After The Tragedy

Kazuto

I think about Sword Art Online all the freakin time, what if someone recreates it and this time there's no escape? We were lucky and strong enough to fight through for 2 years of being in a video game when in real life we were in an induced coma. Although the dread and self-hate followed me throughout the game, some good things did come out of this though, Asuna for example. The love of my life and I met in real life after we defeated the final boss. And it's been 3 years since, but nightmares of the fear of dying in the game and being killed in real life and leaving my mom and sister alone with no idea how me and thousands of others suddenly stopped breathing. Asuna, we saved each other. Since my first guild was destroyed I was a solo player, then Asuna waltzed (more like fought) into my life. Now we are married (in real life) and are living happily ever after. We occasionally have reunions with other SAO contributors and I really enjoy catching up with Klein, the only person I considered a 'friend' in SAO. Online we join a world together, due to the world seed. I also care about Sachi, I was crushed when she died in-game and tortured myself since but now I'm relieved she's here. And it was difficult getting used to the real world since we cleared the game, everything was a lot easier in SAO. Especially my clothes, I looked so badass and I quote, "shady" in my black cloak and double sword wielding on my back. Now, I'm in my normal clothes. I'll be completely honest, if we weren't in a death trap I kind of enjoyed what the game had to offer. Such as the faster and simpler way to make food, what me and Asuna bonded over. Her cooking skills. And my badass fighting skillz and double sword wielding ability. Ahh, if only I had that in real life. But that would bring back so many bad memories and I'd probably break down crying like a little *sniff* girl. Anyway, I don't think NerveGear will be continuing. Now the world seed allows us to connect to several worlds on one server. Me, Asuna, and Klein often play on it and it's really time consuming. I enjoy spending time with friends and playing games and going to parties. I'm almost normal. Unfortunately I'm still cautious of everyone and my surroundings. I can't get too comfortable before my senses kicking in. I try not to remind Asuna or myself of SAO. And I try to live an average life, but I know that me as the 10,000 people that were in SAO experienced something tragic. We will never be the same, After The Tragedy.