I'm back. My update schedule has been crazy lately. My birthday is coming up soon anyways, so I guess it's normal. This will be the last chapter of this story. I'll try to start a new one as soon as I can. See you soon!

Disclaimer: I do not own Sword Art Online. Sword Art Online belongs to Reki Kawahara. I only own the OCs, towns, weapons, and skill names. Tokyo, Osaka, Fukushima, and Soma are real cities in Japan.

New Game

3 months later

Artur's(Blaze's) POV

It's been 3 months since we were let out of the SAO. I've been in contact with everybody since then, turns out, Yuusuke somehow lived. He's always been a stubborn idiot anyways. In this time, I've met up with the -Gold Dragons- from SAO, -Heaven's Shade-, as well as -Solar Golems- and -Midnight Stalkers-. It seems everyone got out safely, everyone I know of...

It doesn't change the fact that Akihiko Kayaba killed countless people with that hell of a game he created. On the news, everybody's searching for him, they say he's gone into hiding. Other's say darker stuff, like he committed suicide or something along those lines.

Now for the juicy stuff. Yuusuke and Seiko got together, Kyo got with Kyoko, Tarou got with Mei, that noodle shop girl. Dairo got with Cilia, no question there, I think Ayako might have a thing for Yuusuke, even though he's with Seiko, Yuu's cousins have been clinging to him more than ever, I wonder if they have a big brother complex... Oh yeah, and Dawn confessed to me...so...we're together now. It's funny all of these relationships were formed because of SAO.

Now to the others. Gin has opened a bar on the street corner in Tokyo. Aiko works at a book store, I think it's to get discounts on anime and manga. Dante and Rikka(Yes, Rikka, her real name.) have been closer, doesn't mean Rikka still doesn't mean they don't prank each other until the police get involved though. Eric, Lucas, James, Sarah, John, and Jake have been working in an arcade in Osaka together. Yuusuke and Seiko live in different cities(Fukushima and Soma), but still manage.

Everyone's getting sent to a private school in Tokyo for the players that got trapped in SAO next month though. Then, we can all meet together again. I can't say that I'll be glad about seeing Gin again though, he's going to make fun of all the couples...I just know it!

Aiko's POV

I've been getting kind of anxious these days. I can't take it! It's like I want to do something, but I can't! Almost like there's a wall between me and someone I want to see. I can hear their voice, but I can't see them at all, it's tearing me apart. I just wonder who this person is. It's not like there's many people I hang out with, even less that I have a connection with. Maybe even 1 or 2 that will accept me truthfully.

Those 2 people are Yuusuke and Seiko, but I haven't seen either of them in forever. Maybe I just miss them, I guess that's normal since I saw them everyday in-game, and now I haven't seen them for 3 months. I haven't been in contact with a lot of people either, everybody assumes I know everything that's going on, everybody keeps talking about drama, new relationships, and a new game that's coming out this summer.

I don't know much about the 'new relationships', but I do know about Kyo+Kyoko, Tarou+Mei, and Artur+Dawn. Other than that I know just about nothing. Except that the new game's supposed to combine Sword Art Online's 100 floor world, along with Alfheim's gameplay and worlds. It's almost like a video game baby. Sword Art Online and Alfheim have been getting busy I guess, hehehe.

Gin's POV

"*Snore* Huh! What happened when I was out? I better go check on the bar...*Yawn*"

...

"I've been robbed! Nononononononono! Police! Police! I need help! I've been robbed! Robbed I say, ROBBED!"

My life totally sucks.

Tarou's POV

School starts in a month. Of course, SAO school, I haven't been in a real school since 2 years ago. I'd bet my grades will be just as good as when I did go to school. C. Yep, that's my average grade, sometimes C+ or C-. Unlike other people who are all 'I got an A, how about you?' or 'I got a B+ in geometry!'. STFU.

That game took 2 years of my life, and I couldn't use any of that time...to study.

1 month later

Kyo's POV

Yeah! School...school...sch...ool...

Oh god why.

We spend 2 years stuck inside a death game, we wake up in a hospital. Get put in rehab, then sent to school. At least I'll be able to see everyone again, I hope they don't look too different from the game. If they did, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't recognize them. I'll recognize Yuu right away, I mean, who else has different colored eyes. Wait...what if he puts in a color contact to make his eyes the same color!? Then he'll look like one of the fill-in characters in the anime. Just some everyday guy, sitting around. The narrator won't even pay him any attention!

He's supposed to be the protagonist here! He can't just put in colored contacts and disappear! Can he? Really though, he has no reason not to, everybody will know who he is otherwise. Everybody knows he doesn't like attention...AHHHHH! I'm not gonna have any friends because we have a school uniform! Seiko won't wear orange, I won't wear blue, Tarou won't wear red, but Yuu, Yuuki, and Mai will wear black and white. Both black and white, what has this world come to? We all won't be together either. I'm younger than Tarou, Yuu, Seiko, and the others. I haven't even met Mei yet!

There goes my ego...

Seiko's POV

Yes! I get to go to school, and everybody will be there. I get on the train at 8:00PM tonight, Yuusuke will also be on that train, we'll arrive at Tokyo by 5:00AM tomorrow. After the welcoming ceremony, we'll all get assigned dorms. Girls will be separated from boys, obviously. Tonight will be the first time I see Yuusuke again since last month.

At the Train Station, 8:00PM

"Attention! The 8:00 train is pulling in!"

"Huh? Where's Yuusuke?"

"Ahhhhh! Oof. Oh, hey Seiko, we should probably go...like, really quickly."

"Yuusuke, what the heck, you fly headfirst down the stairs and this is how you greet me? Explain, now."

"I'm going to get beat to hell if we don't get into that train now!" He's standing behind me pushing me into the train doors. We both get into the train and the door closes.

"Ok, what happened." He points out the window. There's maybe 20 guys running down the stairs looking around viciously while carrying baseball bats, crowbars, and broken pipes.

"I was buying my train ticket, when I saw those guys harassing a maybe 20-something year old mom, and her 3 year old son. So I had to play hero and stepped in. One of the guys swung at me, and out of reflex...I broke his arm. So, they all circled me...so, imagine one of the Bruce Lee fight scenes with 20 on 1. It went like that. Then, one of the guys backs up and pulls out a phone. 5 minutes later, about a hundred of those guys fly in, beat me up, until I find an opening, I kicked a guy in the balls and jumped down the stairs. So here I am!"

All I could hear was the train while everybody in the train car stared at him with disbelief.

"T-that really happened?"

"Why would I lie to you?"

"What happened to the mom and son?"

"They got away when I first stepped in."

"You're a hero mister! Can I get your autograph?" A random kid walked up to Yuusuke and asked him.

"Actually, I think you're more of a hero than I ever will be, can I get your autograph?"

"Really? You want my autograph? Ok!" The kid signed the back of Yuusuke's hand. Yuusuke turned to me and smiled, while a stream of blood started flowing down the side of his face.

"Yuusuke, you're bleeding."

"I am?" He reached up to touch his wound and winced. He looked at his blood stained hand, and laughed.

"I guess I'm just used to the SAO styled injuries."

"You should be more careful." I took out a tissue and wiped the blood off his face. Then realizing our faces were really close to each other's. I quickly pulled away blushing, he looked confused.

5:00AM

I woke up because of the train monitor.

"Attention! The train will be arriving in Tokyo shortly."

My eyes looked around for a second.

"I-I'm...on a train? Then what's my pillow?" I looked up to see that I was sleeping in Yuusuke's lap. I quickly sat up and woke him.

"Good morning Seiko. What's the rush?"

"Oh! Um, the train is arriving soon."

"Cool. Let me see what time it is. So it's 5:00AM, right on time. The opening ceremony is at 7:00AM, so we should get out of here as fast as we can if we're hoping to arrive on time."

"Got it."

The train stopped and we all got out.

"Alright. Let's g-" I tripped on my own foot to fall into Yuusuke, being so sleepy still, we both fell on the ground. This woke him up immediately, changing positions mid-air so I would land on him.

*Crash*

"You alright Seiko?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I winced.

"You obviously aren't. Come on."

"What?"

"Get on my back, I'll carry you the rest of the way until your ankle feels better."

"Oh...Ok..." He kneeled down so I could climb on his back, we were both already in school uniform so we wouldn't have to change once we got there.

Ayako's POV

It's time for the opening ceremony. I haven't met up with everyone yet, I hope everybody hasn't changed much. I haven't talked to anybody except for Artur since the end of SAO. He told me that Yuu somehow survived. He also found out that I liked Yuu since the beginning of SAO and Shizuyo caught me while I was day-dreaming about him. So I convinced her that he was a really experienced fighter and that she should convince him to help us beat the boss, he was a beta-tester, so that was a plus.

I swear, if Artur tells anyone, I'm going to exploit him and Dawn to the whole school. Then, Gin will be onto him faster than Crazy-Glu dries.

The downside is that I have competition. Seiko and Yuu are together now, but they seem like an uneven fit. Sure, they understand each other so well, but their personalities just don't fit. That's what I think at least. Seiko is more of a dominate shy girl. Yuu is a soft and kind person that has a strong heart. The one thing I can list in common of them is that they both have straight A grades.

Do I even have a chance. Maybe I can ask Aiko to write a Fan Fiction for me to make me feel better.

Yuusuke's POV

At the opening ceremony

"-And have an enjoyable school year."

That inspirational speech by the Head-Master was finally over. He tried to make a 'You won't have to worry about dying here' joke, which just ended up giving him about 6,000 death glares. Goof job Head-Master. Seiko, Ayako, Dairo, Cilia, Aiko, and I are in the same class. Kyo is all alone. Tarou is in a class with Mei, Itsuki and Katsuo. Artur and Dawn are a year older than us, so they're in the same class. The rest of the -Gold Dragons- are in the same class. Split only by age.

I've been Ayako's tutor for a while, people keep calling me dense and saying they feel bad for Ayako. I happen to be #2 student in our grade. Seiko finally found something she was better than me at. History Class...I swear that teacher, she's trying to give me summer school. The other guys are saying she has a younger guy fetish, and I'm her target. The thought gave me chills.

Yuuki and Mai were in the same class. Mai apparently got a boyfriend that Yuuki has been trying to kill.

We all meet outside in front of the fountain for lunch. This is our life now, we put everything that's been holding us back behind us.

It's like starting a New Game.

New Game*

Continue

Game Over

That's A Different SAO for you. I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted. I kept mentioning Aiko's fanfics throughout the story. So I'm going to make a fanfic called Aiko's Collection full of One-shots that Aiko wrote. I hope you guys look forward to it! That's all for now, TheDemiGeek, Out!