Ten thousand years ago, Lion Turtles granted humanity the ability to bend one of four elements. Fire. Air. Water and Earth. Only the Avatar had the ability to master all four elements. Or so everyone thought. Over time, a million things have been lost to history. Is it really so surprising that no one has had heard of the first bender of all four elements? Adopted Story!

In Starting City, Kirito made a choice. To leave behind the only friend he had in Kayaba's death game and focus solely on keeping himself alive. He always regretted it. All the way until they escaped Aincrad and even after. But what if he made a different choice? What if the Beater wasn't completely alone in his quest to escape the Virtual prison that was Aincrad?