Introduction/Summary

On January 1st, of 2004, a child was born. The name of this child, is Katsumoto Kirigaya. A somewhat rebellious child, he was disliked by his family for his personality though his parents still cared for him. A new addition to his life came about when his baby brother was born. The name of his brother, is Kazuto Kirigaya. Proud to be a big brother, he decided to take care of his little brother, but his life took a big turn when his parents died the very next day in an accident. And so, he and his brother were adopted by his Oba-san and Oji-san. They also disliked him. Yet he still took care of his little brother until eventually, his cousin, Suguha Kirigaya, was born. As Kazuto got along better with his newly born cousin than his own brother, Katsumoto's relationship with his family became complicated. When Kazuto finally found out that he and Suguha were not siblings and that his "parents" were not his true parents, Katsumoto reached to the point where he seemed like an outsider to the family. He pulled pranks on his family constantly, and only did his chores when he felt like it. But Katsumoto's life took a turn for the "better" when the creation of Virtual Reality came about. Because he loved video games, Katsumoto couldn't wait for the very special NerveGear and its companion game Sword Art Online to come out. And on November 6th, 2022, Katsumoto took up a new identity. He took up the name Mortifer, which he made up using his knowledge of Latin. His life changed again when he found out he was trapped inside Sword Art Online, and that death in-game means death in real life. Filled with the will to survive, he finds a companion whom he travels along with throughout Aincrad. During his travels, he meets more people (and sometimes encounters his own brother Kirito, who was also locked up in the game) and eventually starts living a small life within Aincrad. But Mortifer's view on life changed in one single, stormy night in the world of Sword Art Online.

The story will be using two symbols that have different meanings:

• Italics indicate that the word inside the symbol is either a nickname, an item name, a guild name, the name of a sword skill or magic spell

(Eg. Long Sword, The Samurai, Wolves of the Full Moon, Linear)

• Underlined indicate that the word inside the symbol is the name of a location, the name of a skill, or the name of an ability of a skill

(Eg. Starting City, One-Handed Sword, Tracking)

Disclaimer

This is a fan fiction. Sword Art Online is owned by A-1 Pictures, Anniplex USA, and Reki Kawahara (the author). I do not own any part of SAO whatsoever.