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Wolf is owned by Dark wolf knight 3
Oblivion is owned by Urolutze
Roxas is owned by The 2 tailed fox
A/N: Be sure to read the other three arcs (SAO: The World of Swords, SAO: The Land of Fairies, and SAO: Gunland) as this story takes place after. After you do that, you may start reading. Enjoy the story.
December 24th, 2025
21st Floor Boss Room
Artemis and the gang were fighting the 21st Floor Boss to get Kirito and Asuna's house back. Artemis led a group of himself and Wolf, Oblivion, Nero, Roxas, Arthegus, Kirito, Asuna, Klein, Lisbeth, Silica, Sinon, Leafa, and Agil. Artemis had the capabilities to kill the boss solo, but he decided to let everyone chip in.
Kirito let out a battle cry and charged the boss first, as he was anxious to get his and Asuna's house back, and the others charged the boss behind him. As Kirito ran towards the boss, Artemis jumped towards the blade coming at Kirito's direction and he blocked it and pushed the sword back allowing Kirito to go full offensive. Kirito cut the boss's chest 7 times before he fell back as the boss recovered from being knocked back. Roxas then ran towards the boss and as the boss swung at him, he rolled out of the way, allowing someone to get a few licks in. Wolf and Sinon charged the boss and jumped. As Wolf was in the air, he took a swing at the boss's arm and cut it, and as Sinon was airborne, she drew an arrow and shot it at the boss's leg, freezing it in place. It was then Nero charged at the other leg and knocked the boss onto the ground by smashing his warhammer on the back of it's foot and while Nero did this, Oblivion jumped at the boss's blade as the boss tried to swing it at Nero as he charged the boss. It was then while the boss was getting up from the ground and was about to die, Asuna jumped at the boss's chest and struck at it multiple times until it died.
"Good job guys, now we just have to make sure that Kirito and Asuna's house is still on the 22nd floor and our job here is done." Artemis said.
"Well why wouldn't it be here though? What would be the point in removing it?" Oblivion asked.
"Some people are dickheads, and they do dick things to piss people off." Artemis said.
The group went up to the 22nd floor and upon entering, they saw what was the most beautiful sunset ever witnessed, which Kirito and Asuna clearly remember. "Well, Merry Christmas you two. Now go find your house before some asshole buys it." Artemis said.
"Thanks everyone!" Asuna yelled as she flew above the ground with Kirito. They then flew away to find their house.
"They're like two papers stuck on hot glue, aren't they?" Oblivion said.
"Yeah, what'd I tell you?" Artemis asked.
"Yeah but look at you two." Wolf said, referring to Oblivion and Lisbeth. "You two are like two papers stu-"
"Yeah we know, you said that multiple times back in SAO." Lisbeth said.
"Well, we still have that Deathwish guild to wipe out into oblivion." Artemis said. Oblivion laughed a bit to this, then Artemis continued, "But for now, let's just fuck around in our headquarters, shall we?"
SWC Headquarters
"Yeah I know that it's not as big as the one we had in SAO, but we'll upgrade eventually." Artemis said.
"Well, if we can at least have a bit of fun, I'm sure it won't be such a big deal, if Nero doesn't take up all the fucking room." Wolf said, jokingly.
"Oh I'll take your head off right now." Nero said, laughing a bit.
The group went down to a recreation room with a bar that Agil attended, and they had a shuffleboard, a couple of pool tables, and few dart boards. Artemis and Wolf were clearly fucking drunk and Leafa was laughing as they said weird things, and Wolf almost passed out and hit his head on the table, but Sinon kept him from hitting the table hard.
Leafa soon got drunk, and as Artemis saw this, he said, "Let's go upstairs and- fu-fucking do the 'thing'."
Leafa laughed and said, "A-all right then." Kirito heard this and he started protesting, but apparently he was also drunk and he almost fell over but Asuna kept him from hitting the ground.
2 hours later
Artemis and Leafa did their thing and then they went downstairs to see a note on the door.
If you are reading this, we all logged off, since it's getting late. Tomorrow, since we already got the info we need to raid Deathwish's headquarters.
P.s, Leafa, don't do the thing again, Okay? Okay good, let's keep it that way.
-Kirito
"Nah, Ima do the thing wh-whenever I want so f-fuck yo-u." Leafa said.
"Let's l-log off for tonight, all right?" Artemis said, opening his menu…
Suguha logged off and woke up to hear Kazuto making sounds downstairs in the kitchen. Suguha then walked down and said, "Y-you smashing stuff down here?"
"W-why must you always, d-do that thing with C-Caleb?" Kirito asked. They were still technically drunk as the Amusphere manipulates their brains.
"B-because, fr-ree will, and second, it-ts a game, s-so nothing bad's gonna h-happen." Suguha said. It was then Suguha got a text from Caleb saying the following…
Heiy Sgugdu, igm ouisife youtr housre, sos wei cnan waalk tooyu mye hous ansd doe thiungsd ds.
He followed up the message with:
Jsut jkidduing, but I wanmna taljk to uir brouther, we dsoln't do tyhat anyumnore.
Suguha looked slyly at her brother, and said, "He's here."
Just then, Caleb walked in, "S-aw this p-place (hic) was unlocked, so I hope you don't mind," He looked at Kazuto, who looked horrified.
"W-what do you want with my sister?" He asked, walking threateningly up to Caleb.
Caleb laughed, "That first text was a joke, and thank god I recover from in game drunkenness faster than you guys, but either way, I'm not here for her, I'm here for you."
Kazuto, who, ever since Caleb's confession was wary around him, and was very scared for his life when Caleb said this, he cowered in a corner and screamed, "Please don't kill me!"
Caleb laughed, "Now why would I do that? Especially to my best friend, I only do that to my enemies who hurt my friends, though Sugu, well she was telling me that she would deny what you said, just for fun, and honestly, I don't appreciate you controlling her love life, so for that," Caleb pulled out a multi ended whip, "you get 10 lashes."
Kazuto was even more terrified, and he began crying, but Caleb began laughing, "Oh come on man, it was a joke, dumbass, now get up and give a brotha a hug."
Kazuto looked up and saw that Caleb had given the whip to Suguha and saw that she was stifling a laugh, but she couldn't hold it, and began laughing loudly. He stood up on unsteady legs and cautiously wrapped his arms around Caleb.
"Dude, you gotta lighten up, I'm not any different than I was before, yes I may have done things, but hey, how many times have I protected you and every one of our friends, I haven't done anything to harm you outside of duels right?"
Kazuto nodded, becoming more comfortable around him by the second, "Yeah sorry, the fact you killed people, in cold blood mind you, even if it's with the right reasons, it still scares me."
Caleb laughed again, "Man, don't worry, I won't hurt any of my friends, though I might smack 'em upside the head when they're being stupid, but other than that I won't hurt them."
"Oh," Kazuto said, wondering how hard Caleb hits, he then got up, and asked, "Now what is it you wanted to talk about?"
"About if you truly love your cousin," He said nonchalantly.
"What?!" Kazuto was shocked, not only about the question but that Caleb knew about who Suguha actually was to him.
They heard a gasp behind them, and Caleb turned to see Sugu with tears welling up in her eyes, as she knew how Caleb knew, as well as that he doesn't bullshit.
"Y-you're my cousin?" She asked.
Caleb answered for Kazuto, "Yes, you guys are cousins, not brother and sister, I forgot that you didn't know, if you didn't enter SAO, you're mother would have told you, but that didn't happen, Kazuto knew the whole time, and that's why he grew distanced before SAO."
She looked at Kazuto, before rushing into Caleb's arms and said, "Is this true!? You knew this the whole time!?"
Kazuto hesitated for a moment and sighed before he said, "Y-yes I did, but I would have told you, but I never knew how to go about telling you, as it'd make you upset."
"So then why are you controlling me? Why can't I have free will in terms of my love life with Caleb? Huh!?" Suguha asked, angrily.
"I'm just… I'm worried about you. I don't want you to go through the stress of having a baby at 16, even if it happens in a game and not real life." Kazuto said, before realizing something, which Caleb was thinking the same thing.
"I think I know what you're thinking. If we had a child in a game, it would…" Caleb said, waiting for Kazuto to finish.
"Teach you two how to parent irl?" Kazuto said.
Suguha stopped crying and said, "I won't have a child until I'm old enough Kazuto, I promise. You don't have to worry about everyone and feel guilty if things don't go well for them."
Kazuto smiled and said, "Okay then, but you two be careful all right?"
Suguha nodded, and Caleb took her to bed and then he said goodbye to both Suguha and Kazuto before he left the house and started walking home.
December 28th
Caleb's new house
After Caleb got some food to keep him energized for the next week, he noticed he got a message from Suguha 2 minutes ago. He then checked the message, and it said that she wanted him to join her and Kazuto on a quest to get Kirito the Excalibur. He then texted her saying that'd he would be on in a moment once he got his food organized.
Once Caleb finished, he went into his room and layed down on his bed and he put his on Nervegear and turned it on. Once the Nervegear was done doing it's initial boot up, Caleb said, "Link Start" and soon, lights flashed towards him.
Artemis spawned in and once he logged on, he saw a message notification up, so he checked to see that Leafa sent him a message telling him to meet everyone at Lisbeth and Oblivion's shop. Artemis then flew there and upon entering, he saw that Kirito, Leafa, Sinon, Wolf, Asuna, Klein, Oblivion, and Silica were having a conversation.
"So, Nero and Roxas aren't here?" Artemis asked.
"Yeah, I talked to Nero about it and he said he had some shit to do at home." Oblivion said.
"And Roxas is apparently busy too." Wolf said.
Lisbeth then walked over with all their weapons and said, "Alright, we're ready to go!"
Everyone got up and picked out their weapons, and then Klein started boasting about how he didn't use magic, until Oblivion and Lisbeth pointed out he used magic on another quest, but he didn't know it. Artemis and Leafa had already met a monster earlier and befriended it, so Leafa named it Tonky. They then left to where they needed to go next…
15 minutes later
"Ah do I ever love the cold air." Wolf said. Asuna then activated a frost-resist spell, relieving everyone of the cold air.
"Ah c'mon! Why'd you do that!?" Wolf complained.
"Because the some of the others were shivering." Asuna said.
"So Leafa, you got a ride?" Artemis asked.
"Yup, in fact it's on it's way." Leafa said. She then whistled loudly, and soon, they heard a loud sound in the distance, and Tonkey flew over to Leafa and the others. The group got on, except for Leafa and Klein, which Tonkey has his trunk on Klein's head, and Leafa explained how this was Tonkey telling him to get on his back. They then got on and soon, they were flying away.