Chapter 10 Farewell ( At least fo now )
Well guys , this Chapter is basically the counterpart to the anime episode Yuis Heart and for those who read the first chapter of the Hunt for Yggdrasil you will now why that happenes at the end for those that haven´t , just read the next chapter as I am currently while writing this on my home way from holiday in a car and so I basically have to waste 10 - 12 hours of driving time so more chapters for you , yippieh . Well then on we go .
After reaching the church that was also used as a kind of orphanage in this game , they laid Yui on one of the beds and then they took seat at the nearby table to have a little chat with the caretaker .
" And you are really sure that she isn´t from here . " asked kirito .
" Yes I am completely sure that she isn´t from here , when the game begun most of the children went into some kind of psychical trauma , so I decided to take care of them . " replied Natasha the caretaker .
" Well , it seems like this lead , was also a dead end . " Akuma sighed when there was suddenly a knock on the door .
The one who knocked was a woman , who was wearing the garb of the ALF , at first they thought she was here to ask for some kind of apology for the attack of their soldiers , but when the woman , apologized and asked for their help , that was when they let her in and offered her a seat .
" So why would you need our help , I mean don´t you have like a huge amount of soldiers to do your stuff . " Akuma asked .
" Yes , we have but the problem is from the inside and was caused by one of our Generals . " the woman answered .
" Well that makes sense so please continue . " Asuna said .
And so the woman begun to tell them the story about their guild leader thinker and his noble goal and the General Kibao who begun to make the army that as what it is known today , the scandal that happened on floor 74 and the trap that Kibao sprung upon thinker .
" So , if I get that right Kibao asked Thinker for a peace treating only to then trap him inside a high level dungeon and now because Thinker has no Equipment with him and you are to low leveled for this dungeon you ask for our help . " Akuma asked .
" Yes , thats it all in short . " the woman answered .
" How do we know you are telling the truth and you are not one of Kibaos henchmens who is trying to get us killed , huh . " Akuma asked while slamming his hands on the table .
" She is telling the truth , Uncle . " the now awake Yui said .
" Yui , but how can you be so sure . " Asuna asked her adopted daughter .
" I don´t know but I feel it deep down that it is right . " she answered with a kind of cute thinking gesture .
" Fine , if Yui says you are telling the truth then we will help you , Miss just show us the way and we will get you your guild leader back . " Akuma stated and the woman begun to cry from happiness.
The Dungeon that Thinker was trapped in was a place that stayed true to its name as it really looked like a dungeon and its position was under the CIty of beginning . The woman explained that it was probably opened up when they reached the higher floors .
The whole way down to the bottom it went like this Asuna, who was piggy backing Yui ,the woman and Silica would stay in the back while Kirito and Akuma would take care of the four eyed frog mobs that where spawing every once in a while , Kirito even attempted to make a joke after one of those waves with showing Asuna the droppings of the frogs , frog legs , but seeing as they were , well frog legs Asuna begun to scream and to throw them away and the last one she shoved halfway into Kiritos mouth to show him how good they really were , the whole spectacle was watched by Yui , Silica , Akuma and Julia ( I finally looked up her name ) and all of them begun to laugh because it was just to funny after that Yui made a comment how beautifull Julias laugh was and the others had to smile to that .
When they finally arrived on the bottom floor Julia checked her map and saw that Thinker was just ahead so she begun to ran towards him , all the while waving and shouting his name , but instead of heading towards her he begun to shout something about not coming close , which confused the so called Aces of the Frontline only when he begun to shout that this corridor was a boss room and Kirito and Akuma were able to see a name in one of the hallways , the burst into motion .
Kirito grabbed Julia and jumped forward while Akuma was activating his Iron Wills Divine Armor and Shield and also brought up Crimson Inferno just to be sure , because no matter how high you defense is if your not strong enough to hold against the attacking force then you will still be pushed back , but to their luck his strength skill was high enough so that he was only pushed back a meter or so .
" Julia take Yui and get into the safe zone , after that teleport out of here we will take care of this monster . " Kirito shouted while running towards Akuma to give him some back up .
The boss was a tough one and Asuna suspected that he probably a floor 90 boss mob and even if they were lvl 150 , they were still 40 lvls to low to event hink about fighting a monster like this and seeing as Akuma was the only one who had a defense boosting skill who in exchange gradually crippled his attack power , everyones else HP were already below the halfway point and Pina was only able to heal that much Hp so he wasn´t that helpfull too .
When Julia suddenly shouted for Yui to come back everyones attention event that of the boss was on her .
Said Girl was walking towards the boss without a care , like he wasn´t even there , even when Asuna shouted for her to run away , she just staid there with a smile and said that it was ok .
And then it happened Fatal Scythe swung down his massive weapon right towards Yui but before it was able to make contact it was blocked by a shield and the Immortal object sign appeared above Yui , during the time the boss was confused at what just happened , Akuma used the time to switch his Iron Will to Iron Flesh and equipped his Divine Sledgehammer and his Divine Exoskeleton and punched the Boss right in the face , but it didn´t move and Akuma was just able to activate the Divne Shield before the boss countered , but after that he ignored Akuma again and focused back on Yui again who was now hovering in the air and out of nowhere she suddenly materialiezd a big red sword and swung it directly down on Fatal Scythe who blocked it with his Scythe but Yui kept on pushing down until the bosses weapon broke and the Yuis weapon touched the top of the bosses head after that she jumped back and the boss disappeared in a sphere of fire .
After everyone was healed again they went into the safe zone and Yui begun to explain everything , how she was a programm to overview the players health , how she crashed because of the overload , how the group of them was what saved her and why she appeared in the forest all the while crying .
After she was finished Asuna sked her if she had a wish and it was to stay with them forever but she also answered that it wouldn´t be possible because the Cardinal System was seeing her as an error and she would be deleted soon , right in that moment she begun to glow a dim yellow and Asuna hugged her in a wasted attempt to keep her here , but it stayed fruitless.
Right in the moment when Yui disappeared Akuma and Kirito where already at the Console , Kirito was trying his best to low down the Cardinal System , while Akuma was doing two things , the first was giving himself another mirror Item and the second was to copy Yuis complete data into his local mmemory disk and right in the moment when it was done the Console closed and both of them where blasted back .
Asuna and Silica where directly with them and checking if everything was ok .
" We are fine and we were even able to save Yui , well atleast her data , so we might be able to revive her . " Akuma and Kirito stated and Asuna bearhugged them both while crying .
After that they left the dungeon and went back to the Loghouse to get some rest , but Akuma logged himself out and once out he switched on his PC and looked up something in the Cyberspace and when he found what he was looking for he filled out all necessarities , added a screenshot and then sent out the order to the Website Build a Body .
And another Chapter done , like i said at the start those that have read the first chapter of the sequel from this know what the last part was all about and why Yuis Data was not converted into an Item oh and to explain something about Akumas Red Player Icon thanks to something I saw in the game , from which one character will be added in the Sequel , I learned that if you kill yourself or something like a clone of you , you get a pemanent Red or atleast Orange Cursor because it is seen as a game error , because in SAO you can´t kill yourself and then still be able to play the game . So yeah thats for the Explanation , until next time .
DarkDevil2411 over and out .