Sword Art Online

After The Incident

Chapter 4 – Trapped, Once Again

Unknown location, Kazuto´s POV.

I felt an incredible pain in the back of my head when I woke up. My vision was blurry and my hearing not that great, it looked like I saw double. I groaned a little and shook my head of confusion. I had a hard time remembering anything. I looked around sloppily and tried to clear my vision by blinking a few times.

"W-where…?" I managed to mutter, my voice low and not understandable because of the blow to the head I had received.

I looked around me and tried to see where I was, when my vision finally started to clear.

It was a very small room. Not much more than 5 meters wide and long. It smelled foully in here. Like oil, rot and ammoniac combined. The smell was intense, and as soon as I woke up from unconsciousness, it teased my gagging reflex. It felt like I could empty whatever was left in my stomach right then and there. I kept my mouth closed the best I could, to prevent myself from puking all over the place.

The room I was placed in was extremely dirty. Spider webs in every corner, and if I moved my feet they would leave deep footsteps in the thick layer of dust that lied on the floor. The walls was dotted with green rot, and I could see gigantic bugs and rats in the shadows of the room.

When I tried to stand I realised I was bound to a very unstable tree chair, my arms being held in place with at least three layers of duct tape. I tried to wiggle myself free, but the tape was too strong. Not that I had imagined it letting go of me anytime soon.

Every hair on my body stood at end as I heard footsteps from outside the room. My teeth automatically gritted themselves. It was like my body reacted to the surroundings by itself. It was certainly not easy to control what little movement I could perform.

The holed and rotten wooden door to my room slowly slided open, revealing the mask wearing guy who had knocked me out back in the alleyway. My body reacted on impulses and I no longer had any control over them. My brain no longer had control over the rest of my body. Not even my voice worked anymore.

My voice trembled as I tried to force words out of my mouth, but nothing came out other than scared noises. I choked and could no longer keep myself from puking. Out of pure reaction my body turned a knop in my stomach, sending all of which had resided inside it out onto the floor and on my jacket and jeans. The smell that had been foul before, was now even harder to conceal.

The guy with the mask laughed maniacally and looked at me.

"Not even able to keep his stomach under control. How pathetic"

I almost choked in my own puke. That voice. I recognized it. That cold, serpent like voice that had always sent shivers down my spine.

"S-Sugou…" I whispered softly out of pure terror. That bastard had managed to trap me, once again. I clenched my fists and tried to yank myself free. The chair I sat on tipped a little but that was all I got out of it.

"If you don´t stay still I will just have to punish you for disobeying" He yelled as he kicked out one of the chairs rotten legs.

It easily gave way and broke off the chair, the chair tipping and falling over. I couldn´t support my weight properly and tilted over, slamming my head onto the cold and hard stone floor. I choked on my spit and puke again, coughing a bit as I stared up at him angrily.

He slowly removed the mask he had been wearing, revealing his face in all its psychopathic glory. I wasn´t sure how to react, scream for help, or keep quiet. Honestly I felt like I would rather keep quiet. Firstly he had properly picked a location a long way from anyone else, secondly, I didn´t want him to get that satisfaction from me again. Me, screaming for my life. He wouldn´t get that pleasure again.

So when he approached me slowly and smirked down at me I simply stared up at him with an angry growl. He raised an eyebrow at me, looking at me questioningly.

"You´re not going to scream?" He asked curiously and I simply growled and frowned at him. He huffed and shrugged like this was the most normal thing in the world, before turning around and walking away from me towards a small and dark window, staring outside at whatever may have lied out there.

"You´re a weird individual Kazuto…" He mumbled softly as he stared out through the window.

"Who told you we were at a first name basis?" I asked coldly as I glared daggers into his neck. He chuckled a bit at my cold tone and turned back to smirk at me.

"No one needs to give me a permission." He softly mumbled as he fiddled with some of the long hair in front of his face.

He was no longer the well-groomed man he once claimed to be. His hair, face and clothes were all really messy and dirty. He reminded me more of a homeless person than one of the most powerful people in Japan.

I looked up and down his figure to determine if he was wearing any weapon or something which could be a meaning of escape. Luckily, or unluckily as how you would look at the situation, he didn´t have anything he could use on me, or anything I could use to escape.

I stared up at him for a moment before my patience was out.

"Why have you kidnapped me?" I asked angrily as I stared up at him, dead afraid of course, but trying not to let it show.

He smirked down at me and slowly walked over to where I lied, sitting down on his knees and taking grab of my chin, forcing my vision up at him.

"I´m simply doing this for revenge my friend" He mumbled as he looked down at me with an arrogant and psychopathic look on his face.

"We´re not even close to being friends you psycho!" I growled out towards him, trying to act as brave and big as I could, puffing out my chest aggressively.

He simply chuckled at this though, as if it was all one big joke to him. His way of taking the situation really infuriated me, and if I hadn´t feared for my life I would probably be yelling at him at the top of my lungs by now. Even though that probably only would make the situation worse.

"Listen kid." He shortly and simply stated before glaring at me.

"Stop trying to pretend you´re so brave. I´m the one at control, not you, so I would treat my kidnapper with a bit more respect don´t you think?" he stated as he pulled out a giant steel knife and brought it closer and closer to my right cheek.

He gently graced my cheek with the cold steel, but however gently he had graced it, it would still have hurt me. A very fine and clean slice was made on my cheek, and red beads slowly took form, running into each other and forming a single big drop of blood, which ran down my cheek, painting my face crimson red.

"Get that filthy thing away from me!" I snapped at him, gritting my teeth even more as I could feel my face consort in anger and fear.

It scared me how aggressively my body reacted to Sugou´s presence and signals he sent me. He looked down at me with a raise of his eyebrow.

"Didn´t I tell you to respect your kidnapper?" He growled aggressively as he pressed the metal down onto the wound he had just created, deepening it further.

I flinched and dug my upper teeth down into my lower lip, to not scream or yell in pain. It only partly succeeded though as I couldn´t stop a couple of moans escaping my lips.

"You´re not fun to torture anymore Kazuto. Where did all the screams go?" Sugou asked silently with a mad giggle as he pulled the knife away from my face and stabbed it into a holed and rotten nightstand table nearby.

"But don´t worry. I will make sure this gets interesting. "He said as he smirked and cracked his knuckles, in an attempt to put me on the edge of my seat.

This was only the beginning.

~ Asuna´s POV, the Yuuki residence. ~

I hadn´t seen Kazuto since he stormed away from the meeting between us and our parents a couple of hours ago. I had tried to call him just to calm him down, but he wouldn´t pick up his phone.

"Weird… He always picks up…" I thought as I sat on my bed in my room.

I sighed a bit and furrowed my brow. I was starting to get worried. Why wouldn´t he pick up his phone?

I frowned even more as I made my way down into the living room, where my father was currently reading the paper and drinking his coffee, like always. This was mostly what he made his afternoon pass with.

I sighed and dumped down into one of the comfy chairs of the living room, putting my head in my hands in deep thought. I was getting more and more worried every passing second, and apparently, it was showing, because my father suddenly asked me.

"Asuna, are you ok?" I could hear worry in his voice.

I snapped my face up from my hands and looked up at him, trying to force a smile on my lips.

"Y-Yeah everything is fine." I said as happily as I could.

I knew it wasn´t good enough though. He looked up from his paper, frowned a bit, and raised an eyebrow at me, almost to make me feel guilty for lying to him.

"Asuna you´re about as good at lying as your mother is at not working" He said with a serious tone.

"Just tell what is wrong. You know you can tell me anything." He said with a soft smile as he put down his newpaper and looked at me.

I sighed a bit and nodded slowly.

"It´s just Kazuto haven´t replied to any of my calls… I´m worried." I said as I looked at my father worriedly. '

He seemed shocked for a moment before looking down thoughtfully.

"hmm… Yeah that is not like him…" He mumbled as he rubbed his chin. I could almost see the gears in his head turning from thought.

"Well… He seemed pretty angry when we last saw him right?" He asked as he finally looked up at me. "Maybe he just wants to be alone…"

"I seriously doubt that father… If he ever is angry he always calls me… Something is seriously wrong…" I mumbled as I looked downwards worriedly.

"Well the police won´t make a missing search before there has gone 24 hours… So let´s wait and see if he should contact us by then, alright?" My dad mumbled as he stood up and walked over to where I was seated, ruffling my hair a bit.

"Don´t worry, everything is fine" He said, trying to seem as convincing as he could. I could still feel that he was somewhat worried though, so it didn´t seem all that convincing.

I nodded a bit and hummed in agreement, looking out the window of the living room.

"I hope you´re right dad… I really do…" I mumbled as I stared out at one particular star, that was shining even brighter than the others. I had heard that people sometimes wish upon a star when they need something or worry about something.

"Not a bad idea to at least try…" I mumbled as I walked over to the window and sat down on my knees, folding my hands.

"God… Please don´t let anything happen to him…" I mumbled as I closed my eyes, a single tear running down my left cheek. I sobbed a bit and wiped my tear before sitting up again, and walking towards the stairs for the second floor.

"I will go to bed early today dad… Goodnight" I mumbled as I passed my dad in the hallway.

He looked at me in surprise but his expression turned understanding before he nodded a bit and smiled.

"Sleep well princess. Don´t worry we will find him soon enough" He said with a convinced nod. I forced a small smile onto my lips and nodded before sighing and heading upstairs, my head clouded with worried thoughts.

~ Unknown location, Kazuto´s POV ~

I gritted my teeth and clenched my fists as I could once again hear silent mumbling outside in the hallway outside my room. There was two voices now. I could clearly hear that one of them belonged to my kidnapper Sugou. The other seemed familiar, but I was not sure I knew who it belonged to. I could hear that it was female though, and I felt like I had heard it before. Somewhere.

I could feel how my face contorted itself in fear and worry as the creaky door slowly slided open, to reveal Sugou and another person, whose face was covered by a dark hood. It almost felt like my teeth was about to explode from the pressure my body put on them. It was not pleasant.

"So this is the one.." The hooded figure whispered as she turned my way, with a wry smile.

I looked up at the hooded figure and clenched my fist, a nervous drop of sweat making it´s way down my forehead and down to my eye. Since I was tied up I couldn´t wipe it away, and it really irritated me. Maybe that was one of the reasons my voice was so aggressive when I yelled at the new figure who had appeared from the dark hallways outside the even darker room I was now presently lying in.

"Who the hell are you!?" I growled and snapped at her with my neck. The hooded figure simply giggled, which suddenly turned into a mad laughter.

"Oh you know me Kirito… All too well…" The hooded figure mumbled maniacally. "But I won´t let you see my face. It´s gonna be a surprise" She said childishly and excitedly as she brought her hooded head closer to my own face. This was when I realised the girl, or woman, had her mouth and nose covered by some kind of mask, so even if she did take off her hood I would still not be able to see who she was.

"What´s wrong? Too scared to not show your face?" I asked with a grunt as I stared at the person angrily. She simply giggled and sighed.

"I´m not the one scared here. You are." She said with another giggle as she walked over to a table to my right, where numerous weapons and sharp objects were spread out.

"Just don´t worry. I will reveal the truth for you sometime" She said silently as she picked up a huge knife, examined it and then put it back down.

I could feel how my breath got deeper out of desperation. My eyes began desperately darting around the room, examining it for any means of escape for what must have been the fifth time. I already knew I couldn´t escape however, if I didn´t find a way to cut the ropes that bound me the chair. I noticed a couple of splinters sprawled out on the ground, but I doubted there would be any that would be sharp enough.

My eyes darted around the room a final time before I gave up to find an escape route. I stopped resisting for now and slumped my body down on the chair.

"Here let me help you" Sugou said maniacally as he put my chair against a wall, so I at least sat up again. I lazily let my head fall downwards. I didn´t even want to look at him anymore. My mind was only set on one thing, and that was to get the hell out of this creepy place, so I could get home, and reassure Asuna that I was not hurt. Thinking about her made a smile appear on my lips, and it gave me new hope.

And I wasn´t going to give up this easily.

A/N

Hey guys!

Hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Sorry for it being a little shorter but once again, and what a surprise it is, I have been hit by a writers block, and in addition to that I still have to think about my exams.

So pardon me for letting the quality suck if it does. I will try to make it better next time.

Hope you enjoyed and see you next time.