On the picture is Yanagi From the Last Game as 'Neal' but you may imagine him however you like ^-^ (*0*)

Note: sorry but this chapter contains lots of swearing. I'm really sorry >.<

¤chapter inspired by SAO ^-^¤
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Stella's pov.
The speaker nearly gave me a heart attack. Maybe the announcer would just congratulate us or something like that? I don't know. Maybe it's not important. Then it began to speak again. "Everyone has been enjoying themselves, eh?" It said. The voice actually went from nowhere--- scratch that-- I mean, everywhere. Ugh what's happening to me? It's so loud and clear that you can't prevent yourself from hearing it. Umm, not that I don't want to hear it. XD

I spun my head from side to side to look at my surroundings. It seems that the other players didn't pay much attention  to what's going on though. Maybe I should just be like them? Even my teammates are minding their own business. Well, I guess it's no big deal. I just sighed and scratched the back of my neck.

"Fine. If you don't care, suit yourselves, brats." The speaker continued. Then suddenly, a hysteric laugh could be heard everywhere. What the heck?! I knew something was definitely going on here! Everyone froze upon hearing the laughter. The other 'girls' began to cling onto their so-called "boyfriends". I'm guessing that they are scared. Well, I'm gonna admit it myself. I, too, am scared of what is about to happen.

I don't know why but that laughter seem to scare me. I have a bad feeling about this (O.O). "Eh? What's happening?" Rhys asked us. I just shrugged my shoulders. What date is it today? Is it April 1? Nah. "Shut up and listen." Tristan said. Rhys just rolled his eyes, kicked a stone and sulked. "Now that I have your attentions, I would like all of you to take a look at your menus (ya know where you can find 'log out', 'settings' or something like that XD)" it said once again.

What is he up to and who is he? Pfft. Well, looking at the said thing won't hurt, right? I looked at my wrist where the menu was located. It's like a watch---okay, it is a watch where you can view time and the menu. Each player needs this. It is extremely crucial. You see, you can only exit the game by using this watch so if you happen to lose it, you're trapped in the game! Yay! Insert sarcasm here. Fortunately, these watches don't come off easily so I guess there's no need to worry? The only thing that we need to worry about is when the log out button just magically disappear. Well, it's not like it's gonna happen though. Nobody wants to be trapped in a game and to trap someone in a game, I think.

I mean, yeah, it's cool, fun, challenging, and awesome BUT, reality, although it's trully cruel and all, is still what God had made for us. We wouldn't want to leave reality and live in some artificial world for the rest of our lives, right? Well, going back to the main topic, nothing seems suspicious. The watch is still the same. But I somehow have the feeling that exactly one feature of it was missing.
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WHERE THE HELL IS THE 'LOG OUT' BUTTON?! AND WHY THE HECK CAN'T I STOP MYSELF FROM CURSING?! AND JUST WHEN I SAID THAT IT'S NOT LIKE THE LOG OUT BUTTON WILL JUST MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR!

My heart won't stop from beating really fast and it's already bothering me. I then began to sweat nervously.

Of course it's there, Stella. Calm the fuck down, it's there. Your eyes are just playing tricks on you. Close your eyes then open it again and you'll see that it's there. We can't afford to lose our job at the cafe now, can we?

"Yes this is just a freaking lie let me close my eyes for 5 sec." I said to myself as I counted up to five. Gulping for the 7th time, I opened my eyes only to find no 'log out' button. I kept on repeating it but there's just no button! No, no ,no. This is just a dream. I mean, come on! There's no way that this could happen! This is just so damn annoying!

H-have I gone insane? Please tell me this is just a dream! I'm starting to cry now. How can I go out of this world now? I looked at my teammates and it seems that they have also realized it. What the hell is wrong with this game?! I wanna see my mom slash aunt! "What the actual fvck?! So the rumors are true! " Tristan cursed loudly, enough for the five of us to hear.

"I'm not buying this joke. I mean, shit, right? Can they just stop bullshitting us? " Neal said with a stoic expression. "Adrian! Why are you crying?" Rhys asked as he cried, too. What the hell?! I'm crying?! I touched my cheek and my fingers immediately felt the dampness of it. Fuck, Adrian you fucking crybaby. Stop crying! I hastily wiped away my tears with my hands, looking up and blinking fast to stop myself from crying.

However, our captain, just remained silent and stoic, just staring off to space. THIS is ABSOLUTELY ABSURD AND INSANE! What the heck is wrong with the founder of the game?!

"I, Yamato Iki, am allowing you to enjoy this game! Have fun and never come back! From now on, when you die, you die! No respawn, no nothing! But since I am kind, you can still escape this game.." The speaker trailed off. What the heck?! The speaker is the creator of the game?! There are lots of questions running in my head! Everyone's literally in panic! Even the ones who look like they could kill a bear are weeping!

"Listen to the founder, you damn rats!" He yelled. My ears are hurting! The sound is too loud! "There is only one way to escape this game and that is to get to the village #50! To unlock each village, you need to defeat every boss! The boss gets tougher and tougher so you better prepare yourselves." It laughed once again before continuing.

"Let me get this straight. There are exactly 34, 500 head gears that I have produced world-wide and 1, 346 players are not in-game. They can't enter the game now. Now, I assume that all of you have noticed that there is no 'log out' button in your menus. Well, obviously. Oh, just one last reminder... From now on, your avatar will be you; not customized, or whatever just-- no nothing, just exactly you. If you're a boy in real life, then you are a boy here. If you're a girl--- fv*k you get it already. Fv*k off you *toooot* rats. All I wanted to say is that, your face will be revealed. If you're ugly, then it's your problem. You'll be you in... 20 minutes. Farewell, bastards." He ended.

I could just repeat what Tristan had said earlier. What the actual *tooooot*? Thank glob I have already stopped crying. My tears have probably been drained by now considering the fact that I cry 10 gallons of tears per second... just kidding T.T

But seriously, when you think about it, it's truly devastating. How could someone be so evil trap thousands of humans?! This isn't funny! That Yamato Iki is probably one hell of a lunatic!

But I have a very big problem here... SH*T THEY WILL DISCOVER THAT I AM ACTUALLY A GIRL! argh! What if they have decided to kick me out of the team? Remember what I have said before? Nathaniel didn't want a girl in his team. He only accepted me because he thought that I was actually a boy. Fvck what do I do?!

"What the?! Noo!! Everything but my gorgeous face!" Rhys yelled, making me actually laugh bitterly. "Thank goodness Adrian laughed." Rhys mumbled but I can still hear it. How sweet of him. Thank you. I just smiled weakly at him. "W-why do you sound like you actually enjoy it?" Neal asked, making a somewhat annoyed face. His face is as red as his hair now from anger, I think. Yeah, his hair's red like I said before but it's fine. He said he's actually blonde. Damn, I don't even need to think of it at the mean time.

"Because I know that we'll get through this... as a team. I am very positive. Right miss author? (Author-san: how dare you say that? That's not in your line, baka!)" Rhys said with a serious and determined look on his face. "We don't want to remain sad and broken forever, right? Because if we want to, then we'll be trapped here for the rest of our lives! We have to believe in ourselves that we can do this! Team Nathaniel, right?!" He added as he extended his arms.

"Rhys is right. We need to move and get to village #50." Our leader, Nathaniel, said as he placed his hand on top of Rhys'. I get it now. Yes, they're right. We can't afford to lose now. We need to prove the 'creator' that we're tough and that we can escape this game. It's not like I really enjoy this, okay? I just need to accept this fact. But will they actually do it? As a team? Please don't kick me out! It'll be so troublesome! I'll promise I'll be a good teammate >.<. But truth be told, I still can't believe it. Nobody could... unless you're a complete game lunatic and you have been waiting for this to happen.

"Hell, you don't even know me! My life back there was perfect already! I-I don't want to leave it behind!" Neal yelled. He's the only one left who hasn't placed his hand on ours yet. But... Oh no, Oh no he's gonna break down and cry 0_0 "That is why we have to do this! We have to escape this illusion in order to go back! You want to go back, right?! Then let's do this!" Rhys yelled back with pure seriousness.

Actually, I have never seen him like that. Wih a serious face, I mean. He's always so cheerful. But... when having a competition, he always dies! T-T. What if-- what if--- no, think positive, Stella. Think positive! Neal remained serious for a few seconds then spoke again. "I know that we'll eventually have to move on and that I need to move forward too but I still need to adjust from this lifestyle. " He said before smiling slightly. He then placed his hand on top of ours with a slam. I winced a bit before glaring at him.

He did a peace sign. What a sudden change in heart. I sometimes wonder if Neal is a bipolar or something. But I guess it's a good thing. "Team, on 3--" Nathaniel said but was cut off. "You always say that but we always end up yelling 'team' after 3" Tristan complained, emphasizing the word 'after'. "Whatever. Just team on 3" Nathaniel said as we prepared.

"1
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TEAM!"

We yelled, whilst raising our hands. We then started to cheer eachother up. This is it. I have to prepare. I looked at my watch once again. Okay. There's only 7 minutes left. I wonded how the other guys would look like? I wonder if they'll get angry at me? Argh! Let me calm myself down. After all, we still have to complete this as a team.

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Yaay thank you! I'm so glad that you guys are adding my story to one of yout reading lists! T_T I'm so happy!!! Also, thank you for reading this! Sorry for the words (the *tooot* I mean, XD) >.<