Chapter 2

"It's been a month since the players is trapped in the game. Two thousand players has died in the game in which. Sadly no player have ever cleared this floor. Since I'm a Beta tester. I haven't found the boss room." Kirito said in his mind as Kirito and Sora made to the village a month ago as they look at the players shopping and talking with each other.

"Finally we're having a meeting on how to defeat the first boss." Kirito said as Sora and him begin walking toward where the meeting is.

Suddenly Sora wanted to talked to Kirito as they walked to the meeting.

"Hey Kirito! It's been a month since we were in the game and I felt sad that two thousand players have died in the death game. I hope that we can defeat the first boss and keep moving forward toward the final boss in Floor 100th.

"I know! But we don't know where the boss room is Sora-san. I felt bad too as you too. So we should head to the market and get some Health potion as we have time."

So Sora nodded and they head to the market and they brought lots of potion in case of the emergency. After they got the potion then they resume heading toward where the meeting is at.

It took them 3 minutes to get to the collesuim in where the meeting is. As they made to the meeting, Sora and Kirito saw like 30 players that made to the meeting as they took a seat in the upper room as the meeting begins.

"Okay, Let's get started, People. Thanks for coming today, I'm Diabel and I like to consider my "job" as knight!" said Diabel introducing to the players who made to the meeting.

"There's no job system in this game! Is this meeting a joke too?" said one of the male players.

"Today, our party found the boss room at the top of the tower." Said Diabel shocking the players.

"We need to defeat the boss in order to reach the second floor so that we can tell everyone waiting in the Town of Beginnings that it is possible to beat this game as everybody that is present here shares this duty!"

After Diabel's speech, the players courage including Sora and Kirito is pumped knowing that they won't give up so easily.

"I see that Diabel is giving them courage to stand together." Said Sora

"Yeah! I'm sure that we will reach the second floor today." Said Kirito

So the meeting continues as Diabel is begin the planning. First they will divide the party to six in which shocked them as they know that an ordinary party don't have a chance against the floor boss. Then Sora and Kirito is getting worried as the players is beginning to party up when they only have 2 player in a party.

Suddenly Kirito notice a hooded player (That have a hood to covered his/her face.) with a rapier weapon on the side of the player. So Kirito suddenly begin to walked to the mysterious player.

"You got left out?" said Kirito

"I wasn't left out. I didn't joined because the players know each other." Said the mysterious player as Kirito felt sad for that player.

"A solo player?" said Kirito confuse "So you want to join the party with me and Sora. He just said that we can't beat the boss on our own and it's only for this fight?"

So the mysterious player nodded his/her head and then Kirito went to the main menu and select friend invite in which she accept as he is wondering who the heck is Asuna. Suddenly Sora appeared toward them and introduce to the player.

"Hi I'm Sora! Nice to meet you. Want to be friend with me too." Said Sora as he invite her to be Sora's friend in which she also accept and they become friends too. So Sora check the player name on the top left corner of the screen.

"Asuna! Nice to meet you." Said Sora as Asuna is getting nervous of Sora and Kirito as she move to the left a little bit.

"Sorry That I'm making you nervous." Said Sora apolozing to the hooded player as Sora and Kirito returned to their seat as Diabel continue speaking.

"Okay, You have formed your parties?" said Diabel as suddenly an voice interrupt the meeting as the player ran down to the stage where Diabel is standing.

"My name is Kibaou, I want to say something before we take on the boss. Some of you here need to apologize of the two thousands players that died so far." Said Kibaou pointing to the players in which started to make Kirito nervous.

"Are you referring to the Beta Testers?" answered Diabel

"Of course I am! On the day this stupid game started, The Beta guys ditched us beginners, and they all disappear as they took all the good hunting spots, Took the easy quest for themselves in order to get stronger and finally ignored us. They should bend their knee and apologize, and also returned all the items and money they take or we can't trust them to protect us as party members." Shouted Kibaou

Then suddenly Kirito started to get nervous and felt guilty as he knew what happened. Then a member begin to talked to Kiabou.

"May I speak, My name is Egil, Kibaou-san so tell me if I have this right. You're saying that because of the Beta Testers didn't take care of them as of thought many beginners died. That they should take responsibility and apologize to provide compensation." Said Egil

"Yeah why!" questioned Kibaou

"You have this guide book, didn't you? It's provided for free at the item store." Answered Egil

"Sure I did, Why did you asked?" Kibaou questioned Egil

"Well It was compiled from information given by the Beta Testers." Said Egil as the players are stunned of what he said as it wasn't the Beta player's fault that two thousand players have died as they should learn from their deaths.

Suddenly Sora begin to stand up from his seat as he want to say something from inside his heart.

"I agreed with Eqil." Said Sora surprised the players as they looked at Sora

"Who are you?" said Eqil as Sora introduce to him.

"My name is Sora! I'm asking you that you are right about what you said. I think that we should learned from their deaths. Even the players are gone. They will never be gone from hearts as we want to respect their wishes to beat the boss and cleared this floor." Shouted Sora

After Sora's speech, Then the players begin to clapped their hands to Sora of what he is telling and to never forget them in our hearts. Suddenly Kiabou begin sitting back down in his seat thinking that he thought wrong about the Beta Testers as the meeting continues.

"Let's resume the meeting!" said diabel as the players nodded. "The latest edition of the guide was just issued, It contains information on the boss. The boss name is Illfang the Kobold Lord who is guarded by assistance know as Ruin Kobold Sentinels, His weapon is an axe and a buckler. He has 4 health bars and when the health bar is red, It changes weapons to the talwar as the attack pattern is different."

Then after Diabel read the information about the boss, the players is surprised of the monster boss as the meeting ends and Diabel told the players to meet up with the group at 10 A.M in the morning. Then Kirito noticed that the hooded player begin to leave the colesuim as they begin to worried about his/her.

Later that night, the players in the park were having fun and did a friend bond tradition in which making friends there. Then at the alley see the hooded player is having a hard time taking a bite of the roll and slowly chew the piece of the roll.

"It's pretty tasty, isn't it?" said Kirito as he/she looked back and notice Sora and Kirito walking to the player.

"May we sit down with you." Said Sora as the player didn't respond back as Sora and Kirito begin to sit down with the player as the player move a little bit to the left for space. Then Kirito take the roll from his bag and grab a honey in the pot as he put some on the bread as he took a bite.

"Do you really think it's good?" questioned the hooded player

"Of course. It taste good, Even we eat it one daily ever since arriving in this town." Said Sora

"Expect we got the honey from the quest called "The Heifer Strikes Back," from the village behind us. Said Kirito

Then Kirito pass the honey to the hooded player as the hooded player add some on the roll as the player took bite of it and then the player eat it really fast as it taste good. So as Kirito wanted to show a trick to beat suddenly she speak to them.

"I didn't come to this village for good food." Said the hooded player in which confused Sora and Kirito.

"Then why did you come?" asked Kirito

"I want to still be me than stay myself here until the very end and rot away." Said the hooded player named Asuna "Even I killed a monster. I don't want to lose to this game in this world.

"I agree with you too Asuna. You have a strong courage and you push to the limit to survive. Like I did 3 years ago. My world were consumer by darkness as I was separate with my friends and one of my friends joined the darkness. But I never give up and I went to different worlds to find my friends and even I made lots of new friends on my journey to give me courage to keep looking for my friends somewhere.

Me too also! I won't want to see a party member dying on me. So at least Sora and Asuna, Don't died tomorrow okay?"

So Sora, Asuna agreed with Kirito and they went to the inn and rent a room for a night. Meanwhile in the boss room where the party is going, a heartless appear in the dungeon and then headed to the boss secretly.

Next morning, Sora, Asuna and Kirito work up and head to the destination where the destination. So they make to the rest of the group that is heading to the dungeon where the boss room is.

"You're here group 6, Let's move to the dungeon and clear this floor today" Said Kiabel as they cheered as they head to the dungeon.

So the party head out to dungeon, they discuss the plan for defeating the boss "Illfang the Kobold Lord and the boss servent's "Ruin Kobold Sentinels" as the group thought of using a sword skill to knock the Kobold Sentinels's pole axes up Then switch in. Then Kirito, Asuna, and Sora that is behind the party is talking to each other on the way to the dungeon.

"Is this the first time you been in a party?" said Kirito

"Yes It's my first time I been in the party." Answered Asuna as Kirito sighed at the answered.

"It's is not my first time, I been in a party since my first journey. I got used to being in a party." Said Sora

Suddenly the party made to the dungeon and they battle through the enemies toward the boss room. Then Diabel told the players to win and never give up as they are ready to enter the boss room.

When they enter the boss room, Suddenly the boss "Illfang the Kobold Lord" appeared from his throne as he enter for combat. Then the Ruin Kobold Sentinels appeared too. But suddenly an surprised came to the party as all the suddenly bunch of those dark creature "Heartless" appeared with the boss in which surprised the party even the dark creature is not on the guide book.

"What are those, I never seen them in the guide books." Said one of the male players

"Never mind of those black creature. Focus on the Boss." Said Diabel as he commence the attack as it begin the battle as the sword clash against the boss and the players.

"Squad A! Squad C! switch" shouted Diabel as they did and suddenly when the boss begin to attack. Then Diabel order Squad B to guard.

So Squad B begin to guard the boss's attack and then counter attack the boss. Meanwhile Kirito, Asuna and Sora begin battling the heartless. Then Sora told Asuna and Kirito.

"I got these creature. Kirito and Asuna! Continue attack the boss." Said Sora as Kirito and Asuna nodded as they fall back and attack the boss and the servants.

Sora vs the heartless

So the battle begins as 3 shadows, Darkball, and Invisible begins as shadow disappear into the ground.

Then the 3 invisible begin to attack the keyblade weilder with it's sword. But Sora noticed it and then counted with an uppercut from his keyblade in which flinched the invisible. Suddenly the two invisible begin to slam their weapons on the ground and disappear into ring of fire as it surround Sora. Then in a few second it begin to move forward toward Sora. Then on the right time then as the 2 invisible appeared then he attack with a powerful strike on the two invisible in which weaken the two and then finished them with an powerful Howling Octave in which deals powerful high speed thrusts from 5 times and then defeats the invisibles with an powerful upward cut leaving one left.

Meanwhile the 3 shadow appears behind Sora and then came out of the ground and attack deal damage to Sora as his health bar diminish a little after the attack.

"Ouch! Didn't see that coming." Said Sora as he attack the 3 shadows as they finished their attack and finish them easily with a combo of Strike Raid and Ragnarok "Ragnarok Raid" that defeats them leaving 3 Darkballs and 1 Invisible left

Meanwhile Kirito and Asuna begin attacking the sidekicks then shouted "Switch" as it was Asuna's turn. However Kirito is worried that she is a beginner but is surprise of how fast she is going that Kirito can't keep of with in which she easily defeats one of the sidekicks.

"Good job!" smilled Kirito. Suddenly out of nowhere one of the sidekick did a surprise attack on Asuna but is blocked by Sora keyblade.

"Take this Strike Raid" shouted Sora as he throws at the sidekick defeating it as it returned to Sora.

"Thanks! Sora." Said Asuna as Sora smiled and give a thumbs up.

"Sorry that it took a while, I have to face those heartless, It wasn't easy however I just become stronger" said Sora

Suddenly the boss's health falls to one bar as it ditches his weapon into the weapon they thought it was in the guide book. Suddenly Diabel told the party that he got it and then begin charging toward the boss.

But Kirito begin to notice something wrong as Diabel smiled at Kirito in he thought that we're to surround the boss with an entire party

As Diabel begin to do a sword skill. Suddenly the weapon that suppose to be in the book is not it.

"It's not a Talwar! But a No-Dachi!" said Kirito thought as it is not in the Beta Test. Then Kirito order Diabel to fall back but failed.

So Sora sense Kirito yelling and knew that it is not good. So Sora begin running toward Diabel to make him stop but is blocked by the bodyguard of the boss.

"Get out of my way." Shouted Sora as he summon his keyblade as he is trying to fight the bodyguard of the boss.

Suddenly the boss shocked Diabel in surprise as it does a powerful down-slash at Diabel, Then a powerful uppercut that sent him flying and straight to the ground by impact.

So Kirito ran toward the injury Diabel as fast as he goes and noticed that Diabel's health bar is drop to zero in which surprise Kirito

"Why did you try to do it alone?" said Kirito as he is checking his bag for a health potion to give it to Diabel but is stopped by Diabel.

"You were a Beta Tester, Weren't you? You knew what I'm doing." Said Diabel dying in which shocked Kirito.

"You were after the last attack bonus rare item. As you were a Beta Tester too. Please, Defeat the boss for everyone." Said Diabel as his last word before disappear and died in which surprise the party including Sora.

"When I was in the game! The only thing I thought about was surviving." Thought Kirito as he remember what happen in the last month.

(Start Flashback)

"Okay, Goodbye, Klein. However Diabel, You were a Beta Tester. As you never leave the players as you led everyone with you as you fought brilliantly as you tried to do what I could not."

(End Flashback)

So Kirito look at the boss as Asuna and Sora want to go with him on one strike as Kirito nodded.

So they begin running in high speed and Kirito order to attack the boss as they nodded. Then suddenly the Sentinels blocked their way as the boss begin to attack the players with the boss's sword skills at them.

Then Kirito did his sword skill and it hits the bosses's sword skills repealing the boss backward. Then he shouted "Switch" and it was Asuna turn and begin attacking the boss in which didn't shocked the boss

"Asuna!" shouted Kirito as Asuna the incoming attack from the boss and then evade however the hood that covered Asuna's face is destroyed.

But without the hood. Kirito and Sora saw Asuna as a beautiful brown-orange young girl in which strike after she evade in which damage the boss, In which surprised Kirito of how beautiful she is.

"It's coming back" shouted Kirito as Asuna begin to noticed that the boss is starting to attack Asuna. Suddenly Kirito he attack the boss as the sword begin to clash with each other. Then it was Asuna turned and attack the boss on the side as it deals damage to the boss a little.

Then it is Sora's turn as he block the attack from the boss and launch an powerful Ars Arcanum attack on the boss in which damage the boss. Suddenly the boss counters back at Sora with a uppercut in which hits Sora, then Kirito, and Asuna as they lost health to the yellow guage.

Then as if it is over for Sora, Kirito and Asuna. Suddenly Eqil sent the boss back as the order the players to attack until they recover.

So Sora begin to see how powerful the bond and courage the party is giving to each other as Sora begin to remember the friends he meet on his journey. Then Sora begin to stand up and begin channel something with his keyblade.

"What's Sora doing?" questioned Kirito

Then Sora finish the channeling with his keyblade then shouted "Valor Form" as a flash of light covered the players and the boss. Then the light covered them ended and Sora's clothes turned to Redish Fleur Clothes with the same pattern in Kingdom Hearts 2 as Sora summon his second keyblade "Oathkeeper."

"Wow amazing! Who are you Sora?" questioned Kirito

"I'll explain later. Kirito, Asuna I got the sidekick. You got the boss okay?" said Sora as they nodded.

So Sora begin running toward the sidekicks and they attack the keyblade weilder. But is overcome by Sora's incredible strength and easily defeats the sidekicks with a combo of Brave Shot as he sent the sentiels into the air then the Sonic End's powerful strike as it is in the air and then finished it with a powerful "X" slash in which defeats them as Sora gains Experience points. After that then Sora head toward the boss.

Meanwhile Kirito and Asuna ran toward the boss as the players continuing attacking the boss. Then as one of the players is going to get hit by the boss. Suddenly Kirito blocks the attack as Asuna attack the boss on the side dealing damage to the boss.

Then the boss gets very angry and roars as he is about to attack with it's weapons but is blocked by Sora's 2 keyblade in which sent the boss back with Sora's tremendous strength.

"Asuna, Kirito! Now!" said Sora as they nodded as they attack with full strength. So Kirito block the attack as Asuna strike on the bell then it is Kirito turn and slash the boss with powerful slash that defeats that is slash straight through the boss as Kirito gains the boss kill bonus points.

Congrats Floor Clear

Then the players begin to cheered as they clear the floor by without a sacrifice as Sora dismissed his Valor Form and his second keyblade and then walked to Kirito.

"Hey Kirito! Are you okay." Said Sora as Kirito nodded

"Yeah! I'm okay, I'm tired from the boss. But we did it." Said Kirito smiling

Then suddenly an info box appeared in front of Kirito as Kirito gets the EXP and the item "Coat of Midnight."

"Congrats! That was a splendid Swordmanship. The victory belongs to you." Said Eqil

"No! It was Sora, Asuna and the player that earn the victory." Said Kirito

Suddenly, Kiabou is asking why did Kirito let Diabel die? As they wondering of let him died.

"Of course! You knew that technique the boss used! If you'd told us about that up front, he wouldn't died" said Kiabou in tears

So the players gets mad at Kirito if he is a Beta Tester that he knew all the boss's attack patterns.

Suddenly Sora stand up and walk toward the players.

"You know what! I believe in Kirito as he is not cold hearted as the Beta Players. He is stronger to beat the boss. So don't blame on him." Shouted Sora as he hit the wall with his keyblade that cause damage on the wall.

"This is bad. At this rate?" said Kirito thinking about what Diabel say to him and suddenly he tells them the worst secret ever.

"Beta Tester. I wish you wouldn't compare me to those newbies. Most of the thousand Beta Testers were beginners who didn't know how to level up. As you guys are better than they are. But I'm not like them I made it higher than anyone else durning the Beta Test. As I know the boss's skill because I'm a Beta Tester." Said Kirito

"W-what? That's way worst than a Beta Tester! You're cheating! A Cheater."

"Yeah an Beta Tester and Cheater…" shouted the Players

So Kirito told them to don't confuse with me with the other tester. Then he equip the Coat of Midnight as he walked away from the players so Asura and Sora walked to Kirito

"Wait! You called my name when we were fighting." Said Asura

"Sorry for using just your first name! Or did I mess up the pronunciation?"

"Where you learn it from?"

"You can see another Health Bar below yours, around here, right? Isn't something written next to it?" said Kirito

So Asuna check of what Kirito told her and notice that you name. In which Kirito said "Yeah" in which surprised Asuna and is embarrassed that it's been there all time.

So Kirito told Asuna of joining the guild and that there's a big limit to what you can do as a solo player. Then he disband the party and headed out the dungeon in which Sora follow him.

"I should go with Kirito. I see you soon. Remember that we're in your heart even we are away." Said Sora as Asuna nodded happily as he walk out of the dungeon to follow Kirito

To be continued in Chapter 3

Hope you like this chapter, It's a long story. It is started to get good. Stay tuned for Chapter 3 and there will be death in that chapter