Guilded Hero Alt: Kirito Doesn't Kill Sugou
Sword Art Online: Guilded Hero
(S1: Ep24 Anime, English Dub)
"As for you…" Sugou half purred like a crazy cat.
"Stop it…!" Kirito snarled through the pain of his sword having been impaled in his back, "Sugou!..." Nobody had the right to treat Asuna like a toy, to humiliate and scar her like this. It wasn't fair, he had breached a nonplayer zone, finally located Asuna, and now had to watch Sugou do this to the girl he had married in SAO and loved with his whole being.
"It's okay Kirito," Asuna trembled slightly from her fear and disgust but spoke clearly, "whatever he does he's not really hurting me."
Sugou laughed, and Asuna narrowed her eyes at him, "I was hoping you'd say that, but I wonder how long your pride's going to last. 30 minutes, an hour? Why don't we see how long you can hang onto it!"
Asuna's breath hitched in fear and she gave a frightened yelp, squeezing her eyes shut and trembling harder.
Kirito's anger spiked even higher, Sugou had no right to do this to her, Asuna was his! And that man was ruining both her dignity, and he knew she would never be comfortable in her own skin after something like this. Still, when the red ribbon landed softly in front of him and shattered, his heart wrenched painfully and he reached toward it, eyes fixed on the material as if unable to believe what was happening
"Now that that's out of way, would you like to know what I'm thinking?" Sugou asked as he walked around Asuna, his voice held a hint of insanity. "Once we've had our fun here I'm going to pay a visit to you in the hospital, I'll set up a big monitor and play a recording of this, and we can enjoy ourselves all over again. But this time for real."
Asuna gave a frightened gasp, her body trembling harder in fear while her eyes were wide and scared.
"Sugou!" Kirito struggled against the sword pinning him to the ground, the look in Asuna's eyes made his blood boil toward Sugou, that man was a dead man. "I'll kill you!" He shouted, "I'll kill you!"
Sugou laughed like a madman and took Asuna's chin in one hand, making her whimper in fear and squeeze her eyes shut in the process. He then licked away her welling tears with a smirk that made Kirito want to strangle him even if it was just a vr world. "Yummy," he cackled mainly for Kirito's benefit, "so sweet…"
"I'll kill you, you hear?!" The teenager howled like the world was breaking at the seams, he would've rather fought Kyaba than watch and deal with Asuna going through this. And being helpless to Asuna being in the hands of this terrible man. The world hated him, all he wanted was to go back to Aincrad, get married again, and live with Asuna in their little house away from the rest of the world who wanted to pull them apart, and he was never going to get it. "I'm gonna kill you!" He struggled even harder, tears welling in his dark colored eyes as he was forced to watch Asuna get roughly forced into a kiss with Sugou, his vision blurring like he was going to pass out. He could hear Asuna's frightened whimpers and the now occasional cry or sob as she struggled with the chains and tried to get away from Sugou. But Kirito couldn't stop it… He was helpless. He felt dizzy, and when his head hit the ground his vision went white."
Why is this happening? Am I being punished for thinking I'm some kind of hero? For thinking that I was the only one able to save Asuna? For thinking that I'm strong enough when I'm not." His silver eyes were now glazed with tears, vision blurry with his ears ringing with Asuna's fearful whimpers and scared cries.
Are you giving up? A rather mysterious voice
No, I'm facing reality. Kirito shut his eyes and just let himself cry for a few moments, feeling completely hopeless and like he couldn't save Asuna
So you are giving up. To the power of a system you once defied.
What choice do I have? I'm just a player, and he's the GM.
So our battle was what, a joke? Do you remember how you showed me the power of the human will was superior to the system? How you showed me the possibilities of the future? That girl saved your life, she defied the system with the strength of her will and her love for you. Are you going to just lay there and watch or are you going to get up and save her?
I can't help her, I've tried, for days I've tried to reach her and now it's all fruitless.
Asuna left the Knight of the Blood Oath in SAO to pursue, you Kirito. She defied a paralysis effect to save your life in a fight against me and needs you to be her hero.
Kirito said nothing, he only half opened his eyes and looked blankly into the white of his vision, his eyes stinging with his tears.
I did not duel with you to keep that girl in gild to find you giving up when she needs you the most. I did not allow you two to escape the guild for two weeks to make her happy to see this happen to her.
Kirito jolted, there was only one person who knew about all those things, You're…
Get up Kirito! Get up!
Kirito's onyx colored eyes flashed open and immediately he was filled with rage at the sound of cloth tearing and Asuna giving a short whimper of fear. His blood was boiling, Asuna's ankle length skirt was now only knee length, and Kirito was done lying there waiting for this to end. "Your attacks are weak!" He forced himself to his hands and knees, forcing the pain away as he moved further up his sword blade, "the blades in SAO hit way harder, and they hurt way more!" He yelled as he finally stood up. The sword blade in his stomach and back slid back and fell to the ground, leaving Kirito with a severely aching abdomen but now free to be the Guilded Hero and finally save Asuna.
"Unbelievable, I've got a few bugs left to deal with." Sugou sighed, stood up, and walked over to Kirito before he swung an arm in a sideswipe fashion. Only to be shocked and startled when Kirito caught it
"System login ID Heathcliff," Kirito growled, and gave Sugou a deadly glare, this man had no power over him, never had and never will. Kirito controlled his own power and what he could do with it.
"Wha-what? Who's ID are you using?!" Sugou looked dumbfounded and stumbled back, his jaw gaping slightly.
"System command, enable Administrator Privileges. Set ID Oberon to level 1." Kirito said, his gaze still deadly and serious.
"An ID that outranks mine?! That's impossible! This is my world! I'm its creator! I'm its ruler! It's King! It's god!" Sugou yelled turning slightly to glare furiously at the area around them
"No, I don't think so. You stole everything in this world. Everything, including its people! You're nothing but a king of thieves sitting alone on your stolen throne!"
"You little punk!-"
Sugou was cut off by a rather loud explosion like someone else had made it into the area.
"Kirito!" Leafa yelled and the blonde flew down to knock Sugou down to the ground with a good kick to the back of the head with her brown boots and landed on the now magic free ground. "Thank goodness I made it!"
At the sight of his younger sister and another player Kirito's mind quickly switched gears. Revenge wasn't the priority anymore, protecting Asuna and preserving the rest of her pride and confidence was. He scrambled, half clumsily at first as his brain completely switched gears, over to Asuna, standing in front of her with his back to her to protect her from any more humiliation. "Don't turn around!" He snarled at his sister as he abruptly scrolled through his inventory and looked for an object, anything to protect Asuna. He found a familiar red hooded cloak hidden deep in his item storage and gently pulled it around Asuna's trembling shoulders before he clasped the slim clasps and the fabric settled properly around Asuna's slim frame, the fabric hiding what Sugou had been doing to her. The cloak was an item Yui had brought with her into ALO, it was a red cloak Kirito had first met Asna in but modified. It was longer, had a small white cross for the KoB in one corner, and clasped under her arms as well as in the front. He heard his sister violently kick Sugou now partially understanding what was going on, but at the moment couldn't care less as he gently held Asuna's tear-streaked face in his hands. "Think you can wait a little longer?" He asked her gently, and one thumb brushed tears from her beautiful amber eyes, "it'll only take a minute."
"How dare you do this to my big brother!" Leafa was yelling while kicking the man with all of her character's strength. Sugou was steadily sliding toward the end of the glass like area they were all on, and Leafa seemed to only care about beating the crap out of him.
Asuna looked like she wanted to say something about escaping now instead of waiting, but understood his need to get back at him and just nodded. She slouched against her chains, her fingers curling slightly as she relaxed and watched him, leaning into his touch in the process.
"I promise it won't take long," Kirito murmured and brushed his lips over her forehead before he let her go and turned around to face Leafa and Sugou. He was even angrier at the sound of the chains rustling slightly as Asuna relaxed, chains. Sugou put her in chains.. Sugou had chained up his significant other, made her suffer for months in another online game alone, planned on marrying her at the end of this week without her permission, and humiliated her and more. Fury bubbled up in Kirito's stomach
"Come on Kazuto!" Leafa exclaimed to her brother and pulled out her thin sword, "let's finish him!"
Kirito's dark eyes seemed to become hooded and even darker as he uttered words, wanting to make Sugou feel the pain he put Asuna through. "System command… lower pain absorber to zero."
Sugou got up to his hands and knees and looked fearfully at the teenager, the pain would actually physically damage them if they took any damage. "No, not that…"
"You tried to keep Asuna here, away from me and the rest of the world," Kirito said in a rather dead tone as he advanced toward them. "You stole her, captured her, and caged her for months," Kirito's hands curled into fists, "you chained her, humiliated her, rid her of her dignity, and you have the indecency to grovel?" He reached his massive sword, his feet inches from the sword's handle, "You stole her from me!" This was his breaking point. Sugou had crossed many, many lines and now with Asuna chained and finally in his sight, he was done with this man, he had hurt Asuna over and over again, and now he was ending it. He stomped on the end of his sword handle and it flew through the air, spinning end over end before he caught it upside down and pointed it perfectly at Sugou. He was trembling with rage and almost forgot his sister was actually there as he grasped a handful of Sugou's cloak and hauled the GM to his knees before leveling his sword at him.
Leafa looked a little hesitant, "Kirito…"
Kirito raised his sword high above his head, "you have no idea what he's done!" Tears gathered in his onyx colored eyes, "I thought Asuna was dead!" He snarled, "for weeks I had no info on her and the last time I truly saw her I saw her be killed in SAO! And I found out she was trapped in yet another game waiting for me to save her!"
"Onii-chan," Sugu spoke softly to her cousin and big brother, "don't…"
Kirito hesitated and his arms shook, this man had done horrible things to many people, and he wanted to get his revenge for everything, but what about Asuna? He didn't want to have her opinion of him change because he did like this
"No daddy!" Yui suddenly appeared, Sugou's hold on her having vanished at Kirito taking control of the system, "Don't!" The pixie transformed into her girl form and ran at her adopted father before hugging him around the waist and burying her face in his chest, "don't do it!"
"He hurt mommy," Kirito said, his voice shaking, "he kept her from us Yui."
"But we can go home now!" Yui whimpered, "mama's here and her log out is accessible now!"
Kirito felt his sister's hand on his shoulder and let his blade fall to the ground before he turned away from Sugou. He then strode back to Asuna and fell to his knees with a bowed head as the chains vanished and the caramel haired girl's knees buckled making her drop to the ground. "I'm sorry," he murmured and hid his face in her shoulder, "I'm so sorry…"
Asuna's amber eyes flickered up to Sugu and for a moment the two held their gaze before Asuna shut her eyes and leaned exhaustively against Kirito, resting her hands on his chest. "I'm finally going back," she murmured in his ear, her head drooping. "Its okay," her voice was beginning to slur, she was beyond exhausted now, and honestly was about to fall asleep on the spot.
Sugu softly touched her brother's shoulder, "Kirito, she's going to fall asleep," she said quietly, noticing the drowsiness and the slurring of her brother's significant other. "If you want to visit her before she's asleep you're gonna want to hurry. She lightly chuckled, smiling at Asuna. "I'll remind mom that we're at the hospital already… Suddenly Kirito got an alert and she gasped, "someone's trying to take off your Amosphere!"
