Sword Art Online: My Story

First Boss Fight

(December 2nd, 2022)

It has already been nearly a full month since the beginning of the death known as Sword Art Online. Ever since then, many of the players have been trying to work very hard on making themselves get stronger in order to clear the game, while others decided it would be better to try to live peacefully without running into danger.

During this monthly time period, two thousand out of the ten thousand players that were stuck in SAO have come to an abrupt and tragic end. Some of the players died from bad luck while others died from utter recklessness.

And during this monthly time period, both Kirito and Cloud have both been working very hard on getting stronger while also being careful with themselves and not doing anything stupid. During their first quest together, Kirito was able to get a new sword called the Anneal Blade which increased his strength stats plus five. Kirito said that his new sword should do him well up until Floor Four.

While Kirito and Cloud were on the quest in order to get Kirito's new sword, they met a player by the name of Coper, who was also a beta tester. Kirito and Cloud thought that Coper was just willing to help them both get Kirito's sword, but along the way, they came to figure out that Coper was actually going to kill them both and complete the quest on his own to get the sword for himself.

Coper tried to lure Kirito and Cloud into a trap full of monstrous plants that they were not yet strong enough to face. However, luckily, Kirito was able to figure out Coper's plan and turn the tables, causing Coper to be killed by the monstrous plants instead of him and Cloud.

It was from that point on that it became clear to both Kirito and Cloud that they have to be careful with who they put their trust into while playing this death game, because not everyone is willing to cooperate with each other until the end. Some are willing to stab you in the back if it means getting stronger and staying alive.

Kirito and Cloud have also done some levelling up for the past monthly period. Kirito was now at Level Ten while Cloud was at Level Eleven. Kirito and Cloud also made sure to upgrade their armour stats from leather armour to simple steel chest plates. They also swapped from the simple brown fingerless gloves to black fingerless gloves with small steel plates on them and swapped out their brown boots with black ones.

Kirito and Cloud also decided to share some information on each other's lives back in the real world. Cloud learned that Kirito's mother, father, and little sister were actually his aunt, uncle, and cousin. Kirito told Cloud about how he was raised by his aunt and uncle along with his cousin since they were babies. He even said how he came from a family that was traditioned for any and all family members to learn Kendo, so both Kirito and his cousin were made to start learning and training at the local dojo at the age of eight.

However, at the age of ten, when Kirito got his first computer, he discovered the truth about his parentage and that his real parents died in a car accident from an old erased record file he found on the internet. This caused Kirito to go into a huge state of depression and confusion to the point where he didn't want to go to Kendo classes anymore. This got him a heavy beating from his grandfather. But that was also when his cousin stood up for Kirito and promised their grandfather that she would train extra hard for the both of them. Since then, Kirito's cousin held onto her word and worked harder than she ever did before. She even made it to the nationals Kendo tournament.

Kirito sadly admitted to Cloud that he felt like he caused a huge burden on his cousin for letting his depression and confusion get in the way of him continuing to practice Kendo and making her train even harder, that he began to distance himself from her because he believed that she didn't think too well of him anymore. Kirito even told Cloud that his cousin's name was Suguha.