So this story was brought to life by me and my friend so let's see where this goes. And one last reminder, this is a multi-part story. What won't be mentioned until later is that me and my friend are beta testers. Oh and the povs will be mine and my friend but if you want an oc put in let me know and I'll give you a mention. This story is a collaboration of animes. In game names for towns, mobs, bosses, and guilds in bold equipment in bold and in italics.

Chris's pov.

I was sitting at home when I heard the doorbell rang, "I got it!" I yelled as I ran to the front door. When I got to the door I saw a package the size of my head if not bigger. I brought it in, looked at the tag and saw my name on it. A few minutes later I opened the box and saw a helmet type device with a disc and instructions, the instructions said that while im playing this game time outside the game would be stopped and I could live inside the game. With that in mind I wanted to play it even more. Later im laying on my bed with the device all set up and the game Sword Art Online up and running, I close my eyes and said "LINK START!"

Zooming into Rainbows thing whooo hoooo.

I materialized in the Town of Beginnings with the basic equipment and stats (I checked) then I took off through the Town of Beginnings. I was almost through a particularly crowded area when I heard someone calling out. I stopped and turned around to see who was shouting to see a guy running with pink hair and a bit if facial hair on his chin, after he caught up he was panting but he managed to stand up and speak "Hey I saw you running and skipping all the stores so I assumed you knew what you were doing, so would you mind helping a guy like me out." I nodded and motioned for him to follow me.

When we got to the field I looked for a mob. "There, that boar there. Fight it." The guy looked at me weirdly but I drew agro and sent the boar his way. He drew his sword and blocked its run path. A few seconds later he got nailed right in the nuts which I winced thinking of how much it could've hurt in real life. "OOOOOOHHHH! RIGHT IN THE NUTS!" "You can't feel pain in this game dude." He got up and we continued for a while. I learned that his name was Klein and he was single. Later sitting up on a ledge looking at the digital sunset we heard a bell after our flip out on not finding the log out button with a forced teleport to the Central plaza in the Town of Beginnings.

"Huh? Someone forced a teleport, why?" Klein asked

"I think we're about to know why." I replied pointing to the artificial sky that had a red warning signal. It blinked a few times then the entire dome was filled with warnings in different languages then after roughly 30 seconds the now warning filled sky bled out in the form of a dude, at least thought it was a dude considering that I didn't want to assume genders and be THAT guy. Anyway the thing in the sky was about to speak.

"Welcome players to Sword Art Online, if you look at your menu you'll notice that the logout icon is missing. This is not a bug, this is how Sword Art Online was designed to be. As of now the only way to beat the game is to clear all 100 floors. Ive placed a present in your inventory, please take a look."

I am sad to say my first reaction in my mind was 'I CALLED IT, HE'S A DUDE' my second was to look in my inventory to find a mirror which confused me but when I looked into said mirror and a bright light engulfed me and the plaza. When it cleared I looked exactly like I did IRL with maybe some minor changes that im not gonna take the time to explain in detail. Basically my status said beta tester as of last year witch didn't make sense to at all but I just shrugged it off to just being there. What I didn't know was that status was gonna make all the difference later.

So this is gonna be a long one I can tell. Also tell me how I can improve your reading experience. Let me know how this was, good, bad, middle? And as always go blue food.