Sword Art Online: Unforeseen Content

An SAO/Digimon 02 x-over

Save file: Launch Date

Tai couldn't believe his luck, he was in possession of the last Nerve Gear and copy of the most anticipated game of all time Sword Art Online in the Odaiba Mall. The Nerve Gear was a VR headset that allowed one to put them self into the game. It would grant one all senses to be transferred and everything while the body just laid in peace, and when someone pulled it off of a user, it would safely sever the connection. And the only available game: Sword Art Online. It was supposedly a massive MMOPRPG game based off the middle ages. From what he had heard 1,000 people got to beta test the game, however they only got to level 10 out of 100. Now in total, 10,000 copies existed and he had one.

"I'm home!" Tai shouted happily, entering his apartment.

"You got it?" His mother asked half amused.

"Last copy." He said proudly, showing the game. "And I have half an hour until the launch."

"Well, have fun, and I want you off by 3." Yuuko said. "You promised to take your sister to TK's remember?"

"Yeah mom." Tai said glumly. After the whole Armageddonmon thing, he was hurting a lot more in regards to Matt and Sora dating. Originally he tried his best to move on, however everyone kept bringing it up. Yolie out of everyone was the worst. Over time, he tried multiple hobbies to distract himself and find that special someone. Naturally, Tai had no luck with finding a girlfriend however.

Tai shook his head then dashed to his room, getting everything set up. He hooked the system up so it he could lay on his bed while playing it. Tai then lay down and slipped the helmet over his head.

"Link Start." Tai said, turning on the Nerve Gear. After putting all of the log in information and setting up the calibration system, Tai created a character near identical to himself. The key difference was the hair was rounded off and covered his right eye. His weapon of choice was an iron sword and chose some piercing red armor. His player name was Taiki, as he wanted it to be similar yet different. Just then, he saw the clock in the right corner, saying noon.

"It's game time." Tai said happily. It was then, his body felt limp, as his senses were transferred to the tower of Aincrad.

(AN: While he is in the game I will refer to Tai as Taiki.)

Taiki's eye fluttered momentarily, getting adjusted to the sunlight. He saw thousands of people walking around the Town of Beginnings.

"This is, this is awesome." Taiki said, a loss for words. It was just like a medieval city, stone walls, armor clad people, and glorious blue skies.

"Alright, now let's play." Taiki said, happily running forward. After a while he stopped, seeing the outer ring of Aincrad. It was an endless ocean of clouds and blue skies. "So awesome."

Taiki shook his head, and continued on his way, unaware a cloaked figure watched him from afar.

-Real World 2:07 JST-

"Sora, you don't have to help." Yuuko admitted, as the two brought in some groceries.

"It's nothing really." Sora admitted.

"Well I would have had Tai help, but he's playing that new game he got today." Mrs. Kamiya admitted, putting the bags down.

"And that's a good reason for him not to help?" Sora asked, rather agitated.

"He deserves a break every once in a while." Yuuko said, knowing Tai's feelings.

"Where is he?" Sora demanded.

"Uh, his room with the VR helmet thing on." Yuuko admitted reluctantly. "But don't worry, he should be off in about half an hour."

"Oh, he'll be off alright." Sora said menacingly, walking into the hall.

"Oh, hi Sora." Kari said, coming out of the bathroom.

"Hey, I'm getting his lazy butt off his gaming system." Sora said, nonchalantly.

"Why don't you leave him alone?" Kari asked, knowing of her brother's feelings.

"Kari, I know what I'm doing!" Sora snapped, getting close to the boy. It was then someone burst through the door and threw something at Sora. The blunt object hit Sora square in the back of her head.

"Thank god, a textbook is useful for once." Davis said relieved.

"Davis what the hell?" Sora demanded, rubbing her sore skull.

"I was preventing you from killing Tai." Davis said, catching his breath.

"What are you talking about?" Yuuko asked confused.

"Alright, I really wanted SAO too, but I couldn't get a copy." Davis began, pulling out his phone. "So I was figured I could borrow it from Tai when he was done."

"So what?" Sora asked confused.

"Something's wrong with the Nerve Gear." Davis explained. "If someone takes it off for another person it would barbecue their brain!"

"Davis, how do you know that?" Sora asked concerned.

"I really wanted this game, so I follow the twitter of not only ARGUS, the company that makes it, but also several programmers too." He admitted.

"Is this just an isolated incident?" Yuuko asked, dryly swallowing.

"The number just hit the triple digits 5 minutes ago." Davis explained.

"Triple," Yuuko immediately crashed into a chair, her mind incredibly numb right now.

"I'll call Izzy and Ken." Kari said, uncertain what else to say, walking over to her mother.

About an hour later, Izzy, with several other computers around, was trying to hack the Nerve gear. Key word, Try. Ken was trying to comfort Kari, being he knew what it was like to lose a brother. Ken's parents had actually come over to do the same for Yuko. Meanwhile, Susamu, Tai's father, had just returned from leaving early from work. Naturally, he took the news about the same.

"There's nothing I can do," Izzy finally admitted. "The firewall on this game's server has to be a mile thick."

"You think that's bad, all the programmers on twitter are saying no one knows where Akihiko Kayaba is." Davis said, looking over his phone again.

This got both Ken and Izzy's attention. "Seriously!"

"Who are you three talking about?" Mr. Ichijouji asked.

"Akihiko Kayaba is the man behind not only the Nerve gear, but also the lead programmer of SAO." Ken explained. Everyone looked at him. "I wanted the game too."

"I was interested in the technology to make it." Izzy admitted. "But why has he gone missing?"

"You don't think, he's responsible do you?" Sora asked nervously.

"I don't see what he has to gain from this." Ken said.

"Davis keep us posted." Kari ordered. The boy nodded.

Meanwhile in Aincrad, Taiki was parrying with a boar.

"Stupid pig," Taiki threw the creature off, then got into a stance. "Just turn into bacon already!" He swung his sword as it glowed, unleashing the skills he had learned, and finally killing the boar.

Taiki sighed, as a white rectangle appeared in front of him, explaining the results of his battle. "Level 5 already?" Taiki smirked. It was then he noticed the clock.

"Uh, better log out." Taiki swiped his hand and revealed a series of drop down menus. Reaching player options, he scrolled down, only to see something strange, a blank spot where the log out button should be.

"What the?" Taiki wondered. He tried to press the button, but nothing happened.

"Ok, this is getting weird." He said, then tried to contact the game master.

-Aincrad JST: 5:25 PM-

In the sun setting forests of the Town of Beginnings, two players and new friends were enjoying the time they had spent together.

The first made his avatar tall and kind of thin with thin, lanky black hair. Under his leather armor were blue clothes. This person was one of the lucky beta testers, Kirito. The second person's avatar looked a few years older, but his hair hung off the sides, and held by a bandana. This average joe is Klein.

"This game is pretty awesome," Klein admitted, "But I can't wait to get home for that pizza." He laughed, holding his growling stomach.

"What pizza?" Kirito asked.

"I got one set to show up at my place for 5:30, then I'm going off to meet some friends." Klein chuckled, then he got an idea. "Hey, why don't you join us?"

"Well." Kirito began, only to see Taiki run up screaming.

"Hey, hey." Taiki finally reached the duo and started panting heavily.

"Dude, calm down." Klein ordered, disturbed.

After calming down a bit, Taiki finally asked. "Tell me you two have a log out button on your screen?" He practically begged.

"Uh, what?" Kirito asked confused.

"I was suppose to log out two hours ago." Taiki began, "Only my log out button is gone off my screen."

"What!" Klein shouted, panicking for both himself, and his pizza.

"Did you contact the game master?" Kirito asked concerned.

"Yeah, every five minutes, he's not answering." Taiki explained, still upset.

"Kirito, he's not joking." Klein said, looking over his menu.

Now Kirito was getting worried. He swiped his hand in front of him and a drop down menu appeared. Scrolling through, he saw the two were right, the spot where the log out button was supposed to be was gone.

"Was their anything like this in the beta Kirito?" Klein asked, getting worried.

"No, and something else is bothering me." Kirito said, turning to Taiki. "You said you had to log out already right?"

Taiki nodded. "Yeah, I had to do my mom a favor."

"Then why didn't she remove your Nerve Gear for you?" Kirito asked, getting worried.

"Hey yeah, isn't that suppose to get us out automatically?" Klein asked. Then he started panicking. "That means my teriyaki pizza and ginger ale is going to go to waste!"

"Dude, calm down," Taiki explained.

"How can I, I live alone!" Klein shouted panicking.

"I live with my mom and sister, they're bound to notice I'm not there for dinner." Kirito admitted.

"Really, you have a sister, is she hot, what's she like?" Klein demanded, shaking Kirito.

"She's athletic and hates games." Kirito admitted.

"I don't care, is she hot?" Klein demanded. Taiki held out his arm and Kirito knew what he wanted. Kirito slammed his knee into Klein's nuts and then he fell into Taiki's extended arm, hard.

"Not cool you two." Klein whined.

"Shut up." Taiki ordered. "Now what are we." He began. However it was then a church bell went off and the three disappeared in a flash of light. When the light died down the trio was shocked to discover themselves among the other players of SAO, in the town square.

"What's going on here?" Klein asked confused.

"I think we're about to find out." Kirito said, noticing a series of blood red panels in the sky, all saying something on the lines of attention. As the panels began to appear, covering the square in a dome like fashion, blood seemed to seep out of the cracks, and took the form of a giant man in a cloak.

-Real World Same Time-

"Guys, something just posted on YouTube from Akihiko Kayaba!" Davis shouted. "Live Stream."

"Found it." Izzy said, hooking his laptop up to the TV so everyone could hear the announcement. To everyone's surprise, it was the exact same scene Tai and the others were in.

"Attention players, I welcome you to my world. My name is Akihiko Kayaba, the creator of Sword Art Online, and as of this moment, I am in control of this world." The man said in a gentle, yet creepy tone. "I know some of you are wondering why there is no log out feature in your menu."

"What?" Yuuko gasped horrified.

"I wish to tell you that this is not a bug, this is how Sword Art Online is meant to be played." The mastermind began, ignoring everyone's pleas and jeers. " And if anyone attempts to remove the Nerve Gear from the outside, a transmitted inside will activate, triggering a microwave transmitter, and ending your life."

"What the hell?" Klein asked confused.

"He doesn't have that kind of skill to keep us here." Taiki scoffed.

"Yes he does." Kirito explained, horrified. The other two looked at him strangely. "I've been following Kayaba for a long time, and trust me, he has the skill." Then he got even more mortified. "The transmitter's in the gear work just like microwaves."

"This, this can't be right." Taiki said horrified. "Can't someone cut the power?"

"That won't work, there's an internal battery." Kirito explained.

"No, no this can't be true!" Kari shouted infuriated, tears running down her face.

"Despite my warnings, the friends and families of several players have already attempted this, and as such," Akihiko said, revealing several real world news channels. "Sword Art Online now has 213 less players, they've been deleted from both Aincrad and the real world."

"That sick bastard." Izzy gasped horrified.

"I hope this gives you a little comfort as you try to clear the game." Kayaba explained, as if he was soothing a child having a tantrum.

"What game you sick freak!" Taiki shouted infuriated.

"It is also important that you know there is no longer any way to revive someone in the game." Akihiko explained. Everyone looked at him horrified. "If your life bar reaches zero, not only will your Avatar forever be deleted from the servers, the transmitter will simultaneously activate in the nerve gear destroying your brain."

At that statement, Yuuko fell to the floor, horrified, an every player stopped in dead silence.

"There is only one way for a player to escape, you must reach floor 100 and defeat the final boss." Kayaba explained. "To do so, you must find the dungeon and defeat the boss, then you can advance to the next level."

"This nut is sounding like it's doable." Klein scoffed, still horrified.

"Yeah, didn't the beta tester get up to only level 10?" Taiki asked disturbed.

"I only got to level 8." Kirito explained, though this was under his breath.

"And one last thing, I've placed a little something in your inventory, please access it now." Kayaba ordered. Everyone decided to access the mode, to see something called a hand mirror. Taiki and the others accessed it, and they were covered in light.

"Well that didn't do anything." Taiki groaned, disappointed at the results.

"Dude, how'd you get your hair like that?" Klein asked, completely astonished. It was then Taiki noticed the changes done to Klein. He looked several years older than Tai was IRL, and his hair was spiked back. Kirito looked the same age as he was with shaggy black hair. Taiki double checked the mirror to see he was looking back at himself as he appeared IRL. The trio looked around to see the exact same details all around. It appeared the mirror granted the avatar the appearance as the player's true form. Revealing real ages, races, and in some strange cases gender.

"How is this possible?" Taiki asked confused.

"I don't know how it got my height and body mass." Kirito began. "But I do know there's a high density signal device in the Nerve Gear."

"Wait, remember the start up, and you had to do that calibration thing and touch yourself all over?" Klein asked.

"That's got to be it." Taiki said, not understanding any other details.

"But seriously though, how did you get your hair like that?" Klein asked.

"Love how you prioritize." Taiki said flatly. "But why would someone go this far?"

"I think we're about to find out." Kirito said, disturbed.

"Your probably wondering, why Akihiko Kayaba, creator of SAO and the Nerve Gear do this?" The man asked rhetorically. "Ultimately, my goal was to create a world of my design that only I could control, as you can see I have achieved that goal."

"This guy has a massive messiah complex." Ken spat.

"Those are the rules of SAO, now please enjoy, and I wish you all the best of luck." Kayaba explained, as his projection disappeared.

Everyone soon began to panic. However Klein had an idea. "What's the plan Kirito?"

"What?" Kirito asked.

"You were a beta tester, you have to know something." Klein said, getting freaked out.

"If what he said is true, and I'm more than certain he is." Kirito began after a moment of silence. "Then our main objective is to get stronger. So I'm going to head to the next town, and you two should come too."

"How would that help?" Taiki asked confused.

"The area is going to be swarming with players trying to do the same, so we should be going where there's less resistance." Kirito explained. "Plus in an MMO, the money and equipment is limited."

"I'm in." Taiki said, agreeing fully. "And the name's Taiki while we're here."

"Kirito, obviously." The beta tester said. "And that's Klein."

However it was then the two noticed how silent the man was.

"I can't go with you two, I'm sorry." He finally admitted. "I logged in with some friends in the real world, and I have to make sure they're safe."

"I understand." Taiki said, however Kirito looked a bit upset.

"But don't worry, I'm more than certain we'll all meet up again." Klein said, trying to sound happy.

"I know you will." Taiki said happily. The three soon parted. However, unknown to the three, the cloaked figure who had watched Taiki when he logged in observed the three from on top of a building.

"Only one of the children?" The being said, with a sneer. "Either way, I can work with this. He swung his still covered hand, and revealed a player menu. "Let the games begin." The being sneered.

Back in the real world, everyone was distraught over the details.

"So we've effectively lost Tai." Sora said, infuriated.

"We don't know that." Kari said, tears flowing down her eyes.

"Did you not hear what that mad man said?" Sora demanded. "But of course, Tai had to do something stupid, as usual."

It was then, Kari stood up, and slapped the older girl, hard. "I don't know what Tai ever saw in you." She then rushed to her brother's room, in hopes this was a horrid nightmare.

"Sora, I'm afraid, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Yuuko said, regaining a portion of her composer. Sora left, not saying a word.

And that was how it began, the fall of the Japanese Digidestined, and the start of the world's first worldwide death game, Sword Art Online.

And here is an idea I've wanted to put out for a while. I'm a longtime fan of Digimon, and I got into SAO about a year ago. Now before we go any further, I want to clear somethings up first. Tai, Asuna, Kirito, and the others will get their own Digimon partners. I have an idea for all of them, but Kirito's will not be Dorumon. Originally I was going to do that, but then I saw the trailer for Digimon Adventure tri (Which I'm infuriated over the fact that it won't air until the week before Thanksgiving instead of earlier this month). And in it was a brief clash between Omnimon and Alphamon. So I decided on another partner who's mega form is a Royal Knight. I'm not going to say who to avoid spoilers. Secondly, this will not hybridize with the Hollow Fragment universe. I'm sorry but I wish to remain Anime/Manga accurate. So here we go and if you have any ideas, please feel free to leave it in the review, however don't use a guest review. If I'm interested, I would like to PM with someone about it.