Hey guys I'm back! It crossed my mind to let this story die off, But then I rewatched Sao and decided that I want to keep this story going. I hope you guys can forgive the two year break I took. De4thL0rd: Glad you like it. Thank you for the name suggestion. I'll go with it for now. I can't really keep it at that because it's going to extend to the actual season. Nimbus Windstrider: As I said to De4thL0rd, yes it is going to extend to the launch and the actual release of the game. I personally really like Diavel and I was upset when he died. Hope you all enjoy The second chapter of Sao Origins.
Sao Origins
Chapter 2: Shopping
Opening my eyes, I see a roof that I don't know. I sit up and look around the room slightly confused. Suddenly my memory comes rushing back to me. I remember I am in the world of Sao. I stand up and leave the room. Excited to be back in this world, I start running down the stairs. I run into a man that was walking up the stairs. I knock him over and fall with him down the stairs. We land at the foot of the stairs in a jumbled mess.
"Owwww… That hurt." I say rubbing my head where I smacked it off one of the stairs. I look over at the guy I ran into. He was young man who was about fourteen years old, with slightly long brown hair. He stands up with a serious look on his face. He is about my height. He rubs his nose like he is pushing glasses up on his face.
"Can you watch where you're going? We can't take damage in town, but That doesn't mean you should tackle people." He says angrily.
"I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." I say lowering my head into a bow.
"Well I guess it's fine. Since you're here you can help me. I'm looking for a guy who goes by the name of Nikorasu. He's got short black hair and he's about sixteen years old." I open my mouth to say something but he cuts me off. "You better not say it's you."
Rubbing the back of my head, I crack a half smile. "Well isn't it your lucky day." He scoffs at what I say. He turns around and head towards the door. Without looking back he says,
"Hurry up and follow me. Don't worry you can trust me Diavel sent me." I have to think for a second before a face matches up with the name. He is talking about the blue haired man I met yesterday. I had almost forgotten completely about my encounter with Diavel. I look back up at the man who has turned around to look back at me. "By the way, the name is Coper. Don't get to comfortable with me. I'll leave you at the first sign of danger."
That's a great thing to hear. "Diavel sent you? And here I thought he was a good guy," I say not even trying to hide my disappointment. Coper closes the distance between us quicker than I thought possible, and grabs my collar. His face is only an inch or two away and he has a very scary look on his face.
"I might not be a good guy, But don't ever talk bad about Diavel. He has done more good than you ever will." His eyes shoot open realizing what he did. His unexpected reaction scares me pretty bad, which I did not hid at all. He lets go of my collar and walks towards the door. At the door he stops long enough to get out a sentence. "We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us." With that he walks out. I stand there dumbfounded at what just happened. What does he mean by that. Did diavel make a choice that changed who he was? Was he talking about himself? No use pondering it, I just don't know enough. Maybe I'll ask Diavel next time I see him. I run out the door and look for Coper. He is already half way down the street. I run to catch up to him. Walking behind him, I notice that he looks a little Jittery. Well I guess I'll ignore it.
"So where are we going. I have yet to explore this town so I don't know where anything is."
"Don't worry about that. We just have to pick up some equipment and get the quest." A quest, I should have guessed. I'll have to thank Diavel later for setting me up, But I will have to talk to him about who he sends to accompany me. He leads me towards what looks like a market. There are NPCs at all the stores, But I notice that there are not many players in the area. I guess most players are still in the first town or already past this town. He walks towards an armorsmith. The armorsmith turns and greets him. A menu pops up in front of him. He goes through and selects a buckler and some light leather armor. "Can I help you?" He says sounding annoyed. His sudden remark knocks me out of my thinking and I realize I am looking right over his shoulder. I apologize and drop my head in a bow again. "It's fine, we will meet up in 15 minutes." He walks off while waving back at me. Letting out a sigh, I turn back to the armorsmith.
"Hello adventurer, Looking for something certain?" The large man said. His long flowing hair and trimmed beard make him look even more intimidating than his stature made him out to be. I almost reply to him but the menu popping up in front of me reminded me that he is an NPC. The menu in front of me has 3 options: Buy, Sell, and Repair. I click on Sell with my finger and the menu changes to an empty page. My inventory opens up on the right of it. I drag over the few items that I got from monsters I killed on my way to Horunka village. I back out of the menu and click the buy option. For this shop being in the second town, There are an insane amount of weapons. They have options for every type of player. . Broadswords, Falchions, longswords, Rapiers, maces, battleaxes, and many other types of weapons are all in this shop. I notice that there are almost no ranged weapons. The only ones I see are kunai and what looks like a boomerang. I look through the options for something I think I would be comfortable with. One of the options until I come to something that almost identical to what I used in the real world. Looking at the picture, it's a little longer than the one in the real world. I click it and click buy. I also buy a scabbard. Equipping the scabbard and sword, It automatically appears at my hip. I pull out my sword. It is slightly curved. The handle is white with black diamonds going down the center. The blade is black with white lining the blade edge. On the guard there is a dragon wrapping around the sword. The blade is about 20 inches long. I give it some practice swings. It feel almost like my real sword. I tap it and the name pops up. At the top of the menu it says Shinto. Underneath that it says katana. The stats one it are better than the sword I had for the most part. The only thing that was slacking was durability. I look at the time in my inventory and see that the fifteen minutes has already passed.
"Shit, He's going to kill me." I turn and run down the road. Halfway down the road a thought crosses my mind. I don't know where he is, and I don't have a way to get ahold of him. I open my inventory and go to my friends. The only one on there is Diavel. I would ask him, but it looks like he is offline. I close the menu and look around. "Well this sucks."
Well That chapter is over. I hope you all enjoyed it. If I could, I would have gave him dual scimitars. The problem being that Kirito is the only one who gets in the Official game. I'll do some research about katana fighting, so hopefully the fight scenes are not terrible. If you enjoyed the story like and favorite. If anyone thinks of something I could improve on leave it in a review. As always, Until Next time Stay awesome!