Chapter 4…riiiiggghhhhttt. Anyone really remember who Lios was? I don’t…oops. Anyways, Magical Girl Zelkova might be an end bonus, or a mid whatever phenomenon…I like that idea, and then him scaring the pants off of others will be end game. Anyways, there are tons of mini stories that seem to be happening. Haseo and Atoli’s mini arc, Megumi’s quest, Yata and Zelkova’s mystery program, yatta yatta yatta…What’s Pi doing now? And Kuhn? Well, we know what Kuhn is doing, flirting with girls…or someone else. Heh heh heh. No, I’m kidding. Anyways, lets get this rolling before I totally lose my mind again.

Disclaimer of Doom: I own nothing. I only own my ideas.

I’m focusing on specific arc this time…

Tsukasa groaned as she opened her eyes. The sun was rather bright today. Images flashed through her throbbing head. She slowly opened her eyes to the twilight light of Mac Anu. She sat up, rubbing her eyes sleepily. Her eyes widened in realization. She stood up quickly and looked around. How did she end up here? Wasn’t she just in space with AIDA? A male’s voice, unfamiliar to her, broke her out of thought.

“Hey, what are you doing? Sleeping in an online game is kinda pointless.” He said but a younger girl’s voice snapped back at him.

“Haseo! What is she had just fallen asleep in real life!?” she yelled causing Haseo to plug his ears.

“So? She should have just logged out then!” Haseo said approaching Tsukasa. “Anyways, this is the girl that was with Endrance and AIDA.” Atoli gasped.

“You know Endrance? So you must be this Haseo he was talking about.” She said with a frown. The pang in her chest was back. “Where is he?” Haseo shrugged.

“Beats me. He disappeared and hasn’t been in contact for a while. Regardless, Pi would like to have a word with you.” Haseo said grabbing Tsukasa’s wrist. She felt his tight grip and winced. She remembered this feeling. Why did she feel things again? No…it couldn’t be.

“Let me go! That hurts.” She yelled, gaining curious looks. Atoli looked at Tsukasa curiously. “I said let me go!”

“So, this is what they were talking about.” Haseo said. Just then, an image of a male with silver hair and amethyst eyes appeared in his head.

Sora stopped when he heard Tsukasa say those words.
“W-What did you say?” the forest green haired twin blade said, stepping back. The Wavemaster in front of him just extended his hand.

“I’ll say it again…I’ll be your friend-.” He said but the name wasn’t there. Sora was in tears. He jumped up and hugged the wavemaster, who returned the hug. “You’re still a child.”

“Thank you Tsukasa. You’ll always be my friend.” Sora said wiping the data teas from his eyes.

Haseo stepped back from Tsukasa. What was that memory just now? Atoli looked at the silver haired rouge with worry.

“Haseo?” she asked, waving her hand in front of his face.

“Huh? What? What is it Atoli?” she just pointed to Tsukasa who had a confused and pissed off look. Haseo shook his head and dragged the twin blade to the transport sphere. Tsukasa gulped as the teleportation started.

The destination was by the at homes. Tsukasa was hunched over and covered her mouth.

“Ugh…urrp…how horrible.” She said choking down what was coming up. Haseo and Atoli exchanged glances and led Tsukasa to the back alleys, where Pi and Kuhn were waiting. Tsukasa was still clutching her stomach. The two G.U members looked at the newcomers and shot Tsukasa an odd stare. She just glared back at them, attempting to stand up straight slowly. The elder GU members entered small talk with the younger group while Tsukasa fiddled with her hair. She could not believe how soft her hair felt. Her senses seemed to be working fine. She shifted her weight in annoyance. The elder GU members looked to their guest. Pi cleared her throat.

“Sorry about that. You are Tsukasa, right?” She asked, folding her arms under her breasts. Tsukasa just watched the woman answering only with a nod. Tsukasa’s eyes caught Kuhn’s gaze. Kuhn looked away, fearful of the wrath hidden in the stare. “Anyways, we heard that you have a connection to Endrance and now brought to my attention, have had contact with AIDA.”

“So what if I have? AIDA is my problem. It’s my fault it exists.” She snapped and then turned to leave.

“It is not your problem!” Kuhn yelled causing Tsukasa to stop before leaving. “You sound just like Haseo, you know that?” Haseo glared.

“I don’t even know Haseo. So how should I know how he acts? All I know about him is his powerful grip.” She scoffed and then walked away. Kuhn looked at Haseo, a surprised look on his face. Haseo just shrugged his shoulders.

“I didn’t do anything. I just grabbed her wrist and brought her here like you guys told me too.” Haseo said looking at Atoli in the corner of his eye. Atoli nodded to agree with Haseo.

“However, she did say that Haseo gripping her wrist hurt.” She said and Kuhn’s eyes widened.

“Excuse me for a second. I need to talk to Yata.” He dashed off quickly, leaving Haseo, Atoli and Pi alone. None of them knew what was going on.

Kaoru looked at his feet after Ryo had finished his story. He couldn’t believe so much had happened to An.

“So that means the same thing happened.” Kaoru said suddenly. Ryo agreed silently. He frowned and then sighed.

“Tell ya what. I’ll help you out, both inside and outside the game.” He said standing up and stretching his aging back. “We can get more work more than a single person could do right?”

Kaoru looked up and nodded, smiling.

“Right. Let’s go save Tsukasa.” He said standing up. The two shook hands and the deal was made. The two hurried to Ryo’s place after a brief talk. Kaoru did not really want to deal with his parents’ possible awkward stares.

Ryo’s apartment was small and obviously geared for single living. Ryo motioned for the couch when the two entered the small place. Kaoru sat down and looked around. The place was a mess. Pizza boxes and take-out boxes were all over with various drink cans and water bottles littering the floor.

“Sorry for the mess. I tend to get so busy I forget about cleaning up constantly.” He said hooking up his two computers, one laptop and one desktop. “Which do you prefer? Doesn’t matter to me.” Kaoru just shrugged. This felt awkward. He was in the home of his love-interest’s technical father! Kaoru was handed the laptop.

“Everything’s all set up. Let us hurry. Time is actually very short with this kind of incident.” Ryo said donning his headgear and logged in. Kaoru followed soon after.

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Endrance’s red eyes looked around for bear and then spotted a bare chested man with a large blue wavemark covering half of his body. He had slicked back brown hear and smiled when he saw Endrance.

“So, I guess I was right about who you were.” Bear said smiling. Endrance blinked twice and then remembered fighting a man with a large blue wavemark over his body when he was Emperor. He had fought Bear before but there was also a young woman with him too. “Huh, I guess Mimiru isn’t around here right now. Oh well, should we start searching?”

Endrance nodded and remembered the Blade Brandier with Bear that day. He even remembered her voice.

“Hey! I know you! You’re the ex-Demon Palace Emperor! YOU were the one An was talking about?” a female’s voice called out to Endrance. He turned around and saw a tanned female in crimson armor walking toward him and Bear. She had yellowish wave tattoos all over her body. To Endrance, she sort of looked like BlackRose.

“Ah, Mimiru. Great timing.” Bear said happily. Endrance looked to Bear and then to Mimiru. He had fought both before in the Demon Palace as a title match long before Haseo cared. “I was just about to ask you to help us find out what happened to Tsukasa.”

“So, she really was playing again. And it just so happens that HE was the one who was with her last!” Mimiru stated angrily, revealing her findings. Endrance stepped back a little and players around them started to stare. Bear nodded. “So, I wasn’t just imagining it when An said the name Endrance in her coma or said that he was important to her.”

“Look, I’ll explain in a little bit but please keep it down. I don’t need anymore problems!” Endrance said in his defense. Mimiru just huffed.
“Fine but you better explain pretty boy or your ass is history.” Mimiru said and stomped out. Endrance sighed, one boulder dodged but it was still following him.

“This could get ugly.” Bear said as he headed for the dome doors. Endrance nodded and followed. Mimiru joined in their walk outside of the dome and followed close to Endrance.

“You better explain.” She said annoyed. Endrance just sighed.

“There are some things I cannot tell you though.”

“So what? You still better explain everything! Every detail!” Bear stayed silent.

“No, I cannot.” Mimiru growled. Bear was right, this could get ugly.

Tsukasa kicked her feet in the water by the at homes. The water felt nice but what those people were talking about still bugged her. She hated getting odd glances from people. She just wanted to be alone. She was the reason AIDA existed, so it should be her problem right? However, that man Kuhn, said that none of it was her responsibility. She didn’t understand. Why should they carry the burden that she began? She did not understand. She stood up and started walking away from the at home area and back toward the pier just as soon as Bear, Mimiru and Endrance warped in.

A.N: Eh. Works for me. No matter how much MSWord was pissing me off about ‘First person usage’ I still wrote this how I felt like. Cliffhangers, ugh. I think the next chapter will be about Yata and Zelkova.

Heeere’s Mimiru! Can ya guess who she is in real life? If ya can’t, she’s Megumi. I’ll see ya when I put of chapter 5.

Damn! I was shorter. At least Haseo is remembering shit though.