'The infinite tsukuyomi grants the victim's greatest desires, this game is merely a 'beta test' as the people here say, it will take time before the final version of the infinite tsukuyomi is unleashed. This game has been formulated to almost completely match my world, with a few twists in store for the players. Now all there is to do is wait, but first.' Obito laid on a bed next to a new console. 'Let's play some games.' Obito put on the nervegear and now he was ready for a little fun. "Link Start." He said.

Kirito's eyes were as big as they could get, his entire brain was gasping and his heart was beating like a rapid runner. The creator of this game didn't want to trap them here or anything, but destroy the world? Now it was almost better to stay in the game instead, which was rather ironic at this point. "Kirito? You don't think what he said was true? Do you?" Asuna said looking at him with a worried face.

"I don't know." Kirito said under a grumble of his breath and looking down at the floor. "But he seemed serious." Kirito began speaking, he was almost at a loss for words. "And it's too risky to not take it seriously." He added after awhile of thinking.

"So, what should we do?" Asuna wondered. But she knew the one way. Actually, she almost knew herself what Kirito was going to say.

"What else?" Kirito asked, it was rhetorical. Kirito took out his katana and honed it sharpening his skills. "We have to complete this game within the year, and then stop him. There's nothing more we can do." Kirito said narrowing his eyes on his blade.

Asuna then mentioned, "But it took 2 years for us to complete SAO, how are we going to complete this game in one year?"

Kirito sighed putting his katana back on his back, "I don't know. But we have to try." Kirito said determined to do this anyways. "First things first, we need to find the others and learn the mechanics of the game." Kirito said, Asuna gave a stern nod and the two ran off to find the others. Ironically they both ran with their hands out behind them, instinct? Maybe?

What neither player saw was a strange figure in the shadows watching them from the branches of a nearby tree hiding in the leaves. "Hmmm..." He breathed with a lot of breath. Then he disappeared using the teleportation jutsu.

In Konohagakure...Town...

In Konohagakure, there were multiple people all around. Probably a bunch of villagers. Some others wore shinobi headbands with the symbol for Konoha on them. However they all had a yellow bar above them so they were classified as NPC's. There were restaurants around, Kirito passed a dango shop and saw a young pink haired girl leaving it. "Maybe I'll eat some dango later, can we?" Kirito said to Asuna. "Fine, but you're paying." Asuna responded. "Aww..." Kirito sighed, he didn't have much money (ryo) in this world, or in the real world either for that matter.

"Okay, now where would they be?" Kirito asked as he and Asuna looked around the streets of the town. "Hmm." Kirito is suddenly passed by a guy running in panic, as he bumped into Kirito, he made out the running man's words as. "NOO! NOO! HELP! AHH!" Probably a new player who was panicking, no one could say they hadn't exactly seen that before, such as in SAO. Kirito and Asuna look at each other and then both shrug before continuing to walk.

"Ah, there you are!" Kirito turns around to see Klein running into a big old hug with him. "Klein!" Kirito said happily ruffling the guy's hair. "Oh man, you're okay. Did you hear what that guy said? We're doomed!" Klein exclaimed.

Kirito shook his head. "No we're not. Look, we're going to stop this, we need your help too. Are you in?" Kirito asked holding out his hand.

"HA! Course I am!" Klein shook Kirito's hand so hard he almost fell over and then held up his fist with a determined face. He loved this type of stuff. "Okay, we got to find the others. Come on." Kirito said. Asuna and Klein following right behind him. Kirito and Asuna quickly both sent Klein a friend request, which Klein gladly accepted.

Klein's Profile

Klein Namikaze

Rank: Academy Student

Clan: Namikaze

Affiliation: None

Nature Release(s): Lightning Release

Health Points Max: 250

Chakra Max: 100

Weapons: Raijin Katana

Kirito walking through the busy streets looked around for more of his friends. At this moment all of them probably picked similar looking avatars to the ones they picked in one of the three RPG's they played before. Kirito was a little to busy wondering what happened to everyone to notice someone that he bumped into. "Oh sorry." Kirito chuckled to the black haired girl he bumped into.

"It's fine." The girl he bumped into replied, who then walked off. She had a yellow bar above her head so Kirito knew she was just another NPC. 'I wonder how NPC's react to?' Kirito ran some thoughts around his head, like if he punched an NPC in the middle of nowhere, or if he touched a girl NPC in the wrong place. Or maybe pulling a prank on an NPC, those were all thoughts for later when he didn't have the world at stake. Kirito continued walking forward.

A few hours later Kirito, Klein and Asuna arrived at a large field somewhere outside of the village they were just in. Suddenly two people jump out of the trees and attack the three. Kirito quickly reacted and slashed them both away with his katana. He looked at the two enemies, there were red bars so therefore they were enemies the game generated. Kirito begins fighting one with his katana, the rogue ninja attacked as well with his kunai. Kirito had experience, in fact three games worth of it, for his sword skill so it was almost at his maximum level. He easily overpowered the rogue ninja and slashed him three times in the chest and then took his head off. Kirito turns to see Asuna and Klein fighting the other rogue ninja. Of course they both had plenty of experience. As Asuna jumps back Klein holds his katana and then speeding faster than the average person could he slashes the rogue ninja instantly with a quick swipe of his blade. "Flying Raijin Slice!" Klein yelled out as the rogue ninja collapsed. Both enemies disappeared into crystals, as enemies did in the game.

"That was easy." Klein said putting his katana back.

"Wow, that was cool! How'd you do that?" Kirito asked putting his katana on his back as well.

"I don't know?" Klein said. "I kinda just had to instinct to. Do it?" Or rather, in SAO Klein did have a similar technique, but it could have also been the mechanics of the game they were currently in.

"Huh." Kirito said he pondered it and rubbed his chin with his fingers.

"It's probably the mechanics of the game." Asuna mentioned.

"Yeah, probably." Kirito said, it wasn't something to ponder at the moment since it was best to discuss this with all of his friends at once. "Come on, we've still got to find the others." The three of them walked off again.

Meanwhile...In another field...

"HA!" Silica and Lisbeth were now back to back. Surrounded by 10 rogue ninja. They weren't as experienced as Kirito in sword fighting, plus the rogue ninja were using ninjutsu, which neither of them had even tried using yet. "Fire Style, Fireball Jutsu." A rogue ninja unleashes the fireball at the two.

Jumping in to stop them was Agil. "I've got your backs." Agil already read the manual, and he was already a veteran at gaming so he was probably the best learner for new RPGs. He said blocking the flames with a greatsword he had. "Thank you." Silica said attacking another rogue ninja with her small blade. Lisbeth did the same using a battle mace and shield. Agil attacks again weaving some hand signs, "Fire Style, Burning Ash!" Agil blows out a smoke attack from his mouth at five of the rogue ninja then he trips the pin that he blew and the fire explodes. "Try ninjutsu! Hurry!" Agil shouted out to the other two and continued to fight the next rogue ninja.

"Right!" Silica said, she weaved signs pretty slow, but she used it in time just before the rogue ninja nailed her with a kunai attack. "Water Style, Wild Water Wave!" Silica unleashes a stream of water from her mouth at one of the rogue ninja who is hit and falls over disappearing into crystals. "I did it!" Silica happily said, but it's short lived as two rogue ninja come up from behind her and attack, she turns around with a surprised expression and is too slow to react, but in a flash, Klein rushes in and slashes one of the ninja destroying him on the spot. The other ninja surprised by the first one being taken down doesn't notice Kirito coming in from above and taking his head off with a single quick swipe. Agil nodded in approval as he kills the one he was dealing with. Asuna nails one more ninja with a stab through the heart with her Rapier. The six of them regroup after all the rogue ninja were defeated.

"Are you okay?" Kirito asked. The three of them nodded. "Thank you Kirito." Silica said. "You look good." Agil added seeing Kirito's outfit which Kirito gladly nodded to. The six send each other some friend requests.

Agil's Profile

Agil Sarutobi

Rank: Academy Student

Clan: Sarutobi

Affiliation: None

Nature Release(s): Fire Release

Health Points Max: 250

Chakra Max: 100

Weapons: Leaf Greatsword

Silica's Profile

Silica Inuzuka

Rank: Academy Student

Clan: Inuzuka

Affiliation: None

Nature Release(s): Water Release

Health Points Max: 250

Chakra Max: 100

Weapons: Fang Dagger

Lisbeth's Profile

Lisbeth Yamanaka

Rank: Academy Student

Clan: Yamanaka

Affiliation: None

Nature Release(s): Yin Release

Health Points Max: 250

Chakra Max: 100

Weapons: Iron Mace

Kirito nodded as he got three more of his friends. "Okay, that leaves Sinon and Leafa. Let's find them before they get in trouble." Kirito said and then running off with the others following him.

Meanwhile...

Sinon and Leafa are completely surrounded by rogue ninja. It was unfortunate for them that they accidently went outside the village borders and now were in very dangerous territory. More than 100 rogue ninjas surrounded them, and yet they were still beginners at this game. Leafa fought using a longsword she chose, while Sinon fought with her own hands. It wasn't her own choice though, but it was more like instinct made her fight in a way she never was familiar with. It was an odd way of fighting using her palms, but it seemed to be working so she continued.

Leafa is kicked down by rogue ninja and Sinon is overwhelmed. There were simply too many for new players like them. "HEY!" Kirito and the others jump in from the cliff above them. Kirito attacks the rogue ninja, but he is kicked back by one. "Are you okay?" Kirito asked looking at the two. "We're okay." Sinon replied, "But now we're surrounded." She added.

"We can't die now..." Kirito mumbled. "Even if we are beginners, we have to try and win." Kirito said determined while wielding his sword as a mob of rogue ninja surrounded them. Suddenly another player jumps in from above. "Huh?"

Quick as a flash and wearing a red coat the player slashes through the rogue ninja as if they were nothing. He kicks the ninja and dodges every single attack they made on him. With glowing red and purple eyes through the mask he wore. The player kills the rogue ninja with absolute ease, running through he only uses taijutsu, but being so strong he dodges everything and defeats every rogue ninja in the area. He then greets the team.

Now they could get a good look at him. The player was about 190 cm tall, probably a college student or maybe an early adult. He wore a dark orange-ish coat that went below his knees, a black shirt and pants underneath with black boots. His true face was hidden by a metal mask which had orange eyes covering his real eyes. And to top it off he had large spiky blond hair. "Are you okay?" The player said, his voice was disguised by the mask he wore to a deeper voice than his assumed real one.

"Who are you?" Kirito asked in gasp of the player's skills. It wasn't everyday he saw such a powerful player so early.

"My name is Phoenix." Phoenix replied. Kirito could confirm it by Phoenix's name under his nearby players menu. Kirito took a look at Phoenix's health bar, it said 1000 Health Points and 700 Chakra points. That was way higher than all of them. And yet the game only released a little while ago. Kirito did have his suspicions on Phoenix, but he then looked at him trying to be respectful before he tried anything hasty.

"Phoenix?" Kirito repeated. This was a video game, Phoenix was probably just a gamer name, it was pretty cool too. "I think you owe me a thank you." Phoenix said. "Oh right, thanks for that." Kirito smiled, the others also repeated Kirito's thank you.

"So tell me? What are a bunch of new players doing in a place like this?" Phoenix asked. The place they were currently in was a place for at least Chunin-Level players, though Phoenix was a jonin-level player, which also surprised Kirito again.

"Sorry, we just got lost." Kirito replied sheepishly. He was right that beginner shouldn't be in a place like this.

"I see, what do you plan to do in this game? With this revelation we received?" He asked again, referring to Obito's speech about his plan. He needed to know for his own purposes.

"Easy." Kirito gave Phoenix a determined look, he held up his fist and talked with great pride and confidence, in his mind that was what a very high level player of SAO, ALO and GGO was supposed to talk. "We'll defeat this Toshihiro Bayahiki and then stop this game and the world's destruction."

They couldn't see it, but Phoenix's face narrowed on them and then he looked away scoffing at them as if that was merely a joke. "Hmmf, do you really think that you can do that? Go home and leave this to more experienced players. You'll only suffer defeat by defeat. Go home, it's for the best." Phoenix said, but his voice taunted Kirito.

"What?" Kirito wondered if he heard Phoenix right.

"I said go home, you're just a child and an overconfident brat. You could never stop this game." Phoenix said repeating what he said before a different way.

Kirito's eyebrows narrow down on his eyes and he glares at Phoenix's orange metal eyes. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Kirito said angrily. "I'll fight even if I am a beginner, I'll become the best player this game has ever seen, do you hear me?!" He said staring at Phoenix. Phoenix didn't even flinch. Asuna added on. "Kirito is stronger than you think!" Klein added on a supportive. "Yeah!" The others also said the same thing.

"Oh, is that so. Then why don't we fight then. Here and now, if you defeat me, I'll acknowledge you as someone worthy of completing this game. I'll even throw in my sword as a reward." Phoenix said surprising Kirito for only a brief moment when Kirito replied. "Done!" Kirito said immediately without thinking, he took out his katana and prepared for battle.

Asuna then said to Kirito standing in front of him. "Wait, Kirito, this guy just defeated those enemies like they were nothing, are you sure about this?" She asked, whether Kirito noticed or not, this was a foolhardy type of decision, however Kirito did have a habit of doing this type of thing before, and it didn't seem to end badly those other times, but there was a bad feeling about this time.

"Kirito." Leafa said concerned of her big brother. Sure Kirito had challenged powerful players before, but this guy seemed a little too much.

"This won't take long, in a one on one. I won't lose." Kirito said very determined and pointing his katana at Kirito.

"Have it your way." Phoenix said as they stood at each other preparing to fight. Phoenix chuckled at Kirito's hasty decisions. 'I'll put this fool in his place.' Phoenix thought.

"Okay, if I win, you admit I'm stronger, and your sword is mine. Deal?" Kirito asked. "Deal." Phoenix said sighing at Kirito's boldness, he was a complete fool in Phoenix's eyes, but sometimes the fool becomes the wild card and makes a comeback, Phoenix was aware of that.

The others looked at the two as they began from a safe distance, Asuna and Leafa looked with worried and confident expressions at once, Sinon only glared. Klein was completely confident, the others had their own doubts, but they all believed in Kirito. Agil called out, "Begin!" Phoenix said as he rushed at Kirito. Kirito took out his sword and blocks Phoenix's sword, which was a black sword with three spikes on each side, Kirito smiled at the sword that would soon be his. Kirito began his counterattack against Phoenix, he was a master at sword fighting, but to his surprise, Phoenix stopped every one of his attacks cold and blocked every strike he did, it was almost as if Phoenix knew Kirito's attack before Kirito even used it. Kirito slashed with all his might, but Phoenix was one step ahead as he blocks it and then overpowers Kirito with brute force pushing Kirito backwards, fumbling and then regaining balance to attack again. Kirito continued to attack Phoenix, but he didn't get through to Phoenix at all. Phoenix kicks Kirito right in the stomach and he goes flying backwards and into a nearby tree.

"KIRITO!" Leafa said worried. "Don't worry." Asuna said putting her hand on Leafa's shoulder. "Kirito...come on." Asuna mumbled, Kirito got out of more dim situations than this, Asuna was pretty confident that Kirito could win, but now she wasn't so sure as Phoenix seemed to be just a good of a swordsman as Kirito was. Kirito gets up groaning, Phoenix had more experience, not the mention way more physical power than he did, as well as the size advantage against Kirito. Despite Kirito's experience in sword fighting from a total of three games, Phoenix was still stronger.

"I need to try." Kirito said to himself. He remembered Tenshi said ninjutsu as one of the main ways of attack, he knew he couldn't win if he didn't use it. "Here we go." Kirito makes some more hand signs. "Fire style, Fireball Jutsu!" Kirito unleashes a fireball at Phoenix.'

'Yes!' Asuna thought thinking it would work, far from the truth though. Sinon glared at the fireball and then wasn't surprised at Phoenix's next move, she had full confidence in Kirito, but she wasn't an idiot to the laws of power either. Phoenix swipes his arm like a mere fan and the flames are completely stopped and dispelled with a single wave of the hand.

"No way!" Asuna exclaimed.

"He just deflected it?" Klein asked in shock.

Phoenix glares at Kirito with a disapproving look that Kirito couldn't see. "Did you think a weak attack like that could stop me?" Phoenix said disappointed of Kirito's attack power.

"Try this one for size!" Phoenix waves his own hand signs much faster than Kirito could, almost faster than the eye could see and unleashes a fireball jutsu as well, it was big, very big, almost 10 times bigger than Kirito's. Kirito gasps as the fireball jutsu collides with him and he's blown right off his feet and onto the ground with a massive explosion where the fireball collided with him and the ground being covered in burn marks.

"KIRITO!" Leafa almost goes to help him, but is stopped by Phoenix's warning. "If you interfere, you're next." Phoenix said sternly. Leafa instantly stops in her tracks and moves backwards gasping hard and angrily staring at Phoenix who seemed unfazed by it, but she turned her attention to Kirito. Kirito groaned as he got up. His health bar was at 25% now, and his chakra bar was at about 88% while Phoenix didn't take any damage at all.

"So, where's your big mouth now?" Phoenix mocked. "I thought you would show me your power and prove you're worthy? I guess that was all a joke."

"Damn it..." Kirito mumbled, he was getting angrier with Phoenix's every word. "If this keeps going Kirito will lose." Sinon said, her tone made her seem like she was expecting this. "Losing this early...it's not going to be good." Agil mentioned. The others looked on with worried faces. "Come on! You can do it!" Klein shouted out. "We're with you!" Silica added on. "GO KIRITO!" Asuna shouted out to him.

Kirito stands up once more and briefly nods to the others before staring back at his opponent deep in thought. 'They're right, I can't lose. Okay brute force wouldn't work on him, in that case.' He had to somehow lure Phoenix in and then go in for the kill. "Okay..." Kirito ran at Phoenix. "Are you that desperate?" Phoenix asked as he struck at Kirito. Kirito jumps above Phoenix. "Wow, I didn't think I could jump that high?" Kirito mumbled, but his instincts let him jump so high. Phoenix jumped after Kirito.

"Kirito!" Asuna threw her Rapier at Kirito in the air, who caught it to use dual-wield. "Okay, here we go." Kirito said confidently wielding his two blades. He was one of the best dual wielders in the entire game of SAO and ALO.

"Impudent brat." Phoenix mumbled about Asuna as he jumped at Kirito. "HA!" Kirito attacks Phoenix in the air, first blocking his sword and then slashing with rapid attacks by his two swords. Kirito was confident he could win if he continued. Kirito unleashed more and more slashes at Phoenix, which all seemed to hit Phoenix dead on. Kirito stabs him right through the stomach and then thought. 'It's over.' Kirito was surprised as Phoenix suddenly disappeared in smoke. It was just a shadow clone.

"A clone?" Leafa said surprised. "That was a clone jutsu!" Sinon pointed out. The others look above Kirito to see the real Phoenix. "Kirito look out!" Asuna said.

"Oh no!" Kirito said looking behind him, he was defenseless in the air. "Time to die! Fire Style, Burning Phoenix Strike!" Phoenix dives at Kirito ramming Kirito into the ground engulfed in massive flames and then Phoenix jumps off as Kirito explodes behind him. Massive smoke from the impact blasts at everyone else making them almost fall over and cover their eyes and cough from the smoke.

"KIRITO!" Everyone said as the dust and smoke clears up. Asuna runs over to Kirito who's health bar just reached zero on her menu. "Oh no..." Leafa joins her second, as well as the others surrounding Kirito when he shatters into crystals.

"Don't worry, he won't die..." Phoenix said. Unlike SAO, you couldn't die in this game, however death does mean losing all items, losing all gained abilities, reverting back to rank one and losing all experience. It's a basic restart of the game.

"YOU...You...AHH!" Asuna runs at Phoenix with her fist ready to punch. "CHA!" Phoenix stops the punch catching it with his hand. Asuna gasps at Phoenix's eyes seemed to glare at her like daggers, even through his metal mask. Phoenix throws Asuna by her arm and making her slam right into Sinon making the two fall over.

"How could you be so cruel?!" Leafa asked tearing up.

"Defeat means losing everything..." Phoenix said making the others look at him with confused and yet angry and crying stares. "Remember that, all of you..." Phoenix added on.

"What's wrong with you?!" Klein takes out his katana and runs at Phoenix, but he's stopped by Silica and Lisbeth who grab his arms. "Let me go!" Klein yelled wanting to take Phoenix down so badly, no matter the odds. "If you attack him, he'll destroy you!" Lisbeth said desperately trying to hold Klein back. "Damn you..." Klein put his katana back and calmed down.

"This is your warning. DO NOT INTERFERE." Phoenix said sternly before jumping away in a mere flash using teleportation jutsu. "HAHAHAHAHA!" Kirito could swear he heard Phoenix laughing at him even from the beyond the grave, after leaving everyone else a wreck to see Kirito defeated so easily.

"Kirito..." Asuna said shedding a few tears looking down at the place where Kirito was defeated, the others as well did the same.

Kirito respawns in the same field he was in before, but he collapses to his knees on the ground. "NO!" Kirito yelled out. He hadn't lost like this for a long time. "NO! NO! NO!" Kirito punched the ground hard for his defeat in the game so easily. It was a major impact on his pride. Kirito then felt a strange energy flow through him, he was confused as the energy seemed to affect his eyes and then he felt much stronger. 'What's this? I feel stronger? What's going on?' Kirito asked himself as he stared into the distance, he couldn't see his newly awakened red eyes.

Kirito had unlocked the Sharingan.

Okay that's the chapter. Follow, Favorite, Review, any of them makes me more determined to write. I may get writer's block later so don't expect chapters to come out so quickly.

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