RIGHT AFTER LAST CHAPTER

AMATERASU'S POV

"Wake up Klein! Wake up. Please wake up." I yelled Klein's unconscious body slowly dying in my arms. His health bar draining into the red. I fumbled for one of my health crystals but it didn't work.

He opened his eyes "Your alright. That's wonderful. Stay alive for me." He said with his final breath. His body shimmered and faded away.

I sat there curled in a ball crying in shock and sadness. "He's dead. What do I do now." I sat there for a few more minutes crying into my arms. After what seemed like forever I finally stood up and looked around. It was a dark cavern with no ceiling and one small door of to the side. I walked slowly to the door my whole body shaking from sadness.

The door was a double door style door that looked like it was made out of stone with a skeleton holding each door shut. Red swirled around each of the skeletons finger tips. I reached for the door and it opened with a loud creaking noise. A large gust of wind blew out of the door almost pushing me down. I headed in.

The inside of the door was a long barely lit cave tunnel. Halfway down the tunnel I started to get the feeling that I was being watched by invisible eyes.

Just then a voice rang out and said "My,my. What do we have here. A goddess has decided to grace me with her presence."

A shadow moved from out in front of me. It looked somewhat human but it was hard to see in this light.

"Hmm, where is the other one. There was supposed to be two players to accompany me on this quest. Is he alright?" He asked sounding surprisingly concerned.

"He died trying to save me." I said.

"Hmmm, that's odd. Maybe it was a glitch or..." He trailed off. "I'm sorry for your loss. But if you wish to survive we must get going. Come on."

"Why, what's so bad down here?" I asked.

"Thanatos wanders this dungeon. If we don't hurry he will find us." He said heading down one of the passages. I noticed that wherever he went the light would bend and keep him in the shadows.

"Umm. Would you step into the light. I need to know if you are a monster or not." I said.

"Why does everyone think that. first my lover, then those other players, and now you. Please just trust me. I am not a monster but I cant show you my face. Please don't ask again." He said with a sadness in his voice.

"Ok. I will trust you. But why are you here?" I asked.

"I am here to help you obtain a important item. Now be quiet, Thanatos may be lurking in any of these tunnels. I just hope that we don't meet him yet."

He led me through the maze of halls and then when we walked into what appeared to be a dead end, he lifted his hand and the wall disappeared and a beautiful field opened up before us with a little house in the center.

"Welcome to my home. You will stay here tonight then in the morning we will outwit Death himself." The shadowed man said.

KIRITO'S POV

"Asuna, I can't find them. And Klein isn't showing up on my friends list. What happened to them." I said worried.

"I don't know. They have been gone for almost five hours. We should head to where Amaterasu is and then see if she knows what happened." Asuna said.

I nodded and then activated my tracking skill and set off at a brisk pace. On the way to their last know location we encountered a few beasts and one or two NPCs. After about two hours we arrived at the place where they disappeared. It was a small mountainous area with a temple on the top. As we approached I saw that a sign was flashing over what appeared to be a seam in the ground like it was torn apart then put back together.

I walked over to the sign and read "Quest in progress. do you wish to spectate." I motioned for Asuna and Yui to come over.

"What is it, Kirito" she asked before reading the sign.

"I just hope that it isn't as bad as I think it is." I said.

"Yeah I hope its ok." she agreed.

"Should we spectate? I have never seen this in SAO. Have you?" I asked her.

I haven't seen it before either. But I think that we should watch." She answered.

I pressed the button and we were teleported into a Greek like temple. And in the center was a pool of water and in the water was a image of a field with a girl and a shadow man.

I walked over to the water to investigate it. Asuna decided to do the same thing. What I first noticed was that the girl was Amaterasu. The next thing I noticed that Klein was not there. The shadowed man led Amaterasu into the house. He then seemed to be telling her something. She nodded every once in a while. Then after a while she fell to the ground and started crying.

The man went and put a hand on her shoulder and comforted her. Just then the field grows dark and the water ripples. A figure appeared outside the house. The figure was dressed in a black cloak and had two angelic wings on his back. He was carrying a sword and had a scythe on his back. His face was hidden by the cloaks hood.

It reached out a hand towards Amaterasu and then sheathed its sword and drew its scythe.

Just then yui piped up "Daddy! That is the monster I fought in that dungeon in SAO. But it looks slightly different. Its face is changed and it has wings and a sword. And I think it has gotten stronger."

I looked at the water with growing fear and worry.

"We didn't stand a chance back then. There is no way she can survive. We have to do something." Asuna shouted.

I shook my head my fist in a ball so tight I was starting to lose heath from it. "We cant do anything. the entire system has banned it. We just have to watch and hope." I said.

hope you liked this chapter. I have a plan and now it is weaving it into an awesome story. I am sorry for the cliff hanger but it was for the best. don't forget to review