Disclaimer: I do not own Sword Art Online.  The franchise is the property of Reki Kawahara-sensei, Dengeki Bunko, A-1 Pictures, and Aniplex USA.

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Author Notes: I wish to welcome you all to my third published story and second story for Sword Art Online.  This will be a semi-genderbent story for this franchise.  After WesterKing1’s original attempt was deleted due to it being too similar to the original story, he gave me permission to produce my own story and use some elements that he either used or was going to use later on while of course utilizing my own ideas.  Similar to WeskerKing1’s story, some characters genders will be changed, such as Kirito to Kirita, Asuna to Akio and Sachi to Heihachi, but some characters such as Agil, Klein, Kayaba, and Silica will retain their gender.

When you are reading this story, I do not want you to automatically think ‘I know what is going to happen next’ simply because this is scenario is genderbent.  While it is true there will be some things that will remain the same, there are going to be a number of significant changes that happen during these events.  Some of these changes will lead to completely new scenarios altogether and changes in the plot.  There will be a number of instances when the dialogues, character interactions, and narrations will be altered among other changes. 

My story will include a number of original storylines that will take place during some of the time skips that will further Kirita’s character development.  Some of the existing events will be either expanded upon, replaced, and/or retooled.  I also have some plans set up for future changes and original storylines that will take place much further down the line. 

As a result, I would like to think of this story as being a retelling/original story hybrid, and this is going to be a long story.  After you are finished reading this chapter, please leave a review because I love reading feedback.  Additionally, if you wish to know more about this story and openly discuss it with me and other readers, please be sure to visit the Sword Art Online Fanfiction Forum, “SAO Fandom Nexus.”

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Here is a link to the full version of the chapter on the fanfiction website.

www.fanfiction.net/s/9469870/1…