1Chapter 6

ERROR 12

BlueRose's appearance continued to mutate as he drained the data from BlackRose's PC. Haseo's character remained on away status. Azure Kite was trying to break through the barrier BlueRose had created around himself and BlackRose. No matter what method he tried, the barrier remained impenetrable.

Haseo's character suddenly came to life.

"He's trying to load right now!" he shouted to Azure Kite.

"We don't have time! Try using your avatar!"

Haseo closed his eyes and focused on his heartbeat. Each beat began to pulse outward from his character through the cathedral. BlueRose, distracted, looked up at Haseo as red lights began to gather around his body, forming shapes and symbols.

"Warewa...Koko...Niru...SKEEEEIIIIIITH!!!!"

Haseo's PC disappeared. To the eyes of BlueRose and Azure Kite, he had been replaced by a monster.

BlueRose stared at the being, petrified.

"You... you're... like me..."

In a split second the barrier shattered along with the windows of the cathedral as Skeith swung his huge scythe. Outside, Kite's character warped in and ran towards the building just as BlueRose was hurled through the broken doorway.

BlueRose landed hard. Stunned, he slowly looked up. He was overshadowed by Kite, who glared down at him.

"Why... do you have that???" Kite whispered, trembling with rage. BlueRose was holding BlackRose's sword.

"Heh," BlueRose smirked at Kite and then faded into thin air.

ERROR 13

The damage had been done. BlackRose's PC lay motionless on the floor.

"No..." Kite stared at BlackRose's body, his hands shaking. "Why did this happen?!"

"She tried to attack him from behind and... Everything was just a blur," Haseo mumbled. "What if she's-" Kite's character suddenly went on to away status.

Haseo glanced at Azure Kite uncomfortably.

"What should we do?"

"Wait for him to return with news," Azure Kite did not seem bothered by the situation. "For now the Door is most important."

He turned at looked at the shattered remains of the Door.

"At least it WOULD be were you not so damn careless," he glared at Haseo.

"Hey, I was trying to save this girl's damn life! This is way more important than your stupid Door!"

Kite returned to online status. Breathing a sigh of relief, he looked up and smiled at the two.

"She's okay. She says her computer went to an error screen and now she can't log back on."

"I already knew that much," Azure Kite growled. "BlueRose isn't AIDA. He's just a parasite who steal's character data. Hurting someone outside of the game is beyond his power."

Haseo continued to glare at Azure Kite.

"Since you know so damn much about this thing we just fought, why don't you start explaining to us, huh?"

"Right after you fix my Door."