Well this is my first time publishing and just a heads up, my story uses Japanese words and i put stars* to indicate them and I'll note them on the bottom notes what they mean. I've also put stars* to indicate sounds or sound effects as well
Chapter 1:Prologue
I could see the morning light flashing to my eyes from the window as I woke up in my bedroom. I looked around and saw my clock at the side of my bed, it was seven o'clock and I realized that I needed to go to school. My name is Tatsumaki Sora; I'm fourteen years old and in live Tokyo, Japan.
"Onii-chan*, wake up already!"
Suddenly I heard a very soft girly voice; it was my little sister, Tatsumaki Suzuki. I was half asleep as she entered my room, I looked at her face at her face and she seems pissed off.
"WAKE UP, SORA-NII!"
"Ok, ok, just don't throw that water in my face"
"Hmph, you're always oversleeping so I had no other choice"
No other choice...there were more ways to wake me up other than throwing water in my face! Suzuki then left and went downstairs, man I feel tired but I have school. I got up, got dressed and I was ready to go, but as I went downstairs to the table to eat...
"Yo, So-kun*"
"Morning sleepy head"
I see my two friends sitting at the table eating while I was approaching the empty seat. The one calling me 'So-kun' was Manuichi Takahara, I met him in primary school and in return I call him 'Taka'. He can act stupid at times but he can be also reliable as well. The second to call out to me was Soukyou Chouhana, she's my childhood friend. I met her before primary, I saw her crying around the neighborhood and she seemed lost so I cheered her up and asked what her house looked like to guide her back.
"Hurry up and eat So-kun"
"I will, I will"
I started eating the food Ka-san* made. As soon all three of us finished we headed off for school.
"Wait~ Sora"
"What, Ka-san?"
"You forgot your ben-to*"
Ka-san handed me my ben-to and I smiled at her as she smiled back.
"See ya, Ka-san!"
I waved Ka-san goodbye and she waved back at me, now Taka, Chou-chan* and I walked to school together.
"Say So-kun, is that rumour about you still going?"
"Why?"
"Ah, don't worry. It might be going till we graduate" Taka said while putting his hands on his head. My rumour or title, I should say, was 'The Cross-over Otaku* and Riajuu*'. You see many people here in Japan think that otakus like me think we're disgusting since we like those anime and manga stuff and devote our lives doing that but me, I was also a Riajuu making my status pretty cool to people.
"Sora-kun, are you busy this afternoon?"
"No, not exactly"
"Oh, then is it ok to do the shopping with me?"
"Sure"
I was asked to go shopping with Chou-chan this afternoon. After walking for a while we reached our school, Shuzen High school. As then three of us approached the gate I saw three first-years staring at me, the one in the middle seemed to look embarrassed and was holding...a letter? Oh hell no, that isn't what I think it is. As I got closer with Taka and Chou-chan with me the girl in the middle approached me.
"Um...uh...um"
I stood there watching her stutter and finally she got the courage to say something to me.
"Um, Sora-senpai* here"
As she said that she gave me the letter, I took the letter and looked at her face, she looked embarrassed. She then ran towards the school building with her friends following her, after seeing those signs and with my otaku instincts, I clearly knew that this letter, in my hands, was a love letter.
"Oi, oi, oi, So-kun is that what I think it is?"
"With my instincts, yes"
"Well, read it"
I started reading the letter to a voice where Taka, Chou-chan and I could hear...
"Sora-senpai, I like you, no, more than that, I love you. Ever since that day you helped me in the garden I fell for you. So please go out with me. Signed Hideyoshi Aisaka...well that's it"
"Now what So-kun"
Taka questioned me. I thought to myself, should I or should I not go out with her, both my otaku and riajuu instincts tell me that she's cute but my affinity with her...I don't know.
"Today's Friday so I'll give my answer on Monday"
"Eh! Why So-kun? "
"It's pretty reasonable Taka-kun" Chou-chan said with agreement
DING* DANG* DONG*
The school bell rang for the start of school. The three of us walked inside the school building and looked for our class. After six long hours of school, it's finally sometime. I was stretching my arms out then Chou-chan approached me.
"Sorry Sora-kun, I have a discussion at the student council and Taka-kun has basketball training"
"That's okay"
"I'm really, really sorry"
After that Chou-chan said that she rushed out of the room to the student council room and I got up walking back to the gate. As I got to the gate I saw Hideyoshi-san* standing there, she turned and looked at me and had a shocked face on.
"So...you want to hear my answer, right?"
"Umm, yes but...can we talk on the way, I go the same way as you"
"Sure"
I nodded to her and so walked...and talked
"So-Sora-senpai"
"I'll give you my answer on Monday, okay?"
"Really!"
"Of course"
We reached a zebra crossing
"So, I'm across this side so..."
Hideyoshi-san suddenly gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, I blushed
"See you on Monday, Sora-senpai"
As she said that in a kouhai* type of voice we waved goodbye to each other. I went right from the crossing and after a few turns I finally reached home
"I'm home"
"Onii-chan~"
"What? Suzuki"
"I heard that a girl confessed to you~"
I forgot that Suzuki is a first-year at Shuzen High, but after hearing that from Suzuki I turned my head away from her and slowly went upstairs to my room and I turned on the computer and started playing my RPG game, Astalticia. As I was playing I met my friend online, judging by the name, Youkai Yousei, it's a girl. I met her because she asked if she wanted to party up with and so we did, I've been doing quests with her for around four months now and we trade every now and then. She then suddenly messaged me.
[I want to battle you]
[Ok]
[But it has to be...]
[Be what?]
[Virtually]
When I saw that message I instantly knew that she was talking about the Virtual Play. Virtual Play is where you this helmet around your head with a screen on front to play Astalticia virtually. When I mean virtually is that you'll be in the game because the helmet gets the back of your neck and at the back of your neck is the main nerve that your brain sends messages to other nerves to move your body. With the helmet on it will be on the main nerve and block out the messages to the body and transmit it to the game instead. So I put on the helmet and I switched it on.
When I switched it on the screen activated and colours came gushing at me then before I knew it I was inside Astalticia and a screen saying 'Welcome to Astalticia'. I was looking around since I was my own avatar, I found Youkai Yousei. Her avatar was like a mahou shoujo* character and mine was wearing very dark clothing.
"Hi, Basilisx-san"
"What? Oh, I'm Basilisx"
"Well, I'm Youkai Yousei but you can call me Yousei-chan"
"Ok then Yousei-chan shall we begin"
"The stage is the training room"
After Yousei-chan saying that the field we were on changed through digital blocks and displayed a very large room with very strong tiles around.
"Now come"
Yousei-chan came charging at me with her staff without warning, I dodge it. She went passed me and turned around and fired a fireball at me, I waited for the fireball to be in range of my katana looking sword, Kuro, so I can slash it away. It came and I slashed it but when it disappeared without warning again Yousei-chan summoned a barrage of fire, lightning and wind at me, I dodged them all it kept coming at me! At this rate I'm gonna lose.
"What's wrong, Basilisx"
"Huff* huff*"
Damn it, I'm getting tired. Looks like I have to activate 'that' skill
"Skill: Duel Wield"
I equipped my skill, Duel Wield, to equip another blade. Normally for people who're like me that use one-handed blades use a shield on the other hand but for me I get to equip two blades. Duel Wield is very rare skill and I only use it when I'm going solo or in desperate times because I don't want attract too much attention.
"Impressive skill but that's not going to change-"
I broke off Yousei-chan's sentence by rushing at her at almost at the speed of lightning and blowing her away with my skill, Sword Slash, to make some distance with my blade that took a bit of damage to her.
"But how did you..."
"Sword Slash is the simplest skill in a Blader's skill list, by combining the speed of a Blader and the level of the skill I simply rushed at you at very high speed making it look like I teleported"
"Is that so?"
"Oh and I forgot, Duel Wield can double the effect"
By saying that Yousei-chan got shocked and she was open for a second right there. I took the advantage and use my Sword Slash skill again and
finished off her Health Points, abbreviated as HP, by increasing my attack. She disappeared into a burst of digital frames; I waited for her to respawn to where I was and after ten seconds she did.
"Hey, what's Astalticia to you Basilisx?"
"To me, this is what I dreamed for"
"That dream is?"
"To play a game within the game"
"Oh, I see"
"And mixing reality and RPG's together I tell you what you get?"
"What?"
"A reality-playing-game"
CHAPTER ONE END.
Onii-chan- Older brother
-Kun- used after a boys name
-Chan- used after a girls name
-San- equivalent to Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms
-Senpai- upperclassman
kouhai- underclassman
Ka-san- slang for Oka-san meaning Mother or Mum
Ben-to- Lunchbox
Mahou Shoujo- basically Magical Girl. Search it up for more info.
Otaku- A person who likes anime, manga and games all together
Riajuu- Opposite to an Otaku, people who devote themselves to life. Search it up for more info
