Should I? No...I shouldn't...fuck it!... But I shouldn't!...oh well, let's do some fuckery people. As you read, this story will be a gamer fic, why? Then a harem has a valid reason for happening and we all know, sooner or later the dead chick joins the harem.
Kosei P.O.V
It's been...a few days since she passed. I can't lie, I miss her, it still hurts...but maybe I can learn to apply what she showed me to the world. To do that, I have to open my eyes and jump headfirst into my same old world-
[Ding]
[You have slept in your own bed! HP and MP have been restored]
I started at the floating blue box in front of me. "What the-"
[Gamer Identified!]
[Welcome Player: Kousei Arima]
"What the-"
Suddenly my bed and everything around me added and I was standing in a large inky black expanse of space.
"What in the world?!" I exclaimed as I frantically looked around. I touched my face, how did my glasses get there? I left them on my table.
"Well, it would certainly be inconvenient if you couldn't see, now would it?" A new voice asked me from behind me and I swiveled my head behind me to come face to face with a tall man, with shifting facial features. Strangely I couldn't pinpoint anything about what he looked like.
"Well, Mr. Kousei Arima, you are not exactly what I expected to be working with today," He said with a chuckle.
My mouth felt dry. "W-what are you going to do to me?"
He laughed more loudly this time. "Oh, nothing awful. I'm here to bless you"
"Bless..me?" I asked softly.
"You have had a difficult life, first your mother becoming frantic in forcing you to achieve her dream and then dying before you could, then you fall in love with a girl, who brings life to your world, then she also passes on"
I gulped. "How..how did you know that?"
He gave me what I think to be a startled look. "Oh Kousei Arima, I know nearly everything about you. I know nearly everything about many people."
"That's kinda creepy, but that doesn't answer my question," I said.
"You see, where I come from, everyone has an unlimited amount of power, and something we often do is pluck you out of your happy little destinies and make you better, or worse"
My mouth felt even drier. "A-are you here to do something to me?"
Right when I choose to start living my life...It seems that fate isn't set out for me
"Yes, I'm here to give you a power, a good one that has been used many times." He said before happily clapping his hands. "I'm giving you Gamer powers"
"Gamer...powers?" I asked.
"You see, what my people do, is take the classic powers of a level-based RPG in a way and make that your reality," He said with a shrug. "You can do nearly anything with enough power, from destroy and create planets, kill people instantly, or bring them back to life. Heck, if you want, you could become a god!"
"Bring back the dead?" I asked slowly. "And you mean, they would be 100% normal, back to the way they were before they died?"
"Oh, not exactly." My spirits began to sink when the man smirked. "You see, they will be better."
My head snapped up. "What will be different"
"Very few things can kill them much less hurt them, and they will have a select few of the powers you have," The man said, knowing I was hooked.
He reached a hand towards me. "So what do you say, Kousei? Will you become player one in my first ever game?"
I hesitantly lifted my hand.
"You know, if you take my hand, everyone you care for can be dragged into this, but that means more allies for you." He said as a blue box appeared in front of his face, and his hand merged with a y button, while the n button was connected to a knife.
The box read:
[Quest alert]
[Take the mysterious person's hand to be thrust into a new life of exciting adventures, beautiful women(Or men, we don't judge here), life times worth of fun, power to make the world bend their knees to you, and chances to reconnect with anyone and everyone.
Quest Requirements: literally click yes or no. This ain't even a quest bro, you just choose
Rewards: The dope power that is this game for the rest of your foreseeable future
Failure: Death of this man and you not getting a dope superpower
Y/N]
"If you don't want to accept, then you have to kill me to get free from here. I don't make the rules, I just follow them," The man said with an air of honesty. He seemed so...causal considering he just told me to kill him.
I swallowed hard. Kaori...I'll see what I can do.
I took his hand and he smiled brightly as the box vanished. "You won't regret this decision...at least not right away"
"Wait what?" I asked as I felt the man's hand warm up a little.
"It will get rough at some point," He said with a shrug. "Also the Game is sentient so it might be a little rude because I'm not controlling it anymore"
I gulped. "T-thank you anyway! Mr...what is your name?"
He seemed surprised that I asked for his name as he began to glow white. "We don't do names where I am from...I go by MeMyselfAndI, most call me M to keep it short though"
"Thank you M," I said.
"No problem kid..." He said as the place I was in began to fade.
.
The next thing I know, I'm back in my bed. I reached for my glasses and slipped them on. I sat up and looked around me.
What should I do now? Maybe the internet will have something about this to inform me more.
[For thinking and coming up with a logical solution, your WIS stat gained +1]
I grabbed my phone.
I had...2 hours before I had to get ready for school. I guess I should get cracking if I want to learn how this whole thing works.
.
2 hours of research later
.
I cleared my throat. Surprisingly, there was a lot of information on the internet, mainly on this thing called 'Fanfiction'. It seems people created characters, or take already existing ones, and give them these gamer powers.
The only problem with it, is I have no idea which one is like mine. Each one was slightly different because of the author.
I cleared my throat and spoke loud and clear into my plain room. "Stats"
Another large blue box formed in front of me. Yup, it works alright.
[Name: Kousei Arima
Class: The Gamer
Title: The Human Metronome(Boosts all Music related things by 50%)
Level: 1
EXP to Level Up: 0/100
HP: 20/20
MP: 10/10
STR: 8
STA: 8
DEX: 15
AGI: 10
INT: 20
WIS: 11
LUK: 8
Bonuses: Prodigy, Talent For Music
Perks: Musical Talent
Description: Kousei Arima was forced to learn the piano by his mother from a young age, and he did so happily because when he won prizes his mother was happy. However, she wanted him to complete her failed dream as she was sick. When she succumbed to her sickness Kousei was unable to hear the music he made anymore and became more drawn in, and stopped playing the piano as much. However, Kaori Miyazono fixed that, also dying after Kousei began to play his music once more.
Attribute points: 5
Perk Points: 1]
Ok...so some of my stats are pitiful compared to a running average of ten across the board for most people. So it seems my stats may be based on my current abilities.
From what I understand STR means strength and determines my overall power in carrying things, to my base damage.
DEX is dexterity, meaning how agile I am. It would control my Accuracy, Attack Speed, and Evasion.
AGI is agility, my overall movement speed.
STA is stamina, so my durability in some cases as well. These were the Physical side of things, which affected my body. There was also Mental and Special, the first is my mind and the second one is less on my body.
INT is intelligence. This is mainly academically related, while on the flip side WIS is wisdom and leans more on the common sense side of things.
LUK is going to be increasing my luck, which is pretty simple.
Perks are things I can pick up that will boost me, they are usually good but can have some drawbacks.
I guess bonuses are things about me that come from things about me and can boost and lower certain things.
Titles are something you earn from doing things, I guess my old name carried on into the game. Not to mention they normally come with some kind of catch.
I groaned a little. "Uh, Guide?"
More boxes popped, up and they instantly started insulting me as they explained most of the things I just learned.
But something new in the box stuck out to me.
[To summon a Companion Guide, say or think "Generate Guide, Class Companion"]
That's...worth a shot.
"Generate Guide, Class Companion," I said out loud, not expecting much.
[Generating- wait...what? The fu-]
That's...concerning.
A customization box formed in front of me.
[Name:
species:
Ethnicity:
Personality:
Appearance:
Gender:
If preferred, select Random]
I paused...if I hit random, it might generate a female of different ethnicity and a snarky personality, which I might not be able to deal with.
So Random is a no- wait!
[Random Companion generating]
I smacked myself in the forehead. Forgot.
[Overview:
Name: Akiba Gengyo
Species: Not exactly human, but nothing else
Ethnicity: Asian
Personality: Basic overview, that one evil, and clever older brother
Appearance: Black eyes, black hair, Lanky, a semi-dark completion.
Gender: Male]
I let out a sigh that he will at least be a guy and likely be able to communicate with me.
A bright white light formed in front of me and a boy came tumbling out of the light.
"Fuck!" He yelled. "Fuck, fuck fuck!"
I watched awkwardly as he angrily hit the floor.
I stared at him, slowly taking in his features, and suddenly a ping formed in my vision.
[Ding]
[New skill created!]
{Observe} [Lv: 1][PROG: 0/4]
[By using this skill on a target, you can learn information about what you are looking at]
[Lv: 1] At this level, you have just started so you can only learn a person's name and a few of their stats. As you progress you might be able to peer deeper into a person but even this has limits.
I quickly used the skill one more time on the boy.
Name: Akiba Gengyo[Compaion Guide]
[LV: 10]
[HP: 100/100]
[MP: 1000/1000]
I blinked a few times. Not only is this boy clearly at a higher level than me, but he also has a large amount of Mana, which is magical energy. That's used for spells. Without much info, he could have magic. Worse, he might have a high enough STR stat to one-shot me right now if I got him angry enough.
"I shouldn't have opened my big fucking mouth!" He yelled as he kicked the side of my bed.
"H-hello" I offered weakly. "I'm Kou-"
"I know who you are!" He snapped at me. "I am part of this stupid fucking game! I'm the part ridiculing your weak ass!"
I felt a wound to my pride there. I'm just glad he isn't female, an ongoing trend in some of the fanfictions I've read, the menu or manifestation of the game ends up falling in love with the gamer and becomes part of the harem.
He suddenly calmed himself. "Ok...I'm sorry for lashing out at you like that"
"I-its all good," I said softly.
"Anyway, you already know my name"
I got another notification.
[Akiba Gengyo has joined your party]
I stared at it. "What...does this mean?"
"Long story short," he said as he lifted his hands into the air. "I'm a 'player' in this game"
"But...you can still do the things you were able to, right?" I asked.
"Yeah, but it's limited now, more than before" Akiba muttered. "If I die, there is no telling if I die for real, or if I rejoin the main fraction controlling the game, heck there is a small chance I might be able to join you inside your body"
I gulped. "I- I'm sorry...I know you don't like me all that much and-"
He held a hand into the air. "It's fine Kousei...you didn't know, and I was shut off the second you gave the command"
"So...is there anything else I should know about the game?" I asked.
He looked me up and down. "Uh...you don't have an unlimited inventory like some of the fanfics you read do. You have a weight limit, 10 times your STR stat"
I nodded. "Makes sense, since most RPGs don't have an unlimited inventory"
"Uh...you might want to wait a bit to use those perk points. Not to mention you get 5 attribute points per level up" He offered
"I see," I said with a nod. "Makes sense, the people that aren't within the game wouldn't understand my sudden changes if it makes a bit change on my appearance."
He turned serious. "So Kousei, what you want to do is bring back the dead right?"
"N-not exactly"
[Skill created!]
{Lying}[LV:1][PROG:1/10]
Be it little white lies, or lies with your life on the line, you can now lie, likely better than before. If you master this skill, you might be able to lie to a god of truth, and live!
Lies have a 1% success rate
Akiba gave me a deadpan stare. "You realize I had to type that out for you, right?"
I deflated as I got another notification.
[Lie check: Fail]
"Sorry"
"It's fine, a new skill for you," Akiba said as he looked me up and down, suddenly a new window opened in front of me.
[Skills
ACTIVE {Gamers Body}[LV: MAX] [PROG: N/A]
Makes your body of one from a video game nerd, you read enough to know this. You aren't immune to injuries or pain but simply regening your health or sleeping will fix your body back up
{Observe} [Lv: 1][PROG: 1/4]
[By using this skill on a target, you can learn information about what you are looking at]
[Lv: 1] At this level, you have just started so you can only learn a person's name and a few of their stats. As you progress you might be able to peer deeper into a person but even this has limits.
{Lying}[LV:1][PROG:1/10]
Be it little white lies, or lies with your life on the line, you can now lie, likely better than before. If you master this skill, you might be able to lie to a god of truth, and live!
Lies have a 1% success rate]
I stared at it, feeling panic welling up in me. "W-why don't I have Gamers Mind?"
Akiba stared as well. "That's...not normal...Is this a glitch?"
"This thing can glitch?!"
"Of course, it's a fucking video game as a superpower! It's bound to have some rough edges somewhere!"
I quickly withdrew from his near yelling. He didn't have to be so loud about it.
He took a few deep breaths. "Sorry for yelling...as I was saying, you might be wondering why you don't have any of the skills of things you do normally"
I took a chance. "I-is it because I haven't done them with the power, and if I do them, they will move to their appropriate level?"
"Yup" His face turned grim. "So...you want to bring back your girlfriend?"
I blushed. "W-we weren't dating...but I was in love with her...and she loved me. I can prove it-"
He held up his hands. "No thank you, that seems kinda personal...plus I know the whole deal"
"S-so is there a way to bring back the dead?" I asked feeling unsure.
"Yeah, in fact, we might even be able to do it once you gain a few levels and a weapon," He said with a shrug. "After we clear some other dungeon of course so you know how to deal with them"
"Really?! How would we do that?" I asked, feeling excited for the first time in a few days.
"Well," He closed his eyes and then a new window popped up in front of me.
[Quest Alert!]
[You have been offered a passage to reunite with the girl you love!
Quest requirements: Clear the Dungeon of beginning
Reach at least level 5 before entering
Gain a weapon or solid fighting style
Reward: Ability to enter the Dungeon of memories
Failure: The most painful death you can imagine, and then some
Y/N]
I blinked a few times. "Uh...is this true?"
"Oh yeah," He said making a 'Whoo' face. "Not to mention I'll die with you"
I steeled my nerves and hit the Y button.
[Achievement unlocked: You got some balls
You have taken on a quest that you will likely fail to do...that's ballsy man]
"Y-you are the one typing this right?" I asked as I pointed at it.
He nodded. "Yeah, so I could also do this"
[Erection check: You lack a boner]
I blushed heavily.
"That will also happen if you get one" He held up a finger. "I got more"
Before I could beg him to not do that, a new window popped up.
[Cockblock check: Clear, you have not been cockblocked]
"Please...stop that" I begged softly.
"One more"
[Brothers zone check: You are actually in, she claimed you were in the brother zone but that was a big fat LIE!]
I stared at the box one more good time. "Wha?"
"Fine, I'm done." He said with a shrug.
"So...what now?" I asked.
He snapped his fingers and a new window popped up.
[Quest Alert!]
[You have spent too much time before school acting like a newbie!
Quest requirements: get to school on time!
Reward: That should be enough but you will get 50 EXP
Failure: The wrath of your best friend
Bonus adjective: Get to class in ten minutes rather than the fifteen you have!
Possible bonus reward: A secret item and 50 EXP
Y/N]
I hit the yes button and ignored Akiba as he laughed when he tried to get out of my way.
I was not going to fail the first quest that I can complete right away. Not to mention if I do, it will be an instant level for me not doing much.
...I never thought this is what my first gamer fic would be...is this a stupid idea? I'm just kinda basing this off the whim that a few days after her passing, Kousei would still be hung up enough over her that he would take a chance like this, only really thinking about it later. I uh...hope I don't royally fuck this up...maybe I should take this whole thing back... I just never saw a single thing like this...people tend to give the gamer powers to characters in shounen/fantasy anime. Maybe this is dumb...
Anyway, I guess Kousei should have several girls following him around, so I guess you can tell me what people you want if people actually enjoy this.