So hi guys! This is My next attempt at a crossover story.
Please read it and don't roll your eyes.
Also, some changes.
I will be giving some of the characters their weapons from the Black night game, and some of them their normal powers and abilities.
So, there will be no duel wielding for Sonic, but he will have another ability….
Anyways, onwards!
In the year 2023, The planet Mobius finally made an achievement in Digital technology. after years and years of waiting inventing, after all these years, virtual reality has finally become- Ironically- A reality.
A system called Nerve gear (or full Dive, depends if you are a gamer or not) allows the user to physically and mentally inject their Mind into the Digital abyss.
One company, called Empire, has finally created a game that is compatible with the system itself.
Created by the owner of the company, Dr. Navi Kintobar, The Game had already gotten a lot of positive reviews from the Beta testers.
The name of this game, the game that would become famous for reasons besides Being the first VRMMORPG is called….
Sword art online.
"…. That's right folks! The Launch title you all have been waiting for! Sword art Online!"
A blue quilled hedgehog was sitting at his computer, with his headphones on, listening to a Live stream about the brand-new game. He was reading a Magazine about nerve Gear. The streamer was talking about how Everyone was in line for an advance copy.
He however, didn't need an advanced copy.
He was one of the beta testers for the game, so he didn't require one. The developers had already sent him a copy of the already up dated game.
He was about to plug in too, when a voice from the other side of His door yelled to him.
?: Brother! I'm off to Practice! See you later ok?
The hedgehog looked out the window to see a female Dark pink hedgehog with pink hair jutting out of her head running out of the house, having a piano case around her arm.
As soon as the girl left, the boy went to the shelf, and grabbed two items. A Video game case first, then a helmet of some kind.
It was built to cover the entire head of the gamer, and allow to transfer the mind of the player into the game.
He plugged the helmet in, then he pulled out a game cartridge. The title read SOA.
He slipped the cartridge inside the headset, then slipped it on his head.
He layed down on the bed and for a moment, just did nothing. He stared at the internal clock on the nerve gear headset, waiting for the proper time to launch.
As soon as the time read 13:00, he smirked, closed his eyes, and called out the words:
?: Link start!
Suddenly, the hedgehog was flying through a bunch of colors, and he saw code and data flowing around him, encircling him, trapping him and entangling him.
The colors checked his sight, hearing, feeling, and taste.
Then it automatically chose his language, and signed him in.
Username: Sonic
Password: *********
Welcome to sword art online!
The colors slowly began to change around him to a blinding white.
The hedgehog cautiously opened his eyes, to be greeted with a never-ending Plaza, with a giant statue in the middle.
His appearance had changed too. He was no longer a blue colored hedgehog with emerald green eyes. He was now Brown with Icy blue eyes. His many quills were gone, replaced by three spiked ones.
The hedgehog tightened his fist and smirked as he looked at the place.
Sonic: I'm back… And better then ever!
A bunch of other people materialized all around the alley. The view zoomed out as they revealed they were in a city, Larger than life. And if you think that's impressive, the city was located in a giant metal castle.
Sonic smirked as he took off running. He was going so fast no one could see him move.
He had maxed out his character's stats in agility in the beta. And while it was nowhere near how fast he could go IRL, he still reached high speeds in the gaming world. He ran around the corner, and headed down an alley way. He intended to make a jump off the ramp at the end of this alley, when he heard someone yelling behind him.
?: Hey! Wait…up… dang…Your…Fast…
Sonic Skidded to a stop, and turned around.
A bright red Dog with purple ears came running up behind him.
He bended over and clutched his stomach gasping for air.
?: Geeze… how can you even run that fast in game?
Sonic looked at the dog and smirked.
Sonic: I went grinding in the fields forever in the beta. I killed over three hundred of the boars, and that gave me an award I could transfer over to the main game. So, I maxed out agility, and transferred over to here.
?: So, I was right! You are a Beta tester!
The dogs tail wagged excitedly.
Sonic rubbed the back of his neck embarrassed.
Sonic: Yeah, I'm a beta tester.
Sonic suddenly narrowed his eyes. There was a lot of discrimination towards Beta testers because people thought They cheated at the game.
Sonic: Why do you ask?
The dog caught Sonic's hostile expression.
?: Woah! I'm not biased! I just wanted to know if you could lend me some tips.
Ah. Of course, This Kid was a newbie.
Sonic: Sure, man, I would be happy too. What's your name?
The dog firmly shook his hand.
Knuckles: My name is Knuckles.
Sonic: Knuckles? That's kind of a strange name.
The dog snorted.
Knuckles: If you saw me IRL you would get why I named myself that.
Sonic shrugged and gave him a thumb up.
Sonic: Nice to meet you Knux. I'm Sonic.
Knuckles screeched like a baby as the Digital Boar chased him around the Lawns.
Sonic sighed in annoyance.
Knuckles turned around and made a slash at the creature with his twin Knives, but the boar didn't even seem that damaged by the attack. The creature let out an irritated oink and it head butted Knuckles right where it hurt the most.
Knux: GAH! OW!
Sonic placed his hands to his forehead and sighed.
Sonic: You do know there is no pain system in this Game, right?
Knuckles stopped rolling around on the ground and thought for a moment.
Knux: ... Oh.
Sonic face palmed.
Sonic: If you want your attacks to be stronger, you should try using a sword skill.
Knux: A sword skill?
Sonic Nodded, and quickly opened his inventory. He pulled out a nice, big golden ring, and aimed it at the Boar.
Sonic: If you get your initial motion right, the system will take control of the attack you're doing. For example, using this ring, I will perform the sword skill Chaos spear.
He drew back his hand, and the ring began glowing with a reddish light.
Sonic: Chaos… Spear!
He flung his hand foreword, and the ring shot and an incredibly fast speed and slammed into the Boars backside.
Knuckles watched in interest. He picked up his twin blades once more.
He gripped each blade tightly in one knuckle, and they began glowing a purplish light. He bent his knees, and adjusted his body position.
Knuckles: SHOVEL…CLAW!
He shot foreword, spinning in the air, ad dug straight underground. The boar looked around confused, until a purple light began glowing underneath it.
Knuckles shot up from the boar, and with his dual blades, he sliced through the creature in snap.
The Creature exploded into blue polygons, and a congrats sign hovered in the death zone of the Boar.
Knuckles was breathing heavily. And smiling.
Knuckles: That… was…. Awesome!
Sonic chuckled seeing Knuckles reaction.
Sonic: Addicting, isn't it?
Knuckles nodded, spinning his blade, and putting them back in their sheath.
Knuckles: Let's do a lot more grinding! I wanna get some more experience!
Sonic gave him a Thumbs up.
Sonic: Ok!
He turned around to start hacking at boars with his weapon, when suddenly a friend request from Knuckles appeared in front of him.
Sonic smiled and happily excepted it.
The browned furred Hedgehog looked at the Dog, smiled, and lunged at the Boars, swinging his long sword, feeling more alive than he ever had.
Later that day, after hours and hours of Monster killing, Knuckles and Sonic sat on a hilltop, considering the sunset.
Knuckles: I can't believe that we're here. Man, this place is amazing. It's like a whole 'nother dimension.
Sonic smiled and nodded at him.
Sonic: You got that right. This world is truly a digital wonder. Even if you're not into video games, you would want to come here and explore this world every day. It's a never-ending adventure, with only your weapon to guide you.
Sonic drew his sword and studied it in the sunlight.
It had a red cross surrounded by a golden circle that resided in the hilt, making it look like a face lay in it. It had a bright silver blade, which gleamed like flames in the sunlight. Sonic had named his "caliber" After the famous sword from King Arthur's time.
Sonic: I feel I have a purpose here, and I could help people more in here than the real world.
Sonic glanced at the dog, who was looking at him with a confused expression on his face. He shook his head, and slid calibur Back into the sheath.
Sonic: Anyway, wanna do some more grinding?
Knuckles: I would love too… But I have food on the way, so I need to Log off now.
Sonic nodded.
Sonic: What kind of food?
Knuckles: Ordered some chilli dogs up from station Square.
Sonic's eyes lit up, then fell again.
Sonic: wish I was you… I'm hungry.
Knuckles chuckled, then stood up. He held out his hand for a high five, which Sonic promptly returned.
Knuckles: I'm coming back with some friends later. Would ya like to join?
Sonic's happy expression deflated, turning into a nervous one.
Sonic: U-um…
He looked away.
Knuckles: If you don't wanna that's ok. I mean, we literally just met.
Sonic nodded sheepishly.
Sonic: Right, sorry.
Knuckles patted his back.
Knuckles: Let's grind another time alright?
Sonic smirked and gave him a thumb up.
Sonic: You bet.
Knuckles waved to him, and turned around, so he could access his menu to log out. Sonic got prepared to take off at lighting speed run, when he heard a sound of confusion from Knuckles.
Knux: Hey sonic… total Noob question, but how do I log out?
Sonic sighed and walked over.
Sonic: Try heading to settings.
Knuckles: I did! But it's blank!
Sonic rolled his eyes and accessed his Menu, but was shocked to discover the exact same thing.
Sonic: I-It's happening to me too!
Knuckles: No way!
Knuckles began pacing nervously.
Knuckles: This is Bad… This is very bad! My Chili Dogs won't get eaten!
Sonic looked horrified at that statement, but tried focusing at the matter at hand.
Knuckles suddenly began pulling at his head.
Sonic: What are you doing?
Knux: Trying to take the nerve Gear off.
Sonic: Hey Knucklehead, it doesn't work that way. The nerve gear has a chip built into it that disables your motor functions so you don't move while you play.
Knuckles: ok, I tried sending a message to the Game masters, but they're not answering! What's going on!
Sonic: Knux, calm down! It can't get worse than this!
Suddenly, both were enveloped by a blue light. They felt a tingly sensation, and they were suddenly in the town of Knothole's central square. It had a giant clock tower, and a crowed of animals were also already here, and they were all yelling about the Log out button.
Sonic looked around in confusion.
A forced teleport? What the heck is going on? Sonic thought.
Knuckles grabbed his arm and point to the sky.
Knuckles: Look sonic!
Sonic looked up and saw that a portion of the Sky was flashing red, and the word WARNING! Was emblazed on it.
The hexagon spread throughout the sky, until a whole section was taken up. A black and red liquid poured out of the sky.
The liquid combine, and took the shape of a man in a half black, and half red cloak. The cloak had four golden clasps on it, and a simple of a circle with two triangles was imprinted on the fabric.
The cloak spread its hands, and spoke.
?: Greetings players. I welcome you to my world.
Sonic stared up the strange being above him. My world? He thought.
?: My name is Dr. Navi Kintobar, and as of this moment, I oversee this world.
Knuckles: What's this dude's deal man?
Sonic: Shut up and listen.
Sonic was still in shock of learning the creator of Sword art online was here.
Kintobar: As much of you have noticed, an item is missing from your menu screen. The LOG OUT button.
Sonic started sweating. Please be a glitch, please be a glitch. Please be a-
Kintobar: Rest assured, this is not a bug. This was how Sword Art online was designed to be.
Sonic mentally cursed.
Kintobar: There is no longer anyway to Log out of Sword art online. If someone attempts to log you out by removing your Nerve gear, it transmits a microwave signal directly into your brain, destroying it, and killing you effectively.
Everyone gasped in horror.
Knuckles: That's a lie, right? The nerve gear is 100 % safe!
Kintobar: Sadly, some people have not heeded my warning and have attempted to log people out. Thus, 213 people have died so far.
News feeds popped up all over.
One of them in particular showed Sonic's house. Standing in front of it were two people. One was his sister, Sonia, and she was crying into his Mother's shirt, Aleena.
Sonics fists clenched tightly.
Kintobar: Also, If, while fighting, your Health points reach Zero, You're Avatar will be deleted from the system, and the nerve gear will simultaneously Will destroy your brain.
Sonic's eye's widened. He had a flashback of a boar killing him in the Beta, and he dissolved into little blue polygons.
Kintobar: I hope this brings you comfort as you try to clear the game.
Knuckles made a strangled sound of shock.
Kintobar: the only way to escape the game now, is to defeat all 100 floors, and make it to the final castle.
The situation was getting increasingly worse. Sonic use to have respect for the creator of this game, but now? He hated him with a passion.
Kintobar: Also, take a look at your inventory. I left a special gift waiting for you there.
Sonic opened his menu in confusion, and saw an item titled Hand mirror.
Sonic: A mirror?
Sonic summoned it into his hands, and studied his reflection. To his surprise, he didn't see his Avatar's eye's staring back at him, but his own face. Suddenly, the mirror bathed him in a blue light, along with the others in the square.
The light faded, and Sonic was able to see again.
?: Sonic?
Sonic turned around and found himself staring at A red echidna, with two Gauntlets with sharpened metal thorns imbedded into the Knuckles.
Sonic: Who are you?
?: Sonic! It's me! Knuckles!
Sonic: Knuckles is a Dog, Not an Echidna!
?: What are you talking about?
The echidna looked down at himself, and jumped ten feet in the air.
?: Holy… I look like me IRL!
Sonic realized that his voice and Knuckles voice was similar.
Sonic: Are you really Knuckles?
Knuckles: Yes, Sonic, it's really me.
Sonic stared down at himself. Instead of seeing his avatars Blue fur, he saw his original cobalt blue fur. He glanced at the mirror, and saw his many quills were back, along with his emerald eyes.
Knuckles: How is this possible? How could he know what we look like?
Sonic: the scan. The nerve gear needed to be calibrated so it would recognize its owner.
Knuckles eyes widened in understanding.
Knuckles: but why would he do this?
Sonic shushed him and looked at the towering creature.
Sonic: I think he's about to tell us.
Kintobar: I know some of you are wondering, why? Why Would Navi Kintobar, the creator of Sword art online, do such a thing? The reason I created this world, was to control a fate of a world of my own design.
Sonic growled. This guy thought he was god. That's why he was doing this.
Kintobar: This marks the end of the tutorial, and the official launch of sword art online.
The cloak immediately collapsed into glitches and errors, and dissolved into code. The code flowed back into the sky, and the sun returned. Everything was normal again, except not.
Sonic had his head bowed.
He looked down at his hand, and saw a paper cut that he had gotten that morning when he was reading the magazine. He blinked then it was gone.
Sonic thought: it's not a game anymore.
It's real. I admired him completely, so everything Kintobar just said… is true.
Sonic glanced at random people in the crowd. First He saw a pink hedgehog, staring at shock at the clock tower.
Then he saw a little orange rabbit her eyes wide in shock.
Then he saw a female Lynx, with brown fur, sitting on the ground in defeat.
Sonic thought: If I die here….
I die for real.
Sonic grabbed knuckles arm.
Sonic: Cmon Knux.
Sonic took off at an alarming speed. With knuckles screaming the whole way.
Sonic skidded to a stop.
Sonic: Knux, I'm gonna head out to the next town. We're gonna need the best armor and money we can find, and all of that is cleared out by now.
Sonic opened his menu and began typing commands in.
Sonic: We should make there by nightfall.
Knuckles: …
Sonic looked up, and saw Knuckles looked uncomfortable.
Sonic: Knux?
Knuckles: Sonic, I appreciate the offer but… remember those friends I said I was gonna play with later? Their stuck at the plaza. I should really get their help.
Knuckles flashed back to seeing a group of players standing in the plaza. A small bumble bee, along with a purple chameleon and a green crocodile standing in the plaza, scared and afraid of what was happening.
Sonic grimaced. With just Knuckles with him, things might be easier, but one, or two more…
Knuckles: Sorry.
Sonic: ?
Knux: Can't ask a guy I just met to help a bunch of strangers, right? Don't worry about me. Get your butt to the next town.
Knux took out his dual wield blades and spun them.
Knuckles: But we have to meet in the future ok?
Sonic struggled not to cry. He was only an hour into this game and he lost his only friend.
Sonic: Y-you bet.
The two-fist bumped. With a nod from Knuckles, sonic starting to jog down the alley, getting ready to run off.
Knuckles: Sonic!
Sonic turned around, confused.
Knux: You look better like this! Almost like… a hero!
Sonic smiled sadly.
Sonic: That scruffy face suits you too.
Sonic turned around and prepared to Shoot off, when he turned around one last time, apparently changing his mind.
But knuckles were already gone.
Choking back a sob, Sonic turned around and steadied himself.
He wasn't trying to be brave. He was absolutely terrified.
But he just told himself what he always did when he got scared
Get scared later, sonic.
Sonic took a deep breath and shot off through the town running.
He had hit the fields of Mobs now, and a wolf spawned in front of him.
Sonic drew calibur and ran faster, charging up his sword skill.
Sonic: I got this! This world will not bring me down! I will fight to the top, and break down the walls. You hear me Kintobar! I am Sonic the hedgehog, the fastest thing alive! AND I WILL BEAT YOUR GAME!
Sonic brought the glowing green sword close to his chest, and curled up into a ball.
Sonic: SPIN DASH SLASH!
Sonic screamed the name of the move, as he revved up into a ball, and slashed directly through the wolf, his sword becoming one with his quills.
He stood behind the wolf, as it shattered into blue polygons.
He took off again, doing a nother spin dash, rolling off a hill, jumping into the air, and releasing a defiant scream.
WOOHOO! I LOVE HOW I STARTED THIS!
THIS IS GONNA BE A HIT! I KNOW IT!