.Hack// Shadows of Rebirth.
Hello people before you read this I want to tell you that this chapter strays a little for the plot. Why you may ask? Well a girl who happened to be my friend ( not my girlfriend, seriously) stumble upon my fic ( she snoop around my laptop and found it) and asked me ( * Cough * blackmail * Cough *) to write something like this, which I did. I will warn you that this chapter has what my crazy friend calls yaoi, don't worry its not that serious ( I think). And for the previews review, well this story is simply about a race against the opposite team a try to stop them. Simple as that, or maybe more....I don't know I write with the flow. But my purpose if for people to enjoy it. Well enough talk! On with the chapter!!
( An interesting turns of events)
( New Moon Castle)
Shadow was currently walking the corridors of the castle with no destination in mind, for he was in deep thought. He kept on walking for hours and none of the others dared to disturb him in his state. However, his thought were interrupted by a familiar voice.
" Mind telling me what's on your mind?"
Shadow stop on his tracks and look at the one responsible for interrupting his thoughts " I don't have to tell you anything Dark." he hissed.
Dark was not affected by this " Oh? Well it doesn't matter because I already know. What's bothering you is the fact that you saved the kid and his friends, again."
Shadows eyes began a golden yellow and slitted once more " I did not saved anyone! The only reason I interfered was because Cubia was about to destroy one of the keys that will open the god damned temple and nothing more! I do not care for the rest of them!"
Dark was startle for a short moment before he became serious " Then why didn't you just take Haseo and got the heck out of there? Why did You stop the attack instead?" Shadow was now glaring at the floor in silence. Dark sighted " Face it Shadow, something compelled you to protect the kid and we all know you don't save anyone without a reason. So what is it?"
Shadow, still with is yellow eyes glaring at the floor, did not know the answer " I....I don't know Ok! There's ......there's just something about the kid.......I don't know!"
Dark watch his companion struggle for words " You know maybe I should talk to him" Shadow glared at him " I'm not going to do anything to him, just talk." Shadow was still eying him but his eyes turn back to normal.
Shadow grunted " Do what ever you want. I don't care." with that he left and continue his walk within the castle.
Dark stared at the retreating form of their leader " Shugo, what's the hold you have on him? And further more, what does this mean?"
( Mac Anu: Raven's)
Shugo, Haseo, and Tsukasa had all manage to get back to the root town and into their guild. They were greeted by their noisy companions asking why they were dragging the silver haired teen. Tskasa and Shugo explain the whole situation and their knew found power to transform into beast forms.
" You were able to do what??!!!" Kite asked exasperated.
Tsukasa sighted " Shugo and I were able to transform again in our avatar form. Shugo became a huge green bird, while I transform into a wolf with six tails. What so hard to understand?"
Zelkova took the moment to speak before Kite exploded right there and then " Tell me Tsukasa..." he said while showing a page of a book he was holding " ......did they look like this?"
Tsukasa looked at the page and there were pictures on it. Three to be exact, and two of them looked like their avatars beast form, only retro and a little different but the same non the less " Yes they look similar to our own." he replied.
" Interesting. You see those pictures where none other than Sirius and Raviel themselves." Zelkova said.
" But I thought our avatars were supposed to be some sort of knights. I mean Kite's, Tsukasa, and mine sorta look like knights." Shugo said in confusion.
" For once I agree with the knuckle head here. Our Avatar, excluding Haseo and his team, look like knights." Tsukasa agreed.
" True. But according to legend Sirius and Raviel were both beast of great power. Two knights came to claim their power to protect their lands from evil and seal the deities inside their bodies. Of course they first got to deemed themselves worthy before the deities in order for that to happen." Zelkova replied.
" Well by the looks of things they succeeded." Ovan said.
Kite was looking at the third picture before replying " What about this one?"
Zelkova looked at the picture of a dragon before answering " That is Cubia himself."
Kite looked confused " That can't be. I mean sure his head resembles a little aspect of Cubia but other than that....nothing."
" You see legend state that before Cubia became an anti-existence for the key of twilight, it is said that once was a deity too. He was once a proud dragon that roam the skies, the lands and even the seas. Of course that was also a problem, his pride. The third knight was in a hurry because his kingdom was beginning to fall in darkness. But unlike the other two who were willing to give their freedom for the greater good, Cubia refused. The knight had to trick the proud dragon to gain his powers,which he did and was able to save his kingdom. However, Cubia did not remain in silence like the other two. He began to whisper dark words inside the knights head and wouldn't let him sleep. Soon enough the knight couldn't take it anymore and killed himself. Cubia spirit was change into the monster you now posses." Zelkova explained.
' Hm sounds about right. Who knew I was a dragon?!! Kite do as I say and hung yourself!' Cubia O. said inside his head.
' Yeah right! Like I'll listen to that!!' Kite shouted inside his mind.
' Can't blame a guy for trying' he said before he disappeared inside his mind.
" But how were you able to escape Cubia's blast? You didn't say how you did it." Black Rose asked.
Tsukasa fidget and tried to answer but Shugo beat him to it " Shadow Kite saved us of course!!" he said like nothing was wrong with their enemy saving their ass. Tsukasa slammed his palm against his head.
" He WHAT?!!" Kite hissed loudly.
Shugo gulped " He....um....saved us?"
Before Kite jumped on the poor soul Tsukasa spoke " He said something about destroying a key element. If I had to guess, I think he was talking about Haseo."
" Haseo? Why on earth would he need him for?" Kite asked.
Zelkova frowned " The....its just as I feared." Everyone turn to look at the young A.I. " Haseo must be one of the two keys that will open the temple to were the sphere of new beginnings lies."
" Huh? I would thought that it wold be rare items that would do the job." Mistral said with disappointment.
" I thought so too. Looks like the keys to open it are players that have a close personality of that of the two gods. In other words Haseo sense of adventure, curiosity, and of course sense of justice matches that of Sora." Zelkova deduce.
" Not to disagree with you but Haseo is not curious about anything. He just finds it annoying." Kuhn told the young A.I.
" True, but when he began playing the first version of ' The World' he was." he replied.
" Haseo played the first version?" Subaru asked.
" Who was he then?" Tsukasa asked curious to know the answer.
" Well......remember that twinblade with green hair that Loved doing mischief?" he asked while smiling.
Tsukasa and Subaru were in thought until it hit them " HE WAS SORA!!!!" they said in unison.
Haseo groan, still unconscious. Zelkova laughed sheepishly. " Ironic isn't it?"
" Wait Haseo had a player with the same name ans the god of light? Then why hadn't he told us?" Atoli asked, a little hurt for not knowing.
" He doesn't remember anything about the first version. After the incident he woke up with amnesia. In other words is a complete blank." he replied.
" W-Wait! Haseo said that he have been having visions of the game but more retro. He also said he had vision of him flying around in space." Shugo informed him.
Zelkova frowned " That means his true awakening is coming near."
" His true awakening? What do you mean by that?" Yata asked while frowning not liking where this was heading.
Zelkova sighted " Well according the previous belief about the dragons demised.....well their partly true. They did die but their souls remain, in time they generated their original bodies again and went in search for Alvatros. However, they couldn't find him in time before CCORP found them and turned them into data. They insert that data inside two PC that matches their personality. Haseo is one, but the other.....well I still don't know."
" You knew this and kept it in silence from us?!!! What were you thinking?!!!" Kite threw a tantrum at the knews.
" Kite calmed down!!! It was just a hunch I had! Now that we know he is one of the two keys we need to keep him from remembering the past. Because if he do, his true powers will awaken and he would be ready to open the temple." Zelkova said grimly.
-Later-
The group had gone their separate way after Zelkova had told them not to reveal anything to Haseo, and after hearing their leader swear and curse the name of his lookalike, again. The majority had log off
while some headed for town to trade and chat. Shugo headed for the gate to go exploring, unknown to him he was being followed. Tsukasa was casually following the young twinblade and being carefull not to get notice. Why? Because it was either that or spent the rest of the after noon with the girls while they chat and he sulked. Shugo reach the gate and enter some random words, Tsukasa memorized them and waited for Shugo to leave. Once he left to go exploring Tsukasa followed behind.
( Random Field)
To Shugo's dismay, and to Tsukasa's luck, the field was empty it was just for sight seeing. Shugo sat down on the field to think, while as for the wavemaster his behind a bush. They did not notice a presence making his way toward the twinblade until he stood right behind the unsuspected Shugo. Tsukasa gasp at who it was ' Damn! Not Now!'.
" Why hello there Shugo, long time no see!" the intruder said with a friendly voice.
Shugo turned around to see who had just stray him out of his thoughts only to see Dark Tsukasa himself standing behind him. However, no sense of panic went through him and just replied " Hi" softly.
To say Tsukasa was stunned would be an understatement. ' The hell is wrong with him?! Doesn't he know who that is?!!'.
Dark was a little startle because of the way he acted but just brushed it off. He walk right next to Shugo and sat down " I have to say I'm surprised that you haven't blown up by know. What are you doing here anyways?"
" Thinking." he replied while still looking in the distance.
" About Shadow?" he asked.
Shugo took his gaze away from the view to look at him in surprise " Yeah! How you know?"
Dark shrugged " A hunch. So what were you thinking about him?"
Shugo sighted " I just.......I just want to prove to everyone that he's not a bad guy you know. He helped me rescue my sister, he can't be as evil as Kite says he is, isn't he?"
" Yes he is." Dark looked at Shugo who lowered his head " But recently he's been behaving strange. And I think you are the cause of it."
Shugo looked at him with astonishment " M-Me?"
Tsukasa was listening carefully ' Kite's lookalike is behaving strangely? And the cause is Shugo? Something strange is going on here.'
" Yeah. I think he's very protecting of you. Now he's struggling with himself. He's really confused." Dark informed.
Shugo blushed " Y-You think I'm making an impact on him?"
" I don't think, I know. But the stubborn guy is still bent on destroying 'The World'." Dark replied.
Shugo looked down once more feeling depressed " I don't get it! No matter what I do I can't think of any way to get him out of it! Maybe I should just quit and go back at being a lazy ass all day. I try to make him a hero but I always fail, even with my new powers. I feel so useless"
Dark smiled at him " Quit, don't quit. Go back to being a lazy ass, Don't go being a lazy ass." Shugo stared at him as he said this " You know there is a saying that Shadow once told me when I got frustrated in our early days. 'Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift...." he smiled and lean closer to a bewildered Shugo " ...thats why is called present." he whispered the last part as he left something in Shugo's lap.
The young twinblades looked down and saw the pair of blades he wanted in the beginning " How did you know?!!!" he asked while bouncing with excitement.
Dark chuckled as he got up " A little bird told me. And Tsukasa....." he said while looking at the nearest bush " ....you can come out now, I'm done."
Said player left his hiding spot " How did you know I was there?" it was more like a demand than a question.
" Um...hello....I was you! So I should know when your curios side pops up." he replied while shrugging.
" What was Tsukasa doing in those bushes?" Shugo asked innocently.
" I was......" but before he could come up with an excuse Dark cut him off.
" He was spying on you." he said.
" No I wasn't!" he shouted back. Shugo tilted his head in confusion.
" Oh? So what were you doing?" he looked at Tsukasa expectingly. Seeing as he was having hard time thinking for an excuse a wicked idea pop inside his head and grin. " Where you checking me out then?"
Tsukasa was flabbergasted " W-What?!"
Dark smirked seductively and got closer to his lookalike. " Well you don't have to pretend with me. We can have fun...just the two of us." he stood right in front of the wavemaster.
Tsukasa notice that his lookalike was an inch shorter than him. Like Kite, he too modify his character to look a little older and a little taller, but other than that it was the same. He was starting to sweat bullets and his face was beet read. " W-What do y-you mean b-by that?" he said getting nervous and aroused at the same time.
Shugo was watching them with a face that had tint of pink. Dark continue " Oh you know........" he said while wrapping his arms around Tsukasa's neck " getting a little intimacy moment." he whispered in Tsukasa's ear sending shivers down his spines.
( New moon Castle)
Shadow was passing through the hall when he herd a thumping sound. He walked toward the source of the noise and ended in the mirror room. He notice that Mia was on the floor in a pool of blood, coming from her nose.
" What the Fuck?!!" he said " Are being attack or......?" his words dyed down when he saw what she was looking at. In the mirror Dark was in a very intimate position, with Tsukasa none the less. His jaws drop to the ground. He also notice Shugo watching the pair looking pink. ' OH!!! This just fabulous! Dark must be defeating the knights BY CORUPPTING THEIR MINDS!!!! He is sooo...' his thoughts were interrupted when he heard foot steps near by, but he was in shock to notice.
Elk, Cubia, and A. Kite enter the room only to notice a fainted Mia and a gawking Shadow.
" Mia!! What happened?!" Elk immediately went to her side.
Cubia stood next to Shadow " Hey Shadow, what happened to.......?" his stop mid sentence when he notice at what Shadow was looking at. " What the.....?" he said softly.
A. Kite came next " Cubia was wrong with.......?" he to notice the image " Is that......?"
Elk became confused as to what they were all gawking at " Guys what are you....?" he notice the image as well and immediately went beet red " Is that Dark and Tsukasa? Are they going to....?"
In that moment Shadow snapped out of his trance and notice the others presence and panicked. He push all three out of the room yelling " out, Out, OUT!!!!" seconds later he came back and grab Mia by her legs and started dragging her out of the room but not before seeing the image one last time " You are soooo dead when you get back Dark." he said as he dragged the body out.
( Random Field)
Tsukasa was aroused beyond belief. Dark was holding their bodies way to close for comfort. He was starting to breath faster and his nether region was as hard as a rock. ' This can't be happening. This Can't Be Happening!! I'm getting a hard on by.......Dark of all people for goodness grace!!! ' He was also having a hard time thinking.
Dark leaned closer and kissed his right cheek. " Come on Tsukasa, you know you want me. Let's Ride the boat to pleasure ville. While Sucking some delicious ice cream with our Bare hands." He said these things emphasizing certain words. Tsukasa was so close to loosing it his vision began to blur " Come on let's go at it until it all makes you Pop." he said while sucking his fingers.
A thumping noise was heard. Shugo stared at a unconscious Tsukasa with a bleading nose. In the real world a boy passed out in front of his computer drooling and his pant being wet. Dark was rolling on the ground laughing his butt off " OMG. That was worth anything I could think of!" Dark still kept rolling around laughing at the unconscious form. Shugo soon joined in and they both were laughing very hard on the field. After they calmed down Dark stood up and helped Shugo up as well " Well kid I'll be seeing ya around. Next it will be as enemies, but it wouldn't hurt hagging around with you and the pervert here. Well see ya." with that he left, leaving Shugo with an unconscious Tsukasa.
Some time later Tsukasa began to stir until he woke up " W-What happened?" he said while supporting himself and rubbing his eyes.
Shugo simply grinned " Oh nothing." he said in a singsong voice " Your thoughts got....how should I put this....to high in the pleasure zone for you to handle." his grin grew.
Tsukasa's eyes widen and he let out a long groan " Oh please don't tell me that!! If everyone finds out about that they'll never let me live this down!" he looked at Shugo " You! This moment never happened!"
" But..." Shugo tried to argue.
" Never happened!!" Tsukasa shouted.
" Ok, Ok. I won't tell anyone about your crush." he said whiled suppressing his laughter.
" What?!" he blushed once more " I don not have...." but his words were cut off.
" Yeah, Yeah. What ever you say. But you know the saying De-nial is all the way in Egypt" Shugo said while giggling and left the field.
Tsukasa groaned ' Some one up there hates me.....or loves me.' he thought as he left the field.
( New Moon Castle)
Dark had such a wonderful time the he was skipping toward his hideout. Each time he thought of the resent event each time he giggled. ' He was so cute back there. Too bad I couldn't do more, he' soo hot when he gets like that. Oh well, you win some you loose some.'. He continued his way toward the castle until he reached the main chamber. He opened the chambers door feeling giddy and skip into the chamber only to come into a halt by seeing the rest of his teammates in there. Cubia and Elk were looking in different direction, their faces red. Azure Kite was looking at him with questionable look, Mia was on the floor still unconscious with a little blood on her nose. Shadow was literally glaring at him.
Dark was confused by their reactions " Um...hey guys...what's up?"
Shadow was the one to answer " Oh nothing. Tell me how did your talk with Shugo went?"
Dark looked puzzled " Fine. Why? Did I do something wrong?"
" Oh nothing at all! Why don't we ask these images here I got from the mirror!" Shadow exclaimed while the mirror appeared right beside him revealing Dark and Tsukasa in their ' intimacy' moment.
Dark blushed and laughed sheepishly " I guess you saw that, huh?"
" Everyone did!!! What the hell were you thinking?!! Fine if you want to go with your crush on an adventure there. But showing it to Elk, Cubia, and A. Kite?!!! And worst of it all, RIGHT IN FRONT OF SHUGO!!!!" he took a deep breath to calm himself down " Before I eviscerate you, tell me , were you planning on defeating them by putting perverted thoughts in their minds?" he asked mockingly.
" Um...It was just a joke?" he said uncertain.
" You are soo dead!!" Shadow rushed at him with a blade in hand. Dark yelped and ran for it. The group, minus Mia who was still unconscious, began to laugh at the situation.
Elk soon stopped his laughter and stared at the window with a frown on. Cubia saw this and went to see what was going on " Hey Elk, what's the problem?"
" I thought I saw some movement out there." He said while still looking at the window.
" Nah! It's probably your imagination. Now come on! Let's go help Dark before he gets badly bruised." Cubia said and went to help the poor soul.
Elk took one last look before he too left.
Outside the castle wall a small group was gather in the dead of night. Shicksal had finally arrived at headquarters of their foes.
" Well this is it. The signals are coming from that castle over there." Klarinette said looking at a devise she was holding.
" I see. So this is where they been hiding. A forbidden area with a tight lock. Remind me to thank you later Metronome for cracking it up." Fluegel congratulated the mage next to him. Said players just waved it off.
" So how do we do this?" Posaune asked.
" Well team we follow this plan to the point." he handed everyone a list of what to do " Now remember, once inside that fortress there's no turning back. This is a one shot deal we have here so we can't afford to make any mistakes. Do what you are told perfectly and above all avoid detection by any of the other members, their powerful enough to take on all of us with ease. Once you finish we will meet at the destination point written on your list. Team, be careful. Who knows what things may be awaiting us inside. Ready?" he asked the rest of his group.
Everyone nodded. Once the preparations were done they started moving closer to the castle to retrieve the rest of the treasure they lost. Fear and uncertainty ran in their heads but they were determined not to lose. Shicksal headed out toward the castle.
Alright thats is it for this chap. ( Thank God!)
Shadow K.: That's it? Well I'm certainly disappointed.
Dark T.: Your always disappointed. Anyways I found it um.....very interesting ( blushing)
Shadow K.: Of course you did. After all you almost got it on with Tsukasa there. (smirk)
Dark and Tsukasa blushing deeply.
Right!! Anyways here's a question for all the people who like to read this. Should Shicksal succeed or fail? You can tell me what you think should happen, if no one says anything then I'll simply choose their fate. You know the drill review if you like. See ya later!