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"Kazuto-kun, what would you say if I could give back all the abilities and skills you have in Sword Art Online?"
"…." As Kazuto, dumbstruck trying to find an answer, Aleister continued his speech.
"As you know Kazuto-kun, Academy City is a very advanced place and we have found a way to input all your skills and abilities from the moment Sword Art Online ended. You can actually still level up these skills and obtain even more different skills if you train them. Although fundamentally, it will be much more different than killing monsters, as we have none in the real world."
Kazuto once again was left dumbstruck trying to compute all the new information that flew into his head. Is the ability to input data into physical data even possible? But, Kazuto thought about Academy City and its technology that was 30 years ahead of anywhere else in the world and reconsidered. Something still didn't add up though. Why would the leader of the most technologically advanced city offer something too good to be true? Kazuto couldn't help but feel uneasy as he answered.
"I am ok with it, …but what are the conditions? Surely you have benefit from this in some way Aleister."
"Reasonable deduction, fine I will tell you. I believe that you have the qualities of becoming one of the world's best espers, if not the best."
"esper?"
"Before I continue with my explaination and go into more detail about what you would have to do, Kazuto-kun I need you to agree to my proposal. Well what do you say Kazuto-kun?"
Kazuto gritted his teeth in frustration. Forcing him to make a decision on the spot? Ridiculous, and Aleister didn`t even tell him what an esper was.
"Is that even fair? You are having me join an agreement where I do not even know the consequences and how you benefit."
"Realize that I am offering something of great value and many people would enjoy to have this opportunity, Kazuto-kun. There should be conditions about how much I should explain."
"I, I need some time to think about it…."
"Take all the time you need Kazuto-kun. I will be waiting for your response," Aleister said evenly as the call ended. Kazuto slowly pulled his face away from the phone and stared into the distance. How could ones whole life be flipped upside down in one phone call? Only a few minutes, not much had changed, Asuna still sat next to him, green leaves shook on the trees just like they had before. And yet, so much had changed. A road had been laid out in front of the young boy, a path in which it was his decision alone if he wanted to go down it. It was Asuna, who had been impatiently waiting and listening to the one-sided conversation one the phone who interrupted his thoughts.
"Neh, Kirito-kun what was that phone call about?"
"I got a call from Academy City someth…"
"ACADEMY CITY! T-t-that place has all the universities I have been dreaming to go to since I was a child. As you know I actually got accepted into one of the Universities there and I am leaving after I graduated!"
Kazuto couldn't help but look at the ground a bit sad and shocked about the plans Asuna had never told him about. As Asuna was about to ask what was wrong she realized what she had said.
"Ah that's not what I meant Kirito-Kun. I am not going to leave you just because I am going to Academy you know? We also still have the rest of this year and the next. Just remember Kirito no matter where I go or how far away I am…. I will always love you, Kirito-kun."
As they sat on the bench outside of their high school, Kazuto couldn't help but feel the nostalgia of the words Asuna had said and way her face looked when she said those words. It was if there were back in Aincrad and they hugged each other for the last time in their lives. The same tone, voice, and visage brought back that painful yet surreal memory. As he stared at Asuna his eyes started to become blurred by a thin sheet of water that didn't want to stop no matter how hard he tried. Asuna began to wipe away Kazuto's tears as Kazuto brought Asuna as close to him as possible in a hug, in order to feel the warmth and comfort Asuna's body gave him. As they remained in that position for almost an eternity, not a single word was spoken between the two because all that was needed to be said was already said through their bodies. The only reason they separated was because the bell rang and they quickly hurried off to class with Asuna forcing him to explain the situation to her after school.
At the same time in Academy city 2 others were making memories with each other, although not in as a romantic way. As Touma just managed to put up his hand to block Misaka's lightning. You could practically see the killing intent glowing around her. 'Damn it, she really is trying to kill me, but as long as I have my right hand I am fine.' As though Misaka had read his mind she created what seem to be a blade out of the iron in the air using her ability to control electromagnetism. She smiled in a menacing way and said,
"Let's see what happens when I cut off that precious hand of yours."
' Never mind! I`m screwed! Hand or no hand!'
Touma promptly squeaked as the blade whizzed over his head and started to actually bend toward him forcing him to dive to the side. He quickly gathered himself and scrambled to run away, but the sword seemed to follow him and extended to reach him.
'I can reach him! There is no way he can dodge it now!' thought Misaka as she was about to win against Touma for the first time. But, as her perception slowed down she noticed him turn around and bring his bewitched right hand forward to reach her iron dust sword. As she disregarded the fact and tried to cut through his hand the iron seem to blow away and she couldn't control it for a short period of time. Dumbstruck she look at Touma to only find him holding his right hand out with his left hand supporting it while looking down to the ground.
"Whew! You almost got me back there Biri-Biri"
"Wh-wh-what did I tell you about CALLING ME THAT!"
Misaka shouted as electricity once again began to course through the air toward Touma. As he quickly, and effortlessly blocked the lightning with his right hand, Misaka made a tornado of Iron dust appear around him. 'What is it with these rocks? Rocks? No! These are not rocks, but Iron in the air!' As Touma thoughts and mind went into an argument of what to do, Misaka took this moment to grab the right hand of her enemy.
"I got you now!"
'He definitely cannot block electricity on contact!' The thought in her head soon turned to confusion as she tried to send electricity through his hand.
"Huh?"
She couldn't help but let that slip through her lips as her electricity failed to pass through the medium known as Touma's right hand. This was the first time her hand ever failed to send her lightning to any person by contact. But, it wasn't as surprising as she thought because he managed to block any electirical attack she had thrown at him.
'Now its my turn to go on the attack!' Touma quickly spun around to face Misaka and the only look on her face could be described as defeat. 'If only she could have those innocent looks on her face all the time' He then brought his arm back in a cocked position and tightened his fist. Misaka put up her right arm to protect her face and looked downwards with tears forming on the edge of her eyes. 'She looks so cute and innocent right now, but she would kill me if she heard that.' He quickly finished his thoughts with a sigh as he remembered who she truly was.
Misaka always had been a temperamental girl and it seemed that whatever he said to her seemed to always set something off in her head. This always spelled trouble for him because she loved to abuse her ability and he would have to feel the full force of it… again. She had already almost managed to kill him on the bridge after he managed to block her electricity and claim he was a level 0. That was not something he wanted to go through again because not only did he almost get killed, but she managed to knock out the city's power grid because of the enormous lightning strike she created… on the hottest day of the summer.
As he felt her shake a little bit his mind finally returned to reality and realized he held her in this position for almost a full minute now! He then decided to push his luck with a little bit of teasing by leaning forward and whispered into Misaka's ear,
"Do you submit? I don't really like to punch girls, Biri-Biri."
"Wh-wh-why you!"
She quickly pushed him away and surrounded herself in electricity and began to gather enough electricity to create a lightning strike, but as she looked up she found her enemy… running away? After being dumbstruck for a moment she chased after him yelling,
"We`re not done yet! Fight me like a real man!"
' You know what? cute and innocent my ass! This girl is way too violent!'
"AHHHHHH!"
Touma continued to run away from Misaka into the night as lightning occasionally missed him.
"Wait. WHAT!"
"I know, I can't believe I was offered something like that."
Kazuto and Asuna were walking in the park at night as he explained to her what Aleister had offered him. At first Asuna seemed interested that Aleister had called him, but the mention that Aleister could return his abilities him in the real world seemed a bit crazy.
"That can't be possible Kirito-kun and you know it! How can someone transfer digital data into physical data and input that into your brain!"
"I don't really believe it myself, but you know that Academy City is 30 years ahead of the rest of the world technologically. You can't believe that it wouldn't have some tricks or two up its sleeve right?"
"Couldn't this just be a prank? Like someone decided to call you and trick you into going somewhere?"
"That can't be possible Asuna and I am pretty sure you know that yourself. How could someone manage to get my number, know my ingame name and real life name, and somehow put their phone number in my contacts?"
"…."
Asuna didn't know how to respond to that and remained quiet as thought about it. She had seen Kirito-kun's phone to know that he wasn't lieing, that somehow the same phone number that had called was added to his contacts mysteriously at the same time the phone call happened. Also the phone number matched to the Academy City area code. There was enough evidence to prove that the idea the leader of Academy City had called, but Asuna just couldn't understand why would Academy City hide such ability from the world. The possibilities are virtually endless if this was made true because you can make the disabled walk again, regrow organs or limbs… or… be able to live forever… Asuna then understood why Academy City as an independent city-state would not announce this. Even if it was in Japan other countries could invade and try to steal the technology and she couldn't fathom the city wanting an invasion to steal that technology, so it was kept under wraps.
The high school boy sighed, he really couldn`t avoid trouble could he. Crazy people liked to trap him in video games and other gamers just loved hunting him down. He kept getting injured way too much for his tastes and Asuna was always finding a way to get herself kidnapped. No, this black haired youth couldn`t catch a break. Now he was getting recruited to go to one of the most technologically advanced citied in the world to be an esper which he still didn`t know what it freaking was. And in doing so it opened up Japan to the possibilities of invasion and war from other countries. Well that was just great. His luck sucked because he pretty much used it all to get Asuna, at least that was what he thought. And by the calculating and worried look on his girlfriend`s face, she knew the dangers of the new technology as well.
"Asuna, are you thinking what I am thinking?"
"About what?"
"About the fact why would Academy City offer me this technology that could spark a war over this technology."
"How did you kn-"
"Your facial expression said it all Asuna." Kazuto answered, smiling ever so slightly at Asuna`s startled face, he continued teasingly,"How long do you think I have known you to not know what you are think?"
She couldn't help but smile and hug Kazuto-kun's arm at that comment. But, she rapidly realized this wasn't the time and she then pondered about why would the leader of Academy City offer something like this. As she thought about it there seemed to be no way Aleister or Academy City would benefit from this and when she talked to Kazuto-kun about it he seem to think the same thing.
'I still don't understand why he would do this' Kazuto shouted in his thoughts as he beat his head on a metaphorical wall. Just as he was about continuing to ponder about the topic on hand Asuna poked him.
"Hey Kirito-kun, don't you think its late? Lets go home."
"Sure thing. We can talk about this la…"
The sound of his phone's ringtone broke the sentence and as he and Asuna stared at his pocket her grip on his hand significantly increased. Pulling the phone and staring at the caller ID he couldn't help but mutter,
"Speak of the devil…"
As he opened his phone and put it to his ear, the same voice that talked to him earlier today began to speak,
"Now, Kazuto-kun I know its early to ask, but what do you say to my offer?"
"I…. accept your offer."
"Kirito-kun isn't that reckless!"
Asuna couldn't help but shout as she heard his response.
"You should think more about it Kirito-kun!"
"I have Asuna, now please may I finish my phone call?"
Asuna looked helplessly as her boyfriend/ingame husband/true love was dragged into something unfortunate again.
"Good to hear that Kazuto-kun, I knew you would not turn down a once in a life time offer. Now lets go over the conditions and what you will be doing….."
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