A/N: January 8, 2015
Hey guys! I got this idea from Rwanime442's story "SAO: Suicidal Samurai." It's pretty good, so you should go read it. :D
This story will follow "SAO: Suicidal Samurai"'s story line. The only difference is that this story is written in another character's perspective.
I hope you enjoy reading this. :)
November 6, 2022 was when the first Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG), Sword Art Online, was released.
"Thank you so much!" a girl cried happily. Her parents beamed at their only child. Her birthday was on the release date of the VRMMORPG, so they decided to get it for her. It was a harmless game, and their daughter was an avid gamer.
The small family arrived home, and the girl immediately turned on her NerveGear (it was used to play the VRMMORPG).
The girl quickly opened the game's manual and read it, trying to absorb the information.
She put it on and said, "Link start!"
Vibrant colors flew at her face. She waited for impact but felt nothing.
A few seconds later, it had her calibrate the device. It made her touch certain parts of her body. After the calibration, she was ready to play.
The girl gave her parents another big hug and another "thank you" before diving in once more.
After the game booted up, it led her to the character creation screen.
After about thirty minutes, she finished creating her character. The final appearance of her character showed up in front of her.
The character the girl was staring at had long white hair that was tied up in a ponytail. Strands of hair fell to the sides of her face. Her bright purple eyes stared back at the girl. The character was fairly tall, about 173 centimeters (5 feet, 8 inches)
Perfect, she thought. She confirmed it, and another menu popped up, asking for the character's name.
The girl inserted, "Nariko" and confirmed it.
"Welcome to Sword Art Online" was the first thing she saw. The rest of the world appeared behind the words. Then the words slowly faded away.
Nariko stared in awe at world before her. It was obvious she was in a city, but she couldn't get over how… real it felt.
The first thing she did was try to find a way to open the menu. She glanced around, seeing other people press two fingers together and swipe down in front of them. Nariko mimicked them, and a small window appeared, making a jingling sound.
She checked all of the tabs. Each one made a small beeping sound when she tapped on them. There were tabs for inventory, character stats, skills, equipment, etc.
After checking the menu out, Nariko decided to practice fighting. So, she went to the fields.
Her attacks weren't doing much damage, and she knew why. "Auto Attacks" don't do much damage. What she was doing right now was auto attacking. She was simply whacking the Frenzy Boar with her sword. Unfortunately, she didn't know how to activate sword skills yet.
Nariko frowned, remembering she had to equip skills.
She quickly escaped from the battle and ran back into the starting city. She opened up the menu and selected the Skills tab. There, Nariko saw three slots. Two of them were gray, and one had some kind of golden border. She tapped the first slot, and many skills appeared below it. Most of them were grayed out, of course, but about four had color. She chose the "Slant" sword skill for the first slot and "Acrobatics," a support skill, for the second slot. Apparently, it increases jump height and aerial maneuverability. It should help her survive longer.
Nariko tapped on the golden-bordered slot, wondering what it was. Nothing showed up. With a shrug, the girl closed the window and exited the city.
She practiced activating her skills and executing them on the Boars. After a while of grinding, she was suddenly teleported elsewhere.
When Nariko finished loading, she saw many other players.
Suddenly, the sky became red with the words, "Warning" and "System Announcement" plastered all over it.
Blood red slime dripped down from the sky and formed together to create a hooded person.
The person introduced himself as Akihiko Kayaba and said he controlled this world. He said the players couldn't log out of the game, and Nariko began to panic.
What...? This can't be happening! she thought in disbelief.
The man continued, explaining that as soon as a player's health goes to 0, the NerveGear will fry their brain. The only way to get out of here was to beat the last boss on floor 100.
Wait… so you die in real life if you die in here!? Nariko almost screamed.
Then, he concluded the announcement, saying he left a gift for the players.
Nariko opened up her inventory and found a mirror. She tapped on it, and it appeared in her hand. Suddenly, blinding light surrounded her, then faded away.
She glanced at the mirror and saw a different girl.
Her hair was a bit shorter, and long bangs covered one of her eyes.
It was her in real life! It felt weird to see her real face with white hair and purple eyes, though.
Why did Akihiko Kayaba change our appearances to their real ones? Nariko wondered. Perhaps it was to make it feel more real, she decided.
Players around her began to panic. Some of them were screaming, others banging against the walls.
Suddenly, Nariko realized that she would probably be stuck here for a while. She was grinding for about half an hour already, and she was barely half way to level two.
What about her parents? They must be very worried right now.
"... Mom… Dad… don't worry…" Nariko muttered under her breath, clenching her fists. "I'll survive." Suddenly, her vision blurred for a second, and a tear fell from her eye.
You cry a lot easier in this game… she thought.
A/N: Well, how is it? And I'm sorry if the... notes annoy you. But hey, maybe there are people who don't know anything about RPGs or games in general. XP
Anyway, thanks for reading! *bows*