Prologue

Inspired by SAO/Abridged in case anyone asks. However, it will be different later down the line.

{Rui's Point of View}

-Year 2041-

[Japan]

(Narrated by my own voice), "Hello... my name is Rui and I live in the real world..."

I almost get hit by a car, "Get out of the way you idiot!"

I quickly stammered, "S-Sorry!"

I sprinted to the other side and stood on the sidewalk before looking down at the bag in my hand. In it is a large cardboard box with other smaller boxes. I stared at them for a long time before walking ahead.

(Narrated by my own voice), "Now that I think back... my choice... my need, to experience what I got... drove me to my situation."

Pokemon aren't real... they have never been real, no matter how much fans... or I... wanted them to be. For the past 20 years, Nintendo has made shitty remakes for all 7 generations of games. Each one added in only one interested thing, if that. Fans were quickly becoming sick of it until the past success of Pokemon Go gave the creators of Nintendo a brand new idea. New technology called Nerve Gear recently came out of development with the ability to suck the entire being of players into the game. With this new technology Pokemon took a whole step forward but gave them a new twist. From the leaked information, this game is a MMORPG with multiple classes and choices. I knew what I was going to be... it filled me with joy knowing I can finally do what I always wanted.

(Narrator with my voice), "Little did I know, what I always wanted would end up horrifying me."

My excitement caused me to run my way home, eager to get all the gear set up. My parents own a small one floor home, but we were happy there. My brother got a job at Nintendo, so my family moved here to support him. I was really happy, all his hard work paid off, and now I get to reap the benefits. Neither of my parents were home, allowing me to run inside and barge into my room. It was rather small because of my large bed and drawers, but my closet is pretty big. Next to my bed is a small desk for a very expensive computer and router.

I laid on my bed, "Home at last..." I smiled.

Suddenly my pocket jingled as my ringtone started to played, "Great... what now?" I asked myself, pulling out my phone, "Hello?"

It was my friend Jay, "Yo man! Did you get the hook up?"

I started laughing, giving him a bit of shit for not greeting me properly, "Oh hi, my day was great, how was yours?"

Jay sighed into the phone, "Sorry, how was your day bro?"

I shrugged, "It was fine. Claire is a fucking bitch as usual but fuck her, and that hoe Charlie."

Jay laughed a bit, "You need to stop picking fights with them man, it's not good for you. Karma is a bitch, you know?"

I did a mock laugh, "Yeah, I guess."

Jay tried to hide his excitement, "Now... did you get the hook up?"

I smirked, "Of course. Who else has an older brother in Nintendo with connections to get this shit free?"

I could hear Jay jumping for joy, "Dude, all four of us got it. I'm so happy we all moved here, but the tv is still weird as fuck."

I laughed, "Hey, the Japanese people are weird as a whole, just look at their anime."

Jay stopped laughing, "I'll see you in the game, peace man."

I smiled, "Peace Jay."

Jay suddenly yelled, "Oh! That reminds me! My username will be BlueJay69."

I stared at the wall, "Really? 69?"

Jay started laughing before hanging up. I knew he was being serious and just sighed. Without any further hindrance, I began unboxing the nerve gear and game. It came with a manual, meaning I had to follow it exactly to hook up the power source and internet. I think everything took an hour, and it also had a warning about playing for too long. The real world will always be a priority.

I read the warning aloud, "Warning, players can die of dehydration or hunger, which the latter is unlikely, if left unattended for days. Be sure to alert family and friends in order to ensure your safety. Also, make sure not to allow yourself to play for extensive amounts of time."

I glanced at the nerve gear for a moment before examining it. The helmet itself had a warning not to open it and examine the inside. I wondered why but didn't really care since I wanted to play the game. I opened more of the boxes and found the game I was about to play. The title is Pokemon MMO, are you a tamer, fighter or what?.

I turned it over, "Huh... it has no info on the back..."

I opened the case and slid the Multi-Media-Extra or MME disc into a slick black cube like device. The wire attached to the Nerve gear connects to the cube device with two separate plugs to empower both. I booted up my computer and followed more instructions to create an account externally. I knew Jay's name but he would probably make it inside the game but what should my name be? Hm... Shadow? Dark? Oh wait... we make the public name inside the game. The private name will be... Hm.

I grinned as I put the name in and waited for the account to be verified, "Hm... and..." My phone began to buzz, "Awesome. I got the email."

I entered in the verification code before getting a thumbs up on the computer. With everything set, I put the helmet on and got a little nervous. I wondered what it was going to feel like as I turned it on.

Across a black screen, green lettering began to appear, "Link processing... ... ... and START!"

Then, in a flash, I could feel my entire being sucked into the game and woke up floating in an endless void. A small white screen appeared and told me to place my dominant hand on it. I placed my right hand on it, watching the screen scan. Once the process was complete, it disappeared, making me put my hand down.

The screen appeared again and asked, "Do you wish to play as a male or female?"

"Male." I replied.

"Please indicate your age." it asked.

"13 years old."

A series of dots apeared and waved up and down before the screen said, "This game is rated M for mature, do you have parental consent?"

I answered, "Yes."

The screen gave a thumbs up, "Good enough for me. Now choose your class."

An extensive list appeared but I quickly chose the only one I wanted. It asked to confirm my choice and I accepted. I'm playing as a Swordsman, to which I'm thoroughly excited. In a flash, I awoke laying in a beautiful anime style grass field with tiny pokemon frolicking about. I slowly stood up and looked around to see a town off in the distance. Past that... I looked up and up and... oh god... there was a gigantic tower of floors leading up to a spear tip like top. Realistic clouds floated around with several flying pokemon. My menu popped up with a small ding, earning my attention.

Words on the screen said, "Congratulation for being one of the first 10000 players. You've been given a new item as a present."

I tapped the screen and watched as a small green present opened and revealed a tiny sword called the beginner's triumph. It was a level 1 weapon with a damage rating of 5.

I equipped it and examined the tiny basic sword, "It'll do for now."

I looked around and found a tiny rattata walking towards me. Without warning, it attacked me but I jumped over it. A tiny red crystal appeared above it as the Rattata hissed at me. A health bar with the pokemon's name appeared with a Lv. 1 next to it.

I readied my sword, extending it forward, "Attack me Rat."

The Rattata hissed again and tried to tackle me, only to be swatted like an insect. It's health bar dropped by 25% as it fell onto it's back. I ran forward and sliced the Rattata in half with my sword. With a loud squeal, the Rattata exploded into tiny green shards that floated up and disappeared instantly.

A white screen popped up over it's body saying Exp. 6 and Gold 0. I noticed my health bar is on the top right of my vision with a slim exp bar. My level was over the green bar next to my name. Instead of using my real name, I decided to name myself Roy. It's not original but I didn't care at the time and probably never will. I opened up my menu and began searching for players until I received a message.

I was confused, "Hm?"

It was Jay's voice recorded, "Hey Rui, look behind you."

I flinched and turned around to see Jay, "Hello Jay."

He grinned, "Greetings comrade... boy... you look nothing like yourself on this game. Pft, why the hell do you have emo hair?"

I shrugged, "It wasn't my choice... oh yeah, there's a Tepig aggroing on you."

He turned around, "Where!?"

"Tepig!" We heard before Jay was tackled.

He fell back, losing 10% of his health bar but he held his nuts in pain, "Oh god! Ugh! Damn it!"

I sighed, "Two minutes in and you're already sucking at this."

He yelled, "Screw you man! That thing is a pig from hell! It went for my nuts!"

I snickered before throwing my sword at it suddenly. The Tepig flinched in surprise as the sword stabbed through it's head and body. Its health bar went to zero as it shattered into green shards like the Rattata. A white screen appeared saying shared Exp. 3 and gold 0.

I started laughing, "Would you look at that 69 guy. I killed a pig from hell."

Jay flared up, "Shut the hell up!"

I laughed, "Where's Derek and Anthony at?"

Jay tilted his head in thought, "Dunno, they said they'd get on in a bit but I'll go check."

I stopped him from opening his menu, "Wait, did they at least say what they'd name themselves? If so, we can just search them right now to save you the trouble. Think about it, if they're already in the game, then wouldn't they be unable to answer your call?"

Jay frowned, "You're right. Then how about you search them up and I go call them."

I nodded, "Alright." I brought up my menu.

Jay got up and did the same but suddenly asks, "Uh... Rui. I know this is a total noob question but how do I sign out?"

I started snickering, "First it's demon pig, now you can't figure that out."

He said, "Come on man, it's nerve gear! I can't Alt F4 this shit!"

I pulled up my menu, "You see it's right..." It wasn't there, "Here?"

Jay frowned, "Oh thanks a lot tutorial."

I shook my head, "No, it's here but it's just blank for some reason."

Jay grinned, "Then I'll just take the helmet like..." He swiped his hands up like he took off a helmet, "So!"

I gave him a blank stare, "Nerve gear doesn't work like that, you dumbass. It disables all your body's motor functions, didn't you read the manual?"

Jay looked at me funny, "There was a manual?"

I was going to say something but suddenly we began to shine brightly before teleporting to a town center. I looked around in shock to see thousands of players looking around in shock as well. Jay nudged my shoulder and pointed at the sky until is began to darken. Everyone's murmuring began to die down as Arceus descended from it.

"Greetings Players. My name is Takata Haruchi, creator of the nerve gear and lead Programmer of Pokemon MMO, or as I call it, Purgatory."

Everyone began to murmur again as Jay asked, "Why does he call it that?"

Arceus spoke again, "Now, as you may have noticed, there is no longer a way to log out of Pokemon MMO. Also, if anyone tries to take off your nerve gear in the real world, the helmet will emit killer hypersonic waves into your ears. These will kill your real bodies instantly. Also, if your health reaches 0, your real bodies perish as well."

Someone yelled, "What!?"

Arceus grunted, "Okay, If you die in the game, you die for real!"

The same guy yelled, "What!?"

Arceus sighed, "Does everyone else understand? Yes? Okay. Let's continue. The only way to safely get out of Pokemon MMO is to fight through all 100 floors and defeat the final boss."

Someone else asked, "So you want us to beat your MMO?"

Arceus nodded, "Essentially."

That guy yelled, "Fuck you!"

Arceus laughed, "Nice. You're one of the ones who'll die first!"

The guy asked, "When was the last time you heard someone beating Runescape!?"

Arceus chuckled, "When was the last time you've heard of someone Playing Runescape?"

The guy said, "...That's fair."

Arceus looked around, "Any questions? No. Well then, now to deal with the perverted freaks who wanted to play as girl, and, you know who you are. I have a surprise for you."

Arceus began to shine brightly as everyone is encased in a white light. Next thing I knew, I was blinking quickly at Jay.

"Huh?" I said, noticing Jay looked like his real self except he wore leather armor.

Jay looked just as surprised, "Dude, your emo hair is gone!"

I looked at myself to see I was 4 foot 6 wearing tan colored leather armor with a plain blue T-shirt underneath. My spiky black hair waved slightly with my Hazel eyes sparkling a bit. Basic tan colored shorts and shoes covered my bottom half. My white caucasian skin looked a bit brighter.

Jay stood at 4 foot 8 wearing tanned Leather armor with a dark red T-shirt underneath. His brown hair is cut short with the front bangs dyed black. His brown eyes looked darker than normal with white caucasian skin like mine. To cover his bottom half, he had tan pants with the same tanned shoes.

Arceus got our attention, "Now I've revealed you for what you truly are! ...Barely attractive 20 somethings... good for you... I thought most of you would be fat slobs living in your mother's basements. I was sure wrong on the player demographic. Holy crap, there are women playing this game? Wait... 40% are women!? What the fu... shouldn't you all be searching for a man!?"

One women yelled, "Hey! No need to be a sexist asshole!"

Arceus laughed, "Alright. I've given you all what you needed to know. Oh! One more thing, I disabled the profanity filter. Have fun with that."

Arceus disappeared instantly, leaving everyone in shock for a moment before a man yelled, "We're fucked!"

Everyone began to panic, pushing and shoving each other as they freaked out over the news. Jay and I ran into a nearby alley, watching everyone panic.

"What should we do?" Jay asked.

I grunted, "Shit... the skilled players are going to get the side quests as soon as possible. You need to find Derek and Anthony, train with them."

Jay looked at me, "What about you?"

I sighed, "I'm going to go on ahead and find any sidequest I can do."

Jay was confused, "You're going to play solo? Why!?"

I looked down, "It'll help me level up faster and get better items. I need you to help Derek and Anthony so you won't die. I'll be fine on my own, I've always been a loner anyways."

Jay tapped my shoulder, "Alright buddy... Good luck."

I gave him a curt nod before running down the alley. I ran out of the town, which is known as the Town of Origin, and ran along a path to a new town.

~~~End of Prologue~~~

~~~More Coming in June~~~

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