April 12th 2024

Kirito, Asuna and Schmitt saw Sora with his keyblade in hand and hearing Yolko losing her mind panicking taking small, short, fast breaths her fingers were clawed into her hair. She was traumatized about how Luxu appeared out of nowhere and a weapon that was about to kill her.

"What happened!" Said Asuna in an intimidating voice.

"I think some of the Organization members survived in our last battle. But I'm pretty sure I saw Xigbar jumped off the top of the maze. And he has Xehanort's keyblade that killed Kairi or brought her here at least."

"He tried to bring me out of town t-to kill me. Until you came here and he bailed." Said Yolko who was trying to keep calm. "And then Kains died it all just happened to quick that I. That I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" So she quickly pushed Sora out of the way while she ran out of the door and out of the building.

"Kains is dead." Schmitt's voice lost all expression he stood still like a zombie head tilted down his face filled with horror when he come to that realization.

Everyone was quiet standing at separate corners of the room waiting for Yolko to get back Schmitt walked towards the middle of the room and sat on the chair right in front of him. 5 minutes later Yolko walked in and sat in a chair in front of him. "Is it true that Kains was killed by Grimlocks weapon?" Schmitt Asked and Yolko nodded, "Then why would Kains he killed after all of this time? Did he steal the ring? Was he the one who killed Griselda? Does Grimlock plan to kill the three of us who opposed on him for selling the ring? Is he after you and me too?"

"I don't really know, but I have a feeling it's Griselda's revenge. Because no one could be killed in a safe zone unless if they were a ghost." Everyone stare at each other then Yolko got up. "I've been thinking of it all night. In the end, you could just say it was all of us in the guild who killed Griselda! When that ring dropped we shouldn't have voted! We should have just done what she wanted to do!" she sat down by the window sill. "Grimlock was the only one who said leave it to her. So he has the right to take revenge. For Griselda on the rest of us."

"You're kidding me right now after six months, why now? Like you're okay with being killed in a crazy way?"

Yolko got shot in the back by a knife, everyone went to shock. She was losing balance until she fell over the window and fell to her death.

Kirito looked from the window and saw a person in a blackcoat "The organization?" Just then Sora jumped on his head and ran on the rooftops. "Asuna, I'm leaving him with you." Then Kirito jumped onto the rooftops. Kirito knew he was faster than Sora so he caught up easily once he caught up Sora flew directly at him using airstep. But, before he could reach him the bell rang and he teleported away. "Dammit. The organization got away."

"That's not the organization." Said Sora.

"What do you mean? It was a black coat."

"That was just a normal black coat. Their black coats are made of leather, have zippers and a chain in front of their hoods." Sora started walking in the opposite direction. "Come on. Let's go."

A minute later they arrived at the inn Sora used his keyblade to unlock the door, only for Asuna to be pointing her sword at his neck. "You guys are idiots! Would you stop being so reckless!"

"Hey compared to anything that I have done in the last 4 years. That was the least reckless thing I've done." Said Sora.

Asuna put her sword away. "So what happened?"

"It's no use he got away by teleporting." Said Kirito. "Inside the inns are protection zones. I was certain she was going to be safe here."

"That robe was Griselda's. It was Griselda's ghost. She finally come to get revenge on us! For a ghost, pulling off a safe-zone PK would be simple, right?" Said Schmitt.

"There was no ghost. There's got to be a systemic logic to these two safe-zone murders."

Later in the night

"I wonder if there actually is a ghost getting revenge or if it's the organization that Sora is talking about." Said Asuna.

"No if Sora said that there coats were leather had zippers and chains in front of the hood. And a ghost wouldn't need a teleportation crystal." Then Kirito went into deep thinking. Then they both saw 2 bars of ice cream

"Here you two go." They looked behind the bench and saw Sora holding his own ice cream on his other hand.

They both thanked him and tried a bite.

"It's salty then sweet." Pointed out Asuna.

"Hurry up cause it's durability it nearly at zero."

"What kind is it and where did you find it?" Asked Kirito.

"It's seasalt ice cream and I'm still trying to replicate it from my adventures." Said Sora. "You know my friends would sit on top of a clock tower at sunset and eat this ice cream everyday."

"Wait so you can cook too?" Asked Asuna.

"In real life yes but in here it's still a little hard to figure out."

"Well you can make a lot of money just to sell these." Said Kirito.

"Ya that would just be taking a successful business idea from a greedy money lover. And that would not go so well." And Sora's ice cream just disappeared into thin air

"That's right. That's it."

"That's what?" Asked Sora who was really confused.

"We never actually saw a thing. We just thought we did. But in reality it was something else. There was no weapon or any kind of logic of that matter that would allow killing within the safe areas."

"So that means they're alive!" Said Asuna

"Yeah they're alive. Both Yolko and Kains. Because inside a safe zone, players HP never drops ever. But durability will. Just like the icecream. That day Kains armor was pierced by the spear.the spear was draining the armor durability, not Kains HP. So what actually disappeared was the armor. The exact moment before there armor broke they used a teleport crystal to teleport far away from the scene since the effect was similar to someone's death. But it's still totally different."

"Then how about Yolko." Asked Sora.

"The dagger was in her the whole time when she spoke with us." Sora was dumbfounded. "Remember while she was in that room, she never turned her back on us once. And she kept keeping an eye on her equipment durability. Then at the right moment she acted as the dagger was thrown from outside. And I believe that the person in the black coat wasn't Grimlock. It was Kains. The two must have realized they could use this method to fake their deaths. And add some sort of twist like safe zone murders."

"So their goal was to find out the culprit for the ring murder and expose him. They faked their own murders to become the illusionary avenger." Said Asuna.

"So they must have been suspicious of Schmitt." Pointed out Sora.

"Hey Sora you still have Yolko on your friend list right? Can you tell us where they are?"

"Ya sure." Sora did some menuing until he found her location. "Floor 19 on a small hill just outside of town."

"I see, let them handle it, our role for this case is finished."

"I gues-" Sora fell on the ground and everything went to black.

"Where am I?" Sora looks around and sees a stain glass with Riku, Kairi, Donald, Goofy and then himself. Sora lifted himself up and saw a blond figure standing in front of him. "Roxas?"

"Hey Sora. You feeling okay it's like you've seen a ghost."

"Is this really you? And if it is how did you reach me? I hope I didn't worry you guys to much? I wish I had one last thing to say to mom before all of this. So what do you do now since you are your own pers-" *SMACK* Roxas walked right up to him and slapped him across the face.

"That was from Riku having to deal with your and Kairi's parents. Looking across every world looking for the two of you."

"Ya." Sora was rubbing on the back of his head "I knew I did something reckless." They walked to the edge of the glass stain and sat down with there feet dangling. "So how are you doing."

"Better seeing that you're fine. I'm living in my own apartment with Axel and Xion as roommates. Got a job at the Bistro cooking with little chef. Aqua, is training Xion and Axel. Ven and I are going to take the mark of mastery soon. Terra, Donald, Goofy and the King is searching for you and Kairi with Riku. Oh ya I'm supposed to ask you where are you?"

"If I'm being honest I don't know. I'm in some virtual game… a death game in fact." Sora's grin turned into a sad look after the deaths he had witnessed and couldn't do anything about it. "The developer of the game intended for 10000 people into this game and the only way to get out is to beat it but if you die in the game you die in the real world. So I'm guessing my body is somewhere in a world where my body is unconscious with that dam head set on. Xigbar put Kairi and I into the game and put us into despair and darkness but I have a feeling it's gonna be a lot bigger than just the two of us as for his plan."

"Thanks for the information Sora I'll let Master Yen Sid know." Roxas began to fade. "Seems like your waking up. Remember Sora May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key." Everything faded to white.

Sora woke up he realized he's in an inn Sora looked at his notification he clicked on it and it was Kirito that send him a message.

Hey if you get this and were not on this floor then we have gone to where Yolko was cause we feel like something is up. If your up come to this location.

Sora immediately opened up the coordinates that Kirito placed in the message. It was floor 19 a small hill just outside of a small town. Sora got up and used his teleportation crystal to warp to the town. He was about to enter the forest when he spotted Kirito and Asuna walking out of the forest. "Enjoyed your nap?" Asked Kirito. Sora nodded.

Sora took looked up in the sky "May My Heart Be My Guiding Key."

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