Hey guys, it's been a week since the debut of the story. I've been working hard on this chapter and I didn't want to keep you all waiting so long so I have made this part of the story 2 parts.
I don't own:
Naruto
Sword Art Online
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Let's get to this chapter :D Enjoy
It's been a weeks' time since the 'Death Game' announcement was made by Akihiko Kayaba. So far most of the chaos within the players has died down. Players are actually getting into focus and trying to get home.
Right now our heroes, Kirito, Naruto, and Perseus, are finishing up their last group quest in the village.
Floor 1: Horunka Village, Wolf Forest
Kirito blocked the sword skill of Scourge, a mini-boss that resembled a minotaur, with his own sword skill.
Kirito parried another blow from Scourge, "Naruto switch!"
Naruto jumped towards the two and sliced Scourge three times with his new wolf claws, said claws being held together with gloves made of wolf fur with metal claws protruding from the knuckles, and successfully lowered Scourge's defense.
"Percy switch!" Naruto yelled whilst leaping away.
With Scourge's attack ability down and his defenses lowered, Percy zoomed in to the mini-boss's range whilst charging his sword skill. Percy's sword skill finished charging and he stabbed it three times.
After the sword skill was completed the boss exploded in thousands of prismatic glass pieces.
Last Hit Bonus: Riptide
Spear / One Hand
Range: Long
Type: Stab / Slash
Attack: 10-15
Durability: 500
Weight: 75
Requires: 5
Equip +5
Strength +6
Armor Rating +8
Quest Completed: Cows Counter Attack
Rewards:
1050 exp
65 Col
5 Cream
The exp from defeating both the quest and the boss leveled the three of them up. They advanced from level four to level five.
"Sweet, level five!" Naruto cheered while he upgraded his Agility and Reflex stats.
Kirito put his points into Strength and Agility and asked, "Hey guys, what stats are you increasing?"
In the midst of increasing his stats, Percy replied "I'm increasing Strength and Tenacity. More Damage, more Health, and more Armor Rating." Percy took his new weapon, Riptide, from his inventory and equipped it.
Naruto opened his stat menu. "I'm adding some points into Strength for more Critical Dmage. I'm adding most of my points to Agility and Reflex, for higher Critical Chance, and the raised Accuracy, along with a higher Dodge chance." Naruto said excitedly. "I'm going to be the strongest! Believe it!"
Kirito closed his menu and stated to his friends, "Well I plan on putting all my points in Strength and Agility for the bonus Damage and Attack Speed."
Percy held up Riptide, "Guys check out this new weapon I got from killing Scourge!"
Riptide was a spear made of bronze and had two pieces of leather with grooves along the shaft for the wielder to grip. It had blue marking on the shaft. The tip was a double edge straight blade, about eight inches long, sharpened at the end, so it is easily used for both slashing and stabbing.
"Damn that item has some good stats for this level," Kirito said a bit enviously.
"Riptide; this item grows with its owner. As Perseus levels up and uses this weapon it will get stronger. This item cannot be sold, trade, or destroyed. Upgrading will always fail on this item."
Taken back with surprise Naruto asked, "So does that mean you have a weapon that you can just use until the end of the game!?"
"I guess. That's really good for money saving," Percy says with a slight smirk noticing the envious looks from his friends, "Only problem is that I don't know how to use spears."
"Who cares bro you can learn!" Naruto tells Percy as if he's stupid.
Now almost angry Kirito yelled, "Yeah, Are you crazy Percy!? That weapon is too good for you not to use it!"
Percy rolled on the floor and squeaked through laughs, "I'm just messing with you guys. You should've seen your faces!" Percy says holding his sides.
"Haha, very funny." Kirito murmured, visibly embarrassed.
"Okay guys, let's go back to the village; there are still more quest for us to do." Naruto stated whilst glaring at Percy.
Percy brushed his armor off and chuckled, "Alright lets go."
Floor 1: Horunka Village, Village Inn
The boys were sitting round a table in their rented room. They examined the village map, deciding who was going on which of the three remaining quests.
"We have to go three separate places for the quests. There is one quest in the fields to the east of the village, one quest just outside the village near the river, and there is one quest to the west back in the forest." Kirito explained to the others. "I'll be taking the quest in the forest; its reward is a stronger sword that should be good enough until we do the boss on this level."
Naruto jumped up "I'll do the one in the fields! What do I have to do for it?"
"You have to track and find some beast that has been bothering an old man NPC. The reward is a–"
Naruto waved his hands in the air.
"I don't care about the reward, Kiri; I only care about helping everyone stuck with us and getting out. Believe it!"
"Okay. Well I guess it'll be a surprise for you then, Naruto," Kirito stated.
Percy spoke up, "So the one by the river is for me then?"
"Yes, but I don't remember even hearing about it during the beta," Kirito informed Percy.
Percy smiled, "Alright that's cool, you know, wherever the tide takes me."
Kirito nodded, "Okay then. Let's head out."
Naruto's stomach grumbled loudly. Kirito and Percy turned to their friend Naruto to see him clutching his stomach and looking down.
Naruto let go of his stomach and looked at his friends, "Can we go eat first?"
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Floor 1: Horunka Village
With Kirito
Kirito entered the small home at the edge of the village.
The lady took a sip from her cup "Hello, would you like a cup of water? I don't have any food right now."
Kirito looked at the stove and noticed that something was cooking in the pot.
"Sure, I'd like some water." Kirito answered not before taking a seat in front of the lady.
A slight cough came from the room behind the lady. Kirito got up and looked into the other room to see a young girl lying in the bed.
He looked back at the woman who was almost in tears. "Is there something wrong? I'll help her if I can."
A quest notification screen appeared in front of Kirito.
Secret Medicine of the Forest
YES | NO
Kirito accepted the quest. The lady called him over and he sat back down.
The lady looked Kirito in the eye "My daughter was stricken with a severe illness. It was completely unaffected when she was treated with medicine from the market. There is another way to cure her; she has to drink medicine made created from the ovules of predatory plants that inhabit the forest west of here. I'd get it myself but, plants like that are extremely dangerous and those that bloomed are rarely seen. The plants are called Little Nepent."
Kirito stood "Okay I'll get the medicine for your daughter."
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Floor 1: Horunka Village, River Dojo
With Percy
Percy approached a fairly large one story building. The building had steps leading up to the double doors. On the outside there was a terrace that went on either side and all the way around the building with columns holding it up.
He walked through the front door and was surprised to find no one in the large building. The walls were painted a creamy color. On the wall closest to Percy there were various wooden weapons; swords, spears, shields, claws, bows, and katanas. The entire floor was padded except for a small portion that was around Percy. Across from Percy was a single door.
Percy walked to a door at the other end of the building.
Hearing sounds coming from the other side of the door Percy knocked "Is there anyone there?"
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" asked the sound?
"I'm Percy isn't this supposed to be a dojo or something?" Percy questioned the sound
The sounds sighed and entered the room. "Yes, it was."
The sound revealed itself to be an old man. The man wore gray robes with a black belt wrapped around tight keeping it in place along with white tabi and traditional wooden geta. His face had a crestfallen expression on it.
Percy noticed the man's expression "Why is this place empty?"
The man looked at Percy with downcast eyes "It used to be teaming with people. Until that monster showed up."
Percy was intrigued. "A monster? I could slay it for you if that would help."
The man's face flashed a panicked look. "No you cannot! The monster is too powerful; it spits a poisonous gas and breathes fire."
Percy smirked "Nothing too hard."
"You do not understand!" the old man yelled "Even if you were able to get close enough to kill the beast he can easily return under the surface of the river."
"The water is cursed to kill anyone who enters it; it's how I lost my son." The man whispered the last part.
Percy's face fell "Oh."
"Yes. Now you see why the monster is unbeatable."
Percy looked into the old man's eyes. "I will defeat this beast. And I will avenge your son."
The old man looked shocked "You don't have to do that."
Percy's face showed determination "Yes I do. If I don't do it no one will."
With that a Quest Notification showed up in front of Percy.
Master's Retribution
YES | NO
Percy Quickly accepted and headed out to the river to destroy the monster and avenge the old man's son.
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Floor 1: Horunka Village, Breeze Fields
With Naruto
Naruto reached the end of the plains and noticed a teenaged boy NPC standing looking off into the distance.
Naruto walked up to the NPC "What are you looking for?"
The boy rubbed his neck "I'm looking for my brother, haha. We kind of got separated and I haven't seen him since."
"I could find him for you; my tracking skill is pretty good." Naruto told the NPC.
The NPC looked at him "Really? That'd be awesome, I'm sure I could find a reward for you from my father's stuff he doesn't touch anymore."
"Yeah sure, where did he go?" Naruto asked.
The NPC pointed towards fields of very high grass "He ran off that way. I couldn't go in there, my father told me never to enter it."
Naruto looked to the fields "Okay, I'll do it then."
The NPC gave Naruto a grateful look.
A quest notification appeared ahead of Naruto.
Missing Brother
YES | NO
Naruto accepted the quest. He then activated his tracking ability and sped right into the fields.
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Floor 1: Horunka Village, Wolf Forest
With Kirito
Kirito was in the forest slaying a monster for his quest. The only problem was that it wasn't right version of the monster as the one that he needed rarely spawned.
Kirito figured out that the quicker he killed them, the quicker they respawned. With the new information Kirito began a rotation for killing the monsters.
Kill monster 1
Kill monster 2
Kill monster 3
Kill monster 4
Kill monster 5 and monster 1 respawns
Kill monster 1 and monster 2 respawns and so on.
Kirito had already killed 32 monsters and still has yet to find the right Little Nepent.
Kirito ran to Little Nepent #33 and sliced it horizontally. He dodged a swipe from the Little Nepent and jumped back.
Kirito blocked the next incoming attack and dived forward charging a sword skill. Kirito thrust his sword into the monster and in the blink of an eye there were prismatic glass pieces scattered all around Kirito.
After the monster died a new one respawned in its place.
Kirito looked at the monster and thought 'there's something different about this one'
Kirito attacked the monster. It died in one swipe of his sword. Before it burst into glass signaling the NPC's death, the fruit upon its head exploded emitting a sweet smelling gas, and then the monster burst into glass.
Nepent 34 spawned; before Kirito could began to charge it the ground began to rumble. Kirito looked around and suddenly saw himself being with surrounded by dozens of Little Nepents.
Kirito's face faltered with fear 'I can't fight all these at once –'
Kirito dodged a swipe from a Little Nepent from his left. Then was swatted away breaking a tree with his collision.
Kirito's face showed his exhaustion from killing so many monster 'I need to find the right one and soon. I'm going to need a better vantage point.' He jumped up a tree and began to climb his fastest.
From the top of the tree Kirito scanned the monsters that were waiting for him at its base.
Kirito noticed that there were a total of 31 monsters in the crowd. He saw two with the flower head one on the east side of the tree and one on the west side.
From the beta test Kirito knew that he could wait out monsters and they would leave returning to their spawn point, but he also knew that he couldn't take those chances and let the ones with the flowers disappear.
Fixing his face, Kirito decided that he would have to take a final stand and attempt to kill the flower Little Nepent before the exhaustion hit him.
Kirito jumped to another tree and began to climb down. Within moments he was on the floor surrounded by the Little Nepents. He noted that the Flower Little Nepents were larger than the normal ones.
Kirito began to slice at the flower Little Nepent ahead of him. Slant up left, slant down left, slant up right, horizontal left, a hard slant downwards right, and he finished it with a sharp thrust right through the middle. "Original Sword Skill: Star Strike!" Kirito shouted
(Slant: A simple sword skill slashing diagonally | Horizontal: a simple sword skill slashing horizontally)
The monster was blasted back through the crowd of Little Nepents making an opening. Kirito ran after it the monster charging a Sonic Leap attack. When Kirito got into range he dashed forward towards the Nepent and hit him with a downward strike.
(Sonic Leap: A charge-type sword skill that dashes toward the enemy to deal a downward strike)
The monster exploded into prismatic glass pieces and dropped the item Kirito was looking for. Kirito picked it up and ran out of the forest to avoid the other Little Nepents.
Breaking through the forest Kirito ran to the village to turn in his quest.
Kirito finally reached the home of the sick girl and her mother before it was too late. Entering the home he heard loud coughs coming from the girl's room. Kirito rushed through the room and saw the girl with her skin almost green in color and her mother sobbing over her.
Kirito approached them tapped the mother on the shoulder and held out the freshly acquired flower. The mother took the flower from Kirito and in her hands it became medicine in a cup. The woman fed her daughter the liquid and within moments the girl's skin returned to a normal color.
The mother looked at Kirito with tears of joy threatening to escape her. "She needs to rest come with me."
Kirito followed the woman back into the main room.
The woman turned to him "Thank you! Thank you so very much. You saved my daughter and I will always be thankful."
Kirito looked embarrassed "It was nothing. I just wanted to help and that's what I did."
The woman wiped tears off her face and pulled out a sword. "Here I would like you to have this. It's a long sword that has been handed down my family for generations. I want you to have it as an expression of my gratitude towards you."
Kirito took the sword, Anneal Blade, and said "Thank you, very much."
"I would also like to let you know that in case you are ever in need of a bed to sleep or a simple meal, you are always welcome here." She told him before he could depart.
Quest Completed: Secret Medicine of the Forest
Rewards:
Anneal Blade
Shelter in Horunka Village Mother Home
With that Kirito began walking towards the door. Before he could leave he was jumped and fell to the floor. After his disorientation he got up only to see a little girl hugging him.
The little girl looked up to him "Thank you for helping me!"
Kirito kneeled down to look at her eye level "It was nothing. I was glad to help you and your mother."
With that the little girl let go of Kirito and he began to walk out.
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Floor 1: Horunka Village, River Styx
With Percy
Percy got to the river outside of the dojo. Percy looked into the waters of the river. The rivers were dark in color almost black. Seeing nothing begin to happen Percy began to walk away to go back and ask the man what was going on.
Before Percy could leave the water began stirring. In moments a giant monster, named Hydra with nine health bars, emerged at the shore of the river in front of Percy. At the sight of the monster Percy prepared himself with Riptide in his hand.
The monster was a huge and scaly lizard-like monster with nine head. Each head was diamond-shaped with a mouth lined with razor-sharp teeth.
One of the heads opened its mouth and a green fog like gas began to emerge around it. Percy began to cough from the poisonous gas that surrounded him. Percy sprinted out of the gas.
The Hydra quickly followed him. Percy had nine sets of eyes looking back at his own. Percy charged his Sword Skill: Stab and thrust his sword right through the Hydra. The monster faltered but didn't back down.
A head snapped and Percy, he dodged to the right. Percy got up from the dodge and made a clean slice right through one of the heads. At that moment the Hydra's body fell down to the ground in pain.
'That was easy enough. Only eight more to go' Percy thought to himself.
Within seconds the stub that Percy had sliced through no more than five seconds ago began to shake. In the place of the sliced of head two new heads grew. Percy looked at the monster's health bar and saw an extra health bar making it go from nine bars to ten.
With a fearful look on his face Percy thought 'Maybe I was wrong.'
Percy got into a defensive stance and prepared himself for the rest of the battle to come.
Percy sliced another head on the monster, only for two new heads to appear in its place.
The monster now had a total of thirteen heads and Percy was getting exhausted fast. Percy had to figure out a way to defeat this monster once and for all.
Percy dodged a bite from one of the heads and was smacked backwards by the monster's tail dropping his health bar to the yellow region. Whilst regaining his footing Percy noticed something coming towards him from the corner of his eyes.
Looking closer Percy noticed that it was the old man with a torch in his hand.
Running towards Percy the man shouted "I thought you may have been dead. I'm here to help you."
Percy jumped backwards just in time to evade a swipe from the monster's tail. The old man reached Percy with a torch in one hand and a sword in the other.
Percy sliced a head off the monster "How are you supposed to help me?"
With the head cut off the man rushed in and put the torch on the stub. The man jumped back and no heads grew in its place.
Percy finally understood 'Fire cauterizes the stub stopping the healing.'
The old man expertly used his sword to slice an incoming head before it could reach him and cauterized the wound before heads could grow back.
The monster let out an enraged roar at the fact it wasn't growing back heads. The monster's middle head opened wide and in a second it began to spew fire at the two. Percy dodged to the right and the old man to the left.
The monster focused its attention on Percy. It sent two heads towards Percy ready to bite him. Percy dodged at a moment's notice and escaped both chomps.
Percy noticed that he was backed up against the river. 'Shit I can't fall in there. I'll die.'
The monster bit at Percy again and anticipated his dodge and sent its tail flying into Percy successfully knocking him into the water.
In the water Percy could only feel pure pain. It was like getting stabbed by a million needles while standing on hot rocks and being burnt alive all at once. Percy saw his HP reach the red section.
Percy was determined not to die. He swore that he would save everyone. In the next second he could see all the players in the game from during the Announcement. He saw the man with his downcast eyes looking at his sadly. Next he saw his mother, Sally, back home, and then he saw his friends, Naruto and Kirito, or rather his brothers. Perseus saw his brothers telling him that they needed him and that he needed to survive. Percy felt a tug on the small of his back. He reached for his friends and right before his health could completely diminish he was shot out of the water.
Percy landed on one knee looking downwards. He now had full health and he felt stronger, faster, and more powerful than ever. Percy heard the sounds of battle and looked up to see the old man looking tired, struggling to fight the Hydra by himself.
Percy ran to the fight and pulled out his spear. Percy made it just in time to block an attack from the Hydra that would surely kill the old man. Percy noticed that the Hydra was down to only six heads now.
The old man was shocked. "How did you survive the waters?"
Percy ignored him and advanced on the hydra. He slashed one head clean. Stabbed a head and pulled it off. He swiftly dived under a heads bite, but was grazed only to notice he had no scratch on him, he struck the head in an upward attack and twisted the head off. Percy charged a sword skill and dived to his left with his spear ahead of him and cleanly sliced the last three remaining heads off.
The man quickly rushed to stop the growth of the remaining heads. With the man's help Percy was finally able to kill the Hydra and avenge the old man's son.
Percy dropped down on a knee exhausted, panting heavily.
The man walked over to Percy. "How did you survive the waters?"
"…" Percy panted some more unable to speak.
"You should've died in those waters but you survived, strange…" the man stated.
Percy had a confused look on his face; surprised that the man would be wondering how he lived. Then he remembered that the man's son died to the waters of the river and it made sense to him.
The man looked at Percy with relieved eyes "Anyway. You killed the monster, and I must thank you. I can finally re-open my dojo. And you have avenged my son, a feat I could not do by myself. "
Percy lay down on the grass and laughed. "I couldn't have done it without you old man. I'm happy that I got your retribution. I'm very happy I could help. Hey, old man, what's your actual name?"
The man looked surprised by the quick change in attitude. "My name is Achilles. As a reward for slaying the monster I'd like to grant you free and unlimited access to my Dojo when it starts back up."
Percy sat back up "I'd be happy to accept."
With that a notification appeared before him.
Quest Completed: Secret Medicine of the Forest
Rewards:
500 exp
Unlimited Access to Achilles' Dojo
Hidden Rewards:
Blessing of Achilles
Percy was confused for what felt like the hundredth time today 'Blessing of Achilles?'
Percy looked up to see the old man long gone almost to his dojo. Wondering about the Blessing of Achilles, Percy opened his menu and went to his skills, to see he had two new skill stats that were maxed out named Blessing of Achilles and Battle Sense.
Percy tapped on Blessing of Achilles and read what it said "Anyone who bathes in the River Styx will be gifted with strength, power, speed, and near invincibility. The only spot where one who has bathed in the River Styx is vulnerable is in their Achilles ' Heel, a spot of the bather's choosing which will keep them grounded to the world and their life after they bathe in the river." After reading that He remembered the slight tug he felt on the small of his back. Percy poked the small of his back and felt a small tingle go through his body. "Damn, that's cool"
Percy then tapped on the Battle Sense and read "Gifted with heightened senses and natural aptitude for battle. Gives greater battlefield reflexes and the ability to see where your opponents will strike due to the tensing of their muscles. Double damn."
Percy got up and started to go back to the inn feeling much more tired than usual.
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Floor 1: Horunka Village, Breeze Fields
With Naruto
Naruto was deep in the high grass area of the fields. The grass went at least all the way up to his chest. Naruto had to stand on his tip toes to see what was in the distance.
Naruto was running swiftly through the grass slicing ahead of him with the claws on either hand. Naruto soon entered a clearing that was mowed down. In the middle of the clearing was a boy strapped to a tall wooden stake.
Naruto walked up and examined the boy. The boy was injured, you could tell that from far away. He had bruises all over his body and many around his face. His eyes were swollen, one was a black eye. Fresh cuts could be seen on his face and arms.
Naruto whipped out a health potion and used it on the boy. At that moment the boy visibly got better and his eyes started to flutter.
The boy opened his mouth to talk but shut it quickly. His eyes grew wide. Naruto was confused, up until he heard the sound that was made when something died.
Naruto turned around to see pieces of prismatic glass floating all around him. At Naruto's feet there was an arrow, which didn't make sense because there weren't bows in the beta test.
Naruto looked off into the distance and saw a figure with a bow the size of their body. The figure started to move towards Naruto. As the figure grew closer he could begin to make it out. The figure was a girl, she was thin, had pale blue swaying hair that was casually short, but there was a tuft of hair tied up on both sides of her forehead, and she had indigo colored eyes. The girl wore a green coat with white chest armor, and a belted quiver across her shoulders. In Naruto's eyes, she was a beautiful spectacle.
The girl picked up her arrow and then looked at Naruto. "Are you doing this quest to?"
Naruto, dazed by her beauty, could only nod in response.
She looked at him and then noticed the boy behind Naruto. "Oh you got here first that means I have to wait."
Naruto nodded again.
The girl was confused at his behavior. "Anyway, there was a monster sneaking up behind you. I got it with my bow before it got to hit you."
Once again Naruto nodded.
"My name is Sinon…" She reached out her hand to him. "… Do you speak?"
At that Naruto regained his composure and shook her hand. "Uh… Uh. Yeah! Yeah. I'm Naruto."
Naruto rubbed the back of his neck. "Thanks for the save right there."
She smiled at him "It was no problem. I don't mean to be rude, but can you continue with your quest? I don't want to be out here when the stronger monsters come out."
"Um sure, sorry I kept you waiting." Naruto continued with his quest.
Naruto turned to the Sinon. "You know what? You saved me so you can finish the quest first."
Sinon looked at him with a sparkle in her eye. "Really?"
Naruto beamed a smile at her. "Yeah, it's nothing. Believe it!"
That's where I want to leave off for now. Chapter 2 Part 2 is in production and will be uploaded asap. Chapter 3 will be a very fast chapter as it will be based on the second anime episode of SAO.
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