Chapter 1: War in the Virtual World

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A young girl with aquamarine hair sat staring at the helmet in her hands. She felt numb, but she managed to slip it over her head. She saw the numbers on the screen, then she squinted her eyes and opened them.

"Link start!"

Language: Japanese.

Account: *****

Password: *****

Profile: Miku (F)

Welcome to Sword Art Online!

Miku's POV

My character stood up. I was in an elegant white dress that doubled as armor and had silk long gloves. I had dark blue hair that was wavy and a more mature face and voice. "Ah...ah...n..." I looked at my hands. "I'm here." I looked up. A sword appeared in my hand and I gasped. I swung it around, then put it in a sheath that had also appeared.

"What...this is...Sword Art Online."

As soon as the other players heard the robotic voice, they turned. I felt my hair graze my face. 

"Ah..." Miku felt embarrassed. "Um...I'm new, could you show me around?"

A handsome young woman with short white hair and chainmail armor stepped out of the crowd and held out her hand. "I'm Yuzuki Yukari."

"Miku." She awkwardly took her hand and she showed her around. As she came to the forest, she saw an ugly creature. "What's that?" She was scared.

"Not good," Yukari mumbled. She got out a long sword. It glowed as she sliced the monster and an orange mark appeared on its chest. Then it hit Miku square in the chest.

"Ungh! Ahh...how did that hurt?" Miku clutched her torso, then she sliced it with her own blade. "That was fun, but isn't there some kind of healing potion or something?"

"Yeah, here."

They were suddenly teleported to the starting area. The once blue sky turned bright red, and red goo seeped through, connecting and morphing. A giant, hooded figure that appeared to have no face emerged, introducing himself as Kayaba Akihiko, the creator and master of the game. He explained that there was no log out button, because he had purposedly removed it. He also stated that if someone forcefully removed the NerveGear from your head, a chip in it would fry your brain. He said if you died in the game, the chip would also activate, killing you.

Yukari and I were shocked. Chatter began at once, but then the ground opened up and we all fell in.

We were in the same place, but my looks changed. I had a more childish face and hair as long as my body, aquamarine and with pigtails. My breast size had shrunk and my height had grown, and I now had a cute, energetic, singsong voice.

Yukari had changed as well. Her hair was shorter and in messy low pigtals, and it was now lavender. She had a softer, more feminine voice. Her eyes were larger and dark purple and her face was rounder and more ladylike, and she was also taller. She looked better this way.

"Yukari, is that you?" Miku asked in astonishment.

"Yeah. Are you Miku?" the girl replied.

Now she's cute, I thought, smiling. "Yeah."

"You're cute like this," Yukari laughed.

"Thanks. So are you. You look much better like that," I told her.

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