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Amida-Vine and Puppyguy13
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Chapter 3 "The Legendary .Hacker"

I woke up in my dorm. My roommate, Saigi, was already online. I'm not sure when they began allowing boys and girls to occupy the same dormitory. In the beginning I was against the fact of sharing a room with a guy. The administration told me that I had to live with him, because apparently Kyoto University didn't have any dorms remaining for girls. But now I've become really attached to Saigi.

"Yes, she just woke up." Saigi said though the mouthpiece, "I'll be right back…" He typed in the AFK command, and took off his FMD (Virtual Headset).
"How are you feeling?" He walked up to me and sat next to me on my bed.
"Who were you talking to?" I know I may have sounded naïve, but I didn't have any friends on The World except for Haku, and Haku didn't know Saigi's username… come to think of it, I didn't even know it.
"Now, now… You know it is not nice to answer a question with another question!" He started to sound like my mother. Obviously he was avoiding my question.

Suddenly, I realized that I was still logged on.
"The game!" I quickly sat up and found myself wearing a tight undershirt, and shorts. "How the hell did that happen?" I thought to myself.
Saigi pretended not to notice, and calmed me down. "When I came back last night, I found you passed out at your desk, so I carried you over to your bed and tucked you in!" He hummed a few notes of a lullaby, and smiled at me.

"But…" I was really freaked out by what had happened the night before in The World, but somehow his smile made me at ease.
"I saved your game for you." He patted my head and went to his computer.

To tell you the truth, I hate to be treated like a baby, but what made it alright with Saigi was that he called me his "Little Kitty" which always made me blush.
"Wait, you still didn't answer me!" He sat down at his desk, "A friend of mine…" then he put on his FMD and booted back into the game.

After a few minutes in the shower I decided to get back online, since I did sleep through half of my classes. So I logged on.

You've Got Mail!


Subject: Hello. From: Tsukasa

Hello, I just wanted to see if you were ok. After the boss battle, that is.

Please meet me at the following server at 3:00 pm tomorrow.

-Tsukasa

Date: xx/xx/20xx


I looked at the date and the time, "That's in about 10 minutes!" I thought to myself, "But… who is he? And how did he get my e-mail address?"
I needed answers, and the only way to get them was to meet up with this guy…

S (Sigma) Server Zone: Twilight, Sacred, Untouched.

"What is this place?" I was teleported into a place unlike anything you could imagine. The whole server looked as if it were immersed under water, and if you looked up you could make out the distorted reflection of the sun, and a lot of dead trees were growing throughout the area. The area didn't have a map which made me even more uneasy. When I journeyed my way through the decayed jungle I found myself in an open area. I felt like I was being watched.

"So you came…" a familiar voice came out of nowhere.
"Where are you?" I unsheathed my twin blades, ready to fight, even though I would probably loose.
"You don't need those." Right as the voice said that my weapons dissolved into thin air.
"A cheat code!" That was the only logical explanation, "Weapons don't just disappear!"

A figure of a Wave master appeared in the background. As he came closer I could see more than just his outer figure. He had short silver hair, and two red identical air symbols followed along his cheekbones and ended at the level of his mouth. He wore a brown hat, and a brown robe with a white vest over it. His staff looked like a crescent moon with a red bead held between the two edges.

"I am Tsukasa," he smiled introducing himself, this time his voice sounded more young and innocent, "You don't need to worry, I just wanted to talk to you."

I couldn't stop staring at a strange object floating behind him that looked kind of like a giant dumbbell, then it disappeared.
"Who are you?" I was far more perplexed than I had ever been. I suddenly became paralyzed, and couldn't move an inch.
"I am Tsukasa, and you… Kurumi, will have to carry on my legacy…" He looked down sadly, and came closer. As he approached me I noticed something unusual… he was transparent, like a ghost!

I awakened from my paralysis.
"Huh?" I stepped closer to him, but he told me to stay where I was.

"I'm sure you'll finish it for me! Thank you Kurumi…" Now I was dumbfounded, the wave master's voice sounded a bit like a little innocent girl that was so happy she almost cried.
"Thank you…" she repeated constantly as a bright light embraced Tsukasa and he disappeared. His weapon was left behind so I walked towards it and picked it up, I decided to keep it since I no longer had my own weapon. But even after Tsukasa disappeared, the feeling of being watched did not yet go away.

Well? I know, I know… Tsukasa died, I don't know how, but she did. (those who didn't know… Tsukasa is actually a girl…) anyways, leave a review!