Story: Dot Hack/ Return

Chapter: The Azure Knights

Set after the events in G. U. the C.C. corporation has uncovered a backup to the original world that they use to allow old players to play there characters on but within the programming is the original Morganna who begins to cause trouble for The World. Yata calls back not only the G.U. but also the old .hack players who have dealt with similar problems with the World. Now they must all unite and stop Morganna from taking over the World and defeat her once and for all.

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Hasseo could be seen running through the root town known as Carmina Gadelica which meant "Song of Geal" though the reason he was running is because the people he talked to said that Sora was a famous PKer of the area and had been sighted in the area not to long ago. Hasseo ran forward bumping into people but not stopping since he had to know who Sora was, how he knew what he knew about Hasseo being in a coma in the real world. Hasseo kept on running without a word trying to find where Sora was which it didn't take long before he found Sora walking out of one of the bars.

"Hey Sora!!" shouted Hasseo as he charged toward Sora

"Ah found me huh? Well can you catch me" smirked Sora. Suddenly Sora took off at a amazing speed that was quicker then normal players which Sora had a smiled on his face as he ran across the ground deeper into the area. He was not going to let Hasseo show him up, sure he may be him but Sora was not about to let his new self learn everything so quickly then Sora turned his head to see Hasseo was falling behind. "Come on Hasseo….why so slow?" laughed Sora

"Come on why are you running?" asked Hasseo. He kept running after Sora but the players speed was unbelievable compared to Hasseo, it seemed that the player was a master of speed. HE wondered why Sora was running, did he know something about Hasseo that he had not said already. "Sora I want to talk to you so stop running" said Hasseo angrily

"Oh very well" said Sora who came to surprising stop

"Thanks. I need to know how you know so much about me" said Hasseo. He then began to try to catch his breath from all the running he had to do in order to catch up with Sora. Hasseo wondered what Sora knew and if he had any connection to the crisis that was happening in the world now with the one known as Echo. "Do you know who Echo is?" asked Hasseo

"Well that is just rude….you ask me questions about you and yet you know nothing about me" said Sora

"I know you're a PKer maybe the first one who is quite famous here" said Hasseo

"Yeah but that is common knowledge…you don't know nothing personal about me…why do you think I would tell you something personal about you" said Sora

"What you mean?" asked Hasseo

"Hasseo….I want you to learn who I am, so how about you ask that kid um….what was his name? Tasukasa about little old Sora and then maybe I'll tell you about the memories you lost after awakening from your Coma" smirked Sora

"So you know about that….fine I'll g looking for Tasukasa and ask him about you but I have one question I want you to answer that I asked before" said Hasseo

"Ask it again and maybe I'll answer it" said Sora

"Do you know anything about Echo otherwise known as Sanjuro?" asked HAsseo

"Yes, you could say we are the same. I'll see you around but be sure to ask about my fate to that wavemaster" said Sora

"Wait" said Hasseo as he extended his hand to sora

Sora teleported out in a flash

'They are the same….could he be connected to the virus' wondered Hasseo

Else where in the world in Mac Anu root town, three people seemed to have just logged into the world after a long while though they would have been in sooner but they were trading Emails with Yata otherwise known to them as Wiseman. One of them was shorter with twin blades, he had bright blue hair, and his clothes were red. Another was a blademaster with armor that had wings extending from it along with long white hair. The last figure had green war-paint all over his body along with being a blademaster. The three were Kite, Balmung, and Orca who had recently decided to return to the world though they had not expected having to look into Sanjuro's disappearance which they had received a message from him that was quite old.

"Lets head there an investigate" said Balmung

"Really so soon….I was hoping to take a look around before we have to get caught up in everything" sighed Kite

"We have to get involved after all Sanjuro is both yours and Balmung's ally" said Orca

"Though I said it in the Email, it's good to be working together again, hopefully you won't lead me into trouble like your Doppelganger" said Balmung

"Huh?" said Kite

"Yeah hopefully I can balance things out" said Orca

"Huh?" repeated Kite

"It's nothing to be concerned with, lets just say Aura missed you so much she made another you" said Balmung

"Really? A Second me? That's weird to think about" said Kite. He began to think to himself about the Idea of there being another him running around the World being Troublesome. He really had not thought of returning to the world until recently perhaps he should have thought of how Aura must have felt being abandoned by him and the others.

"Lets go" said Orca

"Alright lets head to Hidden Forbidden Holy ground and try to see what happened to Sanjuro" said Kite

The three soon teleported out through the chaos gate and ended up on the lost ground that looked like a Cathedral. The three slowly walked forward toward the doors not really looking around since they had been there tons of times. The three entered the building to find it very silent and it seemed to have been empty even as they walked forward toward the altar which nothing seemed to happen even when they stopped in front of the statue of Aura that was chained. The three looked around to see there was no sign of anything though there appeared to be some form of sign on the altar that was not there the last time they were there.

"Nothing" sighed Kite

"No Data bug…not even a fight though that sign on the altar is weird" said Orca

"It matters not perhaps Sanjuro was taken away from here but likely Morganna has covered it up so we have no way to follow" said Balmung

"Hmmm…no response from the Bracelet" said Kite as he calmly examined his nearly invincible bracelet

Suddenly three orbs appeared from ceiling and began to float down to the ground in the center of the room before the orb dispersed into three figures. The three looked exactly like Kite, Balmung, and Orca though they looked darker and scarier then the three which it seemed they had there weapons read. A growl of some kind escaped the mouth with no words as they glared at Kite and his friends.

"So this is the copy cat you were talking about? He looked like something from a Halloween movie" said Kite

"Huh? I thought they were to look like something from a cheap anime not a horror film" said Orca

"That is not Shugo….I don't what they are" said Balmung as he drew his sword ready

Both Kite and Orca draw there weapons

The three mysterious look-alikes named the Azure Knights run forward with there weapons in hands to fight the other three. Kite, Orca, and Balmung charge forward as well and they were ready to take on the unknown monsters or players who looked like them.

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Hasseo learns that Sora is the same as Echo but what does it mean? What's going to happen when the Azure knights collide with Kite, Orca, and Balmung in a battle? Stay tunned because there is more to come and please leave some reviews