Just a small tidbit of info:

Kirito has a voice modulator in his mask. As such, his voice will sound like Red X from Teen Titans


Hey- Normal talking

Hey- Kazuto's inner monologue

'Hey'- People thinking

(Hey)- Inner circles mean places or time skips

~Flashback~


(Time Skip: One year)

A man is running in an alley. The sky was dark with thunder clapping in the sky. As the man continued to run through the darkness, he fails to notice a small stump on the ground.

"Ugh. Shit!" the man grunted as he felt the full force of his face hitting the pavement.

Once he got his bearings, he looked back with quivering lips.

"W-where are you?" the man grounded out through fear. "You who is so feared in the crime syndicate…" his face turned into a sneer. "Come out you monkey if you dare...so I can cut you up!"

The alley grew with tension as he looked around frantically.

"Alexander Satoshi correct?" a voice droned out in the darkness. "A Britannian and Japanese half-blood said to have killed his parents and fled to join the Blue Jays."

"How do you know that!" the now known Alexander shouted in outrage and a bit of trepidation as the sound of chains rattling through the metal pipes was heard. "More importantly, come out and fight me like a man you asshat!"

"Hm?" the voice pondered with hidden amusement, "As you wish." he finished as footsteps were heard and a figure is seen walking out of a corner of the alley.

He had on a full body armored suit (Kufa Vampir Outfit) with a snarling monkey mask that had black vines covering his right eye. The man also took notice of two escrima sticks that were clanking on the ground during his stride.

"Yeah that's right…" the man whispered, "get closer."

"You know, you people make me sick." said the voice. "Killing for no reason but pleasure. Isn't there any other way to solve this?"

"Very hypocritical for the famed 'Kuro' don't you think? You're revered as a hero for taking down most of the higher ups in the Blue Jay syndicate. But, do you know what we call you?"

"Hm." Kuro took a thinking pose. "Nope. What do they call me? I'm so curious to know what my enemies think of me"

"Heh. You've gotten the moniker of the Monkey King." Alexander says as he tries to get his hidden blade from his back pocket.

"Really now? Sounds lame."

"Right?" the man nods in agreement. "It's too great of an honor for you. Especially knowing that you're just a fuckin' pipsqueak."

"Oi! Don't start taking shots at my height!" the masked man exclaimed in indignation. "Besides, I have you where I want you so if I were you, I'd be quiet."


{Queue Song: "Won't back down - Eminem ft. Pink"}


"Is this the part where I start pleading for my life?" Alexander asks blandly. "If so, I'd like you to know that there'll be none of that!"

"Oh?" Kuro asked inquisitively. "How peculiar..."

"Take THIS!" Alexander roared as he took out his hidden knives and threw them at Kuro at point blank. "Try and dodge this you worthless mongrel!"

Just as the knives got closer, Kuro got both of his escrima sticks and diverted the knives into another direction.

"WHAT!?" Alexander shouted in disbelief. "That's total bullshit! You're not even that far away!"

"Meh. I've been through this situation many, many times." Kuro shrugged as he went to apprehend the man. "Now, be a good villain an-"

The sound of a bullet resounded through his ear as he dodged in the nick of time. As he went to look for the noise, he combined the escrima sticks into a bow staff and twirled it around to dodge the next incoming bullets.

'Fuck!' he thought. 'Snipers. Ugh. Should've known.'

"Hahaha." Alexander laughed uproariously "What was that!? You had me where you want me!? I don't think so! Shoot him down!" he exclaimed as he pointed his finger at Kuro.

The rain of bullets grew in size as Kuro tried his best to dodge the bullets.

"Hey Eraser. You there yet?" he asked through the intercom.

-Yeah. I got a visual of the enemy. Two on the right building and one on the corner of the alley. On my signal, I want you to run to the left, got that?- he stated firmly.

"Roger."

"Ha! That's right! Dance monkey, dance! Dance!" Alexander laughed with a vicious smirk.

'This guy' Kuro thought with a tick mark. 'They don't pay me enough for this! Oh wait...I don't get paid at all!'

-Alright kid...now!- Kuro ran to the left just as a knife hit its marker.

-Good. Now, run towards your target! I'll disable the snipers.-

"Got it!" Kuro shouted as he ran towards the now nervous Alexander.

"W-what the hell was that!? They told me you were alone!" he snarled in anger as another one of his snipers was taken down by a throwing knife.

"Guess your sources were wrong huh?"

"Die!" Alexander shouted as he threw his knives relentlessly.

Kuro kept on bating the knives away with every step he took. Alexander had the sudden urge to dodge. As he did so, he heard the buzzing of a knife flying above his head.

"~Too slow~" Kuro smirked through his mask as he shocked him with his right escrima stick.

"Gk." the man fell down with a thud.

"Few. Almost lost my focus there. Thanks Eraser!"

-You had two years of training and you almost got taken down because you weren't on alert.- Eraserhead reprimanded him through the intercom.

"Yeah yeah I know." Kuro sighed as he went to pick up his target. "By the way, why did we have to capture him again?"

-We believe that he has intel on the League's whereabouts.-

"Ah, I get it." Kuro said lamely as got out of the alley and tied the man into his motorcycle.

'For such a big organization, you'd believe that they would invest in a holding cell or something. This is so lame...'

With that thought, Kuro drove off into the night.


(Underground Headquarters)

"Captured the enemy as requested Commander Ares." Kazuto said as he reported to the man that ran the second branch of the Hero Society.

"Great job kid! With this, you had finished a total of ninety-nine missions without fail." Ares smiled through his mask.

"Yeah, sure. Can I go now?" Kazuto asked with a yawn. "I'm kinda tired. Tomorrow I said I'd meet up with some friends you know?"

"Ah. Then by all means, you can go. Just remember that you'll have a new assignment in the next two weeks. So, enjoy your little vacation."

"Thanks sir." Kazuto saluted half-heartedly as he walked out the door.

'That boy...he reminds me of Yukito each day. That lazy bum.' Ares mused to himself.

"Report." he commanded as Eraserhead walked in.

"The kid seems to get the hang of things. Although he still struggles with killing, he is able to incapacitate his enemies and capture them quite easily. I must say, he's quite the prodigy." Eraserhead finished with a smirk.

"Hm. You've trained him well. Maybe I should establish a school where you become the teacher of the next generation of heroes." Ares teased.

"No thanks. One brat is all I could handle." Shouta denied emotionlessly.

"Heh. ~We'll see~" Ares smirked through his mask.


Throughout the year, Kazuto was able to train Eugeo in the Ittō hebi style. Although there was a struggle at first due to the aggressive nature of the kendo style, Eugeo was able to change the style to his liking as Kazuto had predicted. Eugeo broke apart the rapid striking of the style and mixed it with different fighting stances that Kazuto had taught him. Little by little, Eugeo was able to give his 'mentor' quite a challenge. If you were to ask Kazuto, he'd only tell you that he was going easy on him...which would have been a lie since Eugeo was able to increase his speed quite drastically. He had grown by such leaps and bounds that many would doubt him saying that he's still a novice.

That, however, wasn't the only thing that changed throughout the years. Their interactions between each other was more of what best friends would act like. Through their spars, they were able to understand each other. If anyone were to tell you that the only way to deeply understand a person is by going blow for blow, they would be correct. In fights, people are able to gauge their spirit and their personality through mere hand to hand combat. Which now brings them back to the present...


(Kirigaya Estate: Dojo)

"HHHHAAAA!"

"HHHHAAAA!"

"Go Big Brother!"

"You can do it Eugeo!"

Both Kazuto and Eugeo had been fighting each other for the past hour non-stop. As the two of them broke apart, Kazuto got back into his Krav Maga fighting style while Eugeo got into a Muay Thai variant. Through Muay Thai, also known as the 'art of eight limbs', Eugeo was able to fight using different combinations of fists, elbows, knees, and shins. Kazuto, on the other hand, fought with a combination of mixed-martial arts such as boxing, judo, jujitsu, and aikido. All in all, making it a really deadly fighting style.

"You're *pant* not *pant* tired yet?" Eugeo asked through pants.

"Maybe *pant* just a little." Kazuto confessed with a small smile.

"Want to *pant* call it a draw? I'm tired. " Eugeo wined out. 'Besides, Alice is here today.' he thought as he glanced at her with a blush.

Alice had always tried to visit both Eugeo and Kazuto from time to time when she had the chance which, for most of the time, wasn't much. This still didn't stop the trio's bond from growing. Alice had become a dear friend to Kazuto due to her friendly and care-free nature. When she comes to visit, the trio try and go to the same arcade they had met. It basically became their hangout to catch up.

"Man you sure do whine a lot." the now fourteen year old Kazuto teased with a fake huff.

"Do not." Eugeo exclaimed with indignation.

"Do too!"

"No!"

"Yeah!"

"No!"

"Yeah!"

"Now now boys, I'm sure you're both tired. So, how about we go to Shisui's Arcade to have a fun time, alright?" Alice said with a small smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.

"R-right!" both boys said with a comical salute.

'Geez. She's scarier than mom...' Kazuto thought with a sweatdrop.

'Oh no! She's giving that scary smile again! I'm going to die!' a mini Eugeo cried inside his mind.

"Hmph. Thought so." Alice huffed with a smile.

"Can I come too?" Suguha asked shyly.

"Sure! The more the merrier." Alice said cheerfully. "Besides I'll need an extra hand to keep the boys in line."

"Hey!" "Hey!" said boys whined out.

"Is there a problem?" Alice asked sweetly. A bit too sweetly...

"No ma'am!"

"Good!" she chirped. "Onwards my minions! And Sugu."


(Shisui's Arcade)

"Wow! This place looks awesome!" Suguha said with starry eyes.

The inside of the building stretched on for miles with different games ranging from fast action shooting games, to the classical joystick arcade, to laser tag.

"Yep. Considering it's a special occasion, I'll nominate Eugeo to pay for all of us." Kazuto said with an eye smile.

"Yay!" Suguha cheered.

"Huh!? Why me!?" Eugeo asked in alarm.

"Well, as your senior in kendo, I should be treated with respect. Since you've been taking jabs at my age, this would be your punishment."

"What!? It's not my fault you're starting to get gray hairs!"

"You did not just go there!"

"Well, I just did!"

"Why you!"

"Enough!" Alice exclaimed. "We're here to have fun. So, why don't we agree to just split the money between the three of us? We promised Suguha she would have a fun time didn't we?"

"I guess..." both grumbled.

"Good."


(A few hours later)

Everyone was having a great time playing in the arcade.

On one side, you would see Eugeo beating Kazuto in Street Fighter IV using Fei Long while said person used Gen.

"Ha! That's your third loss old timer." Eugeo snickered.

"Gr. No! I just let you win!" Kazuto seethed.

"For three times? I kinda doubt it." Eugeo said with a taunting glint in his eye.

"Oh yeah? I bet the fourth time's the charm!" Kazuto said as he put another coin in the machine.

"Hope you didn't mean 'third time's the charm' cuz your luck seems to have ran out during the second round." Eugeo said haughtily.

"Just shut up and play!" Kazuto said while turning his head to make sure Eugeo doesn't see his cheeks gaining a tint of red due to his embarrassment.

On the other side, Suguha started playing Dance Dance Revolution with Alice with their goal of trying to de-throne The King.

"Come on Sugu! Add more energy into your steps! We almost reached the high score!" Alice said with flushed cheeks.

"Yeah. I've *pant* been trying for the *pant* past five minutes. I'm *pant* tired." Suguha said through small breaths.

"Almost *pant* there..."

"Ugh. I'm dying..."

"CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE BEAT THE RECORD!"

"There! We did it!" Suguha exclaimed while she jumped with her arms flailing wildly.

"Yes! Take that King." Alice mocked happily as she wrapped her arms around Suguha and proceeded to spin her around in a spur of the moment thing.

"What's all the fuss about?" Kazuto moaned as he walked up to them with his back hunched over in depression.

"Big brother, what's wrong? Are you hurt!?" Suguha asked in concern as she checked him all over.

"Well, besides his ego, nothing too bad to worry about Suguha." Eugeo grinned smugly, only to yelp few seconds later when Alice pinched his sides.

"Eugeo be nice." Alice scolded him.

"But...but Alice!" Eugeo whined with teary eyes.

"No buts mister." Alice huffed.

"Ha! You bicker like a married couple." Kazuto snickered.

"W-what!?" both screamed as their whole face was dyed in scarlet.

"Ouch." Kazuto yelped as Suguha pinched his sides with puffed cheeks.

"You shouldn't make fun of people big brother. That's rude you know." she scolded him.

"Hm. I receive no respect." he grumbled.

"What about me?" Eugeo muttered.

"What about you?" Kazuto smirked.

"You're a douche."

"No you."

"Ha very mature."

"You wanna go you browny!?"

"Bring it on emo gramps!"

"Boys!" Suguha and Alice shouted in irritation.

"Sorry!" "Sorry!"

And so, the group had fun playing various games and poking fun at Kazuto and Eugeo's antics.


(Few hours later)

When the group left the arcade, the girls were giggling hysterically as Eugeo told them about Kazuto's misfortune.

"Yeah and the guy just wouldn't give up!" Eugeo exclaimed.

"Kazuto, hehehe. I understand losing two times, but six!? Ha!" Alice snickered.

"And get this. The reason he gave up after six tries was because he ran out of quarters!" Eugeo ended with a chesire grin as he looked at Kazuto.

"Hehe. I feel bad for you brother." Suguha tried to plaster on a solemn look to try and abate her laughter. Keyword tried.

"Sure doesn't seem like it." Kazuto sulked.

"Oh stop whining." Alice said cheerfully.

"Heh. Nah let him sulk a little bit more." Eugeo smiles. "That reminds me...we shou-"

"AAAAAHHHHH!"

His sentence was haulted as an ear piercing scream was heard.

"Let's go!" Kazuto said as he sprinted towards the scream.

"W-wait Kazuto hold on!" Eugeo exclaimed as he got his bearings.

"We got no time!" Kazuto shouted through his shoulders as he increased his speed.


Once they were able to reach the scream, they saw a sight that appalled them. Kazuto especially since it reminded him of the first time he took a life. The more he looked at the scene, the more the past memory overlapped his current reality.

The girl on the floor has thin, black hair tied in small ribbons by the sides of her face. She also has a pair of half-rimmed glasses with oval-shaped lenses. Her complexion is that of pale skin with black eyes.

What's worse is the fear shining clearly in her eyes as she looks at a teen holding a gun right in front of her.

"Aww. Come on Shino. You were acting all high and mighty a while ago! You didn't want to give my sweet Endou some money. That's rude you know. I just hate bullies!" the teen whined in mockery.

The girl couldn't even talk back as she cowered in fear once she heard the sound of the gun being cocked back. The guy baiting her to say something. What's worse is the fact that the other girl, Endou he thought in spite, clinging to his arm had a satisfied smirk on her face as she saw the girl, Shino if he heard right, squirm and start hyperventilating.

"You see. This could have been evaded if you just gave me what I asked for." she sneered with a satisfied smirk.

Having enough of this, Kazuto got out of his hiding spot where Eugeo, Alice and Suguha were covering their mouths to try and hide their disgust at the scene.

"Kazuto! Wait! He has a gun!" Eugeo pleaded silently, but was ultimately ignored as Kazuto started walking at a controlled pace.

"Seeing people like you taking advantage of a defenseless person always makes me sick." Kazuto said with a voice as cold as ice that it made Endou break out in a cold sweat.

"Hm? And who might you be?" the guy holding the gun inquires blandly.

"Does it matter?" Kazuto snarled coldly.

"Maybe." he shrugged without a care. "Besides, why would you care about her anyway? She's nothing but a murderer." the teen asked with his voice dripping with disgust as he looked at Shino.

Said girl just tried her best to shrink into herself to ignore the confrontation.

"A murderer? The only thing close to it is you buddy. So, drop the gun and leave her alone." Kazuto said monotonously while he ignored the guy starting to scowl at his words.


"What's Kazuto doing!?" Alice whsipered worriedly. "We should go help him!"

As she was going to move out of their hiding spot, Eugeo held her arm with a stern frown.

"He can handle himself Alice. Stay here so he doesn't have to worry about our safety."

"How can you be so sure? What if he gets hurt?"

"He won't." Eugeo said with such conviction that she relaxed into his grip.

"I hope so."

"My big brother will be fine Alice. Don't worry!" Suguha whispered with a smile.


"Look man. You seem cool so I'll give you one last warning. Walk away now, lest you get shot." the guy sneered as he looked at Kazuto dead in the eye.

"I'll take my chances. But really, thanks for the concern." Kazuto shot back as he looked at Shino worriedly while he took notice of a metal pipe on the floor beside him.

"Wait Chris! We were just going to intimidate her, not actually kill anyone." Endou said as she backed away from him in shock and fear.

"Are you serious? That was all you wanted to do? I'm practically cleaning the streets from trash. You should be thanking me!" Chris turned to her with a snarl as he forgot to take notice of Kazuto who hid the metal pipe behind his back.

"Why don't you just leave them out of this? It just makes you seem feeble minded." Kazuto said from his side.

"And why should I listen to you!?" Chris snarled.

"You don't really have to." Kazuto shrugged. "It's just that pointing your gun menacingly at two defenseless girls makes you seem less of a man." he smirked.

"Well, in that case..." the guy smirked as he had his finger on the trigger. "...die for me yeah?"

When the sound of a bullet being shot resounded into high arpeggios, Endou adverted her eyes as guilt contorted her face while Shino seemed to lose color and started shaking even more and Alice's breath hitched. The most calm out of the viewers were Eugeo and Suguha. Both brimming with confidence.

In a swift motion, Kazuto repelled the bullet with the metal pipe as Chris looked on in shock.

"Seems like you missed." he mocked with a cold smirk.

"What they hell!?" Chris exclaimed as he stepped back in shock.

The shock was short lived as he kept on pulling the trigger to the point that he wasted his whole mag.

Kazuto was knocking the bullets off course at inhumane speed that the viewers were awed at the display. Chris, however, was far from amazed. Instead, he stepped back in fear as he saw him approach at a calm pace.

"Don't screw with me!" he shouted. "What the hell are you!?"

When he saw Kazuto getting closer, Chris failed to notice that he was backed in a corner, both metaphorically and physically.

"Shut up" Kazuto brought down the pipe in a swift motion and knocked Chris out.

Looking back at the cowering girl, Kazuto let go of the pipe and approached her gently.

"Hey." he said softly, almost in a whisper. "You okay? He didn't hurt you did he?"

Seeing her shaking her head, Kazuto released a sigh.

"Hey Alice, can you call the police?" Kazuto asked as he saw the incoming figures.

"On it!" she said as she directed the petrified Endou a sharp glare.

"She's okay right?" Suguha asked, worry etched on her face.

"Yeah it seems so." Kazuto said with a smile.

'He...he saved me.' Shino thought with surprise as she glanced at her savior's smile as well as the worried faces of the others. 'Why?'

"Why did you save me?" the girl whispered.

"Should I have stayed there and watch the events unfold?" Kazuto inquired. "Besides, I don't believe you deserve this."

At that, she felt her breath hitch. If he were to find out about the events in her life, would he look at her in disgust just like everyone else?

"Hey are you alright?" asked Kazuto as he saw her start to hyperventilate.

'Why? I don't get it...'

Shino couldn't answer as her world started to darken.


Sorry for the long, long wait. I really do apologize, but the combination of writer's block and personal mishaps takes a toll on your thought process. So, what i'm trying to get at with the story is that although someone had told me to flag the story as a crossover, the story would focus greatly on SAO. The people in the MHA series won't have quirks and the people that would play an actual role in the story would be quite minor. Sorry again if it's not to your liking. If it is, I hope you enjoy the next chapters i have in mind!