Dream Future...


Ami: " what do you mean it's not over?"

Yamaneko: " those guys Hacked our security and even our network. We can't let them be. We have to find them. Otacross, we need your help to track them."

Otacross: " right on it deyo~!"

The sound of typings filled the silent room as they were tracking down the one who hacked their system.

Otacross: " unbelievable... This is..."

Yamaneko: " it can't be..."

Jin: " what's the matter?"

Yamaneko: " when we tracked the attack it led us to this..."

A picture of a building standing on the sea was showed on the screen.

Kirito: " this is..."

Otacross: " Dream Future deyo..."

Kazu: " what is it actually?"

Ami: " Dream Future, a newly rising technology corps with branches all over the world. It's famous for creating operating systems and programs as well as developed computers and AIs."

Zenon: " why would they hack into Akihabara's system."

Jin: " there is one thing we're sure of..."

They all looked to him with narrowed eyes, they all knew what that meant.

Jin: " ... they have something to do with the L Virus..."...

The man shut down his computer and stood up, walking back to the L mark appearing on the huge screen.

" We've given them their invitation. Now all we have to do is to wait for them to show up."

He chuckled.

" Your ideals shall be realized, Leviathan."

The L mark disappeared as the black screen it was projected on shifted into the glass of a window peeking on the city from the highest floor of the building. The light of day fell on the face of the man with green hair and blue eyes.

" The true future will begin now."...


Next Day...
Tiny Orbit...

Takuya: " Dream Future, a company that was introduced to the world just lately. It's quite known for its developments related to computing."

Jin: " this very company is the one that hacked through Akihabara's main system when we were trying to make the vaccine."

Zenon: " no matter how you look at it. They surely are related to the L Virus one way or another. I doubt it was a coincidence we got attack by Dream Future and infected LBXs at the same time."

Otacross was on the other end of a video call.

Otacross : " their security is so tough. We tried everything to access it but couldn't."

Yamaneko appeared on another tab.

Yamaneko : " so we thought we could use your help to hack into their system."

Twilight : " how?"

Yamaneko held up a poster to the camera.

Ami: " Dream Future... Visit tour!"

" Eh!"

Jin: " the same when we went to investigate Omega Dain."

Takuya: " yeah, before someone decided to ruin our plan."

Kirito: " I had my reasons."

He said sipping his Coke.

Yamaneko : " anyway, Arata, we need your help to get in."

Arata: " me?"

Yamaneko : " actually my school is going on that field trip to Dream Future, so I can get there easily. But I need someone to help me."

Jin: " why Arata? Why not someone else?"

Yamaneko : " because Arata is around the same age as me, taking an adult with me will make it look suspicious."

Ran: " But..."

Otacross: " we've installed the prototype of the vaccine program in Arata's LBX as well, this program should boost the LBX's power when activated to be able to hold on in front of the infected LBXs and delete the virus."

Asuka: " doesn't this sound like what the virus did?"

Kirito : " we based the Vaccine of the virus so... It's somehow expected."

Otacross : " this vaccine will be given only to people we can trust so they would use it against the virus and won't use it for their benefits deyo~. One other thing is that this vaccine program can actually delete the virus before it even can take over the LBX deyo~."

Gouda: " really!"

Yamaneko : " all we need is to come into physical contact with the infected LBX and the vaccine will spread on its own."

Evangeline : " you have Mizel to thank for that."

" Eh!"

Everyone were surprised by her comment.

Kirito: " remember, I was the first to get my LBXs ghostjacked. I had time to study that phenomenal and then with Eva's help, applied it into the vaccine."

Asuka: " Amazing!"

Takuya: " Kirito, Eva, when did you even have time to-"

Twilight : " they're working on a whole lot of other things you can't even begin to imagine."

Arata then turned from Eva and to Yamaneko when he realized something.

Arata: " how do you intend to get me in there anyway? I'm not from your school!"

Yamaneko : " don't worry, I will get that covered. I will create a fake identity for you, you don't have to worry about anything."

Achilles D9: " and so what should you do in there? Hack them from the inside?"

Yamaneko : " not actually..."

He said holding up a flash memory.

Yamaneko : " we only need to plug this in anywhere in there and then my friends will manage to get through the security easily. See , nothing complicated."

Kazu: " seems too easy for me."

Yamaneko : " I already have the vaccine installed but just in case, I need help. I can't help it that everyone in the Hackers' Corps are older than me."

Arata: " alright then. I will join you into this."

Yamaneko : " you have my thanks. I'll email you the location of my school later so be there in time tomorrow."...


Next day...
Dream Future...

" ' For the Safety and peace of the world's networks'. That's the motto of the Dream Future Company. The whole world now uses net management and security systems that operate in harmony with societies. This is indeed what you could call a futuristic society. This is what your company, Dream Future, wishes for everyone's future."

The video finally came to an end and both the tour guide and the teacher started answering the students' questions.

Arata was nervously looking around and Yamaneko who was sitting right next to him sighed tiredly.

Yamaneko : " I told you to not worry."

He whispered.

Arata: " but..."

Yamaneko : " just sit still and let me take care of everything, no one will ever know about your true identity."

Everyone stood up to leave the audience room when a dark red haired teacher walked to Arata.

" Excuse me, I don't think you're one of my students? What class are you from?"

Arata was starting to panic when Yamaneko spoke.

Yamaneko : " Ruby-sensei, he is my friend, he recently transfered to our school and he got separated from his class so he stack to me. I hope you won't mind having him with us for a while."

Ruby: " wait a second, I will check his identity first."

She skimmed through the files in her tablette before finally finding his.

Ruby: " oh, you're from class D. Hanasaki Arata-kun, right? Very well, if you feel more comfortable around Yamaneko-Kun then I won't have any problem. Just take this ID card with you so I won't lose track of your location in this huge building."

Arata took the card thankfully and secured it around his neck. The teacher was so kind that he felt bad for tricking her.

Ruby: " everyone! Stay in line so you don't lose each other!"

She said leading them through the halls...


Rain started pouring down by the time they sat for lunch.

Yamaneko : " we still didn't get anywhere near their computers."

He whispered to Arata, not touching anything from his bento yet, busy scanning the area unlike the red head who had his bento almost finished.

Ruby: " once you're done with lunch, we can finish our tour."

The teacher announced which made Arata raise his head from his lunch.

Arata: " it seems we still have a chance."

Yamaneko : " no, those people are more careful than we thought. It seems they won't even let a bunch of students get closer to any computer. They're really tough with their security."

Arata's attention went to a group of three boys who were trying to sneak out the hall. As soon as they placed their feet outside, an alarm was sent off.

Soon the three children fell back as they were faced by two security guards. One of them took some kind of walkie talkie.

" Some children have accidentally stepped inside. There's no problem at all."

" Only personnel are allowed inside."

The other one scolded.

" W-we're sorry."

The three boys apologized deeply through their tears before Ruby rushed to their aid.

Yamaneko clicked his tongue at that.

Yamaneko: " I told you, tough security."

Arata: " we can't possibly get through them this way."

Ruby: " Akikawa-kun is gone?"

Their attention shifted to Ruby again as two girls approached her.

" Yes, we thought he left for the toilet."

" He left and never came back."

The woman looked through her tablet before her face reflected a worried look.

Ruby: " no way, I can't pick out the location of his ID card."

Yamaneko : " Akikawa isn't around..."

His eyes widened in realization.

Yamaneko: " come Arata!"

Arata : " wait, where are we going?"

Yamaneko : " to the toilet."

Arata: " eh!"

The walked out of the hall through a different door this time, and no alarm was launched as they stepped out.

Yamaneko : " as I thought, you can't launch an alarm everytime someone goes to the toilet."

He carefully explored the other halls around seamlessly much to their surprise.

Yamaneko: " All we need now is to find a panel or a consol or anything that can access us to the main system."

He said leading Arata away...


The green head watched as the two boys walked through the halls.

" They're not what we're looking for. They weren't chosen by her."

The man then pulled another photo of the security cameras, it showed a brunette boy that was looking around like if he was lost.

" He is heading here."

" He is what we're looking for."...


" What's wrong with this map, it should have showed me the way back to the hall, but it doesn't seem the case."

He lowered his CCM when the elevator finally reached its destination. He found himself in a quite large dimly lit room.

" Where am I?"

He looked ahead to see what seemed like a huge red tube linked to some kind of comuter. The boy sweat dropped as he backed.

" A computer..."

" Who is there?"

A man's voice sounded through the room before he came out of the shadow...


Yamaneko : " nothing... None of this panels have USB ports..."

Arata: " what should we do now?"

Suddenly two hands fell on their shoulders. Their faces turned blue as they looked behind them. A very slim and short man with green hair and round huge glasses was standing behind them.

" You..."...


" You're the president?"

" I'm the president Kazama Jinn, nice to meet you, boy."

He looked at the guest card hanged around his neck.

Jinn: " Akikawa Yuuta, right? You came for the visit tour."

Yuuta: " yes, but I'm lost. I'm sorry I got this far."

Jinn: " don't be, it's our security's fault in the first place."

When the computer emitted a sound, the boy backed in fear which made the man surprised.

Yuuta: " I'm sorry... I hate computers... I don't mean your company's!... I just... Can't deal with them..."

The man laughed.

Jin: " you know, I can relate to that too."

He looked up at the huge computer.

Jin: " especially the computer that don't know nothing but giving orders."

Yuuta blinked in confusion.

Yuuta: " a computer gives orders to humans?"

Jinn: " you see, there will come a future when we will be ruled by our hand made computers. There will come a day AI will outstand humanity. I don't really hate that though. You know, we're still immature."

He looked at the boy.

Jinn: " we still argue and act like kids. So it's not the wrong thing to have an adult to take care of us and choose the best for us. For me, computers and AIs are the things that will show humanity the right way."

Yuuta: " the right way?"...


" I see, so you were lost. Thankfully I found you. Don't worry, I will contact your teacher to inform her. Don't forget to mention that I helped you later."

Yamaneko: " we won't, thank you sir."

The blond said with a wide smile.

Yamaneko: " by the way, Sir? What's this place?"

" First of all, call me Chief Hirama. Second, the is the main security room, we're monitoring the whole system from here."

Yamaneko: " I see. Then chief Hirama, you have the most important job, the duty of protecting the whole company right."

Hiram grinned broadly as though it was a piece of flattery he had heard.

Hirama: " that's right. It's my duty to protect everyone and their data here. Oh, I wish that everyone knows of the importance of the hard work I'm doing... But..."

He turned around while murmuring about being underestimated and picked at from other people.

While he was absorbed in his tragic story, Yamaneko took the chance to plug in the flash memory into the nearest USB by his side. Thankfully, no one noticed him.

Hirama: " so kids, hope you learned something from me."

He said turning around.

Yamaneko: " yes, thanks a lot. I would like to become like you when I become older."

Hirama: " oh, thank you, now to contacting your teacher."

As the man turned again, Yamaneko stack out his tongue.

Yamaneko: " never happening you old man."

He whispered while Arata sweat dropped.

Arata: " I didn't know you're good at acting."...


Otacross: " here it's! Yamaneko did it!"

Majoram and Gunsou had their Green and Red Ribbon waiting in the space of the infinity net before suddenly a small buble appeared, linked to that huge one of Dream Future's company.

Majoram: " let's go. There is the way opening."

Gunsou: " ah!"...


Hirama: " very well, she said they will be here to get you soon. Suit yourselves."

He said walking to his employees, barking orders at them an complaining about the way they do things.

It was when suddenly an alarm was sent off.

Hirama: " what's happening!"

" Someone got through our security!"

Hirama: " how is that possible?"

Yamaneko: " it can't be..."...


Jinn: " something got through the security. Very well. Then, send a security guard here. We have an important guest lost."

He ended the call.

Jin: " I will be leaving you here. Don't move until they come to pick you, we don't want you to get lost again."

Yuuta: " sure."

He said as he watched the president leave. He looked back at the huge computer with a bit of fear when suddenly something jumped off his pocket, almost scaring him.

Yuuta: " Genesis ! I told you not to jump like that all of a sudden!"

A blue knight framed LBX stood by Yuuta's feet, welding a sword and a shield.

Genesis: " hold your CCM!"

His serious ton made Yuuta befuddled.

Genesis: " we have unwanted guests."...


Both Arata and Yamaneko's CCMs vibrated. They reached for them only to widen their eyes when they saw the many dots within the building.

Yamaneko: " what's..."

Arata: " they seem to be down! Let's go!"

Hirama was all worried that he didn't notice them sneaking out. They ran into the elevator and pressed on the lowest button.

Yamaneko took out his LBX.

Yamaneko: " be ready."

Arata nodded. As soon as the elevator's door opened, they were greeted by an army of LBXs. They started shooting immediately, leaving Yamaneko and Arata very little time to dodge and hide behind the walls of the elevator.

Yamaneko: " let's go! Bloody Ribbon!"

Arata: " Achilles Deed!"

Arata& Yamaneko: " Vaccine program! Stand by!"

They typed simultaneously on their CCMs before the eyes of their LBXs shine in blue. The two robots dashed off for the fight, taking down their opponents with their attacks or healing them using the vaccine.

As they were focusing on their screens, no one noticed the smoke coming from the back.

Yuuta: " Genesis!"

Genesis : " don't worry about me!"

He said cutting down through the row of LBXs.

Genesis: " just give me an attack function!"

Yuuta nodded as he typed quickly on his CCM.

Yuuta: " Hissatsu Function!"

" Attack Function: Dimension Zero!"

A circle of white light appeared in front of Genesis and he used his sword to cut through it. It seemed like it cut through the whole space, causing a strong explosion that destroyed everyone of those LBXs.

Achilles and Bloody Ribbon managed to take refugee at the last second.

When Yamaneko peeked at the one who caused the mess, his eyes widened when he saw Yuuta.

Yamaneko: " Akikawa!"

Yuuta: " Yamaneko!"

He blinked twice.

Yamaneko: " what are you doing here?"

Yuuta: " well, I got lost and then attacked by those LBXs. So I had to fight them."

He said offhandedly.

Arata: " so- wait! How did you fight them... Unless..."

Yamaneko: " you have a talking LBX, don't you?"

Yuuta widened his eyes...


Ruby: " all three of you, apologize immediately for the troubles you've caused!"

Ruby seemed angry but relived at the same time when the security guard brought them back. All three of them bowed and apologized to everyone, Yamaneko was clearly annoyed at that.

Mrs Akikawa, who was working in there and was informed of her son getting missed, turned to apologize to Ruby for what her son did. Ruby on the other side insisted it wasn't her fault and apologized as well.

Yamaneko: " we have a lot to talk about later, Akikawa."

He whispered once they got away of the rest's earshot.

Yuuta: " here as well, I have a lot of questions."

Arata: " we will answer them later. More importantly, what did cause the alarm to go off?"

He questioned Yamaneko, who in tern seemed worried about that.

Yamaneko: " I will ask the old man when we get back."...


Disclaimer: Akikawa Yuuta, Kazama Jinn, Hirama and Ruby are characters borrowed from Net Ghost PiPoPa. The whole chapter is heavily inspired by the 8th episode of the said anime.