One Punch-Gamer

*Chapter 2*: Chapter 1: A Gamer playing Hero for Fun?

Disclaimer: Neither SAO nor One Punch-Man belong to me. I just use the plot of one and the idea of the other for my amusement.

Chapter 1: Just a Gamer who plays as a Hero for...Fun?

December 2nd, 2022. Morning, 3:30...

The poor player ran, scared, uselessly screaming for help while running through one of the many forests of the first floor.

Behind him, several Wolf mobs lead by an 'Alpha Wolf' chased after him, quickly shortening the distance between them each second.

Suddenly, the random guy's eyes widened, even as he saw the end of the forest, hope filling his heart...until he stopped after exiting it, despair overcoming his mind once again at seeing the end of the floor, the infinite virtual sky of Aincrad's still darkened early hours greeting him.

Why did he think it was a good idea to sneak out of the Inn very early just to get some levels above the rest of his Party?! He should at least leave them a message or something, dammit!

And now, even as he turned around to see the angry mobs emerging from the forest and start surrounding him, he knew he was going to die.

Taking several steps back until he was at the very edge of the Floor, the guy closed his eyes and wondered if he would see his long-dead cat on the 'Other Side'.

Then, the sudden sound of whimpers/squeaks coming from the wolves and a sudden rush of air made him open his eyes in shock.

He did it just in time to see several wolf-limbs flying everywhere in a shower of angry-red polygons (That would have been very gore if they weren't inside a game-world), and some sort of black-white blur speeding past him.

He could also swear he hear the words 'Who the hell is stupid enough to run around alone at THIS hour?!' echoing for an instant, but he was too shocked to know if it had been his imagination or not.

The rest of his party would find the guy half an hour later, still sitting wide-eyed in the same spot and telling him that one of them had woke up early to get some extra potions and realized he was missing.

When he had, between half-choked words and happy sobs, explained to them what had happened, a random Beta Tester between them had frowned before sending a message to someone else.

It seemed that the mysterious 'anomaly' of SAO was still active.

Barely some minutes after the 'miraculous rescue' had happened, the same black and white blur that had just been at the other side of the Floor could be seen leaning against the side of the 'Tower' that was the dungeon leading to the second floor, a mix of annoyance and tiredness on his face.

"Goddammit...why am I STILL doing this?" muttered Kirito to no one even as he looked to the fake-sky/ceiling.

It had happened in a VERY strange and confusing way, the events that lead the previously not-very-social boy to where he was.

That fateful first day, after getting over the shock of what had happened, Kirito had decided to test if he REALLY hadn't gone insane, and had proceeded to try and punch another nearby mob, telling himself that it wasn't really tempting fate if he had just accepted his death some moments before.

When the Boar had exploded into polygons in contact with his bare fist, having also flown back several meters through the air from the impact, he had still been in denial and had tried to punch another one. When the SAME result was obtained, he tried again.