I really wish more people would make fanfics for Log Horizon, I mean, if SAO can have 2.4k fanfics, why can't Log Horizon?! Is it because it's so much easier to fix a messed up anime in a fanfic rather than a good one?!
…actually…it's probably that…
Whatever. So hello Log horizon fanfiction writers and readers! This is my first fanfic in this fandom, mostly because I find it very pitiful that such a great Anime/Light Novel (Yes I read the light novel, it is very detailed) has such a small fanbase compared to its other sc-fi/fantasy anime concerning games. That's why I thought – Why not?
If you haven't guessed yet, this is an OC fanfic, meaning it will contain my own characters and will actually center on an OC character as well. I've seen a few OC fanfics here already, so I won't explain what OC's are.
If you want more information, check down below. Otherwise, Enjoy this short prologue!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the settings, characters, and terms that will be mentioned in this fanfic. Aside from my OC, the true owner is none other than Touno Mamare-sama!
The Demon and The Saint
Chapter 1:
Prologue to the biggest lie
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And the last bits of reality she'll ever see
Padded feet tapped on the floor of her room
["You're returning to Akiba? That's great! I really want you to meet my guild members,"] a happy and innocent voice said from the teen's headphones, as if she didn't hear that voice just a day ago. The girl let out a hum as she moved the mouse and tapped lightly on the keyboard. No one aside from her was in the house, as such, no one would mind the dark room the girl was in and the bright screen that was in front of her.
*twitch*
She took in a gulp of water and set it aside so to prevent spillage.
["I'm just passing by, ya know,"] She said to the boy as she once again went to the chat room and typed multiple lines of information to be added to the archives ["My real destination is Minami, I'm just going to Akiba since it's been a while and I miss the place,"] She tried not to sound stuck up when saying this. It was always a flaw for her when she starts speaking and people tell her she sounded snobbish and rude when she really didn't mean to sound like that. It always left her feeling out of place in a friendly environment whenever her mouth opens and the smiles of the people's faces lessen just a bit.
At her reply, however, the boy laughed lightly, and the girl smiled.
At least not everyone ran away from her words alone.
["But you don't need to travel by foot, don't you?"] He said the moment she finished her report and sent it to her 'boss', if you could call him that. He/she was more of the creator of the network rather than being the boss of it. Through if he/she could be considered the boss of this information network, then she could be considered the vice, not that the name did her any good. ["That's what the Transport gates are for, what's the real reason why you're going to Akiba?"]
"Transport Gates – Landmarks situated in all towns throughout all servers of 'Elder Tales'. It allows the player to easily migrate between the towns within the server. Transport Gates were only added into the Japanese server approximately 4 years after release when the Town of Susukino was added into the map. They are different from Fairy Rings as they cannot transport players outside the server," The girl immediately thought at the mere mention. Then proceeded to berate herself for once again going back to that unsightly habit that made her boss laugh at her. Instead, she replied to the boy with an equally cheerful voice.
It's hard not to feel positive while talking to him
["You got me!"] She said ["I actually found out that Shiroe-senpai was teaching a pair of beginners there and wanted to see!"] She left out the fact that Shiroe hadn't even told anyone about this and that she actually got the information from another member of the info-network. Not many knew of them so she decided to keep her mouth shut.
Besides, it's not like it mattered where she got the information from.
["Shiro-senpai is teaching beginners?"] She could hear the surprise coming out of his voice, followed by a tone of fondness ["Senpai is really nice to do that,"] she couldn't help but nod at these words even though he could not see it. Shiroe thought himself to be a very antisocial person, but they knew that wasn't the case at all. Kanami would have never taken a liking to him and place him over Indicus if he was as antisocial as he said he was.
Their time in the Tea Party told them that.
["Yeah, and I heard they were twins! Like real life twins!"] She cheered, even in the game…no especially in the game, twin players were rare. Not only that, it was even rarer to meet twins who started the game at the same time and both having identical avatars to one another. This would probably be the first time she met a pair of actual twins inside and outside the game.
But in reality, she just really wanted to meet the people who were about to get Shiroe to teach them
The boy laughed, or was it a giggle? She couldn't tell, both terms seem to fit with him nicely after all.
Through the boy would pout and deny this should that information come to light.
["Maybe we could meet them together then? You wouldn't mind if I bring my Guild members too, right? That way we can all meet each other!"]
*twitch*
["W-Well if you say so…,"] She trailed off. It wasn't that she didn't like his guild members – all of them were averagely normal after all, she checked – but she admits that her childhood fear of Guilds in particular hasn't been lifted just yet. ["I'll stop by after the expansion pack activates. Maybe I'll bring Nyanta-sensei along! He should be around here after all!"] If the information she had acquired was correct – and given the fact that it was her boss who filed it in – The reason why Nyanta-san was there in the first place was due to just coming back from a legion party headed by a former member of their disbanded guild. While Akiba was known for being the largest and the first beginning city in the Japanese server, both Susukino and Minami are the primary towns players go back to stock up after long term raiding, as these two towns are close to many event areas and dungeons.
The boy on the other side of the screen seemed to pause for a moment, before speaking again.
["…Hey, Asu? May I ask you something?"]
The girl blinked once, then twice, then blinked one more time at the shortened version of her handle. He usually used her full handle name when talking to her about the game. With Kanami and Suzuna offline, only Nazuna, Saki, K.R, and Naotsugu called her Asu.
Everyone else called her by her full handle: [Asuramaru] even him, who was her first friend in the game, who joined with her when she joined the Tea Party, who actually goes to high school with her is even in the same class, called her Asuramaru.
With that in mind, she asked her question
["What's the matter, Souji?"]
["Could it be that you-,"]
Unfortunately, she never got to hear the rest
[Homesteading the Noosphere]
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[Activate]
Really, it's just a prologue people, just to get you interested. The real fun starts afterwards.
I won't put up her stats just yet, since technically, you haven't met the person in the screen before. I'll probably put it up in the next chapter. I want to make it as similar to the information in the novel as possible!
That aside, here are some clarifications:
First off, while this is an OC story, I want it to tackle different views that were missed in the novel and anime. It will still follow canon, oh it will, but I want to show the other parts of the situation that Shiroe hasn't seen or had seen too late. Because of that, this OC was born.
Second, let me get it out that this fanfic WILL NOT center on romance, but that doesn't mean I'm not open to it should you guys petition for it. Like I said, I want the OC to experience things not quite mentioned in the light novels but are still connected to the main problems, not fall head over heels for a guy or vice versa. But again, the option is still there.
Third, I may have to warn you that this fanfic will center A LOT on the Landers and how their dealing with all this. Landers in this world remind me of the people in Sword Art Online: Alicization Arc and I wanted to widen their view of the situation and the happening prior.
That's about it! Please feel free to tell you thoughts about the fanfic and wait for more!
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