Tales of a Ninja RPG

Chapter 1: An Untimely Beginning?

"Red flashes fill my vision. I smell a mix of burning rubber and gasoline, and feel the intensity of flames touch my face. I can't remember anything, my head it's killing me….what's happening…?"

As I awoke, I felt a mixture of fatigue and pain wash over me briefly and then disappear as soon as it came. The sudden phase of pain causes my body to shiver and fall to my knees. I would've puked had the pain not subsided so suddenly. "I….am I…?" I started to ask myself as I heard a voice ring out to me.

"Heyyy Man, you cool?" I look up to see nothing but black. It's almost like I'm trapped in the school auditorium with all the lights off. It's a little creepy, but this whole scenario is pretty creepy. The voice reminds me of a stereotypical surfer's voice. Also kinda creepy, especially since I can't match a person to said voice. "Uh, Dude? Can't you hear me?" The voice calls out yet again.

"I hear you fine, but all I see is black!" I exclaimed. It didn't make much sense either considering if I could see myself there would have to be light, however it seemed as thou the entire room around me was devoid of light as well. No sooner did I exclaim to the voice, did the keeper of the voice appear before me. He looked like a character right from some cyberpunk videogame. He had a hover board ,huge steel boots, and dark robes that covered his face and the rest of his body. He scratches his chin and seems to sum me up.

"This work?" He asked presenting himself. "Allow me to introduce myself, call me Cyber Death, or CD for short. I am here to give you the unfortunate news that….well your dead…" He says in a rather bored mood. I greet this with a horrified look. As if this nightmare wasn't bad enough, I'm dead…..wait, who am I!? Cyber Death begins to break out in laughter. "Holy Crap, the look on your face. Hahahahahaha!" He laughs hysterically and then stopped suddenly and became emotionless. "But yeah, your dead…..normally this is where you'd be judged and all that…..but instead you got me!"

"And what does that exactl- I mean you just told me I'M DEAD! I don't even know….." I grew silent over annoyance and grabbed my head. What happened? CD looks at me and kinda gives me a questionable look.

"Uh, what else should I….anyway, you got me. And as Cyber Death, I offer people like you a second option. You know video game RPG's? Well your alternative is spending a whole new life as a main character in said game genre as well as having said game take place in a series or topic your well versed in. Convenient, right?" Cyber Death asks laughing a bit. Now my head really hurt.

"That's …oddly specific you know?" I said. "Actually….this can't be real can it?" I said in disbelief. In fact, this was absurd… Cyber Death laughed again.

"Well dude, you can feel free to wait for normal death to come get you….then you'll really wish this wasn't real." Cyber Death laughed harshly. For some reason I suddenly was willing to go with this.

"Ok, ok, ok, what do I do?" I asked. Cyber Death smiled and jumped down off his hover board and put his arm around me.

"Well lucky you, I've already picked out the world and the starting point for your adventure. Oh, before you go, I need you to answer one question."

"Uhhh…what's that exactly?" I asked.

"Weapon?" He asked.

"What?"

"Your weapon. What do you want?" Cyber Death asked. I had never thought about that. I had no idea what to say.

"Uh…..I don't know, you choose." I said naively. I had no idea what I had gotten myself into. Cyber Death smiled as he pulled a wooden mallet out of his cloak with ease and threw it towards me. I collapsed and let out a grunt as the hammer fell in my hands.

"Here. You'll be able to bash tons of skulls with that baby." CD said sadistically. He then pulled a blank card and though it towards the floor. Said card suddenly transformed into a door. "Well, there you are. My work here is done." Cyber Death says as he begins to shred away on his board.

"w-W-Wait a sec, Cyber Death! I still have so many ques-" I was unable to finish my sentence as Cyber Death drove his board into my abdomen as I flew through the door. Cyber Death let out another final sinister laugh.

"Don't worry dude! I'll come find you later brah! I'd tell you more but everyone hates long tutorials. Cya brah!" Cyber Death yelled as I began to fade yet again.