login 3: Username: Moonstone

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"Keywords Beautiful Silent Melody,huh?" Ryuuza said.

"Yup.You'll find it there." A player told her.

Flashback to earlier:

"I haven't heard from him in a week,since we had that fight.I'll mail him." Ryuuza said.

She sent the mail right then,hen saw that her mail said 'new'

On the outside of the computer,the blue haired girl looked very depressed.

"None from Sora..." She said.

Next to her was a small doll that looked like Sora,and some thread,as well as some needles.

"Oh,well.If I can't talk to the real guy,at least I can talk to you." She said to the doll.

"Even if I never finished sewing you.."

She then read the last mail,which was a mail announcing a new event.

'A rare item event for Twin Blades?!I'll have to tell Sora about this.' she thought.

She started to write an email,but then stopped herself.

'All TwinBlades got it.Nevermind.'

'He'll be there,I know he will.Even if we're not in a party.'

The girl logged into "The World" again.

end flashback

Ryuuza approached the Chaos Gate.

"Beautiful Silent Melody."

"...wow.It's beautiful." She said,looking at her surroundings.

The area looked similar to the mirror dungeon,and sad piano music played in the background.

"Ok,so time to go!" Ryuuza exclaimed,making her way towards the dungeon.

She ran past a blue haired boy,a green haired girl,and a while haired guy who looked a lot like Sora.

'It can't be..' Ryuuza thought.

'Sora has green hair..'

She also passed an orange haired girl as well,

'Sora?Where are you..'

When she got into the dungeon,she used her fairy orb.

'too bad it doesn't reveal where Sora is..' she thought sadly.

She eventually found that she was on the last level.

"There's the Gott Statue.Can't believe I'm level 30 already." Ryuuza said.

"I got here first!!!It's MINE!It's not my fault I got stuck in a room with one of those immortal monsters!" a familiar voice said.

"If it's immortal,how'd you kill it?" Ryuuza asked.

"..I didn't.But still.I left as soon as the email was sent.They're mine."

Ryuuza turned around.

"I'm not giving them up.I went through this whole dungeon,too." She said.

"Fine.We'll play Rock-Scissors-Paper for it."

Ryuuza sweatdropped.

"Come on,that's a kids game!" She exclaimed.

"Unless.." the other person said.

"You'll give me your member address.Then I MAY leave you alone.I'm taking the item regardless."

Ryuuza looked the person in the face.

"...but you have it already." she said,making her hand flat.

"And I win.Paper beats rock."

"WHAAAT?!But we didn't even start!2 out of 3!" the other person exclaimed.

The blue haired boy then entered.

"Well,guess I get the item.." he said.

"...No.You.Don't.If I don't get it,YOU sure don't." The other player said.

"But weren't you here REALLY early or something like that?" the green haired girl asked.

"yes.But how'd you know?" the player asked.

"You kept mocking the fact we're lower level and not as fast." The green haired girl replied.

The other player sweatdropped.

"Oh.I did,I guess.Well,it's not yours.It's mine,I was here first."

The other player looked at Ryuuza.

"..I was just going to let you have it,too.Until I saw who you were.Evil me hating girl."

"I do not hate you!" Ryuuza exclaimed.

"...I don't believe you." the other player said.

Ryuuza sweatdropped,and told the blue haired boy her story

"I don't know what to say.." he replied.

The green haired girl sweatdropped.

"How old is he?" she asked.

"HEEY!!!" the other player exclaimed.

Ryuuza sweatdropped.

"..I'm sorry.I was irritated that day by almost everything..." she said.

"I know that's just how you are,but I didn't even think about it then.."

"I'm under the impression you two are more than just acquantences.." the green haired girl said.

"Yeah..we are." Ryuuza said.

She smiled.

"Still my item.You're level 99.You don't need new blades." she looked at the other player.

"Yeah,but I still wanted it.Just beause it's rare." he said.

Ryuuza opened the box.

"Kaishi." she said.

"Kaishi?"

"The blade's names.They're level 70 blades." Ryuuza said.

"And a Golden Grunty and..HEY!Is that a joke?!" She exclaimed.

an White Cherry bounced in the treasure chest.

"White Cherry!" It exclaimed.

Ryuuza sweatdropped.

'here we go again..' she thought,shaking her head.

"What's a Grunty food doing in a treasure chest?Weird." Sora said.

He took it out of the treasure chest,and like always,it squealed like a pig.

"Well,that was fun.I'd better get back to work.." Sora said.

Ryuuza elbow-stomped him.

"KNOCK IT OFF!BAD Harvest Moon pun!" she exclaimed.

"Sorry.Couldn't resist." Sora replied.

"Anything else in the box?" he asked.

Ryuuza peered into the box again,seeing an item that resembled an X

'It's for the Twilight Amulet.But where would it go?' she asked herself.

She looked at the amulet,then saw the diamond shaped covering around it.

'Oh..it must go over this..' she said,quickly placing the X over the diamond.The diamond disappeared,and left only the X.

'WEIRD..' she thought

She looked out of the box.

"Just some kind of item.Nothing special."

"It has to be.You said it's not." Sora said.

Ryuuza sweatdropped.

"It's for the amulet." she whispered to Sora.

"Ah,I see.No one can have it,then.Damn." Sora said.

'But how did the dungeon's creator know I have it?' Ryuuza thought.

She then heard a pig noise,then sweatdropped.

"How's there Grunty food in a dungeon?" she asked.

The blue haired boy blinked.

"Wow..there is.There're White Cherries all over.." he said.

"Yup.And now,half are gone." Sora replied.

"How?" The blue haired boy asked.

"I picked them." Sora said.

"SORRRAAA!!!" Ryuuza exclaimed.

"I was kidding.I only picked the one." Sora said.

"and to be honest,that was to make sure it was real.I have a strange suspicion about this place.After all,it DOES have Grunty food in the dungeon."

"Sure.I believe you.You just wanted to hear it eep like a pig." Ryuuza replied,sweatdropping.

"HEY!You're being evil again!" Sora exclaimed.

"I wasn't saying you were being immature.I'm just saying that,knowing you and all." Ryuuza replied.

The blue haired boy sighed,then logged out.The rest of his party did the same.

"So..You know what it does?" Sora asked.

Ryuuza sat down.

"Nope.No clue.All I know is it got rid of the diamond thing around it." She said.

Sora looked at it,and blinked.

"It actually looks much better now.I'd like to know what those little symbols mean,though." He said.

Ryuuza picked it up a little.

"Wow,it does.And Sora,those are runes.I honestly don't know what they mean." She said.

"Oh,those?I've seen a book at the library about those.One second,I want to copy them." Sora said.

"Wait.Before I try to find paper,do you have that thing in real life too?I kinda doubt it,but it'd be cool if you did."

"Actually...Yeah,I do.And I can't take it off." Ryuuza replied.

"The Old Lady must REALLY want a jewerly model.She's that much in need of a sale that she's advertising offline,too." Sora said,leaving for real this time.

Ryuuza smiled.

"Of course.Who'd want to buy from a voice?" She said

"Back." Sora said.

"How'd you find paper in 2 seconds?" Ryuuza asked.

"I had some right next to me.And a pen,too." Sora said.

'I really missed him...Even if it was for a day.I know he's writing,but..' Ryuuza thought.

She moved slightly,and put her hand on his.

'Not gonna do any good,but..' she thought.

"Done.I'll take these with me when I go to the library tomorrow,and-" Sora said.

He blinked,then blushed slightly.

"Ryuuza,I.."

Ryuuza then leaned against his shoulder.

"I-I had no idea.." Sora said.

Ryuuza smiled.

"Yeah,I didn't either,until today.I found myself missing you,a lot.it was only a day,but it felt like an eternity.I'm not sure yet,but I think I may be in love with you." She said,blushing.

"Well,if that's the case..then,well..No,I can't say it yet." Sora said,also blushing.

"I missed you,as well.Even if I did think you hated me.The whole time,I was depressed.I thought I'd never get to talk to you again.You're probably the only one who understands me.And I was right.You're not like everyone else.Sorry I ignored you."

Ryuuza smiled.

"Apology accepted."

At that moment,the white haired twinblade entered.

"Oh.The treasure's gone." he said.

"...Relationships are good and all,but you didn't have to act like a shoujo romance."

"And how'd YOU know how one is?" Sora asked.

"I don't.I'm just figuring."

"Suuuure.We trust you.The skin-theif watches girl's anime."

"Skin theif?!look,I'm free to use whatever skin I want.You don't have complete ownership of it." the guy said.

"..No,I guess not.But you're a skin-theif still."

The guy sweatdropped.

"May I ask what was in the box?"

Ryuuza nodded.

"A Golden Grunty,Kaishi,White Cherries.." She said,sweatdropping.

"and a special event item." she added.

'I can't tell him about the amulet..'

"White Cherries?Aren't those Grunty Food?" The guy asked.

"Yup.I think someone knew Sora was coming." Ryuuza said.

"..."

"What's your name?" Ryuuza asked.

"Moonstone."

"Ryuuza.And he's Sora."

"...skin theif."

Ryuuza sweatdropped.

"Give it up,Sora."

Right then,a familiar young man appeared in the dungeon.

"I see you've received the item I sent for you." he said.

Ryuuza looked up.

"Higure."

"The item I gave you is..Hey,wait.I didn't expect any company." he said.

"Higure,just teleport them out of the dungeon if they can't stay.Sora already knows about the amulet."

"Oh..another AI,I see.Like Aura." Sora said.

Higure looked at him.

"So,you've seen Aura.." he said

"Yeah.She looks like an old lady.No wait,that's Morganna."

"...so you're the character's personality I was given.Well,somewhat." Higure said.

"So you ARE an AI?!" Sora asked.

Higure sighed.

"yes.I guess you could call me that.And I suppose since Moonstone knows about me now,I don't have to make him leave."

"Anyways,You,in addition to being able to alter your appearance,and Data reconfiguation,you can now summon monsters at will.Monsters to your benefit,or just distractions against other players."

"What do you mean for my benefit?" Ryuuza asked.

"Like Yarthkins and Vulcan.Those kinds.Only yours are much more powerful.The other kind I mentioned are just normal monsters.You could summon Skeith if you really wanted to." Higure said.

"Although I doubt Sora would like that."

"...EVIL.It's an Old Lady monster." Sora said.

He looked at Ryuuza.

"..Ryuuza?could you summon Innis on Moonstone?PLEASE?!"

Ryuuza sweatdopped.

"No."

Higure smiled

"One more clue to go,Ryuuza."

He lept down from where he was standing,and put his face close to hers.

"...HEY!If anyone's going to do that,it's gonna be ME.Not you." Sora said.

"..That's right.I forgot I'm only made this way.I'm only acting off your emotions,you know." Higure said.

Ryuuza blushed a deep shade of red.

'So Sora...he's...'

She looked at him.

'He loves me?!No wonder he got so mad.And that's also why he asked me how I felt..'

'I can't believe it.I'm a girl,and I didn't even get the hint?Then again,I guess guys're harder to tell. how they feel.'

"...............I'll leave now.I'm guessing you both want to be left alone." Moonstone said.

"Can't do that.Well,I suppose you could.I'm leaving anyways.Ryuuza,you'd best do the same.This dungeon's going to be closed in a few minutes." Higure said.

"Closed?" Ryuuza asked.

"Remember,R-chan?They did say we had 12 hours to get the item.And it's been 11." Sora said.

"Yeah..Higure-kun,we'll be going now." Ryuuza said

Higure disappeared,and Moonstone logged out

"Well,Ryuuza?Ready?" Sora asked.

She shook her head.

"Not yet.Sora-kun.." Ryuuza said.

She approached Sora.

"Huh?What?" he asked,sweatdropping.He backed away nervously.

"Come on,I know you're higher level now,but you don't have to PK me.."

She went closer to him,until he was backed into a corner.

"Ryuuza-chan!Whatever it was,I"m sorry!!" Sora exclaimed.

Ryuuza blinked.

'What did those blades give me anyways?!Even Sora's scared of me now.'

"I wasn't gonna.." Ryuuza said.

Sora fell to his knees,having nowhere else to go.

"Ryuuza-chan.."

Ryuuza smiled.She knelt down,and put her arms around Sora.

"You're gonna stab me now!DAMMIT!!Stupid blades!" Sora exclaimed.

"No.Really.I'm not." Ryuuza said.

She closed her eyes,and lied against Sora's chest.

"Ya know something?I hate how this is a game.." Sora said.

Ryuuza simply smiled contently.

"...You have 30 seconds to get out.." a voice said.

Both Ryuuza and Sora stood up.

"MOONSTONE?!You logged out!" Ryuuza exclaimed.

"..Yes I did.And?" He said.

"Logged out.Meaning you should be GONE." Sora said.

"...remember,you can't log out in a dungeon.You can only use a sprite ocarina." Moonstone said.

Ryuuza sweatdropped.

"Moonstone,I saw the yellow circles.I'm not blind."

"I did leave.I just came back up here." Moonstone said.

"With a Sprite Ocarina,RIGHT?!" Ryuuza said,now annoyed.

"Yes.Then I figured that you both would be in here forever if I didn't get you.And no,there were no more monsters to defeat."

Ryuuza blinked.

'Wow,I must be getting predicable.' she thought.

She heard rumbling.

"An earthquake?" she asked.

"..No.The dungeon's collapsing." Moonstone said.

"Like Azure Dreams!" Sora exclaimed.

Ryuuza sweatdropped.

"Sora,this isn't Azure Dreams!Yes,the dungeon's collapsing,but we just aren't going to be teleported to the next floor if we don't get out!" she exclaimed

She took out a sprite ocarina.

"Huh?I can't leave.." she said.

"Let me try that.." Sora said,trying to use one.

"Same here."

Higure appeared out of nowhere.

"I told you both to get out." he said.

"I know,but we had an hour.." Ryuuza said.

"Yeah.An hour when you found the treasure.You had 10 minutes after I left." Higure replied.

"Now all 3 of you are going to go along with this dungeon.And you may go into a coma,as well."

"A coma?!From a stupid dungeon?!" Sora exclaimed.

"Yes.Again.You and Ryuuza were the stupid ones who didn't leave,so I suppose that's what you get." Higure said.

"...Are you sure you're not Morganna?.." Moonstone said.

Higure blinked.

"No.I'm not.I'm just an AI based off Sora's character data."

"And how do you know who Morganna is?"

"Kite has fragments of the Epitaph of Twilight.Morganna is in there.'I must go.To speak with Morganna.For our Aura.'. " Moonstonne said.

"Which is wrong,but close enough.Well,Goodbye.For now." Higure said,disappearing.

Ryuuza looked at Sora.

"......Well,this is it.." she said

Moonstone attempted to log out.The 3 familiar yellow circles appeared.

"He can log out?!We should try again." Sora said.

He tried using the sprite ocarina again.

"Nope."

"If we were in his party,we'd be logged out too.." Ryuuza said.

"Well,since we may never see each other again.." she said.she embraced Sora.

The ground beneath them began crumbling.

"You know,we COULD try and run." Sora said.

"..good point."

Both of them ran as fast as they could.

"I'll use a Speed Charm." Ryuuza said.She also used one on Sora

"Stupid no-sprite-ocarina-thing!" Sora exclaimed.

Eventually,they both got out of the dungeon,seconds before it collapsed.

"Close.But we have to get out of the field,as well." Ryuuza said

Sora looked at her.

"Ready?"

"We don't have time for this."

Both smiled.

"GATE OPEN!"

Sora found himself back in Mac Anu,but no Ryuuza.

"Hm?Where is she..?" he asked.

"Ryuu-chan?"

"Look,I don't KNOW where she is.So stop asking me." a voice from behind said.

Sora turned around.

"I wasn't talking to you.Ryuu-chan and I got out of the dungeon at the same time." he said.

"You mean the one that was supposed to have a rare item in it?It's on the board.It collapased.She SHOULD be here,if she logged out like you did." the girl said.

"That's why I'm trying to find her!..she could have ended up in Carmina Gatalica or somewhere else.Or Net Slum.Actually,that'd be an amusing story to hear if that's the case.." Sora said.

"Why?Cause it's got those THINGS?!" she exclaimed.

"Exactly." sora replied.

The girl sweatdropped.

"I'm going.AND DON'T FOLLOW ME!" she exclaimed.

Sora sweatdropped.

"No intention,Mimiru-chan.Why would I wanna do that?"

Mimiru blinked.

"You're not gonna follow me."

"Nope.I'm going to try and find Ryuu-chan.Bye!" Sora exclaimed,leaving.

He ended up in Dun loireag.

"Nope.She's not here.She'd be at the gate." He said.

He went to Carmina Gatalica.

"Not here,either.I'll mail her.." he said.

he didn't get a reply.

"She CAN'T have gotten trapped in there.It's impossible!We logged out at the same time with the Gate Keepers phrase!"

A few passerbys sweatdropped.

"You used the phrase Gate Open to logout." A longarm said

"Yup.And it worked."

"WEIRD." he said,leaving.

"Still no reply.." Sora said.

He walked to the Grunty ranch,and leaned on the wooden fence.

"I wanna invisible egg,oink!" The grunty said.

"Since when do I have a Grunty.." Sora said,sweatdropping.

"Since this girl got one for you." the Grunty keeper replied.

"But they're MY grunty food!!!" Sora exclaimed.

"They're not for players,they're for GRUNTIES!" The grunty person exclaimed.

"The scream when picked." Sora said.

The shopkeeper sighed.

"They don't anymore."

"Ok." Sora said,giving the grunty an Invisible Egg.

"When did you last see the girl?" he asked.

"About a week ago.She just told me to watch this grunty,and give it to a friend of hers.Which would be you."

"It's disappearing." Sora said,sweatdropping.

"No it's not,it's becoming an adult." the shopkeeper said.

"Snakey?" Sora said,sweatdropping.

He watched it walk around the pen once,then he left.

"No time to watch a Grunty."

He returned to Mac Anu,then tried going to the same area.

"Weird.It let me in,even though it's destroyed."

When he got there,the only thing there was the sky,and the bed where Aura once slept,

"WHAAAT!!!Old Lady world?!" Sora exclaimed.

"Very funny.I thought you had learned your lesson already." the voice in the sky said.

"Yeah,yeah.Whatever.What did you do with this area?!" Sora exclaimed.

"It never exsisted.It was always this way.A disguise to lure your foolish friend here.She still has my amulet." the voice said.

"YOUR amulet?Where's that Higure guy?!" Sora exclaimed.

Higure came out of nowhere.

"I didn't know it was a trick.I only know as much as you do about things.." he said.

"Silence,Higure!You will do as commanded.Or do you want to get deleted,again?" the voice asked.

Higure sighed.

"Fine,old lady.Whatever you say."

"Good.Destory the Twinblade,then the girl." the voice said.

Higure smiled.

"Sure."

"Not without a fight,phrase theif." Sora said,taking out his weapon.

"PHRASE THEIF?!Wait a second!" Higure exclaimed.

"and For your information,I wasn't going to do what she said." he whispered.

"And why can I trust YOU?" Sora asked.

"You don't have a choice." Higure said,quietly.

"So where's Ryuu-chan?" Sora asked.

"She's actually already data drained,in a coma.AGAIN.Morganna's just trying to make you THINK she's still around." Higure replied.

"But we logged out at the same time.." Sora said.

"And she stopped Ryuuza.At the last second,Morganna data drained her.Right before she got to town." Higure said.

"And I couldn't stop her.I couldn't save the one I love.."

Sora glared at Higure.

"She's mine.Got it."

"I know,but it's not my fault my data's almost identical to yours." Higure said.

"True.Now we'd better shut up before she hears us." Sora said.

Higure looked towards the sky.

"I'm going to elimiate him now."

"Good.Then the girl goes." Morganna said.

"She's gone already.I know she is." Higure said.

"Very good.Now just destroy him!" Morganna exclaimed.

Higure smiled a little evily.

"Done." He said.

Sora sweatdropped.

'a BUSH is his idea of a hiding place?And what's with the plushie?' he thought,

"Well done,Higure.Well done.'

Sora quickly logged out.

"but she's gone.Again.My Ryuuza's gone.." he said.

Mimiru sweatdropped.

"You DID follow me!" she exclaimed.

"No.I said what I was doing.Got stuck in Old Lady-ville again." Sora said.

"How?Can't only Tsukasa go there?" Mimiru asked.

"Normally.Turns out the event place was secretly a trap set up by Morganna.And Ryuuza's gone..." Sora said.

"How?You SAID she logged out!" Mimiru exclaimed.

"Morganna stopped her.At the last second." Sora replied.

"And I'm assumming that's fine,right?" Mimiru asked sarcastically.

"NO.It's NOT.There was no need for it.Now I'll never see her again" Sora said.

He logged out.

"...Wow.I'm amazed.I thought he didn't care about ANYONE.." Mimiru said.

At that moment,a high school boy took off his VR headset.

"She's gone.." He said.

The boy stood up,then sighed.

"Gone forever..."

He closed the door,and left.

At that moment,a brown haired woman walked past.

"Oh..Hey,Tsukasa." Sora said.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

"Oh,no.NOTHING is.You probably don't even know who I am,and are wondering WHY this strange guy talked to you." he said.

"I know who you are.We've met outside once,remember?You accidently ended up following Mimiru,Subaru and me to the shopping mall.I think your reasoning was you took a wrong turn or something,and you didn't look up." Tsukasa said.

"Yup.I was trying to go to buy a pop at the gas station,then found myself at the mall,in a clothes store.." Sora said,sweatdropping.

"Then Mimiru made you explain,remember?" Tsukasa said.

"Yeah.That was embarassing.Considering once she found out,she had a fit." Sora said.

"She was mad for hours after that" Tsukasa said,sweatdropping

"She said something about you stalking her IRL AND online."

Sora sweatdropped.

"Figures.For some reason,she seems to think I stalk her.Don't know why." he said.

"So anyways,IS something wrong?" Tsukasa asked.

"...yup.There's been another data drain victim.." Sora said.

"Another one?Why didn't I see that on the board?They've been writing that in secret lately.." Tsukasa said.

"No one knows about it.Actually,I only found out from an AI." Sora said.

Tsukasa blinked.

"You can understand Maha,too?" She asked.

"No.He only swears as far as I know." Sora said.

"Then Aura?" Tsukasa asked.

"Nope.It's an AI called Higure.SUPPOSEDLY he's almost entirely based off my character's data.And I can't get in trouble for talking about this,either.So HAHA to you,Morganna!" Sora exclaimed.

"OH!I've seen him!I had been wondering about that.I saw a guy who almost looked identical to your character,only with different clothes.Almost Wavemaster like clothes,actually.I had just assumed that you had made a new character or something." Tsukasa said.

"Nope.Why would I do that?!I didn't spend all that time leveling up only to delete my character." Sora said,sweatdropping.

"He just looked at me,smiled a little,then disappeared..." Tsukasa said,her voice trailing off.

"That'd be him." Sora said.

He sighed.

"I have to go.I want to try to find Ryuuza IRL." Sora said.