Disclaimer: I do not own Sword Art Online, any of its characters or any designs associated with it. sorry but I've uploaded from iPad so I have to delete like a million coding line -_- doing it asap.
...cardinal system activated...

A large burst of 0's and 1's splurge over screens peered at by men wearing a white shirt and a tie shouting things behind them.

"Psychological trauma system active"

"Ambient npc data up and running"

"Monster respawn activated"

There were too many voices speaking so the words were lost but the meanings were all positive.

A smirk escapes the lips of a young man with grey steely eyes as he stood dominantly behind the large array of computers and working men nodding his approval at each piece of news.

"Sir Mr Kayaba is calling" came an excited feminine voice from the mans left side.
The man turned to see a young raven haired woman standing there bubbly holding a phone with the words, Kayaba calling.

"Ah yes thank you Tilly, but no need for the formalities. call me Jeremy." Replied the young man with a smile as he turned to face her and collect the phone.

Tilly stood silently to the side while Jeremy put his ear to the receiver.

"Hello Mr Kayaba it is nice of you to call"

"Ah but why is it so?" Came a sagely voice from the other end.

"Well that is because we're just doing a last test run of ether system to make sure it all works and i find it very good for you to join us in the testing of your own creation"

"Hmm, smart man. Does it work?" The tone of his voice suggested that he already knew the answer

"Yes it does and my team are ready to go"

"Good. Get some rest. You'll need it for the times to come. Good luck Dyas"

With that sentence the line was cut.

The system checking lasted for another hour no faults found and with a loud clap to quiet the gossiping workers Jeremy cleared his throat and addressed them all.

"Get some rest for the times to come...24 hours till the official launch of Sword Art Online"

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"Jake what is 2 plus 3i in modulus/argument form?" Blared a voice like a trumpet blasting my face off of my maths book and snapping my chocolate brown eyes open.
"Umm" I feigned thinking as I ruffled my scruffy brown hair and turned slightly to catch the eye of Carl sitting over yonder to there right.

Carl being on the ball as ever stealthily angled his book up so I could see it.

Smiling inwardly I turn back to the teacher I say in my most neutral voice:

"Root of 13 cis 0.98"

Ms. Lin stood undaunted as a smile escaped her lips

"Correct but could you do it yourself next time"

Groaning with the sniggers of my classmates I plonked my head back down on to the table in hope of escape from this place.

Finally the bell rings and I sprint out of the door vaulting over Carl's table with a lets go nudge of my head. Once outside I greet him with my usual "argh I hate Maths" while he chuckles at me being caught out.

We stroll along the corridor in view of our school park already layered with students dying for some non class related fresh air.

"Hey so I think you just broke your record" mused Carl from beside me

I turned curiously to see his ocean blue eyes twinkling under his black hair.
"Huh?"

"3 minutes and 12 seconds without even mentioning SAO in the past 3 months"
My heart skipped a beat, my brain exploded into activity and my hands snooks tremendously as my jaw dropped in shock.

"OH GOD HOW COULD I FORGET?"

My roar made the chattering groups of students jump out of their shoes, literally in some cases. Grabbing onto Carls side as he chuckles with a "and he's off again"

I roar triumphantly to the sky "ITS TODAY"

Uncaring of the strange stares coming my way I bounce up and down twirling Around Carl in pure just stands there laughing at my joy while shaking his head in utter confusion at how I could be so happy about a game.

After about half a minute of frolicking in the corridors Carl stops me.

"don't you have to set up the Nerve Gear and everything?"

"Oh right...GOD WHAT AM I STILL DOING HERE?"

I wave hurriedly to Carl as I sprint full speed towards my bicycle, unlock it and race back home.

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Bursting through my door at around 6, shouting "I'm home" to my parents, I scramble upstairs and slam my bedroom door shut.

A large brown cardboard box sits on my bed in the room with a label Nerve Gear. Leaping into the air with a comical "yippee" I rip open the box placing the contents with as much care as I could muster from my shaking hands.

I excitedly read through the manual once, but then had to read through it calmly because I missed out on pretty much everything. After rereading the instructions clearly a few times I got down to piecing it together.

With a "phew" I collapsed onto the floor by my dinner dishes to my right and to my left a dark blue, metallic helmet. The Nerve Gear. I glanced up to the clock, the zombie hand missing a finger pointing at the time. 9:28pm.

"Jesus" I exclaim to the empty room. It took me around 3 hours to build this thing, just imagine if I had to build a group of these things for my buddies...Ah I forget. What buddies. I'm literally one of the few people in my school who overtly expresses my gaming 'obsession' as many put it but I just think its a cool hobby. well to be truthful it is sort of like an obsession and according to my fellow obsessors, most of them just don't have the cash or the time. Me, I got both.

"Jeez it sure would've been fun if Carl got one too but alas I must venture on alone" I state to my beautiful Nerve Gear.

On that note maybe I should just recheck the opening times.

I twirl over to my computer and turn it on impatiently. Once I open the browser I search the time differences and find that the opening time is 1pm Japanese time, so therefore... 3am my time. Ok gives me 5 hours before school sweet.

I set multiple alarms for an hour before, 30 minutes before and 10 minutes before the opening and hit the sack.

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A multitude of chirping a, blaring horns and wake up dude from my alarms reels me back into consciousness. 30 minutes before, nice.

I go put some toast on and lavish it with peanut butter, chocolate and jelly on top, double layering each thing.

I am 18 but my love for a peanut butter, chocolate and jelly double jumbo breakfast will never die.

Sneaking back upstairs munching on the delicious meal and sipping on some well thought of glass of water I re-enter my room.

After finishing my breakfast I glance up at my clock to see 13 minutes left.
"Well let's get started" I direct towards my Nerve Gear. I put it on, do this strange feel yourself for calibration which i guess is understandable since it's a full dive. After a few minutes of trying to unsuccessfully make my arms seems bigger and cursing at my 10 minutes alarms I finish up with the calibration and rest on my bed looking at the time on the top left hand side of my view.

2:58am man I'm so excited. I can feel my whole body tingling from head to toe. I can hear my heart beating slowly and rhythmically...

Man these are some really long 2 minutes...2:59... Breathe just breathe it's ok the minute cannot last forever...
3:00am

A giant grin spreads across from my face as I utter the words

"Link Start"

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short and sweet? What do you think? We'll I don't expect any reviews but if there are any ill be super happy! Btw if you were wondering these will be my own creations (OC) and although the anime/light novel characters are awesome I'm showing a different adventure.
the story will go pretty slow so no jumping 30 floors but then we get more juicy details and personality growths. My characters are a bit hmm, new and shiny but you'll soon learn more about them.
anyways come back next week or even tmrw ( I got a lot of free time right now) and I'll have a next chapter up and running
Btw if someone could please tell me how to do page breaks that would be magnificent thanks.(nevermind just use my comp to do it -_- )