Dual Blades and Holy Sword...these two [Unique Skills] made their wielders stronger than their peers...imagine what the wielder of a third one could accomplish? Now has a TV Tropes Page! Which needs updating!

Rewritten Summary: Nobuyuki Shikatsu enters SAO as an agent for an American organization to uncover the truths behind SAO and its creator Akihiko Kayaba. He gets than what he bargains for when he's trapped and forced to fight for his life. It doesn't stop there either. More trouble awaits him outside the game. The only question is: What is this trouble?

The death game, or at least that's what people call it. Aiden was trying to open his girlfriend, Lucy, up to the world of gaming outside of casual gaming. Now he's stuck her into a world that she isn't equip for. Aiden will take it upon himself to not only defend Lucy, but to clear the game as well, but has this beta tester's luck ran out?

Instead of rejecting Klein in the Town of Beginnings, he instead takes him and his Motley Crew with him, and the world follows a differnt path. Characters like Klein, Silica and Lizbeth get a bigger role. AU, KiritoXAsuna, Guild-Leader Kirito (Discontinued. Rewrite in progress, see inside for details.)

It was just supposed to be a game. A new virtual world where you could do anything or be anyone. But now things have changed dramatically. Any moment someone could die, you could lose a close friend or family member who originally had just wanted to have fun. Follow the story of a select few who lived in this death game. ((POSSIBLE SPOILERS)) -Part 1 of an ongoing series-

Akihiko Kayaba had always dreamed of sharing his world with others, a world he created, and didn't have to leave. A world they could all enjoy forever. He didn't count on so many people disliking his way of keeping people in the game and he didn't expect so many deaths so early on in the game. Nor did he expect to save a girl from dying.

He bore them with pride, each telling a distinct story. They were marks of his survival, medals of the flesh. Yet they were also the reminders of his mistakes and failures. Most of all, though, they reminded him of his humanity.