Hi guys this is my second chapter in my first ever fanfic about anything so i hope you all enjoy. next chapter i promise i will get them in the world and have some action. i just havent completly figured out how yet. any ideas will be welcome and any reviews would be appreciated. But please keep in mind that I wrote chapter 2 at 12 at night, and im uploading it at about 2:30 and while I AM a night person even I'm not perfect this late. And just to let everyone know, I DON'T OWN .HACK/SIGN OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. Ill try my best to get part 3 up soon but schools about to start for me so no promises. later everyone (:

I stared at her for a full five seconds and fainted. It was a realm of blackness surrounded by shadows. It was like when ever anyone blacks out. You only see black but u can hear whispers of what people are saying around you. I woke up half an hour later only to come face to face with the one person I didn't want to see. Helba. She had told everyone else to go home; she would contact them later with more information and promised she would stay with me until I was better. By this time it was dark, the street lamps were on, and there was a slight wind.

She looked at me and said "I'm sorry that you have to go through this again. Believe me when I say that I wouldn't put you and your friends through this if I had any other choice."

"You're right," I say "of course I will help and I'm sure they will also."

"I'm glad to hear it because you will need all the help you can get. Remember, you still have the ability to move freely through servers and areas. This will be a vital skill in our future quest."

Just then a particularly strong breeze came and blew Helba's bangs away from her face and…..

"HELBA YOU'RE BLIND?"
She had the pale, pupil-less eyes that he had seen a few times before.

She smiles not un-kindly and says "Let's make this our little secret okay?"

"Yes, of course. No problem. Anything for you. If you…."

"Tsukasa, you've made your point" she cuts in as she laughs.

Helba drops Tsukasa off at his house

General POV

"Remember Tsukasa, I will pick you and the others up at the park tomorrow night. Come prepared to be gone a while. I will explain everything to your parents so you needn't worry."

"Ok, thank you." He says with a half-smile.

"No, thank YOU for being so strong about this. Aside from fainting." She says with a laugh and her driver pulls away.

When he gets inside he is surprised to see that Bear, Subaru, and Mimiru are already in there waiting for him.

"We all decided we couldn't wait till tomorrow so we came here. You really should find a better hiding place for your key." Says Mimiru who's holding the key with a smug smile on her face.

He spends the next half hour telling the, everything that happened. Everything except the part about Helba being blind. They decide to skip school, stay at his house, have a party and enjoy themselves for the little amount of time they have.

Later that night with Bear and Subaru upstairs

Everyone is playing twister when they run out of snacks. Subaru and Mimiru are all twisted together. (I'll comment no further)

"Well, it looks like we have run out of snacks. I'll go get some more, you three keep getting your selves twisted."

At that moment, even though she was clearly winning, Mimiru falls and offers to go with Tsukasa.

"AWWWW. Well since I've lost ill go with you to get snacks. You always pick bad ones anyways." Says Mimiru.

Tsukasa smiles knowingly "Alright, you can come but I don't always pick bad. Just most of the time. "

They walk down to the kitchen and Tsukasa starts filling a bowl with popcorn, chocolate, soda, and a few things Mimiru picked out. When he turns around Mimiru is looking at him with a mixed look of happy, sad, and anxious. Tsukasa puts the bowl down and walks over to her. Just then she starts to cry and turns away but he suspected this would happen and grabbed her arm before she could get away.

"What's wrong Mimiru? Is this about the other night? Don't deny it and shake your head because your crying you won't even look at me."

Suddenly she turns and hugs Tsukasa around the waist and plants her head in his chest and cries hard. She cries for 3 minutes and when she's done her face is streaked with tears and her eyes were red. Wow, Tsukasa thought, why does she look even more beautiful like this? She's really is beautiful. Beautiful...

"I'm sorry Tsukasa. I guess I don't have a choice now. I didn't want to tell you my true feelings for you but it's probably pretty obvious now so here it is. I love you Tsukasa. I've loved you for so long now and I've wanted to tell you but I didn't know you're feelings for me and I was afraid of what you might say and it might ruin our friendship if something happened and when I kissed you on your doorstep I thought that you would think I was crazy or something and and and…."

She was about to start crying again and while she looked even prettier when she finished, he sensed now was the time he should say something.

"Mimiru, it's Ok. Listen to me. It's Ok Mimiru because, I love you too. I love you Mimiru." She froze and looked up at him. There was a twinkle in her eyes and they stood looking at each other. And then it was magical. They were kissing, both of them were near tears at their happiness and they couldn't control it. They walked over to the couch without breaking lips and lay down. They lay there all night, kissing, holding, and loving. And eventually they both fell asleep in their lover's arms with smiles on their faces. Of course Bear and Subaru came down after about half an hour when they were sure Mimiru had stopped crying. They were surprised (but only a little) to find both Mimiru and Tsukasa on the couch fast asleep. Bear and Subaru put a blanket over them and whispered good night. They walked up stairs and pulled out a sleeping bag they knew Tsukasa had. Bear let Subaru have Tsukasa's bed and bear slept on the floor in the sleeping bad. It was a comfy floor anyways, nice shag carpet. They were asleep in minutes.

In the morning they awoke to sounds of laughter and smells of bacon and eggs. They walked down stairs to find Tsukasa and Mimiru laughing, teasing each other playfully, and cooking breakfast. Unfortunately Mimiru wasn't a great cook but fortunately Tsukasa was. They had a good breakfast and hang out the rest of the day and went to the movies and mall. Tsukasa was always loaded and bought everyone new clothes (he bought Mimiru the most) because he was in such a good mood. He even surprised her later with a cute little dew-drop necklace with a real diamond! It wasn't a big diamond but it was the nicest thing she had ever gotten and right after Tsukasa put it on her she leaned over and gave him a tender kiss even though Bear and Subaru were right there. They pretended to look the other way, but they didn't pretend to hard. They dropped the clothes off at every ones house and headed in the general direction of the park. As the twilight approached they all became a little less happy, a little less cheerful, and a little less talkative. They were in front of the park. To their dismay they saw Helba already there. Things were about to get a lot more serious.