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Apparition

The large wolf dashed into the front door of the apartment, sliding across the hardwood floor. The door slammed shut behind him, the wall vibrating from the force. He dashed into the living room, taking a quick. The wolf lost his balance, slamming into a large desk. The phone fell on his head and he muttered a curse, "Shit!" He rubbed his head and began regaining his bearings. He snatched the phone up and punched numbers in at a rapid rate of speed. His fingers blurred on the last few numbers, his form shaking with apprehension. The phone purred out mixed dial tones as he listened in great intensity. He rocked and bounced back in forth, biting on his claws. A tenor voice picked up the phone, "Moshi Moshi,"

He launched into hasty speech, all of his anticipation pouring out at once, "What the hell Miatsu Kun?! You where supposed to be online an hour ago. I've just been killing level 20 monsters on my own waiting for you ya know!"

Miatsu chuckled dryly, "Ha ha ha, I'm sorry Toruko. Tsuyo kun hasn't shown up yet and I'm getting kind of worried,"

Toruko rubbed his temples in frustration, "Look, Just get your ass in there as soon as possible."

Miatsu sat quiet for a while and asked, "Maybe you should take a break, you know...for a couple days."

Toruko nodded his head, "I can't believe you just said that Miatsu. You know as long as Aokouen is in there, I will never EVER give up...you got that?"

Miatsu was silent for a while, and then his tenor voice cut through the line, "I know, I'm sorry."

Toruko sighed, "Its fine. Just make sure you come in this time, I'm tired of being the only one in the Guild home."

The wolf on the other end answers, "Alright, I will... promise."

Toruko pushed the off button and put the phone back on the charger. He walked out of the living room and into a narrow hallway. He felt his bare paws slap across the cold hardwood floor. He made it to the end and pushed a small door open. The scent of blueberries was the first thing that caught his senses. His legs became lead as he walked into the room, his face lined in pain. He walked up to the large bunk bed and fell to his knees.

The bottom bunk was void of anything except a crease in the center of a pillow lying at the end of the bed. His own top bunk had been cluttered with hundreds of papers, books, and other useless trash. But Aokouen's bunk was always clean; it was always void of any error or flaw.

He bent down and smelled the comforter, then proceeded to bury his face in it. He wailed into the comforter, sobbing uncontrollably. He thumped his fist into the side of the bed in anger and contempt, but then stopped. He felt only pure fury set in; he raised his head and set his fiery eyes on the far desk. He walked up to the desk and stared at it, on its surface rested two headsets and two controllers.

He bent down and hesitated; he reached over and grabbed the one initialed A.K. He decided if he was going to find Aokouen, It would be with his headset alone. He snatched up the controller and flicked it on. The headset fit snuggly on his head, making it easier to keep on his face. He chuckled to himself when he remembered Aokouen and him fighting over who should get which headset. Now he was using Aokouen's. He flipped the headset on and it flashed white, slowly filling with color.

An automated voice flowed out of the headset, "Welcome to THE WORLD R:X"

He smiled lightly and signed in as his usual character, Toruko. He clicked submit and the screen flashed again, "Thank you and enjoy your stay in THE WORLD,"

He saw colors rapidly change, hues begin to grow and multiply in size. Everything around him spun and zigzagged left and right, then suddenly...everything stopped. He stared into the open air, unsure of his first move. The capital was bustling as usual, people chatting with friends, players trading in the market, even younger children ran by holding the strangest of rare items. He loved how the world could change its rating from E to M depending on the filter put in any individual headset. Children usually got the Safety headset, which allowed them to get the full experience of the game, without swearing or blood and gore. A teenager's headset allowed them to get mild swearing and some gore, but an adult headset always has a gore and intense language setting. This made THE WORLD accessible to anyone of any age. He saw adults, children, even seniors playing THE WORLD.

He walked past other players, hands jammed in his pockets. He scanned the town square eyeing people as they past by. He stopped suddenly at the site of a young Dual Edge sitting on a nearby bench. He reminded him of Aokouen so much, the Devil May Care look on his face, his nonchalant slouch. His whole demeanor screamed Aokouen, but this man was not Aokouen. He was taller and bulkier, he was muscular yet slightly chubby, but most of all, he was a bear. Toruko walked over to him and took a carefree pose, "So, you're the one who sent in the guild request aren't you?"

The bear looked up, scanning the White Adept Rogue up and down, "Yeah, why?"

He smiled wickedly, "Well, I'm the guild leader. I'm responsible for handling any requests that come in and out."

The Bear began to chuckle, "Ha ha ha. You're the guild leader? You?! Your only level 23!"

The wolf chuckled slightly with him, and then slammed a foot into his chest, "You listen to me smartass, its not always about the level. It takes real talent to do what I can and let me tell you. I've Pk'ed guys twice your level." He got closer to the bear and whispered in his ear, "So don't fuck with me....got it?"

The bear only stared wide eyed. He nodded lightly, his body in real life shaking slightly.

Toruko took his foot off the bear's chest and smiled, "I don't think you can join...not yet anyway."

The bear stuttered, "W-w-Why the hell not?!"

Toruko chuckled darkly, "Because.... You're pathetic," Toruko stalked away, waving a slight farewell, "Ciao,"

The bear started to steep in his growing fury. He picked himself up and walked hastily to the chaos gate, "Pathetic am I, little fucker. I'm gonna show him whose pathetic!"

He got up to the Chaos gate and thought for a moment, "Think I'll go try out the new field," he mutters slightly, his bass voice coming out gruff, " ? Gatling armored Homefront,"

The chaos gate rattled and spun, gold rings passing over his able frame. The scene changed much more rapidly then logging on did, it just flashed from one area to the next. He stared out into the open field. He could see broken down war machines and futuristic devices scattered across the ground. Turrets littered trenches and towers lined the horizons, along with a large snow covered stone wall. He jumped down from the chaos gate, landing by a tree and scanning the battlefield.

The young Adept rogue raised his Twin blades up, scanning the open field. A large mech like creature cut its way through a steel wall, charging towards the wolf with incredible speed. He stared at the level thirty monster and cackled, "Bring it!"

The monster leapt into the air, coming down on the Adept rogue. He flipped to the side, dodging the blow, causing the Monsters blade to become buried in the ground. The Adept Rogue dashed forward, cartwheeling across the ground. He had turned himself into a spinning deathwheel. He slammed into the monster, cutting of one of his legs. It stumbled, crashing to the ground.

Even though the Adept Rogue was nowhere near the level required to kill it, he had successfully outsmarted and crippled it. He reached behind his back and pulled out a long Katana, he walked up to the monster and began slashing at it while it was down. It thrashed about, screaming in agony. He continued to slash wildly, draining its health a little at a time. Once it reached desired half heath, the Adept Rogue pulled a bomb out of his pocket. He laid it next to the monster and dashed out. The mech began to thrash about, trying to get into a standing position.

Intead that only made it worse, the monster hit the motion sensor and was blown to bits. The explosion caused the ground to shake and tremble, smoke rising high into the air. A fiery plume could be seen from the bear, standing no more then a few yards away. He couldn't believe what he just saw, a level 15 Adept Rogue take down a level 30 monster. The Adept Rogue stared at the bear from a distance and then dashed at him.

He felt fear well up inside his chest, he was certain this guy was gonna PK his ass. He pulled out his Dual blades and stood at the ready, but an unearthly howl caught his ears. He turned his head and noted that a whole pack of iron clad dogs where rushing towards him at a ridiculous rate of speed. They where running on all fours, growling and snarling ferally. The Adept rogue crashed into the bear, knocking him onto the ground. He raised his left arm and yelled, "DATA DRAIN!" A small stream of light came screaming out of his open palm, it enveloped the dogs, turning them into useless data. He watched the golden orb in the distance grow; enveloping everything it came into contact with. Once it had dissipated, a large crater was created in the ground

Suddenly, the ground started vibrating, and the horizon became dotted with more dogs and Mechs. The White Adept rogue became angry, "The fuck with this, lets get the hell out of here!" He helps the bear up and they dash towards the chaos gate.

The bear looks at the Adept Rogue and asks, "Have we met before?!"

The Adept Rogue huffs, as if getting tired, "Not sure I have!"

The Dogs ran forward, nipping at the bear's heels. The bear begins to panic, "Ah Shit!!! We're so fucking screwed!"

The Adept Rogue huffs more, but He's still slightly faster then the Dual edge, "C'mon man, speed it up a little!"

The Dual Edge complains, "I'm trying!!"

The Dogs Continue to nip at his heels, arduously making their way forward. The bear yells out, "This is fucking stupid!"

The Chaos gate comes into view and the Adept rogue grabs the bear's hand, leaping into the air. The Adept Rogue touches the gate and yells, "Aqua Capital Mac Anu!" the area changes, turning back into the beautiful spacious town. The Adept Rogue falls on the ground, his body covered in sweat. He gasps for air, his body trembling.

The bear stares at him and asks, "Are you really sweating?"

The Adept Rogue lies, "It's an expansion pack,"

The bear crosses his arms, sitting on the stone ground, "I see," he looked down at the Adept Rogue and realized where he had seen him before, "Hey, I know who you are, I saw you walking around here earlier. You where the prick who wouldn't let me join your guild!"

The Adept Rogue sat up, his eyes filled with surprise, "There was a guy walking around here who looked like me?!"

The Dual Edge was taken aback, "Uhhh....yeah, I thought it was you?"

The wolf's surprised look died down to a smoldered distemper. He eyed the ground in contempt, "Well he's not me that's for sure."

The bear looked at the Adept Rogue and put out a friendly paw, "'Names Zeke, you?"

The Wolf grinned widely, shaking his paw, "My name is Yugure,"

The bear looked at him, face lined in confusion, "So, do you live in Japan?"

Yugure looks at him and sits up, looking down at the ground, "...Somewhat,"

Zeke looks at him with sad eyes, "How 'bout I add you to my friends list?"

Yugure looks at him from the corner of his eye, "I'd like that,"

The bear smiled widely, "No problem,"

They exchanged information and sat quietly for a moment. He sighed and asked the bear a question, "Can you do me a favor?"

Zeke looked at the wolf with a small smile, "Sure, what is it?"

The Adept rogue looked at the Dual Edge with sad eyes. He pulled a small cross pendant from his pocket and gave it to the bear, "Could you give this to the man who looks like me? I'd much appreciate it,"

The Bear took the pendant and put it in his pocket, "Sure, but I have no idea where to begin looking."

Yugure chuckled, "Ha ha ha... That's no problem, I've got the guild location and the password,"

Zeke frowned, "Isn't that, against the rules or somthin'?"

Yugure pleaded, "Please, give this to him. I'm begging you,"

The Dual Edge muttered, "Alright alright, I'll do it," He looked at the wolf with a small blush on his face.

Yugure didn't notice, he got up and smiled, "Well, I'm off. I'll send you a pm with the information."

Zeke gave a peace sign, "Sounds cool, see ya,"

The White Adept Rogue went back to the Chaos gate and muttered another code. He was whisked away immediately, leaving the bear with a sense of longing. Not to much long later he got a pm from him, it had the guild information directly on it. He smiled, got up and wiped the rubble and dust off his characters clothes. Zeke read the pm carefully and stalked off, paws in his pockets.

A large muscular raccoon falls into a nearby chair, raking his fingers through his fur. He sighs and asks, "Why did you call us in here again, Toruko san?"

Toruko turned around, his face grave, "There's been some talk on the forums about a White Adept Rogue wandering forbidden and closed areas. He's even said to transport without a chaos gate."

A large Tiger stalks left and right, his tail thrashing about, "Big deal, it could be some sort of AI or an event of some sort,"

Toruko snaps, his words coming out with white hot intensity, "Maybe that is the case, Yuki. But its strange when this Adept Rogue resembles me is it not?!"

Yuki stops dead, Amaterasu leans forward, and Miatsu comes out from the back room, "Really, they've spotted Yugure kun?!!"

Yuki still denies this, "It could be anything, lets not jump to conclusions now."

Amaterasu speaks up, his coon voice growling with contempt, "Funny Yuki san. I remember how sure you where last time. When Yugure san was deleted! You said he just logged of, said he was probably taking a shower!!! You have no right to even be here, you don't even care about Yugure san!!"

Miatsu raised his voice, "Amaterasu, enough!"

The raccoon went silent, leaving the room with an empty feeling. Toruko spoke up again, "While unnecessary that was amaterasu, he has a point Yuki. Even if stated on a forum, you should never doubt what you read, especially if it's an online game."

The Admin bowed his head, scanning the ground. He muttered a soft apology, "I'm sorry,"

Miatsu spoke up, his voice demanding, "Are these sightings locations posted?"

Toruko nodded his head, "Unfortunately, they're not. The forums haven't had any updates on these apparitions."

Miatsu looks at Yuki and asks, "Well, what about CCcorp, have they got anything new on the condition of the body?"

Yuki looks at Miatsu sadly, but says nothing. Miatsu punches the wall and screams, "CCcorps isn't doing jack shit!!"

Amaterasu begins to tear up slightly in real life, the conversation becoming harder and harder for him to bear.

Miatsu ran back into the back room, slamming the door behind him. Toruko sighed, "Lets finish the conversation later. For now, no one leaves this Guild, do I make myself clear?"

Amaterasu goes into the back room as well, Yuki answers, "Yes sir, will do sir."

Amaterasu walks to Miatsu's shaking form and sits next to him. He looks into the Black Adept Rogues frightened eyes and asks, "Do you think Yugure san is okay?"

The Adept Rogue looks at his best friend and collapses into his chest, sobbing in real life. "I don't know Tsuyo kun, Its like...There's nothing I can do."

Amaterasu hugs him close, in real life and in game. He strokes the wolf's ears and smiles, "Hey, remember when that girl kept hitting on you in gym class?"

Miatsu looked up at the raccoon and chuckled, "Ha ha ha, wasn't that rare? Girls never hit on me."

Tsuyo commented further, "Why not, you're not bad looking at all,"

Miatsu sat up, "R-Really? S, so, what do you like about me then?"

Amaterasu didn't mean to unleash his feelings so suddenly, but they came forth like a flooded river, "Well, your dark blue eyes are amazing, you got the coolest smile, you can talk to anyone so easily without even trying, you're the best at baseball, you've got the coolest looking fur, and on top of that your martial arts skills are top notch. Even as a noob in THE WORLD you where still excellent at dodging and evading."

Miatsu flushed red, "You think that much of me?"

Tsuyo looked down at the wolf's blushing form and his face burned. He unintentionally made his darkest desire slip. Miatsu came close to the raccoon's muzzle, lips trembling in apprehension. Tsuyo just stared in shock, his body frozen. The wolf pressed his lips firmly to the raccoons, his tongue gently slipping inside his muzzle. Tsuyo felt it in real life, as well as saw it in game. The weight of his body, the scent of his fur, all of it was intoxicating.

Miatsu broke the kiss and blushed wildly. A big goofy grin broke over his face, "He he...That was amazing,"

Amaterasu smiled, hiding his aroused expression, "Uh, Y-yeah it was."

Miatsu lay down in the raccoons lap and drifted into a gentle sleep. Tsuyo began to stroke his back carefully, his hand rubbing warmth into him.

Zeke walked forward, the dark alley becoming more unappealing with every step he took. He made his way toward the chalk drawing in the ground and stared at it. It pointed towards a dead end, but he knew better. He walked over to the brick wall and muttered the password "Silent lord sleeping lion," The wall did nothing, so he did as Yugure instructed. He walked into the wall, the surface slipping past him. His eyes Widened as he saw a grand spiral staircase and marble columns. He walked forward, enamored by the architecture. He went up the spiral staircase slowly, taking in his surroundings. The blinding white, gold and the stunning black ran up thee course of the walls, making them appear eerily closer then they actually where.

He made it to the top of the stairs and chose the door to the far left. He swung it open with an audible thrust, "Hello?"

Toruko's ears perked up. He turned around, shocked expression on his face, "H, How did you get in here?!"

Yuki noticed the player and pulled on his left arm; as if to data drain him. The Dual Edge Flinched, "Wait, I was told to give you something!"

Toruko yelled accusingly, "So you broke into my guild to give it to me?!"

Miatsu and Amaterasu came running out of the back room, Miatsu hollered, "What the hell is going on in here?!"

Zeke frowned, tossing his hands up into the air, "Well isn't this great, I've got the whole guild on my ass!"

Yuki snarled, "Well what did you expect, a welcoming party?"

Amaterasu waved, "Hello" he put on a happy smile.

Miatsu remained expressionless, but not hostile.

Zeke sighed, "Look, do you want it or not?!"

Toruko snarled, his face registering contempt and severity, "If it can wait until we're done in here, then no I don't!"

Zeke turned around, looking back with a grimace on his face, "You guys are supposed to be Yugure's friends? All I see is a bunch of assholes,"

Toruko froze, "Yu-Yugure?"

Yuki became angry, "How the hell do you know yugure?!

Amaterasu was a little slow, still on the insult, "Hey, I was nice! Oh wait, did you say yugure?"

Miatsu begged, "You have something from Yugure kun?! Can I see it, please?!"

Zeke froze, his eyes still holding contempt, "I don't know. I think you've done enough as it is. You can all wait until tomorrow,"

Yuki hollered, "Give it to us, now!!"

Amaterasu punched Yuki in the face, "Shut up asshole!"

Toruko panicked, "No wait, please!!"

Miatsu walked forward, eyes weighed down with sadness. He looked at the bear and whimpered, "Please....please give it to us...please."

Zeke looked around, his heart became heavy with this young wolf's sorrow. He reached inside his pocket and held it out, "Fine...but I'm giving it to you, Since your leader there is so keen on treating me like shit."

Miatsu saw a small cross pendant fall into his paws. His eyes filled with tears in real life. He fell on his knees, rocking back and forth with the cross pendant held close to his face, "Thank you...Thank you so much."

Toruko walked forward, eyeing the bear accusingly, "Where did you get that pendant?"

Zeke turned his head away, eyes contrite, "No way in hell I'm telling you jack shit!"

Miatsu was still holding the cross close to himself, sobbing bitterly. Amaterasu walked over to Zeke and smiled, "Please tell me."

Zeke noted that he was the only other non-asshole in the guild. He smiled lightly, "Yugure gave it to me himself...Mind telling me what the big deal is?"

Toruko's eyes widened, "He gave it to you?! Himself?!"

The bear looked slightly unnerved now, "Uhm, yeah. He told me where you gouys where, the guild password, the immunity charm...everything. He wanted me to give this to you personally, but I didn't think you deserved it."

Toruko's voice raised, higher and more desperate, "Can you tell us where he is?!"

Zeke turned around, "I don't, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you. You've done enough,"

Toruko dashed forward, "Wait!"

Zeke turned around, his eyes filled with contempt, "What!"

Toruko stopped dead, then bowed his head in shame, "I...I'm sorry, I'm so sorry,"

Zeke took another look at everyone's faces, Yuki had to hide his, turning his back so no one would see. He sighed and smiled, "Na, its cool... But I would like to know what the big deal is about Yugure,"

Toruko looked up, surprised expression on his face. He glanced over to Yuki and asked, "Yuki, do you think its okay to tell him about-,"

Yuki flipped, his answer contrite, "No, he's not authorized by CCcorps!"

Toruko growled, "Yuki, Yugure trusts him!!"

Yuki held his pride down, putting his friends over his job for the first time. He frowned, blushing slightly, "Alright, tell him."

Toruko looked at the bear and launched into hasty speech, "Three months ago, Yugure got into a bad accident."

Zeke looked confused, "Accident?"

Yuki took over, "Yugure is part of a special case called the Twilight effect. It's a select few who succumb to a cryogenic like sleep while playing THE WORLD,"

Zeke looked confused still, "Cryo what?"

Toruko clarified things, "Yugure is in a coma. He's staying at a hospital owned by CCcorps,"

Zeke was now completely unmovable, He stuttered, "T-then-then how i-i-is he still playing?"

Toruko looks grave, his face lined in pain, "I don't know...that's what we're trying to find out. CCcorps is allowing us to investigate this, giving us funds and supplies....After all, Yugure isn't the only one in a coma. Countless hundreds are resting in CCcorp's hospitals, conscious's trapped inside the game."

Zeke looked pale now, "So, Is that why you didn't let me join before?"

Toruko looked pale as well, "Yes, that's the exact reason,"

The bear got defensive, "Your doing the opposite of what you really should do! You're supposed to find more members to strengthen your cause! "

The bear walks over to the wolf and stretches out his paw, slightly cuffed. Toruko eyes this paw in his face, but does the same. He cups his paw together with his and answers, "You're right,"

Amaterasu came over, patting the bear on the shoulder, "Welcome to the guild err....Zeke," he said, reading the bears information. Miatsu was done crying, however, he wrapped his arms around the bears wide neck, holding him close, "He he. Cool, a new face,"

Zeke looked over at Yuki, who smiled and nodded. Zeke smiled back, blushing slightly.