Beacon of Aincrad

Story Notes: First off, welcome to the new collab story everyone! So just a quick description for the plot. So this story is based from the Sword Art Online canon, with the characters and traits of RWBY's characters. This takes place in the start of the SAO arc, where Ruby and Yang are stuck in the game. A sort of side story to the main canon if you would. We have plans on adding a lot more of the RWBY canon characters, but I won't spoil it too much. Also, the story also follows the events from the english dubbed version, not the Japanese dubbed. And lastly, I know this might confuse some, but I will be writing my half of the chapters in Canadian standards, where we use feet and inches and shit, and Topaz will use his American standards, which I think is like yards or meters or something (Topaz put your standards in here I dunno what it is)[I don't know what this man is talking about. Imperial measurement system sucks, Metric all the way!]. Alright, so we'll use metric standards (thx Topaz). We will say which chapter's we did for those wondering. Without further ado, enjoy!

Disclaimer: We do not own any of the series' or any of the character's used in this story, the anime's and their respective canon's are owned by Reki Kawahara (SAO) and Monty Oum (RWBY). The only thing we own of this fic is the story itself.

November 6, about 2 p.m.

It was a long wait in line, but it was worth every second as Ruby and Yang finally got home, about 1 hour after the initial start. The two girls were the luckiest, they were the two out of the 100 gamers in-line to receive the 'Early Bird' DLC. Included in said DLC was a bunch of new and exclusive weapons, armour, clothing and perks available at the very start of the game. Ruby squealed in glee, she had been waiting anxiously for the game to come out. The girl wanted to be a beta tester badly, but due to her age and height restrictions she wasn't qualified for such a thing. So the next best thing was camping out 3-4 days at the store waiting for the game's release. Yang, although not as much a game enthusiast as Ruby, stuck with the little redhead for the full thing, getting groceries and saving their spot for the few days they camped out.

Ruby bolted up the stairs and to her room, plugging in her nervegear as she went to the online store. Yang took glance at the eager little girl, giving a smirk as she walked into the shared bedroom and glanced over Ruby's shoulder.

"Downloading the DLC, smart." Yang commented, plugging in her nervegear as well to her laptop as she too went to the store.

"Well, why wouldn't I? It's the DLC only 100 people out of 10,000 copies got, and we're 2 of those lucky 100 people," Ruby stared at the DLC preview, pulling up a picture of a large scythe model. "Aawww…."

Yang chuckled. "You certainly like your weapons," She proclaimed, though was heard on zoned out ears as Ruby pet her computer monitor, almost drooling on her keyboard. The blonde sighed as she got up, shaking the little girl back to reality. "Why don't you get a little shut eye while you wait for the download? It says it'll be like, half an hour."

Ruby's head shot down, unsure of her own motives. "B-but, the game.."

"Here. I'll put on a timer that'll go off in 30 minutes, you can lay down and cuddle up with me if you like?" The brawler offered, setting up a timer as she awaited her response. Ruby finally accepted the blonde's request as said blonde turned on the timer, putting it above her on the headrest as she laid down on the bed. The little girl laid down with her sister, nestling up to Yang's chest as the eldest wrapped her arms around the girl and vice versa. Soon The younger's eyes got heavy as she fell to sleep in her older sister's embrace, cuddling up with the blonde as she dreamed of the game and the new content about to be downloaded.

The nap felt rather short, yet sweet as Ruby and Yang both awoke to the sound of the latter's phone going off. Yang went to go turn off her phone and back to bed, while Ruby bolted out of the room to go to the bathroom, returning exactly a minute later. The eldest got up and checked the download process, finding both headgears were finished downloading the exclusive content. Ruby slipped into something more comfortable as Yang readied the two nervegears for launch. After the redhead was finished they both grabbed their helmet-like game devices and slipped it on, laying back down on the bed as the two sister's got comfortable and intertwined their opposite hand's together.

"Ready?" Yang asked her younger sister.

"Ready." The younger replied. The two took deep breaths, readying themselves as the wait was finally over. They both took one last breath of real world air, ready to start their adventures.

"Link Start!"

The area around them turned to a blur as the game started, checking the girls' senses as it displayed on the right of the screen. After all senses were checked off the system then went on to language, confirming it was Japanese as the game continued. The system entered the login's of the two girls as it proceeded to the start up message, soon the message zoomed past as the game finally finished loading, bringing the two to the initial startup area on Floor 1: Town of Beginnings. The two arrived in a flash of light-blue light, dropping them off at the center of the town.

"Ruby? Is that you?" A woman's voice asked the redhead as she approached slowly. Ruby turned to the sound of the voice, finding a slightly tanned woman with a long, golden mane as well as Lilac eyes. The woman appeared to have a slight bulge in muscle tone in her biceps and legs, as well as her womanly area's. She wore simple black short-shorts and a yellow shirt as well as leather armour on her chest and shoulders, leading to her elbow.

"Yang?" Ruby asked, the young redhead too had long, red hair that stopped just past her shoulders. Though the younger's parts weren't exactly as grown in as her sister's, her arms and legs were just about the same bulge density. The little girl had pale white skin as well as silver eyes to tie it all in. The two smiled happily as they embraced one another, separating as the younger took a look around.

"This place is awesome!" Ruby exclaimed, excited to start her first adventure in SAO.

"Just wait a second," Yang told the young girl, pulling up her menu and the friends list soon after. "One of my friends was a beta tester in this game, as well as her sister. They can give us a few tips to start." She told Ruby as they walked through the town.

The place was relatively busy around the market areas, while most started the game early upon receiving it, including some of the early buyers of said game, some decided to stay around the town and conversate. Ruby and Yang looked around the market in awe at the graphics and effects present in the game, unconsciously holding each other's hand as they watched the players and the NPC's alike. Soon a buzz came from Yang's direction as a message prompt was displayed. The blonde pressed the message, opening up a small paragraph.

"Uh, uh huh…" Yang read, rubbing her chin with her free hand as she depicted the message.

"What does it say?" The younger asked her eldest as they turned a corner.

"Oh, I just asked my beta friend for tips and stuff. She told me to go out to the fields to try out the combat system and what-not." Yang answered, closing the message board.

"Oh, that reminds me," Ruby opened up her menu, scrolling through her clothing menu. "*Gasp* oh they have the outfit I have IRL!"

The Redhead tapped the screen, making her current attire change before her in a flash of light as she slipped into a light grey long-sleeve shirt, a black pinafore with a corset design overtop and a small, red caped scarf. Underneath resided a red skirt, black stockings and black and red punkish boots, and lastly to add to the touch a small rose pattern on the side of her belt (Slayer outfit).

Yang jokingly wolf-whistled to the girl, seeing the new outfitted girl before her. "Damn girl, now you look like a real badass!"

Ruby continued as she opened up her weapons section, scrolling through until she found what she was looking for. "Oh, there's my baby."

She tapped the screen, and with another flash of light a large black scythe with a regular steel blade appeared before her. The little girl gawked at the large blade she held, a smile erupting on her face as she held the magnificent weapon. Ruby soon trapped the weapon in a hug as she swayed back and forth with the scythe in her arms.

"Uh, Ruby, remember where we are?" Yang asked her sister calmly, the redhead returned to reality, well, in-game reality as she froze up a bit in embarrassment.

"Oh yeah, I forgot." The young scythe wielder stated, a light glow of red emitting from her face as she sheathed her weapon on her back. It was Yang's turn to arm herself as she scrolled through the DLC inventory, coming up to a pair of steel cestuses and leather arm bracers. She glanced at the new pieces of equipment on her arms as she nodded in satisfaction.

"Xiao Long likes." Yang admitted, stretching out her fingers as they all cracked individually. The two sisters continued to press on through the market district as the other people watched in awe.

"Ah, what? They got the exclusive DLC!" One of them exclaimed in shock as the person pointed. Soon the district was filled with whispering and gossip of the two DLC wielding players.

"Yeah, those two. The new scythe and cestuses from the DLC…"

"I wonder if we kill them, will they drop the items and allow us to take it?.."

"Lucky bitches, I wish I had the little girl's outfit…"

Yang noticed the extremely arising gossip, grabbing Ruby's hand as they both ran. "Come on, before it gets too hectic." The older said, to which the younger nodded.

About 4 p.m. 1st Floor field area

Ruby and Yang now stood in the fields of the first floor, both looking through their inventories for the exclusive DLC perks and what-not. Ruby found a perk that gave her incredible speed when heavy weapons were equipped, whilst Yang found one that allowed her to amplify damage, and resistance to attacks when health was low. With the new techniques in-hand, the two tried out their weapons in the field.

Ruby tried out her weapon first. Finding a wild boar, she readied her weapon as Yang read the last text she got from her friend.

"Alright. She says to ready yourself in a fighting stance, pull your weapon back and the game's sword skill will kick on." Yang instructed her younger sister. Ruby complied with the older, setting herself in a stance as she pulled back her weapon. Soon, a red glow started emitting from the large scythe's blade.

"Okay, then what?" Ruby asked, turning her head to her sister.

"Then 'go with the flow' and the system will do the rest." Yang finished.

"Go with the flow…" Ruby mumbled, focusing on her docile opponent. "Mr. Bacon, you're going down."

Ruby started to charge at the wild pig, letting out a small battle cry as she pressed on. The boar noticed this and faced the redheaded scythe wielder, it too starting to charge. As soon as the animal was a few feet away Ruby swung her weapon to the side, a blast of energy rushing past as the little girl ended up a foot past the boar. The tiny animal squealed as it shattered to little light-blue digital triangles, evaporating in the air. With it a small battle summary appeared, showing the amount of XP and Cor awarded. The little redhead jumped in the air as she celebrated her first victory, letting out a howl as she raised her weapon in the air.

"THAT WAS AWESOME!" Ruby shouted to her sister, running up to the blonde as said girl smiled.

"You're a natural born scythe wielder," The blonde admitted, rubbing the girl's head in appraisal. "Good job."

"Oh, you have to try it Yang! It's amazing!" Ruby exclaimed, dragging her to the next small monster. "Come on!"

Yang stepped up to bat as she awaited Ruby to get another boar's attention. The little red scythe wielder ran back to the blonde in a panic. "U-um, we might have a small problem." Ruby told her sister.

"What? What happened?" Yang asked. Ruby simply pointed to the horizon, a small dust cloud kicked up in the distance, charging towards them.

"I um.. Might've gotten more than one boar's attention." Ruby proclaimed, rubbing the back of her head. "Sorry."

The blonde smirked as she rubbed the little girl's head. "It's alright, just gives me more practice!" She concluded, cracking her knuckles as the blonde got into a brawling stance.

5:20 p.m.

The two girls panted lightly as the fight was almost over. Yang threw a punch out, an ethereal golden fist shot out a foot ahead of her, knocking back a monster as it disappeared. The brawler followed up with a swing to the ground, smashing the last boar to the ground as the dirt caved in a bit, leaving sharp shards around the crater as the last pig evaporated. The brute panted lightly as she knelt to one knee, soon after sitting down.

"Yaaang!" Ruby called out, running up to the blonde as she sheathed her weapon and wrapped her arms around the sister's neck. The elder of the two smiled as she rubbed the girl's head from behind her.

"It's alright, just a little tired's all." Yang assured, getting back up. The two smiled as they walked over to a small tree, sitting down as they leaned up against it and watched the beautiful digital afternoon sun shine it's orange beauty all over Aincrad. The girl's exhaled in bliss, happy to play SAO after a long time of waiting.

"You know, I always had a knack for MMORPG's," Yang told her little sister. "Though I don't really like swords and stuff as much as you do, this game has blown my mind drastically."

The youngster giggled. "You never know something until you try it." Ruby returned.

The older chuckled too, letting the peaceful moment arise as they basked in the glory of the game. After a moment or two the brawler sighed, getting up from the tree. "As much as I'd like to stay a little longer, I gotta go do the dishes. You're welcome to stay here if you like Rubes."

"Okay." The young redhead replied, getting up from her spot as she gave her sister a hug, before walking up to the dirt path together. Yang opened her menu, going through the settings to the system menu, though something odd arisen.

"Wait, what?" Yang questioned, turning to Ruby. "Rubes, see if your logout button's there for a second."

"Why, what's wrong?" Ruby asked, pulling up her menu as well.

"The logout button isn't there, see?" Yang said to her sister, pointing to a blank button at the bottom of the bar.

"Well, mine's…" Ruby scrolled down to hers, finding it blank as well. "Not there either?"

"Wait, what?" Yang asked, looking over Ruby's shoulder to see the same identical menu. "What the fuck?!"

"Relax Yang. Bad goes to worse dad will just come into our rooms and remove the nervegear from our noggins." Ruby assured, comforting the older girl.

"But, don't you think it's weird the game doesn't have the one thing that returns us from the virtual world to real life?" Yang shivered, going to the help option as it rung the GM. "I've got an eerie feeling about this.."

"Relaaax, Yang. Look, it's almost 5:30, dad'll be home at around 6:15. We'll tell him that we couldn't log out of the game and tomorrow we'll go back to the store and get a replacement. If they have any that is," Ruby said calmly, trying to keep the blonde comforted as best she could. The redhead knew the brute had moments where she could snap easily, and this was probably one of them. "Don't worry, the server guy's are probably fixing this right no-"

Suddenly, a bell rung throughout the floor. A low, monotonous chime sounded through the fields, making the girls look towards the sound. "A bell?"

All of a sudden the sisters were engulfed in a bright light, teleporting them both at the same time. They soon arrived back at the startup area in the Town of Beginnings, looking around to see many other people transported here as well, along with the continuous flashes of light that accompanied them. Chattering soon sounded around the place as the players all pondered to the situation. The younger sister looked to her eldest, the latter doing the same as they came closer.

"W-what's going on?" Ruby asked, a frightened voice to her as she looked around and hugged the older girl.

"I don't know, but I have a feeling we're about to find out." Yang answered, pointing to a red stretched-out polygon that flashed in the sky not too far from the area. Soon the shape stopped flashing red as it spread all across the sky, trapping the people in a red void as a similar coloured liquid started to ooze out of the creases of the shapes. The ooze started to form into a body, transforming into a hooded figure that floated above the whole startup area.

"Oh, fuck.." Yang murmured as the two watched the events about to unfold.

The hooded figure lifted its arms up to the sides as it begun to speak.

"Attention players. I welcome you to my world,"

"My name is Akihiko Kayaba. And as of this moment, I am in control of this world…"

After the speech.

"...Players, I wish you the best of luck."

Soon, the man behind it all, Akihiko Kayaba, started to evaporate back into the ceiling, returning the world back to it's original evening sky as silence dawned on the center of the town. Yang looked at her younger sibling, who now had shorter, darker red hair with the same red highlight in the front, as well her face returned to the original pale white complexion she knew well. The older girl looked at the mirror given, finding her tanned skin was returned to it's original pale white and her facial features were similar to the one in the real world.

Ruby looked to her older sibling, noticing the difference instantly.

"Y..Yang.." The young girl spoke, shocked to see her actual appearance in the virtual world. The blonde had a stunned look as well, as she cupped the little redhead's cheeks.

"Your face, it's.. Changed." The brawler stated, feeling the silky smoothness of her hair as well. Soon the crowd started to panic as fights broke out and people started to scramble around. One of the people bumped into Ruby, making the girl fall to the ground as she was surrounded by people, cupping her head out of fear.

"Get away from HER!" Yang shouted, ploughing through the scared crowd of players in front of the redhead as she picked her sister up. Her regular lilac eyes changed to red as she protected her sister. Suddenly, a message prompt appeared in front of the blonde brute. Opening it to see a quick and easily understood message.

"GET OUT OF THERE."

Without hesitation, Yang scooped up Ruby and bolted off to the exit of the center of town, kicking and pushing her way to freedom. Soon she got out of the area as she bolted down the alleyways, stopping when she knew the coast was clear. Yang watched as a black haired boy talked to a redheaded skinny man before both turned their separate ways. Another message prompt arrived as Yang opened it up.

"Come to this location, do not bring anyone." Said the message, giving a location pinpoint to the blonde. The older continued to carry the younger in her arms as she went to the location, which wasn't far from the exit. Soon two figures in white appeared in front of the alleyway, both females as they looked at the siblings.

"I told you not to bring anyone." The younger said to the brute.

"She is my sister, and I will bring her wherever I go from now on," The brute instructed, a tone of hostility in her voice as she looked at the two. The white haired girl raised her hands in peace.

"Sorry, I didn't know you had a sister," The white haired stated. "Calm down Yang."

"Calm down?! How am I supposed to calm down when that introverted freaky fuck Akihiko Kiss-my-ass just told us we're trapped in a game of survival?! Especially with my little sister?!"

"This is my little sister right here," The older white haired woman returned, placing a hand on her sister's shoulder. "I am worried too, for my sister's sake and mine. But I am also calm. Stressing out in a critical time like this is not wise, or good, for any of us. Which is why we need to work together. Calmly, and collectively."

Yang's breathing turned from a slightly panicked to a more calmer pace, relaxing a bit as she looked at the two. "You're right," The blonde admitted, looking to Ruby, who was slightly shaking. "If we're to get out of here alive we need to be calm."

The other two nodded, the youngest opening her map soon after. "Alright. If we stay here, the areas around here'll be hunted dry, till they resort to hunting each other for XP and other resources, especially you two," The younger informed, pointing at the two siblings. "Because you wield some of the DLC items, people will know you have exclusive content. Unless you hide your stuff all the time, which is unwise, I'd just suggest you pick your friends wisely."

"We need to move to the next village, which is not too far from here. Before the other player's come out of their shellshock and press on." The older concluded.

"Alright, we'll leave soon." Yang told the others.

"W-wait, who are you? A-and, why are you helping us?" Ruby asked in her shaky tone of voice.

"I'm Winter, this is my younger sister Weiss," Winter greeted the younger with a comforting handshake. "We were beta testers for SAO. Weiss informed me that her best friend Yang was trapped here too, so we wanted to help as much as possible."

"U-um, thank you.." Ruby said to the younger white haired girl. Said girl smirked as she rested her hand on the redhead's shoulder.

"Don't worry, I've known your sister for years, she and I are best friends. So trust me when I say that you are in great hands." Weiss replied, soon returning her arm back.

"You guys go on ahead, me and Ruby have to talk about it a bit." Yang informed them, the two nodded in compliance.

"We will press on then. I hope to see you two again soon," Winter replied, giving the younger redhead a small hug to comfort her, as did the sister of the woman as they began to walk away. "Just message us anytime, we'll see what we can do to help."

The older waved goodbye to the girls as she turned to Ruby, who was on the verge of tears now. Upon seeing this, she pulled her sister into a caring hug. "It's okay Ruby, we will get out of this together."

"I-I'm scared Yang.. What happens if we die?" Ruby sobbed, "I don't wanna die.."

"And we won't. We'll get out of this game together, and return to the world we both know. I won't EVER leave you," Yang assured her sister. "I promise."

The two siblings stood there for what felt like hours. Yang sat down against the house, with Ruby in her arms as she calmed the younger girl down. Soon the redhead felt tired as she closed her eyes, falling to a deep sleep as she snored in the blonde's embrace. Yang smirked, picking up the girl as she carried her in a piggyback style, running off out of the town and down the trail. The blonde looked to the horizon, knowing the journey would be long and unforgiving.

"I won't leave you."

Heyo! So just a quick A/N First off, a shout out to my bro Topaz Smith, we've agreed and disagreed and finally worked out something that not only 1 awesome writer likes, but 2. And we've come to terms with this collab work. So personally thank you man, You come up with crazy idea's, I love it. I strongly recommend his work, especially Wishes From Beyond Space and Time. I love it and hope to work some more on it with you.

Secondly, I quick celebration, cuz I've accomplished 2 milestones again today. I finally got to work with another outstanding fanfic writer, AND I got to make a crossover story. So yeah, a quick woot woot for that. So as always, stay tuned.

This is Topaz. Yo. Anyone familiar with me knows the deal, Read, Review, Live life well. See you in Chapter 2; Mirror Mirror.

-Topaz Smith