Chapter Two

In the first room of the first floor, mirrors had been edited all over the walls. I walked up to the closest mirror and looked at my own reflection. I had silver hair, two shoulder length pieces in the front, and very short in the back. I had large black fox ears with white tips, a large fox tail with a white tip, and large silver wings. I was wearing a large sleeved silver and black kimono type shirt, baggy black pants, silver boots, and a large red pointed spear. I traced the chaos symbol that was on my left cheek and turned and closed my eyes. "Lets go..." I said, walking through the door to the next door of the dungeon. Tomonori ran over to follow behind me. We walked into the room were the first portal was located. "Woa... this is a magic portal, right?" Tomonori asked, looking up at the monster that had just emerged from the portal. I just rolled my eyes and spun my spear around and charged. The monster blocked me, but I appeared behind it and stabbed it. "NOW! ATTACK IT!" I shouted at Tomonori. He just stood there, bewildered, as the monster knocked me off its back. I back flipped in the air and landed on my feet, but the monster hit me dead on without a chance to counter attack, putting me in critical status. I groaned and managed to finish off the monster without it hitting me again. I snarled at him and shouted, "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED! WHY DID YOU FREEZE UP BACK THERE? YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN ME KILLED, YOU KNOW THAT?"

He just backed up and said, "Hey, chill! I'm sorry, I didn't know what to do! 'Sides, it's not like you would've actually died or anything, right?"

I just sighed, turned away, healed, and walked into the next room. Tomonori quickly followed and said, "What's wrong? Was it something I said?"

I just shook my head and said, "No, forget about it..."

What? You gonna scare another person away? I thought I told you to shut up. Yea, I know, I'm ignoring you! But seriously, what would it hurt if you told him? Maybe he can hel-NO! Shut up...no one can know... ...fine, if that's what you think...

I sighed and said, "I have to go" while I took out a sprite ocarina.

"Wait, can we level up together again? I mean, granted we didn't do much leveling up this time, but I promise I'll try to work hard while your not here!"

"... Fine, whatever, do what you will..."

I went back to the field and was about to gate out when the area stopped for a second, and I was suddenly in a strange area I knew as the Net Slums. I scoffed and looked around. "DAMN I hate this area...Gives me the creeps..." I mumbled to myself and walks through the streets, my spear at my side. I finally got to an alleyway that I knew too well and walked to the end. Most people, even those who lived here, would just think that this was a dead end and ignore it, but I knew better. I walked up the wall at the end of the alley and looked around. No one was there, of course, so I walked through the wall to appear in a place that shouldn't even be called a place, that was a swirling black space of darkness with no up and no down. Confuses the hell out of ya the first couple times you're here. "Hey Aura! Are ya here?" I yelled, looking around. No sooner did I say it, a bright light appeared nearby and a young girl in a large white dress, long white hair, bright blue eyes, and an infinity symbol on the front of her dress appeared and smiled. "Akurei! You're here! Its been so long since you've come to visit!" she... no, said isn't the right word, more like... thought it... although I could hear what she said, it was like she was saying it in my head, like some secret meant just for us...

I laughed and smiled. "I'm sorry Aura! Things have been kind of hectic. I'll try to come more often, Ok?"

She cocked her head and 'said', "Promise?"

I smiled and said, "promise! Now, what do you want to talk about today?"

We sat and talked for a while. I told her about my 'adventure' With Tomonori (Ok... now its bugging me... where have I heard his name! If you know, please e-mail me!), she had told me of how the virus was spreading and how the mods were rushing trying to calm them down. We had been talking for about an hour or two when I got an e-mail notification. "Hnn? Who could this be?" I said aloud, then turned to Aura and said, "I'm sorry Aura, but I have to go. Talk to you later?"

Aura just smiled sweetly and said, "Of course! Just remember to come back!" And she disappeared, so I decided to head back to town and check my e-mail.