.Hack// Shadows of Rebirth.
Thanks to the people who review my story such as Genaroge1 and Shiori BloodMoon ( Thou I don't know what sound effect I have but they must be bad to be lame).
Dark T: And to Genaroge1's review....Well get use to it!!! The bad guys always win. ( Insert gloating here)
Shadow K: No they don't.
Dark T.: (sweat drop) I REGRET NOTHING!!! ( Runs of into the distance)
Shadow Kite: Ok....That was weird. Alright humans read the following chapter at your own risk. And you better like it.
On to the story!!!
( Leviathan)
It has been a week since Shadow's deceiving plan and the group was sent a loop. Zelkova has yet to decipher the last word of the area were the sphere lies and everyone decided to check different areas in hopes of locating the Shadow Knights hideout, so far their efforts were in vain. Haseo had been feeling strange during the past week but tend to ignore it and continue helping the cause. But each time he felt weirder and weirder for he has been having visions of a character from "The World". But in his visions the place looked different, a bit old fashion and the character he was seeing was a tall twin blade with green hair and very hyper like a ten year old would be. In addition, he also had been seeing visions of him flying through an endless darkness, he assumed it was the universe he was roaming. He had been puzzled and each vision led him to a headache later.
' Man! What is up with these visions? Their driving me nuts!' he thought.
A certain someone was watching Haseo from afar and had a huge grin on his face. He prepared to ambush him when he at least expect him. Haseo was too deep in thought to actually notice that he was being follow until he felt someone tackle him to the ground. Everything happened so fast for him that didn't recognize his attacker until he register the un-mistakable grin on his attackers face.
Haseo groan " Shugo! Whats the deal?!"
Shugo had still the grin plaster on his face " Well...since everyone was busy, I thought I get to hang out with my Best friend!"
" Not now Shugo. I have a lot in my mind lately." the rouge replied.
Shugo pouted " Aww......but we barely get to hang together. I mean I barely remember the last time we went to a dungeon."
"That was yesterday Shugo." Haseo sweat drop.
"For fun, Haseo! For fun!" Shugo said.
" Well it has been a while but....." Haseo push Shugo off of him and stood up ".....I haven't been well lately and I have been getting a lot of headaches lately."
Shugo looked at him funny, but before he could say anything a new voice interrupted him " Well thats odd. I mean the all powerful Haseo being bother by headaches, what up with that?"
The two looked in the direction where the voice had come from. In their eye sights stood the white hair WaveMaster Tsukasa. " Well, this is a treat. What is a guy like you hanging out with guys like us?" Haseo asked amused.
" What?! Can I hang with other people once in a while!" Haseo and Shugo had a look that clearly said ' yeah-right!' looks on their faces. " Alright, alright! There was no one to hang out. Subaru is with the girls talking shit! And I don't want to hang out with Kite because its like putting two predators in a cage with no food."
" You got a point there." Haseo said.
"So you two stooges are the best I have." he finish looking smugly.
Haseo gave him an annoyed look " Don't make me shoot you."
Shugo ignore the comment and stared at Tsukasa " What the hell are you doing?" Tsukasa said.
" I don't know Tsukasa. You don't seem to be cool enough to hang with us, I mean look at you, wearing a rag an all" Shugo said examining Tsukasa.
Said person nearly pop a vein right there and then " What?!" he said grinding his teeth " Please! You don't even know the definition of cool! Not like I care! What makes you think your better than me?!"
" Well I don't act emo all the time, I actually listen to others and try to understand them, and I actually make people happy instead of pointing out there defections" Shugo said with a smile. Haseo had to bite his lips to keep himself from laughing.
Tsukasa's eye twitch. A few seconds later Haseo was holding him down preventing him from destroying his best friend, who was only inches away from the infuriating WaveMaster. " You little prick! I'll destroy you for that!"
Shugo back away and raised his hands to try and defend himself " Jeez! Tsukasa I'm sorry I didn't mean to take it that far. I was only trying to cheer you up." at this Tsukasa ease up a bit " You and Kite take things way too seriously.". Tsukasa's eye twitch again. Suddenly Shugo got an idea " Hey, I know! Lets all go on a dungeon together just for fun! It will take Haseo distracted from his visions and unwind Tsukasa a little. What do you say?!" he said excitedly.
" Well I could go to get my mind off these vision. Sure." Haseo replied.
Tsukasa, however, didn't look interested " No. Why would I go with a childish brat like you?" he turned to leave.
Shugo grinned " Because if you don't I'll wright on the board that the great Tsukasa likes guys."
Tsukasa stop on his tracks and quickly turned around " You wouldn't dare!"
Haseo was, once again, trying to control his laughter. Shugo really knew how to get people pissed off. Shugo only grin " And to top it all up I'll add that YOU have a crush on Kite himself!"
" I DO NOT HAVE A CRUSH ON THE BRICK!!!!" Tsukasa roared back at him.
Shugo's grin grew wider " True, but who is going to believe you! I can see it now, Kite trying to murder you because of my little message." Haseo had disappeared from the area, a distant laughter could be heard from where the two where standing.
Tsukasa blushed both because of anger and embarrassment. He gritted his teeth so hard one could hear them cracking " You son of a bitch! I can't believe you........... Fine! I'll go to your stupid dungeon!" he said defeated. He really didn't want to fight Kite because of Shugo's message.
Shugo leaped into the air with a huge grin, signaling his triumph. Haseo came shortly after calming his laughter down. Shugo drag both to the lobby to go on an adventure together.
( Between the realms of 'The World' : with Aura)
The twilight goddess was depressed. News has got to her about her youngest knight seen with the opposite group. She couldn't help to blame herself. She raised her gaze to a monitor that showed the real world. It was in turmoil and chaos, more and more people have been falling into comas and CCORP was to blame.
" If this continue 'The World' will be closed permanently." although this concern her, she still felt responsible for her knights action. " Azure Kite, I'm so sorry." but her words fell on deaf ears.
( New Moon Castle)
Shadow was currently monitoring the Twilight Knight, especially Kite. Said twinblade was brooding and cursing Shadow Kite at the moment. ' What the hell did I ever do to the brick? Stupid fuck head.' Shadow waved his hand in front of the mirror and the image changed. Now it showed the trio headed for a random dungeon. He looked at the brooding Tsukasa and chuckled ' He and I are more similar than me and Kite. Heck! Kite and Dark make a better pair, their both knuckle heads'. His gaze landed on Haseo and smirk, but then his gaze landed on the young twinblade and immediately his words pop in his head ' Why are you doing this?! Why do you want to destroy 'The World'! Your a hero!' soon follow by a picture of a pained Shugo. Shadow frowned and growled ' Dammit all! Why can I get him out of my mind! Why, Why, WHY?!'. His thought however were interrupted by a voice.
" Why do you keep looking at that kid? Did he really made and impact on you?"
Shadow didn't even turn to know who the intruder was " What are you talking about Cubia? The kid does not hold an influence on me."
Cubia raised a brow " Really? Because it looked like....." however his words were cut off by a Shadow.
" He does not have an influence on me! Do not ever question me!" Shadow glared hard at Cubia, his eyes turning a yellow and slitted.
Cubia took a step back from him. When the eyes changed it meant danger to whoever made him mad " Ok, Ok! Just calm down."
Shadow took a deep breath and calmed down " What are you doing here anyways?" he said looking at the other expectingly.
Cubia let out a breath of relief " Well, I was going to the dungeon where those three over there are heading and......" he looked nervous " ....and maybe.......you know.....um....test them. Yeah! Test them thats it!"
Shadow raised a brow " You want to play with them, don't you?" Cubia flush from embarrassment . Shadow chuckled " Fine. You can go and test your skills."
" Um....can I go all out?" Cubia added.
Shadow looked amused " Sure why not. Maybe we'll get them to see their true potential. But don't over do it! Got it?"
" Yeah, yeah. I won't kill the item." Cubia smirked and left.
Shadow looked at the image once more. He looked at the youngest of the three and the happy smile he had all the way. How Shadow long for such a care free attitude, not that he was going to admit it to himself. ' If the brat is good he'll survive' He began to walk away from the image. Before he could control what he was doing the words " Be safe." escape his lips. He looked stunned for a moment before brushing it off and left the area.
( Random Dungeon)
The trio had manage to clear the dungeon in record time. They all looked like they had a great time, even Tsukasa looked pleased. They were all heading to the treasure room now to claim their prize.
" Man! That was a lot of fun! Right guys?!" Shugo said cheerly.
" I have to agree on that." Haseo answer.
" Hm. It wasn't too bad." Tsukasa added.
" See Tsukasa! You need to get out with us more often." Shugo said to the wavemaster.
" Yeah right! As if!" he snorted.
" Well then, I guess I'll just blackmail you with the threat again, huh?" Shugo grinned.
This time Tsukasa smirked at the young one " You can do that. But if you do, I'll simply place this photo of you peeking in the girls bathroom and blurt to everyone how you said that Shadow was hot!" he said while holding a picture.
" That's a LIE!!!! And where the hell did you get that picture?!!!!" Shugo panicked.
" A little bird gave it to me for a prize." he grinned. Haseo started to whistle innocently.
" HASEO!!!" he shouted. Said player gulped " Your going to help me find this bird of which Tsukasa speaks of and eradicate it!!!!"
Haseo laughed nervously " Sure."
Tsukasa sweat drop ' He can't be serious.'
The three made their way to the chest. As soon as the doors open the trio continue to the center of the room only to be faced by a figure sitting on top of the treasure.
" Well you three took your time." as he said this he rosed from his position to face the three players.
All three froze on the spot. They looked nervously at the figure that stood right in front of them and gulped. Tsukasa was the first to break the silence " What are you doing here Cubia? We have nothing that you can use for your own." he said as he glared.
Cubia smirked " What? Can I go a see some of my opponents without a reason? I just wanted to say hi."
" Well hello to you too! I thought you came here to try to kill us. Silly, huh?" Shugo said with a huge smile. Haseo and Cubia sweat drop, while Tsukasa hit his face with his palm before smacking the young twinblade.
" You idiot!" he screeched at the other.
Cubia continue to sweat drop before regaining his composure " Ignoring what the kid said..." he summoned his blue blades with yellow markings on it before continuing "......I'm here to eliminate some of the competition. I'm sure you understand, right?"
" Bring it on!" Haseo said while summoning his weapons. The other two follow soon after.
Cubia smirked " Well then."
On the out side of the field, lighting could be seen coming from the ground of the dungeon before an explosion occurred. The dungeon was blown to dust and a huge hole was left behind. The trio groan as the began to stood up and lift the pieces of stone off of their backs. A chuckle was heard and they all looked up at the source. Cubia was standing on the edge of said hole watching the three with amused eyes. " Come now, is that all you got?"
" We're just getting started!" Haseo said before he pointed his guns at the twinblade and let loose a barrage of bullets. Cubia move from side to side, jumping from different places avoiding the shots with amazing speed. Tsukasa finished conjuring a spell before he pointed his staff at the twinblades direction. Lightning began to fall on said A.I., but to their astonishment it did to little. In fact it didn't faced him at all.
" You call that a lightning attack? Let me show you how it's done." Using the same lightning that he was hit with, he channel the energy to his right arm. The lightning took a dark purple color as he did this. He smirked before unleashing an electrical beam at the three. They wasted no time to move and barely avoid the blast, however as the attack impacted into the ground an electrical sphere began to grow until it reach the trio stunning them in the spot. Cubia chuckled at the stunned player " You know, that attack can deal heavy damage if it hits a target, but if said target avoids the impact it will unleash an electrical grid that will stun it momentarily. Which reminds me!". Cubia rushed with tremendous speed toward the stunned players and swiftly dealt blows to each one of them sending the flying in the distant. Luckily the all manage to smooth their landing, except Shugo who lost a tooth, and continue the fight. Shugo use his speed to try to lands some blows on the A.I. But Cubia proved to be far more agile and quicker than he was, avoiding and repelling the attack. Haseo changed his guns and brought out his scythe and rush toward the A.I. and unleash a series of combos with the hopes that one would hit his target. Cubia simply doge some of them while the others he used his blades to guard against them.
Cubia was about to counter when he picked up on homing boulders hurling in his direction. There was no time to doge for they were to close, he twirl his blades to a certain position and summoned an electrical shield. He boulder clash with the shield and were completely destroyed. As soon he let the shield down he was greeted by Shugo swinging his blades toward him. He blocked the attack and deliver one of his own to the other who blocked as well. They exchange blows for a while but Shugo couldn't keep up for long and lost his footage giving Cubia an opening and dealing a blow to the young twinblade knocking him off. Tsukasa quickly healed Shugo and was joined later by Haseo. The three stood ready against their foe.
" This is fun, huh? But I think we can do much better! Let's get this battle really starting!" as he said this purple lines began to appear on his body.
" Fuck! This guy has an avatar as well!" Tsukasa said.
" Well then lets bring our out as well." Haseo replied as red lines began to glow from his body. The other two followed and concentrated on summoning their avatar. Soon the field was blinded by a flash coming from the four players. Haseo's, Shugo's , and Tsukasa's avatar appeared on the field ready to take on the challenge. Opposing them stood a purple looking avatar. He resemble a creature from the depth of the ocean. He was wearing heavy armor that looked like scales, on his arms and back had blades that resemble fins, his helmet had the form of a serpent. He was holding a trident as his weapon and electricity was running through his body. The three were wary of this one. Tsukasa looked on the name that was displayed the name Leviathan.
" What the hell is that thing" Tsukasa murmured.
" This is my avatar. Now..." electrical sphere began to appeared one by one around the avatar " ......fade into nothingness!" with a wave of his hand the sphere were blasted in every direction. The three avatar began to fly out of the way. Haseo summoned his energy scythe and charged at Cubia. Said A.I. awaited for him, once closed enough he use his trident to hold off Haseo's attack. Haseo struggle to push off Cubia, but it was becoming very difficult. Cubia then push back Skeith and kick him away. Tsukasa flied toward and attack with his claws, but he got the same result as Haseo, so he flew to a certain distance and summoned a fired meteor storm and sent it toward the purple avatar. The meteors came close to the target, but before impact a wall of water spiraled around the avatar effectively destroying the attack. All three avatar were stunned " Surprised that I can control water too?"
" Dammit how are we supposed to beat him?" Haseo was now getting frustrated at this point.
"Every time we attack him head on he simply push us back and counter attack with the trident, but if we attack from the distance with spells a barrier comes out to protect him. However once the barrier is down he is completely exposed to another set of attacks" Tsukasa explained to the other two.
" Got it!" Shugo stretch his wings wide and let some feathers fall. The feather stop on their tracks and the tip of each feather pointed at the purple avatar. With Shugo's command they all launch forward to their target.
Cubia chuckled " You haven't learned, huh?" the water barrier began to surround the avatar protecting it from the attack. The water stop spiraling and began to drop. Cubia had a huge smirk on his face, that is until he saw Haseo's avatar right in his face. There wasn't time to doge and Haseo took full advantage of it and swung his scythe multiple time hitting his target head on. Cubia groan and tried to raised his trident do defend himself, only to find himself tied in vines.
" Pretty useful having all the elements on your side, huh? Oh, and by the way the vines comes with a bonus." Tsukasa smirked at the trap avatar. The vines began to glow the moment he finish.
" Fuck." Cubia said.
Haseo made a shock way to push back Leviathan into the distance before the vines exploded. The trio gave a sight of relief.
" Finally." Tsukasa said.
" Yeah." Haseo added. The battle had worn him out.
" Take that ya bitch!" Shugo shouted earning some looks from his allies. " What?" he asked innocently, the other two sweat drop.
However their relief was cut short when they heard a chuckle. As the smoke cleared up they could all see the purple avatar still looking strong. Cubia smirked at the trio " I have to admit, figuring out to attack me when the barrier drop was a brilliant idea. And I have to admit your attack did a little number on me, but it wasn't enough. Play time is over, time to show you my true power."
The three paled " He was holding back the hold time!" Haseo said.
" Yes, but now it's serious." the purple avatar began to glow once more.
" What the.....?!" Haseo said in astonishment.
" What's going on?" Shugo added.
" Behold my true power!!" Cubia exclaimed before a blinding flash blinded the other three. The the flash faded away the trio looked toward where the other avatar was and instantly were frozen in place. Facing them was a serpent with two front fins and a very long body. It had what it looked liked two long ears that extended and joined back into the body making it look like wings. It had razor sharp teeth and his eyes were red. Like the avatar electricity ran through his body and was looking menacingly at the three. " Coward in fear you fools, because in this form my powers are double tenfolds!" he smirked with superiority.
" Oh! I get it now!" Shugo said gaining the attention of the other three " I see why his name is Leviathan! It's because of that ugly thing, right?"
Tsukasa and Haseo face palmed while Cubia sweat drop " Is he always like that?" he asked.
" Just ignore him and you won't get a headache." Tsukasa replied.
" Man look at the size of that thing! He can use our avatars as toothpicks!" Haseo said.
Cubia growled at them " And now it's time for you to die." He launch himself toward the three avatars, he was moving like he was swimming in the ocean. The three avatars moved out of the way, however Cubia smirked. Lightning began to spark on his skin before he let out a roar releasing it in every direction. The trio had a hard time evading the attack and were hit multiple times. Cubia was amused and open his mouth wide. Electricity began to accumulate in the center of his mouth until a huge ball of energy was formed. The beast then fired a beam at the three of them. Tsukasa and Shugo were able to move away, however Haseo was paralyzed from the previous attack and couldn't move. The beam hit him dead on and he let out a scream of pain.
" Haseo!!" Shugo panicked.
" Dammit all." Tsukasa hissed.
Haseo was now panting hard and was having a difficult time staying awake. Cubia made his way toward the still paralyzed avatar and his face was now in front of said avatar " Be grateful I only use 1/10 of my power on that beam Haseo."
" 1/10 of his power!! He's been toying with us the whole time!!" Shugo shouted.
" But I wonder why he didn't destroy Haseo when he obviously can." Tsukasa wondered.
" Tsukasa you bastard! Don't give him any ideas!!" Shugo scolded.
Cubia chuckled at this " Oh no. We can't destroy him, since we need him." he said to the now moving avatar of Haseo " Isn't that right, Sora?"
At that moment the images came back ten fold. Haseo screamed in pain while grabbing his head with his arms in a futile attempt to stop it. The pain soon became to much to bare that he reverted to his normal Pc form, faiting. The other two saw this and immediately felt something inside of them awakening
" Back off from my best friend you creep!!" Shugo shouted.
" We'll show you what happens when you mess with one of us. No one treat my friends like that and gets away with it!!" Tsukasa added.
Both avatars began to glow and a flash erupted from their bodies, getting the attention of Cubia back to them. " The hell?!"
Once the flash died two creature stood facing the gigantic sea beast. One was a giant blue wolf with a golden collar around his neck and white lighting shape markings. He had six tails, each giving an aura representing the elements: red, blue, green, brown, yellow, and black. His eyes were neon green and he was growling at the sea serpent. The other was a giant green bird with yellow eyes. His wings extended to a great distance, the feathers of his face were red and had the form of a masquerade mask. His claw were sharp and black, his tail feather was long and could move with ease like it was a tail. He was glaring at the beast that stood in front of his friend. They both were about the same size as the serpent, but said beast was longer.
Cubia blinked " Hm....didn't see that coming."
" Get away from my friend, you freak!" Shugo shouted flapping his wings with such force that it send a strong wing gale repelling and pushing back the serpent away from the unconscious Haseo.
Tsukasa wasted no time, his tails extended to their maximum length in different direction and began to glow their respective elements. Tsukasa opened his mouth wide, the energy radiating from the tails were directed to its center point accumulating the energy. Tsukasa let out a growl and fired the beam toward the beast. Cubia had no time to recover and received the full blast of it. He grunted in pain but quickly launch at Tsukasa. The wolf tried to avoid the attack and almost succeeded, but Cubia was able to grab one of his front legs with his jaws and wrap his tail among the waist. He then push forward dragging the struggling wolf with him and slam him into the floor forming a whole in the process. Tsukasa grunted put was soon wrapped up by Cubia immediately. The serpent began to tighten his hold on the wolf intending on crushing him.
" Tsukasa hold on!" Shugo came from behind and tried to grab the beast with his claws, only for his hold to slip. The skin of the monster was slippery making the direct attacks or grabs difficult. Shugo flew back and let out a screech releasing sound like beams hitting Cubia in the mid center. Cubia could not keep his hold tight and loosen it up. Tsukasa took this change and shook the Leviathan off of him and smash him away with one of his tails. The tail with the red aura glowed and Tsukasa launch a barrage of fire balls, wave, and meteors toward the serpent. Shugo waste no time and at the same time summoned a wind typhoon toward it, the typhoon let out some electrical spark as it went toward its target. Both attacks hit and a loud explosion came out of it. Both were panting and hope for the best.
As the smoke cleared a giant sphere of water became visible.
" No." Shugo said.
" Fuck." Tsukasa hissed.
Cubia chuckled once more " You know, you should have expected something like that." The sphere began to fall revealing the beast unharmed. " As well as something like this!" Cubia's body gave a brief flash before sending and electrical wave toward the two.
Tsukasa and Shugo braced themselves, awaiting the damage to come. However once to attack hit they did not loose any life point, instead the were unable to move. They were paralyzed.
" You have become too troublesome, the three of you! So I will just blow you away." he once again open his mouth and energy began to accumulate " This time I'm not holding back." with that said he launch the beam toward the trio.
Shugo's body gave a green flash and he was able to move once more. Tsukasa wasn't so lucky and Haseo was still unconscious. Shugo reacted and stood right in front of them to protect them.
" No! Shugo Run! It will still destroy us even if you try to protect us!" Tsukasa shouted.
" I won't leave you guys! If I have to die, then so be it!" Shugo replied, determination evident in his eyes. Tsukasa was stunned by his words, Shugo was willing to die for them even if he didn't succeed.
As the attack came close the all awaited for oblivion. But before the attack reach a black avatar appeared in front of Shugo's bird form and extended his palm in front. The attack collided with the avatars palm, but it didn't move an inch. The avatar forcefully closed his hand into a fist destroying the attack. Cubia was stunned to say the least.
" What the ....? Who the hell do you think you....." his word were cut short as soon as he saw who the avatar really was. The avatar was no other than Shadow himself. Cubia panicked " Shadow!! What are you d-doing h-here?!" he asked.
Shadow reverted back to his original form and glared at the serpent " Cubia, you almost destroy one of our key elements that will bring us victory in this fight. And you say what am I doing here?" he asked calmly still eying the beast.
Cubia reverted back to normal as well " B-But I-I wasn't....I m-mean..." he was nervous beyond belief. He began to shutter a lot and had a hard time thinking of what to say.
Shadow sighted " Return back to base and once you calm down we'll talk about your reckless act."
Cubia tried to defend himself but knew better than to go against an order from Shadow Kite himself. " Ok...." with that in a lightning strike he vanished.
Shadow turned toward the trio " As for you three, next time you might not be so lucky." black flames engulf him and he vanished as well.
Shugo was amazed once again ' He...he saved me...I mean us! Maybe....' his thought were interrupted by a very annoyed Tsukasa.
" Shugo, as much as I love to see you stare into space! Can you Please help me here?!" he hissed.
" Oh! Sure!" Shugo concentrated his healing powers to heal Tsukasa's paralysis. Once done they both reverted back to normal. " So what do we do now."
" We must go and take Haseo out of here. There is something wrong with him lately." Tsukasa burrow his brows together in thought.
Shugo nodded and with Tsukasa's help they carried Haseo out of the area.
( Mac Anu: With Shicksal's member)
The member of Shicksal had gather in an alley separated from the other player to discuss ' urgent' matters.
" What the hell are we going to do?!" Geist asked in exasperation.
" Indeed. The pay was the reason we even bother with this." Klarinette said.
" But we were being deceived by Shadow from the very beginning. It was all for nothing." Cello sighted.
" And when this whole ordeal is over there is no doubt that there will be some consequences awaiting for us." Metronome added.
" Man, that sucks" Posaune said clearly not liking were this was going.
" Indeed. The way I see it it's a loose/loose situation. However....." Fluegel said gaining the attention from the rest " ...If we manage to steal the treasure from them we can use it to strike a deal with CCORP. Thus clearing our names and gaining a pay."
" But how can we do that?" Geist asked.
" Of course! The treasures can be tracked down! We just need to find the frequency to it!" Metronome exclaimed.
" Exactly. Now this is the part that we break up our alliance with The Twilight Knights. We must get those items before they do or were screw."
They all nodded and went to prepare for their quest. The race to get the items had began, and both group knew that to get to the items they had to get through Shadow Kite himself first. The question is, who will prevail?
There you go another chapter! Sorry if the battle scene was short....or boring......or if you didn't understand anything, I'm no good with this things..........DON"T MOCK ME!!!!! Anyways reviews are welcome and I really hope that those that are reading this are enjoying it. Till next time!!