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Michael sat in the chair and Kirito sat on the bed, smiling at his friend.
"So, I take it your therapy went well," Kirito stated.
"Still have to do a therapy session every week but for the most part, yeah," Michael nodded. "Yours?"
"Getting there," Kirito sighed. "Would you find it weird if I told you I miss playing?"
"Not at all," Michael stated. "I'm playing again already."
"Really?" Kirito asked.
"Yeah," Michael nodded. "It's a new game. I'd tell you about it, but you need to focus on your therapy."
"It's alright," Kirito nodded. "I really don't think I'm going to be playing for a while...Asuna never woke up."
"The doctors don't know why?" Michael asked.
"No," Kirito sighed shaking his head. "I go to see her any time they let me out. It's not often though. But I'm going to wait until she wakes up."
"Right," Michael nodded. "Is she the only one?"
"No," Kirito stated. "Exactly three hundred didn't."
"That's too perfect a number for it to be a coincidence," Michael stated.
"I agree," Kirito stated. "But what can we do?"
"I don't know," Michael sighed before a thought occurred to him. "Hey, did you wake up Yui yet?"
"No," Kirito said. "I don't have a computer."
Michael grinned and said he'd be back then went home, getting his laptop and bringing it back to the hospital, giving it to Kirito. Kirito opened it, logging into trying to log onto his SAO account but couldn't find the servers.
"No," Kirito breathed. "Their gone."
"The servers?" Michael asked.
Kirito nodded. Michael took the computer, typing away on the keyboard, and after a moment, Kirito's account opened up. He scanned through the items until he found Yui and clicked on it, entering some code. A moment later, he sighed.
"What?" Kirito asked.
"I can't," Michael stated. "Whatever you did, she can't be returned to AI form from Real Life."
"Then, what do we do?" Kirito asked.
"Well, there are two options," Michael stated. "First, you could join the game I'm playing. All of your items would transfer over because you had an SAO save and I could make Yui into an item from this game, allowing you to return her to her form when you get there. Second, I could switch her over and transfer her to my character and return her to AI form myself and then find you when you inevitably join."
"She would enjoy being able to be something other than an item," Kirito stated. "But she would be unhappy that I wasn't there. What if it doesn't work, or she doesn't remember?"
"I honestly don't know," Michael stated. "I could probably fix it if it doesn't work, it would just take a little bit of programming, but if she didn't remember it would be a lot harder."
"But not impossible?" Kirito asked.
"No," Michael smiled. "Not imposible."
Kirito nodded and looked back at the computer.
"Let me think about it," Kirito finally decided. "I want to wait and bring her back with Asuna there."
"I understand," Michael nodded closing the laptop. "Here, as a gift for getting us out of that game."
He handed Kirito the computer and Kirito smirked at him.
"Right, because you definitely had no hand in that," Kirito snorted.
"You finished him," Michael smirked. "Anyway, I better go. I have to get a job soon."
Kirito nodded and they said their goodbyes. Then, Michael left to meet the only friend he still knew how to find and beg and grovel for a job.
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