Sword Art Online: A Chance Of Survival
Chapter 1: Stuck
January 14th, 2022
My name is Yoshirama Kennedy; I am a new SAO player. My in-game name is Yoshio.
I head into my room and put on my Nerve Gear, I'm going to play Sword Art Online, a game my friend Tomaskitu recommended to me. It was released today and he got my copy for me, I gave him the money of course, I'm super excited. I have played Alfheim Online before so I should be used to the layout of SAO, I hope. I tell it to start the link, I close my eyes and then I'm suddenly logged into Sword Art Online. I'm wearing a grey t-shirt, with a jet black leather strap across my chest, to protect it. My hair is spiked up and light blue, my eyes are also sky blue.. I 'm equipped with light black/grey gloves which have grips on. I also notice I was given a sword, I unsheathe it from its case, and it's beautiful. It's made from fine steel and dazzles in the sunlight, I have also been given 25.000 Cor. May not be the best but it's a start. I begin to walk towards the Town Of Beginnings, the scenery is amazing, not like any other game!
I head to the shops, too see what they're selling, and with only 25.00 Cor. I have to be careful with what I buy. I get some health potions which will probably come in handy, I was going to head over to the Blacksmith to have a look at the swords, but I would probably end up buying one. After looking around the shops I ended up finding 2 teleportation crystals which is good. Once I was equipped, I went to the fields to hunt for boar, so I could level up.
I struggled to find them and I continued my search, but then I heard a cry coming from my left. It was a voice I'd heard before, which stunned me. But when I turned to the sound I saw someone getting attacked by a boar.
"Bingo!" I say quietly under my voice while sprinting towards the boar. Once I reach it I quickly unsheathe my sword and slash the boar's torso, which made its health bar go down to half, the other player then had a chance to strike at the boar, he stabbed the boar in its mouth, which finished it off. Its health bar went down to 0 and the boar suddenly burst into multiple pixels of green. The other player slowly stood up.
"Thanks!" he said.
"H-hey, no problem" I reply.
He puts his hand out too shake. "I'm Tomaskitu Jr"
I pause for a minute, I know that name! "Tomaskitu, it's me, Yoshirama!
"W-What, no way! You said you were gonna play tonight, but I didn't actually believe you!" He said while hugging me.
"Anything for my best bud" I replied while patting his back.
"It looks like you're hunting to level up?" He asked while pulling away from the hug.
"Yeah... I'm having trouble finding the boars though"
"NOT to worry, I know where's there's loads!" He said while walking away. I followed closely.
After hunting for a while I had gained three levels, I was quite impressed. Me and Tomaskitu began walking towards a forest, but we were both teleported to the centre of The Town of Beginnings. Every single person who was logged on was there. We couldn't leave the area, but after waiting continuously for 5 minutes, the sky turned ruby red, the colour began to drip down, like blood. I stand still, not knowing what's going to happen next. The blood forms into a gigantic man, wearing robes.
"Welcome to the first ever VRMMORPG, Sword Art Online, My name is Kayaba Akihiko, the creator of SAO and Nerve Gear!"
Wow, my role model was here, but what for?
"You have probably noticed that the log out button from the menu has disappeared. Let me make this clear, this is not a defect; I repeat this is not a defect. This is a feature of Sword Art Online."
What? I thought to myself, I went to my menu and sure enough, the log out button was GONE.
"The only way you'll be able to log out now is by beating the game, all 100 floors."
I heard someone shout "THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" I guess he was right, ALL 100 floors?
"Also, one last thing, if anyone from the outside tries to take your Nerve Gear off, you'll die instantly from radiation frying your brain, not to mention if you die in here you die in real life."
At this point people were crying and some had even fainted.
"Now before I go, you all have a present in your inventories, good luck everyone!"
The creator then began sniggering to himself, while the sky turned back to normal and he disappeared. Me and everyone else instantly went into are inventories and sure enough, there was an item in there, a mirror. I equipped it and looked into it. Everything went bright and then when the brightness disappeared I looked into the mirror to find I looked like my real life self, I now had my long dull black hair and hazel eyes. I heard laughter, cries and even shouting in anger.
Tomaskitu looked at me in despair.
"Now everyone's gonna know I'm ginger!" He shouted while falling to his knees.
"Whoa, now there's nothing wrong with being ginger" I said while bringing him back to his feet.
"Well… I guess you're right" he mumbled while turning and walking away."
"H-hey, were you going?" I asked.
He turned around.
"Too the tavern, I need rest, and I can't log out so I might as well."
He was right, so I nodded and followed him to the tavern.
A/N: I apologise for this chapter not being very long, I can assure you that chapter 2 will be much longer, however it still is a work in progress, thanks for reading!