/FILE OPEN...TILL DEATH DO US PART...3/
'Ugh,'
"Yes. Now you're on track. Remember me now?"
"You..."
"Yes?"
"You're that girl who passed me three years ago!"
Now I was on my feet; barely. I drew my weapons and prepared to fight
"Are you pointing those blades at me? are you?" she plays
"Who are you?"
"I, Reaper, am called Deja." she replies with both hands at her hips
'The bugs? why have they stopped?'
"And now, you are probably wondering why they've stopped and how I am in control, correct?"
"God damn it!"
"hm hm hm hm..So predictable, Reaper."
"Stop your jokes!"
"Why? it's fun. Really it truly is."
"Deja...what've I done to you? huh? what!"
"Sakaki."
"What about him?"
"You...killed him."
"What's that to do with three years ago!"
"Three years ago you came into contact with her."
'Aura.'
"Yes, Aura, and now--"
"Shut up! how do you know about her? what, do you work for CC corp?" I shout
"You could say that, Reaper"
"You...you're just doing what Balmung was laid off of."
"Congratulations, you've earned yourself an A plus on your paper. Want some extra credit too?" she taunts
"You know, for a good-looking woman, you sure are a bitch." I remark laughing
"Huh?!"
"ha ha ha...Come now, Deja, rest your creatures and lets finish this the right way."
"No. You need to die now." she retorts
"Who gave you the ability to control these AIDA, hmm?" I question with a smirk
"The Dot Hackers."
"You used one of the books didn't you?"
"Yes. I used the Book of Law after they hacked it unknowingly and it gave me this ability and much, much more." she laughs, now holding out her arm
"You're like Tr-Edge." I sound, laughing at her
"Damn straight I am! only I'm not a freaky AIDA infected person! I have a conscience."
"So you're just going to Data Drain me and end it, huh?"
"Yes. With you out of the way, CC corp and me will finally be able to rest--"
"One problem, Deja," I butt in with a tisk tisk hand gesture
"What?"
"Without me, you and CC will never get to Aura."
"You lie like the dog you are Reaper. I'll just find Tri-Edge and--"
"Deja, he killed Aura." I smile
"He?! he killed her?" she groans
"In front of my own eyes she was cut in two and disappeared indefinately, sorry to burst your bubble there."
"..."
"What? Ouka got your tongue?" I laugh
"Why you--"
She lowers her arm and just stands there; in a stupor
"Now, how's about you make all these viruses and rips vanish."
"..."
"The monsters and the rips in the textures disappear as if never there
"Good." I say
In front of me; in-between us, a mysterious figure in white touches the ground and looks straight at me
'A...Aura?' Deja gasps in shock
"Wrong Deja." I answer
"Reaper," the figure speaks
"Hello again, Zefie," I greet with a stern and keen smile
"Z...Zefie?" Deja blurts
"Oh, Deja, this is Aura's daughter, Zefie. Zefie, this is also a soldier of the Cobalt Brigade."
"Reaper, I have something for you," she softly, calmly, and soothingly spoke
"Like what?" I ask in a state of confusion
She then grabs my left arm and lifts it up to face her. On it, a black ring with red sparks running through it appears
'The...The Twilight?' Deja thinks
"I thought--"
"She has given you a third chance and also,"
Now she steps back and holds out one hand,
"Take it." she whispers
I grab her hand in mine and feel a force rush through me
"My momma also gives you, Inis." Zefie informed
"Inis? why her avatar? Zefie," I stutter
"Momma did this for reasons unexplained. Just be grateful that she has graced you three times. Good-bye, Reaper, and be careful."
With that, Zefie vanishes in the same light she appeared
"That...that was Aura's daughter?" Deja spouted
"Yes, Deja, that was. Now," I hold my arm out faced toward her,
"What are you?"
"Good-bye, Deja. Data Drain!"
The familiar streams of red, black, green, and blue flash forward and strike Deja,
"Ahhh!"
she lets out before vanishing
"Sorry. But you're a hindrance." I laugh
"Now. About Tr-Edge." I speak, with a laugh
---The next day, Luminous Cloth; arena---
"Pity. Another wanna-be emperor."
"Can it, Endrance. I'm here just to kill you." I scowl
"Kill? me? ha... you must be really funny, Reaper." he renowns
"You've been watching my battles so that means that you'll be a worthy opponent!"
As the battle deepens, Endrance has already struck me down twice without a single scratch on him and he was laughing
"Now I'm pissed." I yell, charging him once more, but this time, I slashed him,
"Van Ruz!" I scream, slowing all time and striking him with a combo move I've been practicing.
"Thunder flow!" I shout, brutally hacking at him with full bludgeting force
"Now," I growl, rebounding off the arena walls towrd him with my steam gun pointed at him,
"To end this. Flechette Strike!" a multitude of flurry race toward him and each one made contact; blasting him into the walls behind, causing him to gasp.
"Damn!" he gasps
"Give up, Endrance. You may have lost to Haseo once and then beat him later, but it is pointless to fight me, even with the help of your avatar, Macha." I squelch
"You..."
"Surrender." I push
"No. I...I won't--"
In his fit, he looks up only to be blasted with the streams of my bracelet
"Ugh!" he creeks, falling to the ground and disappearing
"I told you to surrender, didn't I?" now, after winning, I let out a satisfied roar
'Now Haseo, we will be able to settle your differences all in good time.' I whisper
---Real World- Chin-Chang Won Chinese Grill---
"Thank you."
"So, how is it?" I ask, staring at this female of sixteen with long brown hair, a red dress on that had tigers on the sides and a pink sash around the waist
"It's excellent. Thank you, Lan." she mumbles with a mouthful of ramen
"I'm glad to hear that, Blackrose." I smile
"Umph...Lan, I"m not Blackrose unless I'm online. My name is Maria."
"I know," I laugh,
"I'm just messing with ya." I laugh, taking a drink of my soda
"Sure." she laughs
"I am!" I contradict with innocence in my posture and voice
"You know Lan, I'm glad we met how we did. I don't think there is anybody that I know who could match up to you." she flirts
"Should I take that seriously?" I joke
"Dunno. Should you?" she rhetorically nodded
And for one day at least, I was able to enjoy a happiness; with Blackrose.
Waking up, I was in an unfamiliar room. It was not my dorm but instead, it was bigger, its walls were blue with a white stripe, the floor was red carpet, there were two or three windows letting light into and in the corner closest to the door was a big desk that was filled with two computers, two FMDs, two controllers, a lamp, piles and piles of papers; of numbers, essays, that stuff.
'Ahh!'
Came to mind first and then I thought of how I ended up in this prediciment.
I look next to me and see a beautiful and peaceful girl with long brown hair sleeping soundly. Now, back in my mind, I throw my eyes back to the floor to see a pair of black pants with an arrowhead running down one pantleg, a long, red dress, a pink bra and thong, blue boxer-briefs and a black shirt that had the words, I see Dead People written across.
"Oh." shoots out of my mouth silently
I look back at the soundly sleeping girl,
'Till death do us part.' I whisper, now back in my clothes and sitting at the desk. I look at the clock that was hanging up above her desk and it read, 8:30 a.m.
'Mental note, Lan, when dating women, first date is already too far.' I think to myself before hearing a groggy voice
"Lan?"
"Hmm? oh, morning baby," I greet, walking over to her and sitting on the bed
"Morning." she smiles, kissing me on the lips
"Nice place." I compliment
"Yeah. Too bad I live with my parents still."
"Really? do your parents know that I--"
"Shhh. Yes, they do, it's okay though." she calms
"Fine."
"Lan,"
"Yes?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"Like what, Maria?" I ask back with a curious look
"Do...do you,"
At this point, I put my finger to her mouth and,
"Shhh. Yes."
I now kiss her and tell her,
"I'm glad I met you too, Maria."
"I'm glad." she said
We lay there in bed for a good twenty minutes just cuddling and kissing, telling one another how we love each other and stuff like that before my cellphone ring
"Hello?" I answer
"Hello, Lan?"
"Yes,"
"Lan, it's me, your sister and I need to tell you that you need to get back quickly, there's been a movement."
"What kind? is this a cheap trick of yours?"
"No brother, AIDA has become uncontrollably active all of a sudden and, well, Rena's been involved." her voice now low
"Okay. Should--"
"No. Don't bring Blackrose, it'll devestate her."
The call ends
"Lan, what's wrong?" Maria asks cautiously
"Maria, I need to go to The World alone, something's happened." I state, now ready to walk out the door
"Don't leave please, lets go there together, please."
"I look into her eyes; those pretty green eyes that were now sad and scared
"Fine. But one thing, Rena is in trouble."
"Rena?! my sister! what happened?"
"Come on."
We boot the computers and log in. Headed for The World.