Hi again! I'm getting kind of hyper so I wanted to post quickly, but not too quickly ;). Thanks for the reviews! I really appreciate them! They mean so very much to a messed up amateur authoress such as myself! And above all, thanks a bunch to Travelling Reviewer! Even the slightest bit of advice helps! But don't worry, I'll do my best not to make this story like my previous ones with too much fluff and no point. I'd tell you more but I wouldn't want to ruin the story :D! But still, by all means, I really appreciate the help! Watashi wa omae no kohai desu! I really messed up my Japanese last time didn't I? I'm taking more Japanese courses now, but to be honest, my Japanese is still rather edgy. As for the whole thing about mixing dub and sub, I watched the whole thing in three different languages so I'm starting to confuse myself with their sub and dub names. Demo, daijoubu desu! I wrote them all out in lists to make sure I wouldn't get the names mixed up! So yeah, I'll try to keep the dub and sub separate from now on if it really annoys you that much XD!

Ooh… I've been blabbering for a long time… so here's a quick disclaimer and we can get on with the fic… Kouji, Izumi, you're lines please!

Kouji: Izumi Minamoto does not own Digimon Frontier or any version of .hack.

Izumi: Please read and review!


Last time...

"Congratulations. You have won the opportunity to play as the Legendary Warrior of Light. Do you accept?"


A 'yes' and a 'no' choice appeared below the question.

Do I accept? Wasn't it a good thing to play as a Legendary Warrior? Why wouldn't I accept? Perhaps there could be a downside to becoming a Warrior? Nah, I'm just being paranoid… it's only a game right?

Finally releasing a breath I didn't know I had been holding, I selected 'yes' as a bright white flash surrounded me. The next thing I knew, I was standing in the middle of a large meadow with a sparkling pond to my left and a swirling blue-black portal-like thing on my right side. Wait a minute… swirling blue and black portal? What the hell? Maybe that's supposed to be normal in virtual games…

Walking towards the edge of the pond, I looked down at my reflection, inspecting the character data that was supposedly the great Warrior of Light. I had grown about an extra two feet and my hair was now blonde instead of my usual midnight blue. It had shortened a considerable length, only sweeping a little below my neck.

My original navy blue eyes have now turned a reddish brown colour, and the majority of my face was now covered with a metal helmet that very much resembled the head of a wolf.

A long, bluish-purple and grey scarf made its way around my neck, flowing softly behind me.

Continuing to look, I found that I was wearing a silver armor. There was also a gun-like thing built into the armor of my left arm. On my hands, were a pair of blue and black gloves, and for shoes, I had a blue, black and grey coloured armor with three sharp claw-like shapes protruding from each foot. The footwear resembled the paw of a wolf.

Beneath my armor, was a tight white shirt and pants with a dark leather belt around my waist. The belt seemed to hold the hilt of an invisible sword behind me… or maybe there were two hilts to two invisible swords… I couldn't really tell. The belt then connected down to two more straps that went around the upper part of my legs. Along with all that were two bluish-purple kneepads.

On both my shoulders, the kanji word for 'light' was clearly visible.

What a complicated character design… who'd actually spent that much time designing this?

Giving a shrug, Takuya's words flowed back to my head. E-mail him once I'm in the game. Uh… e-mail… how do I do that? Takuya had mentioned that to e-mail someone, you're supposed to use some sort of device provided by the game. It was either a hand-held device commonly found in the player's pocket, or it was built straight into the armor of one's arm. I looked down at my arms… nothing built in except that gun on my left arm. So it's a hand-held device… maybe I should check my pockets.

Dropping my gaze lower, I checked for any pockets. No pockets. So is it a hand-held device or not? This is getting annoying.

Checking my arms again for anything, I sighed. Nothing here. Wait… what's that thing on my right arm? Is that a slot?

Turning my arm around, I looked around the armor to see if there was some sort of… something that would open the slot. Finally finding a small button just below the palm of my right hand, I pressed it and the slot slid open.

A blue and white device popped up and hovered in front of me. Taking it into my hands, I examined it carefully. So this is the thing used to e-mail?

Sitting down on the soft grass, I began pushing at the small buttons, taking what seemed like forever before I finally sent a short e-mail to Takuya.

Now what do I do? Just sit here and wait for him?

Beep.

What's that sound?

Beep.

There goes again.

Beep.

It's coming from… I looked down at the small device in my hand. It beeped again. 'You've got mail.' The screen read. An 'open' and a 'delete' sign appeared below it. Selecting 'open', the letter popped up.

"Hey Kouj! Glad you're finally in the game. But first question, what took you so long? And second question where are you? –Takuya."

Pushing at the small buttons again, I sent a reply to him.

"I have no idea where I am right now. I just logged in and now I'm in this huge meadow with a small pond and this weird blue and black portal."

"Oh. There. The place you're at is known as Vortex Meadow. There are tons of those blue and black thingies there. Stay away from them 'til I get there. I'm on my way over." He replied.

I sighed, hitting the button below the palm of my hand again, causing the slot in the armor to slide open once more. Placing the blue and white device back into the spot, the slot closed automatically around it. Now to wait for Takuya…

Walking towards a nearby boulder, I lied back against it and looked up at the sky. Fluffy white clouds floated gracefully over the area. Taking this chance to relax a little, my mind soon made its way back to my life in the real world.

Thoughts of how mom and dad had divorced flooded into my head. They had separated when Kouichi and I were only two years old, leaving us no memories of each other. Yet, as fate would have it, we met once more.

Flashback

School had just ended and I was heading home, one hand holding my bag over my shoulder while my other hand found its way into my pocket. I took the usual route, passing through a nearby park before once again entering the busy streets of Japan.

Walking another block, I made a quick left turn around the corner before I felt a force hit me, causing me to fall backwards.

Glaring up at whom ever had pushed me over, my eyes widened in both shock and surprise. On the floor in front of me sat a boy my age. He looked just like me, same hair, same eyes, hell even the same face! But his hair was shorter than my own and his clothes were different … and although his eyes looked the same, they were also different. The look in his eyes, they were… softer than mine…

So it's definitely not me walking into a mirror…

Snapping back into reality, I realized we were both still on the floor from the impact.

I glared at him.

Instead of glaring back however, he gave me a friendly smile, apologizing before getting up and offering me a hand. I, of course, ignored it and got up myself, causing him to frown slightly.

Giving him one last look, I turned away and headed home once more.

End Flashback

I never saw him after that run-in until a few months later my teacher announced that there would be a new student. That student turned out to be Kouichi, but because we looked so alike, many students thought we were twins. Even Takuya thought we were twins.

As much as we looked alike though, he and I were exact opposites. He was nice, friendly and cared deeply for others, yet I couldn't care less about anybody beside myself. Meeting him changed that a little though. I learned to care for my friends and family. Instead of ignoring that helping hand he had first lent me when we ran into each other, I learned to take it and feel grateful for it.

Kouichi, Takuya and I soon became best friends and before we knew it, Kouichi was inviting us over to his place for a sleepover. The moment I walked in though, his mother stared at me, her eyes full of shock and surprise. I could only stare back with the same expression she held. She had looked so familiar. It took her a moment before she finally found the ability to speak, asking suspiciously for my name. Kouichi had answered for me.

"His name's Kouji. What a coincidence, right? We look alike and our names practically scream we're related!" Kouichi said excitedly. (A/N: for those who don't understand, 'ichi' means one in Japanese and 'ji' is kanji for two. So in other words, their names mean Kou One and Kou Two. Cute, isn't it?)

At that statement, his mother's face visibly whitened before her eyelids fell and she fainted. I didn't know what was happening, but at the sight of her falling figure, I felt my heart clench. I instinctively ran up to catch her before she hit the tiled floor.

Kouichi paled and freaked out before Takuya quickly grabbed the phone, calling for an ambulance.

We all ended up at the hospital after that. The doctor had wanted Kouichi's mom to stay for the night, so the three of us called the sleepover off. I called my dad to pick me up at the hospital and quite obviously he had wanted to know why I was there.

Telling him, I asked if a friend could stay over at our place since I didn't want Kouichi home alone after his state of shock. Dad agreed as we walked towards the room Kouichi's mother was supposedly staying in for the night.

Kouichi was sitting in a chair next to his mom, concern etched across his features. At the sight of Kouichi and his mother… well you could say my dad nearly fell over with shock as well.

Needless to say, after that incident, we found out that were indeed twins and what had happened between our parents. Kouichi and I started hanging out even more often, yet Takuya didn't mind. He seemed to understand the bond between brothers and let it slide. Hey, he wasn't always stupid. He's just stupid most of the time. But when it comes to the bond between siblings, he's definitely the one who understands the most. He does have a brother after all.

"BOO!"

"Ah!" I yelped in surprise, jumping out of my reminiscing state as a figure suddenly popped up above me, his shadow looming overhead. I was still lying against the boulder, the figure's eyes staring down into mine.

"Hehe, scared ya!" the voice taunted. I sat up and glared at the character before me.

He was about my height and had long blonde hair that reached down to his waist. A red mask with three points protruded from the top of the mask. Two of the three points protruding were striped red and white.

Then two more protruding points then came across the side of his face, the mask leaving two holes where his cerulean blue eyes were visible and a larger gap where his mouth was. Two more white stripes were below each eye.

The mask reached under his chin, where small teeth-like points jutted around the gap that left his mouth visible. A white kanji word for 'fire' was etched in the gap between his two eyes.

He wore red and yellow, and a white armor then covered his chest. Black pointed shapes stuck up from each of his shoulders. For shoes, he had a red, yellow and white armor on his feet except two white 'claws' stuck out from each foot.

Below his armor, he had on black clothing similar to my white clothing and white straps similar to my black ones. Like my armor, the armor on his left arm had three holes where my gun was. There were also three holes on the armor of each of his knees as well as on two white plates above his feet.

"That wasn't funny Takuya." Sure he looked different, but I'd recognize his voice anywhere.

"Yes it was! It was hilarious! You should've seen the look on your face!" he laughed.

I glared at him, getting up off the floor. "How'd you know it was me? I look totally different. Ever thought you could've gotten the wrong guy?"

"Hehe… I actually…never thought about that…" Takuya replied sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. I sweatdropped.

"Well who else would spend their time staring up at the sky in a game? You're the only one I know who spends that much time thinking!" He whined childishly.

"And you're the only one I know who never bothers to think!" I retorted, somewhat annoyed. He just gave me his usual lop-sided grin.

"Anyways, check it out! You're looking at the Legendary Warrior of Fire!" he said proudly.

"Well you're looking at the Legendary Warrior of Light." I replied.

He stared for a moment before he laughed. "Yeah right!" he said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

I smirked. "See for yourself." I told him, nodding towards the kanji word for 'light' encrypted on my armor. His mouth fell open in shock.

"Y-you're the W-Warrior of Light?" he asked disbelievingly, his mouth agape.

"Yeah."

"You're kidding, right?"

"No I'm not."

"Yes you are."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"I'm the Warrior of Light! Get that into your thick head!" I growled, obviously irritated.

"Are you sure?"

"For the billionth time Takuya! I'm the freaking Legendary Warrior of Light! What part of that don't you understand?" I questioned, my eyebrow now twitching. Was he being stubborn, or was he just born stupid?

That sentence finally seemed to register in his mind as he closed his mouth, once again giving me his lop-sided grin. "Awesome! Now the Legendary Warriors of Fire and Light can play together! Maybe we'll meet the other warriors as well!" he said excitedly. I raised a brow at him. Talk about mood swings.

"Well? Start explaining. Where on earth are we? And do the Legendary Warriors have names or do we just stick with our usual names?" I asked, hundreds of questions making their ways into my mind.

"Uh… Vortex Meadow… uh… what was your second question again?" Takuya asked, not quite following. I sweatdropped. I only asked two questions. He can't even follow two simple questions?

"Do the Warriors have names or do we go by our usual names?" I repeated.

"The six Warriors have names. Being the Legendary Warrior of Fire, I am Agnimon. And you, being the Warrior of Light would be Wolfmon. As for the Warrior of Wind, the name's Fairymon. The Warrior of Ice would be known as Chakmon. The Warrior of Thunder would be Blitzmon, and last but not least, the Warrior of Darkness would be Lowemon." Takuya answered, grinning proudly at the fact that he had known so much.

"How'd you remember all that crap?" I questioned, sweat dropping.

"Because I'm smart!"

"That's the last excuse I'd buy."

"But I AM smart!" he whined.

"Define the word 'smart'." I retorted.

"Smart is an adjective, meaning well-kept and neat; astute; witty; fashionable and/or brisk. It is the root word for smart aleck meaning an irritably clever person. It's also the root word for smarten, smartly, and smartness!" he answered proudly.

I raised a brow at him. "Alright, where's the dictionary?"

"Hehe…alright, alright, you got me." He replied sheepishly, tossing a dictionary onto the grass.

"I'm not even going to ask…" I muttered. "Now if only you tried half as hard to prove me wrong when I tell you you'll fail math…"

He grinned, scratching the back of his head.

"Anyways, what's the objective of this game?" I spoke up again.

"It doesn't say. I think we're supposed to find our own objective to the game."

"Okay… so… have you found your objective?"

"Nope!"

"So what do we do now?"

"No clue!"

I sweatdropped. "You idiot… Alright then, what's the use for these blue-black portal things?"

"They're used to get to different areas in the virtual world. Right now, we're in Vortex Meadow, it's one of the few places in the game that has a portal to nearly every area. You start here every time you log in." he grinned proudly yet again.

"Well maybe we should just hang around and 'til we find something to do…" I drifted off, walking towards the closest portal. "Do you know where this portal goes?" I asked, raising a hand to point at the swirling blue and black mass.

"That's the portal that brings you here when you log in. You walk into it to logging off."

"So I take this portal when I feel like leaving?"

"Yup."

"Okay… then let's try anoth- ah!" I shouted in surprise when a figure flew out of the portal and towards me, knocking me to the floor.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" A female voice cried. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. But… uh…" I stopped, noting the position we were in, "could you get off?"

I was on my back with the female on top of me, her hands on my chest. Thank god I was wearing a mask because I can already feel the heat rushing to my cheeks.

The girl flushed, quickly muttering an apology before getting up and offering me a hand. Looking at the hand, memories flashed back to my mind. How Kouichi had first offered me a hand.

The girl stared at me questioningly as I debated within myself, wondering whether or not I should take the hand. Finally coming to a decision, I reached out, taking her hand as she pulled me up, giving me a warm smile.

"Hi. My name is Fairymon. And you are?"


Hehe…finally through with exams and I've got a whole week off so I decided to update. This chapter was focused on humor more than anything though.

The definition found above, was somewhat improvised by me from the original definition found in Collins Gem Canadian English Dictionary. And no, I obviously do not own whatever printed, marketed and/or sold that dictionary.

Anyways, please read and review!