Hey guys! I am here with another original story of mine! This story is a multi-chaptered fiction set in the modern world, where the technology has been implemented to another level. Hope you enjoy this one too!

P.S. I May make this yaoi. So, if you want yaoi, do tell me via reviewing/PMing.

So, here we go!

Disclaimer: the characters belong to the creator of Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima. And well, if anyone knows about Accel World, the futuristic concepts are from it.


Chapter 1: Installation

In a world, where life is technology...

"Hey! Wait up!"

...where the basis of everything tech is the Mind-Connector...

"Run faster, slowpoke! Or we'll be late!"

... where exists a virtual world you can practically live in once you log in to the Global Net...

"Wait for me, Lucy!"

... is the world where their story starts.

"C'mon Natsu!"


"Argh! It is because of you I am now stuck in detention, Natsu!" Lucy sneezed, dusting the sport items in the store room.

"What? How is it my fault?" Natsu defended, "It was you who tripped on the staircase!"

"You woke up late! We would have reached in time if it wasn't for your and your lay ass."

"And whose fault is that?" Natsu glared at her, moving the huge box of goodies to the corner of the store room.

"What," Lucy put her hands on her waist and glared at him, "I didn't tell you to stay awake all night complete the level!"

"Well, actually it WAS you who asked my help," Natsu scoffed, "I didn't ask for your little... pink... thing of a mind connector to play stupid games!"

"Wha- who are you calling stupid?" she retorted, waving the duster around, "If I wouldn't have called you, you would have been alone at home!"

"Che! I would have played Brain Burst via my own mind connector! At least my collection is better than yours!"

"Nats-"

"Enough!" shouted Erza, shutting the duo up for the rest of their punishment of store room cleaning. Natsu scoffed in annoyance. Erza Scarlet was the Vice-president of the student council of his school, President being Jellal Fernandez. Apparently, she also happened to be the class representative. Natsu didn't talk to her. Only Lucy knew her to some extent, due to the Student Council duties they had to handle.

Lucy Heartfilia, daughter of the infamous businessman Jude Heartfilia, was the new girl in school, who happened to be a Natsu's childhood friend. She was a huge fan of neuro-control games, even if she wasn't so good at it. She was dating Loke Celeste, who was infamous as the school playboy. It was still a mystery to them how Lucy managed to keep that guy under control.

And then, finally came the mighty Natsu Dragneel, son of Igneel Dragneel, the Chief Superintendent of Magnolia Police Force. Natsu was one of the best and fastest gamers till date and usually was seen helping his best friend Lucy finishing all her game levels. The only competitors he ever had in his life were "Titania," who he later got to know, was none other than Erza Scarlet, and "Black Ice."

"Finally! Done!" said Natsu, flexing his muscles after lifting those heavy objects. "One day, I swear I would dislocate my shoulder. Who the hell kept stuff toys in school sports store room?"

"Good work, Mr Dragneel and Ms Heartfilia. I hope you learnt something from this experience. You may go home now." Erza said as she left for home too.

"Bye Erza," Lucy said, with Natsu awkwardly waving at the intimidating VP. "So, Natsu," Lucy grinned at him, "Do you have any plans for today? Please! It is very important!"

Oh no. Red alert!

"Uhm... well, I got this huge homewo-"

"I will complete it for you."

"B-but I had plans with Mira-"

"She is hanging out with her friends today. I asked her a few seconds ago via my connector."

"O-oh yeah, I have a date with my-"

"You have never had a girlfriend, Natsu."

"Huh... I am hanging out with my dad-...?" Natsu sighed. She could read him like an open book. "Fine, I will join you today."

"Yes!" Lucy cheered, "I will wait for you, Natsu. Be there before 7."

"What? Why a time limit all of a sudden?"

"W-well, you will know when you reach there. See ya!" and with that, she ran off, leaving him in confusion.


Natsu's mind-connector started beeping when he was getting ready to leave. He answered the call and a virtual Lucy appeared in front of his eyes.

"Natsu, where are you? There are just ten minutes left to be seven!"

"I am on my way Lucy. I will be there in five."

"C'mon! Use that accelerating app you have," she demanded.

"Okay. As you say." He said and then shouted out, "Physical Burst!"

As soon as he said it, everything around him started to slow down. He loved the feeling, the feeling of air on his face, the adrenaline rush due to moving so fast, knowing that the world is slow for him. He started running and soon, in five minutes, he was at Lucy's.

"That's an Improvement. This time you reached here in 10 seconds," said Lucy, looking at him with calculating eyes. "I think you are ready."

"Huh?"

"C'mon in."

He went up the stairs and entered the Heartfilia mansion.

"Welcome, master Dragneel. Please hand over you coat."

"Thank you, Mrs, Supetto." And he flashed his signature grin.

"So, Natsu," started Lucy, as they entered her room. She cleared her throat, giving him the look that made him feel like he was sitting in some job interview. "So Natsu,you're one of the most talented players I've come across in my whole Virtual Gaming. Experience." She sat up straight. "Full Name: Natsu Igneel Dragneel. Gender: Male. Sexual preferences: Unknown-"

"Hey!" Natsu protested.

"-using the Mind-Controller since birth. Top scorer in most of the Brain Burst games. One of the fastest accelerators. Am I correct?"

"Well, yeah."

"Then congratulations, Natsu. You are selected!"

"Seleced? For what?"

"Connect with me. I am gonna install a game software in you." He did as he was said. "Transfer!" she said.

Soon, the downloading completed and another icon joined the other apps he had.

"NeuroLink." He read. "What's that?"

"Say 'Link In,'" Lucy said. Then she selected the application in her own mind connector and exclaimed, "Link In!" Natsu hastily followed the steps.

Suddenly, everything around him stilled. Soon enough, by the scattering of pixels, a different world appeared. He was currently standing on the lake side, under a Sakura tree.

"Wow! Your avatar is silver. You must be a combat type avatar."

He turned around, spotting a beautiful golden avatar. It had a very elaborate helmet, masking her face with light emitting covers in shape of her eyes. The rest of her body was covered in golden metal, covering her body completely, like an armour.

"Is that you Lucy?"

"Yes," the beautiful model in front of him spoke, "This is my duel avatar. Normally, it is not recommended to reveal your identity to anyone, as it may lead to blackmail, deception and death," she listed off casually.

"Excuse me?!" Natsu exclaimed.

"But as we are friends," she removed the armour from her face, revealing her actual self. "I am Celestica. And welcome to the NeuroWorld. Let's take a walk."


"So," said Natsu. "You are saying there exists another world... known as NeuroWorld."

"Yeah," said Lucy.

"It is basically a game, where you fight each other to get points."

"Yup."

"There are ten levels and no one has ever reached the tenth one."

"The highest ever rank reached is ninth."

"And once you lose all your points, it is deleted from your Mind Connector M-Chip (storage device) AND you memory forever. And you can never download it again."

"You got that right. These are the basics of the game."

"Question."

"What?"

"Can you make friends or is the sole purpose of the game just fighting?"

"What? Of course you can! And I would be honoured to be your first comrade here."

He flashed his signature smile at that. But then he realised that she probably couldn't see him because of his avatar. He was made of pure silver. He opened his drop down menu and removed his helmet as well. Then, something else nudged his mind.

"But if by any chance the comrade of the person loses all his points, will the still remember each other?"

"I... don't know Natsu," she hesitated, as if guilty of something. "This has only happened to me once... but the case was... different. She..."

"She?"

"Ah, you will get to know when you are ready," she quickly changed the topic, "You have to be Level 4 to know more about this world. You'd have to be extremely careful with your XP level after the fourth level."

Natsu was confused. For some reason, he could feel the sadness emitting from her. He didn't want to nudge her further.

"So... you have other friends here?"

"Oh yes! Oh, you have no idea how awesome it is here! But you have to be Level 4 for to meet my friends," she winked in challenge, "As soon as you do so, I will show you my favorite place in the whole world!"

"Awesome. I accept the challenge! And then we will go make more friends," he grinned.

She had to smile at this.


"Link Out!"

As Natsu opened his eyes, he came face to face with Lucy. Then he looked at the time to see how much time had passed and he saw... it was still 6:51!"

"What? But... I came here at this time! How...?"

"Oh, yeah. Time passes differently in that world. As in, one second here is an hour there. So when you actually fight, you fight, win/lose and log out and no one even discovers you spaced out."

"Oh, cool!"

"So, homework?"

"Yeah. You are doing mine."

Lucy pouted and he laughed. Well, at least she was doing it.

He realised he was still connected to her and asked through the connection, "Ne, Lucy, how do I fight?"

"That, Natsu, you have to discover yourself."

"And what if I don't?"

"Well, sweet talk... and run."

"Oh."

She laughed. But then, he felt a chill behind his neck. Then suddenly, she shouted, "Natsu! Disconnect from Global net! It is a challe-"

But too late. He heard in the back of his mind, 'Direct Link' and then, everything disappeared into a vortex. The scene changed to some abandoned street. In front of him flashed his name "Salamander" and his lifeline and the command, "Fight!"

As he saw in front of him, the only glimpse he could catch was of black. His opponent was so fast! Maybe even faster than him!

And when he looked at the opponent's name, he was shocked beyond anything.

It was none other than Black Ice.


Dun Dun Duuun!

Hey guys! AsDarknessSpreads in back with another story! Whoa! I look the no. of words and I am like, Whoa! Because i usually keep it under 1000 in my first chapters. This is my little gift to all people who have ever read my stories and also, you can say, a compensation gift as I will be absent from the site for quite a while, as my midterms are here. So, yeah.

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EDIT: 12 January 2016

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