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The day that the guild finally reached the 100th floor was something that shocked, angered and motivated them beyond what they were already motivated. To be fair Kirito was not that surprised, he lived on that floor for a few weeks. You might ask yourself what upset them so much, well the fact that the 100th floor was a massive castle, surrounded by the most beautiful gardens and picture perfect lawns, a wonderful little plaza where to enjoy tea. This place made the most expensive home a player could ever buy look like a ghetto. This was the home of that backstabbing bastard that had been their Guild Master. The look of the place upset the lady players, but what really upset the men, again except Kirito was the fact that when they entered the palace they saw a whole bunch of extremely sexy maids in french lace uniforms run for their lives. The cheeky bastard had beautiful women serve him hand to foot. Most of the people were either to busy to spend time with their significant other, or even a date. Here the backstabbing bastard lived in luxury with that to serve his every need.
Kirito was only conflicted about attacking the guards. Many of these people had been his subordinates at one time, and some he considered good friends. He had developed a hand sign communication method with his most loyal of subordinates. It seems that they to adopted to do the same. He could tell what they were planning just by looking at the signs that were exchanged between guards. His most dreaded fight was when he was face to face with his former aide. She had been Velvet's sister which would mean she was Yui's aunt. He told the guild to take a few hours rest on a cleared part of the floor. The guild members had been only too happy to do that.
For the first time ever he chose to wear the old helm he wore as a guard captain. The shocked blue haired guard woman saw him walk up to her. They began to look at each other looking for signs of a possible fight. When she saw that he was not even holding his weapons, she rushed him and gave him a warm hug. "Kirito, I am very happy to see you again. Have you decided to leave the invaders and come back to the guard?" She asked with a voice full of hope. "Sorry Irene I am not, I am following his majesties command. He wanted me to lead the invading forces." Irene almost looked sad, "So are you going to attack me?" She asked as she took hold of her massive 2 handed sword. "Not if I can avoid it. I already lost Velvet I would not want to lose you too." She relaxed her grip on her sword. "I know you have a new mate, I hope she makes you happy, or I will make you a widower yet again!" Kirito smiled, "Don't worry I am happy, so is your niece. Can I convince you to take a leave of this post for today? I don't want to fight you." Kirito asked her hoping that she would agree. Irene began to laugh hard, "Oh, come one Kirito you know that even if I wanted too, as guard captain do you think I could? Even if I lose I will just go to our side of Aincrad. So you better come at me without holding back. I want to see how strong my captain has gotten living with those pathetic invaders." He was not happy but he agreed to fight her seriously. It was the only way to show his former subordinate some respect. They parted on friendly terms and he went to where the guild members were resting. Asuna asked him what he was doing? He told him of his meeting and conversation. She had no clue that Velvet had a sister. He joked that she never asked.
As the guild members finished their lunch, he got up and told them that it was time to move. They followed him with military precision. They finished the floor till they were at the door to the throne room. There was a heavily armored lady, with long blue hair in a braided pony tail holding a massive 2 handed sword. Kirito did not wait and attacked head on. The fight was not long he used his two swords with great efficiency. He used 1 to change the trajectory of the massive sword and guard. The other to attack her legs and arms. The fight took 20 minutes and the lady was defeated. The guild members saw her helm fall off, and they could swear that she was smiling as she disappeared. He sent a message to Yui to go and talk to her aunt while he took care of his old friend.
The elegant massive doors opened and the way to the throne room was open. There he was Heathcliff dressed in crimson armor with golden trim sitting on his throne waiting for the guild members. "Took you long enough to get here, Kirito. How long were you planning to keep me waiting?" Heathcliff asked him. This surprised the guild members, many thinking that maybe the new Guild Master had planned to betray them too. The idiots got a hit on the head by their division heads. "Had to make sure we were ready to give you a decent fight. I was not going to let a single one of them die." Kirito told him, which his only reply was that it was commendable. "Since you don't want them to die fight me alone. You and me whoever wins gets their wish. Mine is that these peons be my slaves forever, and never return to the other world. You most likely wish to win their freedom. What a waste of perfectly good peons, but if you win you will be free I swear on my throne."
Kirito did not even had to reply, he took both of his swords and marched to where Heathcliff was waiting for him. As soon as he was in range he attacked. The fight was long and brutal his swords had shown clear signs of damage. He did not bother using the dual sword arts, since he was the man that made the combos and arts. Heathcliff knew how to evade them. Instead he did something that no one expected. He used single sword arts with each sword. The random way that he used the skills made it hard for Heathcliff to remain free of harm. After half an hour the man's shield was broken and he only had 1 sword that was badly need of repair. Kirito had finished his fight as saw Heathcliff smile as he was finally defeated. Asuna ran to hug him, and he collapse into her hug. The fight had taken him to the yellow zone, and must have been tired. As he fell asleep he saw Velvet congratulate him on a marvelous fight, she had been keeping an eye on him so it seemed. Kirito saw Heathcliff greet him as an old friend touching each others fists together. "That was a good fight Kirito, I may have died in the other world. But I will live on in cyberspace. If you ever need my help be sure to call on me." Kirito told him that he would hold him to that. They both laughed as he awoke in the real world. He saw him body was in need of some good old fashion exercise. But he took off his nervegear, and the many needles from the IV bags that had been placed into him. He began to walk using an IV stand for support. The only single thought was to find his beloved wife.
Little did he know that she would not be awake like he was, She was still trapped in somewhere but he had to find that out much later. The Sword Art Online Incident caused several security measures to be invented to prevent it from happening again. The second thing that happened was that marriage's that had been made in Aincrad had been recognized and accepted in the real world. The legislator that had made the law that allowed it said it quite clearly, "That place was as real as our world, they faced real dangers, and had to work for a living. If death was real there as here, then their marriage must also be considered just as real." Kirito was free from the game, and his rehab would take several weeks. But with what he had learned, he made significant progress. Never quit when it is difficult, fight for your loved ones, life does not owe you anything, and always nurture your relationships. His sister was very happy to see her brother picking up Kendo as a form of rehab. What surprised her was that he used 2 swords.
Kirito spent all his free time looking in all the possible places, any information that he could find was treated as gold. Yui was also looking through every corner in cyberspace for a place her mommy could be. Suguha had been the perfect sparring partner, and was there to help Kirito get his body back to a good condition, and even improved. She joked that maybe he should enter into a tournament that was going to be held. He might even win the national championship if he tried hard enough. He told her that he was too busy, someone had taken his most beloved treasure, and he was going to get that treasure back. She did not undertand until she asked her mom, she told her to look up her brother's marital status. She was so shocked when she finally got to see her brother's marital status. Her brother was married to some unknown babe named Asuna.
In the middle of the night he checked his e-mail, Agil had sent him a message to look at the attached picture and see him in his business as soon as possible. At the end it said, "Your mate it seems grew some wings. Come and see me. I will give you the way to rescue your angel."
Kirito told Yui of the e-mail and uploaded her the picture. "Tomorrow daddy, we go to see mommy. I will set up the meeting for the next day. We need to make sure that you are in top form. Who ever kidnapped mommy was crafty, we will have quite the fight on our hands."
