First of all I like to say; I'm very sorry for the delay, too many things has been happening and distracted. But this time I will work hard on this incoming story I promised to show you and I'm working on the first chapter right now.
While I am busy, you can all have a sneak peek of the first chapter.
Porkbelly, a city located in the United States. A city that was named after a cowboy who lived there for a long time and raised pigs, because of it people named the town Porkbelly due to his big fat belly and the pigs. It look like a regular city like the others but this particularly town has it's fair share of craziness.
For a long time, the city received numerous craziness such as monsters, mutates, aliens and robots attacks, also unusual supervillains that pops out, there are also numerous different races that has been going on and some kid messing around with some devices that got him in trouble. Needless to say that this city isn't so ordinary.
And speaking of some kid, Porkbelly is also home to a certain hyperactive, troublesome, unpredictable, stubborn and widely iconic 11-year-old boy with flaming hair.
It was early in the morning and in one of the many houses on the street of Porkbelly it's home to that same boy with flaming hair.
"Okay, everything's ready and connected! NerveGear, check. Game, check. Bed, check!" Said the boy excitedly as he jumps onto his bed before sitting on it.
The boy in question has a natural blonde hair with scarlet red highlights in the tips of his yellow spiky hair which looks like flames and has navy blue eyes. He wears a black shirt with a hazard/radioactive symbol with a bright blue short sleeved dress shirt, green pants, and a watch on his wrist.
This boy's name is Jonathan Test, but everybody calls him Johnny, Johnny Test. And right now the flaming hair boy has just finished prepared to play a new game he has.
"Bed to get comfortable?" A talking dog asked.
"Bingo!" Johnny responded to his dog/best friend.
The talking dog in question is Johnny's pet dog named Dukey. He is a brown dog who's standing on two feet. Dukey has been with Johnny ever since he got him from the puppy bound and he's a dog mutated by Susan and Mary as they hated his behavior as a normal dog, thus resulting making him an anthropomorphic. Since then, he became very intelligent, he is also a master at karate, knows somewhat how to speak Chow Now, play video games and gives great advice. He is often the voice of reason to Johnny's insanity, but winds up getting manipulated into supporting Johnny's crazy schemes and adventures anyway.
"I'm still surprised that the NerveGear is Japan's most valuable piece of technology." Dukey said as Johnny holds a futuristic looking bluish grey helmet, on the forehead were the letters NVE, and below that in smaller print were the words "NerveGear" on it.
It was true though, The NerveGear was the latest innovation in Japanese gaming technology, and while there were a couple of games already out for it in Japan, none were as advanced as the long awaited Sword Art Online, the world's very first Virtual Reality MMORPG. And how did an eleven-year old American boy get his hands on this amazing Japanese device, well, the credit goes to him and one of his mangas. He entered a contest he found at the back of a Manga he read about two months ago and by some miracle he won, and the prize was a NerveGear and a copy of Sword Art Online game.
"But hey, it's Japan, the country who has the greatest technologies." The dog said.
"Yeah, and best of all," Johnny nodded in agreement.. "It's not one of my sisters' invention." He added.
"Why's that?" Dukey asked a little surprised. "I mean, sure I'm a bit surprise that you say that- but seriously, why?" Hearing him said that it wasn't one of his sisters' invention was surprising. Usually, the flaming haired boy was and always looking forward to use one of his sisters' invention with excitement if it's either for fun or get off the hook. So hearing that he was happy that isn't one was like he actually wished that his sisters didn't invented the helmet and the game, it felt like the world is ending.
"Do you remember the last helmets we use?" Johnny was referred to the virtual reality machine helmets they try to go inside to any movies of their choice. "And our visits to the Tinymon world and on Island Craft?" And he also referred to the two video games they went inside where they accidentally got trapped inside.
"You mean the helmets that brings you to a movie and very ultra realistic that nearly cause our lives. And the Tinymon world where we were almost trap inside for forever, twice. And the Island Craft we visits nearly cause our lives by Bumper?" Dukey asked recalled some of their crazy adventures.
"Bingo." Johnny nodded.
Dukey blinked and stared at the flaming boy for a moment. "Okay, who are you and what you did to Johnny? Because usually he'll never said that isn't one of his sisters' inventions which he's always happy to use."
"I am Johnny, dog. And no offence but every time I use an invention of my sisters it always went wrong." Whenever Johnny use an awesome invention of Susan and Mary's it always went wrong at the end and he had to fix it. "I rather use something that isn't from Susan and Mary."
"You know, you're right. Your sisters' inventions always cause us some troubles." Dukey agreed remembering all the times they mess up with Susan and Mary's inventions. "And I'm still surprised."
"About what?" Johnny asked.
"What you just said earlier, you sounded more mature and you actually remembering your experiences and consequences." Dukey said. That was true, Johnny has shown a whole new level of maturity.
Johnny raise an eyebrow. "Wha? What are you talking about?"
"Oh, nothing."
Johnny shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever, I only said that because I was getting sick of Susan and Mary's inventions always caused trouble for me." Even though he's the one who caused troubles at times. "I just need a break from all of that, that's all. But this time, this helmet will bring me to a virtual world where I can actually DO something to get in and get out, plus I won't feel any pain and I clearly am not gonna die in this game." Johnny proclaimed.
"Nope, of course. According to the website, the Beta Testers claimed that when a player is hit they only feel an uncomfortable tingling sensation." Dukey said.
"So what time is it in Japan before they launch?" Johnny asked. The launch day was set to Japan's time, so thus that is why Johnny woke up early in the morning so he could start playing, he couldn't wait.
Dukey checks time. "Oh, well, let's see... Oh, they're about to launch in 10 minutes!"
"Good! I guess that means I'll have enough time to prepare to make sure that Dad doesn't barge in to take the helmet off or having Susan and Mary trying to do something on the helmet while I'm playing." Johnny said he doesn't want anyone to interrupt him while he's playing, and he didn't want his sisters taking advantage in his unconscious state.
"Like checking your brain by using the NerveGear." Dukey guessed.
"Bingo." With that said Johnny prepare himself to make sure no interruptions will happen.
After finished the preparations he puts on the helmet before flicked the switch on his helmet. He then heard a power up sound and a grey transparent visor fell over their eyes.
"Whoa." Johnny said, a bit surprised by the sudden action. The words "Welcome to NerveGear" appeared on the inside of the visor along with the message. "To optimize your gaming experience, we must first calibrate this unit to your unique specifications, please follow the following instructions."
"What's wrong, what's happening?" Dukey asked.
"Just some instructions that's all." Johnny said. He might as well follow.
The NerveGear then instructed him to stand up and touch various parts of their bodies, such as his shoulders, knees, head, even his toes, and he often have to touch them more than once. It must have looked ridiculous.
"What are you doing?" Dukey asked seeing Johnny doing something weird.
"It told me to touch every part of my body, so it could detect all the caliber or whatever it calls to the system." Johnny responded as he tap his belly.
Eventually, the calibration was complete and another message appeared saying "Thank you for your cooperation, now sit back, relax, and enjoy: Sword Art Online"
"It's about time." Johnny said as he sat back down on his bed and reclined it for extra comfort. Another power up sound emanated from the NerveGear, this one getting increasingly louder with each passing second. Johnny was wiggling in excitement, two more words appeared on the visor.
"Say what?" Johnny asked. "Link Start?" The second he said that the visor went white followed by a few brief seconds of seeing tunnel vision colors.
After that, five blue circles began flying at Johnny, stopping right before his face, each one having one of the five senses written in their center. As the Touch circle flew by, and the word changed to 'OK'. There he could no longer feel the bed he was supposed to be laying in, he now felt as if he was floating in mid air. Sight and Hearing then passed, and thus Johnny could no longer hear Dukey mumbling about, and finally Smell and Taste flew by, and he felt the strangest sensation of being completely cut off from the world; it was unpleasant to say the least.
Just then, a language selection came up and he saw that it was currently set to Japanese. Without really thinking about it, he reached out and touched the Language Icon and brought up the selection of languages, which there were only two, Japanese and English. Johnny hit the English icon and the screen then faded away to what seemed to be a login screen. Johnny obviously didn't have an account, and so he pushed New User and the screen cleared away to a now gray screen with black letters that read 'Welcome to Sword Art Online'.
He was then flung into a bright blue vortex and suddenly appeared in a black room that had blue outlines so one could tell where the walls were.
"Welcome to Sword Art Online's Character Creation Station." A voice said that seemed to be coming from everywhere at once, which startled Johnny a bit. "Here you will decide what you want your avatar to look like, please enter your gender gender and the name you wish to be identify as." As the voice said this, a holographic keyboard appeared before Johnny.
He was a little hesitant but reached out to it, he saw two option of gender, the words were Male and Female. "Yeah right, there's no way I'm going to be girl." He pressed to 'male'.
"Now, all I need is a name." Johnny thought about it. "Let see... Gigantiant!" He was about to press the keyboard when he realized. "Nah. Not a good name."
He then come up something else like 'Ovion', 'Hollion', 'Attastial', 'Gamien' or 'Zonan' but none of them were cool enough for him.
"Come on, think Johnny, think." Johnny though hard to find a better name. "Let's see... people usually calls me the kid with flaming hair..." An idea came to him. "That's it! I'm going to named myself: Flamer!" He tapped on the keyboard before pressed the enter key and the keyboard disappeared.
"Now please select the appearance of your character. Remember, your character's appearance cannot be changed later on." With that said a large full body mirror appeared before him and his eyes nearly popped out of his head when he saw the image staring back at him. He looked like… a typical teenage boy, and a Japanese one at that, pale skin and blond hair with red tips and normal height.
"Woah, is that me?" Johnny asked before he moved around to make sure it was indeed him, and it was. "This is awesome!" He exclaimed.
He then snapped out of it and began looking through the options placed on the mirror. He clicked the Height icon and saw a sliding meter that was about half way up. "Hmm, I wonder…" He said as he put his finger to the slider and slid it all the way to the right. He then felt a rising sensation and realized he was indeed getting taller. He put a large grin on his face and started laughing with glee. "Ha ha, wow, look at me, I'm a regular giant, if only Dukey was here to see this" He said as he admired himself in the mirror.
He then began making some more changes to his look. He chose a handsome looking face, slicked hair, giving himself an average muscle build, and chose a blue and green version of the basic clothing. "Looking good." He said as he took one last look at the mirror and hit the Done icon.
"Thank you. You shall now be transported to the Town of Beginnings for the gameplay tutorial, good luck player." Once the voice had finished speaking, Johnny, or rather Flamer, was engulfed in a bright blue light for a few seconds.
When it cleared out, he found himself in an entirely different new area. He was in some sort of circular structure with no roof overhead and thus he could see the sky. He looked around and was just completely awestruck at it all, the architecture, the small shrubs around the edges of the structure; it all looked so real, he would've never guessed that he was in a video game.
As he keep looking around he noticed something up on the left side of his vision which make him surprise: it was a HP bar located on the upper left corner of one's field of vision. It displays Flamer's name, a visual hit point gauge, along with numerical hit points, and level. Like in all RPG games he's going to have to level up plenty of times. After a few moments admiring the scenery he took notice of other people -players- appeared from blue light, appeared each one by one. Each and every players all looked like Japanese people, well this game is made in Japan after all.
Flamer turns back to the scenery with a big grin and said. "This. Is. AWESOME!"
And that's it!
The rest will be shown after this story it's fully published. Do not worry, I'm working on it you will all see it.
Until than, see ya!