Intro
"This was not supposed to happen that way."
A shadowy figure said to itself as it stood in front of a hovering screen showing the last moments of SAO.
Another screen appeared besides the first one and showed Kirito and Asuna sitting on what appeared to be a glassy platform, floating in the skies above Aincrad.
Comparing the time stamps of the two feeds it sighed as it noticed the difference in time of almost a month between them.
Appearing next were holograms of five different people, while the screens moved silently into the background.
The leftmost hologram depictured a man with a heavy red and white armor, a white cape and long grey hair that was tied into a pony tail and eyes of the same color.
The next one was a girl with chestnut colored hair, a red skirt, white shirt plus chest plate and eyes of the same color as her hair.
To her right was a boy with black hair and eyes, a black coat with white outlining, black shirt and pants and two similar looking swords on his back.
The boy was holding the hand of a girl in a red and white dress that was reminiscent of a waitress uniform with pink hair and dark pink eyes.
The last one was completely obscured as far as the finer features were concerned. The only feature to him really stand out were the cat ears and tail.
"Hmm…" the shadowy figure sighed in contempt.
"That boy in black is going to be a huge nuisance."
All the holograms faded into the background as the screens had done before, only the boy in black remained in the same place as he had appeared in.
Scanning him from head to toe the shadowy figure was seemingly analyzing each and every aspect of the boy in black.
"Since you are so good at gaming: Let the games begin!"