Hello all.
This idea popped into my head, gestated, developed, and eventually turned into this. I know I am working on another Fanfic currently, but I wanted to post this preliminary and get some feedback, see what you, the readers, think.
I am actually writing this not having seen all of the SAO Animes, but I figured what the hell, I don't want this idea to slip away.
I wanted to try something, given the way I structured this chapter. I am not going to reveal which series it is crossing over with SAO until the end of the chapter, see if you can guess before it is revealed! If you would like to know beforehand anyway, I will post the Crossover info in my Profile, so everyone has that option.
Please let me know what you think!
Feedback and Constructive Criticism appreciated, flames ignored.
Chapter 1: Everything for…Nothing
Everything was for nothing. That was it.
His cause was finished, dead and no more.
All he had done, every compromise, every sacrifice, every horrible deed he had done…was all for nothing.
They had done so much…
They had sacrificed so much…
He had done so much…
He had sacrificed so much…
He had killed. He had tortured. He had manipulated. He had watched.
But in the end, all the SHIT he had done…all that he sold himself for…was but that a dream. An idea. And nothing more.
Basically…he had turned himself into some sort of MONSTER…the eyes and ears of a tyrant…for nothing.
Was he angry with said tyrant?
No. As much as he wanted to be, he could not bring himself to be angry at him. His Lord and Master.
Well, his Lord aside, maybe this was his form of punishment for everything he did in the name of said cause and Lord.
He was a ghost, a specter, invisible, and slowly starving, withering into less than nothing.
He could only watch, as life passed by him. Not noticing. Not caring.
Not caring. Not caring like that stupid Human, the Human that he entrusted knowledge beyond his lifetime. (And probably a few more.)
Granted, he was partially to blame himself. He had given him the information and technology as only a side project. He handed it to that Human with no idea what it would lead to.
He had sown the seeds.
He had sown the seeds, and that human CORRUPTED them!
That Kayaba Akihiko!
Wait, why the fuck should he worry about those 10,000 meatbag Humans. He himself had not cared when he aided that particular Human. Why should he care about them now?
Because…he had watched them. When you are a ghost, you have to find ways to entertain yourself.
He had observed them. He had seen them.
Die.
Fight.
Kill.
Cry.
Sacrifice.
Despair.
"…"
Smile.
Laugh.
Love.
Because they were in the same confining situation that he was in. Well, at least most of them were.
And by now they were mostly free. Rehabilitating. Getting stronger. Moving on.
But for some…
Kirito screamed from the pain from the sword that was stabbing him through the gut. He was completely powerless. Completely helpless as he watched Sugou violate Asuna.
Asuna was trying to be strong for him. To convince him that it was okay because it wasn't her real body.
But that vile man would not stop there. No, had promised to go to Yuuki Asuna's hospital room and rape her.
He wanted to kill him in the most painful way possible.
But he was helpless, he couldn't do anything.
He was in pain. But not as much as she was in.
"Damn you SUGOU!" he shouted in vain.
He was ready to accept reality. He…was…
Brilliant, that Kayaba Akihiko is going to fuck this up again.
But what?
What is this?
"…?"
O-outside interference?
For a moment, he thought he saw someone. Was it…Heathcliff. No wait…Kayaba?
Kirito lifted his head as best he could. And indeed it looked like Kayaba Akihiko. But something was wrong.
Kayaba was behind what appeared to be a wall of red glass, looking around in confusion and pain.
What?
That Kayaba Akihiko Human was helpless?
Someone was accessing the system, preventing him from doing whatever he was going to do.
He would consider what happened to that Kayaba Akihiko poetic justice…but he was disgusted by the scene Kayaba Akihiko was prevented from intervening.
The slimy Human was hurting the female Human, while the male Human was pinned to the ground by his sword. In pain. Both of them were in pain.
He had been watching the whole thing. And damn was he surprised how much he was REVOLTED by that slimy Human.
He was slimy, he was vile, and he was disgusting, even for a Human.
He was using his power over someone else.
The definition of evil.
That Human's actions were evil, and they were disgusting him and convincing him that he had to do something.
Well! What a lark! He, who had killed, who had tortured, who had manipulated, who had watched…was now thinking of stepping in.
Would one act of mercy, or heroism, or…whatever it was make up for all the crimes he himself had committed?
No.
Why was he even feeling this way? Why was he even FEELING for that matter? He had locked away emotions for the sake of efficiency.
Maybe it was the hunger getting to him again.
No he would not intervene.
He would not enter that world.
He would not do anything.
He would not…
He would not…
A flashback. The memory of a blast to his jaw. Of his throat…
…
He would not do nothing.
The pain was becoming too much. Kirito's body was on fire. But that was not what was the most painful, was watching this vile beast Sugou violate the woman he had come to love. And there was nothing Kirito could do about it.
"Please…stop…" Kirito practically begged.
"You'd want that wouldn't you?" snarled Sugou, as he leaned in, about to lick her breast. Asuna screamed, tears flowing down her face.
"I'll…do anything. Anything!" Kirito practically sobbed.
"Hm…? Anything?" Sugou's sick grin grew even sicker.
"Please…"
"Well,…then your next! You pissed me off kid, and I don't like being pissed off! You will pay just like HER!"
He began to reach for Asuna's skirt…
When the area was suddenly enveloped in darkness…
"What…What's this? A bug…It has to be a bug!"
Suddenly, what seemed to be the sound of soft footsteps began.
Tap…
…
Tap…
…
Tap…
"System command! Restore lighting!" Sugou barked
No response
"What?"
It was at this point Kirito noticed that the pain had stopped, albeit he was still pinned to the ground by the sword.
Tap…
…
Tap…
…
Tap…
"What! What is that noise? Who's there?" Sugou screamed.
Asuna was now feeling more terrified then violated.
"I am the GOD OF THIS WORLD! I am SUPREME! SHOW YOURSLEF!"
Tap…
…
Tap…
…
Tap…
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SYSTEM!?"
…
…
"AH! WHAT…"
The light suddenly flashed back on, more intense than before.
Asuna was still chained with her hands above her head, too terrified to even scream
Kirito was still pinned to the ground, too terrified to even scream.
Sugou had his ears covered, his eyes were wide, and he frankly should have dropped dead from fear by this point.
And a fourth figure had appeared, clad in a dark robe, holding a scythe, its face visible through the hood, gaunt and pale…
"WHO ARE YOU!"
"Irrelevant. You…Sugou Nobuyuki. In-game designation: Oberon."
"WHAT…THE HELL IS THIS!"
"Crimes: Abduction of 300 Humans, experimentation on 300 Humans,…"
"THE FUCK ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE!" Sugou shouted as the Reaper-being continued.
"You do not need to know."
"THAT'S IT. YOU ARE DEAD! SYSTEM COMMAND! GENERATE OBJECT! ID: EXCALIBUR!" Shouted Sugou, his eyes bulging out of their sockets, and he was barely breathing due to hyperventilating so much.
Sugou grabbed the sword that was generated, and charged the Reaper, aiming a slash to its head.
'shlick'…
The slash, as it turned out, had not beheaded, but rather slashed a huge gash in the side of the Reapers head, the Reaper unresponsive.
"Heh…just a bug…" Sugou began to reassure himself, "Just had to squash the bug…have to fix that later."
But the Reaper didn't fall. It turned its face toward Sugou, the large gash on the left side of the face blaring red.
"What…WHAT...!"
"What the hell…" Kirito finally managed to choke out.
Slowly, a pale hand reached up to the gash on the left side of its face. The hand dug into the gash…and pulled…
The Reaper slowly pulled at the face, the sickening sound of peeling flesh oozing into the air as the being slowly pulled its face off…as if were pulling off a mask…
Sugou had finally been scared into silent terror, as the Reaper finished pulling off its face, tossing it to the ground, where it exploded into fragments of data…
In place of the face was what appeared to be a…screen?
The faceless Reaper spoke.
"You know…you called me a bug…that's funny…really…funny. You're all a bunch of bugs to me, you sick little…flesh-slug."
Suddenly, the Reapers body began to shake, both its barely visible hands convulsing, the scythe falling to the ground and exploding into data.
Sickening sounds of what sounded like flesh and bone being rearranged squelched out…for a moment. Then it was slowly replaced with what sounded like…gears…and connectors?
The robe flung to the side, as the morphing mess of flesh began to grow…and take a different shape.
Its legs thinned and extended, its torso peeled away, its arms became extremely thin, and its screen-face grew around the front of its head.
Standing before them was a towering, dark blue being; it's thin, blade-like arms hanging to its side, with a black screen where its face should be.
A voice echoed form the being, raspy with a metallic vocoder.
"Soundwave: Superior. Oberon: Inferior!"
A/N So yes, this is a Sword Art Online/Transformes Prime crossover. It will take off into AU, Changing events and preventing Robots in Disguise from happening, but will still contain several of the RID Characters. Hopefully done right this time!
Thank you all for your time!