Prologue:
The sun beat down and a gentle breeze blew through the white paned windows flipping several papers off a mini desk and drifting to the floor. The sun lit room with pale cream colored walls and brown and white furniture belonged to Mistress Kiyoko Irie. Kiyoko was a petite girl born with almost everything a girl could want: naturally and physically. She was slim, smart, athletic, healthy, musical, and wealthy! It was like a dream for any other girl, but for Kiyoko it was torture. Everyday she is alone and feels pain, pain, and more pain. Her family ran a huge company, but since she was the youngest out of 8 children she was neglected. The youngest child, after all, is the least likely to become the heir, so he parents thought she did not need to be noticed by anyone. They ignored her and some people even thought she was of a different family. She was just a thorn on the artificial family rose. She was completely isolated. All of her meals were alone. Her friends only liked her for her money. Her whole life was like a hindrance. Her personal gardens or glowing mansion halls meant nothing to her at all. Despite that, Kiyoko always faked a smile.
Kiyoko pushed her long black hair out of her violet eye and stood from her recliner chair. She stretched and knelt down to retrieve her fallen papers when a magazine title caught her attention. This was just an average magazine that she probably randomly grabbed when walking through town to kill time. "A New Era For Gamers!" the title shone radiantly. She picked it up and began to flip through the article. The article was about a new type of video game system. It was called the "Nerve Gear." The Nerve Gear was shaped like a helmet and acted like a teleporter to a virtual reality. You put it in and log in by shouting "Link Start!". The minute you close your eyes and series of microwaves travel through the helmet and into your brain creating a new realm according to each game you program for the system. It is all inside your mind and uses all of your senses. You can smell, hear, feel, and taste everything you see in the game. Also, your body has no connection to the game. When you run inside the game, your breathing or movement is not affected in anyway out of game. Kiyoko stared at the article and smirked. "Hmm…. a new world?" she thought. She stood up and grabbed her purse. With that system no one inside it would judge her for her appearance or position. She would be a new person and maybe start her life over. She walked out the front gate and laughed to herself glaring at the world around her. Today she would go on a… "shopping spree."