(Y/N) POV

I grin as I watch MindSwords square off against Poh. They all were decked out in their ALO gear.

Punisher had his signature dark trail coat on, you can't miss him out here. And carrying a blade that's bigger then most people are doesn't help his case.

Jam, was wearing a strawberry dress as her spear was slung around her shoulders to look cooler.

Harry, he was looking like a knight, as usual, he even had his princess Fuji clinging to him. Instead of a small dagger, I see the dense woman upgrade to a small sword

Then, well...there's Qweep. He....is wearing....pretty much what I should expect. He has miss matching armour everywhere. Chain mail, leather, steel...is that a crown?....oh god that is. Your highness Qweep.....dear god I think we would all die

Finally, Looky. She stands tall....as tall as she can get. Piercing Poh with her tiger-like eyes. In ALO, she makes the best witch...honestly it's scary

"MindSwords...I should have known," Poh mutters as Jam smirks

"Is that your declaration of surrender?" She says confidently

"No, it's the declaration of your death!" He says as he launched himself toward Jam. Punisher barely managed to block the blow. A gust of wind blows by me as the two giant blades collide. Punishers blade is longer, while Poh's is a bit thicker

"Ah, the Punisher...a Kirito rip off," Poh taunts as Punisher smiles

"I'm no Kirito," he says as Jam jumps over Punisher to strike Poh with her spear

"I don't work alone!" Punisher yells as he heavily swings his sword to Poh who is stunned by Jam's sudden attack.

"Damn it!" Poh yells as he regains his wits and goes to attack

"I don't think so," Qweep says in Poh's blind spot

"Rat!" Poh screams as he swings his blade to Qweep. It misses as Qweep uses his skill to stay in Poh's blind spot. Qweep strikes Poh three times before he switches out to Looky.

"Hey you," She says seductively. And I swear to god he starts drooling

"Sucker punch!" Qweep yells as he deals a simple punch to Poh

"What was th--" Poh begins to say as he sees Harry's sword coming at him full speed

Harry takes his head clean off. As they begin to regroup and celebrate.

"I'm not dead yet," Poh says as he body heals itself...great an immortal enemy

"It's showtime," he yells as he goes berserk. My friends weren't expecting this as he plows into them sending them scattered. By instinct, my body starts to move to help them. That is until I fill arms wrap around me from behind

"Your hurt...your not leaving me," Liz says as she hugs me from behind

"But I---," I begin to say

"Your staying here with me... you're not getting hurt anymore," Liz declares as I feel her head rest against my back

"I can't handle seeing you in pain," She mutters

"But the others!" I protest

"They can handle themselves," She says

"No...this guy is different," I say looking around at her. When I see her face, all I see is pain. Not physical pain, but rather emotion pain from watching people she cares for get hurt

"Kate, hand me a sword," I say with a stern voice as I hear our friends start clashing again

"No," She answers with one of her own stern voice

"Please, I won't get hurt," I say

"You and what, your lost arm?" She fires back as I'm reminded I lost an arm

"Listen, trust me, I--" I say

"I do trust you...I trust you a lot. But you need to see you can't do everything," She says looking at me as I smile

"Maybe it's time to find out," I say as I kiss her. I surprise her, in her surprised state. I snag her sword off her hips.

"I'm sorry," I mutter, the colour from her face drains. I turn around, and Poh stands victorious. The biggest strength MindSword has is teamwork. If you take away that. You can defeat us easily...but also, two members weren't fighting alongside them.

"(Y/N)! Don't you dare!" Was all Liz got out before I shot myself to him with bolt. When I reached him, I come swinging. The blade hit him as I cut his torso in half. But much like before, it just healed.

"I'm a god!" He yells

"We don't determine who are gods," I say as I use flash. No matter how many times I kill him, he just comes back. We get locked into a battle of speed. I'm faster, but he is stronger. The area turns into ice, but I pay it no notice as I'm busy fighting

After clashing a few times, the sword I was holding was flung out of my hands.

"No weapon...again!" Poh says as he goes to stab me.

"(U/N)! Take this!" I hear a guy yell as I'm covered in light. Poh stopped to see what's happening. Once the light faded. I could see it now

I was wearing the same old gear from SAO. I felt my original sword behind on my back. And, I had my left arm back. I look around to see Kirito standing with two swords. Time to get shit done

I look back to Poh as I smirk

"You're done," I say as I use my Rumble skill. The ground shakes as I speed to him. The gap wasn't big. But it was enough to gain some force. I grip my Longsword as I swing it around my body once I reach him. The ground shook and that makes an opening for me. He may not be able to die...but I'm sure he can feel pain.

I swing my blade with all my strength, once it hits him. It hits hard. Unlike my previous attack, with a short, and light sword. I have my long and heavy blade with me this time. Instantly after I hit him, he gets sent flying a good few hundred feet from the recoil of my attack.

"Ahhhhh, it feels good to handle this puppy again," I say as I look at my sword and then to Kirito

"do you want me to handle him, or you?" I ask

"I'll handle him, I have an idea," Kirito says as he begins walking to Poh. I just notice the red army has been frozen...how'd that happen? I look around for a source, and the most likely source would be Kirito. As he walks away, I study the two blades. One is pitch black like you'd expect from Kirito, and the other is ice white...literally ice...and very unlike Kirito.

I continue looking around as I spot the members of MindSwords. They're all scuffed up and hurting from the assault by Poh. Liz was already checking on all of them. So I turn to Asuna. By the looks of things, she has been here the longest

"What's happening?" I ask as I approach her.

"I guess your kinda clueless huh?" Asuna says

"Yea, I don't even know why I'm here," I mention

Asuna laughs a bit," That's a long story," she says as we watch Kirito trash this guy. In the end. Poh turned into a giant tree.....a tree....yea....a tree...don't ask me how the hell that works. And the frozen red army disappeared

As Kirito returns, Asuna is, of course, excited to see him, and Kirito is eager to see her

"So what's up?" I ask him as he turns to look at me

"Your alive too," He says relieved

"Why wouldn't I be?" I ask

"(Y/N)!" I hear a girly voice as I feel someone run into my leg

I look down to see Angalo

"I forgot you were here," I say as the little girl puffs her cheeks

"You almost died!" She exclaims

"Eh, I've come closer a few other times," I say

"You just up and left!" She yells mad

"Jesus, for a kid, you sure do have an opinion," I mutter as she continues pouting

"Who is this cutie," Liz says as she grabs Angalo. The stars in Liz's eyes just memorized Angalo as she stands there quietly

"Hello?" Liz asks as Angalo snaps back into reality

"I'm Angalo," She says shyly as Liz's heart starts to melt

"I wanna keep it," Liz says as she hugs Angalo

"Would that be slavery?" Harry says as he walks to me

"Slavery?" I ask confused

"Yea, I mean, she's an NPC," Harry says

"An NPC, how?" I ask confused

Harry looks at me, kinda in shock as he turns to Kirito

"Do you know where you are?" He asks Kirito

"Yes, we are in the soul translater right?" Kirito asks as Asuna nods

"The soul what?" I ask confused

Harry looks at me

"You almost died...and they put you in here to save you," Harry says

I look at him in visible confusion

"I'm not understanding the situation," I ask as Kirito remembers something

"Asuna, wheres Alice?" Kirito asks as Asuna remembers something too

"She went to the world alter," Asuna says as Kirito picks her up and starts flying

"Who's Alice!" I yell

"Kirito! Come back!" I yell as he flys away fast

I curse under breath as I look at Liz. She looks at me, and I already know what her eyes are telling me before she even says something

"Follow them, it's not like you'll listen to me anyway," She mutters as I frown

"I'm sorry," I say as I use my skills to follow Kirito. In fact, I pass him no problem. I don't know where he is headed. But ill continue to wherever he is headed.

After a few quick seconds. I catch up a black blob in the air attacking two flying dragons as a golden hair knight with gold armour watches from the ground helplessly

Alice, that must be her. Judging by Kirito's concern, she is a friendly. Which means the black Blob is an enemy. The nice thing about speed. Is if you hit the right angle. You can go high in the air. I bounce off some terrain that the barren desert has.

I get launched into the air as I prepare to strike

(A/N) note: thank you for reading. My apologies if some of the bits of this arc doesn't make any sense. If you up to date with the anime, you shouldn't have this problem. But if your not, I'd imagine your bit confused. But I assure you, It will be explained in future parts. So just hang with me eh? The anime, of course, follows Kirito and the reasoning behind all of this is explained because he already kinda knows. But since we were never with him, we got no clue what's happening. So if your confused, so is (Y/N). Anyway, I hope this clears any confusion you may have with the arc. It will be explained later, just it's unrealistic to have the characters explains it right now, and you'll find out why in the next part. Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed the book, the SAO content to write off to is ending very soon, so in the next few parts, there we'll be no SAO content to cover anymore, so as a result. After it ends, I will have original content covering from there. So hopefully see you there