Overcoming Destiny

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Wireless communications"

Ch 13

Liz was lying in bed in an overly large room with a dull aching throb throughout her whole body. "Why did I choose to subject myself to this?" She asked herself in frustration. "Oh that's right it's because my husband isn't doing his job. Though I'm cured of wanting that for a while." She mumbled sarcastically as she closed her eyes thinking about the argument from two weeks prior.

"How can you say that you love me if you won't take care of me like you're supposed to?!" Liz yelled at Kirito.

"I don't want to hurt you because you don't have the magical immunity that I do!" Kirito yelled back in frustration.

"Then why don't you alleviate that problem and make me like you?" Liz asked with a barely restrained calm.

"Because there's the chance you could die and we need blacksmiths right now." Kirito answered after taking a deep breath to calm down.

"That's not a good reason and you know it. We can always contact Demnann if we need smiths." Liz rationalized getting worked up again.

"Fine but I can't do it myself because we have incompatible blood types." Kirito said sighing heavily. "We'll go see what Louise can do." He finished in defeat.

Louise happened to be the same blood type as Liz simplifying the transfusion which brings to where she's currently laying.

A maid with blue hair and blue eyes came in with a tray of food for Liz.

"Here is your food. Eat." The maid said.

"Flora you could stand to be a little more polite." Liz stated politely as she sat up.

Flora set the tray on the bedside table, went over and helped Liz sit up, then she turned and set the tray on Liz's lap.

"Thank you." Liz said as she began eating.

Flora turned and started cleaning the room up.

"How are you feeling Liz?" Kirito asked as he came in the door.

"Sore." Liz mumbled around her food.

"Silica is watching Yui tonight so I get to spend some more time with you." Kirito stated.

"At least something good came of your talk with Louise." Liz mumbled as Flora left the room.

"Yeah well since I'm your husband I will be keeping you company when I can till you finish your change." Kirito said before he shifted into dragon form. "So I will be bidding you goodnight."

Liz moaned in annoyance as Kirito fell asleep instantly. "I can't believe that this is what my life is going to be like for the immediate future."

OOooOO

Meanwhile on Albion Sinon was hiding outside of a manor house determining the best way to enter the premises. She had left Smith in the last town because there was another fairy somewhere that he was tasked with finding so they could leave the island faster. She was about to make her move when she felt a sharp pain on the back of her head causing her to black out.

She awoke sometime later strapped to a table. "So our visitor has awakened. That's nice to know. Your kind recovers from injuries faster than humans."

"Wha-." Sinon asked blearily as she looked around.

"My name is Sheffield and I have been tasked with studying your species." The black haired woman stated as she looked at Sinon with a hungry look. "I really have no problem telling you seeing as you won't be among the living for much longer. Your bones are made out of a metal that I've never seen before and can't manipulate." Sheffield stated maliciously. "Which bears the question: Do all of your kind share these features? How different is the physical structure of your kind from individual to individual?"

'I see so my genetics carried over to this world.' Sinon thought trying to move even a finger.'If I was able to control my body I would be able to teach this psycho a lesson. I haven't made use of my abilities yet because I didn't think they followed me here.' Sinon thought as she blacked out an animalistic smirk gracing her face.

"You know this is the most interesting subject I've ever had the pleasure to examine." Sheffield said before she started laughing manically as she picked up a scalpel and forceps.

"Was it really necessary to tell her your intent?" Her assistant asked.

"Foolish boy, don't you know the best form of torture is to get the victims hopes up then dash them against the rocks." Sheffield said giggling as she was cutting into Sinon's belly. She found to her annoyance that she could no longer cut fast enough to find out anything before the cuts healed.

OOooOO

Back on Earth our mysterious dimensional traveler has been doing his best to get by even with the language barrier. The Police had him in custody for a few days trying to determine what to do with him but conceding that he must have come from the world that all of the players in Alfhiem disappeared to a month prior. He was just coming home to the apartment that he was staying after a day at the lab where scientists were trying to open a portal to his home realm. It wasn't lost on him that he was in the same apartment that he appeared in when he swapped places. Historians talked with him as well to come up with procedures they would have to follow when they did open up a worm hole to his realm. At least that's what he was told the phenomenon was called.

After he entered the apartment he was immediately wary because something felt out of place. "It's nice to know that my opponent isn't completely worthless." An unknown voice stated in English.

Our dimensional traveler saw a Caucasian man about mid-thirties sitting on his bed looking over the knickknacks he hadn't had the heart to remove as a reminder that he wasn't of this world. His visitor was just short of 2 meters tall and was a literal wall of muscle. His black hair was a windswept mess and a black beard covered his face. What garnered the most attention though where his eyes. The Black orbs gave the impression of looking into the past of a man that lived through multiple wars coming out stronger and yet more broken for it.

"Where is my daughter?" The man asked standing from the bed; animosity radiating off of him.

"I don't know what you refer to?" Our traveler asked in the same language.

"You are in her apartment I can smell that she was here at least a month ago. So I ask again." He said before he growled. "Where is Asada?"

"I'm telling you I don't know who you speak of!" Our traveler yelled in frustration and fear.

"Ok now I have a better question." The man stated just as hostile as before appeared in front of the other man, throwing him against the closed door a hand around the other's throat and three blades coming out of his knuckles ready to strike. "Who are you blue blood?"

"M-M-my name is Wales Tudor." The now named Wales stuttered out.

"Been years since I've heard that surname." The man stated as the blades retracted into his hand. "I am Logan."

"Logan I have no idea where your daughter is. I was standing in line to be hanged before blacking out and awakening here." Wales said quickly, attempting to absolve himself of guilt.

"You aren't who I'm angry at." Logan replied as he sat back down on the mattress. "If she disappeared the same way all of the others did, it was by her own choice. The Ministry of Internal Affairs told me that all of the disappearances all had the same message saved on the Amusphere. And everybody that disappeared had answered yes." Looking back up Logan continued. "Sorry about laying into you like that just still in shock about the fact she isn't here."

"If it would help this is what I'm told your daughter looks like now." Wales said taking out a picture of Sinon that he kept so he wouldn't forget the sacrifice that saved him.

"She would choose that look wouldn't she?" Logan asked himself tears starting to slide down his cheeks as he looked at a picture of Sinon from Alfhiem. "Damn you Charles you've turned me into a sentimental old fool."

"Better to express your feelings to the ones you love while you can before it's too late." Wales stated. "That's my one regret being unable to tell my Henrietta how much I loved her."

Logan didn't comment as the pair sat in companionable silence.

OOooOO

"I call this meeting to order." Louise called as she started the first national summit of leaders that the Fae had ever had. "First order of business is how are our food stores holding up?" She asked from where she sat between the leprechaun and gnome representatives. All of the representatives were seated in relation to where their districts fell on the map. Clockwise from Louise were the Leprechaun, Spriggan, Undine, Imp, Salamander, Sylph, Cait Sith, Pooka, and finally the Gnome.

"Courtesy of you changing a few things within each city, it made fresh food more readily available." Mortimer answered after a few moments of silence.

"I did what I could on that front, but that wasn't what was asked." Louise replied looking around the circular table they were sitting around.

"Food stores for our faction are running low." Akifusa said looking across the table.

"Sylvain has a surplus that you can make use of." Sakuya said. "Though I don't know how long it'll last because we're already helping the Catsy dragoons."

"We of the Spriggans could help with supplies; rainforests have a surprising abundance of food." Aoi said as she looked at Akifusa.

"I thought it was hard to find food in rainforests." George said.

"No, there is an art to surviving in a rainforest, something we had to learn while it was still a game." Aoi said turning to George.

"I wouldn't harvest too much from it because your forest is only about a third of its original size." Louise interjected.

"That is true, however the forest is quickly spreading past its boundaries and it will only be a few years before it returns to its in-game borders if we don't cut down too many trees." Aoi said.

"We'll also have to subdue the boss monster in each of your regions at some point." Louise said looking at all of the leaders.

"My scouts are already looking into that." Kuro-hime said, leaning back in her chair and kicking her legs up on the table.

"This is no time to be lounging around." Mortimer admonished the light purple haired Imp with a heavy sigh.

"Well, as we have no information at all on these bosses, I can't do anything until the scouts get back, so this is the perfect time to kick back before things get hectic again." Kuro-hime said putting her hands behind her head.

"I like this girl." Alicia declared as she lounged in her chair.

"Alicia stop it, you're not helping any." Sakuya sighed out as she banged her head against the table.

"That can't be good for your sanity." Akifusa said looking worriedly at Sakuya.

"I disagree there are times that the only thing you can do as bang your head in frustration." Mortimer stated enigmatically.

"I find hitting the ones causing your distress with a bokken is a better solution." Aoi said holding up her finger.

"This meeting is supposed to partly be about not putting too much of a strain on Tristains' resources." Louise sighed out letting her face fall into her palm. "For instance how are the subterranean gardens holding up in Braunrick?"

"Despite the fact that the plants are essentially fungus they are surprisingly tasty." Kuro-hime said scratching her chin.

"Since we have that somewhat figured out for the time being." Louise said perking up. "How to go about extracting the Fae from within other countries? The highest concentration so far is in Albion."

"The one person of mine that's there is doing her best to get everybody in one place." Alicia said sitting back up at attention.

"You have a person, Fae? Catsy? Operative on the floating island that I don't know about?" Kuro-hime asked sitting up.

"And why should you know about anything that's happening on my side of the country?" Alicia asked her counterpart across the table with a sickeningly sweet voice.

"Now ladies let's try and all get along here." Thinker said trying to defuse the situation.

"I'm getting along," Kuro-hime said with a look of innocence, "I just find it hard to believe that the cat knowingly placed an operative on the floating island, Albion, especially since they have recently enacted a strict watch on all ships, and everyone knows Catsy can't use the spells to make themselves appear human."

"Yeah about that." Alicia said laughing nervously as she scratched her cheek. "She's somebody that had a scout type build and happened to be transported over there during the transition."

"I knew you couldn't have purposely placed her there." Kuro-hime said grinning.

"I won't grace that comment with an answer." Alicia shot back.

"Don't worry it doesn't require one." Kuro-hime said as she leaned back.

"Quit with the squabbling!" Louise yelled surprising all present as a purple and black aura formed around her.

"Yes ma'am." Kuro-hime squeaked as she shrank into her chair.

"She's scary." Aoi said whispering to Akifusa.

"I think that we should send some Imps and Spriggans to perform the extraction." Mortimer said after a few seconds of thought.

"I can send one unit." Aoi said looking at her notebook.

"Yeah, I'll have to talk with Zero to see who-, wait, why do you have a notebook?" Kuro-hime sat up cutting herself off.

"To keep up with my forces as I can't access the game menu." Aoi said matter-of-factly.

"No, where'd you get it?" Kuro-hime asked leaning over Thinker to get a better look.

"Down girl. Stay in your chair." Thinker said pushing Kuro-hime's head out of his face. Kuro-hime sat back down pouting.

"Would you believe me when I say it's my school notebook that I'd been holding before diving into the game." Aoi said smiling.

"So the leader of the Spriggans is a school girl." Mortimer stated steepling his fingers in front of him.

"Never mind that. Why were you holding your school notebook?" Kuro-hime asked leaning forward.

"N-n-no reason." Aoi said blushing as she hid the lower part of her face with the notebook.

"Can we cut with the chitchat and get back on track with the reason for this meeting?" Louise asked exasperated.

"And that is?" Kuro-hime asked turning to Louise.

"You forgot?!" George asked.

Kuro-hime laughed nervously. "Maybe?"

Louise sighed heavily as she laid her head on the table. 'This is a train wreck.'

OOooOOooOO

Now people cyber cookies to whoever can figure out what anime or manga each of the race leaders came from.

You can bake cyber cookies Shane?

Well it just seemed like the thing to do Chris.

You do realize that it basically just means, kudos to you for figuring it out, right?

Yeah no big deal. All of the SAO ones that you meet in the story are kind of a gimme anyways.

Whatever, I'm out of here.

What's his problem? Oh well please review readers.