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I was inspired to write this after watching the Sword Art Online anime. I hope you enjoy reading it.

Chapter one: A world to dream about.
May seventh 2013 a real life version of the game Sword Art Online seen within the anime was released to the first 10000 just like in the anime. The people around the world camped and rushed to get their hands on a copy of the game and the gear needed to play it. Everyone knew that if they didn't act fast they wouldn't get a copy, but still there was one person who wanted the game but didn't want to be caught up in the hassle of getting it. The man waited until three hours after the launch and went to his local game store to see if they had any left, he was quite known there so they would know what he wanted. as he approached the counter the girl behind the counter went onto the store stock database to see if they had any copies of the game left in stock. He stopped at the counter hoping there would be one left but much to his despair the girl nodded her head no. Seeing this he was devastated and punched the wall.

The girl behind the counter knew this would happen so she said "Calm down there will be more copies made and released before you know it!" but this was little comfort to the man as he turned and began to walk away. At that moment the store manager came out of the back, "HEY! You think you can just come in here and hit my wall then walk away! Get back here and face the music!" said the manager as he reached the counter. The devastated guy turned back and walked towards the counter to face the manager's wrath but he was in for a surprise as the manager's mad face turned to a smile. "Here take it and go it activates in four hours get home and set it up before it is too late" said the manager as he raised a bag that had a copy of the game and gear needed to play and shoved into the hands of his surprised customer.

In awe the guy looked at the bag then back at the manager no knowing what to say or do, he was frozen in place as if he couldn't process what had just happened. "You don't owe me a thing just get home and set it up. I know what playing that game means to you just get home and play it!" declared the manager. The girl behind the counter was just as surprised at what just happened but she managed to bring a few questions forward. "That is the last copy why are you giving it to him?" asked the girl but she wasn't prepared for the answer. "What else would a big brother do for his little brother?" asked the manager as he turned to the girl then looked back at his brother. "GO NOW! You can pay me back at a later date!" yelled The Manager. His little brother nodded yes and ran out of there heading home to play the game he dreamed of playing.

"Your the world's best brother, you know that!" said the girl to her boss as she watched the boy leave. "That was my little brother but he is hard to get along with. For him there is no reason to be out in the world unless some new game that interests him comes out. Said the manager as he picked up a bottle of juice and took a swig. He then put the bottle down and continued to say "All his life he has not been able to process things if they made no sense to him, like what you just witnessed. Because he hates moments like that he strives to know and understand his limits here and because of that he shuts himself away from the outside world burring himself in games and the internet."

"I have already lost him to it so many times I fear I won't get him back next time." Hearing that the girl was shocked "but if you fear that why did you give him that game?" asked the girl confused at her boss's motives. "Because it was after he saw that anime Sword Art Online when I first saw the humanity in his heart. He had just finished watching it when I popped in to talk to him about our mum's birthday when I saw him smile for the first time since he was a toddler. I asked him why he was smiling and he actually spoke to me for the first time but what he said that day stuck with me" said The Manager in response to the girl's question.

Hearing that the girl began to understand better and stared at the entrance then back at the manager, "What did he say that day?" she asked. "His words were "I just saw a world so full of beauty, mystery, power and wonder. It was like my dream world, where I belong, a place for me to truly exist as who I am. A world of no limitations, a world where things feel so real but are not . The perfect place for me" replied the manger as a tear came to his eyes. "I just hope when he comes back from that world he can see the beauty of reality just as much as he saw it there" said the manager as he returned to the back room to pull himself together.

The Manager's brother had finally got home and rushed into his room, it was a matter of seconds before he had all the gear set up and was ready to go to his dream world. It was still 45 minutes until the server launch so he decided to tell all his Skype contacts he got the game. Almost every single one replied the same thing "LUCKY!". This didn't seem to effect him in the least he just typed back " I'm not lucky your just unlucky". This went on for 42 minutes when he logged off and prepared himself for the launch. As soon as the clock hit the hour of launch he shouted "LINK START!" and he began his entrance into the world of his dreams.

In the hall of log in many windows appeared for him to fill in. The first one said "Username, Character name and Gender" he answered them all clicked finish. After that screen many more appeared and he filled all of them in with no hesitation. It took him about five minutes to get through the sign up sequence. At that moment a glowing blue light covered as his data began to change form he slowly was becoming the character he chose to be. But as he changed so did the location he was in.

It started with the ground turning into a short green grass then the form of a hill and forest. And to his left a town began to form. Within a matter a seconds the message "Server connected enjoy the game" appeared. At that moment he was fully logged in and the light consuming him began to fade. There stood a tall man with long bluish green hair to the middle of his back, he was wearing a classic black basic armor carrying a normal rapier blade attached to his belt. As looked to the right he saw another player battling a boar.

The player battling the boar has short black hair and is wearing the same kind of armor as his observer only in red. He was wielding a double handed sword and after dealing a few blows of damage was able to finish the boar with one final slash. After the battle ended the double handed blade was put away and the Player in red armor saw his observer and ran up to him. "Hey! You saw me battle what did you think?" asked he asked but got no answer."Say something will you! Don't want to? fine at least tell me your name. I'm Jin" said the player in red. The other player just ignored Jin and began to walk away towards the forest.

But before he could get very far a pack of Boar came running and surrounded the two of them. "looks like we gotta fight together but I can't heal you if we are not in a party!" said Jin as he sent a party invite. But before he had a chance to ready an attack a pop up appeared saying "Your invitation was declined." "You can't survive alone join my party!"yelled Jin as a boar hit him while off guard. After the attack Jin was left weak and the unknown player was left fighting alone while Jin prepared a healing potion.