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Kirito opened his eyes, looking around. Everything looked the same, but when he looked down, he was greeted by the sight of his ALfheim Online avatar's clothes and sword hanging from his back.

"Alright," Kirito sighed. "Hurry and do everyone else too. I'll go deal with the Minotaur. When you get your avatars, come and help. He's going to be a son of a bitch."

Klein nodded and Kirito drew his sword, Excaliber appearing on his back as well, and he drew that sword too. Then, he extended his wings, flying out the door and through the halls to the stairwell. It was a massive stairwell, allowing plenty of room for Kirito to fly down in the middle of the stairs and for the minotaur to charge up the stairs. As Kirito neared the minotaur, he flipped, driving both swords into the minotaur's shoulders, dragging it off the stairs then smashing it into the ground. Then, he flew back from it as it began to stand.

"So, just you and me huh?" Kazuto grinned. "Alright. Let's have some fun."

The minotaur roared, slashing at Kirito wildly and Kirito avoided the axe, slashing the minotaur as he passed. He knew he wouldn't do nearly enough damage to it that way but he needed to keep it busy until there were enough avatars ready to kill it. Otherwise, they would die. After a moment, Kirito flew out the door, the minotaur charging after him. It continued to swing wildly but with more room, he was able to avoid it. After a minute, Klein appeared behind it, slashing it across the back, an explosion blasting out of both sides of the minotaur as he did. Kirito growled in annoyance, flipping over and flying frward, Excaliber glowing blue. He slashed the minotaur from the top of its head to its chest, ice exploding out of the wound and shattering. Kirito forced the sword deeper, ic blasting out of the minotaur's back before Kirito spun, carving three horizontal gashes in the minotaur's torso, ice exploding out of each.

The moment one ability ended, Kirito's other sword glowed red and he spun, stabbing the minotaur several times before slashing it up the front, over its head, and down it back. The gash and stabs exploded and Excaliber began to glow yellow. Before Kirito moved, Lisbeth appeared, smashing a lightning skill into its head, then Agil stabbed Gram into the minotur's back, flying around the minotaur qll the way before backing off. The gash exploded and the minotaur staggered forward, spinning to attack them.

Before it could, Kirito's sword stabbed into the minotaur's leg, electricity arching across its body before the minotaur staggered away and Leafa appeared, slashing and sending an arch of compressed wind blasting through the minotaur. Kirito sprintednforward again, leaping into the air and slashing the minoraur diagonally across the stomach then three more times, knocking it backward, a box of slash trails leaving it before Klein slashed the minotaur with another fire attack. The minotaur roared and Kirito sprinted forward, jumping and stabbing the minotaur at the same time as Asuna. A moment later, a column of light shot up around the minotaur with a column of flame inside it. Both faded and the minotaur roared, raising its axe just before Lisbeth smashed another lightning attack into its stomach. It staggered back then shattered and Kirito sighed, looking at the others and smiling, then at Agil.

"How'd you get Gram?" Kirito asked.

"Yui made a few adjustments," Agil stated. "Speaking of, we should get back to her and that Shinichi kid. Yui can't use the gun and Shinichi doesn't have his avatar yet."

Kirito nodded and flew back up to the top, finding Shinichi standing with his head bowed.

"What's wrong?" Kirito asked.

"I'm as useless as ever," Shinichi said. "It doesn't matter if I get my avatar. I'll just be in the way...in Leafa's way."

"Oh I get it," Kirito sighed. "Look, you're not useless. You just haven't given yourself a chanc yet. You just need to keep trying. You'll win her over."

Shinichi looked up at him then smiled and nodded. Kirito nodded as well and aimed the gun at him, pressing the button. A laser shot out, hitting Shinichi and making him glow for a moment before the light faded and left Shinichi as his avatar. What was the name again?

"Shinichi, you up here?" Leafa asked.

"It's Recon now," Shinichi said. "At least, until we finish doing whatever we have to to stop this."

"Daddy," Yui spoke up. "There's something wrong with the gun."

"What?" Kirito asked.

Suddenly, the gun fired again, the light stopping halfway between the gun and Recon. Then, the light faded, leaving Yuuki.

"Y...Yuuki!" Kirito blinked. "But...you're..."

"Not quite," Yuuki smiled. "I don't know how to explain it but...my spirit was trapped inside the Medicuboid. I tried to find a way out for a long time. Then, I found this. And now I'm here!"

Kirito stared at her for a moment before grinning.

"Asuna's going to be extatic," Kirito smiled. "Come on. We have monsters to fight."

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