The Unlucky Swordsman

by makoto x chelia

Yuuto wasn't the type to play games, in fact he generally avoided them, until one day, his younger sister Keiko asked him to play it with her. But what started as a fun loving brother to sister affection inside of a new VRMMORPG, has now turned into a game for both of their survivals. Together with friends, new and old, Yuuto, his sister, and the others scramble together and fight!

1. Chapter 1

Prologue, entering Hell aka Sword Art Online.

"Right…so, why do I have to do this again? Playing one of your stupid games."

A teenager complained, as he sat down on the bed. This teenager was of average build, and height for a 15 year old, which he was. His blonde hair was styled in a slightly unique way, at least that's what he would have most believe. All it was, was the same generic hair style that many teens his age had, only difference was that his hair came to just below his neck, and he had bangs framing his face, that came down to his chin level. His eyes were bright green, almost like emeralds. To the left hand side of his face, he wore a clip in his hair that looked like a cats head, a present from someone special. The clothes he wore weren't anything special, just some blue jeans, a green hoodie, and normal running shoes.

This boys name is Yuuto Ayano, and he looked…disinterested.

To the side of the bed, was an item known as a NerveGear, and even that didn't seem to interest him all that much. There was even a game nearby, something someone picked up for him, but it didn't interest him, he wasn't into games like this.

To the opposite side of the room to him, was basically a girl version of himself, though her hair was tied into twintails, and also brown unlike his own blonde hair colour. Her body though was smaller than average for a girl her own age and like the boy, she had a hair clip of a cats head, only to the right side of someone, a present from a certain someone, who was special to her. On her body, is a knee height pleaded skirt, and a jumper.

Her name is Keiko Ayano and she's the younger sister of Yuuto, only being a year younger, so she was 14 years old.

"Because, you're always saying that we don't spend enough time together, Yuuto-nii! This is a great way for us to spend time together, don't you want to have that time together already!? I know that we'll be able to have some kind of awesome fun!"

The girl explained with a trusting smile, Yuuto smiling weakly, not exactly thrilled about playing some online game.

"Yeah, but this game thing…ugh, going virtual or whatever…" The male blondes hand picked up the game, looking at it intently. "Sword…Art Online…great, so what is this crap about? It isn't one of your porn games, is it?"

"Don't mock my galge!" She erupted, showing her anger with her face while twitching her upper body. Yuuto slunk back from the angry sister, the girl taking a deep breath, then bequeathed her elder brother with a gentle smile. "I meant, no, this isn't a galge. And I don't play p-p-porn games! T-That was my friends playing them on my computer!" She exploded, Yuuto giggling. "N-Now, Onii-chan, don't be cruel…t-this is like, only just came out today! See!" She held up her own copy of the game and showed him with a cheery smile on her face. "It's Sword Art Online! It only just came out today, and I was able to get two copies! Lucky or what!?"

"Lucky?" Yuuto snorted unenthused. "You made me pay, for both of these pieces of crap! I mean, what is this Sword Art Online anyway!? If it isn't one of your porn-"

"Galge isn't porn!"

"-games, then what is it?" Yuuto continued after a beat, exhaling a breath. "Sword Art Online…let me guess, it is about swords?"

"Well done Onii-chan." Keiko mock clapped the boy, Yuuto sticking out his tongue. "Yes, it is a sword game. It looks so awesome, you can totally do many things in this game. You can form parties, you can fight bosses, sell things as merchants, and even become awesome beast tamers or something! I want to win the entire game! And the best thing is, we're going to be standing there! These NerveGear's are really awesome things! It is like teleportation or something!"

Keiko, in her hype, didn't really understand, or care, how it worked, though Yuuto quite understood how it worked, for the most part.

"Well, I think it's more like-"

"I don't need to hear the smart explanation." Keiko told him, pointing at him. "But yeah, that's it. We get to form parties, make new friends, and even interact with its supposed awesome and totally gnarly graphics! A few of my friends are going to be playing too! I even heard that Kazuto-kun is even going to be there too! He's like, a beta tester or something! I heard he was a beta tester!"

That didn't mean anything to Yuuto. He didn't care what a beta tester was (he knew what it was, he just didn't care about it in this context) but he did hear the giddiness when referring to this Kazuto person, whoever that was.

"Totally…gnarly…what a weird thing to say…and Kazuto-san huh…isn't that the boy you…"

As Yuuto was about to reveal something, Keiko's eyes opened wide, shaking her head again and again in an effort to make him stop.

"Don't you dare say anything to him! You've already ruined my chances with him already! I swear, if you mess it up again, I won't speak to you for an entire year! He already thinks I'm a freak with an Onii-chan fetish when it is only partly true!"

Yuuto stuck his tongue out, and laid on his bed, holding the game up after setting up the NerveGear, plugging it in and other things that needed to be done.

"Well, I didn't ruin anything. Not my fault that you liked this boy, but didn't go for him. I only suggested that you still slept in my bed when it rained with thunder. I didn't think he'd be like, put off or anything. And which part is true anyway?"

Yuuto gained an older brother protective grin on his face. If there was anything he knew, then it was the protection of his younger sister, and he wasn't going to allow just anyone to date her, no one was good enough in his eyes for her.

"…I'm a freak, not an Onii-chan fetish thing."

Admitting it was a hard thing to do, but that's how she felt about herself, especially with regards to this life she had now, and how she was into…quite questionable games.

"You say that with such confidence as well, freak~"

Teasing was apart of the standard when it came to these siblings. Neither took offence when they did it, and they were actually pretty close. They were so close that Yuuto was willing to do this, play games, which he didn't really bother with, because his younger sister wanted to be closer to him, which was a good thing for the pair of them.

"I'm not a freak, and you shouldn't say something like that either, you know? Or even if I am, you shouldn't bully me for it. But either way, I can't wait to get inside Onii-chan, I promise, this is going to be the best thing ever. I know you don't like games-"

"Because I have a life beyond porn games."

Keiko's eyebrows twitched.

"It isn't porn at all! Stop saying it is porn! Galge isn't porn!"

Yuuto snickered at her frustrated face, finding it adorable.

"Really? So, the last time I walked into your room unannounced…"

"Take what you said, listen to it, and then see what's wrong with that sentence already."

Yuuto felt like he was going to laugh a little bit, already knowing what it sounded like, and he didn't care.

"I know, but I don't care." Keiko pouted, Yuuto giving a wink. "Calm down Imouto-chan, you know I love you. But, that day, I saw things on that screen, that couldn't be unseen…by the way, why would you want to romance women when you like, are obsessed over Kazuto-san anyway?"

Keiko's face turned embarrassed, going from the usual white flesh, to a healthy crimson.

"B-Because I do…t-that's none of your business…"

"And don't get me started into the yaoi ones-"

"Okay!" Keiko breathed heavily, her heart going faster than it should do. "I-I get it, I'm sick, alright!?"

Yuuto's face lifted, and he shook his head.

"You're not sick. You just like romancing women, yet call me out on it when I say that you're at least bisexual or something. It is okay, if you're bi, I'll love you anyway. I mean, I've got lesbian friends, and they are cool. See, I'm a cool Onii-chan, accepting your sexuality without a worry in the world! I hope you're going to be able to find a good, and adoring girlfriend, okay!?"

"I don't want a girlfriend though!"

Keiko argued, but Yuuto merely gave a large enchanting smile on his face.

"And maybe it could make me have to pay for your porn games in the future, and I suspect that this Sword Art Online is porn, as in, sword…your thingy, my male thingy, my 'sword' and putting it near, or into someone is an 'art' and we're going 'online'! There, I've figured out your game already! Sword Art Online is a sex game! And you're taking me there because…you want me to meet up with some…virtual hookers or something?"

Keiko adopted a frown, and laid down on her bed, wanting to get on with the game already.

"You have no idea how really wrong that is. No, to all of that. Just no, and very much, no. There are no virtual hookers, and if there are, I'm not going to set you up with them. Only real ones." Keiko giggled, Yuuto gaining a small smile. "Just trust me now, we're going to be late if we don't go soon Onii-chan. We've got fighting, exploring, and world creating to do, among other things. Ooh Onii-chan, we'll be able to be virtual siblings as well as real ones! We'll take Sword Art Online, and become masters of its fate! We're going to do it, and then everyone will bow down before us as their lord and savours Onii-chan!"

Keiko's eyes turned to starry, looking everywhere at once.

Yuuto could tell right now, she was super excited to play this game, or maybe more than that, she wanted to experience it with him.

"Okay, okay, I get it. You really are different when we're together compared to when you're with other people. Let's play this game, and conquer this place, then."

"Aincrad."

She said, Yuuto's eyebrows raising curiously.

"Ain…crad?"

She nodded seriously, too seriously for Yuuto's ears.

"That's what the place is called, I read it online, and on here too."

"I see…then, let's go off to Aincrad then."

Keiko's eyes lit up with renewed determination, wanting to experience more and more by the second, her excitement reaching a very new and interest height, Yuuto looking on in mild surprise, but also happiness, that she could finally regain some happiness after everything that had happened to them.

"Come on Onii-chan, put the thing on already, and let's go to Sword Art Online, and rule Aincrad under our strong and powerful fists. The time is about 1 now, and it should be ready for us, everyone should be meeting now. It's already set up, just follow the instructions before us, and we're all ago. Are you ready Onii-chan? It is going to be so awesome, I can't wait to get there, and play this. I've been stoked for ages now!"

Yuuto was less than enthused about it all, but smiled at her energy.

"Okay, I'm ready, Keiko. Let's enjoy your galge."

"It isn't galge!"

Snapping, Keiko placed the cartridge into the NerveGear, and laid on her back while closing her eyes, entering the game once she announced "Line Start!" with a chipper smile, Yuuto wearing a bemused smile, and wondered if he had to say that too, deciding to do the same thing.

Yuuto looked at her for a few moments, then repeated the process, reclining flat in his back, his eyes closed, and once he said "Link Start baby!" his mind entered the game known as Sword Art Online.

---

Yuuto's mind went through the ringer, going through many bright lights, lines, and other things. It looked like the twilight zone, to him, though to be fair, he had never watched it, and only guessed that it did.

He came to a start up menu stopping abruptly.

He curiously put in what he needed to, the language, the name, and password for himself, and what his character on the game would look like, which he didn't really care much about, only making it look as close to himself as possible.

Once he did that, the words 'Welcome to Sword Art Online!' appeared before his eyes, and then another random burst of light, like going through a tunnel and then it stopped, and Yuuto's eyes adjusted to the new sight.

Blinking, he looked around, and then looked down at his fingerless gloved hand.

His hand opened and then closed, Yuuto's eyes grasping on people that were around the area, one by one, he saw people entering the place he was, which looked like a medieval town to him, their bodies appearing as if they were being beamed into the game.

It was a market town, he guessed. Since it was the beginning of the game, he guessed it would be something like that.

"So, this is Sword Art Online huh…" He muttered with a slight pout on his lips, as his blonde hair wafted in the wind, blowing around the locks like they owned his hair, Yuuto giving points for the real feeling of the wind on his skin. "…if anything, the graphics look pretty badass, and the realistic wind, nice touch. Though, I don't know why Keiko would want to play something like this…this isn't like her porn games, she ain't seducing anyone here…I'll make sure of it…"

Musing to himself aloud, he saw boys, and girls, all appearing around him. Some girls, he guessed would be men, and some guys would be girls. He just found it quite funny that people could customize themselves as anything they wanted, and he betted that some people did switch genders like that sometimes.

Once the crowd as been gathered, Yuuto noticed fireworks going off into the sky, cheering from the crowd rang out in Yuuto's ears, causing him to wince at the sound, muttering "Too loud." as a swirl of lights danced around his body.

As it had died down, the fireworks, and the shouting (to which Yuuto was eternally grateful for) many of the people around began talking, trading, and whatever else they did. For Yuuto, it was a strange experience, and it wasn't made any better when he had no clue where his sister was, so he slowly moved, trying to get used to the mechanics of the game.

"Hmmm, if I was Keiko, I'd be…probably following Kazuto-san around and basically stalking him, gotta help her out of that faze before she's classed as a stalker or something." He joked within his mind, his eyes scanning the area for the girl…though he didn't know what she was going to look like now, since customizing appearances is what games like this are known for. "Keiko! Where are you!? Come out now Keiko!"

He didn't care in the end, and ended up yelling as loud as he could.

People stared at him, muttering "Weirdo…" but he didn't care. He thought that they were quite weird, but he didn't comment on it, and he thought they'd show the same respect, obviously they didn't at all.

"Onii-chan! Onii-chan!"

Yuuto heard the name being called from behind him, and he turned around.

What he saw was a beautiful well endowed woman, around the same height as himself. Her long red hair looked quite beautiful and the clothes she wore barely covered anything at all, but Yuuto knew who this was, as she appeared before him, giving an eyeroll to the girl.

"You look nothing like that in real life, especially the breast area Keiko. And those clothes, you're putting armour on your body, covering that…body up, so other perverts in this weirdo game don't come onto you, is that clear? You're not wearing stuff like that, ever again, understand me?"

Using an older brother authoritative voice, he hoped she'd listen, but she didn't, and yelled in his face.

"H-Hey!" The girl cried, putting a hand across her revealing bust. "D-Don't you comment on my breasts! Or my clothes! I'll wear what I want! A-And, why the hell do you still look like you!? Couldn't you just, do a little artistic creation or something!?"

"I didn't see the point." Yuuto explained, running a hand through his hair. "I mean, no one is going to know me here, and it isn't like I'm going to be spending a lot of time here either. It just looks…well, I have to admit that the area looks very well crafted, and the design is pretty good too, I quite like it anyway. If anything, at least the world is quite beautiful. If nothing else though, that's the best things about this, world of yours."

Keiko giggled, hugging onto his arm.

"Good, good! At least we'll be able to share this together!" Keiko beamed, but then stopped, and winked. "Also, my names not Keiko here. It's Silica!"

"Silicon?"

The newly named Silica twitched her eyebrows.

"Not Silicon, Silica. That's my name, don't wear it out."

The girl introduced herself, bowing respectably towards her elder brother, the boy gaining a small smile as a hint of a tease came to him.

"Silicon?"

"Silica."

"Silicon?"

"My names Silica!"

"I'm sure it is Silicon."

"But it's Silica!"

"So, it is Silicon?"

"No! Silica! Please call me Silica!"

"I'm fairly certain it is Silicon."

"No! Silica! It is Silica!"

"I'm pretty sure it is Silica then."

"No! It's Silicon! Please call me Silicon! Not Silica, but Silicon! That's my name, please call me Silicon…" Silica gasped, putting a hand over her mouth, a dark pink on her cheeks. "Y-You did that on purpose!"

His face turned into a shit eating smile.

"I really did Silica."

Silica stuck out her bottom lip as she quivered her body even more, unexpressed emotions filling up her body.

"Booo…idiot."

"Hehe, always acting so adorable, aren't you?"

Silica pouted even more as his hand rubbed the top of her head as gently as he could.

But then, he snickered, and pointed directly at her.

"Named after silicon, deducting ten points."

"Gwaaah!" Keiko, or Silica as she was known by there, did a spit take as his face curled upwards ever so slightly, raising to a grin by each second passing by. "Y-You can't be serious! T-Ten points deduction for that!? Does that mean Onii-chan is going to spend ten less minutes here than that!? It is, isn't it!? What's your name here anyway!?"

Yuuto held up his finger, and flicked her in the forehead.

"My names Dr Penguin."

Silica gasped loudly, drawing the attention of a few people. Yuuto looked over their forms, shaking his head at them, almost giving a penetrating stare that could melt human flesh with the fiery eyes that he had. Most of the people looked away, and the ones that remained, seemed to be girls around his age, he hoped they were girls anyway, and he felt, complicated about what they were going to do to his body, taking Silica by the shoulders, moving away from them.

Once far enough away, they stood in front of a certain merchants shop, selling different things, though they continued the conversation.

"Y-You did not name yourself Dr Penguin! Why that!?"

"Because it is awesome, and I am lying." Silica, rolled her eyes and looked carefully at him, searching for an answer. "My name is just Squall."

Silica's face dropped while a sweat drop rolled down her face.

"Deducting ten points, from using a character's name, a game character at that which I totally don't understand because you don't even like playing games in the slightest so how in the heck did you end up doing something like that? But, with your naming of your character, that means, you have to stay an extra ten minutes with me here haha."

"What are you talking about? Squall is just for like, a Squall. Like a White Squall or something. I don't even know what you're talking about. And even if I did name it after a video game character, I have seen walkthroughs on the internet before, and I quite like watching people play games, I don't like playing them myself. Give me a computer program to hack or design than play computer games any day."

The newly named Squall answered, but Silica remained stern, and ready to argue right back.

"I'm still deducting ten points."

"Motion for appeal?"

Silica smirked, her head moving from side to side.

"Motion denied."

With those cold words, Squall sighed out loud, and looked around.

"Dang it."

Silica giggled, and dragged her elder brother along.

"Come along Onii-chan, we've got so much to do! We can explore, we can play, and we can have amazing fun times here! So, what are we waiting for!? We are totally gonna have so much fun in this place! I already love it!"

"Don't you mean like a gnarly experience?"

Squall sighed slowly, and was dragged along by Silica's hand, the pair going to explore the area.

---

Nearly ten minutes went by, and Squall understood…not much about the game.

To him, it just looked like a fighting game, where people buy weapons, equip them, and fight to climb levels, and other things like that.

Unlike Silica, he didn't see the appeal, but since she was enjoying herself, he allowed himself to be dragged along by the girl, who kept "Oooo!" and "Awwww!" at the different sights around the area, beginning to collect different things.

"Onii-chan, isn't this awesome? So many people."

He couldn't deny that wasn't true. The place was crowded. Hundreds of people, maybe even over a thousand, he wasn't sure, were all gathered, talking, interacting with one another, or being quite mean to each other. Squall noted this, and more going on around him, that's why he kept Silica close to him, so no pervert stared at her, and the ones that did, were fiercely glared at.

"Yeah, so many people with no lives…" He muttered, looking at Silica's excited face. "…and your clothes don't have any differences to the last time I looked. Aren't you going to update that armour or something? I'm telling ya, it is too skimpy."

"Don't call it skimpy, and I'll change when I get cool clothing. Now, please be quiet, and come with me."

"Sure, it isn't like I have a life…"

As they wondered the town, Squall couldn't help but notice that…this wasn't really right.

He didn't know why, but he had a bad feeling about something. It might've been his general dislike for playing games, but he felt like something was wrong, and he wasn't really that sure what those things where.

While they walked, Silica thought she'd give him a rundown on some of the game mechanics around, and what she thought would be the best since she was more experienced than he was when it came to things like this.

"You see, Onii-chan. If you equip heavy armour, it is totally going to render you unable to move that fast, I think. But if you equip too light of an armour, then you're not going to have much defence. I guess it would be like trying to find the right balance or something. I think that it would be good to be able to move, but have armour that totally doesn't slow you down and such. Isn't that right, Onii-chan?"

"Don't ask me, you're the expert gamer around here, I'm just who I am, and that's it. You know more-"

"Oooo!" A cute cry came when someone bumped into Squall. The boy looked down, and saw a young girl stood there. "I'm sorry…" The girl apologized, and looked at Squall, her eyes widening in recognition. "Ooh God…eeh, w-watch were…n-no, never mind…"

He looked quizzingly at her nervous state, actually finding it a little cute, though he didn't know if she was a she, due to the character customization.

"I'm not God, but what's wrong with you? Do I know you or something?" The girl didn't answer, shaking side to side, so the boy adopted a smirk. "Jesus, it is okay to speak young woman."

Seeing her struggle, and when he said 'Jesus' a black haired swordsman walked past as if responding to the name, but didn't stop to acknowledge them at all. In fact, it looked like he was in a hurry somewhere, though Squall didn't care.

For some reason, Silica hid behind Squall, as if she was embarrassed, but for the life of him, he didn't have a reason as to why she was like that. Minerva knew who it was though, she didn't know how but she knew it was.

"Something wrong?"

Asking Silica, the girl shook her head while having a nervous face, almost as if she was seeing someone that she recognized, Squall not recognizing who that was, returning her eyes to the shivering girl.

The girls bottom lip quivered as Silica leaned closer.

"Hmmm, getting nervous around Onii-chan huh…do we know you or something?"

"No, we don't know one another. Now goodbye."

With that, the unknown girl ran off before either of them could say anything.

The pair tilted their heads at the running girl, noticing her hitting someone because she ran into them. Silica and Squall shared a look, wincing, then turned their eyes back towards the running girl, until she disappeared in the sea of players.

"I wonder why she seemed to know you or something? Or, she seemed a little angry when she was the one to crash into you? Do you know why Onii-chan?"

"I dunno." He confessed, stretching his arms upwards. "I guess that she just didn't want to confront me or something. I dunno. It could be because she finds me attractive!"

"Heh, I don't think that's the reason."

At her snidely used words, Squall gained an annoyed expression on his face.

"Ooh thanks very much. At least, if that was a dude, I don't have to worry about him trying to come onto me…or worse, I do have to worry about him trying to come onto me. I am so freaking worried right now about it."

"Hehe, it's a good thing that it wasn't Rei-chan from when we were younger. Remember, when she used to stay over? She always tried to sneak into your room, and it was really weird…it's too bad that I don't speak with her anymore."

Squall turned his head towards Silica, giving her head a gentle pat.

"Silly rabbit. I already knew that~ Why did you think I always slept with my door locked when she stayed around?"

"Because you're secretly gay?"

Giving a joke, Squall's face broke out into a wide smile.

"That's why I'm after your Kazuto-san~ I'm so totally gonna win him over to my side of the fence, and then we're going to embark on a male romance that will be so totally amazing~ Say, that would be okay with you, right? You play your galge with your girlfriends, so I can have my boyfriend, right?"

"Don't you touch him!" Silica grabbed him by the shirt, pulling him closer to her face, and whispered against his ear, scarily. "I'm serious, Onii-chan. Don't you mess it up for me. I'm serious, if we meet him here, don't tell him embarrassing secrets about me."

"Like how you always start dancing when that theme song from-"

"Yes, that doesn't need to be said!" Squall's face broke out into a small smile, Silica giving a sigh. "Okay, now that you've embarrassed me enough, we might as well go and have a little fight with some kind of creature."

At the mention of fighting, it became…slightly interesting to Squall. While so far it was so-so for him, now that he got to fight, he was becoming a little more excited for the game, and actually wanted to see what kind of powers he has, like magic, or summoning a million swords to bombard the opponent or something even more cool. He was, very excited.

"Aah, sure, why not hey?"

"Awesome, let's go!"

The pair, then left the town, to go and fight, some creatures.

---

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?" Squall exclaimed, as a small boar ran around a field, Silica having a dagger outstretched before her. "I thought that this was an MPORPJ!"

Silica resisted the urge to snicker at how wrong he really got that.

"MMORPG, VRMMORPG at that, and yeah, this game doesn't have magic."

Squall looked dumbfounded that the game didn't have magic systems.

"You aren't kidding, are you?"

His face hoped that she was kidding, but the look on her face showed that she wasn't having a joke at all.

"No, it doesn't have magic systems, or classes, I guess. It's basically, swords, swords, and more swords, or in my case, daggers. It is called Sword Art Online, after all. Though you can become a beast tamer which I'm going to become later on when I find one to become, you know? So, the giveaway is in the name, and didn't you read the pamphlet I gave you?"

Squall shook his head with an impassive look on his face.

"I didn't have much time to do so. I didn't see the point. And now no magic? I came for the magic damn it! Why can't I have magic in my life!?"

Silica couldn't deny the enthusiasm that he held for magic. Unfortunately, that was going to be crushed right now, though Silica didn't take pleasure in it…she took great pleasure in it, and liked doing what she was going to do next.

"Tch, no wonder you're surprised. Yeah, this game doesn't have magic or anything, but it does have some cool skillsets, and such. It has teleportation crystals though, from what I've read during that time. We can like, do different special moves, I guess you'd call them, by doing different movements with the body, like this."

Silica twirled her dagger around in her hand, and her little dagger glowed bright yellow.

She then lunged forward, and swiped like a claw in front of her, the yellow light following after her, surprising Squall.

"See, it is like that."

"I have to admit that was pretty cool. I guess, that was a sword skill, or a sword art…heh, see?" He pointed at her with a sly smile. "See, I'm a pretty cool Onii-chan aren't I? I'm so hip with the language that it even surprises me."

"You sound like an old man trying to fit in with young people, when you're 15 years old!"

"I'm sorry that I have an old man perspective on life even though I am only like 15 years old!"

The pair looked at one another, and smiled.

Silica then cleared her throat, and looked as the small boar was coming closer to them. The red eyes weren't escapable by Squall himself, they looked like they were from a certain anime that he had watched a long time ago.

"Come on Onii-chan, let's try our best in fighting off these creatures!"

He didn't know if it was a good thing or not, but he went along with it because it was for his younger sister.

"Ooh fine, let's do this crap!"

Together, they ran forward at the charging boar. Though it wasn't his thing, Squall did his best to follow what movements Silica made. From the way she moved, it looked natural…the way he moved however was a completely different way of moving all together.

Her movements were graceful, his were less than.

Silica went first, zigzagging like a true pro. Squall could only marvel at the way she moved her body, wondering if he would be able to do something like that, though he wasn't sure if it was possible, he wasn't planning to spend a lot of time in the game.

"Try this!"

Silica made it first, and brought out her dagger. She made a complicated movement with her hand, which held the dagger, and in turn, it glowed brightly, and she made a vertical slash on the creature before her.

It squealed while some red bits came out of it, Squall guessing that being the equivalent to blood in this game, and recoiled away from her as fast as it could, Squall sighing as he ran up towards it.

"I didn't think it would make this physically active crap. And I feel hungry."

He sighed, bringing up his average sword upwards, and swung it down towards the boar. Somehow, the boar pulled away from him, missing the sword that cut down into the ground, and embedded itself into the ground, Silica laughing.

"Onii-chan, you're really sucky, you know that?"

She laughed as the boar came charging at him. She contemplated if she should jump in to save him or not, seeing how bad he was, though she expected him to be a little bad, as he wasn't into games like she was.

Looking upwards, Squall released a small sigh.

"This isn't my thing! Games aren't my things! And games like this, stupid little boar! I'm going to kill you, do you hear me ugly little creature fucking idiot! Seriously, you dodged me last time, it won't be so lucky this time, hear me ugly!?"

He complained as the boar neared.

He pulled his sword out of the ground, and jabbed forward, impaling the monster through the body, through the skull, and the sword stabbed out from its back. Because of the health being so low from Silica's attack, the monsters body erupted into blue lights, disappearing.

"Hey, you did it Onii-chan~"

"No need to patronize me, Silica."

Silica's lips rose up as she walked forward, holding onto his arm as he looked at the drops the creature gave.

"Since it is just the beginning floor, the drops probably won't be all that much and you probably gained a little experience for it, though since we're level one, we'll probably level up quickly on this place, for a little bit at least." She looked through the drop rates, using Squall's fingers to do so which he allowed without a worry. "Yeah, I thought about it like that. It seems like generic stuff, like boar meat and other things like that. But you got some Cor, which seems to be worth something huh."

"Aww, want some Silica? You didn't get anything."

Silica giggled, shaking her head.

"Nah, it is alright, I'll get my own. Onii-chan needs everything he's going to get after all."

It was almost like she was mocking him, but in a fun way. Neither took it seriously anyway, it was only a game. Though Silica was a little more serious than Squall. Either way, they both enjoyed one another's company.

"You're assuming that I will be playing this game a lot."

Silica stuck out her tongue and danced around him.

"I know that Onii-chan will be, because I am doing it also. If it is for me, Onii-chan will do it, won't you Onii-chan?"

Her face gained sparkles as pleading came to her eyes. Squall couldn't resist the look that his sister was giving him right now. It was too cute, it was a very adorable look that was on her face, and it made him feel like he was going to drop onto the floor with the cuteness that she was displaying.

"Eeh…if I feel like it, I guess."

"Yay! That's the best Onii-chan!"

As she yelled, a black haired swordsman came across them, together with someone with red hair. Squall looked upon them with confusion for a moment, but then saw that Silica had hid behind him, a small blush on her cheeks.

"Aww man, you've hunted everything!"

The red haired guy complained as he lifted his bandana upwards to show his discontent, Squall shrugging his shoulders.

"I guess so. So, we have too…erm, we're…"

"Eep!"

Silica made a little noise behind him, as the black haired swordsman inched closer.

"So, you're Kazuto-san, huh."

Squall guessed, seeing his sisters nervous disposition, the black haired swordsman's eyes opened wider than usual.

"Oh…wait, I know you." The black haired guy pointed at him. "You're Ayano-sans Onii-sama, aren't you?" He nodded as it was obvious, due to him looking the same as the real world, so the black haired swordsman looked behind Squall, the girl clutched to her elder brother. "Ayano-san, that's you, right?"

Silica poked her head out from behind Squall, smiling sheepishly.

"Y…Yes, a-and you're named…Kirito-san, yes?"

Squall was amazed that she knew his online name, yet at the same time, he also knew that she had the hugest crush on him, so it wasn't all that surprising.

The newly named Kirito nodded his head, resting a hand on his blade in an attempt to appear cool though it was lost on Squall himself, he thought that Kirito was going to attack at any second from the way he looked.

"Damn, you really know my name, don't you?"

"Well, she just said it, so duh."

Silica's sharp eyes went towards Squall, the boy having an impassive look on his face. She then turned her attention towards Kirito, her express in stark contrast to what she had with her elder brother.

"R-Right, I know…e-erm, because I do. A-And, my name is…Silica here…c-call me that…"

"Well, what else would he call you?"

Again, Squall was silenced when Silica gave him a glare.

"Hey, uh, my names Klein!"

The red haired man interjected, Squall giving him an uncomfortable look, seeing how he was eyeing up his younger sister. He put his body between Silica and the newly named Klein, pointing directly at the man.

"Naughty man, not for you. Imouto-chan isn't for you. Go and find someone else…no, Klein-san, not for you. She's too young, probably, depending on how you are, and if she was interested in you then…well, that's something…"

"Onii-chan, you're not making it better! Please be quiet! If you love me, then please be quiet." Kirito looked shocked at her 'admission', Silica's eyes opening wide. "W-Wait, I didn't mean it like that Kirito-san! I didn't mean it! I don't love Onii-chan like that!" Kirito didn't look convinced, so Squall showed a smile. "Thank you very much Squall-nii! You've ruined my life again! Thanks Onii-chan!"

At her snapping, he recoiled away from her, and kept his mouth shut, Klein doing the same thing.

Silica then looked towards Kirito again.

"K-Kirito-san, are you…y-you were a beta tester, yes?"

Surprise came to the young mans eyes, Squall not so much surprised.

"That's right, how did you…"

"Because she stalks-" Silica shot Squall a dark glare, his eyes turning to fear, and turned away from her. "-cats. She stalks cats, because she likes the puss…eeh, she likes the kitty's and their whiskers, and their cute ears, or something. I dunno anymore…"

Silica slapped herself in the head, making her sound like a raging looney.

"Right…stalking cats, huh."

Silica felt like she was going to cry, her watery eyes looking at Kirito.

"I-I don't! Onii-chan is being a baka! B-But, like you're…erm Kirito-san…w-we could…erm, since we both play this…e-eh we could maybe party together sometime…"

"Party together huh…"

Kirito scratched the back of his head, Squall rolling his eyes then looked right at the boy before him, and then at his sister, changing between them at two second intervals, until a decision came to his mind, pointing at the swordsman that wasn't Klein.

"Oi. You, are going to party with my Imouto, is that clear?"

"Eh…"

Kirito looked lost for words, Silica looked like she was going to cry her eyes out, Klein found it to be funny that he was practically ordering a beta tester to party with someone, when he guessed that Squall wasn't a beta tester.

"You heard me. My Imouto, wants to have a party with you…or whatever this dumb game calls it. And since you're classmates with this adorable girl," He thrusted Silica closer, the girl wearing a shy expression on her face. "you should want to have fun with this girl, and party together. So, you're going to party with her anytime that she wants to do it. Is that understood young man?"

Silica looked like she was going to die, she looked like all life had left her. She wasn't sure if she was going to recover now, she really didn't know. Kirito looked taken back by how forceful he was being right now.

"Y-Young man…a-aren't you like 15…" Squall opened his eyes broader, Kirito flinching at the elder brother protective vibes from him. "E-Eh…s-sure, I'll partner with Silica…whenever she wants…to partner up with me…"

Squall nodded in acceptance, Silica was torn between her appreciative and annoyed with her elder brother. Klein, was lost on what was going on right now, but followed it enough to know that Squall basically just forced two people to party together whenever the girl wanted.

"Very good Kirito-san."

Kirito smiled weakly, looking towards Klein.

"W-We, should go to another place so I can teach you how to play." Klein nodded his head. Kirito turned his unsure eyes towards Squall. "S-So…yeah. Gonna go now…"

"Goodbye!"

In some weird shift, Squall went from protective brother, to quite calm and casual again, freaking out Kirito.

"R-Right…" Kirito turned towards Silica, the girl smiling sheepishly. "S-So, another time?"

"Y-Yes, that would be good."

Silica answered, and bowed her head.

Squall looked on as Kirito and Klein walked away, leaving the pair alone.

Once they were gone, Silica glared at Squall, and hit him in the chest.

"What was that!?"

"What was what?"

He retorted, not seeing why she looked pissed off right now.

"You just threatened Kirito-san to party with me!"

"I didn't threaten him. I just made clear it would be in his best interests to party with you. I never threatened him at all."

"The atmosphere told different. For this, I'm gonna have to deduct 5 points."

Exasperation escaped Squall's lips.

"You're really doing that to me when I just got you a date with your potential boyfriend? How cruel."

"Potential boyfriend just flew away from us because he was intimidated by you!"

She roared with a luminescent blush on her cheeks, thinking about what just happened.

"That's the gig for the Onii-sama between us. I have to make sure the guy is a nice one before you pursue him. That's why when you party with him, I'll just have to be around when you do so, alright?"

She didn't like it, but she begrudgingly accepted it.

"Alright…since it is you, I will do as you say…but he isn't a bad guy, you know? Maybe a little reclusive, but that's it. He's quite nice."

"If you say so. Either way, we should continue this game before six, we'll have to log off then, alright? You've got to do your homework yet, and I have to do the same as well, damn school and its work."

"Okay! I guess that's fair, but we should always play this game! Screw ever leaving, I am so enjoying myself here!"

She, didn't know that she'd be regretting those words.

---

Sometime later, Squall and Silica had been just messing around with the game, and having a genuinely good time. Though Squall was apprehensive about it, he did find himself enjoying himself, even if Silica was far superior to him in the game. It was a bit of fun, and he could spend time with his sister, that was all good to him.

"Say, it seems that we've been levelling up quite well, haven't we?"

He muttered, trying to get used to looking through some of his inventory. His hand was slowly moving around the item box, the area where he could search a few things.

"I'd say." She agreed, and sat down on the grass, Squall doing the same thing, facing her. "It does make you feel a little tired though, doesn't it? And hungry too. I've heard, that if you eat food here, it will only satisfy your hunger here, and not in the real world."

She explained, Squall thought that was a good reasonable conclusion that she came too.

"Makes sense, I suppose. If anything makes sense here…besides, I think they should've added magic to the game."

Silica rolled her eyes, and leaned back, her back hitting the grass slowly.

"Aah, the feeling of this world is amazing. Onii-chan, you don't even know anymore. This world, is amazing. It feel so real to me. I'm more happy here than I am in the real world." She confessed, Squall smiling gently. "Nothing bad happens here, we can be together without anyone being mean to me…"

"I told you if you're bullied, I'll kick the crap out of them. I won't have anyone bully you. If they are girls, I will get one of my girls, that are friends, not girlfriends, to kick the crap out of them. I know some tough girls, you know? If they do, I will blow them away from you. That's why, I took up how to fight so no one will be able to hurt you, Keiko…eeh, I mean, Silica."

Silica lightly smiled, as her hand reached upwards, like she was going to grab something.

"I know…but, Onii-chan…this world is so awesome. I hate the real world, everyone is always lying, cheating, being mean, and always just sucks, and I have to hide myself away from everyone there, besides you. It is…so bad, but here, we can be who we want to be…"

"I guess, you'd say something like that. But this world is full of people from outside too. You'll always find people who are bullies, mean, cruel, and other things like that. But, I'm glad that you're having fun right now."

"Geez, speak so sadly, why don't you? I was just hyping this up, and you're dragging it downwards."

Hearing her voice, it made Squall feel like smiling…but that soon disappeared.

When he saw people coming, he naturally was a defensive person towards his sister. He sat up, and went over to Silica, sitting near her, and had a hand on the sword he was carrying. It made little sense that they were dangerous, but he was so used to protecting her from others, it was just a reaction that he always had when someone was going to come near them suspiciously.

Silica also sat up, looking towards her elder brother.

"Onii-chan, is something wrong?"

"No, just usual Onii-chan worrying is all. Don't worry, I'm probably too much of a worrier, huh."

"I'll say."

She agreed, hugging onto his arm.

He stuck out his tongue, as the people came over.

Squall counted three people. Each were large men with large muscles. But, since that was just an avatar, they could've been anyone. But each looked quite menacing right now, each of them looked like they were going to be having some…dangerous type fun.

"Well, what do we have here?"

One of them said, laying a hand on their weapon.

Another one slowly withdrew a dagger, so Squall stood up, dragging Silica to her feet.

"Looks like a dumb blonde guy, and a redhead with huge breasts type of girl."

"She looks scrumptious to me."

One of the males licked his lips, Squall taking Silica's hand and started dragging her away from them, knowing it could turn ugly, and even in a game, he didn't want to start an argument with anyone, it wouldn't be good if they did.

"Whoa, hold on. We wanna talk."

What looked like the leader came to block Squall's path, but Squall pushed past him.

"Sorry, we don't have time to talk with you guys."

Being dismissive, he continued walking along with his sister, Silica looking quite apprehensive right now. She, didn't do well in situations like this.

"Whoa, wait, we might want to have a little fun with you."

"Well, we don't so, get lost."

Once again, he was dismissive, so Squall took Silica away from the situation before it could get out of hand. The three men watched them leave, vowing to make them pay for what they did, hatching plans within their minds.

---

Getting back to the town, Squall slowly sighed as he strode through the town with his little sister.

"It seems like even here, people want to bully me huh…"

Dejection washed over her face, sighing deeply.

"Well, if they try anything real, I'll just have to sort them out, won't I?"

"Hehe, you're always so protective over me…"

"That's because you're my Imouto, dummy. I'm not going to leave you alone in the dark, am I? Silly rabbit."

Silica gave a small giggle as she walked together with her elder brother, enjoying the sights of the game together. While it wasn't his thing, he at least had to admit that he was enjoying himself with his sister.

"So, Onii-chan, are you having a good time?"

"Yeah, I guess that it isn't so bad, if I think about it deeply. It looks pretty alright anyway."

"I'm glad…and Onii-chan might want to come back in the future with me?"

Her voice was almost like pleading, Squall giving a kind hearted smile.

"I guess that I could come back here in the future."

"I'm glad!" She rejoiced, then she looked forward, and saw a bunch of girls. "Say Onii-chan, I'm sorry, but I'm gonna go and talk with them." Squall twitched his eyebrows, Silica smiling lightly. "It's okay, I know who they are. Friends, from school. I recognize their avatars, they've used them before. Is it okay if I go over?"

Asking with a polite smile, Squall relinquished his protectiveness this once, nodding his head.

"Alright then, and you don't want embarrassing Onii-chan around, I understand. I'll look around here for a little bit. Come and find me when you're done."

"Okay! Thanks Onii-chan! Be back soon!"

The young girl ran off in the direction of some of her friends, leaving Squall alone.

The young boy looked around the giant crowds, and saw that the time was closing in on 6 in the afternoon, nearing night, and knew that they'd have to go soon.

"Time flies, when having fun or not I guess…it isn't so bad, I suppose. It isn't something that interests me, but Keiko is having a good time…at least, she's able to have fun again…and her object of affection seems to be playing the game too…odds are, she's going to want to play this even more…"

His thoughts mused, as he walked forward, seeing a sword that he liked to look at.

The sword looked quite beautiful to his eyes anyway, even if he wasn't a sword nut.

However, as he looked at the swords, the same young girl came to his side again. The one he knew as the girl that bumped into him, online name being unknown to him. At first, he just watched her as she budged closer to him, and then rejected away from him.

His eyes followed her as she did this several times, and eventually, he just moved within her vicinity, surprising her.

"What are you doing? Why are you following me even? I mean, I don't understand at all, it just seems a bit weird to me that you're following me around like this. If you know me, then will you say it please? Because, being stalked isn't something that I want to be , you know?"

"Y-You can't just…" She paused, her eyes dwindling on his form. "Y-You really know its me, don't you?"

Squall resisted the urge to furrow his eyebrows.

"No, how am I supposed to know who you are? I've never met you before, and if I have, I don't even know who you are under that avatar. You clearly know me, however that is, and I'm not sure if I should be flattered or terrified right now."

The girl looked, almost betrayed that he didn't know her, but he didn't know who she was so he couldn't sympathize with her.

"Hpmh, if that's how you feel, then I won't ever talk to you then!"

The girl moved her hand to open up the menu, and scrolled through the menu, until she found what she was looking for…or wasn't able to find, would be more accurate.

She looked at it, her eyes widening.

"I-It's not there…"

"What?" His question remained unanswered, so he moved to behind her, the girls eyes widening with pink dancing on her cheeks. His hands placed on her shoulders, and leaned to her ear, looking at the menu. "Hmmm, isn't the logout button supposed to be there?"

"Yes…"

Squall narrowed his eyes as her cheeks turned even redder.

"Seems like a bug or something. I hope that it doesn't stay on too long, I've got things to do."

"With your Imouto, right?"

The question almost sounded strained, tired, and upset, which Squall didn't understand at all.

"Geez, don't make it sound like incest. I love my Imouto, I'm not in love with her. In fact, I'm trying to set her up with someone called Kirito-san, so she can finally gain some confidence in herself, and then not rely on him, because she is a strong confident girl."

The girl spluttered at his boldness, her quivering face going towards his, only backing off when she realized that he was quite close to her, making her quiver even more. Her nervous eyes etched onto his form, her bottom lip quivering dangerously adorably.

"S-Sorry, I didn't mean to imply anything…but, y-you and her are…erm…"

"We are what?"

The girl shook her head, pointing to herself.

"I presume you're…wait, why am I even going to entertain anything like this? I don't want to party with you."

"Geez, everyone in this game makes it sound like something romantic when you party up with someone, and that was really random to say all of a sudden to me. Just before, Silica went nuts because I told Kirito-san to party up with her, and then just now you're making it sound like we're going to be doing stuff together on a romantic level."

"W-What…d-don't say it l-like that…"

At her anxious face, Squall chuckled, and petted her head.

"You're so adorable. God, I hope you're a girl in real life, if not, I've just called a boy cute, and if that's the case…but you look like a girl, you are one, aren't you? I'm not looking at a girls avatar that beats the heart of a male or something like that?"

"Of course I'm a girl, and I've got to go now!"

As if she was pissed off, the girl took off before he could say anything about it.

Cocking his head to the side, Squall wasn't sure if he should be worried or not, that someone knew him, and he didn't know who that person was.

Shrugging his shoulders, he glanced towards Silica, to see that she was giggling with a bunch of girls, a proud smile on her face.

"Hey, Yuuto."

Squall stopped dead in his tracks at the mention of his name, the voice being one that

Slowly, he turned around to see that there was a large man behind him. He didn't have any head hair, but he did have a goatee growing. On his back, he carried a large axe like weapon, and had armour on his body. For a game that used avatars, Squall was surprised that the man used his real like body as his avatar, with only minor differences, but he could tell that it was the man he called Boss.

"W-Well, I didn't expect you here…eeh, what do I call you here Boss? You can call me…Squall here."

"Agil. And the feeling is more than mutual, Squall."

The newly named Agil introduced himself, Squall surprise kept coming to him.

"It's lovely to see you here Agil-san, I didn't think that my part-time job manager would be here like this when the last time we spoke was…ehehehe, I can explain the other day when I rung up sick…"

"Ditching work again, are you?"

Squall wore an innocent expression on his face at the judging one that was on Agil's face.

"I'm sorry, my Imouto made me wait in line for a game like this. Because she is like, you know to me, I didn't have a choice but to comply with her, and do what she needed me to do, and though I detest games, I was somewhat forced to play it, even if I don't know how to do them. She made me blow all my money on the damn NerveGear and this game, twice over. It sucks that they don't just allow two people to play one of these games. B-But, I'm so sorry…I'll do better…"

Agil's gentle face turned upwards into a complacent smile.

"No worries. I did the same thing as well."

Agil confessed as a sheepish smile appeared on Squall's face.

"Mehehehe, I guess that it was lucky that I met you here. So far, I've met a crazy girl, who I hope is a girl, Silica's love interest, a red haired guy named Klein-san, and some pervs that were leering at my Imouto. A little bit of normalcy in the sea of weirdness is a good thing, isn't it?"

Agil chuckled loudly.

"Seems like you've had it rough."

"Yeah…I feel complicated. The OCD in me won't allow me to fail, but as Silica…eeh, you know her as Keiko, would say, I'm sucky at this game that I can't even swing a damn blade in front of me and hit anything at all."

Agil laughed again, so Squall decided to join in, enjoying what was happening.

But that was then stopped when a loud bell went off around the entire area. Agil and Squall looked around for the source of the bell, but that stopped when they were both engulfed in a bright blue towering light, their bodies dematerializing on the spot.

---

When they rematerialized, Agil, and Squall ended up being flung to an area with many, many players. Even Squall couldn't count the number of players that were around. He'd wager that maybe all of the players of the game were around.

"Did we just get teleported here?" Squall remained calm as he searched for his younger sister, Agil twisting his head around in wonder. "I don't know what's going on right now, with all of this. Maybe this has to do with why that girl, hopefully, couldn't log out before, it would make sense, wouldn't it?"

"I thought only the Games Master would be able to do this?"

Agil gave his own thoughts, Squall shrugging his shoulders.

"I don't know the game, but that sounds pretty plausible to me." He gave his opinion, then sighed openly. "He or she might just be calling us here to give us an update on that bug that can't allow us to logout. A girl before tried to log out, but the button wasn't there. I don't know how that happens, it must be a bug?"

"You think?"

A small musing escaped Agil's lips, so Squall bobbed his head along, petting his own head.

"I'm sure that's what it is. Just relax."

"Yeah, I'm relaxed. I bet the OCD in you won't give up until we get out of here, huh."

"I feel complicated right now."

Squall admitted as he continued looking around for Silica, fortunately he didn't have to wait long as she came running through the crowd.

"Onii-chan!" Silica appeared behind him, and hugged onto his arm once crossing the distance. "Onii-chan, I'm glad that I…" She stopped when she saw Agil by the side of him. "G-Gooday to you Onii-chan's Boss." She muttered nervously, Agil nodding, but didn't say anything, mesmerized by what was happening. Silica then turned back to her elder brother, worried. "…Onii-chan, we need to have something…I mean, we need to get out of here Onii-chan, I'm worried…my friend t-tried to logout before, b-but she couldn't and I don't understand what's going on…"

"Shh, it's alright, don't worry. This is just a thing they do when games get a little bug."

He soothed his sister as he petted her head, Silica's eyes lowering to the ground.

Squall looked into the sky as he heard a noise, seeing that the sky was turning into several hexagon's, and a red substance began growing before the crowd. To Squall's eyes, it looked like blood, but it probably wasn't. The organic looking structure in the sky formed a shape, and that shape was a massive man with a cloak on his body.

"Who's that?"

Squall didn't know who it was, Agil folding his arms.

"I'd guess the games creator."

"Seems legit."

Squall muttered as he kept his arm around his younger sister, seeing how she was worried.

"My name is Kayaba Akihiko, and I am the sole creator, and sole ruler of this new world. I'm sure that you've all realized that a single action is missing from the menu screen…the logout button."

"Told ya so Silica."

The girl stuck out her tongue despite the intense situation, Agil smiling at the antics of the siblings.

"However, this isn't a malfunction. This is how Sword Art Online was meant to be played."

"Meant to be played…Onii-chan, what does he mean?"

Silica didn't know what was going on, but Squall was more caught on than his appearance suggested, and if he was right, then nothing was good. Even Agil was catching onto what he was saying right now, and it wasn't a good thing at all.

When Akihiko showed the others his own logout menu button, the others became shocked and confused, but Squall knew what was going on right now. He knew it, seeing the reactions of the others, and sighed openly, hoping it wasn't true.

"And, I will also inform you that once your health bar reaches zero, then it will trigger the microwave within the NerveGear and will fry your brains. And if someone tries to disconnect you from the system, then the same will happen."

At those words, most of the players acted negatively.

"T-This is a joke, right!?"

"You're lying!"

"Stop joking around!"

The crowd was in uproar, Agil's eyes, and Silica's eyes going to the blonde male that was next to both of them, looking for answers.

"Onii-chan, is he saying…"

He knew where she was going with it, so he clarified for her.

"We're trapped in the game."

He confirmed, shocking Silica, Agil nodding his head in agreement, and continued after him.

"He's also saying, that if someone tries to disconnect us, we're going to die. And if we die in this game, we'll die in real life."

Squall looked miffed off, his eyes tightening on the form in the sky.

"This bastard must be really sick, trapping people here in a stupid game. Tch, watch it be now that we have to complete this game to get out of it. So freaking cliché shit."

Silica couldn't believe what he was saying, and how controlled his voice was, while she was panicking, feeling like she was going to pass out from the overwhelming sensations that she was feeling right about now.

"Onii-chan, I'm scared…"

Squall hugged Silica into his chest, as she openly sobbed. Squall didn't show any tears, but even he was afraid right now, and he had a good reason to be. He admired that Agil could look so strong right now, and emulated his face right now, so he didn't worry Silica.

What he saw in the sky was several reports of people dying as a result of disconnecting from the NerveGear, and other reports. As soon as they saw that, more mass panic ensued, people screaming, crying, yelling for it to stop.

"Though the situation isn't completely hopeless." Akihiko stated, a sadistic grin appearing from just behind the hood. "If, you're able to move up from this floor, floor 1, to 100, then you'll be able to get out of the game. Complete all floors, and you'll be able to leave! So level up, get stronger, gain more and more power. And against the final boss, I'll be waiting for you."

The situation looked completely hopeless. The members of the game all shouted, screamed, besides a certain few. Some looked devastated, but they were able to come completely close to screaming, but not scream.

Silica looked upwards, shedding more tears.

"Onii-chan, it can't be happening, could it? I mean, how are we supposed to make it up there? I heard that the beta testers couldn't even get past floor 8 or something, so what hope do we all have huh?"

Silica's eyes looked devoid of hope, devoid of anything that meant anything. She looked like she was giving up on life right now, she looked like she was going to give up on anything, and everything. She even couldn't be sure what she was going to do right now, or in the future. All she knew was, that she wanted reassurance from her elder brother, and that's what he could give her, now.

"You once told me that beta testers only have so much time to do a game, so they might've not been able to get past floor 8 because they simply didn't have the time. It could be a long game for…weeks, months, or maybe even…years."

As grim as it was, that's what the situation was, and it might even be worse than that. Briefly, Squall imagined his own death, exploding into light within the game, or being unplugged outside, or whatever else might happen. Controlling fear, was something that he had to do, as he had a younger sister to protect, even at the cost of his own fears being pushed away for the moment.

"Y-Years…" Silica croaked, Squall unfortunately nodding his head. "W-We could be trapped here for years?"

Squall didn't like being the deliverer of bad news, but right now, the situation was that everyone needed to be truthful, if they were going to survive the game.

"I don't know, Silica. All I know is, this crazy bastard is playing some kind of messed up death game, and if I know anything about the human condition, then situations like this will turn people a little crazy, homicidal, suicidal, and so on and so forth."

Squall breathed in, trying to control his own thoughts, and feelings, Akihiko waving his hand around in the sky, gaining everyone's attention again.

"Before I forget, I left a present for you all, in your inventories."

The creator of the game said, so all of the players looked into their inventories, and saw a mirror. Curious, each of the players brought out the hand mirror, and looked into it. Squall saw himself, and the others saw the avatars.

But then, within seconds, each of them were engulfed in light, and once the light went away, everyone, nearly, had changed into different people all together. Women had become men, men had become women, older looking people turned younger, and younger people turned older, and so on and so forth. He even saw children there, that couldn't be older than 8 or 9 years old, and that…devastated him.

Squall looked at Silica, and saw that she now looked like her younger sister self, wearing a frightened expression on her face. He briefly looked towards Agil, seeing how he looked the same as he always did, which was relieving to him right now.

"Heh, seems like men were posing as women, knew it~"

In the bleak situation, Squall couldn't resist his own joking nature, he couldn't hold it back.

Silica's frightened eyes landed on Squall, her fear being prevalent on her face, but also her confusion.

"Why do we look like ourselves? And…well, I get our faces, but our bodies types and height and such."

"It's because we had to touch all over our bodies with that scan thing, it recorded what our heights were, and body types, a perfect replica."

Agil explained to the pair of them, Squall nodding in acceptance.

She looked down at her own bust, sighing at the size.

"Well, it seems like even here I have small breasts…" A small grin appeared of Squall's face, but he was stopped when she looked angry. "B-But, why is he doing this to us? What have we done to this bastard anyway?"

"I'm guessing the bastard is about to tell us, and watch your language. …And don't take after my swearing either. I'm allowed too, I'm older than you are."

Squall indicated towards Kayaba, so Silica, Agil, and himself looked up like the others.

"At this moment, you're probably wondering why I've done this. Why would I, the creator of this game, trap all of you here?"

"No shit Sherlock."

Squall muttered under his breath, but Agil caught it, and chuckled despite the situation. That soon stopped when he remembered the situation that was happening around him.

"I wanted to create a world where I was God, the sole ruler, and now I've succeeded in my goal. Good luck everyone, you're going to need it."

As he said that, Squall looked at his younger sister, how frightened she was. He then looked at the children that also were in the area, and how scared they were too. The elder brother instincts in him couldn't stay silent, they wouldn't allow him to do so.

"AKIHIKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

He screamed…

He couldn't help it.

He had to scream at the games creator for doing this.

Everyone around stared at him as he marched forward, Silica being on his hip. Agil felt worried, so he went forward as well. Pushing past the crowds, he made it to the ground where Akihiko was staring down at him.

"Alright, you've had your fun and games, but it's time to stop this shit, right now! Do you hear me?! There are kids trapped here! You need to let us go, right now! I don't give one about how you wish to be God or whatever, rule yourself you idiot! Just let the children, and my Imouto go right now or I swear to Lucifer that I will come for you! If you want to fight, come down here right now and I'll give you a fight you coward!"

Everyone…was shocked.

Most were scared that he was yelling at the creator, and what could happen to them.

Some, like Kirito actually found his actions quite admirable, and he did have points, with the children.

Agil didn't know how to feel, but he could agree with what he was saying in regards to the children, and the younger sister he had, wanting to protect her.

Silica was frightened by how Akihiko could probably kill her elder brother.

The girl from before, that now had long flowing hair that appeared to be an orange-brownish chestnut hair, and hazel eyes, looked on in astonishment, not sure if he had just gone crazy, or was just trying to genuinely get himself killed. She didn't see an alternative, as it seemed insane to shout at the maker of SAO when he could, just kill him off.

Akihiko rose his hand to his cloaked chin, and stroked it in thought.

"Intriguing, I find myself quite intrigued by you. Maybe, I should just take you offline right now?"

At the threat, Silica shook her head strongly, and went to reject, but Squall placed his soothing hands on her shoulders, stopping her from saying anything.

"Why don't you suck on my sugar milk nipples you insane freak."

Agil, Silica, and everyone around put hands to their mouths, trying to not laugh at what he said. Even Kirito was almost going to laugh out loud at the words he used. Squall felt embarrassment come to him, but he remained firm and strong.

Akihiko held amusement on his face.

"You're quite amusing, aren't you?"

The bemusement in his voice only drove Squall to feel more angry than he was before.

"And you're quite annoying, aren't you?" Squall spat out, not caring about the hateful glares he received from the less willed players, only concerned for his younger sister, and the children around. "Alright now, let the kids, and this girl along with everyone else, go right now." He placed his hands on Silica's shaking shoulders in order to comfort her. "I don't know what you're thinking about, but you need to stop this right now. It isn't even funny. Killing people, for what reason exactly? If you're God in this fucked up game, that doesn't even have magic I might add, why would you make it so people die when they die!? That defeats the logic of being God! If you don't have anyone else to rule over, if we all die, where's your Godhood then, idiot!"

"Hmmm, I quite like your spunk, boy. I find myself, surprised to see such a face in the light of my own, where I could wipe your existence with a flick of my finger. Yet, you still yell at me, and stand up for your Imouto."

"That's right, it's called love, something you clearly don't understand, since you're so willing to let…eeeh…"

"10 thousand people."

Agil whispered in his ear, Squall nodding in thanks.

"10 thousand people, are trapped here, some are kids, some are frightened…no, I bet nearly everyone, if not everyone are frightened here. So, why don't you just let them go already? And if not, let my sister go, you can kill me if you want in compensation or whatever you want to call it."

"Onii-chan!"

Silica yelled at his reckless words, most being surprised that he just willingly said he'd die for his younger sister.

"I'm not letting you spend, what possibly could be the rest of your life in this game, Silica! Even if I have to die, then I am going to make sure that you get to return to the normal world! I won't fail you again, do you understand me!? I'm not letting this bastard trap you in a stupid game that could end your life!"

Silica became shocked and teared up with gratitude and love, as Akihiko began laughing loudly.

Everyone's attention went towards him again, seeing how his form leered down at Squall.

"My, I do hope you survive to the 100th floor. There, you can fight me for your freedom."

Squall's hands left Silica's shoulders, and tightened his hands, pointing a single finger at Akihiko.

"I'll see you there then, bastard. I might be shit at this game, but I will find my way to your little top area of this damn place, and I will make you submit to me, and get you to release everyone from this game."

With that threat, he disappeared from the sky, leaving no trace behind.

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As soon as he did, everyone was left baffled, dumbfounded, in awe, and terrified by what was going on. Most looked at Squall as if he was nuts, some looked surprised and happy that he actually yelled, and for one orange haired girl, she looked, surprisingly angry.

"Jesus Christ, we've got such a problem…"

As he said that, Kirito walked past him at a quickened pace.

Squall's head tipped at the sudden appearance of Kirito, when he wasn't anywhere nearby anyway.

Tilting his head forward, he hummed in thought as the girl from before stormed over towards him, and gripped him by the shirt, lifting him up slightly so his toes only remained on the ground.

"What the hell do you think you're doing all of a sudden!?"

The girl roared at him, giving him a slightly darkened glare. Silica, and Agil shared a look between one another, trying to understand why this girl was shouting at him, even when they somewhat agreed with what he said.

"Don't touch me inappropriately please! I need an adult!"

The girl released a breath that almost sound frightened, and let go of his shirt, letting him fall to the ground on his feet as her hands went up defensively.

She took a step back, then exhaled her annoyance.

"Again, what were you doing then? You just threatened the maker of this game, you told him that you'd die for your Imouto!? How irresponsible is that?! How would you know that he'd keep his word anyway!? He's obviously nuts, and you're asking him to kill you to get out of this game for your Imouto, which he probably he wouldn't do anyway, and you would've had left your Imouto all alone in a world where death is most likely certain? How crazy are you!?"

The girl made a few good points, Squall couldn't deny that. But, he also had to get his own point across, his personality simply wouldn't allow him to back down.

"Y-Yeah, but…it's my Imouto, I was only trying to get her out of here. She's my family, my Imouto who I love very much. I was told that she was stuck in a game where she could die, and knowing that freak, we will probably not see him till the end of the game, however long that's going to take. This was the only time to say anything, and yeah, I admit, I acted rash, but most people would when someone they love were going to be locked in essential virtual prison for God knows how long. A-And, why is it that you care anyway!? Who am I to you anyway!? If I die, if I live, why would that matter to you?!"

At his question, the girl pulled back, not sure how to answer.

"W-Well…I just didn't think…s-shut up, I don't care at all. Do what you want, idiot."

"If I'm an idiot for saving my Imouto with everything I had, then I'll gladly be an idiot."

The girl shook her head, and walked away, leaving Squall to contemplate what he was going to do next, Agil and Silica behind him, having their own thoughts on what was going to happen with their lives now.

Squall collected his thoughts, and turned to Agil.

"Eeh, Agil-san…with the light of us being trapped here…c-can I…Silica, and I travel with you for a bit? I am shit at this game, and she…well, she's better than me, but I'd feel confident if we went with you. I remember you telling me once how you were good at playing games, so can I go with you with my Imouto?"

Agil held a bemused smile on his face, but then he thought of what Squall said before, and resisted the smirk coming to his lips.

"Sugar milk nipples huh…"

Squall blushed with embarrassment.

"I-I didn't mean to say that…I was trying to say something else, but when it came out, I just rolled with it."

Agil almost laughed but he held himself back for the moment.

"Do you actually have…no, I can't ask…"

"I wouldn't be able to tell ya, I've never tried and never will."

The pair chuckled awkwardly, Agil rubbing the back of his head.

"W-Well…yeah, come with me since the chances of your survival is practically zero…" Squall's eyes widened with some tears at the implication of what Agil was going to give, so the elder man corrected himself. "…n-not bad. You aren't totally going to die as soon as you step outside of the town. It isn't like you have no chance of surviving…"

"That sounds like a lie to me."

"It was." Squall felt like crying at his inadequate skills inside of the game. "Either way, I'll help you and your Imouto become better at the game. Though I've only started myself, I know how to use some skills, and I'll teach you."

"Thanks Agil-san!"

Cheering happily, Squall felt like he'd be able to breathe again.

Silica's head went towards Squall, apologetically.

"Ooh my God…Onii-chan, I'm so sorry…" Her wet eyes went towards Squall, sobbing. "I-I can't tell you how sorry I am…Onii-chan, please don't…Onii-chan, I'm scared…this can't be happening…I'm frightened…and now w-we're trapped here for life…because I wanted…t-to play this g-game...when w-we were…I just w-wanted to be…closer t-than b-before…a-and now we're…y-you ca-can't leave me Onii-chan…I-I can't h-handle it…"

"Hey, silly girl." He hugged his younger sister into his chest, putting a hand on the back of her head, stroking her hair. "Shhh, don't cry, it is alright. I know it looks bad, but…we'll have to do something. It's…we'll just have to get out of here somehow, I'm not going anywhere, no matter what Akihiko whatever his name is tries anything…we'll clear the floors…and go home together."

He soothed to her, even though he wasn't even sure what was going to happen now. He, was scared, but he couldn't show it to his sibling, or she'd panic even more. He had to keep a level head, even if he wanted to scream out loud. He was able to keep himself from panicking just thinking about keeping his younger sister safe.

"B-But you suck at this game Onii-chan."

Squall's eyebrows twitched wildly, as Silica looked down at the ground, scared.

"I might suck, but I'm just going to have to become good, won't I? Even though I'm not a flipping gamer, I'll just have to become good, won't I? I'm not allowing you to stay trapped here, I won't let anything happen to you, Silica…Keiko." Silica continued shedding tears, as Squall brushed her eyes. "It's alright, Silica…I know, it's scary, but I'm here. And remember, I always will protect you. Even if it is in this stupid fucking game, I'll just have to become better than anyone else…ugh God, I'm going to have to become a fucking gamer, something I detest…alright, we'll just have to gain levels, and equipment or whatever else we need to do. Silica, you're a great gamer, and I'm…me, so we'll be able to trash this game. Even Agil-san is going to help us survive, so that's a good thing, isn't it Silica?"

Silica hiccupped as tears continued to run out of her eyes, continuing to hug her elder brother.

"Onii-chan…do you hate me now…?"

"Silly, I couldn't hate you. Now come on…" He stopped himself, and looked Agil, giving him a small smile. "So, we'll go together, or whatever, right?"

"That's right, let's form a party."

"Are you sure about that? In this game, it seems like it is sexual, since both Silica, and that weird girl before implicated that it was, romantic to form a party."

Agil chuckled, and shook his head.

"Don't worry, it's just the youngsters in this game that think that for some reason."

Agil flicked his hand, and sent a party invitation to both Silica, and Squall.

Silica accepted it straight away, while Squall was going to accept it, but someone pushed him from behind by mistake, and he hit the rejection button, his mouth widening.

"Ooh my God! Don't do that! I didn't mean it Agil-san!"

Agil didn't know whether he had bad luck, or he really did suck at the game so much that he'd miss the button entirely.

"Alright, here we go again."

Once again, Agil sent the request to Squall, and this time, Silica literally grabbed his hand, and pushed the button, Squall feeling like he was a child right now at being guided by his younger sister for no reason.

"R-Right, so we're a party now, right?"

"Right, let's get going…I've got so much to teach you."

"Please don't say that…"

Agil just chuckled, and walked forward.

Squall's eyes looked hopeless for a moment…but then he felt a tug on his hand from Silica, and that helped him regain strength.

"Silica, we should go. Come on, the faster we get stronger, the faster we get out. It might be dangerous, and I might be rubbish at this game, but I promise that I will protect you with my life. No matter how long, I will do my best to get us out of here, and back to the real world."

Silica teared up again, and latched onto Squall's body.

"Onii-chan…at least now, we're going to be together instead of apart…"

"Yeah, you're right. We are…together now, even in this hellish game. Don't worry, we'll get out of here, I promise you."

Silica nodded, and together with Agil, they shifted through the sea of players to get started on…their hellish journey.

It really was, just the beginning.

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End chapter!

So, that's the end of the first chapter, and the introduction of both Squall (Yuuto) who doesn't even like games and isn't that good, and Silica who is pretty good at games, and they'll be the main characters. Though Kirito is going to be a major character as well, obviously since Silica is pretty much in love with him, reasons will be revealed as the story goes along.

Now for what I assume most people would be wondering about...the pairings.

For Kirito, I am probably going to pair him with Silica (who is 14 as opposed to 12 like in the original beginning of the story), as I've already come up with scenarios for them to fall in love, and so on and so forth, and I might add Lisbeth with them too, since she deserves some love. I thought about Asuna and Kirito being together, and while I do love that pairing, I thought I'd try something different from the ones I've read before, and give girls that never really got to shine with Kirito, do so now.

Originally, I was going to pair up Squall/Yuuto with Asuna, but then I thought about Leafa/Suguha and thought that she would be good too, and I can't decide which since I have good scenarios for them both, or even in a three way relationship, meaning they both end up with him, so I will leave it all to you, my readers!

So, the ideas are...

Squall x Asuna.

Squall x Leafa (obviously would start after SAO story line arc unless she's in SAO and Kirito doesn't know it somehow?)

Squall x Asuna x Leafa.

So, please give me your thoughts, and until next time!