Author's note-
The stalemate on the Zombie Apocalypse front has been silent for many months now. When suddenly, general Dualsluggo begins a new attack! The Alfheim Offensive!
Sorry for that weird introduction, I've been watching too much of the Great War on YouTube. Anyway, if you don't understand what I'm saying, in short what I'm trying to say is that I'm sorry for not updating my first story recently but I hope that this new story will get me pumped back up to go write ZAO some more. If you haven't read my other story (Zombie Apocalypse Online, as I've said earlier) than you probably don't care so just enjoy this new story, yeah?
Chapter 1: In-Real-Life
"Kazuto! Wake up!"
I jolted up as I thought some emergency was going on. When I looked around the only thing I saw was my best friend, scratch that, one of my best friends. Yuuki would get mad if I didn't say they were both my best friends (which they were). Anyway, it was my best friend Kotone that woke me up.
"Kazuto, wake up! You slept through half of history class and now you were about to sleep through lunch."
I yawned and stretched my arms a bit, then turned to Kotone. "Hey, I was wasn't going to sleep through lunch. You're better than any alarm clock money can buy."
"I should have left you asleep."
I stood up and got my school bag. I swung it over my soldier and turned to look at Kotone. "And miss the chance to eat lunch with me? What a shame."
"Ha, I was going to eat lunch with Yuuki anyway."
Now we were walking out of the classroom and towards our usual spot outside. I turned to Kotone with a sly smile on my face. "Just you and Yuuki? That would have been quite lonely. It just wouldn't be the same without me."
She just laughed and kept walking. "Yeah, it would have been better."
"Oh ha ha, let's hurry up, I think Yuuki is already there."
"Alright then, Kirito~"
"H-hey, don't call me that at school, someone could hear!"
"Ha, race you there Ki~ri~to."
Kotone ran off, leaving me to chase her through the hall and down a flight of stairs until we got outside the building itself.
It only took a few minutes due to the fact we were running through the halls and once outside I took a second to catch my breath.
"Jeez Kazuto, you sure aren't that fit."
"Hey! I *huff, huff* keep my weight light."
"Probably because of your metabolism, I haven't seen you sweat in gym class in a few months."
At her smart remark I just turned to look at her while she was struggling to contain her laughter. I was done catching my breath and decided to just pretend like I didn't hear her.
"C'mon Kotone, lets go to Yuuki."
"Alright."
(Near a tree behind the school)
We were walking towards a large tree behind of school, which a black haired girl was sitting under.
"Oi! Yuuki! Been waiting long?"
She turned to us and smiled and stood up and began to walk to us.
"No, I only got here a few minutes ago."
"Oh, that's good. We didn't want to keep you waiting. Here, want a drink Yuuki?"
"Sure!"
"Great, Kirito go get us some drinks please."
"Me?"
"Yeah, don't keep a girl waiting. And you've got two here, so hurry please."
"I know that! But why-"
"Please?" I wasn't going to go but the combined efforts of Yuuki and Kotone eventually broke me down and I couldn't help but go. They reminded me of my sister, when we were young at least.
(A few minutes later)
After I had gotten them drinks, I came back to them and found out that they were looking at something on Kotone's phone. As I got closer I could tell it was a video about some game. I crouched down in front of the both of them and took a closer look.
"Hey Yuuki, whats this?"
Yuuki paused the video and looked up at me with a grin on her face. "You don't know what this is?"
A confused look grew on my face after she asked that question. "Uhh, no? Am I supposed to?"
"Well," Yuuki stood up followed by Kotone doing such as well. "The trailer only came out, like, right now so I guess you're exempt from this. But come over here and I'll restart the video so we can all watch the video."
"Yeah c'mon Kazuto! This is insane!"
I moved behind the pair and took a look her screen. On I could see a string of numbers which I could only assume was a date. The date was November 7th, 2022, a couple months away. Soon the date disappeared and in its place was a huge tree. It looked incredible and soon enough, what I suppose was the game's title appeared. "Alfheim Online" was its name. It sounded familiar and it finally clicked in the back of my head.
'No way! This is that MMO that was rumored to come out for the Nerve Gear!' I turned to Yuuki and Kotone with a shocked expression on my face and they both responded with an all knowing smile. Almost as if knowing what I was going to ask, Yuuki paused the video and said: "Yup, this is the worlds first VRMMORPG, Alfheim Online. And we're gonna sign up for the beta."
She continued the video and I watched in awe at all of the amazing features the game had to offer. All of the things the creator of the game and the Nerve Gear itself, Akihiko Kayaba, had to say. It was all incredible.
After we watched the video a few more times, we ate our lunch and chatted a bit. We didn't get a chance to relax for long as the bell announcing the end of our lunch period soon rang.
"RIIIIINNNG!"
I rolled my eyes as I stood up and stretched. "Man, do I hate that thing."
Kotone stood up and passed me my bag as she grabbed her own. "Quit whining, we gotta get to class." She turned to Yuuki and waved. "See ya later Yuuki!"
Yuuki stood up and smiled brightly. "See ya Kotone! You too Kazuto!"
The corners of my mouth turned up as I followed Kotone's example and waved at Yuuki. "Enjoy the rest of your day Yuuki."
With that, we began heading to our next class and I could still picture that game in my mind. 'Alfheim, I will see you soon.'
Author's note II :
Well? What do you think? I know, it's a bit short but this is just a beginning to the story. Y'know what they say, "Every journey begins with a single step, this is step one." See ya next time, it's been Dualsluggo.