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A/N: I really loved the idea of Sword Art Online and it really did seem epic. I think it reflected the wishes of us fellow Gamers, seeing as we all want a game like this. So, I went ahead and wrote a FanFic for it! :D
Hope you enjoy it, I want to plan and continue this. I'd be really happy to recieve reviews and I respond to reviews to thank you and show appreciation. Yes, I'm that desperate for views, reviews, favourites and just attention in general :) xD
Well, hope you enjoy!
Running through my house door, I slammed it behind me. "Riku! Is that you? Please, don't slam the door. Lunch is almost ready!" My mother called to me. Right now, I didn't want any lunch. I didn't want anything. I just wanted to be alone. "No!" I snapped back, as I sprinted upstairs. "Riku? What has gotten into you?! Riku? Riku!" She gave up, knowing I had already run upstairs. Sighing, she went back to making lunch.
Storming into my room, I slammed my bedroom door. I could hear a faint yell from my father. It sounded angry but I couldn't make it out exactly. Probably something about not slamming the door. But, I didn't care. Not about my mother. Not about my father. Nothing. What a terrible day it was for me. The same old crap I put up with. Ridicule. Embarrassment. Bullying, even. Today was one of the worst days I've had in a while. I don't want to go into it too much – Basically, the girl of my dreams rejected me in the most humiliating way possible. Yelling at me and taunting me in front of everyone. Even her current boyfriend, Brent, picking on me and trying to act all manly. The voices of ridicule still echo within my head.
"You think you stand a chance of being with me? Ha!"
"Don't even bother with him, Aiko. He's pathetic..."
"You trying to get on my girl? Let me teach you a lesson, little boy..."
After that came flashes of pain. I didn't want to stare at it so I just shut my eyes. No. I didn't want to catch any screenshots to keep in my memory of that event. Or any event really.
My name is Riku Hatsake. I barely have any friends. I am average height with black ruffled hair. I never attend to the hair that much. Why do it? I've got no one to impress or turn to. People pick on me whether or not I change my hairstyle. I have brown boring eyes. Not something anyone pays attention to really. A lot of people taunt me. It's not a daily thing but it does happen. And, when it's not happening, my loneliness taunts me in their place. Barely anyone compliments or even talks to me in a friendly manner. Basically, my life sucks. I hate my life. There must be some God cursing me from up there. Sometimes, I question why I'm still living.
But, there is only one reason I live. Only one I thing I carry on for...
Walking over to the Nervegear, I picked it up and grinned at it. "Servers open at 1, don't they...?" I muttered to myself.
This was the thing that kept me going. My only reason for living – Video Games. They were the only place I could escape it all. And, thanks to the new MMORPG, Sword Art Online, releasing along with the NerveGear, now I can literally escape it all. The NerveGear would record my five senses and place me in a dimensional universe. A virtual world. There, my slate will be clean so I won't have a bad reputation. And, I can accomplish in that world much more than I ever could in the real world. There had been a lot of excitement over it and only 10,000 copies were released at this stage. I was lucky to get one.
I heard there were beta testers but I wasn't chosen. Well, that's in the past. All that matters now is that I've got it. And, it was the ultimate escape for me.
Kayaba Akihiko – Thank you for producing what could be my central reason for living.
I looked at my watch – 12:58 pm. 'It's time...' I thought, excitedly, to myself. After plugging in the NerveGear and inserting the game, I put on the NerveGear helmet and lay on my bed.
Right now, all I could see was the time in the top left corner and the battery level in the top right. The battery level was full and the time was 12:59 pm. Only seconds counting down until paradise began.
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
The time suddenly turned 1:00 pm. My reason for living had officially started.
"Link start!"
A/N: Oh, wow. That was actually pretty fun. More fun than my Cloud vs Squall Fanfic (Which I probably won't be continuing xD Sorry). Yeah, I'm definitely continuing this - Reviews are very much appreciated. Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. Tell your friends' enemies. Tell your enemies' friends. Hell, tell even complete strangers about this story.
Or, you know, don't. But, I guess while you're here, you could leave a review...and, if it's not too much to ask, maybe a favourite. And a follow.
Or, you could do nothing and leave, but let's face it - That's boring, heh heh.
I know this was a very short chapter, but it is the first chapter. I tend to keep intros short. The chapters after this will be a lot longer and a lot more professional. Plus, my A/Ns (Author Notes) won't be this long xD
Anyways, if you're wondering about the 'Open to Requests' in the story summary (As of 25th September 2012), basically, it means since I'm using OCs for this FanFics and not Canons, I will accept other OCs to add in this story. SAO is an adventure, so any ideas are appreicated. Just message me an idea/character and I will try my best to implement them into the FanFic! :) You'll even get honourable mention! :O
Be sure to look out for more chapters. They'll be here before you know it! :)
Well, happy FanFictioning!
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