SwordArtOnline

Sorry Guys, I've been a bit late on this one, but as promised here is Chapter 11! I kind of had fun with this one, even though you kind of have to read the Sword Art Online Progressive Series to fully get the reference. I kind of debated switching Chapter 11 into two chapters, half with Argo and half with Kara, but ultimately decided it was best to get both out of the way in one shot! I'll admit it as well. I really do enjoy Liz as a character. She's just such a warm and supportive character normally, so it was fun to work with her in this chapter as well. Considering in the Anime we first see Liz on day one when she's panicking about the game of death, and next see her with pink hair owning her own shop, I've often wondered what happened to her between the two. Especially the story of her photo she keeps with the three blacksmiths who taught her her trade. I didn't want to go in too much details in case it ever gets told in Progressive (they have hinted at her a few times already) but I did decide to get greedy and give Kara credit for her signature pink hair! As always, thank you for your reading, commenting, and favouriting! You guys really do encourage me to keep on writing these and am glad you are enjoying this ride!

So here is the Japanese version of Asuna TF/AP story

As promised on Monday, here is chapter 10! It is a bit of a shorter one but I felt like it needed to be put in. As consolation, next week's chapter is the longest one I've written for this story! (Okay, it wasn't out of consolation I just got totally carried away while writing it) Makku's level was probably one of the facts I've deliberated the longest on. It's pretty obvious that should he have been leveling like normal, he should have been hard pressed to get over level 12 by staying on the first floor, but from a story telling point of view, this would have meant taking the time for him to grind for levels slowly through each floor and.... well a) there's already Sword Art Online Progressive for that and b) I'm kind of on a tight schedule here trying to keep within the cannon timeline. That is my fully honest reason for Makku's incredibly leveling but I do have some more... justified explanations as well. 1. Makku had basically the whole floor to himself. By this point in the game, pretty much everyone who was wanting to level up was already 40-some floors above the first floor. Anyone left on the first floor would mostly stick around the Town of Beginnings as it was the safest. This meant that while the front liners were fighting over quests and resources, Makku basically had all the quests he could ask for to repeat as many times as he wanted without having to wait his turn. 2. The first floor is changing. This one is more inspired by the labyrinth under Black Iron Palace, but also some mmo's I've played in the past. The higher the clearers climb through the tower, the greater the chance of higher level mobs appearing on the first floor in the case of events and such. This of course isn't 100% as the first floor would be wiped out otherwise, but there was the occasional high level group that passed through. The Briar Nightmare was a bit of an exception to this as an event triggered by reaching the 50th level. (For the record, in my head it was about level 56 give or take 3 levels) 3. Makku uses his hiding skills on players. This is both my most risky justification, as well as the one that makes the most sense. Makku is scared of the other players, especially those on the first level. Because of that he hides from any players that he sees approaching. As the Town of Beginnings is a bit of a hub, as well as the Army's base, he ends up hiding from players of all sorts of levels. I'm not 100% certain if one can gain levels from pvp activities (which is why this is the most risky justification) but it seemed to be hinted at in some of the books, and quite honestly I could see it being a feature. Okay! That is my totally unasked for justification for something I haven't really been questioned on yet save for myself questioning it. Still, hope you all are still enjoying. Chapter 11 is edited and comes out next Thursday provided nothing happens here! As always, thanks for reading, favouriting, and giving me encouragement to keep going on!

あらすじ 数日前、キリトへのサプライズとして、 アスナのおなかに入り、赤ちゃんの気分を味わったユイ。 その幸せな日々が温かな記憶となって焼き付き、 もっと...と求めるようになっていた。 キャスト アスナ キリトと結婚し、平和な生活を送る。 前作の妊婦経験を経て、 前にもまして母性に目覚めていく。 ユイ アインクラッド編二十二層より登場し、 キリトをパパ、アスナをママと呼ぶ。 前回の赤ちゃんの気分を味わって以来、 アスナママと、新たな楽しみが生まれる。 † 作家より† 本日のSAOのアスナ物は... かつてアップした膨腹プレイの続編となります。 後日譚ということもあり短めではありますが... お楽しみください。 追伸... 一万文字が普通になってしまった昨今... 約五千字の今回が短く感じてしまう状況が出てます。 Twitter https://twitter.com/yuukirinon 質問箱 https://peing.net/ja/yuukirinon RE:Quest Official Site リクエスト状況 Googleカレンダー公開中。 （2022.12.31以降のカレンダーはお題の一定処理‘半年ほど’お待ちください） https://dreamdesainproject.wixsite.com/reqastlist pixivrequest https://www.pixiv.net/users/13110150/requests ファンティア https://fantia.jp/fanclubs/30952 オフセ https://ofuse.me/yuukirinon

Another chapter. I actually debated for a while who I would send to come to the rescue of these two. Of course I could have always just had the two of them actually defeat the surprise field boss themselves, but I felt like that would destroy the tension that came from the world. I wanted to get across the fact that Sword Art Online is a dangerous game, and even if the players are talented and able to improvise crazy tactics. At the end, I decided on having Klein's guild come in to save them.... partially because I thought his easy going nature would be a good match to calm down the emotionally exhausted Makku, but also because I feel a bit bad about how often he gets pushed to the sideline in the main series. Other news while I'm headache rambling; I got a bit ambitious this past week and tried to merge my story's timeline with the actual timeline (which is a bit scary... both because I was afraid I'd have to rewrite everything, and also because the SAO Aincrad timeline is kind of in flux right now due to the Sword Art Online Progressive series... which I do highly suggest by the way. Currently working through book 6 and I've really enjoyed the series) To my shock and relief, SAO Gambit actually fits in pretty nicely with the normal SAO Aincrad timeline. For those interested, Makoto first logs in on September 8th 2023. He meets Sterra and Stern on November 12th 2023 and the events of this chapter take place December 26th 2023 (meaning that Klein literally just helped Kirito with Nicholas the Renegade the night before, so someone should really buy the boy a drink!" I'm currently working on the first draft of Chapter 11, and the story is really starting to take shape. I'm a bit nervous about how long it is turning out >_> but it's been a fun ride so I can't really complain. Thanks for the likes and favourites. I hope you continue to enjoy with the crazy ride ahead!

Posting this one here as well... sorry, while I can translate comics with a bit of help, translating a full novel is a bit beyond me. I hope there are a few here who can read it anyways. It was my first attempt writing a fan fiction but please enjoy!

And so we have somehow reached chapter 12! I did warn you guys this one was gonna be quite the turn. Believe it or not, Laughing Coffin massacring a picnic on New Years day apparently is the true in lore method they used to announce their formation. Personally I am not sure of the finer details of this massacre, or if they have ever even written it out before, but hey... Reki Kawahara! If you ever randomly decide to read a SAO fan fiction in English and stumble across this story, I am totally on board with you adapting this method into your story! haha never gonna happen but dream big right? In all honesty, Reki Kawahara's done an amazing job slowly introducing Laughing Coffin into the Sword Art Online Progressive series, so I am hoping I did them justice in this chapter. I wanted to make them overpoweringly threatening while not changing the tone of the story into a slasher film. Thankfully, this being a video game, you are given a bit more leeway than you normally would get. I also hid two other little easter eggs in here. One from the Progressive Series and one from the anime, so we shall see who can pick them out! (They're really pretty obvious and not really hidden at all). I usually shy away from making major plot reveals about characters from the traditional series due to it being highly possible their origin will be explained by the real author later on. That being said, I really liked this backstory development so I decided to keep it in ^_^ So what will happen to our unlikely duo next? And just what was it that caused Kara to react the way she did? You'll all just have to wait for the next chapter to find out! >:D Thank you again everyone for your likes, favourites, and comments! Slowly but surely this project is getting more and more attention, and it is so encouraging for me to see as an author! I am glad you all have been enjoying the story thus far, and I hope you enjoyed this development as well! Stay tuned for more!

Wh00t! Another chapter up! Sorry this one took so long, but I've managed to re-edit all previous 8 chapters as well! This time I really focused on consistency between the chapters. Also rearranged the timeline a bit to be a bit more realistic. I really like this edit, though the story is STILL not quite where I want it to be. I feel like there are parts I'm still rushing far too much so I may have one or two more edits before I finally feel satisfied with the feel of the story. I'm posting Chapter 9 today to make up for the last two weeks of silence, but don't worry! Chapter 10 is edited as well so I should most likely be able to get that one up on Thursday provided nothing crazy happens. When I first wrote this story, I expected it to be a short story, no more than 5 chapters tops... so the fact that I'm currently halfway through writing chapter 14 is kind of blowing my mind! Thank you for your continued support! It makes my day every time I see someone else has commented or bookmarked on the stories. I am glad you are enjoying this journey through Aincrad as much as I'm enjoying writing it! :) It's my first time writing in someone else's universe so I'm hoping I'm doing a good job bringing something unique while also respecting the world Reki Kawahara made. I know how precious the worlds we make can be to us as authors! That's all from me! See you for the next update this Thursday! (hopefully)

And so we finally get some of Kara's backstory. While it is a bit difficult to pull off I really do enjoy being able to hide events from my story within the shadows of events already present in the Sword Art Online Canon. In the Canon, the 25th floor is indeed supposed to be a ridiculously hard fight where numerous people are killed due to an unexpectedly hard boss and the ALS running in ahead. This is supposed to lead to a few changes within the server balance such as the creation of the Knights of the Blood Oath, The ALS retreating to the first floor and not really playing a major role in the front line again until the 75th floor, and personally I am theorizing that this would be where Kirito and Asuna eventually split up until they reconnect on higher floors. I actually debated for a long time on if I wanted Kara's friend to be a guy or a girl. It's actually been sitting as an ambiguous "they" until just recently. (If you notice any "they's" I missed please let me know but I think I've got them all). I eventually decided on letting her friend be a girl because A) In my head, Kara attended an all girls' school B) I didn't really want it to look like Kara was trading one guy friend for another. Each partner is a unique experience and completely irreplaceable. Also this is the first time we really see Kara's emotions break. I think a mistake I often see writers make is trying to make a character "strong" by making them faultless and impossible to break. But that just results in rather boring and unrealistic characters we can't relate to. To me, strength doesn't come from not struggling, but from deciding to push forward in spite of struggling. I hope I did a good job letting that shine through here as I really do love both Makku and Kara equally ^_^ And yes! For those asking! Yes Makku has finally admitted his origins to Kara. Honestly I can't even imagine how someone would be able to process such a concept when they themselves were trapped within the game, but I think Kara handled it pretty well! ^_^ Chapter 14 is.... "mostly" done.... so no promises if it will be done for next Thursday or not, but it is coming! There will be some more cameos and changes to plans through this exciting adventure and I hope you continue to enjoy! As always, thank you for your comments, likes, favourites, and shares. It always gets me motivated to see people enjoying the story! I hope you continue to enjoy it from here on out! ~Mac