A/N: I'm really getting a convention mood thanks to my city's Kadayawan festival this week! And so does the Runners in here! Let's get online!

It Takes Two More: Part 1

In some kind of open flower field, a girl is standing in the middle of it, confused at why is she here as she stares at the sky when a voice rang into her head.

"Kani..."

Hearing her name, she turns around in shock as Kani Kimura asks, "Huh?! Who's there?!"

"Just a friend of yours..."

"Friend?!" she asked in panic. "Okay, who are you? Why am I here? And how did I got here in the first place?!"

"Don't worry, you will meet me in time. But right now, I'm here to tell you something."

"What?"

"Around where you are right now are your only weapons. Along with them, you must use them to aid others."

"I-I don't get what you are talking about. Please, this is just impossible beyond my belief and possibility! This is all just a dream."

"This is no dream, Kani. Everything around you is your manifistation. And you have a destiny that is closer than you think. Don't believe it, feel it."

With that said, her eyes starts to glow lighter green as she starts to go in a trance.

"Yeah... Feel it... Just... feel it..."

"I…I feet it," Kani said. As the flowers started to bloom, a light green energy began to emerge from them and swirl around her. She then start to levitate in the air as the energy continued to swirl, …

After that, Kani woke up from her bed in dizziness, now confused about her dream as she groans and says, "What was that all about? I remember a flower field and..."

Seeing she can't remember anything else despite having an eidetic memory, she sighs in dismay and when she notices that the sun has gone up, she says, "It's already morning. I better get breakfast."

With that, she got out from her bed and left her bedroom.

In Fils-Ame Moffitt School, everyone is hanging out at the Mid-Zone Lounge when Itzal, Calla, Layla, and Zeus are shocked at what Jordan just said.

"A CLUB DEDICATED TO UNIVERSAL LEGENDS ONLINE?!"

Jordan quickly shush them in panic and says, "Not so loud! And no, I'm not joking! Since we're now a team and we need some cover for our absence when we're currently in a mission, maybe a club will not only let us hang out more and play ULO, but we can get a club room to cover our meetings to prevent secrets leaked out."

"Well, you're right about the secrets thing. But will Principal Roenick agree to this?" Zeus asked in a skeptical tone.

"Don't know, but it's the only idea I got. Also, even if we join some clubs, at least we can create one ourselves to stick together."

"Still, where will you'll be planning for a club room?" Itzal asked.

"Yeah, I doubt we can find a vacant classroom for it," Calla added.

"And if we do, we can't afford to buy new computers to let you guys log in," Layla put in.

"Who says about finding and ordering them?" she says with a smirk.

Later, they are now outside the computer room, which the others are shocked to this as Jordan looks on.

"This is the best room to have a club in," she said as she opened the door. "We have the computer lab, complete with many good computers, so that we can enter ULO anytime we want to."

"Great idea, Jordan," Zeus said.

"Yeah, you are a GENIUS," Itzal said happily.

"Yeah, but, um, how are we gonna get Roenick to approve of this? She's sometimes not an easy person to convince of something like this," Calla asked.

"Well, do you know about anime and manga conventions?" Jordan asked.

"Yeah, sort of," Calla answered.

"Well, I heard a little of them, so maybe," Zeus added.

"Well I've been some for some Hero Deck tournaments," Itzal put in.

"Well, there's this LA convention I found in the internet and it's called AniManga-verse Convention. Maybe you two can come with me for a full experience instead of just a peek or card tournaments," Jordan explained. "As for the club thing, Ms. Reyheart said she's planning to have a school PVP tournament soon and since the school's lacking ULO clubs, maybe we can take some pictures of the promotions of the tourney and give them to Roenick after that."

"Good idea. And I'm coming too, right?" Calla asked.

"No other options but yes," Jordan replied.

"Obvious answer."

Unknown to them, Kani and Bren overheard them talking about the convention.

"And you can count me in too," Kani said.

"And me too," Bren agreed.

"Oh, guys," Jordan said, startled. "How long have you been listening?"

"Just a few minutes," Bren said. "But we heard about the convention and we wanna go too."

"Oh, sorry guys, no can do."

"Why not?," Kani asked.

"Try you having to fix my broken skateboard YOU broke! Not only that, you have to do part-time job at the fruit shop that you used a stand as a ramp and BROKE it!" Jordan said to Bren in anger.

"And you have to study for the upcoming test, remember Kani?" Calla said to her cousin. "Maybe we can go the next one."

"Aw man, that bites."

"Sorry guys, maybe next time," Layla said.

After school, everyone split up as Calla and Kani walks in the sidewalk.

"Sorry about the convention," Calla said.

"It's okay, Cal," Kani replied. "I was just hoping to spend some sisterly time with you."

"I know. We are the closest things we'll ever have as sisters."

"Tell me about it. But you're kinda lucky, you don't have brothers like mine. Randy always has to take charge when mom and dad are gone, John's a total neat freak with everything, and Zack and Tim won't stop playing pranks on me. Trust me Calla, you're lucky not to have them."

"No way, you're lucky TO have them. Being an only child isn't as glorious as it seems, you know. I always wished I could have some brothers like them, or sisters. I would have them too, if my mom hadn't had those complications during my birth and had to have an emergency hysterectomy, and remove her reproduction factory."

"Yeah, well that's what we have each other for, right?"

"You bet."

The two cousins stopped and shared a hug.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Kani said in realization. "I need to go somewhere first."

"Visiting an old friend?" Calla said with a smirk.

"Just gonna say hi and stuff. I'll see you back home!"

Kani then parts with Calla as she waves her good bye.

"Just be careful on your way back!"

At the Los Angeles Zoo, Kani is running through the cages until she reached the tiger's cage.

"Bella? Are you here, girl?" she asked in curiosity.

With that, the tiger approaches the bars as she saw Kani with a glare, which the 12 year old girl only give her a friendly smile.

"Wow, you're even bigger than before!" Kani said in amazement. "I want to tell you what just happened today!"

Kani told Bella all about the dream she'd had that morning, while Bella sat there listening to every word.

"And then, I was levitating in the air with all the green energy surrounding me. It was so beautiful, but what could it mean? What do you think, Bella?"

Bella walked over and rubbed herself against Kani's hand.

"Me neither, girl"

Seeing that it's almost closing time, Kani decided to leave the zoo as she says to the tiger, "Sorry, but I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

But as she leaves, she suddenly heard some purring sounds. When she turns around, she was shocked to see that tiger is purring sadly, who is somehow sad to see her go.

"That's strange, you're usually quiet whenever I left the zoo. You tigers only usually purr when exhaling."

Suddenly, the same voice echoed into her mind again.

"Kani..."

Startled, she looked around to see where the voice was coming from.

"Who's there?," she said. But she saw nobody else there, except Bella.

"Could that have been–?," she asked herself as she looked at her tiger friend. "No, it couldn't be…could it?"

She then left the zoo in silence.

The next day, at the CodeX United building, the four Runners entered the office of Tina Reyheart, having been called there.

"Hello, Runners," she greeted them. "I assume you're excited for the convention?"

"Oh, very," Jordan said. "It's gonna be a blast!"

"You know it," Zeus said. "We can't wait until your PVP tournament!"

"Yeah, we are gonna blow everybody away!," Itzal said.

"And I've been working on the best costume for the cosplay events," Calla said.

"Well I'm happy that you're all excited. But I'm also sad to say…you have a case."

Upon hearing the word "case," the Runners all groaned in frustration and dismay.

"You have got to be kidding me!," Zeus said, upset.

"No way!," Calla protested.

"Come on!" Itzal whined.

"What's the case?," Jordan said with a heavy sigh.

"Isaac Yune," she said as the screen behind her showed a Asian man in his mid-twenties. "Also known as 'The Dragon.' One of the most infamous hackers known in the US and Western Asia. He's very ruthless in his work, successfully hacked over 100 sites and networks, including 13 government sites. He has also hacked into multiple company databases, and managed to bring down three by just inserting a virus in the heart of them."

"Wow, talk about ruthless," Jordan said.

"Reminds me of Davey Hacker," Itzal said. "So what's he got planned now?"

"Well you aren't gonna believe this, but…it may have something to do with the AniManga-verse Convention," Tina informed them

"Huh?!," the Runner's gasped in shock.

"Believe it or not, Yune has an affinity for anime and manga. But the thing is, he stopped attending conventions years ago, when he became a criminal."

"So why would he decide to attend one again?," Calla asked.

"I dunno, but I have a hunch that it's something bad. You job is to watch out for and keep an eye on him."

"Well, can we still enjoy the convention while we at it?" Jordan asked in worry.

"Yes, but be cautious. As what Itzal said, he's more dangerous than the hacker he faced."

"We will, Ms. Reyheart. I promise."

"Anyways, onto the other topic. You want to create a school club about ULO to preserve your Runner secrets?"

"Not only that, Ms. Reyheart. I'm planning it to be a fun club, so I'm planning meetings involving the events and new quests when we don't have a mission, plus some public events for everyone in school. I don't want it more secretive club in a dark way like Friena's, you know."

"No, no way. This club is nothing like that."

"Yeah, this is just a way to cover our missions and adventures in and out of the game," Itzal said.

"But first we gotta get Principal Roenick to approve of it," Calla informed them.

"According to Jordan, we need proof for the upcoming school PVP tournaments you're planning," Zeus explained. "And as lucky for Jordan, she suggested us to take photos of the ULO booth in the convention to send it to Principal Roenick."

"Lucky is right. If I give you proof directly to you four, it mean suspicion with you," Tina said.

"Well, as I heard, you're kind of secretive to others. No offense, Ms. Reyheart," Jordan sheepishly said.

"None taken. Nonetheless, it's still best to go with the pictures, so as to avoid being traced. Anyhow the convention starts tomorrow, a Saturday. So school shouldn't be a problem for any of you. I'll see you there."

"And we'll see you there too," Jordan said as the group left.

Back at Kani's bedroom, she is studying in her desk diligently when she remembers that voice.

"Kani..."

"Who was speaking to me? And what do they want," she thought. She sat alone thinking about it for the time

Then, she suddenly heard a knock on her window. When she answered it, she was surprised that she has a visitor.

"BREN?! What the heck are you doing?!"

"I want you to come to the convention with me," Bren said. "As friends, of course."

"But I have test to study for," Kani reminded him. "And you still have to fix Jordan's board and work of the damage to that stand."

"Ah, I can do those anytime, but no way I missing that convention. And you should try getting out more too."

"But the test–"

"Forget about the test. You got a solid memory, you can study anytime. So come on, what do you say?"

Kani thought for a second. She knew she needed to study, but she did want to go to that convention. Finally she said, "Okay, I'll go."

It's finally Saturday as cosplayers and anime and manga fans entered the LA Convention Center for the AniManga-verse Convention. Along with the fans, Jordan, Calla, Itzal, and Zeus are entering the convention as they stare in amazement at all the booths and the main stage for it.

"This is why I love about anime and manga conventions, they always make too cool for other ones!" Jordan said in awe.

"Yeah, maybe you can find some card games I might interested in this world," Itzal said to his friend.

"Uh, guys. Not to interrupt, but we have to be cautious for Yune, remember?" Zeus reminded them.

"Don't worry, my focus is never worn out when it comes to missions like this," Jordan said in determination until she notices someone's missing. "Only, where's Calla?"

"Over here!"

The Runners turned around to see Calla is somehow changing into something in a nearby comfort room and when she came back, she is now wearing black long sleeved Japanese sailor fuku.

"What do you think?" she asked as she strikes a pose.

"Wow," Zeus said, astonished.

"It's very… amazing," Itzal said with a blush.

As for Jordan, she is impressed by her best friend's costume as she says, "Well, I think it's cool and cute. Let me guess, cosplaying as Yui Hirasawa from K-On!, right?"

"Yes and love their songs, too!" Calla said. "And don't worry guys, I still got my RunCom on my wrists."

"I hope so," Zeus said in worry. "So I'm in charge of taking some pictures of the photos, right?"

"The only way to find Yune and have fun at the same time is that all of us need to split up for more cover, so yes," Jordan answered as she hands Zeus a camera. "And since you know where the ULO booth is, you take the pics. I'll take a look at some booths and card tournaments so Itzal can see."

"Now that's what I'm talking about," Itzal said in excitement.

"And Calla, you're going cosplay tripping or cos-tripping, right?"

"Yeah, plus I'm going to see a cosplay contest, not join," Calla replied. "My costume's wig isn't ready yet."

"Okay, let's meet back here in the entrance and-"

He stops in mid-sentence as he saw something shocking.

"Uh, guys. You said you're cousins are too busy with fixing and studying, right girls?"

"Yeah, why?" Calla asked in confusion.

However for Jordan, she realizes what Zeus is talking about.

"Oh no, don't tell me..."

She turns around and gasps in shock as she turns Calla around to see the same thing. It's Bren and Calla sneaking around the booths!

"What are they doing here?! Bren's supposed to be fixing my board and working off his debt!"

"And Kani's supposed to be studying."

"Oh man, if they see us here, they could find out that we're Runners!"

"Worst, they could impede our mission and endanger themselves as well!" Zeus said.

"Great, this is worst than the time my -Dark Reaper- persona almost got expose when my sibs are currently in a mission on a SAME location!" Itzal said in panic.

"Okay, don't panic everyone, okay," Calla said. "We just have to make sure we don't run into them."

"Right," Jordan said. "So everyone remember, find Yune, take pics, and steer clear of Bren and Kani. Now split up!"

The four then split up around the convention to achieve their goals.

Later, Zeus is now taking pictures on the posters and promotion items on the Universal Legends Online booth.

"Hey, are you that -Twilight Star- kid that will make an appearance for this convention's PVP tournament?" the booth lady asked to Zeus.

"Yeah, just taking a few pictures before I head there," Zeus answered. "And please, I don't like signing autographs, it's too much pressure."

"No worries. Just seeing you here is good enough for me."

"Thank you."

"Well, well, well. Looks like we meet again."

Confused at the voice just now, Zeus turns around to see a Caucasian boy with blonde slicked-back hair, wearing a blue suit jacket and white shirt, gray pants and blue sneakers.

"Who are you?"

"Oh like you don't know."

"No… I really don't…"

"Typical, all typical of a glory hound like you to forget his first opponent!"

"Hey, I know a guy who can make a witty remark of me!" Zeus said as he realizes who that boy really was. "You're the player behind the first PVP opponent I fought! Alexander Vano!"

"That's -Alexander the Great-, Starr! And I recognize you so easily, since you resemble much more to your puny avatar!" Alex said in a snobby manner.

"Gee, thanks for the guess. But why are you here, Vano?"

"Please, call me Alan Wreno. And I heard that the INfamous -Twilight Star- will be here in this convention and what better why to get my revenge is to humiliate you in a PVP tournament that will have my rematch on you!"

"Oh come on, don't tell me you're still sore about me deflating your jumbo ego, when I beat you in my first ever tournament."

"Oh, I'm still very sore. Very indeed. The mere though of losing to a rookie like you made me sick to my stomach, as well as the laughing stock of Unitas. And now I will have my vengeance!"

"Well I look forward to you being there. But right now, I have something important to do."

Zeus then returned to taking pictures as Alex looked on.

In one of the booths, Jordan and Itzal are currently playing some kind of card game against each other.

"My vanguard attacks with a 4000 boost from my rearguard," Jordan declares.

"Hey, wait a minute. Both the current attack points on our vanguards are the same!" Itzal said.

"Yeah, but even it's a same, it's still considered a hit. So anything to guard?"

Itzal checks his cards in his hand and says in dismay, "No, nothing."

"Hey, don't worry, Itz. Just keep practicing, Cardfight! Vanguard might look tough, but the gameplay is very easy even for you to learn," Jordan said as she comforts him.

"It's okay. Still, this game is different than Hero Deck and that Yu-Gi-Oh card game you've mentioned."

"Yeah, but that's why it attracted a lot of players this year along with it's anime," Jordan said as she draws a card from her deck. "Now then, first trigger check."

She draws another card.

"Second che-"

Suddenly, she was bumped by somebody, causing her cards to fall off, much to Jordan's annoyance.

"Excuse me?! We're playing Vanguard here!" she shouted in anger as she picks up her cards. "You know, Aqua Force is my favorite clan and it would appr-"

But when she picked up all of her cards and stood up, she noticed the person she got bumped is really familiar. When she takes a closer look at the person's face, she noticed that he's similar to the hacker that Tina warned them a few days ago.

"Itzal, that person that bumped me... It's Yune!" she declared to her friend.

"What?!" Itzal exclaimed in shock.

Seeing that he didn't bumped her by accident, Jordan checks her pockets and realizes something.

"Itzal, my wallet... it's missing! Yune got my wallet!"

"Then let's get 'em!"

Jordan then quickly grabbed her cards and chases the hacker through the booths as Itzal does the same.

Yune ran zigzag between the booths as Jordan and Itzal chased him down, the former of which was shouting at him to give back her wallet. He pushed people down and knocked several objects off the booths to try to impede them. But the two Runners managed to avoid everything. Yune then turned a corner and ran off. Jordan and Itzal turned the same corner… and crashed right into Bren and Kani.

"Jordan, what the heck are you doing?!" Bren said in anger until he realizes that he's just snuck out and her sister might be mad at it. "Uh, I mean... Man, I'm glad to see you, cuz! There's some jerks hurting Kani and I chase them down in this convention center and..."

"Save your excuses, Bren-less! When we get back home, I'm going to tell Uncle Kelo that you snuck out of the house, ignoring the part-time job to fix the damages and my skateboard fix!" Jordan scolded her cousin in anger.

"What about you, you're in this convention, too!"

"I got Mom and Dad's permission to go here. What do you expect, genius?"

"Oh, right."

"And Kani, I thought you were supposed to be studying," Itzal said.

"Bren sort of… convinced me to come," she replied. "Look don't tell Calla please."

"Don't worry, we won't," Jordan said as she turned to Bren. "But I'm still telling Uncle Kelo on you."

"Whatever, just stay out of my way and I'll stay out of yours," Bren said as he walked off with Kani close behind.

After that, Jordan activates her RunCom, speed dials her remaining friends' RunComs, and says, "Guys, we found Yune. Itzal and I are currently on pursuit."

"Meet us at the backstage of the main stage, you guys better find a way to trap him," Itzal added.

After they hang up, Calla decided to sneak inside backstage as the cosplay contest is about to start while Zeus decided that he's done taking pictures and about to leave the ULO booth, until he was stopped by Alex.

"Where do you think you're going, Starr? Don't you know it's 2 hours left before your defeat?"

"Something important just came up, something I have to take care of."

"Or you're just chicken."

"I am not! It's something really important more than you can imagine. I'll be back in time."

"You'd better, Starr," Alex said as Zeus left.

Back with Kani and Bren, the two were browsing around. Bren was still fuming about Jordan.

"Thinks she can tell on me, I don't know who she thinks she is," Bren grumbled. "Well just wait until I get some dirt on her, then we'll see who's tattling on who!"

But as they left in order to see more booths, Kani froze as she hears the same voice in her head.

"Kani!"

"Oh no, not again," she muttered in dismay. "Whatever you are, please go away!"

"Kani, there's no time. The Water, Light, Dark, and Wind ones are headed to a trap!"

"What?"

"Kani, if you don't hurry, they will be captured by the cold-hearted soldiers!"

"No, no. This is just a hallucination, it's not real!" Kani said as she clutches her head in pain, which Bren noticed what happened to her.

"Yo, Kan! Ano nanyari sa iyo?" he asked, which a bystander stood there in confusion at what he said. "That's "what happened to her?" in Filipino."

"Who are you? What do you want?"

"There's no time! You need to save them! You need to save those youths! You need to save your friends..."

"NOW!"

Hearing the voice shout, Kani's eyes starts to glow lighter green like in her dream, now under a trance.

"Kan, what's wrong with you? Say something!" Bren asked in a desperate tone as he tries shaking her.

"I... I need to find them..." she muttered.

"Huh?"

"I have to save them!"

With that, Kani took off to the main stage, much to Bren's confusion as he follows her.

"Kani, what the heck?! Come back here! Calla's gonna kill me if something bad happens to you!"

At the ULO booth, Tina is currently signing autographs to her fans when she got crashed into Kani, much to her annoyance as she grabs her collar.

"Excuse me, Miss. But it's impolite to-"

"I need to save them!"

Turning her around, Tina was stunned to see who it was and what was with her eyes.

"Hey are you–"

"They're in trouble I gotta save them!"

With that, she left in a hurry as Bren tries to catch up, but failed as he catches his breath.

"Man, what's with her all of the sudden?!"

"I take it you know that girl. Your girlfriend or sister, perhaps?" Tina asked to Bren.

"Heck no and no! She's the cousin of one of my cousin's fri–"

Before he can explain, Bren realizes who she is as he asks, "Hey, you're that lady from Mushroom Garden before!"

"And you're that boy who got in trouble in that said restaurant before," Tina said back.

"Touché."

"What's going on with her?"

"I dunno, she apparently had this voice in her head saying she had to save them–who are them anyhow–and she just ran off."

Tina looked puzzled at this.

"We better follow her to make sure she's okay."

"We?"

"If there's something wrong, I want to make sure she doesn't hurt herself."

"Well I could use some help, ma'am. Let's go."

With that, the two ran after Kani.

Meanwhile, Yune dashed into an empty hallway with Jordan and Itzal right behind him. He turned to go left, but suddenly found himself blocked by Calla. He then tried to run right, but was blocked by Zeus. Jordan and Itzal then came up behind him.

"Alright, Yune, gimme my wallet back," Jordan growled.

Meanwhile Kani was still running the convention in a trance, with Bren and Tina chasing her down still.

"I must save them," she said.

"Kani, hold on, wait!," Bren shouted.

"I must say she's really fast."

Back at the empty hallway, Yune is now surrounded by the Runners.

"So, I might get hurt by you brats if I don't?" he asked.

"Trust me, it will get more painful from me if you don't give it back," Jordan said in anger as she cracks her knuckles together.

"Well then..."

He then casually throws the wallet to the floor near her and said, "Here. I don't need any money or anything inside anyway."

"Well, that was easy," Itzal said in a surprised tone.

But Zeus is suspicious as he says, "Yeah, too easy. Something's up."

"Yeah, usually good guys fall into a trap if they let their guard down because of this," Jordan agreed to Zeus. "I suggest we better stay cautious."

"By the way, love that cosplay, little girl," Yune complimented Calla.

"Well thanks, it's made from athen–," Calla responded, letting her guard down for a second. That was enough for Yune to quickly throw a small black ball at her, which exploded, trapping her in a dark red energy orb.

"Calla! Why you!"

The three remaining Runners opened their conversion apps and shouted, "Run Convertion! Log In!"

The transformed into their Runner forms, drew their swords and lunged at Yune. But Yune drew a darkblade sword of his own and counterattacked. Despite being outnumbered him 3-to-1, Yune managed to block and counter every attack they threw at him.

Eventually Yune jumped to the other side of the room and threw three more balls at them, trapping them all in dark red orbs.

At the same time, Kani arrived on the scene, she saw the Runners captured while she's still in a trance as Bren and Tina managed to catch up with her.

"Kani, you... get... back..." Bren said as he catches his breath.

"Oh no," Tina gasped. Bren looked and jumped back at what he saw: His cousin and all of her friends captured and held in orbs by a dark-looking man.

"No...I'm too...late..." Kani said before she fell down on the ground, snapping her out of the trance. "Huh? What happen-?"

She was then shocked when she saw not only her cousin captured, but her friends, too.

"Calla! Jordan! Zeus! Itzal!"

"Take a good look, Ms. Council-loser! Your precious Runners are now belong to the Black Tundra!" Yune said.

Tina readies her RunCom as she shouts to Yune in anger, "Drop them or face severe consequences!"

"Oh really? Transform into your cute avatar of yours and your Runners will experience an electric shock of the lifetime!" Yune said as he uses his skill to shock the Runners, causing them to scream in pain.

Tina, not wanting to hurt the Runners, backed off.

"I thought not."

"Let them go!," Bren said as he charged at Yune who then used his skill and stopped him with several electric shocks.

"Stupid boy! You have no concept of the Tundra's power," Yune said. "Now, if you'll excuse me, the Runners have an appointment with some of the top honchos and we mustn't be late."

With that, Yune opened a black portal and jumped through it, pulling the Runners along with him.

Kani rushed over to Bren's side as the portal closed. As Bren recovered, he said, "What the heck is going on?"

"Who was that guy?," Kani asked. "And what's the Black Tundra?"

"All I can say right now, is that we are in very serious trouble," Tina said as Bren and Kani looked at her with worry.

A/N: Oh no! The Runners have been captured! Can they ever escape the Black Tundra's wrath? And what will happen now to Bren and Kani since they now saw everything? Find out next week! Review and stay tuned!