Hello Everybody! I am The Burning Ruler and I am here with my brand new story SAO: A Beast's Tamer. If you haven't figured it out yet, this will be an OC X Silica story. I was too excited for this story and I got hooked on SAO when I found it on Netflix. Starting this story may put RWBY" A Demon's Life on hiatus for a little while, but not long…I hope. I would've given you all more time to vote on the pairing, but I didn't because I couldn't wait any longer to write this. Also, I'm sorry if the lines in this story don't match the lines in the show, but I'm not going to watch a whole episode to get one or two lines. Also, I may be including multiple episodes in one chapter. But anyways, I own nothing except my OC. Let's start this story.

Chapter 1: The Game of Death

A young man plugged in his Nerve Gear, put it on, and laid down on his bed.

"Link Start!" he yelled.

In a flash of colors he entered the world of Aincrad. His avatar spawned in. He was dressed in black clothes with blood red accents here and there. He also carried a scythe with him.

"Last time I was here was during the beta. I wonder if anything has changed." The boy asked himself.

"Hey Fang!" yelled a masculine voice from behind the boy.

"Hmm? Oh hey Kirito!" yelled Fang, running over to his buddy from the beta.

When they reached each other, they shared a handshake and ran towards the field where they could train. As they were running, they heard a voice calling after them.

"Hey wait!" yelled the voice.

Kirito and Fang turned around to see a man with long red hair chasing after them.

"You guys look like you know your way around. Were you in the beta?" asked the man.

"Yeah. We both were. Why?" asked Fang.

"I was wondering if you could give me a hand and teach me." Asked the man.

"Sure. I'm up for it. I'm not sure how well my scythe skills will translate to your sword, but my friend here uses a sword." Said Fang.

"Yeah sure. We'll give you a hand. My name is Kirito. My friend here is Fang." Said Kirito introducing himself and his friend.

"My names Klein. Nice to meet you." Said the man.

Fang and Kirito began leading Klein to the field they were going to train at. As they were fighting a boar, Klein got hit in the crotch and fell backwards in pain.

"He does know that he can't feel that right?" asked Fang.

"I'm not sure Fang." Said Kirito, "Hey Klein? You do know that you can't feel that right?" Asked Kirito.

"Huh? Oh right. Sorry just you know. Force of habit." Said Klein.

"Anyways, what you'll want to do is wait for the right moment, activate your sword skill and just as it activates follow through." Said Kirito, whipping a rock at the boar and leaving a red mark on its butt.

"Follow through." whispered Klein.

Klein activated his sword skill, and waited for Kirito to push the boar towards him before attacking and killing it.

"Yeah! I did it!" yelled Klein.

"You know that boar is about as weak as slimes in other games right?" asked Fang, killing another mob and levelling up to five.

"What? I thought that was a mid-level boss or something!" yelled Klein.

"Nope. So you wanna keep going?" asked Kirito.

"Hell yeah! Let's go!" yelled Klein.

As the three passed through the mobs, they all levelled up pretty high. Fang was level 14 due to him not being able to help Klein much considering he was a scythe user, Kirito was level 10, and Klein was level 7 as he needed help to fight.

"Well we should probably log off. It's getting pretty late." Said Fang.

"Yeah, and I've got a pizza coming. I guess we'll see each other tomorrow." Said Klein pulling up his menu.

"Huh?" asked Klein.

"What is it?" asked Kirito.

"The logout button isn't there." Said Klein.

"Probably just a bug. They'll fix it soon." Said Fang.

Then, they got teleported to the town square. It seemed like every player was forced to teleport there.

"A forced teleport? But why?" asked Fang.

Just then, a liquid that looked like blood started to flow from the sky. It then formed into the shape of a person.

"Welcome players to Sword Art Online! My name is Akihiko Kayaba.

"The man who invented Nerve Gear and Sword Art Online." Said Fang.

I'm sure by now you've noticed the lack of a log out button. This is not an error. It is a key component of Sword Art Online." Said Kayaba.

"What? We can't log out?" asked some people from the crowd.

"No. You cannot. Furthermore, if someone tries to remove your Nerve Gear, it will send microwaves into your brain, killing you instantly. Also if your avatars HP drops to zero, you will be killed." Said Kayaba.

"If we die in the game, we die in real life as well." Remarked Fang.

Everyone in the plaza was sent onto full on panic mode at this statement.

"Why? Why do this?" asked Klein.

"I'm sure he'll tell us." Said Kirito.

"Now I'm sure you're wondering why I would do this. The answer is quite simply, I wanted to play god in my own virtual world. If you want to get out, you will have to clear all 100 floors. Finally, you will find and item in you storage. Please take it out.

Fang looked in his storage and took out a mirror. He was then engulfed in a bright light. He looked back after the light had faded, and saw that he looked like his real word self. He saw his short black hair, small amount of facial hair, and blue eyes. He looked to the side and saw that Kirito and Klein had both switched to their real world selves too. It only took them a matter of seconds to figure it out after looking at Fang.

"Goodbye." Said Kayaba.

Everyone in the plaza started to panic, except Fang and Kirito. They simply looked at each other, and ran off after grabbing Klein.

"Listen Klein. We want you to come with us. Pretty soon, the area around the town of beginnings will be hunted clean, so were heading to the next town. You in?" asked Fang.

"Well, I'd love to, but my friends are still back there. I need to find them. I'll see you around." Said Klein.

Fang just shrugged and started to walk away. Kirito went with him. They soon broke off into a run. As they ran down the path, two wolves spawned in front of them. They both drew their weapons and cut thought the wolves instantly.

'I, no WE will end this world' thought Fang looking at his friend.

One month later

It's been a month. 2000 players have died already, and we still haven't cleared the first floor, but we're holding a meeting today to discuss battle strategies. Fang and Kirito have stuck together this whole time, and we have joined a party together. We are both solo players, but we decided to team up because we know that a solo player can only do so much. We started walking towards the area where the meeting will be held.

"Good to see so many people showed up. My name is Diabel, and the job I play in this world is Knight!" said Diabel.

"There isn't even a job system in this game!" yelled someone from the crowd.

Diabel just decided to ignore this comment. He continued the meeting.

"Alright everyone. This is the reason I called you all here. Today, a scouting party found the boss room at the top of the tower." Said Diabel, catching everyone's attention.

Mutters rose up from the crowd.

"Furthermore, we thought of a strategy to take down the boss." Said Diabel. "What we'll all do is form up into parties of six. Taking on the boss alone would be pointless. Not to mention fatal." Said Diabel.

Fang was about to panic when he saw someone sitting with a cloak on at the other side of the bench that he and Kirito were sitting on. He looked to Kirito and pointed over to the player. Kirito shrugged and they went over to the figure.

"What's wrong? No one wanted you in their party?" asked Fang.

"No. It's just…everyone looks like they already have their party planned out." Said the figure, which was a girl from the sound of her voice.

"So, do you want to join our party?" asked Kirito.

"Sure." Replied the girl.

Kirito sent her a party invite, and she accepted.

"Alright, it looks like everyone is in a party. Now to continue." Said Diabel, before being interrupted.

"Hold it!" said a man, jumping down the steps.

"My names Kibaou and I have something I need to get off my chest. There are some people who owe us an apology." Said Kibaou.

"I think I know who you are referring to. You mean the 1000 people who were ex-beta testers right?" asked Diabel.

"Of course I do. When this stupid ass game started, the beat guys just up and vanished. They snagged all the good hunting spots, and all the easy quests. They were the only ones getting any stronger. All us newbies were just left in the dust. I bet there are some in this crowd right now! Come on out and show yourselves. We should make them apologize, and they should give up all the money and items the earned! They can't expect a party to trust them if they don't trust us now can they?" rambled Kibaou.

Fang noticed Kirito shaking. He put a hand on his friends shoulder and gave his head a subtle shake.

"Can I say something?" asked a large man from the crowd before standing up.

"Who are you?" asked Kibaou.

"My name's Agil. Let me get this straight. You think the Bate testers are the cause of the rookie's deaths right? You also want them to apologize and give up their earnings right?" asked Agil.

"Yeah that's right." Said Kibaou.

"Alright. Did you get a copy of this guide book?" asked Agil.

"Yeah, why?" asked Kibaou.

"You know who was giving these out? The ex-beta testers. This book is filled with helpful tips and strategies. The beta testers did all they could." Said Agil, finishing and sitting back down. Kibaou quickly followed him.

Fang and Kirito breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, now back to the meeting. There are tips about how to beat the boss in the latest issue of the guide book you just heard about. Apparently his name is Illfang the Kobold Lord. He will also be surrounded by his minions, the Ruin Kobold Sentinels. He has four health bars, and when the last one falls into the red, he switches from his axe and buckler into a curved sword called a Talwar." Said Diabel.

"That's all for the briefing. Get a lot of rest tonight, we leave at 10:00 am. Meeting adjourned!" said Diabel.

Fang went back to the inn he was staying at and saw a younger looking girl there. She was sitting all alone and looked lonely. Fang checked the time. It was 10:00 pm. He had been known to stay up past 2 am and be well rested, so he decided to introduce himself to her.

"Is this seat occupied?" asked Fang when he got to the seat.

"Hmm? Oh, no. You can sit if you want." Said the girl, so Fang took a seat.

"You seem like you're upset about something. Are you?" asked Fang.

The girl couldn't explain it, but she felt like she could trust this boy.

"It's just, I'm worried that we won't ever get out of this game." Said the girl.

"Don't think about that. This game will end. It may be a while, but it will." Said Fang.

"Are you sure?" asked the girl.

"Of course. I'm actually part of the boss raid tomorrow. It will be much easier after the first boss is killed, so don't worry about it." Said Fang, consoling the girl.

"Thank you. I actually feel a lot better…um…I'm sorry, I don't know your name." said the girl.

"Oh, my apologies. I'm Fang. What might your name be?" asked Fang.

"My name's Silica." Said the girl.

"Nice to meet you Silica." Said Fang.

"The feeling is mutual Fang." Said Silica.

The two friends talked for quite a while. It wasn't until Silica yawned that they realized that it was past 1 am.

"Wow. It got late really quickly! I should probably get to sleep. I need to be rested for the boss raid tomorrow." Said Fang.

"Yeah. I should get some sleep too. Good night Fang. Will I ever see you again?" asked Silica.

"Not sure, but why don't we friend each other?" asked Fang.

"Ok, sure!" said Silica, excitedly.

Fang sent her a friend request, and she accepted.

"See you Silica." Said Fang, walking upstairs to his room.

"Bye Fang!" replied Silica.

The next day, Fang got up early to get something to eat before the boss raid. He walked down to the lobby, and got something. He looked around, and saw all the tables occupied, until he looked over at the corner and saw Silica. He opted to sit with her. He snuck up behind her and said hi.

"Ah!" yelled Silica, tuning around to see Fang laughing hysterically.

"Sorry, had to. You mind?" asked Fang, gesturing to the seat beside Silica.

"Not at all." Said Silica. When Fang sat, Silica looked down and was intentionally avoiding his gaze.

"Are you Ok? I didn't think that a little prank would scare you that much. I'm sorry." Said Fang.

"No, that's not it! Not at all!" yelled Silica, not wanting Fang to get the wrong idea.

"Oh ok." Said Fang, brushing it off.

After they had finished their meals, Fang stood up to head out on the boss raid.

"I should head out for the boss raid. Don't want to keep my party waiting too long. See you later Silica." Said Fang.

"Oh, ok. Don't die Fang. I'll kill you if you do." Said Silica.

"Um, you know that…nevermind." Said Fang.

"Alright. See you later Fang." Said Silica.

"Alright. See you Silica." Said Fang, waving on his way out of the inn.

'I wish he didn't have to go yet.' Thought Silica.

At the boss door.

After a long and tiring walk, they finally made it to the boss room. Diabel opened the door, and it lit up bright. Illfang instantly jumped over to greet us. He also spawned three minions along with him.

Throughout the whole battle, Diabel was directing traffic.

Fang, Kirito and the girl were holding off the sentinels. Fang took them on one on one, while Kirito and the girl whose name I had found out was Asuna were taking them on together. They hadn't even been hit yet, but Fang had taken a little damage. After finishing off a minion, Fang looked over to see that Illfang's health was in the red. He threw away his axe and buckler and pulled out a sword, and Fang instantly knew that something was wrong. It wasn't a Talwar, it was a No-Dachi (When the subtitles were on, this is what it was spelled as). Kirito noticed this at the same time Fang did.

"Wait, Diabel! It's no good!" They yelled in unison, but the boss had already sent Diabel's health to zero.

They both ran over to his body, and saw his health hit zero. Fang pulled out a potion while Kirito held his head up. Fang went to give him the potion, but he pushed it away.

"What?" Fang asked in disbelief.

"It's better this way." Said Diabel, as he started to fade away, "You must lead them now. Show them that this world, this game, can be beaten." Said Diabel as he disappeared.

Asuna ran over to us. "I'll help." Said Asuna.

"Good to know. Let's go. We'll attack it the same way we did the sentinels." Said Kirito.

Kirito knocked Illfang's weapon up, and Asuna went for a hit, but Illfang shredded her cloak.

"Asuna look out!" They both yelled.

Asuna recovered though and stabbed Illfang.

Fang and Kirito both charged Illfang and we traded blows with Asuna. Kirito ended up getting the last hit and the rare item. The crowed began to cheer, until one voice silenced them.

"Stop cheering! Why did you do it huh? Why did you let Diabel die!?" yelled Kibaou.

"Let him die?" asked Kirito.

"You heard me! You knew the bosses attack patterns. Why didn't you tell us? Then Diabel would've stood a chance." Said Kibaou.

One other voice chimed up. "I know how they knew! They were ex-beta testers! Think about it! They knew the bosses attack patterns! They knew and they didn't tell us!"

Fang and Kirito sat next to each other. Kirito looked at Fang and gave him a look that said 'Just play along'. Fang nodded.

Kirito started laughing, and Fang did as well.

A path opened up between Fang, Kirito and Kibaou.

Kirito was the first to speak up. "So, you think we were ex-beta testers. Please. I would prefer it of you didn't compare us to those losers." Said Kirito.

"What?" asked Kibaou.

"You heard me. Most of the 100 players in SAO's beta test were rookies. They were so bad, they didn't even know how to level up." Said Kirito.

"Hell. You guys are better than them." Said Fang.

"But us? We're nothing like them. During the beta, we made it to levels way higher than anyone else." Said Kirito.

"We knew the bosses attack patterns because we fought regular mobs with the same attacks on floors much higher than this one." Said Fang.

"If that's true than you're even worse than beta testers. You're goddamn cheaters! That's what you are!" yelled Kibaou.

"They're beta testers and cheaters! They're beaters!" yelled someone from the crowd.

"Beaters huh?" said Kirito.

"I like it. Fine call us beaters if you want, just don't confuse us with those beta testers anymore." Said Fang, putting on a hood as Kirito put on his Coat of Midnight. They then started to walk towards the door to the next floor. Asuna quickly ran up to them.

"Wait. During the battle, you said my name. How did you even know it?" asked Asuna.

"If you look, right about here, you should see two more HP gauges under yours. There are names beside them right?" asked Kirito.

Asuna looked closely.

"Fang and Kirito. Those are your names?" asked Asuna.

"Yep. I'm Fang." Said Fang.

Asuna stiffled a laugh. "I'm so dumb. It was there the whole time and I never noticed." Said Asuna.

"You can be strong on your own here, but if someone you trust ever invites you to join a guild, don't turn them down. There are limits to what a solo player can do." Said Kirito, dissolving the party.

"But, you are both solo." Said Asuna.

Nether Fang nor Kirito offered a response. They simply walked to the next floor, leaving everyone else behind.

Alright, there we go! There's the first chapter of my second story! I think I'm going to try to make each chapter encompass two episodes, so don't expect this to be a long story, but also don't expect Fang to be as much of a lady-killer as Shade is in my other story (That little bit is for you Writen). Remember to leave me a review of what you think, and I hope you'll join me in the next chapter. Goodbye…for now.