A/n:) Ahhh the world of swords...and just imagine that we're getting closer to an actual virtual world that looks, feels, and sounds real. I can't wait to experience that when (not if) the fulldive technology becomes a reality. I only hope that Sugou's experiments will never be attempted. By the way, I have one question about what name you would have given yourself in SAO/ALO/GGO/Underworld (ALO is Alfhiem and GGO is Gun Gale). And I just find it funny that people type in SOA instead of SAO XDD. Well, I've had enough ranting, on to the story of Peace and Harmony (Kidding XDD I meant Insanity XDD) Note: this story takes place before GGO.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sword Art Online in any way, shape, or form. This is just a figment of my imagination about another author's creation ^_^


"Daddy, Daddy, wake up! Today's the day! Today's the day!"

A little girl jumped up and down on a teenage boy, waking up with a groan. His name is Kazuto Kirigaya, but his avatar's name is Kirito. For the past month he and his girlfriend, Asuna, have tried to clear all 100 floors of Aincrad in a game called Sword Art Online. There was one particular goal that he'd been attempting to reach since the floating castle of Aincrad appeared in Alfheim Online. The girl that's jumping on top of him is both his and Asuna's artificial 'daughter' from SAO, Yui. Though she's an AI, the programming she would use to analyze players' emotions allow her to show her own. The reason Yui's so very excited is that Kirito has saved up his Yuld in SAO to buy a house on Valentine's Day. Since Kirito's plan involved avoiding Asuna for two days in the real world as well in SAO, it almost went unnoticed. Until she grew suspicious when she saw Kirito log out of SAO from the Town of Beginnings yesterday. With a long yawn from his nap, Kirito rubbed his head to wake himself up more, much to the delight of Yui still jumping up and down on his back as he laid on his belly in an inn's bedroom.

"Ho-kay, ho-kee, I'm on it. Just stall her long enough until I message her, alright?"

"Daddy, my sensors indicate that Mommy just logged in and arrived here at the Town of Beginnings. Should I go there now?"

Her father nodded while he brought his items list up, checking to see if he'll be strong enough to take on monsters without any help. Yui smiled at him on last time, before she shimmered a bit into a pixie and teleported to the Town of Beginnings. Remembering that he invited his sister, Suguha (a.k.a Leafa) along for his personal quest, he decided to instead message her that he'll be leaving early to earn enough Yuld for the house.

Sugu, I need to leave now without you. Meet me somewhere inside the Black Iron Castle below the Town of Beginnings.

Coincidently, even though the floors of SAO became a little different, the Black Iron Castle remained the same in terms of monsters. The last time that Kazuto went through the dark corridors was back when in the original SAO, a player named Thinker became trapped. With the help of Asuna, Yui, and a player named Yulier, they all managed to escape the clutches of a monster that resembled the Grim Reaper, Fatal Scythe. Fond memories of Yui came to mind, where she was nearly deleted by the SAO's Cardinal system. The Spriggan/Black Swordsman sent his message and proceeded to leave the inn, paying his bill to the smiling NPC at the door.

I promised Asuna and Yui that we'd be together as a family, and I intend to keep that oath.

It was a good thing that the inns in the first floor was so cheap, otherwise he couldn't hope to earn enough for their dream home. Strolling to the grand entrance of the Black Iron Castle, the Black Swordsman casually checked his messages in case Asuna tried to contact him earlier. Nothing yet, but he had to hurry before Yui came by with her to the cabin. Aincrad definitely became a part Kirito's life, including to all the players who were originally trapped inside the "Death Game". After the floating castle appeared in ALO, his ambition to clear all 100 floors led him to recover his old swords at an early stage, the Elucidator and Dark Repulsor. Strangely enough it wasn't even him who acquired them. Asuna first found the Elucidator from a random monster drop, which is normally from a Boss fight. The Dark Repulsor took some time however, due to its rarity, but Leafa managed to find the dragon ingot, from an info broker inside the game. With Lizbeth's help, they forged it with some minor tweaks to the design.

Let's see since Yui's stalling Asuna, it'd be a safe bet that she'll find out when Yui tries to suggest going to other places.

Kazuto opened the door and proceeded to the underground level of the floating castle. And just like last time, the mutated frogs came out in droves once he set his sights for the end of the hallway. Smiling, he took out his old Elucidator and Dark Repulsor for his obviously one-sided fight. Starburst Stream, the one combo that he'd been trying to replicate since the launch of ALO, is the most stressful Achilles Heel that the Spriggan ever had to attempt, and yet he'd be damn if he didn't try it on the hardest sub-floor of Aincrad. The frogs, all swarmed by jumping from the walls and ceiling to confuse their prey for the attacks. With just two swings of his heavy one-handed swords, Kirito took out a third of the frogs before jumping back and forth from the hallways, effectively making himself higher with each leap. Some new monsters came out of the woodwork that were like giant rats, each wielding some scimitars and shields. Kazuto reached the top and flipped himself upside down, hanging there by digging his Elucidator inside the brick ceiling. A few archers among the rats attempted to launch the frogs from their bows, but the way the four-eyed amphibians squirmed made it impossible. The Black Swordsman aimed his Dark Repulsor at an adjacent metal chandelier, hoping to make his work a lot more easier.

"Hehe, at this rate, I'll reach SAO's game console to beat that bastard before the day's out."

By cutting of the hinges, Kirito destroyed all the frogs and most of the giant rats by the chandelier. Only two were left, and his urgency made him dig out his sword and land on top of both the giant rats' heads. Before the shimmering/shattering effect took place, the Spriggan was off to find the console. It was a good thing that there was hardly any pain sensors on any player, otherwise he would've gotten tired before he even got a chance to fight. His battle instincts have never faded, due to the two years spent in the "Death Game" and the few weeks he had in ALO. Normally, he'd fight them head-on, no questions asked, but he wants to have enough HP for his battle with the Fatal Scythe to earn the Yuld necessary for the house. Kazuto ran deeper into the corridors, looking for any signs of the maniacal-looking Fatal Scythe until he heard his name. "Kaaazutooo!"

Suguha, he figured his 'sister' couldn't wait to fight alongside him, especially since she made it by herself. She panted as she tried to reach Kirito, her speed in the game now a little slower to her cousin's. Once they stopped in a naturally open space for them to talk, Kirito smirked when Suguha leaned on him for support,"Hey 'Leafa', how'd you manage to leave your boyfriend behind?" The Sylph's face turned all red, steam barely visible if you paid close attention. The annoyance she felt every time he called Recon, a fellow Sylph and friend of Suguha in real life, her boyfriend. She raised her hand, but was too tired for slapping after all the running she did to catch up to her cousin.

"He...*gulps*...hey, whe...where's...*gulps* Yu...yu...*gulps*...Yui?"

It took a minute before Kirito remembered he sent her to stall her Mommy, not even sure if Yui can hold out longer than a few more hours. It wasn't until he thought about Asuna that a message came into view for him. And it was from her. Leafa asked who's calling him, though she figured it would be from the only other person Kirito would tremble in fear of. His look of shock sent him falling down on his bum, going away from his message after he read it. "Huh? Kirito, what's wrong? What did Asuna say?" She turned to face his side of it, reading what it said.

Kirito, I know where you are, so you better expect me now that I'll find you because of Yui. -Asuna

"This is bad, I gotta get there before she finds me," he mumbled nervously. He leapt up to his feet from his wings, and hurried again, with Leafa having trouble keeping up. "Kirito, wait! Is this house really that important to you?!" No answer, but the sound of a monster reached their ears, causing both of them stop. Luckily, in their blind flight of the corridors, they're able to see the SAO's GM console from the other end of the hall. The Spriggan knew a surprise attack laid in wait for them, but from where?

"DUCK!"

Leafa threw herself on Kirito, making both of them fall before a scythe beheaded both of them. Baring his teeth, the master of illusions once again drew his swords. Fire came from Kirito's right side of the corridor, one that he barely dodged. Leafa dodged another scythe that tried to cut her in half from head to toe. Kirito readied his swords, crossing each other if he had to defend, with Leafa going back to back.

"What kind of monster is it? Do you know?"

Again, no answer. It wasn't his fault, but he didn't know either. As far as he knew, there wasn't supposed to exist a monster that wields scythes and breathe fire. A shadow from the starlit halls appeared, and the monster appeared, scythe first. Darkness prevented either player from identifying the creature, but the Black Swordsman had a hunch now. He put both swords away, with Suguha questioning his sanity and walked a few feet up to it. The darkness that surrounded the monster couldn't keep two glowing red eyes from peering at the Spriggan, who seemingly dropped the scythe as it made a clanking noise. "Kirito, what are you doing? Run, Fight!"

With just a wave of his hand, Kazuto diminished the darkness, revealing what the monster really looked like. With horns of a ram, a snake for a tail, and the sign of it breathing small amounts of fire, it turned out that it's Gleam Eyes. It stood there, watching his foes menacingly. Kirito then asked a simple question, "You want it be that kind of fight, don't you?" The Gleam Eyes nodded, chuckling from his enemy's understanding. Leafa made one step towards them, earning a roar from Gleam Eyes. Her cousin turned to face her with a smile and a bit of worry.

"Sugu, I want you to stay out of it. If Asuna and Yui find us, don't let them interfere. This is between me and him..."

Leafa sheathed her sword, dumbfounded about why a monster would only want to fight him alone, especially unarmed. She took a few steps against the wall, staying in the sidelines and wished him good luck. The SAO veteran then turned to face Gleam Eyes, and bowed, giving it the kind of respect only he knows. By chanting the spell that allows him to turn into a huge monster, there was only one result, Gleam Eyes. And now there were two, both of them breathing fire, waiting to see who'll make the first move. The snake on the original monster twitched and striked Kirito's left arm.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!"

Kirito grabbed the snake with his claws and proceeded to bite it. Another roar from GE sounded more louder and echoed longer throughout the halls, making it tremble. With its eyes glowing brighter, it mauled Kirito in the face, making him let go, and tackled him to the ground. Leafa couldn't take her green eyes off the battle, even at the sound of footsteps through all the carnage. "KIRITOOO!" "DADDY!" Yui was sitting on Asuna's right shoulder, still in her pixie form, and shouting along with her mother. Once Asuna reached Suguha, she saw two Gleam Eyes having a battle to the death. Her hands covered her mouth in horror, knowing that Kirito turned himself into a monster.

"Suguha, what's going on, why is Kirito fighting a Boss that's from the 74th floor?!"

Even Yui, who knew her daddy can turn into Gleam Eyes, became worried about the evenly matched battle between the two. Both Gleam Eyes fired a purple energy blast as they backed away quickly from their opponents. Asuna watched the HP on both opponents, dropping significantly with each hit. Yui, Leafa, and Asuna watched in awe as Kirito rushed below Gleam Eyes and lifted him as much as he can. Throwing him, he breathed fire at the blue demon, but not before Gleam Eyes fired one last purple energy blast. Smoke erupted, from the explosion, not a sound made. Neither Yui or Leafa could move except Asuna.

"Kirito...Kirito...KIRITOOOO!"


Man, I think I suck more at writing on Valentine's Day XDD. Originally, I wanted to make this one chapter, but I want to update this on my B-Day 03/06/2014 ^O^. Well, tell me what you guys think. And yes, I suck at writing fight scenes XDD. I have six days of vacation from school, Anime-con is in my hometown, I still have my gf from last year's Valentine's Day, I'm going to watch the final episode from Toonami for SAO, and I wrote a story for Sword Art Online, which my friend told me is having a third season ^W^. This could not get any better than this in my life ^_^. Anyways, my fellow writers/readers, may Insanity take control of our lives XDD.