DotHACK: Hating to Love You

Chapter 9 written by Vincent Noble Valentine...

To say things have changed would be quite the understatement considering the 'loving couple'. Kite and Blackrose were going as it is said 'steady' and have been seeing each other as often as possible ever since their little escapade in Blackroses bedroom within the the real world. Yes they were young, happy, in love and also in lust desiring nothing more than to be with one another and with no one else to bother them. If only things were that easy.

Going steady was one thing but keeping it a secret from everyone else they knew online was another. No-one knew that the two leaders of the team were together, dating or having sex for that matter, everyone was clueless to their little romance and no one was none the wiser...almost no-one however.

Terajima Ryoko and her character maybe many things. She maybe a heavy axeman, her appearance maybe angelic and innocent, she's also very soft spoken and well mannered, she may even have blonde hair in real life. But one thing she wasn't was dumb. She could see from watching them from far off, that the signs were there. The looks both lovers gave each other when no-one was paying attention or looking, the times they brushed past each other discretly while in dungeons as they sort more treasure and even after battles when neither was seriously injured they tended to each other's wounds first before checking out anyone else.

Those were definetly signs that something was going on and Ryoko had seen them all. Her womans intuition or her gut feeling was telling her this and deep down she hated it. How could Kite fall for, of all people Blackrose? She was loud mouthed, tempermental, rude, obnoxious and hardly acted like anything a woman should act In Ryoko's books. A woman was supposed to be feminine, lady like and well mannered. Not some freaking rude tomboy!

And what's more, regardless of how she had captured Kite's heart and had him wrapped around her little finger, Kite belonged to Ryoko. NOT Blackrose! He himself had implicitly accepted her offer of coming to her house to meet her father and everyone knows how Ryoko's father was around any guy: he simply hated them, didn't care for them and wanted them as far away from Ryoko as humanly possible. But she pleaded time and time again to her stubborn dad that Kite was different and that he was a really nice guy. Going on about him must have fried the old man's brain to finally give into her pleas and demands. Everything was going to alright, finally Ryoko could be with a guy she liked and her father would approve, she was finally going to be happy. That was until a certain Heavyblade female had been in the picture and shattered her dreams to dust as if they were nothing.

Blackrose was simply competition, a rocky mountain standing in her path like a huge obstecle that she had to overcome before claiming her prize. Every challenge came with it's pro's and con's but trying to win Kite's heart against someone like Blackrose was simply a nightmare that wouldn't go away!

The first time she encountered Blackrose and really began to have the utmost distaste for her mere existance was when she butted in on her little plan to get Kite alone at Omega Raging Facing Mirrors Virgin. She had thought it out perfectly to the last detail and all it would be was her and Kite alone in a dungeon where she could profess her undying love for the guy and then jump on him and bounce up and down on him like he were a horse (). That was the plan, simple enough. As innocent as she appeared she had a devlish side that was waiting to be unleashed. A side that any full blooded male could not refuse nor turn down and even though it was online and in a virtual world she had planned to seduce him and to see if sex was actually possible in 'the World'

'The World' was simply a game to many and often seemed as real as the real world. But no one said anything about trying new things within it and their certainly were not any rules or regulations on trying out any other sort of 'games' or 'adventures' of their own in 'the World'. I doubt anyone actually believed or considered any forms of cyber sex within the game as a form of illegal activity. Lord knows that the only thing illegal or still running around in there thus far was Kite and his bracelet which still could not be deleted or removed by Lios.

But like she said, that was Ryoko's plan and nothing could go wrong. Well everything can go wrong when a certain someone thinks of the same idea and asks to butt in on her idea. Why couldn't have Kite just invited her and not bring Blackrose along in the first place. Things would have been more fun and far simpler that way. But no Kite had to be a gentleman and invite her along for the ride as well. That's what Ryoko liked most about Kite: He was honest, polite and everything like a perfect gentleman should be. In her mind Kite was that perfect gentlemen she was always looking for, a little shy and perhaps a little oblivious to people's hints and affections to someone but nonetheless a kind and caring guy just the same.

Anyway back to the horrid memory of her plan backfiring, Kite had brought Blackrose along as a third party member to Omega Raging Facing Mirrors Virgin and everything from there went to shit. Arguements went back and forth and the loud mouthed heavyblade did nothing but infruriate her to the last strand of patience she had. Frustrated mentally from her presence, sexually from not getting any release or fun because she was there and annoyed that Kite couldn't make up his mind, Ryoko left the dungeon in a huff going her own way while Blackrose, equally as dissappointed left also.

Ok so her plan had backfired, but that was then. This was now. She like all women were stubborn and proud and when it came to a challenge or a conquest they NEVER give up until they get what they want. Unfortunetly however Blackrose had to interefere AGAIN and cause setback number 2. She like all the others of Kite's growing team of hero's that saved 'the World' had been invited to a celebration that was long overdue in their honour and praise for saving it and for ridding 'the World' of the phases and restoring all coma ridden patients within hospitals back to the living world. When the party was announced at the time, the wheels in her head immediately started to turn and another mischevious plan was beginning to form.

With there being as many members as well as other online players who would come to congratulate them, Ryoko was certain that in all the commotion that it would get far too crowded around Helba's Net Slums. People were hardly going to notice that one or two people might be missing and who would care? It's a party and people only care about having fun and talking. By the time she would have been done having her fun with Kite in another secluded area they would have been back before anyone would have noticed that they were gone in the first place. It was perfect, ingenius! Nothing could go wrong this time!

Then along came Blackrose and once again stole her idea and HER man all in one fail swoop before she even had a chance to instigate anything with Kite. And just as she predicted; NO ONE other than herself had noticed that the two of them had left the festivites and had left the Net Slum altogether. Defeated and depressed for the 2nd time Ryoko reluctantly conceeded and admitted defeat for the 2nd time and gave up...for now. SINCE then Ryoko has done nothing but observe them like a hawk eying it's next meal for the day. Every chance she took, she used it to watch them to see if what her instincts were telling her were true?

And sadly she was right, she could see the signs and things were not looking up for her at all. Even though Kite and Blackrose were hiding it very well, even with their mannerisms and acting like everyday was the same. Ryoko was seemingly the only one who could see thru the charade and knew they were hiding it. It was time for a new plan, a change of pace. Her need for Kite to hers and hers alone was becoming like a disease, an obsession that could not be sedated until she had him. He infested her mind constantly, every thought she nearly had was of him and of no other. Kite was perfect for her and she wanted him more than she needed anything else. More than the very air she breathed or the clothes she bought from constant shopping spree's.

It was time for drastic measures and for the first time Terajime Ryoko was going to do something completely different. She was going to stop being herself and take what she wanted even if it hurt other people along the way.

Logging into 'the World' with her plan already thought way in advance she checked her friends list to see who was online and for once it seemed that the fates had smiled on her. Kite was online and Blackrose wasn't. Without a second thought she sent him a flash response and checked his location and once she knew where he was she made a B line for Mac Anu, the Delta server.

Sure enough once she teleported into Mac Anu and with a quick glance about there he was on the bridge leading further into town. Looking lost and deep in thought as he was staring into the server's waters. If this was her perfect chance now was the time to impliment her plan into action. With a small devilish smile she slowly and silently crept her way up to him.

Kite for his part was indeed lost in thought as Ryoko had suspected. Everyone and everything around him seemed oblivious as it wasn't even there. He loved playing online and sometimes he even liked the praise many other players gave him...sometimes. But even after all the adventures and the times shared, the praise and journeys paled in comparison to his thoughts of something else more important to him right now: Blackrose. She had become his need to play the game now, she became his world, his obsession, his everything. If someone would have told him months ago that he would fall in love in an online relationship while saving the world, back then he would have laughed a little and waved it off...or maybe he would have just gawked at that person in disbelief and call it nothing more than a joke.

But times and adventures with people who wanted your company throughout the game had changed him slowly. Blackrose herself had made the biggest impact in his life online and real life. He was changing for the better, he was happy and it was all too good to be true. There were times he was a little uncertain of how to feel about her and other times he was simply confused on what to say or how to react. How did it become so difficult at times to speak to her when all you can blurt out is nervous nonense and get all shy around her, yet at other times feel needed, wanted and loved all in one, making it all feel worth it and complete?

To Kite this was still new territory that he was wandering into and he still had a lot to learn when it came to understanding himself and their relationship at the sametime. But as confusing as it was for the most part it felt like nothing could go wrong, nothing could come between them and how he felt for Blackrose...NOTHING.

"..Hi Kite" came a voice.

Blinking and turning a little surprised as his thoughts were a million miles away, he turned to his left seeing Ryoko standing there beside him. Looking at him and only him with a look in her eyes that Kite had seen before, one that he had seen in Blackrose and it was beginning to worry him a little.

"Hi Ryoko...what are you doing here?"

"To see you" she replied somewhat huskily

"Me? Why? Something wrong?" he asked becoming more nervous

"No nothing's wrong, at least not now"

"Wha-?"

It took no more than a second for Kite's brain to realize what had just happened, but Ryoko had thrown herself into his frame and had hotly latched her lips onto his as he just stood there frozen with wide eyes. Forcefully on her part and with no returning kiss or movement from Kite she was pushing her tongue deep into his mouth, seeking to deepen the kiss with all her might and all Kite could still do was stand there dumbfounded. He didn't want this, this wasn't happening, he only ever wanted this from Blackrose and Ryoko definetly wasn't her. Struggling and trying to push her off him, Ryoko finally submitted and stepped back releasing his lips and before the young twin blade could ask what that was all about or to tell her to stop, Kite froze again looking behind her.

It was Blackrose and she had just seen the entire thing.

"Shit"

Author's note: Dun Dun Dun! OoOo ain't I evil? CLIFFHANGER! Ryoko has finally lost it and tried to get more direct with Kite, the only problem being there for the young hero is that Blackrose was there and saw it all happen. What's going to happen now? Is it over between Kite and Blackrose? Will Ryoko get what she wants? Or is it all going to hell? Find out next chapter!

Finally I want to again say a big thank you to my happy reviewers. I'm sorry I haven't updated in a long while but things and life have gotten busy for me, yet again. It's all work, work, work and party as much as I can but fear not you now have chapter 9. Read and Review if you would be so kind and I'll start chapter 10 as soon as I can, when I have time that is. Thanks again people! GRRR

Signed Vincent Noble Valentine...