.hack//NET

[Taku]

This is a fanfic that I've been working on for a while, it's a .hack/Rockman fic. Shurimpu is one of the main people behind it too. I hope you enjoy it!

Prologue

The year is 2020. The entire world connected by the Internet. Everyone has remote access to the Net. These personal terminals (or PET’s) have customized navigational programs, called Navis, which include an AI feature.

The World , after recovering from the “Twilight” incident, reached forty million users; making it the most popular MMORPG in history. In order to keep up with modern technology, CC Corp issued a new version of The World. It includes a program that lets you play The World with your Navi.

This is a story of a boy and his Navi playing The World.

Chapter 1

“Ready?”

“Yeah.”

“Jack in Katsutsu!”

A heavyblade and a longarm gate in at Mac Anu, the water capital. They both look around and start getting excited.

“This is great that I get to play with you.” Said the longarm, whose username was Shurimpu.

“I want to go stab something! And I don’t mean the viruses in mom’s stove.” Complained Shurimpu’s netnavi, Katsutsu. They both approached the bridge over the river of Mac Anu.

“You know that you look dorky in that armor.” Katsutsu eyed her op’s avatar.

“Heeey, I like it!” Shurimpu examined his armor. “Dun make fun of it. And don’t think that I haven’t had disagreements about that skimpy outfit. Don’t you know that people already make fun of me for having a girl navi anyway?” He frowned.

“Humph, all heavyblade look close to this. And what’s wrong with a girl navi? I’ve seen girls with guy navis!” She crossed her arms.

“That’s not the same! I’m a guy! People think I might be a pervert!” Shurimpu turned his back to Katsutsu. He did get teased a lot at school; a seventeen year-old boy didn’t usually have a girl netnavi.

“Aw c’mon! Don’t give me that! No one knows in The World! Let’s go to a field! Have you heard of any good ones?” She stood in front of him now.

“Well, there are plenty of new…”

“No! I want to go where you go when you play by yourself!” Katsutsu said indignantly.

“Fine” They walked to the chaos gate. “Passed Over Forbidden Holy Ground!” Shurimpu yelled in front of the gate. They bother warped to the field.

“Now Kat, you DID read on how to fight, right? I can’t believe that we were attacked so early getting here!” Panted Shurimpu while hacking away at a strange monster with his spear. Shortly after gating into the field, Shurimpu and Katsutsu were attacked by a strange monster. It had the head of a unicorn and the body of a serpent.

“Holy crap! We’re dead, we’re dead!!” Screamed the navi as she stabbed the tail of the monster. Shurimpu jumped on the back of the serpent and rammed his spear into the back of the unicorn’s head. The monster let out an unearthly screech and flayed around.

“Whoa! Watch out!” Shurimpu was thrown off.

“Shurimpu!” Katsutsu rushed over to him. “Are you hurt?”

“I’ll live. Kat, since I’m a higher level, I’ll attack and you watch my HP and try to hit it with what spells you have.” He got up and ran back to the monster.

“Right! Vak Dom!” She hit it with the spell.

“Good! Now…”
Virus Deleted.

“See! We…what?” Shurimpu walked over towards where the virus/monster vanished. “It must have been a virus that made itself look like a monster in The World. It left data behind. Kat,” he turned to her, “what is it?”

“A navi customizer program called ‘Dark Aura’. Hey! That sounds familiar! Some undernet navis…uh…were…” She stopped.

“What did you say!? Undernet? Kat~ I told you not to go there after…” He looked down.

“I know you did, but I couldn’t help it, I wanted to know more on what happened that one day. I promise not anymore! Let’s go back, maybe tomorrow you can go to that new chip shop and see if the person knows anything about this ‘Dark Aura’ program.” Katsutsu started to walk away.

“You’re right, let’s log out.”

To Be Continued...
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[Onmi Khaos]

its neatly done, better than my first work, one question wasent dark aura in BN3 being used by the Offical navi and life aura by Bass, so that makes it a regular program... or dont you mean THAT aura do you mean aura as in twilight lady aura (.Hack obsessor eagerly awaiting G.U)

anyway it sounds intrestion
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Ciel: Zero you have to help X!
Zero: YOU SEE THAT THING HES FIGHTING that i want to clasify as HIS problem

[Taku]

You are just going to have to see what I did, Dark Aura has a dual meaning.

Chapter 2
Disclaimer: All words in italics are quotes from .hack//SIGN therefore property of the creators, I do not claim them as my own work. I am simply using them to enhance the story. Thank you.

I love you…I wanted to leave behind my feelings of yours in a tangible form, forever.

Proof that you were alive, the proof that I really loved you.

I wanted them to be tangible.

But it seems that I was mistaken.

I sent the messages as soon I knew they were true, was the message received in time?

I’m sorry, I failed you, failed as a father to you, my child.

She is my, she is our hope.

In her lies the dreams of all of us.

Look after her won’t you? I know that I, I who failed as father asking the one who comes here is too convenient.

I know that, however, that is the only thing I can do.

I did not know this feeling of impatience.

How narrow was my world, how unseeing my focus.

Please, she is your and my…the fruit of my feelings for you, my beloved…I could not do anything as a father.

Please forgive me.

No, it is all right if you don’t forgive me. I who was a fool, do not have the right to be forgiven.

But her…please look after her.

I love you.


“Kat? What’s up?” Shurimpu and Katsutsu sat on a hill in Dun Lorieag. Kat sat staring into the clouds that were floating pass. She’d been acting distant towards her net op since they found the “Dark Aura” program.

“I’ve been thinking about that program, it seems harmless…” She looked over at him.

“Famous last words,” laughed Shruimpu, “I guess I could try it, if something goes wrong, I can just uninstall it,” he stood up, “we can try it later, I want to go to a dungeon.”

What will happen if I die here?

“Who’s there!?” Katsutsu jumped up, “Did you hear something just now?”

“No…maybe its just some other users. C’mon. Lets go.” Shurimpu started towards the chaos gate.

I’m not me.

“Now did you hear that!? There’s no way you can’t have heard that!” Katsutsu ran to Shurimpu. “I don’t want to stay in The World right now, let’s log off.” She stopped and crossed her arms.

“Fine I guess, I can install that program now if you want!” He smiled.

“Whatever, I just want to get out of here.”

“Jack out.”
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A boy sat in front of a computer terminal, his PET jacked into
his computer, and a customizer program running.

“Ready?”

“Yes”

He hit the run button.

“How is it?”

“…”

“Kat?”

“…”

“Kat? Katsutsu!!”

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“What’s going on? Where am I?” Katsutsu hung upside down in a strange room of defect data and fragments of structures from The World. “I’m in The World aren’t I? Why do I know that? Why can’t I see anything?”

Open your eyes.

She did. She looked down at herself. “I am in The World! Who are you? Show yourself!”

In due time, right now, you need to listen. You are in danger, you need stay strong at heart, do not give in.

I made a great mistake, one that cannot be undone, our Aura…

It has begun. I will speak again with you soon. Stay strong, do not forget who you are.

“Wait! What has begun? Tell me!”

Our precious daughter. I wanted to leave the proof that I loved her, the fruit of my feelings. She was to be realized as our beloved daughter Aura…

“What are you talking about? Who’s Aura?”

But…I had no right to be a father, no right at all. But I was foolish, there is a being that is trying to warp our Aura…

“Your not making any sense!”

That being is trying to take my Aura away from me. I am responsible for the crime. I am the one to blame. I also created that being as well. That being only awakens despair. The warped Aura should not be awakened.

HAROLD!! I WILL NOT LET YOU GET IN THE WAY OF MY WILL!!

“What!? Who’s this being that you are talking about?”

“Me.”

Katsutsu screamed.
No! Not Aura!

To Be Continued…
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[Kupo.EXE]

I enjoyed that, the crossover had a few things I didn't get but I'll probably understand it later. The quotes were effective and the plot twist was interesting. Good, I'll look into reading the rest but for now I can offer not but support to help your overly creative mind process your story... Wow did that sound as weird as I think it did? Whatever, great job keep it up.

[Taku]

^__^;; I bet you will understand in time, but I sugguest watching .hack//SIGN, it helps a little. I still need to finish chapter 3, and there is a new character!

Just a little tidbit, I did some drawings of Katsutsu. I think I'll post them with chapter 3.
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[Kupo.EXE]

I do watch .Hack//SIGN I made the thread about it remember, the thing I don't get is the small bits like how he can talk to katsutsu while in the world and why she was surprised to be in the world, can he not just jack her in to it? But still I look foreward to it and that picture sounds refreshing, I would do that with mine but I can't draw.

[Taku]

Since The World's program lets the navi's play like regular players, they can communicate with other players. She was surpirsed to be in The World because she doesn't remember being logged in. She was running a program on Shurimpu's computer.

By the way, I'm loving these questions.

Oh, and here's one of the pictures I can show you, the other one kinda gives the story away. http://www.deviantart.com/view/12498153/
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[Onmi Khaos]

takes breath* kite look alike! WITH BLACKROSES BODY! i just played over volume 4 again and beat corbenik... bluddy 8th phase, oh question now if thats what one navi loosk liek will the other look like a balmung?
hehe i can see it now i am the onlyh navi to clear One sin(make a navi with winmgs woooooooo)
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Ciel: Zero you have to help X!
Zero: YOU SEE THAT THING HES FIGHTING that i want to clasify as HIS problem

[Kupo.EXE]

I really enjoyed that and now I wanna read the next chapter more than ever. Maybe you should post that on fanart so you get more responce but you are great.

[Taku]

Woo! Chapter 3 is finished!

Chapter 3
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything besides Katsutsu. Shurimpu and Seki Hiwagara are people who let me use them, so nyah.

Dear System Admin,
I am writing you to inform you of a certain incident that happened to my netnavi Katsutsu and I in a field in The World. We encountered a monster that ended up being a virus and it dropped some data. Katsutsu thought it was safe to install it, and now she is missing. If you can send some help, or open an investigation, that would be great.
Shurimpu Hikari.

Shurimpu stood on the bridge in Mac Anu, awaiting the answer to his e-mail to the CC corp admin only minutes before. There was still no sign of Katsutsu. He was worried out of his mind.

“Where are you? Why did you leave?” he said quietly.

He made his mind up; he was going to try to get players to help him. He logged out.

VERY IMPORTAINT! MISSING NETNAVI!

A day ago, my netnavi, Katsutsu, went missing after I installed a program I found in The World. I am asking for anyone to help me find her. I miss her greatly! Please come to the town square in Mac Anu.
Shurimpu
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Seki Hiwagara stood in the town square in Mac Anu, waiting for the player who posted the desperate message on the board. She had sent Shurimpu a message, telling him that she would help, she hates seeing people suffer.

Shurimpu got a message from a user named Snowbug who said that she would help him, she seemed almost too excited to help him. He immediately logged in to meet her.

“Are you Snowbug?” Shurimpu approached a twin blade with short light blue hair, light gray eyes, and a white-and-aqua green costume.

“Yes I am! I saw your post and I defiantly want to help you! I love a challenge and I don’t want people to be unhappy! So where shall we start” She smiled. Shurimpu was a little frightened by this highly enthusiastic twin blade. He was a little sad, she reminded him of Katsutsu a little.
“Why don’t we start in the field that it happened in?”

“Lets go!”
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“Why me? Why did this happen to me?” Katsutsu felt trapped in her mind, she couldn’t move, but she knew that she was still whole. It was dark, but she felt like there was light all around her. “Shurimpu….I’m sorry, for everything…”

***

“The Undernet?”

“It’s where navis go to get powerful. You do want to become powerful, don’t you?”

Katsutsu shifted her feet. “Yes, well. My op forbade me to go there. He
said that it was really dangerous there.”

“Forget him,” said the dark navi, “I can make your dreams come true.”

“What do I have to do?”

To Be Continued….

A little note about Shurimpu's last name, the person who wrote his bio put it. I guess it's ok...
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[Kupo.EXE]

That was great, really. I look foreward to the next chapter Ms. taku ma'am. Well I will continue to post my support because its true that if you have fans you work better. (not that you need it). Can't wait.

[Taku]

I really love the support, I do. I'm working on Chapter 4. It might be done before the end of the week, but probably no later than Monday. My birthday is this Saterday, so that day is used up =D.
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