A yawn escaped me, cutting through the silence in my bedroom like a knife through butter. With most of my time being spent looking wearily at the rather intensely lit computer monitor and the occasional sound of the keyboard clicking away continue into the night. My eyes swiftly betray me, glancing down at the bottom corner of my screen to check the time. Realizing that time had seemingly frozen in place, the frustrated yell I felt like giving out at the moment was only overpowered by the overwhelming exhaustion I was feeling. Internally groaning I closed my eyes taking a break from the pre-calculus homework displaying itself on the screen.
'Fantastic, here I am doing all the homework I should've finished by now.' I think to myself rather irked.
Knowing that it would be better for me to get this done with sooner rather than later, I tried to open my eyes only to realize that they seemed to be clenched shut. With panic slowly rising within me, I had tried to call out for help only to then realize that my mouth seemed to be paralyzed as well. This only lead to me getting hit with giant waves of fear, for it to be interrupted by a dazzling white light that seemingly surrounded my vision with the subtle fade in of text that didn't help calm me in the slightest.
The Game Of Life:
Tutorial
New Game
Options
"Uh what in the fresh fuck?" I had asked desperately hoping that SOMEONE would at least acknowledge my remark, or at the very least prove that I wasn't alone in this blank, empty, pure white void.
That was when all the feeling I had suddenly lost came back just as quickly as it had left. Once again allowing me to move my body at will. Not knowing what to do, I reached out and tapped the options button hoping it'd explain to me what was going on. Instead what I had got was a selection of unmarked boxes.
[ ] Gamer Mode Off
[ ] Keep Past Memories Off
[ ] Fictional World Mode Off
Upon reading this, it had dawned on me. Life was a video game! Not wasting any time I hurriedly began tapping away like a madman, turning on all the options. Gamer Mode, retaining past memories, and being able to access fictional worlds that all my favorite characters are in? Who in their right mind thought that these needed to be turned off?
'This sure beats doing homework.' I thought happily, immediately clicking on New Game, which caused the main menu to fade away and a new selection of options to appear.
Classic Mode: The average run-of-the-mill world. Live out your life the way you want to!
Fictional Mode: Ready to kick ass with your favorite set of characters? Make the changes you want to see in the plotline or even make your own!
More Options Coming Soon….
Slowly reviewing my current options, I tapped Fictional Mode. I've had more than enough of the real world. Just like before, the current options in front of me seemingly melted away for the new set that took its place. My jaw slightly dropping from me being unable to contain the shock that I had felt after being bombarded by all the possible options before me. Regaining my composure, I had started to swipe and tap around for what felt like an eternity before a certain title had caught the corner of my eye.
DragonBall Z: You can change the future! Join in on the fun as one of the many races, and rush to get those DragonBalls!
"Hell fucking yeah I'll get those DragonBalls." I said to myself excitedly, after tapping both the title and the "Are you sure?" pop up that appeared after it.
Shortly after I was met with a character creation menu, to which I had selected Male Saiyan like any other sane person would've done. I then began to contemplate my best options as I viewed my stat screen.
Health-
Ki-
Stamina-
Strength-
Ki Control-
Intelligence-
Points Total: 10
Slowly placing my points into where I thought they mattered most, I couldn't help but smirk with satisfaction.
Health-
Ki- 4
Stamina-
Strength- 1
Ki Control-
Intelligence- 5
Points Total: 0
Reaching out and pressing complete, my body had once again become frozen, and my eyes were surrounded by an even brighter light until all I could see was darkness. Realizing the sensation of feeling returned to my body albeit it felt much more smaller than I was accustomed to. Was that liquid I felt surrounding me? Cool, that means I was inside one of those Saiyan healing pod things. I always wondered what they felt like. Hearing footsteps, I excitedly paid attention to the chatter that was slowly approaching me. They might not have been Goku or Vegeta but they were still Saiyans damn it!
"And this is where your so-"The man had begun to say when time had started to slow down.
Name?
'Ah crap, should I use my real name?' I thought to myself curiously, as I looked at the textbox. Using my real name would sound pretty weird, in a world where people are named Kakarot. Not wanting to waste any more time with this and getting more impatient I decided to name myself after my Xenoverse 2 character.
The word Xylo appeared in the text box for name almost as soon as it had appeared in my mind. Looking at the "Confirm?" icon, It hit me that I didn't have to physically move to configure with the settings anymore. I could just simply think what I wanted and it would happen. Quickly thinking "yes". The textboxes disappeared and time had gone back to normal.
"-n, Xylo is" The man had finished. Gazing at his white lab coat, pale skin, and rather feeble looking body I correctly deduced that this man was definitely more of a "brilliant scientist" than he was a bloodthirsty warrior elite. Perking up at the familiar beeping sound of a scouter, I then heard a disgusted scoff soon followed by a snide remark.
"15? You wasted my time with a weakling whose power level is only 15? Send him off planet with the other rejects, I doubt he'd survive long enough anyways" A deeper more gruff voice had stated.
'I was just born and I'm already a disappointment, god damn.' I thought to myself amused. Well it's not like I'd stay this way forever. I'll come back a Super Saiyan and would gladly see whoever this fucker try to talk the same shit he is now. Speaking of Super Saiyans, this off planet mission at birth was probably a blessing in disguise since it'd give me the time to avoid Frieza until I was ready to face him.
"Oh yeah, I'm definitely gonna enjoy it here." I continued to think to myself, smirking as as a group of Frieza soldiers consisting of Saiyans and numerous other races I did not know off, had begun to prepare the space pod that'd launch me to the first of my many adventures.