Woo! First fanfic ever! Sorry for any spelling mistakes or OCness. XS

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Fullmetal Alchemist or Sword Art Online.

"Ed, can't we just have the chance to act like NORMAL kids for once?" Al begged, walking down the street with his brother. Al had been begging his brother to buy new game that had recently come out, called Sword Art Online, which was a virtual reality game where you would fight with swords and whatnot. Al could see that Ed was close to caving and buying it.

"For the thousandth time Al, NO! We have to look for the stone, we don't have time for this!" Ed retorted, his face filled with annoyance for Al's constant begging.

"Pleeeease?" Even though Al was a suit of armor, you could tell if he could make a face he would have puppy dog eyes.

"Oh, fine, geez! I'll buy the stupid game! Happy?" Ed growled out.

"Yes! Oh thank you, thank you, brother!" Al cheered, unable to stop himself from jumping in the air and cheering, people on the streets giving him weird looks.

".. No problem." Ed's face turned up in a little smirk at seeing Al's little happy dance and they went off to buy the game, running to get in line. When they got there, the line was already huge and they quickly ran in line behind a black haired boy before the line got any longer. People gave Al strange looks, but Ed would glare at them and they would turn away. Finally, they reached the counter where the game was being sold.

"Aren't you guys lucky! You got the last set of nerve gear and SAO! Here you go! That will be $350, please." The game seller smiled, passing them the bag with the games. Ed shot Al a dirty look, which once Al saw put his hands up in surrender, and passed the woman the money before going back to the military dorms they were staying at. All the other people in line behind quickly dispersed, glaring at them for getting the last game and muttering under their breath, which both Ed and Al pointedly ignored. Once they were there, Ed dropped the bag on the floor carelessly and flopped on the bed, sighing.

"Brother, I'm going to set it up. Okay?" Al looked over to his brother.

"Yeah, yeah, sure. I'm just gonna take a nap, wake me up when you got it ready, ok?" Ed muttered, closing his eyes and rolling over, not bothering to even take off his boots.

"Ok. Good night, brother." Al said, before walking out of the room with the bag, leaving Ed to his thoughts.

It was late, around 7 PM, when Al walked back into Ed's room, watching him fitfully toss and turn in his sleep before walking up to him and shaking him awake gently.

"Brother, it's set up. Come on, wake up." Al said gently. Ed groaned before get up and rubbing his eyes tiredly.

"Alright, alright, let's get this over with." Ed muttered grumpily. Al rolled his eyes internally and led him to where he set up the nerve gear.

"Now Ed, don't go making your character look taller or something weird like that." Al playfully teased him, poking his shoulder.

"Aww, but Al! What's the point if I can't be taller!" Ed groaned, and Al laughed at him before passing him his nerve gear.

"Here, brother, just put this on your head and say, "link start" and it should work." Al said before fitting the nerve gear over his helmet with some trouble, laying down next to his brother, before they both called out, "Link start!" And the game started up.

They both appeared in the game, Ed looking the same as ever with the exception of his automail, while Al looked like what he would have looked like if he had his body back. Ed spotted him and his eyes widened before he tackled Al in a hug.

"Al! Your body.." Ed gaped like a fish for a few seconds before Al pointed it out and he quickly shut his mouth and looked around. The place was bustling with people, some at shops while others just talking with others.

"This place might not be so bad after all..." Ed muttered quietly before Al started tugging him along to look at everything, eventually bringing them to an open field. No one else was around except for two other people talking farther down, and it was pretty quiet.

"It's so cool here, Brother! We can just act like normal kids and talk to other people our age!" Al suddenly exclaimed happily. Al was really the only one talking with other people, as Ed wasn't very good with talking and the only other people he ever knew that were his age were Al and Winry.

"Yeah, it is pretty nice here, huh..." Ed sighed out. "I almost don't want to leave..." He admitted quietly.

"Me neither. But we have to get our bodies back, not just have them in a game." Al whispered to Ed, even though the only other players around were two other boys who didn't seem to even know they were there. Suddenly, the boys teleported away, and Ed and Al stared at them confusedly. Ed broke the silence first.

"I guess we better log out. We're just wasting time in the real world we can't afford to waste." Al nodded, albeit sadly, before they both opened the menu, only to find out that the log out button was missing. Al tilted his head to the side.

"Brother, what?.."

"That's why those people teleported... but then that means-" Ed was cut off suddenly as they both were teleported away too.

When they arrived back at the Town of Beginnings, the sky suddenly turned red, message boxes covering the sky reading "system announcement". Ed glared up at it as a giant person formed, a huge red cloak covering him, blocking his body and face from view. Suddenly he spoke.

"Attention, players. Welcome to my world." The figure boomed. Mutters broke throughout the crowd but were quickly silenced as the figure spoke again. He introduced himself as Kayaba Akihiko, the person who created the game, and explained that the logout button was missing on purpose, saying they had to clear all 100 floors before they could all leave. As Ed took this all in, he wanted to scream. He had to finish this stupid game or they would be stuck in here forever? What about the Philosopher's stone? Or the homunculi? He snuck a look at Al and could tell he was thinking the same. He quickly placed a hand on Al's shoulder to try and console him, but before Al could respond, Kayaba continued with one last thing.

"If you die in the game, you can no longer be revived. Your avatar will be forever lost, and at the same time, your brain will be fried. Finally, I've left a present for you in your inventory."

Everyone started checking their inventories, and Ed cautiously did the same, finding a mirror. Curious, he used it, only to find it turned him into what he looked like outside of the game, returning his automail, and looked at Al in horror as his body turned back into a suit of armor. Why? They couldn't even get away with having their bodies back in a video game, it seemed. Kayaba turned to them, looking at Al with a raised eyebrow.

"This will be interesting..." He muttered, before turning back to everyone, calling out, "Good luck, players..." Before disappearing. The sky then reverted back to normal, leaving everyone in a shocked silence. Suddenly, one girl dropped her mirror, shouting "No!" And everyone came out of their shock, starting a riot, people pushing and shoving, trying to deny what just happened. Ed grabbed Al's hand and ran, running straight into the two other boys from before. Ed promptly fell on his butt, before jumping up and glaring at them, before realizing HE ran into THEM, and blushed furiously before ducking his head and muttering a quick apology before pushing through them. Of course, they could never get off that easily.

Bet you can't guess who they ran into! X3 Nope, I bet you already know. Anyways, please review! I know there's not much action right now, but it will get better!... I think. O3o;