Chapter 1

Kirito POV

I was not-so-patiently waiting for the clock on my NerveGear to say it was 13:00. Then I could finally log into Sword Art Online.

When the clock finally displayed the wanted time, I shouted "Link start!" and multi-colored cylinders flew by my face, almost kaleidoscope-like. When I logged in, I used the same character that I used when I beta-tested.

Appearing with a flash of blue light, I smirk. I blinked a few times, taking in all the colors ranging from leafy greens to the creamy tan of the stone in Town of Beginnings. Smirking, I quietly say, "I'm back… to this world!"

"Shady figure says what?" A voice said. I turned and saw a familiar face approaching me. Spiky white hair, purple eyes, and dressed in a grey tunic, white pants, and black boots.

"Who's the shady figure?" A female voice jumps in. Her purple braid bounced against her spine, her silver eyes shining with humor. Wearing a green knee-length dress and beige knee-high boots, she sauntered over to me.

"But come on, Kirito is wearing black, Kimi!" The male complains, giving an faux sigh of exasperation.

"Well, you're wearing gray, so you can't say anything Takeo," Kimi responds, placing her hands on her hips.

"Grey is a neutral color. And if we're judging people by the color of their outfit, you must be a very happy person," Takeo counters.

I laugh quietly. "It's nice to see you guys again," I say.

When I was beta testing, I met Takeo and Kimi. We got along well, none of us knowing the other in real life. When the testing ended, we promised to meet up again when SAO launched.

"Nice to see you too," Kimi answers. "How depressing was life without us?"

"Must have been pretty sad if you actually said you missed us," Takeo adds.

I don't say a word, and it settles us into a comfortable silence. Then I realize that none of us have weapons. "How about we go to the weapons shop for some pointy metal sticks?" Takeo asks.

"I was going to say something along those lines, so okay," I respond. While most people get used to their surroundings, the three of us sprint off to the weapons shop we found while beta-testing.

When we get inside, I go right over to the one-handed swords. I see a iron longsword within my price range, so I pay and equip it.

I turn to see Takeo testing out a iron lance before nodding and going up to the NPC to pay for it. Kimi is walking towards me, a iron rapier strapped to her hip. I sheath my sword on my back and Takeo does the same with his lance before we head out for some serious grinding before all the monsters are whipped out.

We scamper through the streets, dodging the noobs and heading out to the Fields of Beginnings. Original, I know.

"Hey! You guys there!" A voice shouts. Takeo, Kimi, and I turn to see a man with a white tunic, brown pants and ankle-high boots running towards us. He also has a red bandana with yellow stripes running along the ends.

"Us?" I ask.

He stops and stoops over, panting. "From the looks of those confident strides, you guys are beta-testers? Or at least one of you." He asks.

"Of course we all were. What do you want?" Kimi asks, getting straight to the point.

"I just started this game. Mind showing me the basics?"

"Why not?" Takeo agrees. Kimi groans as the man grins.

"Names Klein. Nice to meet'cha." He tells us. Without anymore talking, we head out to kill some monsters and teach this guy how to fight.


"Aaand, nope. Congrats, you were just defeated by a pig," Takeo declared, clapping his hands as if he's impressed.

"Ain't that the truth," Kimi agrees.

"Indeed, my twig wielding friend," Takeo added.

"Just because I have the thinnest weapon does not mean you can say I weird a twig. Or should I start calling you bedpost boy?" Kimi retorted.

"Naw, I prefer to call my lance 'The Pole Vault,'" Takeo responded.

"Can we just focus on getting this guy up to speed?" I asked. "Anyway, you can't actually feel pain.""Oh yeah," Klein realizes. "I did that out of reflex."

Kimi shakes her head. "I don't get paid enough to do this," she complains.

"You don't get paid at all for this," Takeo tells her.

"Exactly," Kimi responds.

"The key is you first action, remember that," I tell Klein.

"I know, but he won't stay still," he complains.

"If you get your first action right and activate a sword skill, the game system will correct your aim and ensure a hit," Kimi explains, throwing a rock and hitting it on the left side of the hip.

"Action, action…" Klein mumbles, still not getting it.

"Pause for a second, and once the skill activates, let it rip!" Takeo adds.

"Let it rip?" Klein wonders. Then a look of realization strikes. He gets into position, and I send the pig I've heard off with my sword since Kimi hit it with a rock straight at Klein. With his skill activated, he charges at the boar and slices through. It's HP goes down to zero and it explodes into blue fragments.

"Congrats," I tell Klein as he high fives Takeo.

"Unfortunately, he was a low-level mob, like slimes. One of the most basic enemies in the game," Kimi tells him, being a kill-joy.

"Wha-?! You kidding me? I thought it was some sort of mini-boss…" Klein complains.

"Of course not," Takeo scoffs as more boars spawn in about 20 yards away.

"Easy to get the hang of, right?" I ask Klein.

"Yeah!" He responds. As he practices his skills he asks, "There are skills like blacksmithing and stuff, right?"

"Supposedly there's an unlimited number of them, but none of them are magic based. That would make the game too easy," Takeo answers.

"Okay, if we're done here, let's move on to a different area," Kimi suggests.

"Yeah!" The rest of us shout.


So how did you like it! My first story, so sorry if it's bad! It will follow the anime, with a few changes because of Kimi and Takeo.

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