Author's Note

This part of the story explains the start of the story. To understand the story a bit, I recommend you to read it. But if you hate long and boring explanations, you can skip to chapter 1.

Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Sword Art Online.

Nobody's PoV

"Kazuto-nii-chan! Shin-nii-chan! I'm going to kendo practice! See you later!" shouted Suguha Kirigaya, as she went out the door, her kendo bag over her shoulder.

"Alright see you at dinner!" "Bye Sugu!" came shouts of reply from the 2 boys respectively. Kazuto was a 14-year old boy, wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and black pants. He had spiky black hair with matching onyx colored eyes tinted with a bit of gold. His face wasn't so masculine, yet it had its own charms, making a few girls crush over him. Shin, as Kazuto's twin brother, was a splitting image of him, it's only difference that his eyes were tinted blue, and had slightly longer hair over his bangs, and was less spikier than Kazuto's. He fashioned a blue t-shirt combined with jeans.

These two boys could easily be mistaken as members of the Kirigaya family, if based on looks alone. But in reality, they were adopted. Sugu was completely unaware of this fact, due to them being adopted when she was very young, and the fact that they were always together. Kazuto himself wasn't aware of this until he had hacked into a government file by the age of 10, and saw it for himself.

Kazuto was crushed by the fact that his once thought perfect family was a lie, but was pleased to see that Shin was truly his twin brother. Nevertheless, he started pulling away from the Suguha and their adoptive parents. He grew cold, and couldn't help but resent them a bit. Suguha, deeply hurt, tried to be closer to him, but had failed miserably when he always shut the door against her. It was not until recently that Kazuto had stopped pulling away, and had tried to make up for his actions.

But Shin had known that they were adopted from the start. He had remembered everything about their real parents and how they died, while Kazuto couldn't because he had suffered a slight amnesia due to trauma. Yet he had been silent about it and feigned surprise when Kazuto found out about the truth. He had been silent because he feared how both Suguha and Kazuto would react. He also wanted to spare himself the pain.

In truth, the were children from Hiroki and Keiko Sato who had died years ago in a car accident, when a drunk truck driver failed to see the red light and crashed to their car. Kazuto and Shin were the only survivors of that incident.

"Alright Kazuto you ready?"

"Yeah I'm all set!" He replied as they both set their nervegears on their heads and set "Sword Art Online" on the computer.

"Sword Art Online" was a VRMMORPG(Virtual Reality Mass Multiplayer Online RPG) that had been long anticipated. Both Shin and Kazuto were beta testers, and they had been eager to return. As the digital timer struck 1 o'clock at noon, both brothers said "Link Start!" and slipped into the virtual world.