Authors note: First of all, I'm sorry this took so long for me to update and, secondly, I have decided to do a time skip to move the story along much like they did in the actual Anime. Each new part I have decided shall be a time skip. The amount of time skipped will be determined by what even is going on at the given time that I decide to make a new part. Also, thanks fellow RP-ers for taking part in this.

Game Started: November 6, 2045 (had to do a lot of math there. Roughly)

Time Now: March 26, 2046

It's been nearly 5 months since my friends and I were first trapped here. I hadn't expected to be freed anytime soon, knowing fully well, that the SAO incident didn't come to an end to nearly 2 years later. I hope not to be trapped here that long, but I am accepting this world as my reality. If it wasn't for mom or dad, or my little brother and sister, I know that I may of lost myself completely inside the game. Knowing they're waiting for me makes me want to fight harder. I put everything into my blades when I fight those disgraceful demons and mutants that litter and destroy the probably once beautiful place that was Ardon. The place in Unbound. The more I fight the more I see that this isn't a normal game, it adapts to our fighting style, asides from Cyan's bow, which, strangely it can't lock on to. I hope the same is for my duel wields. This game has no or little pain monitors and the players here know, that although these are digital wounds that will heal, they feel like the real thing. I can't help to think that the creators of this game wanted us to die. Dad once said that once the level gets below a certain point your real body starts to get effected, I can only imagine what's happening to our bodies back in the real world. I try not to dwell on it much.   

As for our process in the game. The first floor still hasn't been cleared, though the mutants aren't much of a threat anymore considering our levels have grown. Many people have already given up the fight, falling back to a city we've cleared of any dangers. The fact that the pain in here has turned many people to stay away from fights. Then others, like me, have never been a stranger to danger and fight because if no one does then there's no way we're getting out of here. I have decided to fight until the very end. Even if I don't make it out, I want everyone who can to return back to the real world. I want them to remember those who were fearless, those who fought and never backed down. There are few of those now, but I know that soon the numbers will grow and guilds will be formed. Once that happens our chances of getting out will increase. I may not be playing solo right now, but I will not be undeterred by the lack of frontline members. 

I won't lie, even finding the boss room we lost a great deal of players already. This is a death game and death is still hard on me. I've been forced to see Mutants tearing into players, players being murdered by other players, and players committing suicide. We started with 10,000, we're down to 8,245. I don't want to be one of those numbers if I can help it, but the lives lost are really taking their toll. I once ran into a player who got on his hands and knees and begged for me to kill him and I refused only to watch him jump into a pit and kill himself. If it wasn't for Malachi, Cyan, and the others....  

Since then, I've been looking at my sword. What if the day comes I have to use it to end another's life?  Could I actually bring myself to do it? The sweet daddy's girl in me, Aviana, would never be able to do it, but could Kirina? Could I actually kill someone? Would I be willing? What if I did? There's a darker side to me that I know is there. I would kill. I would kill to protect myself and others. I don't know which side to choose.... or what side will become more dominant.

I will live up to my father and mother's legends.

I will become the Lunar Eclipse.

 Kirigaya, Aviana/Kirina

~ A. Kirigaya

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5 Months. It's been that long already? I want to go home, I've been away from mom too long and I know she misses me... or I guess she would. She's probably found out why I came in the game in the first place. I wish I could take it back. I wish I would've never done it, but I did so now I have to do it. I know regardless she'd want me to fight. That's what she's done all her life. I want to be strong like her, but my strength is in my bow. My strength is not Kaeda, It's Cyan. Cyan can get me out of here. Her and only her, not me, but here, in Unbound, regardless of what happened, I know I'm not that sniper girl I was in GGO. Unbound had taken that away from me. Left everyone here without their created avatars, but with what they were outside of the game. For me, the timid girl that I always tried to leave behind when I dived into the virtual world where I could always be as strong as I wanted. Nobody ever dared mess with me in game.

I'm not a strong fighter, I've accepted that fact already. I know the real strength is behind Kirina and Malachi, who has already saved me already. I have to draw up all the strength I have for the upcoming battle as I know I'm the only one who can make distant moves and not have to be close range. I can be their sniper, I can be their backup, but I cannot be put up front. My strength has always relied on myself being hidden, the element of surprise. I guess in a way, Cyan and I are the same that way. I have to use what I've learned as a solo player, back before I met Malachi and Kirina in game. Back to the city where I could only rely on myself.

For the people here, my family, friends, and myself I will drawl back my bow and let that arrow fly. This will be my fight. This will be my contribution. Part of me wishes I could do more, but I'll continue to do what I can. For now I cant let these horrors get to me. I have to stay strong. Not only for them, but for myself. Like a wise man once said. "A person and Avatar are one in the same"  Is that really the case. Is Cyan's strength really apart of me? I can't be sure.

I know being here has taken a toll on everyone. They never show it, but I can tell and I worry about them through my persona. I really hope this boss fight goes well and no more casualties have to be counted to the rapidly growing death list.

Asada, Kaeda/Cyan

~K. Asada

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Day 150//Adi's Journal//Year 2046  AdiAnime123

Day 150. 5 months. About the afternoon I guess. I can't believe I've been here for so long. I guess you can say I've lived here long enough to call this place my home now, heck, I even bought a freaking virtual journal here! I wonder how my real life body is holding up, I wouldn't be surprised if my parents were taking good care of it, but it really doesn't matter to me anyways.

I'm going to feel guilty for writing this, but I'm actually quite happy here, more than I ever was in reality. Back in the real world, I had no friends. Sure, I had a loving family, and I deeply miss them, but they were always so busy and the only 'family time' I got with them was training and nothing more. School was worse. The rumors, the bullying, I just couldn't tolerate it. Baseball and Unbound were the only things I had to keep me going.

In the real world, I have nothing to aspire to, but here, in this world, I feel as if I serve a purpose here! For once in my whole life I feel Free! Because I may have been fearful in my reality, but this is not that world. Here, EVERYONE fears one another. So you don't feel any different from anyone else. However, I'm not gonna lie, the death toll in this world is quite sad, survival of the fittest is pretty complicated, but it beats my world. That's for sure.

I haven't made any friends here, but I'm not hoping not to. I was feared before because of my level and I'm STILL feared now, so I won't expect any less. In this world, I am no longer Adi Uchiha. I am no longer the loner that sat on the swings at recess, the one who cried herself to sleep, the only one who enjoyed baseball and played video games.

I am Adichi. I am the Twin Bat Warrior. And NO ONE messes with me.

~Adichi

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I really don't like writing journal entries, but here's mine anyways. 5 months have passed and we still have made little progress.

The fact that Unbound is a death game still surprises me. I have heard the horror of SAO from Kirina, and I still can't believe that someone would want an execute remaking that. My family and friends are what is fueling me to go and clear this death game. I need to watch out for Cyan and get her out of here as quick as possible. I need to get back to my parents, who are waiting for me to wake up. I- No we need to clear this game so we can get out of here. All I can do is place all my strength in my skills and go through this game.

Maurer, Rei/Malachi  Dark_Magic_Hope1230