A/N: Yes! Finally able to get a chapter for this story out within a month! It's time for the second half of this story to begin and I'm sure you'll find it very exciting. Here you go.
Asuna sat in her hospital room, completely alone. Every time her family would come to visit her, she would put on a brave face, acting like everything was ok. In reality however, everything was not ok. Not even close.
The arranged marriage between her and Sugou was tomorrow. Her mother and father had been talking nonstop about the marriage. Sometimes they were so busy with it that they didn't even come to visit. As for Kouichirou… the best she could hope for was that he had managed to find Kirito and they had some sort of idea. But that was wishful thinking at best. As things seemed right now, Sugou had won. All of the odds were in his favor.
'Kirito… Anybody… Please help me.'
Suddenly Asuna heard the doors to her room open. She expected it to be Sugou, coming in to gloat about his assured victory once again. But as the visitor came into view, Asuna widened her eyes at who it was. The one she wasn't marrying, but was still her true love.
"Kirito…" Asuna muttered out. Simply the sight of him had her on the verge of tears.
"Asuna." Kazuto walked up and sat on the edge of the bed, holding Asuna in a loving embrace. "Sorry I haven't been around to visit more often. Things have been-"
"Shh, don't say anything more Kirito." Asuna told him through her tears. "All that matters is that you're here now. That's all that matters to me."
Kazuto and Asuna continued to hug each other for what seemed like forever. While Asuna loved being close to the boy she loved, it also reminded her that they soon might never see each other again.
"Kirito… I'm scared." Asuna cried.
"I know. I'm scared too." Kazuto told her. "But I promise, I won't let that bastard take you away from me. I'll find a way to save you."
"How?"
"I can't tell you." Kazuto said. "I just need you to do me a favor."
"Name it, Kirito. Whatever you need."
"Tomorrow at the wedding, stall for as much time as possible. Can you do that?"
Asuna silently nodded her head. "I'll try."
Kazuto tightened his embrace on Asuna for a few more seconds before letting her go. "I'll save both you and Yui. I swear it."
"I believe in you Kirito." Asuna said. "I love you."
"I love you too." Kazuto said as he walked out of the room. 'I just wish I was as confident as I sounded.'
-The next day-
Kouichirou and Klein stood in front of the corporate building for RECT Progress. The wedding was scheduled to happen in a little less than an hour. Time was short, and they had to find and retrieve Yui fast if their plan was going to work.
"When we go in, you'll be under the disguise of a business associate of mine." Kouichirou said. "I have a pretty good idea of where Sugou's keeping Yui. Once we get there, I'll distract Sugou's men so you can sneak in and grab Yui."
"And after that?" Klein asked.
"We get the hell out as fast as we can."
Klein nervously nodded his head. "Sounds easy enough."
The two men walked inside of RECT PRogress. Klein was dressed up in a fancy business suit that Kouichirou had lent him. The stiff and proper look didn't suit him, but considering the circumstances he could deal with it. Kouichirou and Klein walked up to the elevator. The son of the Yuuki family swiped a card and the elevator opened for them. As they walked inside, Kouichirou pressed a button to one of the underground floors. As they went down, the nervousness of the situation began to set in for both of them.
As they arrived on the underground floor, the two of them stepped out. Klein couldn't help but be amazed by all of the high tech stuff he saw. "Holy cow, this place is amazing."
"Well RECT is one of the biggest electronics companies in Japan. We need to have tech to keep up with our name." Kouichirou explained.
It wasn't much longer before Kouichirou and Klein were both approached by a couple of the scientists working down on the floor. "What are you doing here? This is a restricted-"
"I believe you'll find that I have clearance to be here." Kouichirou said.
The scientist looked over at Kouichirou, just now noticing who he was. "M-Mr. Yuuki?! My apologies, I didn't realize it was you." He looked over at Klein. "And may I ask who this is?"
"This is Ryoutarou, a business partner of mine." Kouichirou explained.
"And are you sure it's alright for him to be down here sir? A lot of this stuff is highly classified."
"You needn't worry. He'll be fine." Kouichirou assured them. "I hate to rush, but I'd like to make this quick so I can get to my sister's wedding. Could you show me the ALO servers? There's something I need to check."
The two of them glanced nervously at each other. "May we ask what it is you'd like to check. We would be happy to do it for you, sir."
"No, I'd like to do it myself thank you." Koichirou said. "It's nothing important. Just a quick look through to make sure everything is in proper working order."
"... Understood. Please follow us."
Klein and Kouichirou walked behind the scientists as they made their way to the server room for Alfheim Online. As they walked, Klein whispered into Kouichirou's ear so they wouldn't hear him. "Ok, so that was suspicious as hell, right?"
Kouichirou nodded his head. "They're hiding something. The server room is the most secure place on this floor. I'm betting that's where the drive containing Yui is."
Klein nodded his head as they walked. These guys were already on guard with them showing up out of the blue. Getting Yui without them noticing would be difficult.
Finally, they arrived at the server room. The inside of the room was impressive to say the least. A large computer monitor sat at one end of the room with some high tech stuff attached to it. It only made sense considering it was the main server for an entire VRMMORPG. As they walked inside, Kouichirou glanced around the room, looking for anything that caught his eye. Finally he saw a desk with several drawers in it. Kouichirou nudged Klein and looked towards the desk. Klein silently nodded his head, understanding what Kouichirou was trying to tell him.
They walked up to the main computer Kouichirou looked at one of the scientists. "If you'd be so kind as to type in the password and grant me access to the servers. I'd like to wrap this up as quickly as possible."
"Of course sir." one of them said, clearly nervous. Kouichirou knew why. If what Kazuto said was true, they'd be able to see that the three hundred comatose SAO Survivors were trapped in the game once they looked at the servers. They'd have to act quickly for this to work.
As the man typed in the password, Klein began to quietly step back over towards the desk Kouichirou had pointed to earlier. As he crept back though, he found himself bump into someone, who quickly put a hand over his mouth. Klein struggled to break free, but the man's hold was too strong. He also noticed a scientist behind Kouichirou pull a knife out of his pocket.
'Crap! This is bad!' Klein thought to himself. He struggled to find a way out of the man's hold to warn Kouichirou. Finally, he decided to improvise, biting a little into the man's hand. He cringed in pain, giving Klein the opportunity he needed to headbutt him with the back of his head. The mouth came free of his hand. "Behind you!"
Kouichirou turned around at the last second, just barely seeing the knife come for him. He moved out of the way, while Klein finally managed to free himself and ran over to Kouichirou.
"What is the meaning of this, as if I even have to ask?" Kouichirou questioned.
"Sorry sir, but we can't let you leave here now. You know too much." one of the scientists said.
"If you'd just came by for a regular visit to give us a chance to hide the evidence while you checked, this wouldn't have had to happen." another one added.
"So there really are three hundred people stuck in ALO." Kouichirou glared.
Klein knew they had to act fast. He lunged at one of Sugou's men. "Get Yui! Hurry!"
Kouichirou hesitated for a moment, but knew what he had to do. He rushed over to the desk he had seen earlier. The other two men quickly gave chase.
As Kouichirou came to the desk, he saw that Sugou's men were already closing in on him. He reacted quickly, dodging a knife that came for him, and slamming the attacker's head into the desk counter, knocking him out. He just barely managed to avoid the second one's strike, receiving a cut to his right arm. Kouichirou endured the pain and lunged at him, tackling him into the desk. With a right hook to the face, he managed to knock the man out.
"Phew, guess those self defense classes when I was a kid were a good idea after all." Kouichirou said with a small grin. He quickly looked around for a key on the desk, finally finding it a few seconds later. He unlocked the desk drawer, seeing several papers and supplies of some kind. He checked drawer after drawer, finally coming across a drive that read MHCP-001. He could only guess this was Yui. He plugged it into a small laptop her had brought along, seeing several complicated programs and codes inside the flash drive. It confirmed his suspicions.
"I got her!" Kouichirou shouted.
"Good, then let's get out of here!" Klein said, finally managing to push back the guy he was fighting. Both of them ran out of the room and towards the elevator.
"How much time do we have left?" Klein asked as they ran.
Kouichirou looked at his watch. "About forty minutes. And it'll take at least half an hour to get to the hospital."
The two men ran into the elevator. Once they were both inside, Kouichirou slammed his hand on the button for the ground floor. As the doors closed, they could already see Sugou's men coming around the corner. They shouted as the doors closed and the elevator went up.
"Phew. We did it." Klein said with a relieved sigh. Not long after he said this however, an alarm sounded. "Aw come on! Really?!"
"Damnit, they're forcing a security lockdown." Kouichirou realized. "All the exits will be shut down. We won't be able to get out."
"What?! Then what do we do? We need to get Yui out of here so we can stop the wedding!"
"There's a back door to the building. We don't keep it connected to the electronic locks in case of emergencies." Kouichirou explained. "But security will have that entrance blocked for any personnel within minutes."
"But you're the son of the CEO! Can't you talk your way past them?!"
Kouichirou shook his head. "Protocol is very strict in times of a lockdown. The guards aren't allowed to let anyone enter or leave, period. We'll have to run and hope we get out before they arrive."
The second the elevator door opened, Klein and Kouichirou sped out with Kouichirou leading the way to the back door. Adrenaline was the only thing keeping them from exhaustion as they ran as fast as they could. Finally, they saw the back door.
"There it is! Hurry!" Kouichirou yelled.
"Stop them!" They soon heard voices shout. Both men glanced behind them to see two more people, most likely ones working for Sugou, running after them.
"Don't these guys ever give up?" Klein asked.
Kouichirou and Klein ran out the door, with Klein slamming it shut. He held the door closed as he heard bangs against the door. "Get to the hospital! Hurry!"
"But what about you?!" Kouichirou asked.
"I'll be fine, just go!"
Kouichirou reluctantly nodded his head and ran to his car. He turned on the ignition and sped out of the parking lot, rushing to get to the hospital in time to stop the wedding.
'Just hang on Asuna. Your big bro's coming.'
A/N: Hope you all enjoyed the start of Kirito and everyone's plan to stop Sugou. Next chapter will be out sometime in January, I promise. Happy holidays everyone.