God

by kurokenshi08

Humanities numbers have reached 6.8 billion. Well done humanity. Unfortunately, among these billions, very few do anything worth remembering. Ever since his parents death, Kazuto dreamed of making his memory immortal. A prodigy in Kendo and computer programming he believes he has what it takes to reach the heights of fame. But his rise is interrupted when he gets trapped in SAO.

1. AN

Authors Note:

Hello Readers,

This is the only planned authors note in the chapter, hence why its taking up a chapter, though I may chose to reply to FAQ's.

I am attempting to keep the authors note to be brief, so I think I'll just go with how quickly you could expect updates, how closely the story is following canon, and why I am writing this.

To start off with I was not planning on writing a fanfic, given that I am actually working on a novel that I plan to publish right know. So why am I writing this? Simply put, I am a fan of tragedies and this show had great promise as a romantic tragedy.

On episode 14, for instance, Asuna actually dies, taking a death blow for Kirito. In the previous episode, Asuna tells Kirito that she would kill herself if anything happened to him. I thought it would be a wonderful ending if Kirito returned the favor by killing himself in order to be with her. It would be a romantic tragedy on par with Romeo and Juliet.

That said, I could understand and sympathize with the authors decision not to do it. If he did what I suggested, plenty of people would be angry the players didn't escape the virtual reality they were stuck in, and he wold also make less money because arc 2 and 3 would not occur.

The second reason, I believe, is a lot more valid than the first.

I don't have the same constraints because I am not writing this for a profit, that's my actual novel, but I'm writing the fic for pleasure.

Due to having to juggle this with my actual novel, updates will be in short chapters. For the next 3 days, expect them at the rate of one per day. Afterward expect it to slow down to 2 a week.

As to how closely it will stick to canon?

Not closely... at all.

Some changes that you will see will be very obvious, and necessary to Kirito/Kazuto's character. To start with, his parents are going to be murdered in front of him, as opposed to dying in a car crash (enter... Batman!). All joking aside, its necessary. Because I generally stick to tragedies, most of my characters are on the dark side, and in order to change Kazuto enough so that I am comfortable with his characteristics, so I do a decent job as a writer, while still keeping him in character, this was the easiest, most viable way.

I moved his parents death by a margin of six years, and made them a quite wealthy upper class family. The reason behind this is tied to the pairing of a story. Its a Kirto/Asuna fic. Now it can easily be seen from episode 15, that Asuna's dad is wealthy. As in CEO of a major corporation wealthy.

I don't think he would be that happy to marry his daughter, who presumably grew up in luxury, to some nameless peasant (it could be inferred from there lifestyle), no matter how in love they are. While this point of conflict could be fun to write, I would rather not, so giving Kazuto a nice inheritance is a rather nice way of solving this, while having him adopted into the middle class is a nice way to keep some of his personality intact.

I also had to decide what to do with Noboyuki Sugou, and I'm thinking of making him a support character that Kazuto meets in computer programming (they seem to have that in common) classes. They eventually warm up to each other and become reliable friends.

I'm also hoping to play with that to affect multiple 'points of interest,' if you will.

Among them:

Giving Asuna and Kazuto a common point in there real life to talk about, as opposed to a completely virtual one.

Removing Sugou's interest in Asuna. (Given his personality being that of a greedy and amoral entrepreneur, I presume it was money. If so, any rich bride would do. Why marry one that hates you?)

Giving Kazuto an older brother figure.

Said older brother figure is a negative influence due to his personality (see point 2).

Teaching Kazuto how to lie better than George Bush... actual forget that that. Bush was an awful liar, but I think I got my point across nonetheless.

Anyhow, my story will not be resembling canon all that much. The main points where it will crossover will be in the parts where Kayaba gives his speeches, and the bosses. The boss fights are going to be very different, because Kazuto will be going solo for quite a few of them.

I'll also be making up quite a few bosses, and working on his relationship with Asuna earlier.

If you have any questions feel free to ask in the form of reviews or PM's.