The Black Swordswoman ( An SAO fanic FemKiritoxAsuna )

The End of The World

When text looks like this, and is italicized it means a character is having an inner monologue.

When you see words in between lines like this "-" it means an action is being performed.

The Battle with the Skull reaper had now been going on for a number of hours. And it's health was finally starting to deplete. Everyone's blades could be seen lighting up the room like Christmas lights as they infused them with sword skills. They finally learned its attacks and were creating strategies on the fly to deal damage, but it wasn't enough. As when another group came to attack the Skull Reaper, it used one of its many legs to slash one of them killing him. Kirito, Asuna, and Heathcliff were still at the front using all their strength to distract it, allowing the others to attack it's sides. Klein then used the Sword skill Avalanche, managing to hit a weak point and bringing its health down into the red. This didn't go unnoticed by Heathcliff, who immediately called out to everyone on the battlefield.

"EVERYONE! ATTACK!!!"

With those 2 words everyone came charging at the Skull Reaper creating a shower of sparks in the air as their weapons came in contact with the Skull Reapers body. Before anyone knew what was happening the Skull Reaper let out a loud screech as it brought its head up, until it shattered into a million pieces... They did it.

Insert Crossing field here. N-No i mean now. Where are your headphones? Not on your head? Then go get them and listen to crossing field before I make you dammit!!!

Even though the battle was over, every surviving member of the raid party remained in the boss room. They were exhausted and demoralized. People could be seen lying down or sitting with their weapons lying lazily on the ground or sticking out of it. Even Kirito and Asuna were sitting back to back in exhaustion, with the Elucidator sitting on the ground next to Kirito's right hand.

"... How... How many did we lose?" Asked Klein.

" -Opens menu- ... 14... 14 of us died." Kirito replied.

"Oh my god..."

To this everyone gasped in disbelief.

"And we still got 25 more floors to go." said Klein.

"25 more floors? How the Hell are we even gonna make it that far?" Asked Agil.

To this everyone, even the members of the KoB were murmuring among each other with their doubts, besides Heathcliff, who appeared to be day dreaming.

... Now's my chance. Kirito thought to herself as she slowly grabbed the Elucidator trying not to make too much noise.

Asuna though could hear the blade scratching the ground.

"Huh? What's wrong?"
Kirito didn't say a word; rather she quickly launched herself off the ground toward Heathcliff using Sonic Leap. It didn't connect, rather it was blocked by a small purple light before a notification popped up that read, IMMORTAL OBJECT.

"-Gets up and starts running- Kirito! What are yo-"

Asuna stopped when she saw the notification, Yui had the same exact thing happen to her when she regained her memory. Everyone else was now stood up surrounding Heathcliff with their weapons out.

"A-An Immortal Object? Commander Heathcliff, What's going on? Explain yourself."

"Pretty sure I've got the answer for that. The reason his health's never dropped down into the yellow before is because he's protected by the system. Ya' know ever since day 1, i've had this 1 little question in the back of my mind, Where is he? -Spins around- OH WHERE COULD THE GREAT KAYABA AKIHIKO BE HIDING! And then i realized something, the answer was so damn simple a child could answer it. There's nothing more boring than watching someone else play an rpg. Isn't that right... Kayaba?"