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Ch. 3

Well Kazuto has been gone all day. He left this morning after breakfast, and has been in GGO since. He didn't "dive" in his room as usual though. The guy he knew thought it would be better if he dived in at a hospital with someone watching him. That was a smart plan but a horrible one for me! The two girls, them being Asuna and Suguha, never and I mean NEVER stopped asking me about him. "Where did he go," or "why isn't he helping us," were the usual questions I had to dodge. I had to dance off to the sidelines and make up some bullshit that wasn't even clever.

"Oh...He went to the supermarket..."

I said slowly. They gave me a look and ganged up on me.

"For the whole day!?"

Asuna yelled as she held up a picture of a monster she had just formed. Yes, we were still working on that kind of stuff but we got the entire shape of America completed. We just had to make what was in it.

"Tell me the truth."

She said as she lowered the picture. If she dropped the picture, the monster would be created and attack me I guess. Not really a threat since the game probably had a crap load of glitches. I just made up another response and she seemed to believe me. With a sigh of relief, I walked up to Sugu and wrapped my arms around her waist; rocking the both of us sideways.

"What's up?"

I said lovingly. She giggled while gripping my hands.

"Thorn! Not now! I'm working hehe."

She laughed. I wasn't listening, I just reached around to kiss her. Some people might ask me if I felt like I was cheating with Sugu; since she looks differently in the game than she does in real life. To be honest, I don't even notice haha. Does that make me a bad person? No, because it's the same person!

"Just telling you I love you angel."

I said sweetly as I gave her another kiss. She smelled like a rose that had just sprouted. When a girl smells like that, you never want to leave her side.

"I love you too Babe. Actually, can you-"

Ring! Ring!

Attention!

You have a disturbance in your reality environment!

I sighed as I looked at the message in front of me and proceeded to apology to Sugu. She smiled and waved her hand through the air at me.

"It's fine; go answer it."

She said softly while giving me a kiss. I nodded reluctantly and signed out after giving her a hug. Back in reality, I lazily checked my phone for what it was that brought me away from the love of my life. My bored eyes then suddenly went wide as I saw the message. Someone had replied to our Beta Testers invitation! And by the looks of it, he was Russian! Fucking Russian! I even had to press the "translate" button to read it! How cool is that!? Okay it might not sound cool to you, but I was excited as hell! The message said that this person would like to join our team since he couldn't play in Russia. It then specified how excited he was to play on his Amusphere.

"Okay, gotta check your profile."

I said; as if the guy was in the room. I clicked on his anime profile picture and his information popped up. His name was Arkady Yakushev. He was seventeen, like me, and lived in Moscow, Russia. Hmm, cool. He says he would like to play a VRMMORPG, but again, he can't because they are only available in America and Japan. I smiled as I saw this complaint. This is why we are making this game.

"Well Arkady, what the hell!?"

I yelled happily as I sent him the game file. I explained to him that he would have to store the file on a hard drive and then plug it in to his Amusphere. Simple, I know. I didn't know what Arkady looked like but I guess I will find out when we meet in the game. Damn, I'm so excited! Did I mention that already? Hearing the door open, I was brought out of my thoughts to see Kazuto coming in. He looked kind of tired but also looked like he was thinking about something. I had to wave my hand in front of his face to get his attention.

"Yeah?"

He asked blinking. I chuckled and crossed my arms.

"So how was GGO?"

"It's a cool game but I have a bigger problem than I thought I did. I...met someone from SAO. I don't remember his name but I know I've seen him before..."

He said with a serious look and tone. He then shook his head from the troubling thoughts and gave me a smile.

"I did meet this one girl though. She showed me around and is an awesome sniper! Her name is Sinon. She has blue hair and eyes and really knows her stuff."

He said with a grin. I rose an eyebrow at him and smirked.

"Don't tell me you're leaving Asuna for this new girl..."

His eyes went wide and he waved his hands at me dramatically.

"Hell no! Never! And I have pretty much married her. I can't even tell you how much I've done to prove my love to her!"

He yelled. I rolled my eyes and started looking for Arkady's reply in my phone.

"Oh what? Did you fight all of the bosses of SAO with her until you got tricked by a fellow player and she tried to save you but you saved her instead, and then ended up having sex and marrying her in the game until you beat it and then somehow save her from some evil fairy king and free her from her chains so she could come back to the real world!? Pshh yeah right! Haha!"

I laughed. He glared at me and opened his mouth but I quickly shut him up by showing him my phone.

"Whoa! We got a reply? Someone from Russia!? That's so cool!"

He said. I totally agreed with him. The more people we had to help us, the better. It was even better that we had someone from a different country. Their ideas would probably be different than ours so that's actually a good thing. I hope this guys isn't one of those "anti-American" Russians though. Some of them are still pissed after we stomped their asses back in 2018 haha. Nothing personal, they just started it.

"Yep, I sent him the data. His name is Arkady Yakushev and he is seventeen...Oh! He just sent me a message saying that he was about to get on! Wanna meet him?"

I asked Kazuto as I got the reply. The black-haired swordsman nodded and sighed.

"Time to dive in again I guess."

He groaned as he left the room. I swear, he is so lazy. But he was right; I needed to dive in and tell the girls what was about to happen. I pray this turns out alright...

(Arkady's POV)

It didn't take long before I got a response from the guy named Thorn. By the way he wrote, I imagined him to be nice and a pretty cool dude. I only hang out with those kinds of people because that's how I am.

Great! We'd love to have you on the team if you wouldn't mind! I'm seventeen as well so it will be alright. Now, I'm sending you the file to our game. We are in the middle of development so it would be great if you helped us out Arkady! All you have to do is store the file on a hard drive and connect it to your Amusphere. Sorry if you have to go buy a hard drive, haha. Anyway, just let me know when you wanna meet because our whole team of four is on most of the time! And again, thanks for joining!

What a cool dude! I didn't have anything better to do so I immediately texted him that I would get on right now. Luckily for me, I did have a hard drive that I kept just in case. Now thinking about it, that was a smart decision. Even though I kept my cool, I was dying inside. Not only did I not waste my money on this Amusphere, but I could finally use it! Oh shit, better tell my mom that I'll be in the game for a while. I walked to my door, and poked my head out to see that she was giving Maverick a bath in the bathroom down the hall. Maverick was my Siberian Husky. He was about two years old so his dark black fur really shined with his white face and belly. His eyes were a bright blue like mine. I think that was the reason I picked him at the animal shelter. Plus, he was the coolest fucking dog ever!

"Мама, я буду в моей игре на некоторое время так что не перебивайте меня пожалуйста. (Mom, I will be in my game for a while so don't interrupt me please.)"

I said to her. She nodded but then gasped as the husky tried to jump out of the tub. I laughed to myself as I closed my door again. Maverick was an awesome dog but he hated taking baths. Looking at my computer, the file had finally downloaded so I could plug it in to my Amusphere. I was surprised to find that there was a lot of storage on it; which meant that they have gotten a lot done already. So awesome! Might as well practice my English before I go though.

"Yes...no...Yes, that's cool...Hell yeah, that's awesome...I can speak English fine...fine...I am from Russia..."

I stopped and smiled. My English was perfect. However, there was no way I was getting the American or British accent mastered. They would have to deal with my thick Russian accent for now. Walking over to the Amusphere, with the flash drive in my hand, I plugged it in and it made a cool electronic sound. Is it okay if I said I was...what's the word? Fan-girling inside? No, fan-guying inside. Yeah, that's it; especially when I was putting the helmet on! I laid on my bed and got comfy before starting it. Alright, so...I just say it? Well we will find out I guess...

"Начало ссылки! (Link start!)"

I was instantly brought away from my bedroom ceiling to see an army of colorful beams shooting past me. I then found myself in a forest. I blinked a couple of times because Russia was very cold. We didn't have the kind of forest that was in front of me right now. The trees, filled with bright green leaves and fruit, blew in the breeze along with the blooming flowers beneath it. I stepped back when a butterfly flew past my gaze. This was all so new to me! I rose my hand to my eyes and rotated it around. It felt so real. It felt like I wasn't even in a game right now!

"Это настолько плох ишака! (This is so bad-ass!)"

I said to myself.

"Huh?"

I turned my head to see a girl with blond hair and green eyes look at me with a surprised look. She wore a simple leaf-colored shirt and a matching pair of pants. Her hair was in a ponytail that was formed with a pretty flower pin. She had, I think, three holographic boxes that surrounded her in mid-air. Her surprised face then turned into a smile and she walked up to me.

"Oh, you must be Arkady! Thorn told us that you would dive in soon! Come on, I'll bring you too them!"

She said happily as she grabbed my arm. I kind of just went with it without saying anything. It was one of those moments where you're just like, "meh, whatever". She took me through the lively forest as she talked to me in English.

"Sorry about being so far away from the others. I was working on the environment's insects. I just got done making the butterflies; pretty huh? They're my favorite part about this forest other than the flowers."

She told me. I listened to her talk some more about what she was making until she suddenly stopped and yelled at three people in front of us.

"Hey guys! I found him!"

She yelled at them. They smiled at me and started walking over to us. For some reason, I had this weird idea formed in my head. Since they spoke English, it would be kind of funny if I fucked with them and spoke Russian at first. Haha, I guess we'll see how it goes. A guy with brown hair and bright brown eyes, was the first to step up to me. He held his hand out and grinned.

"Hi, I'm Thorn! We texted each other about the Beta Tester invitation. Welcome to the team Arkady!"

He said with a contagious smile. I smiled as well and shook his hand.

"Здравствуйте это приятно встретиться с вами шип. (Hello, nice to meet you Thorn.)"

I said casually. His eyes widened slightly and he brought his head back. Haha, wow look at his face. He quickly recovered and smiled again.

"Heh...What did you say bro?"

He asked me. I tilted my head and brought on a blank expression.

"Вы не понимаете, все, что я говорю, право сейчас ты? (You don't understand anything I am saying right now do you?)"

He turned to a black-haired boy, who was slightly older than me, and silently asked him if he knew what I was saying. The guy shrugged with a laugh and Thorn turned back to me nervously. Alright, I think I can stop. I laughed and brought out my fist for a fist bump.

"Nah, I'm just playing with ya dude; I speak perfect English."

I said. You could tell that he was relieved as he grinned again and bumped my fist with his.

"Haha nice one! I was afraid you only spoke Russian! Well, I'm glad you speak English so we can actually communicate. Anyways, this is Leafa."

He said; gesturing to the blond girl who led me to the others. She smiled and shook my hand.

"Nice to meet you Arkady. My game name is Leafa, but you can call me Suguha since that's my name in real life."

I nodded and Thorn introduced the next person.

"This is Asuna."

He said as he nodded over to an attractive auburn-haired girl with matching eyes. She just nodded at me and backed up. I chuckled at her red face. She must of been kind of shy; then again, girls loved me. I just had that certain charm with them.

"Okaaaaay...And this is Kirito."

He said as he gestured to the boy behind him. Kirito was giving Asuna a look that said, "what the hell is wrong with you," before bumping fists with me.

"What's up? Like Leafa, Kirito is just my game name. My real name is Kazuto."

He said. Thorn nodded after I met everyone and clapped his hand together.

"Alright, now that we've all met each other, let's get down to business. We are in the progress of making the United States of America right now. We have most of it down but we still need to work out some problems..."

Thorn said. He then explained to me their main idea for the game that elaborated it more than the Beta Tester invitation did. I thought it was a perfect idea, but I had a few ideas up my sleeve. This included, new weapons, country ideas, monsters, and skills. Hey! I've been waiting to play a virtual reality game for a long time so I'm going to give my ideas!

"And so I think that we could maybe add real world leaders as AIs. They could give missions and stuff like that."

I told Thorn as we walked through the green forest. He nodded and laughed.

"Bro, can I just say that your accent is so thick but it's awesome. And your ideas are great. I think we can do that. Any more?"

He asked me. I stopped to think, and for a reason I don't know, a butterfly caught my eye. It kept glitching and disappearing and then reappearing. I sighed and nodded.

"да, I think I do..."

And that is the end of the chapter! A bit more info on our new OC because you can't just bring in a new character and not have him be important in some way. Haha, we have a lot of influence on the game. I hope you guys like him. ONE MORE TIME, WE NEED A FEMALE READER TO HELP US! PUT IT IN A REVIEW OR PM ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP! Please review and comment on the story and tell us what you think so far. Please don't think that this will be the whole story! It will be slow at first, like any story, but it will gradually become more "extreme" haha. Finally, thank you so much for taking your time to read this and we will see you next time!