In a dark space, a seventeen-year old boy with black hair named Kazuto Narusaka aka Kirito woke up from his sleep when he heard a loud rattling noise. As his matching black eyes looked around, he heard that rattling noise again, and he said "What's that noise?" "Crud! People are coming!" A voice said from outside the coffin. "Gotta get a uniform while..." The voice grunted as it struggled to open the lid, and said "Grrr! The lid is too heavy! Time for my...secret move!" It then performed its secret move as it said "Guwaahuuh! There!" Blue fire flashed all around Kirito who screamed in shock, and said "Gyaaaa! F-Fire?!" Then, it opened the lid, revealing a room full of floating coffins as it said "Ok, ok. Gotta get-." It stopped talking as it screamed, and it said "Whaaaaaaa! Why are you up?!" Kirito looked up at a male cat with gray fur with a white patch on his chest, pink paw pads, blue eyes, and blue flames blazing from the ears, a black and white-striped bow on the neck, and a pitchfork-shaped tail as he screamed in shock, and said "A t-talking raccoon!" The cat got mad when he heard the word raccoon as he said "Just who are you calling a raccoon?! I am the Great Grim!" He grunted as he said "Well, whatever. Hey, human! Hurry and gimme those clothes!" "Clothes?" Kirito muttered as he looked down at himself to see that he's wearing a black and purple robe with gold trimming and gold keys on the purple fabric over his usual clothes. "Otherwise...I'll roast ya!" Grim said as he breathed blue fire.

"Dreaming about getting roasted by a raccoon? That's a new one." Kirito said. Grim got mad again as he said "I said I'm not a freaking raccoon!" "I honestly don't care what you are! Just get away from me!" Kirito said as he ran off. He ran down the hallway, past the classrooms, through the courtyard, and he went into the library. As he struggled to catch his breath, he looked around, and said "Where the heck am I?" Just then, he yelped, and took a tumble when he narrowly dodged the blue flame. He looked behind him to see Grim standing there with a smug look on his face as he said "Did you really think you'd all get away from my nose? Dumb human!" He chuckled, and said "If you don't wanna get roasted, better hand over-!" Just then, before Kirito had a chance to defend himself, Grim was interrupted when a cord tied him up, and he said "Ow! What's with this cord?!" "This is no mere cord!" A man with black hair, gold eyes, wearing a raven mask, a top hat, a suit underneath a jacket with feathers on it, white socks, and white and black shoes named Dire Crowley said. "It is a lash of love!" He then looked at Kirito, and said "Ah, found you at last. Are you one of the new students? You shouldn't do things like that! Leaving the gate on your own. Not only that, you have yet to tame your familiar which has broken a number of school rules."

As Dire Crowley picked Grim up, he struggled, and said "Let me go! I'm not his freaking familiar!" "Sure, sure." Crowley said not believing what Grim had to say. "The rebellious ones always say things like that. Just quiet down for a moment." He covered Grim's mouth as he muffled in anger. He sighed as he said "My goodness. It's unprecedented for a new student to leave the gate on their own. Ugh. How impatient can you be? The entrance ceremony is already well underway. Let's head to the Hall of Mirrors." "Gate?" Kirito asked. "It's the room you woke up in with all of the doors." Crowley said. "All students who wish to attend this academy must pass through one of those doors to arrive here. Normally, students wake up only after the doors are opened with a special key, but-" Kirito interrupted Dire Crowley as he said "So, those coffins were actually doors. And the fire must have blown the lid off." "So, in the end, the culprit appears to be this familiar." Crowley said. "If you're going to bring it, along, you have to take responsibility and properly take care of him. Oh my! Now, isn't the time to be long-winded. The entrance ceremony will soon come to a close. Let's get a move on." Just a second, where exactly am I?" Kirito asked. "And who are you?" "What's this?" Crowley asked. "Are you still dazed? It appears the teleportation magic has left you all disoriented. Well, it is fine. It happens often enough. I shall give you an explanation as we make our way. For I am gracious." Then, they walked out of the library as they made their way to the entrance ceremony.