'What?!' A loud shout from Kazuto and another person is heard.
'What do you mean Asuna's in ALO?' Kazuto asked, shocked by what Andrew just said.
'I'm not lying, Kazuto. Look at these photos.' He replied.
'I'm still not convinced but it's worth a shot going there and see. Hey Wolf you started playing ALO a week before right?' Kazuto asked Wolf, which is his avatar name since he never reveal his real name.
'Correct.' He replied.
'Here's a copy of ALO as you don't have one.' Andrew spoke while giving Kazuto a copy of Alfheim Online.
'Thanks pal I owe you one.' Kazuto took it and rushed out of the door.
'Hey! Wait for me!' Wolf exclaimed.
Kazuto rushed back home and saw Suguha, his cousin.
'What's the sudden rush?' She asked.
'I'm going to play ALO.' He replied.
'Okay... WAIT DID YOU SAY ALO!?' She shouted. But Kazuto already went into his room.
'Link Start!' Kazuto shouted.
[Timeskip]
Kirito has finished choosing his race. He was descending from the sky.
'Guess I'm back to this crazy world.' He said.
Suddenly a glitched vortex consumed him and he is falling into a forest.He landed on the floor, head first.
'Ouch!' He then tried to open the menu. After a few fails he decided to use the other hand.
'First things first.' He said to himself and he saw the log out button and pressed it.
'Do you want to log out?' The system said.
'Phew, glad it's there.'
He then scrolled through the glitched items and found an item. Then he used it.
A blinding light shines on Kirito and he's forced to close his eyes.
Then he heard a familiar voice...
'Daddy.' His eyes widened.
'You're back.' He said.
'A family reunion huh. Did I interrupted it?' A blue haired teen stood behind Kirito as Yui turned into a pixie.
' How did you find me?' Kirito asked.
'Luck I suppose, I tried my luck in your territory but you are not there.' He said. ' The only logical step is to search the forests.'
'Wolf, you're just too lucky.' Kirito remarked. 'I think in the deepest woods and you still found me.'
Wolf scratched his head. 'Is that a compliment. Well, time to find Asuna. According to the photos she's above the World tree.
'Now, shall we move on?' He continued.
Kirito replied with a nod.
As they walked through the forest trying to get Kirito up a few levels, suddenly there was noises of swords clashing.
A sylph is seen fight a few salamanders and she was cornered.
'Kirito, wanna help her?' Wolf asked.
'Of course! I never get tired of fighting!' Kirito replied.
The salamanders took notice of Kirito.
But before they realised, Kirito already knocked down one of them.
'Hey! What's that for?' The one knocked down shouted.
Kirito looked up. 'YOLO!' He shouted.
He rushed in and sliced one down. Then clashed blades with another. Suddenly another one jumped behind Kirito and tried to kill him. A few ice spikes flew past Kirito and killed the salamander. Kirito then finished the last one.
'Thanks for the backup, Wolf. Guess I still suck if there's not sword skills.' Kirito said.
'No prob pal.' As Wolf looked closer at the sylph they just rescued, his expression suddenly changed to a surprised state.
'N-no way.' He whispered to himself.
'Is something wrong?' Kirito asked. However their conversation is interrupted by the sylph as she came closer.
'Thanks for helping me, Wolf. And who are you?' She asked.
'Umm one moment Leafa.' Wolf said and he pulls Kirito and walked further so that Leafa didn't hear what they were saying.
'So uhh how do I explain this... She might not seem so but umm... Leafa is Suguha.'
'Wait what?' Kirito shouted. He then noticed he caught Leafa's attention so he whispered, 'No way!'
Kirito then walked back to Leafa, scratching his head trying to think of what to say to his cousin.
'Umm...uhh sugu?' He said.
'Wait... Kazuto?!' Leafa shouted, shocked.
But she was excited and thrilled the next second. 'I finally found you!'
They stared at each other for a few minutes. Wolf cringes and thought 'Just how many times do I need to see this guy reunite with his family.'
'Sorry to interrupt. It's night time right now so shall we go to an inn and stay there until day?' Wolf tried his best to talk to them.
'Alright.' They both said.
When they arrived at the inn they got a room for themselves. Kirito and Leafa stayed at the inn and chatted while Wolf said he wanted to grind more before they travel to the World Tree and finish the grand quest.
'Please do not get yourself lost.' Kirito reminded as he say goodbye to Wolf.
'Okay Okay I won't c'mon this is not SAO. You can't die IRL in this game.' Wolf said, annoyed.
After Wolf left and the door is closed. Kirito noticed an awkward silence between him and his little cousin, which gradually became a starting contest.
'Umm why are you in this game sugu? How do you recognize Wolf but not me?' Kirito asked.
'Umm I played this game during your time in SAO. I wanted to see the world of yours and I wanted to know why you are fascinated by it.' She continued, 'I met Wolf in a meeting between races before.'
Kirito, who has gotten most of the information, nodded.
'Now it's time for me to ask questions, why are you here? And why is are a beginner like you in that part of the woods?' She asked.
'I'm here because my friend said Ausua is trapped in this game above the World Tree. To answer your second question, I don't know.' Kirito answered without any doubt.
'Kazuto, why a-' Leafa tried to ask more but Kirito stopped her. 'It's too late, you should go to sleep.' He said.
'I'm just gonna log out.' She replied.
After Leafa logged out, Kirito said with a faint laughter, 'Forgot that there's a logout button. Well, I'm just gonna sleep here.'
Suddenly Yui flew from Kirito's pocket.
'Daddy can I sleep with you?'
'Of course.'
Wolf was in the field hunting monsters. He chose to walk through a path to another field because most monsters has been hunted.
When he arrived he saw nothing in the field.
'Oh come on!' He complained, 'All gone?!'
He then saw a girl killing the monsters that were left of the field.
The girl has violet hair. She wore almost all purple except for the trimmings. She wielded a sword which is black.
'Talk about taste man, all purple and a sword which is black. Ha!' Wolf thought.
The girl noticed Wolf after a short time, which the latter was shocked because of him not making even the slightest sound.
'You there, you've been standing there for quite a while already. What do you want?' She asked, which made Wolf even more surprised and he started to think about how long has played to achieve this level of hearing skill.
Normally Wolf would want to have a duel with good players he meet. But seeing her high level of hearing and the skills in fighting the monsters make him doubt that if he could handle such task. Nonetheless he was ready to take her on.
'You seek a duel, don't you?'
This sentence made Wolf cringe in disbelief. 'Just how?!' He thought.
'You called it!' Wolf told the girl, trying to hide his shocked expression.
'Alright then, accept it.' The girl told Wolf.
Wolf felt a bit uneasy but still he accepted it.
'Yuuki...' He whispered to myself.
'Indeed I am.' She seemed to hear what Wolf said.
They both took out their swords and stared at each other.
'You won't take the first strike, then I will.' Yuuki said.
She rushed towards Wolf and performed an overhead slash, which Wolf blocked it easily. She then stomped on Wolf's left leg, prompting the latter to shout in in pain. Taking this advantage Yuuki punched Wolf right in the gut and he was sent flying and landed face first.
'Just who's this girl?! Judging by her sheer amount of power, she's probably been playing for a long time. Wait, a long time?' Wolf thought.
Yuuki stood there, smiling and waiting for Wolf to get up.
'Don't you dare mock me!' Wolf told her.
He then ran towards her and tried to stab her but the attack missed as she raise her sword to block it. However, smoke emerge as Wolf walked into the shadows. Yuuki was confused as Wolf was missing.
'How am I going to beat this girl?' Wolf thought, 'Maybe some magic can.'
Taking this opportunity, Wolf sent ice spikes at Yuuki, who's still confused.
A scratch on the cheek of her is found after the attack.
'Oh you're gonna lose right now!' Yuuki exclaimed as she locked on to her target, dashing to him.
She dodged the two spikes that were flying towards her and approached Wolf and whispered at a voice that Wolf can hear.
'You're dead.'
She then slashed ten times which the slashes make a X shape. She then stabbed Wolf in the middle of the X.
'Ahh crap.' Wolf said to himself. He was worn out and he went unconscious.
