"I had the weirdest fucking dream last night," Tomoko said knowing Kikuchiyo was only have paying attention.

"Hm?" he grunted with minimal interest.

"It was about some kind of Book of Pure Evil, and you and I got caught up trying to catch it."
"What was so evil about it?"
"It was kinda like an asshole genie. Granted wishes, but made them go brutally wrong and killed everybody. Turned me into this sexy succubus, made a pirrhana pool, some Terminator guy. The principal was a part of this Satanic cult trying to get the book first. It…all kinda played out like a really bad and poorly planned out fan fiction that went from not giving a fuck to just trying too hard."

"Huh. How'd it all work out?"
"Well, there was going to be some kind of fight between you and your friend, Ifukube. Then I woke up."

"Huh. That sounds like a disappointing stopping point."
"Doesn't it? And I feel like it could have gotten crazier, too. Like, you were kinda being hinted as this Pure Evil Anti-Christ with this supernatural second sense…."

"Wait, what? That sounds awesome!"

"Yeah, but what if the twist was that it was me who was supposed to be the Pure Evil One because I'm the one who found it?"
"I mean…I guess? That might have been a cool red-herring twist. Like, would a previous user of the book come in?"
"I dunno, maybe? Like, a previous chosen one could show up to keep me from going down that path?"
"Man, that all sounds really crazy. The hell did you eat to come up with this?"
"I don't know. Sometimes I try to give myself wet dreams by sleeping on my stomach, which usually ends up being something really freaky. But this time I tried going back to sleep hoping it would keep going."
"Well, where do you think it could have gone from there?"
"Honestly? No idea. Probably could have gone somewhere completely different since my imagination can only do so much."
"Huh. Well, that's certainly a weird one."
"Yeah."

Another minute passed before Kikuchiyo asked, "Hey, what do you think about 'it was all a dream' endings?"
"Total cop-out," Tomoko snapped. "What's even worst is if its just rushed and ended because the writers lost interest."


AN: Well, here it is, the moment you've been waiting 3 years for and...It's a complete and unapologetic cop-out. I'm not gonna make excuses. Life happens, things change, and sometimes you're little hobby projects just lose priority until the interest is just gone. With all the craziness going around right now, the least I could do is just offer some closure. Is this a kind of a middle finger to my audience? Probably. But, let's be real, who was actually expecting this to actually go anywhere? I never took fanfiction seriously, and at a certain point in writing this I knew I was trying too hard to make a good story out of a hot mess. So, this is it. You get a Sword Art Online ending. Stay safe everyone, and goodbye.