Well here is a little information on this story so you know what to expect.

I'll try to avoid spoilers I really will!

Yes this is Sword art online, BUT only GGO (Gun Gale Online) when Kirito is in his rather…feminine avatar. He may be a girl, maybe not (up to you guys). I don't plan on following the story a lot but you will recognize more then a few names/events. I don't plan on using the the surfixes –san etc for ease of reading for people who do not watch a lot of animes.

There may be some mature themes/shipping. And it may not be straight. (yaoi/yuri)

I will probably leave options at the end of each chapter for you, the reader to influence the story.

Also, the normal disclaimer that I don't own anything except the original characters created in the story. yada yada. Now hurry up and read the real thing.

"So will you do it?" asked Kayaba

"Well it's not like I have a choice" replied Kazuto standing up and started walking away.

"Sit down, I implore you. There is more!" asked Kayaba in a semi-pleading/semi commanding tone.

"Make it quick." "You understand that because of the politics surrounding this we need you to go full dive again, most likely for longer than a week. You already know the amusphere isn't capable of operating for so long straight so you will have to use the nerve gear helmet with the modifications we agreed to do to it. The staff will be told that you are one of the 300 who never woke up and was transferred to this hospital because your family moved. Do you understand the implications?"

"Well" Kazuto started holding his chin and appeared deep in thought. "Events happening in GGO wouldn't affect my real body because that was the individual coding of SAO. So this isn't regarding the game…. It means I cannot leave regardless of whether I logout until your request is complete at the risk of exposing the full dive nerve gear modifications I made. I cannot talk with my family or… Asuna until it's complete."

"Correct" replied Kayaba smirking. "Your avatar will be quite a rare one since your account has been transferred. Since I designed the system, I made sure the survivors would be easily recognized for who-and what they are and your achievements… are many."

"What am I getting myself into" Kazuto asked himself under his breath.

The next day at 8am at the hospital

As Kazuto was rolled into the hospital wearing the nerve gear he pretended to be in a comatose state while thinking about his goodbye to everyone.

He had asked everyone to come on sometime that night so he could break the news in the neutral town of Arun in Alfheim. It could have been heart wrenching if he told everyone-especially Asuna the truth about what was happening. Instead, once everyone was together he just said he was going to be Beta Testing a new game and that he would be back in a week or so. Klein and Agil were easy going about it and wished him luck, the newest addition Karoka the female Salamander was kind of indifferent, Asuna and Yui just trusted him (that's what hurt the most), and his sister looked at him strangely with pursed lips. Lisbeth tsk'd and told him to take good care of his gear since she wouldn't be there to maintain it. Silica was absent due to real life commitments but received a promise from the others present that she would be told.

With that done, he said his goodbyes and logged out before he started to break down into tears.

The moment he was alone in the hospital room he took a brief look around the empty room and the rather comfortable clothing he has on and thought "I hope everyone will be alright while I'm gone…" as he shed his tears silently without sobbing.

"Link start!"

The virtual world of Gun Gale online

"Welcome to Gun Gale mercenary! This tutorial will show you how to interact with the menus as well as teaching you the basics to this game" boomed a rather masculine voice in a rather odd cuboid environment.

Looking around I didn't see anything important of note but I saw I was wearing fingerless gloves made of a stiffened fabric and I imagined it would be quite good for avoiding abrasions in acrobatic manuevers. I had on boots that felt like they were steel toe but seemed as light as pure felt boots and didn't have the heavy weight strike as I tried stomping with my foot. But what's this stuff getting in the way of my vision… That's hair! I have long hair. Ok that isn't so bad but Jesus it goes down to my waist! Am I a girl? I have non-descript white with black stripe clothing; I guess the normal newbie gear.

"To look at your stats" the voice continued oblivious to his observations.

"Wait… repeat!" I commanded, hoping the system was programmed well enough to take into account people not paying attention. Observations about myself can be made later!

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… "Pay attention or pay with your life." The tutorial bot noted aggressively. "In the upper right corner of your vision you should see your health bar. If it reaches 0 I will not be surprised considering your lack of attention."

Noting I hadn't taken umbrage to the insult it continued.

" Swipe with your left hand pointing out and the game menu will appear in front of you. Here is where you can equip items, log out, invite people to squads or all sort of fun stuff. Feel free to experiment. Later. Now to inspect the stats of people you need to have them in your sight and open the menu while looking at them. This is rather important for Player Killers (PK-ers) to scout out opposition. This only works in safe zones though so do your research! Open the menu and scroll to the bottom under status to view your own stats. Speak again when you are ready to continue" the voice went from aggressive to bored.

Lifting my left hand up I brought up the menu and first went to see my stats as this was a converted account.

67 AGI

53 VIT

49 DEX

60 STR

18 LUC

75 SEN

Not sure what the stats did and surprised at how high they were (it caps at 99) I involuntarily gave an audible sound of surprise which the system took as an affirmation to continue.

"The stats in this game level up as you use them and are based off either your own abilities in the real world or if you transferred from another game, the stats you obtained in that game scaled into this game appropriately. Agility effects movement speed, fire speed, and evasion. Vitality determines the amount of hp you have. Dexterity increases accuracy as well as a few other things you will have to learn on your own. Strength allows you to carry more, equip heavier equipment and increases stamina in combat. Luck influences the drops you will get from NPC's. Last but not least is Sensibilities, which is the ability to sense danger that doesn't show up on the UI right away. Liken it to intuition if you will." The voice started muddling a bit due to the acoustics of the place and how freaking LOUD it was.

"Now! There is a pistol on a pedestal to your left courtesy of me. Pick it up and be gone!"

"Hmm, that must have spawned while he was talking" I idly note to myself while rubbing the back of my head. I picked it up and in my inventory it said MAC Mle 1950. I equipped it and it appeared in a holster attached to my hip while the scene changed into a city scene that reeked of machinery.

So... shout out to the SAO wiki regarding stats.

Here is the first major thing YOU can influence the story:

Will Kirito (Kazuto's avatar) be male or female?

Also if you have any ideas for plot events you can toss them my way too and I may end up using it.

Do you have any ideas how the Nerve gear is modified? hehe