I don't own anything except my character.

Chapter 1:

Rin/Saki's P.O.V

I was sitting in my room at a desk watching the latest episode of MMO Stream and holding tightly onto the game 'SWORD ART ONLINE' that was in my hands. I couldn't make friends, so that's why I indulge myself in games and the online world.

But that might be expected from me, since I was Kayaba Rin, the only daughter of Kayaba Akihiko. Although I keep a low profile, there are times where some classmate or someone from school writes about me and posts it online because they think they'll hit big bucks talking about Kayaba Akihiko's daughter. Obviously, I can't really let that slide, since I don't really want to be famous or anything. So what I do is I simply hack into their site and deleted the post. Also sending a few viruses their way.

My mum died giving birth to me so I live with my father in a mansion, though father did hire a maid to take care of me ever since I was little.

In school, I just sat there listening to the teachers talk on and on about things I know already. I did try making friends at the start but they all seemed to ignore me. My hypothesis would be that they think I'm a spoiled rich girl who gets whatever she wants.

If I can't make friends, then I can just stay in my own world, playing games. That's what I decided, so I shut myself away from reality, and eventually I stopped showing any emotion to anyone.

I don't really care about my appearance, but it's not like I completely neglect taking care of myself or anything. I just have long black hair that goes down to my waist, dark brown eyes. I'm pretty sure I'm not flat chested, but I'm also not that much endowed in that area.

'SWORD ART ONLINE' was a game I made with my father. Although, towards the end he didn't really let me help anymore. That's what's been on my mind for some time.

And here I was, holding onto the game after my father gave it to me, I remembered that when I had received it just about half an hour ago. As I was walking out from the room, I swore I heard my father say "Be careful" It was barely audible and I wonder what he meant.

I walked over to my bed putting the nerve gear on my head and layed down. It was time."LINK START" I whispered. Coloured lights entered my view, I was given a choice of what language to use and I picked Japanese.

"Welcome to Sword Art Online!"

I opened my eyes and looked around me, blue lights kept appearing showing that more people were logging in. Logging in to this floating castle I helped create. So it seems this game was really a success.

I'm pretty sure I was on the 1st floor- The town of beginnings. Walking around the market I was instantly bombarded with boys wanting to party with me.

"Hey cutie~ wanna join us? We'll take good care of you~" One of the boys in a group said.

I thought it was just disgusting.

"No thanks, but I'd rather go solo" I swiftly replied.

I turned them all down, seriously, how annoying. I'm not 100% positive on what appearance I had in SAO, but from what I could tell, My hair was the same, except it was an icy blue, and I was wearing the standard clothes everybody wore at the start of the game. My in-game name I chose was Saki – It means to blossom.

I wasn't in the Beta Test but since I worked with my father, I've memorised most of the floors, bosses, dungeons, sword skills and things like that.

With the money given at the start of the game, I bought a simple sword from the market and headed to where the enemies were to get the gist of fighting before moving on. I defeated all enemies that I en-counted and saw the sky was getting darker so I decided to log out for now. Opening the menu I saw that the log out button was gone. I wanted it to be a bug, but somewhere deep inside me, I knew, that there was no way my father would forget something as significant as this.

A bell rang in the distance and a light engulfed me forcefully teleporting me somewhere.

I opened my eyes once again, other people starting appearing just like how I did. Looking up at the sky, I saw this liquid come down and form a figure with no face.

"Players, I welcome you all to my world" it said. "My name is Kayaba Akihiko. Right now, I am the only person who can control this world"

I stayed quiet.

"I think that most of you have discovered the fact that the log out button has disappeared from the main menu. This is not a bug; it is all part of «Sword Art Online»'s system."

So this was what he was hiding.

"Until you get to the top of this castle, you cannot log out of your own free will." " If someone outside tries to forcibly take your nerve gear off, it will send a strong electromagnetic pulse, destroying your brain and stopping all of your basic functions."

"To be a little more specific, disconnection from an outside source of electricity for ten minutes, being cut off from the system for more than two hours, or any attempt to: unlock, dismantle, or destroy the Nerve Gear. If any of these conditions are met, the brain destruction sequence will start. These conditions have been made known to the government and the public through mass-media in the outside world. On that note, there have been several cases where the relatives or friends have ignored the warnings and tried to forcefully remove the Nerve Gear. The result... regretfully 213 players have already exited this game, and the real world, forever."

I made such a game. That thought was going through my head so many times. 213 players have already died because of me.

"Players, there is no need to worry about the bodies you left on the other side. As of this moment, all TV, radio, and Internet media are repeatedly reporting this situation; including the fact that there have been numerous deaths. The danger of having your Nerve Gear taken off has already all but disappeared. In a moment, using the two hours I have provided, all of you will be transported to hospitals or similar institutes and be given the best treatment. So you can relax... and concentrate on beating the game."

I lived in this huge mansion, and father probably had to leave as to avoid police. Somebody must've come for me... right?

"Players, there is only one way to be freed from this game. As I have said before, you must get to the top of Aincrad, the one hundredth floor, and defeat the final boss that resides there. All players still alive at that time will be immediately logged out of the game. I give you all my word."

Everyone was silent. But I didn't even notice them and just glared at the figure.

"I will show you evidence that this is the only reality. In your inventories, there will be a gift from me. Please confirm this."

I checked, and sure enough, there was something inside. It was a «Hand Mirror». I pressed 'make into object' and it appeared into my hand. Looking into it I saw my own avatar, but then after a flash of light, my real face was shown.

Damn, I might get caught but for now, I think I'll be alright, because people only know the name Kayaba Rin, they don't know my appearance.

Looking at the other players, I saw that the female popularity had changed quite a lot as not many girls played games. I gritted my teeth, many more people were going to die, I just knew it.

I'll just have to get this over and done with. By completing all the floors, it'll just be my way of saying sorry to everyone in this death game.

My 14th Birthday... The day this death game started.