Prologue: The Swordsman's Arrival

"Well, I sure as hell didn't expect this to happen when I woke up this morning…" I think to myself as I am falling from the sky after getting knocked off an island that was apparently floating in the sky. I ask myself "Just how in the world did I get myself into this mess?" I think back to just a few hours ago.

My name is Chris MacDuncan, and I am currently 18 years old. I am- No, was currently in the beginning of my final year of high school. I never did well back in my early years, because of a case of autism I have, called ADHD. They also say I have something called Aspergers syndrome. I never did figure out if those were one and the same, or what. But enough of that, I am a hardcore gamer, so when I have free time, I usually end up gaming, or practicing with my sword whenever I have free time.

Yes, I am a sword-user. I know, it's rather cliché, but I always had a passion for swords, and it was either I train in that or snipers, my other favorite weapon. I always enjoyed the feeling of a good swordfight, which was far better than any feeling I got from a sniper, so I chose that.

Anyways, enough about me. It was at the end of the last day of school before winter break. Me and my friends, Ron and Mike, were walking home. We were talking about what we were going to do during the break. Then Ron had an idea.

Ron:"I just thought of something. Have either of you heard of a game series called HyperDimension Neptunia?"

Mike responds with "Ah, I remember that game series. I played through it myself a couple times. It was rather hard."

I look confused and say "I think I have heard of it, but I never played it myself."

Ron laughs and says "Well, a new one just came out on Steam, called Re;Birth 1. I was thinking we should all buy it and have a little race through it. First one to beat it wins, of course."

Mike says "I'll take that challenge. What about you, Chris?"

"Hmm…" I hum thinking to myself. "I don't know, I was planning on spending time practicing my swordsmanship…"

Ron slaps me on the back and replies "Really? You are better than the entire kendo club, and you are STILL trying to get even better? Come on, man, give it a break, will ya?"

I laugh at this. He wasn't wrong. Recently I had challenged each member of the school's kendo club one by one and managed to beat them all. I did have a hard time with a few, but I still won.

I pat Ron's shoulder and say "Alright, I'll join your race. I do still need to train some to keep my skills toned, though, but I will spend more time with the race."

Ron and Mike both smile at this, and say "I knew you would agree."

We spent a bit more time with small talk, and then went our separate ways to our homes.

After I arrived at home, I noticed a note from my parents saying that they were going to be gone for a week. I smiled to myself when I realized that meant I had the house to myself for the week. I went over to my computer and started it up. After it was on, Steam auto logged-in and I noticed something odd. Someone had gifted me something, but I didn't recognize the name. I check what the gift was, and laughed when I saw it was the game we were going to race through. I figured it was one of my friends messing with me, so I just accepted it and it started installing. I figured I had a while before it finished, so I went and grabbed my sword, which had a green handle, with a cyan blade and a purple sheath. It is rather oddly colored, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I glanced back at the PC and was surprised to see it was finished installing already.

"What the…" I mutter to myself, as I walk over to the PC. I decide to try loading it up, when a pop-up appears. The pop-up said:

Would you like to put your skills to use to help save people, and protect the weak?

[Yes]

[No]

I paused at this. It seemed a little odd for a game to have a pop-up like this. I decided to just shrug it off and click Yes. The screen went black, and then everything went dark.

"What's going…. On…" I say as I am suddenly by a wave of drowsiness. I try to move, but fall over. As I start to black out, I hear a small voice saying "Thank you, for choosing to help. I promise you won't regret it."

Then I was out like a light.

While I was out, I felt something weird happening, but as soon as it came, it was gone. As I start to come to, I notice that I was no longer in my room. It seemed to be an island but it also looked like there was a path on the other side. I stood up, noticing that I still had my sword with me. After a quick look around, I realized the island was floating in the sky. I backed away from the edge, just to hear the sound of combat from behind. A quick look revealed it to be four people-girls, I realize after another look- fighting in the middle of the island. The weapons looked futuristic, even if they seemed oversized. The one closest to me was in a black… jumpsuit, I think? She had black and purple wings that seemed to be a part of her, and had long, purple hair that was in two braids. She was using a rather large sword… I think it looks like a futuristic katana. I heard her questioning what the others were talking about, but I couldn't get a good look at them. When I tried to look, they charged at the purple haired girl. I was impressed at their speed. I was unable to keep them in sight with how fast they were going, but I soon realized that the purple haired one was being attacked by all three. She managed to hold them off for a bit, but I was able to tell she wouldn't last much longer.

The moment I noticed that, she was knocked to the ground. Surprisingly, she was able to stand back up, but she looked exhausted. I looked where the other three had been, and saw one of them going for the final blow. On impulse, I charged in, drawing my sword, in an attempt to save the purple-haired girl.

As I ran, I muttered to myself "Why am I even doing this? I don't even know her!" I managed to make it in time and raised my sword to block. Unsurprisingly, everyone was shocked at the new arrival, which allowed me to deflect the attack.

"Don't you think a three on one fight is rather unfair?" I say, as I finally get a good look at the three. One was green haired, with a… very revealing outfit, and was using a spear as her weapon. The one I blocked, who was the most surprised, was white haired, with a black outfit similar to the girl with purple hair, and was also equipped with a sword. The third one had a sky blue hair color, and was wearing what could be called a white full-body swimsuit, and she was using a… ridiculously large axe as her weapon. I take a battle stance just to be safe.

"Who are you, and more importantly, how did you get here?" The white haired one questioned.

"Before you ask someone's name, you really should give your own." I say with a smirk on my face.

"Grr… Why you… How dare you speak to a goddess like that! Fine, I am Black Heart, the CPU of Lastation!" Black Heart seems furious as she says this. Meanwhile, my mind is trying to process this information. Goddess? CPU? Lastation? I shake my head, putting those thoughts away for later. I look up at the other two.

"And you two are? I'll give my name once you two give yours." I say, as I ready myself for a fight.

"Oh? Very well then, I am Green Heart, CPU of Leanbox. The one you just protected is Purple Heart." Green Heart says, with an amused look on her face. I look at the sky-blue haired one expectantly.

"You want my name as well, huh? Fine, the name is White Heart, CPU of Lowee. Not that it matters, considering you are about to die, you arrogant bastard." White Heart says, with a pissed expression on her face. I chuckle, and then look back with determination in my eyes.

"We shall see about that. My name is Chris. Chris MacDuncan. Now then, as to how I am here… Well, that is something I cannot answer." I say, and glance behind me at Purple Heart. She seems to still be exhausted from the fight. She still seemed to be confused, though.

"Why… Why are you helping me? I don't even know you." Purple Heart asks me, which earns a small laugh from me.

"You want the honest truth? I don't like seeing someone with an unfair advantage in a fight, so I chose to help you." I say, and look back at the three. "Are you still able to fight, Purple Heart?"

"I'm a little weak, but I should be able to fight still." She replies, as she moves to my side and enters into a battle stance.

"Well, it's time to start. No hard feelings to whoever wins, alright?" I say, knowing we are most likely outmatched.

"Oh, you're so going down!" Black Heart yells, and with that, the battle begins. Black Heart charges at me, going for an overhead strike. I block, and attempt a side swipe, but she dodges out of the way. I go for an upward slash and manage to catch her by surprise with the attack. I press the attack but she reacts faster than expected and our swords are locked as we try to best one another. There was something odd, though… She had a smile on her face.

"What are you smiling about?" I ask, while trying to push her away.

"Oh, just the fact that the other two just defeated Purple Heart, so now you are all alone." Black Heart says, her grin getting bigger. I glance back in time to see Purple Heart get knocked off the edge and fall down below the clouds. While I am watching this, Black Heart takes advantage of the distraction and puts me on the defensive. "This is bad" I think to myself. "At this rate, she will-"As I think this I suddenly feel the sword in my hand leave, and I watch as it flies off the edge into the world below.

"Well… shit. This isn't good." I said, as Black Heart slashed me across the chest, sending me over towards the edge. The three of them surrounded me as I struggled to stand back up.

"Surrender, Chris! And maybe, we will let you live." Green Heart said, as she pointed her spear at me. Hearing that, I gave a dry chuckle while grasping my wound.

"As tempting as that sounds, I feel that I have better odds another way." I say, and as they prepare to attack, I turn and dive off the edge.

"Well," I say, while falling still. "Maybe I was better off with them. I doubt I can survive a fall like this…" No doubt, I will either be a big splat of goo on the ground, or will at least have many broken bones. I look where I'm falling and see a huge landmass coming into view.

"Huh… Well, I know I am not in my world, that's for sure…" I say to myself. As I glance around, I notice a lot of forest and- wait, is that a crater? Guess I'm not the only thing impacting lately.

"Well, guess this is it." I say, and I fall through the trees and crash into the ground with a crack.

Everything goes dark.

A/N: Hey everyone! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of this. I know, I had a LOT of details in it, and it might be rather long for the first chapter. I know this, but I just wanted to get the entire intro scene out of the way quickly. I also wanted a few things to be different from what other people have done. One example was the arrival part, since a lot of the fics I have read usually have the character in freefall as soon as he is transported into the world. Anyways, again, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I plan to keep this story updated on a somewhat regular basis. Leave a review for any questions you may have, or how you think I could improve this story. I always appreciate it if you do. Also, I have a few pairing ideas in mind, but I don't plan to announce them any time soon. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for the next chapter.