This is it...It is now...This is the time...And it starts now...
*Disclaimer: I do not own any of these manga/anime character's names only the creator does, k?
Anything marked with a "**" I will explain at the end of the chapter!
AND it would be best if you read or watched the anime/manga before reading this!
Snowflakes dance across the air. The wind skate through our warm bodies. Shiny crystals twinkle and gleam. A sharp cold blade of ice. That is winter.
-SmartyPandazOVERTAKER
"Dicey Cafe" reads the sign.
Kazuto Kirigaya looks at the sign before opening the door. BAM! A large pile of ice falls on his face entrapping him in its grasp. A few of the customers give him a glance looking away with smiles and giggling noises. Kazuto wipes the snow off his face resulting with him shivering and cold.
"Ah, you're here." Agil says with a smile.
"I...i...hea...heard...th...that...y-you...have...a...a...ga...me...for...me...to..try...?" Kazuto questions while shaking off the last bit of snow.
"Yea. Come have a seat." Agil points to a chair in front of him across the counter.
"Th-thanks,'' Kazuto says shivering while heading for the empty seat.
"Here. It's the newest game from eXper**." Agil hands over the game box and takes a look at him. Then, he leaves for a second. Kazuto holds the box and carefully examines it. Agil comes back with a cup of hot chocolate and sets it on the countertop.
"Th...th...thanks,'' says Kazuto while taking a sip. The warm liquid runs through his body warming him up.
"Sure. Y' know that there are rumors running around about this game? Yet, it just came out today. You're lucky I had it on preorder."
"Mmm...That hot cocoa was good... And what about the rumors?" Kazuto finishes and places the cup on the surface.
"Thanks. Anyways, this morning, my customers were talking about in that game-" Agil points to the box. "- its universe is an actual universe. Pretty crazy stuff for them to know. The information I got was that to complete the game, you must defeat the new Papa. Since, that's who set the world in a game. The one who defeats the Papa, will be sent to another eXpergame automatically. There will be up to 4 eXper games involved in this series and all of them are very different from one another. The few who won against all 4 bosses will battle it out on eXper's Virtual Universal Sword Tournament or VUST**for short. The last one standing will be crowned eXper's VUST champion."
"Wow..." Kazuto is amazed.
"Yup, it's pretty big stuff. There's no sign up list or else I would've signed you up but it's anyone's game. This is the last in the series, but there's no need to rush since the other 3 games just came out over the past 3 days. The arranged date for the last VUST championship match is one year from today. They must have figured that it takes the players a while to get used to their methods."
"Yup." Kazuto's woken up from daydreaming. "I'll join in, just for the fun of it."
"That's the spirit. I'll be expecting you to share the glory." Agil says with a smile spreading from his face.
"Sure sure." Kazuto slips the game in his coat and heads for the door. He feels the spectators that were watching him before keeping their eye on him for another gag. Please don't fall on me Kazuto thinks. Slowly, he opens the door... to see mountain piles of snow on top of one another... He takes a look up to see if any snow was going to fall on him. Nope. With his happy mood, steps outside and closes the door. BAM! The impact of a closed door ran through the shop, but no one noticed. The not-supposed-to-fall-snow-from-the-roof dropped on Kazuto, entrapping him under its coldness.
"You've got to be kidding!" Kazuto yells at no particular person. He looks around to see if anyone noticed. All he saw was a snowman that doesn't even look like Frosty. Cold once more, Kazuto heads home with the game jumping in his pocket.
"I'm home!" he shouts. No reply. Kazuto quietly slips into his room and opens the box. "Arcana Famiglia" reads the cover. He slides in the disk and puts on his NerveGear. It takes a while for it to read.
Hopefully, this will be a good game thought Kazuto. He didn't have much on his mind until the screen appeared. The only word on his mind was: phenomenon.
END OF CH.1:Prologue
**explanations!
eXper-is just a name I came up with while writing one of my stories and I like the name
VUST-is an acronym for Virtual Universal Sword Tournament as mentioned in the story. And I'm really excited about writing that part if I ever do get to that part
