Disclaimer: I own neither Pokemon not SAO, as everyone else on fanfiction. I'm merely using them as ideas for my story. Authors Note: Well, this is my first ever story. Hope y'all enjoy it. I'll keep up with it as much as I can. OCs are more than welcome, so be my guest.
Chapter One: Welcome to a New Hell
As with most gamers in the world, I was excited for this new Pokemon game. One where the Mons were made into mages and knights for us to play as, instead of being trainers. Everyone who beta tested, which included myself, was allowed one "egg move" or TM move for whatever we chose to be. The choices fell into this: first, we chose our class, from Knight, Mage, Ranger and Thief. From there we were given a list of Pokemon that fell into that category. All skills were available to us, but those from the other skill trees didnt level as fast.
My parents got me the full game as a birthday present. They gave me 30 minutes to play, then 8 was supposed to logout and eat birthday dinner. So, with my headset on, I booted up the game. Within the 10 second timer, my mind began to zoom off into the world of Pokemon. At first, there was just black. "CHOOSE YOUR CLASS," a loud voice boomed. Grinning, I chose knight. I already knew what I'd be. I adjusted my character a bit, but since I'm supposed to resemble the Pokemon I am, I dont get much choice. My hair was blue, eyes orange, and my armor would be a mixture of black and blue. "WHAT IS YOUR NAME?" the same voice asked. There was a blank space in front of me with a blinking cursor. I thought about this for a moment. I never put much thought into it before, but for some reason I was compelled to have a cool name. Then, something came to me, and I willed it onto the blank space. "IS THE NAME KIRITO CORRET?" I chose "Yes," and instantly I was transported to an old man with a lab coat on. This was the true start to Pokemon Worlds Online.
"Welcome, Kirito," said the old man. "My name is Prof. Oak. I study Pokemon, or rather, you young folk that take on the powers of Pokemon. I am to supply you with your starting gear, and send you off." He turned around and started gathering up my apparent stuff. "Eh, what Pokemon are you? My old mind can get confused occasionally."
"Sir, I am a Riolu." I stated proudly.
"Ah, yes, now I see it." He handed me my gear, explaining what was what. "Here is your sword, all swords you equip will naturally deal Fighting typed damage, but not much. I have some leather armor for you here as well." He hands me a chestpiece, leggings and boots. "Finally, my boy, what move have you decided to be given to you as per your beta testing?"
"I would like the TM for Shadow Claw, sir." Always the respectful one, even in a video game to an NPC.
He streched out a hand, and placed it on my chest. I felt a surge of power flow from him to myself. Without even looking at my moveset, I knew I learned Shadow Claw.
"Luck be to you, dear boy," he said with a grin. "Now go, and enjoy your adventure!"
Excited, I walked out of his lab. Everyone started in Pallet Town, just like in the original Pokemon games. How the game worked was you would face all the first gym leaders up to Gen 5, then the second gym leaders and so on. Once that was cleared, you were allowed to take on all of the Elite 4 and region Champions at your leisure. The first person to clear out all of that, would be considered the Ultimate Champion, and no one else would ever be able to claim that title.
I started walking to the first town that I knew I'd have an easy time in, Pewter City. The gym leader, Brock, would be a push over for me once I learned Force Palm at Lvl 15. Being a Lvl 5, it would be awhile.
The party system still existed, but instead of it being filled with actual Pokemon, it was people. The cap was still 6, and there was an Exp. Share still available eventually. If you came across someone who you felt would be a good addition to your party, you could extend them an invitation. People could leave your party at anytime.
It was also possible that people would fight each other. Personally, I had a good strategy for fighting. Since I knew Quick Attack, I would combine it with another move so my opponent wouldn't have much time to react. As I was a quarter od the way to Pewter, I recieved my first challenge. It was from a Lvl 7 Charmander.
"Hey, kid," he said cockily. "Hows about a fight?" He could tell that I had just started, and he figured that since I was a lower Lvl, and he had a STAB move(Ember), that he had the upper hand. Boy, how mistaken he was.
I drew my sword and merely pointed it at him, twisting my body to the side. Our eyes met, and he grunted as he drew his. He smirked and cast his free hand out, opening with Ember. I let it hit, which did some damage to me. My 20 HP dropped to 15, but this guy didn't know what was coming. I charged up Shadow Claw,and before he could register it, I used Quick Attack to slash at him, dealing double the damage he did to me. I leg swept him, causing him to collapse, and thrust my blade down at his throat. He went cross-eyed looking at the tip of my blade.
"I yield." He muttered weakly, clearly winded from the fall. I withdrew my sword, and with my free hand helped him up to his feet. Breath caught, he said, "Wow, you're strong. My name is Klein, by the way." He stuck out a hand.
"Kirito." I said, shaking hands.
"How's about we party up, at least until Pewter?" he asked, clearly feeling uncomfortable at the fact he just got his ass handed to him by someone who just got into the game.
"Sure," I said, "but I'm normally a solo player, so Pewter's as far as we'll go together."
"Sounds good," he looked relieved.
Now, having partied up with him, I looked at my first of many in-game prompts.
Congratulations, you have leveled up to level 6! You now have 22 HP, 14 P-ATTACK, 11 P-DEFENSE, 8 S-ATTACK, 12 S-DEFEND, 22 SPEED.
Leveling up right now, with just one fight in the actual game, was amazing. We walked the rest of the way to Pewter uneventfully. Strangely enough, Klein didn't know much about the in-game mechanics. I offered to teach him after we reached Pewter.
"Just simply will your main menu to appear, and the game will have it pop up." I informed him. "You can access your stats page, move pool and messages."
"Okay, now, where is the logout button? I should be eating dinner right about now." He looks puzzled at not being able to find a logout button easily.
"It should just be at the bottom of the menu..." I pulled up my main menu, and sure enough, it wasn't there. What the hell is going on? I thought. We apparently weren't the only ones experiencing any trouble. At that moment, everyone 8n the game got an email from the head game developer, Akihiko Kayaba. It was a video message from him.
"Greetings, gamers." He pushed his glasses up. "As some of you, or rather the good majority of you have noticed, there is an option for everyone missing: the ability to logout of the game. Do not panic, everything is fine." Collectively, everyone seemed to relax. "There is no issue, because this was intentional." Everyone was asking each other if they heard that right. Surely no one would intentionally trap us in this game, right? "If you wish to leave, you must beat the game in its entirety. Only then may you logout. Oh, and if you die in here, you will also die in REAL LIFE. I wish you all the best of luck, and have fun!"
That is when everyone went into panic mode, by being ushered into a new sort of hell.
Ah, this seems like a good spot to stop. Not the best story, I know. But hey, all authors suck at the beginning, right? Hope anyone who read this enjoyed, but TBH I don't think anyone will XD Oh well
