A/N: Hey guys I know I just came out a few days ago with my first story (The Toad's Apprentice) but this is another idea I just couldn't get out of my head. This story is Naruto/Asuna and Kirito/Kazuto/Liz/Rika. No i'm not abandoning The Toad's Apprentice, I'm going to try and manage them both, and I will BELIEVE IT! Everyone in the SAO part of the fanfiction is two years older, but Naruto just finished the Pein battle.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, or Sword Art Online, but one can dream.

Hokage's Office

"You rang Grandma" Said a blonde man right before he dodged a chair.

"I told you to stop calling me that gaki" answered Tsunade the fifth Hokage with a vein popping out of her forehead.

"I'll stop calling you that when you stop drinking and gambling."

Tsunade snorted, as if that were ever going to happen. If Tsunade ever stopped drinking then the end of the world was surely coming soon. Asking Tsunade to stop drinking and gambling is like asking Naruto to stop eating ramen, never going to happen.

"Okay enough of that lets get down to business, I have an S-class solo mission for you" This got Naruto's undivided attention, it was rare to get a S-class mission, and it was rare to get a solo mission, but an S-class solo mission was on a whole different level.

"Naruto were trying to expand our knowledge of the lands surrounding the elemental nations, this is only S-class because of the unknown mission length and the fact that you're going into unknown territory, leave as soon as possible" The blonde could hardly contain his excitement he would be heading to a land nobody from the elemental nations have ever gone to.

"and Naruto"

"Yes"

"There's this thing call "Sword Art Online" that's about to be released to the public in that country, however before its released a select few people can try out this… whatever it is in its beta version. I was lucky enough to get a ticket, so I want you to investigate this "Sword Art Online" thing." She handed over the ticket, but before he left Naruto wanted to have the last laugh.

"You got it… GRANDMA!" he yelled as he used shunshin to disappear from the scene before he could get the beating of a life time.

Unnamed Country

Naruto Uzumaki was not easily surprised he was a sage trained by Jiraiya of the Sannin, was the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, and had recently defeated the leader of the evil jinchuuriki capturing group named the "Akatsuki" so not a lot of things caught him off guard, but come on being pulled into a virtual world where your avatar could do anything you could (minus jutsus) and you could learn skills for your sword. Naruto was currently in a place called the town of beginnings. It was the place that everyone began in while playing the game. The only problem was that Naruto had literally no knowledge of playing video games. As he looked around he saw players looking around the new world for the first time just like him. But out of the group one person stood out. It was a medium sized guy who looked Naruto's age maybe a year younger. He had long raven colored like Sasuke's except this guy's hair didn't have that ducks ass shape. He wore a blue shirt with black pants. What separated this guy from the others is the fact that he was already running towards the exit of the town, as if he knew where he was going.

'That guys gotta know how to do this stuff'

After a few hours of playing the game and learning from the boy who was now identified as Naruto continued on his own defeating monsters, leveling up and gaining items every day until the beta was over. Sadly every good thing does come to an end, and this was no exception.

4 month after Naruto started his mission he went home to tell his grandma and Hokage all about his great adventure. He told her all about the game that is Sword Art Online and how nobody knows about the elemental nations and ninjas over there. During his long explanation of the other nation Tsunade smiled. This was the other side of Naruto that hardly got to be unleashed anymore, unless he was eating ramen of course. Nowadays Naruto was all training and no playing. The Pein attack really changed him despite what other people thought. She knew that if Naruto stayed on this path of seeking peace then he would become the greatest Hokage of all time, surpassing all of his predecessors by miles.

SAO 3 months later

Just fucking great, Naruto had just returned to the newly found country to play the final release of SAO. Everything was going great at first, he even met up with Kirito and his friend Klein. They talked for a while, while fighting low level boars. He caught up with Kirito and even made a friend in Klein. After everything was done around five Klein attempted to leave only to find out there was something missing in the settings.

"Guy's, the logout button isn't there"

"Look closer" Kirito answered

"I'm telling you it's not there:

"Dude look it's righ-" surprisingly Klein was right, the logout button just wasn't where it was during the beta. Due to Naruto's shinobi training he instantly knew something was off. This feeling was only fueled when all three of them were surrounded in a blue light. When the light disappeared they found themselves in the Town of beginnings. Slowly more and more players surrounded in blue lights were teleported into the town.

When all the players were in the town of beginnings a red liquid came from the sky forming a red cloaked person.

"Attention players, welcome to my world"

"My World?" Naruto and Kirito both said in union.

"My name is Akihiko Kayaba, as of this moment i am the sole person who can control this this world." That started the comments of random players,

"Is it really him"

"He must have spent a lot of time on this" They were all silenced when the cloaked figure spoke again.

"I'm sure you all noticed that the logout button is missing from the Menu, this is not a bug in the game, I repeat this is not a bug in the game, this is a feature in Sword Art Online."

Naruto's eyes hardened, so his first guess was right this was a trap.

"A f-feature" Is all Klein managed to get out.

"You cannot log yourself out and nobody from the outside world can shut down or remove the NerveGear. If someone tries to do this the transmitter from within the NerveGear will send out a powerful microwave, destroying your brain and stopping your life."

Gasps filled the town along with anger filled voices. A man and a girl attempted leaving only to be held back by an invisible shield.

"Unfortunately some friends and families have ignored the warning and attempted to remove the NerveGear, as a result there are now 213 less players in both worlds. Multiple organization' are now reporting this and the deaths, so the chance of removal of the NerveGear should be minimal"

"That's Impossible!" Klein yelled

"I hope you all relax and attempt to finish the game, but remember this there is no longer a way to revive fallen comrades, once your hp drops to zero your dead in both worlds" For many it's seemed like this would be the end of their short lived live, but Naruto he had to become Hokage and there was no way he was just going to give up.

"Right now you all are on floor 1 the lowest floor, the only way to leave this world is to beat all 100 floors and finally destroy the final boss that level, and finally I have a little present for everyone in their items"

Everyone looked in their items and were surprised to see a new item in there.

"Mirror" In Naruto's, Kirito's and Kleins hands were small mirrors. As each of them looked into the mirrors they were surrounded by a blue light. In their place stood a shorter less muscular version of Kirito with shorter hair. In Klein's place stood a man that was the same height as his avatar with shorter hair and less facial hair. Naruto had made a character almost exactly like his real body the only difference being that his avatar had a lighter complexion.

"Kirito is that you" Klein asked, this guy definitely didn't look like the Kirito he met.

"Klein is that you" This also didn't look like the person Kirito had met.

"Woah you guys your avatars look so much cooler" Naruto said as he laughed at his new friends. Apparently they made their characters almost completely different.

"One more thing before I leave, son of the "Yellow Flash", Heir to the Namikaze clan, Sage of the Toads, Apprentice to Jiraiya, Fox prison whatever you want to be called I know you're here, I left you a present. The man with spinning red eyes is here" with those last words the cloaked figure turned back into a red blob and left the same way he entered. That gave Naruto the goosebumps, this man knew who he was and what he was. What freaked out Naruto the most was that the man all but choked out the last sentence. Only later would Naruto realize what kind of gift the game creator had left him, and why he spoke like that.

After the game creator disappeared from sight hell began, 9787 people ran for the exit, In the middle of the crazy mob running towards the exit were Kirito, Naruto and Klein. Naruto,still in his thoughts got separated from the other two males

"Ok Klein we have to go to the next village fast, if what Akihiko said is true then the only way to survive is to level up and fight"

"I can't go with you Kirito, my friends, they're probably going crazy right now in the town of beginnings plaza"

"I understand" Although he said this he couldn't help but feel extremely disappointed. Once again he would be taking the solo route

"Don't worry about me Kirito I'll meet up with you eventually and I know Naruto will too."

"Yeah you're right, bye Klein I'll see you around"

A/N: So heres the new story again I won't be abandoning my other story, I'll manage them both. This is a [Naruto/Asuna] and [Kirito/Lizbeth] story. follow favorite and review. Also read my other Fanfic "The Toads Apprentice"