Sword Art Online: Futuristic Swordsman

Kirigaya Residence - Year 2022

Kirito watched his three monitors that was showing three different things about the news talking about SAO the first ever virtual game that was made by Kayaba Akihiko. He just listened to the news reports while he was reading a magazine on Kayaba. He heard the door shut from downstairs and saw his cousin Sughu running down the pavement. "I'll see you in the evening nii-chan" Sughu yelled before heading toward the bus stop near the house. Kirito heard this as he turned the page of the magazine. He got a paper cut that started bleeding quickly. He got out a bandage and wrapped it around his cut before he got out of his chair and laid on his bed.

He held the nerve gear in his hand before he put it on. He watched as all the power turned on in the helmet and he waited as the sync functions finished up. "Link Start" Kirito called out. Kirito's mind was pulled into a colorful warp as it took him straight to a login page.

Username: Kirito

Password: ********

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Login Successful

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Characters:

Kirito -Beta Character

Gift Character- from Beta Test because of highest ranking. Will look the same as your Beta character and have the same name.

Kirito rose his eyebrows at that before he clicked the new character. The world went white as he closed his from the brightness. He opened his eyes and found himself in the world of Aincrad again. "I'm back" Kirito told himself as he clenched fist to test out the character. He opened up his stats to find out if anything was changed. He looked through the base skills and found no major change other than having 10 of everything which was +3 from normal players.

He looked at the special attributes and was shocked to find:

Blacksmithing: Level 10 - Maxed out

Crafting- Level 10- Maxed out

Technology- Level 1- 0/2000 Exp

He thanked the people for whoever maxed out his blacksmithing and crafting. Technology was a unique one since you need both blacksmithing and crafting maxed out to obtain it or that is what the system description is telling him. He looked through his inventory and found several things from some older games from the 2010 to 2015.

Halo Spartan Armor MJOLNIR Mark 1 - Requirements- Level 10 needed and Level 10 Technology was needed,

2 Halo Energy Sword- Requirements- Level 10 needed and Level 10 Technology needed

10x Healing Potion

10x Teleport Crystals

10x Stamina Potion

1 Giant Prison Warp

1 Steel Sword- Equipped

Leather Armor- Equipped

Leather Boots- Equipped

500 Col-Standard Starting Amount

"This is so awesome" Kirito thought before he ran through the village to head for a spawn area. He may have been too fast since a redhead that was looking for a trainer seemed to not notice him. Kirito found himself in a field full of boars before he charged at every one of them. He took them out one by one as he slashed through them. 30 Boars later with an exhausted Kirito, a notification appeared to him.

Congratulations

Level 2 Reached

All stats +5

Total Col- 1000: 10 col per boar and 200 from level up

He reached level two already now all he needed to do is find a blacksmithing shop. He went back into town and found one that was selling blacksmithing items. He bought a blacksmithing hammer, a guide book for it, an anvil, and a crafting table. He stored those into his inventory before he opened up his menu to log out. When opened it he was confused to not find a logout button. He clicked the empty spot where the button was before thinking the words may have just been clear. The space just accepted the touch not doing anything. He sent a call to the game master so the issue would get cleared up.

Suddenly he was enveloped in blue light and he found himself and many others at the spawn. "A forced teleport?" Kirito thought. Then a dome of warning signs appeared around the spawn. Ten blood oozed from the cracks of the warning signs and made itself into the shape of a giant hooded person. "Attention, players. Welcome to my world." The hooded person told them. "My world?" Kirito thought. "My name is Kayaba Akihiko. As of this moment, I am the sole person who can control this world." the hooded figure now known as Kayaba.

"Is that really him? He must've spent a lot of time on this." A random guy spoke. "I'm sure you've already noticed, that the logout button is missing from the main menu. But this is not a defect in the game…I repeat..this is not a defect in the game. It is a feature of Sword Art Online." Kayaba continued on. "A-a feature?" A redhead near him stuttered.

"You cannot log out of SAO yourselves. And no one on the outside can shut down or remove the Nerve Gear. Should this be attempted the transmitter inside the Nerve Gear will emit a powerful microwave, destroying your brain and thus ending your life." Kayaba continued like usual. "What? Enough Already, let's go! Hey I can't get out, what's going on?" A random guy with his girlfriend said.

"Unfortunately, several players' friends and families have ignored this warning and have attempted to remove the Nerve Gear. As a result, two hundred and thirteen players Are gone forever, from both Aincrad and the real world." Kayaba continued. "213 killed" Kirito muttered shocked.

"As you can see, news organizations across the world, are reporting all of this, including the , you can assume that the danger, of a Nerve Gear being removed is no minimal. I hope you will relax and attempt to clear the game. But I want you to remember this clearly. There is no longer any method to revive someone within the game. If your HP drops to zero, your avatar will be forever lost and simultaneously the Nerve Gear will destroy your brain. There is only one means of escape. To complete the game. You are presently on the lowest floor of Aincrad, Floor 1. If you make your way through the dungeon and defeat the Floor Boss, you may advance to the next level. Defeat the boss on Floor 100, and you will clear the game." Kayaba told them.

"WHAT. BUT NONE OF THE BETA TESTERS MADE IT TO LEVEL 100 BEFORE!" One player shouted. Kirito just stared at the game master waiting for the next announcement in trepidation. "Your families have been given 2 hours to bring all of your unconscious body's to the hospital without the 10 minute disconnection from outside power source. Any longer than two hours from being disconnected from an outside power source then the microwave will activate and end your life.

"Finally, I've added a present to your item storage. Please see it for yourself." Kayaba told everyone. Every opened up their inventory and a mirror appeared in their hand. "Wha…" a red head exclaimed before everyone was surrounded by blue light. When the light around Kirito was gone he looked in the mirror and saw his real life self. He looked around and saw that many people's avatar had changed as well.

"Right now, you're probably wondering, "why". Why would Kayaba Akihiko, developer of Sword Art Online and the Nerve Gear, do all this? My goal has already been achieved. I created Sword Art Online for one reason. To create this world and intervene in it." Kayaba revealed to everyone. "Kayaba" Kirito thought shocked.

"And now, it is complete. This ends the tutorial for the official Sword Art Online Launch. Good luck players!" Kayaba tells them before he fades away. Kirito runs out of the colosseum and headed for a good town that had special quests. "One thing for sure." Kirito thought as he ran at a dire wolf. He activated his sword skill and swipe through the wolf. "I am going to beat this game one way or another!" Kirito vowed to himself as the wolf shattered and he ran to his destination.