'Sword Art Online. A game that was created by none other than Akihiko Kayaba. A game that pretty much revolutionized the VRMMORPG industry. A game that killed four thousand innocent people.

The SAO Incident caused the NerveGear to suffer in sales and in general use. Most of those who were lucky enough to have survived SAO have almost never touched it since then, some have even thrown it away. Not out of anger, but out of fear. To make things worse, those who weren't apart of the ten thousand unlucky participants never even went near a NerveGear for the longest time. People have resorted to safer options, the most popular one being the AmuSphere.

Now, 18 months later, the NerveGear has almost been completely forgotten. The few people left who do still have one haven't touched it for months and have most likely forgotten that they have it. Akihiko Kayaba and his creations are slowly fading from existence.

However, despite Kayaba's mysterious disappearance and apparent "Death", That doesn't mean his expansive mind isn't affecting the world even to this day. A machine called the Medicuboid has made itself known to a small percentage of the world. The Medicuboid is a machine that is also a piece of FullDive technology developed solely for medical purposes. It's used to improve the quality of life and help treat terminally ill patients.

It isn't something that's particularly new to us though. A girl, Yuuki Konno, was diagnosed with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome at a young age as a result of an issue with her birth. In a desperate attempt to save her, the government decided that she would be the first person in the world to use the Medicuboid, and although it succeeded in keeping her alive, it never made her condition any better. So, as a result of failing to know how to use the Medicuboid properly, The government have only one option. Ask the creator himself.'

Hello new readers, I'm DxDBourne and this is an updated version of the prologue to be more user-friendly as I feel there's a thing or two that you may need to be aware of before starting.

Firstly, you gotta bare with the first few chapters. I made them over two years ago before I had any decent writing experience and I personally think it shows. It's not like really bad or anything, there's just a bunch of simple mistakes dotted around the chapters here and there like grammar and punctuation.

Secondly, this story is going to be a long one. I know that as of the day I upload this updated prologue, it's less than ten chapters in but I do plan on making this pretty long so strap yourselves in :D I hope this info doesn't turn you off of starting but if it does, it's indeed a shame, but I hope you keep searching and find a really good fanfic that you enjoy reading.

I hope this newly updated prologue gives new readers more motivation to start my story because, while it absolutely isn't the best one out there, I'm very proud of it and deserves at least a try. Whaddya say?