These Scars of Ours // kiritoxasuna // no longer a fan fiction in works

12: The Black Vortex

Can you all comment if the story cover says "Elysian"? I'm trying to write a new story but the cover for it went onto "these scars of ours" but idk if everyone sees it that way. Comment please!

Kiritos P.O.V.

"Kirito..." Asuna gasped. I reached for Asuna's hand, but couldn't grasp it in time before we were both swallowed in a pool of blue crystals. That meant somebody forced a teleport.

This whole day has been weird. From the abnormally hard quest to the simulation that reminded me of my greatest fears. There may be a game bug, or this might be a new update in game.

No, it can't be a update, this must be a bug. The game producers would have sent an email to all of the players if this had been part of an update. SAO II is supposed to be almost exactly like the first SAO in terms of the same bosses. And in partial quests. An mostly in terms of quests being possible to beat. That quest looked like a death trap.

Death trap...

That phrase repeated in my head until the teleportation command was completed by sending me to an uncertain destination.

Before my eyes, I saw the Town of Beginnings. I spun around in a circle, and other players were being teleported here too. Bright blue flashes appeared everywhere with players appearing after they diminished.

I didn't see Asuna though.

"Asuna!" I yelled, searching for her bright blue hair. I didn't see it anywhere.

"Asuna!" I repeated. There was still no reply.

This is all happening too quickly. I needed to find her and find all of our other friends. Yui too.

"Kirito!" I heard a yell in the distance over all of the talking of other players.

The voice belonged to Asuna.

"Asuna!" I spread my wings to try to find her from above.

My feet lifted form the ground, and I soared into the sky, and soon looked down to search for her bright blue hair. It may be a bit hard to find her since she's an Undine, and other wear the same color clothes. I looked below me, and I saw her hair about 10 feet away from where I spawned. How did I not see her?

Well, the whole town is packed with a lot of other players, so it would be hard to see her. I flew back down and landed next to her.

When I saw her face, she looked frantic, so my immediate reaction was to grab her waist and hug her.

I heard her sigh, and I knew she was relieved. "What's going on..." She asked unsteadily.

I sighed, and held her tighter. "I think this is a bug, so the best decision is probably to just log out..."

She let go of me and looked at me. "You're probably right."

I flicked my wrist to open my menu. I tapped the settings button, but when I went to press the logout button, it was gone.

My eyes bulged.

"The logout button..." Asuna mumbled. I looked up to her face, and her eyes were huge. I saw tears form around the rims of her eyes.

"Where's the logout button!" She yelled. She looked to me, and I knew she was about to burst into tears.

This can't be happening. Not again.

"I never... How did..." I tried to speak, but no words came out of my mouth. I couldn't find words to express my feelings.

The new version of the Nerve Gear was supposed to prevent this from happening again. How did the new Nerve Gear creators manage to do this?