OH MY GOD I FINALLY DID IT! *coughs* Anyway, hello everyone, this is Haru and this time I (finally) decided to start writing a Love Live AU I thought of a while ago! So I decided to call it "RPG AU" because this idea reminds me of those typical RPG-alike animes (SAO; Log Horizon; ESPECIALLY (i guess?) Hai to Gensou no Grimgar etc) And i'll try to make it a longer sotry, written from different characters' POV. Since this is a more detailed story i'll make a side page for it on my tumblr blog where you can find info about the characters etc. So I guess I should get started, if you have questions comment on FF or send me a message on Tumblr, enjoy! (Small note, this AU contains multishipping, if you comment i'll try to write with a certain ship, if no one tells me any ships i'll go with my own OTPs :P)


CHAPTER 1

THE BEGGINING

Maki's POV


- Maki, wake up! Breakfast is ready! - A well known voice echoed through my head as I tried to ignore the noises from the outside so i could go back to sleep - Come on, your food will get cold! - Why did this voice feel so close yet so far away? After a moment i realised who was calling out to me.

- Papa? - I jumped up, immediately fighting off the feeling of sleepiness, hoping that i could meet my father's kind gaze and go downstairs to eat breakfast with him and my mom, as usual. Saddly, the only person in the room was my childhood friend, Rin. The orange haired girl was looking at me, slightly surprised, probably by how fast i got up.

- Is everything alright, Maki-chan, nya? - She asked while sitting down on the floor. It took me a moment to awake completely and realise what was going on. I wasn't in my family's mansion but in a small house in the forest.I felt kind of relieved but sad at the same time, knowing that my father's voice was just a dream. When i finally walked to the kitchen there was another person sitting there. Another one of my friends, Hanayo, was sitting on a chair and looking around uncomfortably. It was kind of our daily routine to meet up like this. Since i lived with Rin ever since my parents died and Hanayo lived close to us we would always hang out together or train. That's right... this day wasn't like any other. We live in a country consumed by war, monsters and corruption. It's obvious that at some point everyone has to start living as a mercenary to help with protecting everyone. From this day on we would become soldiers, fighting to protect the land. Of course, we could just stay as simple citiziens for the rest of our lives but we all had our motives for fighting.

- Alright, let's get prepared! - I pumped my fist in the air and cheerfully walked back to my room to get dressed.


- Wow! Maki-chan's in a good mood today, nya! - Rin said as soon as i entered the kitchen again and started eating. Hanayo just nodded and smiled. The reason behind my happiness was obvious, after all i've been waiting for this day to come for ten years so failure wasn't even an option. I quickly ate my breakfast and cleaned the dishes.

- Today will be a good day! - I kept telling myself while stuffing useful items into my bag. "Now that i think of it..." I looked over at an old, but looking almost new sword that was placed on one of the shelves. "I guess it's finally the right time to take it!" I picked up my bag and walked towards the weapon to pick it up.

- Are you ready, Maki-chan? - Hanayo entered the room and looked around - We won't be here for quite a while... - she said with a nostalgic tone. She was right. The moment we finished our training was probably the last time we could see our house. From now on we would be travelling across the entire country, searching for enemies to defeat. I sighed and left the room.

- Yeah, let's get going, we don't want to be late - Rin was already waiting outside. Even though she just ate breakfast she was already eating an apple. "She never changes, does she?" I smiled to myself and started walking towards the huge castle that could be seen on the horizon. The forest held many precious memories for me and my friends, but it was also reminding me of when i made a promise to avenge my parents, so i was actually glad that i would finally leave it for good.

- Our team will be the strongest, nya! - Rin pointed her dagger at me and grinned. I hate to admit it, but her reflexes are way better than mine so i wouldn't like to get on her bad side.

- Rin! What i told you about pointing weapons at others?! - I asked with an annoyed expression. Even though Rin was the best of us when it came to running and reflexes she was also pretty careless which would often put us in dangerous situations - Remember that one time when you we were chased by a bear because you decided to "play with it?" - Of course i had to take care of Rin because Hanayo would usually just go along with her ideas so i had to keep the two of them in check.

- Sorry Maki-chan, nya... - The orange haired girl lowered her head and continued walking in silence. After a few minutes i started feeling uncomfortable. Maybe my best friend was annoying at times but her cheerful words always helped me when i felt sad or when i got hurt.

- W-wait i didn't mean to shut you up... - I tried to explain myself, but it seemed useless because as soon as i said that Rin's expression changed and she was now looking at me with puppy-alike eyes, which was a proof that she forgave me - Anyway! We're almost there so you two better prepare, alright? - Rin nodded cheerfully and jumped in excitement.

- We're already prepared Maki-chan, nya! - She pointed at the castle and grinned - We'll pass every test and we'll become the greatest team, nya! - Hanayo giggled to herself after hearing Rin's words and looked at us with a confident expression, which quite surprised us because usually Hanayo wasn't too confident and she prefered keeping a calm, sometimes a bit insecure expression. I let out a sigh of relief and once again pumped my fist in the air, followed by Rin and Hanayo's fists.

- Let's do this! - And so we kept talking cheerfully until we reached the castle. This was the beggining for a new life for us, the beggining of our story. We had to discover what was awaiting us on the way and fight every monster or tyrant getting in our way. And so our story begins...


AHHH I DID IT I'M SO EXCITED! I hope you guys liked it, kinda short but well it's almost midnight here so yeah... but still! I'm hoping you like my new series, i'll try to upload one chapter of this and then one one shot to my one shot story thing unless i'm in a mood to write something twice. Of course, this AU is focused on all of the U's characters, not only the first years but i wanted to make the POV like [1st Year2nd Year3rd Year] so i hope this is fine! Somewhere around the 2nd chapter i'll write something about the characters' classes and maybe a bit of their story (not much, just brief info like Maki's parents are dead etc.) So i hope you've enjoyed my first chapter and you'll be waiting for the next one, bye!