.hack//sign- Catastrophe-- Episode #25

The episode begins where the last one left off: the being got angry. Tsukasa could easily sense she was angry, and told everyone else that. Subaru says that she thinks she is the target, and the others agree. The rest of the party is about to go to a chapel, but B.T. tells them to go on ahead, because she used a lot of magic and needs to replenish her supplies. As she turns around, Sora has her trapped between his Twinblades. The next time the episode shows B.T., she is killed.
Subaru and the party go into the cathedral, and Bear and Crim decide to stay outside. As they start to talk, Bear goes on to talk with Crim about Aura and the game. Bear says that everyone playing the game besides his party are playing the game as if it's normal, as if everything is ok. Crim says that it's up to them to show the World that there is something very wrong.
Sora is back to the being's place, and asks the being where the others are. But the being wants Sora to keep quiet, because Sora often tells people things.
Tsukasa, back with Subaru, says he doesn't understand what Helba said. She said the answer was inside of him. He goes on and wonders about what happens after they get the Key of the Twilight and he is able to log out. He says that whenever there is a beginning, there is always an inevitable end.
Sora appears at the chapel, thanks to the being, and Bear goes inside to make sure nothing happens to Subaru and the rest. Crim and Sora decide to settle their score.
Bear says he wants to talk with Tsukasa. He tells Tsukasa that when he is able to log out, he'd like to be Tsukasa's foster parent. There is a boarding school Tsukasa could go to, and Bear would be the sponsor. Bear says Tsukasa can think about it as long as he wants until he logs out.
Just then, another blue Guardian appears!
Maha is back at the haven. He sees a twig, thinking back to Tsukasa, and picks it up.
Crim, fighting with Sora, says that strength isn't the only thing that matters. The highest any player can go is level 99, but it also depends on other things. Sora is bored and wonders where Crim is going with it.
The Guardian starts to attack the player, and Mimiru covers Tsukasa and Subaru so they can run away.
Crim tells Sora he is a kid. Sora doesn't respond, and Crim knows he's right. Crim says that the player who fights with the most passion will always win.
A tendril goes near Subaru, and Silver Knight jumps in front of the tendril. Silver Knight is almost killed, but B.T. saves him. Tsukasa decides he wants to help, and starts healing the party members who need it. The party uses as many special things as they can, and decided that the best way to kill the Guardian now is to use physcial attacks. After 5 or so hits, the Guardian is defeated!
Crim sends Sora flying. Sora and Crim have settled their score, and Sora is the loser.
Three more Guardians appear, and Tsukasa decides he'll fight them. But before he can, Maha appears. He has a twig in his hand. He does some magic to the twig, and it grows into a plant. He then puts himself in front of the Guardians and lets them kill him. Tsukasa is very shocked and surprised.
Suddenly, a weird glowing light surrounds Subaru and Tsukasa, and Mimiru runs after them. The three of them start falling through a portal.

.hack//sign- Net Slum-- Episode #24

The gate that the members of Bear's party take leads them to a very weird place. It's a bunch of broken images, but weirdest of all, they are all Tsukasa! Bear says that they are data remnants of him.
Subaru has been waiting for a while now, and Tsukasa still hasn't shown up. She sees the Helba gate start to vibrate, meaning it will close soon. As she is about to go through the portal (she has waited long enough) Tsukasa appears. Subaru is very glad he managed to come.
Crim is trying to figure out what these images are and if they talk, but they don't. Mimiru wonders what they're doing in the Slum, and Silver Knight decides to slash one of them. Bear says Silver Knight shouldn't do that, because Tsukasa barely made it to the place, and if he sees everyone slashing the images, it will upset him and he will probably run off and disappear again.
Now that everyone is at the Slum, Helba appears and officially welcomes them to the Net Slum, a place constructed of bugs and data remnants. She says that the omni-present entity (or the Being) was trying to make copies of Tsukasa, but was having trouble, so she brought Tsukasa to the World for that purpose.
Tsukasa has been sitting elsewhere in the Slum, evidently still depressed. Subaru was told to go to him. She agreed and started to talk with him. She says she will stay by his side, because she wants to protect someone now. Tsukasa says that he thought he was a guy in the real world, but it turns out that he's actually getting fake memories, and that he's probably a girl in real life.
Helba starts to talk about Aura, talking about the Being again, and its objective. Mimiru thinks she knows it and says that it's to give birth to the warped Aura. Helba tells her she's wrong. She says that when Tsukasa is happy, Aura grows the way she is supposed to. But when he is depressed and negative, she warps. So what it means is, the being wants Tsukasa to log out, because when he does, the warped Aura will be born and the key of the Twilight will reveal itself in its true form.
Sora revisits the place where the being is holding Aura, and says it's boring. The being wants to know where Tsukasa and the others are, because she can't see them!
The being wants Sora to go find them, and says she'll make him stronger as she trys to give him a bluish-green Guardian. Sora refuses, saying he's already strong enough. The being calls him a fool, and the Guardian tries to kill Sora. Sora teleports away, knowing he's in trouble.
Back at the Slum, Mimiru goes and sits with Silver Knight. Mimiru calls him and old man, and Silver Knight says he isn't that old. He's 23 and works part-time in a video rental store. Mimiru says she used to do that too, she loved to watch as many movies as she wanted. Silver Knight said he wished he worked in a pizza store, so he could eat as much pizza as he wanted. Mimiru laughed, surprised he made a joke. Silver Knight is glad he could have another silly conversation.
Helba clears out all the Tsukasa copies and says that's all she can do. Bear says it's better that Helba doesn't fight, it would be better for her to monitor them. As Helba leaves, Bear says that if the being were to attack them, Subaru would be their first target. If Subaru were hurt, Tsukasa would never be able to recover again.
Speaking too soon, Maha appears and summons the bluish-green Guardian. It starts whipping out its tendrils. Mimiru, Bear and Crim start to attack the creature and tell Tsukasa and Subaru to run.
But it seems that the Guardian won't let them leave, and one of its tendrils almost kill Subaru! Luckily, B.T. uses her defence magic to save them. Tsukasa and Subaru run, but the being starts to follow them.
It seems they're trapped, but then Tsukasa's Guardian comes and destroys itself along with the other.
The other players cheer and think Tsukasa should be awarded. When they ask Tsukasa what he wants to do, Tsukasa says he wants to log out.
Back at the being's place, Maha is hovering around Aura, and the being is yelling, clearly infuriated.