"Good morning. Welcome to Sword Art Online. The time is currently 9:13 A.M. Please input your name."

Name: The Kohaku River Gender: Male

Red Text appeared: *That name has already been taken, please pick another, you uncreative slug*

What? Already? It's only been 13 minutes?!

Name: Crestiny Gender: Male

Crestiny...Crestiny… I rolled the name over in your mind. I decided it was limp name that was unfitting of somebody like me.

"Is this the name you want?"

"Yes."

My vision went white as the beginning area dissolved into the Newb grounds. I looked down to see generic red shirt, basic leather armor and white slacks, with a brown buckled sword sheath. I screamed because I was ugly. Newbs who just began the game, and spawned in the same field, were tremendously startled. I kept screaming, obnoxiously and vigorously. At that moment, the other newbs, although like me knew nothing about the game, suddenly discovered sword skills, and beat me within an inch of death.

I cried. Like a wuss.

Halfheartedly I began walking the first floor meadow towards the Town of Beginnings.

Suddenly a Wild Boar LV.1 appeared.

I pulled out my sword and engaged it.

I attacked with an aggressive side slash. The boar tanked the 3 damage and rammed me in the pancreas for 5 damage. I tried to roll under the boar to stab it in the stomach, but it was too short and I ended up rolling into it's legs. It sat on my face and dealt a critical blow for 8 damage. My health bar was in the yellow. I panted and tried to wipe sweat off my face, but couldn't because everything is virtual. Death was all around me. Would I even make it out alive? Holy. Crap.

I tried to enter berserker mode, but there was no option. The boar rammed me in the knees for 4 damage. He did it again and again. 10 damage. Red. My bar was in the red.

I ran.

As I ran, I heard a stab and a loud squeal. A +13 exp 2 gold, appeared in text the bottom of my vision.

I looked back to see a pretty girl player with chestnut hair stab the boar. It seems that my proximity to the boar shared the exp and loot.

Her gamer tag read "Asuna".