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Aincrad, First Floor – November 6, 2022

The virtual world was amazing.

But despite the circumstances, this wasn't one of her smartest of ideas and she wondered if she should have thought of a plan before diving into SAO headfirst.

'Everything feels so real,' Kagome thought, observing the surroundings with keen eyes before letting out a sigh, 'Even so, I know absolutely nothing about video games, never mind these online ones.'

Well, the first thing she needed to do was gather information about how this game worked.

'I should have played more video games with Souta back when we were younger.' Kagome rubbed her hand in her hair before swiping her arm down in frustration. Much to her surprise, a menu window appeared before her eyes right after.

"What's this?" She wondered, looking over the categories carefully and was her hopes instantly rose when she noticed there was a category for messaging and chatting, "Maybe I can contact Souta with this!"

Kagome clicked the category, but then froze when she realised something rather important, "I don't know his handle name!" She moaned if she in pain, "I doubt he's going to be using his real name!"

Well, even if he didn't use his real name, she thought it was worth trying anyway and began to type her message.

And she would have finished quickly had she not been brutally knocked to the ground when something smashed into her and knocked her onto the ground rather harshly, "What the hell!?" She groaned, vaguely surprised to feel pain before glaring at whatever knocked her down.

She was met with a desperate grey.

The male panted deeply, staring at her as if in shock before he seemed to realise what had just happened, "O-oh!" He blinked, snapping out of his thoughts, "I'm sorry! I didn't know anyone else was on this path!"

"I..." Kagome felt her anger fizzle out, knowing how this player must be feeling after her father had trapped all SAO players in the game, "It's all right," She smiled, taking his hand when he offered it, "You in a hurry?"

He hesitated before nodding, "I'm headed to the next village," He said, "Are you alone?" He asked, not seeing anyone else in the vicinity.

"Yes," Kagome answered and her fingers tapped against her thigh nervously as she gathered up some courage, "I don't mean to bother you, but is it all right if I come with you? I don't know that much about this game, unfortunately."

The boy blinked in obvious surprise, "Is this your first time playing a VRMMO?" He asked curiously.

Kagome bit her lip, nodding in response and keeping quiet that she didn't even know what that stood for lest she look stupid.

He paused again for a moment after her answer before a small smile appeared on his face, "I don't mind. You can call me Kirito." He stated and she smiled back widely.

"Just call me Kagome."