AN: Hello to all my loyal followers, no, I have not died. Here is my first attempt at an Anime, so follow along, and let's hope I don't fade again.

Ps: sadly, I am writing from a phone, and using my breaks at work to write, so updates will be far between. I am also still working on ch.2 for my ME fanfic, so sorry for all the delays.

Kirito sat in front of his computer, thumbing threw the pages of his magazine. In the background, news reports of the new game, Sword Art Online, was streaming live. "Onii-Chan, I'm off to practice." His sister, no, cousin shouted. Kirito cringed at the fact that his once little sister was really his cousin. He glanced at the clock on his computer screen, and grinned. It was 12:58, and time to get his Nervegear helmet on.

Kirito layed down, and watched the HUD clock count towards 13:00. When the digital number finally changed, he, along with almost 10,000 others uttered those fateful words that would change their lives forever. "Link Start!" When the rainbow of color and sense alignment had ended, a screen popped up. 'You have a character presaved from the beta test, would you like to load this character?' He mulled over the choice for a few seconds, before deciding to use his beta character. 'Beta Character Kirito accepted. Loading you into Sword Art Online now.'

Suddenly, he was in a Plaza, staring at the familiar town square. He glanced around before his face broke into a smile. He was back in the Town of Beginning, and he was back in SAO. He glanced at all of the spawning players, and then ran towards the west. He turned down an alley, taking a known shortcut to the outskirts where he could start grinding, when a voice called out. "Hey, you there!" Kirito stopped, and glanced behind him. A guy with long pink hair was bent over a little behind him, panting to catch his breath. "Hey, you... you were a beta tester, right? I just started this game, mind teaching me the basics?" Kirito just stared, wondering. "I'm begging you! The names Klein, nice to meet'cha." Kirito sighed, this was going to be a long day.


"Feel the motion, Klein. Don't just try and aimlessly swing." Kirito chuckled as Klein was hit again by the boar. "I'm trying Kirito-sensei, but I cant time it right to save my life." Kirito laughed, and picked up a stone off the ground. "The starting move is key, watch." He held the stone behind his head for a couple seconds, until the Azure glow brightened, and Kirito flicked his wrist forward, sending the stone right into the Boars ass. As the boar turned, enraged by the damage it had just taken, Kirito drew his sword. "Get the first motion right, and activate the sword skill. The system will compensate for you and ensure a hit. Klein stared at his blade. "Ensure a hit..." Kirito blocked the boars charge, and pushed it back, before leading it around to charge at Klein. Klein assumed the starting stance, and his blade glowed Green. When the boar was 10ft away, Klein lowered his blade, and charged.


"It's breathtaking. I may need to play more often." Kirito stared at Klein, and chuckled to himself. "First time doing a dive then, huh?" Klein laughed at this. "Is it that obvious?" Kirito just stared at the sunset. "Not entirely. Not all Full-Dive games are like this. Kayaba was the inventor of the Nervegear, so it makes sense that the creator would know how to use it to get the best experience. That being said, SAO is something different. It provides more data input then any other game out there to date. In essence, Kayabe created the closest we will get to real life in a video game." Kirito stood, and stretched. "Ready to continue hunting?" Klein grinned "I would love to... is what I would like to say." Kleins stomach growled. "But I have a pizza coming in 5 minutes, so i'm going to log out and eat. Rejoin when i'm done?" Kirito glanced at the sunset. "Maybe tomorrow, I think that I want to just wonder for a while." Klein stood, and opened his menu. "Sounds good. See you later." Kirito smiled, and tunred back towards Starting Town. "Huh, thats weird." Kirito glanced at Klein. "What is it?" Klein had a puzzled look on his face. "There is no Logout button." [Gong, Gong, Gong, Gong,]


AN: First chapter is done. Its not the longest, but I promise, since the updates will be far between, I will make them longer. As I said, using my breaks at work at my few awake moments at home to write this, so its slow going on a phone. Let me know what you think.