.Hack//Reaper

Episode: II

Arts Number Two

Sam woke up at 12-o-clock PM as he usually did on the weekend. He heard the ring of the phone along with the loud maternal voice yelling, "Sammy! Get the phone! It's Hideko!"

"Why does he call before I wake up?" Sam mumbled to himself. He picked up the phone and answered, "Hey, what's going on?"

"Nothing, you?" Hideko said. Though he was full American, his original name was Bob. He had dark brown hair and hawk-like brown eyes. He was about 5'4" and was a little slim. His character in "The World R:2" was an Adept Rogue as well.

-Job classifications for Raziel

-Adept Rogue

1st: Edge Punisher

2nd: Flick Reaper

3rd: Twin Blade

-Level 126

"Hey, Sam, I brought by laptop today." As he said that, Sam's doorbell rang. Sam ran to the door to open it for his friend.

"So, I assume you want to play The World R:2 with me?" Sam said as he smiled. He ran to the computer room and setup "The World R:2" as he put his M2D on.

By the time Skeith logged-in a silver-haired man with a Crimson big-collared shirt that covered most of his mouth and baggy Blue shorts with an odd belt that goes two ways on one part.

"Took a while." The silver-haired man Whispered to Skeith. Skeith saw his name: Raziel. It seemed odd to Skeith that he heard the voice twice.

Raziel was the one in the same room as him!

"How did you get here before me? I turned this game on as soon as you got here." Skeith Whispered.

"I have a special program. Automatically logs me in when I say a certain word." Raziel stated. Suddenly, a weird message appeared on Skeith's screen.

-Raziel gives you his Member Address!

"Now you give me yours, I suppose this 'Tabby' told you about Member Addresses." Raziel Whispered. Skeith gave his Address and immediately was added to Raziel's Party. He saw Raziel's level and yelled (without Whisper) "Level 126?!"

Immediately others around the Mac Anu dome started to rumor, gossip, and look over at the 2. "Yes, but as such a high level I have been a figurehead here. Your level isn't too completely low for a newbie anyway. But you shall receive a new power soon enough." Raziel stated calmly.

Certainly it wasn't, for in just two days, he went from level one to level twelve. Barely able to use the Flick Lust. Skeith was removed from the party so he could do individual training, there levels were just too different.

Raziel would give Skeith some 'specialized' training to him when he learned of his special skill.

Skeith warped to: Delta Death's Reading Shadows and took care of many monsters there. When the fight against the Boss came, he used as much of his Arts as possible to get the Boss monster's HP low then finished it off with a combo of rapid X button smashes. He gained his Experience as it also said:

Weapon Level UP

Gained: Melody of Slashes.

Hm…Was this what Raziel was talking about? Skeith thought. Unfortunately he had already defeated all of the monsters in the area so he gated out. At the root town he had encountered IYOTEN and Asta, he gated into another area: Delta Death's Looming Killer.

The field was dark and it was raining heavily. He saw the Beast Temple in the distance. He saw a weird blue circle with the word Battle Area on it. He wandered to it and as he entered it his Flick Lust came out and started glowing. "Huh?" Skeith stared.

"Well, well, Asta, look what we have here. It's that newbie that got away. Let's finish off this guy and continue to him." IYOTEN said with a wry smile on his face. A helpless black clothed figure with a hood was on the ground. Skeith looked at the figure's name:

-Job Classification for Yuku

-Twin Blade

-Level 13

Could that be a girl? Skeith wondered. He had to fight. He quickly cast Repth on Yuku and readied his weapon to fight the two off. He checked Yuku's level: 13. One level under his. Yuku prepared her Twin Blades, the Spin Kouga.

"Let's do it," she said. He took IYOTEN and Yuku took Asta. The scythe easily ripped around IYOTEN's sword. As his first attack hit IYOTEN, the power seemed to be satisfying the Flick Lust. It's power was frightening as it seemed to love killing another player. That is when he decided. Fighting someone with the urge to kill made him want to do it more. Skeith had to become a PKK.

Yuku defeated Asta just before Skeith defeated IYOTEN. "Perhaps, I owe you thanks." Yuku said. She removed her clothes hood. A beautiful face was magically hidden beneath.

Beautiful purple hair, round, thin eyes like a cat. An innocent pale face. And lips that could faint even the hardest of men.

"Well, um, y'know, uh, your welcome." Skeith stuttered. She was as beautiful as a character as any. He saw the unusual message that was becoming more popular to him.

-Yuku gives you her Member Address!

"Just call me anytime you want to play." She said before gating out. Skeith just stood there dumbfounded, her smile was trancing.

He gated out, finding nothing more to do there. There was a new message as he got into Mac Anu:

-NEW MAIL

My…first mail? This is odd. Skeith said to himself. He logged out and the ALTIMIT Desktop went to his Mailbox. He clicked the mail.

Subject: Hi! Sender: Yuku

Hey, what is your name in real life? My name is Nicole! I live in Scottsdale, AZ. Where do you live? I love to read Romance novels and watch Anime! I am in the 10th Grade. How about you? I think your character is so kawaii (or cute) :-) ! Got to go now, bye!

Same city and grade? Wow…I never thought I would meet someone like that. Sam thought. He decided to console Hideko about it before sending a reply. The two went and watched Tv whilst their eyes and hands healed from the few hour long playing extravigations.

-To Be Continued-