OKAY! Okay, so it's a mental hospital, but that guy seriously deserves to go somewhere else. Time for a real world fight scene, and, well, you can probably guess what's after.
As she opened the door and took the package, Asada's eyes widened in shock and she dropped the box. "Hello again, Asada." Kyouji Shinkawa said to her with a smile only someone insane would wear.
Asada knew she had to close the door, but she couldn't. She could only stand there as the person who almost killed her stood in front of her yet again. "Asada, I told you nothing could keep us. And now, that's come true." Shinkawa said, his maniacal smiled not fading in the slightest. He started to step inside. Move! Try and get help! Asada tried to force her body to movement and she did, but Shinkawa was following close behind.
She knew that he would catch up eventually. Then. She remembered what she did last time. Asada picked up her new suitcase, filled with books she borrowed from Asuna, and threw it right at Shinkawa, knocking him down for a minute. Asada grabbed her phone, and started texting a message to Lyam, as he was the closest. As she heard him getting up, Asada hid in her bathroom.
Lyam was taking a walk down the road. He usually does this when he needs time to think or be alone. He felt something vibrate in his packet, when he pulled out his phone, he saw a text from Asada. She only got his number a few days ago. Intrigued, he looks at it, and almost drops his phone. Help! Someone is in my house. Get here ASAP! Lyam immediately took off running, his boots crunching in the snow, and called John. "Yo, what's up, Lyam? Didn't you go and blow off some steam?" Lyam rolled his eyes. "John, get down to the apartments, Asada might be in trouble." He could hear John getting out of his bed. "You sure? Well, give me five minutes." "You have three." Lyam said and hung up, then called Chad.
Chad was already asleep, dreaming about guns, football, and football players with guns, when he was woken up by his phone. He could see it was Lyam and groaned. "What do you want?" He said irritated. Lyam was starting to get out of breath. "Apartment buildings. Asada. Trouble. Go there. Now." He said. Thankfully, Chad understood, and immediately ran out the door. Dammit, make it here you guys, Lyam thought as he came up to the rooms, he saw one completely open, and stuff breaking from within. "Asada?" Asked around as he ran in, and was greeted by another boy with brown hair, looking confused.
Shinkawa heard the name Asada, and turned around instantly. He saw Lyam, standing there, not understanding anything. "You! Where is Asada?" He said while moving towards Lyam. He shrugged. "You're guess is as good as mine." Shinkawa glared at him, and tired to make him move. Asada looked out from the bathroom. "Lyam!" She yelled, and he immediately spotted her. "That's how it is, huh?" Lyam said, and grabbed Shinkawa by the collar of his shirt, and threw him out of the apartment. He then locked the door, and walked over to Asada.
"You alright?" He asked, looking worried for her. Asada nodded, and got up. As she looked at the door, Asada gasped as she remembered something. Lyam gave her a confused look. "What?" He heard an electronic click, and the door opened. "So he can hack doors? Interesting 'friend' there." He walked over to Shinkawa, who was looking down at the ground. "Look pal, she doesn't want you here, so you can show yourself out, alright?" Lyam said, not wanting a confrontation if it wasn't necessary.
Shinkawa started shaking and laughing. Lyam raised an eyebrow, but then was knocked out as Shinkawa tackled him to the floor and battered him with an icicle. "Now it's just me and Asada. My Asada..." He kept on laughing as he walked towards her. Asada couldn't move no matter how hard she tried. When it seemed like he was about to touch her, an object flew in and hit Shinkawa in the back of the head. He turned around and saw it was a football.
He walked outside, and was greeted by a punch in the face. "Fuck him up!" Chad yelled as his old gang, brought back together one last time, began pummeling Shinkawa. John walked inside, and looked at Lyam. "Thankfully, he's still breathing." John said with a sigh of relief. As Asada was looking over him, Lyam opened his eyes. As they stared into each other's eyes, they blushed again, and immediately Lyam sat up. He looked outside and saw Chad and his old goons beating up on the guy who tried to, well..."What was he even trying to do?" Lyam asked.
Asada shivered. "He tried to kill me because he thought we would be reincarnated into another world." Lyam shook his head and got up. "Hey! You all can stop know!" He yelled at Chad's crew, and they backed up from the psychopath. Lyam kicked him to the face, knocking him out. "There, now call the cops. This ones probably one of the people who escaped the hospital." Chad nodded, and looked at his friends. "Thanks, for one last run guys. Now, you'll need a new guy to lead, so decide it fairly, won't you?" They all nodded and walked off. The old gang leader smiled as he went his own way as well, but John had a thought of staying, but saw a teenager in all black right outside the door. He smiled as he saw Kazuto had this one.
As everyone was leaving, Lyam walked back over to Asada, who was now sitting on her bed. He looked at her, and tired not to blush. "You going to be alright now?" He asked. Asada nodded. "Yeah, I'll be fine." Lyam started to go towards the door. "Well, if you need anything, just call or text." After battling with her emotions for a minute, Asada spoke up. "Wait!" Lyam turned back around. "Coud you, um, stay a little longer?" She pleaded. Lyam nodded and pulled a chair over to the bed. "Yeah?" He asked. He's wondering why you want him around she thought as she tried to go about this the best she could.
They were there in silence, before Lyam spoke up. "So, anything in particular you wanted to talk about?" He asked, not sure where this was going. Asada looked down at the ground for a minute. "Shinkawa was a friend to me, but he did try to do some pretty wrong things. He actually was one third of Death Gun." Lyam's eyes widened, but he continued listening. "Even thought he was insane, I could feel him believing in what he knew. Was it wrong to reject him like that?" She questioned. Lyam thought for a moment.
"Thats like asking if I still hate my brother." Lyam finally replied. "My brother was Excalin, but you knew that much, right? Well, we fought, and I ,indirectly, killed him." Asada titled her head. "What do you mean, indirectly?" He got off of the chair. "I almost took his health to zero, but he fell into the pool of black energy that allowed them to kill. It was still my hit that caused him to fly into it though, and I still mourn him and my dad to this day." Asada fronwed. "It must be hard, living like that." Lyam smiled. "Not really, I just remember the good memories instead of the bad." She shook, her head. "I don't mean that, I mean living with so much pressure in yourself. You never ask for anyone to help, to carry your grief with you. You never let anyone get to close, besides John, of course."
Lyam looked down at the ground. "I can handle it on my own." Asada looked up at him. "Just because you can, doesn't mean it's the right thing. I even have an example for you. If you could block everyone out of your true feelings, would you?" He looked at her, and Asada could see the pain he has kept from showing finally reaching the surface. "I-I'm fine. No one else needs to be that close. They'll just end up hurt, or worse." Lyam stated, but Asada wasn't about to give up. "Lyam, all of your friends are worried. They think you're putting too much pressure on yourself. Of you keep going like this, you'll collapse. You don't have to think like your brother's and your father's deaths were all on you. We are all here for you. Your friends, as well as me and Kazuto."
Lyam looked at her in surprise, but then turned away. "I know, it's just-" Asada interrupted him. "What did I just tell you? Just because you can, doesn't mean you should so it." He looked once more at Asada, and she could see a tear on his face. "It, it was my fault, though. I was weak. I couldn't save my father, and I couldn't save Kyle, so what can I do? I'm just so weak." Asada hesitated, but then put her hand on his shoulder. "You aren't weak. At all. Who else can stand up to their family let alone anyone else? Even though you met him in a virtual setting, you could still have died." She looked at him. "Despite this, you never faltered, and kept on going. You are strong. Stronger than me." Lyam glanced at her, but she looked away.
They both stood there in silence for a minute. Lyam spoke up. "I probably should get going. My mom is probably wondering where I am." As they waved goodbye, Asada felt a sadness in her heart. He feels pain, pain of being weak. He lost his father and brother, but he still moves on. Asada walked over to Lyam, who was at the door. "You did save someone though." He turned around, looking confused. "Who did I save?" He asked, completely oblivious to what he just did. "You idiot, you saved me!" She glared at him, and they both blushed.
"Well, see you." "Goodbye." Lyam walked out the door, but was immediately pushed back inside by Kazuto. "Kirito, what the hell?" He asked, keeping his voice low. Kazuto laughed. "It's no secret to anyone, you just have to make a move." Lyam blushed in full view of Asada. "Kazuto, and Lyam? I thought you were going home?" She said. Kazuto spoke up. "He has something he would like to say to you." Lyam and Asada both blushed. "Well, uh, how do I put this, hmm, well, I... Oh screw it." Lyam walked over to Asada, who was even more confused than before. "Asada, I...damn, I can't say it." Lyam looked away, frustrated.
Asada looked at Kazuto, who nodded and winked at her. Her eyes widened in surprise, and she blushed, but she knew what that meant. "Lyam." She said, and his head turned to look at her. She pushed his head down to her height and brushed her lips against Lyam's. Asada backed away, turning a deeper shade of red with each passing second. He looked surprised, and was red, but he smiled. "Yeah, that's what I meant to say." Asada smiled as he said that. "See? Letting people into your life isn't all that bad." Lyam nodded, and Kazuto walked over to them. "So, that wasn't hard, was it Lyam?" He joked.
Lyam gave him a cold stare, and so did Asada. Kazuto started backing up, but then pushed Lyam on top of Asada, just like in GGO. The difference this time, is that their lips locked when they landed. As Lyam got up, he turned to Kazuto. "Guess who just jumped to the the top of my hit list?" He said. The teen in all black took off, with Lyam catching up quick. Asada just stood at the door and laughed at Kazuto and her new boyfriend.
FINALLY! It's. Finally. Done! Took me forever to figure out how to make this transition from Shinkawa being back to a scene with Asada and Lyam finally confessing. I'm content with it, though. And there is no chance I am re-writing this again! This version is literally the forth rewrite.