Guess whose back? Meee! Sorry for the long wait. I just got back from a trip to New York City, so I couldn't write while I was out, and the past few days, my family and I have been redoing our drive way. My legs are sore..
Anyways, thank you to everyone that reviewed, it really motivates me to keep writing. Again, sorry for the wait. Quick question, do you guys want me to respond your reviews? I was thinking about it but, I don't know. Okay, this is getting really long, I'll stop now. E
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own SAO or FMA. All credit goes to their respective creators.
A girl with blonde hair ran through the fields of floor one. She held a silver hammer in one hand and a chain that attached to the end of the hammer in the other. The weapon was thrown up in the air and spun like a ball and chain. The girl shouted a battle cry and slammed the hammer on an incoming enemy. It screamed a generic scream and fell down and died. Stopping to catch her breath, she bent down and took the items that the boar had dropped. There was nothing worth any value. She sighed and flopped on her back.
"I guess I should get back to a safe zone," she said out loud. Her health was in the yellow zone and she had used up all of her potions and healing crystals. A few more hits and she'd be done for. She stood up and pulled out a teleporting crystal. A blue light surrounded her and she was teleported to the nearest town.
When she got there, the first thing she did was go check out the meeting that was being held to find the boss. Of course there was no way she was going to go to the fight, but it was seeing anyways.
The meeting had already started when she arrived but it seemed she hadn't missed much. Everyone was already in a party and the guy in the middle was about to explain more about the boss. The blonde haired girl took a seat near the back behind everyone else, so she was out of site. No one noticed her and the meeting continued.
She started to fall doze off but was awakened when someone shouted "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT, SPIKE HEAD?" She turned to look at the screaming boy. Her eyes opened wide as she looked at him. No, no why is he here? I thought he was still in central...She was about to call his name but decided against it. She stood up and walked back to the inn she was staying at to try and clear her head.
"You looking for a fight," Kibaou yelled back drawing his sword. "Come and get me, kid!"
"Oh, you're going to regret fighting me, asshole!" Ed broke free of Al's grasp and grabbed his spear, ready to charge.
"Brother, this isn't the time to fight! We need to clear this game as soon as possible you know that!" Al yelled at his brother.
"I agree with that," Kirito spoke up, "We can't waste any time. You said that a minute ago, remember?" Ed sighed and put down his weapon.
"Yeah I guess you're right. I'll teach that loser a lesson another time." He sat back down calmly like nothing happened.
"Hm," Kibaou put his sword away and said, "Fine, but next time I'll make sorry that you ever challenged me."
"Sure, whatever." Ed said now board with the conversation. There was an awkward silence that was broken by Diable clearing his throat.
"Can we resume now?" The crowd simultaneously nodded their heads.
"The latest edition of the guide book was just issued and it contains information on the boss. According to it, the boss's name is Illfang the Kobold Lord. He is guarded by assistants known as Ruin Kobold Sentinels. He is armed with an axe and a buckler. He has four health bars, and when the last one enters the red, he switches to a curved sword-type weapon called a Talwar. He attack pattern changes, as well." The crowd seemed surprised at Diable knowledge.
"Why is everyone so amazed at what he has to say? He's reading out of a book that we all have," Ed said.
"This concludes the briefing. Lastly, items will be automatically distributed. EXP goes to the party that defeats the monster. And whoever receives an item keeps it. An objections?"
None.
"Okay, we leave tomorrow, at ten in the morning. See you there!"
Ed and Al walked through the moon lit streets of the virtual town reviewing the meeting while trying to find a cheap place to eat. Edward spent all of his money upgrading his weapon and Al couldn't pay for both of them.
"I guess we have to hunt for out food," Al said to Ed and sat down next to the fountain. "If only someone hadn't spent all his money on a weapon that he'll replace once a better one comes along."
"So now you're blaming this on me? It's not like it was your money," Ed grumbled.
"Yes it was!" Al countered, "I lent you money so you could get stronger!"
"Is this really the time to be fighting? We have to find food remember?" Ed said trying to get out of the conversation. "Come on let's get going!" Al sighed and followed his brother out of town.
"LINK START!" The Flame Alchemist said and activated his Nerve Gear. Colors flew at him and the system checked his five senses. He chose his native language and logged into his new account. Roy used a default avatar, not caring about how he looked. The screen faded to gray and the message "Welcome to Sword Art Online!" appeared. Blue lights flashed and he was transported to the Town of Beginnings.
The colonel opened the menu and saw that the logout button was gone, as expected. He flipped through some more menus before opening up his inventory. There was a single item in it, a mirror. Out of curiosity, Roy clicked on it. Light surrounded him and his appearance was changed to look like he did IRL. So that why the Nerve Gear had me touch myself (A/N: In a non-dirty way. I know what you're thinking, you dirty child, or adult.) he thought.
"If this is the starting town, and so many people are here, that must mean that they haven't gotten too far." He mumbled to himself. "Maybe I should have someone show me around…" Turning his head to look around, Mustang spotted a road lined with NPC's selling basic gear. He opened his inventory and checked how much money he had available. All that was in his wallet was the standard 1000 gold (A/N: I don't know the currency so I'm using gold.) that was provided to every newbie. It was just enough to buy a simple weapon and some basic armor.
"How can I help you," asked the NPC running the weapons shop. A menu opened that showcased the different types of weapons. Mustang ended up choosing a two handed long sword to start and a small dagger as a sub weapon. His armor was a basic set of a chest plate, leather gauntlets and a boots. "See you again," the game said as Mustang walked away. After properly equipping himself weapons and armor and buying food, (which left him with 15 gold) he went off to start leveling up.
The surrounding field was filled with boar, wolves and other players. Many of them were just collecting the drops of the low level enemies, not grinding like the colonel. "Let's get this over with."
He charged at a nearby boar, activating a sword skill making his weapon glow red. The sword hit the enemy and it burst into tiny triangles. Picking up the items that it dropped, a few coins and some meat, Roy moved on to the next enemy.
(Insert training montage here)
It was near the end of montage when the inspirational music faded away that Mustang heard someone screaming. He turned his head to look at the source of the noise. A brown haired girl was surrounded by a pack of wolves and her health pushing the yellow zone. A small dagger lay feet from her, just out of her reach.
The pack charged from all directions at the helpless girl. Mustang lifted his hand, ready to use alchemy to save her. He snapped his fingers and…
Nothing happened.
Damn it, he thought and started running towards the girl, I can't use alchemy in this world. But when he arrived, the girl had already lost all of her health. Her body was thrown through the air and landed on the ground. Just like the various enemies, her life was ended when she shattered into a thousand shards. The small triangles shimmered in the light aa they were carried away by the wind. The animals scattered, off to find their next victim. Never again would she return to the real world and the family that she most likely had, Mustang realized. This wasn't a game. People's lives were in danger and the only way to save them was by beating this "game". With this new realization in his head, he went back to training determined to end the death game.
Asuna sat alone on the edge of a flower bed, eating a piece of bread. It was rubbery and had a bad taste, but it was all she had at the moment. She couldn't wait to max level her cooking skill.
"It's pretty tasty isn't it?" She turned her head to look who was taking to her and saw Kirito, one of her new party members. He said, "Can I sit?" Asuna went back to her meal which he took as a sign to sit.
"Do you really think that it's good?"
"Of course," he said, "I've been eating at least on a day ever since arriving in this town. But I do have a trick to make it taste better." Kirito pulled out a ceramic brown jar and handed it to her. "Try putting some on the bread." A thick yellow liquid appeared as she dragged her finger across the roll. "Cream?" After taking a bite to try the taste, Asuna quickly ate the rest of the roll.
"Where'd you get that?" she asked.
"It's the reward for a quest called "The Heifer Strikes Back," from the village before this one. I can show you how to compete it if you want some." She shook her head no from under her hood. "I'm not here to eat good food."
"Then why did you?"
"So I can still be me. I'd rather stay myself until the end than rot away in an inn in the first town. If I did, I would have felt that I lost this game. I'm not going to let this world destroy my own, no matter what." There was a silence before Kirito spoke again.
"I'm not a fan of having party members die on me, so stay alive, okay?"
Did you like it? I know it's really similar to the show, but that will change. I don't want it to be exactly like the show cuz that would be boring.
IMPORTANT: This is like prequel to FMA. I'm going to change the first chapter so this makes sense. When the next chapter comes out, I should have fixed it by then. So reread it before reading chapter 4. I have nothing else to say so BYE-BYE! Have a good day!