A/N: I rarely do fics wherein I insert an OC, so do be nice to me please. Review if you choose to read the story, but if you don't like stories with OCs in them, then go somewhere else. I did my best here, so be nice.

Disclaimer: Reki Kawahara is the respective creator of Sword Art Online. This piece of fanfiction is purely for entertainment and not for profit.


OC Information:

Yukina Heijuoryu

Hair color: Black
Hair style: Shoulder-length, layered (at first, as her hair starts to grow in the game)
Eye color: Grayish-blue
Age: 15
Avatar name: Jyun
Favorite colors: Blue, black, and silver

Personality: Jyun is tomboyish and kind of blunt. Although she's not exactly antisocial, she acts dangerously defensive towards almost everyone because she used to be bullied by her former classmates both physically and verbally for a long time until she finally graduated from elementary. This experience greatly affected her and made her distrusting of almost all the people around her. Although, she is determined to clear SAO and get out alive, as she takes this as a chance to renew herself and change into a better person. She's not weak, as she will make it clear to what is in her mind; but she always thinks before she acts. Unlike many other girls, she has no interests in falling in love. Even though she's compassionate and careful with her actions, when angered or very irritated, she starts to act aggressive and rude that it unnerves a lot of people. This other side of hers stems from the frustration she has bottled up since her childhood.


PROLOGUE

'You cannot log out the game…'

'Each floor has a boss. Defeat the floor boss to advance to the next level…'

'You must clear all 100 floors of the game and only then will you be able to log out…'

'If your HP drops to 0, then your avatar will die, as well as your body in the real world…'

That was spoken to all the ten thousand players of the VRMMORPG game 'Sword Art Online'. The one who said those words were no more than the creator of the game himself – Akihiko Kayaba, so no one would dismiss it as a joke, a prank, or a really bad bug.

As a parting gift, Akihiko Kayaba left them each a mirror that unveiled their true appearances, and now everyone's real faces are unmasked. With that, he disappeared from the Town of Beginnings and the sky returned back to normal, although no one could say the same for the players who started to shout their protests and their complaints.

Only a few stayed calm despite the tension and the fear rising in their veins.

Some of the few calm people are a black-haired boy, a girl with long chestnut hair, a girl with short pink hair and a young girl with light brown hair. Of course, they're shocked by the situation they're stuck in, yet they didn't freak out or lose their cool.

There is also a fifteen year-old teen with shoulder-length layered black hair and grayish-blue eyes – who is one of those few that stayed composed.

Yukina Heijuoryu, or better, Jyun – her avatar name, stood in silence and processed the whole situation in her mind. Her breaths were quick and shallow, and her eyes were wider than normal, as she realized that she along with several others are trapped in a game where their lives are at stake. It wasn't funny. It really wasn't. But the fact that the man would endanger their lives just to create a 'true virtual reality game', it doesn't serve as a reason either.

"It's just another phrase that means 'I want to see the players suffer and despair in a game where they really lose their lives'. That man is a sadistic bastard, in other words!" Jyun thought, feeling more anger than she feels fear for her life. How would the game creator even expect that they clear the game, when their death is real and they can't be brought back to life?

Jyun knew how difficult it would be to clear the floors. She's one of the 1000 players who got selected in the beta test; hence she knew some of the rules of the game and how the battle system goes. Every floor boss is extremely difficult to handle, even the boss at level 1 that many consider the easiest level in many other games.

"But... We have no other choice, right?"

Those words spoke the inevitable truth. Everyone can scream and cry and shout, but they wouldn't be able to get out the game unless they do clear all the floors in Aincrad. That's the only choice that they all have, and Jyun is fully aware of that fact. As she accepted the bitter truth, she narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists. She stayed still for another moment, and finally she left the town hall where almost everyone else still stayed as they continued to yell at nothing else but the sky itself.

She didn't know where she's walking exactly, but she had to get away from the Town of Beginnings as far as she could. There's no point in staying there, even though her safety is ensured in the town. If she does stay in the inns there while the others take care of the floors themselves, then she would be a coward. And she doesn't want to be a coward. She wants to be the complete opposite of a coward.

"I won't let myself rot away. I have to fight, and maybe I could become someone that I can respect myself. Whatever the difficulties..."

She paused walking when small but deadly plant monsters materialized a couple of feet away from in front of her. As they caught sight of her, they charged in for an attack. Jyun didn't hesitate to unsheathe her sword, and it started to glow with her sword input.

"Whatever the difficulties, I'll be one of those to clear the game! I'll get it out alive! And I'll change!"

With that determination carved in her head like a burn mark, she charged for the plant monsters with her blade in the air and ready to strike.

One month passed, over 2,000 players have died, but the first floor had yet to be cleared.

To be continued...