The Other (An Overlord Ains x Oc Story)

Prologue

Momonga's life changed the day the popular online game, Yggdrasil, was to be shut down.

On this fathful day, Momonga, signed into the game as his avatar, a [Skeletal Mage], entered the game to say a one last goodbye to his guild, Ains Ooal Gown, one of the most impenetrable fortresses in all of Yggdrasil, and a guild he, the Guild Master, and other members worked hard making the fortress what it was today. But the other members of Ains Ooal Gown hadn't come, and so he had been alone as the timer that counted down the hours, minutes, now seconds until the end of the game slowly counted down to zero.

But when the counter reached zero, the game didn't end. Instead, something completely different and spectacular happened.

Momonga, confused as to why the game seemed to still be running, opened his eyes to find that his conscious was now one with his avatar. After some events, Momonga came to the conclusion that Yggdrasil had somehow turned into its own universe, and the NPC's of Ains Ooal Gown where no longer just NPC's anymore, for they were starting to develop emotions, and in contrast to them, since his avatar is undead, he no longer needed to eat, sleep, or drink fluids to sustain himself, along with the fact that his emotions were now suppressed greatly. Momonga was now the ruler of Ains Ooal Gown, and the guardians and other NPC's that protected it were now at his beck and call. He could take over the world if he wanted to, which was a plan already in motion. He had everything he could've ever wanted.

Despite this, however, Momonga, now known as Ains, felt as if something was missing. No, not something- someone.

This someone was a young women named Miyako Izumi, who had been a good friend of his, in game and IRL. Her avatar was a half-human, half-dragon breed known as [Masked Dragon]. A [Masked Dragon]'s strengths were in close combat and magic casting, which, to Ains, was a pretty good combination. Her avatar had a Japanese-like fox mask as her face, since there was a variety to choose from, and a long red and white kimono-like cloak/jacket over black clothing. Her dragon characteristics where the horns on her head, the large wings on her upper back, and her long tail. He had thought she was beautiful the moment he had met her, outside and inside. She had been shy some of the time, and even cold, but she was caring, funny, intelligent, and more.

He remembered the first time he had met her…

{Flashback}

Momonga had been running all day.

It was one of his first days playing Yggdrasil, and it wasn't going well. He had already been killed three times by other, more experienced players, and had lost what little he had managed to collect. He had almost gotten himself killed a fourth time, had it not been for the warrior in white armor, who just so happened to like saving players in distress.

Eventually, Momonga made it to a neutral zone, which were small areas spread out in the world of Yggdrasil were no fighting was allowed, the latter resulting in a forced logout and a suspension from the game for a short period of time. As Momonga entered the clearing in the trees, which had a shed were NPC's were selling food and water, he saw one of the players who had killed him prior. Steering clear of him, Momonga decided to sit underneath a tree near the far side of the clearing and watch. He didn't have enough money to get something for himself, since, at such a low level, [Skeletal Mage]'s had hunger bars. He was lucky that his hunger was suppressed by his avatar's powers, but his hunger bar was pretty low.

Suddenly, someone walked into his line of sight. He was just about to tell the other player to kindly leave him alone, until he looked up.

Standing in front of him was a young woman whose face was hidden behind a mask. She was wearing a plain brown cloak, which indicated that she was a beginner, and then he noticed the dark colored horns, wings, and tail that were also a part of her form, their scales glimmering like polished obsidian. He was a bit dazzled, so he didn't notice that she was holding something out to him until she made a quiet sound in her throat. When he looked, he saw that she was holding out a fried fish, one of the things the NPC's sold at the food shed.

The one to break the awkward silence between them was the women.

"Um," She began quietly, obviously shy. "I, um, saw you sitting here alone, and I thought, um, you must be hungry, so…" She trailed off.

Momonga looks at the food again, then gingerly raises a skeletal hand and takes it from her grasp. "Thank you," He says as he brings it to his skeletal mouth and takes a bite. It wasn't the best food you could get in Yggdrasil, but it would fill up his hunger bar.

The woman had a hint of a pleased look in her eyes as she sat across from him, her tail curling around her crossed legs as she lifted her own fried fish up to her mouth and also took a bite.

As they ate, the two talked at bit about themselves. Their interests, type of job, just life in general, and soon Momonga felt he had made a solid friend in the shy half women, half dragon, who wasn't even that shy once they had gotten into the talk, openly laughing and even shouting sometimes to get her point across or to "add emphasis". The two didn't even stop when their food was gone.

By the time they both fell into a content quiet, the sun was setting in-game, and IRL it was getting pretty late. Soon the silence was once again broken by the women in front of him, who during their long talk had told him her name, Miyako.

"Well, it's getting pretty late," she said, her face turned towards setting sun, "I have to leave soon. You?"

"Me too," Momonga replied, also looking at the sunset.

For a moment, neither one of them said a word, just enjoying the beauty on the sun. Then, once again, Miyako spoke up.

"I have to go now," She said, starting to get up. Momonga also began to get up, wanting to say goodbye and needing to leave also.

Facing each other, Miyako stuck out her hand and said, "Thank you for talking with me, and becoming my first friend. I do hope we can meet again soon."

"As do I," Momonga said, reaching out and taking her hand in a good-hearted shake. And, at the same time, Momonga and Miyako logged out.

{End of Flashback}

The two had kept in touch after that, even meting together IRL, but for a while, Momonga and Miyako had lost touch, and even in-game he didn't see her for the longest time. Momonga was worried that something had happening to her, and during this time he and his nine best friends and allies had taken over the Great Tomb of Nazarick and where making it into their guild, With the help of anyone who signed up to be a part of it. And one day, one of his friends had come to him and told him that one of the players who had signed up had asked to talk to him specifically, and when he met up with this unknown player, it turned out to be Miyako. He would never forget the feeling he had gotten when it had been her, and her own clear happiness and surprise.

After that, one of them was never seen without the other. If you were to walk around the guild, you would always see them with each other, either talking, about to go out and kill some players, or just joking around together. The other members of the guild would often tease the two about how they were both totally in love with each other, but both would embarrassingly deny the claims, saying they were merely friends.

Miyako was also becoming very popular among the members of the heteromorphic race. So one day she talked to Momonga privately and told him that she wanted to create her own guild. He was sad at first, but it was her choice, so he just wished her luck with it, and soon enough players all across Yggdrasil were talking about a new guild by the name of "Nowg Laoo Snia".

Eventually, Miyako's guild rose up in the ranks of the different guilds in Yggdrasil, and it became the number one most impenetrable fortress/guild in the game, Ains Ooal Gown just behind it in second place. Momonga was happy for Miyako, and even though she wasn't apart of Ains Ooal Gown anymore, she would always be remembered as a valuable member, and she still visited him from time to time, now an Idol at the guild.

Then came the announcement that Yggdrasil would be shut down in six weeks' time. Everyone at the guild was shocked. There had been rumors, and tiny hints from the creators, but everyone had paid them no heed, and now this. Momonga hadn't known how to react, and was worried about how Miyako would take this information.

For a while, the two weren't able to converse with each other, busy with many different things, and saddened by members leaving. Then, on the fourth day of the second last week, Miyako entered the guild and told him that she wanted to talk to him, privately. Momonga complied, and Miyako had led him to her guild. Despite their closeness, Momonga hadn't seen her guild until that point. It was a titan of a fortress, and had been built by Miyako and the other members. Now, however, much like his own guild, it was mainly empty, save for a one or two other members. Miyako led him through the many corridors and courtyards of the fortress until they had made it to a white terrace…

{Flashback}

Miyako gestured to a lone bench on the terrace. The sun was setting, and Momonga was vividly reminded of the day he had met her. The two when to sit on the bench, which was made of marble, and for a while the two didn't say a word. Then Miyako cleared her throat.

"Momonga," she said, turning to him. She paused for a heartbeat, then continued, "I'll just cut to the chase. I'm leaving."

Momonga, caught off guard, turned to her. "What? Why?"

"You know why," She said in a saddened tone, and it seemed as if she was crying, "I've been given a job promotion. Head director. It'll be taking up most of my time already, but they also need me to move to New York. In two days."

Again shocked, and he knew the answer to this stupid question, but he asked, "I won't see you again?"

"Yes."

Momonga didn't know what to say. Miyako was leaving, and she was probably never coming back. She had been the very first player in Yggdrasil, besides Touch Me, to be nice to him. Without her and Touch Me-san's help, he probably would have quit the game much earlier on.

"I-," Momonga started, a lump forming in his throat. Swallowing, he continued, "I… will miss you."

Miyako looked up at him, and he could imagine the small, sad smile that would probably be appearing on her face as she said, "As will I."

After that, the two were silent, wanting to stay together for as long as they could, both dreading the moment when Miyako would have to log off for good. But eventually that moment came.

Miyako slowly got up and then turned to him. After a few more moments of silence, Miyako took the Skeleton's hand and said, "Thank you, Momonga. For everything." Then she leaned in and gave the Mage's boney cheek a kiss.

Momonga looked up at her, surprised by that act, so much that he felt his own hand drifting to his human cheek, as if she had actually kissed him. Miyako gave him a smile emote, then turned around and logged off, leaving him there, alone.

{End of Flashback}

Many things had happened, of course, since Ains had last seen his valued friend. He was now the ruler of a whole entire fortress, and had rule of the universe Yggdrasil had become almost within reach. A part of him, the part of him that was an emotionless Overlord, told him that he should just forget about Miyako, that any feelings and memories that had to do with her would just weaken him.

But at the same time, a part of him, the part that was still human, the part that loved Miyako, told him that he should always remember her, and always miss her, and that even though she was far away, that he should still love her. It was a part of him that was constantly at war. Ains sighed, leaning back on his throne, his mind exhausted.

"Ains-sama?"

…

And that's a rap. Hopefully you enjoyed it, and hopefully there weren't things that made you confused or anything like that.

Bye for now!

-LunaRose2468