A/N: This story follows the storyline of the mobile game: Sword Art Online Integral Factor but with my own two main characters and slight changes, there is also an element from another anime in here which some of you might know.

A male was walking across the plains, he looked to be around the age of fifteen or so, his hair was black and his eyes being red. This young man is Echo Kurogane.

His outfit consisted of a black t-shirt with a white short-sleeved hooded armoured vest that reached halfway down his upper body. He wore black jeans and white combat boots. On his back was a sword that was being held there, it was a futuristic looking sword with a black handle with a brilliant white blade along with blue highlights.

"Man, it's already the last day of the beta test, I wonder if anything will change when the game is fully released." Echo wondered. His talking was interrupted when he heard someones voice.

He turned his head to see a female that had long blonde hair, she wore a white tight t-shirt with a black short skirt, she had on purple shoes and thigh-high white socks. On the right side of her waist was a dagger.

"Today's already the final day of the beta test, and here I still am..." The girl muttered. Echo saw the disappointed look on her face. Her face brightened up when her eyes saw Echo. "Oh! Excuse me, can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Uh~, sure?" Echo replied before walking towards her.

"It's time nice to meet you, I'm Sara." The girl introduced herself. "What's yours?"

"Oh, the name's Echo. So, is there something that I can help you with?" Echo asked. His face showed confusion as Sara looked embarrassed.

"Well, you see, this is honestly embarrassing to admit, but I'm absolutely terrible at this game, and I mean really bad..." Sara admitted. Echo sweatdropped at the bluntness to how bad she said about herself.

"I see... I guess this is your first VRMMO?"

"Yeah. It's also my first ever video game that I've ever played, I looked some stuff up online before starting, but from first experiencing it myself, it appears to be a whole lot different to what I was expecting."

"So, you're having difficulties with the game?"

"That would be correct, I can't seem to land a single attack on any of the monsters, so I've only been levelling up my speed so I can run away. I've been seeing everyone around me getting stronger, and I just can't seem to be able to keep up. I even came all the way to here, but I'm honestly just lost now..."

"I know, I can help you learn how to battle." Echo suggested. The girl looked up at him surprised at the words.

"Really?"

"Of course."

"Wow, thank you! Let's get started then!" Sara exclaimed.

"Alright! Now, let see..." Echo muttered. He glanced around the grassy plain as Sara stood next to him, he then pointed his finger towards a monster. "There, we'll use those Boars to help you practice."

"Okay..." Sara watched as Echo picked up a small rock on the ground before throwing it at fast speeds directly towards the Boar who god hit on the side and fast towards them with an angered expression ."Uh~..."

"Don't worry, I've just provoked it. So, you're saying that you're having trouble landing a hit?"

"That's right, whatever I do, I can't seem to be able to land a single hit to damage them," Sara said disappointingly.

"Well, it's mostly about activating your skills at the right time and also doing the correct initial motion." Echo explained. Sara looked confused as they then saw the Boar charge at them.

"It's coming towards us!" Sara exclaimed. Her face showed panic.

"Don't worry, even if it hits us, we don't feel pain. But you don't need to know that, just use a skill!" Echo stated.

"Skill... Initial movement... okay." Sara then looked at the Boar who charged at them as she unsheathed her dagger and held it back before it began to glow.

Echo watched as she then swung it horizontally upwards as her body lunged forward and a red slash mark appeared on the Boar before the life bar reached zero and the body shattered into data.

Sara stood up straight and blinked a couple times before smiling brightly and began jumping up and down. "That was awesome! I've never ever been able to fight like that before!"

"Good job, you got that down faster than I thought you would."

"It's thanks to you, Echo! Truly... I thank you. Do you think we can be friends?" Sara asked. Echo nodded his head at her and she smiled. "Thanks!"

"Well, we should probably..." Echo was interrupted when they heard the sound of a sword being swung, they turned their heads to see a male with slightly long black hair fighting against a horde of Boars that were surrounding him.

"That person is in danger, what do we do!" Sara panicked. Echo looked at the fight with narrowed eyes.

'From the way that guys fighting, he's definitely no newbie, though he seems to be having slight trouble, that is a pretty big group of Boars...' Echo thought. He then put a hand on Sara's shoulder. "I'll help him out, stay here."

Before she could say anything, Echo unsheathed his sword as the light of the sun slightly reflected off of the blade. He then sped forward at great speed towards two Boars that jumped at the player.

"Oh, crud..." The male groaned. Echo heard the person speak and before the boars could hit him, Echo quickly sliced one of them before kicking its body into the other, resulting in them both being defeated.

"You alright?"

"Y-Yeah, thanks for the help." The person thanked. They then saw the rest of the Boars looking at them before nodding at each other.

They both charged at the horde and began to slash at them non stop, Sara on the sidelines was watching the fight in awe. The boys moved faster than she could ever imagine, she knew that she had a long way to go if the gap was this big.

The boys quickly finished off the horde as they looked around to see if any more were present, once knowing that there weren't, they relaxed and gave a thumbs up at each other. "Again, thanks for the help."

"No problem," Echo responded. They both then turned to see Sara running towards them both. "They didn't get you too, did they?"

"No, I'm fine, I don't think they even saw me," Sara replied.

"You're pretty skilled with that sword of yours, I can tell you're strong. Well, I better get going..." The person was about to leave when Sara stopped him.

"Wait, please! Can you at least tell us your name?"

"Huh?" The person turned back confused.

"I'm Sara. And this here is Echo." Sara gestured towards the red-eyed male who just waved in response to her introduction.

"I never thought I'd hear someone say that in real life... though, I guess this is just VR... ah, whatever. My name's Kirito." The male now known as Kirio greeted. They nodded at this before he headed off.

They watched as he ran off, Echo then sheathed his sword back onto his back before cracking his neck, he then felt Sara tug his shirt and looked at her. "You two were super strong and super cool, if I just tried a little bit harder, would I be able to turn out like you two?"

"Of course you can, anybody can if they put their mind to it," Echo assured. Sara seemed to appreciate that answer.

"Yeah, huh? I guess every single person has to at least start somewhere, I'll give it a shot when the game is fully released!" Sara declared.

"I look forward it, if you need help, you can just ask me or Kirito over there." Echo said as he looked at the retreating form of Kirito in the distance.

"Of course, so, I hope that you'll join me again, Echo! I'll definitely be looking forward to showing you how much stronger I'll get!"

"I'll be waiting, let's meet again sometime then."

"Should be fun!"

They then heard a ring as they looked at the time which displayed it to be 5 pm, that was when a voice called out to them.

Thank you for joining us for the beta test of Sword Art Online.

5 PM today marks the end of our beta test period.

At the end of this beta test, all player data will be reset, the only thing that will be allowed to be kept is any accessories that are being worn by your characters.

We are looking forward to having you all join us again for the full release.

"We get to keep our accessories, huh? I like that, I honestly didn't like the look of wearing the armour." Echo admitted.

"I have to agree with you, that's kind of why I got these clothes that mask over the armour that I'm wearing," Sara added. She then looked at him. "Well, time went by quickly. I'm just glad that I got to meet you before it all ended, Echo. I'll see you around!"

"You too!"

With that, Echo's vision became white.