DE88: Hey guys I'm back with a new story...a SAO one. Man I am excited about this, and I wanted to kick this up. This story will most likely be my longest, seeing as I'm going to be making multiple Arcs for it. I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter one:The new game.
Kirito opened his eyes to see a small town courtyard, filled with players of the new game that had just been released, Sword Art Online: Next Generation. He and his friends from the original SAO game, and some from ALO, were suspicious of this new game, having the predecessor's name in it, even though it was made from the Seed. So in response, He, Klein, Asuna, and Leafa decide to go into the game to see what would happen.
Kirito sighed as he scratched his head, looking through the players for his friends, till he felt someone touch his arm.
"Kirito we're right here." Kirito turned at the sound of Asuna's voice and saw all three players, surprisingly looking like how they did in other games.
"That's good...I think somethings going to happen soon." Kirito said this seriously and the three nodded as a cloaked figure appeared in the sky, seemingly on a monitor.
"Had to jinx it didn't you." Leafa uttered this quietly as the figure began to speak.
"Welcome to the Sword Art Online: Next Generation open beta test. I must inform you that as of now we have found a bug in the system. This bug has done two things and will be fixed in at most one month. The first is that the Logout button is only available when your character dies. This is not a serious problem as we had planned this, however it also has prevented us from logging every player out at a set time. I am sorry for the inconvenience and have notified the proper people. We are trying to get the logout time to be 6 A.M., so please forgive us. Second is that currently the pain setting is at 4. This was suppose to be an optional supplement but we are attempting to resolve it. However, if you defeat a Boss of a 33rd level of the dungeon, the pain setting will go up by two. So other than that we hope you enjoy SAO: NG!" The figure announced this before leaving, and some players instantly panicked. Kirito sighed as the crowd started shouting.
"At least its not a death game...Hey watch it!" Kirito said this as someone ran into him, nearly knocking him over. The player was a guy who had messy black hair about mid neck, wearing a sleeveless black shirt with a sleeveless black vest, black pants and on his back was two curved blades about two feet in length.
"Sorry about that. I was in a hurry to get to the field." The guy said this as he stood up from where he fell, brushing himself off. Klein smiled and whistled.
"I bet you are one of the one hundred custom players. The one that have a custom skill and weapon setup." Klein said this and the guy shrugged.
"Yeah. I'm Arashi. A storm edge." Arashi said this with a yawn, looking at the four and stopped on Kirito. He looked at him for a few seconds before smiling. "Oh wow. I bumped into the Black Swordsman Kirito, and the Lighting Flash Asuna." Arashi said this with a grin, causing both said people to groan slightly. However Klein smiled and whispered to Kirito, causing Kirito to straighten up.
"You sure Klein?" Kirito asked this to his friend and Klein nodded. "Fine. Hey Arashi, want to team up with Asuna and me. With the three of us we could probably take on higher level monsters, plus I can help with your dual wielding." Kirito said this getting both girls to look at him surprised, but they both got a message and smiled. Arashi however scowled.
"What's the catch?" Arashi asked this calmly as Kirito pulled up the add to party screen and sent an invite.
"Easy. You join our guild that we are going to make called the Sword Art Forces, and you also meet up with us IRL once we can logout. Deal." Kirito said this as he looked at Arashi seriously. Arashi sighed.
"Fine, but I go on the front lines with you guys when I can." Arashi said this as he pressed the accept button on his screen, and watched Kirito and Asuna's health bars. He smirked and then zoned out for a sec. "So where we off too?" Kirito smirked.
"First floor. XP shares on so all we have to do is slay the monsters we meet on the way to the next town." Kirito said this as he started to walk off with Asuna and Arashi followed.
~Floor 7 three days later~
Arashi smiled as he spun around, slashing the boars that had surrounded him, and caused a circle of blue energy to hit all of them slashing through them. There hit points hit the zero as he sheathed his blades. He looked at Kirito to see him smiling.
"You're definitely improving Arashi. What's your level?" Kirito asked this as Asuna ran past him, stabbing yet another boar.
"Sixteen now." Arashi said this as he looked out over the cliff and crouched down seeing a group of kobolds rushing down a path. Kirito and Asuna crouched with him watching. Suddenly the Kobolds rushed at something behind a tree, and a girl jumped out. She evade the Kobolds easily but they started to surround her.
"Kirito they are surrounding her...Hey Arashi wait!" Asuna said this, but Arashi had already drawn his blades and jumped down the cliff, rushing the kobolds, slashing through two of them but took a spear to his arm. The girl immediately whipped around and ran the kobold through. Arashi and the girl exchanged a glance before they turned back to back. Arashi put his blades together, making a swallow blade. He spun his blade before cutting through another set of kobolds, and the girl move nimbly, using her blade to slay more kobolds. A kobold blindsided her, but instead of hitting her with his scimitar, he hit arashi from shoulder to hip. Arashi growled in pain as he slashed through the Kobold. He fell to one knee just before the girl took care of the last of them. Kirito and Asuna ran over to him, and the girl knelt down holding out a potion.
"Thanks...I'm Risa." The girl said this with a smile and Arashi accepted the potion, drinking it as his hit points had hit the red. Arashi sat down on the grass sighing.
"No problem. I'm, Arashi." Arashi said this before getting punched in the head by Asuna.
"Dumbass. No wonder you and Kirito get along so well. Anyways, I hope your okay. I'm Asuna, and this is Kirito." Asuna said this with a smile, Kirito chuckling. The girl stood up.
"You mean lightning flash Asuna? Really?!" Risa said this excitedly as Arashi held his head standing up. Asuna nodded, a bit embarrassed. Risa was beaming. "Could you teach me? Please I'm a serious fan. I heard about your skills in the original SAO. So please can you teach me how to fight like you!" Risa begged this leaving Asuna stunned, and Kirito and Arashi laughed. Kirito whispered to Asuna and she looked at him, and nodded.
"Alright fine I will. But there is a condition." Asuna said this as she opened the menu and sent a party request to Risa. Risa looked at her quizzically.
"It's the same as mine. You join the Sword Art Fighter's guild and then once we get out of this game, we meet." Arashi said this as he turned to head back to the town. He looked over his shoulder to see Risa pale, but nod. Arashi sighed. 'No way...can't be her...' Arashi walked back to the inn that they were staying at silently.