Yami and Kazuto were walking in a alleyway and arrived at a cafe called Dicey Cafe.

They both walked in to hear a familiar voice.

????: Hey, you're here early.

Kazuto: As always, business is slow here.

????: shut up.

Yami: Andrew, my man. How's your wife doing?

Andrew: well you know she was happy that I'm free from the death game, I'll be taking a break of playing MMO's for a while. Also the place is busy at night.

Kazuto: so that picture...what's the deal with that?

Andrew: it's kind of a long story. But first check this out.

He slides them a copy of a video game.

Kazuto: a game?

Andrew: it's an MMO for the AmuSphere, a successor to the NerveGear system.

Yami: it's similar to SAO well to the skill and leveling system.

Kazuto: Alf Heim Online?

Andrew: it's pronounced "Alv-heim," supposedly. They say it means "Land of the Fairies."

Kazuto: Fairies?

Yami: can I order two number 9's?

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Kazuto: Land of the Fairies? It's the laid-back kind then?

Andrew: no, not from what I hear. It's a hard-core skill system focusing on player skill. PKing is encouraged.

Kazuto: Hard-core skill system?

Yami: none of the actual levels.

Andrew: Each skill only improves through use. Combat relies on players' athletic ability.

Kazuto: this is hardcore.

Yami: well I mean yeah mechanics are different.

Andrew: like an SAO with magic but no sword skills. I hear it's insanely popular now. I've heard it's because you can fly.

Kazuto: Fly?

Andrew: you're a fairy, so you have wings. It has something calling a "flight engine," and once you get used used it, you can fly at will.

Kazuto: how do you do it?

Andrew: who knows? But I hear it's pretty hard.

Yami: well yeah it takes time and it's true but it's just an illusion of truly flying.

Kazuto: sure no kidding. You're controlling wings that no human has. Maybe you have to use the muscle from your back.

Andrew and Yami:*fake coughs*

Kazuto: oh right sorry. Getting back to Asuna. What does Asuna have to do with the game?

Andrew shows them a photo of Asuna but it was blurry.

Andrew: look familiar?

Kazuto: it looks like Asuna.

Yami: because it is Asuna, she's been held captive.

Kazuto: what!? Yami, where is this?

Yami: it's in ALfheim Online, she's in the game.

Andrew shows them the map.

Andrew: it's called the World Tree, I hear. A legendary castle sits atop this tree. Players are divided into nine races, all of them racing to reach the castle first.

Kazuto: can't they just fly up there?

Andrew: supposedly, there's a time limit, so you can't fly forever. So five players got on each other's shoulder and flew up like a rocket.

Kazuto: I get it... It's dumb, but pretty smart.

Yami: hahaha funny...

Andrew: and they didn't even make it ti the tress's lowest branch, but they did take a few photos. And something strange was in one.

Kazuto: a bird cage? But why would Asuna be in a place like that.

Yami: check behind the game's developer.

Kazuto:*checks it* RCT Progress?

They both remember what Sugou said at the hospital.

Sugou(Flashback): You could say I'm the one who's keeping Asuna alive.

Both grit their teeth.

Kazuto: Agil, mind if I take this software?

Andrew: I don'g, but do you plan to go there?

Yami: we have to see it for ourselves.*smirks* A game where you can die is too easy.

Kazuto: I'll have to but the hardware.

Andrew: It works with the NerveGear. The Amusphere is just NerveGear with better security.

Kazuto: glad to hear it.

Andrew: go save Asuna. Other wise our battle won't really end.

Yami: heh yeah, let's all meet here someday.

(Meanwhile)

Meanwhile at Kirigaya home, Suguha who was laying down on the wood floor at the backyard. She remembers Yami being upset, comforting him. She gets up and blushes remembering that.

Suguha: I'm so stupid, stupid, stupid!!

She quickly grabs a muffin as both Yami and Kazuto walked in.

Yami: we're back.

She eats it in her mouth to see them.

Suguha: B-big brother!! Y-yami!!

She was chocking on the muffin but Yami was behind her and slightly to one side. He supports her chest with 1 hand. Lean Suguha forward so the muffin blocking their airway will come out of her mouth, rather than moving further down. Give up to 5 sharp blows between her shoulder blades with the heel of his hand. Then the muffin was out of her mouth and Kazuto gave her the Banana milk drink and drinks it all.

Suguha: I-I thought I was going to die.

Kazuto: you were getting so careless.

Yami: eat slowly, will you? Hey Kazuto get ready okay?

Kazuto: yeah sure I'll get ready.

He leaves them alone.

Yami: hey Sugu, it's about last night.

Suguh: Y-Yeah?

Yami: I want to say thank you. Thanks to you, I felt better. I won't give up. I'm going to get Asuna back. I'm never going to give up.

Suguha wore a frown for a moment, but she
hastily covered it up. But Yami hugs her.

Yami: Once I get back you can join with me if you want...

Suguha: I'll think about it, Yami. Good luck. I want to meet her, too.

Yami: thanks Oh, and Suguha nice tracksuit. It fits you perfectly.

He walks in to his room as Suguha covers her chest.

Suguha: Yami-kun, idiot..

Yami who was in his room as remembers what Sugou said.

Sugou(Flashback): The ceremony will be held in this hospital room inna week, on January 26th. I'll invite you...

Yami: I'll never let you have her Sugou...I'll make sure you'll suffer you disgusting creature.

He takes out Yamoto and slices the air opening the portal that send him to ALfheim Online.

(Meanwhile with Kirito)

System: welcome to ALfheim Online. To start, why don't you step on the terminal and tell me your name, slugger? Do you know how to spell your name? Just sound it out!!

Kirito:*sigh* it's-it's-it's fine. This is the intro. Tutorial stuff is always kinda cringy and handholdy.

He types in his avatar name but made an error sound.
*error sound*

Kirito: wait what?

System: uh oh, someone already has that name!! Why don't you pick something else.

Kirito: oh you got to be kidding me!! Alright how about Kirito1?
*error sounds*

Kirito: Kirito2?
*error sounds*

Kirito: Kiritwo?
*error sounds*

Kirito:*makes a long sigh*

(Much later)

Kirito:*slightly broken* Okay...okay, I think I broken the code. xVx_K1r1t0_xVx_KillMe!!-

(Meanwhile with Yami)

(Alfheim, Ancient Forest, Neutral Territory January 20, 2025)

Yami: He should be right here...

He puts out his arms and catches Kirito who was in his Spriggan avatar.

Yami: hey there~

Kirito: we're back..After everything that happened.

He looks around and sees on Yami's arms and he blushed as he got off. He blushes even more when he saw Yami's new clothes.

Yami: huh? Well better than nothing. So this what ALfheim Online looks like in person.

Kirito was trying open the menu with his right arm but it didn't open so he uses his left arm to open the menu which it did. He checks if the log out button was working, he was relieved it was now working.

Kirito: now, where's the status window?

He checks on his stats and he was confusef.

Kirito: is this a bug?

Yami: wait check your menu, maybe she's in there?

Kirito: really!? Okay I'll find it!!

He scrolls up to find Yui's Heart item and finds it with the name saying MHCP001. Yui's heart appears as Yami touches, Yui appears.

Yui: mmmm? Huh?

Yami: It's me, Yui. Do you remember me?

Yui: I'm able to see you again, papa..

Then Yami remembers during the two years of being in SAO.

(Flashback)

Yui: mama!!

Sachi: you must be hungry!! Let's eat.

Yui: yeah!!

Yui:*eats the spicy sandwich* it's good

Yui:*sleeping* mama...papa...

(End Flashback)

Yui: papa!! Papa!!

She hugs Yami as he hugs her back.

Yui: papa...

Yami: miracles really happen huh? Thanks me.

Actual Me: anytime...

(Small Skip)

They were on a fallen tree that acts like a bridge as the moon was reflected by the water.

Kirito: so what's going on here, exactly? See... We're aren't inside SAO. This is the world of another game called ALfheim Online.

Yui:*hold her head* Hold on a second. This world seems to be a copy of the Sword Art Online servers.

Kirito: a copy?

Yui: yes. The game engine and graphics format are completely identical. Although the version of the Cardinal system is a little outdated.

Yami: After Argus went bankrupt due to with the Sword Art Online incident, its servers and data were acquired by RECT Progress Inc. and used to create the VRMMORPG ALfheim Online.

Kirito: so that means the game is using...

Yami: the servers and data from SAO to create ALO but what Yui said that the Cardinal system is a little outdated.

Kirito: then why are my stats here?

Yui: the save data format is nearly the same, so skills to both games must've had their levels overwritten.

Kirito: come to think if it, my dual wielding was gone.

Yami: well that and your items are lost so they have to be deleted.

Yui: yes, delete them before the error detection program finds them.

Kirito opens his menu, goes to the delete option and it popped up.

<Do you want to delete all items?>
<Yes< Or <No?>

Kirito hesitated for bit because he gotten his items but he accept it and it deleted his items.

Yui: strange, papa you are normal none of the items are lost, even your level 300 stats are still there!!

Kirito: huh!? How!?

Yami: shit they're on to me!! Raikou is there anything I have to say?

Raikou: well even thought I taught you to not to lie but you have to lie so you won't get caught.

Yami: thanks...I'll regret it...mommy...

Raikou: awww thank you my baby boy!!

Yami: I actual fixed the files on my copy so I can have these items, sorry guys. Yui, what are being recognized as?

Yui: Um, I'm listed as a player support artificial-personality program, a Navigation Pixie.

Then she covered in light as Kirito and Yami blocked their eyes as Yui transforms into a pixie.

Yui: this is my form as a pixie.

Yami: protect the child!!

Then Kirito began to poke her gently.

Yui: hey that tickles.

Kirito: do you still have admin privileges like before?

Yui: No. All I can do is access the reference and wide area map databases.

Kirito: I see...

Yami: actually, it seems that Asuna....your aunty is here.

Yui: Aunty? What do you mean?

Yami: even after SAO has been cleared, Asuna never woke up in reality. I've figured out that Asuna was seen in ALfheim.

Yui: so that's what happened...

Yami: we've gotten a good idea where to look. It's called the World Tree. I think that's it.

Yui: aunty is over there?

Kirito: actually, I want to know is why did I log in at this empty forest? I was supposed to be teleported to the hometown.

Yui: I don't know. Your location data got corrupted or an interference?

Kirito: could've at least dropped me near the World Tree.

Both of them got up as Kirito's back has now wings appeared.

Kirito: these are the wing, huh? How do I fly?

Yami: a assist controller is there, raise your left hand as if you're grabbing something.

Then a controller appears.

Yui: um, pull towards yourself to ascend. Push to descend. Left or right to turn.

He did what he was told and he was now ascending.

Yami: there you go, Kirito you got this!!

Yui: hold down the button to accelerate. Release to decelerate, apparently.

He was flying but was having trouble but able to get a hold of it.

Yui: you can fly as long as your wings are shining. After a certain amount of time, you need to rest your wings.

Kirito was actually having fun flying around. He lands on the fallen tree.

Kirito: I see. I think I've got it. For now, where's the closest town?

Yami: yeah can you tell us?

Yui: there's a town in Sylph territory called Sylvain to the west. That's the closest...

Both Yami and Yui senses something.

Kirito: hey what's wrong?

Yui: there are players nearby.

Yami:*smiles* it's you, we can meet again. Okay for now I'll be wearing my fox mask and you'll have to call me Kitsune for now.

Kirito: okay got it Yami-I mean Kitsune.

Up in the sky a blonde hair girl, dressed in green was flying while a green hair boy who was dressed in green was flying behind her.

????: Lea-Leafa, wait!!

Leafa: you can do it, Recon! If we both can escape to Sylph territory...huh? Recon dodge!!

Recon looks back, dodging fireballs from
hitting him, while Leafa dodged them too as
she looks down towards a group of heavy
armored fairies.

Leafa: Back off already!

They still kept on coming towards them
despite Leaf's warning.

Leafa: no, choice then.

Leafa grabbed a hold of her sword's handle and takes out her sword.

Leafa: prepare for battle!!

Recon: Impossible!! I'm sure Sigurd and the others are already...

Leafa: I'll draw them in as many as I can, so knock at least one of them down.

Recon: I'll do my best.

Leafa: show me how useful you can be for once, okay?

Leafa charges towards the group of Salamanders. One of the Salamanders, that was in the front of the group, he thrust his lance at Leafa, who dodged the attack to the side, as she attacks at the back of the Salamander, as he fell after he was hit.

Leafa: alright!!

Leafa then turns to the rest of the remaining
members, as she went to attack them, but
they just backed away, as Leafa turns around
and immediately attacks a Salamander, who
was the only one who wore light-armor, in the
group.

He was blown back by Leafa's thrust, as he
strikes a Salamander player from behind him,
which he was bounced back by the Salamander player, giving Leafa the advantage, as she slashes at the light-armor Salamander, which killed him instantly, giving him a game over.

Salamander: god damn it!

The Salamander player then dissolving into
red energy. Leafa then dodged two Salamander players, as Recon's voice alerted her, which she looks up at Recon who was fighting a Salamander player, as he kills him with a slash to the chest.

Leafa: we can win this fight!!

A fireball came barreling towards her, which
she dodged very easily, but the fireball kept
going, as it strikes an off-guard Recon.

Leafa: Idiot! Don't stop!

Recon look in front of him, a Salamander
player who trusts his lance weapon at Recon, killing him instantly.

Recon: Sorry!

Recon then dissolved in red energy.

Leafa: Recon...

Leafa turns around dodging a fireball coming
her way. She then dodged multiple fireballs
coming at her from below, as two Salamander
players charged at her from the sideways with
their lance held up high to attack her head-
on.

While Leafa was distracted with the two, she
didn't realize as a fire cannon, came towards
her, as it hits her, which caused her to fall
to the ground in the forest area. On the ground, Leafa was outnumbered by 3 Salamanders players.

Salamander 1: sorry, but we're on a mission. Leave your money and items, and we'll let you go.

Salamander 2: why with the gentleman act, Kagemune?

Salamander 3: It's been ages since we fought a woman, let's kill her!!

Leafa: tch!! I'm taking at least one of you with me. Anyone who doesn't fear the death penalty can attack!!

Kagemune: you're a strong-willed girl. No choice, then.

They flew back up slowly and they were going to attack as a scream was heard and Kirito fall to the ground.

Kirito: I still have to work on landing, huh?

Then another male lands with devil wings behind him and he was wearing a fox mask.

Yami: I mean yeah still working on it.

Leafa: what are doing!? Run!!

Yami: these heavy fighters attacking a single girl? I must say the girl has good battling skills. But you three, that's kinda lame. You guys are cringe.

Salamander 2: what did you say?

Salamander 3: You've got some nerve, newbies. Since you're asking for it, I'll fight you!!

Leafa:*gasp*

He charges towards them as Yami and Kirito. He thrust his lance as Leafa closes her eyes. She opens them to see Yami holding the lance with two fingers. Yami pulls the lance and pushes back causing the two salamander players crashing into each other. Then Kirito asked Leafa.

Kirito: Um is it okay if we kill those guys?

Leafa: I guess so...at least, that's what they intended for you two.

Yami: alright then. Pardon us.

Kirito takes out his sword while Yami takes out Rebellion. Both rushed towards them but disappeared.

Salamander 3: they disappeared!! HAAAAAAAA!!

The 3rd Salamander player was defeated, getting a game over. Behind them Yami and Kirito were them with their swords down like they slices something. This shocked everyone as Yami and Kirito looked at them.

Kirito: who's next?

Yami: let's get this party started!! Let's rock!!

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