programming to one of Gora's forms, and now he is out to get Sakura and Syaoran. Did I get that about right?"
David just nodded and said, "Yup, that pretty much sums it up."
"One question," Sakura said, "What exactly is the ultimate program?"
Gora turned towards her and said, "The ultimate program basically allows you to virtualize a computer made person into reality, including flesh, bones, internal organs, personality, you name it. Unfortunately the guy we're up against hacked the part of me that has that program, so he was able to use it to virtualize one of my forms into realty so he could trap you two in the game. The fact that you guys actually joined the game just makes it easier for him."
"Why," Syaoran asked.
"Well you see," Gora replied, "Even in my strongest form I wouldn't be able to beat the card mistre-"
He never got to finish his sentence because David suddenly conked him on the head again.
"Well anyways," David replied, "Me and Lyall have decided it best if we divide into two groups. Group One: Sakura, Syaoran, Lisa, and Gora, because Gora's other form is least likely to attack you while he is with you. Group 2: David, Lyall, and Flora, because Flora here has become involved so she is possibly in danger. I hope none of you have any objections."
Sakura, Syaoran, and Lisa thought it over and they all, one by one agreed that it was probably for the best. "Now," Gora said, "I think we should head out. Next stop, Titan Forest!"
I know it's been awhile since I have last posted so I hope I still have some readers out there. I promise to try and make the next few updates longer than this one but I can't make promises.