Hello Dear readers!

I have decided to start responding to reviews, as leaving them all lonely on that page is mildly depressing...

Chapter One: Origins

isagonj: (what kind of a username is that?... I like it.) Arigatou.

Not a Pineapple: That is for me to know, and you to find out! I hope you aren't asking for spoilers... Anyway, I will just get back to laughing maniacally to my computer screen now...?

Chapter Two: Dungeon

Not a Pineapple: Well... Yes. That is very out of character for me to miss out a important detail like that. I will have to edit the lore... no actually that was a great help and actually explains a lot of this chapter. Thanks. And DG... Maybe, I haven't planned for him, but will use him if necessary.

Kirinthor: Thanks

Boobookinz: Then I had better keep up the manic smiles! I am glad to know someone else likes this kind of story apart yours truly.

Kanrai: Good to know, and I will... Oh I will... :D

vault166: Ah, but that is the fuel for this fire.

Well, have a good read!
Fundindar

Cline Focus - Afternoon

Tsuboi Ryoutarou sat down in front of the television with a cup of tea to watch MMO Stream. He absently regarded the TV as he sipped on the cup of flavoured warm water.

"And now we go live to our field correspondent, where the first raid party of the final ALO boss is about to commence!"

"Ok! Weclone to my channel! Today, my guild and I, the ALO Clearing Front, will be challenging the final boss of the game! There has been no official information released on the boss, only a lot of speculation. Today, we are going to be the first to challenge him!" Tsuboi's eyes rose in interest towards the show. The final boss? This will be interesting. He watched in interest as the clearing group went through the motions. A pulsing purple light filled the darkened hall and apartment, and he took a sip of his tea, his eyes glued to the screen. "He he, he he heh he ha HA HA HA HAHAHAHA!"

The raid group stiffened. The hall was illuminated by a prolonged purple light, and Tsuboi nearly choked on his tea. Sitting at the end if the room, on a jagged black crystal throne, was Kirito. Kirito's head shot up, staring directly at the raid group, a manic smile plastered over the pale face, in stark contrast to the completely black robes he was wearing. Tsuboi watched the fight in growing horror, as he watched his friend completely slaughter the entire raid group. After he delivered his message, the feed cut off and returned to the commentator's box. Tsuboi slowly turned off the TV.

He reached for his tablet and booted it up. He tapped on the internet icon and entered into the search bar: Keku Chaos Prince

Immediately, throusands of articals popped up. He scanned through the top page until he found the ALO wiki. He tapped on it and began to read.

Keku, The Prince of Chaos

This mob was originally announced to be the final boss of the game Alfheim Online. However, after the first raid, the dungeon where he resides was separated from the ALO server and connected to the Gun Gale Online and the Dragon-Rider Online servers as well. To put it simply, the Black Shadow Dungeon (see also) is accessible from all three VRMMORPGs, and can act as a meeting place/duelling plaza for cross-game players.

As Tsuboi read, he realised that everyone thought that Keku was a mob. A program with previously chosen attack, speech and reponse patterns. For whatever reason, this seemed to make him really angry. His fingers flew furiously over the virtual keyboard, researching ALO. He stood up quickly, grabbing his jacket as he walked out the door, on the way to the technology store.

Asuna

When the team of Asuna, Leafa and Sinon had almost finished clearing the fourth hall, Asuna took a breather.

"Can you two finish off the rest?" Asuna shouted at her companions. She received a firm nod from Sinon and a grunt of affirmation from Leafa, and Asuna backed off. Then, she saw a message that she could not believe. She did a double take and stared at the sender. Cline? What is he doing here? She tapped on the message and read the contents.

Asuna,

I can only assume you are in ALO to challenge Kirito, and I would like to join you. I saw the failed raid earlier, and I want to help.

Cline

Asuna sent a reply that she was in the third room of the dungeon, and wished him luck. She realised that Leafa and Sinon were staring at her, and she looked at them.

"We are going to be waiting here for the rest of our party." Leafa looked inquiringly at Asuna, but Sinon just looked irritated.

"Fine, just don't let them take to long."

Kekekekekuku...

Keku was hanging from the ceiling of the hall, eyes scrunched shut. The hall was normally smooth, with only blank windows along the edges and pillars reaching the ceiling. He had employed a small amount of the shadow magic he had under his control to make a jagged ledge which he was now sitting on. In fact, the ledge would normally be smooth, but due to his current thoughts, the black shadows were jagged and razor sharp. They pulsed slightly with each of his heart beats, and it was pulsing at a unreasonably fast pace, which reflected the nature of Keku's mind.

A image of a white-clad, rapier wielding chestnut haired woman swam into his mind's eye, and he instantly cringed, the platform he was on shrinking back as he scrabbled to the wall. He felt a massive, undermining fear of the warrior, but within several seconds the fear turned to massive burning hatred, making the platform shoot out in several directions, the spikes becoming barbs of pure hatred.

"...Kirito-kun…" His eyes snapped open and he jumped the massive width of the hall, landing on the opposite wall, he waited a second as his momentum ended, then jumped the width again, faster, he then jumped off the next wall, landing on the ground. He breathed heavily, almost hyperventilating, but not because of the nature of the feat he had just accomplished. The imaginary words causing a massive emotional reaction from Keku. The shadows swirled around him, razor sharp and covered with needle thin barbs. The shadows multiplied exponentially centred on the black-clad figure. A massive circular vortex of ≪Chaos Magic≫. He desperately needed something to help him vent.

As if in answer to his command, some of the shadows detached from the main vortex and became skeletons clad in full body, nightmare black armour. He instantly rose and stared at the beings with a insane look in his eye. He was bordering on mania as his shadows completely desecrated the ≪Skeletal Chaos Incarnate≫ monsters of his own design, born from his own chaotic mind and thoughts.

"Papa!" The shout shook him from his wild lashing, and the chaos magic disappeared entirely. 'Yui?' Keku slowly turned around, something stirring deep within him. The white garbed black haired girl with steel grey eyes so much like his own. His mouth slowly opened. He started forming words, but before he could manage, hatred filled his eyes and over-took his mind. He saw red as he drew his swords, screaming a almost feral battle cry.

"YUUUUUUIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Yui screamed as he ran forwards, holding both the ≪Elucidator≫ and the ≪Dark Repulser≫ above his head, as of to strike down with massive force. Yui screamed as he sprinted closer, before she teleported away with a terrified look in her eyes.

Asuna

"MAMA!" Asuna looked around startled as a bright blue light flashed in front of her. The light faded and Yui fell forwards out of it, strait into Asuna's arms. happiness was written all over her face before Yui started crying. She sat on the ground and started patting her hair, whispering words of comfort, eyes wide at the scene. Leafa and Sinon also watched in shocked silence.

"Yui, Yui what's wrong?" Asuna asked, grasping the girl's face with both her hands on her cheeks. Yui looked at Asuna, tears streaming uncontrollably down the little AI's face.

"Papa, it's Papa…" Yui started. She choked and threatened to break down again. "Mama, it's his ID and username and everything, and he's registered as Keku, but that isn't the problem!" She stared, staring deeply into Asuna's eyes. "That isn't Papa!"

Asuna went cold. "Wh… What do you mean, that has got to be Kazuto! He looks just like he did in SAO, who else could it be?" She was horrified, realising how little evidence they had it was actually her lover. Yui shook her little head, ebony black hair swaying around.

"That is Papa, but… But his mind is chaotic, there is so much hatred and fear… He almost felt love when he saw me, but it was beat back super fast by hatred. He drew his swords and…" Yui swallowed, tears sprinkling her eyes. "He ran towards me, his murderous intent was off my scale, almost innumerable…" Asuna buried her head and hugged Yui hard. She let out one, single sob before standing up. She realised that by that time the doors at the end of the room had opened and closed. She turned to the new arrivals while holding Yui close. Standing there awkwardly, was Cline.

"Cline." Asuna said formally. She looked at the congregation. "This, is Yui." Asuna swallowed. "Kirito and my daughter." Cline just stood there dumbstruck. Leafa stiffened, then let out a confused sound. Sinon just looked disappointed.

"Asuna-chan..." Leafa started hesitantly. "Onii-san has still not woken from SAO, so how could you have a daughter?" Asuna went completely beet-red.

"N-no that, that-well-" Asuna stumbled, Yui abruptly cutting in.

"I am ≪Yui-MHCP001≫, the old Mental Health Conciling Program of SAO." This elicited gasps of surprise and confused looks from the ensemble. Everyone turned to look at Asuna as one. She smiled sadly.

"After we married, for our honeymoon, Kirito-kun and I went to floor 22, where there is a really nice area with lakes and forests-" Cline cut her off with a clear of the throat. "Well, anyway, we were there and we found Yui passed out in the woods, and took her home. She insisted on calling me 'Mama' and Kirito 'Papa', so we eventually went with it."

"I was locked out by ≪Cardinal≫ after the official launch of SAO, and was forced to watch the mass suicides and the depressing emotions of the players. But, eventually, the emotions of two players caught my eye. They were truly, deeply in love, and I had never seen anything like it before. I made it passed the safe guards and came down in the woods, wandering aimlessly for a long while. Mama and Papa found me and fed me, and we had heaps of fun together! Then we went to the ≪Black Iron≫ dungeon, under the starting city and I spawned a powerful weapon to defeat a boss to strong for Papa and Mama. Cardinal detected me and tried to delete me, but Papa managed to use a system console to save me locally to his NervGear. I was asleep there for a long time, before for some reason I was released from storage. I spawned, but Papa had... Changed."

Yui involuntarily shuddered. Asuna stood up.

"I have to fix this."

This is a long chapter. I must also say that I am not entirely happy with it, as I think that it can be much, much better. Never the less, what do you guys think? I have started responding to reviews at the beginning of the chapter, so if you want, I will now respond! (As I used to, but it has dropped off since EL).

This chapter jumps around to much for my tastes, but I cannot think of any way around it without conveying the message I want.

Hope you had a good read,
Fundindar