Author's note:
-This one mostly resumes the fights happening at the end, with a few details tweaked, like the fact that after they log out, we follow Kirito's perspective until he gets to Asada Shino (Sinon)'s apartment.
Chapter 5
Time: Episode 12, Episode 13, & Episode 14.
The final battle had begun. Kirito and Sinon had formed their plan, now all was needed was to execute it.
Sinon would snipe Dark Wind, lured out by Kirito's presence on the map. As she was doing that, Kirito would confront Death Gun.
As soon, as she killed Dark Wind, she needed to shoot at Death Gun's sniper rifle, demolishing it.
Their preparations were complete. Now was the time for action.
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Everything had gone according to plan, except for one thing.
Death Gun had just pulled out a sword, and was now clashing with Kirito.
Kirito was defending himself well, but it was he clear he was struggling. Sinon could only watch, as the scope of her own Hecate had been demolished by Death Gun's bullet.
But suddenly, Kirito's stance changed. He had just remembered the SAO name of Death Gun.
Red-eyed Zaza.
And now, helped by the power of Sinon's phantom bullet, he managed to strike forward and slice Death Gun in two, (obviously) killing him.
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When Sinon, walked up to him, they knew they needed to end the tournament. But first, they exchanged names and addresses, as Sinon (or Asada Shino, as Kirito now knew her) was excited at the prospect of meeting Kirito (or Kirigaya Kazuto, as Sinon now knew him).
In the state that Kirito was, it was clear that they couldn't duel. So instead, Sinon decided to gift Kirito a grenade.
As Kirito realized what was happening, he freaked out a little bit. But Sinon just laughed and threw her arms around him, kissing him in the process.
And as they exploded, the tournament ended.
Winners: Sinon & Kirito. Or shall we say, Winner: Sinoto.
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As soon as Kirito woke up, he saw Asuna and the nurse at his bedside. Asuna was frowning, and the nurse had a smile that seemed to say: "Kirito, you naughty boy, what were you doing?
Kirito, stood up suddenly, dressed in the shortest amount of time possible, and said to their faces, which were now showing confusion instead: "I gotta go, I'll explain later!"
He grabbed his coat, and rushed out the door.
Running down the hospital hallways and down the stairs, he quickly called Kikuoka Seijirō and informed him of the situation, telling him to call the police if he (Kirito) gave the signal.
As he exited the hospital, he practically jumped onto his motorcycle and got it running in a matter of seconds. Then he veered on the road, heading for Asada Shino's apartment.
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When he finally arrived, he did jump off his motorcycle. He rushed to her apartment, and opened the door.
As he feared, she was being attacked. So he kneed her attacker off her, and told her to run.
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In the end, Kirito didn't manage to do much. In fact she was the one who knocked Kyōji out with her radio, when she was worried that he had managed to kill Kirito.
He did not however, as he unknowingly injected an electrode on Kirito's chest.
As soon as Kirito knew he wasn't dead, he called Kikuoka and told him to call the cops.
Author's note (no citations today):
Sorry this one is so short. Think of it as balancing the longest one that I wrote yesterday. But really, I need rest to able to write the final chapter tomorrow, and to able to write it well.
Besides, I just can't summarize Episode 14 better that it is told in the anime. So go watch the rest of that episode and cry a little about that emotional moment at the Dicey Café.
I'll back tomorrow to tell you about Kirito breaking with Asuna, and his wonderful relationship with Sinon.
PS: Have you noticed that they call each other Kirito and Sinon even in real life?