Disclaimer: I do not in any way shape or form own .hack or its characters. Except for my Grunty Plushy, HE IS MINE!!
Notes: Ages-Tsukasa, Mimiru, Kite, Black Rose, Mistral, Mireille, Subaru, Elk-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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" 'Too bad for you old lady, but I've betrayed you now too.' 'How thoughtless, fool.' 'The way you behave it's really suspicious, besides, I don't wana be friends with you anyways.' 'I see.' 'Yah, so anyways, see you around.' 'You'll learn that I don't take betrayal lightly Sora. I will now teach you that there's something far worse then death. (data drain and Skeith appears) Skeith, you will go after Aura.' "
.hacksign quote. Sora and Morgona (episode 25)
DotHack: Reality ch. 11
By: TsukasaTheFominian
(Flash back)
'He's gona catch me, He's gona catch me.' That was all a small boy could do as he ran down the streets during a dark night in Dun Loireag. The scene he had just witnessed was only one of many, but his father still terrified him none the less. Nobody was on the streets at that hour, and that was all important to the child because he couldn't stand the shame of people knowing that he was so weak. He hated his father, but some things always stick with a person, like morals passed down from father to son; morals like being strong, never showing tears, killing emotions. Manipulative morals which kept secrets that Tomo-yuki never wanted told in public.
The images kept playing in the boy's head, the hate in his father's eyes, all caused because he had a Wave Master for a son and not a Blade Master like he hoped for. The physical pain caused by the beating he had gotten from his father, the emotional pain from seeing his mother beaten once again for trying to protect him. The shame for knowing that he couldn't do anything to stop the chaos in his life. The only thing Tsukasa could do was run down the street, knowing that he would have to return to his house and face his father before people showed up to see his sorry state.
(Present)
Once again Tsukasa was running because of complete fear for himself. Once again he couldn't protect himself from a dangerous monster out to get him. The only thing that was different was that he was able to take someone he cared for with him. The Wave Master hated to feel this helpless because it reminded him too much of his past, and his past hurt more then anything in his entire life. He had been trying to forget it since his father died, but that helpless feeling kept jumping back at him; BT and her assignments, Sora, and now this new monster.
Subaru was wise enough to tell that Tsukasa was terrified of this strange creature, and that the main reason why he ran wasn't just to save her, but out of that fear. She had been afraid at the beginning of their sprint to safety, but that was well over three minutes ago and she was tiring rapidly. Subaru didn't fight often enough to keep in good shape, unlike Tsukasa who ran constantly as a child, and kept up his running from all the field adventures he had. Eventually, Subaru, in her weary state, finally tripped over her own feet and fell hard. That was the only thing that snapped Tsukasa out of his terror-filled run, Subaru's scream as she fell, injuring her ankle and her arm. The boy ran over to Subaru to see if she was all right.
"What's wrong Subaru?"
"My ankle hurts. I think I might have twisted it. And the shoulder I landed on hurts as well."
"Let me help." The Wave Master took off Subaru's shoe and inspected her ankle. He eventually finding exactly where it hurt and casted a healing spell to make fix the problem. He decided to take a look at her shoulder as well, but couldn't do so with her cloths whole. Before she had a chance to protest, Tsukasa ripped apart the shoulder of her cloths, and accidentally ripped down the back of her shirt, brining one of Subaru's most carefully kept secrets into view; two wings protruding from her back, marking one of the leaders of the Crimson Knights a mutant.
"Subaru, your a... a...,"
"Yes, I'm a mutant."
"You really are Balmung's sister then?"
"You heard me then? Yes, Balmung is my older brother, and like him, I have wings as well."
"How could you be a mutant and still be a Knight leader? You kill how many other mutants each year?" Tsukasa couldn't believe that someone who had to hide all their life could kill others for something they couldn't help. He had to hid his true self for his entire life because of people who would kill him. "How could you be a mutant and still do such terrible things?"
"Because I don't do anything like that."
"What?"
"I have never kill a mutant as long as I have been a Knight leader. When ever an execution is held, a small group of trusted knights go with me and stage a fake death. People are not allowed to witness a death because nobody is really killed. My brother or an associate of his usually meet us out it the field and take the captives with him to a safe place. I would never kill another mutant, never in my life."
Relief flowed through Tsukasa like hot water, but something bugged him. "How did you become a knight leader then? Wouldn't anyone know you could be a mutant if your relatives were mutants as well?"
"Yes, but only a select few know that Balmung is my brother. We are half siblings, born of the same father. Balmung's mother died in childbirth, so his father hired a few maids to help take care of the house and raise my brother. When he was around ten, his father slept with one of the maids, and I was born about a year later. Nobody knew that the maid was pregnant with her master's child, the only other people who knew where Balmung and his friends Crim, Orca, and Sora.
"Because Balmung took after his father, and I took after my mother, nobody guessed us for siblings; everyone just thought of me as the daughter of a maid there, but my brother knew the truth and treated me with great kindness and love."
Tsukasa had a hard time taking in so much personal history at once, but he was able to keep up so far. "Then what happened to your household and why aren't you with your brother now?"
Subaru looked pained from answering the question, but she did so anyways. In truth, she had kept everything bottled inside her for so long, not even discussing it with Crim, that she felt a great relief from finally telling what had happened at the ceremony. "Our house hold was destroyed on the day of the Fiona Festival. Balmung had become one of the best warriors of the entire land, as well as Orca, and had received the coveted title of Descendant of Fiona. Father couldn't have been happier since it was only an honor that could be won by defeating the previous title holder. During one of the skills bouts he had with Orca, big brother's friend made a mistake and accidentally shredded Balmung's cloths. Everyone there saw he was a mutant and that was the end of everything for our house.
"Since mutation is passed on through genetics, it meant father was killed as well. The only reason I escaped was because I had been kept out of the public's eye and nobody knew who I was. Mother was killed on the streets one day, and I was eventually discovered by Crim. He took care of me and even helped get me my position." Subaru then grabbed Tsukasa's hand and looked at him with the most clear and sincere eyes he had ever seen. "Please believe my Tsukasa, when I tell you that I had nothing to do with any deaths during my time as a knight leader. When ever I could, I saved as many lives as I could and did what ever I could to save guard Mutants and Illegals."
The Wave Master could not help but believe Subaru, she seemed to just radiate truth and love. He cupped the woman's face with his and was about to speak when someone broke in on their conversation. "How nice to see the two love birds again." A slime tentacle shot out at them, but was dodge when Tsukasa threw himself and the winged girl on the ground. The slime monster stepped out of the shadows with his dark smile still in place. "Now that you're lost in the city, you'll be easy to kill."
"What did you do with Balmung?!" Shouted the worried Knight Leader.
"I didn't do anything, your Wave Master Knights captured him for me. With Kamui here, his death is assured, as are yours. Now that I know what you are, I could just turn you into the Administrators and let them deal with you, but I prefer to deal with you both my self."
"I'll never let you hurt Subaru!"
"You won't be able to stop me boy. As powerful as you are, you don't have the abilities to defeat a slime monster." Shadow Slime then shot a tentacle out at Tsukasa, but he was able to roll out of the way in time to dodge, leaving Subaru alone while he distracted the monster.
Try as he might, all Tsukasa could really do was dodge and block attacks. The monster was able to recover after every attack he through at him, and was still immune to any power downs he knew. The fighting was tiring Tsukasa out, but he was still able to evade well, that is until the fight turned into a hostage situation. Subaru ran to attack the monster as it's back was turned, but even her ax could do no damage. She also couldn't get away in time to avoid being captured by the Shadow Slime, and found her self being hung by her neck in the arm of the Slime monster.
"You shouldn't have interfered girl, now you die first." The monster raised a bladed hand to bring about Subaru's death, but that was the moment when Tsukasa first released his inner power. Seeing Subaru near her death had brought out a need that Tsukasa had never really felt before. He had never cared too much about his own life or for the lives of other with a few exceptions, but this was completely different. He had never seen someone he cared for ever within death's reach before; always he could do something to help or some way to stop the deadly strike, but here he was powerless. He couldn't attack the monster without risking Subaru in the process, and his abilities were useless against the Shadow Slime. In desperation, Tsukasa had looked deep within himself, and had found a power he had never even know existed with in himself. After he first touched that power, he lost himself to the power while something else rose to take control of his body.
Neither Subaru nor the Shadow Slime observed Tsukasa's inner turmoil, but both felt when he released his power and lost himself to it. They were able to see his power surround him in an aura of rainbow colors, all swirling around him and completing him. Subaru, like most humans, was overwhelmed by a sense of peaceful resolution. Everything seemed peaceful, like nothing in the entire world could go wrong in the world she lived in. The monster's reaction was one of pure terror and disgust. The power he sensed was completely the opposite of himself, and he could feel that his was a force that he could not face. He dropped the girl and tried to run, but one look from Tsukasa had a paralyzing affect on the monster and he found that he could not move. Never had the creature felt this powerless, and it didn't like it at all.
The only thing it could do was send a slime blade at the boy, but as soon as the blade reached the rainbow aura surrounding the boy, it shattered and the pieces disintegrated into nothing. When the Shadow Slime's arm shattered, it felt pain, something the monster had never felt before in it's entire life. Always, being broken apart had been painless, but now, the pain was real and unbearable to the monster.
"How? How could a boy do this to me?" The question was meant to be rhetorical, but an unknown voice answered him. An echoing voice of a woman that only he could hear; a voice that the Shadow Slime called his master.
"Because you allowed it."
"What?"
"If you had just finished off Tsukasa first before attacking Subaru, none of this would have happened. I told you in the beginning didn't I, 'Kill the Wave Master first, then anyone else you desire.' "
"I didn't think he could do this!"
"You never think you little fool, and now you will pay the price. I was prepared for this. Now that the Cerulean Knights are here, Tsukasa will be found out and killed for his powers, even if they are one of the keys to stopping me. You will make an exhalent sacrifice to my greater good."
Subaru couldn't understand why the monster was talking to itself, and by the looks of things, Tsukasa didn't even care. He simply raise his hands and focused his light into a ball to send out and destroy the monster that had caused him so much pain. Upon seeing this the monster began shrieking out to be saved, that he would do anything to be saved.
"Anything?" The voice said. "I can arrange that. I'd rather take care of this threat and not leave it to those incompetent Administrators."
"YES! PLEASE GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE!"
As Tsukasa sent his light ball at the monster, a strange staff appeared in front of the monster and blocked the Wave Master's attack. The Shadow Slime saw this as a blessing until the staff disappeared, and reappeared behind him, freezing him with some unknown force.
"What is this?!"
"You're chance to finally be of use to me. You do not have the ability to defeat the Power of the Twilight the boy holds, so you will be sacrificed so I can break the seal on something that can."
"NO YOU CAN'T..." A screech followed that caused Subaru to cringe. She had been afraid that the monster had gained some power that protected it from Tsukasa, but had found she was wrong when the staff began to drain, as she could only describe as, the life and soul out of the monster. The Ax Woman ran beside Tsukasa for protection while the Shadow Slime began to fade out of existence, and something else began to form in it's place. A monster that seemed to be made of crystal, and had Ying Yang symbols painted all over it's body. It grabbed the staff that appeared and began to float by itself over the ground, radiating a strange force.
Tsukasa raised his arm and sent a light ball at the strange creature, but unlike the Shadow Slime, it was completely unaffected by the blast. Monster raised it's staff and began to summon a dark power to throw at the duo, but just when it was about to launch it's attack the aura around Tsukasa suddenly expanded, freezing the monster for a few moments, enough time for Tsukasa to speak a short phrase. "Return oh divine creature. Force of dawn and dusk, creature of legend. Descend to us and defend against this evil."
Subaru had been glad of Tsukasa's powers, they had been calming so far, but hearing his voice had shocked her out of the calming trance and showed her what had happened. Tsukasa himself had become lost to his power as well and something else was controlling him. Never had she herd such a lifeless voice as Tsukasa, it sent chills down her spine, even more then the Shadow Slime had. The monster at least had some form of feelings, even if it was just hate and evil; Tsukasa now seemed empty and lifeless, and seeing a human like that was never a good sign.
After the Wave Master spoke his short phrase, a column of bright, white light shot up from him, radiating powers unlike any that had been felt before. The pillar lasted for only a few seconds until a ball of rainbow light burst from the column, forming the outline of a dragon with the beautiful light. Subaru was unaware of the fact that Kamui had also witnessed this summons as well, and was now prepared to capture Tsukasa when his dragon protector vanished.
The dragon that had been summoned was not some mindless beast, but one of the most intelligent creatures to ever exist. It knew what the creature it faced was, but knew that it stood no chance against The Terror of Death in it's current form. While the boy who summoned him was powerful, he was not yet strong enough bring forth it's true form. Only when completely summoned, could the dragon hope to defend against a Phase Monster. Until that happened, it could only hold the monster in place until help arrived.
The dragon was amazed when only a few moments after he had been summoned, the help he had hoped for appeared. The young man who had received the Twilight Bracelet rounded the corner and stood transfixed at both Skeith and the dragon. He had not yet found how to activate the Bracelet's powers, but, while the dragon knew it not wise to force this power on the boy, it knew that it was needed to defeat the Phase Monsters. The dragon focused his strength on the child and brought forth the power of Twilight that had been placed there. The dragon felt guilty when the boy yelled out in pain, but soon got over the guilt and said a few words before disappearing from the city.
Kite yelled in pain from the power that was emerging, but found it bearable, and was able to ride it out till the end. He stared in wonder at the bracelet around his wrist until he herd a voice speaking to him; a deep, male voice speaking directly into his mind, 'Use the power of the Bracelet to weaken Skeith. Only you have the power to stop Her army, but not the strength to stop Her. That task belongs to both you and another.' The dragon began to fade, but Kite heard one more thing, 'Till we meet again Bracelet Keeper.'
After the dragon disappeared, the aura around Tsukasa also disappeared and the Wave Master fell to the ground, his powers completely drained. Without the strange aura emitting it's power everyone was broken out of their trance; even Tsukasa returned to himself, but had no idea what had happened after he had summoned a his full powers. He was shocked to find himself lying on the ground with no strength left in him, staring at one of the strangest monsters he had ever seen.
As he was wondering what was going on, Skeith raised his staff to launch another attack, but was intercepted by Crim and Silver Knight. Both new that the strange monster was extremely dangerous and was trying to kill their leader. Each dealt blows that should have been fatal to the creature, but the wounds immediately healed. This left the knights and everyone else in the area wondering how to kill a monster that couldn't be killed. Most of the Knights in the area, both Crimson and Cerulean, rushed to attack the creature but were repelled by the monster's attack.
Kite, Black Rose, Bear, and Gardenia all ran over to where Tsukasa and Subaru were on the ground. The Wave Master had fallen on the ground and was being held up by the Axe Woman, and both were being looked after by Crim. Crim had taken off his jacket and had given it to Subaru, and while everyone simply assumed that her cloths had been torn but nobody knew that the coat was to cover her wings. As they were checking up on the two, two Knights, one Crimson and one Cerulean, had been captured by the strange monster and were being held up by it's staff. Everyone in the square could only watch on as a strange bracelet formed around the wrist of the monster and listen to the Knight's screams as the bracelet expanded and began to drain the souls out of the warriors.
After the drain was complete, the bodies of the two men fell to the ground, neither making any movement and everyone assuming that both had died from the monster's attack. Kite's anger at the monster rose as he saw the two bodies hit the ground, and his bracelet started to pulse with power. Kite was wondering why nobody was staring at the pulsing item around his wrist, but he didn't know that Tsukasa could see the bracelet; he was just more worried about impending doom then his friend's latest accessory. It seemed like nothing could stop the strange monster's powers and everything they could try would fail, but as Skeith once again tried to attack their group, he was interrupted, this time by Kite.
As the monster tried to attack once again, Kite's new item activated on its own, expanding into a new form and launching an attack which broke through Skeith's attack and caught the monster itself, causing the same draining effects that had just been used on the two Knights. Everyone watched on as the Phase Monster began to shrink and became nothing more then a floating pile of rocks.
Kite fell to the ground, weakened from his first use of the Bracelet, and holding a strange black orb in his left hand. As the Phase monster tried to attack again, Bear blocked the monster with a simple blade attack. Everyone was surprised that the monster was repelled, but only Crim saw that the monster had begun have cracks in it's body, cracks that didn't heal after a short amount of time. The Red Thunder launched one of his highest level and most powerful attacks on the monster and hit his target flawlessly. A few seconds after Crim's attack hit, the space around Skeith became distorted, a loud tone was heard, and the monster began to break apart and disintegrate. The distortion and tone lasted only until the body disappeared completely and everyone was silent from what they had just seen.
Tsukasa, Kite, and everyone in the area was relieved that everything was over, but the two male teens soon found themselves at the ends of the Cerulean Knights spears with Kamui standing before them. "I here by capture these two Illegals for their abnormal powers."
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A/N: (Gives his readers rocks, clubs, chains and whips.) Go ahead, start beating the S out of me for taking so long on this chapter. I deserve it and will accept my punishment. Not even the X-mas excuse would do for my failure. All I can say is that I have a hard time figuring out/writing battle sequences and got stuck there. I will not beg for forgiveness, so just go ahead with the beatings. Fav. quote for this. "Sticks and Stones may beak my bones, but whips and chains excite me."
I'm also thinking of re-posting this fic, but taking out the whole Member address thing (it has become a huge whole in the plot) and changing the names of people so families actually make sense and people aren't numbers or toys (A-20, Kite)
Since some people can't seem to read (Wind Kaze) I will once again tell you the difference between criticism and constructive criticism. Criticism is when you just tell someone that their writings bad. Constructive Criticism is when you tell someone what they are doing wrong and how to fix it. WIND KAZE IS THE KEY PERSON TO WHOM I'M SPEAKING TO AND I MAKE THIS REQUEST, THAT YOU START TO USE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.
Kitedragon: I know that Tsukasa's parents are unknown and that in the manga, but the great part of a fan fic is that you can do what you want. I also know Mistral is Mireille's mom, but I hadn't read the last book of the manga when I put that part in. And since the characters in this fic are based off the online characters in the game, it seemed the best to make them twins.
To all others: Thank you for your support.