The sky was bright blue, not a cloud in sight, the grass was gently blowing in the soft breeze as the sun glowed across the hill side. This place seemed like a complete paradise to anyone standing in it.
"Where the fuck are we?" A certain golden blonde haired teenager mumbled as he stared at the grassy fields around him. "You had to ruin the scene didn't you Glenn" a black haired teen mumbled as he sat up beside his blonde friend.
"Can it Sean, I don't know where we are, we have no weapons and Akeno didn't wake me up to bacon today, I'm allowed to ruin shit" Glenn snapped as the glasses wearing teen sighed. "Calm down, let's just find a town or something and get direction back home, you'll be back with your girls in no time" Sean sighed as Glenn glared at him.
"Fine, but I really could use a weapon right now" Glenn mumbled before a light flash in front of his face. He blinked din surprise as a little screen floated in front of him. "How did you do that?" Sean asked as he stared at the screen.
"I wish for a squad of sexy bikini girls!" Sean yelled to the sky as Glen gave him a deep panned stare. "I had to try, leave me alone!" he cried as Glenn shook his head. "Yeah, yeah, now, inventory, this is like my pocket dimension" Glenn mumbled as he clicked the option.
"Katana" he said simply as he clicked the option. A second later the screen vanished as a long four foot silver Katana blade appeared in his hands. "Okay, I got a weapon, now you" Glenn said as Sean nodded.
Flicking his hand out, Sean watched the options of a screen appear in front of him. "Inventory, buster blade?" Sean mumbled in confusion. A second later the large seven foot silver buster sword formed in his hands.
"My primus, why am i not surprised" Glenn grumbled as Sean gave him a goofy smile as he rested the large blade on his shoulder. "Well, off to town!" Sean cheered as he marched away, leaving Glenn behind as the blonde flicked his hair to the side.
"These items better not bite us in the ass" Glenn grumbled as he ran to catch up to his friend.
The duo made their way to the nearest town, stopping at the gates as they noticed the rather packed and old looking village. "Did we end up in the past?" Glenn mumbled quietly as Sean continued on ahead.
"Hay, soldier dude, you know where we are?" Sean asked as the solider seemed to stare at him. "In the town of beginnings, were each player stars their adventure in sword art online" the soldier replied before turning away from Sean.
"Okaaaaaaaayy" Sean mumbled as he walked into the village, ignoring the stars he was getting for his huge blade as Glenn ran up behind him. "What was that about?" Glenn asked as Sean shrugged. "Soldiers crazy" he replied simply as Glen nodded.
"Sword art online? Where the hell did we end up Glenn?" Sean asked as he looked towards the setting sun. "A game maybe?" Glenn offered as Sean gave him a deep panned stare. "I don't think we ended up in a..." Sean was cut off as both him and Glenn were vanished from the street.
"...Game" Sean finished as he blinked. "What the..." he questioned as he found himself in a coliseum. "You were saying" Glenn grumbled with his arms crossed as Sean glared at him. "Let's just get out of here, if this is a game, we're playing it like dark souls" Sean said as Glenn blinked.
"Grind like fuck until we beat the bosses in two hits" Glenn said as Sean smiled at him. "Yep, now lets get over that wall, this announcement thing should give us enough time to get ahead" Sean said as he and Glenn made their way through the crowds, ignoring the large robed man above them.
They didn't need to know what he was saying, it wasn't important anyway.
Or was it.
Well they wouldn't know anyway, they had already left. "You think if a developer was giving an announcement they would add walls to prevent people like us leaving" Glenn said as he hopped over the all, helping Sean up after.
"Who cares what the guy wants, I want to fight that boss when we hit...level twenty" Sean said as he looked at his skill and level bar. "Alright, wait, we don't even know the level cap for this game, this is going to be a lot of trial and error you know that" Glenn pointed out as the tow of them jumped from the building beside the coliseum and landed in the empty street.
"Oh shut up, I have a huge sword, you argument is invalid" Sean countered as Glenn sighed again. "Let's just go, we can pick up information on the way to the next own, better fins that boss soon, it'll get us to a higher level faster" Glenn explained calmly as Sean gave him a odd stare.
"You're taking this rather calmly, I thought you would freak out...again" Sean pointed out as Glenn sighed. "We have been through so much shit, I'm not surprised this happened, as long as I don't have to deal with someone like Kurumi again, I'm happy" Glenn replied before a shiver went down his back.
"You jinxed yourself didn't you" Sean said as Glenn nodded. "Even in games I can't get a break!" Glenn cried as Sean laughed at him.
"Why did I ever agree to this!" Glenn screamed in his usually girly like fashion as he dodged the large claw of the bear he and Sean were fighting. "Because you love me!" Sean laughed as he ducked under the bear wild slash, his buster blade swinging upwards as it sliced through its arm.
A red digital line was cut through it, healing a second later, but taking a chunk of its health off. "I hate you right now!" Glenn screamed as he stepped around the bear stab, his Katana running up its side as another chunk of health was ripped from the beast.
"You hush, we're getting a load of ex for killing something three times our level" Sean grinned as he leaped backwards to avoid the nasty claw of the bear. "I still amazed we haven't died yet!" Glenn yelled from behind the bear.
"Meh, if you're still alive you can fight!" Sean laughed as he used his large blade to stop the bears claw, his feet sliding backwards as he started pushing back. "How do you even have the stats to life that damn thing!" Glenn yelled as he cut into the bears back, making it roar in pain as its health dropped to below half.
"Basic Berserker starter skill, you have a rogues which is why you're so damn fast" Sean replied as he jumped, pushing his feet off the bear hand as he jumped above its head. "And this is a basic Berserker attack, MEGA SLASH!" he roared, his blade glowing slightly as he dropped the bears health to a quarter as his blade cut right down its centre.
"Damn it, I miss my magic" Glenn groaned before he lunged forward. "HYPER SLASH!" he roared, his Katana cutting through the bear leg before it was redirected to its back, another cut appeared as the blade turned and cut up its spine before a final slash went across its shoulder to hip.
"And that is a basic rouge attack" Glenn said proudly as the bear exploded into digital parts. "And that's three levels" Sean smiled as he clicked his skill tree. "Strength and health" Sean said as he finished his upgrades.
"Speed and Meh I'll go with speed, my weapons aren't heavy yet" Glenn stated as he put all his skill into speed. "Attack unlocked, hyper slash 2, double damage for final slash" Glenn read out as he grinned.
"Alright, let's head to the next cave, I'm sure we'll find the boss room soon" Sean said as he sheathed the large buster blade on his back. "Sure, hay wait, why don't I have a sheath yet you do!"Glenn yelled as Sean shrugged.
I'm awesome that's why!" Sean laughed as he ran ahead of the blonde rouge. "Ugh, that egos' going to get him killed" Glenn groaned as he followed after his friend. "So where do you think this'll take us?" Glenn asked as he looked at the large staircase in front of him.
"Up maybe, I don't know, but I want to get to the next floor soon, they NPC's say theirs 100 floors in here, We're beating all of them" Sean said as Glenn gave him a deep panned stare. "Sure sure, Let's go, I heard someone say their beats taming skill on the next floor" Glenn said as he started walking.
"You want a pet?" Sean asked as he walked beside the blonde. "Yep, there's got to be something cool I can get for myself, what are you doing when we get the advanced skills?" Glenn asked as the two turned a corner.
"I don't know, you only heard the beast stuff from a passing NPC, that reminds me, have we seen any other players yet?" Sean asked as the two walkers towards the large double door in front of them.
"I don't know, it's been a good six hours, I think" Glenn replied as he looked at the door. "I wonder what's behind door number one" he muttered as he pushed the doors open. Not a second later Sean watched his friend jump back down the large door, slamming it shut behind him with wide eyes.
"What happened?" he asked blinking in surprise t Glenn's face. "We found the boss room, come on, let's grind in the forest east of here, we'll come back in a day or two and get the boss" Glenn said cheerily as Sean grinned.
"I wonder how long it's going to take the other players, I mean we got lost twice on our way here" Sean said as Glenn shrugged. "I say about a week, it's not like this place is so hard to find it'll take them a month to find" Glenn replied as Sean chuckled.
"Yeah, if that happened then something's wrong with this game" he laughed as the tow made their way back down the staircase and out towards the bear infested forest. "And we're off to kill some bears, to kill them all right now!" Glenn sang off key as Sean laughed at him.
"What, it's not Halloween yet, when that some around I'm singing all day long" Glenn said as Sean chuckled after him.
1 Month later...
"Why the fuck did that sound like the announcer from SpongeBob?" Glenn asked as Sean gave him an odd look. "You're really wondering about this right now?" he asked as Glenn blinked. "Why not, I have nothing better to do" Glenn answered as he swung his Katana.
"We're fighting the first boss after a month of grinding, concentrate a bit!" Sean yelled as he ducked under the skeletons shield base. "Oh calm down, my speed out stats these things" Glenn replied as he leant to the side, watching as the sword flew past him before swinging his blade up and taking the skeletons arm off.
"That's not the point, we were meant to have this done two weeks ago, now the other players will have found out about it" Sean replied as his buster blade swung, killing another skeleton as he blocked another with the side of his blade.
"Meh, your worrying too much, it's not like there right on the other side of the door" Glenn said as he used his gauntlet clad hand to crush the last skeletons head. In the month both Sean and Glenn had levelled up, Glenn going back to the third town in the first level to buy armour.
The blonde was now sporting pure white greaves and gauntlets, much like his old armour from his order release. He had yet to find a mask or a white Katana blade yet, but he could wait. Sean on the other hand had only changed his clothes to completely black and didn't feel like getting armour.
He had enough health to not need it anyway.
"That's the last of them, let's get the ugly dog thing" Sean said as he rested his huge blade on his shoulder. That was another thing about their weapons, no one else had a buster blade or Katana, it's like they didn't exist in the game.
"Illfang, the Kobold lord, he's really ugly" Sean muttered as he looked at the large red demon thing that glared at them from its chair at the side of the chamber. Slowly the boss pulled out a large battle axe ad rounded shield as it leaped forward.
Glenn dashed to the side, almost vanishing form his spot as Sean brought his buster blade up.
The large battle axe struck the axe, pushing Sean backwards as he came to a stop holding his blade to defend himself. "Three health bars, double strength with his axe and triple defence with his shield" Sean spoke as Glenn started running circles around the red boss.
"Speed low due to weight, I have the advantage" Glenn finished with a smirk as he stopped behind he demon, lunging forward as his Katana lit up with white energy. "HYPER SLASH!" he roared cutting into the demon back.
It roared, spinning towards him as Glenn ducked under the swing, slicing its side open with his Katana for a second cut. Stepping to the side Glenn avoided the downward swing of the axe as his blade cut across the boss's belly.
Another slash cut through its shield arm as Glenn spun to face the large red demon again. His final cut doubled in strength as he cut through the demon chest, throwing it backwards as it skidded across the ground to a stop.
Sean didn't waste his chance as he lunged forward, his large blade already swinging as Glenn dashed up behind him. "MEGA SLASH!" the black clad berserker roared, his blade igniting with white energy as he cut into the demons neck.
"Keep staggering it!" Glenn yelled as he ran around its back, Sean pulling his blade back as he spun to slash at the boss's side. The boss stumbled backwards, grunting in effort as Sean's blade cut into it again.
Its first health bar was already gone as Glenn leaped towards its back, his Katana swinging as he cut into the back of its neck for a fatal strike. "Keep going" Sean yelled as Glen leaped to the side, avoiding the back hand as his increased speed allowed him to track the boss's hand.
As the two battled the boss into a corner, the door began to open again. Standing there was a group of at least sixty players who all froze as they watched two boys they hadn't seen at the meeting fighting the boss.
"This isn't too plan" a blue haired knight muttered as he watched the blonde in white gauntlets and greaves all but vanishing form behind the boss, dodging its axe as he cut into its arms with his sword. "Why haven't we seen these two?" he asked as everyone beside him shook their heads.
"SHIELD BREAKER!" Sean roared, his buster blade coming down on the boss's shield, and shattering it easily as his berserker skill came into effect. "I told you that would be useful!" Sean called out as he leaped backwards to avoid the axe.
"Oh shut up!" Glenn replied as his Katana came up, slicing through the boss's hand as it roared, letting the axe stay stabbed into eh floor as it stumbled backwards. "That's new" Glenn said as he watched the boss with less hand half a health bar left grab the smaller blade on its belt.
"What's it going to do with that?" he mumbled before it swung towards him, making him blink at the drastically increased speed. "Bugger, this thing is matching my speed" Glenn said as he clashed blades with the boss.
"I got you!" Sean yelled as he leaped forward, his buster blade swinging towards the boss's extended arms. Only for him to miss as the boss stepped backwards, spinning towards him as it kicked him in the chest.
Sean was thrown backwards landing in the middle of the group of players, his sword catching the coat of someone beside him. "Shit, Sean!" Glenn yelled blocking the boss's blade again as he stepped back under the boss's superior strength.
"I'm okay!" Sean yelled as he sat up, only noticing that other players were staring down at him. "Ugh...hi" Sean mumbled as he stood up, his hand wrapping around his large blade. He stopped in mid step as his eye caught the auburn haired of the girl beside him.
"Asuna?" he whispered quietly as he stared at the face of his dead lover. The girl stared back in surprise at the black haired boy saying her name. She didn't have time to speak as the boy turned away, his eyes hardening as he charged back towards the demon.
"Wha-what was that" the girl whispered as the group of players watched him leap towards the demons back. "Shouldn't we help them!" a black haired boy beside her yelled at the bluenette in front of him.
"No, the boss is almost defeated, if they beta it, then we can move on, if not we can finish the job" the man said easily as he waited for the two foolish players to die at the demons had.
"What happened to you!" Glenn yelled as he leaped to the side, his speed being matched by the boss he didn't have an advantage to circle around it anymore. "Let's just get this over with" Sean said as he swung his blade, the buster sword lighting up for another mega slash.
The slash was blocked, forcing the demon to stagger backwards as Glenn lunged forward. "HYPER SLASH!" Glenn roared, his blade speeding up as he started taking chunks of data out of the boss's side.
Bit by bit the boss's health dropped as Glenn cut into it, making it stagger further backwards as it roared in fury and pain. Glenn's final slash threw the boss off its feet, making it crash into the ground as the blonde slide back towards his berserker friend.
Sean only nodded as the both of them dashed forward, Sean leaping into the air as Glenn slide under the recovering demons lifted body. The large buster blade came down, stabbing into the red demons throat as Glenn's Katana cut its belly open from side to side.
Data exploded all around the two boys as Glenn let a small smirk cross his pale features as he turned to Sean. The black haired boy was staring at the rewards he received for taking the final hit with a small frown as Glenn cocked his head to the side.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked as Sean shook his head. "Nothing let's go" Sean spoke as he equipped his new duster coat, his buster blade being sheathed onto his back as he started moving forward.
Both boys stopped when they heard a yell form behind them.
"Oi you bastards where the hell do you think you're going!" a voice roared as the two turn, seeing a red headed man in light armour holding an axe matching up to them. "You owe all of use!" she screamed in their faces as Glenn tilted his head to the side.
Sean almost felt sorry for the guy as Glenn smiled a smile only Akeno could match. "What was that?" Glenn asked sweetly, making the man blink. "I said..." he was stopped when he felt his wrist exploding with pain.
Looking down the man screamed as he noticed his axe wielding hand was missing. "I thought you said we owed you, hmmm, I think a nice session in losing limbs will work, don't you" Glenn said as he appeared behind the orange haired man, his Katana held by his throat ready to tear into it.
"Hay, hay, can we all clam down" another voice spoke as Glenn narrowed his tainted blue eyes. Sean stayed silent as he stared openly at the figure that was Asuna, his dead lover as he let Glenn talk. "Oh are you with this piece of trash too, because if you are, you can join him in the session" Glenn remarked creepily as he drew his blade closer to the man's neck.
"No, no, there's no need for that" the bluenette panicked as Glenn laughed lightly. "Alright, but if you come near me again, demanding stuff from me, I'll rip your throat out" Glenn promised cheerily as he appeared beside Sean, his Katana still in hand as he turned around.
"Who, who are you two!" a player yelled as the tow stopped again. "No one important" Glenn said as he stared walking up the stairs. Sean was about to follow when he heard footsteps directly behind him.
Looking back, Sean saw nit was the Asuna look alike standing a few feet away from him. "How do you know my name?" she asked quickly as Sean blinked in response. "Your names Asuna?" he asked carefully as the girl narrowed her eyes.
"Yes, now who are you!" she yelled as Sean blinked again. "It couldn't be real" he mumbled as he turned around. "You didn't answer me!" she added loudly as Sean glanced over his shoulder. "As my friend said, no one important" Sean replied as he opened his menu screen.
A few second s later a ping appeared in front of Asuna's screen as she blinked. "Friend request from Ddriag" se mumbled before staring up at Sean again. "I'll see you later Asuna" he said waving behind him as he followed Glenn into the abyss beyond the boss gate.
"Hay look carrots!" Glenn's voice screamed as Sean chuckled lightly.