Turmoil had prevailed at school since the message Asuna's kidnappers left behind was found. Needless to say that that was the main discussion topic in all cliques. Principal Quinella had not informed the girl's parents yet; she was afraid of ruining the school's reputation and she preferred to try to handle it alone before calling the police. How could she think like that at such a time?

Myself, I could not stop crying. In a sense, I considered myself partly responsible for what had happened. I mean, if Asuna hadn't been upset about my infidelity, she might have been more careful.

And now, here I was, at the dead end wall decorated by Sachi's portrait. I would often visit this place since... you know... my experience with her. I placed my hand on the portrait and stroked it. 'Oh, Sachi,' I whispered. 'I wish you were here right now.'

'Here I am,' I heard a voice behind me. I turned around. 'Sachi!' I exclaimed happily. This time, she was wearing the school uniform. I hugged her.

'Be quiet. I don't want anyone else to see me,' she giggled. Next, she got serious and said: 'Listen, I know where Asuna's kidnappers have taken her. I will give you the exact location.'

'For real?' I cried.

'Be quiet,' Sachi reminded me.

'Sorry,' I whispered, chuckling.

I called my female friends to my room: Leafa, Sinon and Lisbeth. I left out Strea, because it would be too dangerous for her. They all were sitting on my bed as I paced in the room, explaining to them.

'You know where Asuna is?' Lisbeth exclaimed.

'But... how?' Sinon asked.

I sighed. What was I supposed to tell them? 'Is there any point in telling you that a girl from the otherworld told me?' I rhetorically asked. Silence. Gag sweatdrops appeared on my friends' heads.

'Well, good luck with convincing the police about that,' Leafa remarked.

I had nothing to lose. So I called the police. As expected, they didn't believe me. They considered me a prankster and told me never to call them again.

Suddenly, Sinon stood up. 'Guys, this is Japan,' she said determinedly. 'In this country, problems are solved in two ways: either with a children's card game or by a group of feisty teenagers taking over!'

We all agreed she was right. If we wanted to save Asuna, we had to do it ourselves!

Evening. The two kidnappers have finally taken Asuna to the abandoned house in the countryside. They have tied up her hands and feet with chains hanging from the ceiling. Thanks to an electric generator, they can illuminate the place.

Asuna finally wakes up, after many hours of sleep. 'Where am I?' she asks weakly.

'I was sure those would be her first words,' Oberon bursts into a freaky laughter.

Heathcliff shuts him up with a slap on the nape. 'We have kidnapped you for ransom money,' he says to Asuna seriously.

'WHAT? YOU BASTARDS,' the red head yells.

For a good five minutes, she keeps yelling expletives and threats and trying to release herself. Finally, being fed up with that, Heathcliff takes out his sleeping spray and sprays the girl once more. Asuna falls asleep anew. 'This will shut her up until tomorrow,' he mumbles.

It was evening. We had been walking almost all day, backpacks on our backs, but we were almost there. On a hill far away, the house I was talking about had come into view.

'Finally,' I snapped determinedly, but, the next moment, I collapsed of exhaustion.

Leafa held me by the shoulders. 'Kirito, you're too tired to face the kidnappers,' she said with concern. 'Let's set up our tents and sleep here tonight.'

'But how can I rest when Asuna is in danger?' I protested.

Lisbeth placed her cool, lovely hand on my cheek. 'Kirito, we know how you feel,' she said with compassion. 'We all feel this way. But you won't save Asuna like that. You need rest.'

I agreed half heartedly. We set up two tents. Leafa and Lisbeth would share one, Sinon and I would share the other.

Heathcliff and Oberon are staring at the tied up, drugged Asuna, admiring her beauty. At some point, the blond can't help caressing her, exposed thanks to her short dress, leg. 'What are you doing?' Heathcliff snaps. 'This is not what we have kidnapped her for.'

'I know,' Oberon breaths heavily in horniness. 'But I want to do it so bad!'

'To get the ransom money, we have to give her back intact,' the white haired man points.

'But she doesn't have to ever know,' Oberon insists. 'Come on, boss, what she won't know won't hurt her.'

Heathcliff looks at her. He has to admit she's quite a babe. He feels his own crotch upset too. 'Fine,' he sighs. 'We will just do her. Once each. And that's all! Then we will wash her, dress her and tie her up again, as if nothing sexual had ever happened. UNDERSTOOD?'

'Yes, boss!'

Sinon and I were lying in the tent's bed. We had to share one cot. To make matters worse, since it was still pretty hot outside (I swear, this summer had dragged on for too long), we had to sleep with only our underwear on. Sinon was wearing a black bra and underpants the same color. I was wearing black underpants, which were really bulging at that time. What? I may be worried about Asuna, but I'm also a teenager. A gorgeous, half naked girl was lying next to me. I couldn't help it.

To make matters worse, the lack of space rendered plenty of random skin to skin touches inevitable. I could tell Sinon was pretty aroused too by that situation.

Our arousal made it impossible for us to sleep, no matter how tired we were. We tried anything we could think of: we chatted, we read books (thanks to Sinon's flashlight), we played makeshift games, all to no avail.

'Kirito, we need some sleep,' Sinon said seriously at some point. She was looking at me, supporting her raised head with her lovely arm.

'I know,' I sighed. 'But what are we supposed to do?'

'There is only one way!' she said determinedly.

I gulped, knowing full well what she meant. 'How am I supposed to do that when Asuna is in danger?' I protested. 'I would be a horrible person if I did that.'

'We're doing this exactly to save Asuna,' Sinon insisted, sensually tapping her other arm's fingers on the mattress. 'To save her, we need to sleep. And, to sleep, we need to get off.'

My heart was pounding of arousal. I nodded. 'Just to save Asuna,' I agreed.

We charged at each other and started making out wildly while slowly going under the blanket. If one could see that scene, they would see just a blanket moving. Even though we were under the covers, the flashlight's light reached us and offered us some vision.

Soon, we started undressing. If one could see that scene, they would see black underwear coming from underneath a moving blanket and being tossed away.

The first moans started being heard. At some point, Sinon uncovered herself for a moment, fumbled in her backpack and took out a condom. Then she went back undercover.

We resumed. If one could see that scene, they would see a condom wrapper coming from underneath the moving blanket and being tossed away, the blanket's movements becoming even more feverish right after that. Sinon's screams were heard.

With the drugged Asuna untied, stripped to nudity and placed on a couch, Oberon is enjoying her body, gropping, kissing and... licking. He licks her neck, her boobs, her belly, her upper and lower limbs. Heathcliff, who is watching the scene, admits in his head that blond can get pretty freaky and disgusting sometimes.

Finally, Oberon hastily lowers his pants and shoves his organ into Asuna. He starts thrusting, with a retarded expression on his face.

Sinon and I screamed as we reached our simultaneous climax, holding hands and with our legs tangled. Although I had a pretty great time, for a little fraction of a moment, I caught myself wondering what Asuna was doing at that moment.

Oberon lets out a scream as he empties his huge load in Asuna's pussy. He stays in her for a while, lying on her body, with a stupid smile on his face.

'Okay, that's enough,' Heathcliff's voice brings him back to reality.

'Can I go one more time, boss?' the blond asks.

'We agreed we would do this only once each!' the white haired man glares at his subordinate.

'Please, please, please...'

Silence. 'Fine,' Heathcliff finally sighs. 'Just one more time.'

After that intense sexual session, Sinon and I slept like logs. We really needed that!

The kidnappers finally decided the time had come to get some sleep. By then, Oberon had cummed into Asuna 5 times and Heathcliff had cummed into her 3 times. They washed her, dressed her and tied her up again, having agreed to pretend none of this had ever happened.