Another Chance, To Change
(Spoiler Alert)
Summary: 8 years after diving to the Underworld, a lot have happened. But, it's not very good. After some affair, he met a girl who help him to achieve his dreams.
Semi-AU, Romance, Hurt/Comfort, OOC, KazutoxHarem
Regret.
Something all humans will feel, something you always found at the end. It's not easy to handle it, sometimes end with mental hospital or maybe, suicide. That was pretty much what I'm doing to do right now. The kitchenware at my hand, the crimson fluid painting my arm, deep in the foreignness and no one can find me. I chough and it's blooded,
"Ha ha ha ha. (Cough) Like I have someone who will search me"
Flashback...
7 years ago, after the Underworld aftermath... Asuna died. It's because I drove my motorcycle too fast and we fell into an accident. It was the dawn of my stress.
5 years ago, Shino is killed by Kyouji, I horrified when seeing her figure. I start consuming antidepressant since then.
4 years ago, Rika and Keiko are missing when travelling. But, after 2 years searching, there's no trace. They claimed as deceased, from this point I start to think about suicide. But 2 persons stop me from doing it, Alice and Suguha,
1 day ago, my family house is bombed. My family died and Alice lightcube is destroyed. My memories with them is destroyed in just a mere second, then I just wanted to died. And after my family burial a couple hours ago, I headed straight here.
Flashback End...
Then, I collapse, fainting, fainting & more deprived to sleep. So, this is my ending, a bad one because of my brain stress. And... I blackout or rather...
Somewhere...
I wake up at some kind of very flat desert, there's no cactus, or even a trace of life(?!). I just walk ahead and hoping I found something here.
"Hey, Kazuto...! Over here!"
Or someone, maybe? Thank Kami-sama I have cloth clinging to my body.
"Where are you?!" I shout back, in hope I'll find her. 'Cause what I see here is just a deserted place.
"To your right Kazuto, just run a bit and you'll find me...!" When I turn my head to my right, I see a petite girl waving to me.
"I guess I just have to walk a bit" I shrug it off, thinking it was just a mere 1 or 2 kilometers. In fact, it's like running 15K jog. Maybe it's something do with illusion, because earth was round.
"I underestimate this land, huh." While grasping for air, I clearly underestimate it.
"There's no distance illusions, Kazuto. This place is really, really flat." She said with a cheerful tone. When I look up, I met a girl with heterochromia* eyes, the left one is a violet spectrum and one another is sapphire eyes. She has a short body, 145cm if I guess and maybe 14 years old. I can't see her hair because it firmly hidden behind black cloth. She wears black frame rectangle-rounded glasses at her oval face.
After get rid of my tension, I ask her, "Before that, what's your name and what is happening?"
She then jumped and bow deeply, "Oh! Where's my manner, my name is Yasmine Ichirou. And about that... Why don't we talk it while having tea?" She just claps her hands and we teleported to a house with chill atmosphere, it's like... My dream house and the best of it, snow is here.
"You're coming or not?" She said while leaning at doorframe. In normal condition, I would refuse it, but I don't want to freeze to death.
"I'm in, it's winter here and you don't bother to warn me early" I started walk to house with hurry pace, maybe I'm too deep in my thought. When I get in, it feels warm, walls were made with nature material. In front, there's living room with chimney and a few couches. Kitchen and dining room at my right side and stairs head to up floor on the opposite side.
"Make yourself comfortable, what do you want to drink?"
"Just, maybe a bitter coffee, please."
When she makes drink, I notice chimney side wall is full of books, a lot of. I started scanning trough alphabet sorted bookshelf, a book catches my eyes.
"Ichirou, what is the content in this book?" I asked her and snuggled to a couch.
"Oh, it's my favorite one. That book tells about a junior high schooler, He attended at a boarding school, learn some life lesson from his teacher. What most I liked is 3 phrases he learnt from his teacher:
"Whom work hard, will be paid off"
"Whom control their anger, will be lucky"
"Whom walk in the right way, will up to their goals"
That word... It's just sounds beautiful. Like I get some inspiration, "Wow, that was... Breathtaking words"
"I knew it, Kazuto" She then walks while bringing the drinks, "The first word means if we work hard, we can change anything, even the impossible like, fate" She put a serious but passive expression and continued, "Second word means if we control ours anger, Kami-sama will help us. And last word means..." She then trails off, hanging her heads.
"Uh, sorry. But can you continue it?" I ask tenderly and hoping this conversation didn't hit her bulls eye.
"OH, ah! Sorry, sometimes I just trail off like that. The third word means we must find the right way to achieve our goals. Oh, and call me Yasmine." She smiled and maybe I think I'll borrow this book.
"Ehm... Now explain to me, what happened?" She put a real serious one now, it's looks like a serious thing "Kazuto..." I gulped.
"Y-Ye-Yeah?" Her stares shoot at me and it terrifying, Kami-sama please help me. After that she burst into a laughter stock, I just put a confused face.
"What's funny, Yasmine?"
"Wh-What's funny is your confused face" Then she just laughs more, I just sweat dropped. When she done, she continued, "It's nothing too serious, Kazuto. You just will send to an alternate universe, 5 minutes before you dive in. Everything's there is just the same, just..." And... She trails off again, I just poke her hands and she immediately pull her hands.
"Ah! Kazuto, please don't touch me. I'm just a bit sensitive"
"Gomenasai, I didn't know" I said and bowing deeply.
"Don't mind it, Kazuto. Oh, if I said the words, you'll be sent to that universe, are you sure?" She smiled, and this just worsen my curiosity.
"Yes, continue it Yasmine"
"I said this first, "Good Luck", in case it happens instantly. OK... but unfortunately, I blacked out.
I blinked several times when I sited my chair, I looked at the old-fashion 2018 Windows 10 interface. I look at the date and opening my browser. There's my profile in website I hacked... hack now, realizing I came back to life again. I even didn't notice my visions blurred out before my Kaa-san came in.
"Kazuto, it's time to- Dear, what happened to you?" Not answering her, I just crashing her with tight hug from me. Now I realize, family is the most important thing in my life. I don't want to lose them, forever.
"I'm glad, I'm glad you adopted me. I live with the best family ever." She shocked at me, but I don't care. Then, she hugs me harder and sobbing too.
"I love you, Kazuto. I love you like Suguha, we all do love you Kazuto. You're like my own son that I miscarriage a long time ago" And we hug each other tightly.
...
I wake up in my heaven comfort, but I remind myself I have to fix everything. First step has been made, now I must get up and cook for Suguha, but surprised when my mother is cooking in the kitchen.
"Kaa-san, didn't you have to work?"
"I take a free day Kazuto, and I have asked permission to your and Suguha school. Father is in our room too" I flabbergasted, I really have such the best family in the world. After that, the whole Kirigaya family is gathered at dining table. When Suguha goes up stairs, I ask my parents.
"Kaa-san, Tou-san. Can I ask something?"
"What is it, Dear?"
"Can I have a scholarship?" I prepared for this, maybe a little bit cheating but effective when I trapped at Aincrad one more time. I already have a scholarship before, but because my 'perspective' and gaming back then, I didn't take it. Now, I make use of it.
"What happened at night, sweet heart? You never ask it before, even you have couple of it?"
"I want to make you proud, Tou-san, Kaa-san. And tell Oji-san I want to practice more" After that I run upstairs and watching from railing gap, when they're smiling.
"Ne, Suguha" When she came out, I smiled at her and said, "Suguha, let's go to the mall tomorrow" And then I lock my door and start searching about scholarship at my computer.
*Heterochromia: A person with different iris eyes.
A/N: Surprise! I write new story. I hope you read my other story (Check my profile), please R&R! I'll be back in some time and will update one of the stories done first.