Kari: Hey guys, Kari here! So this story is going to be posted on my account since apparently Angel's account has too many story dumps. There will be some other character views popping in from time to time but overall, I hope you guys will like it!

Angel (BrokenDreamsAngel): Hey everyone! Angel here! Kari-chan and I decided to work together on this SAO fic! Hope it'll be twice as awesome!

Disclaimer: We do not own SAO, although we wish we do.

We only own:

the plot (kinda)

Kari: Hikari Waterjewel/Kari and any family members, Kenshin Haruki

Angel: Asuka Kato/Angel and her family, Katashi Kurosawa

animeorange94 (our friend, not on FF): Aphrodite

Lfyre (yet another friend, also not on FF): Lfyre

It is now the year of 2027, five years since the beginning of the virtual game «Sword Art Online», dubbed «SAO» for short. Things have changed since then; the World Seed has ultimately saved the dying world of VRMMORPG from disappearing. The scars of being trapped in the world of «SAO» still live on in the hearts of many but some people have chosen to accept the incidents for what they are.

The game «SAO» does hold good memories for others though, one being Kirigaya Kazuto, or better yet known as Kirito, the player to beat «SAO» and release everyone from the death game. He's found the love of his life in the game and made good friends that he would cherish for a life-time. «SAO» would forever be a part of him from now on, for the better or for the worse.


-Kirito POV-

"Switch!" Asuna yelled as she quickly jumped away from the towering 10 foot tall boss we were fighting. The monstrous figure was in the shape of a majestic bird with pure black feathers and a razor sharp beak; its claws were as sharp as daggers as we managed to secure it to the ground. «Merle», the name of the boss to «floor 87», was struggling against the binds as I quickly took my position in front of it.

I hacked and slashed at the bird with my blade; it shrieked in agony and blindly kicked out its feet to try and grab a hold of something. I nimbly dodged it and continued to attack it. I was growing tired fast, I quickly glanced up at the HP bar hovering above «Merle»'s head. There was still one more bar left. "Switch, Asuna!" I yelled and quickly retreated as Asuna took my place. The others around us were doing variations of the same thing, slashing and hitting the bird to reduce its HP. I watched as the final HP bar slowly creep into the red zone. This was it. Suddenly, «Merle» shrieked in pain and broke the bindings around its wings.

Glancing around at the rest of my exhausted guild mates, I knew we were done for. Suddenly a flash of light appeared from behind the bird. Then another and a red X appeared across the bird's body. "«Embellished Light»!" two voices yelled simultaneously and «Merle» shrieked in agony. Two girls summersaulted off the bird's back and landed on the ground, sword in hand. I watched as the HP bar slowly dropped to 0 and «Merle» disappeared into sparkling diamonds. The congratulations message flashed in its place. The others all sighed in relief and collapsed onto the ground.

The two girls sheathed their swords. A screen flashed in front of one of them. The girl had long dark blue-black hair and sea-green eyes, wearing a white mini jacket, gloves, a blue skirt, and lace-up boots. The girl quickly scanned over the message and closed it proceeding to open up her inventory. She scrolled across a few lines before pressing on an item - a blue flask materialized in her hand. There was an engraving of flowers and vines on the outside and a cork stopper at the top. The other girl had long black hair tied up into a high ponytail with a silver ribbon and deep chocolate eyes. She was wearing black shirt with long sleeves with gloves attached to the sleeves, a white skirt, black leggings, and black boots. A long silver scarf billowed out around her as she walked over to the other girl. "We won't have any use for this," she muttered and the other girl smiled.

"Wasn't planning on keeping it anyways, Angel-chan," she said with a smirk. She proceeded to throw the flask in my direction, "Catch."

I caught the flask in my hand. I double tapped the flask and pulled up the item information. "«Revival Medicine». Good for use on any one player, beast, or item."

"Wait, you can revive an item?" Asuna asked intrigued. She walked over to have a look, "As in, if your sword breaks you can fix it?"

"I guess," I said half-heartedly before looking suspiciously over at the two girls, "This is a nice boss drop, why don't you want to keep it?"

The girl with the ponytail, Angel, shrugged, "Your guild deserves it. You guys took down that monster; all we did was the finishing move." I studied her as she said it, her brown eyes un-wavering. She was serious.

"Angel-chan, we should probably leave." said the other girl, "We should start exploring the next floor before it gets too late. We'll have to log out soon for the night."

Angel sighed, "Yeah, I guess you're right Kari-chan. All the others already logged out an hour ago." The two turned around and walked away, disappearing through the doors to the next floor.

I turned around and faced the others who had watched the whole exchange. "Why don't we go check out the floor a little? Afterwards we'll go to «floor 50» for a celebration!" Everyone cheered in unison as we walked through to the gates that led to the breath-taking scenery of «floor 88».


Everyone was laughing and talking excitedly as we walked through the streets of «Algade». The nighttime lights lighting up the narrow streets crowded with players. The shop windows blazed with different brightly colored displays.

"Who were those two girls from before? I know Angel-san, but the other girl just kind of looks vaguely familiar." I asked turning to face Asuna and Leafa. Asuna was an «Undine»; she had long blue hair partially braided back into a ponytail and sparkling blue eyes. She was basically wearing a blue version of her original «SAO» avatar's clothes, consisting of gloves, a skirt and a cape. Leafa was a «Sylph»; she had long blonde hair tied up into a high ponytail and her hair braided in the front with emerald green eyes. She wore a puffy green sleeved outfit and pants underneath paired with brown boots. The two looked at me, exchanged a quick look, and immediately burst out laughing like it was the funniest question in the world. I guess that means I asked a stupid question again.

"Kirito-kun, those two are from the famous guild «Resurrection's Blade». They're one of the lead guilds, aside from Klein's and ours. The girl who threw you the flask was Kari-san, an «SAO» survivor and the guild's leader. I believe she was also a part of the «Knights of the Blood» for a short time before leaving the guild. In «ALO», she's an «Undine» and uses her sword «Aquarius», one of the most powerful and rarest of swords. You can only equip the sword if you're an «Undine» and have maxed out your water magic stats. One of her most famous moves is «Aqua Regime»." Asuna said matter of factly; she turned to look at Leafa like they had planned this whole explanation out.

Leafa continued where Asuna left off, "Anyways, the other girl is called Angel-san. I believe you know her according to Asuna-san. She's also an «SAO» survivor and is the guild's second in command. I heard that in «SAO», she was a high-ranking member of «Knights of the Blood». Angel-san's a «Spriggan» and is a semi-dual wielder. She uses her main sword «Hades», a powerful sword that can only be crafted after getting the materials from a limited time quest. In the end, the quest was only cleared once by her party. She has another dagger strapped to her arm which she uses occasionally named «Ceberus», giving her the edge in a battle with dual-wielding. One of her most famous moves is «Illusionist's Curse»."

"Their guild currently has six members, a pretty small guild in comparison to some of the bigger guilds but they can really pack a punch. The six members include Kari-san, Angel-san, Aphrodite-san, Lfyre-san, Kuroshi-san and Kenshin-san. They're all friends in real life, though not all of them are «SAO» survivors. Interesting stuff, eh?"

"Since when do you guys do guild research?" I asked sarcastically at Agil. We had reached the end of the city streets and were out at the fields. We continued walking down the path though with the relaxing fall breeze blowing through the air.

Before any of them could answer, I felt a cold chill run down my back and I shuddered. I looked around to see if anyone else noticed anything unusual. Nothing.

Suddenly, I felt the world shifting around me and in a blink I was surrounded by grassy meadows and flower gardens. In the distance were majestic snowcapped mountain peaks. I recognized the beautiful landscape as «floor 88», the floor we had just explored a little more than an hour earlier. Everyone else from my guild was here too; they had all apparently been in the forced teleport. Klein's guild was with us also, but that seemed to be it. Memories of my first official day in «SAO» started flashing through my mind. The forced teleport, all the players gathered in the square, and the announcement of the beginning of the death game. I instinctively looked up for some red error message like what happened during the first day. What was going on here?

Kari: I hope you guys liked the first chapter! Just in case anyone's wondering, if you read my first story carefully, you'll know my OC Hikari is a dimensional traveler, thus making it possible to dump her in practically every story I write. Please Review! Any reviews directed towards Angel will get a reply from me, but the message will be from Angel. Thanks everyone!

Angel: Thank you so much for reading! Wow, Kari and I sent this chapter back and forth so many times to check for grammar I nearly kicked myself for not noticing some of the mistakes. If you guys have ever read Ebony Angel from my FictionPress account, don't confuse Asuko Kato with this OC, Asuka Kato. They're two different people; I just strangely favor the last name Kato. Please review! Arigato!