Hey guys. It is time for another chapter of Thorn's legacy! Okay, let's be clear, I love you guys but come on! I'm getting tons of favorites and followers but no reviews haha. It doesn't take much guys. This is your chance to prove to your parents that you're not lazy! My parents call me lazy but I'm on the Varsity soccer team so...how the hell does that work? Oh well. I have officially started school and I'm already starting to face-plant the pillow as soon as I get home. I get to drive there and back from school though so that's so much better than the bus. For those who haven't gotten their license yet, it's so totally fucking worth it; even though the driving instructor is a jerk. Don't even get me started about that...Anyway, please review or comment the story and chapter and tell us what you think! We always take advice from our readers so give it to us! Finally, thanks so much for taking your timeto read the story and here is the chapter!

Ch. 6

(Arkady's POV)

These Japanese airports are the cleanest busiest airports I have ever witnessed. Moscow's airport is kind of busy but it's not like you see men in suits everywhere like you do here. Plus, it's Tokyo so just imagine that. I'm not going to explain the process of getting my husky, Maverick, here but I will say that it was a serious pain in the ass. This dog better be lucky I love him! I woke up at about six this morning to get ready to go. My Mom cussed me out in Russian when I woke her up but ended up crying because I was leaving. Ugh...every teen guy knows what I'm talking about if they travel any. My Dad just kind of stood there with a stone-walled look on his face. He's so full of shit, because in my rear-view mirror I saw him start crying on Mom's shoulders. Yes, my parents are Russian pussies.

"Passport prease."

The Japanese lady said to me in English as she brought her hand out. I almost bursted out laughing when I heard her say her L's like R's. I would make a joke about it but then I would be a racist. AND NO ONE LIKES A RACIST! I handed her my official identification papers and I distinctly heard her make a sound of disapproval when she saw that I was from Russia. It's not my fault that everyone hates us! Except China maybe...But they suck pollution ass.

"Thank you."

She said with a fake smile. I smiled and nodded my head at her as I took my passport from her hand and crossed the custom line. As I walked deeper into the Narita Tokyo Airport, I realized quickly that it was a really good thing that I spoke English. Here, they speak Japanese mostly and English. NO RUSSIAN! I sighed and walked over to "pet pick-up". Three officers sat there talking amongst themselves until I made myself known. I obviously didn't understand what they were starting to say so I just pointed at the biggest container I put Maverick in; it was rumbling extremely. I smirked as they cautiously moved over to the container. Once they unlatched the lock, the giant husky sprang out and twirled around in excitement.

"Woof! Woof!"

He barked as he jumped on me and licked my face. I laughed and connected a leash to his collar.

"Have a nice day!"

I said to the workers as they clutched their chests from almost having heart attacks. Maverick was a BIG dog so that was to be expected. People also stopped and stared when I went back into the busy crowd of people. Had they not ever seen a big dog? Or was it that they hadn't seen a husky?

"Please mind your step when the train doors close. Remain in your seat until the train comes to a complete stop."

The train's instructing voice said. It had taken me about twenty minutes to pay for a ticket to Tokyo. I sat next on the aisle seat while Maverick liked to look out the window and paw at it with his tongue hanging out. I had an hour to kill so I decided to take out my phone and text Thorn or Kazuto. I had an international phone so I didn't have to worry about the dreadful "roaming".

To Thorn:

Hey, what's up?

From: Arkady

I texted. What else was I going to say? Did I mention that no one knew I was coming!? Yeah, this was going to be a surprise. I just hope they don't get mad at me for just suddenly showing my ass at their doorstep. That wouldn't be good, because then I wouldn't have anywhere else to go.

To: Arkady

Nothing much. Just hanging out with Sugu and designing the game. SPEAKING OF WHICH, where have you been? I haven't seen you for hours bro. Usually you come at about ten in the morning and I haven't seen you since yesterday. Where you been? Plus, our British and French members have finally shown up.

From: Thorn

I smiled and scratched Maverick behind the ear.

To: Thorn

I've been...out of town...

From: Arkady

I snickered and finally put the phone away. I don't know why, but whenever I am texting someone I get bored after a few replies and then just stop texting back. Does that make me look like a dick? I really don't think so. Why am I talking to myself and not getting off the train since it stopped? I have no fucking idea! I quickly slung my backpack over my shoulder and scurried out of the bullet train with the husky following me closely. I didn't even realize it had reached my stop. I needed to stop distracting myself with useless things. So by the time I was on the official streets of Tokyo, I was tired. I was tired, hungary, and maybe a little sweaty because the subway was hot. If you haven't noticed, I'm not that used to hot weather.

"Maverick, Я не принес моей большой пальто...(I shouldn't have brought my big coat...)"

I muttered shamefully to the dog. He just wagged his tail at me and I rolled my bright blue eyes. It took some doing but I finally got the giant ass coat off, found a restaurant to fill my stomach, and opened a map to see where Kazuto's house was. I scanned the location and smiled once I saw that is was pretty close from where I was. Finally! A break!

"Here is your coffee water sir."

The waitress said as she set down a glass of what looked like water in front of me. I nodded in thanks and she walked away with a greeting smile and blushing cheeks. I smirked and slung my arm over the chair for comfort. Looking around, I saw that the restaurant was very clean and uncluttered. The people were very nice and polite even though some of them didn't like me for being Russian. I could tell when it was just a fake smile revealing itself at me. But back to the restaurant, I thought it was...cute. Everything had a "chibi" design and the waitresses wore absurd maid outfits; I'm not complaining though. I brought my hand to the cup in front of me and drank it out of instinct.

I quickly regretted it.

What did she call it? Coffee water? Oh my God it sucks! I didn't spit it out, because that would be rude and disgusting but I almost did. It was time to leave this place anyway. I couldn't even wait to see my teammates for the first time in real life! Not just in the game, but for real. After giving the waitress a flirty wink and kindly suggesting that she never serve coffee water again, I headed out the door and started for Kazuto's house. They lived in a very Japanese-type suburban neighborhood. It was pretty nice compared to my busy one. Kids played around on their bikes and parents watched them while chatting with each other.

"очень тихое здесь... Да Maverick. (Very peaceful here...huh Maverick.)"

I said to the dog. He was too busy chasing a butterfly to care what I had to say. His butt wiggled as he jumped on it and covered it up with his paws. The butterfly then somehow slipped from his grip and landed on his nose. There were no words on how cute this was. I cursed myself for not having enough phone memory to take a picture. I'm distracting myself again...I need to focus on where I am going. So where is that fucking house...I looked up to see the same house Thorn had sent me a picture of and my eyes brightened.

"Oh! сладкий (Sweet)!"

I yelled as I whistled at the dog. I walked up the steps to the Japanese-styled house and rang the doorbell with anticipation. God, I'm so excited! It took a few moments before Thorn appeared at the door with a smile. I chuckled when his caramel eyes went wide and his mouth fell open. It took a couple of seconds before he grinned and brought his fist out.

"What's up! Dude! What the hell are you doing here!? Why didn't you tell us!?"

He laughed as I connected my fist with his. I smiled and shrugged.

"I wanted it to be a surprise. Were you surprised?"

"Hell yeah I was! Come on in!"

He yelled. Damn, he is louder in person. I don't mind though. He is American after all hehe...

"...Whoa, who's this bug guy?"

He asked as he pointed at the happily panting dog behind me. I smiled once again and gave him a small pat on the head.

"This is Maverick."

I said. Thorn petted his head and quickly got tackled by Maverick's tongue. He bursted out laughing as I pulled the dog off of him. He tended to be excited when he met new people; especially friends of mine. Thorn wiped his face with his shirt and couldn't stop laughing as a girl came in. I looked at her and saw that she has long beautiful black hair and bright eyes. She was wearing just a long shirt so I assumed she only had panties on under it. I'm starting to like it here already...

"Hahaha...haha...ha...Arkady...This is Sugu. She looks a lot different in real life huh?"

I just nodded with wide eyes as she shook my hand. She flipped her hair behind her shoulder and blushed a bit.

"S-sorry...I didn't know you were coming so I didn't change..."

She then ran out of the room a blushing mess and Thorn and I started laughing. He led me into a large room that was the kitchen and poured me some water. I sat down in one of the table chairs while he set the cup down. I just had to tell him about the waitress who served me that God-awful coffee water and he made a big deal about how he hated the stuff with a passion. I'm glad there is someone who agrees with me!

"It's fucking disgusting!"

He screamed. Sugu came back in, slapping him over the head to shut up before sitting across from me. She had changed in a pretty white T-shirt and a pair of jeans.

"So...Are you going to stay here? Because we have another room if so. And...I don't have any dog food..."

She said sadly; looking at the happy-looking dog. I assured her that that was fine and that I would buy everything Maverick needed. On a new topic, I had asked them where Kazuto and Asuna were and they said that they were on a date. That figures. Ever since we got that Alabama forest in the game completed, they have been..."canoodling" with each other. Frankly, it's kind of cute at first, but then you can hear them and then it just gets gross...Ugh...

"So I just got a text from Charles and Erin that they were designing the game..."

Thorn said nonchalantly. I turned away from Sugu to face Thorn and tilted my head in confusion.

"Who?"

"Our British and French team members."

I made an "oh" sound and he suggested that I might as well meet them since I haven't yet. I was too busy getting on an f-ing plane here to actually help on the game.

"Alright sure. I brought my Amusphere so I could still get on the game when I needed too. Did Sinon text you that she was there?"

I asked.

"No...Why?"

I shook my head and waved it off like it was nothing. But it wasn't nothing. I met Sinon only a couple of days ago by accident. She was wandering through the game by herself until she found me and then we talked for like two hours. We didn't...really talk about anything in particular but she was really cute and sweet. Certainly more than any other girl I have met. Any other girl just bats her eyes at me and tries to get in the bed with me. As much as I would LOVE to do that, I'm not that kind of guy. I usually just kiss them on the cheek and back away politely. It's not my fault they love me! God! Off topic! Shit! Sorry! Okay, Sugu showed me to my room and Maverick immediately made himself known that that was his bed. Don't you hate it when your dog decides to lay down in the middle of the bed, as well as your pillow!? I had to shoo him off of it to lay down. Suguha closed the door with a wink and smiled.

"See you in a sec."

I smiled and nodded as she left the room. I plugged in the video game system and quickly connected to the now-recognizable world I had been in for the past couple of weeks. Realistic birds flew past me in a circular motion as they expanded their wings. There were no glitches, thanks to me, and their design looked as real as the real version. Sighing, I stretched my arms out and smiled.

"That's not what the British flag looks like, you dirty frog!"

I furrowed my brows and turned to my right when I heard a girl's voice. I didn't see anything but I heard the voice again; this time it was a guy's. I narrowed my eyes in confusion because they had accents I hadn't heard before in Russia. I slowly moved over through the street to see the giant clock tower, known as Big Ben. We just started working on it the other day. This time I could see a couple of people. The girl had pretty brown hair that fell just below her shoulders and the guy had somewhat long blonde hair. They both looked like they were about my age; probably a bit younger. Were these the two Thorn was talking about? I then felt a hand on my shoulder and I jumped slightly. I looked to see that it was Thorn with a big grin on his face. Damn, how could a person be so happy!?

"Hey! Let me introduce you!"

He said. Thorn basically pushed me over to them and they both looked at me after arguing. Getting a better look, I saw that they really didn't like each other. The blonde-haired guy just stood there and waited politely until, I assume, the British girl was done yelling at him. The girl gave me look that said, "I don't know who you are, but if you're a bitch I'll kill you", which kind of made me uncertain about meeting these people. Thorn held his hand out and pointed towards the girl first.

"Arkady, this is Erin Renshaw. Erin, this is Arkady Yakushev."

I hesitantly shook the girls hand but stopped worrying when I saw her smile.

"Nice to meet you."

She said in a British accent. I nodded and turned to the boy.

"This is Charles Aucoin. Charles, this is Arkady Yakushev."

Charles seemed a lot laid back than Erin. He was a lot nicer and kinder.

"Nice to meet you Arkady. I'm from Paris, France. Cool huh? Erin here is from London, which I may say is a less awesome city because of all of the rude British people and the horrible design of their flag.

Erin turned to him and punched him in the arm pretty hard.

"London is so much better dumbass! Paris is full of smelly people and my flag is better than your three-striped piece of shit flag. God! Ugh...Sorry...Yeah I'm from London, which is like the best city in Europe! It's a shit load better than fucking Paris over here. Where are you from?"

She asked with a sweet smile. I'm going to have to keep an eye on this girl. She could be a nice person, and yet, she could be a total bitch. My annotation skills are pretty good but this one is a bit ambiguous. I gave her a direct, straightforward smile when telling her.

"I'm from Moscow, Russia."

They both made a surprised look and smiled excitedly.

"Wow, that's pretty cool! I'm sorry to say that I hate Putin-"

"Thorn!"

Sugu suddenly yelled as she ran up to us, interrupting Erin. Erin didn't seem to mind for once because she was too busy glaring at Charles. She hissed at him and he gave her a wink. I love it how you just don't see Suguha the same way in the game as you do in the game. She had long beautiful blonde hair right now, but in real life it was black. I just got here so I needed to get used to seeing that. Although, she still had the same yell because Thorn flinched at the sound of her voice.

"Y-yes...Sugu?"

She put her hands on her hips and sighed.

"We need more Memory for the game to be made. I just checked and we've used about 8 TB out of our 10 TB. We need to get more if you want to complete this game mister. We have only completed America, Canada, Mexico, and parts of Great Britain. And we still need to create all of those other countries!"

The blonde yelled to the brunette. He rubbed the back of his head awkwardly and nodded.

"Yes ma'am...Umm...I guess I'll go to the store or something now..."

Oh God. He looked so sad and he was so happy a minute ago. He slumped his shoulder and swiped his finger down. The menu came up and he was about to press the "log out" button, but I stopped him by grabbing his wrist. He glanced at me and I shook my head.

"нет (No), I will do it. I needed to get some fresh air anyways..."

I said. He gave me a relieved smile and rejected at first. I assured him that I would do it and he finally agreed.

"Alright fine. My wallet is on the table. Just take out about...two-hundred dollars and find a good hard drive that we can use. Just don't spend all of my money!"

He yelled as I logged out. I rolled my eyes when I woke up to see the ceiling of my guest room. Maverick laid on the floor sleeping with a soft snore. I'm surprised he didn't wake up when I walked past him to go into the kitchen. Damn dog. He would be a horrible guard dog for me haha. Just like he said, his wallet was on the table and I took the right amount out. I have to admit, Thorn was pretty rich for a sixteen year old. Right!? Maybe I should move to America and work with him. Yeah like that would happen...

(One Half-mile walk later!)

So I found an electronic store about half a mile away from the house. It was just a two-story store that all the kids in the neighborhood probably went to. I liked that kind of atmosphere. All the kids that were in the shop were busy showing each other what kind of playing cards they got, or what type of new game that was coming out on the 4ds. I couldn't help but smile as I started digging through the flash drive section. There was some megabytes, Gigabytes, but those were too small. I needed some TB; NOT TUBERCULOSIS! I sighed and started moving through the flash drives quickly in an attempt to find what I needed. I wasn't focusing on anything else and I accidently touched someone's hand.

"Ах! Извините! (Oh! Sorry.)"

I said in Russian out of instinct. I looked up to see a very pretty girl with a pair of glasses on. Her hair was dark brown and it was tied on both sides...Wait a minute...ribbons tied at both sides of the hair. I looked her up and down and she seemed to be very fit. Her body curved in all of the right directions and those curves ended in awesome high-heeled boots. This girl reminded me so much of Sinon for some reason. The hair and eyes were different but I just had a feeling that...This was her. The girl lifted her glasses from her face and wiped them with her shirt with a soft smile.

"It's alright, I was just looking for a flash drive for my computer."

She said as she put her glasses back on. She tilted her head and wiped her eyes.

"...Sorry, my glasses' lenses aren't working that great. It's kind of blurry."

She told me. I smiled because she was just adorable. I opened my mouth to say words but then I thought about talking to her in Russian and seeing if she recognized my voice. If she did, she was Sinon. If she didn't...well...I haven't thought that far ahead yet.

"Ты очень красивая женщина. Как вы очистить ваши очки и положил их обратно на просто делает меня хотят, чтобы обнять тебя. И... Я довольно уверен, СИНОН, потому что вы оба красивы, и я не думаю, я мог бы найти девушку, ещё красивее, чем вы. (You are a very beautiful woman. The way you clean your glasses and put them back on just makes me want to hug you. And...I'm pretty sure you are Sinon because you both are beautiful and I don't think I could find a girl even more beautiful than you.)"

I said. She narrowed her eyes in confusion before going wide.

"Arkady!?"

She yelled. I laughed and grinned.

"That's me!"

"Why are you here!? When did you get here!? How did I not notice you!? Oh my God, this is wild. And I love it when you speak Russian."

She said with a blush and a smile. My cheeks dusted pink unnoticeably as I smiled. I told her about the airport and going to Kazuto's house. She nodded as she listened and laid her face on her palm. It took all my power to resist the urge to just kiss her then and there. I don't know what was happening to me. She made me feel really weird. I know this is going to sound really cliché, but I think it's love. You can beat me up after the chapter, but I don't care! We just talked in that shop, in the flash drive section, for about two hours before the owner told us that he was about to close the shop. Sinon giggled and wiped a tear from her eye from laughing so hard as we turned to the door. She stopped for a second and cleaned her glasses again before walking again. She stopped, once again, and huffed in frustration.

"What's wrong?"

I asked her. She groaned and put her glasses back on.

"I swear, these glasses are fucking useless. I can't see a damn thing in these! Arkady...I hate to ask you this...but can you walk me home. I'm afraid I will get lost or something."

She said weakly. I nodded and smiled.

"I'd be happy too."

I said.

"Thank you."

She muttered as she put her soft hand in mine. I felt my face go a bit red at this and I looked away like it was nothing. She laid her head against my shoulder as we walked out of the door to her home. I was actually nervous about this. I never get nervous! But I was also really relieved that I got to spend so much time with this beautiful girl. Wait a minute, What was I supposed to get at the electronic store again?

And that is the end of the chapter! Thorn and Sugu are going to be pissed that Arkady hasn't come back from the store for a couple of hours haha. And Sugu did kind of seem pissed the whole time! I hope you guys liked the chapter. I tried really hard on it but at the beginning I was kind of in a writer's block phase. One of my teammates pushes me to finish the chapter so you can thank him for the update lol. I couldn't do it without them. Please review or comment on the chapter, as well as the story! Updates will come faster if we see them. It's really not that hard guys. Finally, thanks so much for taking your time to read this chapter and we will see you next time!