Okay with the coming of this chapter that brings in kite I will be taking cheap shots at kite from time to time

Okay with the coming of this chapter that brings in kite I will be taking cheap shots at kite from time to time. Many of you will disagree and will most likely disapprove saying kite isn't like that. I however will say I'm right because these jokes were made about Kite officially by the creators of .hack/. It was in a little comic we call 4Koma. Those of you who've read it will say but those aren't official and I will say so what it's funny and it IS official because it's is made by the makers and not fans. Oh and I think I made a few errors. I assumed G.U took place ten years after the original four but under further investigation I was three years off so some characters ages are off.

Who will wield the bracelet?

"Come on Akira, just one more point" the crowd chanted as they watched the girl in question rally a tennis ball back and forth with another girl. "Just one more point!"

Akira Hayami a dark brown haired, now roughly 23, dressed in her school tennis clubs attire was facing down another challenger from her own school. All of the other college students continued cheering for the one they wanted to win as the ball moved back and forth over the net.

"Come on Akira stop wasting time and end it!" shouted a single boy hidden within the crowd. To most people his banter would be lost and would be labeled as the chanting of another fan but to Akira that boy's voice sounded clearly over the deafening because it was HIS voice.

Akira drew back her racket and smashes the ball back towards the girl. After bouncing the ball blew past the girl as she was unable to return it. "Game, set, match; Akira Hayami!" The ref announced before the crowd cheering grew.

Akira had a satisfied smirk on her face as she whipped the sweat from her brow. She scanned the crowd for the boy who cheered for her. She found him smiling back at her; she glared at the boy before walking off the court to change into her regular attire.

After exiting the locker room Akira found the boy waiting for her. He was two year younger than her; he held a soccer ball under his arms. "You were late" Akira's voice sounded highly agitated.

"I'm sorry…" the boy smiled at her. "Practice ran on a little longer than I thought." Akira turned her nose upward and attempted to walk past the boy but stopped when she felt the boys arms wrap around her waist. "Please Akira can you forgive me?"

"You're such a little kid!" She was referring to the fact that she was two years older than him and when they first me she was in high school and he was only in middle school. A fact she constantly would hang over his head. However with his good grades he was able to advance much faster than usual, which allowed him to follow he into the same year college.

"Fine don't forgive me then" the boy sighed as he loosened his grip. "In my head you've already forgiven me, quite generously I might add" the boy said with a smirk on his face.

Akira grimaced before elbowed him in the sides. "You and your overactive imagination need to stay far away from me."

"Come on you know tha-" The boy was interrupted by the ringing of his phone, pulling it out he saw that he had a new message. "Maybe it's from a girl" he said trying to get a reaction out of Akira.

"We both know that's impossible considering you luck with girls." Akira was right she was the only girlfriend he ever had but they had been together (on and off) for roughly five years.

With a frown the boy opened he message, he froze as he looked it over. "What is it?" Akira had a worried expression on her face. "I can't seriously be a girl right?" She said jokingly. The boy didn't respond, he only handed her the phone. The message read;

To the twin blade wielding knight of azure flame I beseech thee who hath borrowed my power though he bracelet return to my world and show its inhabitants exactly what it means to truly care for this world. Don't forget to bring your partner whose thorns are as sharp as her blade.

"Kite…" she said using the name of the character he used in the game they had quit long ago. "Is his message from who I think it is?"

"If you mean is it from Aura I'd say you were right." The grabbed his stuff and began walking. "Come on Blackrose looks like we have one more job to do."

Two set of rings appeared before the Mac Anu warp gate. He first contained a blue haired boy dressed in red, he was a twin blade. The other contained a pink haired girl with tanned skin with white marks covering her body. She wore a single shoulder strap plated bra along with a plated skirt, black leg tights and metal boots. She was an edge punisher.

"It's been a long time since I saw you in that." The boy known as Kite said in a gentle tone, a smile tugging at his lips. "Guess it's true what they say, the less area you armor covers the better the stats."

"What, it's not like I had a reason to pick a different character design and stop staring its rude!" There was a brief moment of silence between the two of them before they both laughed. "Did I tell you the exact same thing when we first me?"

"Yeah you were acting like some high and mighty player but you were just some beginner like me!" Kite laughed remembering the incident. The messaged alert chimed.

"Message from Aura?" Black rose asked.

"Yeah, she wants me to go to the area where I first received it. If she means the bracelet then it would be in the same area where Orca got data drained, delta Bursting, passed over, aqua field." Kite keyed in the words and warped them to the area where his journey began.

They narrowly avoided the whispers forming about them. "Why would they be here?" Someone said. "I heard someone say they saw a guy who looked liked Balmung of azure sky and orca of azure sea earlier." Another commented floated over the crowd. "I red on the BBS about those bugged characters them looked like them appearing but these look like the originals." Someone else commented. "Why, why have the dot hackers returned to the game?"

Kite and Blackrose appeared in a stone walled dungeon. "Things sure have changed since we fought the epitaphs hasn't it?" Blackrose said as they journeyed into the dungeon.

"Yeah it really has changed but that's not all," Kite clenched his fist. "Since the first time I've stepped into this dungeon, I've changed, we've changed." He looked over at his partner. "Our personality, what drives us and our relationship." He smiled at her causing her to blush. He chuckled at her expression.

"Stop trying to act so cool it's…" she started to say that it was embarrassing but stopped short when something across the way caught her eye.

"Come on don't be so embarrassed we've been through more than-" he was interrupted when Blackrose turned him to see what had stopped her. At the end of the hallway stood a nearly character that was almost identical Kite. The only difference was that his character was covered with stitches as random parts on the character didn't seem to match. The figure they were looked upon was none other than Azure Kite.

A single eye glared back at them beneath Azure Kite's blue bangs as he hissed at them. He reached into to his bag, drawing a single book before he threw it at their feet before running off.

Kite picked up the item receiving a message that he required a new item. When he saw the name of the item he ran off after his copy. "Wait, come back here!"

"Kite?!" Blackrose shouted after him. When she received no response she ran after him. "What made you run off like that?"

"The book that guy gave me, it's that item!"

"You can't mean?"

"Yeah, the bracelet! Remember when I first used it I pulled out a book? It's the same book acquired in the same dungeon!" He gritted his teeth recalling the memories. "There is no way it's a mere coincidence."

Blackrose sighed. "How do I always get dragged into things like this with you?"

Kite chuckled. "Come on you know you enjoy it.

"Whatever…but you know it's a little weird, we haven't seen a single monster since we saw that guy." Blackrose said taking note of the awkward scenery.

"We fought monsters that are attacked by virus in a game that could put people into comas, I thought you'd be relieved not to see a single monster." Kite laughed. "But you're right an area like this does not bode well."

The continued running deeper and deeper into the dungeon until they reached a large empty room, in the center of the room stood Azure Kite. He turned to face them, that single eye glared back at them. "Tell me exactly why you had this book?!" Kite shouted at his copy.

Azure kite said nothing aside from a hiss as he pointed towards Kite before he pointed at himself.

"Kite I think he's trying to say he's you" Blackrose suggested. It was confirmed when Azure Kite nodded.

"Well what is it that you want? Why did you give me this book?!" Kite shouted again.

A smirk gleamed from the darkness of his bangs and with the flick of his wrist two daggers appeared in his hands before the branched off exposing that each blade was three. It was the weapon, Mortal skies. He charged at the two of them as he roared.

"So you wanna fight, is that it?" Blackrose roared as she drew her sword. She spun around as she swung he sword at Azure kite, only to have her blade blocked by both of Azure Kite's blades before he flipped over her. Kicking off her back he continued his advancement on Kite.

He was inches away from Kite as he drew back a blade and swung. Receiving resistance Azure Kite looked up to see his blade had met with one from his original. Kite pushed away from the original just as Blackrose's blade came crashing down between them. She let out a cry as she drew the blade upward swinging for a vertical strike that Azure Kite barely avoided as the tip of the blade grazed his cheek.

"I'm not through with you yet!" Blackrose shouted as she spun preparing to cleave off Azure Kite's head, but he flipped backwards falling back on his hands as he narrowly avoided the blade before he flipped up before sweeping. Blackrose off her feet. Azure Kite drew back his blade before he swung it downward. The sound of metal clashing echoed through the area.

Blackrose looked up to see Kite crouching above her, he was blocking the strike that was meant for her. She smiled at him "Thanks, I owe you one."

"You can pay me back with a date later." Before Black rose could give a respond Kite began to force back Azure kite before they both drew back a blade and slashed at each other only to have there blades meet. Kite growled before he drew his knee upward catching Azure Kite in the stomach, he leapt upward driving foot into his chest kicking Azure kite to the ground before Kite rushed forward prepared to strike. RENGEKI!! "Gale blade" Kite shouted as he slashed Azure Kite twice before he leapt upward and slammed his blade down on his head. "Blackrose!"

"I got it!" she responded as she rushed forward, her sword dragged across the ground before arcing it upward driving it into Azure Kite blowing him into the wall. Azure Kite's body went limp before collapsing to the ground.

They stared back at his unmoving body waiting for a response. Just when they were about to celebrate Azure Kite's eye snapped back open as he let out a roar. He aimed his arm as hexagons formed around his arm before petals branched off from it and began to spiral around it.

As if responding to Azure Kite the book in Kite's inventory forcefully exited and appeared in Kite's hand. Throwing the book in front of him red streams of data raced from the book and absorbed into Kite's arm as his body turned green as his character data had begun to be written. The green exploded off of him revealing his character's body again but this time around kites wrist was a blue crystal like bracelet similar to Azure Kite's red one. Four large crystal like steams split from the bracelet. Both palms of the bracelet wielders glowed before data streams fried from both of their hands and clashed in midair. They both roared as the beams tried to force the other back. The battle of the data drain seemed to rage on for a minute before the original Kite's drove itself through Azure Kite's.

Azure Kite's eye grew wide as the beam pierced through his chest. He staggered forward with a hiss as bits of data broke off from the hole in his chest. He tried to reach out to Kite as if to attack only to have his arm to break off. Azure Kite body slowly fell to the ground as it disappeared leaving only a glowing blue orb that was absorbed into Kite's body. His weapons glowed in azure flame and when the flames died it revealed that his weapons were now Azure Kite's mortal skies.

"So I guess this means you're the bearer of the bracelet again huh, Kite?" Blackrose said with a somewhat depressed sigh.

"Oh come on Blackrose it just means I'm more of the hero type"

"More like cocky type" she said under her breath

"Don't worry about it you've seem to have gotten a bit of an upgrade yourself." Kite pointed at her sword.

She looked over her sword to see that instead of the sword from R:2 her sword no resembled the one from R:1 in fact she seemed to now have retained all of her abilities from R:1. She spun it in the air before giving it a twirl and sheathing it on her back. "Well I guess I can't complain, you'll need me to support you when you can't take it." She smiled at him.

"Come on let's go" he said heading towards the warp gate.

"Where are we going?" Blackrose asked a little confused.

"To the place were our journey together began." Kite replied with a smile.

Seconds later they arrived the pair arrived in the navel of lake, Huell Grantz cathedral. "I'm always so tense when we come to this place?" Blackrose said weakly.

"It'll be fine, we already have the bracelet. So it's not like we have anything to worry about." Kite said trying to comfort her.

"Do I have to smash you bracelet again?"

"What was that" Kite asked not full able to hear her.

"Nothing" she said as she pushed open the doors to the cathedral. She could see a small group of people gathered around the alter, "Oh sorry are we interrupting something?" she said apologetically.

"Wait…" Kite said stopping her. "Isn't that? Balmung! Orca!"

The two responded to their names and focused on the advancing pair. "Kite and Blackrose, it's good to see you again." Orca said with a light chuckle.

"So you finally got her to say yes" Balmung said poking fun at the twin blade. "Well I just came from a date myself." He inwardly smirked.

"Good for you Balmung I assume you in that kind of relationship" Kite replied holding up his middle finger. "Sorry, I meant this finger" Kite switched to his pinky. Was he trying to give Balmung some kind of message? Kite finally noticed the other two behind his friends. "Oh I'm not sure we've ever met before, are you friends of Balmung and Orca?" He asked extending a hand.

The tanned long arm shook his hand "I'm Albireo and we're more of acquaintances then friends. And this is…"

"I'm Hakuto and I'm his wife!" she flashed satisfied smirk as she bowed.

"Wife? I see" Kite said, dagger in hand, a murderous look in his eyes.

"Well anyway what are all of you guys doing here?" Blackrose said changing the subject.

"The same reason you are" Orca explained.

"We've all been contacted by the goddess Aura and were told to come back." Balmung added.

"Don't you think that's strange?" Kite said sounding a little perplexed. "Why would Aura suddenly need us? It's not like The World is in danger at the moment."

Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of the cathedral doors being thrown open. At the entryway was a boy in all white. The boy glared back at them before shouting "TRI-EDGE!!"

TBC

Well sorry this one is a little late but unfortunantly the "T" key fell off of my laptop so I had to spend time seacrching for a keyboard from an older computer to hook up to it. Well I hope you enjoyed it and if you didn't get the kite giving balmung the finger joke it's a 4koma inside joke that I'll explain if asked. Now narrator go!

Narrator: Next time on 'heroes of old' it seems that the greatest heroes of the past have been pulled together. Now it's time for a hero of the present yet a villain of their past. He's the one who has devoured all of his siblings the first wave of evil, THE TERROR OF DEATH, HASEO!