(A/N): Hi everyone, I'm Praelior and this is my very first fanfic. I write as a sort of hobby and I've always wanted for people to read my work and give me any and all of their feedback pertaining to what they think of it. This is a terse little chapter summing up the background setting and the introduction of the three main protagonists; Michael, Gabriel, and Luke. I will attempt to update regularly, though how regular will more than likely vary. Not to add any pressure, but any input from readers would most definitely help fuel the writing fire, so to speak. I hope you enjoy and please comment.

Chapter 1: Prologue

My name is Michael Black, I'm 17, my brothers, Gabriel and Luke, 16 and 14 respectively, moved with my mother and father to Kyoto, Japan after issues back home caused my father to take a position at a major company here in Japan. Our entire lives were uprooted and we were forced to learn Japanese so that we could live here in relative comfort. We moved to Kyoto in July of 2022 and in order to appease our irritation and upset at the move, we were all given brand new Nerve Gear equipment so that we could purchase and play the new Sword Art Online that was coming out in September. The three of us decided to be more reasonable after being bribed, but the move wasn't any easier.

The prospect of entering this new virtual reality was the center of our thoughts throughout the next two months as the night of September 5 came along. I convinced our parents to allow us to camp out at the nearby game store to await the release in the morning. We were behind this group of about six guys who were all in their twenties and were planning to play together the next day. My brothers and I laughed at the idea of older guys waiting in line for video games, but after talking with them for a short time, we found them to be cooler than they appeared. The next morning, we were the second group to enter the store and buy our copies of the game, the guys ahead of us were on TV, but all we could care about was getting home and playing SAO.

We were practically running home after we bought the game and shouted quickly to our parents that we were back and that we were going to get everything ready to sign on at 1:00 pm. It was now 12:30 and the last words that we would hear from our parents for a long time were inaudible as we rushed up the stairs to our rooms and plugged in our equipment for the Nerve Gear. I ran all of the preliminary tests for the Nerve Gear and put the disc for SAO into the Nerve Gear and watched the clock tick away. Eventually, the clock crawled to 12:59 and I placed the helmet on my head and laid down on my pillow. I watched the clock on my Nerve Gear until it finally struck 1:00, then I dived into Sword Art Online.

"Link start!"

(A/N): Thank you Nyu Kun for your initial review. I have made the changes to the spelling and added the little notation. I have also uploaded the second chapter and made less mistakes, I hope. :) As for your other comment, I've seen to it as well. Though I'm pleased with the few hiccups at the start. Keep on reading and I'll be sure to check your work out.

To everyone else. I have posted the next chapter and await your reviews.

See ya.