Subject: 00) "BLAZEBLUE" (closed) 245 views

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( "BLAZEBLUE" )

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He hated sleep.

Ever since he was a small child he'd been engaged in a lifelong fight against the one and only thing that never failed to consistently wreck his fun. In secluded estate on the outskirts of town one of the biggest names in pop music was a pitiful sight. Teiji was sprawled out on the couch one good breeze away from tumbling off, dying laptop precariously perched on his bare chest- its charger on the floor just out of arm's reach, messy black bangs covering a face millions of girls lost their minds over and a line of drool staining the cushion. Vermilion sunlight streamed from the massive windows overlooking the courtyard, yet even as the first rays of dawn kissed his lids the boy didn't stir.

Elsewhere, in the other room, the sounds of drilling, banging, and electrical charges crackling had finally drawn to a halt. The two women wiped beads of sweat from their brows and clasped their tool belts back around their overalls. They'd been working on and off since last night and if they hadn't already been paid so handsomely in advance this ordeal would've waited until much later. They made their way into the living room and snickered under their breath.

"Look at him...he really waited up all night for us. I can't believe all the noise didn't wake him...must be a heavy sleeper" One of them said. She looked down at the teen, he didn't even move. The second sighed and cleared her throat forcefully. "Ahem Uh, Takehiro-san? Its' done."

!!

Teiji's eyes shot open. He all but knocked his laptop across the couch and bolted into the other room without so much as a 'good morning', or bothering to put on a shirt. When he rounded the corner his golden eyes swelled with disbelief.

There it was. Right in front of him. The DO chamber fully functioning and beckoning to him. He made his way over to it with the kind of awestruck wonder only a gamer would understand. His technicians clearly didn't share the passion.

"We'll just uh...see ourselves out."

He barely heard the door close in the distance.

The first thing he did was design his avatar. A simple change of pallet and as long as he didn't sing no one in game, not even his most obsessive fans, would recognize him. Slightly longer muddy brown hair instead of his shorter, spiked-up mop of jet black. Eyes dyed a deep crimson rather than the piercing gold glance that decorated billboards. When he was finished he didn't even recognize himself.

'Perfect.

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After the arduous tutorial he found himself outside a Asuka City, the sun matching the same one he'd seen through one of his own living rooms only a few minutes ago. A warm wind tousled his longer hair, the fa--

"HIYA!"

"DYAAAAAH-!!"

A short, blue, horn-nosed, big-eyed thing hopped into his face. He screamed and scuttled backward.

"I'm Veemon~! And you must be Blaze! From here on out you and I are in this together! WELCOME-!!" Veemon spread his arms out in a grand gesture. Blaze only glowered at him.

Quickly he picked himself up off the ground, brushing dirt off his newly digitized clothes. The sensation of falling on his tailbone...it was just like the real thing. If he weren't so irritated he'd have been impressed.

"DON'T-- DO THAT-- EVER AGAIN-!!" He flailed. Veemon shrank and lowered its head apologetically. Blaze ignored him and cleared his throat. "Anyways...Veemon? What's the V stand for, anyhow?"

The digimon shrugged.

Blaze rubbed his chin for a moment, then came up to pull him to his side.

"I'll tell you what: Victory. And don't ever forget that as long as we're together. Got it?"

Veemon looked like he didn't know whether to laugh or apologize again. After an awkward pause he nodded back at him with a nervous grin. Blaze smirked in approval.

"Good. Now lets get going. I wanna check out the kicking forest up...maybe we can get a good fight in!"

With that they'd set off.

[blue]

The opaque hues that barely managed to shine through the window at the front most part of the room dawned idly around him. Lost in a contemplative thought that could've easily seemed as though he was actually doing the assignment that lied on the desk in front of him, unblemished by the chicken-scratch he calls handwriting. Doing his work was actually the furthermost thing from his mind currently. He had more entertaining thoughts to ponder as he steadily tapped the tip of his pencil onto the edge of his desk repeatedly.

Time was passing slower than usual. Kaito, no matter how hard he tried to think and do everything humanly possible, couldn't seem to make the hands of time (more like the clock on the wall in the front of the room, anyways) move faster. He felt trapped like a caged animal at the zoo; but his prison wasn't a cage, oh no, it was a Hell of a more lethal kind, a school house.

C'mon, c'mon! he screamed inwardly, the anticipation began to build as the hands on the clock drew closer and closer to last bell of the day. He was only minutes away from receiving what he longed for for months, but first the time of day that was unrivaled by any other - school dismissal - had to run its course.

!!

BRRIIIINNNNGGG--!!

Suddenly, in a burst of speed that most of his class would miss, Kaito jumped from desk and bolted towards the door, a teethy smile fixated across his grinning mug. Today was the day, when he got home, his mom was going to take him to the Moto's gaming shop to be one of the first to try out the DO chambers that had just been installed the night prior.

"Yahhoooo~" the top of his voice rung as he ran all the way home, cutting through the park like he usually did when taking his short cut that shaved four blocks of walking off of his usual eight blocks of walking.

His walk run home seemed an awful lot quick than normal. Maybe it was because he was excited about the months of fun ahead of him. Maybe it was the surplus of adrenaline that was pumping through his bloodstream. Or, maybe it was the three Redbull energy drinks him and his friend Kenta drank in class coming into play... who knows? Either way, the glorious look that dawned on his face as he burst through the door of his house expecting to see mom sitting in the living room, waiting for him like she said she would've done today.

His green orbs transformed into little beads. He solidified into a stone statue. The utter befuddlement of what was going on lead him to become immensely bewildered - he could barely contain himself.

"WHAT - THE - FUCK - IS GOIN' ON?!" He raged, like an angry madman he ran amok throughout the entirety of his living room. Grabbing his iPhone he yelled at Siri until she dialed his mother's number, all the while anger began to well up inside.

Ring

Riinnngg

Riiinnnnggg

Click... "Hello," his mom said from the other end of the phone. "Hey Kaikaichan."

"Where the hell are you--?!" He began to interrogate her banteringly, "You're suppose to be home to take me over to the Moto's shop so I can pl--"

"I'm going to take it you didn't read my letter on the coffee table, did you?" He mom asked rhetorically, knowing good and well that the letter she wrote had yet to be seen or read, for that matter. Looking around guiltily, Kaito said nothing. "I'll take that as a no then. My trip was extend again and I won't be home tonight so I won't be able to take you to Moto's shop as promised--"

"What...! But the game comes ou--" Kaito interjected immediately, cutting his mom off only to have her interrupt his on exclamation.

"I know I know, that Diggyman virtual reality game comes out and you want to play it. Just listen - I called Shigo-san, Ben-kun's grandfather, and he said that it would be okay if you stayed with them while I'm out of town since Ben-kun's out of town also. I just got off the phone with Shigo-san, he said he's almost to the house now. If you pack your stuff quick enough, you'll get to play your game sooner." As his mom's words concluded, a tear streamed down the side of his face. A lone river of joy that yet again brought happiness to his world. For the most part, Kaito was speechless. He couldn't decide how, or what, to say to his mom. "Have fun playing your game, honey. Love ya."

Sniffle

"Love you too, ma."

---

HOURS LATER

He had been online for hours, walking around aimlessly, in the middle of no where it seems, with no one around him except the small furry creature that called itself Gabumon. Thus far, Blue and Gabumon had gotten to know each other very well as they wandered around in the inner skirts of inn's surroundings searching for someone to interact with.

"Blue," Gabumon beckoned for Blue's attention, while at the same time wobbling, walking beside him. "Can you bring me some chocolate next time you visit me, you say it's the best thing ever. I want to try it."

His unkempt mop swayed as his bangs began to peak under the headband that held his hair together. Scratching the inside of his ear with his pinky, he shrugged.

"Digimon eat...? I thought this was a game..." he stated blatantly, voice trailing off in uncertainty.

"I don't know." His Gabumon answered casually, trying its best to keep pace with Blue.

"Ah, look there! That looks like the lake that I read about at the inn. C'mon Gabumon, let's go check it out. Maybe we'll see someone in there." Quickening his paste, Blue increased his pace into a jog and moved over to the lake.

Looking over at the lake for the first time since he started the game got to he saw his reflection. Whether it was instinctive or not, upon seeing himself he was surprised. He was half expecting not to see anything at all.

He knew what his avatar looked liked and all. Making his avatar was something akin to customizing a masterpiece, it to fit his liking precisely. He also managed to give the avatar many of his wonderful qualities, such as: his red hair, and his green eyes. It appears that the only thing really different was the length of his hair, the style of it, and the eye-patch he wore, and the overall disposition his person emits.

Gabumon, on the other hand, wandered around idly. Sniffing at the air he picked up a scent, he heard a noise, he saw someone in the distance heading towards him and Blue. Scurrying back over to Blue, he pointed him in the direction of the noises and figures he saw and they headed that way, curious as to what/who they would bump into.

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Within the first few hours Veemon learned almost everything he needed to about the one he called "Blaze". His tamer didn't talk much, was hardly amused by silly antics, and didn't understand how a digimon could feel hunger or...well...anything. After he'd reluctantly allowed a pit stop on the trail, Blaze looked so thoroughly annoyed that Veemon realized he'd have to up his holding time by another few hours.

The long walk from Asuka, to the forests edge, and now through the forest itself was far from boring. Veemon kept up a reasonable chatter and although Blaze would only nod or offer the occasional one-word-retort, he found himself not minding it all that much. It made the time go by faster. He occupied himself by fiddling with all the features and every reflective surface that gave him pause.

No matter how many times he passed his newly-rendered face he always had to stare. He'd never played a game like this before. Trading cards were nice to look at but otherwise pointless: he never had anyone to play with. Ever. As far as video games went, Blaze had a few on his tour bus and a handheld for long layovers at airports or killing time in between rehearsals, but nothing like this.

It was like stepping into a different reality with a body crafted by his own hand.

How was Veemon even talking to him right now? How was he not only understanding all the nuances of human communication [his sarcasm, his facial expressions, his gestures] but responding to them as if he truly were alive? He couldn't even call a business without having to scream "SPEAK TO AN OPERATOR" four times into the phone. And yet here was a virtual entity holding a full [albiet one-sided] conversation.

The awe of it all lasted until they reached the lake at the center. Suddenly he'd stop and call his partner to attention.

"Alright Veemon, listen up. Now that we're here we're gonna find the biggest tree we can and kick it until a strong digimon falls out. Then we're gonna beat it and get you some good EXP. Got it?"

"Got it!"

He grinned, Blaze was pleased to see his new partner was so obedient. 'Why wouldn't he be? He's programmed to listen to me.' He had to remind himself that this was a game, he could already tell that was going to be a challenge.

From the corner of his eye he saw another player and their Gabumon. Ordinarily Blaze would've challenged him then and there, but EXP grinding took priority. His eye contact would be brief. A cocked eyebrow in his direction followed by them both abruptly striding past them as if they hadn't even been seen.

"Go look around for a good tree, I'll do the same. If you see one then call me over and we'll nail it. If we can't find any good ones here then we'll fan out deeper. But make sure you keep your back to the lake at all times so we don't get lost."

Veemon nodded and hopped away from him. Both of them would wander around in the clearing, expecting nearby trees for a decent first target. If the other boy was still there Blaze only had one silent thought for him.

'He'd better not try to steal my fight.'

[blue]

"There aren't a lot of good trees here for this to be a forest," walking with his hands resting below the bump of his head Blue looked around as he followed close behind Gabumon. Up ahead of them were nice amount of strong, healthy trees, and underone stood a blue digimon with his brown haird, maroon-eyed partner glaring over at them as they walked.

"Yo," was all Blue muttered as he stepped beside the kid, Gabumon placing himself between them, as if he was protecting Blue or something. Though it was unneeded, it was somewhat comforting to know that even if they'd only been partner for a few hours that Gabumon was quick to stand by his side. Then again, that was what digimon were programmed to do.

Spotting the Veemon sizing up and occasionally kicking trees, he nudged his head over to the patch of trees adjacent to where they were standing, sending Gabumon off to do the same. Trotting off slowly, Gabumon began to kick away at tree, but not going to far in an effort to keep Blue in his sights. In lieu of their short friendship, Blue and Gabumon had already established a mutual bond of sorts.

"I'm Blue, as you can tell," he said thumbing upward at his name tag that floated above his name, or was suppose to anyways. "I've been playing DO for a little less than three hours, and you're the first person I've seen."

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He was used to dealing with other people only in controlled situations. Running along the aisles to touch their hands, smiling at the end of a long queue with his arm draped around them before hefty men sent them on their way, or even a quick ";D you guys a awesome~" on Flutter to all his followers. Brief interactions. But to be alone, in "person", with someone else trying to talk to him was acutely uncomfortable.

What was he supposed to say? What did other people talk about anyways? Most of his conversations revolved around work.

He made a face then quickly spun around and flashed his legendary grin.

"Heeeeeeeeey, Blue was it? I'm Te-- Blaze, and its great to meet you! Really. I'm sure there's TONS of people all around here just dying to meet you too! So I won't take up all your time~"

'There, that'll get rid of 'em'

With that he planned to go back to what he was doing, until Veemon scampered over to them. He obviously didn't catch the warning glace his partner shot him out the corner of his eye. Either that or he didn't care.

"Oooooh Blaze~ Who's your friend!?" Once again he'd bounce around them excitedly. Blaze smacked his forehead. He couldn't just make this easy, could he?

"He's not my friend, he's a stranger. Now back to your tree!"

"But...you just got here...that means you don't have any friends yet. That's so sad...its more fun if you play with friends!"

He twitched. Was this really happening? He should've known the developers would work in some kind of shameless "PLAY WITH FRIENDS :D" pitch into the game, or maybe Veemon was just a social butterly? Either way he wasn't amused. Internally he was screaming. His lips twisted into some kind of forced grimace.

"Veeeeeeeemooooooooon~ Go baaaaack to your pooooooooooost~" He sang through gritted teeth, the agitation palpable from every syllable. His digimon's eyes only widened. It completely missed the entire point.

"Oooooh, you've got a nice voice. You should s-"

"VEEMON. THIS TREE. HIT."

He dashed back to where he came from. Blaze reared his own foot back. Veemon took a running start and then jumped. Both of them simultaneously slammed their feet against the trunk with a hard THUD.

[wild digimon]

Soulmon (x1) » Adult Level » Virus Attribute
Necro Magic » End Trance » Soul Cry » Ghost Chop

Harshly shaken from his eternal slumber, Soulmon scowls at his opponents. They better react quickly, because he looks serious.

[blue]

His initial reaction to Blaze was a bit lackluster. He took him as the overly busy type. Then again, a part of Blue thought he was deaf or maybe hard of hearing to some extent. Only moments passed since he explained how he been here in the DO and hadn't seen a soul in the forest until that very moment, and now after simple introductions Blaze tried to pus him off to the world.

Maybe he was socially awkward and weird with people. Or maybe he was one of those strange people who were so anal retentive that they needed control of every aspect of everything and had to get rid of any factors that could lead to them losing said control. Who knows?

Either way, Blue didn't think much of it cause only seconds later his digimon partner waltzed up all happy-go-lucky and eager to make friends. "Hi," grinned Blue, offering a smile and two fingers fixed in the peace sign, which was his trademark greeting to any and all newcomers. "I'm Blue, and this here is my partner Gabumon."

"Hi!" said Gabumon tilting his head to the side, his weird maw offering a makeshift smile with a wave. A greeting that was oddly similar to his partner. It was almost completely akin to it. Almost like they practiced it, which is not weird at all.

As Blaze and Veemon had their little spat where Blaze yelled, trying to get Veemon to go back to tree kicking while Veemon wanted to play and make friends, all the while Blue and Gabumon stood and watched. Clearly entertained, the both looked at each other wondering if this is how they were - or, better yet - was this pair how ever other companionship was in the DO.

They said nothing though, they just stood by idly and watched. It was quite entertaining, actually.

"They're actually kinda funny. What do you think, Gabumon?" Blue asked while looking at Blaze and Veemon.

"Yeah, they are!"

Suddenly, a veil of seriousness befell the group as the pair raced towards the tree to kick it. Watching inquisitively, a sense of foresight warranted Blue to pay attention to the tree. Call it intuition, ESP, or what have you, but he knew something was going to happen. He could feel it in his guts.

You could see every feature of surprise on his face as the ghastly digimon came tumbling down out of the tree--

Their expressions went deadpan--

"What the fuuucckk is this--!!

[/b][/color]" Blue's mouth managed to say through his teeth, unmoving. He was completely over taken by befuddlement and surprise. "Ruuuunnn!!" Before he utter the entirety of his exclamation he raced off, getting as far away from this thing as he could.
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