Tatsuya "Tastsuki" Matsuki

My eyes reluctantly opened and the un-familiar ceiling came into view. I tried lifting my body out of the covers and although it was screaming for sleep it complied. "W-where am I..." Speaking to know one in particular I looked around, not sure of what I would find.
A small recording crystal entered my sight. I managed to get out of bed and tap it, forcing it to play its message.
"Use the hand mirror that's in your inventory, oh, and when your feeling awake enough come down and have some food" the voice belonged to kirito and once again I was thankful that I wasn't alone in this world, well, for now at least.

Opening my inventory I found only a few items, two of which I hadn't had before however before doing anything else I used the hand mirror.
My body was encased in the familiar light blue glow that I experienced before hand but I never expected what was to come, looking down at the mirror I found my face not my avatar's but my own. My hair was midnight black just like my eyes.
My height hadn't changed much, then again it was the only thing that was true about my avatar self.
"Jesus Christ... What is going on?" That was when it finally hit me. I'm still in the game! I began to panic but somehow stopped it. Opening my inventory I used the other item that was unfamiliar. A small book.

The book's cover had the scarlet wolf of midnight written over it along with an emblem resembling a howling wolf and opening the book revealed that it were a novel of some kind. I don't remember picking this up.. Well whatever, I placed it back in my inventory and opened the door heading downstairs I was greeted by a ton of noise, guess this is an inn...

I noticed a familiar Raven haired boy and tapped him on the shoulder. Kirito turned around and smiled, his face had also changed to how he really looked, he actually looked fairly feminine, for a boy. "Tatsu, It's good to see your finally awake but what happened?" he said. I noticed he was gazing at the book in my hand. "And where'd you get that?"
"Well, first,I haven't a single clue about either of those two questions" I grinned.
"I just found this book in my inventory after looking at that stupid mirror, why didn't you tell me it would do that!"
"If I did you wouldn't have used it, would you "
"G-guilty as charged."
"Come on, sit down and I'll get us something to eat, oh and by the way, why did you tell Klein your name is Ghost when your name here's Tatsuki?"
"Force of Habit... I've only recently started using Tatsuki. So I still automatically call myself Ghost..."
"Either way, next time you see him, tell him your True IGN "
"Sure... Where are we anyway?"
"The next town over from the 'Village of Beginning', I carried you on my back"
"Seriously!? I really owe you one then" never expected to be in 'Horunka' "do you know when we'll be able to log out?" The question seemed to depress Kirito but never the less he still replied. "We have to complete all one hundred floors... And clear the game" I was at a loss for words, we... Have to complete every floor...
I slumped in my seat... "We could be here for years... So how long was I out for anyway?"
"About a day so not that long..."
"Right... Let's get something to eat then."
"Alright, after that we should begin to level ourselves otherwise there would have been no point out coming here."
"Good idea."

A few hours later and me and kirito were lying down on a grassy hill after fighting some Mobs, he had already fallen asleep for a short nap so I pulled out the mysterious book.
The inside of the cover had the introduction, I read thorough it quickly and was about to skip until I found some kind of contract?
The main body was in a strange language yet the bottom had 'signature' and a long bar that was obviously where I had to write my name... Only problem was I had absolutely nothing to write with.
I rubbed the line with my finger till it hit me. This is a game, who needs ink when you can type. I tapped the line hoping to see a keyboard and I was right. A holographic keyboard that emitted light making it possible to see it anywhere yet mysteriously didn't affect the environment...

Moving my fingers swiftly over the keyboard I typed my user name and hit enter.
As soon as I did so the keyboard disappeared and the book now had my name in it.
This triggered an affect where some of the words that were originally unreadable became readable.

'The owner of this book shall learn the ways of a true Beast-Tamer, if this section is readable then you should have received a new skill, you needn't worry as this doesn't take up any skill slots you would have had free and is an Extra-Skill. Make sure to read the book completely before you reach any higher floors. as the skill progresses more of these pages will be unlocked and become readable but to you only.

A word of advice, when approaching animal type mobs proceed with weapons hidden.'

This is... Strange to say the least...
Looking out to the field I noticed some of the mobs we had been killing, Boars.
And decided to try it out.
Un-equipping my sword I tapped Kirito on the shoulder "..mmm what is it..?" He asked as he lifted his body and groggily rubbed his eyes.
"I wanna try something but its dangerous alone"
"What do you want to try?" I hesitated before I spoke.
"Approaching the Boars without a weapon" this woke him up and he instantly grabbed my shoulders. "That's suicide!"
"That's what I thought, however that's what it says in the book"
"And you believe it!"
"I know it sounds dangerous but just let me do it, okay? If it attacks me straight away then I'll never do it again."
"Fine..." I grinned and walked towards the boars, kirito in two at a small distance but staying out of the Boars detection range.

They didn't attack no matter how close I got, they looked at me curiously and slowly approached me. I reached my hand out toward the boar yet it still didn't stop, it came in reach of my hand and stopped before running its snout against it.
I widened my eyes. This brought back memories. Animals have always loved me... Unless is did something to piss them off... But even then they didn't stay angry at me for long.

I began to pet the Boar as others approached me and sat down creating a kind of wall. Looking over at Kirito he was as shocked as I was however as soon as he entered detection range they immediately became hostile and turned towards him. "Run!" I yelled as the boars began to charge at him. Opening my window and re-equipping my blade took only moments and I was already giving chase.

"Oi!" I yelled causing the animals to turn towards me, at first their eyes were as earlier, soft and no hostility visible for up to a couple of seconds, however it immediately disappeared, their eyes gained a hostile glint before charging towards me. There were only five however at this level that was seriously dangerous.

Alone that is. A blur appeared behind the Boars and slashed at they're weak points, effectively killing them and turning them into shining particles. "Jesus Christ, never gonna do that again..." I said, but remembered what the book said, the weapons had to be hidden not un-equipped. "Or maybe I will,Oi Kirito, how much was that cloak we saw in town?"
"About... 1000 col" Jesus! That much? Opening my menu I found I had gotten 1500 today from all the grinding and quests. "I'm gonna go buy one, then I should be able test out my skill without un-equipping my blade" I decided against closing the menu and checked my skills, I had one slot empty whilst two other were full, the first one was my one-handed sword, the second was a skill named 'Beastly-Aura'
I guessed it was the skill related to the book. It was level 5 now whilst my one-handed sword has reached level 20.

We walked into town that was mostly deserted, most of the players were still at the beginning village.
Weaving our way thought out the small town we reached a vendor selling cloaks. I looked through the selection and eventually found one I liked. It was mainly black with strange scarlet en-scribings following the edge.
It took only moments to buy then equip. "How do I look?" I had the hood down so that my face was visible and the main cloak behind like a cape.
"Hmm... It doesn't look right with some of the starting gear but other than that it looks good." I grinned, awesome. "Come on, we'd better sell the loot, get some food and do some in-town quests."

"Er..." I slowly rose from my slumber and checked the time, 5 o'clock...
This is why I hate sleeping in a room I'm not used to, I'll end up waking at ridiculous times... Well, in my opinion at least.
Knowing that I can't return to sleep I reached over to the bedside table and began to read through the novel section of the book.

It spoke of a wolf with scarlet eyes and midnight fur. It was obviously something todo with lore and made a mental not to speak with an information-Broker, specifically Argo. Although she was stingy when it came to money her information was always top notch so hopefully she'd know something about this.
The book contained plenty of information unrelated to the story as well near the back, it spoke of the different foods that could be used Tame a familiar, for boars it was apples and Wolves meat.

Finishing my reading for the morning I left my rented room with the book in my inventory and my cloak draped behind my body, I'd found a pin so that I could choose where it parted or stayed together.
Leaving the room I walked down the corridor planning to get some food when I bumped into a certain cloaked player. She looked at my face for a moment as if trying to think of who I am and where she may have seen me when she asked.
"Do... I know you" that voice!
"Long time no see, Argo" it took her a couple of minutes to register what happened but when she did. "Ta-Ki!" I groaned at that nickname, everyone she repeatedly met had one, Kirito's was and still is 'Kii-bou' whilst mine, 'Ta-Ki' not too and but still, is not exactly something I like hearing.

"When did you get here? I hadn't seen you yesterday" I asked, although I hadn't seen her there was still a good chance that she as here.
"Just last night, you?"
"I woke yesterday after being carried here unconscious, tho I'm guessing you already knew about the last part" she nodded her head.
"Well anyway, I gotta go. I've got things I need to attend to" just as she was about to leave I recalled about the book. "Wait! I've got something to ask you" this piqued her interest and she turned to me, swiftly opened her menu and brought up the trade menu. "100 Col" like I said earlier, stingy. I sighed before completing the trade and pulled out my mysterious book. "Have you ever heard of the Scarlet wolf of midnight?" Argo began to think before opening her mouth.
"If I remember correctly its part of a quest... Why?"
"Oh, this weird book, it's like a novel and guide put together, the first section has this contract like thing, the next is a novel with all sorts of information like what kind of foods certain animals need in order to be tamed... Oh and I've gotten an extra-skill from it, Beastly-Aura" Argo's eyes widened in surprise "what?"

"You... Did you just say Beastly-Aura?"
"Yeah... So?"
"Nobody was able to figure out how people got it, and you come along saying it you got it after reading a book!?"
"Well, not from Reading the book, but after signing my name in it..."
"Same thing, you realise that Beastly aura is rumoured to be somehow connected to a Unique-Skill" I... Was speechless, what... The hell? "Although nobody knows how though"
"Hmm... Well, thanks anyway!" I ran off down the corridor thanking Argo and exited the inn whilst sending Kirito a message 'I'm heading into the field to level that skill.'
Exiting the inn I noticed a blur pass by, "He must have raised a sprinting stat a ton..." I muttered before heading off to the field.

Alex "Thrax" Spencer

I think I've been running too much... Looking at my skills... Sprint has reached level 60... And it's only the third day. I've been completing quests that involve transporting goods throughout the town and because of that, I've reached level 2 and the recommended level for the field.
I've been able to upgrade my equipment too. I've traded in my starter Knife for a keener's short-blade. It's stats are supposedly better, considering its requirement is level 2. I was heading for the fields that surrounded the town when I noticed some shady person. I couldn't tell if it was an NPC or player so I ceased my running to get a better look.

The person in question was wearing a hooded cloak that obscured their body however as they moved about it was possible to glimpse at their outfit.
From what I could tell the person was a guy and wore a set of leather armour riddled with pockets and a strap going across their chest and down to his hip.
It reminded me if of something I've seen in manga... Something like a thief or assassin would wear. They must have been an NPC, I hasn't seen any other player wearing different clothing, other than cloaks or capes, bandannas or different bracers.

Walking over to the man I tried initiating a quest. "Do you need help or something?" However, he simply smirked before walking into the dimly lit
alley. Following shortly after him i found myself embraced by the darkness. Luckily it wasn't to dark making it still possible to just about make out the outline of the man. I walked for five minutes till reaching a small sewer that had broken and rusted bars, ducking through I found that same man to be waiting there.

"You Appear to have guts to follow a stranger through an alley, let's see if you have the skill" the cloaked man dashed forward and pulled out a short dagger and just like up him I did the same. He attempted to slash at me however I blocked it with my knife, doing Nito Kendo definitely has its advantages in this kind of world. The cloaked man smirked. "Congratulations, you've passed the test." A window appeared before me, notifying me that I Could start the quest 'Apprentice of Shadows' interesting. I clicked ok and braced. Myself for what was to come.

A/N: well? what do you think. I've decided to begin the introduction for the two characters into what will become they're Unique-Skills and if you hadn't guessed yet, Tastuki will be getting a Familiar related skill whilst Thrax will be getting a ninja like skill... although i haven't quite decided on what yet...

oh, and you needn't worry about the two view-points, they will be the only two and at some point will obviously meet up and the switching around will become much less frequent.

if you've got any questions or just want to say hi then feel free to leave a Review. :D