Sword Art Online Reprised

Chapter 1 - The Awakening

Chapter 1 – The Awakening

When the game Sword Art Online finally released I quickly purchased the  game and the Nervegear required to play it for both myself and my girlfriend Rachel. It was not set to start until the following day but luckily I had managed to pre-order the game to get it in time for the release. We were both immensely looking forward to it  because it was the first game to take full advantage of a virtual environment. All of the senses you have such as taste, touch, smell etc. were put into the game as well as your consciousness using the device called the nervegear‏. Once I bought them, I got a hold of one of my old friends named Derrick and learned that he had also acquired the game so they made a deal to meet up in the game after they learned each others usernames.

When I arrived home my girlfriend Rachel ran out of our room and up to me. I had mentioned that I had a surprise for her so she was undoubtedly excited for my arrival. I usually surprised her with the best gifts, but since I try to be a mysterious being she couldn't have possibly known what it was. I closed the door and set the box on our couch. Rachel reached for the box, but was stopped by me as I picked her up by the waist and carried her back to our room. 

"Uh, uh, uh, that's for later," I stated as I gently placed her on our bed. 

"But.. but... You know I love your surprises, and surely both of us are too impatient to wait," she responded. 

"Nope, you have to wait," I grinned mischeviously. Rachel rolled her eyes in response.  

"Ooookkkaayyy. I will go make..." She started when she was interrupted. 

"I brought home some food. You go wash up and I will heat it up." I went back to the kitchen as Rachel rummaged through her drawers for some comfy clothes and entered the bathroom.‏

I preheated the oven and placed the pizza I had picked up onto the bottom rack. It was just regular old cheese pizza but that's what I liked best.

When Rachel came back downstairs I had already gotten the pizza out of the oven and sliced it.

"That was quite the shower." I commented with a grin.

"Shut up, you always take longer ones than I do." She responded

"Touche. Are you ready for your dinner? I brought home some pizza"

"Let's dig in!" She exclaimed.

W both sat at the table full bellied and with happy grins on our faces until Rachel broke the silence, "Ok, so now can I see what you got?" 

"Yes, but you have to promise to play," I answered. Rachel loosened the wrapping and opened the black box. A big smile was immediately etched upon her face. 

"OH..MY..GOD, a Nervergear!"‏

"Yeah and I got one for myself as well," I said. 

‏"Can we play now? What game did you get? Are they safe? How much were they..." Rachel trailed off. 

"Whoa calm down my love. I got Sword Art Online, have you heard of it?" I answered. 

"Heard of it? I wanted to play this so badly! Can we play right now? Please, please, please..." Rachel responded. "Not quite yet we can't. We have to wait for it to release tomorrow at 1" I said.‏