It had been one month since Kirito found himself like so many others trapped in SAO. Of course, he had an advantage over the most because he had been an original beta tester, and that, for some reason, just made him better than everybody else. But Kirito will soon learn no matter how good you think you are; there is always someone better.

Our story begins with Kirito walking down a lonely country road the day so far had been average for him he defeated some monsters met some pretty girls who fell for him for some reason. Anyway, he was just walking along eating a small snack when up ahead he could see a group of apparent ruffians and they were surrounding someone who it was well Kirito couldn't see who it was he would have to get a closer look.

Once he got closer, Kirito was surprised to see it was a teenage boy, and whoever he was, he was dressed in completely normal clothes like from the real world not a single thing he was wearing looked like it came from SAO. And even more surprising was the fact that even though the ruffians wear attacking full force their swords were going right through the teen as if he wasn't even really there, he just stood with a smile on his face.

Kirito just stood there dumbfounded who was this person? How was he in normal clothes and how was he just standing there without being harmed? Then the strange teen looked up saw Kirito and waved a greeting Kirito waved back unsure of what else to do. Then the new teen just walked right through one of the ruffians which caused the ruffians to completely freak out and run away.

Kirito just stood right where he was his hand on his sword ready to fight if he needed too as the strange teen just walked to him.

"Hi." Said the Teen

"Hello." Said Kirito

The teen held out his hand.

"My name is Drake."

Kirito hesitated a little and then grasped Drake's hand.

"Kirito." He replied

"I bet your wondering what has just happened?" asked Drake

"Among other things."

"Where are you heading?" asked Drake

"I was just heading to the next town." Said Kirito

"Well it's a good thing you met me I'm going to save you a trip." Said Drake

Kirito wondered what he meant when the next thing he knew he and Drake where right in the center of the town he was heading towards. He looked around dumbfounded.

"How?" was all he could get out

"Smash Cut." Said Drake

"Huh?" said Kirito

"A Smash Cut occurs when without warning in the middle of a scene transitions to another scene often used to startle an audience." Said Drake

He then looked at Kirito.

"Looks to me like you could use a drink."

The next thing Kirito knew he and Drake are sitting at a table in a tavern.

"Another Smash Cut?"

"See you are learning now I think you should have some food and drink."

Kirito unsure of what else to do ordered food and drink once he arrived, he began to eat he noticed that Drake was not eating.

"Are you not hungry?" he asked

"Oh, I do not require food or drink." Said Drake

"How is that possible and how are you able to move from place to place without walking and how were you able to have swords move right through you?" Kirito asked in one breath

Drake smiled, "Are you sure you want to hear this it might blow your mind and destroy your whole belief system?"

"I'm sure."

"Okay, well how I got my abilities begins not long after everyone got stuck in SAO and at first, I was just like everyone else just going around like an idiot fighting monsters trying to gain points. Anyway, one day after a particular intense fight I was resting underneath at tree thinking of how well my real body was probably being treated in some cushy hospital when I had an epiphany. Looking down I realized that this was not my real body but some virtual construct and thus it was not bound by the same rules as my real body in fact this whole world I was in was also fake which meant it also operated differently than the real world."

"Okay so far you haven't told me anything I and a lot of others didn't already know." Said Kirito

"Yes, but unlike me none of you had the mental fortitude to take advantage of the situation." Said Drake

Kirito was beginning to dislike Drake's arrogance.

"I think you better explain yourself?"

"Well once I realized that everything in this world including my body was fake, I realized my mind was my most powerful weapon. And I began to train it day by day until I had become so powerful, I could control everything in short I'm probably the closest this place has to a god."

Kirito had had enough he jumped out of chair drew his sword and swung it right at Drake the sword went right through him.

"Kirito think about it your sword is not real, this body I inhabit is not real so if neither one is real how can either one effect the other?"

Kirito had no answer.

"Now as to the food again this body is not real and therefore does not require any form of sustenance why would it my real body is safe in some hospital probably getting fed by some IV drip."

"You still haven't really explained how you got so much power." Said Kirito

"I don't really have to have you never read a bad isekai there full of overpowered characters who are given no real reason on why there so powerful."

"This is not an isekai." Said Kirito

"Whatever you say." Said Drake smiling

He then looked around.

"Well I'm bored now so I will say my goodbye."

And with that Drake disappeared right in front of Kirito leaving him just standing there dumbfound and unsure of what to do next.

The End