1 Prologue

Kazuto was walking downstairs. "Sugu?"

"Good Morning Kazuto! I'm heading out to go to practice."

"Okay." Kazuto responded. Kazuto went to make breakfast. For some reason, he remembered about 3 years ago, when SAO, Sword Art Online, was released. Every Gamer went out to buy it. But they were in for a nasty surprise. As Akihiko Kayaba said, "It might be a game, but it's not something you play." For gamers, that was all too true. As players learned, from Akihiko Kayaba himself, it wasn't all fun and games. Players of SAO learned that they were trapped in the game. They could not get out. Even worse, if you died in the game, you died in real life. After many deaths, many suicides, and even murders, all seemed hopeless. But one player prevailed above the rest. He cleared the game by beating the 100th boss and freed the remaining players of SAO. A master swordsman, dressed in black. His name: Kirito