Sword Art Online: The Silver Swordsman.

HEY! I am back for my second and better SAO fic. I got some bad and hurtful reviews on the first one so I deleted it. But now I am back and ready to write. If you have any ideas just say and what not.

"Talking"
'Thinking'
I don't own SAO.

I swung the sword. It bounced of a large red shield. I swung again. This time connecting with skin. The blow sent the beast back. The remaining HP for it was 20% mine was 50%.

"Time to finish this." I pulled my sword back, the beast charged at me. It was half human half dragon. Its lower body hand the form of human legs, but had patches of scales. Its top half was bulky and covered entirely with scales. It had a Dragons head. "Dragonman swordsmen." That was its name. I ducked under its large sword. bringing mine up. It glowed in the darkness of the corridor. It went up its back, cutting into the folded wings. It roared, turing.

'Thanks.' I thought. As it turned i brought my blade down, cutting it s face, it spilt showing a plane (Like in math. The X and Y) and it dell to one knee. I brought the blade down. The Sword skill activated, lighting the blade in a green glow. The dragonman was no more. bursting into hundreds of diamond like lights. Putting my sword into the scabbard at my waist, I sighed.

'Better get back.' The clock in the corner of my vision read 8:30 PM. The fight took twenty minutes but still. As one of the best players, I could stay out as long as I wished. But still liked to be home by 9:00. I got out of the labyrinth, and looked up. a long pillar was behind me. At least one hundred yards in hight. I took a breath in, and pulled a blue crystal out of my pocket.

"Thirtieth floor. Home." I didn't bother to say the town name. I knew it would take me to the little shack I called home. A blue glow surrounded me.

When it faded, I was in a two room building. One floor, and cluttered. I sighed, knowing I would need to clean it. I put my hand on my head. The room was filled with everything from clothes to weapons. The food I got if not finished, would disappear, just like that Dragon guy… Taking my pointer and middle finger, I swiped them down, opening the menu. I took of the clunky chest plate and greaves. I put my scabbard away, taking the sword with it. I was left in jeans and a silver shirt. I took the shirt off, and fell onto the bed. I pulled open the friends list.

"S. S. S. Ah." Saphire. The second in command of the guild I was unofficially in. I looked at her location.

"The local inn. Good." Closing the menu, I looked up at the ceiling.

"Its been Whats the point, Kayaba? Do you like that we are all passing on? Or is it that you are scared that someone is going to destroy your world?" The only answer I got was the wind.

"What happened to the real world?" Not for the last time, I remembered her.

"Okari…" I whispered.

Three years Earlier.

It was the grand day that all game addict were waiting for. The opening of Sword Art Online. Using the nerve gear, players would fully immerse themselves into the game. I was siting on the floor, wring the system up.

"Thanks for the help Michael." I sighed.

"Your welcome. Just a few more wires. And… DONE!" I threw my hand up, ready for a high five, but in return I got: "LINK START!" I just looked down at him as the game started.

"Stupid jerk. He wouldn't be in the game right now if it weren't for me." Letting myself out, I got on my bike and rode to my best (and only) friend's house. Knocking, I pleaded that she would answer. The door opened, and a beautiful woman stood in the entrance. She had shoulder length black hair. She was wearing grey sweats. Her eyes were a jade green.

"Michael!" She wrapped her arms around me and pulled me inside. The woman was Okari. 17, two years older than me. I smiled for the first time that day.

"You need your equipment set up?" She shook her head.

"Got it set up myself!" Nodding, we walked up the stairs. Her room was clean and to the point. The Nerve Gear was set on her desk, right by her bed.
"Can I check it? Just in case?" She nodded.
"Hm…" She gulped.

"Is it okay?" I smiled.
"Totally perfect." I got a hug from her.

"Now get going! I expect to see you in…" She looked at her clock. "Um… 6:00!" I saluted.

"Yes sir!" We both laughed as we walked down stairs. I waved her off as I rode away. We lived in different towns so it took a few hours to get from place to place even with the bus.

I got home. 6:30. 'SHE IS GOING TO BE SO MAD!' I ran int the living room, the T.V. was on. I was just about to my room when I heard: "The famed game Sword Art Online has now became a prison." I froze. "With the ten thousand players trapped, with only one life, there lives hang in the balance. If you remove the nerve gear from the player, the nerve gear will emit a powerful microwave that will fry the brain. Resulting in death." Slowly walking back, I stood in front of the T.V. looking for any signs of a lie. "If the players HP reach's zero, their avatar will be destroyed. As well as the player." I fell to my knee's.

"I just helped two people… to their death…" About twenty minutes after that, I was looking at a picture of Okari and me. It was at a park. We had a picnic. It was a good day, but will that ever happen again?

A few moments after the thought, the phone rang. It was Okari's mother.

"WHY!" I pulled the phone from my ear. "WHY DID YOU LET MY DAUGHTER GO INTO THAT DEATH TRAP!" My arm was shaking with fear. "W-What Happened?" The phone went silent. After a minute, I was about to ask again when: "She's dead." Everything stopped.
"No..." I fell to my knee's. "She cant be gone. She's my only friend. Tears welled up in my eyes.

On Sunday, November 6, 2022. That is the day that my best friends life in our world ended. Her body laying on her bed, her last breath was taken just two hours into the game.

About one week latter, a funeral was held for her. I stood there. Watching the marker, hoping for it to disappear for about week. Every day, every free moment I had. Then one day, I heard a voice.
"You need to stop mourning and do something." I looked around, and saw Okari's father. "You liked her. I know you have the game. So please, I know you, if anyone, can beat that god forsaken game. Please." He bowed. I looked at her grave, I made a promise. It might have been in the anger that the mad man started, or just me not thinking, but, I am to beat that prison. The game. That castle.

The same night, I put on the nerve gear, sealing my fate on earth, but renewing my existence in Aincrad.

"LINK START!"

There we go! The first and most likely worst chapter of all SAO history! But yes. I hope I will have the inspiration to keep this up. Not erasing this one.