Hey guys! It is time for the next chapter in thorns legacy! Okay we're starting to get to the major stuff in the story and we will also have some stuff come back from the first story, not necessarily a person per say. Some reviewers will know what I mean lol. The reason I say the story is close to its end is that the last chapter will probably be really long. And that's a good thing. So anyway, I've started a new story because I needed to start it haha. Like right now, I'm working on this and then I'm working on Britannia which is a hetalia story and has my oc in it. But today I just started a new legend of Zelda story, also containing my oc, and it's going to be a long one so check it out if you want! Please review or comment on the story and thanks so much for reading the story! Here's the chapter! P.S. Sorry for any errors!


Ch: 19

(Thorn's POV)

At the sound of hearing the new girl's name, my eyes brightened and I was more interested in who this was. I know we have a lot more people than I ever thought we would have but I realize that we need everyone we can get to advance ideas and evolve the game into one that could turn into a masterpiece like Legend of Zelda or Call of Duty. Okay, a couple of the Call of Duty ones sucked but overall it was great!

"So how old is she?"

I asked in pure curiosity. Asuna tapped the butter knife against the counter as she thought about it. She ultimately shrugged her shoulders and guessed.

"I think she is fifteen or sixteen, I'd say."

She responded before continuing to cut some food up. She seemed like she was always cooking something. I felt like I needed to meet this person first though. And the next thing I was going to ask would probably be hard to know for Asuna.

"Do you know if she lives nearby? Or does she live in another country! Holy shit! Is she from America!? Team America for the-"

"No…"

She cut me off. I calmed down and Sugu laughed at me as she took a bite of her shrimp.

"She said she lived somewhere in Tokyo. I don't remember exactly what she said but I specifically remember hearing the word 'hospital' from her so maybe she lives near the University of Tokyo Hospital? But that's moderately close if you think about it. We could always meet in ALfheim again instead of in real life. You still use your account right?"

She asked while glancing up at me. I nodded my head and smiled.

"Yeah that could work. It would probably be faster too. I haven't been in ALO for some time now because I've been busy with development. It'll be weird being in a different game."

I said. Sugu shrugged and punched my shoulder playfully.

"Oh you'll be fine Thorn. I taught you how to play that game and I can teach you can if you somehow forgot. I just happen to be one of the best Sylph players in the game you know. You got lucky!"

"No I'm lucky because I met you."

I muttered quietly with reddened cheeks. She blushed and rolled her eyes while everyone else just stared at us. Arkady, who was still getting over his vodka drinking, leaned on Sinon and yawned.

"So we were talking about this Yuuki chick?"

Asuna's face brightened as she started talking again.

"Yeah! So do you guys want me to like call her or something and tell her to get on? Wait, she did say something about being on the game almost all the time. Okay I'm done with this…"

She put down the kitchen knife and stretched her arms over her auburn-colored hair. She then grabbed my arm and threw me in the room with a serious look on her face.

"I'm going to get on so you better get too right now Thorn!"

She then closed the door behind her, leaving me in a daze. What the fuck just happened? Ugh, whatever. I searched around for my amusphere and put on the helmet. I waited for it to start up before saying the familiar words, "link start". Once again, I was teleported through a tunnel of multi-colored rays before appearing in ALO. I looked around and noticed that this was the same city where I met Leafa. Good memories.

"Asuna!?"

I yelled out, trying to find her in the crowd. It was way more crowded right now than it ever was when I played this game. I called her name again over the heads of people and I couldn't find her before I saw a head of teal blue. In ALfheim, Asuna's hair color was the only thing that was different in her appearance. I smiled, going over to her through the large crowd and taking Asuna to the side. She looked absolutely winded and her eyes were widened like she saw a ghost.

"Holy crap, it's like they're having a parade or something! It's unusually crowded today. Ugh, anyway I messaged Yuuki here and she replied back to me to let me know that she was on her way. She wants to meet at my house if that's okay with you. You've been to my house right? It's that cozy log cabin up in Aincrad?"

"Yeah I've been there. We went there for Kazuto's birthday haha. So we have to fly over to Aincrad?"

I asked as I pointed up at the gigantic glowing castle floating high in the sky above us. It's light radiated in all directions and acted as a second moon for this world down below; however, it was a bit dim since it was still daytime outside. It would turn dark soon since the game had a different time-zone than Japan did which was where the game was primarily concentrated. And that really sucks if you have to be somewhere during the daytime and it's nighttime outside. It appeared to be larger this time than the last time I saw it. The game designers probably updated more things to it. I would know since I'm now an official game developer and designer. God, it's so cool to say that!

"We should go before more people get here Thorn."

Asuna told me, tugging on my shoulder sleeve. I nodded and followed her lead as she found a good place to cast her flight. Her bright blue hair stayed in place as her crystal-like wings appeared where her shoulder blades were. I did the same and made myself fly higher up in the sky. I haven't flown in a long time so it took some getting used to, but I eventually got the hang of it again. I had forgotten how much of a rush it was to fly through the clouds with the wind hitting your face. To put it vaguely, it was fucking awesome!

"The house is on the 22nd floor so we have to transport there when we get to the beginning city. We could fly there but that might take more time than you would like Thorn hehe. Are you really in such a hurry?"

I shrugged my shoulders as I glanced at her.

"Nah, it's just Suguha wanted to spend some time with me is all."

"Oh so she wants you to have sex with her."

If I was drinking something I would have done a spit-take. I widened my eyes at her, not because of what she said but because of how she said it. I laughed nervously,

"I...don't know."

I said while blushing. She smirked and spun around while she was flying.

"I think you do know Thorn. You can't hide all of your sexual tendencies from your friends. Oh! And whenever you two do do it, Kirito and I can hear you."

Curse you Sugu for being a screamer…

"...Then again, I bet you can hear it when we do it as well and that's okay! Because I can only get any at his house, not my house. My mom, if you haven't noticed, is a 'mega bitch' and she wants to make my life as miserable as she can. Like, for instance, she's now making me look at private schools to go to instead of the one all of the SAO survivors go to. I make really good grades but I guess that's not good enough for her. Lately, I've stood up to her and so far it's worked wonders."

I thought about what Asuna said in my mind and it reminded me of my own parents. Instead of being controlling, they were pretty supportive of everything I did. They even let me get my own apartment at sixteen which is unheard of in the teen community. Yeah, mom cried non-stop for like a week but she got over it. I really need to call them or something when we get done after this. They're probably worried sick about me…

"Thorn?"

"Yeah!?"

I yelled out of my daze. Asuna laughed and flipped her hair out of her eyes.

"You act just like Kirito. Both of you think too much. Anyway, we're almost there. I hope she didn't get there before us because then she would just be standing out in front of the cabin like she had no idea what to do; it's locked…"

She muttered quietly to herself. The both of us, once we saw the giant lake that was placed behind the cabin, descended to the ground and walked the rest of the way there. Nobody was at the cabin yet so we were the first ones here. Asuna kept telling me how she was super thankful for that. Why do girls worry about dumb crap like that? She even checked around the house for Yuuki before unlocking the door for us. The inside of the cabin was warm. The fireplace was lit up with a gentle fire with occasional sparks of red and orange shooting out from the burning wood. The living room had two long couches in it and three chairs, one of them being one of those a grandpa would sit in. There's no telling how much the wood of it creaked every time you rocked in it.

"Well make yourself at home Thorn. I'll go make us some sweet tea and cookies."

Asuna said as she made her way to her kitchen. I yelled to her that she was being too nice and she told me to fuck off. Well nevermind then! I laid back in one of the couched and crossed my arms. The cushion was soft and comforted my head just right. I looked around and noticed there were a lot of pictures of Kirito, Asuna, and Yui. They really were just a big happy family.

'Maybe Sugu and I could...No Thorn! No babies yet! Well hold on a minute, you do have a well paying job so you could support them…'

Shaking my head from those...thoughts, I sighed and closed my bright brown eyes. They came back open when I heard Asuna setting everything on the coffee table in front of me. True to what she said, she had made some tea and tiny vanilla cookies. She then sat down next to me and started to stir sugar in one of the teacups.

"So, what do you plan on doing when this is all over? When the game is completed I mean. Will you stay in Japan for a little while or go back to America?"

Her burning curiosity was hotter than the fire in the fireplace. I shook my head and smiled.

"I was thinking you guys could come back to America with me and help me present the game to the company. That way, you'll probably get job offers since you completed a project as big as this one. I haven't really thought about what I should do after this game though. Maybe make some smaller VRMMORPGs? I have no idea...there's also the question of where I should live. I love Japan but nothing beats America. Plus my parents would kill me for moving out of the country. I'm thinking about-"

Knock! Knock!

I stopped and looked at the door. Yuuki was here. Asuna placed the teacup on the table and stood up, brushing her hands on her skirt. Crumbs from the cookie fell down in small particles as she walked over to the door. She opened it and beamed.

"Yuuki! Come in! Please come in!"

I stood up and put my hands in my pockets shyly. The girl, Yuuki, came in with a cheeky grin and I looked her up and down. She was pretty for being only fifteen. Her hair was a bright purple color that matched her eyes; though her eyes had some red in them. She was shorter than Asuna and I but not by much. She wasn't too skinny or fat either, she kind of just had an average build. Her outfit was purple and red like her hair and she kept a long cool-looking sword on her back. When she saw me, her smiled widened and she actually hugged me.

"Thorn! Asuna has told me so much about you!"

Whoa, she was so open. My cheeks turned red as I lightly hugged her back. She pulled away and stepped back a couple of feet.

"Hi! I'm Yuuki!"

She yelled in excitement as she held out her hand. Well she did make this whole introduction thing easier by being positive. Smiling back, I shook her hand.

"Hey, I'm Thorn haha."

"Alright cool, you two have met and everything so let's sit down and talk,"

Asuna motioned us to sit back down on the couches and we did. I sat on the far left, Yuuki sat in the middle, and Asuna on the far right. Yuuki immediately took a cookie and started to nibble on it like she was a chipmunk or hamster.

"So Yuuki. Tell Thorn what you told me and all of that. Also tell him how well known you are here."

Asuna advised her with encouragement. Yuuki grinned again and turned to me, laying her hands on her lap.

"Well!"

She started. She was so loud you would think she was an American like me.

"...I happen to be one of, if not, the strongest player in this game. I know I'm kind of young but I started as soon as soon as the game came out. I've trained every single day since then and I guess it paid off huh? Plus, I have this awesome sword that I carry around. I forgot where I got it but it's freaking badass! I can do a demonstration if you want me to."

She offered as she stood up slowly. Wow, she was awesomely energetic. I rose my hands up and laughed.

"Nah, that won't be necessary."

Judging by her level, she was definitely telling the truth. It was really high! Her face calmed down and she sat back down on the couch next to me. She decided to take another cookie and started to eat it as I started speaking again.

"The fact that you're a really good player helps a lot! Like, for our team we plan on everyone being a role model for their specific group of people. I would probably be head of America in the game and Japan would be split up into different factional leaderships. At least, that's what we plan on doing. Then again, we would need a representative from every country if we did that. Or we could just assign countries to the members of our team! Oh, sorry, yeah sometimes I get off track when new ideas start popping in my head."

Yuuki giggled and told me she did that too.

"...Haha, don't we all? But anyways, We're always up for adding new members to the team. The only requirement is that you need to know 'some' knowledge on VRMMORPGs and you also need to incorporate an idea of your own. So do you have one, Yuuki?"

I asked her with a smile. She brushed her violet bangs out of hair and nodded.

"I sure do! So when Asuna told me about the game and the team and shit, I knew I wanted to be apart of it. I've been thinking of some ideas ever since she told me she would ask you but I think my number one would me healthcare. I'm very good in medicine and could blend that into the game well."

She exclaimed. Asuna was right when she said medicine would be her main point. We did need a proper health care system in the game. I had always wanted to be a veterinarian but then I started playing video games and well…you know how that all worked out.

"How do you know so much about medicine? Did you take a course in school or something?"

I asked her. Her smile went down a little but stayed constant as she talked.

"U-Um, throughout my life I've spent a lot of time in a hospital. I used to have AIDS actually."

Asuna gasped while I frowned.

"I'm so sorry…"

"No, don't be! I'm all better now but during my treatment the doctors put me in virtual reality games such as this one in an attempt to try to make life more fun and easier. Once they treated me, I was hooked on games and medicine. Weird isn't it? I even started an AIDS awareness charity so we could work on finding a cure for the disease. I was one of the lucky ones though. Sometimes it goes away and sometimes it never leaves. My whole family went that way. But, the Japanese government is aiding me while I try to get back on my feet."

Wow, so she was tough too. If her family died with it, she probably had the disease since birth. It's a miracle she survived this long for them to be able to treat her.

"...I was thinking of creating one huge, like HUGE, hospital for each country that can do things the smaller hospitals can't. Things like an area where you can try surgery on fake patients if you were interested in the healthcare field. You could also learn about other things and how to do them! It wouldn't be like school or anything but more like an interactive medicine library. And that's not all, 'healer' or something like that could become a new class when making your character! I have everything planned out! That is, if you'll let me join the team…"

She gave one of the best puppy dog looks I had ever seen and at that point I knew she was going to be on our team.

"You know what? Sure! You can definitely be on our team!"

I told her. She screamed in excitement and hugged me before hugging Asuna as well. Yep, she would make a great addition to the team and who knows; maybe she'll make some headlines in the medical field with the use of the new game. That would certainly give it more popularity! I know I told Sugu I was only going to be gone for a few minutes but this was totally worth it! I'm getting more psyched for this game more and more every single day!


And that is the end of the chapter. It was more on the shorter side when it comes to word count but I did that for a reason. The reason for the delay was that I have AP tests this week which really suck and I really need to study for them. Summer is almost here so I'll have more time then. And the story will be finished sometime in June or July. Probably in July...I think...I hope you guys like Yuuki. She won't be dying of AIDS in my story, and sorry if I just spoiled the show for you. She will be the last team member for this story, just so you know. Anyway, please review or comment on the story, thanks so much for reading, and we will see you next time! P.S. my phone fucked up a part in the story where he goes into ALO so I apologize.