(I do not own sword art online or the character of the anime/manga and the credit should go to the creators of the series and the novel)
Chapter 1:The Life of an Average Highschooler It was a normal day in the city of Tokyo, kids were heading to school, adults were heading to work, but one kid stood out among the rest. The naturally red haired male, named Akira, was walking to the bus stop where he could take the city bus to his private school in the middle of the city. When the bus arrived he sat down in a chair and put his bag next to him. As he did this the bus started moving and started moving towards the bus stop near the center of Tokyo. After about ten minutes of driving he exited the bus and walked the rest of the trip and walked straight into a blue haired boy who turned around
This was one of Akira's bullies who enjoys making fun of him for the sake of having a laugh at his expense. Akira tried to walk around the boy but the male caught his shoulder.
"How dare you touch me you peasant " The bully, named Shinji, he was one of the rich snob who relies to much on his parents money. Shinji pushed Akira into a wall "You think you can hit me and get away with it?" He said as he advanced closer to Akira and punched him in the shoulder and kicking him in the leg on bruises that were there from another meet up with Shinji, suddenly a male with long red hair pushed Shinji away from Akira, this is Akira's childhood friend Haruto.
"Shinji, leave him alone, he only barely bumped into you" He said pulling Akira to the building making sure no one else hurts Akira on the way to class but he winced as soon as she touched the bruise on his arm. After hearing Akira he stopped moving and turned to him, "Hey Aki, you alright?' Haruto asked as he set him down on a chair when they reach the classroom.
"I'm okay, thanks for the save Haru" He said smiling at the childhood nickname as the teacher came in Haruto quickly snuck to his seat so he didn't get into trouble and the class had started but when the teacher noticed the bruising on Akira she asked what happened and he made up a story of how he fell on the way to school trying to hide the bruise with his uniform shirt. The rest of the day went on as normal with classes and some people asking if he needed to see a nurse but he waved them off. By the end of the day he was out of the class heading towards the city bus stop but was stopped by Shinji and some of his goons.
"I heard you got a rare item in ALO yesterday, how bout you fork it over or things might get ugly" Shinji said as he grinned wickedly "Here's the deal, if you don't give it to me willingly I'll personally come and rip it from your avatar's dead body" He said before walking off with his goons and soon after Haruto arrived.
"Hey, what was that about?" He asked when he came over to Akira with his cheetah spotted backpack slung around one of his shoulders
Akira looked at his friend and gave a nervous but convincing smile "It was nothing, don't worry about it" he responded in his most calm voice he could do at that moment. Since they live close to each other Haruto and Akira take the same bus and split up when they get to the bus stop
"Hey meet me at Sylvain, I'll be there after I change" Haruto said before heading home to get ready for ALO and Akari went in a different direction to his house to do the same. When Haruto had showered and got out of his dirty school uniform and into fresh clothes, he lay in his bed putting on the amusphere.