Chapter 1
'I got lucky having contacts in Japan. This game was never supposed to be released in the U.S until later.' The man dawned the full-dive headgear. "Link Start!" A loading screen appeared on the full-dive, checking eyesight, language all the normal base routine things.
John was now inside Sword Art Online, the game he dreamt about since the full-dive project became reality. From what John knew, he was the only American player to be in Sword Art Online. Even more rare, he was also a beta tester.
John looked around; he still had his black cloak from the beta along with his dagger. John was an assassin, he always liked to role-play as the sneaky rouge type, he did want to be a mage but there was no magic in SAO other than Sword skills. The market place was crowded, tons of people buying low level items preparing themselves for their journeys and some even creating guilds immediately.
Another person sprinted through the market place, he had a mission. He was another beta tester, he could tell by how well he handled the mechanics. There was a tracking feature for other friendly players. John activated this and began to slowly tail the person.
The man stopped sprinting; he was talking to a man with a red bandana over his head, making him –almost- look like a samurai. Looks like yet another new player wanting advice. The blue player agreed, his name was Kirito, the other was Klein.
Klein set out to kill his first monster, a boar. He got hit in the crotch and toppled over in pain, to which Kirito reminded him: there was no pain. That's right you don't feel pain, but you do feel other stimuli like food, physical contact, and so forth. When John first set out he wondered about kissing, did it have the same effect as the real world? Was this all just a false reality he was able to just sink into any time he wanted to escape life?
"SAO was all I thought about day and night." Kirito said with his sword drawn in front of him speaking to Klein and bringing John out of his deep thought. 'We all did the same. Some of us more than others. This game could be our new realities. This could be our escape from life.' "I'll introduce you another time." Klein said to Kirito. Those two were growing closer and closer to each other, what a touching friendship they had. John often wished he wasn't a solo player, but a rouge has no use in group combat.
Klein began to log out. "Huh?" "There's no log out button." 'The hell? That's a total lie there is one, noobs gah!' John checked for himself. 'What the hell? What's going on? This can't be right. Okay, okay calm down a moment. It may just be a bug and the game devs are fixing it as we speak. "MY TERIYAKI MAYO PIZZA AND GINGER ALE!" Klein yelled.
He is certainly an interesting character John thought to himself. "H-How old's your little sister?" Klein latched on to Kirito. 'Is this even the time for that? Seriously? Is he a pedophile, or a lollycon, I can't tell.'
A bell rang in the distance and the world's sky turned red with blocks that said: Server announcement. Before he knew it, John was standing in the central plaza in the town of beginnings with all of the other ten thousand players. 'Something is very, very wrong here.' What looked like blood spilled out of some of the blocks and the game master appeared.
"Attention Players." He began. "Welcome to my world." 'He couldn't be the game maker…. Could he?' "My name is Kayaba Akihiko." 'No way… That's him! That's the game's lead developer!' "As of this moment, I am the sole person who can control this world."
Shock spread through the crowd of people, people wondering if that is actually him. "I'm sure you've already noticed, that the logout button is missing from the main menu. But this is not a defect in the game. I repeat… This is not a defect in the game. It is a feature in Sword Art Online." 'What the hell? How is this happening? I'm stuck here?! Wait! Wait! Wait! Calm down, he might say more.' "You cannot log out of SAO yourselves. And no one on the outside can shut down or remove the NerveGear. Should this be attempted, the transmitter inside the NerveGear will emit a powerful microwave, destroying your brain and thus ending your life."
Everyone began to start a slight panic; some people even tried to leave but were forced back by a temporary barrier. "Unfortunately, several players' friends and families have ignored this warning, and have attempted to remove the NerveGear. As a result two hundred and thirteen players are gone forever, from both Aincrad and the real world." 'This is all real, two hundred and thirteen people lay dead by the hands of one man… Damn it.'
Monitors showing news footage of the dead and their families appeared around the Game Master. "As you can see, news organizations across the world are reporting all of this, including the deaths. Thus you can assume that the danger of a NerveGear being removed is now minimal."
"I hope you will relax and attempt to clear the game. But I want you to remember this clearly. There is no longer any method to revive someone within the Game. If you HP drops to zero, your avatar will be forever lost." The screen of the news started to disappear. "And simultaneously, the NerveGear will destroy your brain." John had flash backs to all the times he had died and just resurrected. John slumped to his knees, eyes wide with terror. "I…" He began stuttering. "I'm going to die here."
"There is only one means of escape. To complete the game. You are presently on the lowest floor of Aincrad, floor one. If you make your way through the dungeon and defeat the floor Boss, you may advance to the next level. Defeat the final boss on Floor One Hundred and you will clear the game."
"What is he talking about?" "Clear?" "Seriously?!" Shouts came from the crowd. 'All one hundred floors. There are so many. The bosses get harder and harder every time. Is it even possible?! No, there is always a way.'
"Finally, I've added a present from me to your items storage. Please see for yourselves." John quickly opened the items menu. 'A mirror? What?' John activated the mirror; a small land mirror appeared in his hands. What he saw shocked him. It was him, the actual him not his player character. Someone looked over at him and realized he was an outsider, not even from Japan their mouth hung open.
Blue flames appeared around everyone, causing them to look like they actually do, their race, their body, their gender. Everything. Everyone started in a panic. 'This is possible, the NerveGear can see your face and to calibrate it you had to touch yourself all over. My god, this is genius but still I… I don't… I need to survive.'
"Right now, you're probably wondering, "Why? Why would Kayaba Akihiko, developer of Sword Art Online and the NerveGear, do all of this?" My goal has already been achieved. I created Sword Art Online for one reason… To create this world and intervene in it. And now, it is complete. This ends the tutorial of the official Sword Art online launch. Good luck, players."
Kayaba started to dissipate; John's eyes were filled with anger and fear. The barriers lifted. This was John's chance. John sprinted out of the central plaza with his destination in mind, the next town over, he had to get away before all of the resources were depleted here in the town of beginnings. The world has changed; the only thing that matters now is survival.
A/N: Didn't expect SAO did you?! Show some love for the new story and leave me a review so I know how I'm doing! Thanks for reading! P.S Team JPN is still my baby, but this is just something to do in free time! So don't worry about JPN it is still here!