OMIGOODNESS! I'm soooo sorry about not updating sooner and faster. I've had a busy, crazy, fun, stressful month and haven't gotten to writing ANY of my fanfics. Once again, so sorry but here's chapter 2! Hopefully this will make up for the lateness.

I got some awesome reviews so thank you to:

shypuppylover19

Delta Marauder

weafel

Shadeslayers of Chosen Ones

Shenkain(guest)

Mayuko-chan

You all rock. And now onto the story!

Disclaimer: SAO does not belong to me. All rights go to whoever created it.

Summary: What if when Heathcliff gave Kirito the opportunity to fight him he instead captured Kirito, taking him to the Ruby palace as well. Kirito's friends are devastated thinking him gone, almost as if he were dead. Asuna takes charge of the Knights of the Blood Oath Guild and begins to restart the energy of the other players to fight again. Kirito, meanwhile, sits completely bored out of his mind, watching that world in his lonely prison room in the Ruby Palace. Akihito Kayaba then offers him a deal, a deal Kirito can't refuse.

Chapter Two:

The Ruby Palace

Kirito groaned. His head hurt like crazy and his body was sore from the boss raid. Kirito opened his eyes and groaned again, shutting his eyelids. He didn't remember anywhere in SAO being so bright. Reluctantly he opened them again and rubbed his eyes to adjust to the lighting. Kirito sat up and took in his surroundings, not really believing his eyes. The walls and ceiling were a red color and looked like it was a precious stone of some sort and the floor was the same only with a black rug under the twin bed Kirito was sitting on. The only thing in the room besides the bed and the door was a desk and chair facing a window divided into fours by the same material as the walls. Outside golden clouds floated nearby from Kirito's angle on the bed.

Curious as to what was outside the window, Kirito slid out of bed and walked to the window. Leaning over the desk, Kirito caught a small glimpse of a stone roof. Kirito tried again, this time jumping up and leaning over the desk which gave another glimpse of the stone roof. Frustrated, Kirito pull out the chair and heaved himself onto the desk. He looked out and over the roof, seeing a garden that at first glance looked like regular ground. The flowers shone and sparkled in the sunlight but were also bathed in a red light making it look like the plants were made out of blood. Kirito stood on the desk to see more of the distant fence-like thing only to realize it was a rooftop garden. There was more of the building surrounding it.

"No way. It wasn't a dream?" Kirito muttered to himself, hopping off the desk. Plopping into the chair, Kirito replayed the memories of the 75th floor boss raid.

"Ahh, you're up." Kirito's head snapped up to see Heathcliff standing in the doorway of the room.

"Kayaba." Kirito coldly acknowledged the gamemaster.

Heathcliff chuckled. "Figures that's how you'd greet me. How are you liking the Ruby Palace?"

Kirito gritted his teeth. "It's okay, unlike it's creator."

Heathcliff narrowed his eyes."Is that anyway to compliment your host?"

"Host?" Kirito snarled. "More like kidnapper. You kidnapped me from your own game!"

"If that's how it is… then you will not be able to leave this room. Until later, Kirito." Kayaba turned and walked away, the door closing and locking behind him.

Kirito glared at the door until finally getting up seemingly calmly, walking over to the door, and kicking it relentlessly.

"Ow!" Kirito yelped when his foot finally had had enough and hopped on one foot to the bed. He laid on his back, letting his foot throb for a minute before ignoring it. Kirito exhaled loudly in annoyance and frustration. Suddenly he face palmed.

"Why didn't I ask him why he was in his Heathcliff avatar? Why was he anyway? How the heck didn't I notice it?" Kirito asked himself. He then lifted his head and yelled at the door. "So? Why? Are you not going to answer? Of course not."

Sighing once again, he laid back and thought about Asuna, Yui, Klein, Agil, Silica, Liz, and everyone else. Where were they right now? Did they even care that he was gone?

Kirito ran a hand over his face. "I wish there was some way to message them… Gah! Another stupid moment!"

He pulled up the menu a pressed the button to create a message. Kirito immediately chose Asuna to send it to and started typing(writing, messaging, whatever it's called). As he wrote, Kirito moved to the head of the bed, his back against the low headboard and wall. Then he pressed send. A notification popped up saying that it couldn't go through. Kirito grumbled in annoyance and pressed send again. And again. And again. And again. And again. (I think you get the gist.)

"Aaahghhh! Darn, stupid, ugly, horrible, useless messaging thing." Kirito yelled at it, pressing the button on every word he said.

Sorry, this action can not be completed as of now. Please wait 12 hours before trying again.

Kirito growled and saved the message as a draft before sliding down the wall and headboard and onto the pillow. A faint cry of an animal startled Kirito from the silence of his 'cell' room. He got up, favoring his right side a bit more, and walked over to the door. Kirito placed his ear against the cold wood hoping to find the source of the sound. The cry was heard again, only nowhere near the door. It had come from behind and to the left. Kirito turned and limped over to the desk and window, scanning for any signs of an animal. In the right corner of the window a black bundle was crying out.

Kirito hoisted himself up onto the desk again and crawled over to the bundle. That was when he noticed it was half inside and half outside, and the window was broken in the corner. Squeezing his fingers under the glass, Kirito began to slide the bundle out. He winced as the broken glass dug into his finger. Once the bundle was finally free and in his palms, Kirito began to back off the desk. He noticed too late that his left foot didn't have a foothold and fell off the desk, flinging the animal into the air.

THUMP. "Dangit, ow." Kirito groaned, gritting his teeth as the pain intensified in his left foot.

A meow made Kirito look up at the animal he had saved. It was a young kitten, with black fur, white paws, white underbelly, and white under the chin.

"Well, you'd better be worth getting a sprained ankle for." Kirito mumbled. The kitten answered with another meow. Kirito this time ignored the bundle of fur and focused on getting up. Suddenly, the door opened when Kirito was finally on his feet making him lose his balance on land on his left foot wrong.

"Gah! I hate you! Whoever you are in the doorway!" Kirito yelled, trying painfully to get off his left foot.

"You already do Kirito. And now I see who is the problem for the loud sounds rumbling through the Palace." Kayaba's voice said. Kirito turned to glare at him for a second before using the chair to get up then sit on.

"What do you want Kayaba?" Kirito asked, glaring at the amused look on Akihiko Kayaba's face.

"Oh you mean besides to check on you? To offer a deal actually." Kayaba told him.

Kirito tilted his head. "What?"

"Come with me, Kirito." Kayaba gestured before turning away to the hallway.

"Um…. Okay?" Kirito said, grabbing the kitten he'd saved and limped after Kayaba.

Once again I'm sooo sorry for not updating sooner. Hope you enjoyed this chatper. Also The next chapter is also going to be a little later as well. i have testing this week. Dang it, have to go. One of our new kittens need me, again. Please tell me how i did on this chapter and if I made anyone OOC. YOu can PM me or leave a review, it doesn't matter.

Next chapter:

Chapter 3

A Kitten, Deals, and Letters