Rogue (an SAO fanfic with a slight Naruto crossover)

Sasuke Uchiha

February 23, 2024

It's already been little more than a year since this game and I'm loosing the old me little by little everyday. I don't even know what I look like anymore, and I'll never find out since the mirror was completely destroyed.

But, that's a story for another time.

Sometimes when I try to remember something from my past life the line between my memories and Sasuke's memories gets blurred, almost as if I really am becoming him. All I have in my mind about myself is that single memory I relived, and my original name, but even that's getting blurred.

I look at myself one more time in the NORMAL mirror to make sure I looked presentable before leaving my house. Today I'd been invited to a party at sunset in the town of Floria on Floor 47, then at night to finish the party off there's going to be a full out Battle Royale in Panareze on floor 24.

I don't usually go to parties, since I like to keep a low key, and that's already hard enough as it is with the way I look, going to parties is like shouting 'Hey everyone! Here I am! Come and drown me in people asking for autographs, pictures, advice, ect!'

See why I avoid parties?

But this party was different. The only people allowed to come we're players that are over level 65 and are either higher ups or star players of a renown guild, or famous solo players, such as myself.

The Knights of the Blood Oath are hosting the party, sine just a few days ago another floor was cleared, but I've got a sneaking suspicion about that guild's leader Heathcliff. He's not normal, like me.

Aside from that, I'm going so that I can see who's in-charge of what guilds, and what solo players/guilds I have to look out for, not to mention that at parties people talk, and when you have your listening and sneaking abilities maxed out it's easy to learn lethal secrets that I can use to my advantage.

This should be fun.

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I pass by the last checkpoint into the Floria plaza, I've already been through 20 checkpoint's and it's getting kind of old. I understand why they're doing this though, in a highly advertised party with this many high up players, I'm sure orange guilds plan to profit from this.

Again, this should be fun.

As I walk toward the center of the plaza, I scope out all the players. They all look at me with awe, amazement, hat disgust, ect. But anyway, I don't see many solo players, I've only seen one so far, and he was sort of the solo player underdog that people are talking about, he just made level 65 and I think his name's Karkat Vantas. Or so I hear.

Karkat spots me then grabs someones arm and runs toward me looking pretty pissed off. I spot the person he's dragging, and it's...Asuna!? I look over her uniform, since it's nothing like her guild's standard uniform. I look just a little closer and see her badge, whoa, she's the lieutenant of the Knights of the Blood Oath!!!

"Hi Sasuke! I didn't think you'd come." She says when the two of them get near.

"Well, I'm here now right?" I respond, but before Asuna can say anything Karkat interrupts.

"Are you the 'amazing' and 'undefeatable' solo player that everyone's been talking about? Well?" He says like he's grilling me for information.

"What happens if I am?" I growl back.

Asuna shoves us apart, "So, as I was saying," She says a bit flustered then looks back at me, "When we received word that you were coming Heathcliff decided to go all out for this party, not to mention, about half the people here came because they heard you were coming. Though I will admit most of them just want to cream you in the battle royale, but still..." She says. "Anyway! I'm sure you two have heard of each other, but Karkat meet Sasuke, Sasuke meet Karkat. Ignore how rude Karkat's being, he's not very nice or social..."