Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING (besides the characters I made)
Authors Note: This is just the forward. I appreciate any feedback given.
I struggle to open my eyes after the two years of hell that I had just experienced. I pull the heavy machine off of my head, pull the IV out of my arm and swing my legs off of the hospital bed. But as soon as I place weight on them I crumple to the floor. "Right, legs don't work here", I mumble to myself. I see a folded up wheelchair leaning against the wall. I crawl over and fix it. I try to pull myself up but find that any upper body strength that I had had before Sword Art was gone. Then the door to my room burst open and my mother runs in excitedly, a doctor close behind her. I closed my eyes as my mom reminded me of how I failed her. The doctor helped me back onto the bed and asked a bunch of questions about my health, but none of them mattered. I was feeling fine, aside from my lack of strength, which he said would come back in a few weeks as long as I stayed on a good diet and worked out regularly. I just agree to everything that he says until he finally goes away. We just sit for a few minutes and then she finally says, "So you did know?". I just nod my head as she continues, "That was the worst thing about her death, not knowing if you knew or not, if you had any idea that she had died". She pauses for a minute and then asks, "Do you know if it was peaceful?".
I remember back to almost 3 months previous and I see myself hold the blade to her throat. I see the tear drip from her eye but I don't understand why. I said to myself, "Whatever it takes". As I slice her she bursts into a million pieces". I shake myself out of it and say, "No I didn't see it".
"Oh", She sees the pained look on my face and says, "I shouldn't have asked". She stands up as the door opens, I see a man dressed in a nice suit.
He walks up to the end of my bed and says, "Mr. Blake, AKA Orion?". I nod and he says, "I am Kikuoka Seijirou and I believe that you were friends with the one that defeated the game, you probably know him as Kirito". I nod again as he continues. He looks to my mother and says, "I apologize but we are going to need his statement.
She nodded and said, "My phone number hasn't changed if you need me have the hospital call me."
"Ok," I say.
"So if you could just walk me through the two years, as detailed as you can please", he asks.
I sigh and start my story, "Ok, it pretty much started when Rose and I bought the game and I got to my house…