The Hikari sister made it home from a long day at school. Alice went straight to her room as usual to play Sword Art Online which is an online game that originated in Japan but due to high demand the game became avalible internationally.

Hey Alex, when are you going to play the game with me? Alice asked her sister who never plays video games and always works on extra credit work for her advanced classes. When are you going to stop playing games and actually do something educational? Alex asks.

Well that's rude! Alice said. I'm sorry Alice, I'm just stressed right now because I have fallen behind. Alex said, Wow! I never thought I would hear that from you little miss straight A's. Alice said teaseing her sister. Promise me that you will not say anything to mom and dad. Alex pleaded. Sure but only on one condition. Play SAO with me just once. Alice said.

Alex didn't say a word then started out the door. Where are you going sis? Alice asked. I'm going to my friend's house to study. Alex said trying to avoid telling Alice a secret that she should have told her sister a long time ago.

After Alex left, Alice logged into SAO. Alice's avatar appeared. In the game she is known as Shiro. Shiro's best friends is Asuna and Kirito who are from Japan. Shiro and Asuna decided to meet up with Kirito to kill some monsters.

I wonder if we will get to see that mysterious girl player I've been hearing about. Shiro said. Mysterious player? Oh yeah I heard about her. Only a few people have seen her because she is kind of a loner. She wears a hood all the time to cover her face. Sadly no one knows her name. Rumor has it she single handedly took down a boss. Asuna explained.

Wow, I sure wish I could meet her. She sounds awesome. Kirito said. I think she's just a show off. Asuna said getting jealous.

While Shiro and her friends walked around looking for monsters to kill for levels, Asuna spots a figure out in the open. Once they were close enough, the strange figure turned out to be the masked player. Stop! Do not move. The strange player commanded. Shiro, Asuna, and Kirito did what they were told.

The mysterious player drew her sword. What are you doing? Kirito said assuming she was going to attack them. I SAID DON'T MOVE! The mysterious player said yelling back at Kirito. A large monster appeared from underground. Before the monster had a chance to attack anyone, it was cut down by the masked player's sword. The masked player ran off without saying a word.

The mysterious player went to the nearest town to meet up with a friend. So when will you tell Shiro what's going on? The masked player's friend asked. When the time is right. The masked player answered.