(This
story
was
edited
by
my
brother…)
I
don't
own
".Hack"
Or
do
I?
ok…
I'm
not
excepting
any
more
Characters….
Thank
you
all!
Pirre
the
Pharoah
of
Nagging
( You
misspelled
"pharaoh")
I'll
add
"Sasha",
and
that's
the
last
one
to
be
added…
unless
my
good
friend
Kumi
wants
to
add
one…
I
think
this
Chapter
is
my
best
yet!
Chapter 6 "Betrayed."
S (Sigma) Server Zone: Grassland, Calm, Field.
"Hey
guys!"
I
finally
caught
up
to
Murakami
and
Miru.
"Kurumi!
You
look…
different!"
Murakami
greeted
me
with
a
warm
smile,
while
Miru
walked
past
me
and
took
interest
in
the
floating
cat.
"Is
this
one
of
your
friends?"
He
asked
me
"nicely",
then
started
to
talk
to
Maha,
"It
is
a
very
interesting
cat-character
you
have."
Maha
took
off
his
hat
and
bowed.
The
he
settled
beside
me.
"I
can
see
he
is
not
a
talkative
type…"
Murakami's
troubled
eyes
were
focused
on
Maha.
How
did
he
know
that
the
cat
was
a
guy?
For
all
he
knew
it
could
have
been
a
girl.
To
tell
you
the
truth,
I
didn't
even
know
for
sure.
That
time,
after
Tsukasa's
disappearance,
was
the
only
time
we
spoke.
That
time
Maha
had
a
boyish
voice,
so
I
started
to
refer
to
him
as
a
"He".
"Yes,
he
isn't…"Something
about
the
way
Murakami
acted
around
Maha
seemed
suspicious.
"Kurumi,
when
did
you
become
a
Wave
Master?"
Was
it
just
me,
or
did
Miru
just
call
me
by
my
name?
"I…"
I
had
no
idea
of
how
to
explain
what
happened
when
I
met
Maha.
"You
finished
a
quest…"
Maha
somehow
talked
inside
of
my
head.
"I…
finished
some
kind
of
a
quest…"
I
was
starting
to
catch
on
to
what
Maha
was
trying
to
say,
"It
was
a
one
time
quest,
and
when
finished
allowed
you
to
change
your
class
if
you
wanted…"
I
looked
at
Maha.
He
smiled
and
nodded.
"Aww
man…
it
was
a
one-timer?
Oh
well,
I
think
you
look
better
as
a
Wave
Master,
then
a
Twin
User!"
Murakami
smiled,
but
his
eyes
never
left
Maha.
"Yeah!"
Miru
agreed,
"So,
how
about
we
test
out
your
strength?"
I
nodded,
and
followed
them
into
a
garden
that
looked
like
a
labyrinth.
"What
is
this
place?"
I've
never
been
in
a
garden
area
before.
"This
is
a
labyrinth…
It
is
like
a
cave,
but
more
monsters…"
I
think
Miru
was
starting
to
warm
up
to
me,
"Although
I
killed
all
of
them."
"What
about
Murakami,
you
should-…
A
treasure
chest!"
I
ran
up
to
it
and
was
about
to
open
it.
Murakami
smiled
weekly,
"Should
we
tell
her?"
"Tell
me
what?"
I
opened
it.
A monster that looked like a treasure chest with sharp teeth, and burning red eyes started chasing me around the half of the labyrinth. Murakami started running after me with a katana in his hand, "Hold on, I'll kill it." I stopped for a second, and hit the Mimic with a basic level spell.
Hit: -3 HP
"Only 3 HP!" I started running again. This time I tried my highest level spell attack.
Hit: -17 HP
Mimic was defeated
"Yay!"
I
jumped.
Miru
and
Murakami
finally
caught
up
with
me.
I
walked
up
to
Miru,
and
playfully
punched
him,
"You
said
you
cleared
the
area!"
He
looked
at
Murakami,
"You
missed
one!"
Murakami
ignored
him.
"That
was
good."
Murakami
patted
my
shoulder
smiling.
I
smiled
in
return.
"Are
you
ready
for
the
boss?"
Miru
headed
towards
a
big
room
and
stopped
at
the
entrance.
"Ladies
first!"
I
think
he
was
sick
or
something,
he
was
all
of
the
sudden
very
nice
to
me,
so
I
went
up
to
feel
his
forehead.
He
snapped
at
me
and
told
me
to
just
walk
into
the
room.
I
continued
on.
"So,
where's
the
boss…"
There
was
a
cute
little
animal
that
sort
of
looked
like
a
fox.
"That
couldn't
possibly
be
the
boss
they
were
talking
about…"
I
though
to
myself.
Then
I
targeted
the
creature,
"A
level
28
fox
demon!"
They
were
joking,
right?
"Alright,
we
can
take
him!
Come
on!"
Murakami
was
about
to
walk
into
the
room,
but
Miru
blocked
his
way.
"Miru…
What
are
you
doing?
She
won't
be
able
to
defeated
it
all
by
herself!"
Murakami
was
getting
nervous.
"She
wanted
to
fight,
you
wanted
to
prove
to
me
that
she
is
worth
dragging
around
with
us.
So,
she
will
fight
by
herself!"
Miru
smirked.
I looked down.. if he wants me to fight, I will. I grabbed on to my staff, and conjured my strongest spell, and hit the monster with it. Like I would imagine, it didn't hurt the demon that much. And if it got a hit on me, I would probably die. I tried a variety of different spells and found an Ice spell to be most effective.
I stopped fighting and noticed Murakami. He was watching my battle intensively. Could he really be the kind of person who would betray me? I couldn't believe what I just witnessed.
I didn't realize that the creature took a swing at me until a dumbbell monster, just like Tsukasa's appeared in front of me, and counterattacked the monster. I noticed something I haven't before, inside the sphere in the middle that connected two larger spheres on the dumbbell monster was a golden bracelet.
After
a
few
more
Ice
spells
the
creature
fell
down
defeated.
I
went
up
to
a
treasure
chest
that
was
left
behind,
and
opened
it.
"Kurumi!"
Murakami
was
filled
with
glee,
"You
did
it!"
I
looked
at
him
as
he
started
walking
to
me,
but
the
dumbbell
monster
blocked
the
entrance
to
the
room.
"K-kurumi?
Kurumi,
please
listen
to
me!"
I
looked
at
him
without
saying
a
word,
as
did
Maha.
Miru
avoided
the
dumbbell
monster
and
walked
towards
me,
but
Maha
flew
up
to
him
and
stopped
him
from
coming
any
closer.
Then
he
turned
to
me
and
teleported
us
away.
Kurumi has gained a level: (Level 5)
I
don't
know
to
where
we
were
teleported,
and
right
now
I
could
care
less.
"They
used
me…"
I
picked
up
a
beautiful
lycolis
flower,
"Used
me…"
I
was
sitting
on
top
of
a
big
rock,
plucking
the
petals
of
the
flower.
Maha
was
sitting
under,
in
the
shade
of
a
rock,
looking
up
at
me.
I
needed
something
to
get
my
mind
off
of
that.
I
saw
a
pond
with
water.
I
had
to
check
it
out,
since
it
was
the
first
time
I
saw
one
in
The
World.
I
jumped
off
the
rock
that
I
was
sitting
on
and
ran
towards
the
pond.
It
was
nothing
special…
I
was
about
to
walk
back
to
the
giant
rock,
but
I
bumped
into
Maha.
He
didn't
say
anything
this
time,
just
looked
at
me
and
his
eyes
met
mine.
He
handed
me
the
petals
from
the
lycolis
I
was
holding
in
my
hand,
but
took
away
from
me
the
"+4
Strength
Necklace",
and
threw
it
into
the
pond.
"Hey!"
I
just
got
that
necklace
it
my
battle
with
the
Demon
Fox,
"What
did
you
do
this
for?"
He
pointed
at
the
pond.
A
giant
sweat-drop
swirled
out
of
the
pond.
It
had
weird
looking
eyes
and
thick
lips.
"Did
you
drop
this
Golden
Ax?
Or
this
Silver
Ax?"
It
Spoke!
A
pop
up
appeared
on
my
screen.
The
choices
were
"Golden
Ax",
"Silver
Ax",
or
"Neither".
Well
I
didn't
drop
either
of
them,
so
I
picked
"Neither"
option.
The
Giant
sweat-drop
sounded
worried.
"What?
Neither?
Hmmm…
well
Just
take
this
instead!"
The
it
swirled
up
and
disintegrated
into
nothingness.
Item Found: "+15 Strength Necklace."
I
thanked
Maha,
and
started
to
walk
back
to
my
"thinking
rock".
"Heeelp!"
The
scream
made
me
trip
and
fall
on
my
ass,
but
besides
the
pain
I
could
feel
the
entire
ground
shaking
below
me.
Then
suddenly,
there
was
a
horrible,
deafening
roar,
unlike
anything
I
had
ever
heard.
By the way, there is a story parallel to this one. It is story of Murakami's adventures. If you want to read it you'll need to find my friend, Amida-Vine. There you will learn about Murakami's secrets and why he acts like that around Maha. Please review!
