.hack//SIGN Fan Fiction / .hack//LIMINALITY Fan Fiction / .hack//Legend Of Twilight Bracelet Fan Fiction ❯ Episode Three: .hack//Liberty ❯ Divide ( Chapter 13 )

Chapter Thirteen- Divide- The Real World

 

After hearing Mimiru, Subaru, Rena, Blackrose and Mistral sing `Voulais-Vous Coucher Avec Moi, C'est Soir', Jeremie sang Advice, which garnered praise for his ability to do voices. Bear and BT sang `Time of my Life'. Tsukasa and Elk sang and danced to `Beauty and the Beast'. Jeremie, Sora and Mirelle sang `Hagane no Kokoro', and Emily managed enough bravery to sing `Real Emotion.' At that point, everyone was happy. Then, unexpectedly, Helba walked back in, sounding extremely grumpy.

“Damn flights are all delayed- HEY!” She said, suddenly in a cheerful mood. “Karaoke.” She looked at the song selections and laughed. “Jeremie, I would be honored if you sang `We Move On' with me.” Jeremie obliged, laughing internally, everyone else looking at Helba in surprise.

“WHAT?” Blackrose finally said. Sora laughed.

“Old lady finally let loose.”

“Or has a few screws loose.” Mirelle said in an undertone. Mistral groaned in the fashion of all parents.

“CHILD! What am I going to do with you?” The party then got rid of Sora and Mirelle at that point by pulling rank and bedtime rules. The two were, least to say, unhappy.

Ryo ushered all of them upstairs to the third floor. Jeremie gaped.

“You have a BALL FREAKIN ROOM on the third floor?” Ryo laughed.

“Among other things. I'll show you later.” He promised. Everyone then walked into a bar-type room, Jeeves acting as bartender. THAT was when the party started. Everyone got rid of all their inhibitions towards each other, except for Helba, who still wore her cloak. It ended up being a story time, however skewed it might have been, with stories ranging from sex, lies, and videotapes. They even breached the topic of past lives, metaphysics, and the current status of The World. Helba logged in on the computer, in the corner nonetheless, to check on things. She coughed on what she was drinking from surprise.

“What's up?” Jeremie asked. She merely motioned him over, grabbed an extra visor, and plugged it in. Jeremie gasped.

Net Slum was full of floating corpses. Mac Anu was full of floating corpses. Jeremie shook his head.

“How can this be?” Helba groaned.

“I fear the Horsemen are not as dead as we would hope them to be.” Jeremie sighed.

“Tomorrow. We'll deal with it tomorrow. Check on the flights.” Helba did.

“All are back up and running. Shall I officially crash your party?” Jeremie motioned her to do so.

“All dothackers, report.” Everyone silenced. “We are officially BACK on duty. Everyone please follow me to the airport to take your flight back home. Report to The World at ten-hundred-hours according to THIS time zone. Please make note of it now. It is of utmost importance.” She walked out of the room. Everyone grabbed their items, Sora and Mirelle, and left. Jeremie sighed.

“That was fun.” He said, finally. Emily groaned.

“All you did was hang out with Helba.” He looked at Emily.

“Sorry.” Emily shook her head.

“Ever since the events with CC Corps, we've grown further apart. I'm not blaming anyone,” She said at Jeremie's angry glare, “but, well, it isn't working between us anymore. We'll always be friends, but, well, it just can't go on like this.” Jeremie nodded.

“I agree.” He gave Emily a hug. “Friends.” She laughed.

“That was easier than I thought it would have been.” BT said. Jeremie looked at her.

“Still here, BT?” She laughed.

“I'm taking Ryo's proposition.”

“You're staying?” Emily asked, flabbergasted.

“My stuff is moving here in the next week or so.” She looked at Ryo. “Would you kindly show me to my room?” The two walked off. Jeremie bowed to Emily.

“Until tomorrow, Emily.”

“Same to you, Jeremie.” The two laughed as they walked out of the bar.

Jeremie looked at what Helba had given him. It was a USB data transfer chip. He plugged it into his computer to examine. He coughed in surprise.

“The Horsemen Litany!” He printed it out to read while in bed.

 

“Known where the Horsemen were created...
After the fires doth heat hell...
The sky in The World doth darken.
And air doth fills with Death.
From the pits of hell beyond the oceans,
A sign of the Horsemen comes.
Riding the Horse is: Conquest, the terrible conqueror,
to defeat all who stand.
Mirage of Enigma, Chaos,
Betrays with the help of others,
and did aid the Horsemen.
And by the Might of Injustice,
a creator of lies enters The World,
and demands all there is.

With the Horsemen, Boragia,
the power to tell the dark future of Death,
hope darkens, sadness and despair rule.
Uso schemes when swallowed by the Horsemen.
Casper seduces with the sweet trap of lies and betrayal.
Horsemen reach the center, and spirits shall rise.
The ghosts still remain with more cruelty to punish and destroy.
And with the turbulent destruction after the ghosts,
A void splits The World.
From deep within the void arrives Death.”

 

He looked at it in confusion.

“Why is it always so damn confusing?” He went back into the office and posted it onto the network. He looked at the chip.

“Thanks, Helba.” He turned the lights out and went to sleep.

He failed to realize what the true gift in the chip was.