Chapter 1: A Fateful Meeting
"Why did you abandon us?"
A familiar voice rings within my ears. This voice I remember all too well. It's due to spending about five years with "her" voice constantly teasing or nagging me.
How many times I had this nightmare again? I can't remember. I think I stopped counting a long time ago…
Why am I haunted by this tragic "memory" every night? I don't know anymore…
Before I thought it was the effect from that traumatizing event. However, now I believe that probably isn't the case…
After many repeats night after night, I'm convinced this is a curse.
"Why did you leave us?"
I look around my surroundings, the trees are on fire and the grass burnt to a crisp. There were four corpses within the crimson flames. The corpses are standing all limp, like a puppet on strings. Those four corpses used to be my friends, three of them I met throughout spending my five years with "her." The voice I'm hearing right now was from said girl. Her name was Aya Kizuna...
"You left us to die!"
Instinctively, I put a hand to my face and I can feel tears running down. I notice that my vision is turning into a blur, most likely due to breathing in all of this smoke.
"Yes... I did…" I say in a broken voice. Even though this is a dream, I revert to my terrified self like I was back in that point in time.
She's right… As their leader, I failed them… I'm responsible for letting them die. I couldn't save them… I merely froze up when things started looking bad for us. I'm weak…
"RAWWWWWWR!" The one who slaughtered my friends let out a loud roar.
"You should have died with us!"
"You're right…" The corpses that were standing limp, fall one by one until Aya was the last one standing.
"Your turn…"
The Ancient Dragon stomps its way up to me. It gave me a terrifying glare before raising its claw. It lets out another ear bleeding roar as it swipes down its claw upon me.
*SLASH*
The next I knew… I was surrounded in darkness…
*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*
"Gah!" I wake up with a jolt as my alarm went off, waking me from my hellish nightmare I was having. I shut off my alarm and put my right hand up to my head to soothe my painful headache. Then I felt sweat on my black hair and turned to look back at my pillow to see it was soaking with sweat.
"Great…" I sigh.
I got up from bed and went to the bathroom. I look at the mirror and I see that my brown eyes are red and there are dried tear stains across my face.
"It has been three years since that fight and I'm still like this." I smiled. "I have become quite a baby these last three years, Aya."
After taking a shower I went to my closet to put on my "usual everyday clothing." What I'm wearing is a dark blue trench with white linings around the edges. It has a hood with fur across its edges so I can use this coat for colder days as well. My coat sleeves are folded up to my elbows and I wear a pair of black fingerless elbow length gloves. I wear a plain white undershirt that is tucked under my black cargo pants. Which is tucked under my dark gray boots, all military style like. Around my neck is a custom made necklace with a butterfly pin attached to it and is underneath my shirt. I like to say that necklace is my lucky charm.
"Now time to start making breakfast…" I walk over to the small kitchen and begin cooking.
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*Munch* *Munch* *Gulp*
After eating breakfast, I check my phone to see that it's almost 8 am. My eyes widen at the time.
Oh crap! The game is gonna be sold out if I don't book it right now!
After cleaning up my dishes, I grab my wallet and head out of my apartment door. I am met with a futuristic city and the sounds of people going on with their day.
Leanbox sure is busy as ever… Oh crap! I should hurry!
"Haaaa….Haaaaa…..Haaa…" I take in a deep breath and head into the shop, which is named GameStart.
Please, please, please! For the love of Lady Green Heart! Let there be copies left!
"Where are you…" I scan the shelves to see if I can locate the game I'm looking for. "Is that!?" My eyes point straight to the corner of the store.
"It is!" Plot conveniently, there is one copy left on the shelf.
Finally! After waiting so long… Zenoblade Chronicles Z is about to be mine…
I reach my hand out towards the game. "Huh?" A soft and smooth hand overlaps on top of my hand, which is on the case. I turned to see a woman about my age staring at me. I think? She has long curled light blonde hair. She is wearing a Leanbox High School hat and has a pair of green sunglasses that is blocking me from seeing her eyes. Also, she is wearing a plain green t-shirt that looks too small because her chest is…
Wow…
Anyway she is wearing a long white skirt and a pair of white heels. For some reason in my mind, I'm thinking…
What the hell type of event is this?! I'm pretty sure this type of event only happens in dating sims and can never happen in real life! Right!?
"Excuse me sir would you mind removing your hand from that game please?" My little trance was broken when the woman started to speak up.
I shake my head side to side. "I'm sorry ma'am, but I got this game first. As you can see where my hand is." I said as I put a little grip on the game container with one hand.
"I got to say, you are quite the gentleman. It's rare these days to see someone like you." She gripped a side and smiled at me.
"Are trying to butter me up in order to get the game?" I narrow my eyes. "Sorry ma'am, but that doesn't work on me."
"Is that so?" She got closer to me that her chest is basically touching my arm that is holding onto the game case. "Can you give me the game pretty please~"
Damn it… The weakness of men… However… I won't fall for it!
"I'm sorry, but that also won't work on me! Hiya!" I give a good, strong pull on the disc case.
"Ah!" This caught her off guard and she lost her grip on it. I use this chance to grab the game. I take it up to the counter. The clerk gives me the glare, but I ignore it. I quickly paid for it and made my way out the door.
Right now I'm fast walking on my way home to drop off the game before heading over to guild. I keep hearing footsteps behind and I can guess who it is. I don't even need to look back to confirm my suspicions.
That woman again…
"Hey. If you are trying to be stealthy, you are doing a poor job at it." I sigh and look behind me. There I see the same blond woman that was from the shop.
"My, my… How did you notice me?" She acts surprised.
"You know using a group of people as a way of being stealthy only works in Assassin's Oath right?"
"Uguu!" She lets out a weird sound of realization. "I see…"
"So do you need something? As you can see I already bought the game." I may be sounding like a jerk right now, but I'm not trying to be.
"No, I'm not trying to take the Zenoblade game off you anymore. I just came to congratulate you." I look at her with a confused expression "Not many men can resist my 'techniques' on getting games. Actually I believe you are the first to be honest."
"Hahahahaha…" I started to laugh. "What kind of reason is that to tail me just to say those words!?" I burst into laughter.
She's quite interesting…
"Hey don't make fun of me!" She pouts. "Anyway mind telling me your name sir?"
I wipe a tear from my eye. "Sure my name is Nirito Haan. You can just call me Nirito." I smile and extend my hand out for a handshake.
"Nice to meet you Nirito. My name is…" I cut her off with my hand.
"I already know who you are Lady Green Heart." She looks at me in surprise.
"How did you know?" She asks in pure surprise.
"Well there are 'two' obvious reasons." I turn my eyes to the side, looking away from her.
"But… Not many humans know our human forms!" She looks at me like I'm a suspicious criminal.
I sigh. "Well… There was a time I accidentally saw you transform one day. I was visiting the Basilicom and yeah…" I scratch the back of my head.
"Oh…" She lets out a fake laugh. "I should be careful next time." I nod to her. "Anyways nice to meet you Nirito. You already know me as Green Heart, but you can call me Vert." She extends her hand out.
"Vert…" I repeat the name in my head as a way to memorize it. "Nice to meet you Vert." I extend my hand to accept her handshake.
A/N: Well this ends the first chapter of my first fan fiction. So what do you guys think? Please be gentle this is my first time. I'm just kidding, but in all seriousness I would like the constructive criticism so tell me if there is anything I should improve on. As for my uploading schedule, I don't really have one. I'll pretty much upload when I have the time to work on the chapters. Thank you for reading and please leave a review!