Sword Art Online

The Protect Shield

The Beta

"You're absolutely crazy if you think this is actually going to work... There is no way two people can complete a floor boss on their own and that definitely goes for this one. It's pretty much a suicide attempt."

No response.

"Hello!? Are you even listening to me? Kirito!"

He turned and smiled slightly, "Of course I am, I am just thinking over the strategy. Also, you're here by choice. You have always had the choice to follow me. You don't have to come and try this boss with me, you can still leave or just log off." he opened his menu and started looking through the items in his inventory. He had a slight asymmetrical hair cut and kind eyes, both midnight black.

"To be perfectly honest, I feel like if I don't come with you when you go on these crazy runs, then you're going to do something stupid. Although I do seem to question myself every time I follow you..." she sighed, shaking her head. She hair long white hair plaited to the right and calm amethyst purple eyes.

He chuckled and stood up, walking to the large door. He stopped, turning around to look at her, "You awake over there?"

She gasped, jumping up and running towards him, "Yeah, I was just thinking about the battle plan we discussed earlier."

He nodded, "you never told me your thoughts on the plan. Do you think it will work?"

She frowned, placing her gloved fist to her mouth, mulling things over in her mind, she looked up at him, "unfortunately I don't think it would actually work in our favour, especially when your timing is still way off..."

He nodded, leaning against the wall next to the door, "Yeah, you have a point on that... wait a second..."

She chuckled, "I am just messing around with you! Of course, it will work, once we are in there, I will be able to adjust the plan according to the boss' patterns. We are very much in the dark in how this boss fights as no one has given any information on it, there is also no record of anyone completing it yet, so even if some people have attempted this boss, they haven't been able to clear it yet."

He laughed, "You nearly got me there. But yeah, watch the boss' patterns and call out the altered plan as we go. I tell you if I notice anything myself. But keep calling things out as much as you possibly can. Once you find the pattern, then we will be able to fight properly."

She nodded, "Well then, let's go inside." She placed her hand on the door, it glowed and opened slowly, revealing a large dark room.

Kirito unsheathed is a sword from his back, she pulled a sword and shield off her back. They looked at each other and nodded, walking in, she was a step faster than Kirito, staying in front slightly, her shield readied.

In the middle of the room was a dark figure, once they had gotten closer, the room lit up, revealing the large red samurai boss which stood ready.

She froze, Kirito looked at her, "What's wrong?"

"Kagachi the Samurai Lord..." she muttered.

3 Hours later, they walked out of the dungeon to the next floor, floor 11.

She stretched as they got to the top of the stairs, "That was a very interesting and good fight!"

He nodded, "We did a lot better than I thought we would. I still can't believe you knew the name of the boss before it showed us."

She gasped and looked at him nervously, "Well, I must have heard it somewhere before, I don't know. Maybe I heard it from an info broker after someone attempted it and failed. I don't know, I can't even remember now..."

He nodded, "That sounds about right, speaking of info brokers..." he opened the menu and started messaging someone.

She sighed in relief and then tilted her head, looking at him, "turning in the information and patterns to Argo?"

He nodded, "Yeah, just making sure we get it."

The bells started ringing, Kirito groaned, "Seriously... I thought we had a few more hours.."

She smiled slightly, "We spent those few more hours in that dungeon, looks like we won't be able to explore this floor after all!" she looked at him, "Well, it has been fun. Thanks for a great beta!"

He sighed and nodded, "yeah, it has been amazing!"

They stepped forward and high fived each other.

"ANNOUNCEMENT! THE BETA OF SWORD ART ONLINE IS NOW OVER! THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING! YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY LOGGED OFF SHORTLY!"

She smiled and looked at the sky, "Well, see you around, Kiri-"

"Hey, Reiki!"

She gasped and looked at him, "Yeah?"

He smiled, "Thanks for everything, I hope to see you in the full game, Reiki!"

Reiki smiled and nodded, "Yeah, definitely, see you soon K-"

Everything went black.

Deep blue eyes opened, seeing the ceiling, "Kirito..." she sighed as she sat up, pulling her NerveGear off, setting it on the bedside table, long fawn hair flowed down.

There was a knock on the door, "How did it go?"

She smiled and walked over to the door, opening it, "It went really well, day. I got to floor 11!"

He walked in and nodded, "I need your help with my work."

She nodded, "Of course Dad, I will help!"

Disclaimer: I do not own SAO or any of the characters, I have however made some character and altered the story to fit these characters. I hope you enjoy it!