The Masked Hero {SAO X Male Reader}

Afraid

You appeared in a black room and you equipped your weapons.

Raijin's (thoughts): Finding the real Death Gun will be tough.

You were teleported into a field and you quickly ran to hide behind a pillar. The wind blew strongly and you saw a flash. You saw the bullet lines and you quickly jumped back but you got shot in the leg. You quickly hid behind the pillar as a bullet grazed your arm.

Raijin: Damn. Let's see... he has an assault rifle so... he'll run out of ammo soon. But... I need to rush at him.

You grabbed your Photon Sword and smiled. You closed your eyes since your enemy stopped shooting. You were listening carefully until you heard a small rustling sound.

You quickly ran out and you activated your Photon Sword. You saw the bullet lines and deflected all of the bullets. The man had to reload but you quickly shot him twice and you jumped towards him and you cut your enemy in half. You deactivated the Photon Sword and you looked up to see you had won the match.

You were teleported back to the lobby and you saw Supiegel.

???: Are you... the real deal?

You quickly jumped back and you saw a man in a cloak with a skull mask. He looked at you and you saw his red eyes.

Raijin: Real deal? What do you mean? Who are you, anyway?

???: I saw your match. You used a sword, didn't you?

Raijin: Yeah.

???: Let me ask you again. Are you the real deal?

Raijin's (thoughts): Does this guy know me? No... We definietly met... but where?

The man then pulled up the F-Block bracket to show your name.

???: This name. Those sword skills. Are you the real deal?

Raijin's (thoughts): The only place where he would know me is... Is he an SAO survivor like me...?

The man got rid of the bracket but you saw something in between his bandaged arm.

Raijin's (thoughts): L-Laughing Coffin...

Your hand started shaking.

???: You don't understand the question?

Raijin: No, I don't understand. What do you mean by "the real deal?"

???: Then it's nothing. But if you're a fake assuming that name... Or if you are the real deal, then... Someday, I'll kill you.

The man walked past you. You sit down on the seat trying to calm yourself but you recognized the man's voice.

Raijin: Death Gun... That emblem...

You started remembering about Kuradeel coming close to killing you.

Raijin: No it can't be him... I killed him... but wait... the time we stormed the Laughing Coffins guild... No way...

You started shaking even more. Someone taps on your shoulder and you looked to see it was Sinon.

Sinon: What's with that look on your face?

Raijin: I-It's nothing.

Sinon: Was it that much of a nail-biter? But for a tight match, you got back pretty early. If you're like this after one match, you'll only make it to the final in your dreams. You better man up. I have to pay you back, you know.

Sinon hits your shoulder but you grabbed her hand.

Sinon: H-Hey. Huh?

Sinon saw your facial expression.

Sinon: What's wrong? Did something happen?

You were suddenly teleported. Sinon looked at the bracket to see it was you against Ginko.

Sinon's (thoughts): His eyes...

{Finals}

After winning all of your matches. You and Sinon were finally going to face each other. You spawned on a highway but you knew that it was going to be difficult for Sinon since the area was limited.

You walked towards the other end and you saw a bus. You knew Sinon was hiding in there. A bullet goes past you and it hits the car as it exploded behind you. But you didn't move. Sinon kept missing her shots. Sinon ran out of the bus and she ran towards you with her sniper pointed at you.

Sinon: Tell me why! Is this match against me that meaningless to you?

Raijin: My goal is to compete in tomorrow's final, that's all. I have no reason to fight anymore.

Sinon: Then you should take that gun and shoot yourself. Or would that be a waste of ammo? Or wait, did you think I'd be satisfied if you deliberately let yourself get shot? Sure, it's just a VR game, it's just one match... You have every right to see it that way! But don't you dare shove those values down my throat!

Raijin: Sorry... I was wrong. If you want a match then let's do it.

You take out your pistol and you pop a bullet out.

Raijin: When this bullet drops to the ground the match will start.

You walked in the opposite direction and you faced at Sinon.

Raijin: Here goes.

You threw the bullet in the air and you grabbed your Photon Sword and activated it as you got into your stance. The bullet hits the ground as Sinon shoots but you cut her bullet in half.

Sinon's (thoughts): No way... That's impossible!

You ran at Sinon and she stumbled but you caught her instead of striking her.

Sinon: But I was going for your left leg. How could you predict where I was aiming?

Raijin: I could see your eye through the scope lens.

Sinon's (thoughts): Did he really predict the trajectery from my eyes...? So powerful... This power is above and beyong the level of VR game.

Sinon then remembered about you freaking out from earlier.

Sinon: If you're so strong, what is it that you're afraid of?

Raijin: This isn't strength. It's just skill.

Sinon: Now way. That's a lie. No way could you slash a Hécate Bullet with just technique. You know that as well as I do. What do you have to do to gain that kind of strength? I... That's what I'm here to find out...

Raijin: If a shot from that gun could really kill the player in the real world, too... And unless you killed him, you or someone important to you would be killed instead... If that was the case, then could you pull the trigger? I just can't do it anymore. So you see, I'm not strong at all. I don't know the real names of the three people I killed back then... All I've been able to do is close my eyes, cover my ears, and forget all about it...

Sinon dropped her gun and she touched your face. You looked at her with a smile.

Raijin: All right. Now, then, do we agree that I've won this showdown?

Sinon: Um...

Raijin: Then would you mind surrendering? I don't like taking out girls.

Sinon pushed herself away from you.

Sinon: Next time, I definitely won't lose. In tomorrow's final... Make sure you survive until you run into me! Resign!

Sinon puts her hand on the hand placement and it showed your victory.