Chapter 19: Confroting

Alright, here it is, on time! YAY! *happy music* ahem, stop it. Now, this is going to be the last chapter for 2, maybe 3 weeks. Im sorry, but thats how it is. My life is, surprisingly, busy. Its summer, a lot of plans happen, whatever, you guys dont care for that. Lets go!

-Unknown Location-

Lex stands over a table, staring at a map.

"My liege, the plan is ready. I will deliver the fugitives momentarily." A radio beside springs to life as a deep voice speaks from its speakers.

"Excellent, bring them to me, and perhaps we can finally advance." The signal cuts out and Lex enters another room. Two men sit at a table, throwing darts at a dartboard.

"Is everything ready, you two?" Lex asks, making them jump.

"Yes sir, when Asuna and Kirito come, we will have them to oursel-" Lex slaps the one who answered across the face.

"Idiot! Three demons are coming here! We need every member that we have. We need to show what we, Laughing Coffin, are capable of." The two leave the room and Lex rubs his eyes. "Any minute, those two will arrive, and this can end..."

-High school, 3 p.m.-

Asuna, Liz, and Silica walk out of the school laughing.

"I don't know Liz, you should have accept his date. He was cute." Liz blushes.

"N-no, I couldn't!" Asuna giggles and Silica shrugs.

"Why not? Your single. And at your rate, Kirito isn't going to fall for you." Liz sighs, her crush on Kazuto ever since SAO has been keeping her from dating someone else. Asuna nudges her.

"Speak of the devil." Kazuto walks up to them.

"Hey guys. What's going on?" Liz gets as red as a tomato.

"N-nothing! It's nothing!" He raises an eyebrow. A voice cuts through the air.

"We can tell you, Black Swordsman-san." The 4 teenagers look up in the tree and find Xertic and Gamelus, sitting back-to-back on a branch, eating apples. Liz groans.

"Why are you two always there?!" She yells, stomping on the ground. Xertic catches Asuna's worried look and smiles.

"Game grew 'em, I won't throw up. As for you, Liz, mind your own business. So, Kazuto, want to know what these 3 were talking about?" Liz growls.

"WHY CAN'T YOU TWO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS?" Kazuto stares at Liz, then looks back at Xertic and Gamelus.

"Go on." Asuna shoots a look at Xertic, and he sighs.

"We can't, we need to obey Liz's privacy or whatever..." he waves his hands up and looks at Asuna with a "Happy?" look. She smiles and Liz calms down. Gamelus tosses his apple core away and hops down.

"Anyways, we should go you two." Asuna and Kazuto nod, looking grim. Silica and Liz cock their heads in confusement. Xertic shakes his head.

"Dont ask. Lets go." The 4 teenagers walk away.

-Unknown Location-

Asuna pulls Xertic away from Gamelus, Kirito, and Drake, who was in the form of a python.

"What is it?" Asuna sighs.

"I want to apologize for this morning. I overreacted." Xertic smiles, his teeth flashing in the sunlight.

"It's my fault, don't blame yourself. Otherwise you will pretty much go insane by taking the blame for every flipping mistake I make. Humans have a small string that keeps their minds from snapping. Demons can handle it, since they are a little insane already." He ruffles her hair and turns his head towards the door. Asuna sighs and pays attention as Gamelus knocks on the door. Kazuto raises an eyebrow.

"Why are we knocking?" Gamelus smirks, turns to the left, raises his hand, and points it at a sniper aiming at the group. A black snake shoots out of his sleeve and stabs him in the neck.

"That's why. Xertic, get the ones on the right. Drake, supply our human friends with weapons." Xertic appears next to his brother and pulls out a revolver from his jacket. Drake opens a portal and pulls out three swords.

"Rapier for lady Asuna, two swords for lord Kirito." He passes the weapons to the two. Asuna holds the sword in her right hand, the nostalgia from SAO coming back to her.

"What good are swords in a gunfight?" Kirito asks. Xertic shrugs and grabs Gamelus's arm.

"You tell me, Mr. Uses Saber In GGO." Gamelus turns into an assault rifle as Xertic aims him at the Laughing Coffin members above them. They are soon riddled with bullets, as Drake attacks the others in the form of a wolverine. The doors open, sending growling members at the group.

Asuna readies her rapier and looks at Kazuto.

"Here's your speciality, Kirito-kun." He rolls his eyes and the two charge at the men. Xertic turns black and morphs into a sword. Gamelus catches him in his hand and Drake occupies his other, in the form of a dagger. He appears behind Asuna.

"Need a hand, Miss Commander?" He stabs a Laughing Coffin member in the abdomen. Asuna smiles.

"I'd love to." She kicks a one in the stomach. "I haven't felt this exhilarating since SAO." Xertic pops out of the sword.

"Never saw you as the fighting type. You make me prouder and prouder every day." He slashes at a man with a clawed hand. Gamelus looks around at the piles of bodies.

"Alright, lets go. Lex is waiting for us." Kazuto nods and follows the four inside of the building.

-Inside-

Xertic unlocks a door with a key he stole from a guard and pushes it open. Gamelus and Asuna step through it, looking around.

"Its clear. Kazuto and Drake walk in, Drake now in his butler form. Xertic closes the door and squints his eyes in the darkness.

"I sensed a human soul in here... where's Lex?" A voice echoes in the darkness.

"Oh, that soul? I took one from a human who passed by. Did you not think to look for demon souls?" Torches instantly light up, revealing Lex in the middle of the room, throwing a soul up and down in his hands. "Welcome, Twin Terros, Asuna, Kazuto, and Shapeshifter." Asuna stares at him.

"Xertic... He's... He's speaking..." Xertic grits his teeth. Gamelus nods.

"He's speaking Daemon." Lex laughs.

"Correct, though I am now switching to Japanese so that our... lesser guests can understand me." Drake glares at Lex.

"Who are you?"

"You do not know me in this form. However, Twin terrors, you recognize me as your cause of... trauma..." Gamelus and Xertic widen their eyes.

"It's... It's you..." Kazuto looks at them.

"What are you two talking about?" Xertic's eyes flash with anger.

"Standing in front of us is a commander in Satan's Army. The Ultimate Creature, Behemoth." Behemoth smiles, jagged teeth dripping with saliva.

"Guilty as charged," He hisses before launching himself at the group.

Its torturous to leave a cliff hanger, but oh well, see you next time!