The White Snake (SAO x male OC)

Chapter Two:

(This story may contain themes such as mental illness, violence and murder that may be disturbing to some audience members. Viewer discretion is advised.)

More than 2,000 have been killed since the game launched one month ago. The first floor had yet to be cleared, so until then everyone was stuck in that one place unsure of what to do. They did what they could to occupy their time with the exception of a group of people. Higuchi was among these people who had met up in what looked like a small stadium and were watching the blue haired person attentively standing in the center. Higuchi had discovered a long time ago that following a beta tester to the boss would be pointless as they didn't even know where it was. Higuchi took temporary residence in the town Tolbana, the second largest town on the first floor aside from the Town of Beginnings. What was being held in the arena was a meeting organized by a man named Diabel.

"Okay people! Now that everyone's here, let's get started!" Diabel said getting everyone's attention. The people sitting in the arena had been conversing amongst themselves about what they were doing there. All of them had received a promising message from Diabel. "I want to start this meeting off by thanking you all for coming today and introducing myself. I am Diabel and in this game I am a knight." Everyone laughed at the self-proclaimed knight. There were no classes in this game. Ordinarily you could even choose your race in MMOs but in SAO you couldn't even do that. You were human and so was everyone else. Higuchi thought to himself, 'Everyone here is virtually a knight, what makes you so special?' Diabel struck Higuchi as someone that wanted to be seen as special and was trying too hard to do so.

"Do you want to hear this or not? Listen, our party found the boss' lair at the top of the tower today. First we need to defeat the boss to make it to floor two, then we have to tell everyone still in the Town of Beginnings that this game can be beaten. It is our duty as the most capable players to prove this! Do you agree or not?" Everyone in the game cheered loudly, so loud that Higuchi unconsciously put his finger in his left ear in an attempt to block out the sound without it being too obvious. This was quite a speech Diabel had to offer and it encouraged people to believe that they could win. He was charismatic, Higuchi gave him that but beyond that Higuchi just wanted to get this over with. He wanted to move on to the next floor as soon as possible and if anyone were to offer him any kind of information on the subject he would take it. "Okay, now let's figure out how we're going to defeat the boss. First off, we'll team up into parties of six. A typical party doesn't stand a chance so we need multiple parties."

Higuchi looked around to see everyone had already joined up and there were no available groups as the maximum was six. Higuchi looked left and right to see if there was anyone available. He saw a group of five conversing and planning. He walked toward them unsure of what to say. "Hey guys. I couldn't help but notice you've only got five members. I can be the sixth if you want." The one closest to him sneered, "Piss off, loser." He attempted reasoning that they needed six people per party and they had only five so he would help fulfill the criteria. All they did was laugh and tell him to "get his weak ass out of here." He wasn't weak, he was about as good as everyone else who started but they just said, "Not our problem."

Higuchi didn't press the issue much further except to imagine the various ways he could lash out and hurt this person. He imagined slamming the heel of his boot into his temple or breaking his nose on his knee. He wouldn't actually do this but he wanted to hurt this person as his anger was only to the point of images of causing pain and suffering. Then he thought, maybe it would be best to go at this alone. He then noticed two people talking amongst themselves and saw them join as a party. Higuchi couldn't help but feel a small bit of jealousy as to how these people could so easily become friends and he couldn't. The people talking were a boy his age and a hooded girl. The girl barely even said anything. She didn't have to do anything and she was invited to join a party while Higuchi just got insulted upon offering his services.