Lebenden_Toten

The choices we make

Chapter 1

Just felt like starting a new fanfic recently after watching a bit of SAO, this however does not mean that I am going to stop work on my other fanfic, "A Feeling of Importance" I find it hard sometimes to find the motivation to write for the same story. My mind is constantly wondering and I can never really just put words on to the page (Physical or digital) sometimes. Going into this I would apriciate feedback/ideas that you all have to offer so feel free to review or msg me!

As a side note I got inspired to write a fanfic for this particular series after reading some of joker32223's work I suggest you check out his two SAO fanfics, I found them to be quite enjoyable. Another thing I have been meaing to mention is that if you guys have a steam account and would like to play something feel free to go ahead and friend me, just send a msg saying that you have seen me on ! My steam ID is-[AOD]Lebenden_Toten

This is an SI (self-insert) I just enjoy writing them and have an easier time created a story based around the framework that is already given by the writers/creators of a series.

Normal type-well normal

Italics-thoughts

CAPS-YELLING

Bold-well… I actually don't know what to use bold for

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People are defined by the choices they make, whether it be for go or… well not so good. As a sophomore in high school (or any other year in high school) you make choices that greatly influence your life in the coming years. In fact high school is probably where I should begin. My name is Andrew **** and on a rather cold day in January sitting in English class the teacher asked a question that no matter how much I thought about it I couldn't decide the answer to, he asked "If given the chance to live in another world or time, fiction or not, what would you chose. There are so many interesting worlds created by authors, directors, and gamers that quite frankly it was hard to choose my favorite. That day I went home and the question was plaguing me throughout doing homework and just messing around on the internet. Eventually however I moved on.

Later that night I had a good friend of mine (who happens to watch quite a bit of anime) text me and say that he want me to take a look at a series that he had recently started watching. It was called Sword Art Online. I looked it up read a couple reviews and decided ah why the hell not? After about three hours and quite a few episodes later I understood why my buddy thought it was so good. Immediately after I finished the episode I as on I understood why the series was also bad, it was addicting to watch… I looked at the clock and it said that it was currently three in the morning. Well shit.

Well I should probably go to bed now… right as I was about to fall asleep I had a bit of a realization. Well I think I know the answer to that question that we were asked in English today. It'd be awesome to live in the world of SAO, with the VR technology they have playing a game like Skyrim would be fucking awesome, if given the chance that's where I would go. If given the chance I would even go into SAO, chance of death and all included. Choosing SAO was a something I didn't take to seriously at the time, looking back it was worth it, maybe not the best choice I could have made. What with all of the loss and violence but still the experience was like nothing else.

/The next morning/

"Ah shit" I mumbled to myself as I slowly began to wake up an alarm clock blaring in the background. "Please shut the hell up." I continued to say before I awkwardly rolled out of bed falling onto the floor with the blankets tangled around me. Eventually I managed to get to my feet and slowly walk to the alarm clock before repeatedly slamming my hand on it trying find the off, or at least the snooze button. After this was accomplished I began looking around my room when I realized something different. A, it was light outside, this could mean one of two things either I am late to school or it's the weekend, and B, slightly more concerning was the fact that this was not my room. Sure it had a lot of my stuff in it but it was a different layout, certain things looked more expensive, and the most worrisome thing of all… it was clean. Therefor there is no way in hell that this was my room.

After hunting around the room a bit more I found some clean cloths and a phone. Both of which looked unmistakably like mine/something I would have. After getting dressed I picked up the phone and found out that first of all it was the weekend. Thank god for that. After this realization I tried my normal passcode… and it worked. Slowly but surely I was coming the conclusion that somehow this room was actually mine. Well that is if my family was slightly more affluent than well yesterday, considering the monster looking gaming pc and all of the airsoft gear that seemed to be haphazardly gathered into one corner. This is beyond weird… A walked over the door and tentatively stepped outside "my" room. Doesn't look like my house. After exiting "my" room I began to go on a search for the bathroom, well because obvious reasons. After finding said room and ah, doing what had to be done. I looked in the mirror, yea same old sixteen year old guy with a fuckin stupid look on his face and a mohawk. This is so weird, so fucking weird.

After trying to make sense of what was going on and subsequently failing I made my way back to "my" room. I sat down in the chair located at what seemed to be a computer desk, what with all the electronics and stuff scattered around on its surface. What the fuck is going on… maybe, oh wait I wonder if there is anything on my phone that could give me a hint. This is so weird I have a bunch of messages but they look like they are in Japanese… and what's even weirder is that I understand it. Wait this one… what they hell it's from some random number, only thing it says is "Be careful what you wish for, check the notes on your phone for info." I quickly did what the message recommended and then began reading. The first words I read basically prepared me for the rest of the notes "Welcome to 2021". FUCK.

Basically to summarize the contents of what it said, "You wanted to be in SAO, so here you are! Basically you're from a wealthy family that moved to Japan from America 3 years ago. You are now currently living in/near Tokyo. Within the last year your parents were killed in a mugging gone wrong and you are living with the family butler also of American heritage named Albert. After your parents died you seemed to withdraw and are now taking high school classes through an online program. Within the last couple of months you heard about recent virtual reality gaming advancements and you applied for the Sword Art Online closed beta, you have also used the nerve gear on other older games and have grown conferrable with the virtual world. While in the beta you met another player that you became friends with whose name was Kirito. To others it seems as if you are finally starting to recover from the sudden violent death of your parents. The official release of Sword Art Online is exactly a week from today. During this time you are currently on break from your schooling. Enjoy your new life, The Mysterious Stranger. "Well fuck this should be fun, and well I'm rich… that's also a plus.

After reading I decided that I would attempt to find the kitchen and get something to eat. After accomplishing this, meeting Alfred along the way, I made my way back up to, well I guess it actually is my room now. Once back in my room I decided to see what VR with the Nerve Gear was actually like. On powering on my PC and pulling up the necessary software I noticed that there were multiple VR profiles for different games, some of which I actually recognized. The one that caught my eye however was Skyrim. This should be fun.

/After an hour in game/

"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!" VR felt real… It felt even more real when you were running through the wilderness of Skyrim from a giant lizard that could fly and breathe fire, in other words a dragon…

/Six Days later/

After more than one VR marathon in countless games such as Skyrim, Fallout, the newest ARMA, and a few other games I finally believed myself to be ready for the official opening of SAO, even if I had "been in the beta" I didn't actually feel prepared at first, well because of the factI never really participated in it (you know on the account of being in another universe and whatnot). Now though, I can do this shit no problem. One of the biggest things I have figured out how to do is store bits of data from certain games into the Nerve Gear itself, an item like a sword from Skyrim or such, even more important than that however is I was able to import my extensive music library into the rig so I don't get bored while playing. Here's to hoping that I can use some of those in SAO. I should probably go to bed, tomorrow is the official start of SAO and the beginning of the death game.

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Thank you all for taking time out of your day to read my fanfic! I hope to continue on writing because even if I get stuck sometimes I do enjoy it. Please send me a message or leave a review if you have any feedback or ideas!