Chapter 1: Link Start!

Author's Notes: Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of updates! Like I said in my previous update, I had lost the folder with all of my work. I'm still working on getting everything back so I could continue my other stories. But until then, I started work on this one, and I hope that you all enjoy it!

Just so nobody is confused as WHEN this takes place, this does not follow Volume 3 of RWBY. It takes place after the events of Volume 2 of RWBY, and a couple of months after the Mother's Rosario Arc of Sword Art Online. I hope that you guys understand.

I do not own anything! RWBY is owned by Roosterteeth, and Sword Art Online is owned by Reki Kawahara and A-1 Pictures!

Crash! Bang! Clash! The sounds of an intense battle could be heard on the 47th floor of New Aincrad. The scene of this battle was in a large, oval-shaped room; dimly illuminated by an eerie-green light. In the room were seven people, and in front of them were a multitude of blue lizard-like monsters; and behind them was a huge boar-like beast, with large, iron-colored tusks that extended several inches in front of him. In its right hand was a large tomahawk.

One of the monsters screamed as a sword neatly sliced it in two, shattering it into several little crystal-like objects that floated away gently. "Come on!" A young man shouted, swinging his sword at the next monster.

This young man looked to be about eighteen or so, with black hair that spiked up slightly. He had large, black eyes that appeared rather mischievous, and he had pointy ears. His clothing was all black, over which he wore a black coat; and in his hand he carried a long, black sword.

This same young man was at that moment slicing through another monster, his fourth, and had just turned to kill another one when a voice called out.

"Kirito! Behind you!"

The young man known as Kirito quickly turned around as the giant boar swung its arm, hitting him full-force in the face, and flinging him against the far wall. "Ugh!" He grunted as he slammed into the wall, and fell to the ground, stunned.

As he fell to the ground, a girl with light-blue hair ran quickly to him. She had soft-blue eyes, and she wore a silver-gray-bluish set of armor. In her hand she carried a staff, which she raised into the air as a circle of blue light surrounded Kirito.

"Watch it!" Another girl shouted as the boar swung its arm at the healer. Before the boar could hit her, a gold arrow found its way into its right eye, making the boar roar in pain as it backed away.

"You should be more watchful, Asuna." The girl who fired the arrow rebuked. She had light-blue hair, which reached down to her shoulders. She had blue cat-like ears, and a matching tail. She wore a green coat with white chest armor, a black choker and a belted quiver hung across her bare shoulders.

"Yeah!" A pink-haired girl said as she swung a one-handed spiked mace at a lizard monster, which flung it into a group of other monsters. "We can't have you dying on us now!"

"Sorry!" Asuna apologized, as the light around Kirito dissipated. Kirito stood up as his wounds healed, and looked at the group of enemies in front of them. By then, there were only a few of the lizard monsters left, but the giant boar was still relatively unharmed.

Kirito watched as Lizbeth, the pink-haired girl, Leafa, a girl with bright-green eyes and blonde hair, and Klein, a young man with spiky-red hair, attempted vainly to defeat the giant boar; which was named Yllerion. "Hey guys!" He shouted over the noise of the battle. "I have a plan!"

"Anything would be good at this point." Klein grunted as he got knocked back into a short, young girl with yellow-brown hair.

"All right, Liz, Klein, I need you to keep its attention on you. Leafa, Do you see how he puts his legs down?" Kirito pointed to Yllerion, who had just slammed its foot down in an attempt to crush a running Klein. "He has a small weak spot on the rear of his heal. If you can cut that…"

Leafa smiled as she understood what Kirito said, and, unsheathing her sword, she nodded. "Got it!" She said as she darted nimbly towards the boar. She had green eyes, wore green and white clothing, and a green and white collar around her neck. Her hair was a beautiful blonde color, and it was tied up with a flower-like hairband. Her bangs, however, were not tied up with her hair, and flowed gently over her forehead. Just like everyone else in the party, her ears were quite long and pointy.

Kirito smiled as she sped towards Yllerion, and then turned to Asuna. "Asuna, I need you to focus on healing, putting buffs on us, and debuffing Yllerion. Silica, can you take out the rest of the smaller monsters? The fewer defenses he has, the better." Silica, the young girl that Klein had fallen onto earlier, nodded. She wore blue and white armor, and she had two red ribbons tied up in her shoulder-length hair. Kirito then turned to the female archer, who was just standing there.

Yllerion roared angrily as Lizbeth succeeded in hitting its leg with her mace, and retaliated by attempting to slam its foot on her; but Klein pushed her out of the way, narrowly avoiding getting squashed in the process. "That's my cue!" Leafa exclaimed happily as she sliced her sword into the heel of the giant boar, making it scream in pain. Before Leafa could move back away from the now-very angry Yllerion, the giant boar kicked its wounded leg into Leafa's chest, slamming her to the ground.

"Asuna!" Kirito shouted as Leafa fell to the ground. Asuna quickly activated a healing spell, which allowed Leafa to stand up and narrowly dodge getting hit again.

Klein, seeing a chance to strike, sliced at the boar's other leg with his sword. Klein was around average height, and had spiky hair that was dyed red. He had a hooked nose, a slight beard on his cheeks and chin, and, according to Kirito, he looked somewhat like a wandering samurai or bandit. He wore a red bandana that held up his hair, and was tied around his forehead; and he wore red and black armor that resembled those of a samurai. He raised his sword up as Yllerion slammed its tomahawk down, which made the ground begin to crumble under Klein as he used his sword to keep the giant boar's axe from coming down on his head.

"Sinon, now!" Kirito shouted as he started running toward Yllerion. The female archer swiftly grabbed a golden arrow out of her quiver and set it on her bow. She pulled it back and aimed carefully, and then, as she slowly and calmly exhaled, she let the arrow loose. The arrow struck the boar right in between the eyes, and the force of the blow knocked it off balance. Kirito leaped into the air to deal the final blow, and as he did his sword began to glow blue. "Hyaa!" He shouted as he stabbed the sword into the soft part of the boar's neck. Yllerion screamed loudly in pain, and after struggling for a few seconds fell to the ground, dead.

As Kirito pulled his now-blood-stained sword out of the dead Yllerion's body, a light appeared above him and spelled the word "Congratulations!". After obtaining their reward for killing the beast, they all sat down in the large room, completely exhausted.

"Phew…that was a tough one." Klein said, mopping the sweat off of his brow.

"Is everyone all right?" Leafa asked, at which everyone nodded.

"Did we get the Incarious Gel?" Sinon asked Kirito, who nodded. Kirito opened up his menu and pulled out the coveted item that they had just obtained from defeat Yllerion.

"So, this is the gel that's supposed to make you temporarily invincible?" Liz asked, looking at the small glass bottle that Kirito held in his hand.

"Not exactly." A young female voice said. It came from a small fairy who had flown out of Kirito's coat pocket, and was now sitting on his left shoulder. She had long, dark hair and bright black eyes that shone. She wore a long light-pink tube top dress with detached sleeves, pink anklets, and a blue flower that was in her hair. She didn't wear any shoes, and her bare feet were swinging gently back and forth as she spoke. "The Incarious Gel raises the user's physical and magical defense up to twice their normal level for a short amount of time." She continued. "So, while it doesn't make you invincible, if your defense level is already high, it will make you seem that way to other players."

"Oh."

"So Kirito," Klein said as he laid down on the ground. "Did Agil give you your copy of Remnant Online for tonight?"

Kirito nodded. "Yeah," he said. "I'll be there." He remembered when Agil had given him the game earlier that day.

"Remnant Online?" Kirito asked. "I haven't heard of that game."

At that moment, Kirito was in a bar-like store. It was empty except for him and the man he was talking to, who was standing behind the counter. He was a massive and bulky bald man with a brown goatee and brown eyes. He wore two silver earrings in his left ear. He looked to be of African heritage.

"I'm surprised you haven't, since VRMMO's is kind of your thing." The man said, wiping a glass with a cloth, and then putting it away in a shelf behind him. "It's a new VRMMO that is built on the same engine as ALO." He continued. "From what I've been hearing, you're able to transfer your stats in ALO to RMO, which is really good; since I hear that the game's difficulty is insane." He knelt down and grabbed a small cardboard box, and then put it on the counter and opened it. "I pre-ordered a bunch ahead of time so we all could check it out. I've already given everybody their copies, so this one is yours." He handed the case of the video game to Kirito, who smiled.

"Will we be seeing you tonight?"

"Nah." Agil shook his head. "I promised my wife to take her out to dinner tonight. But since I'm not open tomorrow, I'll be diving in to join you then. Just be sure to save some stuff for me."

Kirito, whose real name is Kazuto Kirigaya, laughed. "Sure thing!" He said, waving as he turned towards the door. "Thanks for the game, Agil; and see you tomorrow!"

"You betcha!"

"Why don't we head back to the Town of Beginnings to log off?" Asuna asked, breaking Kirito's train of thought. The others all agreed, and they walked out of the dungeon, and using their teleportation crystals, they teleported to the Town of Beginnings; where on their way to the hotel they ran into a few friends.

"Hey guys! How's it been?" A tall woman asked. She was indeed quite tall, probably at least a head taller than Kirito or Klein. She had glossy, dark-green hair that was so dark that it almost appeared black as it draped down her back. She had white skin, almond-colored eyes, a high nose bridge, and thin lips. She was dressed in Japanese-styled clothing, and a katana hung from her obi. Her feet were clad in high crimson clogs, which peaked out from beneath the hem of her leaf-green kimono.

"Hi, Sakuya!" Leafa greeted, smiling at the tall woman, who smiled back.

"Hooooooow are you guys doing?" Alicia, a cat-like girl asked excitedly. She was relatively short, with blonde hair, dark skin, a tail, and a slim figure. She wore a bell collar on her neck, and a cape on her left arm with a red stripe going through it near the front.

"I hear you guys went to the secret dungeon on Floor 47." A tall man said. He, like Sakuya, was quite tall, and well-built; with bristling flame-like, purplish-red hair that framed a face reminiscent of a dark-skinned bird of prey. His strong, well-built body was covered in Blood Armor, which was an ultra-rare set of armor. "That's a bit reckless if you ask me." He continued. "But did you succeed and get the Incarious Gel?"

Lizbeth answered him by smiling brightly and giving him a thumbs-up.

"So, what are you guys about to do?" Alicia asked curiously.

"We're about to log out and hop onto Remnant Online." Leafa told her. "It came out earlier today, and we're all going to check it out."

"Well, don't let us keep you." Sakuya smiled. "It was nice to run into you all."

After Kirito and the gang walked into the hotel they sat down at a large table. "So, I guess I'll see you all in Remnant Online." He said, leaning back in his chair.

Asuna nodded. "Try not to keep us waiting, Kirito." She teased, at which Kirito sheepishly chuckled. Earlier that day something had come up, and so he was an hour late to log onto ALfheim.

"I'll be waiting for you all to come back." Yui said cheerfully.

"All right, I'll see you guys in a little bit." Klein said, waving.

After Kirito logged off, he took the AmuSphere off of his head, and sat up in his bed. He looked over at the clock next to his bed, which read 10:37 P.M. He reached over to the desk and grabbed his new game, and then put it in and turned the AmuSphere back on. "All right," he said to himself. "Let's see what this is. Link start!"

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To be continued...

A/N: Well, there you guys go: Chapter 1 of Remnant Online. Now, a few things I want to quickly say.
#1: Although this story will go with the official Kirito/Asuna shipping, I personally ship Kirito/Sinon, so if there's a few hints to that, please don't hate me for them.

#2: I'm trying to be a bit more descriptive in this story. In one person's review, they said that the story's plot advanced way too quickly, and wasn't detailed enough. I completely agree, so I will be trying to be more detailed in this story. If you have any tips on that, that'd be greatly appreciated!

Anyway, that's just about it. Thanks for reading! Please remember to rate and review, and I'll see you later! :D