Jeremy woke up, rubbing his eyes to find Sierra talking to a group of other people. All of them girls. They looked at him and went back to talking. He frowned, and stood up, brushing off his armor. Then Sierra walked over to him, and smiled up at him.
"Erm, Jeremy, I know i just met you and all, but would you like to join a party with my friends? We don't exactly have anyone who can be on the front yet, and you seem powerful enough..." She said, and he shrugged. "Sure, I guess... I don't entirely do well with groups, but I'll try." He said, smiling slightly. She smiled happily.
"Thanks Jeremy!" She said thankfully. And he nodded, and got an invitation.
Would you like to Join the party of Sierra?
Jeremy tapped the "yes" button, and their health bars appeared on the screen. The members of the group were Sierra, Kayla, and Claire. Jeremy sighed. "A group full of girls and I'm the only guy... This'll be good..." He mumbled sarcastically. The girls giggled. He sighed, walking over to them. "Alrighty, what're we doing first?" He asked, and Sierra looked in her inventory. She was apparently level 8. Jeremy was level 10, and he had already hit the cap for the area, thanks to all his grinding. "Well, I was hoping to get one more level in, but I heard something about a meeting in Antar, something about looking for the dungeon." Sierra said, and the others nodded. "Maybe we could get some levels in on the way." Kayla said. He smiled slightly, nodding. They all did a little group cheer and began walking to the next town.
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Jeremy caught the wolf's teeth with his arm, which gave him milimal damage, and he stabbed it through the chest. The wolf dissipated and he took the loot, twenty col. He turned to look for more, and found the rest of his guild each fighting their own opponents, and he noticed Claire trip and fall back, the wolf on top of her. He rushed forward and impaled the side of the wolf with his sword, shoving it off of Claire's chest and away from her neck. He helped her up. "Thanks..." She muttered breathlessly as she finished the wolf, and he nodded, looking for another wolf to attack. The others seemed to be doing fine, and he took a breath. They got ambushed by these wolves a minute ago, and luckily all of them had good enough gear to take them down. He grinned as he realised each of them had a different style of sword. Claire was using a Gladius, kayla had a claymore she was blocking a wolf's attack with, and Sierra was wielding a Spatha. He yawned slightly as they finished off the last of them. "That was a large pack, wasn't it?" He said as they continued towards Antar. "Yeah, thought Claire was a goner til you got that wolf off her." Kayla said, and Claire blushed slightly, looking away. "I had it down, he just helped!" She said, embarrassed. The rest of the guild laughed, and Jeremy chuckled slightly.
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The guild walked into the town, and found a large speech area, where a man with blue hair and a bronze set of armor, with a blue undershirt, was waiting. There were other groups of people, along with a few loners.
"Hello everyone, glad to see you're all here!" The bronze-armored man said. "I'm Diavel, and I'm currently the leader of the Assault Team." He announced, and a few people snickered.
"Who made you in charge?" Someone in the small crowd asked, and he frowned in that direction. "Would you like to coordinate the boss fight, Alan?" He said, and a guy in red-tinted plate mail shook his head quickly.
"No no no, I'm fine..." He said, obviously annoyed. Diavel grinned slightly.
"Anyway, Like I was saying, I'm the current leader of the Assault Team, and a Knight." Diavel said, and a few people chuckled.
"There arn't any classes in SAO!" Someone else jeered, and he sighed. "Do you guys wanna hear this or not?" He said, frustrated already. "Now then." Diavel said, getting serious. "Today me and my group found the boss level." Diavel said, and everyone broke into mumbling. It had been a few months since the game released, and they had finally found the first boss dungeon of one hundred? How long would it take to find the rest? Jeremy sighed.
"I wonder how hard the boss will be.." He muttered pulling out a Game Manuel, and his other guild members stared at it.
"Wait, what's that?" Sierra asked, and he opened it up.
"It's a game manual, all of us Beta Tester were giving them out to people." Jeremy said, and they frowned slightly. "Didn't any of you get one?" They all just looked at him.
"You're a Beta Tester?" Claire asked, slightly astonished, and he nodded.
"Yeah, I had to travel to Japan for it, and I got into the beta out of pure luck." He said, shrugging. They stared at them, slightly surprised.
"Careful not to yell out about being a Beta Tester, most people don't like them." Claire said, sounding serious. "They think the Beta Testers know everything about the game, and that it's unfair that way." She said, frowning at the other players.
"Well, I got pretty high in the beta, somewhere in the tens in floor, but they moved the Dungeon locations in the full game so that the Beta Testers wouldn't have too much of an advantage." Jeremy said as Diavel continued his speech. "Either way, the first-floor boss is Illfang the Kobold Lord. He has a Buckler and a Axe, but..." As Diavel talked about dividing the groups, Jeremy noticed a girl sitting alone over near the corner, looking around for a group. "Hey, you guys see the girl in the corner?" Jeremy said, and they nodded. "Looks like she needs a party to join... Want me to ask her?" He said, and Sierra shrugged.
"Whatever you wanna do. We ARE quite the small group of people." She said, and Jeremy nodded.
"I'll be right back." He said, and he walked over to the girl. "Erm, Hi." He said as he sat down, and she looked him over. She had long black hair, and dark grey eyes. Her armor was the leather starter gear, but pure black.
"Hello." She said, looking at his other party members. "Are they your friends?" She asked.
"Nah, They're just some people I met. I sorta noticed you were alone, and wanted to know if you wanted to join us?" He asked, and she looked thoughtful for a minute.
"...Fine, but only because I need a group for the boss." She muttered, sounding annoyed at having to be with other people.
"Alrighty, I'll tell Sierra to invite ya... What's your name?" He asked, kinda surprised at her wanting to be alone. You can't be alone during boss fights, cuz if you get hurt... No one else can help you. Jeremy learned that during the beta.
"I'm Kirita." She said, brushing some hair out of her eyes.
"Thanks Kirita, You can go ahead and join us if you want..." Jeremy said, and she huffed slightly, following him to the group. Diavel was finishing his talk about how to handle the boss. "Squads E and F will keep the Minions off of us as we finish him off. And when his last health bar hits red, he'll toss his Buckler and Axe for a Talwar. If we get that far, I'll finish him off." The Assault Leader said, and the others were talking. Jeremy frowned. It seemed like Diavel wanted to get the ultra rare item people get when they get the last hit, but only Beta Testers would know that. Jeremy's guild is squad E. Kirita sighed as she sat with the others.
"Well guys, this is Kirita, our new group member for the boss fight." Jeremy said, introducing her. The others took her in well, responding with "Hello's" and "Hi's." Kirita smiled slightly.
"Hi everyone.." She muttered, more listening to Diavel.
"That's all for today, we'll head towards the dungeon tomorrow after we all rest, alright?" Diavel asked everyone, and a murmur of agreement went through the group of people. "Good. I'll see you all tomorrow here at midday." He said, clapping his hands together and everyone walked into their various directions.
"What level are ya, Kirita?" Jeremy asked.
"Level Nine." She answered looking in her inventory, and Jeremy smiled slightly. "Looks like we got a strong group then... We should be able to handle the Kobold Minions easy." He said, grinning, and the others smiled back. Kirita unsheathed her sword and tested swinging it a bit. It was a one-handed longsword, with a black blade and hilt. She sheathed it and walked with the others.
"Here's a nice place to rest, Don't ya think?" Claire asked, pointing out a tree.
"Yeah, sure." Sierra said, and they all sat down, Jeremy pulling out the team's lunch. It was simply some bread, but he put some sauce on it, where it seeped into the loaf. The smell of it was delicious on its own, and it was like it was really just out of the oven. It could have been real, even. Jeremy passed out pieces, and everyone began eating in silence. "...So, Kirita, what made you want to play Sword Art Online?" Jeremy asked, and she glanced at him, putting the bread down slightly.
"Well, I've been a gamer for a while, playing stuff like Guild Wars 2 and Everquest, So when Sword Art Online came out for the NerveGear, I had to try it out, I guess..." She explained, shrugging slightly. "What about you?"
"Well, I went on a short trip to Japan for my birthday, and during my weeklong stay there, I got into the beta somehow... They provided gear and everything. When I tried it out, I loved it, and decided to buy the gear when I got back home to play the full game when it came out." Jeremy said, smiling a bit at the memory of playing the game in it's beta stages.
"Since we're all talking about our personal lives, why don't we all play a game of 'Icebreakers?'" Sierra asked, and the rest of the guild groaned.
"You sound like my Eighth Grade homeroom teacher..." Claire complained, and everyone laughed except for Sierra, who just crossed her arms and huffed.
"I'm just saying... How about we just ask questions to each other?" She said, and the others agreed reluctantly. "Alright, I'll go first... Hm... Jeremy ?" Sierra asked, and Jeremy sighed.
"Why does it have to be me?" He said, and she giggled. "Fine..."
"Alrighty, Jeremy, do you have any family Members?" Sierra asked, and he nodded.
"I Got a sister named Sarah. I wonder how she is... If she knows about this whole thing..." Jeremy muttered, looking down slightly, thinking. He dismissed the thought. "But other than her, My mom is in California with my dad, And I Think that's it. We don't do many family reunions.." Jeremy said, shrugging. "What about you?"
Well, chapter 3 is finished. Thanks for reading guys, Although even i think this is a bad story! I'm going to perfect each chapter as i continue, a rough draft conversion in a way. Anyway, introduced Fem Kirito and got more characters... Hope you liked it! Also, PM questions for me to use in the little "Questionaire!" I'll see you all in the next chapter guys!-Gabers100
