AN: Hey, there! This is my first Fanfiction and I'm very happy with how the first chapter turned out. If you haven't watched SAO, this may be a little confusing for you, but read anyways, because I'm sure you'll understand it soon enough. Please give me any feedback you have! It will be immensely appreciated. ^.^ Please enjoy the read!
Chapter One - Creating the Guild
Kevin had been waiting weeks to get the new virtual reality game, Sword Art Online. It was said to be the biggest game of all time, as well as the best. His sister, Stephie, had been chosen to be one of the one thousand people to be a beta tester for the new game. Thanks to her, Kevin was able to order a copy of the game. It was in high demand, but Stephie was able to persuade the people at Nervegear, the producers of SAO, to allow Kevin to buy one, even though they were sold out. Stephie, of course, was given a free copy for having been one of the beta testers.
Finally, after a day of waiting, the sixteen year old boy heard the knock on the door.
"Coming!" He shouted with excitement at the door. He opened it to see his sister. Her dark black hair was up in a bun like she always had it during work. "Did it come yet?"
"You bet," Stephie said. She handed Kevin the package that she had picked up from the post office. "The servers are up today, so let's begin!"
Kevin made happy, little noises as he opened the box. He took out an object that appeared to be a helmet with a black visor on the front. "Hey, Stephie, this is my first time using Nervegear. Can you explain it to me?"
"Of course. I'm always happy to help my clueless little brother," she said with a big smile. Kevin shot her an icy stare. However, his sister simply laughed at him for that. "Well, it's actually quite simple. Plug the USB into your laptop, then put on the helmet thing and say 'Link start'. It uses microwave things or something to make you see the virtual reality stuff. Sorry I'm not being scientific about it. I really don't know all that much."
Kevin put on the helmet and closed his eyes. "See you in the game, Sis."
The streets were busy in the town of Beginnings. Kevin casually walked up and down the streets, looking for a good armor shop. Everyone started out with a good amount of money, a set of boring, dull clothes, and a weapon of their own choice. Kevin felt silly walking around wearing weak armor with a giant sword strapped onto his back. He eventually gave up looking for a high quality store and entered the next one he saw. He walked over to the armor and weapon section to find an excellent array of armor, as well as a confused looking, burly man, staring at the armor selection. The man sighed.
"Something wrong?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah. I have no idea what armor to get." He said solemnly.
"I can help you with that. My sister was one of the beta testers and she sorta taught me everything she knows. I can help you find whatever armor will be perfect for your needs." Kevin spent the next half hour discussing the different types of weapons and armor to his new friend, Henry. They both purchased some cheap, lightweight armor that would be great to train in.
"Thanks so much for your help," he said as Kevin handed over the Col (currency in SAO) to the shopkeeper. Henry seemed reluctant to leave. "Hm... Originally, I was going to go to the training yards on the other side of town, but you've been so helpful. Would it be too much to ask if I can tag along with you?" He asked. Then quickly added, "Just for a little while... If that's okay?"
Kevin was amused at the thought of this muscular man tagging along with him. "You know, I am starting a guild. I'd be more than happy if you joined."
"A guild?"
"A guild is a group of players who go through dungeons, complete quests, and try to get to the 100th floor. I'm currently the only member of my guild, the Alpha Hunters Union. So what do you say? Will you join?"
"Of course I will. Thanks so much!"
"It's really no problem. Just don't muck up the reputation of our guild. You're part of a team now."
"Right! You have Henry in your ranks now. The enemy will fear us, and everyone else will revere us!" Henry exclaimed with much enthusiasm.
"Let's go over to the training yards so that I can show you how to use that sword and shield." They made their way across town to the training yards. It was completely empty except for the dummies, and a girl with short, red hair, who was attacking a dummy with quick jabs from a rapier.
"Who's she?" Henry asked quietly.
"I dunno. Let's go find out." They leisurely walked over to the girl. "Hi there! My name is Kevin, and this here is Hen-"
"That's nice," the girl said with a curt attitude not taking her eyes off the dummy.
"Those are some nice moves. Maybe you wanna join my guil-"
"No, thanks. I'm fine." She interrupted again. Not taking a break from jabbing the dummy.
"A soloer, eh? Well in this game, that is not a very good tactic." Kevin had finally gotten a full sentence in before getting interrupted. "You should really-"
"Don't talk to me about tactics! I happen to be a skilled tactician." This time she had stopped and was facing Kevin. The tip of her sword was pointing in Kevin's direction. "Tell you what. If you manage to defeat me in a duel, I'll join your guild. If I defeat you, you have to leave me alone."
"It's a deal!" Kevin was happy the fighting would get to start. It was his first battle, but he already knew the techniques from his sister. "Henry, step back." An invisible wall appeared around Kevin and the girl. "So what's your name?"
"Lisa. How about yourself?"
"Kevin. Now let's do this."
The trio was now walking towards the to to look for a place to dine. The battle took a while, and it was now afternoon.
"I still can't believe you beat me..." Lisa said with such displeasure that Kevin shot her one of his famous icy stares.
"I still can't believe you have no manners whatsoever." Kevin muttered. Henry chuckled whenever the two of them spoke. He found it downright hysterical that the two teens did not get along.
Once they reached the diner, they all sat in a booth. Kevin, of course, sat next to Henry, rather than by the "stupid and immature" Lisa.
"So if we're going to be in this guild together, I think there should be a few rules. Number one, we all carry the name of the guild, so don't break any laws. Reputation in huge here. Number two, don't recruit anyone without first coming to me, the leader. Number three, we split all the rewards of any quest to all members who participated in it evenly. And uh... Yeah, I think that's good." Kevin said. He was happy having the authority for once in his life.
"We should have a guild base." Lisa said with a drab expression on her face. Henry seemed to be joyful with the idea of a base.
"Already on it. Once we get to a higher floor, my sister, Stephie, is going to start her own inn. She said that she would make a secret basement where I can keep my highest ranking officials. As for right now, we'll all have to stay at random inns."
"Wait, what'd you mean once we get the a higher floor?" Henry asked. Lisa muttered a rude comment regarding Henry's wits.
"Well, the objective of this game is to get to floor 100. The higher the floor, the more difficult battles and quests will get. Only the better players, the wealthier players, will be higher. Therefore, they will be able to pay Stephie more money." Kevin explained.
"Oh, I get it now!"
After a long pause, Kevin finally spoke. "I think that concludes this guild meeting."
"Sounds good. I'm going to go. I have chores in real life. See you around!" Henry opened his menu. It showed up as a hologram in front of him. "What the... Hey, Kevin where is the logout button?"
Kevin leaned over to look. "Hm... It isn't there. I don't know. Maybe it's just a bug. It is just the first day. They will probably shut down the servers to fix it up in no time."
"Yeah, You're probably right." Henry said without feeling very reassured.
"In the meantime, how about you two meet my sister?"
The trio found there way to Stephie, who was at a small, cheap inn. They had discussed the rules with Stephie and she agreed to them all. She also said that she would help them get quests, but she wouldn't join them. She had no intention of fighting and needed her time to work at her future inn. She also said that she would make them all some sort of matching mark to distinguish Alpha Hunters from anyone else.
They were in the middle of a conversation when they all suddenly teleported to the town square., where the creator of SAO appeared. Their avatars had all mysteriously been changed to their real life bodies. Kevin hadn't changed much; however Lisa and Henry had. Henry turned out to be a thirteen year old that wasn't at all muscular. And Lisa's short, curly, red hair turned into long, straight, blond hair that went down to her waist. Throughout a long speech,, everyone was told that it was no mistake that no one could log out. He made it so that the only way to get back to the real world was to complete the game. Or in other words, get past all 100 floors. If they die in the game, they die in real life. And if the Nervegear helmet gets taken off, it will send fatal microwaves through the brain. Kevin took that moment to thank god that he lived alone with his sister.
Once the creator left, everyone was falling apart. People were crying and screaming. Kevin was speechless. Lisa was in tears. Henry was trying desperately to wake up Stephie, who had fainted at the terrifying news. They were all exhausted so the made their way for the inn. They all took a long rest while the news sunk in...
Well, that's it for Chapter One. I hope you liked it, and just another reminder, please review with any and all feedback, good or bad. It doesn't matter.