I do not own Sword Art Online or any of the characters.

Located

Michael groaned, laying on his bed. It had been a very long time since he had played. He had gone on another raid with Leafa and her group then had told her he wouldn't be playing for a while. Once he had logged off, he had started to work on his ability to work, trying to rehab himself. He had been cleared to stop rehab after the first meeting but his job was killing him, maybe literally given the amount of pain simple tasks caused. Finally, though, his body was starting to recover. And Kirito and the others were scheduled to be released from the hospital the next day. He smiled looking at his NerveGear. He missed the game. Just as he picked up the helmet, he got a message from Kirito. He opened it and raised an eyebrow.

"Come to my hospital room. I wanna talk about Yui."

He sighed, setting the helmet down and left, heading to the hospital and sitting down beside Kirito.

"What's up?" Michael asked.

"I want you to wake her up and see if she remembers, that way you can deal with it before Asuna sees her," Kirito stated. "Also, I want you to look into what VRMMOs are around right now. Asuna has to be trapped in one since she still hasn't woken up yet. Wouldn't you agree?"

"Yeah," Michael nodded. "I thought the same thing. All three hundred of them are. I'll look into it, but I don't think there are very many."

"I know," Kirito nodded. "I think you might actually be playing the only one."

"I know," Michael nodded. "Let me see the laptop. I'll transfer Yui."

Kirito handed it over and Michael quickly and easily transferred Yui to his own ALfheim Online avatar's inventory then handed the computer back. Then, he stood and smiled.

"See you on the outside Kirito," Michael said raising his hand. "I'll meet you at Agil's bar once you get out. I'll tell you what game it is then."

Kirito smirked but nodded and Michael left. When Michael got home, he lay down, starting up ALfheim Online and putting his NerveGear on then closed his eyes. A moment later, he got up in the inn and opened his inventory, easily finding Yui and selecting it, a teardrop shaped crystal dropping into his hand. He activated the item and a moment later, a glowing silhouette appeared in front of him and Yui formed. She landed lightly on the bed beside Michael's and stared at him a moment.

"You're that guy that helped Mommy and Daddy," Yui stated.

"Oh good, so you remember them," Michael smiled.

"Uh huh," Yui nodded. "Where are they?"

"Well, your dad's not on this game yet," Michael stated. "Oh, right. We're not in SAO, we're in a game called ALfheim Online. It's copied from the SAO servers so you might have some trouble telling it apart."

Yui nodded an agreement.

"So, anyway, your dad's still recovering from his time in SAO," Michael stated. "Your mom is still asleep. We think she might be trapped in a VRMMO still. Do you know how many there are that are actively being played?"

"Only this one," Yui reported after a moment. "So you think Mommy's here?"

"It's possible," Michael nodded. "Hey, are you still an Admin or is the game recognizing you as an NPC?"

"Actually, it's identifying me as a navigation pixie," Yui stated.

"That works," Michael grinned. "Well, I suppose we should get going. If this is the only game, we need to get searching for your mother."

Yui nodded and was engulfed in smoke. When it cleared, she was a fairy in a pink dress small enough to fit in his pocket, which she did. He left the inn, heading toward the World Tree first for one last try at the guardians before heading out to search for Asuna. Just as he reached the main plaza, Yui came out of his pocket, pointing up at the tree and screaming "Mommy". He looked up and groaned.

"At the top?" Michael asked.

"Uh huh!" Yui nodded.

"Back in you go Yui," Michael sighed. "We're going to have to go in the hard way."

Before he could enter the tree, five Sylphs ran over and began to stack up.

"Hey guys," Michael called, the players all looking at him. "You're piggy backing up aren't you?"

"We're going to try," one said. "You want in?"

"Sure," Michael nodded.

He flew to the top of the players, crouching low for as much balance as he could get and the bottom player took off. One by one, they all fell away as they climbed until finally it was Michael's turn. He leapt off of the player below him, raising a hand in fair well before flying up as fast as he could. He sped up toward the branches but his wings began to lose power just as he neared the lowest branches.

"Yui, can you find your mother?" Michael asked.

"Yes, she's there!" Yui pointed and Michael saw a birdcage of sorts.

"Take as many pictures as you can and zoom in," Michael stated, stopping, knowing he had only a few seconds on his wings.

Yui turned toward the birdcage, taking pictures as zoomed in as she could. Then, Michael's wings lost power and they began to fall. As they did, Michael had her send the pictures to his desk top before they could die. Then, she hid in his pocket again. At the last second, the base of the player tower caught Michael and set him on his feet.

"Thanks for the save," Michael smirked. "Sorry it didn't work."

"It's okay," the Sylph stated.

"Attention gamers," the alert system spoke up. "The system will be updated in six hours. For your safety, please log out as soon as possible."

"What now?" the Sylph demanded.

"Probably a hight limit and a barrier around the tree," Michael chuckled. "Should have had one more while we had the chance. Well, I gotta go. See you around."

The Sylph nodded, and they both headed to a different inn, Michael heading to the one he had been using. Once there, he logged out, making sure Yui would be safe during the update first.

Kirito looked at his phone as he stepped out of his house two days later and saw Michael had called him. He called and Michael answered, saying one sentence before hanging up.

"Meet me at Agil's shop," Michael stated.

Kirito opened his mouth to speak but Michael was already gone. Kirito shrugged, putting his phone away and heading toward Agil's bar. When he arrived, Agil was there, talking to Michael, numerous pictures spread across the table along with a game.

"What's up?" Kirito asked.

"See for yourself," Michael stated pushing the pictures to Kirito.

Kirito picked them up, looking through them as his eyes widened. There was no mistaking it. It was Asuna.

"Where..." Kirito asked before seeing the game. "In there?"

Michael nodded.

"Yui took the pictures," Michael stated.

"Yui..." Kirito nodded and glanced at the game again.

"Take it," Agil said. "Bring her home so we can all meet up here."

Kirito smiled and thanked him, picking up the game and looking to Michael.

"I'll meet you inside," Michael stated. "Your stats are going to carry over so don't be afraid to have some fun while you wait. And PKing is okay. You can't die from this game."

Kirito nodded and both left, hurrying to their house where both logged on, Kirito making his character.

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