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Anywho, same as usual... If a character hasn’t shown up in a while, please tell me! Obviously, after a year, I don’t remember all of the characters I’ve used in the past few chapters. Tell me if there’s one that’s been buried for a while, k?
Death strolled into the bright colored castle that served as Charm’s hide out. The walls of the corridors within shimmered every color of the rainbow as he ambled past. A large door in a heart shape blocked the final room. He knocked, and it creaked open. “Charm, I need to speak to you,” he said with a grin, “about my next plan.”
Charm sat up in the large plush bed in the chamber, her crimson dress shimmering in the dim light. “Oh, it’s you,” she said flatly, stroking something next to her. Death practically glared when he saw that it was the still-stunned administrator Rakgi. “I’m busy, so if you don’t mind.”
“I thought you were done with your little boy toy,” he replied coldly. “Why are you still wasting time with it?”
She smiled darkly, making Death’s heart skip a beat. “It proved to be quite useful, unlike you.” Charm gently lifted the limp figure of Rakgi and laid him on her lap. She stroked his hair and kissed his ear gently. “I suppose anything’s more useful than you, though.”
Irritated, Death stormed up to Charm and drew his sword. He struck Rakgi with it. “Then I’ll just have to get rid of Ryo-oki! Boss’ll be happier with me than a whore like you!” He turned and stormed out.
Charm’s blood red lips parted in an icy smirk. “Good luck, Death. You’ll need it.”
Ryo-oki booted up her computer in silence. “‘The World,’ Neko Neko,” she sighed.
Neko Neko tilted her head. “Are you all right, Ryo-oki-Chan? You don’t look so well.”
“I’m fine. ‘The World,’ please.”
Neko Neko’s ears drooped as she hit the icon for “The World.” “I hope you feel better after you decapitate a few dozen monsters,” she said as Ryo-oki put the headset on.
A challenge over Riku’s fate. Shall we play? Meet me in the Cathedral. Our game will start when you come. –Anonymous
Could this be Death posting? Ryo-oki thought, shocked. She logged in as quickly as her fingers would allow.
Ryo-oki shook her head. “I have no idea.” She gripped her wrist with the bracelet. “Kite might know, but I have to ask him, and he’s not logged on.”
“No one has seen Rakgi since the incident. If you find where he is, please alert the administrators.” Scance nodded his goodbye and logged out.
Ryo-oki was deep in thought as she warped into the .Hacker’s base. Sitting inside were two familiar faces, Tai and Maria. Both were talking to Hoshi, who had recently taken up residence there. Rings appeared, and Shugo walked up to the three. “You guys see that message on the board?”
“I’m worried,” Ryo-oki commented. “Should we go to Delta, Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground?”
“But who posted it? Seriously!” Tai stood up. “Who would make a challenge like that public?”
Hoshi hugged her knees. “The only one who would be so foolish and desperate enough to is Death.” She pushed herself off the ground. “I want to come too.”
“You can’t!” Maria said quickly. “It’ll be dangerous!”
Hoshi smiled. “I’m an AI, remember? I can handle myself. Besides,” she added, “I want to know why they kidnapped me in the first place and erased my memory.”
“She has a good point,” Shugo said, “but so does Maria. There was a reason they erased your memory, and that’s all the more reason for you NOT to go. Stay here, Hoshi.”
Hoshi pouted and crossed her arms defiantly. “I want to go—no—I HAVE to go. I don’t know why, but,” she looked down at her hands, “I get this feeling that I have to go with you guys.”
Shugo sighed. “Fine. So, who will be going to fight Death?”
Maria and Tai nodded to each other. “We’ll help!” they said in unison.
“Well, then I stay here and tell Kite when and if he ever gets here. Hurry back, all right?” Shugo grinned. “Make sure you wipe the floor with that guy!”
Ryo-oki gave a halfhearted thumbs up. “I’ll call Riku, too.”
“We’re taking on Death? I’ll be there in a few!” Riku warped into the base. “All right, let’s finish that freak.”
Ryo-oki nodded and they warped through the Chaos Gate.
“In the Cathedral?” Maria suggested when they noticed the path to the great church was barren. “I mean, he’s a hacker, so he wouldn’t be hanging out in plain sight.”
Ryo-oki hesitated as the others went ahead. Riku put a hand on her shoulder. “We’ll kick his ass!”
“But what if we don’t?”
Riku paused before saying, “It’s too late to be having second thoughts about being a hero. Besides,” he added, “if it doesn’t work, we’ll just have to think of something else.”
“Hurry up, you guys!” Tai called, waving. “We don’t have all day!”
Riku smiled and grabbed Ryo-oki’s hand. “I promise, no matter what happens, I’ll protect you.”
“Ryo-oki-san!” Hoshi called. “We have to defeat Death!”
Ryo-oki smiled back at Riku. “All right!” she called to the others. “You ready?” she inquired.
“Ready as I’ll ever be,” was Riku’s simple reply.
The party stepped through the doorway into the chapel. Everything was impossibly detailed, from the pendulum reflections on the floor to the gorgeous alter with Aura’s statue. The room was completely empty except for Death, who was sitting at the base of Aura’s statue.
“I was wondering if you chickened out,” Death said with a dark grin. “Glad you showed up, though.”
Ryo-oki drew her Heavy Blade Sword, and the others followed suit with their own weapons. Hoshi was the only one without a weapon, so she hid behind one of the benches.
“You even brought our runaway back!” Death said, cackling. “Thank you so much, .Hacker Ryo-oki!” He drew his own Blade Master sword and charged at Tai.
Tai blocked, and Maria struck him with his spear. Death flinched back as the words Critical Hit flashed in front of his character. His character was flashing. Tai went in for the kill, but was struck hard by Death’s counter attack.
Riku dived into the fray, hitting Death with a skill and a shout of “Rairaku!” Ryo-oki joined as well, hitting him with a single, powerful blow.
Death stumbled back and fell to his knees, his character slowly turning gray. “It can’t end like this,” he muttered. It just can’t...”
“Yes it can,” Ryo-oki replied. “I beat you, so make Riku wake up from his coma.”
Death laughed. “Foolish girl. I can defeat you easily. I still...” He stood up shakily, “I still have something to prove...” His character glitched up. White lines flashed on his character, much like those that appeared in a bugged area. Numbers started appearing on his design. His feet left the ground.
For a moment, he simply hovered in the air. Then, in a huge explosion, his character skin shattered to bits. All that was left was black with green lines running through it, which mutated and grew larger. Horns and claws sprouted. Then, the black and green cracked and red light spilled through, engulfing the area.
As the crimson faded and everything became visible again, Ryo-oki screamed. The area had changed to a barren wasteland, and floating before them was a giant, human-shaped monster holding a large red staff.
“Skeith...” Hoshi whispered, retreating. She turned and ran full force away.
The creature vanished from where it was, and reappeared in Hoshi’s path before it’s after image had completely disappeared. Hoshi screamed and fell backward. Skeith reached out a clawed hand for the AI girl.
Ryo-oki ran in front and knocked the thing’s arm back. She yelled, “You all right, Hoshi?” over the dull roar of the beast.
Maria and Tai ran forward and started slashing Skeith as Riku concentrated on healing. Ryo-oki stayed near Riku and Hoshi, in case Skeith decided to try and attack once again.
“This thing has infinite health!” Maria called over to Ryo-oki. “Data Drain it or something!”
“I can’t Data Drain bugs until the barrier breaks!” Ryo-oki shouted back. “You guys have to keep attacking!”
A few more skills and spells, and the barrier fell apart. Ryo-oki pointed her bracelet at Skeith and shouted, “Data Drain!”
The light hit Skeith. The monster roared in surprise, but then swung its staff, causing a gust of air to knock everyone off their feet. He was completely unharmed. “What?” Ryo-oki shrieked. “How could it not work?!”
Skeith rushed over, ready to snatch Hoshi again. Riku blocked the creature. “Ryo, try again or something! I don’t know how much longer I can hold this guy!”
Ryo-oki was petrified. How could she beat that thing without Data Drain. Its health was infinite. It would be impossible.
Hoshi touched the bracelet. “Ryo-oki-san, I want to help. Let’s try Data Draining it together.” She forced Ryo-oki to stand, and pointed the bracelet at Skeith herself. She looked to Ryo-oki to perform the skill.
Ryo-oki took a deep breath and shouted, “Data—” but stopped. Text was scrolling in across the screen in the text box at the bottom. Her eyes widened, but she continued. “VIRUS DRAIN!!” she shouted instead, reading the words.
The light that shot from her bracelet glowed with every color of the rainbow. It blasted straight through Skeith’s form and spread through the entire monster’s image. Bits of the creature were fracturing off. Little by little, the creature was eroded away by the light, leaving a glowing figure. The figure fell slowly to the ground. As soon as his feet touched, a character different from Deaths was revealed, and from his feet, the light spread around the area graphics, changing it back to Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground.
Ryo-oki approached the character that was standing in the center of the cathedral, dazed. He was a Heavy Blade wearing simple silver armor and had a red headband. On his cheek was a green squiggle that went up and around his left eye. He blinked, his dull green eyes regaining life. He stared around, confused. “What the—? Where am I? Who are you?”
Everyone just stared, until he noticed Riku. “Woah! A Riku design! Sweet! I entered that contest, but it’s probably a good thing I didn’t win!” The boy laughed. “Name’s Hotohoro! Nice ta meetcha!”
Gold rings appeared, revealing Al, Renaye, and Ron. Hotohoro spun around and grinned. “Hey guys!” he shouted, running over.
“Hoto-chan?” Al inquired, confused. Her face then broke into a huge, hundred-watt smile. “HOTO-CHAN!! I’VE MISSED YOU!!” She ran up and hugged him.
Renaye raised an eyebrow and glanced at Ron, who shook his head. They were talking in Private Chat mode.
Al turned to the others. “I say we go to an über awesome area to celebrate! We’ll meet ya in Root Town!” She and Hotohoro then Gated Out.
Renaye sighed. “That was interesting at best,” she commented. “I thank you for bringing Hotohoro back to his senses.” Ron nodded in agreement.
“Hold on a second!” Tai shouted. “What do you mean ‘Hotohoro?’ Where’d Death go?”
“Hotohoro was infected with the virus Skeith,” Ron explained. “When that happened, his character was turned into the PC ‘Death.’ Since we were in his party at the time, we had the choice of being comatose or joining the Dark Hackers as his minions. As you can see, we chose not being stuck here.”
“Can you help Riku?” Ryo-oki asked quietly.
Renaye chuckled. “He should be able to log out right now. When he does, he’ll wake up.”
The two former hackers turned. Renaye paused, and said, “I suggest you be careful. There are seven other Dark Hacker leaders besides Death.” She gated out after Ron.
Hoshi, meanwhile, was staring at her hands. “I remember...” she said. “I remember! I’m here in ‘The World’ to help Ryo-oki-san use Virus Drain to stop the Dark Hackers!” She smiled proudly.
Ryo-oki smiled, and then frowned. “Oh shoot, my mom’s calling me. Riku, log out and I’ll visit you at the hospital, k?” She waved, and logged out.
If a character hasn’t shown up for a while, please tell me! Also, if there are any inconsistencies between chapters (such as the name of the Dark Hackers being mentioned before as something else) please tell me that too! It’s been so long that I don’t even remember some of their names! (anime sweatdrop)
If you want to create a badguy, tell me their Name, Character design, class, hacker group, personality, and anything else that may be of use!
Oh, and I came up with the Death turning into Skeith long before G.U. was released. I just haven’t had the urge to update this story in a while. XD
Anywho, thank you for reading!