Disclaimer: I do not in any way shape or form own .hack or its characters.
Notes: Ages-Tsukasa, Mimiru, Kite, Black Rose, Mistral, Mireille, Subaru-around 16 or 17.
Sora, Crim, Silver Knight, Ouka, Gardenia, Kamui, Balmung- late 20's
BT, Sanjuro, Helba, Moonstone, Nuke, Rachel, Bear- Late 30's
Hotaru, Reki, A-20, Ryoko Terajima- around 7 or 8
Macha- ? Unknown
This is my first fan fic ever written, so review with constructive criticism. FYI, constructive criticism is when you tell the person what they are doing wrong and how to fix it; not just telling a person that they suck and have make a bunch of mistakes.
Summary: An alternate universe where the game characters from dothack are not game characters, but real people. It is not part of a game, but reality itself. Tsukasa is a parentless child living in the city of Dun Loireag. After having an unusual field adventure will his classmates, his boring life starts to change, but will it be for better or worse?
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" 'But why, why can't I use it?' 'We're a party and we'll defeat this thing by working together. That's what makes this game fun, regardless of who wins or loses. If you use the power of the Guardian, you're no different from the monsters. Selfish hu?' "
-Hacksign quote: Tsukasa and Mimiru (episode 11)-
DotHack: Reality ch. 9
By: TsukasaTheFominian
Tsukasa and Subaru both looked quickly at the speaker, but could not see him anywhere. They both began to wonder if they had herd something when the Wave Master felt a hand begin to choke him, but he could not see anything. Subaru was startled when Tsukasa began to choke, but was completely scared when he was lifted off the ground by an unseen force. She began to look around for anything odd in the room, and found what she was looking for when her eyes came in contact with the ground. She knew what she had to do, and raced to get a bright candle, while Tsukasa wondered if she was out of her mind. He was surprised when she held the candle in front of him and felt the hand let go, letting him fall to the floor gasping for air. As he caught his breath, he saw that Subaru was looking at something on the ground, when he looked as well, he found a shadow without a body.
"How clever of you to discover my special talent," it said. Before their eyes, the shadow began to lift off the floor and take the form of a monster with no legs, but one shaft rising from the ground, arms sprouted from the shaft, as well as a head. The head had only one large eye and mouth filled with sharp teeth. No hair was on its body, nor did it seem to have skin; it only seemed to be made out of slime (If you have played "Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits" I based this guy off the monsters you encounter in the Cave of Truth. The ones attacking Darc and Lilia when you first enter.)
"Who and what are you?" Subaru demanded with great authority.
"Such a powerful little girl, I am Shadow Slime, a monster of tremendous force, and the bringer of your death."
"How did you get in here, and what do you want with us."
"While your friend Crim held the door open, I snuck in here in my shadow form. As for what I want, it is nothing more then to kill you."
"Why do you want to kill us?" Tsukasa demanded.
"Because it is what my master demands, 'Kill the young Wave Master born of a false hero, and keep yourself a secret.' You are the Wave Master, and you have seen me in my true form; neither of you are allowed to live now."
The creature had been making gestures with it's hands till now, but now his arms morphed into swords. Tsukasa began to fear for Subaru's safety, and decided to take action by sending a powerful thunderbolt at the monster, hoping that it's light would help dispel the monster like the candle flame had. His eyes grew wide as his attack seemed to blow the monster apart, but then grew fearful as the monster began to reform itself form the slime particles scattered around the room.
Shadow Slime only smiled at the Wave Master knowing he would try an electric attack to get rid of him. "Did you really think it would be that easy? Light only hurts me in my shadow form, and attacks do nothing to a monster of slime, you should personally know that by know summoner."
His last line puzzled Subaru, but troubled Tsukasa. The creature knew he could summon his Guardian. "I've been watching you for a long time boy. Since last week, I've been studying you, learning what you can and cannot do. I know about your special powers, and about your Guardian. Neither will help you win against me. Like your beast, I am immune to attacks and magic. Nothing will help you escape."
Subaru was listing intensely to what the monster was saying, wondering if it could be true. If the boy had special powers that were illegal, she didn't know what she would do if they survived this. It then clicked in her head, that was the secret everyone had tried to hide that day. Tsukasa had used some form of illegal powers to protect everyone from Sora, and everyone had tried to cover it up.
The Wave Master didn't want to use his powers in front of Subaru, but he knew if he didn't then she would die and so would he. He began to form his power into an thunder ball that was more powerful then that of an adult, even three adults working together. Subaru was amazed at the boy's power, but also crushed to know that the teen she had started to like was an illegal and would undoubtedly eventually be found out by someone who would be turned in. She would never turn in someone who had special powers or was mutated, she knew the fear that went along with being different. Criminals were a different story, since they could help themselves, but even they usually have their reasons for what they do.
Tsukasa hoped Subaru could forgive him for what he was doing as he sent his thunder ball at the Shadow Slime, it had the force to knock the monster back through the wall, sending the creature flying down the hall, and disappearing in a huge explosion that shook that entire city of Mac Anu. Both humans believed that the blast had to have killed the creature because nothing could survive something like that, both were proved wrong when a black tentacle shot out of the smoke, hitting Tsukasa and throwing him back three feet. The creature emerged from the smoke apparently unharmed, only smiling at them like they were nothing. Seeing the monster only got the Wave Master angry, and now knowing his normal powers wouldn't work, he decided to summon his Guardian to take care of this creature. He raised his staff and used his summoning powers, but while the Guardian was coming forth, the Shadow Slime raised his arms and began chanting a dark spell, a spell that forced the barbell monster back to where it had come from. The two humans only looked on in surprise and horror as their protector disappeared and both became afraid for their lives.
"Did you think I wouldn't be prepared? I knew of your powers and I knew that I could counter it with an anti-summon spell. Now you can't summon anything to defeat me, and since I let all the monsters into the city, all the knights are out defending the towns people instead of protecting their mistress." The slime's arm began to morph again into a blade, "Now... DIE!!" before shooting it's arm at the two, fearing for their lives. Just before the bladed arm struck, a figure shot out from the shadows and deflected the attack with it's sword. When the two looked at the man in front of them, the both were shocked to see that he had wings growing out of his back.
"Balmung! Is that you?" The Heavy Axe Woman cried in delight. A head of white hair turned to them while smiling.
"How are you today Subaru, its nice to see you have made a new friend."
"Who are you?!" The monster demanded.
"I am Balmung of the Azure Sky, and I will not let you harm someone whom I care for. You two run now, I'll handle this creature."
"But you're not strong enough to defeat a slime monster all by yourself." The Knight mistress argued.
"You'd be surprised by what I can do, now leave before it's too late."
"Subaru, if we don't leave now we may never be able to." Tsukasa says while he pulls on her sleeve trying to make her run.
Subaru only looked back the man fighting to protect them, and began to run out of the building through a hole Tsukasa's blast had made. She said something quietly to herself, not meaning for Tsukasa to hear it but he did anyways, "Be safe big brother."
(In the City)
The monsters kept coming from nowhere, and nobody seemed to be winning against them. The Knight were holding them back, but they didn't seem to be able to drive the creatures out of the city. Anyone and everyone who had training was trying to help, but the towns people who worked in shops and or farmed were rusty in their battle techniques and didn't know what to do when the monsters you faced were in the town. Most Wave Masters couldn't use their attack spells for fear of causing damage to the surrounding buildings or people. There was Chaos everywhere and Bear and Gardenia didn't realize they had been separated from Mimiru, Mireille, and the children until it was too late. The only ones still in their party were Kite and Black Rose, both skilled fighters, but they were still teens. Bear could only think of his daughter, lost somewhere in this mayhem, and Gardenia could only think of her newly appointed charges. The two teens could only think of their friends, both Heavy Blade and Wave Master, lost in this mess.
The group was taking a small breather from their fighting when a Shogan Monster appeared out of nowhere to attack them. Being caught off guard, they couldn't do much to defend themselves from it's attack, but thankfully they didn't have to. Right as the monster was about to strike, new knights seemed to materialize out of nowhere. They were foreign to the teens, but well know by both adults.
The teens were confused because the uniforms of these knights looked nothing like those of the Crimson Knights. Their armor was mainly blue, blue chest plates with "C K" printed in blue covered their leather shirts, leg armor had a bluish tint with a white cloth lined with blue draped from their waist to their knees. They carried axe like spears and wore a smooth, almost bird shaped helmet with eye slits tinted blue. After staring at them for a few seconds, Black Rose finally realized who these people might be.
"Are they the..."
"Yes," a voice from behind them stated. "We are the Cerulean Knights."
They turned around to find a young woman in her late 20's speaking to them, her natural gray hair, red gown, and blue and red breast plate were very familiar to Bear.
"I haven't seen you in a long time Kamui."
"Kamui?" Kite asks.
"She is the leader of the Cerulean Knights," Gardenia explains. "They have jurisdiction over the two cities Fort Ouph and Lia Fail." Seeing the twin blade's blank expression she continued. "The Crimson Knights only look over three of the five towns and the fields that accompany them. Such an organization large enough to monitor all cities is impossible to create, so they simply made two separate organizations to look over all the towns."
"We were called here to help with this incident. Crim and I are both in an agreement that these monsters could not have gotten into this city on their own. The defenses couldn't have been breached by this many monsters undetected."
"Yes, I did say that." Crim ran up to their group to talk with the Cerulean Knight leader. Black Rose could easily feel the tension between the two, and knew that they didn't meet with each other unless necessary.
"How do you know her Bear?" Kite asked.
"She was also one of my students when I taught in Lia Fail. She was in the same class as Crim." He was about to go on when their was an explosion large enough to shake the city.
Kamui was the first to speak. "That felt like it came from..."
"The Head Quarters." Crim answered. "Subaru! Tuskasa!"
Everyone their besides Kamui became fearful for both teens, and ran off to the HQ, but were stopped by monsters.
Crim tried to get through the creatures stopping him, but found that he couldn't and would have to fight them instead. "Damn it..."
(Elsewhere)
Mireille, Mimiru, Ryoko, and A-20 all rested down an alley, after being separated from Reki, Hotaru. The children had gotten fearful from the sudden monster attacks and had run off in a group. The two teens were the only ones who had seen them running off and had forgotten to tell the others before they left to help them. Both now deeply regretted their hasty actions since they were now lost and had lost Reki and Hotaru when their group had been attacked by a Mimic. The children were tired and scared for their lives, something they had never really had to deal with before. Tsukasa had always been their to protect them, but the only ones they had now were two strange girl they had met today and didn't even really know. And they had lost Reki and their new friend Hotaru, nothing seemed to be ok.
As they rested, a Golem Monster rounded the corner of the alley and began walking toward them to attack. Mireille knew that the children were too tired from running to do anything else but sit, so she summoned a barrier and waited for the monster to come. As the Golem got up to the barrier, it started pounding hard on it with it's fists, trying to break through. The children started to cry uncontrollably, and while Mimiru tried to quite them, the Wave Master wondered how long she could keep up the barrier before it broke through. She didn't have to find out though because help arrived long before the barrier began to give. A young Twin Blade jumped down from the building above the monster and landed on it's back. It barely seemed to notice but it was soon dead as the man called out, "Instant Death" making his blades turn purple as he slashed the monster only two times until it fell without an ounce of life left in it.
The man jumped off the monster as it's body began to disappear, when Mimiru caught sight of his green hair and black cloths, she became more afraid then when the monster was attacking. A Golem they could beat, Sora was another case all together. She was completely caught off guard when Mireille let down her shield, shouting greetings and thanks to the outlaw. 'She knows Sora' was the only thing that went through her head as she sat their in fear and confusion.
Mireille was happy to see Sora since she had known him for a while, but was soon stopped when she saw a dangerous glint in his eyes. Sora only ever got this way when something or someone he love was in danger; The young Wave Master knew this and knew why he had helped them but was not pleases.
"Mireille, where is Hotaru? You said before that you had her with you, so where is she?"
"What do you want with an innocent girl you thief?" Mimiru shouted without really thinking of who she was talking to.
"She's my daughter you stupid little brat!" This caused the Heavy Blade to open her mouth in surprise and was stunned to learn of this new development.
"I'm sorry Sora, but we got separated from her when a monster attacked a while ago."
"YOU WHAT!!"
"She had Ouka with her, so I'm sure she'll be alright."
Mimiru was finally able to regain her voice enough to ask, "What can a dog do for her?"
"She isn't a dog," the treasure hunter explained. "But a werewolf. A mutant with the ability to become a wolf."
"I don't know if she'll be safe," the outlaw explained. "The Cerulean Knights are in town, and that doesn't bout will for us."
A-20's tiny voice was the next to speak up, "Who are the Cerulean Knights?"
The treasure hunter is the one to answer her question. "They are the knights who patrol Fort Ouph and Lia Fail. They are strong warriors, but merciless towards mutants and people with illegal powers. They kill them on site and don't even given them the slightest of chances. Criminals that they capture are given a trial, but it is never fair and they are always sentenced to immediate death. Minor crimes cause people to be sent to prison for two weeks. The city streets are safe, but everyone lives in complete fear of being caught for a crime they didn't even realize they were doing and be sent to jail, even the children."
"If those Knights find out that Ouka is a werewolf and Hotaru has illegal powers, then they will be killed on sight without a second thought." The thief's words left the children and Mimiru worried for both their friends, for if those Knights really were that ruthless, then they may also kill Reki if he tries to protect Hotaru. Sora Flash Mailed Ouka, but discovered that she didn't know exactly know where they were. He only frowned and told the dog to meet him at the clock tower, then told the others where they were heading. The 5 minutes after the group headed out to meet with their friends, the ground shook from a huge explosion. Nobody in the group took mind at the moment, because they didn't know where the blast had come from and knew that the children needed their help more then anyone.
(Reki)
How long they had been running, they didn't know. All they knew was that being separated from their friends was one of the scariest things in the world. Reki had taken Hotaru and Ouka to a safe place that was indicated on Tsukasa's map, and it proved to be very safe. Only one small entrance was available to safe place, and most of the monsters were too small to enter. Those that were small enough were easy prey for the two Wave Master and the werewolf. The boy had been surprised when he first witnessed Ouka morph in front of him, but she had done it to protect both of the children, so he knew the woman would not hurt him.
After they had gotten into the hole, Reki had begun to think about everything that had happened in the last half hour. He had been attacked by dozens of monsters, gotten separated by all his friends, found the girl he had grown to like have illegal powers, and her dog to be a mutant. He didn't really know how to react to knowing he may never see Hotaru again.
Hotaru was having unnerving thoughts as well. She hadn't meant to reveal her powers to Reki nor show him Ouka's true powers, but she hadn't had a choice if they wanted to stay alive. Now if she was discovered, she would lose her life, but what worried her more was thinking that Reki might reject her now that he knew the horrible truth. She didn't know how to act, but she knew she couldn't just sit there not knowing what Reki would do.
"So what happens now?"
"I don't know, I guess we should find a way to get you out of the city."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't want anything to happen to you Hotaru. If you don't get out of the city, then you could be found out." Hotaru just stood there wondering how he could be so grown up at a time like this. "Can you tell me one thing? Will I ever see you again?"
"You'd really want to see me even after you know about my powers?"
"Why wouldn't I?"
Hotaru stood stunned by Reki's words for only a moment, but soon threw herself on the body while she broke down crying. Her tears of joy flowed freely until she was finally able to calm down enough to stop. Once her tear's ceased, she looked up into the boy's eyes and both stayed transfixed in each other for a few minutes until both Wave Masters began moving their heads closer intending to give the other their first kiss. Sadly, they were cut short when Ouka, in her dog form, tackled the boy. Hotaru, stood shocked by her friends actions and demanded to know why she had done that.
"Because Sora won't be happy to know you almost locked lips with someone when he sees you." said the mutant, still in her wolf form.
"Papa's here?" the girl asked shocked.
"Yes. He wants to meet you at the base of the clock tower, from there it'll just be a short distance to the Chaos Gate. We'd better start moving."
When the cost looked clear, they left their hiding place to head to the tower. It was only a 5 minute run there, but everyone knew it would take much longer with the monsters around. They had only walked for a minute before two Sorcerer Monster rounded a corner to meet them. Once Ouka saw the duo, she charged at them, but found that she had been paralyzed by the spell of one of them. Before either could react, Hotaru sent a fire ball at one of them killing it instantly. Unfortunately for the group, she left herself open to be cursed as well. This curse being one on of silence, stopping her from casting any of her spells. The Sorcerer tried to attack them after both of their main fighters were incapacitated, but didn't take Reki into account. Though he didn't have any illegal powers, he did know a special shield spell Tsukasa had taught him. Normally the blast would have broken through the spell, but the charm he had bought doubled his defensive magic, causing the special reflection spell to send the monster's attack right back at it. The spell exhausted the boy, but it destroyed the monster; to everyone's dismay, the spells on the two females remained.
This would have meant death for the party, had not there been a pair of eyes watching their back, for an Shogun monster had approached while their backs were turned and had tried to attack Reki without the boy knowing about it. He only looked around when Hotaru looked back first and jumped away from something. When he looked back, he found a huge sword only a few feet away from him, the monster frozen by an unseen force. The sword flew out of the monster's hand and stabbed itself. After that, the monster's body disappeared and a strange cat-like creature appeared out of nowhere. It only smiled at the group and waved its hand, causing the two girls to become jinx free and Hotaru shouted in complete joy.
"Macha! Macha!! I can't believe your here."
Reki didn't hear any sound come out of the cat's mouth, but he heard someone speak directly into his mind. 'It's nice to see you too Hotaru, looks like you've gotten yourself into a little bit of trouble.'
The boy was bewildered and asked Ouka what was happening.
"She is a Psychic master. She is an expert in teleportation, telekinesis, and telepathy."
He was about to ask further details, when the ground shook with a blast, causing everyone to realize that they had wasted enough time and needed get to the tower in a hurry.
-----------------------(TBC)------------------
Muahahahaha, I am evil for I cause everything bad/ strange to happen to everyone. I'm also weird for making Balmung and Subaru brother and sister, but I thought it would be a good plot twist and would make sence because they both have the special wings in the show. I don't like Kamui that much in the show or the manga, but I just felt like I had to put her in there at least to become some sort of bad guy later on.
Also, I am sorry for being so late with this, but I had a major school project due on Friday, and needed to work on it all week. Then I had to work during the weekend, so there's my reasoning/ excuses.
Blackheart Syaoran- Hurray! Hurray! I can actually make a good story. (Huggles BH Syaoran)
Dragon-O-Darness- YATTA!!! I'm getting better and better and only making a few small mistakes. I would do the thing with printing out my story and reviewing it, but I have this thing against wasting paper like that, so sorry.
Vampwriter- I don't know if Mireille is really a lesbian, but this is my story and I can make the people do what I want.
Tsukasa- You can't force me to do something!
Me- Wana bet? (Begins typing) Tsukasa does a hand stand.
Tsukasa- (does a hand stand) HEY! don't do that!
Me- Hehehe (typing) Tsukasa trips over his feet
Tsukasa- (trips) Oww
Kite- I'll help you my friend.
Me- Really? Do you want me to force you two to have a make-out session?
Kite- ... Later doomed stranger. (walks away)
Tsukasa- Some friend you are!!