Author Notes: I Do Not Own Sword Art Online
Prologue: A New Game
Ryan visited his friend, Ivan who was working the night shift at a computer shop near their apartment when he noticed a flier outside the shop.
A huge castle made of stone and steel floating in an endless sky.
That was all this world was.
It took a vagarious group of craftsmen one month to survey the place; the diameter of the base floor was about 10 kilometers – large enough to fit the entirety of Setagaya-ku within. Above, there were 100 floors stacking straight upwards; its sheer size was unbelievable. It was impossible to even guess how much data it consisted of.
Inside, there were a couple of large cities along with countless small scale towns and villages, forests, and plans, and even lakes. Only one stairway linked each floor to another, and the stairways existed in dungeons where large numbers of monsters roamed; so discovering and getting through was no easy matter. However, once someone made a breakthrough and arrived at a city of the upper floor, the «Teleport Gates» there and of every cities in the lower floors would be connected making it possible for anyone to move freely through these levels.
The name of the castle was «Aincrad», a world of battles with swords that continued floating. Otherwise known as…
«Sword Art Online»
Wondering what kind of game that would be like, Ryan entered the shop and saw that his friend was currently busy with a customer, so he decided to walk around the shop while he waited. As he was meandering around the store he found promotion stand where one of the new Japanese virtual modules were being put in display. Grabbing one of them, Ryan decided to try it out and put it on his head. Smiling to himself, he pretended to hold a sword in his hand and practiced a few swings with the rolled up newspaper in his back pocket, when he heard clapping. Turning around he found his friend grinning at him, smiling wryly, he replaced it back in the stand.
"You looked funny and cool at the same time, dude." Ivan jokingly told him.
"Yeah, I know. By the way, what's the deal with that flier outside?"
"You mean the one about "Sword Art Online"? It's the first ever virtual computer game ever, in fact, what you were just playing around with is what will be used in going into the game." Ivan answered.
"Really? That would be so cool to be a part of it."
"Yeah, the game is supposed to be launched next week and guess what."
"What?"
"I got us two copies of the game as well as two brand new Nerve Gears." Ivan beamed with the news.
"Nerve Gear?" Ryan asked with a questioning look.
"What you were just using, dofus."
"Oh… well forgive me if I haven't been keeping up with the times. Been busy with school." Ryan answered back.
"Well don't worry… by this time next week… We will be heroes of Aincrad." Ivan said with an excited look in his eyes.
"Yeah… and you'll be my sidekick." Ryan snickered as he said that.
Ivan just laughed at what he said, knowing that Ryan would most likely be one of the top players considering he was an avid gamer.
"So you coming or what?"
"For what? Dinner? Nah… I gotta work late… these things cost a lot and I have to do double shifts just to help pay for these."
"Alright then, see you later…" Ryan said as he made his way out, "Oh and thanks for the news."
"No problem dude." Ivan answered back.
Outside the store, Ryan looked at the twinkling stars in the skies and smiled to himself as he muttered, "Sword Art Online huh… this will be good."
Ending Author Notes: Sorry for the short beginning, this was just a teaser and an intro and also I changed up the introduction a bit. Anyway, looking for people who MIGHT be interested in being a part of this story… if you are, the format for the addition will be in the profile (Hopefully). Thanks