AN: Just clarifying a few things. This essentially is a rewrite of SAO with Yuuki in it (and not suffering from AIDS).

Any and all feedback are welcome as it'll help me with my writing (just don't savagely roast me)

This fanfic is inspired from the awesome fanfic written by Shou21. (Don't worry, I will have a different storyline to his).

Anyway, enough with my rambling. Onward with the story!

Yuuki's POV

"Happy birthday Yuuki! Here's your present!" said my twin sister Aiko as she gave me a small rectangular box wrapped with violet wrapping paper. I eagerly unwrapped it, curious to see what it was. After the wrapping paper had been removed, I could see a small container with a picture of a floating castle in the sky in my hands.

"SWORD ART ONLINE!? Thankyouthankyouthankyou thank you soooo much sis!" I exclaimed, hugging my sister. I soon broke the hug and eagerly turned the box over and started reading the blurb and information on the back.

"What about me? Did you forget it is my birthday as well?" pouted Aiko.

"Oh yeah, right. Sorry big sis, got a bit too hyped hehe..." I said sheepishly, putting my hand on the nape of my neck. "I'll be right back!" I yelled as I ran to my room, searching for the present I bought for my sister for her birthday. After a while I found what I was looking for; the latest book of Campaign Against the Stars: Thylo's Revenge. Aiko suddenly appeared next to my room's doorway.

"Sooooo, did you forget to get your older sister a present? I guess I'll have to take back my present..."

"Nope, nope I didn't. Here it is!" I interrupted, giving her the book I bought her.

"Sooo, do you like it?" I asked.

"I don't like it..."

I tried to hide my disappointment but seemingly failed as my eyes started to water.

"...I LOVE IT! Thanks so much Yuuki!" my twin sister yelled, embracing me in a bone-crushing hug.

"Um... A-Aiko? I'm dying over here...you're hugging me too tight again." I wheezed.

"Oops, sorry."

As soon as my sister let go of me, I felt air coming back into my lungs. My sister then bolted to her room, eager to start reading her new book. As for me, I decided to call my parents on my computer before trying out the new game my sister bought for me.

"Happy Birthday Yuuki! Sorry we couldn't come home for you and Aiko's birthday. But at least we can wish our little girl happy birthday, even when we're in France for a business trip." my father said.

"Dad! I'm not a little girl, I'm 14!" I whined.

"To me, you'll always be a little girl to us darling." my mother responded. "Anyway, did you set up the nerve gear we gave you, you know, the early birthday present?" my father asked.

"Yes dad. Thank you so much for the nerve gear! I can't wait to test it out!"

"Anyway, we got to go Yuuki, tell Aiko we wish her a happy birthday too!"

With that, the computer screen faded black as the call ended. Putting on the nerve gear, I waited a few seconds before starting the calibration process.

So many people know that Aiko and I are identical twins. Yet we seem to have the personalities and interests that are complete opposites. I am really enthusiastic and bubbly while Aiko is calm and collected. While I love video games, especially ones that have sword fighting in it, Aiko seems to love books more than anything and would spend most of her free time reading books. Oh well, at least I don't have to share the nerve gear with her!

As I finished the calibration process, the nerve gear asked me to create an account. Using the virtual keyboard, I entered my username, "Yuuki". After choosing a password, I yelled,

"LINK START!"

Kirito's POV

"LINK START!"

Colourful flashes of light appeared in my vision as the Nerve Gear initiated, logging me back into the world of Sword Art Online. I was lucky enough to be a beta tester, one of the 1000 people who were allowed to beta test and I was ready to beat this game. As I thought about what I would do first in SAO, my avatar spawned in the centre of the Town of Beginnings. I opened my menu to see if my stats were still there along with my items when I realised that they had been wiped. Well, I guess it only made sense for that to happen since it would be unfair to all the other players if the beta testers were able to just keep all their stats and gear. "Well, I guess I'll have to start grinding." I said to myself as I started to run along the streets, heading towards the exit of this town.

"Um... excuse me mister." a shy voice asked.

"Hello, what do you want?" I asked, looking at the girl with purple hair who had asked me. The girl was dressed in a violet overcoat with a purple breastplate and had a sheathed dark purple sword hanging on her waist.

"Y-You seem like you know your way around here. A-Are you a beta tester?" she asked, seemingly nervous.

"Yeah, I am. Why?" I answered, confused on why she asked me.

"Could you please teach me how to...fight and do other things in this world. I'm new and I thought a beta tester like you could show me. Please?" the girl got to her knees and begged me.

"Sure, I don't see why not."

"Really? Yay!" the girl exclaimed, holding out a 'V' sign with her fingers. "My name's Yuuki, nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you too Yuuki. My name's Kirito. Now, come with me, I'll show you the basics of SAO outside of town."

As we walked through the streets of the Town of Beginnings, I decided to ask her some questions so that I could see how I could help her out.

"So Yuuki, what kind of weapon do you prefer to use?" I asked.

"A one-handed sword. But I want it to be light since I like to be quick on my feet while fighting." Yuuki cheerfully responded.

"I see. Is the one you have currently ok?"

"Yeah, it's pretty good. But how do I fight, I saw that you could sword skills in SAO but if we had to open menus to activate them, wouldn't it take too long?" Yuuki asked.

When Yuuki had finished her question, we had arrived at the Meadows of Beginning, the perfect place for me to teach Yuuki how to fight.

"So, you see, with certain movements you can activate different sword skills. In the menu, you can even choose which movement activates which sword skill." I explained to Yuuki. The purple haired girl looked at me with a puzzled expression. "I'll give you an example." I raised my sword behind my head and sword suddenly glowed orange. Then I charged at a wandering boar, allowing the system to execute the rest of the sword skill for me, leaving a trail of orange as I dashed past the boar, slicing the boar as I passed it. The boar's health bar dropped to the yellow zone.

"See? The system helps you with the execution of the skill as well. As long as you activate it and charge towards a target, the system will help you land your blows onto the monster. Have a try Yuuki." I said.

Yuuki turned towards the injured boar, frowning in concentration as she lowered her sword downwards, towards the ground. She then lifted her sword up, as if lifting a dumbbell, activating a sword skill. However, instead of glowing orange like mine, it glowed dark red. Yuuki then charged at the boar, slashing at the bear twice before leaping back. The boar's health meter lowered again until it was in the red zone.

"This is awesome! Thanks Ki-"

"Watch out Yuuki! When the eyes flash red, it signifies an attack!" I yelled just before the boar's eyes flashed red and it charged straight at Yuuki.

"Ow!" Yuuki grunted as the boar hit her, tusk first in the stomach, flipping her over as it continued its path.

"Are you ok Yuuki?" I asked the purple haired girl who was curled up on the floor, clutching her stomach.

"What do you think dummy?" she responded, still clutching her stomach.

"Well, considering the fact that the pain absorption in this game is set to 10, you shouldn't really feel any pain at all." I said.

"Ugh, that's true." Suddenly, she jumped back onto her feet, with a cheerful grin on her face. "Well mister Kirito, anything else you can teach me?"

[A few hours later]

"Woah. Yuuki actually is good once she got the hang of using sword skills." I thought as I watched Yuuki flip over another boar and kill it in a few swipes.

"Well, it seems like you've got the hang of it Yuuki. There's nothing else I need to teach you." I said after Yuuki walked over to me.

"Thanks mister Kirito. Well, I better get going. My sister is gonna be mad at me if I stay too long." Yuuki cheerfully said before opening the menu, ready to hit the log out button.
"Um... mister Kirito? I know this sounds like the stupidest question ever, but where is the logout button?"

I looked at her in shock. "Its right here...?" I said, opening my own menu only to realise that the log out button was missing. "Well, it should be here but I'm not sure where it has gone." I added.

"Is there any other way to log out of here. Like Alt F4 or something?" Yuuki asked, slightly panicking.

"Uh... No. The only way for someone to log out is through the logout button which seems to have glitched out?" I answered.

"Umm... Do you feel tingly all of a sudden?" Yuuki suddenly asked.

As soon as she asked that, a blue light encompassed Yuuki before fading, taking Yuuki with it. Soon after, it encompassed me.

Yuuki's POV

After my vision was temporarily blinded by the sudden light I found myself back at the central square of the Town of Beginnings. A second later, Kirito appears right beside me.

"Any idea why we're here Kirito?" I asked. Kirito shook his head.

"It seems as though someone forced us to teleport here." Kirito replied. "Look, the sky is turning red!" I looked up and gasped in shock as I saw the sky darken into a crimson red colour. What was worse, was the bleeding from the sky. The sky seemed to bleed before creating a hooded entity Frankenstein-style.

"Welcome players of Sword Art Online, to Aincrad!" boomed the hooded figure.

(I can't really be bothered to type out every single line Kayaba says.)

As the hooded figure introduced himself as Kayaba Akihiko, the inventor of Nerve Gear and game master of SAO, I thought about how many people were in the town square listening to the creepy game master.

"...if your health bar reaches zero, your avatar will be deleted and you will be exterminated in real life as well. Remember, there is no logout button. Before I go, I'd like to give you all a present. Good luck!"

And with that, Kayaba Akihiko dissipated leaving everyone shocked. I opened my inventory and found a mirror. I tapped it and then another bright light surrounded me, getting brighter every second.

"Updating avatar to real life appearance." droned a mechanical voice. Within a few seconds, I was free from the light again, only this time, I looked like my real self, not that it was much different. I looked around to see dozens of other flashes happening around the central square as more and more people were having their avatar updated to look like their real self.

"Yuuki, is that you?"

I turned around, only to see a younger, nicer looking guy standing next to me.

"Kirito, is that you? You look much better than your old avatar." I asked.
"And more attractive too. " I thought.

"Yeah, it's me. Thanks for the compliment. You look way more beautiful and cuter too." replied Kirito.

My face suddenly heated up, turning red. "T-Thanks K-Kirito."

"Anyway, come on, we gotta go to the next town so that we can get a headstart on grinding."

"Sorry, I wanna stay and explore a bit by myself first. I'm sure we'll meet again. Just promise me that you'll survive till we meet again." I said, holding my hand. Kirito shook it.

"I promise. Well, I've gotta go start grinding. I'll be seeing you around. Until next time!"

"Wait. Just...friend me so that we can keep in touch?" I asked, sending him a friend request. Kirito's finger hovered over the blue circle button before pressing it. And with that, Kirito started running towards the town's gate while I decided to further hone my sword skills. I walked towards the central square, hoping I'll see Kirito again.

AN: Well, that is the first chapter of this book.

I want to mention that I did get inspiration from Shou21, just so that you guys (if people even read this) won't scream plagiariser at me. Anyway, feel free to leave suggestions and feedback in the comments and I'll be seeing you next week with a new chapter. (Or sooner)

See ya!

-Herosassin