Chapter 9- Envy/Lust

In this chapter the Black Knights faces off against the next member of the SDS known as Envy while Sinon and Arita take on Lust. While the past of Philia is revealed.

The Hunter

The journey through the dessert had been quite peaceful as three of us were keeping look out and hadn't come across another one of Retributions goons but yet the fact remained that we hadn't come across anyone at all. Most of my hopes were being dashed as I couldn't located Sinon no matter what I tried be it using the map or Ascensions. My team also seemed to be getting along as we all looked out for one another but I could tell that Philia still had trusted issues since when we would rest she would isolate herself from the rest of us. I tried to move closer to her but every time I did Strea would tell me to leave her be. We were driving through the last part of the desert at about 31 miles away from Retribution which meant we were only a mile away from our next encounter. It was we were driving that I saw a city up ahead. "Hey Philia is that the city of Ragnorak up ahead" I asked her. "Yeah it is, through I have only seen it by watching the Bullet of Bullets but it does look the same" she replied . I stopped my bike to take out the Hecate. I looked through the scope until I saw what I was looking for. "It seems that Retribution is in the city but he is above the city in his own personal defence" I told everyone. "So how I we suppose to get to him then" Kirito asked me. "From what I can see it that he is connected to a build so if we get to the top of that building we will be able to gain access the problem is that building seem to be falling apart so we have to hurry then" I replied. We then all continued to drive when Zeon appeared saying "Sir I am detecting another enemy up ahead but this one will be a lot difficult than the others."

"How so" I asked him. "It seems this one is the sin of envy and from what I can tell about your team they each have something that they are envious of but you will be protected from it" he told me. "Wait how can I be protected from it" I asked him. "From what is know about Ascension it will allow you to cancel out the overpowering of one emotion" he told me. "Wait how comes Yuuki can become affected by this person ability" I asked. "The nano that were put in her were programmed to do one purpose and that was cure her illness. Once that is done the nano will destroy themselves so she can use Ascension as that were not the nano purpose. Your nano had no purpose except to use Ascension and keep you safe no matter what so they won't destroy themselves until you die of old age" he replied. "That makes sense" I said to him. After my conversation with Zeon I noticed that up ahead stood a cloaked figure that caused us all to stop. "So I take it you our next opponent then" I asked them. "That is correct, I am Envy it is a pleasure to meet" he said to us. "Huh why are you being so polite" Yuuki asked him. "Just because I represent the sin of envy doesn't mean I have to act like it" he told us. "Wow that is strange" Klein said. "So shall we begin our fight" he asked us as he took out his weapon, a crossbow. 'Huh why is he using a crossbow in a gun game' I thought to myself. "If getting through you is the only to get at Retribution then I guess we have no choice then" I told him. "Yep the only way to get pass me is to beat me in a fight and don't think you can beat me as easily as you beat the three before me" he replied. We then all took out our weapons as he loaded a bolt onto his crossbow.

"Right let see which one of you shall I hit first. Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" he said before his crossbow landed on Klein. He then immediately fired as I said "Klein look out." Klein then fired back a shot with his plasma rifle but the shot was destroyed by Envy bolt. It surprised me as I didn't know that was possible. The bolt then hit Klein right in the shoulder as he fell backwards. I then took out my pistol and fired a shot at him which hit his left shoulder. "Gah damn you got me, oh well it time for the fun to begin then" he said to us. "what the hell are you talking about" I asked him as he hid behind a rock nearby. "Oh don't worry you will see soon enough" he told me. "Klein are you alright" Kirito asked him as he got back up and removed the shot. "hey Kirito do you want to know a secret" he said to Kirito. I immediately tuned towards them as I wanted to figure out what Envy meant by 'time for the fun to begin' since Klein was the only one hit by one of his shots. "What is it Klein" Kirito asked him concerned. Klein then looked at Kirito as his eyes turn green as he then told him "I have always resented you." He immediately punched Kirito in the face throwing him backwards. "Klein what the hell did you do that for" Kirito asked him as Asuna and Leafa helped him up. "I have always had to stand back while you had girl after girl fall for you and yet every time I try to hit on a girl I get rejected. I hate that about you" he told him as he then charged at Kirito. That when it hit me , if one of those shot hit you then the one you envy the most is the one you want to kill. "Kirito, Asuna and Leafa, deal with Klein while the rest of us deal with Envy over there. Also make sure not to get hit by one of those bolt otherwise you will try to kill someone your envious of" I told everyone.

We then split up as Kirito, Asuna and Leafa fought Klein while me and everyone else charged toward the rock. It was we were charging that I noticed that a shot was heading toward me from another rock to my right. I swiftly dodged out the way as I thought 'Dam he must have moved when we were distracted.' I then realised that we were running side by side so if I dodged that shot then someone else would get hit. "Look out" I shouted to them as the bolt hit Silica this time. 'Damn it not again. So who is Silica envious of'' I thought as we all stopped. Silica eyes then turned green like Klein as she then turned to Liz. She then told Liz "Liz, i'm am sick of your constant teasing. I am envious because you always tease me about liking Kirito yet you do as well but it doesn't upset you." 'Damn I should have known Silica would have been envious of Liz after all I have seen how they act with Liz teasing Silica while whenever Kirito is brought up they both fall silent' I thought to myself. "Liz, Agil try to deal with Silica. We will continue going at Envy" I commanded. They both nodded as they pulled out their weapon and we continue to run at Envy. This time I saw his crossbow appear above the rock with his hand attached as it then fired. I quickly replaced one of my sword with my pistol as I then fired causing the bullet to hit the bolt which resulting in them bounce off one another.

We continued to move forward as he reloaded we were only a few feet away when he appear and aimed his crossbow at us. This time I activated Ascension since the distance between us was short so there wouldn't be much time to dodge without it. As I was in Ascended time I notice something in his eyes. His iris were glowing golden and had triangle shape in the pupil. It was then I realised that was similar to locking on which meant he was locking on to us so his shots wouldn't miss. It was at that point that the bolts were fired. I pulled out my pistol but then saw that he was firing five bolt aimed each of us. I had only shot left in my pistol before I would need to reload it. I shot at the bolt aiming at Yuuki, Amy And Strea when all of the sudden I heard a voice. 'SO YOU ARE THE ONE USING THIS ABILITY. INTERESTING, I WONDER ARE YOU THEIR CHILD' the deep voice said to me. "Who are you" I asked it. "OH DON'T WORRY YOU SHALL FIND OUT. AS FOR RIGHT NOW I HAVE TO STOP THIS" it said as all of the sudden ascended time came to a stop. Philia and I were both hit by the bolt which knocked us back. Everyone else stopped as they turned back to help us. Whatever the bolt was covered with had no effect on me but I knew that so I turned to Philia to see that it was beginning to take affect on her as her eyes turned green just like Klein and Silica. 'Damn who could Philia be envious of after all I don't know that much about her' I thought as she turned towards me. "Mikael, I resent you" she told me as she drew out her blade. She charged at me as I quickly pulled out my plasma blades. "What are you talking about" I asked her as our blades clashed. "I resent the fact that despite everything you have been through you still have friends and yet I don't despite everything I went through" she told me as we continue to clash. As our blades swung they were intercepted by another blade.

"Strea what are you doing" I asked her when I saw that she was the one who intercepted. "We'll hold her off while you deal with that guy" Strea told me. "Okay" I replied as I then charged at Envy. He then loaded up another bolt as I got within a few metres away from him. He fired the bolt as I tehn sliced it in half and plunged my second blade into his chest. "Well Damn I guess you won. Oh well this is the end for me but I know that this will all be over soon one way or another" he told me as he then disappeared. I then noticed that everyone who was hit by his bolts were turning back to normal. "Oh what happened to me" Klein said as he rubbed his head. "Wait you don't remember what happened, Klein" Kirito asked. "No all I remember was getting hit by a bolt and then that was it" he said . "Same over here" Silica said. "It seem the three of you have no memory of what you did after getting hit by the bolt" I told them. "So what happened to us" Philia asked me. "You each revealed who you were envious of and why you envied them. Klein you were envious of Kirito because of the number girl who liked him. Silica you were envious of Liz because of her constant teasing. Philia you were envious of me because of my friends" I responded.

"Oh I see sorry about that Kirito it just that some time I can't take it" Klein told Kirito. "It okay Klein I understand" Kirito replied. "Sorry Liz it just that some time your teasing getting annoying that I can't take it" Silica told Liz. "I'm sorry Silica I know that I can often go a bit to far with my teasing it just that you are so easy to tease" Liz replied. I then looked at Philia and asked "Why were you envious of me because of my friends." "The truth about me is that I was in SAO juts like all of you but yet I died in SAO" she said. "Wait if you died in SAO then how are you alive now" Kirito asked. "Well you see I did die in SAO but instead of dying I was transported to a different area known as the restricted area. From what I could tell it was where all the mobs are before they spawn in Aincrad as there were all sort of mobs that were different levels. In that area I wasn't alone as there were other player but they were member of Laughing Coffin" she told us. I was shocked to hear that since I thought that all of the member of were gone after the assault I was in. "After awhile I was forced to kill them as it turned out that they were killing player who would appear in the Restricted area. When SAO was over I was allowed out of the game with all the other players. However after that experience I found myself unable to trust anyone. When I learnt about you ,i saw that you and I were quite similar so when I saw you friends I got so jealous since we both killed people and yet you were able to make friend" she finished telling us. I understood how she felt as that was similar to me when I escaped SAO. "I understand Philia but you got to think in a game like SAO we had no choice but to kill as that was a situation of kill or be killed. As well as you can blame yourself for being in that situation rather blame Kayaba after all SAO would have been a normal game if he didn't turn into a death game" I told her as despite my understanding of Kayaba and the action he did I still hated him for what he did.

I reach out my hand to her as she then took it and got up. "Thank Mikael, I guess you were right" she said. "Hey don't mention it and besides we have someone to focus on already. We can't let this cause us problems when we are so close to the end" I replied. We then all got back on our bikes and made our way to the city.

(I apologise but the Lover POV has to be cut in this chapter due to the content being too adult since it Lust that they would be fighting and the last time I put some adult content into a fan fiction I was told to stop writing fan fiction but I may put these fan fiction up on Watt-pad as that does restrict the content I can do)

End of chapter 9 I apologise for the length it took to write this chapter but as most writer have all ready said College is hell but I do plan to finish this fan-fiction before September and I only have a week left at college before that it until September. In the next the Black Knights take on the last two members of SDS, Strea reveals herself and Sinon and Arita infiltrate the Drakon.