Guess what! It's SAO TIME!

Sorry it took so long, I kinda needed to take a small break from writing fanfiction , mostly to reorganize myself and to properly grieve over my great grandmother dying. But I'm back now.

Other than that, enjoy! Blazepanzer does not own SAO or anything save his own OC's and such.

"In other words, it seems as though the Island of Hokkaido will be partaking in SAO, although the Korean peninsula as well as the rest of the United Texas Republican States will not be. This is channel 72 news, signing off.

Hanoashi laid the remote down and let out a small sigh.This world is weird, Hanoashi deadpanned to herself. An independent Texas with Arkansas, Louisiana, Arabian peninsula, The Korean peninsula, Oklahoma and the entire island of Hokkaido? Things are definitely different.

"Hey sis, you're going to be late for SAO," Kazuto called, pointing straight at her.

In response, Hanoashi let out another small sigh.Back in my old world, it was supposed to be rude to point in Japan. I knew that, even if I was unfamiliar with Japanese culture and customs. Here, is considered a mental disorder if you don't point at someone when you are speaking to them.

Thankfully...pointing with your nose seems to work just as good as actually pointing.

"Coming," she called, before half rushing into her room and just stared at the helmet. "Nintendo Nervegear? The hell did I do to get this weird universe?" She whispered half jokingly, half in exasperation.Then again, they did fail with the Famicom, and tried again with the Virtual boy in 2002, so maybe it makes sense?I mean if you had success making the first widespread Sudo-VR console, why stop there?

The subject faded from her mind and she placed the helmet upon her head, before going through the calibration test, before laying down. "Link Start!"

A flash enveloped her and she opened her eyes to see herself in a waiting room. Gazing around, she found a ticket in her hand, which read NUM-3-J-3458. Smiling, she sat down, watching the news-screen on the TV as she waited.

"NUM-3-J-3458 Please head to room 9."

She practically jumped up and entered the room, before creating her character. It was simple to her real life character, except for brown hair and light blue eyes, and the fact that her hair was shaped into a ponytail instead of her normal hair style. She then typed in her name as Blaze, before finalizing her in-game measurements.

Her vision went black, and in a brief moment she found herself in what she assumed was the town of beginnings. She wasn't sure what his in-game was, her brother and friends had decided to try out the game on their own first before sharing their in-game names after a few days back in the real world.

Finding her way to the starter stall she picking up a starter short spear and shield. Short spears, also known as micro spears, where spears between 106 centimeters (3.5 feet) to 161 centimeters (5.3 feet) in length. Her was about four feet in length, with a foot long sharp metal nail-like point at the tip.

Almost like those electric fence post back in Arkansas. Had one in every corner in case of home invasions, she smiled. Although the shafts on these spears are wood instead of plastic, and the nail is a bit larger, at about a nine inches instead of six inches.

She then turned to see a guy behind her. "Hey, would you like to have a duel?" he asked. It was all Blaze could do to nod yes.

"Would full loss be alright?" she asked, earning a small nod from the guy.

Blaze readied herself at the dueling square, expertly pointing her spear at the opponent as the clock-down began. Taking a deep breath, she charged forward as the countdown reached zero. However, her foe sidestepped her and managed to score a hit on her shoulder.

I can't give up! Blaze thought in determination. Twisting around, she managed to knock the opponent's sword out of his hand with her shield, before scoring a direct hit on her opponent's chest, causing him to bowl over for a brief moment and degrade into a prism of blue shards.

Well...that's something new, Blaze hummed to herself before closing the winnings tab.1000 Cor? Guess he must have arrived early, although if that's true, then why didn't he put up more of a fight?

She opened her in game tab and noticed the guy she played as. Diaviel? Odd name. She then typed in a message.

That was a great duel, we should team up sometime, what do you say? As she waited about fifteen minutes for a response, she let out a rather large humph. "Will fine, be that way!" she grunted, before making her way out of the town.

It didn't take her long to kill about fourteen boars, advancing her to level 2. "The game itself is fine, killing the boars...it's too easy," she muttered inwardly, before she noticed a guy attracting about fifteen boars at once.

Her jaw dropped when she saw how she quickly he dispatched the boars with her long dagger, although she seemed to be using it more or less like a sword. She then blinked as he began to walk over to her.

"You seem to be getting the hang of it," He greeted.

Okay...that sounds a bit off, she thought before smiling. "Yeah...though what you did was amazing! Oh...I'm Blaze, by the way," She introduced.

"Jacob," He introduced, before extending his hand for a handshake.

"Normally we bow in Japan," Blaze corrected, though she obliged the handshake.

"I know," Jacob smiled. "Just wanted to try out a handshake," He added.

Blaze's face flushed red for a brief moment but she quickly overcame her embarrassment. "You want to hunt together?" She invited.

"Sure, let not aggro too many boars though."

They continued hunting boars until evening came upon them, both of them sitting on a cliff edge watching the sun set in the distance, admiring the beauty that was known as Sword art online.

"Kinda hard to believe this is a game," Jacob mused.

Blaze had to agree. "Yeah, like a dream come true." Back in my old world...wait...something about this seems familiar.

Glancing over to the side she noticed two guys also sitting on the cliff, a respectable distance between them. One of them seemed to be pulling on his head or something.

"Wonder what's up with him?" she mused, walking over dispute Jacob protesting her to be cautious.

"Wait...you have a sister?"

Blaze paused, Jacob's urges of caution ringing in her ears.

"Whoa, dude, she's totally into sports, and she's not our type!" A black haired guy protested. "A gamer is the last kind of person she'd date!"

Blaze tipped her head, confused, before backtracking to Jacob. "You're right," she sighed, glancing back at the two nervously.

"Did they do anything to you?" Jacob asked, glaring at the two.

"No, just two guys talking about girls, don't think they noticed me," Blaze sighed, turning around when she heard a big thud. She shook her head sadly as she realized the black haired guy had kicked the head off guy in the nuts.

"Poor sod," Jacob laughed.

Yeah, that kinda hurts, Blaze thought, but then glanced at the laughing Jacob, a sudden suspicion forming in her mind.It's not a laughing matter! She protested, before kicking Jacob in the balls.

"Ouch!" Jacob groaned, tipping over in fake pain.

I knew it! Blaze thought, though she did begin to feel more comfortable with the situation now that she knew Jacobs little game. Then again, I can't really blame you for you're curiosity, Blaze smiled as she helped him, or actually her, up.

"Why'd you do that?" Jacob wined, looking angry.

"You...are...a...girl...aren't you?" Blaze poked him in the chest in mock anger.

"Hey! I was just curious, honest!" Jacob protested.

Blaze sighed.I guess she means no harm. And it's not like I can judge, having been a male for about 20 years before being transported to this world and waking up in a six year old girl's body.

Before she could say anything she found herself glowing white, before the glow surrounded everything. The harshness of the glow caused her eyes to shut automatically, only to blink open a brief moment later to find her and Jacob standing in a plaza, surrounded by what appeared to be thousands of others.

"Great, I don't do well with crowds," She muttered.

"What's going on," Jacob asked, glancing around.

"I don't know," a girl beside her questioned.

Suddenly a single red hexagon hovered high above the crowd, before growing into many hexagons which son filled the sky. Blaze's face twisted in disgust when blood began flowing though the hexagon, though her face softened when the blood-like goo coalesced into a faceless hooded robe.

"Gross," Jacob muttered under his breath.

Blaze couldn't help but agree.

"Players! My name is Kayaba, and allow me to welcome you to my world!"

"What does he mean by his world?" A red haired guy asked in confusion.

The creep! Hanoashi realized with a start, before glaring at him. "Listen to him and maybe we'll find out!" she grunted.

"By now, you've probably realized that the log out option is missing. Let me assure you, this is not a defect in the game."

Oh No! Now I remember. Sword Art Online was an anime where a VR game turned into a death game! She realized with shock. But if that's true...then the guy I dueled...is he dead?

"Rest assured that the likelihood of someone removing the Nervegear from your head is highly unlikely."

"Oh like that helps!" Blaze muttered rather loudly. I killed a guy for cripes sake!

"Lastly, I have a present for you, so if you'll please, have a look."

Blaze knew about the mirror gift, even if most of the anime was just a blur to her. Letting out a small sigh, she took it out, allowing her real life body to become her in game body.

"Ha...Hanoashi?"

"Aacob?"

Suddenly Blaze spotted her brother, realized what he had said about her. Fury in her eyes, she charged at him.

"What the hell was that about me liking sports and not dating a gamer for my life!" She hollered, pausing right before she actually bowled over him.

"Hano..." Kazuto began, but blaze stopped him with a rather loud hiss.

"SAO name only!" she growled, before turning on the other guy. "And you! Jumping unto a guy about his sister when you've first met! Could you have been any more creepier!"

Suddenly both men bowed rather quickly, with a quick "Sorry mam," or in Kazuto's case, a "Sorry sister."

Letting out a small sigh, Hanoashi decided to let them go at that. "It's fine, we've got bigger issues to work on now."

"What's going on?" A girl with brown hair asked, her green eyes wide.

"Nothing sis, just an argument," Klien gulped.

Hanoashi threw him a small glare before bowing to the brown haired girl. "Rikona," she greeted.

"I go by Autumn now, but yes, you are correct," Rikona replied flatly before turning to Klien. "As for you...are you hitting on this young girl?" she growled.

"N..no sis, it wasn't anything like that, I swear!" Klien panicked.

Autumn let out a small huff. "Well, either way, us five should stick together," she remarked pointedly.

"As much as I'd like to, I've got some friends who joined up with me, and I need to find them. But yeah, we should work together sis," Klien remarked.

"Try not to go too far from Starting City, alright? At least until we know what we are doing," Autumn grunted as Klien took off. He waved in the distance to indicate he had heard.

"I think I'll stick with Autumn, we need an adult's perspective and I trust her." Blaze decided, before turning to Jacob and Kazuto.

Jacob nodded, however Kazuto shrugged. "I've got to get to Honrunka," he apologized, before turning to Autumn. "Please take care of Hanoashi for me," he requested as he bowed to her.

"Sure," Autumn promised, before returning the bow.

Kazuto then turned back to her, sending her a friend request, which Hanoashi accepted. "I'll expect you to use my SAO name from now on, Kirito," Blaze smiled.

"Got it Blaze, take care now," Kirito promised.

Blaze watched him go, conflicted on whether or not she should have gone with him, but in the end she just glanced down, holding back tears. "No more full loss duels," she whispered absentmindedly.

"Come again," Autumn asked.

"I...I had a full loss duel with a guy named Diavel. You can guess the rest."

"Blaze...look at me," Autumn commanded.

She was loath to do so, expecting to see malice in her eyes. And yet, as she turned toward her, she was surprised to see sympathy in her eyes.

"You didn't know," Autumn whispered.

"But...but I killed someone," Blaze whispered, sobbing on occasion.

"People have full loss duels and similar things in video games all the time. It's a completely moral thing to do, it's just that nobody knew this would end up as a death game," Autumn pointed out.

Blaze knew this was true, yet she still stung with grief, anger, worry, and such.

"Diavel's death wasn't your fault, alright," Autumn prompted.

"I guess you're right. Still, it stings...the guilt."

"That's a good sign, but you can't let yourself get consumed by it," Autumn comforted.

Drying her eyes, Blaze managed to calm herself down a bit. "So what now?" she asked, curious.

"There's a couple of friends of mine that are playing the game, it'd be a good idea to find them. From there, I was kinda thinking we could start a guild, one to help the other players and maybe eventually join the front lines," Autumn admitted.

"I'm in," Jacob barked determinedly.

Blaze thought about this and smiled, nodding in agreement to join.I can't bring Diavel back, but I can at least help the others survive this death game, she thought.

"But first, we need to get young Jacob some ladies' clothes," Autumn warned.

The look of horror Jacob gave Autumn caused Blaze to burst out laughing. "Oh man Jacob, this is too funny!" she managed.

Jacob shot her a mixed look of hurt and fury. "Hey! I was just curious!" She shouted, though she did end up chuckling afterward. "Though you've got to admit it was funny," she added.

"Why did you though?" Blaze asked, her expression turning more curious.

"In all honesty I wanted to find out what sex was like for a guy," Aacob admitted calmly.

You...wait...what? Blaze thought in confusion, unable to speak. She knew that her friend was the kind of girl who believed in fighting for what you believed in, but this was a bit too much. Even for her.

"The hell?" Autumn muttered.

"What? I've already tried it with a guy, so I was curious as to what it felt like from a guy's point of view!" Jacob explained.

Blaze's eyes widened in disbelief. "You mean you've had sex already?" she gasped, shocked and frightened.

"Leave her be," Autumn snapped, shocking both girls. "If she wants to be the next Teen mom on TV, then leave her to the consequences," she added more calmly, yet in a tone that warranted no argument.

"But I used Protection," Jacob whined, following Autumn as she headed to the stall.

"Often, protection is not enough," Autumn chided.

True, Blaze thought to herself. Granted, I am curious about sex myself but at least I have the sense not to do it when I'm only thirteen! Well, twelve in my case.

In the end Aacob ended up getting herself a tee shirt and pants, while Blaze switched to a sleeveless leather shirt and some short shorts. To be honest she'd rather have a skirt, but right now these short shorts offered the most protection for the price. Autumn just added some sort of arm guard for both her arms.

Arriving at the spot Rikona told them about, they noticed quite a few people there. Although she didn't really recognize them, one of them she felt a sort of kindred toward.

"This is Lyra and her brother Andre," Autumn began.

Lyra appeared to be half Japanese and half Australian, with blond hair and light blue-gray eyes. Andre shared his sister's eye color and skin tone, but had brown hair instead of blond.

"Though it's Leopon and Leonidas, now." Andre admitted, pointing to Lyra first then himself to denote which was which.

"And here we have the resident love couple, Sachi and Acer,"

Blaze was a bit surprised when she noticed that Sachi's left hand was missing, but she didn't question it. Sachi had black hair and brown eyes, with a fairly slender build. Actually, she vaguely reminded her of Kuroyukihime from Accel world.

Acer, on the other hand, had black hair and dark green eyes. Blaze guessed he was of Italian Decent, but didn't know for sure.

"Some jerk stole my name," Sachi muttered angrily, to which Acer promptly soothed her. "Sorry, wanted to actually go by my real name, but apparently someone already picked it, so I'm just Ksachi now."

"And these are my adopted daughters, Azuza, Hunter, and Mika" Autumn indicated, pointing to the three girls who bowed quietly.

Hunter was obviously European most likely french, given by her skin tone, facial features, and hair stile. She wore her long, blond hair in a braided ponytail. She also had blue, almost purple-ish eyes which seemed to be glazed with what she would call bravery, even though she was also visibly nervous.

Azuza had green eyes and brown hair, much like Autumn, however she wore hers straight down unlike Rikona who also had a portion of her hair tied into long, twin pigtails. Azuza was also a bit on the shorter side, Blaze estimated she was about 4'3".

Mika on the other hand looked to practically be an adult, standing at about 6'2", with long brown black hair that she wore in a loose ponytail, and dark blue eyes.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all," Blaze and Jacob chorused at the same time, bowing slightly. I never expected Autumn to have adopted children, much less three of them, Blaze added silently,

Hunter was the first to respond. "Likewise. Though I go by Maho now." Mika goes by Tea and Azuza goes by Speer, for some reason."

Speer? Blaze thought, suppressing a slight shiver as she recalled the historical figure by the same name. However, she quickly suppressed her discomfort.

But again, world war one and two never really happened in this world. In fact Prussia and Austria are about the same as they where in the early 1800's, so naming herself after him isn't really a bad thing. Actually, come to think of it she didn't really name herself after him, as he never existed in this world as far as I know.

"So first order of business, what should we do first?" Andre's asked.

Before anyone else could say anything a massive boom erupted, causing the entire floating castle to shake violently. Blaze turned around just as four characters burst into starts, a small but discernible "disconnection notice" floated above where their Avatar's had been.

No one really needed to guess what just happened.

End of chapter notes:

Okay, sorry to leave you guys on a bit of a cliff hanger, but...well...let's just say things are about to heat up quickly.

As far as Hokkaido, Korea, and a portion of the Arabian Peninsula being owned by the Texan Republic, I was kinda inspired by one of my Victoria II games where I played as the Texas Republic. Expect this to cause some...minor issues given that we have people from two nearby nations playing SAO together.

Also, just to clarify, K-sachi isn't Kuroyukihime, she just looks a lot like her. Some of my OC's do look somewhat familiar to other character, for example Leopon looks a bit like Kirito's GGO avatar, but blond, and half Japanese, half Australian, and a bigger chest. Hanoashi looks almost exactly like Yolko from Sword art Online, except Irish with green eyes and red hair.