Summary: 7 years after the incident of Sword Art Online and 5 years after the kidnappings in Alfheim Online young, 16 year old Tokibi Himura gets the chance to BETA test a new game, Created by the prodigy son of Akihiko Kayaba, Hiroto Kayaba. Set to make the new standard in the future of gaming, he surpasses the technological advances of his father to create a better way of gaming. Will this just be a repeat of the past, or a step to a better better future? how will his relationship with his dandere sister Mei Himura, who is not really his sister, and the tsundere Angel grow? What happens when more -dere's are thrown into the harem mix? Please read and find out ;) Please leave a comment about your opinion of the story. This is not a SAO/Pokémon crossover. I am just using the VRMMORPG platform from SAO but it will have my own OC's and be completely about Pokémon. *Notes about certain Japanese terms will be at the bottom of the story in case you are not familiar with some Japanese culture or honorific terms.

Breaks in the page will be used for imaginary events

italicize will be used for thoughts or for PM. it will be clear which i use.

Bold for announcements or for shouting.

Chapter 1: Cardinal System A1

It's dark. Everything is covered in black smoke and the swirling fog muffles the distant echoes trying to permeate his ears. His brain works sluggishly, trying to process the information his ears were trying to communicate. All he can make out was pieces of a word. Someone was calling to him, a familiar soft-spoken voice. But who was it? He couldn't remember. The sound seemed to get further and further away. His mind too sluggish to comprehend, felt fear of loosing the speaker but unsure of who it was.

"To…bi"

There it was again. It was drifting further, becoming quieter echoes through the static. He tried to focus on the familiar sound, forcing his brain to pick up its processing power. The thick black fog started to dissipate. The sounds were becoming clearer.

"Toki…bi...chan"

Was it his name being called through the static? Suddenly another voice appeared. This voice brought more fear upon being heard than he had from the thought of loosing the soft, gentle voice he first heard.

"Oh for goodness sake" screamed the terrifying voice.

Immeasurable pain shocked Tokibi awake and the impenetrable darkness was flooded by bright white light.

"OW! Dammit! Is that anyway to wake someone up" Tokibi yelled as he grabbed his face and massaged it to soothed the burning sensation across his left cheek.

Tokibi blinked his eyes a couple times so his eyes would adjust to the light and he seen two girls standing in his room. The older of the two, with the celebratory smile and her arm raised incase she wanted to deal another wake up slap, was standing on top of his bed and the other younger girl was hiding at the doorway of his room with only her top torso showing from behind the door.

The older one on his bed always wore a long button up coat with shoulder pads to show a more aggressive form of apparel. She likes to be controlling and feared so she dressed like it. She had long blonde, almost gold hair tied up into two ponytails on the sides of her head to give her waist length pigtails. She has very sharp features and defined jaw line for a girl of her age that gives her a more respect demanding appearance, regardless of her short stature of 5'5". She has brilliant light blue, azure eyes. She had a perfect smile probably due to dental work. She would be considered a heart breaker and she had a lot of fans from school for her beautiful appearance and strict, dominating nature.

The red long sleeve coat was embellished with dozens of gold buttons, two on each of her shoulder pads and one on each sleeve, the others trailed all the way down her coat leading to her blue knee length wavy skirt. She also had on a darker blue calf high socks that had a yellow smiley face on the front of the socks, but instead of two black dots where the eyes were supposed to be, in its place where two x's to make it seem KO'd. She also had on dark blue traditional school shoes that were mandatory as part of her uniform. She was also a well-endowed girl and was only a year below Tokibi in his high school.

The girl hiding halfway behind the door was his sister. Actually, it wasn't really his sister. She was his cousin but her parents had a tragic death when she was just an infant. So, she grew up thinking that Tokibi was her brother. She was slightly shorter than her friend at 5'3". She was wearing her school uniform as well but she was two years younger than Tokibi so she was currently studying for her entrance exams because she wants to enter the same high school as Tokibi and her best friend.

She is dressed in her traditional school uniform of a white V-neck short-sleeved coat with a blue bow tie around her neck. The over shirt has red accents on the flaps of the button up part of the shirt. She has to wear a short blue skirt that reaches the middle of her thighs and short white socks with black traditional school shoes. She had short light brown hair tied back into one braided ponytail that extended just below her shoulder line. She had vivid green eyes and a pretty, rounded face that reinforced her younger age. She was still very pretty and was also very coveted by her male classmates and even the older male school students that are in Tokibi's high school when she goes to visit Tokibi. But due to her shy and timid nature, she is usually frightened by the hormonal attention when she enters the school, which seems to make her even more appealing to them.

"Well you sure as hell won't get up with her whispering to you from across the room." The older girl, yet still younger than Tokibi, pointed at the younger girl crouching in a corner. "All she does is crack open your door and whisper your name trying to get you to wake up. We all know you sleep like stone, so my way is the fastest way to get you up." Grinned the girl triumphantly; as if slapping someone awake was a huge achievement.

"I thought I made a rule saying that you were no longer allowed in my room, Angel." Tokibi said remembering that it wasn't the first time she welcomed him to a rude awakening.

"Oh come on. The pile driver from last time reached a 10/10 on the score boards." Angel said with a big smile.

"Mei gives anyone a 10/10 when they do anything cuz she is really shy and sweet." Exclaimed Tokibi.

Mei became really flushed at the sound of her name and decided to rush out of the door to be away from their line of sight.

"Yea she is awfully shy. You guys are brother and sister and she can still barely hold a conversation with you without becoming flustered and timid." Angel said with a sigh. "She is going to get eaten up alive in high school by those hormone-crazed boys if she doesn't toughen up."

"Isn't that why she has you, Angel?" Tokibi asked rhetorically. "I think she will be fine if you are there for her. You're all she has you know, she is not good at making new friends."

"Don't forget she has you too, Tokibi." Angel said with a sly smile.

"Yea you are right. She is my sister after all. I'll try to keep the boys off her when she finally gets in." Tokibi laughed.

A quiet whisper comes from the hallway. With out a doubt, it was Mei.

"Umm… guys… can you, I mean if you don't mind, uh, try to hurry up please? Its not that I'm rushing you or anything, cuz I would never do that… it's just, umm, we might be late for school… if you don't mind."

"Okay I'll be right down. Angel please can you leave my room?" Tokibi asked. He was returned with an angry scowl from Angel.

"Don't tell me what to do. But I'm bored here anyway." She then proceeded to use Tokibi's stomach as a trampoline and catapulted off the bed and out the door.

Tokibi was left gasping from air and clutching his stomach. "Damn, how can such a small woman be so heavy and act so assertive?" He mumbled to himself. He immediately regretted saying that.

He heard a voice from downstairs yell up in anger "What did you just say, punk?"

"Nothing!" Tokibi called back in fear for his physical wellbeing.

He got off his bed and stretched his drowsy muscles. He then walked to the mirror to examine himself. He was slightly above average height at an even 6 feet. He had pretty well build due to his after school activity of track and field. He had medium length dirty blonde hair that, if wet, would droop over his deep blue eyes. He was often fawned over by girls for his attractive and unique appearance and mysterious and laid back personality. He had a four-inch scar that ran from his back to the side of his lower ribcage. He quickly pulled on a white buttoned up long sleeve shirt to conceal his scar. He put on his dark blue pants followed by white socks and black shoes. He buttoned up his shirt up until the last two buttons that he left open to expose his defined collar bones and the dip in his throat where his neck met his chest. He then rolled up the sleeves up to the crease of his elbow so his forearms were uncovered. After getting dressed, he grabbed his bag and walked downstairs to where his sister and her friend were waiting. They sat at a traditional Japanese table, called a kotatsu, with a blue futon cover. The girls stood up as he entered the room.

"Good morning Mei and Angel. You ready?" Tokibi asked looking at the two girls who were clearly waiting on him.

"Duh. You're the slow one that we have to wait on every morning." Angel said crudely.

Mei just nodded and continued to look at the floor as to not meet Tokibi's gaze. They then set out to school. It wasn't a very far walk and Mei's school was closer than Tokibi and Angel's school so she would depart first.

"By the way. Where are you parents? I have never seen them and I have been over hundreds of times. Do they ever come home?" Angel asked.

"No. Well it's only our mother. Our father died from a work accident when I was 7. Since then, we have won a settlement from the business to pay our family installments of money from the settlements every month. Though we won a lot of money from the settlement, the installments aren't that much so our mom has to continue working. She is a business executive for Nintendo, the largest videogame company in the world, and works over in the Americas. So, she hardly can come home and when she does, it is for a brief visit. We talk to her often through electronic projection, but because we live on opposite ends of the world when she is just barely getting up we are almost going to sleep. But she gets paid well and sends us a lucrative allowance that allows us to live by ourselves." Tokibi explains.

"Wow. So that's how you guys have so many cool things." Angel responds in awe. "I think I'm going to start staying at your guys house. Since I am orphaned and the government pays for my living quarters and food, I don't even need to ask for parents permission." She laughed, but Tokibi could sense a little sadness behind her joking humor.

"Absolutely not! I don't need an abusive girl living with us. Who knows what effects that would have on Mei? She will probably become mean and dictator-ish like you!" Tokibi exclaimed.

"Well its one against one. Looks like Mei will be the decider." Angel said

"That's not even fair! You shouldn't get a vote cuz you're not part of the family."

"Umm… Toki-nisan. If you don't mind too much… maybe it would be kind of nice." Mei whispered. "I mean that's if its ok. The more the merrier after all." She said as she raised her hands in defense.

Tokibi was surprised that Mei actually spoke up to help Angel. So, he decided to agree, what's the worst that could happen… Then images of Tokibi being put into life threatening headlocks and painful arm submissions appeared in his head. His imagination grew wilder as he imagined him wearing a maid uniform scrubbing the ground, as Angel stood on top of him in full latex laughing maniacally while cracking a whip, and Mei stood, with the same apparel and same maniacal smile, holding a paddle and making a loud slap sound as she patted it against her hand in a threatening manner.

Tokibi grew pale and immediately regretted his decision. He was snapped out of his demented imagination as Mei whispered goodbye. He then realized that they reached her school and it was time for them to part ways.

Angel and Tokibi waved goodbye and wished her luck as they continued walking to their school, which was only another 5 minutes walking down the road.

The rest of the walk consisted of Angel teasing and threatening Tokibi on their new living situation. It couldn't be helped, if Mei cared enough to speak up then it must be something she really wanted. She was always so quiet and never took sides in an argument. She barely ever talked and that is why she doesn't have friends, except for Angel. With a sigh, Tokibi accepted the idea of living with Angel.

They finally reached the school and Tokibi heard someone shout his name loudly and the sound of heavy sprinting footsteps quickly approaching. The figure was so fast it was appearing as a blur along the crowds of students. Tokibi could make out a black haired figure just slightly shorter than himself rushing towards him. Tokibi's stomach started to sink.

"Toooooooo-kiiiiiiiiii-" and with a giant lunge in the air, the speedy figure crashed into Tokibi "biiiii!"

"God dammit Masashi" Tokibi grumbled as he struggled to get up and dust himself off. That was just like Masashi to be the exact opposite of his name, which means elegant.

"Sorry I can't help myself. I get so jealous when I see you with Angel-sama. You should talk to her about me and get her to date me" Masashi whispers as he gets up with Tokibi.

"Forget it. Do it yourself." Tokibi then walked off through the crowd that was now staring at the loud commotion, leaving Masashi to catch up.

Tokibi and Masashi took their seats in class and talked as they waited for class to start. Masashi being his loud and usual clumsy self was making a scene.

"So did you hear about the new news of Virtual Reality MMORPG's?" Masashi asked getting off his seat and hovering over Tokibi with excitement. "I hear that Nintendo has made a partnership with Hiroto Kayaba, Akihiko Kayaba's son. They are working on a new game unheard of before, but no one knows what it is."

"Do you think it is a good idea to partner with the son of the creator of Sword Art Online? After all, he did trap people in the game for two years and ended up killing thousands of people. He was a genius and everything but he was still mad." Tokibi asked a little wary of the news and worried because it's a partnership with the company his mom works for.

"Yeah true. But without him and Kirigaya Kazuto, also known as Kirito, for releasing the World Seed, we wouldn't have the kind of gaming opportunities we have today. And Hiroto publically apologized for the actions of his father and wants to regain the name of the Kayaba family so he made wealthy donations to charities and assures that the new game will be a step in the future for mankind. " The whole room was staring as Masashi became more and more rambunctious.

Masashi finally notices the stares from everyone and quietly whispers to Tokibi, "Boy you sure are lucky. All the girls are always staring at you with you're American looks." Masashi said jealously.

"Its not my fault! You always create such a commotion that they just stare at us period. It's hard enough trying not to stick out like a sore thumb cuz of my looks but when I have a melodramatic friend like you, everyone is bound to notice." Tokibi said angrily.

The rest of the day passed uneventful besides the occasional letter from a girl in his class or the murmured giggling as he passed a group of girls in the hallway. After tack and field practice, Tokibi started to depart for home when he met up with Angel, who just finished her meeting with the student council board. She was student body president, which with her drop-dead good looks, lusty body, and demanding and overbearing personality, added more to her respect-demanding demeanor.

"Hello Tokibi how was school?" Angel asked as she strode up to Tokibi.

"Oh, Angel-kun! Hello. My day-" Tokibi was cut off by a kick to the face that left him sprawling on the ground. He stood up quickly and yelled at Angel angrily, "What the hell was that for? How can you be nice one second and evil the next? Do you do it just to mess with my head?"

"I already told you this. You will refer to me as Angel-sama during school hours." She said nonchalantly.

"What? Why the hell would I do that? I'm older than you and a grade above. Therefore you should address me as Tokibi-sama or Tokibi-senpai" Tokibi's face got red as he imagined Angel dressed up in a skimpy maid outfit holding a feather duster and in a seductive and provocative voice saying "Welcome home Tokibi-senpai! I made you dinner and prepared you're after meal tea. Is there anything else you want me to do senpai?"

Tokibi was snapped out of his daydream by another kick to the stomach.

"No. You will address me as the honorific 'sama' while we are in school. And if you were just daydreaming about me, you can expect another kick…" she threatened.

"No, no, no. I wasn't. Just whatever lets go. We are going to be late to pick up Mei-san and we both know how timid she gets that she is by herself." Tokibi picked himself up and they walked back to the house.

They ate their dinner, which Mei gracefully prepared for three. It was delicious Jingisukan, which is sliced lamb and vegetables barbecued. They were also served a side of white rice.

They sat on the floor as the food was served on the kotatsu.

"Itadakimasu" They said in unison, and they began to enjoy the food.

After dinner, Tokibi went to his room to study while Mei and Angel stayed in the living room. After Tokibi finished homework, he decided to play on his Play Station 8. He had beaten all the game titles he had but he like the Final Fantasy on this particular console and always replayed it. In fact, Tokibi's entire room was littered with dozens of game consoles, hundred of games, and posters and wallpapers covered his wall of all his favorite anime's and games. He even owned the super retro Gameboy games that where ridiculously hard to come by, but since his mother worked for Nintendo he could easily acquire them, as long as he promised not to sell them on the market.

An alarm went off a couple hours later than signaled it was time to call their mother who should just be getting up. Tokibi and Mei moved to the family room where a rather large TV was hung on the wall. Above the wall was a projector but instead of the projector facing a wall or screen, it was angled straight down to the center of the family room. They spoke aloud for it to call their mother. After a couple of rings the TV turned on to show a beautiful woman with brown, waist long, curly hair like Mei and deep ocean blue eyes like Tokibi, in a business attire. She smiled brightly to show two rows of beautifully white teeth, when she saw her children. Behind her showed a spacious apartment overlooking the ocean and in the background could be seen a giant lime green statue of the Statue of Liberty.

"Hello mother, how are you?" Tokibi asked. "Do you want to come in? Or are you running late?" Angel looked confused at the question Tokibi just asked.

"No. I'm actually running ahead of schedule so I have a couple minutes to spare. I'll start up the electronic projector and you guys get ready to accept the signal." She said. Tokibi grabbed the touchscreen pad that was on one of the sofas and inputted some commands. Then from the projector came a brilliant green laser light that seemed to etch an outline of a human form that was then filled in by a red laser. Within 15 seconds, Tokibi mother stood in the center of the room.

"Wow that's amazing!" exclaimed Angel.

"Yea this type of technology is not readily available just yet. But mom persuaded the head of Nintendo corp. to allow her and her children have one." Tokibi said as he gave a warm embrace to his mother. Mei then followed.

"So she is actually here?" Angel asked in confusion. "Wouldn't that be like teleportation?"

"No, not quite. It's just electrical pulses that pull particles from the surroundings to give form to a new shape that is controlled by a movement monitor on the other side. It is closer along the idea of Astral Projections. Where psychics have the ability to throw their mind somewhere their body isn't and they would be able to take a ghost like form. But this uses electrical currents instead."

"Oh…" Angel said bewildered.

"Oh mom. This is Angel; she is the friend of Mei that we have told you all about. Is it ok if she lives here with us?"

"Why of course. It's nice to meet you Angel. My name is Akemi Himura. I'm really glad to meet one of Mei's friends." Akemi gave Angel a brilliant smile that would have put Angel's to shame.

Angel was really surprised at the woman who stood before her with such elegance and reverence. Angle kind of idolized Tokibi's mother. She was a beautiful and powerful woman working for one of the largest corporations of the world. Her name befitted her very well.

"Nice to meet you too, Himura-ue." Angel returned her bright smile and bowed her head.

Tokibi was left in shock from the level of respect Angel was giving his mother. Never before has he seen Angel respect someone so highly.

Akemi giggled slightly "Please, just call me Akemi. Or mom if you like" and gave a small wink to Angel.

Tokibi could see joy overwhelm Angel and a huge smile appeared on her face, a true, sincere smile that Angel hardly ever wore. Tears swelled in Angels' eyes as she accepted the moms open arms in an embrace.

"Oh great, I guess she really is going to be part of the family." Tokibi said sarcastically, though actually he was quite happy, remembering that Mei had told their mother that Angel was her only friend and she was an orphan that was cared for by the government. A strong kick to Tokibi's stomach was Angels' response to his sarcasm, which sent him flying to the couch. Akemi started laughing and even Mei joined in the giggles.

After sometime of talking, laughing, and the occasional comment from Mei, Tokibi became serious.

"Mother. I have a question to ask you. From what I hear, Nintendo has partnered up with Hiroto Kayaba, the son of Akihiko Kayaba creator of SAO, to begin development on a new form of gaming. Is this true? Can you really trust him?"

Akemi noticed the gravity of the question held to Tokibi. So, she also became serious and answered the question honestly. She never lied to her children; except for the lie that Mei wasn't really related to Tokibi, but more of a distant cousin. "It is true that we have grouped together in a joint venture to produce a new game. But it is still within the realms of virtual gaming, not a new form of gaming. Though what is new is the Cardinal System. It's called Cardinal System A1. It has fewer limitations, faster processing power and a more full-dive experience for gamers. The old system wasn't working well with the newer advances in technology so for a while it seemed that VRMMORPG were going to be outdated. But with the new system, it can conform to the new updates and better systems. The A1 actually stands for Artificial Intelligence, or AI, but that kind of wording seems to frighten buyers. Though the game will be able to create things, animals and NPC's that think for themselves, that is as far as it's limitations extends. In other words, developers no longer need to program long boring text into the game to make the NPC's or have set quests'. Instead, the NPC's will react as normal characters and build communication techniques the more actual characters talk to it. They also have the ability to create quest that arise out of unforeseen events in the game. For example if there is a PK guild that needs to be killed, or something was robbed, the NPC can create a quest for adventures to help the NPC recover what was lost and will reward the player respectively to the difficulty of the task. In layman terms, it is a game that can play itself."

Tokibi being a gamer himself was really surprised by the innovativeness of Hiroto. He didn't think anything like that would actually be possible, a game that could play itself and adapt to the players in the game.

"When will this be released?" Asked Tokibi, he has been wary to try any form of VRMMORPG ever since the incident with SAO almost 7 years ago and then again with Alfheim Online nearly 5 years ago. But this game seemed just too cool to pass up.

"Well I know you aren't much of a fan of VRMMORPG, but Nintendo has taken an interest into it. According to Hiroto, it is already ready for Demo testing. There will be a total of 5,000 copies given to high-ranking Nintendo VIP's and contest winners throughout Japan. I have two already reserved incase you wanted to try it. But seeing as I have a new daughter," She flashed a smile to Angel who smiled back, "I bet I can get one more copy sent to you guys"

Tokibi was elated. He was honored to be part of a BETA-testing. All the fear of SAO left his mind. Both Angel and Mei nodded their heads in agreement to try out the new game.

"Okay then. I'll get one more copy and have it sent over right away with the first title playable on Cardinal System A1. But I have to get to work now. So I'll see you all tomorrow, and have a good night" she waved goodbye, the body of Akemi suddenly dispersed into a flood of red and green light, and the center of the family room was empty once again.

"So Angel-kun. You have to call me '-nīsan' now!" Tokibi said with a devilish smile on his face, but he quickly guarded himself from an attack from Angel.

"Like hell I will. You shall still call me '–sama', because I still demand more respect than you! And you better not be thinking of anything perverted!" Angel yelled as Tokibi bounced around the room evading attacks from Angel while he had a goofy smile on his face.

"… I can call you –nichan if you want… Tokibi-nichan" Mei whispered quietly. Both Angel and Tokibi stopped jumping around.

"What?" Tokibi said a little confused. "You know –chan is an endearing honorifics used as an affectionate term or for lovers, right?" Tokibi said while Angel was holding back laughter.

"I-I-I know that! I said –nisan. That's all" Mei said as her face for bright red and she got flustered and ran out of the room. Angel chased after her laughing. Tokibi just shook his head and headed to his room.

Tokibi then lied down on his bed and tried to get some rest. He was too anxious for his virtual reality game to come out that it was hard to focus on much. From the bathroom, he can hear Angel singing, as she was preparing her bath. Tokibi started imagining Angel taking the bath.

Covered with just a towel Angel opened the door to Tokibi's room. "Senpai-sama. I need your help. There is this spot on my back that I cant wash without help. Would you mind?" as Angel turned around and loosened her towel so that it exposed her back and was just barely hanging on to the small of her back just above her hips. Tokibi's face became real hot and his palms were sweaty.

"Sure, i don't mind." Tokibi gave a sly laugh. He followed the seducing Angel to the bathroom. She finally looked like an Angel and acted like one.

Angel looked over her shoulder to watch Tokibi as he entered the room. She gently moved her hair out of her face and started lowering her towel even more.

Tokibi let out a loud cry as he realized what he was imagining. He silently scolded himself for letting his imagination get the better of him. Just then Mei popped her head into the room.

"Toki-nīsan! Are you okay? I heard a yell?" Mei asked as she started entering his room. "-onisan! You're bleeding from your nose! Did you get hit?"

Tokibi, startled by Mei's appearance tried to clean up his nose when he realized there was still a disturbance in his pants from what he was imagining. "No! Mei, please go away, I'm fine." He said as he held up his hands in defense so she wouldn't get any closer. Suddenly Angel burst into the room.

"I heard Tokibi is bleeding! I wanna see!" she exclaimed.

Both Tokibi and Mei turned to see Angel in the doorway holding just a towel that hung from her large bosoms down to her mid-thigh area. Tokibi's face became even hotter than before and he let out another cry as he fell back into his bed knocked out.

The next few days past in slow motion for Tokibi, as he impatiently awaited the arrival of his new game. Having a new member around the house wasn't too bad. Tokibi could tell that Mei was a little happier and wasn't too shy around the house. Outside was a different story. Though she didn't hide or shy away anymore, Angel taught her how to just walk around not paying attention to anyone. Though that helped to stop people from approaching her, it kind of turned her into an outcast but Mei didn't mind. She still had the occasional boy come up to her and try to talk but she wouldn't reply. So instead, she was talked about in groups of boys of how pretty and desired she was and by the girls, they hated her.

The main negative part was the constant painful awakenings Tokibi had to endure every morning if he refused to wake up in time. Tokibi became so afraid that he would hardly sleep at night afraid of what torturous method Angel had planned for waking him up the next morning.

After four days of waiting, it was finally here. Tokibi, Angela and Mei were greeted by a package with United States postal stamps on it. They excitedly brought it inside and began to unwrap it. Their mom never told what game it would bring so that added to Tokibi's suspense. At last, they removed the three AmuSphere's that were encased in the box. Then at the very bottom of the box was their copy of the first game for the new generation of VRMMORPG gameplay.

The games' title reads "The Great Pokémon Adventure".

*Notes.

Tokibi Himura: Young man who is strong willed and cares about his friends. Main character in the story will have crushes from certain members of his group. He is also oblivious from some of their advances.

Mei Himura: (Name Meaning means youngest sister and scarlet village. quite fitting i think.) Tokibi's younger sister, She is really shy and tries to avoid all human interactions. The only to people she occasionally speaks with is Tokibi and Angel, but sometimes she acts weird around Tokibi, i wonder why... They are not actually related but Mei's parents died...( i had this written out in the outline of the story but i don't want to ruin a special moment in the story so i will not disclose this information yet. sorryyyy. :p)

Angel: (Name Meaning is... obvious.) contrary to her name she is not nice and is more of a Tsundere. She likes having heavy battles and showing her dominance. She doesn't like Tokibi in the beginning but after traveling feelings start to emerge. She is best friends with Tokibi's sister Mei.

Hiroto Kayaba: (Name Meaning Hiroto means large or grand) Not much is known other than he is the son of Akihiko Kayaba, the developer of Sword Art Online, and he is the prodigy son said to take gaming to the next level.

Akemi Himura: Mother of Tokibi. (Name Meaning is Bright beauty of scarlet village. Roughly translated.)

Masashi: friend of Tokibi. Name means elegant director but is exactly opposite.

Itadakimasu: "I gracefully receive" You say it before eating meal. It's to show good manners.

Jingisukan: Barbecued sliced lamb with vegetables usually dipped in tare sauce. Vegetables especially include chopped onions and cabbage. A specialty of Hokkaidō, the second largest island region of japan.

Kotatsu: A traditional Japanese table. It could be wrapped with a futon cover to protect feet in cold seasons.

-san (さん) : most common honorific term used as a title of respect used among equals.

-sama (様 【さま】): More respectful form of -san. used to refer to people of much higher rank, and sometimes towards people one greatly admires.

-kun (君【くん】): used by a person of senior status addressing a person of junior status. also used amongst same age young male friends. can be used by a female that has a emotional attachment to someone.

-chan (ちゃん): expresses endearment. used for babies, children's or for lovers.

-senpai (先輩 【せんぱい】: used to refer to one of senior status

-kohai (後輩 【こうはい】: opposite of senpai.

-ue (上): literally means 'above'. denotes a high level of respect. is not commonly used in real life.