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Sugu's Room
"Hey Nagata, what's with all the calls?" Sugu asked, while on the phone with Recon.
"Where were you Suguha?" Recon asked.
"I was dealing with some, in game stuff." Sugu said.
"We've got trouble, like big trouble. Sigurd's coming after us, and that's not all. He betrayed the Sylph commander." Recon said.
"Betrayed her? How?" Sugu asked. "Start from the beginning and tell me everything that happened."
"We're running out of time! Okay, remember when the Salamanders ambushed us in the ancient forest? Didn't that whole setup seem a little, weird to you?" Recon asked.
"I don't know, not really. Why do you think is was weird?" Sugu asked.
"Remember how Sigurd said he'd be the decoy and he'd lure them away?" Recon asked.
"Yeah, well now that you mention it…" Sugu said.
"Don't you think it was out of character? Usually he'd make someone else do it. Right?" Recon asked.
"Yeah, I guess… Right, it's weird but what's your point?" Sugu asked.
"Okay, I found out that he'd been working as a spy for the Salamanders, actually for a while now." Recon said.
"What!? Do you have proof? Or did you just hear about it?" Sugu asked
"Remember how I said that something has been bugging me? I've used a transparency spell and I've been following Sigurd all day." Recon said. "I tracked him to a back alley and I saw him and a couple others put on invisibility cloaks. They were up to something, that's for sure. I followed them down to the sewers, there were two sketchy guy's waiting for him. I couldn't believe it, they were Salamanders. They were too far so I couldn't hear everything, but I heard the Salamanders say they put a tracer on you."
"Keep going, then what?" Sugu asked.
"The Salamanders caught me. I'm still in the sewers, paralyzed by the poison arrow." Recon said.
"And now I know why you kept calling me IRL." Sugu said.
Recon continued and told Leafa to go to a meeting, where the Sylphs and the Catsi would form an alliance. Sugu put her Amusphere on and then told the group that they needed to go there and stop the Salamanders before they got to the World Tree.
"Well, let's quit wasting time and go already!"Artemis called, already charging down the tunnel to the exit he saw.
"Well, looks like he's got the right idea, let's get moving!" Wolf yelled, running off behind Artemis.
Oblivion sighed, "Well, we're wasting daylight just sitting here, so let's move," He said before activating Blur of Aura, an ability that everyone thought was gone along with SAO.
As Kirito walked off to follow them, Leafa called to him, "Kirito, wait," she said, downtrodden, "I know the Salamanders are heading for the world tree, and you would probably be better off with them, so I wouldn't blame you if you ran off," She said, on the verge of tears.
Kirito was surprised, he never thought that way, but instead of doing as she said, he was angry, "I would NEVER betray my friends, not in a million years, would I ever, ever, think of bringing my friends to harm, so you just gotta deal with me for a while longer, ok?"
This brought a smile to Leafa's face, "That makes me so happy," she said, tearing up, "so happy."
"Well, as Oblivion said, we're wasting daylight, so let's get moving," Kirito said, grabbing Leafa's hand and charging off in the direction Artemis took, only to find a Artemis and his friends finishing off a bunch of Orcs.
"Let's get our asses on the road," Artemis yelled, once again taking off.
They soon managed to get out of the cave and into the air.
"You don't think they're going to take over two races headquarters, do ya?" Artemis asked, already knowing the answer.
"Yes, but they must have a reason, they're preparing for the World Tree," Leafa answered.
"This could be a problem," Artemis said, before asking Kirito, "Do you still have Starburst Stream?"
"Of course, and for that, I thank you, do you still have Black Flame Flurry?" Kirito responded.
"Yup, I do, and that's probably an extra from Kayaba, I never asked for our skills to remain intact, so you should really be thanking him." Artemis answered.
They soon arrived at the plateau that the meeting for the Sylphs and the Caitsith was taking place, but along with the members of the meeting, there was around 64 Salamanders in the group.
As the group landed, Artemis handed Kirito a weapon, it was his first magic sword, received from a rare in SAO on the first floor, it was a sword shaped like the Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda, but with a black blade and red dragon wings for a crossguard and a ruby for a pommel.
"What's this?" Kirito asked, quietly.
"For Dual Wielding, Dark Repulsor is destroyed remember?" Artemis answered.
Kirito quickly equipped it and called for the leader of the invading Salamanders.
The leader, a high ranking Salamander named, General Eugene, approached, and questioned, who Kirito was, until he saw Artemis in the background. "Well, looks like we've got ourselves a fight between two of the strongest players in the game, don't we, Artemis?"
"Nah, I'm sitting this one out, because you're facing the hero of SAO, Kirito himself!" Artemis called.
"Ah… so are you stronger than Artemis, Kirito?" Eugene asked.
"Sadly no, but I doubt you'll be able to defeat me," Kirito answered.
"Well, you have improved, Kirito, since our last duel at least," Artemis said, "So we don't exactly know that yet."
The two stood against each other, Kirito on one side, and General Eugene on the other. Kirito drew both his blades, and screamed before launching himself at Eugene, slashing away at him, though he soon found that he had to evade Eugene's strikes, for he could not block them, as it passed right through his new sword. He, however, could block with Elucidator, as it too, was a special type of magic sword. He managed to land a few hits on the General, before being launched into the side of a mountain. Eugene laughed before becoming so shocked that he couldn't breathe. Kirito came crashing into Eugene, his swords tearing into him, ripping him apart, ending his life, and ending the battle.
After Kirito landed and everyone stopped cheering, Oblivion said, "Wow, you ripped him apart. If you had an Elmo mask though, it'd be more enjoyable to watch."
"Oh my god, again with the Elmo mask." Kirito moaned.
"What's wrong with the Elmo mask? It's a form of entertainment." Wolf said, smiling.
"Shut it with the Elmo mask already!" Leafa yelled.
"Ach- Okay! I don't know about Wolf though, he really likes wearing those things." Oblivion said.
The group turned to see the Sylphs and the Caitsith congratulating Kirito. Before the group left, decided to give them a bag full of money, but he did this as they were heading to the World Tree to beat it, as they also needed new gear. The group left to the World Tree but when they had gotten there, they had to log out in an inn because the server was going down for maintenance…
The next day
Wolf logged on early today, he decided to walk around town and see If he could upgrade his gear. He didn't find anything that he was interested in, except for some metal that he could ask Oblivion or possibly Lisbeth to upgrade his Khopesh later. As he walked around, he heard an unusual sound. This sound was nothing like anything he thought he'd hear in a game. It was his Raven. It flew down to it's shoulders as it's eyes glowed dim red.
"Raven! I wasn't expecting to see you here!" Wolf said. "Hey, what's going on?"
"Your friends, they are going to the top of that tree, right?" The Raven asked.
"Correct. Kirito's girlfriend never woke up from SAO. We're coming to get her out." Wolf said.
"There is no city on the top, you know that right?" Raven asked.
"Well, I do remember our group talking about how a man who made ALO, named Suguo, made the game for one purpose, to hold Sword Art Online player's captive. One of them being Asuna." Wolf explained.
"Well, I found something interesting in the real world for you." Raven said.
"Oh really? You wandering off while I sleep? What did you get?" Wolf asked, wondering what his Raven could have found that could prove interesting to him.
"I found a Elmo mask, lying beside a dead body of one that died recently. I took the Elmo mask and I dipped it in his blood. I hope you're happy." Raven said.
"Yes! I needed a new one, thanks! Now… I can torture people with the joy of them knowing that I look like a fucking demon from hell…" Wolf said, unknowing that Artemis and the group were walking towards him and heard what he said.
"Well shit, that bird of yours must've gotten you something very nice." Oblivion said.
"An Elmo mask. He wandered off while I was fighting the Salamanders with you guy's and found one, by a dead body. I don't know how he did it, but he is a celestial being after all." Wolf said.
"Pfft, celestial… I know celestial, and that bird doesn't talk, I've met with god himself, so don't tell me that bird is celestial," Artemis said, nonchalantly.
Artemis then heard a voice emanating from the bird, "FOOL, I AM THE SPIRIT OF DEATH!"
"Heh, I guess it is then, though I am interested, how did the spirit of death get into ALO?" Artemis asked.
The bird answered for Wolf, calm now, "I managed to covert my life force into a program, I then transported the program into Wolf's Amusphere, that's how I'm here."
"Can anyone tell me what the fuck is going on!" Oblivion said with increasing volume.
"I don't think Raven will allow just anyone to hear his voice, Oblivion," Artemis answered.
"That's not necessarily true," Raven said, everyone hearing his voice, surprising everyone, "I just choose who may or may not hear my voice, and I feel as you should trusted, as you are my bearer's friends,"
Yui popped out of Kirito's pocket and said, "I knew you weren't from this game, I sensed that you were a different type of being."
This startled Raven, as he never knew that Kirito had an AI, for AI's were able to see who you were through code and player ID, thus being able to know exactly who or what you were.
"Well we're going for a crack at the World Tree this afternoon, so best-" Artemis was interrupted by Yui, once again popping out her pocket.
"Mommy! I sense mommy," she called.
"Really, where?!" Kirito asked urgently.
"Up there, in the tree!"Yui answered.