Chapter 3

Yoshiki was in a white background, and he was giving a screen in his glasses. It was a customization menu for his avatar character within the Dragon Quest Game. Yoshiki put in some thought and he customized his character rather closely to his persona in real life. His avatar was chubby as he was, gave himself green hair, and he picked out a cool jacket with wings painted on the back. He also made his avatar a little taller and also, he was given a choice for weapons. Being a hacked game, it allowed Yoshiki a limitless wardrobe of weapons. Blasters, guns, swords, keyblades, and even Lightsabers from Star Wars. This collection was way too much. Since Yoshiki was a fan of all things sci fi, he chose a green lightsaber and two small guns just in case. Yoshiki closed his window and saw some text on his glasses. It was from Dr. Kirigaya. "Say Link Start. That will get you in."

Yoshiki then said out those words aloud and in that instant, he was taken to a new world. It was a beautiful colorful paradise of a world, with forests and water falls from afar. He looked around with awe and wonder. Just then, his glasses began to show some text. Dr. Kirigaya again.

"Your in? Good! Now listen up. Your mission is to go explore this world, and use your glasses to take a look at any wierd codes. If you see anything that does not look like it should be there, try again."

Yoshiki looked around and noticed something weird indeed. He saw a small robot running in the distacne. This game he was in was set in the dark ages. Impossible for robots to roam. He took out his glasses and scanned the codes on the robot. It's numbers were all in blue. Just then, another message came through.

"Codes that are in blue are part of the game's codes. I know robots are wierd, but don't worry. This ons is okay. Keep it up."

Yoshiki thought for a bit and realized that if blue was good then surely red was bad. If only there was a way to communicate with the Dr. Yoshiki kept walking and then, he saw Takeru fighting off a monster. Yoshiki quikly ran up to him.

"Takeru! I'll help!" cried Yoshiki as he got his lightsaber out.

"Where did you get that!? And what are you... oh. Your inside." said Takeru.

"Of course I'm here. And you better explain to me what's going on!" said Yoshiki.

They both slayed the monster and Yoshiki felt power through his lightsaber.

"That sword shouldn't be here. This is Dragon Quest, not Star Wars." said Takeru with a smirk.

"Probably from a Star Wars video game. Dr. Kirigaya saw to it that I end up here. The weapons were inserted into this world so I can find the codes for the Dr. Something about a hacker. And now you have a lot of explaning to do." said Yoshiki.

Takeru smiled and placed his arm on Yoshiki.

"In this world, I'm not Takeru. I'm Luca." said Takeru.

"Luca? Really?" asked Yoshiki.

"That's right. That's my name. Luca." said "Luca".

"Then why all this running away and keeping things and stuff." said Yoshiki.

Just then, they heard voices. And out of the treest came a wild child with paint on his face, yet he had warm features and he looked a little familar.

"Daddy! Your back from your hunt!" cried the blonde little boy.

"Daddy?" asked Yoshiki.

Luca's eyes were filled with tears and he hugged the little boy. "I'm home son. I'm home." he said softly.

Yoshiki couldn't keep his jaw from dropping in surprise.

"Who are you?" asked the boy looking up at Yoshiki.

"Alus, this is Yoshiki. A friend." said Luca, who couldn't help but smile proudly. He then continued.

"Yoshiki, this is Alus my son."

"Incredible! He looks like you!" cried Yoshiki stepping back. Just then, a young woman's voice was heard from afar, and a she came out with shock in her eyes.

"Luca! Your here!" she cried as she hugged him and kissed on the lips passionately.

"And this must be the girl you kept talking about." said Yoshiki.

"Bianca, Alus. I'm back. I'm so sorry it took so long." said Luca.

"No, your fine. We thought Ladja captured you or worse. We were even plotting a rescue." said Bianca.

"Ladja? He's alive?" asked Luca.

"Yes Daddy. He's capturing people again and forcing them to make a new temple in his name." said Alus.

"That bastard! We'll stop him! No matter what." said Luca.

Yoshiki looked at the strange family in front of him and he couldn't help but smile and finally realize Takeru's sadness and loneliness these past few months.

He used his glasses to see their codes, but then he saw something extraoudinary. They were not made up of computer codes at all. They were like living actual beings living in the digital world. Yoshiki knew he was looking not a NPCs, but real people. He just couldn't believe it. Just then, Dr. Kirigaya's message went through.

"Ladja is the villain of this game. In the timeline you are in, he's supposed to be dead. Check him out. He could be a hacked object in the game."

"Bless you for bringing my husband home." said Bianca happily.

"Your welcome miss. Or Mrs. So this Ladja... you say he was once dead?" asked Yoshiki.

"You are probably new. Ladja was defeated months ago." said Bianca.

"My friend doesn't know because he'..." Luca didn't know how to answer, but Yoshiki stepped in.

"I come from a very secure village far away from here. Luca and I met recently while he was on his hunt. He saved my life and I owe him a debt. If you guys are going to face this Ladja, or whatever the guy's name is, I'll help you any way I can." said Yoshiki.

Luca smiled and gave him a discreet thumbs up.

"Yes, well if your willing to help us, that's great. Thank you." said Bianca.

"Your welcome Mrs. Luca." said Yoshiki with a nod.