Well, Here it is. I just finished watching the Sword Art Online anime and MAN am I hooked. I wanted to write a fanfic about it so here it is! Don't worry, my Bleach fanfic will still be continuing. This will a long fanfiction in terms of words, but it'll be a really short story. I may right some sub arcs later, but let's not worry about that right now. R&R! Enjoy!

Prologue

May 27, 2025 The Real World

A crowd shouted, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY KADEN!"

It was a boy's birthday today. Kaden Goshinara turned 14 today.

"Okay! Let's open some presents! Kaden? Do you want to say anything first?"

He was about 5'8" with a slightly muscular build and semi-long black hair. He stood up and walked to the table and stood next to his mother.

"Thanks so much to everybody who came here today. I think that's it."

"Ok then! Let's open some presents!"

10 MINUTES LATER

"Ok here's the last one!"

Kaden slowly ripped off the wrapping paper, hoping so much for the thing he desired most out of anything in the world. He shut his eyes tight and prayed to see what he wanted to see. He flashed his eyes open and they widened with joy.

"YES! THIS IS IT! THE NERVEGEAR!"

He held the box and he jumped up.

'Now I can finally play Sword Art Online!'

"WOOHOO! THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH!"

He hugged his mom as hard as he could.

AFTER THE CLEAN UP

"So I guess you're going to go play that game now right?"

"Is it ok with you?"

"Of course." She smiled. "Go have fun."

"Thanks Mom."

Kaden smiled and ran off to his room. He immediately went to his computer and installed everything properly. He put the NerveGear on his head and laid down on his bed.

Everything was plugged in right. He smiled widely one last time and said, "Link Start!"

The Full Dive System had been activated.

CHOOSE YOUR LANGUAGE Kaden selected Japanese. A screen filled his view.

WELCOME TO SWORD ART ONLINE! WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR CHARACTER TO BE RANDOMLY GENERATED?

Kaden selected no.

CREATE YOUR CHARACTER.

It gave Kaden a wide variety of hair and skin tone. He created an avatar that looked as close to him as possible.

SELECT NAME.

'Hmm. What should my avatar name be? Eh, how could this go wrong?'

He simply input, Kaden. THANK YOU AND ENJOY THE GAME.

Everything went black.

'OH NO! DID I INSTALL IT WRONG?'

He opened his eyes. He looked down and saw boots. He held out his hands and saw that they had fingerless gloves on.

'Oh my...'

He looked around and saw the shops and inns and people around him.

"This is it... This is Aincrad!"

Some people looked at him and just walked away.

Most just thought, 'Must be his first Full Dive.'

He began to walk around and take in the views. He looked into his inventory and saw that he had some Col.

'Maybe I should go and buy a sword. But what kind?'

He walked up to an NPC vendor and asked, "So what kind of swords do you have here?"

The NPC gave him a page with categories of different class swords.

"Wow! Check out all of these awesome blades! Which one should I choose?"

Just as he was thinking, he turned around and saw a character dressed in all black with wings and a huge black great sword.

'Oh that's right. ALfheim Online characters can be here too.'

As he stood in awe, the character turned to see him. Kaden snapped back to reality.

The avatar was walking towards him. Kaden quickly turned back to the weapon selection. He felt a poke on his shoulder. He turned around to see the other avatar.

"Hi. I saw you looking at me a second ago."

"Uhh... Sorry about that... I just saw your sword and..."

The avatar held up a hand.

"Don't worry about it. My name's Kirito. Nice to meet you."

Kirito held out a hand.

"Hi. I'm Kaden."

He grasped Kirito's hand.

"You're new here aren't you?"

"Yea today is my first day."

"Come with me."

"What? Why?"

"So I can help you out duh."

"Oh ok... But I don't even have a weapon yet!"

"You can use my spare."

Kirito opened up his menu and went to the items section.

He selected Black Iron Great Sword and it materialized. He handed the huge blade to Kaden, who almost buckled under the sheer weight of the sword.

"Wow... This thing sure is heavy..."

"Yea well it was originally made for the Orc race in ALO. You'll get used to it."

"Yea okay..."

They went to the field hunting grounds on Floor 1.

"Hey Kaden."

"What's up Kirito?"

The whole way there, Kaden was swinging the sword back in forth in combat motions, just to break it in. He still wasn't quite used to it by the time they got to the fields, but he could manage.

"See that boar over there?"

"Yea why?"

"I want you to engage in battle with it."

"I still haven't gotten used to this sword yet..."

"Hm. I guess that sword is a little large for a beginner like you... I got it!"

Kirito went back into his inventory.

He selected the Trade option to trade with Kaden. He selected the Anneal Blade and put it in the trade box.

"Here. Try this. Sorry for it being a hand-me-down, but I think this sword would work well with you."

"Oh thanks... Here's some-"

"No. I don't need money. Also, keep the first sword I gave you. I don't need it. When you reach a high enough level, try it out again."

"Uhh... Thanks Kirito."

"Sure. Now, go attack that boar!"

"Uhh ok."

Kaden finished strapping on the buckle of the sheath to his back and pulled out the Anneal Blade.

He charged at the boar and slashed at it. The boar turned around and thrust upwards with its tusks. Kaden jumped back in surprise and slightly lost his grip on the blade.

The boar noticed this and jumped at him again. Kaden panicked and fell down. He dropped his sword to his side. He tried to reach over for it, but the boar had already seized this rare opportunity. It jumped over him to tusk him to death.

'Wow. I'm already dead. Great...'

Kaden turned his head and closed his eyes to wait for death. Then, he felt a whoosh by his face and a distress cry from the boar. He opened his eyes and looked up to Kirito holding his sword in one hand. The boar was lying on its' side on the grass about 2 meters away.

"You need a lot of work buddy."

He held out his hand to help Kaden up. He grasped it and said, "Yea... This could take a while."

Well? Leave a review. Tell me what it needs. Tell me if you hate it I don't care. Hope you can stick with me until the very end of this story! Thanks for reading and please leave a review!