Hey Guys sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. I just started High School and that's been a huge transition so I'm sorry for not posting, but I have a new story for you guys and without further adieu let's get into it.

"Ren! Wake up! Breakfast!"

I woke up to my sister's screaming. I got out of my bed and changed out of my pajamas and went down stairs. As usual it was just me and my little sister eating breakfast seeing as our mom had to work two jobs to support us, but since my sister and I were 16 and 17 respectively we could take care of ourselves. I sat down and began to eat the breakfast my sister made.

"Wow, this is really good Tsubaki."

"Oh, it's just something I threw together" my sister began to blush. I thanked my sister for the meal and went back up to my room. I turned on the T.V. and flipped to the news channel.

"As you can see behind me gamers everywhere are lined up to buy the new hit game. Sword Art Online! There are only 10,000 copies available besides those lucky 1,000 who participated in the beta test for this revolutionary game." I smiled at the screen and looked at the Nerve Gear on my desk.

"It's finally time. I've waited long enough. Time to go back." My sister walked into my room and had a look of excitement in her eye

"Its out, let's go" She screamed ecstatically. Tsubaki ran to her room slammed the door. I smiled at her elation and laid on my bed. I hooked up my Nerve Gear rig and placed it on my head.

"Heh. I guess it's about time. Link start!" I began to see the diagnostics test results telling me that all of my senses were linked to the system. I then logged into my account and was transported into the virtual world I know and love. I began to look at my surroundings seeing as I hadn't seen this world in months. I looked through the countless players and spotted my sister's avatar. I would recognize that pastel pink hair a mile away. I ran over to her and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Tsubaki come on let's get ahead of the newbies" I whispered my sister. We began to run to the wilds to gain some Exp and Col all the while laughing at the other players' amazement at the virtual reality. We ran into the fields and began to fight the basic monsters.

"Just like riding a bike, eh Tsubaki. You can't forget this stuff." I said laughing as I fought the simplistic enemies. I looked over at my sister who was completely ignoring everything, but her fight. She looked at me with a confused look.

"What'd you say?" I laughed at my sister's ignorant bliss. I looked at the setting sun and laid in the soft, green grass.

"It's so good to be back. I've felt like I've been missing something for months" I said aloud

"Yeah I missed it too Ren."

"Do you think we should call each other by our usernames so random players don't know our names?" I inquired

"Oh yeah I guess so, Tetsu" My sister mocked

"Yeah, whatever Kasai. Did you have to choose such an obnoxious hair color?"

"Hey! That's mean. It's not like you chose a normal hair color either." My sister pouted and blushed. I laughed at my sister's embarrassment.

"I didn't say silver hair was normal. I said you had really bright hair." I told her again

"Whatever, I like the pink, deal with it." She said with a sassy tone.

"Fair enough" I told her. I lifted my hand towards the brilliant orange sky. "This is almost… too real."

A bell began to ring and blue particles began surrounding me and my sister and I recognized the particles as what happens when a player uses a teleportation item, but neither of us had used a crystal so we began to panic

"Tsubaki!"

"Ren!"

We were teleported to the starting courtyard and it seemed every player was teleported along with us. The bell was still ringing as all of the players began to feel fear. My sister latched onto my arm and I held her close. There was mass confusion throughout the courtyard. Then a person motioned to the sky.

"Look there." A red warning hexagon was flashing in the sky. Then the sky was filled with red hexagons that either said WARNING or Special Announcement. A red mass began to seemingly flow from the sky and form into a large hooded figure.

"Attention players, I welcome you to my world. My name is Akihiko Kayaba and, as of this moment, I am in control of this world. I'm sure most of you have already noticed an item missing from your main menus, the logout button, let me assure you this is not a defect in the game. I repeat this is not a defect. This is how Sword Art Online was designed to be. You cannot log yourselves out of SAO and no one from the outside will be able to shut down or remove the Nerve Gear from your head. If anyone attempts to do so, a transmitter will discharge a microwave signal into your skull, destroying your brain, and ending your life. Despite my warnings families and friends of some of the players have attempted removing the Nerve Gear, an unfortunate decision to say the least. As a result the game now has 213 less players than when it began. They have been deleted from both Aincrad and the real world. As you can see international media outlets have round-the-clock coverage of everything, including the deaths. At this point it's safe to assume the likelihood of a Nerve Gear being removed is minimal at best. I hope this brings you a little comfort as you try to clear the game. It's important to remember the following. There is no longer any way to revive someone in the game. If your HP drops to zero your avatar will be deleted from the system forever and the Nerve Gear will simultaneously destroy your brain. There's only one way for a player to escape now. You must clear the game. Right now you're gathered on level 1 the lowest level of Aincrad, if you can make it through the dungeon and defeat the boss you may advance to the next floor. Defeat the boss on floor 100 and you clear the game. Last, but not least, I've placed a little present in the item storage of every player, please have a look."

I took the mirror item out of my inventory and held it in my hands, a bright white light began to surround any player holding the mirror. When the light faded I looked over to my sister and gasped, she looked like her normal self, not her avatar. I looked at my mirror to find that my avatar had changed to my normal body as well.

"They must have got body size from the calibration." my younger sister told me. When the Nerve gear was first activated the player had to touch their body in certain areas.

"He's about to say something" I told my sister

"Right now you're probably wondering, why? Why would Akihiko Kayaba, developer of Sword Art Online and Nerve Gear, do this? Ultimately my goal was a simple one. The reason I created Sword Art Online was to control the fate of a world of my design."

I grunted in anger at Kayaba. My sister looked surprisingly calm despite the circumstances, I had figured she would be freaking out right about now, but she stood there stoic and silent.

"As you can see, I have achieved my goal. This marks the end of the tutorial and the official launch of Sword Art Online. Players, I wish you the best of luck." The red figure began to fade into smoke and evaporate into the sky. The red hexagons also disappeared leaving a crowd of confused and scared gamers packed into a courtyard. As one player recovered from shock and began screaming the whole courtyard turned into a frenzy. My sister also began to break down and started to sob. The barrier surrounding the courtyard dissipated so I grabbed my sister and ran. While I was running in the fields my sister looked up at me and asked me something I'd never forget.

"What are we going to do brother?"

"I don't know Tsubaki"

I don't know

Thanks for reading you guys. Reviews are highly appreciated and Pm me with any questions or concerns. See ya later guys