Hello everybody! (And yeah, I hope that with time, that "everybody" includes a lot of people.)
As some of you may know, I have not added to my other Fanfic, The Spirit Rasengan, in a while, and I apolologize for that. Twice already, the program I use has been deleted, and each time, I lost 7,000+ words of a very special chapter I was making. I will get back to it, but I want to see if I can get my files back first.
Anyhow, I decided to write a new fanfic, while I got over my lost chapters, and I recently saw Sword Art Online, so I wanted to try that. Of course, I enjoy making crossovers, so I decided to mix it with a little Attack on Titan, because why not? An so, my new Fanfic is born, hope you'll like it, so without further ado, Seid ihd das essen, Nein wir sind die Jaeger!
(Oh, btw, knowledge of SNK is strongly suggested, and knowledge of SAO is required as of episodes 13-14.)
"Huh? What's that, Kirito?" asked Asuna. She held the hand of her lover, Kirito. Heathcliff, the leader of their party, was as curious as them.
"I don't know. I have never seen anything like this. Trust me, for me to say that..." he said.
"Well, it may just be what we were looking for. Commander, weren't we searching for an anomaly in all maps of floor 55? Shouldn't something you've never seen before qualify?" asked Kirito.
"Indeed. I suggest keeping weapons ready." answered Heathcliff. Then, they advanced towards the crevice in the face of the mountain they were scaling. Upon closer inspection, it looked like it held a portal of some sort. They waited. Nothing happened.
"Hey," started Kirito. "Can you remind me why we're in this again?"
"I told you, I'm the second in command in the guild." she answered. "I have to go. And besides, you're my husband, so I wanted you to come too."
"I didn't mean it like that. I mean, we were having so much fun and... well, I wanted some time off after what happened with Yui."
Asuna froze, almost literally. Mere days before, the closest thing they had to a daughter, Yui, had been turned into an item, which Asuna always wore around her neck.
"Yeah," she anwered. "I would have liked to have time to... come to terms with things. But Heathcliff asked for me by name, so I couldn't refuse."
Kirito wasn't the jealous type, but still he couldn't get himself to trust Heathcliff. He had done some unnaturally fast moves that one time when they had a duel, and besides, for a player to never get his health to the yellow zone, that just couldn't be, especially because it always stopped dropping just before getting to it. There was a mystery to be solved here, alright.
Suddenly, a rumble in the cave snapped them all back to reality, or at least, as close as this video game could get to it. A large creature stepped out of the portal. It looked like a huge, naked man, with no genitalia. He was crazy ripped, and had a mouth that looked like it had three sets of teeth combined into one. It was a simplistic, yet terrifying design for a boss.
No words were needed. Heathcliff, the player with the highest defense of the three, went forward to check for attack patterns. Kirito and Asuna kept their eyes peeled for clues on how to defeat it. Heathcliff saw an incoming punch from the creature, and blocked it with his shield. Although it had been an extremely strong attack, Heathcliff didn't even flinch. A barrage of punches followed. When that failed, the creature started to kick at him. The shield parried all attacks, so it seemed like Heathcliff was completely safe.
You know, seemed is quite a dangerous word, because the creature then did something that no enemy, NPC or even boss should be able to do. With his humongous hands, he grabbed Heathcliff's shield, and wrestled it from him. Of course, Heathcliff's strength stat was maxed out, but the giant managed to do it anyway. Without hesitation, the creature ate it. Heathcliff was defenseless now.
"Asuna! Kirito! Did you find out enough about the boss?" he asked.
"You got it, Commander!" answered Kirito. Having memorized the giant's attack patterns, Kirito and Asuna headed towards him. They, together with Heathcliff, started attacking so fast, that the creature almost didn't have time to respond.
Again, almost is a word that is more dangerous than it would seem. When Heathcliff did a paricularly high jump, the boss jumped and intercepted him. With his mouth. It happened so fast, that Heathcliff wasn't even chewed. What was worse, in the second of shock that Kirito and Asuna had, they realized that all the cuts they had made on the beast, which looked like they were made of transparent red wireframe, were closing. Kirito also saw that the giant's health was getting replenished. Within ten seconds, it had recovered half of all they had hurt him.
Asuna, in turn, noticed something completely different. "Kirito, fall back, I think I discovered something!"
Without question, he did. There was something weird about this battle.
"What is it, Asuna?" he asked when they were out of the giant's sight.
"I know how stupid this will sound, but I think that's a player."
"Say what? I mean, yeah, it would be cool for someone to be able to turn into a boss, but it just isn't possible."
"Why not? I mean, your dual wielding is a skill only you have,"
"Yeah, but I can carry swords in both hands, big deal, not turn into a freaking boss. Why would you think it's a skill, anyway?"
"Look at his back, near the nape of the neck."
He did. Fortunately, the giant had turned around. There was a small, green cursor in on top of it's neck.
"You're right." he said. Hmm, he thought, if it's green, then it means... "Asuna, we gotta attack now. His cursor is green. He hasn't killed Heathcliff."
"Got it, I'll get the front, and you get the actual player" Kirito's wife said. They did as they said they would. Asuna was great at getting it's attention, so the giant didn't notice when Kirito jumped to his back. Using his dual blades, he started to cut, intending to slice through the player. In the last second, he decided against killing him, instead slicing around where he thought the player was, based on the cursor. It was a gamble, but it worked. Soon, the body disappeared, not like when a player died or as when an object's durability was depleted. No, it looked like the whole giant was one big wound of transparent red wireframe. Within seconds, all that remained was a guy, not much older than Kirito. He looked at Kirito, and collapsed, but not before muttering something to him.
"Thank you." he had said.
"To be truthful, I am baffled that you two want to help this young man, after he tried to kill us, and after he ate me." said Heathcliff.
"I told you, I think he had no control over that. Maybe the boss possessed him or something, or else he wouldn't have thanked me when we pulled him out." said Kirito.
"Yeah," started Asuna, "besides, have you seen his equipment? He had many swords, but their durability was awful. Nothing higher than level 20 equipment, and no armor. The only thing I can't figure out is this item called, 3D maneuver gear, which is apparently level ?. We need to keep him, if only for questioning.
Heathcliff thought for a second. "Alright, but if he does anything, he's your responsibility, and you share whatever punishment he gets. The anomaly in the map is gone, so consider yourselves dismissed, and free to return to your vacation."
Kirito and Asuna's home had two beds, so they decided to sleep inside one, and leave the other to the stranger.
"You think this is a good idea?" asked Asuna.
"Don't worry. Our house is an immortal object, so even if something happens, it won't be in any danger." answered Kirito.
"I didn't mean that, dummy! I mean, what if something happened to us while we were sleeping?"
"Oh, that? Don't worry, we'll take shifts looking out. I get the first shift, so I'll wake you up in a few hours."
Asuna still looked a bit uncomfortable.
"Now what?" asked Kirito.
"Hold me until I fall asleep?" she asked.
"No problem." he answered.
Asuna woke up feeling great. She had a feeling that she sometimes had when she woke up in the mornings that told her the day was gonna be great. The sun shined beautifully, warming her cheeks-
"Wait, sun?" thought Asuna.
"Kirito!" she quickly said, It was the first time she moved in the day, so she greatly startled the man who had been sitting on the bed next to her.
"Hey, good morning to you too." said Kirito, now on the floor.
"You didn't wake me up!" she accused.
"Well, I wanted to, but you looked so peaceful..." answered her beloved.
"But still..." she started, but she knew that the argument was finished.
"Anyhow, our bossling friend looks like he's waking up. Wanna be the first to introduce yourself to him? I need to take a nap."
She started to anwer, but Kirito fell asleep on the bed before she could even proceess what she said.
Five minutes later, the brown-haired guest in the house woke up. At first he seemed disoriented, but as he looked around the room, his eyes locked with a beautiful girl's.
"Good morning! You sleep well?" she said with a brilliant smile.
"Gah!" he screamed. "Who are you?"
"My name is Asuna and the sleepyhead over there is called Kirito! What's your name?"
The brown-haired guy internally debated within himself. After a few seconds, he said, "Eren Jaeger."
"Eren Jaeger?" asked Asuna. "It's not often that I meet a person with two words for a screen name."
"Screen name? What is that? Nevermind, are we still inside Wall Rose?"
"Wall Rose? I've never heard of it, is it in floor 55? That's where we found you."
"What? How can you not know what Wall Rose is? It is fifty meters tall, and all humanity lives inside it!"
"Weirdo" thought Asuna.
"You're telling me... that I'm not... Oh god, the titans! They will attack this place! Ready as many horses as you need, I am part of the survey corps!"
"Okay," said Asuna. "I don't know what you're talking about. Is "Suvey Corps" your guild?"
"Stupid civilian, if we don't move, we'll die!"
"Now who are you calling a stupid civilian? I will have you know that I am the second in command of the Knights of the Blood Oath! And I will not have you calling me stupid in my house!"
Eren took a second to think. If the woman owned the home, and wasn't preoccupied about titans, then they had to still be within at least Wall Rose. So, he had just made a pontentially powerful, albeit ignorant enemy for nothing. Fortunately, Eren had a particular skill for getting people to stop wanting his ass to be handed to him on a platter, which he used.
"I am sorry for the trouble I caused. I need transport, preferably a horse, to Wall Rose. I am a friend of Mikasa Ackerman, she showed up in the papers the last time the titans attacked."
"Don't worry about the trouble, but as for your request, don't have neither the horse nor any knowledge of the place you're looking for. Look, I need to check a few things, can you open your menu?"
"What do you mean by menu?"
Two hours later, Asuna managed to get Eren to understand a few things, essentially that, A) He was in no immediate danger, B) He was not in whatever place he was from, and C) how to open his menu. Of course, the second he did that, Eren had about a million more questions, so in the end Asuna had to tell him from scratch what Sword Art Online was. Asuna was extremely surprised both by how little he knew and by the fact that he was a level 1. There was no way anybody could have stayed a level one this far into the game, so how had he done it?
Three of his skills also bothered her. One of them stung a little, "Dual Wield". She had thought her husband Kirito was the only one with it. It made him special, but oh well, he would always be special to her, unique skill or nor.
The other two she had never seen before. The first was "3D Maneuver", which was pretty vague. The description read, "Can use the item 3D Maneuver gear". Perhaps the item he had was legendary or something? And the last one troubled her deeply. The icon resembled the face of the boss he had been in. It was called "Titan Shift", and it was supposed to let him "Turn into a titan when not in full health." Did that mean that he really was the boss who had attacked them?
Before she could ask anything else, Kirito sprang up from his bed, taking his blade with him.
"Who's there?" he asked, seemingly into nowhere. Apparently, he had sensed an enemy nearby. Even in his sleep, he was always alert for Asuna's sake.
"Don't worry, it's me." said Heathcliff, standing at the door. "I found out something rather strange. I need you two to come with me, and take the little bossling with you. As hard as this may be to say, I think I may have found a mayor glitch in the game."
So, that was chapter one! I'm sorry if it was a bit slow, but don't worry, it will pick up better speeds as the story progresses. And remember, while I love all my readers, I love my reviewers more. So tell me, should I continue this story? What do you think of it?
Anyhow, see you soon!