.hack/Revenge and Twilight rewrite

Chapter 10

Her eyes opened slightly, almost wanting to actually sleep for once. She didn't know why, it just felt like something warm was keeping her safe. However, it wasn't until she actually was aware, that she realized it had been Kureno. "Kureno, you shouldn't...be..." She wanted to wake him, but he looked precious like this. She shifted her body slightly, moving her arms fluidly out of his. She then moved her body even slighter, and one leg tugged from closest to the sleeping student. She then moved her other leg, she was free from his embrace, no matter how regretful she felt. She then felt for the opening she had felt for with her leg, and leaned over the sleeping teen with success. She had gotten used to this type of escaping over the years, not that it helped her any with Morganna. She then pulled the covers over the teen, leaving him in complete darkness of safety.

"Tania, you look better."

"Well, I look better, but feel the same pain." She smiled sadly, yet a slight happiness might have been missed by Tania herself. The woman brushed back a few stray hairs, moving to her terminal. Helba was going to stop her, but found her employee just looking at records of the past occurences with Morganna. She took a chance to take a deep breath, and returned to working on her link to the headquarters of the pigheads.

CC Corporation Headquarters

Shibiyama sighed at the situation, not only had it worsened, the pigs were forced to work for Helba in a truce for now. She reclined in the nap room, where she had been resting for the past two hours. It was probably bright out, but she didn't care. Watari had often done this in the past, but she remembered the Lycoris incident. Not only had it caused him to be fired, but he actually stopped watching the world so...executively. She had done so after the adventure with Shugo, when she was the one capturing him. There was no way to turn back her mind after all this, no way to be the same. "I've got to get up, the brass need me." She turned to the beeping device on her pant waist. She sat up, turning towards the ground. She then slid on her high heels and opened the door. She was right, it was bright out.

"Well, I assume we're heading the same way?" Balmung's form stood in front of her, smiling as if struck fortune. However, this look stayed for a few minutes before it turned to a yawn. Balmung had the habit of never sleeping until a job was over. She heard one time he slept for a whole day because of some big event. That turned out to be the Tanabata 'Great Space Race' event, which recieved about fourteen days worth of complaint messages. That was probably the lowest amount, since the most recent event had recieved probably about three years worth if not deleted.

"Yes, unlike the one who comes to torment me." She pulled a fist slightly, letting it go after a minute. She then walked to the elevator with the so called azure knight. "How are your 'help' doing?" She heard the elevator open, going in as the silver doors closed. A scanner took over, making sure of who was in the elevator.

"They are resting, a well deserved rest. Hard to believe it might actually take two weeks to work out what will be fixed. There will be many complaints, probably more than I ever get in one day." A twitch slightly outed in the woman's hand, but remained calm.

"Well, it's better than you. At least I get the better complaints." She sighed and leaned against a silver plated railing, the red velvet walls softly cushioning her against the elevator's movement. The winged knight said no more as the elevator moved.

Meanwhile...

Fujio's eyes opened slightly, he felt a slight weight against his body. He pulled the weight over to the bed, slightly padding the journey to the other side of the bed he lie against. Most lackies had their own sleeping area, which they kept in their office for privacy. He knew Saito must have been the weight, and he pulled off the cold cloth that had become quite warm. He felt his head, finding his fever head broke. She must have changed his forehead cloth about fifteen times before falling asleep against him. "I guess I'll sleep a little longer." He smiled as he embraced the unconcious woman's form gently and fell asleep again.

CC Corporation Headquarters top executive office

"You're saying that this was all caused by the game? That is not possible, it will have to be that child of Aura's fault!" All the adminastrators were appaled by the report, of course, they had never been through anything like Shibiyama and Balmung have.

"I'm afraid to say that it is, even I saw it with my own eyes. Nothing was edited within the game at all." She knew it was her duty to report, no matter how unbelieveable the story may be. A game had caused this, and she had to say that.

"However, no Omega area exists within the delta server. It is impossible." The brass sounded even more annoying when denying you the right to have an opinion. However, she would not lose this easily.

"Like the report I have been giving you, it was an area not fully deleted within the world. The area has lost all the data to create a feild and a dungeon, however, there is still a white void for that feild."

"Did you go within that area?"

"No, I did not. Pictures were taken of the area through the chaos gate. The pictures are exactly what they look like. I could not edit this myself, and neither could Helba. She even sounded astounded at it. There is no way this could have been an accident, I promise you."

"If this were a normal time, we could afford to say it isn't possible with a stronger ideal. However, given the current situation, we cannot say it is or is not possible. Shibiyama, if this report ends up being a spoof, we will do more than just punish you. However, if it is as is after the incident, we will believe this. However, you will give more proof to bribe us to believe you. If you value your position, we expect you to atone and prove your case. If this is a lie, we will expect much pain in your future." The last time she had heard this talk, was when she was hearing Balmung's hearing about Aura's report during the time Shugo's party had occupied the world. She took a deep breath, and prepared to comply.

"Of course, we only require two adminastrators. You may send the others home, we can gather it more efficiently alone."

"Very well, prove your case, Shibiyama." The brass left the office, followed by the other adminastrators.

"That's a first." A chuckle escaped Balmung's serious expression. Her patience had gotten better for the azure knight for now. She stood and pulled herself up, moving out of the office with the fellow employee.

"Well, are you going to help me?"

"Of course, you put so much trust in me." His face turned serious, she trusted him for now.

Helba's Work Area (Unknown)

Kureno opened his eyes, he was being shaken awake. His brown eyes met jade eyes, and he knew whose they were. "Kureno, it's time to get back, break is over." He forced himself to wake, joining Tania in the same terminal.

TBC...