A/N: So, I just had this idea in my head. Gintoki will be the main character while Kirito will show up every now and then, basically taking a back seat for this story. I plan for this to be a Gintoki x Asuna (maybe harem idk) pairing so if that's a turnoff then sorry. If you still want to read it then please enjoy!

"Ugh…Oi, Oi, where I am?" Gintoki groggily regaining his senses. Looking around it was pitch black with a glowing light hovering in front of him.

"NAME:"Letters suddenly shined brightly as he looked up.

"Huh!? Name! I'm not gonna give my name." Honestly, which was the exit? Gin thought as he started to walk away but the glowing NAME suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Tch, damn brightness, can't a guy just leave" Gin tried once again to walk away but once again NAME: appeared in front of him.

"AH! I got it! I got it! My name right, just my name! It's-" Suddenly he had a coughing fit "Gin-*cough* *cough* Toki!"

NAME: TOKI. Approved name! Welcome to Sword Art Online [Toki]!

"WAIT! WAIT! What's going on! That's not my name! That's not-" A bright light flashed while he was speaking. When Gin opened his eyes what he saw was something truly odd.

"Oi, Oi, what's this? Some cliché old time RPG town?" He saw a variety of shops in front of him and people walking around in adventure like clothing. Sure enough, this was some RPG like beginning town.

Wait! Wait! Wait! Monster **** this isn't Monster **** oh no, it's Monkey Hunter! WHY AM I CORRECTING MYSELF RIGHT NOW! Calm down, Calm down, I just need to find-"Shinpachi! Kagura! Are you here!" Gin shouted. No, I don't think they are. I went out drinking alone and- a sudden pain went through Gin's head. He couldn't remember how he even got here and what even happened after he left the bar.

I need to find someone who looks smart and find out if this all real. "Hey got a minute?" He called out to a random person scurrying by.

"Huh? Need somethin' from me?" It was a girl with a dark cloak with curly auburn hair and brown eyes. Strangely enough she had whiskers painted on her face.

"Um…where am I?"

"Huh?" The girl replied back.

What's with the "is this idiot for real" look!? Not everyone is as knowledgeable about this place as you are! Gin trying to laugh and smile but failing to make it look genuine.

"Oh, I see you're one of those players. Well, I guess it take all kinds of players for a game like this."

"Huh, Players?"

"A fancy new game announced and without any real research you buy it on impulse right?" The girl let out a sigh. "I wouldn't normally do this but somehow I feel a bit sorry for ya with that dead eye bum look and all."

Gin holding back a retort just kept on smiling.

"Basically, you're in a VRMMORPG. As you know the game is called Sword Art Online that went online just a short while ago. The place we're in is Aincrad, a floating castle with 100 floors. Clear all 100 and ya win."

"Eh, VRPPOMRPG what's that?"

"VRMMO-Gah! You know the NerveGear, to be able to play this game! How do you not know what that is?"

"Ya don't have that either. Oh well, the Owee was discontinued."

"Seriously, even a country bumpkin like you should know what NerveGear is."

"OI! I'm from Edo you know!" Gin saying with conviction.

The girl's face turned blank and looked away. "Oh, right, right, I mean…I figured few people would be playin' like that…well, if ya ever need info the names Argo!" Argo smiled.

"I'm…" I'm gonna regret this but even I know some etiquette for online RPG's "Toki" Gin said reluctantly.

Argo smirked at the name. "Hmm, well I'll have to remember ya. Even though you're clueless ya do seem strong." Argo scurried off once again.

"Well, first things first." Gintoki looked around and saw that people were moving their right hands to bring up a menu. He mimicked them and the menu appeared. He looked it over and got the basics of it.

"So, some starting money and basic gear." With all the strength and courage Gin could gather, he steeled himself for his next move. A new world, a new kind of adventure was awaiting him. "I know what I have to do!" Gin declared.

"It's RIGGED!" Gin screamed as NPCs through him out. All the money he gambled was gone. Gin had no money and no weapon left since he pawned it for Col.

"Stupid game, I should just log out." Before Gin could move his hand, he saw a strange sight. A girl with brown hair and pink eyes was sitting underneath a tree with a cardboard sign that read, "Lisbeth Smith Shop" with an anvil, a hammer, and other tools on her belt.

"Nice place." Gin said.

"Thanks, Welcome to Lisbeth's shop! Or if you can really call it one." She said with little enthusiasm.

"I figured most people in this profession would be in town, not the outskirts of it?" Gin asked curiously.

"Most of the blacksmiths are. Some of the Blacksmiths leveled more quickly than others so they managed to find the better spots. As for me well…"

"I see. So any customers yet?" The girl suddenly had a depressed aura around here.

"Uh, sorry, sorry I just thought that you knew that uh…" Gin quickly losing his train of thought while waving his hands around.

"So, what about you? Lose all your money?" She asked haughty. Gin had a depressed aura around him as well mumbling about the cruelty of this game and maybe finding a robotic blue cat with a pocket. All of the sudden she started laughing.

"Oh Sorry, but that look on your face!" She said while laughing and smiling. Gin smiled and sat down.

"So, any weapons you want to get rid of?"

"Hmm, you know I'll make you deal. Seeing as you're, sort of, my first customer, I'll give you my first weapon officially created by me for free."

"Alright, looking forward to it."

"Want kind of weapon you looking for?"

"Can you do a Katana?" Gin said with a downcast look. When he looked over his skills it looked like he could use a Katana in this game.

"Hmm, I believe so. Don't expect too much though." Lisbeth pulled up her menu and brought out a piece of steel on top of the anvil. "Alright give me a sec." She started to hit the steel with her hammer. A few seconds later the steel started to glowed and a Katana appeared. Lisbeth lifted it up and inspected it.

"It's pretty basic. Rumor has it these aren't very popular. Everyone is going with longswords and whatnot to fit in with this fantasy setting." Gin took a hold of it and started to swing it.

"This should do just fine." Gin saying with a sad smile with his back to Lisbeth.

"Alright! My first weapon was a success!" Lisbeth said cheerfully. "You know most blacksmiths first weapons aren't that great but I gotta say I'm surprised."

"Well, should probably go look for monsters to test this thing out. Thank you Lisbeth." Gin stood up and slightly bowed.

"Oh, no problem at all." Lisbeth said taken a little a back. "If you ever need another weapon come find me next time! The name's Lisbeth. Make sure to pay next time though."

"I'm…Toki and will do." Gin said and waved a hand goodbye."

After walking out of town for a while longer he saw two players fighting a boar. One was a tall with dark hair and the other with red hair.

"Yo, I take it the weak monsters in this game are boars and slimes?" Gin asked.

"Huh? Oh, yes they are. Usually slimes would be considered weak but those are on a higher floor. I was just telling this guy how this system works." The dark hair guy said.

"Oh wow is that a Katana!" The red hair guy asked. "I always wanted to play a samurai in these types of games! Isn't that cool Kirito?"

"I'm surprised. Not many people would choose to play like a samurai. Katanas are hard to come by, even blacksmiths don't usually tend to make them since there is little profit in them." Kirito said.

"Well, I'm definitely gonna play like a samurai!" Klein said with a smile. "Oh, right I forgot. The name's Klein and this guy over here is…"

"I'm Kirito. It's nice to meet you."

"I'm uh, Toki" I'll never get used to that! "Likewise. So, mind teaching me what you taught him?"

"Sure, it's easy" Kirito gave the basics to Gintoki who was surprisingly a fast leaner compared to that one time. The three of them even managed to clear a field of boars as the sun in that sky started to set.

"Man I'm beat!" Klein said with exhaustion while stretching.

"You're pretty good Toki." Kirito said.

NEVER Getting used to that name! "Right, you as well." Gin laid down and started to doze off however the conversation going on sparked his interest.

"I can't believe we're inside a real game. Makes me glad I was born when I was, you know."

"It's not that big a deal."

"Cut me some slack, it's my first full dive!"

Full Dive? Gin thought.

"You've never used the NerveGear before today, huh? This is your first time ever?"

"Uh-huh. As soon as I got the money together, I rushed out and bought all the hardware to play SAO. Stood in line and scored one of the ten thousand hard copies. Guess you could say I was pretty lucky. Although, you sir, were ten times as lucky getting to beta-test it."

Stood in line? Waited for days!? A beta test? Nothing like that was happening at in Edo. The Owee didn't have this full dive? A game like this with this amount of supposed attention? What's going on!?

"Dude, only a thousand people got the chance!"

A thousand people? Nothing like that happened at all!

"Anyway, you want to go do some more hunting?"

"You know it! But the thing is...I'm really hungry. I have to log out."

"I should log out as well." Gin said. "Something just doesn't seem right to me."

"Hey, I was going to go meet up with some people I know from another game. I don't know what you're up to after this, so, if, uh, you know, if you want, you can friend them and hang with us." All of the sudden Kirito looked apprehensive.

"You should do it." Gin said.

"Huh but-" Kirito tried to say.

"You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you." After deep in thought Kirito gave his answer.

"Alright Klein, I'd love to meet them." He said with a smile.

"Awesome, we're gonna be one amazing guild! You should join too Toki!"

"Huh, where'd the log out button go?" Gin asked suddenly.

"What it should be right there?" Kirito replied.

"It's not showing up on mine either." Klein said.

"What?" Kirito opened the menu and he saw that there was no log out button.

"This is wrong. This can't be just a simple bug." Gin wondered.

"I tried calling the game master but he's not picking up." Kirito said.

"Isn't there another way to log out?" Klein asked. "I Know I'll try ripping the NerveGear off."

Do I have that on me, do I not have that on me? Gin pondered nervously.

"Log out, Escape, Return!" Klein shouted.

"The only way to log out is through the menu." Kirito said. "I guess we'll have to wait until someone gets home."

"I live alone." Klein said.

"I have a sister-"

"Really, what's she like!" Klein said happily. Gin hit him on the head while Kirito kicked him between the legs.

"We got more important things to worry about right now than a possibly cute or not cute sister." Gin said. Kirito threw punch but Gin blocked it with one hand.

"Shouldn't there be an announcement by now or something?" Klein asked? All of the sudden a bright light shone around them and they were teleported into the town square.

"Someone forced a teleport" Kirito said. Voices sounded worried and something started to descend from the sky.

"Attention, players. I welcome you to my world. My name is Akihiko Kayaba.
And as of this moment, I am in control of this world."

Gin stared up at this masked figure. Am I really trapped here?

A/N: So, there's chapter one. Like I say College is still taking up my time, but now I'm a senior done in the Fall! YAY! Look forward to the next one.