Because frankly, I cannot imagine any MMO running for three years without any major bugs or glitches. Speculative/quite AU one shot.

Two sisters decide to try a VR game together, but what happens when they are trapped? This is a story of two Americans being the first to play the Japanese game, SAO. Meet Alexis and Bella, new to the virtual reality scene. They are out of their league, but maybe they can find themselves on their journey. Kirito/Asuna, Klein/?, Agil/his wife (as much as I don't like it)... lol.

What if the first attempt to escape the first floor failed? Heroes die, survivors carry on and attempt to clear the game. Will feature characters from various SAO series and will not follow canon.

A target is painted on Sinon's back. And mine. What started as a simple bounty hunter job quickly turns into a violent feud against a rising force in GGO. But no matter how dire things get, I'll do whatever I can to support my partner, my friend, and maybe something more as we balance the danger lurking underneath the surface of GGO with a blossoming relationship. OC X Sinon.

He is moved forward leaps and bounds. Like being dragged by a fighter jet while riding a pogo stick. There's no control. No grace. And certainly no desire to continue. But he'll make it through the entire show, whether he wants to or not. (Kirito SI)

Sword Art Online is over. The floating steel castle of Aincrad has disappeared, and with it, all the blood, sweat, tears, and joy that Karma has known for the last two years. Everything should be better now that she's back where they say she's supposed to be, in the real world. Right? (Sequel to Retribution)

Kirito expected many things when he launched the official copy of SAO, getting stuck in a death game where few things were as they seem, and in the body of his sister no less. Was not one of them, so now they have to figure out what is going on, and how to survive. However that is much easier said then done when many things have shifted and changed from what they once were.

Complete summary in the first chapter, but in short, the story parallels the War of Underworld anime, here, you will see how Kirito and Alice could have been given the romance I wanted them to enjoy, but without changing the general structure of the original story. I hope I can provide as much emotional depth as possible and show the beauty of AlicexKirito.

Sinon had faced many horrors in her time in Gun Gale Online: slavers, raiders, mutants, blood machines, and transhuman warriors. But turning into a cat was a new one. Why does she continue playing this stupid game? It also didn't help that Kirito kept scratching her ears. (KiriSinon)

Once an empty and apathetic boy simply searching for another means of escapism, he finds his life given new direction after being thrust into the world of Sword Art Online. Follow Arata on a journey of swords and scythes as he masters a distinct playstyle that will allow him to carve a unique path through this game of life and death.

Oneshot collection of the "Journey of the Hollow Instructor" series. This is for all the small adventures, which aren't important enough to make it into the main story but shouldn't be left untold either. From characters bonding away from the big stage to funny little (mis)adventures... This is where those stories are told.

By sheer luck, a man from North America manages to get ahold of a Nerve gear and enters SAO. just how will he proceed when he does not speak the language and chooses the most unconventional of playstyles?

"You know, Onii-chan, I had another dream last night. In my dream, there was a floating castle in the sky..." In which Akihiko Kayaba's dream was not his own, and the Death Game was instigated by a monster born out of that dream.

One: Happy Birthday Llenn. Set just after the Gun Gale Online anime. Elsa finds out it's Karen's birthday...

Death was over in mere seconds, granting only time to smile and hope a message would be read. So when Sachi awoke to find she was alive as an AI, the first instance of a Human becoming such, she was surprised. When she found she was still in SAO and had to work for Kayaba or risk deletion, well, it was time to see how well she could Masquerade as a God in the Machine!

Kirito's sister made an account on his Headset and then a bug happened making him play SAO in a female avatar.

A few days after his birthday, Kazuto Kirigaya started seeing floating screens above people’s heads. It didn’t take long until he was given Quests and began leveling up his Skills.

They never meant to end up like this. Kirito, a former pariah turned a hollow husk after the disaster of SAO. Quinella, a girl whose ambition turned her into a monster. Although enemies at first, a misfortunate set of events will force them to work together if they hope to protect the world they came to love. And maybe, just maybe, together they shall mend their scars.

On December 25th, 2023, the death game, Sword Art Online was cleared, freeing the remaining players. Suguha Kirigaya was elated to have her brother back, but he is different from the brother whom she once remembered, so she vows to make him feel better, no matter what it takes. Kirito x Suguha/Leafa KiriSugu

"Going into a dungeon? Fighting monsters? And getting dirty?" The merchant in silks laughed. "Why do that when you can hire mercenaries to do the job?" Kazuto Kirigaya doesn't like fighting, he likes making money. Much safer than swinging a sword at monsters, yuck! Besides, that was what his fearless Asuna was for anyway. KiriHarem (Argo, Asuna, Sinon)

The stories that don't or won't, for whatever reason, make it into An Englishman in Castle Aincrad. Not every story has to be clashing blades, bad jokes and political machinations... some are just quiet moments, and others, uhh, less so. These are those parts to the story...

Hayato moves away from his family to Tokyo, meeting some interesting people in his middle school leading him to the SAO beta test. As he goes on, he realizes he isn't as alone as he thought but is still very much alone, once SAO the death game starts he actually feels better being away from the real world.

Cyber Nexus Online, one of the many VRMMOs created from The Seed package. A futuristic world of swords, guns, androids, and everything in-between. Follow the adventures of one of the game's veteran players Tae, as well as the friends he makes along the way.

Cardinal System that supervises Administrator System detects its block on Mental Health Counseling Program. Unable to override it, Cardinal creates a unique skill to help players, this time not for the most skilled player, but for the player with purest heart. First book of "Legend of the Silver Blade" series

After the events of Underworld, our famous main protagonist Kirito found himself awoke in a mysterious world where all the species were all born as 97 percents of females. What is surprising him was that this strange world he was in was where all the females were born lewd and love nasty stuffs instead of males and males being pure species. Warning: Explicit Sexual Contents!