Ch. 30
I woke up the next day wide awake. My body had recovered from the cramps of yesterday, so I quickly got out of bed and got breakfast. I was eating my cereal when the phone rang. Knowing that I was the only one awake, I picked it up.
"Morino Residence. How may I help you?" I asked.
"May I speak with Harry Aki?" said a man's voice.
"Speaking." I said as I quickly, but quietly, grabbed a notepad and pen. I began to write a transcript. However, I heard a click, then dialing. Then it connected.
"Harry?" said a girl's voice.
"Yes, who is this?" I asked.
"It is Elena, the girl from two days ago. I just wanted to tell you that there appears to be 3 men outside your front door. They are dressed in all black. Do you know them?" she asked.
"I might. Thank you for the warning." I then hung up, and went to my room where I retrieved a sword and sheath. It was designed after my simple long sword from SAO, balanced and weighted to give the same feel. However, it was a titanium carbon alloy, making it almost indestructible, and honed to a fine, deadly edge. It was a weapon, not a toy. Clipping it to my waist, I then grabbed a cloak hanging on a peg. It too was modeled after my SAO one. After putting this on, I walked to the corner in the hallway, just out of view of the door, and flipped my hood up. I had found that a killer aura could convince an enemy to surrender just as well as reducing them to 5% HP. I heard the door click as the men outside picked the lock. Then they crept in, almost silent, moving towards my room. However, they were charged with adrenaline, so their breath was in ragged gasps. This was enough for me to gauge their position without looking. When they opened the door to my room, I slipped out from the corner, and came to a stop in the middle of the hall. From here I waited until the realized that I was not in the room and left. Then I spoke.
"What is this?" I said loudly, cheerfully. The three men froze in shock at me. The cloak hid the sword from sight, so they assumed I was unarmed, and began to creep towards me.
"That is far enough." I said sternly, releasing the killer aura that I had not used since the SAO days. The men froze, then began to creep up again. I drew my sword with quiet, seamless precision. This time two of the men gave a small squeak of fear at the sight of it, and all three of them had expressions with shock.
"I assume who I am, and what I have been through, so I suggest that you back off." I said. They backed off a pace. Then one man, the leader I assumed, spoke.
"Drop the sword and come quietly, and nobody gets hurt." he said. I gave a small, menacing chuckle.
"That is my line." I said. The man thought for a second, then drew a dagger and charged. I blocked the clumsy blow and reversed grip, sliding the blade across the man's cheek. As he yelped in pain, I flicked the blood off of my blade, and set it to a resting position. The man staggered back to the safety of his men, holding his bleeding cheek.
"Who do you serve?" I asked.
"Yamada!" the man screamed, charging, this time with backup from his men. Thirty seconds later, they were on the ground, nursing several scrapes and cuts. Nemu came hurtling out of her room, only to calm when she saw that the intruders were down.
"I will call the police." she said, picking up the phone.
After several hours of questioning, I was released from the police station, sword and cloak in hand. I placed them against the desk and on the peg next to the door, and promptly fell asleep on my bed.
I was woken about two hours later by Nemu.
"Oi. Sleepyhead. Dinner is ready." she said. Having skipped lunch, I quickly got up and went to dinner. The was no conversation, for Nemu's parents were still a little creeped out by my effectiveness in dealing with that situation. That was to be expected. It took a second day before Nemu's parents got back to normal, and the 3 days left to the duel passed quickly, and soon, the day had come.
Author's Note: So yesterday(6/14/15) I reached 89 views. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. I never would have thought it would have gone that far. Thank you! For that and for reaching 30 chapters, I am launching a story with a group of one shots related to this story. You can get to this by viewing my profile, or you can search it's name: SAO - Neko's Tale - Extras. I hope you like it. Don't worry, this is still the primary story, and most of my attention will be focused on this story. And as I always say in these, Thanks for reading!