Arc 1; Ep 8; Yui's Heart
-October 20, 2024 Floor 75 Collinia-
The next day was the day where Heathcliff the Commander of the Knights of the Blood Oath, and Kirito the Twinblade Swordsman would duel in a colosseum up on the newly opened floor. Sakore brought Philia for her to see as they were given a good view of how the fight was going to go. This duel has two of the greatest players in all of SAO.
"Hey Sakore, who do you think is gonna win?" Philia asks him
"To be completely honest I am unsure, Kirito does have his Dual Blades unique skill. Although Heathcliff is no joke, he has a special skill called The Divine Blade, that skill maximizes his offence and defense stats, it's almost likely that it can go either way." Sakore explains "I do know that Kirito won't be going down that easily…" Even so Sakore also had thoughts to the news thinking that the Commander also believes he will be the victor of the duel. Sakore has yet to believe he will prevail in winning.
The two fighters were brought onto the battlefield and chatting a bit until Heathcliff sends the duel request to Kirito and he accepts it to be a regular duel type battle and the counter appear as well as the duel of who is fighting.
-Heathcliff VS Kirito-
Everyone watched as the competitors drew out their weapons ready to face each other as the timer continues counting down. As soon the timer hit zero Kirito was the first to move and try to strike. Heathcliff used his shield to block the attack. Kirito continues trying to attack and trying to get a hit on him. Heathcliff goes for a strike though Kirito blocks and jumps back gaining distance and Heathcliff charges towards him to strike and what he used to hit was his shield and knock Kirito away. The two continue clashing blades against one another, as Sakore is watching very carefully at how the two are almost evenly matched. There were some hits given to each of them and now Kirito uses the time to attack and actually knock Heathcliff's shield away for an opening and Kirito charges up a downward slash looking to be the finishing move to win the duel. However things seemed to be frozen in time when Sakore sees Heathcliff strangely move his shield back in place to block the attack, and now suddenly everything starts to move normally and Kirito's attack gets blocked and got struck causing his HP to hit Yellow and signalling Heathcliff winning the duel.
"Aw drat, that was so close. I thought for sure he was going to win from that point…" Philia said then noticed Sakore's expression of disbelief. "Sakore…?"
"No way he could have blocked that attack so quickly, it was right there unable to be blocked… how could Heathcliff be able to react that fast and block it? That just seemed impossible…" Sakore said in his thoughts in disbelief of Heathcliff winning the duel.
"Sakore?" Philia got his attention from being too focused from the duel. "The duel's over, let's return back to our place for the day."
"... Yea ok…" he replied and the two start heading back to the teleport gate. However he wasn't going to let this slide, he needed to know how Heathcliff was able to block an attack so close yet unable to defend against.
-October 30, 2024 Floor 22-
Days pass as Kirito has become part of the KoB guild, and some other special things happened where Sakore found out about Kirito and Asuna getting closer than before. Especially getting married, so Sakore makes the decision to go visit them so he has told Philia that he would like to congratulate them. As he appeared in town he started making his way to where the new couple was, but he accidentally bumps into a girl, she is close to his height, with pale skin, she has black raven hair that is tied up in a small ponytail, light blue eyes, her equipment is a black and red top that has detached sleeves, a violet color breastplate, Black and red skirt, black stockings, her weapon is a short one handed sword equipped to her waist.
"Oh sorry there!" Sakore tells her
"Oh no, I should apologize because I was lost in thought." She tells him and shyly looks away "I should get going…" she was about to head to the teleport gate but Sakore grabbed her by the shoulder to stop her
"Wait! Um… is alright if I know your name?" He asks her and she was quiet then spoke
"You can call me… Lucy." She tells him
"Good to meet you, I'm Sakore. Wish we could chat more, but I was planning to meet some friends of mine. Though we can be friends if you want." He tells her and opens the menu and send a friend request to her, she was hesitant a bit, but accepted it "If you are willing I could bring you to my place later on to meet another friend of mine."
"Maybe… I'll think about it." She says and she leaves making Sakore wonder about her a bit. Though his objective is to meet with Kirito and Asuna at their new house out by the lake. Once he got to the log cabin out by the lake he knocks on the door as well as unequipping his gear having just a shirt with the three symbols on the back, the pants, and boots. The door opens showing Asuna in a beige sweater and a brown knee length skirt and boots.
"Sakore? What are you doing here?" she asks him
"What else than to congratulate the new couple!" He tells her with a slight chuckle and she blushes in embarrassment "So may I come in?"
"Of course, please come right in. I just made some lunch would you want some?" She asks and he nods, she lets him in as she closes the door and goes to the kitchen. Sakore goes to the couch where Kirito is sitting at and suddenly noticed a young girl in a white dress with light black hair reaching her back sleeping on a chair.
"Who is that girl?" he turns to Kirito who is still wearing his all black clothing, and of course he and Asuna have the wedding rings on them.
"We don't know, we found her in the forest yesterday wandering around. The strange thing is that she isn't a player or NPC." Kirito tells him and Sakore sees he is right, the girl doesn't have a cursor above her. "Today we learned that she doesn't remember anything except her name, Yui."
"Yui… but amnesia? I never heard of something like that in SAO." Sakore says and sits on the couch wondering about the little girl that is here.
"Yea, I haven't got a clue if that is possible or not. However the both of us are gonna take Yui to Floor 1 the next day to see if anyone knows about her." Kirito tells him
"Oh, then would it be alright if I helped?" Sakore asks as Asuna brought a sandwich in for him.
"You sure? We wouldn't want to bother you if you were busy with anything." Asuna says
"It's fine, besides I'm basically free of daily stuff. I also am curious about who she is… that's a big mystery in any case." Sakore says taking a bite of the sandwich Asuna made
"Ok then, meet us in the Town of Beginning tomorrow." Asuna tells him and he agrees to meet them there. After some time passed he tells his good-byes to them and to see them tomorrow. He returned to the town and saw some guys gathering around someone.
"Hey girl why not come with us?" one of the guys said, as he is trying to charm a girl.
"Yea, we like to hang around with girls like you!" another guy says and from some openings Sakore saw the girl he met before a while ago who is getting crowded by 10 male players.
"Please just back off." She tells them scared and wanting to get away, but she is now completely surrounded by them.
"Aw come on you don't need to be shy, just come with us. We like to play real nice!" one guy said who sounds to be the big shot of the group, while Sakore couldn't ignore this.
"Hey! Why don't you pick someone your own size!" Sakore yells out at them and getting their attention.
"What'd you say punk?!" one guy asks sounding annoyed
"Dude thinks he is so cool trying to be a hero!" another guy says with a smug look on his face.
"Buzz off fly, you shouldn't mess with us. Especially me, I'm the biggest baddest guy around here so stay out!" the leader guy says drawing out his large two-handed sword pointing it right at Sakore
"You think you can just force girls to do your bidding, you are a sick twisted person is what I think." Sakore says getting his sword equipped
"You think you're being cool and shit huh?! Well I'll show you who's better!" The leader charges at Sakore as he draws out his sword and rebounds it and does a horizontal slash knocking him back. He was also getting pretty pissed off after that hit. "Damn you!" He charges at him again and Sakore does his unique Sword Skill Shadow's Abyss doing his four slashes and thrusts doing the final combo hit causing the big guy to be knocked over into a fountain with a screen popping up saying -Immortal Object-.
"You should think twice before taking on someone like me, but of course you wouldn't have to worry about your HP since it is a safe zone, but if you ever cross with me ever again. I will make sure you have nightmares for the rest of your life!" Sakore tells him with a fearful glare and the other guys also got scared, when suddenly one of them recognised the symbol on his pants.
"Wait a minute, that Moon symbol… isn't that… holy crap this guy is the Astral Swordsman! He's part of the Assault Team!" one guy tells them and the rest looked at Sakore closely and confirming that he is that exact person.
"He is?! Oh shit screw that, I ain't messing with him! Let's get out of here!" another one said scared and they retreat as well as the leader of the group. Sakore put his sword back into the holster and turned to Lucy who was crouching as well as frightened but also glad to have been saved.
"Sorry you had to be targeted by those pervs. If I had gotten here late, who knows what they would have done." Sakore tells her
"Actually… I was trying to hide from them months ago… some girls were taken by them and they were forced to do…" Lucy starts explaining and she was about to break into tears, until Sakore lifted her up and hugged her.
"You shouldn't be around here, it's dangerous… would you like to come back to my place? I have a rented room on the 50th floor." Sakore tells her and she takes a moment to think about it and nods. "ok, let's go then." They go to the teleport gate and go to Floor 50 and go to the hotel that he and Philia stay at. Once they get to his room Philia wasn't expecting another person arriving.
"Who is she? You never said you would be bringing anyone here." Philia says
"Sorry Philia, it's just some jerks were gonna take her somewhere possibly going to do certain stuff with her and I had just rescued her from Floor 22." Sakore explains to her
"Oh I'm sorry to hear that." Philia tells her
"It's fine. However I want to rescue the other captive girls, although I'm not really skilled enough to face them. Their base is on Floor 37, one of the captive girls was able to escape and I ran into her telling me about the problems happening. I wanted to help, but my level is too low to take them head on." Lucy explains and they wonder what to do.
"We could have her power level from Floors that can give her lots of Exp." Philia suggests
"True, but however I kinda promised to do a favor for Kirito and Asuna tomorrow. I am not sure how long it will take but I will message you what happens later on, so Philia I am counting on you to be able to get Lucy up to the higher levels. Also maybe getting some better gear while I'm gone, and be sure to steer clear from the guys that might look for her." Sakore explains to her
"I will do that, you just finish your favor." Philia tells him and they take a rest for the night and Lucy is added to the party also.
-October 31, 2024 Floor 1 Town of Beginnings-
The next day Sakore is waiting at the teleport gate of the Town of Beginnings for Kirito and Asuna to arrive. While the two girls went out to the fields and face enemies that can bring Lucy's levels up, since Sakore's Level is 97, and Philia is at Level 86, they had to raise her Level from 30 to near theirs if possible.
As he is waiting, the people he waited for have arrived along with the girl in a cute new outfit now.
"Hey there, were you waiting long?" Kirito asks him
"Nah, I just made sure some friends were gonna do so leveling on the fields on a different Floor while I am gone. I met someone who wanted to fight on the higher floors and not just stay around these Floor levels." Sakore tells him
"Understandable, but you sure they'll be alright?" Asuna asks him
"Yea, one of them is a good enough level to take on higher Floors, so they're making our other friend power level pretty much. Anyway this one must be Yui." Sakore says seeing her having a piggyback ride on Kirito and she looked shy. "Hey there, I'm Sakore. I'm a friend to these two." she tried pronouncing his name but it was difficult for her. "Thought it might be difficult for her, so is there something you wanna call me to make it easier for you?"
"... Uncle?" she says which gives Sakore a slight surprised expression
"It's fine, she actually suggested Asuna and I to be her mommy and daddy." Kirito tells him and he smiles which was the first time Sakore ever saw Kirito smile like that and Asuna giggles happily.
"That's cute, then shall we start going around?" Sakore asks them
"Sure, but first. Hey Yui does this place look familiar?" Kirito asks her and she looks around and then shook her head giving the others a sigh of disappointment. "Well better start looking around." They start looking around and head to the market areas.
"Hey guys, do you know how many players are here? Right now in the town?" Asuna asks the two
"Hmm, good question… last I checked there were six thousand players still alive in SAO and about 30% of those people including the army live in the Town of Beginnings. So maybe a little less than two thousand?" Kirito guesses unsure about the actual number
"Then doesn't it seem a little dead around here?" Asuna asks and they stop walking
"Yea, you're right…" Sakore says noticing it also.
"Leave those children alone!" A woman shouts out having the trio hear it.
"Look it's the daycare bitch!" a guy says sounding amused
"We've been waiting for you!" Another guy says and the trio make their way to the source
"Leave them alone and let them go!" The woman tells a small group of Liberation soldiers
"You make it sound like we're doing something illegal babycakes. We're just teaching them how things work around here, making sure they pay their way. It's all part of the army's job ma'am." The guy who seems to be in charge of them tells the woman
"That's right, everyones gotta pay taxes around here." one guy says and they start laughing.
"Kids are you alright?!" The woman asks the three kids scared behind the army soldiers
"Help Miss Sasha! Please! Save us!" the girls cries out terrified
"They just want your money, so give it to them and it'll be ok!" the woman called Sasha tells them
"We tried Teach, but they said it's not good enough!" one boy tells her which makes her worried
"You know, you deadbeats owe us a hell of a lot in back taxes." one guy tells her
"You need to drop all the equipment you have on you, including your armor." the main guy tells her "Come on honey, don't be shy."
"No way, let me through or else! Stand aside!" Sasha warns him as the trio start making their way into the situation with the main guy noticing them and the trio leap over them right to where the three kids are at having Kirito and Sakore stand guard while Asuna went over to the kids.
"You guys are gonna be ok now, pick up your stuff." Asuna tells them and the amazed kids did so.
"What the… whoa, whoa whoa whoa hey who the hell are you?!" one guy asks them
"This is army business, so get the hell out of our way!" another warns them
"Hold on I got this." The main guy tells them and walks towards them. "I guess you're all new in town yea? Cause we're with the Liberation Army and you do not mess with us!" he draws out his sword and Asuna equips her rapier and walks to the guy
"Kirito, take care of Yui." She tells him and he nods as she draws out her weapon looking serious now. The guy only smirked until she strikes him knocking him back and does it again. "Oh don't worry, it's a safe zone your HP won't deplete no matter what I do. There's just a feeling of getting knocked off your feet… even so, a fight with me is still gonna scare the hell out of you." he was seriously frightened and tries getting away only to get struck again
"Don't just stand there you assholes do something!" he tells his soldiers and they took one look at Asuna who looked serious to face each one of them and started running away like cowards. The kids were amazed from her skills and started praising her and Sasha went over and thanked her.
"You see that? Your mom's crazy strong isn't she?" Kirito tells Yui and she looked up at the sky and the two guys notice this.
"Their hearts… everyone's hearts are…" she started saying and reaching a hand to the sky above which the two guys were confused at what she means.
"What's wrong Yui?" Asuna asks which got her attention
"Yui? What's the matter? Yui!" Kirito asks her and she paused
"Hey, did you remember something Yui?" Sakore asks her
"I… I… was never here… in this place… I was always alone in the dark." she says which made the air grim strangely, then suddenly she screamed scared causing something weird to happen around them. Yui was gonna fall off of Kirito's back and Asuna was quick to catch her. "Mommy! I'm scared! Mommy…"
"My god… Yui…" Kirito says completely scared at what just happened, Yui took one look at Kirito and suddenly passed out.
"What was that…?" Asuna asks worried about Yui.
-November 1, 2024 Sasha's Daycare Place-
The next day they stayed at Sasha's daycare for Yui to rest, Sakore also messaged the two girls that he had to stay because of being worried of what happened yesterday. Philia did send a message asking about something strange happening from the environment around them while they were out on the fields. Currently Lucy has power leveled up to 53 now and have gotten new gear at her level, but still needed more progress to keep her promise. Sakore is near the entrance of the daycare in deep thought about yesterday.
"I'm worried about Yui… none of us know what just happened that day." he said in his thoughts. "Kirito and Asuna finds her in a forest on Floor 22, we try to see if anyone knows her or have seen her before. Yet it seems we can't get a complete answer of who Yui is." Sakore continues trying to think about what caused the strange event to happen. Then a knock was heard from the door and they opened to see a woman whose equipment is similar to the Liberation Army.
"Sorry to bother you, I'm Yulier." She tells them
"You're with the army right? I hope your not here to cause trouble." Asuna says to her
"God no, in fact I'm here to thank you." she tells them and surprised them. "You did right putting those men in their places. Actually I came to ask the three of you for your help." They decided to go into a room to talk privately and discuss what she wants to ask. "When the guild was form, we… well… actually it was our leader Thinker. He never wanted it to turn into the kind of dictatorial organization it's become. At first, the mission of the guild was to share information and food, equally among as many players as possible."
"But at that point the guild grew to large, am I right?" Sakore asks
"Right, and after much fighting one man became very powerful. His name is Kiboau." Yulier says and the trio know that name, but haven't heard about him after so long. "Kiboau and his group became stronger and stronger, monopolizing all the best monster spawn points. They're out of control now, extorting other players under the pretext of collecting taxes. It was obvious Kiboau didn't care about clearing the game, and it made a lot of people mad. He had to do something about it, so he sent the highest level players to the front lines." The trio then remembered some of the members they encountered up on Floor 74's dungeon area.
"Corvatz." Asuna understood how and why they were brought to the frontlines.
"Kiboau was denounced after spearheading that massacre. That's when we decided to seriously kick him out of the guild for good." Yulier tells them continuing her story. "Now that he's scared and getting desperate, he decided to eliminate Thinker." To think that Kiboau would go as far to have someone out of the way just to stay in a guild. "He set a trap and stranded Thinker deep inside a dungeon."
"Can't he teleport out?" Kirito asks worried and Yulier shook her head
"Does he have any weapons?" Asuna asks
"He didn't take anything with him, Kiboau told him he wanted to talk unarmed. Thinker believed him… that was three days ago." Yulier tells them really worried
"He's been gone that long?! Can't he find his way out?!" Asuna asks
"The dungeon is the highest level we've seen so far. He can't get out of there on his own. As his second-in-command this is my responsibility." Yulier says "But the problem is my level isn't high enough to reach him, and Kiboau is using his influence to keep the rest of the army from helping me. When I heard three of the most powerful players anyone had seen were in town I thought "This is my chance!" I tracked you down cause I need your help!" she stood up "Kirito, Asuna, Sakore. I beg of you for Thinker's sake, please help me rescue him from that dungeon!" she tells them sounding very serious about this. The trio looked to each other unsure about this being true or not.
"If you think we can help get Thinker out of there, we'd be glad to help you." Asuna tells her "However… well, the thing is we'd like to make sure you're telling the truth."
"I'm sorry, I know we just met and I'm asking a lot from you!" She says actually crying now "But when I think about him trapped alone in there, I feel like… I'm going insane!" they can tell she is worried, but not sure if it really is true until Yui spoke up
"It's ok mommy." She says and they look at her. "everything she's been telling you, is the truth." they went wide eyed not expecting her to say that
"Yui… you mean you can tell?" Asuna asks her surprised and Yui nods
"I'm not sure how she is but… she is." Yui says with a smile and they were silent for a bit until Kirito laughs amused
"If anything I rather trust her and regret it than not trust her and regret it." Kirito says and the other two stared at him. "Let's go, it'll all work out. Right?" he asks with a grin and Sakore snickered
"Alright whatever you say…" Sakore tells him "Alright then, we'll help you. I hope we are strong enough to do it." Yulier couldn't believe she actually heard the words that she didn't expect to hear but was really grateful to have them help in her cause.
"Thank you so much." She tells them
"I know what it feels like to save someone, especially for someone you care for." Asuna tells her
"Stay here and wait for us ok?" Kirito tells Yui rubbing her head
"No! I wanna come too!" Yui says arguing
"Come on Yui, don't you wanna stay with me?" Sasha asks and Yui disagreed on wanting to go along with the others
"Great, now we get to see her rebellious side." Kirito says annoyed
"Hey, listen Yui. This is too dangerous for you to come along with us." Sakore tells her and she gets off her chair and grabs Kirito's arm
"I'm going with you!" Yui shouts out and they decided to give up arguing and have her come along. So the four along with Yui now go into a secret dungeon area inside the Black Iron Palace now with the trio in their full equipment as Yui is on Kirito's shoulders.
"I never knew this dungeon was under the Town of Beginnings." Asuna says
"I know, there wasn't anything like this during the Beta-test." Kirito tells them
"I think the dungeon opens up to reveal more as the floors above are cleared." Yulier theorizes "I bet Kiboau was planning to keep this place all to himself."
"Exclusive access to spawns can be profitable." Kirito tells them
"The thing is, monsters here are usually around level 60. They wouldn't be able to do much hunting." Yulier tells them and they get to a stairway "This is the entrance and Yui looked curious
"Don't worry I'm not afraid!" Yui says with a smile
"Don't worry, it's ok. She's a lot tougher than she looks." Asuna says
"She might even be a fine swordswoman one day." Sakore says and they laughed a bit. They continue forward and come across some frog monsters and both Kirito and Sakore draw their weapons and charge in and slay them off. "Bet I can get more kills than you!"
"You're on!" Kirito tells him and they fought hard to best against the other. Sakore was quick using his sword, though Kirito was faster with his Dual Blades. At some points Sakore took a second to think maybe he could try Dual Wielding if possible. Not to show off, but to be able to protect someone as much as he can. They continue down through the dungeon until they get to a hallway and see a white room up ahead that could be most likely a safe zone.
"Look, it's a safe zone." Asuna says and Kirito uses his sight to notice something
"There's a player inside." Kirito says and it got Yulier's attention
"It's Thinker!" she starts running to the area, and they follow her.
"Yulier!" Thinker shouts out waving at her
"Thinker!" Yulier shouts getting closer, however.
"No stay away! The Corridor's rigged!" He warns them and the name -The Fatal Scythe- appeared seeming to be a powerful enemy. Kirito makes a run quickly to her and tackles her away from the fatal blow of the incoming monster. The area changed seeming to be similar like a Floor boss enemy. Kirito got up and drew his weapons to defend against as Sakore joined with him and Asuna tells Yulier to take Yui into the safe zone. The monster that is in front of them looks like the grim reaper.
"Asuna, Sakore. Use teleport crystals to get Yui and the others out of here now. I can't see it's data with my ID ability, it could be as strong from Floor 90." he tells them "I can buy you time, just get everyone out of here!"
"No way I am leaving you here!" Asuna says to him
"I'll catch up! Move it!" Kirito tells them and the two look at the three in the safe zone
"Take care of Yui, leave while you still have a change!" Sakore tells them
"Sakore!" Kirito wasn't expecting him to say that and the two stand next to Kirito. The enemy readies a strike as the trio set up a guard but it was too powerful to defend against and they were knocked back given heavy amount of damage causing both Sakore and Asuna's HP to drop into the Yellow and Kirito's just now reaching Red. But then suddenly Yui came out of the safe zone unfrightened and this worried the trio at what she was thinking.
"What are you doing?! Gat away from it!" Kirito tells her scared
"Yui!" Both Asuna and Sakore call to her as the enemy is ready to strike her
"Daddy, Mommy, Uncle. It's ok." she says and the enemy swings it's scythe at her and Asuna closed her eyes not wanting to see another death. However a barrier blocked the attack knocking the monster away and there was a sign above saying -Immortal Object-
"What the…? An Immortal Object?" Sakore questioned silently confused. Yui then floated and summoned a large flaming sword and with one strike it completely destroys the monster like nothing and caused the hallway to become normal. The trio stood up confused and amazed at what she did, they go into the safe zone.
"Yui, say something, you remember who you are?" Asuna asks and Yui nods and looks up at the trio with a smile
"Kirito, Asuna, Sakore." She said their names correctly which surprised them. "Everything in the world of Sword Art Online, is controlled by a single massive system. The system is called Cardinal, it was designed to operate entirely on it's own. Without any human intervention, it's function is to regulate the balance of SAO. According to its own digression." She explains "From monsters and NPC AI, to drop rates for Items and Money. Everything here is controlled by the processes the Cardinal program executes. That includes the psychological care of the players. Mental Health Counseling Program, Prototype 1 Codename Yui. That is who I am."
"You're a program? An AI?" Asuna asks in shock
"I was designed to put players at ease with me, that's why I was given the ability to emulate complex emotion." Yui says to them. "Nothing about me is real, nothing. Not even my tears. I'm so sorry." the tears vanish when they fell from her face.
"But… what about your amnesia? Is that even possible for an AI?" Sakore asks her feeling sad for her
"2 years ago, on the official launch of Sword Art Online. For reasons I never understood, the Cardinal program banned me from interacting with any of the players. I wasn't allowed to assist them. I couldn't do anything except continue montering they're mental states." She explains. "Their situation in a word, was horrible. Terror, despair, rage, people were overcome by negative feelings. Some of them couldn't take it they went insane. Under normal circumstances my function would have been to go to such players Immediately. But I wasn't permitted any contact with them. Little by little, errors began piling inside of me, and I fell apart." That explained how she was given amnesia. "Then one day, I saw two players. Their mental parameters were vastly different from anything I've seen from the others. There was joy, and peace, and there was something more. I wandered through the playing field, hoping to get as close to both of you as I could without being detected."
"So… that's why you were in the forest." Asuna assumed
"Yes. That's why. I've wanted to meet you for the longest time." Yui tells them letting out so many tears that disappear. "That's strange isn't it? It should be impossible for me to think of things like that. I'm not human, I'm a program after all…"
"Yui. Maybe what you are feeling are real human emotions." Asuna tells her and she disagrees completely confused. Kirito then walks up to her
"You aren't just some program anymore, the system can't control you. Listen, if you want something, all you have to do is say it." Kirito tells her "Go ahead, tell us what you want."
"What I want?" She asks as she reaches her arms to them. "I want… I want to stay with you forever! Daddy! Mommy!" It started making Asuna cry and went to hug her.
"You will. We'll be together forever Yui." Asuna tells her with a smile and Kirito goes over and hugs them both
"Yea, remember you're our child." Kirito tells her and Sakore went over
"As for me, I'm happy to be part of this little family. These two would agree to have you stay with them, as do I." He tells her patting her head in a loving way to her like she is his own niece to him.
"It's too late…" Yui tells them and they broke from the hug wondering what she means
"For what?" Kirito asks and Yui taps on the stone she is on and it brings up screens like a computer panel
"Look. This is actually a console the GM can use to gain emergency access to the system." She tells them. "I used it to delete the monster in the corridor… and now because I've disobeyed the Cardinal's directive. The system is running a program on my check, it thinks I'm a forign object now. I'll probably be deleted at once." This news scared the trio
"There's got to be a way around it!" Kirito says and Yui looks at them one last time
"Daddy, Mommy, Uncle, Thank you. This is goodbye." Yui tells them
"No! I don't want that!" Asuna hugs her tightly "Stay with us! Please stay. We just started living like a real family!" suddenly Yui starts shining
"Yui don't go!" Kirito says and places his hands on hers
"Whenever the two of you are around, you have a way of making people smile. From now on, and for me. Please continue my work. Keep helping people, share your happiness with all of them." Yui tells them and Asuna didn't want her to disappear "smile Mommy." Yui told her and she slowly vanishes and causing Asuna to break out in tears and Kirito in disbelief of this, while Sakore fell to his knees
"No… why… why did this have to happen…?" Sakore says tearing up while Kirito was building up with anger
"CARDINAL! No, KAYABA! Your going to learn things don't go the way you want them too!" Kirito starts working on the console. "If I'm fast enough, I think I access the GM's account through the system." he works quickly with a screen popping up and downloading something up and something knocks him back.
"Kirito! Are you ok?" Asuna asks as she kneels to him and he holds out his hand holding something and drops it into Asuna's hand which looks to be a tiny gem shaped like a droplet. "What's this?"
"The system was about to reject Yui's admin credentials, the only thing I could do was take her program and turn it into a game object." Kirito tells her
"So… this is…" Asuna says
"You're holding, Yui's Heart." Kirito tells her and she started tearing up and Sakore couldn't help but let out tears also. He pulls out a teleport crystal.
"I'll… give you some time alone…" He tells them and uses the crystal to return to the Town of beginnings. He explained to the people wondering what had happened that they were safe and some stuff happened to them. Sakore makes a return to Floor 50 and report his adventure with Yui to the two girls.
There we go two episodes in one chapter along with the Duel, honestly I always am like crying when seeing that scene happen. But for now I am gonna plan in making some things I could do to make longer chapters for you guys to enjoy. Anyway after the events with Yui, Sakore now makes his promise to help the captive girls that Lucy mentioned, how will this go? Plus will this be the end? We are about to find out later!
Next time; The End of the World